An LGBTQ activist is doubling down, blaming white men after a Muslim man with known Islamist associations rammed a vehicle into Berlin’s Pride festival on Saturday before attacking bystanders with a machete, leaving one person dead and several others injured.
A viral video circulating online shows an <a href="https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/2081229875361325146?s=20">unidentified pink-haired woman</a> lamenting not the terror attack, but the public&#8217;s reaction to it.
“I&#8217;m getting really, really sick of this. I&#8217;m getting really tired of having to repeat myself over and over again,” she said. “So the suspect is an Islamic extremist. That&#8217;s their suspect right now. That&#8217;s what I read. Okay, I&#8217;m not going to say anything about the rest of the Muslim population because of actions of this one person.”
Then, the leftist shifted her focus and hurled unfounded accusations towards another demographic: white Christian men.
“But what I can say is the people who were celebrating about this were all white men, young white men with crosses in their profiles because we&#8217;ve all seen it. We&#8217;ve all seen how you guys react towards gay people, and how you wish harm on them constantly,” she said. “I get a constant hate on my videos, especially about trans people. You&#8217;re not going to hide behind another scapegoat group and pretend that they&#8217;re actually the violent ones when it&#8217;s you.”
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OMG. Liberal women are blaming “white men” for the Islamic extremist who ran over people at an LGBTQ parade in Berlin.
“You’re not going to scapegoat the Muslim community like they’re the violent ones, when it’s actually you (white men).”
Can’t make this sht up. 💀💀 <a href="https://t.co/0nbsKYgqys">pic.twitter.com/0nbsKYgqys</a>
— American AF 🇺🇸 (@iAnonPatriot) <a href="https://x.com/iAnonPatriot/status/2081229875361325146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2026</a></blockquote>
The woman claimed white Christian men share the same ideology as Abdul Ballout, who police say deliberately drove a white van into Berlin’s Tiergarten Park around 10 p.m., killing one woman and injuring at least 29 others before attacking festival goers with what authorities said may have been a machete. The 21-year-old convicted terrorist had previously attempted to join the Islamic State in Syria and was released from German custody just months before Saturday’s attack, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/known-islamic-terrorist-on-the-run-unleashed-machete-attack-after-plowing-van-into-crowd?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Jacob+Wheeler&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=0&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Known+Islamic+Terrorist+On+The+Run+Unleashed+Machete+Attack+After+Plowing+Van+Into+Crowd">The Daily Wire reported</a>.
Migration levels in the European Union remain high, with approximately <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-eurostat-news/w/ddn-20260227-1">4.2 million</a> immigrants arriving in 2024 and total foreign-born residents reaching roughly 64 million. Spain and Germany recorded the largest absolute numbers of new arrivals, according to the <a href="https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Migration_to_and_from_the_EU">European Commission</a>.
“You hold the same exact beliefs that this man who did this attack did, and you&#8217;re trying to distance yourself from it. And you know why you&#8217;re trying to do that? Because you&#8217;re ashamed, and you should be,” she said in the video.
The passionate defense highlights the growing, confounding alliance between LGBT activist groups and Islamic ideology in Western countries.
“Ahmad attacks people at a Pride Parade because Islam. White liberal woman with aposematic hair coloring concludes white men are to blame. Suicidal Empathy is a fatal disease of the human spirit,” Gad Saad, an evolutionary behavioral scientist, <a href="https://x.com/GadSaad/status/2081359046775275807?s=20">said</a> on X.
“Queers for Palestine real quiet about this one,” Kangmin Lee, a conservative digital content creator, <a href="https://x.com/kangminlee/status/2081243091629904336?s=20">reacted</a> on social media.
Germany’s latest terror attack, which is said to have left a “horrific scene,” left Pride attendees reeling, including Ricarda Hofmann, a presenter at one of Europe’s largest LGBTQ celebrations.  “What happened today has changed something in me,” she <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DbPTNq6iDz4/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1">wrote on Instagram</a>.
On Sunday, organizers of the Berlin Pride festival vowed not to allow the Islamic terror attack to be used &#8220;for political ends.&#8221;
&#8220;People are trying to divide our society and set some people against others. As the CSD in Berlin, we will not allow this,&#8221; a representative for the group <a href="https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2081393662244646936?s=20">said</a> at a press conference.

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A Muslim man with known Islamist associations reportedly rammed a vehicle into Berlin&#8217;s Pride festival on Saturday before attacking bystanders with a machete, leaving one person dead and several others injured, according to German authorities.
