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fact that Lindsay Clancy strangled her own babies. And we know damn well 
that if a man, suffering from PTSD or schizophrenia, had committed the same 
crime these man-hating harridans would have merrily sentenced him to life 
in prison.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Comedian Dennis Miller once joked that; “If you ever get charged with a crime, your fate will be in the hands of twelve people who were too dumb to get out of jury duty.”<br><br>As a former newspaper reporter who covered courts for several years, I never would have agreed with Miller.<br><br>Until this week, that is.<br><br>In the days since the Lindsay Clancy trial ended in a mistrial, several of the jurors have been lapping up their 15 minutes of fame by blabbing to the cameras, showing off  their abrasive idiocy.<br><br>Now we can see that the jury was hopelessly tainted from the start. One of the jurors was a Karen Read fan. (Read was acquitted of killing her boyfriend, Boston police officers John O’Keefe in 2022.)A quick perusal of this woman’s social media posts would have revealed that and rendered her unfit to serve. And then there were the nurses. In a case where a nurse was accused of strangling her three children, allowing THREE nurses on the jury was a huge mistake. Not only because they might sympathize with the killer, but because they would be tempted to offer their own “expert” testimony behind closed doors during deliberations. <br><br>That’s exactly what they did as they joined the rest of the women in browbeating the lone holdout who wanted Clancy held criminally responsible for the murders. At times their insane shrieking wa so loud that they could be heard outside of the jury room.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Female jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial rip the lone male holdout juror who refused to side with them.<br><br>&quot;He would not interact with us... He had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children.&quot;<br><br>Patriot. <a href="https://t.co/tmNV7CUIDP">pic.twitter.com/tmNV7CUIDP</a></p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/2097439980599816504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2026</a></blockquote> 
        
        
        
      
    
  
  
    



  



  





  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Jurors are instructed - over and over - to consider only evidence presented during the case. Nurses - who didn’t go to medical school and can’t write prescriptions - had no business interpreting medical evidence to a recalcitrant juror in a way that they believed would lead him to a not guilty verdict.<br><br>Beyond that, the three harridans who went on TV presented as obnoxious, pushy females who hate men. Correction: They clearly hate men who refuse to obey them. They also hated the prosecutors because they showed no compassion for the killer they were trying to put behind bars. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Sheesh.<br><br>Days after the trial ended, they were still fuming.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is the ONLY clip you need to see today from the Clancy Jury.<br><br>Don’t waste any more time on these insane, permissible, evil women.<br><br>“He would not interact with us... He had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/v97vKgxEye">pic.twitter.com/v97vKgxEye</a></p>&mdash; Chad Prather (@WatchChad) <a href="https://x.com/WatchChad/status/2097676895672246463?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 9, 2026</a></blockquote> 
        
        
        
      
    
  
  
    



  



  





  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Did this obnoxious loon even hear herself?<br><br><em>“He would not interact with us... He had the hardest time getting off the fact that Lindsay viciously killed her children."<br></em><br>I’ve got news for the talkative jurors, MOST normal people can’t get beyond the fact that Clancy strangled her own babies. And we know damn well that had a man, suffering from PTSD or schizophrenia, killed his kids, these man-hating morons would have happily sentenced him to life in prison.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Thank God for the lone, strong man on the jury. Without him, Lindsay Clancy may have been found not guilty and there would be no hope of justice for the three precious children she killed.<br><br>One thing’s certain, Clancy was definitely judged by a jury of her peers: Crazy women.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1789000151200-O82Z351M20G0UC6QH4LY/Screenshot+2026-09-09+at+8.29.02%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="770" height="630"><media:title type="plain">A Jury Full Of Crazy Women</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Virginia Democrat Operative Convicted of Distributing Heinous Child Sexual Abuse Material</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/9/9/virginia-democrat-operative-convicted-of-distributing-heinous-child-sexual-abuse-material</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6aa0a1db35134d5aaf5b33bb</guid><description><![CDATA[Randon Sprinkle held senior roles in the Democratic Party of Virginia and 
worked closely with high profile Democrats.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h2 data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></h2><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""><strong>Randon Sprinkle held senior roles in the Democratic Party of Virginia and worked closely with high-profile Democrats.</strong></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">In January 2026, Restoration News exposed the arrest of high-profile Democrat operative Randon Sprinkle. He was accused of sending videos of young children being raped to an undercover agent. Sprinkle was prosecuted by U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche. He was found guilty on August 26, 2026, and sentenced to ten years in prison.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Sprinkle served as the finance chair of the Democrat Party of Virginia and treasurer of the Young Democrats. He was the paid political director for current U.S. Rep. Jennifer McClellan (D-VA) during her failed 2021 bid for Virginia governor. Sprinkle worked as McClellan's legislative aide when she served as state senator.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">The Democrat Party of Virginia selected Sprinkle as a delegate to the Democrat National Convention in 2024, alongside Senator Mark Warner. "For me as an LGBTQ member, it is really great to see a Democratic Party that is both mindful and joyful, excited and inclusive of everybody," said Sprinkle.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is the child sexual predator, Randon Sprinkle, former finance chair of the Democrat party of Virginia. Just sentenced to 10 years in prison. Where&#39;s the statement from party leadership condemning this guy? <a href="https://t.co/aVNJUibznP">pic.twitter.com/aVNJUibznP</a></p>&mdash; Victoria Manning (@HoneyBadger_USA) <a href="https://x.com/HoneyBadger_USA/status/2095880793876804044?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2026</a></blockquote> 
        
        
        
      
    
  
  
    



  



  





  <p class=""><strong>(Editor's note: graphic details from the court documents have been redacted.)</strong></p><p class="">Court documents revealed:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">In May 2025, Sprinkle unlawfully and knowingly distributed child pornography, specifically "one video file depicting a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct, including but not limited to actual and simulated intercourse."</p></li><li><p class="">Sprinkle told an uncover agent on a Telegram chat that he is "Mostly into Yng, rape, incest."</p></li><li><p class="">Sprinkle sent a video to the undercover agent of "a prepubescent boy being penetrated [explicit details excluded] by an adult male's [explicit details excluded] while another adult male penetrated … the child …. "</p></li><li><p class="">"Some of the child pornography files discovered depicted toddler-aged children, as well as children subjected to bondage and discipline, dominance and submission, sadism and masochism.</p></li><li><p class="">Sprinkle admitted to calling himself a "proud pedo," and that he had a favorite age range: "probably toddler to elementary school." He then asked the undercover agent if he would share his nine-year old son.</p></li></ul><p class=""><strong>Why are Democrats Silent?</strong></p><p class="">At the time of this article, Virginia Democrats still have videos of Sprinkle on their social media pages, so clearly this isn't a big issue for them. After all, as Sprinkle said, "they are inclusive of everybody."</p><p class="">Sprinkle's <a href="https://x.com/RandonSprinkle"><span>X account</span></a> is still available and exposes how entrenched he was in the inner circles of the Democrat party. Mingling with Gov. Abigail Spanberger and former governors Terry McAuliffe and Ralph Northam, among others.</p><p class="">In one of his photos, he refers to himself as "Guncle" while holding his young toddler nephew who he took to see Christmas lights. Hopefully that child wasn't one of his victims.</p><p class="">Where is the condemnation from Democrats? Where is their call for support of the countless child victims of predators like Sprinkle? The silence is telling.</p>





















  
  




  



