Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky said that he opposes the plan by President-elect Donald Trump to employ the military to help deport millions of illegal aliens.

Trump has made immigration a focus of his second term after historically high numbers of illegal aliens crossed into the U.S. under the Biden administration. As part of his plans, he has announced mass deportations aided by the U.S. military.

‘The police have a difficult job, but the people removing people from our country need to be a police enforcement domestic agency, not the military.’

“The stories all said he would declare an emergency to use the military to remove people. I’m not for that,” said Paul in an interview on Newsmax.

“I’m not in favor of sending the army in uniforms into our cities to collect people. I think it’s a terrible image. That’s not what we use our military for, we never have. And it’s actually been illegal for over 100 years to bring the Army into our cities,” he added.

Paul was likely referring to the Posse Comitatus Act from 1878 that prohibits federal troops from enforcing civilian law except when expressly authorized by a statute or the Constitution.

“Our Army and our military are trained to shoot the enemy. They’re not trained to get a warrant to do what they’re doing. The police have a difficult job, but the people removing people from our country need to be a police enforcement domestic agency, not the military,” Paul continued. “I will not support an emergency [declaration] to put the Army in our cities. I think that’s a huge mistake.”

Paul, who is a member of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, said he would support efforts to focus on deporting illegal aliens with violent criminal convictions first. He posted the interview to his social media account, where he reiterated his dissenting argument.

“We, as conservatives who are supportive of Trump, need to caution him about sending the army into our cities. It’s a terrible image to send the world, and it’s a terrible image for us as citizens,” he posted.

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana has defended Trump’s deportation plan but also signaled that the effort should focus on the millions of illegal aliens with criminal convictions first.

“I think what the president is talking about is beginning with the dangerous persons that we know are here,” Johnson explained. “There are criminals, known criminals. There are known terrorists in the country. There are some who have been apprehended for committing violent crimes after they’ve come across the border illegally. So you start with that number. You’ve got, by some counts, as many as 3 or 4 million people that fit in that category. Begin there and then see how it transpires.”

Some saw this as a capitulation while others believe it is more logistically plausible.

Here’s the full interview from NewsMax:

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) announced the state is placing more of the border buoys in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass despite the ongoing lawsuit by the Biden-Harris administration to stop Texas’ efforts.

The buoys were Texas’ attempt to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into the Del Rio Sector, which has been a popular crossing area for illegal immigrants for years. Texas putting a barrier in the river, with the middle marking the end of the U.S. and the beginning of Mexico, resulted in protests from the Mexican and U.S. governments.

“Texas placed more buoys in the Rio Grande River this morning. Despite the Biden-Harris Administration’s attempts to shut down our border security efforts, the buoys are here to stay. We won’t back down from our mission to deter & repel illegal immigration,” Abbott posted to X on Wednesday.

While the buoys gained a lot of attention, they had limitations.

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The buoys were attacked by Democrats as being dangerous for people who were illegally crossing the river. Some dead bodies, another historic high under the Biden-Harris administration, were found entangled in the buoys after they were installed last year, but they were determined to have drowned upriver and the buoys were not the cause of death.

Texas continuing to place the water barriers in place before Joe Biden leaves the White House next year shows how serious the state is about using tools at its disposal to deter illegal immigrants. With President-elect Donald Trump returning to Washington, D.C., there has been a slight increase in illegal crossings as people want to enter the country before he takes office.

While the buoys have gained a lot of attention, they have limitations. That portion of the Rio Grande can sometimes have a very low water level to where illegal immigrants can wade in only ankle- or shin-deep. The barriers are also stationary and do not come close to blocking all areas where people have crossed into the United States.

That said, the barriers have helped direct the flow of traffic to areas with better coverage by law enforcement. The chain is further bolstered by the fences and razor wire that are along the riverbank on the U.S. side of the border.

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Within a year, there will be more than 1,500 new members of New York’s Finest, thanks to an influx in funds that were previously intended to address the immigrant crisis, the New York Post reported.

