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At the daylong summit, speakers advocated a variety of steps to address the overprescription of psychiatric medications, such as phasing out school-based mental health screenings, requiring written informed consent before starting medications and featuring prominent, cigarette-style warnings on packaging.
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Screenshot from the end of the article: Religious freedom means the right to worship as you see fit. By the same token, it also allows everyone else the right to question what churches are teaching - especially when they impact people and communities outside the church doors. In an era when Christian churches are condoning outright evil actions such as ICE's deadly rampage through Minnesota, it's more important than ever to not allow this dishonest definition of "religious freedom" browbeat the rest of us into silence over spiritual oppression.
Infographic with data source ALERRT Center showing how 433 mass shootings ended. 249 ended before the police arrived, mostly because the attacker left the scene or died by suicide. 184 ended after the cops arrived. In the 64 cases where bystanders subdued the attacker, 42 of them did not use a gun.
Push notification from New York Times: Natural Family Planning 1h ago A growing number of conservatives are speaking out against hormonal birth control, while promoting fertility awareness as an alternative.
A pencil drawn image of Zohran Mamdani and six Pokemon in front of NY City Hall. From left to right, Blaziken wearing a “Hot Girls for Zohran” tee shirt, Roserade, Victini, Zohran holding a pokeball, Sylveon, Unfezant, and Bisharp.
Screenshot of November 12, 2023, Post on X by Julie Perry!84 Julie Perry© @Julie4Senate | Good news!! My good friend Dave Gordon, who is the head of Virginia Project, has a meeting with head of Twitter tomorrow. Keep him in your prayers! On New Year's Day, January 1, 2023—only weeks after Mr. Lehman concluded his investigation of Mrs. Perez's student-abortion allegations—the Virginia Project posted the following "tweet" on the organization's Twitter feed: 185 Screenshot of January 1, 2023, Post on X by the Virginia Projectl86 Virginia Project o TVP @ProjectVirginia On a scale of 1-10, how bad do you think it would be if, hypothetically, a school employee arranges an abortion for an underage student, without parents' knowledge or consent? oh, and Happy New Year, Fairfax Democrats you're going to have one hell of a year I guarantee it 12:01 AM • Jan 1, 2023 - 13.1K Views Because this was posted on the Virginia Project's organization feed, it is unclear whether Dave Gordon himself authored this message or possibly someone else. What is fairly clear is that this was a targeted political message to "Fairfax Democrats" that the same student-abortion allegations that, weeks earlier, had been confidentially investigated by CHS administrators and determined not to be factually supported were going to be leveraged for political purposes by Republicans with knowledge of such allegations.
Perez's Allegation That CHS Students Were "Pressured" by Mrs. Diaz to Get Abortions Also Appears to Be False and Predicated Upon Partially Fabricated Evidence Mrs. Perez has alleged that another CHS student (Student C), who allegedly approached social worker Carolina Diaz after learning she was pregnant, was pressured by Mrs. Diaz to get an abortion, even though at the time of these alleged conversations the student was already five months pregnant. I50 Perez does not claim that this student had an abortion; she acknowledges that the student proceeded to give birth to her child. IS Yet Perez maintains that the student in question was subjected to pressure by Mrs. Diaz to proceed with a late-term abortion. 152 These are the same allegations that gave rise to Asra Nomani's reports of alleged "coerced abortions."153 Walter Curt's August 5 story, referring to these same allegations, stated, "[A] second Centreville minor, five months pregnant and wavering, was allegedly told by the same social worker that she 'had no other choice.' The girl, terrified, ultimately bolted from the clinic rather than go through with the procedure." 4 Reporting on the same allegations, the Arlington Catholic Herald, on September 5, 2025, wrote, "[T]his past May, a former Centreville High School student ... was offered an abortion by FCPS staff when she was five months pregnant."ISS And Asra Nomani, writing for Fox News on August 12, 2025, similarly wrote, "In May, Perez says she learned more shocking news: A teen told her that the social worker had offered to help her get an abortion when she was five months pregnant." 156
Aid and Attention Given to Student B by CHS and Carolina Diaz As explained above, it appears that Mrs. Perez has falsely accused CHS social worker Carolina Diaz of facilitating and paying for an abortion for Student B in 2021 without the involvement or consent of the student's guardian. But her allegations do not stop there. Mrs. Perez has further alleged that Student B "could have died" due to complications from this 2021 abortion. ' Recent social media posts have repeated this claim: Screenshot of August 8, 2025, Post on X by The Virginia Project 32 Virginia Project © TVP ProjectVirginia all right let me drop a detail you should probably know one of the FCPS abortions was botched - badly - and nearly killed the girl they sent.