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  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""><em>Victoria Manning is a Senior Investigative Researcher for Restoration News specializing in education freedom, immigration, and military issues. She is the author of </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Wall-Government-Victoria-Manning/dp/B0CN64YTSB"><strong><em><u>Behind the Wall of Government Schools</u></em></strong></a><em>. Victoria served 8 years as an elected member of the Virginia Beach School Board and has a master’s degree in law. She also brings the perspective of a military spouse to her reporting.</em></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/virginia-democrat-operative-convicted-of-distributing-heinous-child-sexual-abuse-material"><em>Republished with permission from Restoration News.</em></a></p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788912234190-SN6Z5I6QPN01GQKN3623/Sprinkle-collage-w-mcclellan-whitmer-spanberger_2.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="1200"><media:title type="plain">Virginia Democrat Operative Convicted of Distributing Heinous Child Sexual Abuse Material</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Kevin Reddington Should Be Disbarred</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/9/8/kevin-reddington-should-be-disbarred</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a9f41bac9e2834162294054</guid><description><![CDATA[The 75-year-old criminal defense lawyer seems to have forgotten that jurors 
are ordinary people, doing their civic duty and rendering a verdict that 
they believe is fair.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">Ask any trial judge and they’ll tell you it’s tough getting people to serve on juries. Many - most, in places like Norfolk, don’t bother answering their jury summons. Many of the ones that do come up with phony reasons why they cannot serve.<br><br>Guess what? It’s about to get a lot harder to convince people to become jurors.<br><br>Seriously, who would want to risk the public humiliation that one Massachusetts juror had to endure last week, thanks to a post-trial tirade by the defense lawyer?<br><br>We’re talking about the Lindsay Clancy murder trial, of course.</p><p class="">Defense Attorney Kevin Reddington first singled out one juror for attack in the courtroom after the jury foreman informed the court that the jury was hopelessly deadlocked with one member holding out for conviction in the baby-killer case.<br><br>Just one sane member out of 12. Think about that for a moment.</p><p class=""><br>The red-faced defense lawyer demanded that the judge remove the recalcitrant juror.<br><br>The judge refused.<br><br>During his arguments, Reddington revealed that the juror was a man, which verged on identifying the individual since there were only three males on the jury. Finally, he insinuated that the juror had perjured himself during questioning before the trial.<br><br>Reprehensible.</p><p class="">Apparently, in Reddington’s mind, the only criminal in the courtroom was the man who was holding out for a conviction, not the woman who had strangled her own children.<br><br>The 75-year-old criminal defense lawyer seems to have forgotten that jurors are ordinary people, doing their civic duty and rendering a verdict that they believe is fair based on the law and the evidence.<br><br>Jurors don’t have to agree. Mistrials are fairly common when jurors can’t come to a unanimous decision.<br><br><br>In a hasty appeal to a higher court to pause the mistrial, Reddington made the ludicrous claim that the juror might be biased against disabled people, like his client.<br><br>Someone needs to tell this reckless, desperate attorney that there’s a difference between zealous defense of a client and defaming a juror whose conscience would not allow him to vote for a not guilty verdict.</p><p class=""><br>Reddington crossed that line many times on Thursday and Friday and ought to be disciplined for it.<br><br>In fact, he ought to be disbarred.<br><br>It took a lot of courage for one juror out of 12 to stay true to his convictions. No doubt the other 11 were bullying and badgering him into changing his mind for six long days.<br><br>Outside of the courthouse Reddington kept up his nasty attack, saying the lone holdout had “robbed” the other jurors of seven weeks.<br><br>“I hope that guy can sleep well at night,” he spat.<br><br>One thing’s certain: That juror sleeps better than the three kids Lindsay Clancy strangled.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788822009979-3R182NTQAEPUQJ59WJPU/Screenshot+2026-09-07+at+7.00.01%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="732" height="510"><media:title type="plain">Kevin Reddington Should Be Disbarred</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Way Back When: Virginia Beach</title><category>Photos</category><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 04:04:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2018/8/30/way-back-when-virginia-beach</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:5b888fb4cd836663f9b84f5b</guid><description><![CDATA[These postcards date from the mid-1930s to the 1950s, when oceanfront 
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  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">It’s Labor Day. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">The official end of the tourist season, although it will feel like summer in Southeastern Virginia for at least another six weeks.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Did I mention I collect vintage postcards of Virginia Beach? Well, I do. And this seems like the perfect occasion to break out a few. These date from the late-1930s to the 1940s, when oceanfront hotels were graceful two- and three-story inns with charm and wraparound porches. The only thing they lacked? Elevators and air conditioning.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Eventually the low-slung family-owned hotels would be demolished to make way for hideous high rise ant colonies that blotted out the afternoon sun on the boardwalk. Then again, the big blocky hotels had AC.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">It was also a time when the Cavalier Hotel sat on 60 acres,&nbsp;surrounded by sunken gardens and an elegant grand lawn. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Nearly 100 years later rival gangs hold shoot-outs on Atlantic Avenue, making weekends in Virginia Beach - well - more exciting than in days gone by.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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            <p class="">The Virginia Lee once stood on the oceanfront between 18th and 19th Streets and was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Cannon. According to a promotional brochure from the time, the little hotel boasted a dining room that catered "to the most choice epicurean tastes." Aiming to delight any gourmands from Zepp who wandered in,&nbsp;I guess.&nbsp;</p>
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            <p class="">Did you know that the Navy took over the Cavalier Hotel in 1944? Neither did I. This appears to be a sweet message from a man to his wife. To "Baby," from "Daddy." A little weird, I know. But who am I to judge war-time terms of endearment?</p>
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            <p class="">One of the few recognizable sights in Virginia Beach today: The Old Coast Guard Station at 24th Street. Not recognizable: the 1-cent stamp featuring a bust of George Washington.</p>
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            <p class="">Seems by 1949 the price of a postcard stamp had soared to 2 cents. It was also a time when there were awnings on the hotels to keep out the sun and you could address a postcard simply to Mrs. A. G. Engman, Waynesboro, VA. and it would get there. Or maybe not, since I found this one in an antique store.</p>
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when they recommend another jab. We just watched it unfold at the highest 
levels of leadership in Pennsylvania.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><em>by Beth Brelje</em></h3><h2><strong>The white coat offering public medical advice may have a political agenda when they recommend another jab. We just watched it unfold at the highest levels of leadership in Pennsylvania.</strong></h2><p class="">Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has been talking about vaccine compliance since his disastrous Aug. 25 measles <a href="https://restoration-news.com/maybe-measles-definitely-a-power-grab-shapiro-s-public%E2%80%91health-misdirection-act"><span>press conference</span></a> in Lancaster County. Working on behalf of his local <a href="https://restoration-news.com/gov-shapiro-exploited-pennsylvania-baby-s-death-and-his-local-vaccine-maker-couldn-t-be-happier"><span>vaccine company</span></a>, Shapiro is running political interference against the Trump Administration's Aug. 10 executive order reducing childhood vaccine recommendations from 18 to 11 diseases, and splitting the combined measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) shot into single shots. That is certain to cut profits for vaccine makers like <a href="https://www.merckvaccines.com/mmr/"><span>Merck &amp; Co.</span></a>, producer of "the most sold MMR vaccine in the U.S.," which is located in Shapiro's home county.&nbsp;</p><p class="">Shapiro is exploiting public trust in doctors to keep vaccine compliance high.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Actual Medical Professionals&nbsp;</strong></h3><p class="">To whip up more public alarm, Shapiro has trotted out medical experts in vaccine-related press conferences, but also in seemingly unrelated pressers. In a Sept. 2 press conference in Scranton to "celebrate the Shapiro administration's historic investments in education," he didn't break any news. But when he turned to the media, someone asked the magic vaccine question.&nbsp;</p><p class="">&nbsp;"The situation with measles . . . what's being done and how can people feel safe?" A reporter pitched that sucker right over the plate.&nbsp;</p><p class="">&nbsp;Shapiro warned measles is dangerous but preventable, "if we trust science and actual medical professionals."&nbsp;</p><p class="">"Federal public health leaders have really been stoking fear and injecting misinformation and conspiracy theories into this conversation." Shapiro claimed U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the Trump Administration are "dismantling our public health agencies to the point where parents don't know right from wrong because they're getting misinformation from the people they're supposed to trust at the federal level."&nbsp;</p><p class="">He advised the public to do what he did, consult with "actual medical experts." That's how he decided vaccination is best.</p><p class="">As luck would have it, a medical expert was at the Scranton presser. State Rep. Bridget Kosierowski, is a registered nurse, and—what a coincidence—she is campaigning for reelection.&nbsp;</p><p class="">"I'm going to put her on the spot because we have an actual medical expert here," Shapiro said. "If Nurse Kosierowski wants to add anything to that answer, I'd welcome you."&nbsp;</p><p class="">Kosierowski jumped at the chance to bolster Shapiro's messaging.&nbsp;</p><p class="">"Thanks, Governor, and thanks for the leadership on this this outbreak," Kosierowski said. "We know how to treat things like measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough, COVID. It's called a vaccine, and unfortunately, from the federal level, they have scared people and given them misinformation."&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Trust Me, I'm a Doctor</strong></h3><p class="">Another expert stumping for Shapiro's agenda is Dr. Paul Offit, Director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and a long-time vaccine proponent with scary predictions about measles.&nbsp;</p><p class="">"Here's what worries me the most," Offit posted on&nbsp;<a href="https://pauloffit.substack.com/"><span>his blog</span></a>. "Measles is typically a winter spring disease. It's August . . . I fear that as we head into winter, outbreaks of measles might worsen." He also had some choice words about Trump and Kennedy. He's also a pundit on CNN.&nbsp;</p><p class="">Offit may&nbsp;be bitter because last year Kennedy removed him from the FDA&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/02/paul-offit-rfk-jr-fda-vaccines"><span>advisory committee on vaccines</span></a>. He held the spot for two terms starting in 2017 and running right through the Covid era.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Trust Us, We're Doctors Too&nbsp;</strong></h3><p class="">On August 31, state&nbsp;Sen. Maria Collett, another registered nurse, held a similar presser with other Democrats "not just as lawmakers, but as healthcare professionals." Speakers included State&nbsp;Rep. Arvind Venkat, an emergency physician; state&nbsp;Rep. Tarik Khan, an RN with a Ph.D. in nursing; and&nbsp;Rep. Kosierowski. Coincidently, all are campaigning for reelection.&nbsp;</p><p class="">Collett has been endorsed by 3.14 Action Victory Fund. The rest have received donations from the fund.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.venkatforpa.com/"><span>Venkat</span></a>, $15,000;&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tarikforpa.com/"><span>Khan</span></a>, $27,000; and Kosierowski, $2,500.</p><p class="">The 3.14 Action website says it is "the only national organization working to recruit, train, and elect Democratic scientists and doctors to office." Its candidates include DSA radical&nbsp;<a href="https://www.314action.org/candidates/us-senate-governors-statewides/abdul-el-sayed/"><span>Abdul El-Sayed</span></a> of Michigan for U.S. Senate, and 11&nbsp;<a href="https://www.314action.org/candidates/state-municipal/"><span>candidates</span></a> in Pennsylvania.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>It's All Politics</strong></h3><p class="">Offit was a featured speaker at an August 19 joint Protect Our Care and 3.14 Action&nbsp;<a href="https://www.protectourcare.org/poll-finds-trumps-anti-vax-executive-order-not-just-deadly-to-kids-but-to-gops-political-ambitions/"><span>poll briefing</span></a> where they identified Trump's executive order as unpopular with voters.&nbsp;</p><p class="">"There's no reason to separate it out," Offit said. "Those vaccines have not been available as separate shots since 2009. And the two companies that make that vaccine have stepped forward and said we're not going to separate this out because it doesn't make the vaccine safer. It only makes it more expensive and more difficult to get. That would mean making a new vaccine. That would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to basically make a vaccine against something you're already making that works and is safe."</p><p class="">Coincidently, that was just six days before Shapiro's measles presser.&nbsp;</p><p class="">Protect Our Care (<a href="https://www.insidernj.com/314-action-calls-on-rep-kean-to-disavow-trumps-anti-vaccine-executive-order/"><span>POC)</span></a> aims to make health care a right not a privilege, for everyone living in America. POC boasts "a highly effective inside game with policy makers, and deep engagement at the state and local level," its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.protectourcare.org/our-mission/"><span>website</span></a> reads.&nbsp;</p><p class="">&nbsp;POC receives&nbsp;<a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/14/sixteen-thirty-fund-spending-00653144"><span>funding</span></a> from the Sixteen Thirty Fund which is&nbsp;<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/left-leaning-sixteen-thirty-fund-196-million-secret-money-2022-rcna125082"><span>funded</span></a> in part by the Soros Family's Open Society Policy Center,</p><p class="">POC and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.314action.org/news/press-releases/the-gops-greatest-existential-threat-new-poll-shows-voters-reject-trumps-executive-order-on-childhood-vaccines/"><span>314 Action</span></a> often collaborate on health care advocacy. The Sixteen Thirty Fund was originally part of the multi-billion-dollar, but now defunct, Arabella Advisors "dark money" network.&nbsp;</p><p class="">But you never hear politicians or doctors talking about <em>that</em>.&nbsp;</p><h3><strong>Broken Trust</strong></h3><p class="">The Federal Trade Commission (<a href="https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-B/part-255"><span>FTC</span></a>) and the FDA have rules about doctors promoting products. The American Medical Association has&nbsp;<a href="https://code-medical-ethics.ama-assn.org/ethics-opinions/sale-health-related-products"><span>guidelines</span></a> too. Doctors are seen as trustworthy, looking out for your health.&nbsp;</p><p class="">In this case, doctors are promoting policy connected to a product. But they are not disclosing their political affiliations, campaign donations, and connections to dark money activist groups. Their advice doesn't spring from concern for public health and certainly not individual health.&nbsp;</p><p class="">Doctors are allowed to have opinions and political leanings, but a white coat is not enough to earn political trust.&nbsp;</p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class=""><em>Beth Brelje is a Senior Political Investigator for Restoration News, focusing on state and federal elections, laws, legislation and the effects policies have on us all. She has nearly 40 years of media experience.</em>&nbsp;</p><p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/beware-doctors-tainted-advice-on-vaccines">Republished with permission from Restoration News.</a></p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788568008750-9LNWUHXUINSBKN98K7JG/unsplash-image-GnLuuG9crEY.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="992"><media:title type="plain">Beware Doctors' Tainted Advice on Vaccines</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>The Public School Rewrite of 9/11: The Hijackers Weren't Terrorists</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/9/5/the-public-school-rewrite-of-911-the-hijackers-werent-terrorists</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a9b6053fc1b4358213f44b9</guid><description><![CDATA[Virginia Democrats mandated the revival of a 9/11 video that warns teachers 
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  <h3><em>by Victoria Manning</em></h3><h2><strong>Virginia Democrats mandated the revival of a 9/11 video that warns teachers against "American exceptionalism" and Muslim trauma.</strong></h2><p class="">Twenty-five years after nineteen Muslim hijackers murdered nearly 3,000 Americans in the name of jihad, Virginia is telling public-school teachers that the real victims that day were Muslims. The state has baked that message into a training video that Virginia Democrats and Governor Abigail Spanberger (D) just mandated.</p><p class="">In March 2026, Gov. Spanberger signed into law a Democrat <a href="https://www.doe.virginia.gov/about-vdoe/virginia-is-for-learners-and-edequityva"><span>sponsored bill</span></a> requiring the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) restore a video on its website that paints Muslims as the real victims of 9/11.</p><p class="">The despicable <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGFsAmCta2k"><span>video</span></a>, originally published in 2021 under Gov. Ralph Northam (D) and subsequently removed in 2024 by Republican Governor Glenn Youngkin, claims to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the attack. Instead, it presents a twisted and false narrative of the events.</p><p class=""><strong>Rewriting History</strong></p><p class="">The <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGFsAmCta2k"><span>webinar</span></a>, titled "Culturally Responsive &amp; Inclusive 9/11 Commemorations," indoctrinates public school teachers on a distorted view of how to instruct students about 9/11. Teachers are told not to use the word "terrorist" because the term has "often been directly paralleled with casualties and trauma that have been inflicted by people who proclaim to be Muslim or practicers of the Islamic faith."</p><p class="">"Teaching is a political act" asserts Amaarah Decuir, the webinar's Islamist instructor. She advises teachers to avoid the "false assumption" of Muslim responsibility for the 9/11 attack. "We're just going to begin right there and name that there is no responsibility and therefore we're not going to use this space to try and untangle that," asserts Decuir. She also said, "we're not going to reproduce what's understood as American exceptionalism." DeCuir told teachers they should not ask their students to name the extremists who caused 9/11. She said, "that is not a relevant detail, it is not relevant information at all."</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
          
