US Sports Football: Week 5 National High School Football Rankings

 

• By Keith Grabowski

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We are at about the halfway point and we have plenty of CoachTube high school coaches who are having tremendous seasons. 31 coaches who have courses on CoachTube have made it to the top of the rankings in the country or in the state.

These coaches are sharing their philosophy, strategy, and schemes.  Take a look at some of the key concepts that have helped bring their teams to the top

Max Preps Top 25

#3 John Bosco - Head Coach Jason Negro

Developing Culture and Practice Construction

In this course, Coach Jason Negro gives you his program's base values, which are the foundation of his culture, as well as their plan for practices and in-game situations. 

#4 Westlake - Head Coach Todd Dodge

Todd Dodge has won six state championships in his career and at Westlake his teams won the 2019 and 2020 Texas 6A state championship. He shares his offensive knowledge in two courses:

Westlake Football: 3x1 and 2x2 Passing Game

Training a championship QB

#10 St Xavier, Head Coach Steve Specht and Offensive Coordinator Andrew Coverdale

Coach Specht has won 4 championships at St. X including one in 2020 and his team is no stranger to the top 25 having won a National Championship in 2007.  On top of that he has added 13x state champion offensive coordinator Andrew Coverdale to his staff.  Both has CoachTube courses:

Coach Specht: Defending a Key Receiver

Coach Coverdale: Boundary Pass Concepts 

#11 Katy, Head Coach Gary Joseph

Gary Joseph is in his eighteenth season in charge at Katy with hopes of adding to a resume that includes a 227–22 record and five state championships. His Tigers picked up their most recent state title last season, and Joseph’s teams have finished as the runner-up four other times.

His course on CoachTube: Winning Up Front: Gary Joseph & the Katy Football Staff

#18 Hamilton, Defensive Coordinator Tim Dougherty

Coach Tim Dougherty won two state championships in Illinois before “retiring” to Arizona. Now he looks to help the Huskies win another as their defensive coordinator.  He shares his pressure package in  5 and 6 Man Pressures & Transition to Multiple Fronts.

#25 Milton, Head Coach Adam Clack

Adam Clack is on a quest for his second state title. He is a big believer in analytics and presents that in his course Looking at Analytics

Tops in each State

There are also several coaches who have their teams ranked in the top 10 in their state. Here is the run-down.

Alabama

#8 Spanish Fort, Head Coach Ben Blackmon

The Outside Zone play is making an impact on every level and it’s a big part of the Spanish Fort offense.  In this comprehensive course, Coach Blackmon teach the Outside zone and Tags.

Arizona

#4 Saguaro, Head Coach Jason Mohns 

Jason Mohns has shared his entire offensive system which has helped them to 6 state championships.  If there is an area of offense you are looking to improve right now, he has something for it. Check it all out here.

Arkansas

#13 Shiloh Christian Academy, Defensive Coordinator Jacob Gill

Jacob Gill uses The 3-Safety Defense to help the Saints on their climb back to the top.  He explains the Complete System in his series.

Illinois

#5 Rochester, Head Coach Derek Leonard

Derek is no stranger to being at the top of Illinois state rankings.  Rochester has won an IHSA state championship in eight of the last 10 years. His No Huddle Offense shreds defenses and he shares the keys to implementing no-huddle in his course.

Indiana

#4 Warren Central - Head Coach, Mike Kirschner

Mike Kirschner is no stranger to being at the top of the Indiana rankings.  He won two state championships at Ben Davis. Of all the things that he does, understanding how to deal with today’s high school athlete is something he excels at and he shares his method for building a strong culture in his course Leadership and Today’s Societal Issues.

#5 Westfield, Head Coach Jake Gilbert

In addition to having his team ranked, Coach was named the Indianapolis Colts Coach of the Week on September 9th. The Shamrocks have won a state championship under his guidance. He believes that there are key metrics that matter most to winning and lays those out in his course What Wins? State that Matter Most.

#12 Ben Davis - Head Coach Jason Simmons

Ben Davis is a longtime powerhouse in Indiana and Coach Simmons has them closing in on the top ranking.  For him, Ben Davis Special Teams make a huge impact on whether they win or lose.

