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ELLA LANGLEY'S "CHOOSIN' TEXAS" TIES WHITNEY AND MARIAH — INDUSTRY "COOKED"...

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ELLA LANGLEY'S "CHOOSIN' TEXAS" TIES WHITNEY AND MARIAH — INDUSTRY "COOKED"...

Ella Langley's "Choosin' Texas" just tied Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" and Mariah Carey's "We Belong Together" at 14 weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100 — longest non-holiday #1 run by a female solo act. A country ballad co-written with Miranda Lambert. Viral verdict: "you know the industry is cooked..." America still picks the song.


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NANCY ARMOUR WALKS IT BACK: "INARTFUL" EMMETT TILL COMPARISON — STILL BLAMES CLARK...

Whoops. USA Today's Nancy Armour dragged Caitlin Clark into Emmett Till's lynching — then, after the pile-on, posted a Threads "my bad." Quote: "inartful comparison." "Not enough context." She still stands by the race sermon: when Clark yells at refs, Black players somehow get endangered. You don't walk that back with a thesaurus. You get fired. FIRE Nancy Armour →

Nancy Armour's non-apology walk-back
Nancy Armour's non-apology walk-back

USA TODAY'S NANCY ARMOUR: CAITLIN CLARK'S FOUL COMPLAINTS PUT BLACK PLAYERS "AT RISK"...

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Tip of the iceberg — and the column that forced the climb-down. Armour called Clark's anger over no-calls "flopping," then pivoted: Clark's fans include a "white nationalist element," so when Clark yells at refs she somehow endangers Black and queer WNBA players. Fouls become a race sermon. APP has been tracking Armour for years — same woke sports lecture circuit: Lia Thomas / Penn, the Olympics, "girl in harm's way", LPGA "bad faith, worse science". FIRE Nancy Armour →



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CAP RETREATS ON TRANS SPORTS: "DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN" — RESTRICTIONS "MAY BE APPROPRIATE"...

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Center for American Progress — Democrats' flagship think tank — just dropped "Ending the Backlash on LGBTQI+ Issues." Mid-memo: "We all know there are differences between men and women." On athletics, CAP says keeping males out of female categories "may be appropriate," and treats the NCAA's ban as a fair call for that level of competition. Washington Post: accept some athlete restrictions, keep pushing the rest.

They're not converting. They're cornered. Gender ideology ran into biology, stolen medals, and a public that never bought the lie. CAP still wants the Equality Act, military service for transgender troops, and "medical care" for minors. The sports climb-down is the tell. Reality broke the maximalist line. Sex is real. APP said it when CAP wouldn't.





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HIGH SCHOOLER CALLS OUT MEN IN WOMEN'S LOCKER ROOMS...

A brave high school girl spoke up about biological males in female locker rooms. The crowd knows the truth even when officials pretend otherwise. APP's fight for age verification on porn and app stores hits 81% and 83% support in our latest national poll — 66% strongly on porn. Protection-first is winning.


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PAULA SCANLAN ON NEWSMAX — WTA'S NEW GENDER TESTING POLICY...

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Dave Portnoy and the NY Post are joining APP's call: FIRE Nancy Armour →. She race-sermoned Caitlin Clark into Emmett Till, then posted an "inartful" non-apology — tip of a years-long paper trail (Penn, Olympics, harm's way, LPGA). CAP also walked back sports maximalism. Sophie Cunningham is taking heat for saying biological men don't belong in girls' sports. Our February poll shows 81% want porn age verification and 77% back Home Savings Accounts.

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