A comparison of a handwritten document by Perez on the left (a workplace bullying complaint form where she complains that she was left out of a department email thanking ESOL teachers for their presence at Parent night) and a handwritten statement alleged to be from Student B on the right. The handwriting matches, specifically in the way that both texts write “ESOL” and “2022”
Screenshot of December 2, 2022, Email from Chad Lehman to Zenaida Perez From: Lehman, Chad R. Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 10:56 AM | To: Perez, Zenaida Subject: RE: Summary Memo - Rebuttal Zenaida, If you have information to share about potential wrongdoing, it is important that you do so. The holiday has nothing to do with it. Do you have any additional information to share? As a follow-up, I talked with our public health nurse who confirmed that Ms. Diaz referred the student to her when the pregnancy concern was brought forward, which is the proper protocol. The public health nurse then provides appropriate resources to the student. Our public health nurse met with the student and Ms. Diaz to properly handle the student's concerns, and the student's guardian was aware. From what I have gathered, Ms. Diaz acted appropriately and according to procedure from her standpoint.
Mrs. Perez believes that current CHS school administrators-including Lehman's successor, CHS Principal Erik Healey, and CHS Assistant Principal Montell Brown- -are to this day being directed by Lehman to pursue and entrap Mrs. Perez with bogus claims and false evidence. Mrs. Perez told Mrs. McGowan that she believes "they" (seemingly referring to Healey and Brown, as directed by Lehman) have gone as far as instructing students to ask Mrs. Perez during class for Tylenol or Advil in an attempt to "set [her] up" for violating school rules. 50 She also believes that CHS administrators are "sabotaging [her] lessons" by surreptitiously "deleting" them from her laptop computer."' According to Assistant Principal Montell Brown, a student also reported that Mrs. Perez has told her students that she believes Mr. Brown has hidden microphones in her classroom, and reported that she often yells in front of students that "Mr. Brown is listening."S2 The following is a Facebook post by Mrs. Perez, apparently sent in or around early April 2025, and made public:53 Screenshot of 2025 Facebook Post and Comment by Zenaida Perez As shown, Mrs. Perez here was publicly claiming that she was being "attacked" by school administrators, who were "coercing the students to lie about [her]" and "sending spies to check on [her]."S4 There is again a reference here to a single individual (presumably Mr. Lehman) "pulling the strings" in the alleged conspiracy to "attack[I" against Mrs. Perez.SS
In the end, Mrs. Perez was cited by school administrators for unprofessional conduct relating to this pregnancy-test incident. Perez was also instructed by Principal Lehman "to have no further conduct with [Student A], or her family, going forward," and cautioned that "there can be no retaliatory behavior demonstrated towards students or staff." The Student A incident provides a glimpse into how Mrs. Perez has dealt with controversies involving reports of her own suspected school-related misconduct. School administrators have observed that Mrs. Perez has a tendency to go directly to the students involved, and sometimes to their families as well, to urge or pressure them into speaking out in defense of Mrs. Perez's actions. As explained below, this same tendency—and the lengths to which Mrs. Perez will go to secure exculpatory statements from students-features prominently in the student-abortion controversy. The May 2022 events described above seem to have incensed Mrs. Perez. Contrary to Mr. Lehman's directive that Mrs. Perez not engage in "retaliatory bchavior," in the view of school administrators, much of what Perez has done since appears, to a large degree, to involve her efforts to exact revenge upon Mrs. Diaz and Mr. Lehman. The extent of her animosity toward these two individuals (the same two individuals she is now accusing of criminal wrongdoing) came across during Mrs. Perez's interview with Mary McGowan. As already noted, Mrs. Perez blames the May 2022 pregnancy test issue on Diaz, to the point of alleging that Diaz consciously "set (her] up. As for Mr. Lehman, during her interview with Mrs. McGowan, Mrs. Perez spewed vitriol toward him, calling Mr. Lehman "corrupt," "nepotistic," and "evil."" As the Student A incident shows, Mrs. Perez has a demonstrated tendency of failing to respect proper boundaries with students and their families. This has been a recurrent concern for school administrators. In some cases, this appears to have involved purchasing pre…
