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Sullivan pushes back against liberal media bias, woke Pentagon, and Democrats’ war on military readiness

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Sullivan pushes back against liberal media bias, woke Pentagon, and Democrats’ war on military readiness

The House has passed the National Defense Authorization Act last week, stripped of its worse Democrat culture war items. Today, Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska said he stands with the House Republicans who voted for the bill, without the bizarre Democrat amendments.

As someone in the military, Sullivan is concerned about the politicization of the military under Joe Biden. Sullivan made a Facebook video to vent about how the media has covered the NDAA and how media outlets have accused Republicans of a culture war, when in fact it is Democrats who are waging that war.

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“I’m standing in front of the headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the VFW post headquarters here in Washington, D.C., a testament to the men and women in our country, in the military, who’ve kept us free for centuries. Now, some of you may have been reading recently in the mainstream media about how Republicans—particularly now, this time in the House, on the National Defense Authorization Act, which we are working on right now here in the U.S. Senate and in the House—have somehow inserted cultural issues and social issues into this bill,” he said.

Sullivan quoted a PBS story: “House Republicans add culture war issues to the traditionally bipartisan defense bill.”

Then he quoted one from The New York Times: “Hard right Presses Culture Wars on Defense Bill, Imperiling Passage.”

After that, Sullivan read the headline from the The Washington Post: “House Republicans Wage Woke Culture Wars with the Military.”

Sullivan said nothing could be further from the truth than what people are reading in the mainstream liberal media.

“Here’s the truth. Republicans aren’t inserting anything. What we are doing is pushing back against a Pentagon that has inserted these kinds of social issues, cultural issues into the military,” he said.

Sullivan, who has been a Marine Corps infantry officer for almost 30 years said he has never seen a Pentagon led by civilians who focus more on issues, social issues that have absolutely nothing to do with war fighting or lethality.

“Let me give you the mission of the Marine Corps Infantry: It is to locate, find, and destroy the enemies of America through fire and maneuver,” he said.

“The Pentagon right now is doing things that have nothing to do with this kind of war fighting ethos.

He gave examples of how he and other Republicans are pushing back, through their oversight role in Congress:

  • “The Secretary of the Navy is much more interested in climate change—he got his climate action plan out to the Congress about a year and a half ago—than he is in shipbuilding and war fighting and the requirement for him to have amphibious ships that can make sure Marines deploy around the world, none of which he is doing right now.”
  • “The Undersecretary of Defense for policy, the number three guy in the Pentagon, ended his confirmation hearing by saying one of his top priorities was ‘to stamp out systemic racism within the ranks.’ This is a guy who’s never served in the ranks. This is a guy, when I pressed him—do you have any data on besmirching the whole military as systemically racist?—he didn’t have that. The truth is, the U.S. military, while not perfect, is certainly one of the most exemplary civil rights organizations in American history.
  • The Biden administration’s Pentagon is paying active duty troops for transgender surgeries
    “when we don’t have enough money to address suicide prevention, particularly in places like Alaska, where the issue of suicide with our active duty troops is particularly acute. None of these things that the Biden Pentagon is doing have anything to do with war fighting,  have anything to do with lethality, or have anything to do with winning wars.” 

Sullivan defended the oversight role that Republicans are providing in the Armed Services Committee to get the Pentagon back on track, and focused on lethality and winning America’s wars.

Throughout the liberal media, including the Anchorage Daily News, reporters and editors have been accusing Republicans of waging a culture war. It has become the new dog whistle phrase to unite Democrats to the battle for forcing taxpayers to pay for transgender treatments and surgeries, providing them with sex hormones, and sexualizing them before they are old enough to know what is happening.

Shishaldin Volcano starts to quiet down

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Shishaldin Volcano starts to quiet down

The recent eruption of Shishaldin Volcano has decreased in intensity, leading to a reduction in the Aviation Color Code and Volcano Alert Level.

According to current observations by the Alaska Volcano Observatory, the volcano is still emitting low-level ash below 10,000 feet above sea level, with ash drifting to the south. The Aviation Color Code has been downgraded to orange, and the Volcano Alert Level has been lowered to watch.

On Tuesday, a significant ash plume was detected, starting at approximately 7 am AKDT (15:00 UTC), reaching an altitude of around 30,000 feet above sea level.

