Two Virginia inmates who escaped their jail cells Monday night by digging a hole through the cell wall using &#8220;primitive-made&#8221; tools were recaptured early the next morning at a local IHOP diner.
John M. Garza, 37, and Arley V. Nemo, 43, were placed back in custody by Newport News Jail Annex authorities within hours after citizens spotted the two inmates dining at the IHOP in Hampton, Virginia, about 10 miles from the facility during the midnight hours.
&#8220;I&#8217;m thankful for the citizens who observed Garza and Nemo at the IHOP and notified law enforcement,&#8221; Sheriff Gabe Morgan said in a <a href="https://nnsheriff.org/2-inmates-captured-at-ihop-within-hours-of-escape-from-newport-news-jail-annex/">news release</a>. &#8220;It reinforces what we always say &#8216;see something, say something.'&#8221;
Around 7:00 p.m. on Monday, Garza and Nemo were first reported missing from their jail cells during a routine head count. According to a preliminary investigation from the sheriff&#8217;s office, the two inmates escaped after digging through the brick wall with objects made from a toothbrush and a metal object, untying rebars between construction designs. A photograph released by authorities of the oval-shaped hole allegedly made by the inmates showed a space large enough to crawl through.
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Once the inmates were outside their cells, authorities said Garza and Nemo scaled the jail&#8217;s containment wall.
&#8220;Due to the fact that this weakness presents itself throughout the facility, and until all weaknesses are identified and secured, we will not discuss the situation further for security reasons,&#8221; authorities said.
The sheriff&#8217;s office said ongoing criminal and internal investigations are underway to &#8220;minimize the chances of such an event happening again.&#8221;
Garza, a Hampton resident, had been booked on several charges, including contempt of court, probation violations, and failure to appear.
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Nemo, a Gloucester resident, was in custody based on charges of credit card fraud and larceny, forgery, possession of burglary tools, grand larceny, contempt of court, and probation violation.
The sheriff&#8217;s office said charges related to the escape are pending for both inmates.

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Two Virginia Inmates Arrested At IHOP After Digging Hole Through Cell Wall Using Toothbrush, Metal Object To Escape

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Virginia Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/glenn-youngkin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Glenn Youngkin&#8217;s</a> administration has demanded that a liberal school system cut ties with allegedly Chinese Communist Party-linked groups, according to a letter obtained by The Daily Wire.
&#8220;The news that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology (TJHSST) and the TJHSST Partnership Fund (Fund) have accepted significant financial contributions from entities known to have connections with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) raises significant concerns,&#8221; and could affect the goal of removing &#8220;political indoctrination in our children&#8217;s classrooms,&#8221; Secretary of Education Aimee Rogstad Guidera wrote to Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent Michelle Reid.
Guidera demanded to know how much money was accepted, how the money was used, whether the &#8220;CCP-linked entities that contributed to the Fund provided any guidance, influence or instructional materials,&#8221; and whether any school materials or student data were provided to the Chinese groups.
&#8220;I am requesting that you direct schools within your division to cut ties with CCP-linked partners. Furthermore, I have asked the Virginia Department of Education to investigate the prevalence of such relationships between CCP-linked partners and local school divisions across the Commonwealth,&#8221; the letter said.
The <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/cheat-sheet-top-high-school-collaborated-chinese-military" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Washington Examiner</a> reported, citing documents unearthed by Parents Defending Education, that TJ &#8220;partnered with Tsinghua University High School (TUHS) in 2014 to assist it and China generally with adopting the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and advanced lab research TJHSST is famous for. TUHS is closely tied to Tsinghua University, considered by the Pentagon to be a Chinese military university.&#8221;
The TJ Fund also received hundreds of thousands from the Ameson Education and Cultural Exchange Foundation and a Chinese company called Shirble, both of which have ties to the United Front Work Department, a foreign influence campaign, the Examiner reported.
Youngkin, a Republican, won the governorship in 2021 in part on his education platform.
Democrats last month <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-dems-rejects-new-communism-curriculum-teachers-union-said-could-offend-asians" target="_blank" rel="noopener">killed</a> a plan to highlight in schools the outcomes and death tolls associated with Communism — one of the most significant events of the 20th century — with a teachers union official saying that it could cause anti-Asian bigotry since some modern Communist countries are in Asia.
In addition to Democrats routinely saying schools should incorporate leftist lessons like the 1619 Project because they simply want to teach &#8220;whole history,&#8221; that rationale was odd because Virginia Democrats have vigorously acted to decrease the number of Asians in competitive programs like Thomas Jefferson, including by removing the admissions test after Asians tended to score highly. Democrats preferred what they called a &#8220;merit lottery&#8221; instead. The move resulted in a 54% reduction in the number of Asians at the highly competitive magnet school.
Last year, a judge ruled that Fairfax officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fairfax-county-school-officials-broke-law-reducing-asian-american-enrollment-judge-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegally</a> tried to reduce the Asian population of the school, with federal Judge Claude Hilton writing that “discussion of TJ admissions changes was infected with talk of racial balancing from its inception.” The all-Democrat school board has appealed the ruling.
The liberal school system <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-fairfax-schools-suspend-kids-call-police-as-system-defies-virginia-governor-on-masks" target="_blank" rel="noopener">defied</a> Youngkin after he declared that parents had the right to send their kids to school without wearing masks.
Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has since opened multiple inquiries into Fairfax schools, most recently after it sent a letter offering college prep classes to black and Hispanic students, <a href="https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/a-second-high-school-tjhsst-excluded-asians-and-whites-in-promoting-college-prep/article_4f67451c-c1ff-11ed-b6d7-43f0b5f805da.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">omitting</a> Asians and whites from the flyer. TJ and other Fairfax schools also withheld merit awards from students, potentially costing them scholarships, while school officials pursued &#8220;equal outcomes without exception.&#8221;
Miyares has discussed how his family <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginias-ag-slams-cnns-acosta-for-claiming-virginia-is-soviet-style-police-state-my-family-fled-cuba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fled</a> Communist Cuba, saying the country was &#8220;nationalized: in the name of fairness and equity&#8221; and that his uncle was arrested by dictator Fidel Castro&#8217;s secret police. &#8220;In Soviet-style communist states like Cuba, the state diminishes parents. They say, ‘Your loyalty is to the state,’ and parents have less control,&#8221; he said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-attorney-general-sets-his-sights-on-another-woke-school-district-after-magnet-school-turns-away-from-merit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Attorney General Sets His Sights On Another Woke School District After Magnet School Turns Away From Merit</a>

