Give the boy credit: he chose to win the event, rather than help the cause by tanking; that's a competitor, frilly dress notwithstanding

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(Not actually a photo of Mr. Pepper, but this is funnier)

Trans athlete at center of Supreme Court Title IX case wins girls' track and field state championship

ACLU argued biological males don't have a competitive advantage, but Pepper-Jackson won by over two feet in shot put

Transgender athlete Becky Pepper-Jackson won a girls' state championship in West Virginia this week, before the U.S. Supreme Court could make a ruling on whether the state can ban Pepper-Jackson from competing against females.

Pepper-Jackson took first place for Bridgeport High School in the Class AAA state title with a personal best of 38 feet, 11.75 inches. The second-place winner, Paislee Babiczuk, of John Marshall, finished more than two feet shorter, only managing 36 feet 11 inches.

Pepper-Jackson's eligibility to compete in girls' competitions in West Virginia has been a point of high-stakes legal contention dating back to 2021, when the state passed a bill that prevents biological males from competing in girls' sports. Pepper-Jackson sued and successfully challenged the law, gaining entry into girls' competitions throughout high school, before the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case.

Pepper-Jackson's attorneys at ACLU delivered oral arguments to the Supreme Court justices on Jan. 13. But with no ruling expected until June, Pepper-Jackson was left to continue competing throughout the athlete's high school season.

Pepper-Jackson has now earned state champion status in dominant fashion, after the athlete's own lawyers at the ACLU argued that males don't have a competitive advantage over females, with ACLU attorney Joshua Block arguing "if the evidence shows there are no relevant physiological differences between B.P.J. and other girls, then there's no basis to exclude her."

West Virginia Attorney General John McCuskey, who is helping to lead the legal defense against Pepper-Jackson and the ACLU, sent a letter to the Supreme Court on Tuesday highlighting a trans athlete he simply referred to as B.P.J., and how the athlete's performance this season compares to female competitors.

"As a high school sophomore, Pepper-Jackson is not finishing 'near the back of the pack ...' but is instead defeating every— or nearly every — female in the state in these events. I would appreciate it if you could circulate this message to the members of the court," McCuskey wrote.

The attorneys representing the legal defense against Pepper-Jackson's lawsuit at the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) have also taken notice of what the track meet's results might mean for their argument.

"The developments from the state meet from this past weekend just underscore the fact that no amount of testosterone suppression or intervention can undo the very real differences that males have over women," ADF attorney Suzanne Beecher told Fox News Digital.

"It really cuts against the ACLU's argument."

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After the hearing, Fox News Digital asked Block what his definition of "sex" is. He declined to give a definition.

No, the nuclear option won't be exercised, but wouldn't it be fun if it were?

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international non-arrivals : adds new meaning to “terminal”

As I understand it, without customs cooperation it will not be possible for international flights to land in any sanctuary city–or, I assume, any sanctuary state. I am not sure whether the new policy would impact takeoffs.

If implemented, it would mean that international flights could not land in New York City, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Newark, Philadelphia, Portland, Seattle or San Francisco. If sanctuary states are banned, those would include all airports in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, D.C., Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. The disruption to international travel would be immense. The relatively few major airports where customs would still be available would be swamped with arrivals and perhaps departures, which would snarl international travel for the foreseeable future.

Or maybe the ploy would work, and sanctuary cities and states would reverse their policies. But in some instances, that likely would need to await next year’s legislative session.

Is this policy a bridge too far, or is the administration finally doing something to make scofflaw Democrats feel the pain? And will the announced policy, as described, actually go into effect?

Stay tuned.

Ain’t gonna happen, but as I said, the howls of outrage and the ensuing chaos would be fun to watch.

Gentlemen, start your engines

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6 Oak Drive, Riverside, listed at $2.775 million, is reported pending 12 days after being listed. Here’s the description:

Remarks: 6 Oak Drive is on a cul-de-sac off Indian Head Road. The plot is .617 of an acre -26,872 square feet- which allows the construction of a new house of 6,046 square feet, plus the finished area in the basement and third floor. The back to the house where the family room and kitchen would be situated is south facing with amazing sun all day. Survey with a pool site, drainage plans, planting plans, soil tests and grade plane calculations have been approved with the town, the Wetlands Agency and DPW.

Interesting to note, the same property, with many of those same permits in place, failed to sell for $1.795 back in 2019. Different times.

This new Bailiwick listing will probably do better than its last time out — how could it not?

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12 Bailiwick Road has hit the MLS at $3.095 million. Very pretty land, but the house should have been dumpstered decades ago. It sold at the to-me-improbable price of $2.025 million back in 2003, and instead of ending its misery, those buyers spruced it up and tried for $3.297 in 2009 before eventually giving up for a few years, and finally selling it to the current owners for $1.750 million in 2020.

We’ll see how it does.

Cry, the Beloved Country

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there are all sorts of degrees of stupidity

These young people are (a) products of our modern educational system; (b) the intended audience for propaganda like the fraud discussed in the previous post; and (c) always ready to give their opinion on the merits of socialism, communism, and, oh, I don’t know, federalism vs the universal state? The merits of rent control? Take your pick.

If global warming were real, they wouldn't have to lie about it: example no. 9,687

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Claim:  Michigan Tornadoes Linked to Climate Change

Robert Vislocky, Ph.D.

