The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-union-president-says-auto-workers-feel-abandoned-by-the-democratic-party-as-union-criticizes-bidens-ev-push" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Auto Workers</a> announced a strike against <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ford-motor-co" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ford</a>, General Motors, and Stellantis, as the union demands higher wages and “economic and social justice.”
Around 13,000 auto workers <a href="https://apnews.com/article/auto-uaw-workers-strike-gm-ford-stellantis-7ce3ca9d94b911250d07556b7af376c7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stopped working</a> as picketing began outside a Ford factory in Wayne, Michigan; a GM assembly plant in Wentzville, Missouri; and a Stellantis Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio. The strike comes after weeks of negotiations between the union and leadership at the automakers. 
“We didn’t want to be here. We want a fair agreement. We want fair economic and social justice for our members. That’s what this is all about. And it’s a shame,” <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/live-blog/uaw-strike-ford-general-motors-stellantis-live-updates-rcna105134" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Shawn Fain, president of the auto workers union. 
The strike is currently only targeted at three factories as the UAW pushes for a 36% pay bump over a four-year period for workers. Ford and GM said they could do 20% and Stellantis put forth a 17.5% increase over four years, according to the Associated Press. 
Other demands by the union are a 32-hour work week with pay for 40 hours, pensions for new employees, and inflation-based pay bumps. 
Prior to the strike, GM outlined that, in addition to the 20% pay increase over four years, the company would add “inflation protection,” increase its contributions to retirement health care savings by 25%, and increase vacation time. GM CEO Mary Barra <a href="https://www.gmnegotiations2023.com/public/us/en/negotiations/home.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">described</a> the offer as a “compelling and unprecedented economic package.” 
President Joe Biden, who <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/09/05/uaw-strike-likely-detroit-automakers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">predicted</a> that a strike would not take place, will reportedly discuss the standoff sometime on Friday. 
&#8220;No, I&#8217;m not worried about a strike until it happens. I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s going to happen,” Biden said on Labor Day. 
Alfredo Ortiz, president and CEO of Job Creators Network, slammed Biden in a statement after the strike, saying that the president was in part responsible for the strike.
&#8220;President Biden is partly responsible for the economically damaging UAW strike because Bidenflation has caused declining real wages and living standards for ordinary workers, resulting in UAW taking this drastic action to swing the wage pendulum in the other direction. Biden&#8217;s pro-union rhetoric, including calling himself the most pro-union president in history, has also contributed to the UAW overplaying its hand with ridiculous compensation demands that threaten the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of workers, thousands of small businesses that service the big three automakers, and even the automakers themselves,&#8221; Ortiz said.
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Ford said that a strike “could have wide-ranging consequences for our business and the economy. It also impacts the very 57,000 UAW-Ford workers we are trying to reward with this contract.”
Stellantis, who had about 5,800 employees in Ohio stop work making the Jeep Wrangler and Gladiator, said it was “disappointed” by the strike. 
&#8220;We are extremely disappointed by the UAW leadership’s refusal to engage in a responsible manner to reach a fair agreement in the best interest of our employees, their families and our customers,&#8221; a statement from Stellantis said. &#8220;We immediately put the Company in contingency mode and will take all the appropriate structural decisions to protect our North American operations and the Company,” the company added.

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A transgender clinic in St. Louis will no longer prescribe gender hormones to minors thanks to a new state law that exposes doctors to lawsuits if they provide such treatments.
The Transgender <a href="https://www.stlouischildrens.org/conditions-treatments/transgender-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Center</a> at St. Louis Children’s Hospital “will no longer prescribe puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to minors for purposes of gender transition,” Washington University, which is affiliated with the hospital, announced on Monday.
Missouri&#8217;s new law bans putting children on puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones and performing gender surgery on minors. The law includes an exception for patients already on hormone treatments, allowing them to continue taking them.
Despite the exception, however, the Transgender Center chose to stop offering hormone treatments to all patients because the ban exposes doctors to lawsuits, university officials said.
“This legal claim creates unsustainable liability for health-care professionals and makes it untenable for us to continue to provide comprehensive transgender care for minor patients without subjecting the university and our providers to an unacceptable level of liability,” Washington University said in a <a href="https://source.wustl.edu/2023/09/statement-on-washington-university-transgender-center/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">statement.</a>
&#8220;We are disheartened to have to take this step,&#8221; the university added.
The law set the minimum liability at $500,000.
The legislature approved the new law in May. The measure took effect August 28 and expires in 2027.
The Transgender Center&#8217;s decision comes after explosive whistleblower accusations against the gender clinic earlier this year.
In February, Jamie Reed, a former case manager at the Transgender Center, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/emergency-room-staff-near-st-louis-gender-clinic-worry-no-one-is-ever-told-no-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">went public</a> with <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allegations</a> that the gender clinic had hastily put children with significant psychiatric issues on gender hormone treatments. Reed also alleged that the clinic did not make sure children and their families were fully aware of the side effects, some of which are serious.
At the same time, emergency room staff at the hospital started seeing a spike in trans-identifying children showing up every day in psychiatric crisis, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/health/transgender-youth-st-louis-jamie-reed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last month. The children were taking hormones but not receiving the counseling they needed, the emergency room doctors warned.
In recent years, the clinic saw a huge spike in trans-identifying minors asking for services. By 2021, four or five new patients were calling the clinic every day, up from 2018 when the clinic would only see four or five new patients a month. About 73% of those new patients were girls, according to internal documents reported by the Times.
Some adolescents with red flags in their medical histories <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/health/transgender-youth-st-louis-jamie-reed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were put</a> on gender hormone regimens, the Times reported. Some of those patients later stopped identifying as transgender and received no support from the clinic afterward.
Reed and the clinic’s nurse together kept a private “red flag list” of 60 patients with complex psychiatric diagnoses, a changing sense of gender, or complicated family situations. One patient on testosterone stopped taking their schizophrenia medication, one was known to hallucinate, and one had been in a psychiatric unit for five months.
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After the whistleblower allegations, Missouri’s Republican attorney general opened an investigation into the clinic. That investigation remains ongoing.
Over the last few years, critics have sounded the alarm about the permanent effects of both gender hormone treatments and surgical procedures, especially on children.
Both puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones come with serious health risks. Puberty blockers can <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075" target="_blank" rel="noopener">affect</a> bone growth and density and cause sexual dysfunction, voice damage, and infertility, among other issues. Cross-sex hormones can <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-young-people-in-u-s-have-nearly-doubled-recently-report-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cause</a> infertility, deadly blood clots, heart attacks, increased cancer risks of the breasts and ovaries, liver dysfunction, worsening psychological illness, and other serious conditions.
The number of gender surgeries nearly tripled in the U.S. from 2016 to 2019, according to an <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2808707?utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_term=082323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open. In 2016, there were about 4,550 procedures, and that number spiked to around 13,000 in 2019.
Hundreds of girls in the U.S., some as young as 12, <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/101252?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2022-10-17&amp;eun=g394940d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202022-10-17&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have gotten</a> elective, gender-related double mastectomies to remove their healthy breasts over the last few years.
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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St. Louis Clinic Ditches ‘Transgender Care’ For Minors Over Law Exposing Doctors To Lawsuits

