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Amanda Head: Who’s Smarter? Cats or Democrats?

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Amanda Head welcomes a special guest today.

Today woke dialogue surrounding the topic of gender has exposed just how dumb some people can be…

Watch Amanda explain the latest controversy below:

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Amanda Head: Bar Association Goes Idiodically Woke

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Law schools across the country are abandoning their decades-long principles going woke and the move could prove disastrous for attorneys, current law students, and prospective law students across the nation.

Let Amanda break down the situation in the video below.

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Former Trump Adviser, Kash Patel Joins Matt Whitaker’s Podcast

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Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Ramรณn Colรณn-Lรณpez and the chief of staff to Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller, Kash Patel, arrive at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Jan. 14, 2021. (DoD photo by Lisa Ferdinando)

Matt Whitaker hosts prominent Trump adviser Kash Patel on Liberty & Justice.

Per Matt Whitaker:

Kash Patel is an American attorney, children’s book author and former government official. He served as chief of staff to the Acting United States Secretary of Defense under President Donald Trump.

Matthew G. Whitaker was acting Attorney General of the United States (2018-2019). Prior to becoming acting Attorney General, Mr. Whitaker served as Chief of Staff to the Attorney General. He was appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa by President George W. Bush, serving from 2004-2009. Whitaker was the managing partner of Des Moines-based law firm, Whitaker Hagenow & Gustoff LLP from 2009 until rejoining DOJ in 2017. He was also the Executive Director for FACT, The Foundation for Accountability & Civic Trust, an ethics and accountability watchdog, between 2014 and 2017. Mr. Whitaker is the Author of the book–Above the Law, The Inside Story of How the Justice Department Tried to Subvert President Trump.

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AP ‘Stylebook’ – How the Left Manipulates Abortion Language to Manipulate News

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Washington D.C., USA - January 22, 2015; A Pro-Life woman clashes with a group of Pro-Choice demonstrators at the U.S. Supreme Court.

ANALYSIS โ€“ Most conservatives understand that one of the leftโ€™s major weapons in the war of ideas is manipulating language and using well-researched buzzwords and phrases to change reality and mask their more extreme ideas.

We see it every day with the constant use of โ€˜gun violenceโ€™ rather than shooting or murder committed by a criminal. We see it with โ€˜global warmingโ€™ becoming โ€˜climate changeโ€™ when the facts donโ€™t support the narrative.

We also see it with the insanely deceptive and grotesque โ€˜gender-affirming careโ€™ rather for genital-mutilating sex-change surgery.

And of course, we see it in spades with abortion, where supporting the unrestricted killing of unborn babies in the womb becomes โ€˜reproductive health care rights,โ€™ previously known as being โ€˜pro-choice.โ€™

The new term is far better politically since it appears to somehow be about rights and health, not deception and killing. Plus, โ€˜pro-choiceโ€™ has been thoroughly sullied by its accurate association with being ‘pro-abortion.’

And we can’t have that.

And now, since the Dobbs decision correctly returned the abortion issue to the states where it always belonged, the battle to control the language, and hence the narrative on abortion, is intensifying.

And it just got a lot worse.

The latest words and phrases chosen by the left to describe or refer to abortion fly in the face of fact and science.

But the leftist language warriors are now being reinforced by the power behind the news media โ€“ the Associated Pressโ€”and its widely used โ€˜Stylebook.โ€™

The Daily Signal reports:

The Associated Press recently released a guide for news outlets for reporting on abortion thatโ€™s so biased in favor of the procedure, its guidance often runs contrary to medical science. The new guide has the ability to significantly distort how Americans perceive the abortion issue.

The APโ€™s โ€œAbortion Topical Guideโ€ is part of the widely used โ€œAP Stylebookโ€ that many outlets across the country, including The Daily Signal, use as a guide for everything from grammar to punctuation to best practices for terms and phrasing.

One glaring problem among many? The guide frequently cites the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists to back up its guidance. ACOG claims to be the premier professional membership organization of OB-GYNs. But on the issue of abortionโ€”a procedure that most OB-GYNs donโ€™t performโ€”ACOG is wholly committed to lobbying for extreme abortion policies that donโ€™t reflect its membershipโ€™s views.

In typical Orwellian fashion, the leftists at AP cudgel writers into referring to an unborn childโ€™s โ€œheartbeat,โ€ which is detectable via ultrasound from the very early stages of life to the deliberately bland and mostly meaningless term โ€œcardiac activity.โ€

The Stylebook also inappropriately enters the scientific realm as self-made medical experts when it advises writers not to refer to unborn children as โ€œpain-capableโ€ until after at least 24 weeks.

