Iowa Republicans have advanced a bill that would make bringing children to drag shows a felony punishable by up to five years in prison and a fine between $1,025 and $10,245.

House Study Bill 158 also states that businesses could be fined $10,000 for allowing minors to attend drag performances, including “story hours.”

Anyone over 18 who brings a minor to a drag show would be guilty of a class “D” felony. A parent or legal guardian bringing a child to a drag show may face civil action of $10,000 to $50,000 for each violation of the law.

Opponents of the bill argued that the language is too vague and could make it a crime for someone who identifies as “transgender” to speak in front of anyone under 18.

The bill defines a “drag show” as any performance where the performer “exhibits a gender identity that is different than the performer’s gender assigned at birth.” This will include clothing, makeup, or any “other gender signifiers.”

The law will apply to any performance where “The performer sings, lip-syncs, dances, reads, or otherwise performs before an audience for entertainment, whether or not performed for payment.”

Dozens of protesters gathered outside during the vote on Tuesday, with many chanting “trans rights” and “drag is not a crime.”

Republican Rep. Helena Hayes said the bill will be tweaked so children are not banned from genuine art performances.

“You cannot say that if we want to address the content of drag performances, that automatically makes us anti-trans,” Hayes said, according to a report from the Des Moines Register.

“This is not about banning drag shows for adults,” Oliver Bardwell, with Iowans For Freedom, said. “It’s not about stifling freedom of expression. It’s about keeping adult content where it belongs: With adults.”

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The New Yorker’s Susan Glasser tried to play the race card over President Donald Trump’s firing of Air Force General CQ Brown Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Gateway Pundit reported on Brown’s ouster on Friday.

In a post on X, Glasser floated the idea, via a quote without attribution, that claimed Brown was fired because he is Black.

Response to the firing from a former senior defense official: the chairman of the Joint Chiefs was fired ‘just because he was Black.’

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) February 22, 2025

Glasser conveniently failed to acknowledge that Brown was nominated by him for Chief of Staff of the Air Force during his first term.

Users on X were quick to point out Glasser’s embarrassing omission.

Nominated be the first black chief of the Air Force by Donald Trump, but also fired by Donald Trump because he was black.

Do you idiots even listen to yourself?

— 5% NaCl (Salty) (@TwoRulesOfWar) February 22, 2025

Was the “former senior defense official” Black?
Let me know when Trump fires @FBIDirectorKash LOL
You people are clowns. Trump is the guy who put him in charge of the Air Force!!!! …, then subsequently realized he was INCOMPETENT and sucked at the job.

— The universe is righting itself (@KnowTheShot) February 22, 2025

Are you just making this up? Otherwise put a name on this cowardly chicken-(manure) race-baiter.

— Kristinn Taylor (@KristinnFR) February 22, 2025

Nope. You don’t get to do this. He was hired because he was highly qualified. From what I understand, his job under Biden focused on DEI policies. These policies don’t benefit black people or the military. He’s being fired for the same reason everyone else who has a focus on DEI…

— Nikki M. Johnson, MD, DNBPAS (@notaproviderMD) February 22, 2025

One user shared a proposed Community Note for Glasser’s post.

Hall of fame community note: pic.twitter.com/lv6j61qybT

— John Hasson (@SonofHas) February 22, 2025

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As the Labour leftist Government of Keir Starmer continues to establish a dystopia in the United Kingdom, it now arises that Apple is removing the most advanced encrypted security feature for cloud data in the UK.

This is a shocking turn of events and also a public rebuke of Starmer’s regime’s demands, after it ordered the company to build a ‘backdoor’ for accessing user data.

Bloomberg reported:

“The company said Friday that Advanced Data Protection, an optional feature that adds end-to-end encryption to a wide assortment of user data, is no longer available in the UK for new users. The technology had provided an extra layer of security to iCloud data storage, device backups, web bookmarks, voice memos, notes, photos, reminders and text message backups.