St. Louis Clinic Ditches 'Transgender Care' For Minors Over Law Exposing Doctors To Lawsuits

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Emergency room workers at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/st-louis">St. Louis</a> children&#8217;s hospital that houses a popular gender clinic said they worry that the young trans-identifying patients showing up at the ER in crisis are never &#8220;told no&#8221; when it comes to hormone treatments.
In February, Jamie Reed, a former case manager at the Transgender <a href="https://www.stlouischildrens.org/conditions-treatments/transgender-center" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Center</a> at St. Louis Children&#8217;s Hospital went public with explosive <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whistleblower allegations</a> that the gender clinic had hastily put children with significant psychiatric issues on gender hormone treatments. Reed also alleged that the clinic did not make sure children and their families were fully aware of the side effects, some of which are serious.
At the same time, emergency room staff at the hospital started seeing a spike in trans-identifying children showing up every day in psychiatric crisis, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/health/transgender-youth-st-louis-jamie-reed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on Wednesday.
The children were taking hormones but not receiving the therapy they needed, emergency room doctors warned.
The clinic&#8217;s nurse, wrote in an email obtained by the Times that emergency room staffers “aren’t sure why patients aren’t required to continue in counseling if they are continuing hormones” and were concerned that “no one is ever told no.”
In recent years, the clinic saw a huge spike in trans-identifying children asking for services. By 2021, four or five new patients were calling the clinic every day, up from 2018 when the clinic would only see four or five new patients a month. About 73% of those new patients were girls, according to internal documents reported by the Times.
As the clinic became overwhelmed, it started relying on outside therapists, some of whom did not have much experience in gender issues, to determine whether children were psychologically fit for puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones.
Some children with red flags in their medical histories <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/23/health/transgender-youth-st-louis-jamie-reed.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were put</a> on gender hormone regimens, the Times reported. Some of those patients later stopped identifying as transgender and did not receive any support from the clinic afterwards.
Reed and the clinic&#8217;s nurse together kept a private &#8220;red flag list&#8221; of 60 patients with complex psychiatric diagnoses, a changing sense of gender, or complicated family situations. One patient on testosterone stopped taking their schizophrenia medication, one was known to hallucinate, and one had been in a psychiatric unit for five months.
They also kept track of 16 patients who had detransitioned, meaning they changed their gender identity again or stopped taking hormones, the Times said.
One apparently female patient emailed the clinic to say she had detransitioned and asked for a voice coach for her masculinized voice as well as an autism screening. Another patient ended up regretting her mastectomy and asked for a breast reconstruction, but she had not received a reply, according to emails between clinic staff. Another patient posted a warning about the clinic on Reddit after she was put on testosterone around the same time she was being treated for bipolar disorder and anxiety. She told the Times that “overall, there was a major lack of care and consideration for me” at the clinic.
After the original whistleblower allegations from Reed, the former case manager, Missouri’s Republican attorney general opened an investigation into the clinic. That investigation remains ongoing.
Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) also <a href="https://www.hawley.senate.gov/hawley-outlines-investigation-washington-university-transgender-center-st-louis-childrens-hospital" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> an investigation into the clinic that is ongoing.
An internal investigation by Washington University, which is affiliated with St. Louis Children&#8217;s Hospital, <a href="https://missouriindependent.com/2023/04/21/washington-university-says-allegations-against-transgender-center-are-unsubstantiated/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> Reed&#8217;s claims were “unsubstantiated.”
Over the last few years, critics have sounded the alarm about the permanent effects of both gender hormone treatments and surgical procedures, especially on children.
Both puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones come with serious health risks. Puberty blockers can <a href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/gender-dysphoria/in-depth/pubertal-blockers/art-20459075">affect</a> bone growth and density and cause sexual dysfunction, voice damage, and infertility, among other issues. Cross-sex hormones can <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/transgender-young-people-in-u-s-have-nearly-doubled-recently-report-shows" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cause</a> infertility, deadly blood clots, heart attacks, increased cancer risks of the breasts and ovaries, liver dysfunction, worsening psychological illness, and other serious conditions.
The number of gender surgeries nearly tripled in the U.S. from 2016 to 2019, according to an <a href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2808707?utm_source=For_The_Media&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=ftm_links&amp;utm_term=082323" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> published Wednesday in JAMA Network Open. In 2016, there were about 4,550 procedures, and that number spiked to around 13,000 in 2019.
Hundreds of teen girls in the U.S., some as young as 12, <a href="https://www.medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/generalpediatrics/101252?xid=nl_mpt_DHE_2022-10-17&amp;eun=g394940d0r&amp;utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Daily%20Headlines%20Evening%202022-10-17&amp;utm_term=NL_Daily_DHE_dual-gmail-definition" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have gotten</a> elective, gender-related double mastectomies to remove their healthy breasts over the last few years.
Meanwhile, it is more popular than ever for youth to adopt new gender identities. An estimated 300,000 minors aged 13 to 17 <a href="https://williamsinstitute.law.ucla.edu/press/transgender-estimate-press-release/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">identified</a> as transgender as of last year.