A massive manhunt is underway for 21-year-old Abdul Ballout, who police say deliberately drove a white van into Berlin&#8217;s Tiergarten Park around 10 p.m., killing one woman and injuring at least 29 others before attacking festival goers with what authorities said may have been a machete.
Ballout is said to have fled the &#8220;horrific scene” on foot. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt <a href="https://x.com/SkyNews/status/2081357342902300677?s=20">connected</a> the attack to Islamist ideology, according to CBS News. 
&#8220;Everything we see here indicates that this was an Islamist terror attack,&#8221; Dobrindt said at the scene. 
The BBC reported Sunday <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3r2nz9ed3lt?post=asset%3Af7bf096b-0bc4-4496-b0f8-d2def8c5a207#post">Ballout</a> is a German citizen of Lebanese background who was known to police for being part of Berlin&#8217;s &#8220;Islamist scene&#8221; and had previously &#8220;<a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3r2nz9ed3lt?post=asset%3A679975ea-dc63-4cff-b17e-cc95f0cbef6f#post">committed a number of crimes</a>.&#8221; Ballout was born in Germany, and his mother became a naturalized German citizen in 2002, three years before his birth, police told the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/germany-berlin-lgbtq-pride-parade-van-ramming-3ba5e3f1becffd0da5f47b29aa08da9d">Associated Press</a>.
<a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/07/26/abdul-ballout-berlin-pride-suspect-tried-join-islamic-state/">The Telegraph</a> reported Ballout is a convicted terrorist who tried to join the Islamic State terror group. German authorities previously arrested Ballout in Lebanon after accusing him of attempting to join the Islamic State in Syria and plotting a terrorist attack. Then, he was returned to Germany, where, according to Die Welt, he was sentenced to one year and 10 months in prison for plotting a “serious act of violence that threatened the state.” Prosecutors had sought a sentence of two years and 10 months, the newspaper reported. He was released just months prior to Saturday&#8217;s attack.
With the manhunt underway, German authorities warned the suspect may be armed and dangerous, and issued a stark warning to the public. 
&#8220;We cannot rule out the possibility of copycat attacks,&#8221; the interior minister said, announcing the country’s threat level will be raised as a result, according to the <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c3r2nz9ed3lt">BBC</a>. 
The terror attack left Pride attendees reeling, including Ricarda Hofmann, a presenter at one of Europe&#8217;s largest LGBTQ celebrations.   
“What happened today has changed something in me,” she <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DbPTNq6iDz4/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1">wrote on Instagram</a>.
International leaders across the political spectrum swiftly condemned the attack, with some arguing it highlighted what they described as a growing alliance between Western LGBTQ activist groups and Islamist ideology.
&#8220;Horrendous attack in Berlin last night,&#8221; Nigel Farage, leader of the U.K.&#8217;s right-wing Reform UK party, said. &#8220;The strange left-wing alliance between Islamists and the LGBT community in this country cannot last.&#8221;
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The White House came to the defense of WNBA star Sophie Cunningham Thursday after the Indiana Fever guard faced criticism for saying that men should not compete in women’s sports or share women’s locker rooms.
When asked about the issue by Daily Wire White House Correspondent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/mary-margaret-olohan">Mary Margaret Olohan</a>, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump is aware of Cunningham’s comments and shares her concerns about protecting female athletes.
“I don’t believe he has reached out to her,” Leavitt said when asked whether Trump had contacted Cunningham. “I know he is following the story.”
Leavitt said the backlash against Cunningham demonstrated what she described as a disconnect between leftist activists and the broader American public. 
“This is something the president feels strongly about as well, and the American people do too,” Leavitt said. “That men should not be playing in women’s sports. It’s completely ludicrous that anyone could support that.”
“It’s even more ludicrous that you do have Sophie Cunningham, a female athlete herself, very accomplished in her own right, coming forth and speaking that truth that men shouldn’t play in women’s sports,” she continued.
Leavitt called the criticism Cunningham has received “astonishing” and argued that the administration’s position reflects widespread public opinion.
“They are clearly very out of touch with the American public on this issue, which again is an 80-20 issue,” Leavitt said. “It’s common sense. It’s rooted in basic biological fact that men should not be competing against women on playing fields across the country.”
Cunningham, who has become one of the WNBA’s most recognizable players since joining the Indiana Fever, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-breaks-with-league-on-explosive-issue">said</a> in an interview with ESPN earlier this week that she felt compelled to speak out about biological differences in sports despite backlash from critics who accused her of being anti-transgender. 