Subsequently, Mrs. Perez procured these two hand-written statements from Student A, one dated May 21, 2022,2 and the other dated June 1, 2022:27 Screenshot of May 21, 2022, and June 1, 2022, Statements by Student A 6121 |2012. 06101/2022. want to wile stents the she • is she leaves and respect Mrs. Perez because Ree beet we te love she nos helped Heachers are jealous her besasse call me Minnie me' becase she says that EScal Cri MaCordita test. She a friend, so I ould not help me, bu good person, • strong wman who does net give up asite we love her very mich, Mi Arengh. What ano was ashi 3 your relatendip with Mo ever?" Mon question Afher look me hr. ParKer Viaz was ffice, and Mus Carolna there too. When Mr. Parko talk so Mas Peraz.. Mrs. Carolina Diaz. were as Kin no Me. Part oven toge me, see Mrs. Perez in the roomn where ine com 2088. She was havied She wich ha grance Hackers. When She so that Mr Parker and the Social worker were Waing to get Mrs. Perez in trouble Mr. Parker did not let me attend ond asked me to say that I sell uncomportable in Mrs Perez's class. We did not \ ea from my friends in in azekria. When I went to the cape lee y felends did not want to talk Ой те. The told me that Mrs. Perce vas going to get pired and that 14 going to be OK. We both walked to the pirst plear the Socal WorkerS orpire, but The. Parker ond Mr. Lehman Stopped os Then Mr. Lehman told seated, Mr. Lehran asked i was not allowed to Orter I word Mr. Parker Sagina that I pelt uncomportable around Mrs Perez, I realiced that it was not right and I decited to tell my family al and never pelel uncompor table around her. It's all the contrary Ars Perez makes us peel comportable and cares a lot for all of us. equally. P.S I also remember that the social worker, Mos. Diar, asked me ip Mrs Perez had threatened me, so I told her "no" because Mrs Perez loves me and she would never do anything to hurt any sto dent. CHS Principal Lehman and CHS Assistant Principal Mike Parker inquired into ho…
by CHS Principal Lehman, who investigated these issues, and in a May 11, 2022, contemporaneous note Mrs. Diaz documented what she was told by Student A about Mrs. Perez's conduct: 24 Screenshot of May I1, 2022, Email from Carolina Diaz From: Diaz, Carolina B Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2022 1:02 PM To: Parker, Mike Subject: Meeting with student 5/11/2022 Social worker Diaz spoke with student after AP brought student in to SW's office. Student was visibly upset and AP shared that student had been crying. Student shared that Ms. Perez told her friend that she needed to speak with student. her voice at her and continued telling student that she did not buy the pregnancy test for her and she needed to tell the truth. Student responded by saying that the truth is she (Ms. Perez) did buy the test and she did not want to lie about it. Student expressed feeling nervous and anxious about being around Ms. Perez and stated she no longer feels comfortable being in Ms. Perez' classroom. Student was visibly distraught with this situation. Thank you, Carolina B. Diaz, MSW According to Mrs. Diaz's written report, Student A told Diaz directly that she was pressured by Mrs. Perez "to say that she [Perez] did not buy her a pregnancy test," and further reported that Mrs. Perez "rais[ed] her voice," berated the student, and told the student "she [was] going to lose her job because of this," and that school staff were "out to get her."?5 The implication of this report from Mrs. Diaz was that Perez was pressuring the student "to lie about" what actually happened.
A man pointing to a statue of Sam Adams outside the Boston Tea Party museum, holding a sign that says: “Real democracies follow international law! -Stop state-sponsored murder on the seas & no war with Venezuela -Ratify UNCLOS and repeal EO 14285 -Ratify the Rome Statute -Adhere to ICJ rulings -Scrap the Artemis Accords -Support UN Climate law -Ratify UN human rights treaties -Scrap our grotesque immigration policies -End our illegal embargo of Cuba”
Protesters on a monument in Boston. Some of them have climbed it and some are at the base. From left to right, top row: a person waving a black and red anarcho-communist flag, a person waving the flag of the communist party of the USA, a few teenage- looking boys with a sign that shows the Boston Tea Party in 1773 and a drawing labeled “2025” that shows a stick figure pushing an ICE van into the ocean, a homemade No Kings sign, a person holding a sign that says “real Americans fight Nazis”, a person holding a sign that says “thoughts and prayers” crossed out with “policy and change” written in bold beneath it, a person holding a tall sign with a No Kings logo that says “power to the peaceful. From left to right, bottom row: a person holding a sign saying “reject Amerikkkan empire, all power to the anti colonial struggle”, a person holding a sign that says “keep on keeping on”, an adult man holding a sign that appears to have been made by a child saying “I may be small but I have a big heart”, a sign that says “Trump loves the poorly educated”, a person with red hair holding a sign referencing the Mean Girls burn book with a picture of trump and the cut out words “this girl is the nastiest skank bitch I’ve ever met dont trust her”, a person wearing a keffiyeh on her head and a mask holding a sign that says “Nuremberg 2 Now!! Prosecute, sentence, and punish all DHSS pigs” (the SS is written like the Nazi SS emblem), a woman throwing up a peace sign with her fingers, and a guy with a large sign that just says “NO!”