The next two classes of NYPD officers — set to graduate in January and April 2025, respectively — had been nixed last year amid major budget cuts meant to help address the hordes of illegal immigrants pouring into the city.

Now, with more than $100 million restored to NYPD coffers, those two classes have been reinstated, meaning that 1,600 rookie cops will be out on the streets by next October, according to the Post, citing sources in City Hall.

‘We’re making even MORE investments to public safety, affordability, and livability for working-class New Yorkers.’

On Wednesday, Mayor Eric Adams (D) basically confirmed that report during a press conference to discuss the new budget cycle.

“The November plan adds two police academy classes, which will put 1,600 new officers on our streets by October 2025, increasing our uniformed force to nearly 34,000, getting back and reaching our goal of 35,000 officers patrolling our streets,” Adams said at the press conference.

“That’s a lot of officers,” he continued, “who alongside all the civilian employees of the NYPD work day in and day out to keep us safe.”

The X post with a livestream of the press conference included the message: “We’re making even MORE investments to public safety, affordability, and livability for working-class New Yorkers.”

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During the press conference, Adams celebrated the reduced cost of addressing the immigrant crisis. According to a press release from his office, the city will save nearly $500 million over the next two fiscal years “primarily due to lower-than-expected number of asylum seekers entering the city’s care since July 2024.”

Earlier this month — just days after President-elect Donald Trump soundly defeated Kamala Harris, largely on account of the border crisis — New York City decided to end a program which provided thousands of immigrants living at the Roosevelt Hotel with prepaid debit cards in lieu of boxed meals. One of the main reasons cited for ending the program was the dwindling number of new arrivals.

Likewise during the press conference on Wednesday, Adams announced the appointment of Jessica Tisch as the new NYPD commissioner and referenced an officer who was shot in Queens on Tuesday night.

Officer Rich Wong, a seven-year veteran of the force, was wounded during a shootout with a violent suspect who had reportedly committed several armed robberies in the Queens neighborhood of Jamaica. During the shootout, the suspect, 57-year-old Gary Worthy, managed to shoot Wong in the thigh. Wong returned fire, fatally striking Worthy in the face.

Thankfully, Wong has already been discharged from the hospital. An innocent bystander was also wounded in the incident but is expected to survive, the Post reported.

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An elderly Massachusetts woman was mauled to death by her own dog, according to investigators. The Boston woman’s husband and two police officers also were injured in the dog attack.

Jeriline Brady-McGinnis — a 73-year-old from Roxbury — was attacked by her own pit bull in her home around 4:30 p.m. Monday.

‘She’s very close to her animals, almost like children …’

Investigators said the dog also attacked the victim’s husband as he tried to save her, plus two Boston police officers responding to the pit bull attack. All four were rushed to a local hospital. However, Brady-McGinnis allegedly died in surgery.

WFXT-TV reported that a pit bull named Deuce mauled Brady-McGinnis to death. The officers and the husband suffered non-life-threatening injuries, according to police.

Once the officers were attacked, another cop shot at the pit bull, according to WFXT. The outlet obtained surveillance video allegedly showing three shots being fired when police arrived on the scene.

The dog was transported to Angell Animal Medical Center for treatment. But due to “his worsening condition and poor prognosis,” officials decided to euthanize the dog, according to Boston Animal Control.

Brady-McGinnis allegedly owned four dogs. The three other dogs reportedly were removed from the home. Neighbors told WBZ-TV they were scared of the dogs. WBZ-TV spoke to Jean McGuire — the landlord and close friend of Brady-McGinnis.

“She’s very close to her animals, almost like children, I think,” McGuire said. “She took good care of them. She walked them every day.”

McGuire — a 93-year-old civil rights pioneer and the first black woman elected to the Boston School Committee — said Brady-McGinnis was like a “sister” to her.

“She’s a wonderful person. A very generous, a very loving person. Loved animals,” McGuire said of McGinnis. “I’ve lost my sister. She’s a sister.”