This, even though the beloved doctors who actually perform surgeries on โ€˜preemies,โ€™ or premature babies in utero, regularly use anesthesia for those babies under 24 weeks because they feel pain.

The APโ€™s demonic advice also contradicts the massive, and growing, body of research showing unborn babies can feel pain at just 15 weeks or even earlier.

And most importantly, the Stylebook admonishes writers to never, ever use the accurate but uncomfortable phrase – โ€˜late-term abortion.โ€™

Polls show a solid majority of Americans are opposed to late-term abortions, so best to religiously (pun intended) avoid the term.

The Daily Signal concludes:

The AP guide misses the mark throughout. Of course, thatโ€™s inevitable when the goal is not objective reporting of fact but rather promoting pro-abortion propaganda. Try as the AP might, itโ€™s a foolโ€™s errand to put lipstick on a pig.

I go further by saying AP is part of the leftโ€™s far-flung language-distorting media empire intended to manipulate words, in order to manipulate news, in order to manipulate you.

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Outrage Grows After Woke Navy Launched Drag Queen โ€˜Recruiterโ€™

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Daniel Ramirez from Honolulu, USA, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons

ANALYSIS โ€“ Americaโ€™s Navy is sinking fast โ€“ last year, the worldโ€™s premier maritime combat service launched, then apparently scuttled, a new recruiting campaign led by an active-duty โ€˜non-binaryโ€™ sailor drag queen.

And our nationโ€™s enemies are likely quaking in their boots at the promise of even more drag queens being recruited to fight on the front lines by our armed forces.

The Navy’s appointment of a gay cross-dresser as its first ‘digital ambassador,’ while struggling with recruitment, has sparked outrage, disbelief and mockery of the Navy and the entire Department of Defense.

A Navy spokesperson told Fox News that the now defunct program was โ€œdesigned to explore the digital environment to reach a wide range of potential candidatesโ€ as the Navy battles โ€œthe most challenging recruiting environment it has faced since the start of the all-volunteer force.โ€

Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley, whose stage name is Harpy Daniels, has a large following on TikTok (of course). He announced his role in November but has only recently been discovered by mainstream news sources.

(NOTE: I donโ€™t use preferred pronouns. He is either a โ€˜heโ€™ or she is a โ€˜she,โ€™ regardless of how they โ€˜identify.โ€™ And โ€˜theyโ€™ is only used to refer to two or more individuals.)

Kelley calls himself an ‘advocate’ for those who ‘were oppressed for years in the service.’

Many have compared him to Dylan Mulvaney, the biologically male trans activist whose association with Bud Light sparked a PR crisis for the brand and sent sales plummeting.

Rep. Jim Banks, a Republican from Indiana, tweeted that “Biden DoD’s [Department of Defense] recruitment is as good as Bud Light’s marketing.”

Jesse Watters said on his Fox News show on Wednesday: “What’s wrong with the Navy? They looked at Bud Light and said: ‘Hold my beer?’ Harpy is the Navy’s Dylan. Dylan killed Bud Light sales. What do you think Harpy’s going to do to recruitment?”

Kelley is not the Navyโ€™s only digital ambassador (he is one of five). The Navy says that the โ€˜digital ambassadorโ€™ was a pilot program that ended in March 2023.

According to surveys, only 13 percent ofย 18-29-year-olds in the U.S. are ‘highly willing’ to join the Navy, while 25 percent are ‘somewhat willing.’ย Critics like me canโ€™t see how a man made up to look like a caricature of a woman will help convince more of our youth to serve in a warfighting role.

Unless the plan is to recruit even more cross-dressing young men with possible gender dysphoria to serve aboard warships, planes and tanks.

Robert J. O’Neill, a decorated combat veteran who served as a member of SEAL Team Six, and was on the raid that killed Osama bin Laden, said on Twitter he “can’t believe [he] fought for this bulls**t.”

“Alright. The U.S. Navy is now using an enlisted sailor Drag Queen as a recruiter,” he tweeted. “I’m done. China is going to destroy us.”

His tweet quickly gained 1.1 million views and thousands of likes and retweets. 

โ€œNot this Navy veteran. Iโ€™m ashamed of the Navy,โ€ wrote another veteran. โ€œItโ€™s an insult to every veteran. The army kept making me go to trans EO-type classes before I retired. Nope. Didnโ€™t go.โ€

Another veteran responded: “As a Navy veteran, I am ashamed on behalf of the US Navy. I hope that goes over as well as Bud Light did.”