“I got a lot of negative feedback about me hating trans. And I’m like, ‘I never once said that,’” Cunningham said. “I think that I am here to extend love. But I also think with that love is truth, being honest.”
Cunningham said her concern was protecting female athletes, particularly young girls. “I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men,” she said.
The comments drew criticism online, with some labeling the Missouri native as a conservative or “MAGA Barbie,” a characterization Cunningham rejected. “I really am right in the middle [politically],” Cunningham said, adding that she agrees and disagrees with positions on both sides of the political spectrum.
Cunningham’s comments come as the WNBA and its players’ union have taken a different position on transgender inclusion. The WNBA Players Association has previously voiced opposition to restrictions on transgender participation in sports and pledged support for transgender athletes.
The Fever guard has also drawn attention in recent weeks for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wnba-star-sophie-cunningham-wont-diss-trump-after-white-house-meme">refusing to join criticism</a> of President Trump after the White House used a viral clip of her pointing at an opponent during a game as a social media meme.
When asked about the White House using the clip, Cunningham said she viewed it as part of a broader internet trend. “Everyone around the world is posting it, every company has done it,” Cunningham said. “They’re just the ones also to get on board and I don’t really think twice about it.”

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A gay cruise carrying roughly 1,900 passengers was denied entry by both Turkey and Egypt during a Mediterranean voyage after authorities in each country refused to allow the ship to dock.
Atlantis Events, the world&#8217;s largest LGBT vacation company, scheduled the Scarlet Lady to stop in Kusadasi, Turkey, on July 7 as part of its “Athens to Venice” trip. 
However, Turkish officials said the cruise was organized by groups whose &#8220;behaviors do not align with the structure of our society,” according to local authorities <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/16/world/middleeast/gay-cruise-turkey-egypt.html">cited</a> by the New York Times.
The ship then rerouted to Alexandria, Egypt, but Egyptian authorities withdrew permission to dock about four hours before its scheduled arrival. Unlike Turkey, Egyptian officials did not publicly explain the decision. 
Atlantis Events CEO Rich Campbell said the company had previously docked in both countries without incident and that it was the first time in the company&#8217;s history that one of its cruises had been denied entry for political reasons. 
“We successfully sailed a similar itinerary last year without issue,” Campbell <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/09/lgbtq-cruise-ship-refused-entry-egypt-turkey">said</a> in a statement to passengers. “So we were surprised by this unfortunate decision.”
Broadway legend Patti LuPone, who was on the cruise to perform, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DaUkpPyCosk/">said</a> she was “shocked” by Turkey&#8217;s and Egypt’s decisions.
“A ship — a magnificent ship — full of gay men. And me. Denied entry to Turkey simply because of who is on board,” LuPone said. “I am furious, but I am sailing.”
Kyle Olsen, the owner of the LGBT tour company Hermes Holidays, said that Turkey’s ban empowered Egypt to also turn away the cruise. “I worry that other countries are going to be emboldened in turn to ban gay cruises from their ports as well,” he added.
Turkey’s government under President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has taken a hardline stance toward the LGBT movement over the past decade, CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/02/europe/turkey-cruise-lgbtq-american-blocked-intl">reports</a>. Authorities have repeatedly banned Pride marches and other LGBT events, citing public safety and security concerns. 
While homosexuality is <a href="https://www.equaldex.com/region/turkey">legal</a> in Turkey, the country does not recognize same-sex marriage. Egypt also does not recognize same-sex marriage, and authorities have used morality laws to target LGBT people. Both countries have overwhelmingly Muslim populations.

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WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration nuked a Biden-era rule requiring children struggling with gender issues to be placed with pro-LGBTQ families, The Daily Wire can first report.
On Tuesday morning, the Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; Administration for Children and Families officially removed the April 2024 rule, which required federal agencies to ensure children who &#8220;self identify with an alternative sexual orientation or self-identify as something other than their sex in foster care&#8221; are placed with families who would affirm that identity.
&#8220;The message that we think it sends is that all families are welcome,&#8221; Assistant Secretary Alex Adams explained in a phone interview with The Daily Wire. &#8220;We have too few foster families nationally. We must roll out the red carpet, and we must ensure that there&#8217;s homes waiting on kids, not kids waiting on homes.&#8221;
Though the Biden rule never actually took effect since it was vacated by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the Trump administration is removing the provisions that remain in the Code of Federal Regulations to &#8220;ensure clarity,&#8221; a final nail in the coffin of the effort.
