Tornadoes ripped through <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iowa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iowa</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nebraska" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Nebraska</a> on Friday, with no reported deaths despite whole neighborhoods being destroyed. 
Parts of Omaha, Nebraska, and northwest Iowa were severely damaged by the storms. Omaha Fire Chief Kathy Bossman said that there were many houses “flattened” and many more with “significant damage.” Bossman added that emergency crews had to deal with power outages, downed power lines, gas leaks, downed trees, and buildings that had been made structurally unsound by the fierce tornadoes. 
&#8220;They&#8217;re going to be putting together a strategic plan for a detailed search of the area, starting with the properties with most damage,&#8221; Bossman said, <a href="https://journalstar.com/news/state-regional/tornadoes-omaha-elkhorn-blair/article_c696711e-0441-11ef-808d-034419cac7da.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Associated Press. &#8220;We&#8217;ll be looking throughout properties in debris piles, we&#8217;ll be looking in basements, trying to find any victims and make sure everybody is rescued who needs assistance.&#8221;
Pat Woods, who lives  in Omaha’s Elkhorn neighborhood, told the AP he and his wife saw the tornado touch down not far from their home.  
“We watched it touch down like 200 yards over there and then we took shelter,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We could hear it coming through. When we came up our fence was gone and we looked to the northwest and the whole neighborhood&#8217;s gone.”
Multiple people were injured from the tornadoes, including three people in Lancaster County, Nebraska, who were in an industrial building, CBS News <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/tornadoes-hit-nebraska-severe-storms-tear-across-midwest/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
&#8220;I have ordered that state resources be made available to assist with the emergency response and to support local first responders as they assess the damage,” Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen <a href="https://omaha.com/news/local/weather/jim-pillen-nebraskas-members-of-congress-on-the-aftermath-of-the-tornadoes-in-nebraska/article_cee53ab0-042f-11ef-b804-4f37f171b6cd.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Nebraskans are tough, resilient people, and our neighbors and communities will rally around affected families and businesses to assist them. Nebraskans are no strangers to severe weather and, as they have countless times before, Nebraskans will help Nebraskans to rebuild.&#8221;
Cities in Iowa were also hit hard, including Minden and Crescent, where the tornadoes traveled after ripping through Omaha. 
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Videos posted on social media showed the massive tornadoes ripping across the plains and the aftermath of the storms.
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TWIN tornadoes moments before turning into a massive wedge near Tennant, a moments ago <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#iawx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RadarOmega?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RadarOmega</a> <a href="https://t.co/OH9QLbSwxR">pic.twitter.com/OH9QLbSwxR</a>
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Nearly 10 minutes of video from multiple significant tornadoes via multiple supercells today in Nebraska and Iowa. Unreal tornado outbreak. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/kswx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#kswx</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/newx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#newx</a> <a href="https://t.co/q1jDJNhKxM">pic.twitter.com/q1jDJNhKxM</a>
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Minden, Iowa got sideswiped on the SE side by a violent <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/tornado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#tornado</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/JordanHallWX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JordanHallWX</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/iawx?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#iawx</a> <a href="https://t.co/iGBvxSy7KY">pic.twitter.com/iGBvxSy7KY</a>
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Women&#8217;s basketball star <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/caitlin-clark">Caitlin Clark</a> has reportedly landed a historic shoe contract with Nike.
Clark is in line to sign an eight-year deal after the shoe company offered the women’s basketball star $28 million and a signature shoe, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/sports/basketball/caitlin-clark-nike-deal-415ee8ec?st=jt8jyb6zzw9snx3&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Wall Street Journal</a> reported.
Negotiations between Clark and athletic companies such as Puma, Nike, Under Armour, and Adidas began in February and reportedly got pretty intense, according to the outlet. Reps for Clark from Excel Sports Management allegedly made it clear they weren&#8217;t taking offers that amounted to less than $3 million a year.
Puma reportedly thought that request was too high and walked away from negotiations. The brand already has a deal with Breanna Stewart of the New York Liberty, which includes her own signature shoe.
At the time, Clark had yet to announce her plans to enter the WNBA draft and several companies reportedly made their offer based on her remaining at the University of Iowa and playing for the Hawkeyes one more year.
“She played herself into a position where it wasn’t even contingent on staying in college,” someone familiar with the deals told the outlet. “People just wanted her.”
The WSJ noted that some shoe executives were surprised by how well-prepared Clark and her reps were during a Zoom call.
 Adidas offered the basketball star $6 million over four years, but with the offer being so far off the mark, that left Under Armour, who came in with a $16 million offer over four years and her own signature shoe, WSJ noted.
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In just one hour, Fanatics has completely sold out of Caitlin Clark&#8217;s Fever jersey in sizes XS, M, L, XL, and XXL, per <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@darrenrovell</a> <a href="https://t.co/KPzpckeQgh">pic.twitter.com/KPzpckeQgh</a>
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However, Nike&#8217;s offer would be record-setting for women&#8217;s basketball, giving Clark another shot at breaking a record, WSJ noted.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nba-star-paul-pierce-was-only-impressed-by-caitlin-clark-after-she-beat-a-bunch-of-black-girls">Clark</a> recently set a new record when she went <a href="https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/39951045/indiana-fever-select-iowa-caitlin-clark-top-pick-2024-wnba-draft">number one</a> overall in the 2024 WNBA draft to the Indiana Fever, and afterward her new jersey shot to the top of Fanatics — the official online retailer for the league, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/16/caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-jersey-history-fanatics-wnba/">TMZ</a> reported.