Kentucky

#1 Male HS, Head Coach Chris Wolfe

The Bulldogs have won two state championships in Kentucky’s largest division under Coach Wolfe and he looks to add another this season. He is an outstanding teacher of the game and shared his defensive knowledge in two courses:

Chris Wolfe- Using Hybrid LB`s at the 1st Level

Chris Wolfe - Effective Corner Blitz Package from the 4-2-5 Defense

#4 Boyle County - Head Coach Chuck Smith

Establishing and Maintaining a Culture for Success is exactly what Coach Smith has done. In 19 seasons with Boyle County, Chuck Smith compiled a record of 211-45 with six state titles in eight finals appearances, both marks ranking him among the state’s all-time best. In his course, he shares how they do it using the exact presentation that is shared with his players each year.

Maine

#6 Marshwood, Head Coach Alex Rotsko

Coach Rotsko believes that success is a choice that you make and it drives your actions.  That Belief has led to 16 state championships over his career. He has been selected “Coach of the Year” by The National Football Foundation, the National Federation of High School Coaches Association, twice by the Maine Football Coaches Association, twice by the Campbell Conference, and twice by USA Today. His course Championship Football: Success is a Choice shares his philosophy on building a program.

Maryland 

#2 Archbishop Spalding, Head Coach Kyle Schmidt

A former University of Maryland GA, Coach Schmidt has Spalding clicking on all cylinders.  His understanding of winning the critical situations in the game is reflected in his course Situational Football: Game Planning, Prep.

#7 Wise, Offensive Coordinator - Steve Rapp

Wise has won four state championships and runs a high-powered offense.  Offensive coordinator Steve Rapp uses one-word tempo as part of their attack.  He shares his strategy in his course One Word Tempo Plays and Offensive Game Planning

Mississippi

#10 Madison-Ridgeland Academy, Head Coach Herbert Davis and WR Coach John Weaver

MRA has been featured in recent years on ESPN and Head Coach Herbert Davis and the Patriots have won two consecutive state championships. Coach shares their strategies in his course Calling the Perfect Play.  Also, WR Coach John Weaver shares what he does with his units in his four courses:

WR Blocking Progression Circuit: Block Party

WR Catching Drills: Freeze Frame

Maximizing Kickoff Returns with Gap Scheme Principles

Simple One Word Quick Game/RPO Playcalls

Ohio

#2 St. Edward

Coach Tom Lombardo has the Eagles ranked as a top 50 team nationally and #2 in Ohio.  He’s won two state championships at St. Edward. He likes to utilize his personnel in the best way possible and his course Power Read with Variations and Play Actions from Multiple Sets demonstrates that philosophy.

#3 Medina - Larry Laird

Head Coach Larry Laird has changed the Bee’s fortunes with his Empty Offense.  It’s taken the program from average to one of the tops in the state in just a few seasons.  It’s a system he believes in and knows how to execute and he shares why in his course The Advantages and Reasons to Run an Empty Offense

Oklahoma

#2 Jenks - Head Coach Keith Riggs

Oklahoma powerhouse is now led by long time assistant Keith Riggs and the Trojans haven’t skipped a beat.  Coach Riggs and his team look to add another trophy to the already full case this season.  He shared LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE in his CoachTube Course.

South Dakota

#16 Riggs - Steve Steele

After coaching at the college level, Steve Steele has made a huge impact on the Riggs program winning two state championships. Steele's program set a state record for yards and points scored, averaging nearly 60 points per game. He builds his culture on a philosophy of Winning Comes Last which he shares in his course.

Texas

#3 Duncanville - Head Coach Reginald Samples

During his distinguished 33 years coaching career, Coach Samples has received numerous awards and recognitions. The most prestigious of those came in 2019 when USA Today named him its ALL-USA Football Coach of the Year. He is closing in on his 300th win this season and he attributes Duncanville’s success to their off-season program.  He presents it in his course Duncanville strength and conditioning.

#4 Carthage - Head Coach Scott Surrat

Coach Surrat has won 7 state championships and has Carthage in the hunt for another in 2021.He shares multiple aspects of their offense in  Prepared to Protect Carthage Multiple Pass Protections  and Isolated Slant, All Go, and Keeper

#7 Aledo - Head Coach Tim Buchanan and Assistant Coach Doug Wheeler

Coach Buchanan wants to add state title to the five which they have already won.  Along with assistant coach Doug Wheeler take you through the run game teaching progression that powers the Bearcat attack.  Aledo Run Game Teaching Progression