The family of Brady-McGinnis remembered the elderly victim as having a “heart of gold.”

Brady-McGinnis’ three children — Chris, Ronald, and Donald — told WBZ, “Our mother was a loving and caring mother. She put her children first. … The heart and soul of our family is gone.”

The family said Brady-McGinnis cooked dinner for her dogs every night.

The Boston Police Department’s Homicide Unit reportedly is investigating the dog attack.

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Former Coca-Cola lobbyist Calley Means first caught Liz Wheeler’s eye when he spoke out about the company using “racism” to force the government into putting its product on the food stamps program.

“I thought, ‘What an extraordinary story. This exemplifies the corruption, the ideological corruption, the financial corruption, that is in our health care industry. This revolving door between Big Food and Big Pharma and the federal government,’” Wheeler says.

Now, Means is an adviser to RFK Jr. in the Make America Healthy Again movement that’s taken America by storm.

“I’ve gone from when President Trump first came down that golden escalator ten years ago thinking he’s a threat to democracy to believing that this election is by far the most important victory of our lifetime and, I think, a historic moment in American history where I’ve never been more excited about a president being elected,” Means tells Wheeler.

Wheeler is also thrilled by what’s to come.

“By marrying ‘Make America Great Again’ with ‘Make America Healthy Again,’” Wheeler explains that RFK Jr. and President Trump are telling those with autoimmune diseases, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, and obesity that “you don’t have to suffer this.”

And RFK’s plan to ensure they don’t have to suffer as they have been is the best part.

“We’ve heard a couple of promises from Bobby in the past couple days. One of my favorite ones is that he’s going to take all the nutritional scientists out of HHS and either fire them on day one, or if he’s not allowed to fire them, he’s going to build a new headquarters for them in Guam,” Wheeler says.

While the latter part of RFK’s statement was a joke, his plans to reform the American health care system are as serious as it gets.

“We’re going to return to science,” Means says. “I think what bad interests have realized is that there’s nothing higher-level in society than an NIH study. And I’ve actually, Liz, had conversations in the past three days with the senior-most members of the NIH who are defending the institution publicly, who are saying this is an absolute and utter dumpster fire.”

“There’s huge DEI regulations and parameters around what can and can’t be said, a feeling of absolute assault on academic freedom, and from what I’m hearing, when you add it up, eighty to ninety percent of NIH grants and funding goes to pharmaceutical R&D,” Means explains.

“We’re going to get any type of ideology out of our scientific guidelines,” he continues. “And that’s the key to everything.”

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Berlin is once again a dangerous place for Jews and homosexuals, according to the city’s chief of police.

The German newspaper Berliner Zeitung recently asked chief Barbara Slowik whether Berlin was safe. Slowik initially tried to avoid characterizing her city as a haven for imported extremism, suggesting, “Berlin is as safe as many other cities in Germany and safer than many other European capitals.”

When pressed on whether there were “no-go areas,” Slowik, who was instrumental in setting up the Joint Extremism and Counter-Terrorism Center, admitted that “there are areas — and we have to be honest here — where I would advise people who wear a kippah or are openly gay or lesbian to be more alert.”

Slowik said she wouldn’t “defame any groups of people here” but acknowledged that “there are certain neighborhoods where the majority of people liv[ing there] are of Arab descent, who also have sympathies for terrorist groups.”

The German ministry of the interior and community acknowledged in September that the country’s worsening crime problem was the result, in part, of “more foreigner crime.” Many of the non-Germans hail from Middle Eastern hotbeds for Islamic radicalism.

‘It is not the job of Jews and homosexuals to be “more attentive” in certain areas of Berlin.’

According to the publication Junge Freiheit, the number of all registered crimes — not including violations of immigration law — skyrocketed by 4.4% last year to 5.6 million incidents. Rainer Wendt, the head of the German Police Union, highlighted police statistics in April indicating that foreigners now account for at least 41% of all suspects in Germany and are massively over-represented among violent and sexual offenders.