The sports site said it put up preorders for her No. 22 jersey — which sold out and has become the top-selling draft pick jersey in the company’s history across all sports, the outlet noted.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/caitlin-clark-breaks-ncaa-scoring-record-set-by-pistol-pete-maravich">Clark</a> previously became the top scorer in NCAA basketball history.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/caitlin-clark-breaks-record-for-jersey-sales" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Caitlin Clark Breaks Record For Jersey Sales</a>

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NCAA basketball superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nba-star-paul-pierce-was-only-impressed-by-caitlin-clark-after-she-beat-a-bunch-of-black-girls">Caitlin Clark</a> has set a new record, giving her the top top-selling jersey ever for a draft pick across all sports.
On Monday, the former Iowa Hawkeyes star went <a href="https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/39951045/indiana-fever-select-iowa-caitlin-clark-top-pick-2024-wnba-draft">number one</a> in overall picks in the 2024 WNBA draft to the Indiana Fever — and shortly afterward, her new jersey shot to the top of Fanatics — the official online retailer for the league, <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2024/04/16/caitlin-clark-indiana-fever-jersey-history-fanatics-wnba/">TMZ</a> reported.
The sports site said it put up preorders for her No. 22 jersey and they not only sold out, but her WNBA jersey is now the top-selling draft pick in the company&#8217;s history across all sports, the outlet noted.
A jersey sales record is just one more accomplishment for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/caitlin-clark-breaks-ncaa-scoring-record-set-by-pistol-pete-maravich">Clark</a>, the former NCAA star who became the top scorer in both women and men’s college basketball history, the outlet noted.
After being drafted, Clark spoke to “<a href="https://twitter.com/GMA/status/1780211259213762707" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Good Morning America</a>” about how she’s ready for the pros.
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In just one hour, Fanatics has completely sold out of Caitlin Clark&#8217;s Fever jersey in sizes XS, M, L, XL, and XXL, per <a href="https://twitter.com/darrenrovell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@darrenrovell</a> <a href="https://t.co/KPzpckeQgh">pic.twitter.com/KPzpckeQgh</a>
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&#8220;I always believed in myself,&#8221; Clark said. &#8220;Also I worked really hard for it. I think that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m really proud of is like, I earned it. I deserve it. Nothing was ever given to me. More than anything just believe in myself.&#8221;
&#8220;That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to take to the next level,” she added.
Speaking to <a href="https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/39951045/indiana-fever-select-iowa-caitlin-clark-top-pick-2024-wnba-draft">ESPN</a> after being drafted, Clark noted how excited she is for the new challenge of playing in the WNBA, as she gets ready to join last year&#8217;s No. 1 overall pick, Aliyah Boston.
&#8220;For myself, I can&#8217;t imagine a more perfect fit, a better place for me to start my professional career, an organization that really just believes in women&#8217;s basketball and wants to do everything the right way,” Clark said. “So I couldn&#8217;t be more excited to get there.&#8221;
&#8220;Going to an organization that has, in my eyes, one of the best post players in the entire world. My point guard eyes just light up at that,&#8221; she added of Boston. &#8220;My biggest job is I&#8217;m just feeding Aliyah the ball every single day. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m going to do. I&#8217;m going to be in there and be like, go make a layup. She&#8217;s going to make my life easy.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m 22 years old, and I don&#8217;t have all the answers in the world,&#8221; Clark continued. &#8220;This is something new to me &#8230; That&#8217;s something I&#8217;m excited for. But having those type of people around me to lean on and ask questions, or when things get hard, to be there for me.&#8221;

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Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed a bill into law on Wednesday that allows state authorities to arrest and deport immigrants in Iowa who have previously been deported or denied entry into the country.
The measure was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-led-state-passes-bill-similar-to-texas-immigration-law-being-challenged-by-biden-admin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> last month by Iowa&#8217;s GOP-controlled legislature, with multiple Democrats joining Republicans in sending the bill to Reynolds&#8217; desk. The new law, which is set to go into effect on July 1, makes &#8220;illegal reentry&#8221; a state crime, and illegal immigrants who break the law could face up to two years in prison and deportation, Iowa Public Radio <a href="https://www.iowapublicradio.org/state-government-news/2024-04-10/iowa-governor-reynolds-texas-style-immigration-enforcement-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“The Biden Administration has failed to enforce our nation’s immigration laws, putting the protection and safety of Iowans at risk,&#8221; Reynolds <a href="https://governor.iowa.gov/press-release/2024-04-10/gov-reynolds-signs-several-bills-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Those who come into our country illegally have broken the law, yet Biden refuses to deport them. This bill gives Iowa law enforcement the power to do what he is unwilling to do: enforce immigration laws already on the books.”
Under the new state law, an immigrant could be guilty of a Class C felony and face up to 10 years in prison for illegally entering the country if he/she was arrested for committing another felony. The law also requires Iowa judges to submit an order for a person convicted of illegally entering the U.S. to be returned to their home country.
The new Iowa law is similar to a Texas immigration measure that is currently stuck in a legal battle with the Biden administration. The Texas law, which also allows state authorities to arrest and deport immigrants for illegally entering the U.S., is currently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-says-there-will-be-real-consequences-after-texas-blocked-again-from-enforcing-immigration-law" target="_blank" rel="noopener">blocked</a> by a federal appeals court.
After Texas passed the immigration law, the Biden administration, along with groups such as the ACLU sued. The Biden administration cited the Supremacy Clause of the Constitution, arguing that the Texas law interferes with federal immigration law.