Adams explained to The Daily Wire that the move builds on first lady Melania Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Fostering the Future&#8221; initiative and related executive order charting a &#8220;whole-of-government approach to improving child welfare and foster care.&#8221; Part of this is Adams&#8217;s &#8220;Home for Every Child&#8221; campaign, which focuses on increasing the ratio of foster homes to foster kids.
&#8220;Nationally, we have a shortage,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;We only have 57 homes for every 100 kids coming in, so we can and must do better to ensure that there&#8217;s enough homes for kids because when there&#8217;s not enough homes, kids end up in short-term rentals, hotels, government office spaces, etc.&#8221;
Families most likely to step forward and offer to foster children are those with sincerely held religious beliefs and moral convictions, Adams said, arguing that the message that HHS sends to families of faith is extremely important since it will &#8220;either make or break your recruitment and your retention of existing foster homes.&#8221;
&#8220;The 2024 designated placement rule was one of those things that we think sent the wrong message,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;It would have segmented families into those that are &#8216;LGBTQ-friendly&#8217; and those that are not.&#8221;

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The Nashville Police Department held a diversity training session for recruits inside a gay nightclub during Pride Month, bringing trainees together with members of the city&#8217;s LGBTQ community.
The session took place at Play Nashville, known around Nashville for its drag performances. Video shared by the mayor&#8217;s office shows recruits seated inside the venue, participating in a moderated discussion. 
Officer Darci Stechman, the department&#8217;s LGBTQ liaison, told recruits to come prepared with questions before the discussion: &#8220;Otherwise it&#8217;s going to be awkward, and you’re just going to be staring at one another for an hour and a half.” 
She added, “Nashville is very diverse, so we’re exposing the trainees to these different communities and letting them learn a little bit more about the people they may interact with within the community.&#8221; 
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The video also shows recruits speaking with Councilmember Olivia Hill, the first transgender-identifying man elected to the Metro Council. 
Nashville Democratic Mayor Freddie O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s office said the visit was part of the department&#8217;s standard diversity tour for recruits, not a one-time Pride Month event. 
“Metro Nashville Police recruits do a diversity tour before they ever hit the streets,” O&#8217;Connell&#8217;s office said. “Mayor O’Connell is committed to a city for everyone and that starts by bringing people together.”
The mayor&#8217;s office and the police department both shared video of the training on social media.
The police training is one of several diversity initiatives promoted by Nashville government agencies in recent years. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-before-historic-storm-embattled-electric-service-asked-workers-if-they-had-gay-friends">previously reported</a> that Nashville Electric Service (NES) employees participated in diversity training before a crippling January ice storm left 230,000 customers without power. NES employees were asked to recognize their “implicit biases” and whether they had a diverse friend group. 
Trainings were required for all supervisors and managers, and modules were “completed by employees in 2023-2025,” according to an NES spokesperson. 
O’Connell is known for his leftist ideas, including his focus on climate change and anti-ICE stance. In May of last year, the mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nashvilles-democrat-mayor-doxxes-ice-agents">doxxed</a> multiple ICE Agents after his office released information on the interactions between ICE agents and Nashville emergency service personnel. The mayor’s office claimed the names were released by mistake.

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A Democrat running for Congress in Nebraska is tied to a leftist organization that pushes for &#8220;universal sex education” and wants elementary school kids to learn about “gender identity” and “sexual orientation.” 
Denise Powell, running in the highly competitive race for Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District, has been a board member for <a href="https://educateusaction.org/">EducateUS</a>, an activist organization critical of parental rights that wants to push so-called “progressive” sex education into classrooms across the country, including for kindergartners. Powell’s <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/denisepowell402/details/volunteering-experiences/">LinkedIn</a> and candidate <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2025/10071667.pdf">disclosure</a> form lists her as a board member of the organization, which says it is for people who want to “dance at the revolution.”
While Powell’s LinkedIn lists her as a current board member and treasurer of EducateUS, the organization currently does not list her on its <a href="https://educateusaction.org/who-we-are/our-team/">list</a> of board members. Tax forms show Powell was the <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/872385932/202520489349301302/full">treasurer</a> of the organization for the fiscal year ending in September 2024. A different treasurer is listed on the next available tax form. The Daily Wire reached out to Powell and EducateUS for clarification. 
Powell is running against Republican candidate Brinker Harding in the race to succeed outgoing GOP Rep. Don Bacon. She does not mention sex education in her <a href="https://deniseforcongress.org/priorities/">platform</a> which focuses on attacking President Donald Trump and not being beholden to special interest groups. She does highlight her support for abortion and calls to codify Roe v. Wade. 
