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The Disparate Impact Scam

By Kenin M. Spivak
September 9, 2025

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(Background) ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA - JUNE 18: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and first lady Gwen Walz attend a candlelight vigil outside the state Capitol building on June 18, 2025 in St. Paul, Minnesota. Law enforcement agencies captured Vance Boelter on June 15th in connection with the killing of DFL State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, who were shot at their home on June 14th. DFL State Sen. John Hoffman and his wife were also shot and hospitalized in a separate incident. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said during a press conference that the shooting "appears to be a politically motivated assassination." (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) / (L-Top) Jason Adkins, Executive Director of the Minnesota Catholic Conference. (MCC) (Photo via: mncatholic.org) / (L-Bottom) Tim Benz, President of MINNDEPENDENT. (Photo via: minndependent.org)

Minn. Catholic school leaders’ 2023 plea for enhanced security to Walz and Lt. Gov. went ignored

Two years ago, before the heartbreaking school shooting in Minneapolis claimed the lives of two children, leaders of independent and Catholic schools in Minnesota wrote to Governor Tim Walz and the state’s lieutenant governor asking for help in securing non-public schools and keeping their students safe.

Protesters reinforce the barricades set up against one of the doors of Royce Hall as police started clearing a pro-Palestinian encampment on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in Los Angeles, California, early on May 2, 2024. Hundreds of police tore down protest barricades and began arresting students early Thursday at the University of California, Los Angeles - the latest flashpoint in an eruption of protest on US campuses over Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP) (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump cancels over half a billion dollars of federal funding for UCLA over anti-Semitism

The Trump Administration has canceled $584 million in grants for the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), claiming they did not take a strong enough stance against on-campus anti-Semitism.

(L) U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas appears before swearing in Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General in the Oval Office at the White House on February 05, 2025 in Washington, DC. The Senate confirmed Bondi as Attorney General with a 54-46 vote on Tuesday. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) / (R) NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 24: L.G.B.T. activists and their supporters rally in support of transgender people on the steps of New York City Hall, October 24, 2018 in New York City. The group gathered to speak out against the Trump administration's stance toward transgender people. Last week, The New York Times reported on an unreleased administration memo that proposes a strict biological definition of gender based on a person's genitalia at birth. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

SCOTUS issues ruling on Tennessee’s ban on ‘gender-transition treatments’ for children, while Justice Thomas makes notable statement

The Supreme Court, in a 6–3 decision issued on Wednesday, upheld a Tennessee law restricting certain medical treatments for gender dysphoric children, finding that the statute does not constitute unlawful discrimination.

LONDON, ENGLAND - JANUARY 09: In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is seen on January 09, 2024 in London, England. Bitcoin investors are expecting the U.S. Securities And Exchange Commission (SEC) to issue a decision soon on whether to grant Bitcoin "exchange-traded fund" (ETF) approval, which would allow people to invest in Bitcoin without having to buy it on a crypto exchange like Coinbase or Binance. The price of Bitcoin has risen in anticipation of such approval. (Photo illustration by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Trump Media announces $2.5B Bitcoin treasury reserve

Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the parent company of Truth Social, has announced plans to raise approximately $2.5 billion to establish a Bitcoin treasury.

(L) WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 02: Medicaid recipient Emily Gabriella protests outside the U.S. Supreme Court as oral arguments are delivered in the case of Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic on April 2, 2025 in Washington D.C. The case details an attempt by the state of South Carolina to exclude Planned Parenthood from its Medicaid program because it provides abortions. (Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) / (R) LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 11: A woman holds a sign in support of her transgender son at the #ResistMarch during the 47th annual LA Pride Festival on June 11, 2017, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles and West Hollywood, California. Inspired by the huge womenÕs marches that took place around the world following the inauguration of President Donald Trump and by the early pride demonstrations of the 1970s, LA Pride replaced its decades-old parade with the #ResistMarch protest to promote human rights by marching from Hollywood to West Hollywood. (Photo by David McNew/Getty Images)

Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ bans Medicaid from financially covering surgery and hormone therapy for transgenders

President Donald Trump’s recently passed “One Big Beautiful Bill” bans Medicaid from covering “gender-affirming care” for both minors and adults who struggle with gender dysphoria.