Similarly, critics of Iowa&#8217;s new immigration law say it interferes with the federal government and causes confusion among immigrants.
“This law ignores the fact of federal preemption, and it’s purely a political stunt in an election year that’s meant to drive fear and just perpetuate hateful campaign rhetoric,” said Erica Johnson, executive director of the Iowa Migrant Movement for Justice, according to Iowa Public Radio.
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Mark Stringer, the executive director of the Iowa ACLU called the immigration measure “one of the most extreme, discriminatory, and unconstitutional anti-immigrant bills in the country.”
Proponents of state laws cracking down on illegal immigration argue that the federal government under President Joe Biden has failed in its duty to secure the southern border and protect American citizens, adding that states have a constitutional right and duty to protect themselves from what many view as an invasion of the U.S southern border.
Since Biden took office, Customs and Border Protection has reported around eight million <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">migrant encounters</a> at the U.S. southwest border and nearly two million &#8220;<a href="https://homeland.house.gov/2023/12/20/border-sector-chiefs-confirm-operational-impacts-of-border-chaos-increased-gotaways-closed-checkpoints-and-empowered-cartels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gotaways</a>.&#8221; Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants have also been flown and bused across the country after crossing the southern border.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-nba-star-paul-pierce-was-only-impressed-by-caitlin-clark-after-she-beat-a-bunch-of-black-girls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iowa</a> and LSU Elite Eight viewer ratings set a new record for women&#8217;s basketball on Monday following the NCAA March Madness showdown in Albany, New York.
The Hawkeyes&#8217; 94-87 surprise victory over the Tigers scored more than 12 million viewers for ESPN, drawing an even bigger crowd than the Final championship for the NCAA Women&#8217;s Basketball game last year between Iowa and LSU, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/iowa-lsu-rematch-womens-basketball-tv-ratings-record-1235865159/">Hollywood Reporter</a> reported.
In 2023, LSU&#8217;s 102-85 victory over the Hawkeyes set what was then an all-time ratings record on the sports network for women&#8217;s basketball, earning 9.9 million viewers across ABC and ESPN2.
However, the game on Monday — which was a rematch between the two schools — drew 12.3 million viewers on average and ended up being the most-watched show in primetime. It also beat out the biggest ratings for a program on broadcast networks, which was CBS&#8217; &#8220;NCIS&#8220; with 5.9 million viewers, the outlet noted.
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The last time a women&#8217;s basketball game got close to those numbers was more than 40 years ago in 1983 at the <a href="https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/lists/usc-womens-basketballs-run-to-the-1983-national-championship/">NCAA title game</a> broadcast of USC&#8217;s 69-67 victory over Louisiana Tech. That game drew an audience of 11.83 million people, THR noted.
The NCAA women&#8217;s basketball showdown also was the second most-watched game of men&#8217;s and women&#8217;s tournament basketball this year, beaten out only by Sunday&#8217;s North Carolina State upset of Duke in the men&#8217;s division, which drew 15.14 million viewers on CBS.
The three other NCAA women&#8217;s Elite Eight games scored huge numbers, with the round scoring four of the five biggest women&#8217;s Elite Eight games ever, the outlet noted. South Carolina and Oregon State&#8217;s game averaged 3.1 million viewers on ABC on Sunday, while the North Carolina State and Texas matchup brought in 2.5 million. 
On Monday, Connecticut&#8217;s 80-73 victory against USC, also topped all broadcast shows with about 6.7 million viewers. The average audience of the Elite Eight round was 6.2 million. The ratings for the women&#8217;s games in that round are up 184 percent over last year&#8217;s, the outlet noted.
The Hawkeyes will now travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to play the Connecticut Huskies on Friday in the Final Four round of the NCAA women&#8217;s basketball tournament.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lsu-womens-basketball-team-loses-in-elite-8-after-skipping-national-anthem-while-iowa-team-held-hands-on-court" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LSU Women&#8217;s Basketball Team Loses In Elite 8 After Skipping National Anthem While Iowa Team Held Hands On Court</a>

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Republican Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is expected to sign a measure into law similar to the Texas immigration law that is currently stuck in a court battle with the Biden administration.
On Tuesday, Iowa’s Republican-led state House passed <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=90&amp;ba=SF2340" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate File 2340</a>, a measure that would allow state law enforcement to arrest illegal immigrants in the state who have previously been deported or denied entry into the U.S., the Des Moines Register <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/19/iowa-lawmakers-send-bill-to-reynolds-criminalizing-illegal-reentry-undocumented-immigrants-texas-law/73022696007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. Every Republican but one voted in favor of the legislation while three Democrats also voted to pass the bill, making the final tally 64-30.
Senate File 2340 was previously passed by the state Senate, so the bill now heads to the governor’s desk. Reynolds said in a statement on Tuesday that she will sign the bill into law, meaning it will take effect on July 1.
&#8220;President Biden and his Administration have failed to enforce our immigration laws and, in doing so, have compromised the sovereignty of our nation and the safety of its people,&#8221; she said, according to the Des Moines Register. &#8220;States have stepped in to secure the border, preventing illegal migrants from entering our country and protecting our citizens. Americans deserve nothing less.&#8221;
Under the Iowa bill, a judge would be required to submit an order for a person convicted of illegally entering the U.S. to be returned to their home country. The legislation would also make illegal entry a class C felony — which is punishable by up to 10 years in prison — if the person was arrested for committing another felony.