          
            
        
        
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  <p class="">It is a fact that the nineteen terrorists and the co-conspirators who took nearly 3,000 innocent lives on 9/11 were Muslim and they committed the terrorist acts in the name of their religion. Before the attack, one of the <a href="https://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf"><span>hijackers</span></a> admitted he was planning to wage a jihad because there was no greater honor than to die for Allah. Another said the highest duty of every Muslim was to pursue jihad, and the highest honor was to die during the jihad.</p><p class="">DeCuir failed to present those truths in her webinar.</p><p class="">Rather than teaching the truth about the Muslim extremist murderers, Democrats want to rewrite history.</p><p class="">It's not just Virginia Democrats pushing these alternative realities. New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a member of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m544Hwxa7E"><span>believes</span></a> he and other Muslims were the real victims of 9/11. "Growing up in the shadow of 9/11, I have known what it means to live with an undercurrent of suspicion," said Mamdani. He claims he was singled out in airports and that his Muslim aunt was afraid to ride the subway wearing her hijab. Mamdani's father, Mahmood Mamdani, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/9-11-families-push-ban-mamdani-25th-anniversary-remembrance-hostile-record"><span>wrote a book</span></a> after the attacks and said the suicide bombers should be "understood as a feature of modern political violence rather than stigmatized as a mark of barbarism."</p><p class="">Families of 9/11 victims <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/9-11-families-push-ban-mamdani-25th-anniversary-remembrance-hostile-record"><span>have called</span></a> for Mamdani to be excluded from this year’s New York City commemoration ceremony. The mayor has signaled he will still attend.</p><p class=""><strong>The Islamic Infiltration</strong></p><p class="">Danny Burmawi, a former Muslim, breaks down the intentions of the religion in <a href="https://www.amazon.com/ISLAM-ISRAEL-WEST-Muslims-Analysis/dp/B0FP5QPVLS/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0"><span>his book</span></a>: <em>Islam, Israel, and the West.&nbsp;</em>Burmawi reveals that Islam isn't just a faith, it's a political ideology and its <a href="https://idicenter.org/article/what-is-islam"><span>sovereignty must</span></a> "manifest in governance, legislation, and judicial authority" (Qur'an 12:40). Burmawi warns that Islam is a political ideology that "requires universal expansion and institutional enforcement."</p><p class="">Islamic ideology has infiltrated American institutions, including through state level legislation forcing it in public schools. It's not only in Virginia.</p><p class="">In Connecticut, a new 2026 <a href="https://religionnews.com/2026/08/03/connecticut-legislation-aims-to-expand-islam-education-in-public-schools/"><span>state law</span></a> mandates the State Board of Education to make curriculum materials available to local school boards on Islamic and Arab studies and encourages districts to "provide instruction in this area." There is no similar requirement for curriculum on Judaism or Christianity.</p><p class="">On August 7th in California, parents filed <a href="https://forward.com/news/846026/did-this-mosque-field-trip-violate-the-first-amendment-a-group-of-jewish-hindu-and-zoroastrian-parents-thinks-so/"><span>a lawsuit</span></a> against the Palo Alto Unified School District after the district <a href="https://forward.com/news/846026/did-this-mosque-field-trip-violate-the-first-amendment-a-group-of-jewish-hindu-and-zoroastrian-parents-thinks-so/"><span>took students</span></a> on a high school field trip to a mosque. Jewish students were forced to participate by wearing head coverings inside the mosque, they were given Qurans, and taught that Islam "promotes social justice."</p><p class="">Two Minnesota public schools <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n2mKVSwHvc"><span>created</span></a> architectural plans to establish prayer rooms and foot washing stations for Muslim students.</p><p class="">No amount of "culturally responsive" training can change the fact that nineteen terrorists murdered nearly 3000 people in the name of Islamic jihad. When a state tells teachers not to say "terrorist," not to name the attackers, and not to treat the religion they invoked as relevant, it does not protect students from bigotry. It protects an ideology from scrutiny. Inclusion that requires forgetting who did what, and why, is not education. It's political pandering that treats historical facts about an attack on America as obstacles to be managed rather than a truth to be kept.</p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/the-public-school-rewrite-of-9-11-the-hijackers-weren-t-terrorists"><em>Republished with permission from Restoration News.</em> </a></p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788567835047-VL897UBUCSXBW1RJXVAT/Screenshot+2026-09-04+at+8.20.54%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="917"><media:title type="plain">The Public School Rewrite of 9/11: The Hijackers Weren't Terrorists</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Clancy Courtroom Clown Show</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/9/4/clancy-courtroom-clown-show</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a9a29de1962e811c3584152</guid><description><![CDATA[It’s a pity Clancy didn’t kill three puppies. She’d get no sympathy then. 
But kids? Hey, they’re so damn inconvenient sometimes.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">There are times when the American justice system is a joke.<br><br>The murder trial of Lindsay Clancy is a prime example.<br><br>The Massachusetts woman who strangled her three children and is trying to get off by claiming she was insane during the slayings, gets piles of fan mail every day. A mob of pink-clad fangirls greet Clancy outside the courtroom. The child killer’s supporters pose for selfies with her lawyer. They make stupid little hearts with their hands. They blame psych drugs for Clancy’s behavior yet none of them are calling for the drugs to be banned. Their own kids are probably loaded with them.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Mental illness is an explanation, not an excuse.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Oh, and it’s worth remembering that psychiatry isn’t on trial in Massachusetts, Lindsay Clancy is. <br><br>Sick. All of it.<br><br>It’s a pity Clancy didn’t kill three puppies. She’d get no sympathy then. But kids? Hey, they’re so damned exasperating at times.<br><br>Now we learn that after 37 hours of deliberation, the jury is deadlocked.<br><br>Is anyone surprised? Most of us have been predicting a hung jury since Day One.<br><br>The split is reportedly 11 to 1. Despite days of what is probably relentless bullying by the majority, one juror is holding out on the other side. Whichever side that may be.<br><br>Defense Attorney Kevin Reddington, who acts as if he knows which way the jury is stacked, demanded that the recalcitrant juror be removed on Thursday.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">This almost amounts to jury intimidation. How dare a juror not bend to the majority, which Reddington apparently believes favors his client. This lawyer is definitely mounting a public pressure campaign as he attempts to save a triple murderer. He’s putting a target on the back of this one juror. It’s unethical to single out a juror who hasn’t engaged in misconduct, but who simply won’t go along with the mob. </p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""><br><br>The judge, wisely, refused Reddington’s request.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Those cult members outside of the courtroom are dangerous. The lone juror is courageous not to simply give in out of fear. I hope he or she stays strong. <br><br>That isn’t how any of this is supposed to work. When jurors can’t reach a unanimous decision, judges will often direct them to give it another shot. When that fails, it’s a mistrial.<br><br>End the courtroom clown show, Judge.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""> Today.<br><br>Don’t let the bullies on the jury browbeat the lone holdout for one more minute by sending them back to deliberate again. And when you dismiss the jury for the final time, tell them they’d better not identify that lone juror or you’ll hold them in contempt of court. That includes the lawyers.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788488274315-6V1KKU7IW95X2C3UQRZ4/Screenshot+2026-09-03+at+10.17.46%E2%80%AFPM.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="890" height="494"><media:title type="plain">Clancy Courtroom Clown Show</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Mother Gets 6 Months For Letting Child Walk Alone In Gated Community</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/9/2/mother-gets-6-months-for-letting-child-walk-alone-in-gated-community</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a98a8aa459d675cc29aa8d8</guid><description><![CDATA[Last week a law school student and mother of five in Williamsburg was 
sentenced to six months in jail - suspended - and listed as a child abuser 
for allowing her five year old to walk through her unnamed gated community 
collecting goose feathers. This is a neighborhood with security guards, a 
25 mph speed limit and three golf courses. Sounds like an upscale ghetto 
for wealthy busybodies with too much time on their hands]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p class="">At age five I routinely walked - alone - into our small town’s downtown to buy Pall Malls for my mother at Mount’s corner store.<br><br>The shop was about 1/2 mile from our house.<br><br>I loved this errand, not only for the independence it gave me, but because my mom’s smokes cost around 25 cents a pack and she always gave me an extra dime to buy a Hershey bar.<br><br>It was a win-win situation. My mother got her cigarettes without pushing a baby carriage into town (we had one car and Daddy was at work) and I got a chocolate fix.<br><br>No one ever seemed to think that a 5-year-old walking alone was a cause for alarm and as I stood on tiptoe at the counter making my purchase, a bemused Mrs. Mount used to joke about how I should cut down on my smoking.<br><br>My, how times have changed.<br><br>Last week a law school student and mother of five in Williamsburg was sentenced to six months in jail - suspended - and listed as a child abuser for allowing her five year old to walk through her gated community collecting goose feathers. This is a neighborhood with security guards, a 25 mph speed limit and three golf courses.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