By 9:30 am AKDT (17:30 UTC), satellite data revealed that the primary plume had detached, but residual low-level ash was still emanating. The detached plume remains visible between 60 and 280 miles away from the volcano. In response to this cloud, the National Weather Service has issued a SIGMET (Significant Meteorological Information) advisory.

Explosive eruptive activity can resume rapidly and with little warning. Previous eruptions of Shishaldin have produced minor to significant ash clouds. Consequently, the volcano is closely monitored using local seismic and infrasound sensors, web cameras, and a telemetered geodetic network.

While the local monitoring network is partially impaired, the Alaska Volcano Observatory is employing nearby geophysical networks, satellite data, and regional infrasound and lighting data to detect any signs of activity. AVO will continue to closely monitor the volcanic unrest at Shishaldin.

Hazard analysis reveals that there is a possibility of trace ashfall downwind of the volcano, while mud flows are likely to occur on all flanks, the observatory said.

Shishaldin Volcano is situated near the center of Unimak Island in the eastern Aleutian Islands. A visually striking, symmetric cone, it has a base diameter of approximately 10 miles. Its funnel-shaped summit crater measures 660 feet wide and typically emits a steam plume and occasional small amounts of ash.

Shishaldin is one of the most active volcanoes in the Aleutian volcanic arc, having experienced at least 54 episodes of unrest, including over 26 confirmed eruptions since 1824.

While most eruptions have been relatively small, the April-May 1999 event produced an ash column that reached a height of 45,000 ft above sea level.

As observers monitor the situation, residents and pilots are warned by the FAA to steer clear of the area through Aug. 14. Shishaldin is about 58 miles from the Cold Bay airport, which also serves King Cove and neighboring villages and towns.

Candidate Michael Humphrey says the Johnny the Walrus parade float was a statement in favor of all children

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Candidate Michael Humphrey says the Johnny the Walrus parade float was a statement in favor of all children

Michael Humphrey, a candidate for Fairbanks North Star School Board, says that protecting children shouldn’t be controversial. During the Golden Days Parade last weekend, his gigantic float, which was of an inflated walrus complete with tusks, came complete with a sign with just one word: “Johnny.”

When the judges realized that Johnny is the star character in a book by Matt Walsh that asserts gender sanity, rather than gender ideology, one judge went into grievance mode. She took to Twitter to rant and rave that neither she nor the other judge would have have voted for the walrus had they had only known.

An offended person from Ester wrote a letter to the Fairbanks News-Miner, saying that such a float has no business in the Golden Days Parade.

Johnny the Walrus gets first place for political float in Fairbanks. Then the parade judge had a meltdown…

Welcome to politics in 2023. But Michael Humphrey, the new candidate in his first run for elected office, is not backing down. He issued a statement explaining what he intended with the float:

“This Saturday I walked with my wife and six children in the Golden Days Parade. I displayed a giant inflatable walrus with a name tag that said “Johnny”. This float was based on a bestselling kids’ book by the same name that currently sits at almost 8,000 reviews and 4.9 stars on Amazon,” Humphrey wrote.

“There was no dog whistle here – no one was hiding the ball. One of the judges commented online after they learned about the story of Johnny the Walrus that they ‘had no idea’ and ‘both feel sick.’ It’s illuminating that the intent of the judges was not to award the best float, but merely the best float with which they agreed,” Humphrey continued.

‘If they can’t expect a political float to have a political message, there’s not a lot that can be done about that. Regardless, we all had a great time and received hundreds of compliments along the route.

“Since then, the float has proven to be controversial to some, and you may be asking yourself, ‘what is the point?’ The point is to illustrate the absurdity (or if you prefer, uncertainty) of gender ideology and ensure that it does not get taught in schools.

“It is commonsense to say that we should not create an environment where girls must endure boys who believe they are girls in their bathrooms and in their sports. Schools are a place where children should learn core subjects. They are not a place to be confronted with a new values propositions from positions of authority that could very likely contradict what they are being inculcated with by their parents.

“Are there children who believe that they are the sex or gender that is opposite of how they were born? Absolutely. However, one can be both sincere and wrong. It doesn’t make them evil or less deserving of respect, it just makes them sincerely wrong. This is the Christian view and the loving view. You don’t have to be religious to realize that it also happens to be the commonsense view.