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Emergency Room Staff Near St. Louis Gender Clinic Worry ‘No One Is Ever Told No’: Report

Emergency Room Staff Near St. Louis Gender Clinic Worry 'No One Is Ever Told No': Report

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Josh Hawley

Yesterday was the ninth anniversary of the lynching of a police officer named Darren Wilson. On the morning of August 9th, 2014, Wilson tried to detain 18-year-old Michael Brown, who had just robbed a convenience store and attacked the clerk.
That&#8217;s when, according to the Obama DOJ, &#8220;Wilson and other witnesses stated that Brown &#8230; reached into [Wilson&#8217;s] SUV through the open driver’s window and punched and grabbed Wilson.&#8221; Investigators made that determination by observing &#8220;bruising on Wilson’s jaw and scratches on his neck, the presence of Brown’s DNA on Wilson’s collar, shirt, and pants, and Wilson’s DNA on Brown’s palm.&#8221; Brown then tried to grab Wilson&#8217;s gun; Wilson shot him; Brown ran away, then turned around and charged at Wilson; and Wilson fatally shot Brown in self-defense. 
The Obama DOJ did everything it could to find a way to charge Darren Wilson, yet those were their conclusions. Wilson did nothing wrong, much to the dismay of those who wished to sacrifice him on the altar of racial justice. Despite media reports, not a single witness ever claimed Brown said &#8220;don&#8217;t shoot.&#8221; And all the witnesses who claimed that Brown&#8217;s hands were in the air were either contradicted by the evidence, or later recanted their testimony. Those are the factual details. If you&#8217;re so inclined you can read the full <a href="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/doj_report_on_shooting_of_michael_brown_1.pdf">DOJ report</a> online. 
What you can&#8217;t find online, however, is what happened to Darren Wilson. His name is never mentioned in the media. It&#8217;s as if he never existed. The handful of reports on Wilson in recent years suggest he&#8217;s living a life of anonymity in the middle of nowhere, and that he&#8217;ll never be able to work as a police officer again. His life was destroyed. Nobody who defamed him as a racist killer ever apologized. Nobody who took part in the destruction of an innocent man’s life was ever held accountable.
In a country that cared about police officers, or the truth, that would be a national scandal. But we don&#8217;t live in a country like that, so instead, yesterday the only name you heard was Michael Brown. They canonized him all over again. Here&#8217;s how one local news report talked about the case:
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A &#8220;ceremony to honor Michael Brown, the teenager shot and killed by a police officer after a confrontation.&#8221; That&#8217;s how a &#8220;news station&#8221; in 2023 is talking about a thug who attacked a store clerk, then tried to kill a police officer. They don&#8217;t mention any of those facts we just reviewed, because they&#8217;re inconvenient. Instead, the &#8220;news station&#8221; informs you that Brown&#8217;s body lay in the street for several hours after the shooting, as if that&#8217;s somehow incriminating or even relevant. Of course they leave out the fact that the mob made processing the crime scene so difficult that Ferguson had to call in the SWAT team to control the situation. They don&#8217;t mention all the lies that the supposed &#8220;witnesses&#8221; told the media, like the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7tTsEYE3Ms">false claim</a> that Michael Brown had been shot in the back.
It wasn&#8217;t just one news station that decided to lie yesterday. They all did it. Here&#8217;s how the local Fox station described what happened:
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Again, without mentioning any details of what Michael Brown actually did, we&#8217;re told that his case has something to do with &#8220;police brutality and injustice faced by African-Americans.&#8221; That intro was followed by a sympathetic clip with Michael Brown&#8217;s family. Apparently Darren Wilson&#8217;s family wasn&#8217;t available. Maybe they&#8217;re in hiding. We really don&#8217;t know.
What we can say for sure is that there weren&#8217;t any memorial events honoring Darren Wilson yesterday in St. Louis. Instead the city put on a series of events celebrating the legacy of the thug who robbed stores and attacked a police officer. Watch:
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Michael Brown &#8220;Was shot and killed followed by a confrontation,&#8221; the reporter tells us. Wow, there&#8217;s that word again. It was a &#8220;confrontation.&#8221; It doesn&#8217;t imply any kind of fault by one side or the other. It doesn&#8217;t tell you anything. It leaves you completely in the dark, which is the exact opposite of what the news media is supposed to do. They just want you to know that the community came together to quote, &#8220;honor Michael Brown&#8217;s life and legacy.&#8221; They don’t bother explaining why Brown’s life and legacy deserve to be honored. 
These so-called reporters know exactly what they&#8217;re doing. Anyone with Google can prove it is a lie in about five seconds. But obviously, none of these people can think for themselves. So the question becomes, Where are they getting the idea to do it? 
We know that the Obama administration benefited from lying about Michael Brown all the way back in 2014, just as they benefited from lying about Trayvon Martin and all the other race hoaxes. That&#8217;s why the Obama DOJ investigated Ferguson&#8217;s police department (and many other police departments), and <a href="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/opa/press-releases/attachments/2015/03/04/ferguson_police_department_report.pdf">claimed</a> they must be racist because they pull over more black people than white people. It didn&#8217;t matter to the DOJ that Ferguson is an overwhelmingly black town; they just ran with that reasoning, because they knew the city didn&#8217;t have the money or the PR resources to fight them. In fact, when the city publicly announced that it disagreed with the Obama DOJ&#8217;s ridiculous reasoning, the DOJ called the city racist again, just for daring to challenge their narrative. &#8220;You&#8217;re racist, and if you deny that you&#8217;re racist, then that&#8217;s just more evidence you&#8217;re racist.&#8221; That&#8217;s basically what the DOJ said. Again, the document is online if you want to read it.
But that still doesn&#8217;t answer the question of, &#8220;why now?&#8221; Why is the media still lying now about this shooting, even nine years later, when everyone knows they&#8217;re lying?
It could be that they&#8217;re still taking orders from the Democratic Party, which, somehow, has not given up on the lie. Squad bench warmer Cori Bush (D-MO) tweeted yesterday, &#8220;Today is the 9th anniversary of Mike Brown’s killing. He would be alive today if the institutions of racism and white supremacy were eradicated. He should be alive today. We will never forget. We will continue to fight for justice and accountability.&#8221; Ben Crump and various Left-wing groups said more or less the same thing.
But it&#8217;s not just a couple of race-hustling lawyers and politicians from Missouri who are lying about Michael Brown. The Biden administration, at the highest levels, is also portraying Michael Brown as a hero. This was the State Department&#8217;s new &#8220;equity representative,&#8221; speaking yesterday as Tony Blinken looked on:
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the state department&#39;s new &#39;equity representative&#39; just eulogized violent thug Michael brown, with Tony blinker looking on. impossible to overemphasize how their entire movement is built on lies and repeating lies despite all evidence. it&#39;s not just cori bush and ben crump <a href="https://t.co/aL4fTVDFlO">pic.twitter.com/aL4fTVDFlO</a>
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Well, that&#8217;s interesting. The State Department, which uses coordinated disinformation campaigns to inspire color revolutions overseas — with the express goal of overthrowing foreign governments — is now deliberately lying about a police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri from nine years ago. They&#8217;re telling you an &#8220;unarmed black teenager&#8221; was just murdered by a cop for no reason, nine years after that narrative was completely and totally debunked.
Why are they doing that? They know exactly how destabilizing that lie has been over the past decade. Take a look at <a href="https://www.fergusoncity.com/855/Crime-DataGraphs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this chart</a>. It shows the rate of violent crime in Ferguson over the past few decades. That&#8217;s the red. It also shows you how many cases police solve in the city. That&#8217;s the green. Notice any trends? It’s hard to miss. You see a big bump in violent crime around 2014, when the U.S. government decided to pretend that Michael Brown was a hero, while the number of violent crime cases actually solved goes the other direction.
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You can find similar charts from every major city in America. In recent years, police were either defunded or scared away. No cop wants to be lynched for doing his job, after all. And so, predictably, cities got much more dangerous. A lot of people died. And it started with the Ferguson lie, which was the genesis of the modern BLM movement.
To the Left, all those deaths were collateral damage. They think it was all worth it, because the rise of BLM meant more political power for them. They recruited a mob of enforcers who could literally set entire communities on fire with impunity, as a message to the rest of the country. They were able to demonize local police departments, and empower the FBI, which they controlled. And, for the corporations who bankroll Democrats, the rise of BLM was also a welcome diversion from rising populist sentiments in both parties.
The lying about Ferguson, in that sense, isn&#8217;t so remarkable. The State Department and the Democratic Party are pushing for an internal revolution here for the same reason they push for color revolutions elsewhere. They want to tear down the system of government we have in this country, and our rule of law and our traditions. And they want to replace them with something very different — something &#8220;equitable,&#8221; with them in charge.
So far, their strategy is working. It&#8217;s a perfect example of how the Left plays the long game. They&#8217;ve obtained total narrative control.
Sure, their whole narrative was debunked, but what do they care? They’ll just keep repeating the lie year after year after year until eventually the other side gets tired of correcting it, and their version makes it into the history books. It does make you question how much of the stuff you find in history books can actually be trusted. If Cori Bush and the State Department and the entire media and Democrat Party can lie about something that we all remember, what happens when there is nobody left who remembers it?
The unfortunate reality is that historical lies gain more power and momentum as time goes on and we move further away from the event they’re lying about. The truth, however, does not benefit from this kind of distance. If anything, its road becomes much harder. And this is exactly what the Left is counting on.