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Virginia Demands Schools Cut Ties With Communist China-Linked Groups

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A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> judge ruled last month that frozen embryos can be considered property, a decision based in-part on a 19th century <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/slavery" target="_blank" rel="noopener">slavery</a> law, according to a new report. 
The ruling was part of a dispute between a divorced couple who both hope to gain control over two frozen embryos, which were created by Honeyhline Heidemann and Jason Heidemann during their marriage, the Associated Press <a href="https://apnews.com/article/embryos-slavery-chattel-custody-virginia-82e1f36ecbcf35ec4659e8e2c3443c4f">reported</a> this week. 
“Upon independent research, this court was unable to find any Virginia law prohibiting the purchase or sale of human embryo, nor has either party cited a federal law prohibiting the activity,” Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge Richard Gardiner <a href="https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/circuit/sites/circuit/files/assets/documents/pdf/opinions/cl-2021-15372-honeyhline-heidemann-v-jason-heidemann.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> in a ruling related to the battle over the embryos. “As there is no prohibition on the sale of human embryos, they may [be] valued and sold, and thus may be considered ‘goods or chattels’ within the meaning of Code § 8.01-93.”
Since the couple split, Honeyhline has hoped to move forward with using the embryos, but Jason has sought to block her saying that implanting the embryos “would force Mr. Heidemann to procreate against his wishes and therefore violate his constitutional right to procreational autonomy.”
According to a 2015 contract that the couple had drawn up, they “own any stored embryos jointly.”
While Gardiner has not made a decision on Jason’s procreational autonomy claim, he did rule that the embryos could be viewed as property. His ruling in part relied on a Virginia law from the 1800s that regulated “goods and chattel,” which included slaves at the time the law was written. 
“I would like to think that the bench and the bar would be seeking more modern precedent,” said Solomon Ashby, president of the Old Dominion Bar Association. 
A human embryo is typically frozen very soon after fertilization before the unborn child has been able to develop much. 
In recent months, some conservatives <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/11/29/republicans-abortion-fertility-ivf-pence">have considered</a> or voiced support for increasing protection for embryos and prohibiting the disposal of embryos as pro-life organizations have often raised concerns about what happens to embryos that do not end up being implanted. 
Gardiner’s ruling to treat embryos as property could draw the attention of pro-lifers, who have often <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-star-parker-gives-powerful-testimony-frank-camp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">compared</a> slavery and abortion over their callous treatment of human life.

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A middle school in a woke Virginia school district sent a <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11833027/Woke-Virginia-school-bans-white-Asian-students-applying-college-prep-program.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to parents offering college preparation classes urging black and Hispanic students to apply, but ignored white and Asian students.
“Do you have an 8th grader who WANTS to go to college?” the letter, which was sent to parents on March 1, asked. “Do they fall into one or more of these categories?” The deadline for application was March 10.
“Black or African American” and “Hispanic students, of one or more race” were listed, along with students who would be the first in their family to go to college in the U.S., students with disabilities, English learners, and economically disadvantaged students.
“If you do, PLEASE APPLY for Fairfax County’s Partnership Program,” the letter urged. “A typical CCP student represents a traditionally underrepresented population in higher education.”
“In the 20th century, Asian Exclusion Act denied Asians equal opportunities,” former Wall Street Journal reporter Asra Nomani noted. “Now @FCPSNews promotes a college prep program with race-based admissions, excluding Asians + whites. A judge already ruled FCPS violated US Constitution in new anti-Asian admissions.”
Nomani also pointed out, “The perks also include monetary rewards: ‘A summer experiential learning opportunity (you actually visit a college and stay on their campus!).’”
“This program excludes children based on race, and it seems to be in direct violation of the school district’s own anti-discrimination policy.” Glenn Miller, an attorney whose child is in the school system, told <a href="https://www.fairfaxtimes.com/articles/fairfax_county/new-asian-exclusion-act-pops-up-in-fcps-program/article_58d6ac88-bc68-11ed-a99f-3bb8fa2182a9.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fairfax Times</a>.
Asian students comprise 19% of the 181,447 students, school district data tabulated in February revealed; the 666,263 white students comprise 37% of the total student population.
“No applicant or employee on the basis of, of race, sex, color, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, pregnancy status, childbirth or related medical conditions, marital status, veteran status, and disability shall be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any education program or activity, as required by law,” the Fairfax School District&#8217;s anti-discrimination policy states.
In 2021, the Fairfax County School District <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/fairfax-school-district-sends-educators-powerpoint-on-how-to-implement-critical-race-theory-in-the-classroom/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent a PowerPoint</a> to teachers explaining how to implement Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the classroom.
Fairfax County Public School (FCPS) district sent out a resource — intended to be a “teacher facing item” — which defined Critical Race Theory, explaining how to implement the ideologies in the classroom. Examples included “culturally relevant pedagogy,” “institutional/systemic racism,” “anti-racism education,” “anti-hate education,” and more.
“In adopting this approach, CRT scholars attempt to understand how victims of systemic racism are affected by cultural perceptions of race and how they are able to represent themselves to counter prejudice,” the PowerPoint read.