The problem of imported crime bled into 2024 with some high-profile examples, starting right away in the early hours of New Year’s Day, when scores of Syrians and Afghan males rioted in several German cities, attacking first responders with incendiary devices and robbing others. Months later, an Afghan immigrant went on a stabbing spree and butchered a police officer at an anti-jihad rally in the southwestern German town of Mannheim.

Anti-Semitic attacks have apparently skyrocketed since Oct. 7, 2023.

“Open anti-Semitism is expressed there against people of Jewish faith and origin,” continued the police chief, adding that the force has opened over 6,200 investigations into anti-Semitic incidents, including 1,300 violent crimes, since the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel last year.

‘The safety of Jews and homosexuals can only be guaranteed by ending mass migration.’

According to Slowik, the city was able to prevent 24 mass gatherings that were explicitly aimed at celebrating the murder of Israeli civilians.

Other rallies featuring anti-Semitic messaging and glorifying Islamic terrorism have apparently gone unchecked in part due to the fact that bans would not ultimately rid Berlin of the extremists responsible as well as a desire on the part of officials to selectively respect residents’ rights to expression and assembly.

Although keen not to encroach on the rights of foreign-born anti-Semites, German authorities have sought to ban, vilify, disarm, de-bank, and criminalize the popular Alternative for Germany party and its members, largely over their criticism of mass immigration, open borders, and Islamization.

Marie-Thérèse Kaiser, a member of the AFD, was convicted of a “hate crime” in May for sharing statistics about the disproportionate number of gang rapes committed by immigrants, specifically Afghan nationals, and for asking whether multiculturalism means accommodating rape culture.

Just last week, 113 German lawmakers from various leftist and establishment factions reportedly signed an application to begin proceedings to ban the AFD. They appear especially concerned by recent polls showing that the AFD ranks second going into the 2025 federal election.

While kneecapping the AFD is a key priority for the German political establishment, the AFD alternatively appears keen on tackling the fallout of Germany’s failed multicultural project — having learned independently what former British Home Secretary Suella Braverman concluded in 2023: that “uncontrolled immigration, inadequate integration, and a misguided dogma of multiculturalism have proven a toxic combination” for the West.

The AFD said in a statement Tuesday that Slowik’s admission about no-go zones was “an absolute declaration of bankruptcy for [Christian Democratic Union]-governed Berlin,” adding that this “is what ‘cosmopolitan’ Berlin looks like under a CDU mayor.”

“The police chief is turning the responsibilities on their head. It is not the job of Jews and homosexuals to be ‘more attentive’ in certain areas of Berlin, but rather it is the job of the CDU-led Senate to be ‘more attentive’ to consistent deportations, protected borders and an assertive constitutional state,” said the AFD.

“The safety of Jews and homosexuals can only be guaranteed by ending mass migration,” added the AFD statement.

Berlin is far from the only Western city where Jewish citizens have been told to keep their heads down to avoid the fallout of liberal elites’ promised cultural enrichment.

Blaze News reported earlier this year that London’s Metropolitan Police threatened to arrest Gideon Falter, the head of the Campaign Against Antisemitism, in April for daring to be “quite openly Jewish” in the English capital’s Aldwych area while pro-Hamas protesters were demonstrating nearby.

A police sergeant took notice of Falter and his kippah cap and confronted him, saying, “I’m sure there are an awful lot of people of all sorts of faiths and creeds who want to go where they want. But unfortunately, today is different.”

“So basically, because I’m Jewish, I can’t cross the road today?” asked Falter.

“Because of the march,” said the sergeant.

Falter pressed the issue, saying, “Yes, because I am Jewish?”

“That is part of — unfortunately part of the fact,” said the sergeant.

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On Wednesday, the Bucks County commissioners’ meeting was packed with citizens who were fed up with Democratic officials’ alleged attempts to count illegal ballots in the recount of the Senate race between incumbent Bob Casey (D) and Dave McCormick (R).

