{"id":83891,"date":"2022-07-27T20:14:14","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T01:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=83891"},"modified":"2022-07-27T20:14:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T01:14:14","slug":"83891","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/?p=83891","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/mike_miller\/2022\/07\/27\/22-states-sue-biden-admin-for-plan-to-block-lunch-money-from-schools-that-reject-gender-identity-ideology-n602230\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">22 States Sue Biden Admin for Plan to Block Lunch Money From Schools That Reject\u200b &#8216;Gen\u00adder Iden\u00adti\u00adty&#8217; Ideology<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two cornerstone truths about the left \u2014 and by extension, the Democrat Party. <strong>First, the depth of left-wing hypocrisy knows no bounds. Second, there is no low to which the left will not stoop to cajole, threaten, punish, or destroy, if necessary, those opposed to their agenda, or whose agenda they oppose.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This article is about the Biden administration\u2019s latest effort to do the latter.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in May announced that K-12 schools must comply with\u00a0<em>its interpretation<\/em>\u00a0of the ban on discrimination based on sex in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which includes sexual orientation and gender identity \u2014 and allowing boys to use girls\u2019 restrooms and locker rooms \u2014 in order to receive federal funding for school breakfasts, lunches, and other food items.<\/p>\n<p>Enough is enough, say 22 state attorneys general, who have joined forces in a lawsuit against the Biden administration\u2019s new \u201cguidance,\u201d naming the USDA as a defendant in the suit, which was filed in the Eastern District of Tennessee, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/US\/2022\/07\/26\/22-states-sue-Biden-administration-department-of-agriculture-guidelines-cut-funding-school-lunches-LGBTQ-protections\/8931658881467\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0by UPI.<\/p>\n<p>The 22 states are Indiana, Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and West Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>In the lawsuit, the attorneys general argue the USDA\u2019s Guidance is unlawful<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>because it:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>was issued without providing the State and other stakeholders the opportunity for input as required by the Administrative Procedure Act (APA),<\/li>\n<li>was premised on a misreading and misapplication of the Supreme Court\u2019s holding in Bostock v. Clayton County, and<\/li>\n<li>imposes new and unlawful regulatory measures on state agencies and operators receiving federal financial assistance from the USDA, which will inevitably result in regulatory chaos that threatens essential nutritional services to some of the most vulnerable citizens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"my-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-300x250_5\" class=\"gpt-ad ad-250 text-center\" data-google-query-id=\"CNDIp6WxmvkCFUb5wAodtwMB2Q\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_5_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_5_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" role=\"region\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6177\/redstate\/articles\/300x250_5_0\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita, who is leading the 22-state lawsuit, said in a statement, via UPI:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We all know the Biden administration is dead-set on imposing an extreme left-wing agenda on Americans nationwide.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to UPI, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fns.usda.gov\/nslp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National School Lunch Program<\/a>\u00a0feeds nearly 30 million students every day. Roughly 100,000 public, non-profit private schools, and daycares receive federal funding to subsidize free or reduced-priced meals for qualifying children. To the point, Rokita added:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Biden administration\u2019s actions will inevitably result in regulatory chaos that threatens essential nutritional services to some of Indiana\u2019s most vulnerable citizens.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If there\u2019s a better, current example of\u00a0<em>no low to which the left won\u2019t stoop<\/em>\u00a0than withholding lunch money from kids whose best meal of the day might very well be at school because his or her school rejects the left\u2019s insane \u201cgender fluidity\u201d and \u201cgender self-identification\u201d indoctrination, I am unaware of its existence.<\/p>\n<p>Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery claims the Biden administration is attempting to force states and schools to follow anti-discrimination requirements that \u201cmisconstrue the law.\u201d Moreover, as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcdfw.com\/news\/local\/texas-news\/ken-paxton-among-ags-suing-usda-over-lgbtq-school-meal-directive\/3032288\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0by NBC News, Slatery said the USDA does not have the legal authority to do so.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This case is, yet again, about a federal agency trying to change law, which is Congress\u2019 exclusive prerogative. The USDA simply does not have that authority. We have successfully challenged the Biden Administration\u2019s other attempts to rewrite law and we will challenge this as well.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Imagine that. The Biden administration and the Democrat-controlled Congress engaged in federal overreach. Who knew? Other than everyone who understands the U.S. Constitution, the role of the U.S. Supreme Court, and Democrat propensity to violate the rules, and when \u201cnecessary,\u201d to change them.<\/p>\n<p>Incidentally, this is the second case in as many weeks in which state attorneys general have sprung into action against the left. As I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/mike_miller\/2022\/07\/22\/republican-attorneys-general-warn-google-stop-censoring-pro-life-group-misinformation-or-else-n599941\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>\u00a0last Friday, 17 Republican state AGs warned Google in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/kentucky.gov\/Pages\/Activity-stream.aspx?n=AttorneyGeneral&amp;prId=1236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a>\u00a0that discriminating against pro-life crisis pregnancy centers in search results or on platforms like Google Maps could result in investigations or possible lawsuits. These states \u2014 and other red states \u2014 must follow through on their warnings.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The bottom line:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s Democrat Party is not the Democrat Party of \u201cold\u201d \u2014 the Democrat Party of our parents, as it were.<\/p>\n<p>From Marxist-derived Critical Race Theory, to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/mike_miller\/2022\/07\/07\/democrat-senator-honors-drag-queen-for-work-with-children-n590205\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drag queen story hours<\/a>, to support of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/sister-toldjah\/2022\/05\/19\/gop-lawmaker-stuns-dem-hearing-witness-in-revealing-exchange-on-abortion-until-birth-argument-n566817\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on-demand abortion until birth<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/redstate.com\/alexparker\/2022\/05\/19\/military-in-motion-lgbtq-soldiers-may-be-allowed-to-transfer-from-states-that-dont-affirm-their-identities-n567218\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">emasculation of the U.S. military<\/a>, individual states \u2014 elected officials, attorneys general, concerned parents, and other citizens \u2014 must continue to stand against\u00a0<em>Planet Looney Tunes,<\/em>\u00a0and declare: \u201cWe\u2019re mad as hell and we\u2019re not going to take it anymore!\u201d<br \/>\n&gt;<br \/>\nOnly<em>\u00a0that way<\/em>\u00a0will America as we\u2019ve known it survive. Or at least, have a fighting chance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>22 States Sue Biden Admin for Plan to Block Lunch Money From Schools That Reject\u200b &#8216;Gen\u00adder Iden\u00adti\u00adty&#8217; Ideology There are two cornerstone truths about the left \u2014 and by extension, the Democrat Party. First, the depth of left-wing hypocrisy knows no bounds. 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