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Woke Virginia Middle School Ignores Whites, Asians When Offering College Prep Classes

Virginia Middle School Ignores Whites, Asians When Offering College Prep Classes

Wokeness

An embattled northern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> school district has aggravated both parents and teachers with a new policy that would see boys and girls in grades 4-8 taught sex education together, apparently in order to avoid alienating their trans-identifying classmates.
Currently, instruction at those grade levels in Fairfax County Public Schools is separated by sex, but LGBTQ activists have argued that this harms trans-identifying students by potentially forcing them to out themselves or to pick a gender they don’t identify with. Opponents of the proposal have argued that combining the classes by sex would create awkwardness and tension, decrease student participation in class and lead to a greater number of students opting out of the program entirely.
“Notwithstanding the public expressing its clear opposition to this &amp; explaining how combined classes will be less effective, the Family Life Committee plans to push forward with the plan for political reasons,” The Fairfax County Parents Association said via Twitter.
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🚨Breaking: Activists Buried FCPS Survey Showing Overwhelming Opposition to Combined Sex-Ed Classes🚨
Activists on FCPS&#39;s Family Life Committee plan to recommend &amp; push for a vote proposing combined gender sex-ed classes despite survey showing ~85% opposition to plan. <a href="https://t.co/XPjOYxL6nO">pic.twitter.com/XPjOYxL6nO</a>
&mdash; Fairfax County Parents Association (@FFXParentsAssoc) <a href="https://twitter.com/FFXParentsAssoc/status/1632037908466081793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 4, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Fairfax County Public schools have drawn fire for <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-mom-equity-warriors-sons-merit-award-secret-2-years" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withholding academic awards </a>from minority students in the name of &#8220;equity&#8221; and for its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-delaney-isnt-the-first-judicial-nominee-to-traumatize-child-sexual-abuse-survivors">handling of sexual abuse allegations</a>. The county, one of the wealthiest in the nation, is just outside of Washington D.C. It is also Virginia’s most populous county and its school district is the 10th largest in the country.
The parents association on Saturday released data from an internal survey conducted by the school district which had until that point been hidden from the public, which found overwhelming opposition to the proposal — almost 85% of survey respondents opposed combined instruction. Every subcategory that was surveyed opposed the changes by a large majority: among parents 183 were in favor compared to 1392 who were opposed, among teachers 14 were in favor and 100 were opposed, and among students 20 were in favor and 60 were opposed.
The group alleges that the survey data has been deliberately suppressed in order to keep the issue out of the public eye so that supporters on the school board and attendant committees can push the changes through in an upcoming vote on March 30 with minimal opposition.
The Daily Wire reached out to several members of the Fairfax County School Board about the proposed changes to the curriculum. At the time of writing, they had not responded.
Several concerned residents of Fairfax County expressed concern about the proposed changes to The Daily Wire and the transparency of the process.
Family Life Education (FLE) and issues surrounding sex and gender identity have been highly contentious within the district for much of the last decade. The controversy within the community began as far back as 2015, when gender identity was first added as a protected class under the district’s non-discrimination policy, with later overhauls to the curriculum striking terms such as “biological sex” in favor of “sex assigned at birth”.
The Fairfax County school board has <a href="https://www.ffxnow.com/2022/10/10/fairfax-county-school-board-commits-to-supporting-transgender-students-as-community-speaks-out/">allied itself with LGBTQ activists</a> and against critics such as Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/curl-heres-what-really-drove-the-vote-in-virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">centered his campaign</a> on this issue of parents’ rights in their children’s education.
“The Fairfax County School Board understands that our LGBTQIA+ students, staff, and families are worried about the impact of Governor Youngkin’s proposed model policies for transgender and gender-expansive students.” The school board <a href="https://www.ffxnow.com/2022/10/10/fairfax-county-school-board-commits-to-supporting-transgender-students-as-community-speaks-out/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a public statement last year. “Nearly one in five transgender and non-binary youth attempted suicide in the last year. LGBTQIA+ youth who found their school to be affirming reported lower rates of attempting suicide. It is necessary to ensure our school community is a place where all students can live without fear of prejudice, discrimination, harassment, or violence.”
“Fairfax County has prided itself for a long time on being a progressive wedge and setting the tone.” Laura Bryant Hanford, a former member of the county’s FLE Curriculum Advisory Committee told the Daily Wire.
Still, Fairfax is not a monolith, and many parents, instructors, and residents have reservations about gender ideology and its influence on FLE.
“We’re oversexualizing kids,” one community member, who asked to remain anonymous for fear of personal and professional reprisal, told The Daily Wire. “We’re asking the kids their sexual preferences … their gender … why are we even talking sexual preference in middle or elementary school? &#8230; This is an age when they’re confused.”
Still, the issue has become contentious enough that many residents believe they can only speak out at great personal cost.“People have jobs,” Andrea Bayer, a former school board candidate, told The Daily Wire. “They’re contractors and government employees, and anything they say will be used against them.”
“Fairfax County doesn’t play around,&#8221; one resident told The Daily Wire. “If, somehow, they got wind that I talked to you, they’re coming for me now.”

