Today, Riley Gaines and other elite female athletes signed an open letter to Congress in support of protecting women and girls sports. The letter, which was organized by Independent Women's Voice and first reported by OutKick, is signed by 72 athletes . It offers a starkly contrasting view to Megan Rapinoe's letter to Congress in the heated debate over women's sports and legislation to keep women's sports female.

The pro-woman sports letter hits at all of the key points in the debate over biological males in women's sports—forcing females to compete against males is "unfair," "discriminatory," and "illegal." The letter in part reads: “[W]ithout single-sex teams and single-sex competition, men will dominate women in competitive sports where strength, size or speed are relevant factors. That is because, physiologically, the average male is stronger, bigger, and faster than the average female."

As Ian Miller of Outkick writes, "This undeniable reality had been accepted for virtually all of human history, until activists demanded that biology and sex be sidelined." Read more

Share your thoughts on the Save Women's Sports movement HERE
Stop the White House's illegal rewrite of Title IX as applied to sports HERE
Tell the NCAA to stop discriminating against female athletes HERE

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Federal Reserve Governor Skeptical of U.S. CBDC

During a recent speech at Georgetown University, Federal Reserve Board Governor Michelle W. Bowman expressed skepticism over her agency adopting a central bank digital currency (CBDC) anytime soon. Read more

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

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National Review | Are Trans Women Now the Best Women? Read

DID YOU KNOW

Insane Deficit Spending is Immoral

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Independent Contracting Takes Center Stage Read

IN THE NETWORK

#IWReads: Bethany Mandel

In her book co-authored with Karol Markowicz, Stolen Youth: How Radicals are Erasing Innocence and Indoctrinating a Generation, Bethany Mandel details the issues surrounding woke indoctrination and arms readers with the framework from which to fight back—and win. It’s time to go on the offense and protect our kids.

Be sure to register for this virtual book club event and get your copy of Stolen Youth. Join us as we discuss this powerful new book on Thursday, May 4 @ 1:00 p.m. ET.

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TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

Climate Change

How much do you know about climate change? Can you identify which of the following is the lie?

A. Banning or severely limiting fossil fuels will not harm the economy or workers.
B. Even if the United States cuts emissions to zero, the world’s biggest emitters (China and India) have not cut back emissions.
C. Natural disasters and extreme weather have not become more prevalent due to climate change.

CHECK YOUR ANSWERS

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CAPSULE REVIEW

Will New York Put Men in Women’s Prisons?

New York state lawmakers are pushing legislation that would allow male criminals to serve their terms in women’s prisons. Assembly Bill A709, styled the “Gender Identity Respect, Dignity and Safety Act,” would automatically place prisoners in the facility that corresponds with their “self-attested gender identity,” even if they have had no medical interventions such as hormones or surgery and are thus physically indistinguishable from a cisgender man.

Is Alvin Bragg’s Case Against Trump Constitutional?

Mr. Biden himself is currently safe under the accepted view that sitting presidents are immune from prosecution. But under the Trump precedent, what’s to stop an ambitious Republican prosecutor somewhere from bringing dubious state charges against him before a hostile jury after he leaves office?

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