Plus: Aware It's Losing Culture Wars, Left Tries a New Tactic
June 17 2023
Good morning from Washington, where President Biden and his defense secretary appear unwilling to loosen Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s hold on military promotions over the Pentagon’s policy of taxpayer-funded abortion. Our Rob Bluey has an update. Amid a consumer revolt, Katrina Trinko writes, politicians on the Left insist that Americans must put up with full-out LGBT marketing. A California teenager takes doctors to court for fast-tracking her gender transition while she was 12, Mary Margaret Olohan reports. Plus: a university reverses course on China’s infiltration; what the Trump indictment portends; a touching tribute to a powerhouse televangelist; and the importance of fathers. Seventy years ago today, the Soviet Union sends an armored division into East Berlin to crush a rebellion by workers and antigovernment protesters, killing at least 15 and wounding over 100. Tomorrow is Father’s Day.
A detransitioner is suing Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, Permanente Medical Group, and the doctors who pushed her along the path to hormonal and surgical transgender procedures.
“Hatred and bigotry can't win: New York elected officials and I are urging @Target to reverse its decision and stand up for #LGTBQ+ rights,” tweets New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Democrats have ratcheted up their rhetoric, accusing Sen. Tommy Tuberville of politicizing the military and jeopardizing national security—claims they make without any evidence.
Progressives avoid public debate about marriage and fatherhood because they believe social outcomes are mainly driven by public policy and systemic forces, not individual decisions.
“Groups of students were heard chanting, ‘USA are my pronouns,’ and students glared intimidatingly at faculty members showing pride,” writes the school principal.
