For the crowd that doesn’t seem to be able to define what a woman is, Democrat Reps. Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Adelita Grijalva (D-AZ), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) recently went full ‘girl power’ during a press conference.

The trio complained that employers who won’t pay female workers to stay home during menstruation are committing ‘economic violence’ against women.

Reps. Yassamin Ansari said, “Today we are here to talk about women’s pain and how long it’s been overlooked. In the summer of 2015, while starting my career in New York City, I woke up on the floor of my local bodega, drenched in sweat, being dragged into an ambulance. Two male paramedics hovered over me and continued to ask me if I was pregnant. I had passed out from period pain.”

“Even now, every month, I have days where it feels like barbed wire is tightening inside me. I’ve taken 2,000 milligrams ibuprofen in 24 hours and still been in tears from the pain. Often end up on the bathroom floor in the fetal position crying, moaning, or vomiting. Still, I’ve put on a blazer and gone to work.”

“I’ve sat in committee hearings nauseous from the pain, quietly breathing to make my way through it. I’ve given speeches at rallies and run town halls while my body was in full revolt. I smiled for photos while silently wondering if I might faint right then and there. In fact, about 15% of women have period pain so debilitating that it disrupts work or school. That is no small number, and yet we are told to’ suck it up.’”

“It’s why during Women’s History Month, I’ve introduced legislation to give workers up to 12 days of paid leave a year for reproductive health. This would cover period pain, yes, but also menopause symptoms, IVF miscarriages, endometriosis flare-ups, and more.”

Rep. Adelita Grijalva added, “I’m here to speak to the, to the thousands of women in Southern Arizona who are tired of being ignored. They are tired of having their pain minimized. They are tired of a healthcare system that treats women’s bodies like an afterthought.”

“Forcing a worker to choose between paying her rent or losing a day pay to recover from a grueling gynecological procedure is not a choice. It’s an economic violence.”

“We are done being gaslit in the exam room. Health is not a luxury and our pain is not an inconvenience. It is time to pass healthcare agenda that truly sees us, respects us, and protects us. It’s time to acknowledge our country’s history history of systemic injustice in women’s healthcare and needs to end.”

Rashida Tlaib closed out the remarks saying, “We’re sick and tired of women having to be expected to say suck it up or still perform at the highest level. They are expected to show up to work despite incredibly painful periods and sit through meetings after being denied competent healthcare. And for far too long, women’s pain has been minimized, ignored, dismissed, and even politicized.”

“We have to guarantee paid leave for reproductive health. That is the minimum.”

“No one should have to choose between their paycheck and their health to be able to manage that kind of incredible pain. This is about listening to us, listening to women when they say they are hurting and that they’re in so much pain, and rejecting the dangerous idea that suffering is simply the price of being a woman.”

“Women’s pain is so often dismissed, minimized, or treated as inconvenient instead of a medical priority. I know this personally. For years, I lost 1 or 2 days of work every month to hormonal migraines, nausea, and severe period pain. And when I did stay at work, I wore sunglasses to block the fluorescent office lights. Our pain is real, and it can no longer be ignored.”

“I’ve seen what happens when women, especially Black women, don’t have access to the care that takes their body seriously. We have been penalized economically for our biology that has been ignored clinically.”

“Only now in 2026 is science finally catching up to women’s pain. And that’s because women like the one standing here with me have refused to be silenced as friends, partners, and even our own doctors have told us when we are being overly dramatic.”
Watch:

WOKE OVERLOAD: Democrat lawmakers Yassamin Ansari, Adelita Grijalva, and Rashida Tlaib recently held a press conference on how much their periods hurt — and how it is “economic violence” when employers don’t pay women to stay home from work when they are menstruating. pic.twitter.com/7vQgk2iH2p

— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) May 30, 2026

Rep. Marie A. Hopkins, a Republican state legislator serving in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, reminded the gals of the obvious, “Ladies, you can’t keep saying men can be women, but then also say that women are a special category. You’ve got to pick a lane. You’re very confusing to the rest of us.”

Ladies, you can’t keep saying men can be women, but then also say that women are a special category. You’ve got to pick a lane. You’re very confusing to the rest of us.