An older woman in a white sweater holding a sign depicting a guillotine. Next to the sign, a real yarn ball and pair of knitting needles are attached. The needles are pointed to an upside down crown. The text says “Madame DeFarge/ Guillotine”
A chant sheet for “Old Dykes Against Tech Bros” for the No Kings Boston rally on 10/18/2025. Old Dykes Against Tech Bros No Kings, Boston, 10/18/2025 Tech bros, tech bros, you can't hide. We charge you with genocide. Tech Bros steal -- our private data To fund their -- chosen dictator Hey, Hey, we want you to know. Our world is ruined by these Tech Bros. Hey, Hey, we want you to know. Fascism is funded by these Tech Bros. Peter Theil, are you for real? We reject your racist spiel 2, 4, 6, 8, Tech bros dream of space After they murder the Human Race. We make. They take. We make minimum wage. They take our Medicaid Anduril drones Carry guns of war Palmer Luckey profits From blood and gore No fear, we're queer, We'll throw the Tech Bros out of here!
À view of the no kings rally in Boston common. In the center of a photo is a large tree branch with two people sitting with their backs to the camera and looking out over the large crowd.
Screenshot from the New York Times: “ICE agents approached Dr. Roberts while he was in his vehicle on Friday morning, and he sped off, according to a statement issued by ICE. He was later found, and his vehicle was found abandoned near a wooded area, the statement said. The agency said that he had a loaded handgun, $3,000 in cash and a hunting knife when he was detained.”
Quote from an article screenshotted on Reddit r/progressivemoms: She said when she got home Thursday night, their three-year-old daughter asked: "Where's daddy?" "I said, 'Baby, daddy loves you so much," she recalled. "Don't you worry. He's on a work trip with Jesus so he can afford your blueberry budget”.
À Facebook post from the “America First” page that reads “is it just me…. Or does everything seem “off”, Things are NOT adding up and it’s pretty obvious!” With 4.5 thousand likes and 3.8 thousand comments
À screenshot of a Facebook page called “America First”, with a profile picture of Donald Trump and 1.5 million followers
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A message written on a legal pad in English and in French: I do not at all support the trade war being waged by the US against Canada. FRIENDSHIP, not ANNEXATION! Je ne soutiens pas du tour la Guerrero commerciale que les E.U. lancent à Canada. OUI à l’amitié, NON à l’annexion!
"Education is the point at which we decide whether we love the world enough to assume responsibility for it and by the same token save it from that ruin which, except for renewal, except for the coming of the new and young, would be inevitable." -Hannah Arendt, The Crisis in Education
"I was very up front in my briefing on Day One that if we feel that there are lies being pushed by outlets in this room, we are going to hold those lies accountable," Leavitt continued, in response to questions from CNN's Kaitlan Collins. "And it is a fact that the body of water off the coast of Louisiana is called the Gulf of America. And I'm not sure why news outlets don't want to call it that."
If cancer research continues at the pace that is has been going for the last decades, maybe the next person with his diagnosis will live even longer. The treatments that were experimental when he had them will become standardized and widely available at even smaller hospitals around the country. Maybe they will be cured and the cancer will be only a memory. Maybe that person will be someone you love, or even yourself. Twenty-five percent of people will have cancer at some point in their lifetime.
The NIH (National Institutes of Health) just announced they will be immediately cutting billions in biomedical research. This is going to hit cancer research especially hard. I want to share the story of how my family has been touched by cancer and by cancer research, and encourage all of you to do the same and to contact your representatives.