“Radical gender theory making its way into the classroom is a fundamental issue for me in this campaign, but it takes more than that to serve on the school board. I also support creating more opportunities for parental involvement in school. Homeschooled kids generally outperform their peers in public schools because the parents of homeschoolers have more of a connection to and investment in the outcomes. By and large, homeschool parents are not professional educators. Most parents can’t afford to homeschool their kids, but there is something we can do to approximate the environment. Schools need to create more opportunities for parents to volunteer. Whether it’s for special events, lunchroom or recess duty, or perhaps curriculum review, etc., the more buy-in we can get from parents in their children’s education, the more outcomes will improve.

“Another key area of concern is targeted budget control. When it comes to reducing spending and balancing the budget, nothing should be off the table. There isn’t one key item to cut. There is no panacea enacted by a single hard choice in order to keep district spending within limits. There are hundreds of hard choices, each seemingly inconsequential on their own (i.e., CEC relocation) but adding up to real savings and meaningful realignments. Reducing administrators and allowing teacher salaries adjusted for cost of living to at least keep up with inflation should be the goal. Throw in the costs associated to reach the goal of smaller class sizes and maybe only hundreds of hard choices was a underestimation.

“The bottom line is, there is nothing ‘-phobic’ going on here. There is no exclusion of individuals or calls to discriminate. All parents’ first priority should be advocating to protect their children in the best ways they know how. Pointing out that schools should be a place of academic learning and not centers of indoctrination is not controversial to the overwhelming majority of people in the Borough,” Humphrey concluded.

Since word of his Johnny the Walrus parade entry spread around the country, the author of the best-selling “Johnny the Walrus” featured the humorous event on his podcast, and the story at Must Read Alaska has been ready by thousands of people around the world, featured on the Bongino Report, The Daily Wire, and several other outlets.

You can learn more about Michael Humphrey at his campaign website.

Homer jury convicts Anchor Point man for attempted murder of Trooper

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Homer jury convicts Anchor Point man for attempted murder of Trooper

After a seven-day trial, a Homer jury delivered a guilty verdict against 61-year-old Bret Herrick for an incident that took place on Aug. 23, 2021, in Anchor Point.

Herrick had been spotted outside the Warehouse Grocery Store in Anchor Point by an employee of the Alaska State Troopers.

The trooper recognized Herrick, who had active arrest warrants against him. Aware that Herrick was known to carry weapons and was prohibited by court-ordered conditions of release from possessing any, Alaska State Troopers responded to the scene to apprehend him.

Upon the trooper’s arrival at the Warehouse, an attempt was made to place Herrick under arrest. However, he resisted and attempted to flee.

During the struggle, Herrick drew a concealed pistol and fired five shots, striking the Trooper Bruce Brueggeman. He then turned his weapon toward a second trooper, who was just arriving at the scene. Herrick managed to escape into the nearby woods.

Sergeant Daniel Cox ran over to help Trooper Brueggeman. Cox handed a tourniquet to a bystander and instructed him to place it on the trooper’s arm. Cox then radioed for emergency medical personnel, supplied details on how they could arrive safely, and gave updates on Brueggemann’s condition. The downed trooper was transported to the hospital and eventually airlifted to a trauma center.

Herrick was apprehended after an all-night manhunt.

The following day, an emergency room doctor informed the Alaska State Troopers that had a tourniquet not been placed on Trooper Brueggemann’s arm, he would have died.

In addition to the attempted murder charge, the jury found Herrick guilty on all other counts brought against him, including three counts of assault in the first degree, one count of assault in the third degree for raising his weapon towards the second trooper, escape in the second degree, resisting arrest, and two counts of violating conditions of release by possessing a firearm and a bayonet, both of which violated the court’s conditions ordering him to refrain from possessing weapons.

“I would like to extend my deepest gratitude to the relentless efforts of our Alaska State Trooper Investigators, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and all those involved in the emergency response and investigation that led to this conviction,” said Alaska Department of Public Safety Commissioner James Cockrell. “Their unwavering commitment to justice has ensured this perpetrator will be held accountable for his actions. Since Trooper Brueggeman was shot, we have witnessed a remarkable outpouring of support from our community members has been truly humbling. The unwavering support and solidarity shown by Alaskans during these trying times have been a beacon of hope for all of us. Let this conviction be a testament to our determination to uphold the rule of law, protect those who protect us, and ensure that acts of violence against law enforcement will not go unpunished,” said

Herrick’s sentencing has been scheduled for Nov. 1. The severity of the crimes committed carries potential penalties of 7 to 99 years for the attempted murder charge. He could face up to five years for assault in the third degree, up to 10 years for escape in the second degree, and a maximum of 90 days for each violation of the conditions of release convictions.