— Representative Marie Hopkins (@MarieForRI) May 31, 2026

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RINO turncoat Mike Pence is back in the news, condemning Trump over the $1.776 billion weaponization fund to compensate victims of Biden-era lawfare. 

The fund was created in exchange for Trump dropping more than $10 billion in legal action against the federal government for leaking his tax returns and weaponizing the Justice Department against him. Trump recently told reporters that he wants to reimburse “people that were horribly treated,” including January 6 patriots, pro-lifers, and others who were targeted for their political views under Biden.

“They’ve been weaponized, they’ve been, in some cases, imprisoned wrongly. They paid legal fees that they didn’t have. They’ve gone bankrupt, their lives have been destroyed, and they turn out to be right,” the President said.

During an interview on NBC’s Meet the Press with host Kristen Welker, Pence decried the notion, calling on the Trump Administration to “get rid of this fund.”

Welker framed the question with the typical Democratic talking point as if the fund is only meant to compensate “people who attacked law enforcement officers,” while ignoring the peaceful victims of brutality from the Capitol Police and individuals who were slapped with absurd charges while standing no chance in the DC show trials.

Pence played right into it, describing the fund as “deeply offensive.”

“It’s a bad idea from the start, and I would encourage the administration just to drop it,” he said.

WATCH:

Welker: You’ve heard about the President’s $1.8 billion fund, the so-called anti-weaponization fund, to pay people who say they were unfairly investigated or prosecuted by the government. It’s tied up in the courts right now, but Mr. Vice President, should the government in any instance compensate people who attacked law enforcement officers on January 6?

Pence: Well, look, I think that the weaponization fund is a, it’s a bad idea from the start, and I would encourage the administration just to drop it. The Justice Department has the ability to settle cases like they did with that pro-life family who was put upon during the Biden administration, got us a well-deserved seven figure settlement this week, but let’s get rid of this fund.

I mean, it is deeply offensive to me that you could have a fund that could even possibly compensate people who assaulted police officers or vandalized the Capitol on january 6, and I think that is broadly held by most Republicans and most Americans.

As Senate Republicans revolt against Trump on a number of issues, in part, due to the weaponization fund, Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) and Tom Suozzi (D-NY) are leading a House effort to draft legislation to block it.

Senate Republicans broke for a ten-day recess last week, delaying the reconciliation vote to fund ICE, Border Patrol, and Secret Service to buck Trump over the weaponization fund, his White House Ball Room renovation, and his endorsement of Ken Paxton to replace RINO John Cornyn.

RINO Thom Tillis, who has described the fund as “tyranny” and a “payout pot for punks,” has vowed to work with other RINO Senators like Bill Cassidy (R-LA), John Cornyn (R-TX), and Mitch McConnell (R-KY) to buck Trump until they’re out of office because of issues like the weaponization fund.

Senate GOP Breaks for Vacation, Delays Reconciliation Vote to Fund ICE – Thune Admits It’s Political Hit Against President Trump

Meanwhile, as The Gateway Pundit reported, U.S. District Court Judge Leonie Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, a Clinton appointee, has temporarily blocked the fund.

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Independent investigator Muckraker has blown the lid off a sophisticated, long-running Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) and charity fraud operation in Lawrence, Massachusetts.

Dominican immigrants have been openly buying groceries with food stamps (EBT/SNAP cards) or taking free food from charities and food banks, loading it into shipping barrels, and sending it straight to the Dominican Republic — where it gets resold for profit in local bodegas. The pipeline runs from Massachusetts corner stores, through shipping hubs in New York, all the way to Santo Domingo.

According to the Muckraker Foundation:

Lawrence, Massachusetts

Lawrence is a small city about 30 miles north of Boston. It has the highest concentration of Dominican immigrants of any city in Massachusetts, and the highest rate of SNAP enrollment in the state.

John has been delivering goods in Lawrence for over 11 years, six days a week, 35 stops a day. He knows the community intimately.

“I’ve been witnessing the Dominican residents going to food bank lines and collecting non-perishable goods,” he told us, “and then packing it in barrels and in boxes, and then they ship it back to the Dominican Republic.”

We asked him how he knew the food was being purchased with food stamps.

“Some of them have openly told me and my wife that that’s what they’re doing,” he said. “And then the other way is the math.”