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  <p class="">Sounds like an upscale ghetto for wealthy busybodies with too much time on their hands.<br><br><a href="https://reason.com/2026/09/02/virginia-mom-gets-6-month-suspended-jail-sentence-for-letting-5-year-old-walk-to-the-pond/">Here’s an account of what happened from Reason.com.</a></p><p class=""><em>Until very recently, Karyann Parkinson lived in leafy Williamsburg, Virginia. She and her husband, Dallin, moved there from Utah so Parkinson could attend William and Mary Law School.</em></p><p class=""><em>In June, when Parkinson was preparing for the bar—and also happened to be eight months pregnant with her fifth child—she and her then-youngest, Sam, went for a bike ride, as they often do.</em></p><p class=""><em>They stopped for her son's favorite activity: collecting goose feathers from the path near their community pond. When they got home, he asked if he could walk back and get some more.</em></p><p class=""><em>Parkinson said yes. It's a short walk, along a sidewalk separated from the street by 10 feet of grass. Sam would have to cross two streets with crosswalks, which she'd seen him do safely hundreds of times—including six times that morning, she says. Off he went while she made lunch.</em></p><p class="">Everything was idyllic until a meddling neighbor spied Sam and called in the community security guards.</p><p class=""><em>One of the guards escorted the boy back and gave Parkinson an earful. Pretty soon there were three cop cars, just as many cops, a security vehicle, and two Child Protective Services (CPS) workers at Parkinson's door.</em></p><p class=""><em>CPS ended up investigating her for abuse and neglect.</em></p><p class=""><em>The cops, meanwhile, charged her with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. CPS found the allegations substantiated and placed Parkinson on the state's child abuse and neglect registry. She will remain there for seven years.</em></p><p class=""><em>The ordeal reached its nadir last week when a judge convicted Parkinson of the delinquency of a minor charge, a first-degree misdemeanor. This comes with a six-month jail sentence.</em></p><p class=""><em>While the judge immediately suspended the sentence, pending good behavior and compliance with CPS' conditions, the conviction remains. Parkinson assumes this means she will not be able to volunteer in her kids' schools. She fears it could also mean she will not get her law license.</em></p><p class="">Ironically, Parkinson once interned in the office of State Sen. Jill Vogel. Vogel was one of the patrons of Virginia’s 2023 bipartisan “Reasonable Childhood Independence Bill” that unanimously passed both houses of the General Assembly.<br><br>The bill essentially defines child neglect as when you put a child in serious and obvious danger, not simply when you take your eyes off them or whenever a neighborhood Karen reports you to the authorities.</p><p class="">&nbsp;It was intended to put the brakes on calls to CPS for nonsense.&nbsp;Like allowing a child to be alone outside.<br><br>According to the account in Reason, Parkinson admits that she was confrontational with the guards, who scared her son, and also with the police who pounced on her. But this issue isn’t whether Parkinson was sufficiently submissive in the presence of authorities, but whether she put her child in danger.<br><br>She didn’t.<br><br>Parkinson is appealing. Not only to clear her name and to put knuckleheads in Williamsburg in their place, but so that she can someday obtain a law license.<br><br>Not to worry, Mrs. Parkinson. If Don Scott, who spent seven years in federal prison on felony drug charges, can somehow obtain a Virginia law license and go on to be Speaker of the House of Delegates, surely the state bar will forgive you for allowing your child to engage in unsupervised goose feather collecting.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p class="">We live in strange times when a woman who strangled her three kids may go free, but a loving mother who allowed her kid to walk around the neighborhood gets a jail sentence.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p class="">Make it make sense.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788389863165-LWNAQMBOJTBXMTRJNJKX/unsplash-image-JZ51o_-UOY8.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="2250"><media:title type="plain">Mother Gets 6 Months For Letting Child Walk Alone In Gated Community</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Court Slaps Down Virginia Democrats' Anti-ICE Law</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/9/2/court-slaps-down-virginia-democrats-anti-ice-law</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a9735fc804df46e2f8dddba</guid><description><![CDATA[Judge blocks Spanberger-backed 287(g) restrictions as a likely violation of 
the Constitution]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><em>by Victoria Manning</em></h3><h2><strong>Judge blocks Spanberger-backed 287(g) restrictions as a likely violation of the Constitution</strong></h2><p class="">Virginia Democrats got slapped down by the courts again. They continue to blatantly ignore their oaths of office to uphold the laws of the United States.</p><p class="">Immigration enforcement is a federal obligation authorized by Congress. States do not have the ability to override federal law, yet 'Virginia Democrats have tried to do so many times. The federal government allows local sheriffs, who are elected constitutional officers, to enter into agreements under the 287(g) program that deputizes state and local law enforcement to assist federal immigration authorities with enforcement of federal laws. Virginia Democrats attempted to override these local contracts with federal law enforcement, but courts have now intervened.</p><p class=""><strong>The Background</strong></p><p class="">Virginia Democrats pushed, and Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D) signed new legislation opposed to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in 2026. Lawsuits have challenged them as unconstitutional. These laws place unconstitutional requirements on federal immigration agents and prohibit local law enforcement agencies from entering into agreements with ICE unless ICE agrees to the state's restrictions.</p><p class="">Some examples of the restrictions in the laws:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">ICE is prohibited from using surveillance technology to conduct immigration enforcement.</p></li><li><p class="">ICE must provide local law enforcement agencies with the names and ranks of all federal agents.</p></li><li><p class="">No agent of ICE may conduct operations on the property of any school, faith-based organization, or courthouse.</p></li><li><p class="">If there is a shooting by a federal agent, the investigation would be conducted by the Virginia State Police and subject to state prosecution by the Virginia Attorney General.</p></li></ul><p class=""><strong>The Court's Response</strong></p><p class="">In an injunction hearing, the district court <a href="https://x.com/AAGShumate/status/2094556250738422152?s=20"><span>slapped down</span></a> Attorney General Jay Jones (D)' and has enjoined or prohibited the laws from being enforced until the case can go to a full hearing. The court declared the U.S. Government would likely win on the following merits related to what the court referred to as the "Virginia 287(g) law":</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">It violates the Contracts Clause of the U.S. Constitution.</p></li><li><p class="">Since it regulates the conduct of federal law enforcement in the enforcement of federal immigration laws, it violates the "immunity doctrine" and "therefore offends the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution."</p></li></ul><p class="">The court further referred to the Democrats' new laws as "invalid legislation."</p><p class=""><strong>What's Next</strong></p><p class="">The case will go to a full court hearing to determine whether to permanently block the Democrats' anti-ICE legislation and rule it unconstitutional.</p><p class="">Virginians should know which of their elected officials voted for these unconstitutional laws, in violation of their oaths of office.</p><p class="">Any local sheriff under a 287(g) contract with federal law enforcement may continue to fulfill their promised duties to protect citizens and uphold the laws of the land. People illegally crossing the border must be held accountable and prohibited from harming legal immigrants and American citizens.</p><p class="">Restoration News tracks crimes committed by illegal aliens across the nation at <a href="https://www.illegalaliencrimes.com/"><span>IllegalAlienCrimes.com</span></a>. Take a look at the site to learn what's happening in your back yard.</p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class=""><em>Victoria Manning is a Senior Investigative Researcher for Restoration News specializing in education freedom, immigration, and military issues. She is the author of </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Wall-Government-Victoria-Manning/dp/B0CN64YTSB"><span><strong><em>Behind the Wall of Government Schools</em></strong></span></a><em>. Victoria served 8 years as a Virginia Beach school board member and has a master’s degree in law. She also brings the perspective of a military spouse to her reporting.</em></p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class="">Republished with permission from <a href="https://restoration-news.com/court-slaps-down-virginia-democrats-anti-ice-law"><em>Restoration News.</em></a> </p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788295889813-7GYDN6ESOXX7KREPCA1V/unsplash-image-JXg7Yq5b1wE.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="1000"><media:title type="plain">Court Slaps Down Virginia Democrats' Anti-ICE Law</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Beach Police Doing The Heavy Lifting For Car Thieves</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/9/1/beach-police-doing-the-heavy-lifting-for-car-thieves</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a961e446b17504a2a348fc1</guid><description><![CDATA[When the cops find an unlocked car or one with electronics or jewelry on 
the seats they’re slapping a bright orange “Report Card” on the vehicle. 
Best of all, they’re checking boxes to let thieves know exactly what’s 
available inside: electronics, GPS, Jewelry, CDs/DVDs, Cash/coins or tools.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Great news for thieves in Virginia Beach!<br><br>No longer will you have to go through the tedious process of testing door handles to find unlocked cars, or the hassle of peering into car windows to check for valuables.<br><br>Virginia Beach police are doing the hard work for you.<br><br>When they find an unlocked car or one with electronics or jewelry on the seats they’re slapping a bright orange “Report Card” on the vehicle. Best of all, they’re checking boxes to let you know exactly what’s available inside: electronics, GPS, Jewelry, CDs/DVDs, Cash/coins or tools.<br><br>Heck, they’ve even got a blank spot - “other” - where they’ll let you know if something is not on the list. A fur coat perhaps, or a pair of Jimmy Choos.<br><br>This eye-catching report card will shorten the time you spend nosing around to see whether it’s worth breaking a window on a car.<br><br>Just one more example of the city’s police chief’s misplaced priorities.<br><br>Remember, back in the spring he admitted that the cops couldn't control the gangbangers at the oceanfront who were shooting up the place and he urged the city council to essentially close down the resort area after dark on weekends. (A court put an end to such nonsense.)<br><br>We heard at the time that the police were shorthanded, with scores of vacancies.<br><br>Odd, then that with such a manpower crunch, there are officers who have time to go around issuing “report cards” to the owners of parked cars. Those with locked doors, closed windows and no valuables in sight will get an orange report card with a passing grade.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Yes, this is nuts. Even for Virginia Beach.<br><br>The city website explains that there has been a 15% increase in larcenies from cars over the past six years and that <a href="https://virginiabeach.gov/connect/blog/whats-your-vehicle-report-card">the report cards are not tickets, just part of an awareness campaign.</a><br><br><em>Don’t be alarmed, this isn’t a ticket. A failing report card doesn’t actually have any consequences, its purpose is just to inform you that your property could be better protected.<br><br>Police officers will inspect cars parked outside for red flags like unlocked doors, rolled-down windows and visible valuables. Officers disseminating the cards will do so without entering, searching, or otherwise opening the vehicle in any way. If everything is properly secured VBPD will also issue a “good” or passing report card and leave it on the windshield for the driver.<br><br>Hopefully, this program will encourage car owners to reevaluate the accessibility of their vehicles to those looking to take advantage of vulnerable vehicles or visible property.</em><br><br>If the city wants to raise awareness about the importance of locking cars, why not put a digital message on the interstate,  buy a billboard, or get one of those planes dragging a banner behind it to remind folks to lock up?<br><br>Attorney Tim Anderson alerted the public to this nonsensical campaign on X this week.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am pro police. Make no mistake. But putting a bright orange sticker on someone’s car telling everyone her car is unlocked is absolutely idiotic! <br><br>When the leadership of a police department makes decisions to harass residents - I will always stand up for the citizen -… <a href="https://t.co/omu4G9xmYV">pic.twitter.com/omu4G9xmYV</a></p>&mdash; Tim Anderson (@AssocAnderson) <a href="https://x.com/AssocAnderson/status/2094557459675246789?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 31, 2026</a></blockquote> 
        
        
        
      
    
  
  
    



  



  