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A group of transgender activists is planning a &#8220;Day of Vengeance&#8221; in Washington, D.C., for March 31-April 2 while raising money for firearms training this week, according to its online materials.
The Trans Radical Activist Network (TRAN) said on Twitter that &#8220;The time is now, enough is enough,&#8221; and uploaded posters to <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@transcomrade36/video/7203807886093471018">TikTok</a> that said, &#8220;We want more than visibility. Trans Day of Vengeance. Stop trans genocide. Save the date: April 1st &#8211; 11:00 AM / March 31st &#8211; TBA.&#8221;
The self-professed Virginia chapter of the group said on Twitter that it would host a dance party at a Richmond club on Tuesday to raise money &#8220;benefiting firearm/self defense training for trans Virginians. Come boogie with us and defend trans life!&#8221;
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We hope to see you in DC or online :)! The time is now, enough is enough. This country is full of hate and hate is NOT welcomed in this country. We are human beings and we will always exist. You are all worth it, let’s unite. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TransDayOfVengeance?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TransDayOfVengeance</a> 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍⚧️ <a href="https://t.co/F5x6TRZh3G">pic.twitter.com/F5x6TRZh3G</a>
&mdash; Trans Radical Activist Network (@Trans_Radical) <a href="https://twitter.com/Trans_Radical/status/1629205749007290368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 24, 2023</a></blockquote>
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DANCE PARTY FUNDRAISER!! March 7th 8pm-2am <a href="https://twitter.com/falloutrva?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@falloutrva</a> 18+, $10 suggested admission 
Benefiting firearm/self defense training for trans Virginians. Come boogie with us and defend trans life! <a href="https://t.co/FWL73ASA72">pic.twitter.com/FWL73ASA72</a>
&mdash; VA TRAN (@VA_TRAN22) <a href="https://twitter.com/VA_TRAN22/status/1623845388472950784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The national group&#8217;s <a href="https://www.transradicalactivistnetwork.org/transdayof-vengeance">website</a> for the Day of Vengeance says, &#8220;Like the Stonewall Riots the gays and lesbians were experiencing what the trans community is facing now. This cycle of hate needs to end in fact it must. Allies, siblings we need you now more than ever. &#8216;I was a radical revolutionist. I still am a revolutionist…I am glad I was in the Stonewall Riot. I remember when someone threw a Molotov cocktail, I thought, &#8216;My god, the revolution is here. The revolution is finally here?&#8221; -Sylvia Rivera.&#8221;
&#8220;TRAN will be hosting an event in DC, time and location TBA on 3/31-4/1. The online event will be hosted on 4/1-4/2, time TBA. If anyone is interested in organizing in their state, please fill out the contact form,&#8221; it says.
The group&#8217;s website says one of its co-founders is &#8220;Noah Buchanan; I am a transgender male and have been out since 2018 &#8230; I have 10+ years of working in the mental health field &#8230; What motivated me to start TRAN was the fact I was bullied to the point where I attempted to end my own life. The person that bullied me was a fellow member of the LGBTIA+.&#8221;
Buchanan did not return a request for more information about the Day of Vengeance.
It says another co-founder is &#8220;Tsukuru&#8221;: &#8220;As a graduate of a high school in Hiroshima where 350 young lives were brutally taken on August 6, 1945, Tsukuru is an anti-nuclear/anti-war/human rights activist &#8230; After his brief marriage to his best friend and the birth of his child, he first came out as lesbian at age 29 and as a transgender man at age 50.&#8221;
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It said of its Virginia chapter leader: &#8220;Bo Belotti is a trans masculine non-binary person &#8230; While working in their state’s legislator they helped craft trans affirming state wide policies. Recently Bo has left the campaign world to pursue more radical changes and activism &#8230; They are a successful organizer and founder of Virginia’s chapter of TRAN, reaching 100 members in just 4 months.&#8221;
According to <a href="https://news.vcu.edu/article/2022/12/bo-belotti-activist-scholar-while-pursuing-change-at-the-local-and-state-levels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia Commonwealth University</a>, Belotti worked as a fellow for Del. Elizabeth Guzman, who floated a plan that could <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-democrat-bill-would-criminally-prosecute-parents-who-dont-affirm-their-kids-as-transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sic Child Protective Services</a> on parents if they did not affirm their child as transgender.
Belotti also worked for Del. Joshua Cole as a legislative aide and helped draft HB 145, which required the state to create model transgender policies for public schools, VCU said.
The model policy document that resulted described how to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-replaces-democrats-mandatory-transgender-policy-with-parents-rights-manifesto" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hide</a> the gender transitioning of children from their parents, saying “a plan may include addressing the student at school with their name and pronoun consistent with their gender identity while using the legal name and pronoun associated with the sex assigned at birth when communicating with parents.”
The model policy said schools should “eliminate gender-based practices” to avoid leaving out transgender students. The policy cited father-daughter dances and homecoming kings and queens as examples. It spelled out how school districts should create gay clubs, allow for transgender students to share bunks with children of the opposite biological sex during sleepaway events, and ordered teachers to be trained to be “LGBT+ affirming.”
On TikTok, Buchanan&#8217;s account @transcomrade36 also called on transgenders to take part in a &#8220;day of trans joy and rage&#8221; on March 10 in Sacramento to drown out the voice of detransitioner Chloe Cole.
Though the Day of Vengeance was planned prior to CPAC, the group&#8217;s rage grew following The Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles&#8217; comments at the conservative conference.
&#8220;Today in what the actual fuck news: Everybody knows that the Daily Wire is garbage. So Michael Knowles had his show recently and was &#8230; denying the fact that the trans community is facing a genocide,&#8221; it said March 2, playing aggressive music over a clip of Knowles alongside images that said &#8220;killing members of the group&#8221; and &#8220;trans day of vengeance.&#8221;
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'Trans Radicals' Plan 'Day Of Vengeance' In D.C. Alongside Firearms Training