Residents showed up en masse to torch Diane Ellis-Marseglia (D), commissioners chair, after she made comments last week essentially admitting that she planned to count undated and misdated mail ballots in direct defiance of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order.

‘I have decided to file a criminal complaint against both of you.’

“People violate laws any time they want,” Ellis-Marseglia stated. “So for me, if I violate this law it’s because I want a court to pay attention. There’s nothing more important than counting votes.”

After the state’s supreme court again ruled on Monday that such ballots cannot be counted, Ellis-Marseglia backtracked on her previous statement, claiming it was taken out of context.

She blamed a “misinterpretation of [an] inartfully worded statement on my part” and apologized to constituents for causing any “upset and confusion.”

However, Ellis-Marseglia’s brief apology was not enough for Bucks County residents, who showed up in droves on Wednesday to call her out for allegedly trying to break the law.

Before the public comment section began, Ellis-Marseglia offered another apology, at points seeming — or perhaps trying to seem — as though she was overcome with emotion and regret. Residents interrupted her with boos and jeers. At times, Ellis-Marseglia’s attempt at a sincere tone appeared to briefly shift to frustration toward those in the crowd.

“Last Thursday, when I spoke at the meeting that you’re all here about, the passion in my heart got the best of me, and I apologize again for that,” she told residents.

Ellis-Marseglia claimed that many were unaware that she was referring to provisional ballots, not mail-in ballots.

“Even as I say this, I know it’s confusing, and it’s no surprise to me that these issues have gotten conflated,” Ellis-Marseglia said.

“It was my poor choice of words,” she admitted before immediately turning around and saying that her statement was “clipped.”

“They were out of context,” Ellis-Marseglia declared before shushing the crowd, who responded to her statement with sneers.

“I have literally been contacted by hundreds of people. And, I’m being honest with you, all of them involved horrible, horrible expletives,” she claimed. “Many involved threats, not just on my life, but on the people who work in this county.”

Ellis-Marseglia told residents that everybody says things “out of turn” and griped that she, as an elected official, is held to a “far higher standard than everybody else.”

Someone in the crowd responded by calling on her to resign.

“When I inartfully spoke and used the word ‘precedent’ when I was talking about provisional ballots, I was referring to the United States Supreme Court and the precedent that has been lost on many issues, including Roe versus Wade,” Ellis-Marseglia stated.

Many in the crowd scoffed. Ellis-Marseglia chuckled and smiled before pounding on her gavel to quiet the room.

She concluded her speech by stating she did not believe she could apologize anymore, adding that the meeting was her only opportunity to set the record straight.

The meeting then proceeded into public comments.

The first speaker revealed a bombshell announcement, stating that she planned to file a criminal complaint against Ellis-Marseglia and Vice Chair Robert Harvie Jr.

“Diane’s actually right, though: The law doesn’t matter anymore in this country because people like you violate it all the time, and all we the people do is sit here and complain,” the resident said.

“I’m not going to take it anymore,” she declared. “I have decided to file a criminal complaint against both of you for breaking the following laws: Title 25, Section 3050; Title 25, Section 3501; Title 25, Section 3510; Title 25, Section 3527, 52 U.S.C. 103.08.”

Several residents who approached the mic on Wednesday accused Ellis-Marseglia of rolling her eyes during the public’s comments.

One citizen stepped up to the lectern and told Ellis-Marseglia that she found it difficult to believe her apology based on her previous comments and actions.

“You called all of us here ‘extremists,’ ‘MAGA extremists,’ ‘white Christian nationalists,’ all kinds of horrible names. The rolling of the eye — that is the real you,” she said.

Conservative activist Scott Presler also spoke at the meeting.

“I have a message: Peacefully, peacefully, we are coming for your seat in 2027 if you don’t resign today,” Presler said.

