From Independent Women's Forum <[email protected]>
Subject Weekly Capsule: 🍪 The Economy Has Eaten Too Many Christmas Cookies This Year
Date December 20, 2023 11:03 PM
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Plus: Identity Crisis, Microschooling, & More.                                                                                                        

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💰Inflation Hitting Hard: While it is the time of year filled with much cheer, American families are being give the gift of Christmas inflation. The holiday season marks a continuous rise in the cost of goods. A recent survey revealed that 40% of Americans plan to scale back their holiday shopping due to inflationary concerns. There are less gifts under the Christmas tree this year and the declining economy is to blame.

Have your own story about how inflation has affected you this holiday season? We want to hear about it.
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Women’s Liberation Front, Women’s Declaration International USA, and more than 450 Kappa Kappa Gamma Alumnae filed briefs in support of the Wyoming Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sisters, represented by Independent Women’s Law Center in Westenbroek v. Kappa Kappa Gamma. These groups bolstered IWLC’s arguments that Kappa owes its young women the sisterhood they signed up for. Read More ([link removed])


** Spotlight: Interested in Microschooling but Don’t Know How To Start? Read ([link removed])
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** HURTING NOT HELPING ([link removed])
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** Campus Intolerance Isn’t New. It’s Just Finally in the Spotlight ([link removed])
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The most illuminating stories revealed since the congressional testimony of the presidents of Harvard, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of Pennsylvania are from the students attending these schools. Since the contentious testimony, there has been a deluge of reactions from students—no longer statistics but real, matriculating students who are navigating campus life. Read More ([link removed])
MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

The First | The Biden Administration's Fake Jobs, Inflation Report Watch ([link removed])

America Reports | Detransitioner Sues American Academy of Pediatrics Watch ([link removed])

National Report | Two Sorority Women Booted After Standing up for Sisterhood Watch ([link removed])

The Daily Wire | You Can Fire The Presidents, but the Deeper Issues on College Campuses Must Be Addressed Read ([link removed])

National Review | Why Is Yet Another Sorority Punishing Alumni Who Believe Women Are Women? Read ([link removed])

Sunday Night in America With Trey Gowdy | What Hamas Did To Innocent Women and Girls Should Echo Eternity, Not Be Forgotten in a Couple of Months Watch ([link removed])


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** The Grinch of Inflation ([link removed])
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‘Tis the season to be jolly, but for many consumers, the festive cheer comes with an unexpected companion—Christmastime inflation. As the holiday season approaches, the cost of celebrating continues to rise. The cost of everyday Christmas items has risen. Cookies for Santa witnessed a 3.7% year-over-year increase, fruit cake spiked by 3.8%, Christmas trees by 3.3%, and wrapping paper by 2.3%. Read More ([link removed])


** Trending Now: Our 401Ks Plummeted Nearly 25% in Value Since Biden Took Office Read ([link removed])
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** IN THE NETWORK ([link removed])
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** Tell the Biden Administration To Get Out of Your Home! ([link removed])
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s net-zero energy agenda attempts to regulate household appliances in nearly every room of your home. Bureaucrats have implemented or proposed over 15 bans or regulations that affect appliances like gas stoves, dishwashers, water heaters, and refrigerators.

The Biden administration claims that these regulations will save Americans money and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But these unfounded rules would not only further increase costs, especially for lower- and middle-class families, but also would invite inefficiencies that often exacerbate environmental impacts.

Thankfully, some legislators are pushing back, and so should you. Click the button below to send a message directly to the Department of Energy and tell the Biden administration to take its hands off your home!
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Can you spot what's not true about the conflict between Israel and Hamas?

A. Hamas is classified as a terrorist organization.
B. Other countries like Iran are not involved in the conflict.
C. Palestinians make up 20% of the total Israeli population.
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** Just In: ([link removed]) Leftist Ideology Has Hijacked U.S. Foreign Policy ([link removed]) ([link removed]) Read ([link removed])
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** CAPSULE REVIEW ([link removed])
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** Fixing Michelle Obama’s Mistakes…13 Years Later ([link removed])
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James Freeman has a good article over at the Wall Street Journal detailing House efforts to finally fix some of the problems former first lady Michelle Obama created when she meddled with the School Lunch program in 2010. The problems are almost too numerous to count but one of the worst changes she engineered in an effort to tackle childhood obesity was banning 2%- and whole-fat milk from schools and mandating that flavored milk be fat-free and traditional milk be, at most, 1% fat. This has resulted in milk consumption plummeting among kids.
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** UN Climate Summit Fueled Panic, Not Progress ([link removed])
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The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, went into overtime on Tuesday night with an agreement that fell short of the “fossil fuel phaseout” called for by the U.S., EU, and island nations. Although the draft agreement called for reducing all fossil fuel use—the first time in UN history—that didn’t go far enough for U.S. climate envoy John Kerry, who said the deal “doesn’t meet the test” and pushed for stronger language.
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