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The Media Is Still Lying About Michael Brown 9 Years Later. Here’s Why.

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1. More Charges For Trump
Special Counsel Jack Smith expanded the charges against former President Trump on Thursday evening in the classified documents case — adding new charges and one additional defendant. Read <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-charged-with-3-more-crimes-in-classified-documents-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. 
The new “superseding indictment” accuses Trump of asking a Mar-a-Lago employee named Carlos De Oliveria to delete surveillance footage “to prevent the footage from being provided to a federal grand jury.”  The charges allege Trump, Trump aide Walter Nauta, and De Oliveira “did knowingly combine, conspire, confederate, and agree with each other and with others known and unknown to the grand jury, to engage in misleading conduct.&#8221; De Oliveira will be arraigned on Monday in Miami. 
Rapid Reaction: How did Republicans respond to this? Well, after the new superseding indictment came down, the Senate passed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-passes-defense-bill-with-no-block-on-funding-for-abortion-travel-setting-up-battle-with-house" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defense bill that still funds abortion tourism</a> with many Republican supporters. As rumors flew that another indictment was coming, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tamped down expectations that he would impeach President Joe Biden anytime soon:
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Kevin McCarthy on possible Biden impeachment: &quot;If [Biden administration] do not provide the information we need, then we would go to an impeachment inquiry.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerMcCarthy</a> <a href="https://t.co/S3n4pyjSPT">pic.twitter.com/S3n4pyjSPT</a>
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So in short, the GOP leadership didn&#8217;t exactly flex their political muscle in response.
There is at least one GOP senator pushing back. Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio is still pledging to block all Department of Justice nominees until Biden ends the &#8220;harassment&#8221; of his political opponents.
As Republican strategist Aaron Surabian said, &#8220;This is the way.&#8221;
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&#8220;If the Biden Administration wants to use the DOJ to target their political opponents, then blocking all of Biden’s DOJ nominations is the proper response,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Glad that there’s at least one Republican Senator who understands how to fight.&#8221;
There are other Republicans fighting the weaponization, of course, but Vance&#8217;s speech on the topic is worth the watch:
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This is the way. If the Biden Administration wants to use the DOJ to target their political opponents, then blocking all of Biden’s DOJ nominations is the proper response. Glad that there’s at least one Republican Senator who understands how to fight &#8211; <a href="https://twitter.com/JDVance1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JDVance1</a> <a href="https://t.co/3Pap2PQ2l2">https://t.co/3Pap2PQ2l2</a>
&mdash; Andrew Surabian (@Surabees) <a href="https://twitter.com/Surabees/status/1684601893434032139?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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2. Bud Light Laying Off 400 Workers
Anheuser Busch — the makers of Bud Light — have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-mulvaney-effect-anheuser-busch-laying-off-hundreds-of-employees" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> they are laying off 2% of the company’s 19,000 employees, which means nearly 400 workers. The layoffs come months after Bud Light was replaced by Modelo as America’s number one beer as measured by sales (not volume). Since Anhueuer-Busch’s collaboration with Dylan Mulvaney back in April, the corporation has lost $27 billion in market value and has taken a hit on its popularity dropping to 15th — well behind Corona, Guinness, and Samuel Adams, according to a YouGov poll.
Rapid Reaction: There&#8217;s a phenomenal Reader&#8217;s Pass piece covering how <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-left-wrote-the-book-on-effective-boycotts-then-came-bud-light" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conservatives — not liberals — are the ones who effectively wield boycotts</a>. This is more proof of that thesis. Of course, seeing somebody lose their job is never fun. But, if companies want to continue to push their political views onto the American people, there are going to be consequences to their bottom line.
3. Missouri Sued For Protecting Children
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri">Missouri</a> has been sued over its law that bans sex change procedures from being performed on children, making it the latest Republican-led state to face a challenge over a law shielding children from transgender procedures. The lawsuit, which was filed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-left-wing-legal-groups-backing-trans-procedures-on-kids">left-wing legal groups</a>, including the ACLU of Missouri and Lambda Legal, <a href="https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/missouri/2023/07/26/advocates-sue-missouri-over-law-banning-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/70422045007/">claims</a> that Missouri’s law is discriminatory. The law prohibits procedures like double-mastectomies on girls who identify as boys, and giving children cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers.
Rapid Reaction: Leftists suing for the &#8220;right&#8221; to mutilate children. It&#8217;s sick and twisted. While supporters of sex-denial surgeries for minors love to claim that it&#8217;s about &#8220;parental rights,&#8221; they forget that those rights have limits. For example, parents cannot abuse their children by burning cigarettes on their skin and claim its discipline. These gender-rejection procedures shouldn&#8217;t be an option either.
4. Politicized De-Banking Continues