The Texas immigration law, Senate Bill 4, has been subject to a tumultuous legal battle with the Biden administration and is currently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-appeals-court-places-texas-immigration-law-on-hold-again-after-scotus-allowed-it-to-take-effect?ref=mc.news" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on hold</a> as the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals considers arguments. The appeals court placed a hold on the law just hours after the Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed it to take effect as litigation continues.
The Supreme Court’s decision to allow the Texas law to take effect was not on the merits of the case, which is why the 5th Circuit could once again put a stay on the law.
No matter how the 5th Circuit rules on the law, it appears likely the case will go back to the higher court as Texas Governor Greg Abbott has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aclu-sues-over-texas-law-allowing-state-officials-to-arrest-illegal-immigrants" target="_blank" rel="noopener">vowed</a> to fight for the law&#8217;s enforcement all the way up to the Supreme Court. The Biden administration argues that the Texas law interferes with federal immigration law and violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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The Supreme Court’s liberal minority showed their disapproval of the Texas law when they voted in dissent of the majority court opinion to allow the law to take effect as litigation plays out. Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed with the Biden administration and warned of the consequences she believes will come from allowing the law to be enforced.
“The court gives a green light to a law that will upend the longstanding federal-state balance of power and sow chaos,” she wrote.
“Texas passed a law that directly regulates the entry and removal of noncitizens and explicitly instructs its state courts to disregard any ongoing federal immigration proceedings,” Sotomayor added. “That law upends the federal state balance of power that has existed for over a century, in which the National Government has had exclusive authority over entry and removal of noncitizens.”
Proponents of both Texas’ and Iowa’s immigration bills argue that their states have a constitutional right and duty to protect themselves from what they view as an invasion at the U.S. southern border.
&#8220;The status quo of federal government failure is unsustainable,&#8221; said Iowa state Rep. Steven Holt, the Republican who is the bill’s floor manager. &#8220;I believe that in order to protect our communities and our state, we must push the envelope. And that is what this legislation does.&#8221;

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Once again, progressive forces in the media have seized control of the narrative in college athletics.
A while back we were told we must accept that transgender athletes CeCé Telfer and Lia Thomas were female athletes, because they said so. Now we are being told that the University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, a phenomenal female basketball player, is the NCAA’s new all-time leading scorer (3,685 points) because she surpassed Pete Maravich’s long-standing scoring record (3,667 points).
When I first read the reports, I kept looking for a qualifier that would correctly label her as the NCAA’s greatest all-time scorer in women’s basketball history. So far, however, every bit of reporting I’ve perused — from ESPN to the alphabet media news outlets along with various social media tributes — all celebrate Caitlin Clark beating Pete Maravich’s record. That’s it. No qualifier.
As the proud father of a former women’s Division 1 NCAA athlete, you will not find a more supportive fan of women’s athletics. Indeed, my issue with the trans movement injecting itself into NCAA sports is that it makes a mockery of the entire concept of women’s athletics and neuters Title IX advancements in the NCAA.
Ms. Clark&#8217;s achievement is truly remarkable. And, yes, technically she did surpass “Pistol Pete” as the all-time NCAA basketball scorer. But let us return, once again, to cold, hard reality. 
 
First off, during Maravich’s era, there was no three-point line, no shot clock, and no dunking. It was a different game. Second, Maravich played only three seasons for LSU, since freshmen were ineligible to play on varsity teams in the late 60s. But of course, that’s not the elephant in the room. 
There remains one other unavoidable and seminal fact: Ms. Clark is a woman playing against other women. Maravich played against men and not just any men. During his 1967-1970 career at LSU his collegiate contemporaries included the likes of Kareem Adbul-Jabar (Lew Alcindor) (7’2”) and Elvin Hayes (6’9”) and many others known for their tremendous ability on the court. That alone should be enough to end the argument. As impressive as Ms. Clark’s stats may be, they should be calculated on the women’s side of the basketball ledger.
For the legacy media, however, political correctness drives the headlines, like this one from <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/general/video/caitlin-clark-becomes-the-ncaa-all-time-leading-scorer/">CBS Sports</a>: &#8220;Caitlin Clark Becomes NCAA All-Time Leading Scorer.&#8221; <a href="https://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2024/03/03/Alone-at-the-top-Caitlin-Clark-sets-NCAA-all-time-points-record/5151709500304/">UPI’s</a> headline reads: &#8220;Alone at the Top: Caitlin Clark sets NCAA all time points record.&#8221; <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/caitlin-clark-breaks-pete-maravichs-ncaa-all-time-scoring-record-185800264.html#:~:text=Clark%20officially%20stands%20alone%20atop,18%20points%20to%20pass%20Maravich." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Yahoo! News</a> says she broke the women’s and men’s all-time leading scoring record. “Caitlin Clark breaks Pete Maravich&#8217;s NCAA all-time scoring record”
Yahoo! News does remind us that there are women’s and men’s sports before pivoting back to &#8220;all-time NCAA leader,&#8221; which is pretty typical of the dissonance so many journalists must force themselves to overcome when reporting such landmarks.
Yet, this is not a new phenomenon. 
Many years ago, during an <a href="https://www.npr.org/transcripts/534149646#:~:text=GARCIA%2DNAVARRO%3A%20Yeah%2C%20best,MCENROE%3A%20Yeah." target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview on NPR</a>, John McEnroe stated Serena Williams was the greatest female tennis player in history. When the female interviewer suggested dropping gender from the equation, McEnroe refused:
<blockquote>GARCIA-NAVARRO: Yeah, best tennis player in the world &#8211; you know, why say female player?