But another person โ€“ who canโ€™t distinguish between freedom of expression in the civilian world and pushing a bizarre, fringe sexual agenda in our armed forces โ€“ mockingly commented:

โ€œLocal man angry he fought for freedom of expression.โ€

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Famous Navy Seal Now De-transitioning – Says He Was Manipulated

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Katy Blackwood, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

Former decorated Navy SEAL Chris Beck, who publicly announced his transition to look like a woman in 2013, has now said that this was a life-shattering mistake, and he is de-transitioning back to his biologically male gender.

Beck, who started going by the name Kirsten, was a poster child of the trans movement and was used aggressively by them to promote and impose their radical agenda in the U.S. military.

Beck earlier served in the Navy SEALs for 20 years, going on 13 deployments, including with the famed SEAL Team Six.

According to his speaker bio, he was awarded over 50 citations and medals, including the Bronze Star with valor and the Purple Heart.

But now Beck calls the trans movement a ‘cult’ that used, manipulated, and propagandized him into making this radical life change.

He is also speaking out to warn about the devastating effect of the trans agenda on children.

Beck made his explosive comments during an interview with political commentator Robby Starbuck. 

Starbuck tweeted that “Navy SEAL Chris Beck came out in 2013 as transgender. @andersoncooper did a special on @cnn about it. His story was used as propaganda to allow trans people in the military and to popularize the issue. Now Chris is ready to expose the truth.”

The Daily Caller reported:

He [Beck]told Starbuck that he is โ€œnot transgenderโ€ and used his confusion as an example of why psychologists should not โ€œpush their agendaโ€ onto children. Beck claimed in the interview that it took a one hour long meeting at the Department of Veterans Affairs for him to be recommended hormones, which he has now been off for seven years. He went on to break down the effects of the hormones used for the gender transition on his body.

Beck was turned into a national figure when he came out as transgender in a 2013 CNN interview with Anderson Cooper. The interview came after he co-wrote the book โ€œWarrior Princessโ€ with psychologist Anne Speckhard. The book detailed him coming out as transgender. He warned viewers in the interview not to believe anything CNN said about him because he claims they โ€œused [him]โ€ and โ€œdestroyed [his] lifeโ€ over the past decade.

Beck is also extremely concerned about the trans movement’s damaging effects on children.

The Blaze notes:

Beck explained the dangers of medical professionals’ “automatic acceptance” of children who have self-diagnosed themselves as transgender. He added that doctors should require “a minimum number of sessions” before allowing children to undergo life-altering hormone therapy treatment or gender-mutilating surgeries.

“There’s a lot of complications with these surgeries,” Beck noted. “And that’s a part that they don’t really talk about.”

Beck told Starbuck that he came on the podcast to take “full responsibility” for promoting gender ideology and stated that, at the time, he was “naive.” He explained that he is concerned that children are “being talked into this.”

“I don’t want this to continue, and I don’t want these kids to get hurt,” Beck stated.

And this a growing concern, especially as Team Biden is pushing to have taxpayer-funded transition surgeries for kids.

The Christian Post reports:

The United States Department of Health and Human Services says thatย taxpayer funds should be usedย to cover the cost of body mutilating “gender transition” surgeries for minors. Inย written responsesย to Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra said that the Biden administration supports using taxpayer dollars to cover the costs of electiveย body-deforming surgeries on youth, such as mastectomies and vaginoplasties. His responses were submitted Tuesday to the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Are Liberals Using Tax Exempt Groups To Promote Terrorism?

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A top congressional chairman is leaning on the Internal Revenue Service to revoke the tax-exempt status of several left-wing or Islamist organizations for actively supporting deadly Islamist terrorist activity.

The U.S. House Ways and Means announced in a statement that Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) is calling on the IRS to โ€œrevoke the tax-exempt status of multiple organizations previously referred by the Ways and Means Committee for failing to operate within their stated tax-exempt purpose.

โ€œThe letter coincide(ed) with the anniversary of the October 7th terrorist attack on Israel and targets organizations with links to designated foreign terrorist groups, as well as organizations linked to violence and unrest in the United States,โ€ the Committee reports.

โ€œChairman Smith previously demanded then-IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel revoke the tax-exempt status of eight organizations with ties to Hamas and terror-linked organizations, as well as entities fueling antisemitic protests on U.S. college campuses and violence in the U.S.