It’s getting too easy to debunk the Guardian and their alarmist claims. The latest one is that recent tornadoes in Michigan are “undeniably” linked to climate change:



https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/25/michigan-climate-crisis

No historical tornado data was presented and no climate scientists were interviewed. There are only the usual anecdotal claims and appeals to emotion. The only connection to climate change was through a reference toward the end of the article citing the increased frequency of billion dollar disasters (BDD) in the US. Of course the BDD data is severely flawed as it doesn’t take into account the fact that property values have risen 50% greater than the CPI index they use and that there’s way more property & people in harms way today vs. 1980 (among other flaws like increases in insurance participation rates over time).

So are tornadoes becoming more frequent or intense in Michigan? The data says no, and it’s not even close!

It shouldn't require 12 hours to teach gangbangers not to shoot each other or use guns in carjackings; perhaps they can spend the rest of the time filling out their citizenship papers

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Off to Denver Police Headquarters to register their guns and begin their gun safety classes

Just like in Connecticut, these laws are about disarming law-abiding civilians, not stopping crime.

CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: Critics blast scope of Colorado’s semi-auto gun licensing list.

As previously reported by Complete Colorado, the Democrat-backed Senate Bill 003, passed during the 2025 legislative session, heaps a long list a list of new burdens on potential gun buyers prior to purchasing a semiautomatic firearm. 

Among other things, the law requires Coloradans complete a 12 hour, in person, firearms course through their local sheriff’s office, after a background check and application fee is collected. A final exam must be completed with a 90% minimum passing score.  

After course completion, all personal information will be uploaded into a course record system granting them five years of eligibility to purchase a semiautomatic gun.   

Earlier this month, The Colorado Department of Revenue released their ‘Specified Semi-Automatic Firearms Guidance’ which included 152 pages worth of firearms regulated under SB-003.

The Colorado State Shooting Association (CSSA) issued a press release saying that lawmakers did not follow through on their promises, with non-semiautomatic firearms included in the list.  

“Colorado politicians repeatedly assured the public that SB25-003 would not affect many categories of ordinary firearms commonly owned by law-abiding citizens,” Ray Elliott, president of the CSSA said. “Yet the Department of Revenue’s own guidance now includes firearms that plainly fall within several of the very categories lawmakers and supporters claimed would remain untouched.” 

 Some firearms listed include rim fire .22 caliber rifles like a Ruger 10/22, AR and AK platform rifles, common handguns such as Glocks, pistol caliber carbines, and non-semiautomatic firearms like pump action shotguns.

The Department of Revenue says this list will be edited and expanded over time, noting that the pictures shown are “only examples of the listed firearms and do not represent all variations of the rifles, shotguns, or handguns included.” Frames, receivers, and parts kits are also included in the regulations. 

New Listings

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Well, 31 Sawmill Lane isn’t really a new listing, but it does have a new agent and a new price. It failed to sell at its original July ‘25 $9.5 million ask, and still hadn’t found a buyer when the listing was cancelled in October, even after dropping to $8.750 million. Now it’s back with a new, improved price of $9.750.

In Riverside, a new construction project at 11 Hearthstone Drive is nearing completion and has been placed on the MLS at $5.995 million. It replaces an impossibly small, 2,000 sq. ft., 1958 home purchased in 2024 for $2.210 million, and now offers 6,245 sq. ft. of space, much more suitable for today’s demanding consumer.

Ore-a-Gone (Updated)

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look, but don’t touch

Oregon Petition to Ban Hunting and Fishing Reaches Threshold to Be Added to Ballot

More specifically, the law would prohibit animal farming, ranching, hunting, fishing, trapping, pest control, and research/teaching. Restaurants would, for now, be allowed to stay open, but any fish or meat served would have to be imported from outside the state.

As of February, this petition had already collected 117,173 signatures, and I’m sure it’s climbed since.

Insane? Well, that’s what I thought when our masters announced an intention to shut down the entire world for their proof-of-concept COVID codswallop, but they did it anyway. In comparison, this is just a blip on the road to destruction.

SALEM, Ore. (KATU) — Supporters of an effort to criminalize the killing of animals for food in Oregon are one step closer in getting a measure on the November ballot.

Initiative Petition 28 would make it illegal to injure or kill animals and would effectively ban hunting, fishing and the breeding of animals.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE FOR MORE DETAILS: Controversial petition aims to ban hunting, fishing and pest control in Oregon

Supporters have been collecting signatures for this since 2024 and this past week, they reached the number necessary to make it onto the November ballot.

But it’s not official yet. The Secretary of State’s Office still needs to verify the signatures.

UPDATE:

The Bee employs satire for this post about Texas — it’d be straight reporting in Oregon

Democrats Hopeful Average Texas Voter Wants To Ban Steak And Thinks God Is Gay

For decades, the Democratic Party has dreamed of turning Texas blue, and believe that their message of making beef illegal and calling God non-binary will finally be the ticket to make it happen.

"We like our chances," said Democratic strategist Kelly Sharp. "We're really optimistic that the typical Texan will resonate with outlawing steak, going vegan, and believing in a six-gender deity. If we know anything about Texas, it's that they don't like brisket and think God is a homosexual. Republicans aren't going to know what hit them."

Democrats are planning to pour tens of millions of dollars into the Senate race in order to blanket Texas with anti-steak advertising. "This is the year the tide turns in Texas," said party operative Mackenzie Damon. "We are confident that our message of God's gayness is going to turn out the Texan vote like never before. The Democratic Party is ready to win here."

At publishing time, the Republican Party had encouraged the Democrats to spend as much money as possible supporting James Talarico.