The sex ed standards <a href="https://educateusaction.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/national_sex_ed_standards_november2025.pdf">pushed</a> by EducateUS include ensuring that 5th graders learn about “gender identity and expression” and “the basics of sexual orientation” and teaching high schoolers about “abortion access,” how racism impacts their views of sexuality, and proper condom use. 
“If you care about LGBTQ+ liberation, about ending gender-based violence, child abuse, and white supremacy, if you want to dance at the revolution, the fight for sex ed is for you,” EducateUS <a href="https://educateusaction.org/">says</a> on its website. 
The group says that it believes “universal sex education” can “change the world” and wants a “complete transformation” of K-12 public sex education. It <a href="https://educateusaction.org/what-we-do/?_gl=1*uz11lp*_ga*MTYyMjg3NTc3OS4xNzgzNDMzNzM3*_ga_VNYN0WPYD3*czE3ODM0MzM3MzYkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODM0MzM3MzYkajYwJGwwJGgw">says</a> it is working with “anti-racist, feminist, and pro-LGBTQ liberation organizing forces” because “our causes are one and the same at the root.”
EducateUS advocates for “trans rights” and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/educateusaction/posts/">called</a> the recent Supreme Court decision allowing states to keep gender-confused boys out of girls sports a “devastating” decision. The group also claims that polling shows that Americans want “trans inclusive sex ed” and calls for boycotting companies that don’t implement DEI policies. 
The group accuses conservatives of trying to “undermine” sex education. 
“But right-wing extremist organizations are pouring money into a campaign to undermine public school sex education. These are the same people that are trying to erase Black history from the curriculum, banning books they don’t like, and targeting the rights of trans students,” the organization <a href="https://educateusaction.org/voterpledge/">says</a>. “They’re willing to throw an entire generation under the bus in order to consolidate their own power.”
The group offers <a href="https://educateusaction.org/for-candidates/">free training</a> for candidates who “supports sex education, LGBTQ+ student rights, and inclusive, affirming schools for all students” and who are being attacked as a “groomer or indoctrinator.” The consulting gives candidates guidance on topics like “opposing book bans,” “stopping ‘parental rights’ overreach,” and “bathroom access.”
National Republican Congressional Committee spokesman Zach Bannon said the ties to EducateUS were troubling. 
&#8220;Democrat Denise Powell’s record of pushing radical sex conversations on Nebraska children is disgusting and disqualifying,” he told The Daily Wire. “Dark-Money Denise continues to prove that she is out of touch with Nebraska values.” 
Powell’s candidate disclosure also <a href="https://disclosures-clerk.house.gov/public_disc/financial-pdfs/2025/10071667.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com">revealed</a> that she has done consultant work for leftist dark money groups like the 1630 Fund and the New Venture Fund.

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San Francisco leftists screamed obscenities and chased LGBTQ activist and California state Sen. Scott Wiener (D) away from the city’s Trans March — all because of Wiener’s stance on Israel.
Video posted to X shows Wiener, a Jewish gay man running to replace U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in the House of Representatives, walking through crowds gathering for the march while multiple participants scream at him.
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Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his ass out. It&#8217;s sad because while he&#8217;s written some good legislation for queers, hes ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill. Trigger warning: broken man walking away defeated. Vote Connie! <a href="https://t.co/TXIB7omxde">pic.twitter.com/TXIB7omxde</a>
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“You stopped being queer the moment you started supporting Israel, you piece of sh*t!” one of the march attendees shouted.
The video started with the person behind the camera applauding Wiener’s legislation on LGBT issues.
But the scene became chaotic as the person behind the camera brought up Gaza and other attendees at the march recognized Wiener.
“I think your policy on the genocide of Gaza is terrible,” the person filming Wiener said while leftists in masks surrounded the state senator. “I think you do not belong here.”
Other leftists in masks surrounded Wiener while he walked, calling him a “genocidal piece of sh*t” and yelling, “We f*cking hate you!”
Former MTV reality star Spencer Pratt, who recently ran a viral campaign to become mayor of Los Angeles, reminded Wiener of the state senator’s own accusations against him.
“Hey, Wiener guy! Remember when you called me a ‘McBigot’?” Pratt wrote on X. “How does it feel now that the Frankenstein you created is coming for you? Every stupid communist learns this history lesson the hard way. Enjoy!”