The chief executive of Coutts Bank has <a href="https://www.news4jax.com/business/2023/07/27/ceo-of-royal-banker-coutts-resigns-amid-furor-over-closure-of-politician-nigel-farages-account/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stepped down</a> amid the furor surrounding populist politician Nigel Farage’s complaints that his account was closed because of his political views. CEO Peter Flavel resigned just days after Coutts owner NatWest Group parted ways with its CEO Alison Rose. Rose left after admitting that she had spoken with a reporter regarding Farage’s personal details.
Rapid Reaction: If Farage can be de-banked for his beliefs, it can happen to you. Don&#8217;t believe me? Read this story: &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jpmorgan-chase-repeatedly-de-banked-conservative-and-religious-groups-republican-state-officials-say" target="_blank" rel="noopener">JPMorgan Chase Repeatedly ‘De-Banked’ Conservative And Religious Groups, Republican State Officials Say</a>&#8221;
5. Allergic To Meat From A Tickbite? Worst Nightmare.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S. have developed red meat allergies since 2010 due to a strange syndrome triggered by tick bites.
 According to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cdc-warns-of-emerging-illness-caused-by-tick-bite-that-causes-potentially-life-threatening-allergy-to-red-meat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">government report</a>, as many as 450,000 Americans have developed the allergy, which makes it the 10th most common food allergy in the U.S. Health officials said they are not aware of any confirmed deaths, but people with the allergy have described it as bewildering and terrifying. Despite its Texas-themed name, the lone star tick is most common in the eastern and southern U.S. and about 4% of all U.S. cases have been in the eastern end of New York’s Long Island.
Rapid Reaction: This is a &#8220;worst nightmare ever scenario.&#8221; Not being able to enjoy a steak all because of a tick bite? Oh, the humanity. And on that note, make sure to buy some meat from our good friends over at <a href="https://www.goodranchers.com/shop?utm_source=g&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_id=18568444723&amp;ad_group_id=145909549601&amp;ad_id=627727583906&amp;placement_id=&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwzo2mBhAUEiwAf7wjkurS1eWEbVUghmjmiUkOIverTJa94IUm8cb1ykyc3qZpTCqXcIvPIBoC6rMQAvD_BwE&amp;gad=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Good Ranchers</a>.
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Rapid Reaction: At Least One Senator Is Fighting Back Against Biden’s ‘Political Harassment’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri</a> has been sued over its law that bans sex change procedures from being performed on children, making it the latest Republican-led state to face a challenge over a law shielding children from transgender procedures. 
The lawsuit, which was filed by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/here-are-the-left-wing-legal-groups-backing-trans-procedures-on-kids" target="_blank" rel="noopener">left-wing legal groups</a>, the ACLU of Missouri and Lambda Legal in addition to the Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP law firm, <a href="https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/missouri/2023/07/26/advocates-sue-missouri-over-law-banning-gender-affirming-care-for-minors/70422045007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claims</a> that Missouri’s law is discriminatory. The law prohibits procedures like double mastectomies on girls who identify as boys and giving children cross-sex hormones and puberty blockers. 
&#8220;Governor Parson signed Senate Bill 49 to protect Missouri children and supports efforts by Attorney General Bailey to defend the legislation,&#8221; a spokesperson for Governor Mike Parson (R-MO) said. 
In June, Parson <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/missouri-governor-signs-bills-banning-transgender-treatments-for-minors-protecting-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, which banned the transgender procedures on minors and prohibited the state’s Medicaid program from covering transgender treatments for adults.  
At the time, Parson said the law would “protect Missouri children from harmful, irreversible treatments and procedures. These decisions have permanent consequences for life and should not be made by impressionable children who may be in crisis or influenced by the political persuasions of others.”
The lawsuit involves several parents who claim their children identify as transgender, the LGBT group PFLAG National, and the GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality.
&#8220;On its face, the law enshrines discriminatory practices in our health care system by specifically denying transgender Missourians under the age of eighteen access to evidence-based gender-affirming medical care while stripping parents of their fundamental right to make medical decisions for their children,&#8221; Deputy Director of Litigation for the ACLU of Missouri Gillian Wilcox said in a statement. 
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has indicated he will defend the law, <a href="https://twitter.com/AGAndrewBailey/status/1683978302619373570" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> that it is necessary to protect children. 
“There are zero FDA approvals of puberty blockers or cross-sex hormones to treat gender dysphoria in children. We’re not going to let left-wing ideologues experiment on children here in the state of Missouri,” Bailey said. 
As over 20 states have passed laws shielding children from transgender procedures, Left-wing groups have challenged them on constitutional grounds, claiming that they violate the 14th Amendment. 
While laws in states like Arkansas and Alabama have been put on hold, some have survived court challenges. In Tennessee, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennessee-law-protecting-kids-from-trans-procedures-to-take-full-effect-after-court-victory" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ruled against</a> a preliminary injunction from a federal judge blocking full implementation the Volunteer State’s law. 
Missouri’s law is set to go into effect on August 28.