  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">When I talked with him yesterday, Anderson said he’d FOIA’d the city, asking for the total number of report cards issued and the locations.<br><br>“I want to see if they’re targeting certain neighborhoods,” Anderson told me.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Yes, that will be very interesting.<br><br>If officers are trying door handles to see if cars are locked, they’re violating the 4th Amendment according to Anderson. He’s hoping Tesla owners who get report cards will check their cameras to see if the police are actually touching their cars.<br><br>Anderson, who said he likes the police chief, is concerned that Paul Nuedigate sometimes “gravitates toward authoritarian overreach.”<br><br>You think?<br><br>Look, the last time I got a report card was my senior year in high school. It wasn’t a keeper.<br><br>I never want another.<br><br>Beyond that, I don’t want to find any nose prints on my car windows left by police officers trying to see if I left some loose change on the dash.<br><br>Oh, and someone needs to remind the police that unlocked cars are not illegal, neither is it against the law to leave valuables in your car.<br><br>While police offices are snooping around looking for stray CDs on car seats and slapping report cards on windshields, gangbangers are shooting each other.<br><br>We need a serious police chief in Virginia Beach. And an end to nonsense like vehicle report cards.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788223201116-TZM0I9U7BFDC8U09CYS3/Virginia_beach_police_ticket.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="620" height="820"><media:title type="plain">Beach Police Doing The Heavy Lifting For Car Thieves</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Lies And The Lying Liars Who Spread Them</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/31/lies-and-the-lying-liars-who-spread-them</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a94d59c70a0cf6b27fe5c9c</guid><description><![CDATA[Democrats are feverishly trying to change the subject from the rise of 
Democrat Socialists. Clearly the word has gone down from the DNC to portray 
Republicans as anti-vaccine and talk about nothing but Trump. Even if it 
means they have to spread lies.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">In a normal political cycle, Democrats would be expected to clean up at the midterms. The out-of-office party almost always gains during mid-term elections.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">This year is not normal.<br><br>Yes, the Democrats may see big wins. They have a problem, however. A big one. The party has been taken over by radical leftist socialists like Zohran Mamdani, Abdul El-Sayed, and yes, Hasan Piker, the nepo baby who is best buds with El-Sayed and who thinks America deserved September 11th.<br><br>Now, in addition to campaigning on immigration, Democrat fraud and corruption, and boys in girls' sports, the GOP has an even stronger issue: Democratic Socialists. As much as voters may dislike Donald Trump, do they really want to turn the country over to a bunch of Marxists?<br><br>Democrats are feverishly trying to change the subject. Clearly the word has gone down from the DNC to portray Republicans as anti-vaccine and talk about nothing but Trump. Anything to divert attention from the party’s hard left turn.<br><br>We saw this strategy in action last week when Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro called a press conference to lie about two measles deaths in Pennsylvania. He actually used the death of one infant - from a lacerated spleen - to gin up hatred for the Trump administration by calling the baby “unvaccinated” and saying he died of measles.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">( An autopsy of the infant showed antibodies to measles, which clearly came from his mother. Oh, and the MMR vaccine is not given until 12 months anyway, so all infants are unvaccinated.)<br><br>Shapiro has been unable to point out the so-called second death.<br><br>Caught in a lie, Shapiro - the Jussie Smollett of measles - this weekend refused to elaborate and called criticism of him “conspiracy theories.”<br><br>Sure, go with that, Josh.<br><br>Now Gov. Abigail Spanberger has joined in the Democrat fear-mongering look-over-there campaign by claiming that the president’s executive order banning the USPS from delivering mail-in ballots in states that haven’t provided voter registration rolls will deprive the military of the opportunity to vote.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If you are serving our country abroad, I believe that you should have the ability to cast a vote in our elections.<br> <br>The Trump Administration is attempting to take that ability away. <a href="https://t.co/t3rmxRFKTz">pic.twitter.com/t3rmxRFKTz</a></p>&mdash; Governor Abigail Spanberger (@GovernorVA) <a href="https://x.com/GovernorVA/status/2093368649054617615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 28, 2026</a></blockquote> 
        
        
        
      
    
  
  
    



  



  





  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">She’s lying, and she knows it.<br><br><a href="https://vote.gov/voting-military-service-member">In fact, service members are explicitly exempt from the executive order, and voting for members of the military is as easy as it always has been.</a><br><br>Spanberger knows this.<br><br>But she also knows that every news cycle that the GOP has to play whack-a-mole with Democrat lies is a news cycle when they are not reminding voters that the opposition party has been taken over by America-hating radicals.<br><br>Pay attention and vote accordingly.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788139089543-LUD1FDDZ8J1FJV2MDLRF/unsplash-image-y-yXKs8k4PI.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="2000"><media:title type="plain">Lies And The Lying Liars Who Spread Them</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Democrat AGs Targeted Pro-Lifers on Planned Parenthood’s Orders</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/30/democrat-ags-targeted-pro-lifers-on-planned-parenthoods-orders</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a92c41eb581f969a6b55265</guid><description><![CDATA[Planned Parenthood said, ‘Jump.’ Democrat attorneys general asked, ‘How 
high?’]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><em>by Samantha Flom</em></h3><h2><strong>Planned Parenthood said, ‘Jump.’ Democrat attorneys general asked, ‘How high?’</strong></h2><p class="">A newly released memo shows that weeks after the Supreme Court overturned <em>Roe v. Wade</em>, Planned Parenthood issued marching orders to Democratic attorneys general on how they should respond.</p><p class="">Unsurprisingly, they all fell in line.</p><p class="">The July 12, 2022, memo, first obtained by the <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2026/08/23/exclusive-records-reveal-planned-parenthoods-14-point-post-dobbs-strategy-for-state-ags-to-target-pro-lifers/"><span>Daily Signal</span></a>, listed ways the Democrats could take action to increase abortion access “for all patients seeking abortion care—regardless of state residency.”</p><p class="">Recommended “solutions” included informing the public about pro-life pregnancy centers’ “misleading and deceptive practices” and wielding “all state laws, including state FACE Acts” against pro-lifers demonstrating outside of abortion clinics. Also on the list: removing “any existing restrictions” on abortion—including requirements for parental consent or a licensed physician’s involvement—and advising the public about “the safety and accessibility” of the abortion pill, mifepristone.</p><h3><strong>How We Got Here</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">In 1973, the Supreme Court fashioned a national right to abortion out of thin air in deciding <em>Roe v. Wade.</em> The court corrected that grievous error on June 24, 2022, once again allowing states to regulate abortion for themselves.</p></li><li><p class="">Immediately, states began passing laws to protect—or further oppress—their defenseless unborn residents, and blue states, aided by a friendly Biden administration, began cracking down on pro-life demonstrators and crisis pregnancy centers.</p></li><li><p class="">Nearly two dozen pro-lifers—some of them grandmothers—were prosecuted under the Federal Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act. President Donald Trump <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/news/trump-pardons-23-pro-life-activists-convicted-face-act-violations"><span>pardoned them all</span></a> just days after returning to the White House.</p></li><li><p class="">In October 2023, 16 Democratic attorneys general signed an <a href="https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/Open%20Letter%20re%20Crisis%20Pregnancy%20Centers%20FINAL.pdf"><span>open letter</span></a> accusing crisis pregnancy centers of “misleading consumers and delaying access to critical, time-sensitive reproductive healthcare.”</p></li><li><p class="">California Attorney General Rob Bonta, who led that letter, also sued Heartbeat International and Real Options Women’s Clinic in his state for promoting abortion pill reversal, a treatment with <a href="https://lozierinstitute.org/abortion-pill-reversal-a-record-of-safety-and-efficacy/"><span>demonstrated success</span></a> in reversing the effects of mifepristone. Meanwhile, former New Jersey Attorney General Matt Platkin subpoenaed the private donor list of faith-based First Choice Women’s Centers in his state. Earlier this year, the Supreme Court <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/04/29/us-news/supreme-court-unanimously-sides-with-nj-crisis-pregnancy-center-against-dems-bid-to-get-donor-list/"><span>unanimously sided</span></a> with First Choice, allowing their challenge of the subpoena to move forward.</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Why It Matters</strong></h3><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Since <em>Roe’s&nbsp;</em>demise, Democrat leaders have treated pro-life advocates and organizations like terrorists. Now, we know why—because <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_2c5a0c4d-7c29-4756-8308-0fa29ead85aa.html"><span>Democratic megadonor</span></a> Planned Parenthood told them to.</p></li><li><p class="">Democrats cry “misinformation” over the promotion of abortion pill reversal as they continue to distort the facts about the pill’s safety. <a href="https://www.roafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/ROAF-Chemical-Abortion-Data-Review2.pdf"><span>Groundbreaking research</span></a> by the Restoration of America Foundation found that more than one in 10 women who ingest mifepristone for an abortion experience serious complications, ranging from sepsis and bacterial infections to uterine rupture and even death. Yet instead of sounding the alarm or even just calling for more research, Democrats <a href="https://www.atg.wa.gov/news/news-releases/attorneys-general-issue-joint-statement-affirming-safety-and-access-medical"><span>downplay</span></a> the largest study of mifepristone ever conducted.</p></li><li><p class="">Coerced abortions are also on the rise, thanks to the Biden administration’s deregulation of mifepristone. Women are being poisoned against their knowledge or will, and their babies are being murdered, all because abortion drugs are now widely available online.</p></li></ul><h3><strong>Take Action</strong></h3><p class="">Knowledge is power. Visit <a href="https://www.roafoundation.org/"><span>ROAFoundation.org</span></a> and arm yourself with the facts about the current state of abortion in America. Then use your most powerful weapon—your voice—to fight back.</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/virginia-s-attorney-general-falsely-claims-abortion-drug-is-safe-here-are-the-facts"><span><strong>Virginia's Attorney General Falsely Claims Abortion Drug is Safe—Here Are the Facts</strong></span></a></p></li><li><p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/a-pro-abortion-group-just-showed-why-we-must-regulate-the-deadly-abortion-pill"><span><strong>A Pro-Abortion Group Just Showed Why We Must Regulate the Deadly Abortion Pill</strong></span></a></p></li><li><p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/a-silent-civil-war-has-begun-and-blue-states-are-winning"><span><strong>A Silent Civil War Has Begun—And Blue States Are Winning</strong></span></a><strong>&nbsp;</strong></p></li><li><p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/trump-broke-with-biden-on-everything-except-killing-babies-by-mail-why"><span><strong>Trump Broke with Biden on Everything—Except Killing Babies by Mail. 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  <p class="">Samantha Flom is Managing Editor of <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/independence-magazine/"><span><em>Independence Magazine</em></span></a>, a publication of Restoration News. She writes regularly on life issues and the transgender agenda. A graduate of Syracuse University, her work has been published by <em>the Epoch Times</em>, <em>the American Spectator, RealClearPolitics,&nbsp;</em>and other national news outlets.&nbsp;</p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class=""><em>Republished with permission from </em><a href="https://restoration-news.com/democrat-ags-targeted-pro-lifers-on-planned-parenthood-s-orders"><em>Restoration News.</em> </a></p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788003507568-9D9ZRZZRQA2O4UYE49I3/unsplash-image-g5ZI__7MwMw.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="996"><media:title type="plain">Democrat AGs Targeted Pro-Lifers on Planned Parenthood’s Orders</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Worker Co-ops Laundering Jobs for Illegal Aliens</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2026 11:35:40 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/29/worker-co-ops-laundering-jobs-for-illegal-aliens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a92c02b12c0ec3745660ba0</guid><description><![CDATA[Video evidence: Inside the worker-cooperative network that treats 
work-authorization laws as a staffing problem.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3><em>by Victoria Manning</em></h3><h2><strong>Video evidence: Inside the worker-cooperative network that treats work-authorization laws as a staffing problem.</strong></h2><p class="">Worker cooperatives are engaging in what amounts to laundering jobs for illegal aliens—in open defiance of federal immigration and work authorization laws. The groups promoting this model have received federal grants, and their explicitly anti-capitalist principles closely track those of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Restoration News has the evidence.</p><p class=""><strong>Skirting the Law</strong></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.radiateconsulting.coop/"><span>Radiate Consulting Cooperative</span></a>, created by the <a href="https://institute.coop/"><span>Democracy at Work Institute</span></a> (DAWI), is a pass-through entity between illegal aliens and employers. DAWI admits to helping "undocumented" aliens get jobs and says the coop model is a "legal buffer between workers and clients" that makes "a working relationship possible while protecting workers." DAWI is a tax-exempt non-profit and aligned with far-left extremism.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p class="">Not only is DAWI laundering jobs to illegal aliens, but their parent organization, the <a href="https://www.usworker.coop/institute/"><span>United States Federation of Worker Cooperatives (USFWC)</span></a> supports anti-capitalist principles aligned with the DSA.</p><p class="">Restoration News uncovered <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy-IcdEByF0"><span>a webinar</span></a> that lays out how these groups ignore laws and provide employment to illegal aliens while attempting to shield the employers who hire them. It's blatant job laundering.</p><p class="">Here's how it works. An illegal alien joins Radiate Consulting, a limited liability company (LLC), as a "worker owner." Then the employer or "client organization" hires Radiate rather than the individual worker. The client pays Radiate, which then compensates the illegal alien as a "contractor."</p><p class="">DAWI considers this a "legal buffer." The Justice Department might not look at it that way.</p>





















