Sunday, February 01, 2026

Once Again We Are On The Chopping Block!

The right-wingers are at it again with their hate and lies. And they are winning! Trump has packed the court with judges who put the Bible before the Constitution!
San Jose State now has 10 days to agree to the administration's terms
Fox News
By Jackson Thompson
January 28, 2026


The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced Wednesday that it has determined San Jose State University violated Title IX due to its handling of a transgender former volleyball player. The university now has 10 days to comply with a series of agreements or risk "imminent enforcement action." 

The ED launched an investigation into the university last February after a highly publicized college volleyball season that saw seven teams forfeit games to SJSU amid the controversy. 

Former SJSU co-captain Brooke Slusser joined multiple lawsuits against the NCAA, the Mountain West Conference and representatives of the university after alleging she had been made to share changing spaces and bedrooms with trans teammate Blaire Fleming in 2023 without being told that Fleming is a biological male.
Of course Fox News is jumping up and down with glee!
"SJSU caused significant harm to female athletes by allowing a male to compete on the women’s volleyball team—creating unfairness in competition, compromising safety, and denying women equal opportunities in athletics, including scholarships and playing time," ED Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital.
You know here in Connecticut they made the same claim! The judge in the case asked, "What injury (Legal injury, like a loss of income.) did they sustain from playing against a trans athlete?" The complaints could name any, they got athletic scholarships in colleges of their choice.

And of course Fox has to double down!
The coach's attorney believes the ruling will aid in a lawsuit against the school
Jackson Thompson By Jackson Thompson Fox News
Published January 29, 2026


Nearly one year after Melissa Batie-Smoose slipped into unemployment after San Jose State University did not renew her contract as an assistant volleyball coach, she can watch the institution face consequences from the federal government. 

Batie-Smoose rose to fame in the "Save Women's Sports" movement when she filed a Title IX complaint against the university for its handling of transgender athlete Blaire Fleming, in the fall of 2024. Her complaint included the first public allegations that Fleming conspired with an opposing player to have SJSU volleyball co-captain Brooke Slusser spiked in the face during a match. 

She was suspended from the program, and later not brought back, and she hasn't been able to find work in her field since. 
Well yeah, she should have known that she became a hot potato. What did she expect?

I want to point out one thing, through out these Fox articles they say, "...school violated Title IX..." that is not true! It is a lie!

The Supreme Court has not ruled against us in any case! So once again the right-wing media, lies! We will not know until the court rules on this latest case. It can rule against us, for us, or send the case back to a lower court.
Voters prefer Democrats on affordability, Republicans on border security
By Victoria Balara
Fox News
January 29, 2026


As the midterm election year gets underway, voters are already drawing clear lines between the Democratic and Republican parties on the issues.

A new Fox News survey, released Thursday, finds the Republican Party is seen as better able to handle border security (by 15 points), national security (+12), and immigration (+5).

The Democratic Party is favored on transgender issues (by 22 points), healthcare (+21), vaccines (+16), helping the middle class (+14), and affordability (+14). 

And on three issues where Republicans have recently held the edge, now neither party has shown a clear preference: taxes (+1D), foreign policy (even), and the federal budget deficit (+2R).
The voters are starting to see through the Republicans lies!



And then over in Kansas the attacks continue on us...
Government entities — including schools — could be held liable for allowing transgender Kansans to use bathrooms based on their gender identity.
KCUR
By Zane Irwin
January 29, 2026


Transgender Kansans could soon face financial and criminal penalties for using bathrooms that match their gender identity.

After six hours of tense debate, overwhelming Republican majorities in the state Legislature voted on Wednesday to pass a bill that mandates restroom use in government buildings based on one’s sex assigned at birth.

The policy won support from more than two-thirds of the state House and Senate — enough to override a likely veto by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly and pass the bill into law.

The bill requires government entities, including public schools and universities, to segregate restrooms and locker rooms by sex. Individuals could be fined $1,000 and criminally charged for repeatedly using facilities that do not match the sex they were assigned at birth.

[...]

Democratic lawmakers rejected that argument.

“What this bill is about is about sending a very clear message to people who are transgender that you are not welcome and you are not safe here,” said Democratic Rep. Abi Boatman, a transgender woman who filled a vacancy in the House earlier this month.

“I have sat here for five and a half hours and listened to this entire room debate my humanity and my ability to participate in the most basic functions of society,” she said. “I hope none of you have to ever sit through something like that.”
Why did they not want hearings? Are they afraid that the public will see through their bigoty? They are rallying their MAGA base but they are also angering the other voters!

Total U.S. student-athletes: roughly 8–10 million, for trans athletes we are roughly 0.4–0.5 % of high school athletes (~35,000) — but this figure is indirect, based on extrapolation and not an official count!