The math is straightforward. A 50-pound bag of rice costs $30 in Lawrence. That same bag costs $35 in the Dominican Republic. Add shipping, and the economics make no sense unless the food was free or paid for with government benefits.

John drove us through the streets of Lawrence and showed us the evidence hiding in plain sight: blue shipping barrels, stacked outside corner stores, for sale. Not one store. Not two. Store after store after store.

“These barrels aren’t trash cans,” John said. “They’re being used to ship the product.”

Every one of those stores also advertised, prominently, that they accept EBT.

Abigail has worked in Lawrence since 2011. She asked us not to disclose her profession, but her job takes her inside people’s homes on a daily basis.

“Many of them will have large boxes, large bins in their apartments full of the food that they give out at the pantries here,” she told us. “And when I ask them what it’s for, they say they mail it back so it can either be given to their families there or be sold in the bodegas there.”

We asked if these patients knew they were doing something wrong.

“No,” she said, and laughed quietly. “They feel entitled. They feel like that’s what we come here for.”

We asked how widespread she believed the fraud to be among the patients she visits.

“About half,” she said. “Half the people I see.”

New York

Massachusetts has some of the strictest wiretapping laws in the country, which limited what we could capture on camera. So we moved the investigation to New York.

In the Bronx, we located a storage facility being used by numerous Dominican shipping companies as a distribution hub. We sent in an associate with a hidden camera. A worker confirmed explicitly, on camera, that people are using EBT to purchase the food being shipped in those boxes.

From there, the food moves to Port Newark, one of the largest container terminals on the East Coast. It is from Port Newark that tens of thousands of pounds of food, likely amounting to millions of dollars, is loaded onto ships bound for the Dominican Republic.

Santo Domingo

Inside a small bodega in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, a shop owner told us on camera that the inventory is purchased with EBT cards in New York. The prices on the shelves told the same story. The food was selling for roughly the same price as it does in the United States. After shipping costs, that price only makes sense if the food was obtained for free.

At a second shop in Santo Domingo, the owner told us she gets her inventory from churches in New York City, and that when she goes to collect the food, she uses her Dominican ID and her mother’s American address.

In boxes behind her: Ronzoni pasta, Campbell’s chicken noodle soup, Goya beans, Quaker oats, and more. Food donated by Americans, intended for Americans, now sitting in a bodega in Santo Domingo.

WATCH:

MASSIVE EBT & CHARITY FRAUD EXPOSED: Immigrants Are Openly Buying Food with Food Stamps and Collecting It from Charities, Then Shipping It Overseas to Sell for Profit

In Lawrence, Massachusetts, a whistleblower revealed a welfare scam that the Dominican community has been… pic.twitter.com/Zm6sP6tcky

— Muckraker (@realmuckraker) May 27, 2026

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In one of the deadliest industrial accidents in Washington state history, a massive chemical tank containing hundreds of thousands of gallons of highly corrosive “white liquor” ruptured and imploded at the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company paper mill early Tuesday morning, killing 11 workers and injuring eight others.

The incident took place at approximately 7:15 a.m. local time during a shift change at the facility in Longview, Washington.

The tank, which held up to 900,000 gallons of white liquor, a caustic mixture of sodium hydroxide and sodium sulfide used in the pulping process to break down wood chips into paper pulp, was roughly 60-90% full at the time of failure.

The rupture released a flood of hazardous chemicals across the plant grounds, overturning vehicles, damaging structures, and contaminating nearby ditches and the Columbia River.

Emergency responders from the Longview Fire Department, Cowlitz 2 Fire & Rescue, Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office, and other agencies arrived quickly.

Initial reports indicated at least one dead and multiple injured, with nine workers unaccounted for. Two workers were transported to area hospitals, where one later died.

The remaining nine were presumed dead due to the catastrophic nature of the incident.

WATCH:

Firefighters battle an industrial fire on the Nippon Dynawave Packaging Company property in Longview, Washington this afternoon.

: Jon Hutton pic.twitter.com/ag2fXtwJSA

— Jeremy Scott (@jeremyscottpdx) August 26, 2025

Recovery operations were made more difficult by the unstable tank structure and hazardous chemicals.

Crews worked over several days, prioritizing responder safety and the dignified recovery of remains.