  
  




  





















  













  
    
      
    
    
      
        
      
    
    
    



  









  <p class="">Vanessa Bransburg, DAWI's co-executive director, explains that the coop Radiate model, also known as the "rapid response development cooperative program," is a tool to help get "young professionals with barriers to work into contractual relationships with their clients." She said the worker cooperative model replicates staffing companies and helps young people without work authorizations get jobs.</p><p class=""><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260819151507/https:/radiateconsultingdigital.com/contact"><span>Radiate</span></a> has locations in New York, Illinois, and California, but <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20260819151507/https:/radiateconsultingdigital.com/contact"><span>they're</span></a> "a fully remote worker cooperative with team members distributed across the United States."</p><p class="">Radiate's New York branch was established in 2019 as a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dy-IcdEByF0"><span>partnership between</span></a> DAWI and the <a href="https://www.lehman.edu/cuny-mexican-studies-institute/"><span>City University of New York's (CUNY) Mexican Studies Institute</span></a>, housed at Lehman College. Jose Higuera Lopez, deputy director of the CUNY program, also participated in the DAWI webinar.</p><p class="">Higuera Lopez admitted that many of CUNY students across their 25 campuses were undocumented, so he sought a solution to help provide jobs for them. He said the president and provost of CUNY were on board with the partnership with DAWI. Lehman College receives federal funding, so taxpayer dollars are involved in CUNY's illegal alien employment ring.</p><p class="">In the webinar, Anh Thu Nguyen, DAWI's director of strategic partnerships, presented ways undocumented immigrants can skirt work authorization requirements through the coop model. She pointed out that DAWI is "creating new types of worker cooperatives that specifically center the needs of young undocumented immigrant professionals."</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
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  <p class="">Nguyen says CUNY students have trouble finding work after they graduate "because of their lack of work authorization." So, the solution was to create Radiate Consulting which "creates a container so that individuals can get work with different organizations" and their focus is "on nonprofit consulting specifically with immigrant services and immigrant justice organizations," according to Nguyen. She says that "undocumented" immigrants get paid through the worker cooperative and introduces one of them: Jazmin Perez.</p><p class="">Jazmin admits that she is an undocumented immigrant from Mexico without work authorization living in Brooklyn, New York. She works as a consultant under the Radiate Consulting organization. Prior to her job with Radiate, she worked through fellowship programs as an immigration paralegal and facilitated social justice summer programs for young people in Brooklyn.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
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  <p class="">The web of organizations working together reveals an anti-American, communist agendas.</p><p class=""><strong>Funded by the U.S. Government and Aligned with the DSA</strong></p><p class="">DAWI's parent organization, USFWC, is part of the "<a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/5a8fe30e-ab93-4120-ac5e-b24f2a892da8/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/May-Day-Strong-Coalition.png?language=en"><span>May Day Strong</span></a>" coalition that wants taxpayer funded housing, childcare, and publicly owned grocery stores. They <a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/cb2e152c-8afa-465a-8416-04e9adfd6921/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/May-Day-Strong-Agenda.pdf?language=en"><span>also want to</span></a> "tax the rich" so they can have free public transit, free college, and "publicly controlled utilities." The USFWC <a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/a8684c11-0d9c-4d22-98cd-9b0db16fb6c3/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/USFWC-supported-Day-of-Truth-and-Freedom-March.png?language=en"><span>said they are</span></a> "proud to stand in solidarity with these demands and the organizations leading this work in our communities." USFWC instructed their supporters to "shut down" and go to rallies and to "speak out in solidarity" on these issues.</p><p class="">The USFWC also <a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/235210c9-d5fd-4b91-8f4f-d004e690f05b/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/USFWC-supports-BLM-Platform.png?language=en"><span>supports</span></a> the "<a href="https://m4bl.org/policy-platforms/"><span>Movement for Black Lives Matter Platform</span></a> (M4BL)" that is deeply rooted in communism. Some of the things supported by M4BL:</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Abolish prisons</p></li><li><p class="">Defund the police</p></li><li><p class="">Eliminate right-to-work laws</p></li><li><p class="">Decriminalize drugs and prostitution</p></li><li><p class="">Allow anyone to vote, including non-citizens</p></li><li><p class="">Reparations</p></li><li><p class="">Prohibit private education</p></li><li><p class="">Oppose capitalism</p></li></ul><p class="">These positions all align with the anti-American, communist <a href="https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/"><span>Democratic Socialists of America (DSA).</span></a></p><p class="">Following the money reveals shocking ties.</p><p class="">DAWI received $3,775,000 in <a href="https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/8461ad00-75b1-44b7-8b32-bbeea0bf3d2f-R/latest"><span>federal grants</span></a> from 2014-2024. Their funding was cut off in 2025 but that didn't stop them from continuing to get taxpayer money. In September 2025, the Department of Agriculture <a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/ba4ec50b-d2ff-468b-9fa0-7cf05e2537b3/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/Cooperative-Dev-Found-USDA-grant.png?language=en"><span>gave $1 million</span></a> to the <a href="https://www.cdf.coop/"><span>Cooperative Development Foundation</span></a>, then in June 2026, that same foundation <a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/fc8377f9-4ead-4dcf-8119-29d1239d2563/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/Cooperative-Dev-Foundation-funds-DAWI.png?language=en"><span>gave a grant</span></a> to DAWI.</p><p class="">DAWI has received donations from far-left groups such as George Soros' <a href="https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/137029285/202233199349109788/IRS990PF"><span>Open Society</span></a> and <a href="https://philanthropy.org/990/who-funds/275265123/democracy-at-work-institute"><span>Global Communities, Inc</span></a>, a leftist nonprofit <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/global-communities/"><span>previously funded</span></a> by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture.</p><p class="">The alignment with taxpayer funded higher education institutions is alarming. CUNY isn't DAWI's only ally. Here's just a small sample of other colleges and universities promoting them:</p><p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/633def9b-5630-42fa-b741-16a3b4edf297/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/William-and-Mary-DAWI.png?language=en"><span>William &amp; Mary</span></a> in Virginia</p><p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/getContentAsset/633def9b-5630-42fa-b741-16a3b4edf297/347abc5f-3708-4979-a52d-d9fb8570b282/William-and-Mary-DAWI.png?language=en"><span>Amherst College</span></a> in Massachusetts</p><p class=""><a href="https://career.uconn.edu/resources/webinar-alternative-income-and-career-options-for-undocumented-students-how-colleges-can-help/"><span>University of Connecticut</span></a></p><p class=""><a href="https://www.colorado.edu/culturalconnections/undocumented-student-resources"><span>University of Colorado at Boulder</span></a></p><p class=""><a href="https://uwcc.wisc.edu/resources/worker-cooperatives/"><span>University of Wisconsin-Madison</span></a></p><p class=""><a href="https://cleo.rutgers.edu/source/democracy-at-work-institute/"><span>Rutgers University</span></a></p><p class="">Job laundering is a new business model for illegal aliens: use the coop as a middleman to attempt to shield the aliens and employers from legal implications. 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  <p class=""><em>Victoria Manning is a Senior Investigative Researcher for Restoration News specializing in education freedom, immigration, and military issues. She is the author of </em><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Wall-Government-Victoria-Manning/dp/B0CN64YTSB"><span><strong><em>Behind the Wall of Government Schools</em></strong></span></a><em>. Victoria served 8 years as an elected school board member and has a master’s degree in law. She also brings the perspective of a military spouse to her reporting.</em></p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class="">Republished with permission from <a href="https://restoration-news.com/worker-coops-laundering-jobs-for-illegal-aliens">Restoration News. </a></p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1788003333949-EBLKB2X678MNNKDV5S06/Screenshot+2026-08-29+073123.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="803" height="452"><media:title type="plain">Worker Co-ops Laundering Jobs for Illegal Aliens</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Virginia Students Suffering From Covid Shutdowns</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/28/virginia-students-still-suffer-from-covid-shutdowns</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a90e53a1251f35f3ae2d3d1</guid><description><![CDATA[The blame rests squarely on former Gov Ralph Northam.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Here’s an underwhelming headline from the local newspaper: “Students in Hampton Roads Passed SOL Tests With Incremental Gains Over Year Before.”<br><br>This is what is known as putting lipstick on a pig. I could bore you with charts and numbers, but here’s what matters most:<br><br>Only about 3/4 of Virginia kids passed most of the Standards of Learning of tests, according to a report in The Virginian-Pilot. And that’s in the good school districts. In Norfolk and Portsmouth the scores are far lower.<br><br><em>Across Virginia, students passed the 2025-26 school year’s Standards of Learning tests at slightly higher rates than the year prior. But the pass rate of all major school districts in the region, aside from Virginia Beach, </em><strong><em>does not match the pre-pandemic state average.</em></strong><em> The region’s districts all showed improvement in students’ scores to the year prior — besides Norfolk, which declined a few percentage points in all but one subject.</em><br><br>This is abysmal. Student continue to lag, due to covid lockdowns.<br><br>This is the shameful legacy of former Gov. Ralph Northam.<br><br>This blackface mid-wit was one of the first governors in the U.S. to shut down schools and he made re-opening schools nearly impossible for more than a year. When they did reopen, the Northam administration  insisted on masks, 6-foot distancing and silent lunches. It was gothic. No wonder most kids opted not to return for “in-person” instruction.<br><br>In fact, Virginia is ranked as the 7th WORST state for having the fewest days of in-person school from 2020 to 2021. Yep, the Old Dominion ranked 44th out of 50.<br><br>Remember when we used to be proud of our schools?<br><br>For more than a year Virginia’s governor told kids that school wasn’t important. Students didn’t even get grades at the end of the 2020 school year. The next year they were almost all engaged in virtual learning, which proved to be an oxymoron. There was precious little learning going on as kids used their school-issued tablets as doorstops.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">I met a high school junior working at Harris Teeter a few weeks after a panicky Lord Northam closed schools. I asked what she was doing and she said since there were no grades that spring she’d decided to essentially drop out and get a job. She was still working there the next fall and winter.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Great job Northam.<br><br>Six years on, Virginia’s public school students still haven’t caught up. Any wonder?<br><br>I dare any Democrat running for Congress in Virginia to campaign with Ralph Northam.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Vote accordingly.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1787880971161-TRO4W1K3OOJ3CR8AIPHE/unsplash-image-oXV3bzR7jxI.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="1000"><media:title type="plain">Virginia Students Suffering From Covid Shutdowns</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Just In Time For The Mid-Terms: Measles!</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/27/just-in-time-for-the-mid-terms-measles</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a8f8b04dc520c74a11f0dce</guid><description><![CDATA[Journalists are proving no more curious about these measles “deaths’ than 
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hysteria.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">If you thought the hysteria, evasion and lies about public health ended with the covid pandemic, think again.<br><br>Looks like the left is at it again. They’re trying to gin up a fear of measles just in time for the mid-terms.<br><br>Earlier this week, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro - who has naked presidential aspirations - and Pennsylvania Health Secretary Debra Bogen staged an emergency press conference where they dramatically announced that there had been two “measles-related” deaths in Lancaster County. The first in 35 years.<br><br>This is “devastating!” Bogen said.<br><br>Both victims were UNVACCINATED Shapiro announced, immediately blaming the Trump administration for the deaths.<br><br>When pressed for details on the ages and medical conditions of the dead people, Shapiro and his henchwoman clammed up, citing HIPAA.<br><br>Odd, the law protecting medical privacy allows the government to reveal the vaccination status of the victims, but nothing else?<br><br>And please notice the language they used: “measles-related.”<br><br>Sound familiar?<br><br>Those of us still suffering from covid PTSD remember how eager public health officials were to drive up the number of covid fatalities by counting those who died WITH covid rather than only counting those who died OF covid.<br><br>On Wednesday Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Kennedy shot back, pointing out that Pennsylvania officials couldn’t produce evidence of two deaths and were refusing to cooperate with the CDC.<br><br>Kennedy said the drop-off in measles vaccinations was due to covid lockdowns and diminished confidence in vaccines after the lies about the covid vax.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
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  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">On X Kennedy said he spoke with Shapiro and it sounds like the conversation was not useful.<br><br>“During our phone conversation, Governor Shapiro also accused me of promoting vaccine misinformation. When I asked him for an example, he was unable to provide one, but this did not deter him from publicly repeating that accusation during his press event.”<br><br>“As I told him, HHS does not tolerate misinformation by any employee. I offered to point to hundreds of instances of vaccine misinformation by the Biden administration about which I had never heard him complain,” he added.<br><br><a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/6052342-kennedy-shapiro-measles-deaths/">According to The Hill</a>, when asked Wednesday about the deaths in Pennsylvania, Kennedy questioned the veracity of the deaths. Lancaster County coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said this week that “no measles deaths were handled by our office,” as&nbsp;LancasterOnline.com reported.<br><br>Journalists are proving no more curious about these measles “deaths” than they were about COVID. They simply took notes and spread the measles hysteria.<br><br>Someone, please remind members of the media that their job is to ask questions and not simply take dictation from government officials.<br><br>However, Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons IS asking the questions the press should be asking. He posted this on X:<br><br><em>Let’s be clear- when the Governor comes into our county and holds a press conference with PA Department of Health and Penn Medicine Lancaster general Health and states there were two “measles-associated deaths” here, with the underlying assertion that the two people died FROM measles, and they are the first deaths from measles in 35 years, and that announcement sets off numerous media reports uncritically repeating that two people died FROM measles in Lancaster County, and Lancaster County elected officials then get questions about this – it is totally fair for me to ask for relevant information on those deaths.<br><br>Asking questions is not “pro-measles.”<br><br>Asking for information that should have been provided at the press conference is not “anti-science.”<br><br>It is simply wanting the whole story for my constituents.<br><br>When officials who hold a big press conference and make big headlines – those officials owe us more than the headlines. They owe us the whole truth. They owe us accurate information by which the people of Lancaster County can make decisions about their health and safety.<br><br>It has been about 24 hours since the press conference. We do not have any answers. Of course journalists should also be asking these questions rather than uncritically repeating something.<br><br>Any deaths from measles are required by law to be reported to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. I have spoken at length with both a senior staff member from that office and the Coroner himself. They currently have zero measles deaths in Lancaster County. They have one death of a person who died WITH measles, but not from measles. We do not know if the state is counting that one. Nor do we know anything about the other death that officials reported yesterday…<br><br><br>The law DOES allow release of more information. Demographic information that does not identify the patient may be released.<br><br>I reached out to Penn Medicine LGH. No response.<br><br>I reached out the Governor’s office. No response.<br><br>I talked with our Lancaster County Department of Public Safety Director. He has no additional information from the state.<br><br></em><br><em>So as of right now, we have ZERO information that corroborates the idea that there were two measles deaths in Lancaster County. Again, everything stated could be accurate. But no one in authority has been able to say that, nor have they even tried to say it.<br><br>To me it is a big deal if the Governor comes in and gives a press conference and then no one can or will identify simple details around what was stated and what then generated major news stories.<br><br>Transparency is owed to the people.<br><br>It is incumbent on those who held the press conference to clear this up.<br><br>Immediately.</em><br><br>The Lancaster county coroner confirmed that a child who tested positive for measles had died, but he died of a ruptured spleen, unrelated to the measles virus.<br><br>It’s worth noting that Trump has been in office for 19 months. If unvaccinated kids are in Pennsylvania schools they enrolled long before this administration.<br><br>On top of that, Lancaster County, Pa, is home to about 64,000 Amish and Mennonite residents, most of whom shun all vaccines. Shapiro has been accused of going after the community’s businesses and schools, despite their 300-year history of living in that rural county.<br><br>Their vaccine hesitancy has nothing to do with Trump, by the way.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1787792378504-41L6ABGOCRMPNALGYPYT/unsplash-image-WRx5ZxwHh4k.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="1300"><media:title type="plain">Just In Time For The Mid-Terms: Measles!</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Dolly Parton: Lower The Flags, Give Her A State Funeral</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/26/dolly-parton-lower-the-flags-give-her-a-state-funeral</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a8e308f8872f1330594a5d4</guid><description><![CDATA[What made her special - beyond her incredible talent - was Dolly’s warmth, 
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  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">What can you say about this country music legend, this national treasure, this songwriter, singer, and philanthropist that doesn’t sound like a cliché?<br><br>The ebullient, ultra-talented rhinestone cowgirl grew up with her 11 siblings in a cabin without electricity or running water in East Tennessee. In time, she became the Queen of Country Music, one of the most recognized women in the world. She wrote 3,000 songs and gave away hundreds of millions of dollars. <br><br>What made her special - beyond her incredible talent - was Dolly’s warmth, beauty, irrepressible sense of humor and boundless generosity.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
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  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">News of her death brought tributes from those on the right and the left. The Democratic Socialists paid tribute and so did President Donald Trump. That will not happen again.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Dolly managed to live in the spotlight for more than 50 years without dabbling in politics or making enemies.<br></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Trump ordered flags flown at half-staff for a week in her honor.<br><br>That’s the least we can do. Shoot, give her a state funeral. Put her on Mt. Rushmore. There will never be another American more beloved than Dolly Parton.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">She was America’s girl.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">In 1988 Dolly Parton pulled every 7th and 8th grader in Sevier County into a room and told them to pick a buddy. <br><br>She made them sign a contract.. if BOTH graduate, she hands you both $500. One fails, nobody gets paid.<br><br>The county dropout rate went from 35% to 6%.<br><br>She handed out… <a href="https://t.co/jtDpiMU24M">pic.twitter.com/jtDpiMU24M</a></p>&mdash; Matt Van Swol (@mattvanswol) <a href="https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2092335371656769732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2026</a></blockquote> 
        