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri</a> county named for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/andrew-jackson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Andrew Jackson</a> will remove two statues of the former president despite county residents previously voting to keep the monuments up. 
City officials in Jackson County, Missouri, will remove statues of Jackson outside courthouses in Independence and Kansas City after the Jackson County Legislature <a href="https://fox4kc.com/news/jackson-county-to-remove-andrew-jackson-statues-outside-courthouses/">voted</a> 7-1 to remove the statues. The vote came after the county legislature had previously decided to let residents vote on the fate of the statues in a ballot initiative in November 2020. 
At the ballot initiative, voters in the county voted to keep the statues, with over 72% of county residents <a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Jackson_County,_Missouri,_Question_2,_Removal_of_Andrew_Jackson_Statutes_(November_2020)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voting against</a> a proposal to remove the statues of Jackson, who was president from 1829-1837. 
“I remain committed in my belief that the statues of a man who owned slaves, caused thousands of Native Americans to die and never stepped foot in our County should be removed from our public facilities,” <a href="https://fox4kc.com/politics/your-local-election-headquarters/jackson-county-residents-vote-to-keep-andrew-jackson-statues-outside-courthouses/">said</a> County Executive Frank White after the November vote. 
The statues of Jackson, who is credited with orchestrating the American victory at the Battle of New Orleans against the British during the War of 1812, were in front of the Jackson County Courthouse in Kansas City and the Historic Truman Courthouse in Independence. 
According to the Jackson County Historical Society, the county was <a href="https://www.jchs.org/history-of-jackson-county#:~:text=Jackson%20County%20was%20organized%20on,minuscule%20settlement%20near%20a%20spring." target="_blank" rel="noopener">organized</a> on December 15, 1826 and named for Jackson, who had been a U.S. senator for Tennessee and was nationally known thanks to the Battle of New Orleans. 
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In 2021, the county added a plaque to the statue that referenced Martin Luther King Jr.
 “This statue of Jackson reminds us we are on a path that, in the immortal words of Martin Luther King Jr., bends towards justice. In turn, we must acknowledge past injustices to help us create a greater nation built upon humane policies to light our way and the way of humanity everywhere,” the plaque <a href="https://fox4kc.com/news/jackson-county-to-remove-andrew-jackson-statues-outside-courthouses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">read</a>. 
Last month, Legislator Manny Abarca introduced a <a href="https://www.kcur.org/news/2023-06-12/jackson-county-legislator-wants-andrew-jackson-statues-removed-from-kansas-city-area-courthouses#:~:text=%22It%20is%20in%20the%20moral,groups%20or%20proponents%20of%20slavery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">resolution</a> taking aim at Jackson over his ties to slavery and the Trail of Tears. 
&#8220;It is in the moral interest of Jackson County to immediately create separation from these moments in our nation’s history through the removal of statues or monuments associated with them so as to not accidentally bestow honor on individuals who were engaged in the genocide of indigenous groups or proponents of slavery,&#8221; the resolution said. 
The statues have been a target of vandalism in recent years, with some labeling the former president as a racist. After the county legislature’s vote, they will be removed and stored by the city.

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An 18-year-old girl from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tennessee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee</a> has sued the city of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/st-louis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">St. Louis</a> after she had both legs amputated after being struck by a car in an accident police said was caused in part by a man out on bond. 
Janae Edmondson, a high school volleyball player competing in a tournament in St. Louis, was pinned between two cars in February, causing her to lose both legs. According to the police, Daniel Riley, a 21-year-old man who <a href="https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/local/janae-edmonson-sues-city-of-st-louis/63-c9046a4e-49e8-4128-94ee-763e80af0493#:~:text=Janae%20Edmondson%20and%20her%20family,armed%20robbery%20case%20in%202020." target="_blank" rel="noopener">was out on bond</a> for an armed robbery case, was driving a vehicle that slammed into another car that struck Edmondson. 
Edmondson “had her bright future brutally ripped away when she was crushed between two vehicles following a car crash, leading to amputation of both her legs. The crash, involving a robbery suspect who had violated the terms of his bond dozens of times over several months, was completely preventable,” the lawsuit <a href="https://bloximages.newyork1.vip.townnews.com/stltoday.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/6/c3/6c36d792-109d-11ee-b27b-db19304fb8f1/6493a6130dba5.pdf.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>. 
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The ordeal brought waves of negative publicity and eventually, among other incidents, led to the resignation of St. Louis&#39; top prosecutor, Kim Gardner. Now, Janae Edmondson is seeking damages from the city, as she accuses the government of negligence. <a href="https://t.co/07S87qImqU">https://t.co/07S87qImqU</a>
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Defendants in the case include St. Louis Mayor Tishaura Jones, Riley, and the other driver involved. 
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This is Daniel Riley, the man accused of causing a crash in downtown St. Louis that severely injured a young volleyball player. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/News4Investigates?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#News4Investigates</a> is digging into his background and learning he never should have been driving. More on <a href="https://twitter.com/KMOV?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@KMOV</a> at 6 <a href="https://t.co/MMoxEgmGPl">pic.twitter.com/MMoxEgmGPl</a>
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According to the lawsuit, Riley violated the terms of his bond by allowing the battery on the GPS tracker monitoring him to die and leaving house arrest over 50 times, all without having his bond revoked. 
The robbery charge for Riley stemmed from an incident in 2020, and the case is still ongoing. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-backed-prosecutor-kim-gardner-resigning-over-gop-pressure-to-remove-her-criminal-contempt-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kim Gardner</a>, St. Louis’s former far-Left prosecutor, came under fire for Riley being out of jail. 
Riley has pleaded <a href="https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/crime/crash-daniel-riley-plead-not-guilty-janae-edmondson/63-de7a0611-b60a-4008-9c06-d691d6ae6a20#:~:text=Daniel%20Riley%20to%20plead%20not%20guilty%20for%20crash%20that%20critically,18." target="_blank" rel="noopener">not guilty</a> to charges stemming from the crash and still faces the armed robbery case. 
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Both drivers involved in the accident, Riley and Elizabeth Smith, were driving without or with suspended driver&#8217;s licenses and were speeding, the lawsuit alleges. Edmondson also says that the city bears responsibility for the dangerous roadway where the accident occurred. 
Edmondson, who barely survived the accident and was in the hospital for 40 days, had been accepted into the University of Tennessee Southern to play volleyball. Afterward, Edmondson <a href="https://www.dnj.com/story/sports/high-school/2023/04/26/janae-edmondson-volleyball-scholarship-mtsu-legs-amputated-smyrna/70140442007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was given</a> a partial scholarship to Middle Tennessee State University to help manage the volleyball program. 
A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/pray-for-janae" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe</a> started by Edmondson’s family has raised more than $800,000 for Edmondson, who lives in Smyrna, Tennessee. 
“[Edmondson] joined Planet Fitness (to help her get even stronger for prosthetics, coming soon we hope) and she got to throw out the first pitch at the Sounds game in Nashville. Blessed for her strength! Blessed for our community! Thank you so much for your continued prayers and support,” the most recent update from the family says.

