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Smith — as long as he’s healthy — should “feel’’ like playing Friday, because it’s best for him and the team.

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The U.S. Forest Service is filing a proposal that would scrap the so called roadless rule adopted in the last days of Bill Clinton’s presidency in 2001.

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A perverted Florida biology teacher convicted of sexually abusing a high school student is now being sued by the victim — who claims he gave up his faith in God because of the “heinous sex acts.” Brooke Anderson, 28, committed the apostatizing sexual violence after she began grooming the teen in 2021, the suit alleges....

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Battle Over Ten Commandments Arrives At Supreme Court

Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times,

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 17 to review a federal appeals court decision that upheld a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cleared the way in April for the Texas law to take effect.

The state law known as Senate Bill 10, or SB 10, requires that public elementary and secondary schools conspicuously display in classrooms an easily readable poster or framed copy of the Ten Commandments with no additional commentary.

The Fifth Circuit’s 9–8 ruling in Nathan v. Alamo Heights Independent School District raised questions about freedom of religion and how the Supreme Court had ruled on these issues in the past. If the justices agree to hear the case, their potentially landmark ruling could change the legal landscape for how governments deal with religion.

The Fifth Circuit said that the law complied with the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.

The Texas law “looks nothing like a historical religious establishment,” because it does not tell houses of worship what to believe, how to worship, or whom to employ, the appeals court said. It does not punish people who reject the Ten Commandments, impose taxes to support the clergy, or require churches to carry out civic functions, the court said.

“These are the kinds of things ‘establishments of religion’ did at the founding. [The Texas law] does none of them,” it said.

The Fifth Circuit also held that a 1980 precedent, Stone v. Graham, which struck down a nearly identical classroom display law, is no longer binding.

The circuit court ruling upholding the Texas statute came after a federal district court preliminarily blocked it, finding the law likely violates both the Constitution’s establishment clause, which forbids the government from favoring one religion over another, and the free exercise clause, which prohibits the government from infringing on worship and other activities. The district judge also found the displays would coerce students and interfere with parents’ rights to direct their children’s religious upbringing.

The challenge in the district court was brought by a group of Christian, Jewish, Hindu, Baha'i, Unitarian Universalist, and nonreligious families. The families argue in the petition that the Texas law violates the Constitution by forcing religion on students, and that the Fifth Circuit misinterpreted Supreme Court precedent.

The Ten Commandments Monument displayed at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas. Oct. 15, 2004. Jana Birchum/Getty Images

“The question of whether a state may impose scripture on impressionable, captive-audience children—for nearly every hour of every school day, for up to thirteen years—implicates the most fundamental guarantees of the First Amendment and our Nation’s highest ideals,” the ACLU said in the 314-page petition filed with the nation’s highest court on Aug. 17.

Chloe Kempf, a staff attorney at the ACLU of Texas, which is representing the families, said in a statement that the Supreme Court “has rejected this kind of government-imposed religion before, and it should do so again.”

“Having these posters in Texas classrooms puts students at risk of bullying, stigmatization, and religious coercion. Our nation’s bedrock principle of separating church and state means that families and faith communities — not politicians — get to decide what role religion plays in children’s lives,” Kempf said.

The Epoch Times reached out to the office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for comment. No reply was received by publication time.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at an event in Magnolia, Texas, on Feb. 19, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

In April, Paxton praised the Fifth Circuit ruling, calling it “a major victory for Texas and our moral values.”

“My office was proud to defend SB 10 and successfully ensure that the Ten Commandments will be displayed in classrooms across Texas,” he said at the time. “The Ten Commandments have had a profound impact on our nation, and it’s important that students learn from them every single day.”

It is unclear when the justices will consider the petition.

Tyler Durden Tue, 08/18/2026 - 17:00

DSA Lawmaker Claims Shoplifting For "Biological Need" Shouldn't Be Illegal

A radical Democratic Socialist lawmaker from New York is under fire after declaring that theft driven by "biological need" shouldn't be treated as a crime, effectively green-lighting shoplifting while slamming big retailers.

Emily Gallagher, a New York State Assembly member and part of the Democratic Socialists of America's New York State Socialists in Office caucus, sparked outrage this week with comments defending petty theft at a press conference outside Manhattan Criminal Court.

"Most of what we saw were crimes of poverty - people who are stealing things like toothpaste, people who were stealing things like, you know, soap. And that means if you're stealing those things, you need them. And we are choosing to protect billion-dollar companies, like CVS and Walgreens, over the people who are struggling to get by," Gallagher said, according to the New York Post.

"So I would say that the true crime is that there is such incredible wealth disparity in this city that there are people who can be thrown in jail simply for having a biological need."

Gallagher went on to tout her soft-on-crime criminal justice "reforms" while blasting conservative media for opposing the anti-law-and-order policies that have already wreaked havoc on New York City and other Democrat-run cities across the country.

However, everyday New Yorkers aren't buying it.

The Post quizzed several shoppers at the Food Universal supermarket in the Bronx's Co-op City, who told the paper that Gallagher's comments were downright ridiculous.

"It's foolish to think one should not be punished for stealing. It is a crime," said one shopper. "Mamdani can implement that in his [city-run grocery] stores, so if you don't have the necessities, you can go there and get them for free,"

"People are going to feel entitled because they know they can walk in and walk out and nothing will happen," said another shopper. "Allowing people to shoplift with no consequence is wrong. I'm a single mom and at one time I had four jobs. I would never think of stealing anything.

Anyone still dismissing the DSA as a fringe outfit with no real pull inside the Democrat Party need only look at the growing roster of newly elected socialists popping up nationwide, some already eyeing Congress. DSA-backed candidates toppled 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette in Denver and Rep. Shri Thanedar in Michigan this summer, and captured two safe blue New York House seats outright. Socialists Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier, Melat Kiros and Donavan McKinney are now on track to join Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rashida Tlaib in Washington come January. Over the weekend, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries even admitted the group is part of the party's "broad caucus."

Good luck with that.

Tyler Durden Tue, 08/18/2026 - 16:40

A once-deported illegal migrant convicted of four felony DWIs on Long Island was busted again for driving without a license — and turned over to US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, Suffolk County authorities said Tuesday. Pablo Aguilar-Alvarez, 36, was busted by cops in Riverhead on Monday — less than two weeks after he was convicted...

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The viral Disneyland content creator obsessed with Peter Pan told WIRED they aren't done chasing his magic — despite an internet uproar telling her to stop.