MCENROE: Well, because if she was &#8211; if she played the men&#8217;s circuit, she&#8217;d be, like, 700 in the world.</blockquote>
When CBS News anchor Nora O’Donnell subsequently asked McEnroe if he wanted to apologize for his remarks, he rightfully refused again. Facts are facts. 
Williams herself has backed McEnroe’s assessment, telling <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hzHBsvj6C0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">David Letterman</a>:
<blockquote>If I were to play Andy Murray, I would lose, 6-0, 6-0, in five to six minutes, maybe 10 minutes … The men are a lot faster, they serve harder, they hit harder. … It&#8217;s a completely different game.</blockquote>
Ms. Williams, who has more grand slam wins (23) than either Roger Federer (20) or Rafael Nadal (22) — but one less than Novak Djokovic (24) —  clearly does not consider herself in the same league. She understands men’s tennis and women’s tennis are far from the same sport. As such, Serena Williams, along with Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Margaret Court, deserve their own places as the greatest women tennis players in history.
Ms. Clark’s accomplishments are truly remarkable, but truth and accuracy in journalism still matter. Weren’t we recently told by collegiate presidents themselves that context matters? I should think it applies to men’s versus women’s athletics most of all when making superlative claims based on numbers with no qualifiers added.
So look up to Caitlin Clark for her stunning play, yes. And congratulate her, as I do. If her drive and hard work are reflections of her character as a whole, as I suspect they are, she is a role model America’s kids, girls especially, should emulate. But let’s not try to make her into more than she is. Why? Because truth matters. This is a concept the media seem to have left behind in their relentless mission to create rather than report the narrative to achieve their social engineering goals. 
 
We know that Ms. Clark could not compete head-to-head with the man whose record she has beaten. We know this because there is not a woman who could genuinely compete, let alone be a force, in the NBA against the best players of the world on the same court. Otherwise, the NBA would be filled with women too. Instead, they have their own league.
So, unless Ms. Clark’s record was achieved against male players, her stats should not therefore be held up to those of Maravich. Such a qualifier would not relegate women’s athletics to second-tier status.
As the success of women’s tennis has shown, people will still appreciate and marvel at awesome playing in all forms from both sexes. Why can’t we just leave it at that?
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When It Comes To Breaking Records, Context Matters

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College basketball player Caitlin Clark surpassed “Pistol Pete” Maravich on Sunday to break the NCAA&#8217;s all-time scoring record that has stood for more than half a century.
The history-making shots happened during a face-off between Clark&#8217;s No. 6 Iowa and No. 2 Ohio State during her team&#8217;s final regular home season game this season.
With a pair of free throws, the 22-year-old senior rose above the 3,667 point benchmark set by Maravich in 1970.
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Caitlin Clark is now the All Time Leading Scorer in NCAA History. HER. <a href="https://t.co/VoJyk1erdk">pic.twitter.com/VoJyk1erdk</a>
&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/barstoolsports/status/1764364701696180436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Loud cheers erupted in the arena when Clark made the second shot. The Iowa Hawkeyes went on to win the contest by a 93-83 score.
Clark, an Iowa native, is a guard for the Hawkeyes in her fourth season. Her accomplishment on Sunday was met with widespread praise, including from high-profile politicians from her home state.
&#8220;History is made! Congrats to all-time leading scorer [Caitlin Clark],&#8221; Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenJoniErnst/status/1764376286288318846" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on X.
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Senior Day Dub. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Hawkeyes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Hawkeyes</a> <a href="https://t.co/9ktJueP52P">pic.twitter.com/9ktJueP52P</a>
&mdash; Iowa Women&#39;s Basketball (@IowaWBB) <a href="https://twitter.com/IowaWBB/status/1764382867130343683?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 3, 2024</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Caitlin Clark cements herself as the gr8est college bball player EVER as she breaks the all time scoring record The pride of Iowa &amp; leader of a gr8 Hawkeye wbb TEAM,&#8221; Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said a <a href="https://twitter.com/ChuckGrassley/status/1764364844206104638" target="_blank" rel="noopener">post</a> to X. &#8220;Congrats to Clark The GOAT.&#8221;
Though Clark has now surpassed Maravich, there have been some changes in college basketball since he played for LSU from the late 1960s to 1970.
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History. Witnessed.
Caitlin Clark is now the ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER in college basketball history, breaking Pete Maravich&#39;s 54-year old record❗️ <a href="https://t.co/88a3g8l5H0">pic.twitter.com/88a3g8l5H0</a>
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Maravich participated in college hoops at a time <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/iowas-caitlin-clark-passes-pete-maravich-scoring-record/story?id=107758001" target="_blank" rel="noopener">before freshman eligibility</a> for varsity teams. And though Maravich was known to be <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/history-nba-legend-pete-maravich" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a long-range bomber</a>, he played while limited to two-point shots.
Sports Illustrated <a href="https://www.si.com/college/2020/04/02/ncaa-introduces-three-point-line-this-day-history" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the NCAA did not universally adopt the three-pointer until 1986. Maravich died from a heart attack in 1988 at the age of 40 following 10 years in the NBA, where he first got a chance to play with a three-point shot toward the end of his career, <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/history-nba-legend-pete-maravich" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NBA.com noted</a>.
Last week, Clark broke the record for the most points scored in major women&#8217;s college basketball, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/29/sport/caitlin-clark-lynette-woodard-record-spt/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beating the 3,649 mark</a> set by Lynette Woodard when she played for Kansas from 1977 to 1981.
