State Farm is under fire over leaked emails allegedly showing that the company promoted gender fluidity and transgenderism to children.

“Emails leaked to [Consumers First] from concerned [State Farm] employees show the company engaged in the woke indoctrination of kids age 5+,” Consumers’ Research’s Executive Director Will Hild wrote on Twitter.

“State Farm partnered with The GenderCool Project — which aims to have conversations with children about being Transgender and Non-Binary.”

The email, addressed to State Farm agents in Florida, reads: “State Farm is partnering with The GenderCool Project to help diversify classroom, community center and library bookshelves with a collection of books to help bring clarity and understanding to the national conversation about Being Transgender, Inclusive and Non-Binary. The project’s goal is to increase representation of LGBTQ+ books and support our communities in having challenging, important and empowering conversations with children Age 5+.”

State Farm defended the program in a statement.

“Participants are not being asked to share with schools,” the company told the Washington Examiner. “We recognize and value the diversity of all people, and support a culture of respect and inclusion in the communities in which we live and work, as well as our workplace. The LGBTQ+ community is a valued part of the communities we serve and are valued members of our workplace.”

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State Farm donating transgender books for 5-year-olds to schools in Florida

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President Joe Biden said the U.S. military would intervene if China were to strike against Taiwan — an eyebrow-raising remark that the White House later walked back.

At a news conference in Tokyo, a reporter asked Biden if the U.S. military would intervene if China attacked Taiwan.

“Yes — it’s a commitment we made,” Biden responded.

Per Axios, the U.S. has had a longstanding “strategic ambiguity” position regarding Taiwan. A White House official later said that Biden’s comment did not mean that position had changed, but experts believe that the president’s statement “deserves to be taken seriously.”

“It is a clear enough statement that the U.S. will not sit by if China attacks Taiwan,” said Grant Newsham, a retired Marine Corps colonel who now works as a research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies.

The U.S. was “seeking to toughen their policy but without necessarily provoking China,” said James Brown, an associate professor at Temple University Japan.

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Biden says U.S. would defend Taiwan if China’s military attacks

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 campaign manager Robby Mook said that the former Secretary of State signed off on sharing now-debunked collusion claims between former President Donald Trump and Russia.

Mook testified that Clinton campaign lawyer Marc Elias first briefed him “about the Alfa-Bank issue” in 2016. He said the campaign leadership quickly had a meeting about whether to share the information with the media, which they ultimately decided to do.

According to Mook’s testimony, other meeting attendees were campaign chairman John Podesta, communications director Jennifer Palmieri, and policy adviser Jake Sullivan — President Joe Biden’s current national security adviser.

When special counsel John Durham pressed Mook about who approved pushing the Alfa-Bank claims to the media, he said, “John and I were involved,” but “I discussed it with Hillary as well.”

“All I remember is that she agreed with the decision,” Mook said, adding, “she thought we made the right decision.”

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Hillary Clinton signed off on sharing debunked Alfa-Bank claims with the media

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The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) has sunk millions of dollars into Illinois and Nevada’s GOP primary elections.

“The DGA is wasting no time in educating the public about these Republicans,” said Christina Amestoy, DGA’s senior communications advisor.

“These elected and formerly elected officials want to deceptively retell their histories, and we’re just filling in the gaps.”

The DGA has spent $8.4 million on television ads in Illinois, with more than $4 million in the Chicago market alone. The ads target Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin, the leading Republican in next month’s primary, where he’ll face state Sen. Darren Bailey (R) and several others.

Additionally, Democrats have spent $2.3 million in Nevada against Clark County Sheriff Joe Lombardo (R).

“The DGA’s spending decisions indicate they are very worried about their incumbent governors’ chances as their failed records are being litigated for voters,” said Jesse Hunt, a spokesperson for the Republican Governors Association.

“There isn’t enough money for them to meddle in the nearly dozen states where Democrats are in danger of losing their hold on the governor’s office.”

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Democrats spend big in GOP governor primaries