John Kent Tarwater was indicted on two counts of rape, three counts of sexual battery, and three counts of gross sexual imposition, with allegations dating from August 2019 to July 2020.
Lemon live-streamed a report where protesters interrupted a Sunday service over the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents in the state. Reportedly, the church pastor has ties to ICE, as the Independent cited. Tensions have been high in Minnesota following the murder of Renee Good, who was shot by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
Republican U.S. Rep. Clay Higgins of Louisiana, the lone member of Congress to vote against release of the files on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has a long record of anti-LGBTQ+, anti-immigrant, and racist stances. Higgins said he voted against the bill ordering release because innocent people would be injured by revelation of their names and personal information. However, "survivors' personal information and other sensitive material can be withheld or redacted with explanations to Congress," CBS News notes.
James Dobson, the infamous anti-LGBTQ+ leader of Focus on the Family who pushed the Republican Party further to the right, died Wednesday. He was 89. The Dr. James Dobson Family Institute announced Dobson's death on its website. The group did not say how he died.
"I will hold the line," Mace said repeatedly, casting herself as a warrior against what she called "the gender cult," undocumented immigrants, and public colleges that acknowledge the existence of more than two genders.
In 2025, while 120 anti-trans bills have passed concerning gender-affirming care, education, legal recognition, and public existence, 647 bills targeting the trans community have failed.