Clark, who also boasts <a href="https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/ncaab/caitlin-clark-iowa-womens-basketball-five-things-to-know/3357150/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">NIL partnerships and three gold medals</a>, <a href="https://theathletic.com/5308822/2024/02/29/caitlin-clark-wnba-draft-announcement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Thursday that she will be entering the WNBA Draft.
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In the meantime, the Hawkeyes are gearing up for another March Madness tournament after being <a href="https://www.ncaa.com/live-updates/basketball-women/d1/live-updates-no-2-iowa-vs-no-3-lsu-national-championship-game" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defeated</a> by LSU in the championship game in last year&#8217;s contest.

Caitlin Clark Breaks NCAA Scoring Record Set By ‘Pistol Pete’ Maravich

Caitlin Clark Breaks NCAA Scoring Record Set By 'Pistol Pete' Maravich

To say it&#8217;s been an extremely rough 12 months for trans activists in the state of Iowa would be an understatement. 
Last March, the governor of Iowa <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/22/politics/iowa-gender-affirming-care-ban/index.html">signed</a> legislation banning doctors from giving puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones to minors. The law also outlawed the genital mutilation of children. There was nothing particularly unusual about this bill. It resembled legislation that had already been passed in Tennessee, Mississippi, Utah, South Dakota, Arizona, Arkansas, Alabama, and several other states. But trans activists in Iowa thought of a somewhat unique way to protest the ban.
For reasons that still aren&#8217;t entirely clear, they held an impromptu freak show in a park, in which they demanded to be taken seriously. And naturally, they received sympathetic coverage from local news stations. Here&#8217;s what it looked like:
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This demonstration was apparently intended to convey the credibility and legitimacy of these trans activists. They want you to know that they&#8217;re definitely not self-obsessed narcissists. And to prove it, they&#8217;ll dress up in Halloween costumes and prance around in public. And of course, they&#8217;ll repeat the argument that so-called &#8220;trans kids&#8221; are just trying to live their lives by taking hormones and puberty blockers, as if children can consent to permanent sterilization and early-onset bone disease. It&#8217;s laughable and evil at the same time, and needless to say, it convinced no one. Iowa&#8217;s law banning child castration was signed by the governor shortly afterwards.
So this year, Iowa&#8217;s trans community was back with a new strategy. This time, in response to new bills making their way through the Iowa legislature, trans activists decided to commit what can only be described as an act of flagrant insurrection against the United States of America. The display was not contained to the park this time, although as you&#8217;ll see, they did that too. This is footage from the past week in Iowa&#8217;s capitol. Watch:
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Needless to say, everyone involved should be arrested as insurrectionists and sent to prison for 15 years. That’s the precedent that has been set, and it should be applied equally.
As you heard from the guy with the colored hair, &#8220;We shut it down today, but they&#8217;re going to try to bring this back when we&#8217;re not looking.&#8221; That&#8217;s a reference to a bill that would have classified gender dysphoria as a disability. The Iowa House rejected that legislation after the mob showed up and occupied the statehouse, which is apparently acceptable when trans activists do it. But as the walking anime character predicted, there would indeed be more legislation coming that these activists wouldn&#8217;t like. And in response, they once again occupied the capitol.
This latest <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/politics/2024/02/12/iowa-gender-lgbtq-bill-man-woman-could-draw-large-crowd-monday-at-public-hearing/72570253007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a> that we&#8217;re told will inevitably lead to the genocide of trans activists is actually pretty straightforward. For one thing, it would provide a clear definition for &#8220;man&#8221; and &#8220;woman.&#8221; Specifically, the bill would <a href="https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ga=90&amp;ba=HF%202389" target="_blank" rel="noopener">define</a> a &#8220;female&#8221; as &#8220;a person whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova.&#8221; And it would define &#8220;male&#8221; as someone &#8220;whose biological reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female.&#8221; 
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One thing you’ll notice about those definitions is that they aren’t circular. They also aren&#8217;t subjective — which is to say, they&#8217;re actual definitions, unlike anything trans activists are capable of producing. Leftists who use the word “nuance” all the time but wouldn’t know nuance if it smacked them over the head have tried to quibble with the definitions by pointing out, as they always do, that some small number of males and small number of females have dysfunctional reproductive systems. This obviously doesn’t undermine the definition of the terms, and in any event, the definition in the law says that the male’s “reproductive system is developed to fertilize the ova of a female,” and that the female’s reproductive system is developed to produce the ova.” That doesn’t mean this system plays out perfectly in every case, with every person. It just means that the systems develop to that end. So the definition works very well.
But the bill does run into some major problems as it goes along. They&#8217;re not the problems that trans activists are complaining about, though. So first I&#8217;ll present their argument, which as usual, isn&#8217;t really an argument at all. 
According to the opponents of this bill, <a href="https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/08/iowa-anti-trans-bill-649">the legislation</a> would: 
<blockquote>&#8230; require special gender markers for transgender people on birth certificates, measures that were compared to &#8216;pink triangles&#8217; once used to identify LGBTQ+ people by Nazis in the 1940s.</blockquote>
That&#8217;s according to a trans activist writing in The Guardian. Apparently these special gender markers &#8220;were compared&#8221; to something the Nazis did, and this comparison was made by some unnamed entity or individual. And we&#8217;re supposed to be very alarmed by this, even though it&#8217;s now obvious to everyone that transgender activists are incapable of making reasoned, calm points about anything. They have to compare everything they don&#8217;t like to Hitler, at every possible opportunity. So now they&#8217;re implying that people identifying as transgender are going to be hunted down in Iowa based on their birth certificates or other documentation. 