Back in 2013, Herrick had a similar encounter with law enforcement. Herrick pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and two counts of fourth-degree assault, after fighting with Alaska State Troopers who were arresting him for a previous crimes relating to bursting into a home on East Skyline Drive, threatening people in the home, and forcing someone to drive to an ATM to withdraw money.

The 2013 altercation with Troopers also took place outside a store in Anchor Point, and, like the incident in 2021, Herrick was also identified by a Trooper who just happened to be at the store to get a snack.

In the 2013 incident, Herrick pulled no weapon. He was sentenced to 1,080 days in jail, with 860 suspended, leaving him with just 220 days to serve. But with an adjusted sentence, he was quickly released from Wildwood Pretrial Facility in Kenai.

Federal judge rules Oregon’s strictest-ever gun law is constitutional

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Federal judge rules Oregon’s strictest-ever gun law is constitutional

U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut ruled that Oregon’s new, stringent gun safety regulations are, indeed, constitutional. The new law is considered the strictest gun control law in the country.

Passed by voter initiative with Ballot Measure 114, it won with the slimmest of margins — 50.6% of the vote. The law bans large-capacity magazines and requires gun permits for all firearms and a federal background check.

Also, anyone already in possession of a large-capacity firearm is prohibited from taking it outside their home for any reason, unless going to a shooting range for practice, or for shooting competitions or hunting.

In her 122-page written order, Judge Immergut wrote that Oregon’s new law aligns with “the nation’s history and tradition of regulating uniquely dangerous features of weapons and firearms to protect public safety.”

After the law was contested by Second Amendment groups, including the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a state court judge had temporarily blocked it from going into effect. Judge Immergut’s ruling lifts that injunction.

Immergut wrote that large capacity magazines “are not commonly used for self-defense and are, therefore, not protected by the Second Amendment.”

She wrote that the Second Amendment permits the government to ensure that only law-abiding and responsible citizens can possess firearms.

This ruling will likely be appealed to the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. If it makes it to the Supreme Court, the more conservative justices have found dozens of gun-control laws unconstitutional with New York State Rifle and Pistol Association v. Bruen, which was decided in 2022. 

The Bruen ruling means that lower courts must consider traditions that date back to the nation’s revolutionary founding when judging whether firearms limitations are constitutional.

Also in Oregon last week, Democrat Gov. Tina Kotek signed a law banning homemade guns, which some call “ghost guns.”

The governor signed House Bill 2005, which bans the manufacture, possession, and sale of any firearm without a serial number from a commercial manufacturer, or unfinished frames and receivers, including guns created with 3-D printers that are not made of nonmetal substances.

All in a day’s work: Illegal Chinese immigrant, illegal bear hunts, prostitutes, and a sting operation

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All in a day’s work: Illegal Chinese immigrant, illegal bear hunts, prostitutes, and a sting operation

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has made a breakthrough in a strange case involving unlicensed big game guided hunts organized by a Chinese illegal immigrant in Fairbanks, who offered prostitutes on the side.

The case starts back in August 2021, when investigators discovered that 40-year-old Jun “Harry” Liang of Fairbanks was marketing illegal big game hunts in Alaska for wealthy Chinese clients.

The activities involved bringing in clients, offering them some time at shooting ranges to learn how to shoot, and promising that all the permits would be handled and their meat would be shipped to them.

Liang and Fairbanks accomplice Brian Phelan could face numerous felony charges, including money laundering, attempted violation of the Lacey Act, and wire fraud. Liang may face charges of illegal possession of a firearm by an alien.

Investigators found that Liang was using a Chinese social media platform called xiaohongshu.com, which is also known as “Little Red Book.” It’s described as “China’s foremost fashion and luxury shopping platform.”

Liang posted in Mandarin on the Little Red Book his services as a guide for big-game hunts, specifically targeting Chinese-speaking clients who are Chinese nationals living in the United States or who are Chinese nationals. Once a potential client was interested, the communication continued on another Chinese messaging app called WeChat. Screen shots of the advertising of the hunts were translated by investigators using Google Translate.