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Hey, Wiener guy! Remember when you called me a &#8220;McBigot&#8221;? How does it feel now that the Frankenstein you created is coming for you? Every stupid communist learns this history lesson the hard way. Enjoy! <a href="https://t.co/BYhKjn9URC">https://t.co/BYhKjn9URC</a> <a href="https://t.co/cCCr2u2PBp">pic.twitter.com/cCCr2u2PBp</a>
— Spencer Pratt (@spencerpratt) <a href="https://x.com/spencerpratt/status/2070882480262095147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 27, 2026</a></blockquote>
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In the video, leftists repeatedly accused Wiener of betraying LGBT people because of his stance on Gaza and Israel.
“It sucks because you’ve been wonderful, you’ve been wonderful for trans people, and you’ve been terrible, and you’ve been terrible, you’ve been terrible, you’ve been terrible on Gaza!” one person said as Wiener continued walking.
Dimitry Yakoushkin, who posted the video to X, accused Wiener of being “center right.”
“Scott Wiener showed up to the trans march and for the first time we kicked his a** out,” Yakouskin wrote. “It’s sad because while he’s written some good legislation for queers, hes [sic] ultimately a genocidal-supporting center right shill.”
Following the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks against Israel, Wiener criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but stopped short of referring to Israel’s response as a genocide. In January 2026, he <a href="https://x.com/Scott_Wiener/status/2010464312792404192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2010464312792404192%7Ctwgr%5Ee6c1c84cedf25d317cfb673a50cecc827b3c17e9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fabc7news.com%2Fpost%2Fstate-senator-scott-wiener-changes-course-gaza-calling-israels-actions-genocide%2F18392065%2F">posted</a> a video saying he does “believe Israel has committed genocide in Gaza.”
His reversal did not save him from the leftists at the Trans March, however.
“You’re a piece of sh*t on Gaza!” the person filming the video at the march yelled at him. “How could you do that? How could you betray queers? How could you oppress people?”

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The Minneapolis board agreed on a proposal to repeal the ban on commercial sex venues — like bathhouses — on Thursday, just days before the Twin Cities Pride Festival.
The nine members who voted for the proposal are all Democrats, but some are affiliated with the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL) and the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).
Democrat Elizabeth Shaffer, one of the two dissenters, said she had decided to vote against the policy after hearing concerns from her constituents, and <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minneapolis-city-council-adult-bathhouse-vote/">added</a> that since the city is  expecting a budget shortfall,  &#8220;I don&#8217;t think this is a top priority for expanding city services.&#8221;
The bathhouses were banned in Minneapolis in 1988 during the height of the AIDS epidemic because of the link between homosexual activity and the spread of the virus. 
The advocacy group Action Network, which was one of the major organizations that pushed for lifting the bathhouse ban, <a href="https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/repeal-the-ban-on-bathhouses">said</a> that the ban actually inhibited public health because it “has driven sexually-related gatherings underground, often to unsafe and inaccessible spaces.”
“Social science research tells us that commercial sex spaces, like gay saunas, are important for promoting safer sex practices, enhancing HIV prevention, and increasing access to testing and treatment,” the Action network added. “These spaces also enhance feelings of identity, camaraderie, authenticity, and belonging.”
Socialist council member Jason Chavez, who co-authored the repeal, said that he knows “as the only out LGBTQ+ person on this council” that the ban was mired in “homophobia.”
“I know what it has meant for so many in our community to have no one in this chamber who could look at this ban and say, ‘I know what it cost us.’” Chavez <a href="https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/2070279781032013948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E2070279781032013948%7Ctwgr%5E92d57b0d5ac3442bc40d8d82d52d205d517737b7%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotthebee.com%2Farticle%2Fin-honor-of-pride-month-minneapolis-decriminalizes-sex-bathhouses">said</a>. “I know who this ban was aimed at, and I know that the hate that came with this ban was wrong and still is … Bathhouse restrictions have a history that is intertwined with anti-2SLGBTQIA bigotry, in particular, the history of homophobia in Minneapolis.” 

This repeal of the bathhouse ban follows the “Pride in Policy” package Minneapolis has passed to show support of its LGBTQ residents. This package includes updating city codes with more “gender inclusive” language and “a study on how to expand all-gender restrooms across the city,” ABC News <a href="https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/minneapolis-council-votes-to-lift-38-year-ban-on-adult-bathhouses-and-sex-venues/?utm_campaign=snd-autopilot&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter_KSTP">reports</a>. Additionally, Minneapolis is updating its public indecency laws to be more LGBTQ-inclusive.