In the letter to the IRS, Chairman Smith wrote: โ€œWe write to request that the Internal Revenue Service (โ€œIRSโ€) prioritize examinations into the tax-exempt status of tax-exempt organizations previously referred to the IRS for revocation during the 118th Congress. In light of the anniversary of the October 2023 violent attack on Israel, along with recent acts of political violence and the continued disruptive activities of previously identified organizations that have been sowing chaos in the United States and have links to designated foreign terrorist groups, it is imperative that action is taken to ensure tax-exempt groups are operating within their tax-exempt purpose.โ€

Smithโ€™s letter continues, โ€œFrom the international funding sources and activities of tax-exempt entities in the U.S., and the role of certain organizations in fostering antisemitism on college campuses, the Committee has remained steadfast in ensuring that all tax-exempt organizations are abiding by their exempt status.  In September 2024, the Committee on Ways and Means (โ€œthe Committeeโ€) sent seven letters to the IRS requesting that the IRS investigate and revoke the tax-exempt status of the referenced organizations, while also highlighting the tax-exempt organizationsโ€™ ties to Foreign Terrorist Organizations, support of illegal activity in America, and failure to operate for stated exempt purposes.  Some of the organizations, such as Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, and Islamic Relief USA, are suspected of having terrorist ties to groups like Hamas, using those ties to actively support and funnel resources in support of terrorism. Other groups like the Alliance for Global Justice, WESPAC Foundation, and Tides Foundation instead fiscally sponsor projects that disrupt college campuses, incite violence and intimidation, and illegal riot across the United Statesโ€”prominent projects include Students for Justice in Palestine and Samidoun. Together, this evidence strongly supported referring the groups to the IRS for revocation of their tax-exempt status.โ€

The committee notes โ€œorganizations for which Chairman Smith is renewing referral for revocation of tax-exempt status include: Americans for Justice in Palestine Educational Foundation, American Muslims for Palestine, Islamic Relief USA, Alliance for Global Justice, WESPAC Foundation, Tides Foundation, Peoples Media Project (also known as The Palestine Chronicle), and The Peopleโ€™s Forum.โ€

The opinions expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the positions ofย Great America News Desk.ย 

Amanda Head: Popular Teen Video Game Encourages Sex Change Surgery

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The popular video game “Sims” has always blurred the lines between reality and fantasy but now the game is trying to appeal to a woke crowd.

The disturbing new features allow users as young as 13 to be able to create gender-confused avatars…Parents are rightfully concerned.

Watch Amanda explain the controversy below.

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President Trumpโ€™s Memorial Day Messages: A Legacy of Honor and Respect

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Donald Trump via Gage Skidmore Flickr

This Memorial Day, as we gather with family, fire up the grill, or visit our local cemeteries and memorials, it’s worth remembering the leaders who never lost sight of the true meaning behind the day. President Donald J. Trump has always placed Americaโ€™s fallen heroes at the center of his message, offering powerful words and sincere gestures that reflect deep respect for our military and their families.

Throughout his presidency, President Trump used Memorial Day not for politicsโ€”but for patriotism. Year after year, he stood before veterans, Gold Star families, and active-duty troops with one purpose: to honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this nation.

Hereโ€™s a look back at some of his most moving Memorial Day tributes:


2017 โ€“ Arlington National Cemetery

President Trump delivered his first Memorial Day address at Arlington National Cemetery, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and offering a solemn promise:

โ€œWords cannot measure the depth of their devotion, the purity of their love, or the totality of their courage.โ€

It was a speech that reminded the countryโ€”and the worldโ€”that America remembers.


2018 โ€“ Arlington Again, and a Call for Prayer

Returning to Arlington in 2018, President Trump spoke of sacred ground and permanent peace:

โ€œWe are gathered here on the sacred soil of Arlington National Cemetery to honor the lives and deeds of Americaโ€™s greatest heroes.โ€

That year, he issued a proclamation declaring Memorial Day a Day of Prayer for Permanent Peace, calling on Americans to pause at 11:00 a.m. for a national moment of prayer.


2019 โ€“ Speaking from the USS Wasp in Japan

While abroad visiting troops, President Trump addressed sailors aboard the USS Wasp in Yokosuka, Japan:

โ€œToday, the unbreakable resolve of our great American heroes is inspiring our nation to achieve new heights.โ€

Even halfway around the world, the president made sure Memorial Day was observed with honor, reflection, and gratitude.


2020 โ€“ Fort McHenry Amid Crisis

During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, while others canceled public observances, President Trump stood tall at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, honoring the brave and the fallen:

โ€œWe remember the young Americans who never got the chance to grow old, but whose legacy will outlive us all.โ€

He reminded us that even in times of hardship, we must continue to honor the past and those who gave everything for our freedom.


