Underreported Stories of April 17
16-year-old suspended for using the term “illegal alien,” Molly Ringwald thinks her movies were “too white,” & explaining my beef with NBC News
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It’s Wednesday, April 17, and these are the five underreported stories that you need to know. Listen to Underreported Stories on Apple & Spotify.
1. 16-Year-Old Suspended For Using Term “Illegal Alien” In Class - Carolina Journal
A 16-year-old student in North Carolina was suspended for three days after using the term “illegal alien” during a vocabulary assignment in English class. According to a report of the incident, this 16-year-old boy was assigned a vocabulary word during class and the word was “alien.” The kid responded to the teacher, asking, “Like space aliens or illegal aliens without green cards?”
2. Google Stafferes Storm Officers To Protest Company Working With Israel - New York Post
Google staffers stormed the New York City, California, and Seattle offices to protest the tech giant’s ties to Israel. The staffers are mad that Google is participating in Project Nimbus, which is a $1.2 billion contract with Israel that involves Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services.
3. Ontario Resident Wins Public Funding For Dual Genital Surgery - National Post
An Ontario resident who wanted both a vagina and a penis won public funding for unique surgery. An Ontario court ordered that the province must pay for this dual genital surgery because denying the procedure would infringe on the person’s Charter-protected rights to security of the person.
4. Molly Ringwald Complains Her 80’s Movies Were “Too White” - Fox News
Actress Molly Ringwald was at an event for Variety and complained on stage that her hit movies in the 80s were “too white.”
5. NBC News Falsely Insinuates I Took Money From Speaker Mike Johnson - NBC News
NBC News wrote a hit piece about conservative influencers, which included a section on yours truly. The article claims that Speaker Mike Johnson’s team briefed us influencers on his recently announced bill and at one point the article insinuated that I was paid by Mike Johnson.
Integrity matters to me, so I want to clarify something — I was never briefed by Mike Johnson, and I was never paid by anyone at the RNC or the Republican Party.