Wisconsin 

#4 Muskego - Head Coach Ken Krause

Coach Krause led Muskego to the school's first-ever State Championship in 2018 and they repeated in 2019. In 2020 the Warriors went 9-0 and finished the season ranked Number 1 in the state by WISSPORTS and the AP.  The Warriors currently have a 37 game winning streak which is the longest in the state of Wisconsin and 7th longest in the nation for 11 man football.   In the last three seasons, the Warriors have been ranked as one of the top ten teams in the midwest.  At the end of the 2019 football season, the Muskego Warriors finished ranked 23rd in the nation by USA Today. Coach Krause shares a career full of insight in Thoughts & Reflections on Building A Championship Football Program 

We are excited about the success these coaches and programs are having.  We hope you share your successful philosophies, strategies, and schemes on CoachTube in the future as well.

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US Sports Baseball: Three Ways to Perfect Hitting Mechanics From an MLB Icon.

• By Grant Young

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Learning to produce solid, consistent hitting mechanics in baseball might be one of the toughest things to do in any sport. 

Not only does a successful swing demand perfect timing, hand-eye coordination, and body mechanics but the hitter must synthesize a complex series of movements in a split second to make solid contact with the ball. Not to mention how factors such as pitch speed, movement, and location further complicate the task. Additionally, hitters must constantly adjust their mechanics to adapt to different pitchers and pitch types. 

And because there is so much nuance to a swing that many coaches who haven’t played the game at a high level can struggle to comprehend, it's easy to develop bad habits with a swing without adequate baseball hitting instruction. 

Without proper guidance and attention to detail, hitters can easily fall into patterns that hinder their performance such as lunging, casting the hands, or an inconsistent stride. Plus, given how predicated modern baseball is on hitting home runs, the natural desire to overpower the ball can lead to a breakdown in mechanics, resulting in poor habits for youth baseball players. Over time, these bad habits can become deeply ingrained, making them difficult to correct. 

It's crucial for players to receive regular coaching and feedback to prevent the development of detrimental swing habits. And who better for these lessons to come from than a former MLB player? 

Gary Joseph Gaetti, is an American former third baseman in Major League Baseball for the Minnesota Twins, California Angels, Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals, Chicago Cubs, and Boston Red Sox. He won the 1987 MLB World Series with the Minnesota Twins and was the 1987 ALCS (American League Championship Series) MVP. Across his career, Coach Gaetti won the 1995 Silver Slugger Award, was a four-time Gold Glove Award winner, and was inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame when his career ended. 

Coach Gaetti’s ‘MLB`s Gary Gaetti Hitting Course’ shows the secrets to how he became one of baseball’s elite hitters during his playing days. He lays out a comprehensive, easy-to-follow hitting success blueprint that will help any player or coach learn the correct mechanics at the plate and unlock their team’s batting average. 

Bat Toss Drill

One of Coach Gaetti’s most effective drills that he used throughout his professional baseball career is what he calls the Bat Toss Drill. 

This drill has two purposes:

1. Teaches hitters the predominant feel they need to have, in regard to their bat’s barrel. 

2. Helps hitters to reach where their true, natural launch position will be when swinging.

For this drill, a player will grab a bat and come up to a net (ideally one that’s in a batting cage). They’ll stand about a foot away from the net and mirror the start of their swing, simulating making contact. When reaching this point, the player should be making sure their bat stays flat, parallel with the net. 

From there, the hitter will return to their batting stance and remove their bottom hand from the bat. They will then simulate their swing and let go of the bat (essentially throwing it) at the point where they would be making contact. 

This drill is great for coaches because it highlights common mechanical issues for players, such as realizing they can’t throw the bat properly if their elbow is too raised or their hands too close to their head because it’s such an unnatural movement. And to do so, they’ll fly their front shoulder open, which is a common mechanical mistake. 

They also might move their hands back in their stance to generate more force for their push. If either of these things occurs during this drill, it’s a signal that a stance adjustment may be necessary. 

Soft Toss

Every coach knows that soft toss is an integral aspect of developing a smooth, consistent hitting swing. But Coach Gaetti conveys what a coach should be looking for when doing these drills to ensure that players are getting the most out of them. 

“Most soft toss, I like [the tosser] at a 45-degree angle, not too close, and a nice firm toss near the front side [of the hip],” Coach Gaetti said. 

He then explains that the more realistic you can make the pitch, the more effective it’s going to be for a hitter’s development. That’s why he stresses a nice firm toss without a lot of arc because that doesn’t resemble something a hitter will see in a game. 