By Saturday, Longview Fire Chief Brad Hannig announced that all nine missing workers’ bodies had been recovered and decontaminated.

The final death toll stands at 11.

• Gilbert (Gilberto) Bernal, 52, Kelso – A grandfather and electrician described as a “Godly man” and beloved family provider nearing his 32nd wedding anniversary.
• Tyler Covington, 29, Castle Rock
• Brad Covington, 27, Castle Rock – Brothers who worked side-by-side at the mill. Tyler leaves behind a wife and three children.
• Robert Wilson, 48, Clatskanie, Oregon
• Dale Miller, 54, Portland
• Jared Ammons, 35, Longview – A devoted husband and father of two (with a third child on the way).
• Braydon Finkas, 38, Cathlamet – An electrician known for hosting exchange students and helping those in need.
• Clinton “CJ” Doran (or Duran), 26, Kelso – Described by family as the “spiritual leader” and “joy of their home.”
• John Forsberg, 51, Longview – A witty, trivia-night regular and father of two young children.
• Norman Barlow, 58, Vancouver
• Dillon Miller – A father of three girls who was planning a September wedding.

Speaking at a press conference on Saturday, Chief Hannig stated, “I hope today will give the families so affected by this incident the closure needed to begin the long process of healing.”

Hannig emphasized that the site remains an active hazardous environment and that response efforts could continue for weeks or months.

Officials stated there is no threat to community drinking water supplies or airborne contamination.

The mill has suspended most operations, with only critical infrastructure running on minimum staffing.

State records show the facility has a documented history of safety and environmental violations.

According to a report from local station KING5, the Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) cited Nippon Dynawave four times between 2019 and 2025 for issues including fall-protection failures, respiratory-protection violations, face-covering requirements during the pandemic, and interference with an injury investigation.

Two additional L&I investigations were open at the time of the incident.

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The Caitlin Clark Reality TV Show Continues

This is the story of a young girl from Iowa who grows up to become the greatest female athlete of her generation and the greatest women’s basketball player ever.  She sets every possible scoring record and most assist records in NCAA history and takes her Iowa team singlehandedly to greatness.

Her fan base grew to unheard of heights.  According to Nielsen ratings and Grok, the most-watched women’s game ever was the 2024 National Championship – South Carolina def. Iowa (18.9 million viewers on ABC/ESPN). This remains the record and was the most-watched basketball game (men’s or women’s, college or pro) since 2019. It peaked at ~24 million.

This is what Clark brought with her to the failing WNBA, a women’s basketball league subsidized by the NBA.  How has the league welcomed her?

The worst league in sports history proved why no one watched their games before Caitlin Clark arrived and why they will never make a profit (they are funded by the NBA).

They had their golden goose, and they cooked it.  To date, rather than provide officiating that was fair and protected Clark, the league allowed women in the league to pull, push, hit, poke, hammer, and totally abuse Clark.  The beatings and abuse took their toll.  No one could have put up with what Clark endured.

Watching Clark’s games in the WNBA was not fun.  Fans found themselves yelling at the refs and the league throughout her games.  Clark was hammered and no foul.  Clark complained and she received a technical foul.  The WNBA is a bad joke.

Clark received the ESPY award for WNBA Player of the Year but it didn’t matter.

The ESPY’s @WNBA Player of the Year

congrats, Caitlin Clark pic.twitter.com/x1ch6l9c2y

— Indiana Fever (@IndianaFever) July 17, 2025

This award was way too late.

The WNBA went on to physically break Caitlin Clark.  

But no matter what they did, they couldn’t stop her.  Here is Clark scoring 9 points in less than a minute in a game last year.

Here is a cleaner video of Caitlin going bananas. Just insane. pic.twitter.com/TJom6tG5fa

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) June 14, 2025

Clark, the greatest scorer and point producer when adding in points off of assists, was the best women’s basketball player in NCAA history.  She crushed NCAA scoring records, and she brought a fan base bigger than any women’s basketball player in US history with her to the WNBA two years ago.  Clark went on to break the WNBA’s single-season assist record and was one shy of tying the season 3-point record.

The chart below shows how Clark was in a league of her own when adding points scored and points off assists together during her senior year at Iowa.