The Council must follow up this repeal on bathhouses to lay down zoning and safety regulations. Other Minnesota cities like Duluth and St. Paul already allow commercial sex venues on varying levels of oversight.

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In what may be the most spectacularly tone-deaf scheduling decision in the history of organized sport, two of the world’s most enthusiastic persecutors of gay people will <a href="https://www.espn.com/soccer/story/_/id/49179384/fifa-not-prohibit-rainbow-flags-egypt-iran-match">square off</a> Friday in the most aggressively rainbow-festooned city in America — on &#8220;Pride Weekend.&#8221;
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Egypt will take on Iran in Seattle on Friday at 8:00 p.m. PT. Try not to laugh.
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On one side of the pitch: Iran, where gay sex is punishable by death, flogging is the light sentence, and the former foreign minister once <a href="https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/irans-war-on-lgbtq-citizens">cheerfully explained</a> to a reporter that executing gay people was simply a matter of &#8220;moral principles.&#8221; The country that compels children into conversion therapy. The country that effectively outs gay people on their military ID cards so their families can murder them — which, in at least one documented case, they did.
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On the other side: Egypt, where homosexuality isn&#8217;t technically illegal but police troll Grindr to lure gay men into arrests, courts have interpreted &#8220;debauchery&#8221; law to cover anything involving two men who like each other, and the national football federation sent FIFA an actual letter &#8220;categorically rejecting any activities related to supporting homosexuality during the match.&#8221;
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And the venue? Seattle — a city so enthusiastically pro-gay it designated this specific game a &#8220;Pride Match Day&#8221; before FIFA even announced who was playing in it. Outside Lumen Field, organizers are preparing &#8220;PrideFest,&#8221; which will sprawl across five blocks of the city with three stages of free entertainment on Saturday. The city&#8217;s &#8220;Unity Loop&#8221; connects LGBTQ-owned businesses across the waterfront. Keke Palmer is performing somewhere nearby.
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Iran, naturally, asked FIFA to ban rainbow flags inside the stadium. FIFA said absolutely not. Iran&#8217;s coach showed up to Thursday&#8217;s press conference and announced his team would only answer questions about soccer. &#8220;I said to you earlier, we are here to play football,&#8221; he declared. &#8220;For nothing else.&#8221;
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Egypt&#8217;s federation issued a formal letter of disgust. FIFA president Gianni Infantino clarified, somewhat desperately, that there is &#8220;no Pride Match&#8221; — just a regular FIFA match that happens to be occurring in a city that is currently covered in rainbows.
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To summarize: two nations where gay people face imprisonment, torture, forced surgery, flogging, and execution have been deposited, by the grace of God and the FIFA scheduling committee, into the middle of the largest Pride celebration in the Pacific Northwest.
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Seattle could not have designed a better trolling if it tried.
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On the field, Egypt needs a win or a draw to advance. Iran needs a win to have any chance of topping the group.
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As for the rainbow flags? They&#8217;ll be there.
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Every last one of them.
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Scenes from the 45th annual Seattle Pride Parade, Sunday June, 30, 2019. (Genna Martin, Seattlepi.com)

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The Trump administration appears to be abandoning Biden’s opposition to African anti-gay laws.
The administration has so far remained silent on harsh anti-gay legislation passed by the Ghana Parliament in May, and it seems to be in line with President Trump’s broader strategy to prioritize strategic national interest over social issues in foreign policy decisions.
The Ghana bill carries a three-year maximum sentence for identifying as LGBTQ. It still requires the signature of Ghana President John Mahama — but he has <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/in-about-face-trump-administration-drops-opposition-to-africas-antigay-laws-8ad3a2ae">suggested support</a> for it.
Shortly after the law passed its parliament, Ghana <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/african-lawmakers-back-push-tougher-anti-lgbt-laws-after-ghana-conference-2026-06-19/">hosted</a> a major conference in Accra earlier this month, where lawmakers from more than a dozen African countries pledged to reject international agreements favoring gender ideology and abortion.
In 2023, the Biden administration levied a strong diplomatic response to anti-gay legislation in Uganda. The country’s goods were cut off from U.S. markets and visa restrictions were imposed on top officials.
The Ugandan <a href="https://www.parliament.go.ug/sites/default/files/The%20Anti-Homosexuality%20Act%2C%202023.pdf">law</a> is much harsher than Ghana&#8217;s, carrying sentences as high as life in prison for consensual homosexual acts, and 20 years in prison for providing housing, medical care, or financial support to LGBTQ individuals.
Laws criminalizing homosexuality are widespread across the continent, with all forms of homosexuality illegal in more than half its countries. 