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Washington D.C.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares has moved to subpoena Loudoun County Public Schools for an internal report they commissioned investigating their handling of a rape by a skirt-wearing boy in a girls bathroom, the latest in a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/virginia-attorney-general-sets-his-sights-on-another-woke-school-district-after-magnet-school-turns-away-from-merit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">series of moves</a> by his office that could bring northern Virginia&#8217;s school districts, which have openly flouted the Republican administration, to heel.
The school system withheld the report, which they paid a law firm to write, despite its stated purpose being accountability. After The Daily Wire broke the story of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rape coverup</a> and its most far-left member resigned, the board selected a moderate Republican, Jeff Morse, as its chairman — perhaps in an attempt to fend off criticism that the board’s commitment to leftist politics had led to a rape coverup and subsequent sexual assault of a second girl.
However, Morse joined Democrats in voting to continue to conceal the report. On Friday, the Loudoun County Republican Committee voted to censure and cut ties with Morse as a result.
The same day, the D.C. area&#8217;s <a href="https://wjla.com/news/crisis-in-the-classrooms/lcps-subpoena-sexual-assault-investigation-virginia-attorney-general-jason-miyares-loudoun-county-public-schools-release-the-report-investigation-vote-school-board-scott-ziegler-daniel-smith-superintendent" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC affiliate</a> reported that Miyares had filed a motion for a subpoena for the report, which could show what LCPS knew about the rape and its aftermath. If the self-commissioned report amounts to a whitewash, it could also provide an interesting contrast to the results of a special grand jury probe commissioned by Miyares, which found egregious problems.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-school-board-was-informed-of-alleged-sexual-assault-the-day-it-happened-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">All of the then-school board members</a>, Republican and Democrat, knew or should have known that then-Superintendent Scott Ziegler was lying when he told the board that he had no record of any assaults in bathrooms. Just weeks prior, Ziegler had sent an email to the board letting them know of the May 2021 bathroom assault, though it did not provide details.
None of the board members raised the issue in the moment — during a meeting where the board and superintendent were trying to dismiss parents’ criticism that a pending transgender bathroom policy could pose safety issues.
Morse was first elected to the school board in 2011, during a time when Loudoun was largely Republican, but when very few paid attention to school boards. Parent activists say many people who ran for school boards during that era, attaching themselves to whichever political party was most convenient, have not served as effective watchdogs against the politicization of schools.
When Republicans Glenn Youngkin and Miyares won their races for governor and attorney general shortly after the rape coverup was exposed by The Daily Wire, the pair called for an investigation into the school system. The school system repeatedly fought cooperating with the special grand jury that was convened, a report issued by the grand jury found.
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The grand jury released a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/grand-jury-finds-virginia-school-bathroom-rape-handling-worse-than-known-rips-officials-intentional-amnesia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fact-finding report</a> that found egregious problems, including that a teacher walked into the bathroom during the rape and saw two children in one stall, but did nothing, and that even after the student was charged with rape, the school knew the rapist was harassing other girls, but merely had him write on a piece of paper that he would stop.
Yet when it was released, a joint statement attributed to Morse and Democrat vice chairman Ian Serotkin seemed to celebrate that the school system had escaped accountability, saying, “We are pleased that the Special Grand Jury’s extensive investigation found no evidence of criminal conduct on the part of anyone within LCPS, and not a single indictment was filed as a result of this lengthy process.”
The statement was embarrassing to the officials because the report, in fact, specified that the grand jury’s work was not over, and the next day, Ziegler and the school system’s spokesman were <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-superintendent-spokesman-criminally-indicted-in-rape-coverup" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicted</a>.
The Loudoun <a href="https://loudoungop.com/censure-of-lcps-chairman-jeff-morse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GOP’s censure</a> of Morse faults him for all of these actions, saying, “Mr. Morse had foreknowledge of criminality by the LCPS Administration regarding both the existence and truthfulness of public communications related to the ongoing events.”
“The Loudoun County Republican Committee hereby formally censures and rescinds all endorsements of Mr. Morse. Such rescission includes immediate removal of all public statements of support towards Mr. Morse by the LCRC and prohibits Mr. Morse from any future verbal or written communications, statements, or affirmations of Republican support,” it said.
“LCRC is a staunch advocate for the rights and protections of all children&#8230; Student and parental rights are preeminent over those of all government institutions,” it continued. “Be it ordered, that&#8230; all mentions of Mr. Morse on the LCRC’s public-facing website be removed and archived with this notice of censure.”
Morse did not return a request for comment.