‘We are gravely disappointed that the protections provided by ADP will not be available to our customers in the UK given the continuing rise of data breaches and other threats to customer privacy’, the company said in a statement. “ADP protects iCloud data with end-to-end encryption, which means the data can only be decrypted by the user who owns it, and only on their trusted devices.”

The media has reported that the UK government ordered Apple to build a backdoor into Global customer data.

“Without ADP, the UK government is poised to have an easier time requesting user data — a potentially alarming scenario for customers in the country. The move also threatens to set a precedent that encourages other nations to push Apple to reduce security.”

Apple has called a UK parliament bill seeking access to user data an ‘unprecedented overreach by the government.’

“The move to pull its encryption feature — rather than complying and building a backdoor — is a clear rebuke of the government’s order. ‘As we have said many times before, we have never built a backdoor or master key to any of our products or services and we never will’, Apple said Friday.

‘Enhancing the security of cloud storage with end-to-end encryption is more urgent than ever before’ the company said, adding that it ‘remains committed to offering our users the highest level of security for their personal data and are hopeful that we will be able to do so in the future in the United Kingdom’.”

Speculation is that Apple could pull its services from the UK altogether in light of the order.

Meanwhile, US House members Ron Wyden and Andy Biggs strongly condemned what they call the UK’s ‘dangerous’ and “shortsighted” request for access to encrypted data stored by Apple users worldwide in its cloud service.

BBC reported:

“Senator Ron Wyden and Congressman Andy Biggs have written to national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard saying the demand threatens the privacy and security of the US.

They urge her to give the UK an ultimatum: ‘Back down from this dangerous attack on US cybersecurity, or face serious consequences’.

‘While the UK has been a trusted ally, the US government must not permit what is effectively a foreign cyberattack waged through political means’, the US politicians wrote.

If the UK does not back down Ms Gabbard should ‘reevaluate US-UK cybersecurity arrangements and programs as well as US intelligence sharing’, they suggest.”

Read more:

LABOUR MADNESS: Keir Starmer’s Upcoming ‘Tax Raid’ and Leftist Policies Are Driving Wealthy Individuals and Entrepreneurs To Leave the UK in Droves

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The Laken Riley Act has been used to deport an illegal alien from Guatemala who caused a deadly crash in Indiana last year.

The alien, Domingo Juan Juan, was not charged with homicide or murder for the killing because he was sober and was not speeding.

On March 26, 2024, Juan Juan lost control of his vehicle, which he was driving without a license. He crossed the center line and got into a head-on collision, killing 27-year-old Brad Castner.

Juan Juan had two previous misdemeanor charges of driving without a license and has previously been deported.

Fox 59 reports:

The only recourse for prosecutors was to charge him with another Class C misdemeanor for driving without ever receiving a license, a charge carrying a maximum sentence of 60 days. There is no sentence enhancement for an unlicensed driver who causes a fatal crash, Chalfant said.

But the Laken Riley Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump on Jan. 29, provided a way for local officials to have Juan Juan deported.

The law allows for the deportation of “illegal immigrants who are accused of theft, burglary, assaulting a law enforcement officer, and any crime that causes death or serious bodily injury.”

Juan Juan was picked up by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on February 12.

The Laken Riley Act was named for a Georgia woman who was murdered by an illegal alien from Venezuela in 2024.

Jackson County Prosecutor Jeff Chalfant said that illegal aliens are becoming a serious problem in Indiana.

“Thankfully, we have a new president and federal partners who are working to address these issues,” Chalfant told Fox 59.

Rep. Erin Houchin said the new law is helping to deport thousands of illegal aliens.

“The wide-open border led to tragedies like the one we saw here and many others across the nation,” Houchin said. “Brad Castner should still be alive today. The illegal alien who took his life should’ve never been in our country.”

Fox 59 reports Rep. Houchin believes the law is “already making an impact.”

“Criminal illegal aliens are being detained and deported before they can commit more crimes and destroy more families,” she said.

“I truly believe we will not see him back in the United States,” Houchin said. “He’s a problem for Guatemala now.”

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