This article was written by trans activist Erin Reed. So, by his logic, if I compare Erin Reed to serial killer John Wayne Gacy — whether the comparison makes sense or not — then the rest of you, when referring to Erin Reed, can say, “Erin Reed, who has been compared to serial killer John Wayne Gacy.” That’s the way it works now. I don’t make the rules, but I will have fun exploiting them. 
If you read the actual text of the bill, here&#8217;s what you&#8217;ll find. The bill defines the word &#8220;sex&#8221; to mean, &#8220;a person&#8217;s biological sex, either male or female, at birth.&#8221; Right away, you&#8217;ll notice that&#8217;s a circular definition, which isn&#8217;t a great sign. Things get worse as the bill goes on to state:
<blockquote>The state registrar shall establish a new certificate of birth for a person born in the state, when the state registrar receives &#8230; a notarized affidavit by a licensed physician and surgeon &#8230; stating that by reason of surgery or other treatment, the sex designation of the person has been changed.</blockquote>
At that point, the new birth certificate will include:
<blockquote>&#8230;a designation of the sex of the person, as male or female, both at the time of birth and at the time the new certificate of birth is established.</blockquote>
This is incoherent. It&#8217;s actually nonsense. Someone&#8217;s &#8220;sex&#8221; cannot be changed. It is not &#8220;assigned&#8221; at birth. A notarized affidavit from a physician is incapable of changing someone&#8217;s sex or &#8220;sex designation,&#8221; no matter how many body parts that physician cuts off. What Iowa should be doing is requiring that people&#8217;s birth certificates accurately state their sex. That&#8217;s it.
Once you buy into the lie that sex can be changed, then you&#8217;ve given trans activists 95% of what they want. They may be too hysterical to realize it, but that&#8217;s what you&#8217;re doing. The only solution is to embrace reality and ban people from changing their &#8220;sex&#8221; or their &#8220;gender&#8221; entirely, because these are things that cannot be changed.
This is what Florida did a couple of weeks ago. 
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles announced that residents can no longer change their gender from &#8220;male&#8221; to &#8220;female,&#8221; whether they have a letter from a medical provider or not. This is obviously the right approach. And predictably, it led trans activists to melt down in their typical melodramatic fashion. As we saw yesterday, they staged this &#8220;die-in&#8221; at the DMV, because of course, if you can&#8217;t change your gender on your driver&#8217;s license, then you&#8217;re as good as dead. Watch:
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This is also an illegal demonstration, by the way. They&#8217;re blocking access to the Florida DMV. Now you might say that they&#8217;re mostly silent and peaceful, but that didn&#8217;t stop the DOJ from sending SWAT teams to the homes of pro-life activists when they were silent and peaceful outside of abortion clinics. Those activists are now facing a decade in prison. The only punishment these trans activists received, by contrast, is mockery on the internet because of how completely detached they are from reality. Never in history has a group reacted so hysterically to laws this benign and common sense. And never have they been more coddled.
This approach — coddling these people — creates a lot more problems than it solves. The Iowa bill is the perfect example of that. It doesn&#8217;t just concede that sex can be changed. It also gets bogged down in confusing and unnecessary explanations, instead of laying down simple and straightforward rules to deal with this nonsense. For example, the bill states that &#8220;the term &#8216;equal&#8217; does not mean &#8216;same&#8217; or &#8216;identical.'&#8221; But the bill doesn&#8217;t actually define what &#8220;equal&#8221; means, if not &#8220;same&#8221; or &#8220;identical.&#8221;
The bill also states, &#8220;separate accommodations are not inherently unequal.&#8221; That&#8217;s true, depending on the context, but no one is going to read that line and not think of &#8220;Plessy v. Ferguson&#8221; and racial segregation. All you need to do is say men can&#8217;t use women&#8217;s bathrooms and locker rooms, and women can&#8217;t use men&#8217;s bathrooms and locker rooms. It&#8217;s not that complicated. But the bill leaves itself open to attack here, apparently in an effort to explain things to trans activists that don&#8217;t need to be explained.
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Here’s the thing: the claims made by trans activists are so fundamentally false and ridiculous that any attempt to meet them on their turf, any ground given to them, even just an inch, will end up with you getting lost in a web of incoherence. All you can do is lay things out very simply, according to the basic biological truth, and leave it at that.
These people cannot be defeated with half-measures. Any form of compromise only emboldens them further. They see weakness and they exploit it. That&#8217;s why the Iowa bill doesn&#8217;t go far enough. Trans activists who want to deny reality should not receive any kind of endorsement of the state. They are not entitled to some third category of gender, nor should we create &#8220;separate but equal&#8221; systems on their behalf — nor is there any political reason to afford them any of these concessions. 
Trans activists, as a group, have never been weaker, more exposed and less organized. After years of completely dominating the conversation by shrieking as loudly as they can, now they&#8217;re on the defensive. If we want to end this conversation forever — a conversation we never should have had — then the solution is not to humor them anymore. This movement deserves nothing but our scorn and contempt and absolute, uncompromising rejection. 
When that&#8217;s all they get from us, then no, &#8220;trans people&#8221; won&#8217;t die. But their ideology will.