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Virginia AG To Subpoena Internal Report On Loudoun Rape Coverup, GOP Boots School Board Chair For Hiding It

Virginia AG Subpoenas Internal Report On Loudoun Rape Coverup, GOP Boots School Board Chair For Hiding It

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A Virginia teacher was awarded $5 million by a jury after she was falsely accused of sexually assaulting a 17-year-old student.
Kimberly Winters was a high school English teacher when Loudoun County sheriff’s deputies raided her home in November 2018 and arrested her for allegedly sexually assaulting the male student, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/26/va-teacher-sex-abuse-case-lawsuit/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_most&amp;carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F393b0a2%2F63fb8bc11b79c61f87aa6e2c%2F5d1a5cf8ae7e8a08a5339ad8%2F40%2F72%2F63fb8bc11b79c61f87aa6e2c&amp;wp_cu=86fd71b2321b7f26132821e57324673f%7C8CA4793976245D10E0530100007F57A6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. She told the outlet that deputies in full riot gear entered her home, pulled her out of bed, handcuffed her, and patted her down in her front yard while she was still in her pajamas.
“It was very terrifying,” Winters told the outlet. “I still have nightmares. Big guns.”
She was put in the Loudoun jail and her mug shot was sent out to the media with a press release saying she had been charged with sexually abusing the student. She was fired from her teaching position at Park View High School and couldn’t find work for two years, being turned away even as a stock clerk at a grocery store. She told the Post she developed anxiety and tremors due to the allegations.
“It became so humiliating, I literally couldn’t go out of my house,” she said. “This has been going on for four years. The repeated trauma of having to relive this created this tremor. My entire body shakes.”
The allegations were questionable at best and never properly investigated by Det. Peter Roque prior to Winters’ arrest, according to her lawyer. A sworn search warrant application from the time of her arrest said, in Roque’s handwriting, that “Witnesses’ statements are corroborated by phone records,” but no such phone records exist.
The accuser was a Park View graduate who, along with his mother, initially claimed the sexual abuse happened in the fall of 2018. They reported it to the school district and then the Loudoun County Sheriff’s office, both of whom determined the student would have been 18 at the time of the allegations, so no crime would have occurred.
Winters maintains that she never had any sexual relationship with the accuser, before or after he turned 18.
Winters sued Roque and Sheriff Mike Chapman following the dismissal of the charges against her, arguing in her lawsuit that the student, who has not been named, and his mother then altered the dates of the allegations to when the accuser would have been 17. The mother allegedly claimed to have records of texts between her son and Winters, but those texts were never provided. The son also claimed to have called and texted with Winters, but told authorities he wiped his phone prior to making the allegations.
Winters was also able to say in her lawsuit that she was at a volleyball tournament when one of the sexual encounters was alleged to have happened, and out of state at a wedding on another occasion. Winters’ attorney, Thomas Plofchan, told the Post that Winters was never questioned about her alibi, nor did police look into it before arresting her.
Police searches of Winters’ home and classroom revealed no evidence of a relationship between her and the student, her lawsuit said.
When Plofchan took Winters’ case, he presented evidence in early 2019 that Roque’s investigation was insufficient, and the charges against her were dropped.
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Winters’ lawsuit went to trial earlier this month and lasted five days. At the end, it took a Loudoun jury less than two hours to find in favor of Winters, awarding her $5 million.
“I hope I can just start to rebuild,” Winters told the Post. “This definitely isn’t a cure-all. The information [about the arrest] is still out there.”

