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The Case for an Independent Federal Investigation of Speaker Chris Welch’s Handling of Sexual Harassment Allegations https://t.co/zaqMhIJp8P

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🚨 The WNBA commissioner says a task force made up of team presidents and general managers will meet to discuss what “woman” means amid growing questions over whether the league needs to clarify its eligibility rules.

A professional WOMEN’S basketball league now needs a task force to determine what qualifies someone to play in the WOMEN’S basketball league.

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Sophie Cunningham is paying a price on the basketball court for standing up for women and girls — and speaking out against biological men competing in women’s sports.

This bloody mouth is yet another example.

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🚨 Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier responds after Chicago Sky’s DiJonai Carrington delivered a vicious foul on Indiana Fever star Sophie Cunningham during Saturday’s game:

“The WNBA knows better than to play games down here in Florida, because I’ll be charging people with assault.”

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WNBA player DiJonai Carrington intentionally delivers a hard foul on Sophie Cunningham in Chicago on Saturday, gets hit with a Flagrant 2 and ejected — then, while sitting in the locker room, blames “white privilege” for the ejection.

Sadly, the escalating hostility toward Sophie Cunningham will continue.

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The WNBA is doubling down on its support for transgender rights, releasing the following statement:

“Hate, abuse, and demonization of any person, including transgender people, only fuel fear, division, and harm. We will continue to have hard conversations. But we will not be used as political pawns.”

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Golden State Valkyries forward Gabby Williams says she would welcome a transgender athlete as either a teammate or opponent in the WNBA.

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🚨 A second former NBA player has announced plans to declare for the 2027 WNBA Draft.

Former NBA first-round pick Royce White, drafted by the Houston Rockets in 2012, says he now identifies as a “sometimes identifying” transgender woman.

White says the move is intended to force the WNBA to clarify its eligibility rules regarding biological males competing in the women’s league.

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‘These Look Like Rocks’: Families Question ‘Ashes’ Given to Them by Chicago Funeral Home Where 57 Bodies Were Found https://t.co/1d8DcpQT9j

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Another heartbreaking story from the Chicago funeral home where 57 decomposing bodies were found:

A woman says her brother’s funeral was scheduled for Friday, but the family was told they couldn’t view his body or witness his burial.

After repeated calls went unanswered, they finally reached someone:

“My daughter said, ‘Hey, can we come see? My mama wanna come see her brother body, and I wanna come see my uncle body…’ They said, ‘Oh sure, sure, sure.’ Called again, no answer.”

Now the family is desperate to know what happened to him.

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On Friday, Illinois Review was shown an urn that a family was told contained their loved one’s cremated remains.

Inside was a heavy bag filled with what appeared to be gravel and rocks.

The funeral home’s explanation? They were “bone fragments.”

Now 57 decomposing bodies have been found inside the Chicago funeral home.

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🚨🚨 A grieving relative outside the Chicago funeral home on Friday where 57 decomposing bodies were found says families were being deceived – given what appeared to be bags of rocks instead of their loved ones’ cremated remains.

“You guys were literally planning for us to come pick up a bag of rocks and playing that off as our loved ones.”

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🚨 BREAKING: Former NBA center Enes Freedom, who stands 6-foot-10, says he is officially declaring himself eligible for the 2027 WNBA Draft, citing the league’s policies on self-identification and inclusion.

“If simply declaring who you are is all that’s required, then I meet every single requirement necessary to compete in the WNBA.”

Freedom says his team has reviewed the WNBA’s eligibility guidelines and is prepared to push for the rules to be “applied equally, consistently, and without exception.”

“See you at training camp.”

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🚨 On Aug. 2, Will County Judge Theodore Jarz ordered Hamed Alsaidi, an illegal alien with Molotov cocktails in his backpack, released under Illinois’ SAFE-T Act with GPS monitoring and home confinement.

ICE had already asked Will County to hold Alsaidi so federal agents could take custody. Instead, he was released without ICE being notified.

ICE tracked him down and arrested him two days later.

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A Jordanian illegal alien was arrested in Will County, Illinois after police allegedly found eight Molotov cocktails and a handwritten map referencing the Orland Park Prayer Center in his backpack.

ICE asked local authorities to hold him so federal agents could take custody, but he was released on GPS monitoring. ICE tracked him down and arrested him two days later.

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Happy Friday to all, except Illinois Democrats — who have become the party that protects perverts.

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Illinois House Republicans, Candidates Turn Up Pressure on Democrats: Will You Take Welch’s Money and Vote for Him as Speaker? https://t.co/OniAIiLpfk

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Dr. Anthony Fauci’s wife flips off a photographer on Thursday, just hours after a Senate committee voted to hold Fauci in contempt of Congress for refusing to answer questions during a COVID hearing.