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Trans Activists Stage Another Insurrection

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Michael Cassidy, a 35-year-old Navy veteran, was charged with a hate crime on Tuesday after he admitted to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-charged-for-beheading-satanic-display-in-iowa-state-capitol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beheading a Satanic statue</a> that was on display in the Iowa State Capitol building last month.
Cassidy, a Christian who lives in Mississippi and previously ran for a congressional seat, was arrested and charged with fourth-degree criminal mischief after beheading the statue. Court documents now say that the damage done to the statue will cost between $750 and $1,500 to repair, and prosecutors allege that Cassidy acted &#8220;in violation of individual rights&#8221; under Iowa’s hate crime statute, KCCI <a href="https://www.kcci.com/article/iowa-satanic-temple-display-vandalized-capitol-michael-cassidy-hate-crime-charges/46588538#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The documents also note that in light of new evidence, his charge has been upped to third-degree criminal mischief, a class D felony.
&#8220;Evidence shows the defendant made statements to law enforcement and the public indicating he destroyed the property because of the victim’s religion,&#8221; <a href="https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2024/01/30/iowa-capitol-satanic-statue-vandalism-hate-crime-michael-cassidy-mississippi/72413585007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Lynn Hicks, a spokesman for the Polk County Attorney&#8217;s Office, according to the Des Moines Register.
The Satanic Temple of Iowa had received permission from the state to display a Baphomet statue in the state capitol building, and it was reportedly set up near Nativity displays showcased for the Christmas holiday.
Shortly after the incident, Cassidy <a href="https://republicsentinel.com/articles/exclusive-christian-tears-down-and-beheads-satan-shrine-in-iowa-capitol?fbclid=IwAR3IAvn-ot35lKKtSK6UhP1YOt7PFHyjQdEWQCCzjMiB26OWyYC8y197168" target="_blank" rel="noopener">explained</a> to The Republic Sentinel why he decided to destroy the Satanic display.
“I saw this blasphemous statue and was outraged,” Cassidy told the outlet in December. “My conscience is held captive to the word of God, not to bureaucratic decree. And so I acted.”
“The world may tell Christians to submissively accept the legitimization of Satan, but none of the founders would have considered government sanction of Satanic altars inside Capitol buildings as protected by the First Amendment,” Cassidy added. “Anti-Christian values have steadily been mainstreamed more and more in recent decades, and Christians have largely acted like the proverbial frog in the boiling pot of water.”
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds spoke out in opposition to the Satanic statue but urged people to counter the “objectionable” display through more speech.
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“Like many Iowans, I find the Satanic Temple’s display in the Capitol absolutely objectionable. In a free society, the best response to objectionable speech is more speech, and I encourage all those of faith to join me today in praying over the Capitol and recognizing the nativity scene that will be on display – the true reason for the season,” Reynolds <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-charged-for-beheading-satanic-display-in-iowa-state-capitol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
A <a href="https://www.givesendgo.com/michael-cassidy-legal-defense" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GiveSendGo</a> set up for Cassidy’s legal defense has raised more than $90,000.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis criticized former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and former President Donald Trump during a town hall event this week for declining to debate ahead of the New Hampshire primary.
DeSantis made the remarks during the CNN town hall after finishing second in the Iowa caucuses this week behind former President Donald Trump, with Haley coming in third. Both DeSantis and Haley had heavily focused on the state, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-projected-to-win-iowa-caucuses">ad spending</a> for both surpassing $30 million — pro-DeSantis spending reaching $35 million while pro-Haley spending reached $37 million, the most of any candidate.
&#8220;The tradition here with first-in-the-nation is something that&#8217;s very significant. I agreed to do a debate with WMUR and ABC on Thursday, and with CNN on Sunday,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;I&#8217;m the only candidate that actually agreed to come to New Hampshire to debate, and what does that say? We have four candidates for president now: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, and me.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m the only one who&#8217;s not running a basement campaign at this point,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You deserve, as a voter, to have the candidates come up, answer your questions in forums like this, have somebody like Wolf moderate a debate where you go back and forth&#8230;we&#8217;ve gotten away from, ‘Hey, let&#8217;s make let people make these decisions’ to almost like, you know, just let the media coverage determine what&#8217;s going on. I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s what we want in a republican form of government.&#8221;
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DeSantis also took aim at Haley for not finishing among the top two in Iowa, saying that despite facing an unprecedented $50 million in negative attack ads, he still finished second.
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I’m the only one who’s not running a basement campaign at this point.
You deserve to have the candidates come up and answer your questions in forums like this. <a href="https://t.co/Nc46nrxqaU">pic.twitter.com/Nc46nrxqaU</a>
&mdash; Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) <a href="https://twitter.com/RonDeSantis/status/1747443014589460767?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2024</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis Slams Haley, Trump For Skipping Debate: ‘I’m The Only One Who’s Not Running A Basement Campaign’

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U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) was hospitalized this week and is receiving treatment for an infection, according to his office.
“Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is receiving antibiotic infusions at an area hospital to treat an infection,” his office said. “He is in good spirits and will return to work as soon as possible following doctors’ orders.”
Grassley, 90, was elected to the Senate in 1980 and has been re-elected seven times including most recently in 2022.
Following the passing last year of then-Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), who was just a couple of months older than Grassley, he is now the oldest member of the U.S. Senate followed by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), 82; Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), 81; Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID), 80; Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), 80; Sen. Angus King (I-ME), 79; Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), 79; Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), 77; Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), 77; Sen. Tom Carper (D-DE), 76; Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), 76; Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), 76; Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), 76; Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), 76; and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-HI), 76.

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