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A member of the Fairfax County School Board in Virginia — who told graduating high school students to remember their “jihad” in 2021 — called the World War II U.S. invasion of Iwo Jima “unfortunate” and a “record” for what “human evil is capable of.”
The Allied invasion of Iwo Jima in World War II — in which roughly 7,000 Americans died — occurred on February 19, 1945, and inspired the iconic photograph taken by Joe Rosenthal of the Associated Press showing six U.S. Marines raising the flag on Mt. Suribachi. That photo was the only photo to ever win the Pulitzer Prize the same year it was published, and later inspired the Marine War Corps memorial, dedicated to honoring all Marines who have died in the service since 1775.
County school board member Abrar Omeish, speaking of the Day of Remembrance, which memorializes the Japanese-Americans interned during World War II, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-fairfax-county-school-board-member-history-controversy-battle-iwo-jima-evil?intcmp=tw_fnc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stated</a>, “Just a few days ago was Japanese Day of Remembrance. Something for us to certainly reflect on as we learn our history and think about it. The days when, you know, Iwo Jima unfortunately happened and set a record for really what, I hate to say, human evil is capable of. So that’s something to remember.”
<a href="https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/virginia-school-board-member-calls-iwo-jima-evil-and-unfortunate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Asked</a> to clarify her remarks, Omeish said, &#8220;There is no reason to warp what was said and reading more into it merely reflects biases forced in by the listener,” adding that Iwo Jima &#8220;happens to fall on the same day&#8221; as the 1942 executive order issued from Franklin D. Roosevelt to incarcerate Japanese-Americans.
In May 2021, Omeish tweeted that Israel was an “apartheid” state that “kills Palestinians.”
&#8220;This caused huge outrage among over 250,000 Jewish Americans here in northern Virginia, and it sparked outrage across all political lines and there were calls for her to apologize. She offered no apology. She doubled down on it,&#8221; one Fairfax County parent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/virginia-graduation-speaker-racism-white-supremacy-jihad">said</a>.
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In June 2021, giving the keynote address at the <a href="https://boxcast.tv/view/justice-high-school-graduation-862081?b=d6v67xhbq8lfwsuyvtqq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">commencement</a> for Justice High School in Falls Church, Virginia, Omeish <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9682529/School-board-member-encourages-kids-remember-jihad-graduation-speech.html">declared</a>, “Our world is overwhelmed with need. We struggle with human greed, racism, extreme versions of individualism and capitalism, White supremacy, growing wealth gaps, disease, climate crisis, extreme poverty amid luxury and waste right next door. And the list goes on,&#8221; Omeish said.
“The world sees the accolade, the diploma, the fruit of all your years yet be reminded of the detail of your struggle,” she told the students in English. When she gave the speech in Arabic, she used the Arabic word “jihad” for struggle.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dem-tells-high-school-grads-theyre-entering-capitalism-white-supremacy-remember-jihad-reject-objectivity">Dem Tells High School Grads They’re Entering A World Of “Capitalism” and “White Supremacy,” Encourages Them To Remember “Jihad” And Reject Objectivity</a>

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Virginia Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin said during an interview over the weekend that communist China was attempting to use a &#8220;trojan horse&#8221; to gain access to U.S. taxpayer benefits.
Youngkin made the remarks on &#8220;Sunday Morning Futures&#8221; with Fox News host Maria Bartiromo while discussing his decision to reject a multi-billion dollar electric car factory from Ford coming to his state because of the company&#8217;s connections to China.
Youngkin said the plant would have been operated by China-based Contemporary Amperex Technology and would have been a “trojan horse structure to gain access to taxpayer incentives” legislation that Democrats passed which gives credits to consumers for purchasing electric vehicles.
“This is using taxpayer money to further enrich a Chinese company at the expense of America. It’s just not happening in Virginia,” Youngkin said. “This should be an American supply chain that’s trusted, not one that’s outsourced to the Chinese Communist Party.”
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Youngkin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/youngkin-spurns-fords-proposed-3-5b-virginia-plant-over-china-concerns">rejected</a> Ford&#8217;s $3.5 billion push for the factory last month. The plant, which was under consideration for Pittsylvania County in the southwestern part of Old Dominion, would have made lithium iron phosphate batteries for electric vehicles and employed as many as 2,500 workers.
“The consortium of Ford and CATL were hoping to build a plant, as reported and confirmed by Ford, where Ford would build the building, but a company that is majorly influenced by the Chinese Communist Party was going to operate the plant, and the employees were going to work for the Chinese Communist Party controlled company,” Youngkin said last month. “They were going to use that in order to try to tap into taxpayer benefits at state level as well as the federal level that were specifically designated for non-Chinese communist party entities.” Youngkin told reporters he was uncomfortable with a CCP-connected company benefiting from Virginia tax dollars, adding that he felt the deal’s structure was “a bit deceptive.”
Democratic state lawmakers blasted Youngkin for spurning the deal and accused the first-term governor of bashing China to further his White House ambitions. Youngkin has not indicated he is contemplating a 2024 White House bid, but his stunning 2021 victory in the key blue state drew national attention.
“To deny [people in the community] jobs because you’re in last place in Republican presidential primaries [is] gubernatorial malpractice,” state Sen. Scott Surovell (D-Fairfax) told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “I mean, this is clearly just obvious to me that the governor’s in some kind of out-China-bashing-contest with [Florida Gov. Ron] DeSantis and Governor Greg Abbott out of Texas.”
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Youngkin spokeswoman Macaulay Porter said Ford’s partner is controlled by the Chinese Communist Party and was not welcome in the state.
“While Ford is an iconic American company, it became clear that this proposal would serve as a front for the Chinese Communist party, which could compromise our economic security and Virginians’ personal privacy,” Porter told the Richmond Times-Dispatch. “Virginians can be confident that companies with known ties to the Chinese Communist Party won’t receive a leg up from the Commonwealth’s economic incentive packages. When the potentially damaging effects of the deal were realized, the plant proposal never reached a final discussion stage.”
Ford is now believed to be considering building the plant in Michigan.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ford-slammed-for-teaming-up-with-chinese-company-to-build-batteries-becoming-a-national-security-threat">Ford Slammed For Teaming Up With Chinese Company To Build Batteries: ‘Becoming A National Security Threat’</a>