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Republican Missouri Governor Mike Parson <a href="https://apnews.com/article/transgender-missouri-republican-govenrnor-sports-d0d3ef01544dc7c22592d8ca2464138b?taid=6480bd9fd4faf0000139a7db&amp;utm_campaign=TrueAnthem&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_source=Twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed</a> two bills Wednesday that will ban transgender treatments for minors and prevent men from competing in women’s sports.
SB 49, known as the Save Adolescents from Experimentation (SAFE) Act, will ban puberty blockers, hormones, and sex change surgeries from being prescribed to minors and prohibit Medicaid from covering transgender treatments for adults.  
The Republican governor released a <a href="https://governor.mo.gov/press-releases/archive/governor-parson-signs-legislation-protect-missouri-children-and-female" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> saying the bill will “protect Missouri children from harmful, irreversible treatments and procedures. These decisions have permanent consequences for life and should not be made by impressionable children who may be in crisis or influenced by the political persuasions of others.”
Missouri Republicans in the state House and Senate often disagreed on how far the restrictions in the SAFE Act should go, with each chamber passing its own version of the bill. Ultimately, the House adopted the Senate’s version, which allows minors who are already receiving treatment to continue to do so. The SAFE Act is set to expire in 2027 as part of a Republican compromise with state Senate Democrats.
The Act’s passage comes a day after a federal judge <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-temporarily-blocks-florida-ban-on-prescribing-puberty-blockers-cross-sex-hormones-to-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener">granted</a> a preliminary injunction against a similar Florida law to allow three minors already undergoing transgender treatments to continue receiving them. 
The other piece of legislation signed by Parson, SB 39, will strip all state funding from any public or private school that allows biological men to play in women’s sports.  The law applies to all schools from kindergarten through college.
“Women and girls deserve and have fought for an equal opportunity to succeed, and with this legislation today, we stand up to the nonsense and stand with them as they take back their sport competitions,” Parson said. “In Missouri, we support real fairness, not injustice disguised as social righteousness.”
The ACLU of Missouri said it would “explore all options to fight these bans and to expand the rights of trans Missourians.” 
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In anticipation of the SAFE Act’s passage, Planned Parenthood’s clinics in Missouri have been ramping up appointments and holding pop-up clinics so more patients can initiate treatment before the law takes effect.
“We will continue to do everything in our power to ensure all patients are supported, seen, and cared for,” said Yamelsie Rodríguez, president and CEO, Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri, in a statement. “Any patient wanting to continue their gender-affirming care in a state that welcomes people of all identities: our Fairview Heights, Illinois, health center is open to you and we are here to help you make plans to get care.”

Missouri Governor Signs Bills Banning Transgender Treatments For Minors, Protecting Women’s Sports

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Thousands of people have flocked to view the body of a nun that was found seemingly &#8220;incorrupt&#8221; in rural <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/missouri" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Missouri</a>.
Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster died at age 95 in 2019, but her body was exhumed by sisters about four years later so it could be moved to rest inside a monastery chapel.
Although she was buried in a simple wooden coffin, her body <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/254384/a-miracle-in-missouri-body-of-benedictine-sisters-foundress-thought-to-be-incorrupt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared</a> to be &#8220;incorrupt,&#8221; which in Catholic tradition means a body shows little to no decay after death, a sign of the person&#8217;s holiness. Sister Wilhelmina&#8217;s body had not been embalmed, and her wooden coffin reportedly had a crack down the middle that would have let in moisture and dirt.
The African American founder of the Benedictine Sisters of Mary, Queen of the Apostles founded the order at the age of 70 in 1995. She was known for her devotion to the traditional Latin Mass. The Benedictine Sisters are known for their Catholic music albums that have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po5LZpGSN-k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">topped</a> Billboard&#8217;s &#8220;Traditional Classical&#8221; chart.
“We think she is the first African American woman to be found incorrupt,” said Mother Cecilia, the current abbess of the order.
The local Catholic diocese, the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, released a <a href="https://kcsjcatholic.org/2023/05/statement-regarding-sister-wilhelmina-lancaster/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> on the discovery, saying there will be an investigation.
&#8220;The condition of the remains of Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster has understandably generated widespread interest and raised important questions. At the same time, it is important to protect the integrity of the mortal remains of Sister Wilhelmina to allow for a thorough investigation,&#8221; the diocese said.
The bishop is currently working on ascertaining the nature of the condition of Sister Wilhelmina&#8217;s remains, the diocese said. In the meantime, the bishop has invited the faithful to continue praying.
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The diocese cautioned that while incorruptibility has been verified in the past, it is &#8220;very rare,&#8221; and the case for sainthood has not been initiated yet for Sister Wilhelmina.
The news of Sister Wilhelmina&#8217;s body began to spread on social media earlier this month.
Since then, Catholics and others have traveled to the Benedictine monastery in Gower, Missouri, to pray in the presence of Sister Wilhelmina and even touch her body. Gower has only a little more than 1,500 residents, and the convent is not easily accessible by public transportation.
The story has even attracted the attention of legacy news outlets, which reported on it this week.
CNN&#8217;s Jim Sciutto appeared to want nothing to do with the story when the network reported it Monday.
&#8220;Not touching that story,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/cnns-jim-sciutto-wants-no-part-of-story-about-onlookers-kissing-nun-whos-been-dead-for-four-years-not-touching-that-story/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after CNN&#8217;s Boris Sanchez reported on it.
&#8220;Powerful experience, very powerful,&#8221; said one woman CNN interviewed.
&#8220;I&#8217;m not that old, but I&#8217;ve never heard of that in my lifetime,&#8221; said a young man wearing a religious habit.
“It’s enough of a sign where people can question it, but not enough where it’s absolutely certain because people have to take the leap of faith,” another man <a href="https://www.kctv5.com/2023/05/28/thousands-flock-gower-missouri-see-body-dead-nun/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> local outlet KCTV.
The man told the outlet that he drove 16 hours from Pennsylvania to see Sister Wilhelmina.
More than 100 saints, blesseds, and venerables have been <a href="https://www.roman-catholic-saints.com/incorruptible-saints.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared</a> incorrupt by the Catholic Church.