Ellis-Marseglia, who repeatedly stated throughout the meeting that she would not respond during the public comment section, replied to Presler, saying, “Have at it.”

“I want you to know that I am going to spend all of my time in Bucks County for the next three years making sure we take back this county,” Presler added.

Numerous attendees demanded the resignation of the commissioners, and several advocated for their criminal prosecution.

Ellis-Marseglia, Harvie, and Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn did not respond to a request for comment from Blaze News.

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Republican Rep. Andy Biggs of Arizona and Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah reintroduced the Knife Owners Protection Act, which protects knife owners traveling from one state to another against vague and restrictive state and local laws.

The legislation details that so long as possession of the knife is legal in the states an individual travels to and from, and so long as the knife is secured based on the KOPA requirements, a knife owner can’t be arrested for simply traveling across state lines.

“The government must not discourage interstate travel and commerce by subjecting law-abiding knife owners to the fear of prosecution under the myriad patchwork of state and local knife laws,” Biggs said in a statement obtained exclusively by Blaze News.

‘Enforcement is not uniform even with jurisdictions and is too often subject to the vagaries of political expediency.’

“Americans are guaranteed the right to protect themselves, their families, and their businesses by the Second Amendment, and we must ensure that those rights are protected,” Biggs continued. “I’m thankful for Senator Lee’s leadership on the issue in the Senate and for the support of my colleagues as we work to move this bill through Congress.”

The bill was originally drafted in 2010 by an organization known as Knife Rights and was officially introduced in 2013, making KOPA the first proactive federal legislation protecting knife owners in our nation’s history.

Congress enacted a similar law in 1986 known as the Firearm Owner Protection Act, which protected law-abiding gun owners from the patchwork of local and state laws. Although FOPA was already passed, knife owners have not yet experienced the same protections.

“Those who travel across the country with knives for work, recreation and self-defense are presently subject to arrest and prosecution under a confusing patchwork of inconsistent state and local laws,” Doug Ritter, chairman of Knife Rights, said in the statement.

“What is perfectly legal in one place may be a serious crime in another, resulting in forfeiture of the knife and carrying significant penalties including jail time,” Ritter continued. “Enforcement is not uniform even with jurisdictions and is too often subject to the vagaries of political expediency.”

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Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana announced a ban on biological males in congressional bathrooms for women after a heated debate over a transgender congressperson’s demands.

The controversy erupted after Democratic Rep. Sarah McBride from Delaware was elected to the House as the first openly transgender member. Republicans authored a bill to restrict biological males from using bathrooms designated for women.

‘I’m not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story.’

“All single-sex facilities in the Capitol and House Office Buildings – such as restrooms, changing rooms, and locker rooms – are reserved for individuals of that biological sex,” read a statement from Johnson Wednesday.

“It is important to note that each Member office has its own private restroom, and unisex restrooms are available throughout the Capitol,” Johnson continued. “Women deserve women’s only spaces.”

McBride had accused Republicans of “manufacturing culture wars” with the bathroom legislation.

“Every day Americans go to work with people who have life journeys different than their own and engage with them respectfully, I hope members of Congress can muster that same kindness,” the transgender member said on social media.

Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina proposed the legislation and has been vocal about her opposition to allowing biological males into women’s bathrooms.

“I’m not going to allow biological men into women’s private spaces. I will stand in the brink and in the way of anyone on the radical left who thinks it’s OK for a penis to be in a woman’s locker room or a bathroom or a changing room,” said Mace to a reporter.

“Hell no! I’m not gonna stand for it,” she continued. “This is not OK. I’m a survivor of rape, I’m a survivor of sexual abuse, and I’m not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story.”

The controversy also led to an apparent death threat against Mace on social media by a person identifying as a transgender person.

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The latest teacher sex scandal involves a newly hired substitute teacher from New Mexico who has since been fired. The 30-year-old married woman was charged with criminal sexual penetration and sexual contact with a minor, according to authorities.