In one case, Chinese national Weigang Wang, who was living in Irvine, Calif., was a client of Liang for a Fortymile Caribou herd hunt. Liang posted photos of Wang on the Little Red Book to market services to others.

The entire plot was unraveled when a couple of clients that Liang snagged turned out to be undercover agents investigating the alleged illegal activities of the Liang and Phelan.

Liang also allegedly promised his clients that if they shot a bear, he would purchase the gall bladder. Bear gall bladders are used in Chinese traditional medicine and the buying or selling of them is illegal in Alaska. But Liang was evidently offering to buy and sell them for $5,000.

Liang reportedly entered the U.S. on a tourist visa that expired in 2016, but he has been living a high life in Fairbanks. He even purchased a Mercedes with some of the proceeds of the hunting scheme, the affidavit says. Liang is also the owner/operator of AK Aurora Travel Inc., which offered sightseeing and Northern Lights tours.

“Your affiant submits that there is probable cause to believe that LIANG and PHELAN attempted to sell big game guiding services for the illegal take of wildlife into interstate commerce in violation of Alaska law, that he (LIANG) illegally possessed a firearm while prohibited by federal law, perpetuated a scheme to defraud clients of funds by means of wire communications, knowingly conducted financial transaction with proceeds specified unlawful act, and knowingly engaged in a monetary transaction with proceeds of a specified unlawful activity in any amount greater than $10,000 by, through or to a financial institution,” the complaint concludes. There’s no mention of the prostitution angle, as prostitution is not a federal offense.

The complaint, however, appears to contain only part of what investigators discovered in their research. The affidavit says there is more to tell, but the description of the illegal activities listed was narrow to conform to the specifics of the federal criminal complaint, which can be read below:

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Man who disappeared kayaking in Juneau may have filmed his own demise via Go-Pro camera

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Man who disappeared kayaking in Juneau may have filmed his own demise via Go-Pro camera

Alaska State Troopers say a man who went missing while kayaking on July 11 may have captured his own drowning on video.

The disappearance of Paul Rodriguez Jr., a 43-year-old resident of Juneau, has new clues, thanks to a Go-Pro camera that had footage on it.

After his disappearance on July 11, a kayak with a dry bag attached was found unoccupied in Mendenhall Lake near the Mendenhall Glacier. A concerned individual reported towing the kayak to shore after observing no signs of distress or anyone nearby. Alaska State Troopers took possession of the items, as there were no identifying markings on the kayak.

On the evening of July 16, Troopers received a report from the Juneau Police Department that Rodriguez’ vehicle was found in the parking lot of the Mendenhall Visitors Center, not far from the lake. U.S. Forest Service employees said it had been parked there since July 11. Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Juneau Mountain Rescue, and SEADOGS were promptly mobilized, along with a chartered helicopter for an aerial search.

During the search, a crucial piece of evidence emerged when someone described by Troopers as a “good Samaritan,” found a helmet with a Go-Pro camera attached. Examination confirmed that the helmet belonged to Paul Rodriguez Jr.

The footage on the camera revealed that Rodriguez had drowned on July 11 after his kayak overturned, plunging him into the icy waters of Mendenhall Lake, which is fed by the Mendenhall Glacier, in an area where the current was strong near Nugget Falls.

According to authorities, Rodriguez’s failure to wear a personal flotation device and appropriate protective clothing for glacial water sports may have contributed to his fate. The video review suggests that he was not prepared for the conditions he encountered.

His body has yet to be recovered, but next of kin have been notified, Troopers said.

Murkowski is worried about Republicans being too extreme, not ‘rational’

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Murkowski is worried about Republicans being too extreme, not ‘rational’

In The Hill, a political news website, Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski carried the lead message from liberal Republicans who think the party may be getting too extreme for their tastes. It was a signal that she is disenchanted with the direction Republicans are taking.

“GOP senators are saying they’re being increasingly confronted by constituents who buy into discredited conspiracy theories such as the claim that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election or that federal agents incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol,” the newspaper wrote on Tuesday. Then it quoted Murkowski:

“We should be concerned about this as Republicans. I’m having more ‘rational Republicans’ coming up to me and saying, ‘I just don’t know how long I can stay in this party,’” Murkowski said. “Now our party is becoming known as a group of kind of extremist, populist over-the-top [people] where no one is taking us seriously anymore.”