Unfortunately, the WNBA has been horrible to her since her arrival, constantly trying to downplay her greatness and compare girls without her talent or records to her.

In this series in a game last year, Clark was poked in the eye by the opposing player after grabbing and pulling Clark all game long.  Then the opposing player assaulted her and pushed her.  Clark tried to get away but another opponent punched Clark in the back and then another player crashed Clark to the floor.  None of Clark’s teammates stood up for her when this happened.

NEW: WNBA star Caitlin Clark gets blindsided to the ground after getting fouled.

Clark was apparently hit in the eye before getting knocked to the ground by Connecticut Sun player Marina Mabrey.

A lot of jealousy going on in the WNBA. pic.twitter.com/tUfyc9dXuA

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2025

The result of this exchange was a foul on the girl who slammed Clark on the floor, and a technical foul on Clark!

Here is evidence. Photos don’t lie. The finger pointing, the punch in the back and the push after she gets hit in the eye. And Caitlin Clark was given a technical on this non basketball play. https://t.co/f0vNJTMV1C pic.twitter.com/mtXNel01zz

— CCFC- (@sohali2012) June 22, 2025

The greatest shooter in the history of the game was pummeled by opposing players, game, after game, after game.

Caitlin Clark Takes a beating out on the floor, Do you think it’s because she is White or because she is better than they are? pic.twitter.com/6cJsRBQ1m6

— Johnny Midnight (@its_The_Dr) May 29, 2025

Clark was injured and missed the All-Star game.  Clark had never missed a game since high school until last year in the WNBA.  While Clark was out, the WNBA lost half its audience.

WNBA Panics as Attendance Collapses with Caitlin Clark Injury

Two years ago, the WNBA members on the Olympic Committee and the nasty coach of the WNBA’s Minnesota team (Cheryl Reeve), prevented Clark, the best player in the country, from being on the Olympic team.  It was the worst decision in Olympic history in decades.  Clark could have brought so many more viewers to the game.  But they kept her off the team.

This spring, Clark was named the MVP representing the US in a tourney in Puerto Rico.  ESPN responded this week by naming her the 10th-best player in the league.  You can’t make this up.

Caitlin Clark Wins MVP as the US Women’s Basketball Team Wins FIBA Event in Puerto Rico

Clark is a fighter.  She handles all the challenges with grace.  But her games to date became too difficult to watch because of the horrible players, refs, coaches, and league.

Players pummeled the WNBA’s golden goose, and they were rarely called for a foul.  Clark touches someone and immediately gets called for a foul.

Broadcast team breaks down every foul defenders are allowed to get away with on Caitlin Clark pic.twitter.com/985PVBvwH8

— Clark Report (@CClarkReport) July 13, 2025

This is all on the worst league in world history.  This happens all the time. It’s gotten to the point where basketball fans and Caitlin Clark fans have had enough. It became too much to watch. It was like watching a boxer get pummeled with one hand tied behind his back.

HOW IS CAITLIN CLARK GETTING GRABBED W NO FOUL??? pic.twitter.com/LkhobeEaVV

— LeLakers 2⃣3⃣ (@LeLaker) June 25, 2025

The abuse happened every game.

The worst refs in the worst league in sports watch Caitlin Clark get crushed and no foul WTH. ⁦@gatewaypundit⁩ pic.twitter.com/0QeUGtdtor

— Joe Hoft (@realJoeHoft) August 18, 2024

The league’s front office, the coaches, the refs, the other players, and her own teammates have been heartless, jealous, and abusive to Clark, who was the league’s savior.

Up till last night, Clark was in the top five in the league in scoring, assists, and 3’s.

Then last night in a game in Portland, Clark had 3 assists and one bucket early on, and her team was up 8 – 2.  Clark accounted for all of her team’s points.  So what did her coach do?  She benched Clark.

Is this clip real? pic.twitter.com/4Lbwo75rWm

— your final judge (@pierredisecto) May 31, 2026

Clark only played half the game after that.  The other team beat them by nearly 20 points!

Her coach next put in 21 different lineups and the team lost.

Indiana went thru 21 different line ups last night, and there are people that still defend Steph White pic.twitter.com/FnlHLFe0Xo

— Mily (@DayDreamThis) May 31, 2026

What a mess this reality TV program has become.

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