All posts tagged: questioning

UK Parents Face Five-Year Jail Terms For Questioning Their Child’s Gender ‘Transition’

UK Parents Face Five-Year Jail Terms For Questioning Their Child’s Gender ‘Transition’

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, While schools have been given the green light to socially transition four-year-olds and exam boards slip pro-trans propaganda into Spanish GCSE materials, the government has published a draft bill that threatens parents, teachers and doctors with up to five years in prison for so-called conversion practices. The new legislation, unveiled by Equalities Minister Olivia Bailey, targets efforts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. Penalties include unlimited fines, five-year prison sentences, or both. The government frames it as protection against abuse, citing reports of beatings, rape, threats, manipulation and even exorcisms. Parents, teachers and doctors risk up to five years in jail if they try to talk their children out of irreversible trans treatments under a “dangerous” new law, campaigners have warned. https://t.co/ENCm6forXg — Toby Young (@toadmeister) June 25, 2026 Bailey stated: “Conversion practices are driven by the false belief that being LGBT+ is shameful and can be forcibly changed. No-one should face abuse just because of who they are. That’s why we are delivering on …

Returning to Plato’s Cave: Dislodging the Individualist Distortion

Returning to Plato’s Cave: Dislodging the Individualist Distortion

Published by Jenni Sidey

Wisecrack’s 8-Bit Philosophy video on Plato’s cave raises the question of what is real by providing a summary of the episode from Plato’s Republic—using Zelda to represent the person who leaves and returns to the cave. In both face-to-face and online contexts, I assign students reading from Plato’s Republic: the analogy of the sun, the development of the divided line, and the image of the cave (502c–524b). In introductory-level courses, this assignment is in the midst of students reading the entirety of Plato’s Politeia, a title meaning “on the just,” more commonly known to us as the Republic. This institutionalized renaming matters because what Socrates proposes as an analogy (where the elements of the soul are represented by elements of a kind of “city”) is taken by many as Plato’s substantive theory of statehood. In more advanced courses, these passages are abstracted from the text. In this post, I focus on my class discussion for face-to-face meetings. My more thorough treatment can be found in “Teaching Plato’s Cave Hermeneutically: Nurturing Ambiguity for Student Appropriation.” I …

She was fired after questioning her company’s contracts with ICE : NPR

She was fired after questioning her company’s contracts with ICE : NPR

Published by Sam Flores

Masked agents stand at an intersection during an ICE immigration enforcement operation in St. Paul, Minn., on Jan. 31. Some employees of Thomson Reuters, which has a major presence in the Twin Cities, became concerned about the company’s contracts to supply data to ICE as the Trump administration’s immigration surge in Minnesota intensified. Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Octavio Jones/AFP via Getty Images Be the first to know about stories like this. Get the Up First newsletter. During Billie Little’s roughly two decades working at Thomson Reuters, she felt pride in the company, which is known for its legal database Westlaw, its media company Reuters, and its role as a major data broker. But as masked U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swarmed Minneapolis early this year and the country reeled from federal agents fatally shooting Renée Macklin Good and Alex Pretti, Little and other colleagues grew alarmed that ICE agents could be abusing Thomson Reuters investigative tools that provide vast quantities of personal data on people including license plate information. …

Watch live: Pentagon officials face House questioning over US military posture in Europe

Watch live: Pentagon officials face House questioning over US military posture in Europe

Published by Sam Flores

Defense Department officials will testify before the House Armed Services Committee on Wednesday morning over the U.S. military’s posture in Europe. The hearing comes after President Trump pressed European allies to join his Gaza Board of Peace — garnering some rejections — and “strongly encouraged” other nations to help police vessels traveling through the Strait… Source link

Connecticut Lawmakers Express Concerns While Questioning DCF Nominee

Connecticut Lawmakers Express Concerns While Questioning DCF Nominee

Published by Sam Flores

Lawmakers on Thursday questioned Gov. Ned Lamont’s nominee to lead Connecticut’s child welfare agency about whether the state is doing enough to protect children from harm and make sure they’re well cared for when they enter the foster system. Interim Department of Children and Families Commissioner Susan Hamilton had a public hearing on Thursday before the Executive and Legislative Nominations Committee. It was the first step in the legislative approval process for Hamilton to become the official agency commissioner. Hamilton faced criticism on Thursday, mostly directed at the department, as lawmakers asked about issues such as caseworker turnover, mental health support for children, homeschooling and two high-profile cases that have brought the agency under scrutiny in recent months. One was a case in which a Waterbury man was allegedly locked away for decades, and the other was the death of 11-year-old Jaquelyn “Mimi” Torres-García. Her body was found in New Britain last year. In both cases, the victims were pulled out of the public school system to be homeschooled but the alleged abuse they endured …