And a hitter will never see the ball coming at them from the other batter’s box. So soft toss should either be done directly in front of the hitter (with a net or L-screen) or off to the side, at a 45-degree angle. 

The Tomahawk Drill

Coach Gaetti loves using the Tomahawk Drill when hitters aren’t using their top hands, their hands look sluggish, or their barrel isn’t getting to the ball on time. 

In doing this drill, Coach Gaetti wants his hitters to feel like they’re hitting a line drive to the third baseman. But the pitch (this is a front toss drill) is going to be high and outside, which is not ideal for pulling the ball. While this isn’t a good strategy in a game, this is going to force quick and decisive hand action from the hitter in order to pull this type of pitch. 

To be clear, this isn’t a hitting strategy that should be used in a game. But it’s a great mechanical adjustment when a hitter’s hands have been slow to react. 

                           

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Overcoming Trials

Moses endured because He fixed His eyes on the Lord.

October 10, 2025

From Intouch Ministries

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23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

24 By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

25 choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin,

26 considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he was looking to the reward.

27 By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen.

28 By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who destroyed the firstborn would not touch them.

29 By faith they passed through the Red Sea as though they were passing through dry land; and the Egyptians, when they attempted it, were drowned.

Bible in a Year

Hebrews 11:23-29

Moses faced some tough times. He fled from a murder charge, spent years in the desert, led a grumbling nation whose allegiance ran hot and cold, and more. Today we’ll explore what a challenge it was for Moses to stand toe-to-toe with a ruler who scorned him—and how he endured.

Even though he returned to Egypt with an unmistakable call from God (Exodus 3:10), appearing before Pharaoh must still have been intimidating. And Moses had to plead with him repeatedly for the Israelites’ release. Pharaoh was not fazed by locusts, convinced by boils, or softened by water turning to blood. In fact, he made life even harder for the Israelites. In turn, the Hebrew people heaped ingratitude on the one tasked with liberating them.

Moses, however, kept returning to the palace until he’d achieved the Lord’s purpose—the release of the Israelite slaves. And while leading the exodus from Egypt, “he endured, as seeing Him who is unseen” (Heb. 11:27). With a stack of trials behind and even more to come, Moses moved forward, aware that he was walking in the Lord’s presence.

God had pledged to be with him (Exodus 3:12). So, fixing his focus on that promise and the One who made it, Moses wisely trusted that whatever trials he faced, God would bring victory.

Bible in One Year: Matthew 22-24

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US Sports Football: 3 Third Level RPOs for Explosive Plays and College Football Week 7 PREDICTIONS w/ Will Cain | Alabama v Missouri, Texas v Oklahoma

 

• By Keith Grabowski

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Defenses are getting better and better in how they defend the RPO.  Having a mechanism to attack their aggressiveness can provide answers and explosive plays.

One answer to RPO is to cover down and allow the safeties to get down into the box for the run fit.  Of course, aggressive safeties expose the defense to big plays and that’s exactly what these RPOs are designed to attack

Maryland Popsicleicle

Maryland Head Coach Mike Locksley has established himself as one of the top offensive thinkers in terms of how to attack defenses with RPO. He did it as the OC at Alabama and now is continuing to do it at Maryland.

His “Popsicle” RPO attacks the third-level defender (safety) who is aggressively fitting the box.  In the video example, they do it off of Power with the same side read of the safety.  

Coach Locksley understands the details that make this play successful.  He explains the coaching points on the QB-RB mesh as well as what he calls “100 to 90” for the receiver

Western Michigan Double Glanceance

Head Coach at Western Michigan Tim Lester has made the RPO a big part of the Broncos attack.  He likes to attack level 3 while giving the QB options.  

An offense, especially the QB, is not always able to know which safety will trigger.  In order to give the QB opportunities on a 3rd level RPO, WMU will utilize double glance which gives the QB the ability to attack either side of the defense based on which safety fits. He explains the concept here

Wake Forest Route Behindhind

The slower mesh is utilized on their RPO’s with the quarterback spending extra time riding the mesh with the running back to be able to see his key pull and throw the ball for a big play.  It makes the 3rd Level RPO a very viable part of their attack.

The outside zone with a crack route by the receiver makes this a very difficult play to defend.  Head Coach Dave Clawson illustrates the play in this video

Bonus Play - Manheim Central HS Play Action off of RPO:RPO:

Adding third-level RPO does require time in practice to allow the QB to understand the picture and the read.  One way to maintain a 3rd level attack as part of the RPO offense is to call it for the QB by making it a play action. 