        
        
      
    
  
  
    



  



  





  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">It’s estimated that by the time she died, Dolly had given away between $550 and $600 million. Because she donated quietly, without fanfare, the exact total is unknown. It’s believed that her philanthropy prevented her from ever reaching billionaire status.<br><br>In 1995, in honor of her beloved father who could not read, Dolly started her most famous charity, Imagination Library, which gives free books to children - regardless of family income - from birth through age five. To date, 270 million books have been placed in the hands of young readers.<br><br>It’s difficult to believe that this lovely sparkling gem of a lady is gone.<br><br>We were blessed to share the air with her.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I can see the light of a clear blue morning<br>I can see the light of a brand new day<br><br>Dolly, it was an honor to have traveled around the Sun with you.💫 <a href="https://t.co/YxNPhgwYcB">pic.twitter.com/YxNPhgwYcB</a></p>&mdash; NASA Solar System (@NASASolarSystem) <a href="https://x.com/NASASolarSystem/status/2092341445776515217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 25, 2026</a></blockquote>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1787704843726-JRLBPJGM1O2ZP6G5BLOH/dolly_parton.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="1000"><media:title type="plain">Dolly Parton: Lower The Flags, Give Her A State Funeral</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Drug Testing in Public Schools Should Be the Minimum</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/25/drug-testing-in-public-schools-should-be-the-minimum</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a8ced485b89dd69731c473e</guid><description><![CDATA[This should be an easy lay-up for Spotsylvania parents. If you do drugs, 
you don't get to be around kids. Zero tolerance.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>This should be an easy lay-up for Spotsylvania parents. If you do drugs, you don't get to be around kids. Zero tolerance.</h1><p class=""><strong>by Shaun Kenney</strong></p><p class="">Spotsylvania County Public Schools just can’t seem to stay out of the public spotlight.&nbsp; The schizophrenia might be a good sign.&nbsp; Perhaps all the other problems of the world have been resolved so as to offer free time to focus on banning books?&nbsp; Testing the boundaries of contract law?&nbsp; Or in the latest instance, whether or not teachers and staff are using narcotics — illegal or otherwise?</p><p class="">Yet in a 4-3 vote, the elected leaders of Spotsylvania’s public school system decided to abandon the idea of mandatory drug testing after several weeks of debate.&nbsp; The spur for this debate?&nbsp; A 2nd grade teacher allegedly overdosed on fentanyl some years ago, which was <a href="https://wjla.com/news/local/spotsylvania-county-school-board-votes-against-drug-testing-new-teachers-school-staff"><span>confirmed by local law enforcement professionals</span></a> after her husband brought the illicit narcotics to the school himself and was also caught overdosing in the parking lot while with his two-year-old daughter.&nbsp; The schoolteacher was sentenced to two years behind bars for possessing drugs in school and 17 counts of child endangerment and felony child neglect.</p><p class="">Opponents of mandatory drug testing for hard drugs have made their case emphatically, citing Fourth Amendment and medical privacy concerns.&nbsp;&nbsp;While the District of Columbia checks as a matter of routine, of the 131 local school districts in Virginia none of them require mandatory drug screening according to Spotsylvania County Public Schools.&nbsp; Not one.&nbsp; Yet Spotsylvania Superintendent Clint Mitchell’s reasoning for not implementing mandatory drug testing?&nbsp; Teacher retention.</p><p class="">What other careers should exempt employees from routine screenings for drug use?&nbsp; Medical professionals, perhaps?&nbsp; Heavy equipment drivers?&nbsp; Regardless as to whether one believes the book banning fiasco was either too rigid or too loose — pornography is one thing, but banning Chaucer?&nbsp; Shakespeare?&nbsp; <em>The Book of Genesis?</em> — one has to find it obtuse to the point of obstinate to argue that children should be exposed to people who abuse illegal narcotics.&nbsp; All of these strike the average observer as a bridge too far, yes?</p><p class="">An informal WJLA poll showed that 77% of viewers supported mandatory drug screening for teachers.&nbsp; Perhaps there is some concern about newly&nbsp;<em>licit</em> drugs being included in the dragnet?&nbsp; Yet this should not be the case.&nbsp; Just as one would not permit a habitual drunk from being exposed to one’s children, we should hold the same standards for THC use as well, including opioid abuse, fentanyl, and other drugs.</p><p class="">When teachers are overdosing on fentanyl in the classroom, that would seem to be the moment to start raising standards.&nbsp; Surely this is the moment to maintain professionalism, and while one example should not tarnish the reputation of the rest, bad apples tend to spoil the bunch.</p><p class="">After all, it’s for the children — and we are reliably told that this argument trumps all other concerns.&nbsp; As in most things, what we tolerate, we deserve — and our children surely deserve better than a single-digit chance of exposure to drug culture with their own two eyes.</p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class=""><a href="https://virginiafreepress.com/drug-testing-in-public-schools-should-be-the-minimum/"><em>Republished with permission from The Virginia Free Press.</em> </a></p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1787620789171-WHDDBAT83YOO6OS5Y6JB/unsplash-image-XknuBmnjbKg.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="1000"><media:title type="plain">Drug Testing in Public Schools Should Be the Minimum</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Lindsay Clancy’s Fangirls</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/24/lindsay-clancys-fangirls</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a8b9a2d871f597d4ff9c3ec</guid><description><![CDATA[If these wine moms had been somberly holding photos of the dead children 
outside of the courthouse, it would be understandable. Instead they were 
cheering for the woman who wrapped her babies’ little necks with exercise 
bands and choked the life out of them, one by one.]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Here’s something I’ve learned in recent years: Beware any time hordes of women show up in public dressed alike.<br><br>When they take to the streets wearing stupid pink vagina hats, beware. When Democrat members of Congress attend the State of the Union address in matching white dresses, beware.<br><br>And when hundreds of women dressed in pink line the streets of Massachusetts to cheer for a woman who strangled her three children, be very aware of what’s going on.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Hint: It’s not good.<br><br>Last week a mob of pink-clad white women assembled outside a Massachusetts courthouse to merrily greet the arrival of Lindsay Clancy. They see HER as a victim, not the three kids she killed. <br><br>Honestly, at times I’m embarrassed to be a white woman. <br><br>If these wine moms had been somberly holding aloft photos of the murdered children, it would be understandable.<br><br>Instead they were expressing solidarity and love for the woman who wrapped her babies’ little necks with her exercise bands and choked the life out of them, one by one by one.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">She likely started by strangling Cora, aged 5, then moved on to Dawson who was three and finally she strangled little 8-month-old Callan, who managed to survive briefly on life support with his brain so swollen that it was pushing through the skull.<br><br>These pink ladies made no mention of the dead babies. The kids are just an afterthought. In the minds of these twisted loons, the only sympathetic character in this morality play is  Lindsay Clancy.<br><br>They carried signs that read “They failed her” and “We love you Lindsay.” They applauded when the van carrying the accused killer arrived at the courthouse and they posed for grinning selfies with her defense attorney when he emerged through the doors.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">If Lindsay Clancy is mentally ill. So are these ladies. <br><br>Then again, this is Massachusetts. Why am I surprised?<br><br>Look, it’s one thing to assume that any woman who could kill her three children must be psychotic. And it is maddening to see how poorly she was served by her psychiatrists.&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">She may very well be found not guilty by reason of insanity. I don’t envy the jurors who have to listen to the harrowing testimony and decide Clancy’s fate.<br><br>The jury will decide if Clancy was in the grips of a psychotic break when she killed her kids. They will have to wrestle with the question of whether Clancy knew right from wrong when she strangled her children.<br><br>This is a vexing case. It raises questions about the state of modern psychiatry. But at its heart are three dead children. They are not simply collateral damage, they are murder victims,<br><br>It’s one thing to shake your head in disgust over the constellation of drugs Clancy was given when she sought mental help. <br><br>It’s a step too far take to the streets cheering for the killer and making stupid little hearts with your hands.<br><br>WAKE UP, FANGIRLS. SHE KILLED HER OWN CHILDREN.</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Someone ask these nuts if they’d feel the same way if a babysitter had a psychotic break and killed their kids. Would they be demonstrating in the streets for a not guilty verdict? Would they be making little hearts and clapping like trained seals?</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""><br>Over on TikTok, hundreds of women have been expressing their support for Clancy (and their need for online engagement) by posting videos of themselves growling about how they, too, have wanted to kill their children. “Same, Lindsay” many say as they post selfies with their babies. Clancy’s fans have raised nearly $1 million for her.<br><br>CPS needs to visit every single one of these loons. Clearly, their offspring are not safe. <br><br>This love affair with Lindsay Clancy is just the latest disturbing case of murderers being turned into folk heroes by the left.</p>





















