Day: November 23, 2025
Steelers’ TJ Watt becomes family sacks leader after huge play vs Bears
Pittsburgh Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt had a strip sack on Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams on Sunday, helping him become the new family leader.
Brand-new Pew Research poll shows ALARMING trend among high school senior girls
A civilization is only as healthy as the families that make it up. Decades of research confirm that a society’s best shot at thriving depends on people getting married and having children. In general, individuals flourish in this environment, as does the community — and ultimately the nation itself.
But what happens when an entire generation loses interest in traditional family? This is a pivotal question conservative America is asking right now, as marriage and fertility rates are at all-time lows.
A brand-new Pew Research Center analysis is making waves after revealing that only 61% of 12th grade high school girls intend to get married some day — a 22-point drop from 1993 when 83% expressed interest in marriage.
Interestingly 12th grade boys stayed about the same: 74% expressed expectations for future marriage, compared to 76% in 1993.
For the first time ever in this dataset, high school boys are now more enthusiastic about marriage than girls.
The poll revealed other alarming statistics regarding marriage as well: From 1993 to 2023 among male and female high school seniors, the intention to stay married to the same person for life dropped 4%, while intention to have children dropped 9%.
Stu Burguiere, BlazeTV host of “Stu Does America,” warns that these stats do not bode well for the country. “Every metric (this is no exaggeration), every financial metric, every well-being metric, every happiness metric — all of these things are improved when you get married,” he says, reminding that marriage “is a foundational part of our society, and that has been true for decades and decades and decades and decades.”
The fact that girls are losing interest in monogamy at unprecedented rates is a direct result of the woke feminist movement that’s aimed to “liberate” young women by discouraging marriage and childbearing and encouraging promiscuity and abortion.
Not only does this leave people chronically lonely and unfilled, it also threatens the well-being of the nation that depends on a steady birthrate to thrive.
“The trends are bad — really, really bad — and if it continues, it will turn into a crisis,” Stu warns.
To hear more of his analysis, watch the episode above.
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Ex-teacher accused of paying students for sex, loading them up with booze and drugs finds out her fate
A Missouri woman who was accused of paying students for sex and giving them alcohol and drugs while she was a substitute teacher just learned where she’ll be spending the next decade.
Carissa Smith, 31, was arrested last November and indicted on a host of charges including two counts of sexual trafficking of a child under the age of 18, nine counts of statutory rape, two counts of statutory sodomy, three counts of sexual contact with a student, and one count of patronizing prostitution from a victim 14 years and younger.
‘Very disturbing and distressing information.’
Investigators indicated the incidents occurred from August 2023 to September 2024.
According to the Pulaski County Sheriff’s Office, victims alleged that Smith — who began regularly working as a substitute teacher at Dixon Middle School in August 2022 then worked at Dixon High School from 2023 until her resignation in August 2024 — “would offer money, marijuana and/or alcohol to students in return for sex or to allow her to perform oral sex.”
The probable cause statement indicated that Smith paid one victim at least $100 to engage in sexual activities with her. Authorities noted further that Smith urged one minor victim not to discuss their encounters with anyone else.
Court documents reviewed by USA Today indicated that Smith also involved her husband, informing him that one victim had a compromising video and was blackmailing her. The husband allegedly threatened more than one minor with a baseball bat.
The affidavit reviewed by People magazine indicated that after hearing a rumor about a video circulating in the community that allegedly showed the substitute teacher performing a sexual act with one of her students, Smith’s brother-in-law caught her in bed with an underage student.
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Victims claimed that Smith would have sex with them at her house as well as other locations, including on roadsides.
The day after Smith’s Nov. 12, 2024, arrest, Dixon R-I School District Superintendent Travis Bohrer revealed to parents that the district had received a report of possible misconduct by Smith earlier in the year from at least one student and had notified the relevant authorities.
Bohrer noted, “This is very disturbing and distressing information for everyone in our school community.”
While out on bond, Smith was arrested again in September and charged with tampering with a witness after court documents say she was caught at the home of one of her victims, the sheriff’s office confirmed to USA Today.
The former teacher’s $250,000 bond was revoked on Sept. 10.
“The defendant was ordered to have no contact with any victim in this case,” noted prosecuting attorney Jeffrey Thomas. “The defendant has failed to follow a course of good conduct.”
Smith pleaded guilty to lesser charges of two counts of sexual contact with a student and one count of first degree endangering the welfare of a child/sexual conduct on Sept. 17, reported KRCG-TV, and faced as many as 12 years in prison.
Smith instead received a sentence Wednesday of 10 years behind bars, the station said in a separate story.
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‘Wicked: For Good” opens to a record $150 million in North America
“Wicked: For Good” brought in $150 million in the US and Canada in its opening weekend, setting a record for a film adaptation of a Broadway musical and ranking among the best-performing movie musicals of all time, according to the studio.
Pangilinan calls for joint congressional panel to tackle justice reforms
Senator Francis “Kiko” Pangilinan on Sunday called for the immediate creation of a Joint Congressional Commission on Justice Reform amid allegations of corruption and the flood control scandal hounding the government.
Trump accuses Ukraine of ingratitude as officials meet in Geneva on US peace plan
US President Donald Trump, who has championed the 28-point plan, said on Sunday that Ukraine had not been grateful for American efforts over the war, even as US weapons continue to flow to Kyiv via NATO and Europe keeps buying Russian oil.
Israel says it targeted Hezbollah military leader in Beirut strike
Israel carried out an airstrike on a southern Beirut suburb on Sunday targeting a senior official of militant group Hezbollah, despite a ceasefire between the two sides brokered by the United States a year ago.
Lacson, ‘dedma” sa alok umano na maging bahagi siya ng ‘civil-military” junta vs PBBM, VP Sara
Sinabi ni Senador Panfilo “Ping” Lacson na nakatanggap siya ng alok na sumama sa “civil-military junta” para alisin sa kanilang mga puwesto sina Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. at Vice President Sara Duterte, ngunit hindi niya ito pinansin.
PNP: Zero tolerance vs abuse, misconduct that undermine public trust
The Philippine National Police (PNP) on Sunday stressed that it does not tolerate abuse, misconduct, and other actions that undermine public trust and that it will impose “swift and appropriate consequences” against erring police officers. The PNP issued the reminder amid reports that 14 police officers were allegedly involved in the rape of an 18-year-old woman in Cavite.
Gerald McRaney brands Alex Murdaugh ‘a man who had no soul’ after playing killer’s father
Gerald McRaney reveals how he portrayed Randolph Murdaugh III in Hulu’s “Murdaugh: Death in the Family,” calling the character “a man who had no soul.”