Trump’s foreign policy places strong value on maintaining diplomatic relations in the region where the U.S. is constantly competing for influence with China and Russia. Ghana is considered a relatively stable partner in West Africa, where Islamic terrorism has become increasingly prevalent.
African legislators have become more emboldened to push back against Western pressure on cultural issues. “The idea of man marrying man and woman marrying woman is an abomination to our tradition and culture as Ghanaians,” said a statement quoted in the Ghana bill.  
The State Department has not yet shared whether it will take a position on Ghana’s bill. “We refer you to the governments of Ghana and Uganda regarding legislation in their countries,” a spokesman <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/africa/in-about-face-trump-administration-drops-opposition-to-africas-antigay-laws-8ad3a2ae">said</a>, according to the Wall Street Journal. 
Unlike the Biden era, the current administration seems to be treating the issue as one for foreign governments to decide internally, while focusing U.S. diplomacy on issues that directly concern American citizens. 
The silence has angered some human rights groups, who warn that it could signal approval to other governments to pass the same kinds of restrictions.

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Major League Baseball issued a statement on Tuesday trying to downplay its clear targeting of Christian players on the San Francisco Giants who rejected a recent LGBT &#8220;Pride Night&#8221; game.
After the MLB boasted to The Athletic, a subsidiary of the New York Times, that a handful of Christian players have been &#8220;warned&#8221; about writing Bible verses on their baseball caps, the league issued a follow-up statement on Tuesday.
“To be clear, this routine verbal warning not to wear the hat in future games is not disciplinary and had absolutely nothing to do with the content of the message,&#8221; the MLB said, according to sports broadcaster Blake Niemann. &#8220;We respect players’ right to free expression. However, writing of any kind, with any message, is prohibited per Major League Baseball’s Uniform Regulations.&#8221;
The statement seemed to come in response to mounting backlash the league was receiving for singling out the handful of players who counter-signaled or rejected the LGBT rainbow-themed baseball caps for a &#8220;Pride Night&#8221; event. As highlighted by The Daily Wire, Giants starting pitcher <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/giants-pitcher-refuses-to-hide-christian-faith-during-pride-night">Landen Roupp</a> etched a Bible passage found in Genesis on the cap. Other players, JT Brubaker and Ryan Walker, followed suit, standing up for their Christian faith and also adding Bible verses. Relief pitcher Sam Hentges refused to wear the rainbow cap altogether, stating, “I don’t morally support it.”
&#8220;The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice we have warned the players about future violations,&#8221; the MLB said on Monday.
The Giants also issued a statement that championed &#8220;inclusion&#8221; and apologized for the team&#8217;s Christian players apparently hurting the LGBT community: “We understand that the choices by individual players have caused pain and anger to many in the LGBTQ+ community and we are sorry for that,&#8221; the team said.
MLB fans and political commentators don&#8217;t seem to be buying the league&#8217;s latest spin. Conservative author Mollie Hemingway commented, &#8220;Of all the professional sports leagues to go out of their way to hate Christians and conservatives, [MLB] is most disappointing. There’s not a single left-wing political-religious scam they haven’t embraced. And any resistance to their extremism is met with hostility.&#8221;
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Of all the professional sports leagues to go out of their way to hate Christians and conservatives, <a href="https://x.com/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MLB</a> is most disappointing. There’s not a single left-wing political-religious scam they haven’t embraced. And any resistance to their extremism is met with hostility.
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) <a href="https://x.com/MZHemingway/status/2066988338142155214?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 16, 2026</a></blockquote>
Notably, the MLB faced backlash in 2023 after the Los Angeles Dodgers honored the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence — a drag group that mocks Catholicism — during the team&#8217;s &#8220;Pride Night.&#8221; It was also uncovered earlier this year that a Washington Nationals executive said the team avoided featuring pitcher Trevor Williams on social media because of his outspoken Catholic faith.
The MLB also went all-in on the Black Lives Matter movement, allowing BLM patches and messages on uniforms, displaying BLM-themed logos on fields, and promoting player-led campaigns against racism. In 2021, the league even moved its All-Star Game from Atlanta over a voter ID law the league apparently viewed as racist.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mlb-targets-christian-players-who-rejected-lgbt-pride-night?author=Amanda+Prestigiacomo&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=MLB+Targets+Christian+Players+Who+Rejected+LGBT+‘Pride+Night’">MLB Targets Christian Players Who Rejected LGBT ‘Pride Night’</a>

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