She was addressing the opportunity that Republicans have for taking back the White House. And she hinted that she was disenchanted with her political party.

“You have people who felt some allegiance to the party that are now really questioning, ‘Why am I [in the party?]” Murkowski told The Hill reporter Alexander Bolton. “I think it’s going to get even more interesting as we move closer to the elections and we start going through some of these primary debates. 

“Is it going to be a situation of who can be more outlandish than the other?” she asked, rhetorically. If she had anything nice to say about Republicans, the reporter did not take notice.

Murkowski was elected with a moderate and liberal Democrat voter in Alaska. Although she was able to avoid a Republican primary because her surrogates had pushed open primaries through with Ballot Measure 2, her challenger Kelly Tshibaka did surprisingly well. If not for ranked choice voting, also brought by her people, and the transfer of Democrat Patricia Chesbro’s voters to Murkowski under that system, it would have been a tight race. Tshibaka is a conservative Republican who came within striking distance of unseating one of the most senior Republican members of the Senate.

By criticizing those voters as fringe, Murkowski just took a swipe at 46% of Alaska voters who chose Tshibaka and who are not part of the Republicans Murkowski sees as “rational.”

The Hill story is at this link.

Murkowski also endorsed a Democrat for the U.S. House — Rep. Mary Peltola, in 2022, helping her to victory by giving Republicans “permission” to support a Democrat, since Murkowski did.

 

Democrats call Republicans ‘terrorists’ for amendment that stops ‘extraneous flags’ at federal buildings

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Democrats call Republicans ‘terrorists’ for amendment that stops ‘extraneous flags’ at federal buildings

The House Appropriations Committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Rosa DeLauro of Comnecticut, called Republicans on the committee “terrorists” on Tuesday. Another member of the committee shouted that the Republicans on the committee are “bigots!”

DeLauro’s outburst sent the committee into recess while Committee Chair, Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, worked to have that remark stricken from the congressional record.

The Appropriations Committee was voting on earmarks inside the funding packages for the Department of Transportation. Outbursts by Democrats sent the committee into recess three separate times on Tuesday.

Democrats were angry about a Republican amendment to the funding package that would strip money from a handful of LGBTQ centers in certain districts in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.

Politico called it “the latest in a series of culture-war-related amendments offered by House Republicans in recent weeks — and it’s an especially personal furor, since the proposal would strip money requested for specific projects in lawmakers’ districts.”

Republicans, however, say that, in spite of what the media says, it is the Democrats who are conducting a culture war on America.

The amendment prohibits extraneous flags, such as “gay pride” flags, or any other specialty flag from being flown on government property by the government itself.

Rep. Mark Pocan, a Wisconsin Democrat, shouted that the Republicans are bigots and the amendment would lead to people being beat by baseball bats just because they are gay.

“I wasn’t out yet, left a gay bar, and two people followed me and beat me with a baseball bat ’till I was bloodied unconscious and called me a ‘faggot,'” Pocan said. “This is what you guys do by introducing amendments like this taking away from people’s earmarks.”

Pocan, who could barely contain himself, continued shouting, “But when you do it to the LGBT community, it’s another frickin’ day in Congress.They always say there are Democrats, Republicans, and appropriators, and now we have to say there are Democrats, Republicans, appropriators, and unfortunately a bigger umbrella called bigots!!!”

Watch Pocan melting down on video here.

Rep. Ryan Zinke, a Republican from Montana, spoke to the issue, saying that “Appropriations should be appropriate,” and that having taxpayers pay for hormone replacement therapy, drag shows, and a youth Communist league, is not appropriate.

“The LGBTQ Center of Greater Reading, one of the proposed earmarks, “provides counseling services for HRT, which is hormone therapy, and gender-affirming surgery referrals, hormone therapy and gender-affirming surgery, diagnostics of gender dysphoria, adequate support, and HRT and top and bottom surgery,” Zinke said. “That’s what it does. The question is: Should taxpayers pay for this? The answer is no.”

Another earmark that was amended out of the bill was for the William Way LGBT Community Center, which pays for the Young Communist League of Philadelphia. That is the same group that created a protest against the parents rights group, Moms for Liberty, which was having their Philadelphia summit two weeks ago.

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