Glenn Youngkin: Communist China Tries Using ‘Trojan Horse’ To Get Access To Reap U.S. Taxpayer Benefits

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Democrat Jennifer McClellan is projected to win the U.S. House special election in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/virginia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Virginia</a> for the seat left open after the death of Rep. Donald McEachin (D-VA) last year.
Multiple news outlets made the call Tuesday evening less than an hour after the polls closed. With 86% of <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/02/21/us/elections/results-virginia-us-house-district-4-special.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">precincts reporting</a>, McClellan led with about 73% of the vote over Republican Leon Benjamin with roughly 27%.
McClellan&#8217;s march to victory is being touted as historic because she is poised to become the first black woman to represent Congress from Virginia.
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✅ <a href="https://twitter.com/JennMcClellanVA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JennMcClellanVA</a> has won her race for the U.S. Congress in VA-04!
She is the first Black congresswoman to be elected in the Commonwealth of Virginia. <a href="https://t.co/hiZrjY83Je">pic.twitter.com/hiZrjY83Je</a>
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&#8220;On the day that would have been John Lewis&#8217; 83rd birthday, Virginia voters elected the first black woman to Congress. Congratulations to my new colleague, Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/RitchieTorres/status/1628196838355369984" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted Ritchie Torres</a> (D-NY), referring to the late civil rights leader and U.S. congressman John Lewis.
McClellan is a corporate lawyer who has served as a member of the Virginia state legislature since 2006. She ran for governor in 2021, but got <a href="https://results.elections.virginia.gov/vaelections/2021%20June%20Democratic%20Primary/Site/Statewide.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">third place in the Democratic primary</a>. Terry McAuliffe, a former governor, won that primary but lost the general election to Glenn Youngkin.
McEachin, a U.S. congressman since 2017, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-representative-donald-mceachin-dies-at-61" target="_blank" rel="noopener">died at the age of 61</a> in November from complications stemming from his years-long battle with cancer weeks after winning re-election.
In this year&#8217;s race to win the Richmond-area district, pre-special election reports showed McClellan out-raised and outspent Benjamin, a Navy veteran and pastor, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/21/politics/virginia-special-congressional-election/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to CNN</a>.
McClellan boasts a &#8220;record of results, championing the passage of major progressive laws and fighting on behalf of her constituents in greater Richmond for the past 17 years,&#8221; <a href="https://jennifermcclellan.com/about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according to her website</a>. In addition to listing McClellan&#8217;s legislative accomplishments, the website says the Democrat has worked with a &#8220;commitment for progress, equity, and justice in the Commonwealth.&#8221;
The race will not change the power dynamic in the House, where Republicans hold a slim majority. Democrats control the Senate and the White House.

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Democrat Wins House Special Election In Virginia

Democrat Wins House Special Election in Virginia

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A man died on Wednesday after his dog leash got caught in the door of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/washington-d-c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">D.C. Metro</a> train and he was dragged down the platform of a Northern Virginia station, according to authorities.
The Metro Transit Police Department, the law enforcement arm of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), said the tragic incident happened shortly before 1:30 p.m. at the Dunn Loring Station in Fairfax County, Virginia, about 12 miles west of Washington, D.C.
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A Metro rider died today after the dog leash he was carrying got stuck in a closed train door and he was dragged down the platform at the Dunn Loring station. The dog on the other side was inside the train and was unharmed. Our live report with <a href="https://twitter.com/bforte22?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bforte22</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/wmata?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#wmata</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/nbcwashington?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nbcwashington</a> <a href="https://t.co/nnFLu4ZVeP">pic.twitter.com/nnFLu4ZVeP</a>
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&#8220;The deceased cleared the train and was on the platform away from [the] car, but upon closer review, a leash appears to be tied to the person, which was unfortunately caught in the door, leaving a dog with no ID inside of the car,&#8221; police said in a statement.
&#8220;This obstruction caused the individual to be dragged on the platform and onto the tracks,&#8221; the statement added.
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An investigation that includes the examination of video is underway.
Police said the incident took place about 450 feet away from the operator cab, and the train operator performed two &#8220;safety checks&#8221; before moving the train.
Police said the man was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries. The dog, which does not appear to be a service animal, is in police care, the statement said.
&#8220;Our thoughts and sympathies are with the family and friends of the deceased,&#8221; Metro Transit Police said.
Dogs that are not service animals are not allowed to ride &#8220;unconfined&#8221; on Metrorail and Metrobus, <a href="https://www.wmata.com/about/contact/faq.cfm#faq5" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WMATA says</a>. &#8220;However, a pet may be transported on Metrorail and Metrobus, provided it is carried aboard in a secure container from which it cannot escape,&#8221; the WMATA website adds.
Adam Truss, a transportation reporter for NBC Washington, said the train operator should have received a notification if something is stuck in a car door. &#8220;So that is certainly troubling,&#8221; he added during a news report from the scene.
The deadly incident comes as Metro considers bringing back automated trains, <a href="https://dcist.com/story/22/12/06/metro-resume-automatic-train-operation-2009-crash-red-line/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as early as this year</a>.
While the system was built for automation, Metro&#8217;s train operators have manually stopped trains ever since a 2009 crash that killed nine people and injured dozens more.

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Man Dies After Being Dragged By D.C. Metro Train When Dog Leash Gets Caught In Door

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