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Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is under fire yet again — this time over the revelation that she has been enrolled in a post-graduate nursing program while still serving as an elected official.
According to the <a href="https://fox2now.com/news/kim-gardner/as-legal-battles-mount-kim-gardner-takes-nursing-classes/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">most recent reporting</a>, Gardner has been enrolled in a nursing program at Saint Louis University — and her enrollment in that program came after she took office in the St. Louis Circuit Attorney&#8217;s Office.
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Can&#39;t say I saw this coming: Embattled St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner is currently enrolled in an advanced nursing program at Saint Louis University. Her spokesperson wouldn&#39;t answer <a href="https://twitter.com/RyanWKrull?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RyanWKrull</a>&#39;s questions about the time commitment <a href="https://t.co/NSyyZPBbtc">https://t.co/NSyyZPBbtc</a>
&mdash; Sarah Fenske (@sarahfenske) <a href="https://twitter.com/sarahfenske/status/1653799007708217344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, a Republican, had already launched an effort to remove Gardner from office via a quo warranto motion — which a judge <a href="https://fox2now.com/news/kim-gardner/judge-denies-kim-gardners-motion-to-dismiss-missouri-ag-case/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed to proceed</a> — prior to learning that she was enrolled in the program.
Bailey announced at a Wednesday press conference that he had subpoenaed a number of documents from the school in an effort to determine whether Gardner had broken Missouri law when she enrolled in the program.
The attorney general cited a Missouri law — <a href="https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=56.445#:~:text=56.445.,Louis%20City)." target="_blank" rel="noopener">statute 56.445</a> — which requires the circuit attorney and her assistant circuit attorneys to &#8220;devote their entire time and energy to the discharge of their official duties.&#8221;
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Today, I held a press conference following my office’s issuance of subpoenas into Kim Gardner taking nursing classes. 
State law requires that the Circuit Attorney devote her full time and energy to discharge her duties, which it is clear she is failing to do. <a href="https://t.co/SQCxoiXMCr">pic.twitter.com/SQCxoiXMCr</a>
&mdash; Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGAndrewBailey/status/1653914806955417602?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;If the Circuit Attorney wants to be a nurse, she needs to cease pretending to be a prosecuting attorney,&#8221; Bailey said, adding, &#8220;Every minute she remains in office puts lives and property in St. Louis at risk.&#8221;
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Every minute she remains in office puts lives and property in St. Louis at risk.
&mdash; Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGAndrewBailey/status/1653915710651789317?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-appoints-special-prosecutor-to-build-case-against-soros-prosecutor-rudderless-ship-of-chaos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gardner</a> has also been threatened — by at least one judge — with contempt charges after her office failed to send anyone to a murder trial.

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A Missouri judge has announced that he is appointing a special prosecutor to build a criminal contempt case against St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner, a prosecutor <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-shreds-soros-backed-prosecutor-moves-hold-criminal-contempt-rudderless-ship-chaos" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bankrolled</a> by Democrat megadonor George Soros.
Judge Michael Noble said that he is appointing the prosecutor after Gardner and Assistant Circuit Attorney Chris Desilets have repeatedly failed to show up in court, according to a <a href="https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/rudderless-ship-of-chaos-st-louis-judge-advances-kim-gardner-contempt-case/article_3e476258-e531-11ed-87c0-136c7b58f9f2.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
&#8220;The circuit attorney&#8217;s office appears to be a rudderless ship of chaos,&#8221; Noble said in a court. &#8220;Ms. Gardner is the circuit attorney and it is her duty is to manage the caseload of each staff member. Mr. Desilets has approximately 104 felony cases. Any prudent practitioner would expect such a caseload to create countless irreconcilable conflicts. It does not appear she has made any reasonable efforts to prevent the resulting chaos. It appears that Ms. Gardner has complete indifference and a conscious disregard for the judicial process.”
Noble went as far as to say that the evidence supports the prospect that their level of contempt rises to a level of criminality.
&#8220;It appears that Ms. Gardner has complete indifference and a conscious disregard for the judicial process,&#8221; Noble said. &#8220;There is sufficient evidence of disdain and disrespect for the judicial process to determine that both Ms. Gardner and Mr. Desilets&#8217; conduct support a finding of indirect criminal contempt. Furthermore, any attorney&#8217;s violation of a court&#8217;s order constitutes an intentional disobedience and shows a clear intent to disregard the power and authority of the judicial system process.&#8221;
The news comes as Gardner is already facing a campaign from Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey to remove her from office because of her failure to protect victims from crime.
“As AG, I want to protect the people of St. Louis, and that includes protecting victims of crime and finding justice for them,” Bailey said, adding, “Instead of protecting victims, Circuit Attorney Gardner is creating them. My office will do everything in its power to restore order, and eliminate the chaos in St. Louis caused by Kim Gardner’s neglect of her office.”
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Instead of protecting victims, Circuit Attorney Gardner is creating them. My office will do everything in its power to restore order, and eliminate the chaos in St. Louis caused by Kim Gardner’s neglect of her office.
&mdash; Attorney General Andrew Bailey (@AGAndrewBailey) <a href="https://twitter.com/AGAndrewBailey/status/1628560434461569024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Gardner said over the weekend that she will not resign from office and that she will have to be removed.
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&#8220;I ain’t leaving. I ain’t resigning,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/soros-backed-kim-gardner-wont-resign-battle-with-state-heats-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;I ain&#8217;t doing nothing. You gonna have to remove me.”

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