Judge allows drag show at Texas A&M despite the university's ban
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Judge allows drag show at Texas A&M despite the university's ban
A federal judge has ruled that a drag show at Texas A&M University can go on as scheduled this week despite a Board of Regents effort to ban it. Over the past few years, judges have mostly struck down bans on drag performances across the country, saying policies to bar them violate free speech rights. The board of Regents however wanted to stop the so-called “Draggieland” performance citing President Donald Trump’s executive order barring Federal money for “Gender Ideology”. While the University funded “Draggieland” in the past, this year it was privately funded through ticket sales. The George H-W Bush appointed Federal judge decided that allowing the event does not imply that the university endorses it… and could go forward.
Flammable devices found at Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas
In Austin, Texas police say they’re investigating several incendiary devices found at a Tesla dealership on the city’s north side. Monday's incident is the latest in a series targeting the company owned by billionaire Elon Musk. Austin police say officers responding to a report of hazardous materials found the devices and called in the city’s bomb squad which found the materials were flammable. Attacks on property carrying the logo of Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. There have also been protests nationwide in response to the billionaire’s work with the Trump administration cutting federal funding and the workforce.
Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol
State officials say a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was “purposefully distorted.” House Democrats said in a statement Monday that the oil painting would be taken down at the request of Republican leaders in the Legislature. Colorado Republicans raised more than $10,000 to commission the oil painting. In a Sunday night post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he would prefer no picture at all over that one.
Putin gifted a portrait of Trump to the US president
And it appears Trump does prefer another portrait of himself that commissioned by Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin has confirmed the Russian President gave Donald Trump a portrait Putin commissioned of the U.S. president. A spokesperson for Putin said the Russian leader gave the painting to Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow earlier this month, after he met with Russian officials about trying to end the war in Ukraine. The gift was first mentioned last week by Witkoff in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Witkoff told Carlson that Trump “was clearly touched” by the portrait. Trump isn’t the first sitting president to receive a gift from Putin. In 2021, Putin gave then-President Joe Biden a lacquer writing box and pen. In 2013, he reportedly sent then-President Barack Obama porcelain plates and espresso cups.
A federal judge has ruled that a drag show at Texas A&M University can go on as scheduled this week despite a Board of Regents effort to ban it. Over the past few years, judges have mostly struck down bans on drag performances across the country, saying policies to bar them violate free speech rights. The board of Regents however wanted to stop the so-called “Draggieland” performance citing President Donald Trump’s executive order barring Federal money for “Gender Ideology”. While the University funded “Draggieland” in the past, this year it was privately funded through ticket sales. The George H-W Bush appointed Federal judge decided that allowing the event does not imply that the university endorses it… and could go forward.
Flammable devices found at Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas
In Austin, Texas police say they’re investigating several incendiary devices found at a Tesla dealership on the city’s north side. Monday's incident is the latest in a series targeting the company owned by billionaire Elon Musk. Austin police say officers responding to a report of hazardous materials found the devices and called in the city’s bomb squad which found the materials were flammable. Attacks on property carrying the logo of Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. There have also been protests nationwide in response to the billionaire’s work with the Trump administration cutting federal funding and the workforce.
Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol
State officials say a portrait of President Donald Trump hanging at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed it was “purposefully distorted.” House Democrats said in a statement Monday that the oil painting would be taken down at the request of Republican leaders in the Legislature. Colorado Republicans raised more than $10,000 to commission the oil painting. In a Sunday night post on his Truth Social platform, Trump said he would prefer no picture at all over that one.
Putin gifted a portrait of Trump to the US president
And it appears Trump does prefer another portrait of himself that commissioned by Vladimir Putin.
The Kremlin has confirmed the Russian President gave Donald Trump a portrait Putin commissioned of the U.S. president. A spokesperson for Putin said the Russian leader gave the painting to Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, in Moscow earlier this month, after he met with Russian officials about trying to end the war in Ukraine. The gift was first mentioned last week by Witkoff in an interview with Tucker Carlson. Witkoff told Carlson that Trump “was clearly touched” by the portrait. Trump isn’t the first sitting president to receive a gift from Putin. In 2021, Putin gave then-President Joe Biden a lacquer writing box and pen. In 2013, he reportedly sent then-President Barack Obama porcelain plates and espresso cups.