Even Dems Are Questioning Rep. Swalwell’s Eligibility To Run For Governor

Even Dems Are Questioning Rep. Swalwell’s Eligibility To Run For Governor

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA, Rep. Eric Swalwell has long maintained his primary residence in Washington, D.C., despite representing large portions of California in Congress. Now that he is running for California governor, his apparent on-paper-only California residency is under scrutiny – even from fellow Democrats.  Eric Swalwell / IMAGE: Evening Standard via YouTube Tom Steyer, a left-wing billionaire donor who is also running for the Democratic nomination for governor, called on California Secretary of State Shirley Weber to enforce the state’s residency requirements.  Steyer’s campaign wrote to Shirley that Swalwell “appears to live in California on paper only” and is “unlikely to meet the basic residency requirements to run for Governor.”  In a 55-page letter, Steyer’s attorneys argued that Swalwell has repeatedly failed to list a home address in campaign documents.  For instance, Swalwell listed a law firm’s address in Sacramento as his address on a Candidate Intention Statement.  Swalwell also designated his Eckington address in Washington, D.C., at 209 S Street NE as his principal residence in a deed of trust.  Instead, Swalwell lists a California address on …

People Who Want To Gossip About Your Life Almost Always Ask These 10 Questions When They Talk To You

People Who Want To Gossip About Your Life Almost Always Ask These 10 Questions When They Talk To You

Published by Jenni Sidey

Not everyone has your best intentions at heart. While some friends truly are looking out for you, others are looking for an excuse to use your problems for their own entertainment. Because of this, people who want to gossip about your life almost always ask questions meant to glean as much information as possible for their own purposes when they talk to you. They’ll probably never be upfront with you about their intentions. Using vague language, you won’t usually know what they’re actually thinking until you hear from someone else that they’ve been talking about you behind your back. If you want to be more wary about who you invite into your inner circle, be on the lookout for these probing questions. People who want to gossip about your life almost always ask these 10 questions when they talk to you 1. ‘So, what’s going on with you lately?’ Gaudi Lab | Shutterstock People who want to gossip about your life almost always ask, “So, what’s going on with you lately,” when they talk to …

Figure skating-Fans of Chock and Bates launch petition questioning ice dance result

Figure skating-Fans of Chock and Bates launch petition questioning ice dance result

Published by Sam Flores

MILAN, Feb 12 : Triple world ice dance champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates will leave the Milano Cortina Olympics with silver medals, but also an outpouring of support from fans questioning the judging that denied them gold.  Debate around Wednesday night’s ice dance victory by French duo Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillaume Cizeron has sparked a petition on Change.org calling for the International Skating Union to review the scoring. Despite the swirl around them, Chock and Bates said on Thursday they were holding tight to the emotion of their performance and the belief it was the strongest of their career. “We haven’t studied (the scoring) in depth, but we did speak to our coach and we did talk to each other, and we know how we felt on centre ice after we skated,” Bates, 36, said.  “We felt like we delivered our absolute best performance that we could have. It was our Olympic moment. It felt like a winning skate to us, and that’s what we’re going to hold on to.” The petition entitled …

Questioning Arne Slot about Xabi Alonso is disrespectful

Questioning Arne Slot about Xabi Alonso is disrespectful

Published by Sam Flores

Arne Slot has all but confirmed that Mohamed Salah will go straight back into Liverpool’s starting line-up for tonight’s crucial Champions League tie against Marseille. The head coach said his team selection would reflect whether there is a problem between him and the Egypt forward who has just returned from his country’s involvement in the Africa Cup of Nations. “The first time he’s able to be in the squad again, he is because he trained with us today and is in the squad for tomorrow. Let’s see for the lineup tomorrow if you still think there’s an issue,” Slot said, when asked whether Salah’s time away has given him time to reflect on the apparently strained relationship between the pair. In early December, Salah declared that he felt he had been “thrown under the bus” after being dropped to the bench for three successive games, including the draw away to Leeds United after which he spoke out. At the time Slot responded by saying he was surprised by Salah’s angry comments and left the 33-year-old …

UK Government Video Game Warns Kids They May Be Terrorists For Questioning Mass Migration

UK Government Video Game Warns Kids They May Be Terrorists For Questioning Mass Migration

Published by Jenni Sidey

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, In a chilling move, the UK government has rolled out a taxpayer-funded video game that paints every curious teenager as a potential far-right extremist. The “Pathways” game, backed by the Home Office’s Prevent counter-terrorism program, threatens young players with referrals to anti-terror experts simply for questioning unchecked mass migration or engaging with online debates about British identity. This indoctrination tool assumes teens are one wrong click away from radicalisation, equating basic concerns over job competition or veteran housing with illegal hate groups. It’s a blatant assault on free thought, designed to stifle dissent and enforce globalist narratives in schools—exposing the state’s tightening grip on the next generation. The game, developed by Shout Out UK with funding from Prevent, targets 11- to 18-year-olds. Players guide a character named Charlie—using “they” pronouns—through everyday scenarios that quickly spiral into warnings of extremism. ?INSIDIOUS: The UK government has developed a video game that INDOCTRINATES children by threatening to report them to counter-terrorism authorities for merely questioning mass migration or expressing concern about the …