Plus: the Social Security crisis, Dylan Mulvaney, and vaping rates
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President Biden has threatened to veto the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act. The bill amends Title IX to strengthen protections for female athletes and clarifies that granting biological males awards, roster spots, or scholarships designated for female athletes is discriminatory and illegal. Independent Women's Forum Spokeswoman Riley Gaines released a statement in response to the White House's threat:
“Equal opportunity, privacy, and safety for women in sports shouldn’t be controversial. The women who once advocated for Title IX should be outraged as this goes against everything they fought for.”
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** HURTING NOT HELPING ([link removed])
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** Your Favorite Chocolate Brand Isn’t Safe From ESG ([link removed])
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The Chocolate Scorecard is a project of Be Slavery Free—an Australian-based organization purporting to fight against modern slavery, human trafficking, and forced and child labor. While fighting child slavery is a noble cause, ESG scoring distorts the reality concerning bad actors. Read more ([link removed])
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT
Piers Morgan Uncensored | Riley Gaines Responds to Rep. Katie Porter: ‘Why Is It Always Women Fighting Against Sex-based Protections?' Watch ([link removed])
High Noon | The State of Lawfare Watch ([link removed])
The Evening Edit | Biden White House Trying To Erase Fair Treatment For Women In Sports Watch ([link removed])
The Randy Tobler Show | Tail Pipe Tyranny With New Biden Regulations to Push Electric Vehicles Listen ([link removed]) (begins 23:40)
Fox News | I Was Assaulted by a Transgender Mob and This Is What I Plan To Do Next Read ([link removed])
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** Can Presidents Unilaterally Declare Large National Monuments? ([link removed])
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President Biden announced the creation of two new national monuments—Avi Kwa Ame in Nevada and Castner Range in El Paso, Texas—to meet his 30-by-30 conservation goals to “protect” 30% of public lands and 30% of public waters by 2030. His declaration also ordered Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo to study the feasibility of creating a 770,000-mile National Marine Sanctuary in the Pacific Ocean. But does Biden actually have the authority to establish these new national monuments? Read more ([link removed])
** Spotlight: Youth Vaping Rates Declined More Significantly in States Without Flavor Bans ([link removed]) Read ([link removed])
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** The Ridiculous Influence of Dylan Mulvaney ([link removed])
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Why are Bud Light, Tampax, and other brands paying trans-identifying influencer Dylan Mulvaney to represent them? A biological male speaking for period products? A feminine guy advocating for Bud Light, which is typically a very “manly” type of brand?
Emily Jashinsky analyzes what’s going on and what it might mean for these brands.
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** Trending Now: Georgia Fails on School Choice but Lays Groundwork for 2024 ([link removed]) Read ([link removed])
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** TWO TRUTHS & A LIE ([link removed])
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** Fighting Degree Inflation ([link removed])
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Can you guess which one is NOT true about fighting degree inflation?
A. There are more open positions than unemployed people.
B. There is a severe shortage of middle-wage workers due to the degree gap.
C. Since 2017, degree requirements have not declined overall.
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** Just In: Sticky Home and Food Prices Squeeze Households Another Month ([link removed]) ([link removed]) Read ([link removed])
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** Social Security on the Brink of a Crisis ([link removed])
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Social Security is on the brink of a crisis, and America needs an intervention to keep this program available for generations to come. Mark J. Warshawsky at American Enterprise Institute looks at the Social Security Trustees’ annual report issued March 31, and, as he has argued in the past, the projections used in these reports are still likely too optimistic, both in the short- and long-terms, in part because of their assumptions about inflation being lower than it is.
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** Examining Biden’s War On Independent Contractors ([link removed])
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Today, IWF Center for Economic Opportunity Fellow Karen Anderson testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections. The hearing, titled “Examining Biden’s War on Independent Contractors,” examined legislative threats to freelance work and explores the impact of similar laws at the state level.
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