A President Who Never Forgot

In every one of these speeches, President Trump put Americaโ€™s heroes firstโ€”not soundbites, not political spin. His words carried the weight of gratitude and the clarity of purpose. Whether in Arlington, Baltimore, or aboard a Navy vessel, he stood firm in his belief that our nation owes eternal respect to those who served and sacrificed.

This Memorial Day, letโ€™s take a moment to reflectโ€”not only on the brave men and women who gave their livesโ€”but also on the kind of leadership that never forgets them.

President Trump didnโ€™t just speak about honoring our military. He lived it. And millions of Americans still remember.

Trump Shifts All Blame to Abortion for Midterm Losses

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Donald Trump via Gage Skidmore Flickr

ANALYSIS โ€“ In typical Trump fashion, the former president just threw all pro-lifer conservatives under the bus to deflect any blame from himself for the weak โ€˜Red Trickleโ€™ that was the 2022 election. But is he wrong?

On November 9, I wrote about how both issues impacted the 2022 election losses. โ€˜Abortion and Trump tipped the scales.โ€™

Yes, some pro-life conservatives took the reasonable Supreme Court decision to give abortion decisions back to the states (where they belong), as a green light to push for the most aggressive anti-abortion restrictions they could.

And this was a mistake. It only reinforced Democrat womenโ€™s fears and independent womenโ€™s doubts, fueling the abortion rights extremists to rally and independents to waver or vote Democrat.

What they should have done is defend Dobbs and the Supreme Court while positioning the GOP as the reasonable party on abortion.

Abortion on demand at all times under any circumstances, until the time of birth (and sometimes even beyond), is the extreme position.

And most Americans oppose that insanity.

โ€œLet states decide. The left is extreme on abortion.โ€ Thatโ€™s how we should have played it.

Sadly, too many on the right didnโ€™t follow that playbook.

So, when Trump stated on Truth Social on Sunday that it wasn’t his fault that “Republicans didn’t live up to expectations” in the 2022 midterm elections, he may be partly right.

Instead, Trump blamed the “abortion issue,” writing that it was “poorly handled by many Republicans, especially those that firmly insisted on No Exceptions, even in the case of Rape, Incest, or Life of the Mother.”

And that was true. Here I agree with Trump.

When I ran for office in South Florida 10 years ago, I signed the National Right to Life Pledge, but even that staunchly pro-life organization made exceptions for rape, incest or the life of the mother.

Now, however, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America, one of the nation’s leading pro-life groups, which spent tens of millions to mobilize the pro-life vote in the 2022 midterms, stated in response to Trump:

The approach to winning on abortion in federal races, proven for a decade is this: state clearly the ambitious consensus pro-life view on abortion and contrast that with the extreme view of Democrat opponents. We look forward to hearing that position fully articulated by Mr. Trump and all presidential candidates.

Their response was far from convincing. Taking the most extreme counterpoint to the leftโ€™s extreme position doesnโ€™t win votes. It only makes you seem more extreme than the other guys.

In an interview with Breitbart News last month, Trump said it best: “I think a lot of Republicans didn’t handle the abortion question properly. I think if you don’t have the three exceptions, it’s almost impossible in most parts of the country to win.”

And even when Republicans were not asking for the most extreme abortion restrictions, the Democrats lied that they were.

And this was also a failure of the GOP.

The Democrats and leftist groups spent $468 million on abortion-related advertisements, whereas the Republican party focused its campaign advertising on inflation.

While some grassroots conservatives were overzealous about rolling back abortion after Dobbs, the GOP establishment was afraid of the abortion issue altogether, ignored it and hoped it would just go away.

But I think Trump is also wrong to take no blame himself. He did play a big part in the 2022 electoral defeat.

As I wrote on November 9:

But beyond the abortion issue, former president Trump likely played an outsized role in the red wave turning to a ripple.

And as someone who has been a strong Trump supporter and voted for Trump twice, I believe this sentiment [Trump was part of the problem] has validity.

Continuous ranting about election fraud in 2020 makes the future about the past.

And forcefully demanding GOP loyalty to one man doesnโ€™t help either.

It also makes everything about Trump rather than conservative ideas, policies, and candidates.

Nothing mobilizes the Democrats, the media and the left like Trump.

Of course, the title of my November piece could have given a clue. It was: โ€œIs It Time for the GOP to Dump Trump?โ€

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