Plus: WATCH: Sen. Josh Hawley Explains Marxist Left’s War on Masculinity
May 19 2023
Happy Friday from Washington, where House Democrats assail three FBI whistleblowers at a hearing examining President Biden’s “weaponization” of government. Fred Lucas has details. Arguing that she was fired for saying parents should know when their child wants to join the opposite sex, a former guidance counselor sues her school district. Tony Kinnett reports. In a video podcast, Sen. Josh Hawley tells our Mary Margaret Olohan that the Left is out to extinguish traditional masculinity. Plus: Senate conservatives protect parents from false abuse charges; The Heritage Foundation rallies support for booting the Pentagon from the abortion business; and State Department emails display preferred pronouns. On this date in 1967, an international treaty banning nuclear weapons from outer space takes effect as the Soviet Union joins the U.S., Great Britain, and dozens of other nations in approving the agreement.
The school board fired the guidance counselor for saying parents should know about their teenage children’s interest in “transitioning” to the opposite sex.
Men hear nonstop the message, “that ‘if you are a man, you are toxic. To be a man is to somehow, in and of itself, to contribute to the systemic injustice of America,’” says the Missouri Republican.
Three FBI whistleblowers testify that they endured punishments, revoked security clearances, and firings after telling supervisors things they didn’t want to hear.
The original bill opened loopholes for tracking and reporting religious entities and parents who might object to “gender transition” procedures or abortions for minor children.
As Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s fight to reverse a Pentagon policy that unilaterally expanded abortion in the military enters its 12th week, a grassroots movement is blossoming.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., is the only Democrat to oppose Biden nominee Nancy Abudu, deputy legal director at the Southern Poverty Law Center. Here’s why Senate Republicans reject her.