That’s exactly what Manheim Central HC Dave Hahn does with this play-action concept.  Seeing that the safety is aggressively fitting on the run allows this big play opportunity.  

Since it is just a call it does not require the QB to read for Run or Pass.  He can sell a great fake and draw the safety down then hit the skinny post for a big play

As the cliche goes, “It’s about who has the chalk last.”  The third level RPO is a logical progression in the RPO attack and whether you create concepts that read the triggering safety or simply add play action to stretch the defense and expose the aggressiveness, attacking level three this fall will provide your offense huge benefits.

Dear God, Have We Finally Hit Peak 'Woke'? and Fearless With Jason Whitlock Feat. Ryan Clark & Pat McAfee CAPE UP for Criminal Kyren Lacy | Joy Taylor Clout Chases, Again

 

Dear God, Have We Finally Hit Peak 'Woke'?

• Author Nicole Chardenet

I can’t say there’s any good that can have come out of Hamas’s indefensible intentional slaughter of Israeli civilians on October 7th, but a by-product may be the beginning of the end for wokeness.

The authoritarian political ideology from which genuine social justice and plain common sense departed several years ago appears to have jumped the public acceptability shark.

The hard left’s uncritical applause for terrorist perpetrator Hamas, under the guise of ‘supporting’ the Palestinians, leaves many of us on the right and left shaking our heads like wet dogs.

WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE???

Whether it’s just-below-the-surface anti-Semitism that has always lurked darkly in the hearts of virtue-signalling leftists, or just a dimwitted allegiance to the essential tenet of what passes for Critical Race Theory - dark good, white bad - the ‘woke’ left, which always assumes ‘marginalized’ people are victimized angels, looks deeply deranged to those of us who haven’t filed for moral bankruptcy.

I guess the woke left is having its ‘there are many good people on both sides’ moment.

Hamas groupies should ask themselves, “Would I approve if these actions were taken against ‘oppressors’ and ‘land-stealers’ I like more?”

Like, say, if the aggrieved were America’s Indigenous?

What if a band of well-armed, well-trained Indigenous terrorists wasted a New Mexico town, swarming in on hang gliders to gun down New Mexicans running through the desert - let’s bear in mind that white people are only 36% of New Mexico’s diversity - and mowed down everyone white, black and brown running from the Albuquerque, say, annual balloon festival? That the ground troops moved in and brutally raped New Mexican women and girls so hard they broke their pelvises? Burnt families alive in their homes, slaughtered without mercy everyone from babies to grandmothers, tortured others and kidnapped a few to be tortured, raped, or murdered for later?

Think about it, wokies.

What I’ve noticed, just within the last week to ten days, is that with or without Hamas, encouraging signs indicate ‘peak woke’ may be declining like Donald Trump’s net worth.

Here are a few indicators I’ve observed recently that a frightening siege of common sense may be amassing outside the Wokeness Wall.

'Wokeness is cancellable, especially for being a terrorist-loving butthead'

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for: When it’s possible to cancel far left deplorables without having to be on the far left one’s self.

Turns out over-privileged, entitled, money-grubbing little college campus shits scurry like cockroaches when one of them loses a plum law firm job offer because, well, she publicly supported violence and terrorism.

Even more ironically, their First Example is a more-marginalized-than thou black female ‘non-binary’.

In a sign of how weird the world’s gotten, none other than a hedge fund billionaire emerged as the hero to offer chemoscare-apy to treat Stage 4 metastasized wokeness.

Bill Ackman discovered an open letter signed by over thirty student groups at Harvard blaming Israelis for Hamas’s mass slaughter.

He quickly accrued a mob of his own, a dozen CEOs who asked Harvard to release the names of all signatories of all the groups, and the names quickly circulated among Ackman’s powerful buddies. Subject line: Let’s make sure we never offer any of them a job!

Then the law firm who had extended a job offer to the non-binary human rescinded it—who the hell wants a terrorist lover working for them?—and the woke woke up to the other side of the cancel culture bully cannon.

The signatories scampered to remove their names from the letter, their commitment to the Palestinians extending only as far as the looming prospect of living with their parents until senility, saddled with crippling student debt.

It’s called ‘accountability’, children. And remember: In accordance with your own values, you must never, ever be forgiven. No matter how much you apologize, grovel and cry on TikTok, no matter what you do or accomplish after this, the only thing that should ever define you is your youthful, ill-considered applause for mass slaughter and rape culture.