  
  




  


  
  
    
    
      
        
        
        
        
          <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">&quot;he deserved to die because he was a Christian.&quot;<br><br>&quot;he deserved to die because he was white.&quot;<br><br>&quot;they deserved to die because the mother had postpartum depression.&quot;<br><br>&quot;he deserved to die because he worked for an insurance company.&quot;<br><br>Realize where we are and what the left has become.… <a href="https://t.co/5vphYuKh4F">pic.twitter.com/5vphYuKh4F</a></p>&mdash; Pro America Politics (@proamericapol) <a href="https://x.com/proamericapol/status/2091601656018526688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 23, 2026</a></blockquote> 
        
        
        
      
    
  
  
    



  



  





  <p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class="">Suddenly, it’s conservative to oppose the murder of children, health care executives, conservative leaders or white athletes.<br><br>Let that soak in. We live in a very sick world.</p>]]></content:encoded><media:content type="image/png" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1787534119790-EBNS4O1ICWISTIXPBJRF/lindsay_clancy.png?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1026" height="582"><media:title type="plain">Lindsay Clancy’s Fangirls</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Police Officer Suspended After Man Watched Her Undress in Women's Locker Room</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/22/police-officer-suspended-after-man-watched-her-undress-in-womens-locker-room</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a89aca31d66fa52c4bd0638</guid><description><![CDATA[<h3><em>By Victoria Manning </em></h3><h3 data-rte-preserve-empty="true"></h3><h2>The officer says Norfolk, Virginia police fired her for opposing a male recruit in the women's locker room—now she has sued for $15 million.</h2><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p><p class="">In the far-left enclave of Norfolk, Virginia, Officer Meghan Grabow received an indefinite suspension pending termination in June 2025 after&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/city-of-norfolk-police-chief-sued-over-transgender-locker-room-incident/">she reported</a>&nbsp;that a male recruit had entered the women's locker room and stared at her while she undressed. According to legal filings, supervisors told her to "learn to deal with it," find another locker room, and take her gun into the shower if she felt unsafe. Now Grabow has filed a lawsuit.</p><p class="">The Norfolk Police Department (NPD) also fired Martin Powers, an officer who complained to leadership in support of Grabow. Both Grabow and Powers are now suing NPD for $15 million and $5 million, respectively.</p><p class=""><strong>The Bottom Line</strong></p><p class="">The extremist transgender agenda directly impacts public safety.</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Two police officers are now off the force in a city struggling to recruit officers.</p></li><li><p class="">In 2024, the most recent data available, NPD had over 100&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wtkr.com/wefollowthrough/norfolk-looks-to-safety-aides-to-help-reduce-officer-shortage-on-city-streets">vacancies</a>&nbsp;out of 618 officer allotments.</p></li><li><p class="">The male trans identifying recruit didn't even dress like a female. He just identified as one and demanded everyone call him by female pronouns.</p></li></ul><p class=""><strong>Why It Matters</strong></p><p class="">Grabow is the victim here, but she's being treated as a criminal. She's not the only victim though.</p><ul data-rte-list="default"><li><p class="">Norfolk citizens are also victims. In one year, from 2025-2026, the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/norfolk/new-report-says-that-norfolks-number-of-homicides-has-increased-since-2019/">homicide rate</a>&nbsp;in Norfolk rose 64 percent.</p></li><li><p class="">If religious freedom doesn't matter for Norfolk employees, then it won't matter for its citizens. Grabow, a devout Catholic, told NPD that she doesn't believe in transgender ideology as part of her faith—they dismissed her concerns.</p></li></ul><p class=""><strong>The Takeaway</strong></p><p class="">Gender dysphoria deserves compassionate care including prayer, counseling, and mental health treatment. What it doesn't deserve is affirmation of a delusion.</p><p class="">Affirming a trans-identified person's belief that they are the opposite sex is structurally the same as affirming an anorexic's belief that they are fat and should keep starving. In both cases the person's perception of their body opposes biological reality and causes harm.</p><p class="">NPD's validation of that perception for trans-identifying people is considered the compassionate response even though it causes further harm—in this case, to the whole community.</p><p class="">It's cruel to encourage an anorexic not to eat. Yet requiring a man who believes he's a woman to use a men's locker room is considered discrimination.</p><p class="">More people need to fight back like Grabow and Powers. They are heroes willing to serve and protect their community. They remain heroes for fighting against trans ideology and for religious freedom.&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true" class=""></p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class="">Victoria Manning is a Senior Investigative Researcher for Restoration News specializing in education freedom, immigration, and military issues. She is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Behind-Wall-Government-Victoria-Manning/dp/B0CN64YTSB"><span><strong><em>Behind the Wall of Government Schools</em></strong></span>. Victoria served 8 years as an elect</a>ed school board member and has a master’s degree in law. She also brings the perspective of a military spouse to her reporting.</p>





















  
  




  



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  <p class=""><a href="https://restoration-news.com/police-officer-suspended-after-man-watched-her-undress-in-women-s-locker-room"><em>Republished with permission from Restoration News.</em></a></p>]]></description><media:content type="image/jpeg" url="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed/1787928159118-YCVI6THE1532XT5VEDB9/unsplash-image-ofBf15Ps_0k.jpg?format=1500w" medium="image" isDefault="true" width="1500" height="1000"><media:title type="plain">Police Officer Suspended After Man Watched Her Undress in Women's Locker Room</media:title></media:content></item><item><title>Virginia Trending Poorly Year-over-Year in Latest Bureau of Labor Statistics Report</title><dc:creator>Kerry Dougherty</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:01:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.kerrydougherty.com/allposts/2026/8/22/virginia-trending-poorly-year-over-year-in-latest-bureau-of-labor-statistics-report</link><guid isPermaLink="false">5a11b243d7bdcee10246b4ed:5a11b28a24a694409f9f180d:6a89abb61b11271bf9dfb832</guid><description><![CDATA[<h2 data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Virginia showed statistically significant shifts in two key year-over-year measures: Non-farm payroll employment, and unemployment rate.</h2><h3 data-rte-preserve-empty="true">By The Virginia Free Press Staff</h3><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The Bureau of Labor Statistics this morning released its&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bls.gov/news.release/laus.nr0.htm">State Employment and Unemployment Summary</a>. Virginia showed statistically significant shifts in two key year-over-year measures: Non-farm payroll employment, and unemployment rate.</p><h3 data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Non-Farm Payroll Employment</strong></h3><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Between July 2025 and July 2026, employment of nonfarm workers was down 47,900 in Virginia. The District of Columbia, which saw employment drop 31,500, was the only other jurisdiction in the United States that declined.&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">Six states recorded growth. Three set the pace: Texas (+165,600), California (+112,700) and our neighbor to the south, North Carolina (+51,600).&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">The remaining 43 states were essentially unchanged.&nbsp;</p><h3 data-rte-preserve-empty="true"><strong>Jobless Rate</strong></h3><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">In total, 16 states had unemployment rates lower than the U.S. rate of 4.1 percent, while nine states and the District of Columbia had higher rates. Virginia’s unemployment rate was 3.7, up 0.4 percentage points from 3.3 percent in July 2025.&nbsp;</p><p data-rte-preserve-empty="true">For more information, visit the following pages on the BLS website.</p>





















  
  














































  

    
  
    

      

      
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