TAKEN: California Took Away a Widow’s Teenage Daughter to Transition Her 

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A mother in California lost her daughter to the foster care system in 2016 after she wouldn’t support the then-14-year-old girl identifying as a boy.  “I lost my husband, but this was worse than losing my husband, because I had my rights taken away,” the mother told The Daily Signal. Years later, the daughter regrets attempting to transition, and her mother warns other parents against allowing minors to make irreversible changes to their bodies. The mother of two, whose husband had died years earlier, was accused…

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro took a page from US politics by dangling the possibility of an evangelical Supreme Court Justice – Vox.com

Brazil’s Bolsonaro took a page from US politics by dangling the possibility of an evangelical Supreme Court Justice  Vox.com Victor Moriyama/Getty Images But US evangelicals have been more loyal to Trump than Brazil’s evangelicals have been to President Bolsonaro, so this move may not work. Speaking at an Assembly of God Pentecostal church this morning, Brazil’s rightist President Jair Bolsonaro opened a new front in Brazil’s culture wars: the composition of Brazil’s Supreme Court. Decrying a recent Supreme Court ruling that hate crime legislation protects sexual minorities, Bolsonaro asked, “Isn’t it…

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WATCH: Which US president took the most vacation time? – Washington Post (blog)

WATCH: Which US president took the most vacation time?Washington Post (blog)Thursday's episode of In Play, The Washington Post's new political analysis show hosted by Chris Cillizza of The Fix and Jackie Kucinich, revealed the answer: President George W. Bush. During his two terms, Bush took 879 vacation days, which included …and more » us president – Google News

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