'The BBC calls a man in a dress accused of raping a woman ‘a man in a dress’

To be fair, Kay Georges, né Andrew Miller, gave the Beeb permission to refer to him in their news reporting as he/him for ‘simplicity’s sake’, which goes to show you how committed he was to the whole ‘I’m a chick’ thing in the first place. The Beeb reports Miller is accused of abducting and repeatedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl while dressed as a woman after he offered to give her a lift. It would have been more laudable had the Beeb had the balls to take a stand for hard science and truth-telling without permission, which is supposed to be their job, but hey, it’s a start. We should encourage, oh fuck it, high-pressure journalists to tell the truth about rapists appropriating womanhood: If it has a penis and shoves it into an unconsenting orifice, it’s a him/he-man.

Calling a man a man? Further evidence peak woke is crumbling.

'Speaking of men in dresses, transactivists fail to shut down a feminist event in Glasgow or to terrify J.K. Rowling'

The FiLia group, part of a larger Scottish feminist organization, scheduled a women’s conference at the Glasgow Platform, which, being as pussy as any other venue that deplatforms women’s conferences at the last minute when hopelessly male-looking guys in dresses stomp their feet and threaten to rape and murder everyone in the United Kingdom if the conference isn’t cancelled, backed down like frightened little girls. At least until FiLia lawyers cited a recent favorable decision for the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association against a different Scottish venue who canceled the Billyboys.

The result? The conference went on as planned and J.K. Rowling showed up to look bored while she listened to the usual rape, bodily harm and death threats we’ve come to associate with ‘the most marginalized people ever’ and later spoke at the conference.

'Washington University makes it hard for aspiring boy/girl wannabes because, I dunno, the threat of detransitioning lawsuits on the horizon?'

Scientifically deficient ‘gender-affirming care’ is in the cross-hairs of Republican politicians and circling lawyers in what is shaping up to be one mother of a medical scandal in North America.

St. Louis’s Washington University gender clinic announced in September it’s discontinuing puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for everyone, not because they realized they don’t have enough data to determine whether these treatments are safe on otherwise healthy children, but because of the ‘unacceptable’ threat of legal liability.

Here’s where the rubber hits the road for ‘gender-affirming care’ doctors and hospitals: Missouri’s new emergency rule makes it harder for medical professionals to prescribe life-altering treatments willy-nilly for both minors and adults, and returns the transitioning process to the much lengthier and considered path that worked beautifully for decades before 2015.

Otherwise, script-happy docs could find themselves on the business end of the existing Missouri Merchandising Practices Act, designed to prevent and prosecute fraudulent business practices.

It’s about damn time. And a little Republican Attorney General shall lead them.

'Ibram X. Kendi goes down when he can’t explain where the money went'

Hey Dr. Kendi, have you erased racism yet?

No? Well how about $43 million?

The author of How To Be An Antiracist, Stamped From The Beginning and Antiracist Baby, who could find white supremacy in a basket of kittens, can’t ‘splain what happened to all the money lobbed at him by corporates with catapults to fight racism.

Boston University is investigating Kendi’s Center for Anti-Racism Research which just laid off over half their staff, and it’s not like no one ever saw this coming. Many at BU raised concerns whether the extent of Kendi’s anti-racism research was producing anything other than fuck-all. Instead, he delivered, while on an ‘extended leave of absence,’ and all of which earned him money, a graphic novel detailing racist ideas, a podcast called Be Antiracist and an embarrassing five-episode TV show for ESPN that went viral when black Olympian athlete Gwendolyn Berry, interviewed by Kendi, remarked that “Athletes are literally the new slaves,” and compared sports contracts to ‘the new slave chains’. Fortunately for her, this iteration of slavery is more voluntary than the last, so she is free to throw off her chains, give the finger to The Man and get an honest job at Wal-Mart.

None of the above was in the Center’s stated objectives.

Kendi finally found his way back to the Center without explaining where he left to or leaving anyone in charge since it seems he’s allergic to delegating authority. It’s important to note he isn’t accused of stealing the money; just squandering the fuck out of it.

What makes this story particularly galling is finding out podcast host and writer Coleman Hughes, famously common sense-y about fighting racism, was invited by TEDx to give a talk on the need for more conscious color-blindness, and which looked suspiciously downranked by TEDx when a small group of woke staffers allergic to ideas that require them to entertain an alternative view, complained it was ‘racist’ and ‘dangerous’.