Michaela Ford of Estancia was arrested Friday and hit with seven charges, including criminal sexual penetration and sexual contact with a minor. Ford is being held at the Torrance County Detention Facility.

Surveillance video showed the encounter between Ford and the child, according to court documents.

Ford had been working at Estancia High School. Citing court records, KOAT-TV reported that a witness came forward after allegedly seeing Ford kissing an underage student near the middle and high schools on Nov. 6. The station reported that Ford asked the principal not to tell her husband about the alleged interaction.

The school launched an investigation into the allegations. Surveillance video showed the encounter between Ford and the child, according to court documents.

The Estancia Municipal School District issued a statement Monday saying it’s “disturbed to learn of the allegations made against a former substitute teacher in the district, who was arrested.”

“The district is working closely in cooperation with law enforcement to ensure that a full investigation is conducted,” the district stated. “The safety of our students is our highest priority. The district follows all laws and policies with regards to the hiring of employees, including a comprehensive background check.”

The district said Ford had been employed at the high school for less than a month. Ford was “separated from students immediately” after the accusations of sexual misconduct surfaced.

“The district is now concentrating our efforts and resources to assist students requiring support and guidance,” the school district said.

“As this matter has just come to light, full details are not known,” the district added. “All information related to this matter will remain confidential in order to protect our students. This district takes pride in being a tight-knit and caring community of learners. We will continue to take all necessary steps to protect student safety.”

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Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) put on a master class Tuesday in handling the legacy media.

Mace ruffled woke feathers this week after she proposed a bill to mandate that House members, officers, and employees use restrooms, locker rooms, and changing rooms inside the Capitol and House office buildings that correspond with their biological sex.

‘I’m not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story.’

The bill became necessary, according to Mace, with the election of Sarah McBride (D-Del.) to Congress. McBride is a biological man who identifies as a woman.

On Tuesday, an ABC News reporter confronted Mace over her proposed legislation, using dishonest and combative framing.

First, the reporter asked Mace if legislation generally should be “targeted at one specific person,” and Mace quickly corrected the record.

“It doesn’t mention anyone in the legislation,” she fact-checked.

When the reporter doubled down, arguing that Mace is specifically targeting Rep.-elect McBride, Mace explained why she refuses to bend the knee to woke outrage.

“I have said it’s a result of this. I’m not going to allow biological men into women’s private spaces. I will stand in the brink and in the way of anyone on the radical left who thinks it’s OK for a penis to be in a woman’s locker room or a bathroom or a changing room,” she said.

“Hell no! I’m not gonna stand for it,” she added. “This is not OK. I’m a survivor of rape, I’m a survivor of sexual abuse, and I’m not gonna allow a man in any female private spaces. Period. End of story.”

Unfortunately, the reporter did not back down, following up with a question that suggested Mace is not treating McBride with respect.

“Speaker Johnson has said he wants to treat every new member with the words ‘dignity and respect.’ Forcing this congressperson to go into a male restroom, is that dignity and respect?” the reporter asked.

“Forcing women to share private spaces with men is not dignity and not respect,” Mace fired back.

“I’m absolutely gonna stand in the way of anyone who thinks it’s OK for a man to be in our locker room, and our changing rooms, our dressing rooms, and women’s bathrooms,” she continued. “And, in fact, if you agree with that, you’re crazy.”

On Wednesday, Mace proposed a new bill that would protect women on all federal property. The bill is called the Protecting Women’s Private Spaces Act.

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“The radical left would rather call me an extremist than admit they are wrong. The radical left says I’m a ‘threat.’ You better believe it. And I will shamelessly call you out for putting women and girls in harm’s way. Women fought for these spaces, and I will not let them be erased to score political points with a small but loud activist class,” Mace said in a statement.

“Women and girls shouldn’t have to give up their safety or privacy just because the left wants to win points with their activist base,” she continued. “This isn’t controversial — it’s common sense. I’m going to continue defending women and girls from these harmful, out-of-touch, and straight-up weird policies.”

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