'Black Lives Matter Chicago told by X to STFU for demonstrating Israeli lives don’t matter'

After the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, the civil rights group formed to protest the killings of a few dozen black men a year tweeted an image of a hang glider as their knee-jerk response to omni-victimized dark people slaughtering 1,300 whiter-skinned people primarily belonging to a religion long unpopular with many Americans, including black Americans.

When the shit hit the terrorist fanboys, they quickly walked it back:

What a wussy ‘We’re not, strictly speaking, sorry for that image,’ response, and while they could be talking about the grieving mothers and rescued babies from one side or the other, I’m going to take a Scientific Wild-Ass Guess and suggest they’re still really only thinking of the side that cheered and danced for Hamas until the IDF and Israeli civilian settler thugs reminded them of Part II of violent terrorist attacks.

I wonder how tolerant Black Lives Matter Chicago would be if the #BlueLivesMatter set tweeted an image of a knee and ‘BACK THE BLUE’.

That is all that is it!

'You guys should go grab a coffee together'

American hard-right conservatives severed their last tenuous ties to common sense and reality when they voted for, and continue to support, Donald Trump. His bottom-feeding fan base still support him, and threaten violence against anyone daring to hold him accountable for anything.

They’ve even invented a new, more humane form of torture: The non-violent molesting ‘like you’ve never imagined’:

The American left could always crow: “We don’t believe sex is real, we do believe economy-sized white supremacy can be purchased at the Bulk Barn for all your systemic oppression baking needs, and we expend way too much energy on pronouns, but at least we’re not violent.”

Excusing violence in others is one step closer to embracing it one’s self, and with the wokies’ new-found terrorist love in the guise of ‘supporting the Palestinians’, they’ve now sunk to the same moral level as their Confed’rut-lovin’ adversaries.

Je ne suis pas Hamas.

If there’s nothing else that screams the left has hit peak woke, it’s hating Jews as much as the right hates Muslims.

It’s no longer hard to imagine left-wing ‘woke’ extremists could, in fact, instigate Nazi-era pogroms, eagerly joined by members of a particular religion famous for its historical hatred of Judaism long pre-dating the creation of Israel.

There’s so much that’s gone wrong with the left; one must wonder where it all went, if you’ll pardon the expression, tits-up. Perhaps it disintegrated along with the poor mental health of young women and girls hailing from progressive-thinking families whose parents couldn’t say no, or the unemployed kids on social media devising endless, evermore divisive labels to suit every quirk, mood or ugly thought that flittered through their fevered over-educated brains.

Other suspects include universities who sought to retain spoiled children who’d never been challenged by critical thought before and weren’t about to start now, who therefore decided they were customers rather than students, and the customer is always right.

Let’s not forget those who treat ‘intersectionality’ as a bottomless grievance well, and who feign endless victimhood while bullying others into submission; while others squat under the bodhi tree aspiring to ‘marginalization’ rather than spiritual enlightenment. The anti-Buddhas.

I know the Israelis aren’t pure-hearted themselves. They’ve inflicted many heinous crimes against the Palestinians for generations. They HAVE stolen their land. They HAVEN’T made as good-faith efforts as they could to bring lasting peace. They HAVE inflicted many atrocities and human rights abuses against them. I don’t believe they’re willing to make the sacrifices to accomplish that, nor will the Palestinians. It’s all for nothing for both of them. The Palestinians hail from a violent culture and religion. To pull an anti-Trump, “There are bad people on both sides.”

But when you jump on the social media terrorist train to blame families for their own slaughter and proclaim your allegiance to a filthy, specifically genocidal terrorist group and cheer their heinous brutalities against civilians, however you feel about their righteous cause, you have jumped the shark. You have met the enemy and he is you. Shake hands with your compatriots in MAGAland and Canada’s emerging right-wing extremists, the Freedom Convoy. Maybe you guys should all go grab a coffee.

Yeah, there are some real Nazis in those groups. Look in the mirror, ‘progressives’; you’ll find plenty there, too.

Nicole Chardenet fights the neverending battle against MAGAism and wokeness from her artist's hovel in a Canadian skyrise. Her websiite, https://growsomelabia.com, helps women and others reclaim their power. You can subscribe to her Substack newsletter too at https://growsomelabia.substack.com/.