Gender Doctors Are Modern Lobotomists

• History seems to be repeating itself within the medical profession, which — when it comes to gender politics — is being driven by political correctness and critical gender theory, instead of biology and science.
• Doctors are using harmful, experimental, and permanently disfiguring “medical” procedures instead of trying to treat the underlying mental health conditions of their patients, something that leads to an increased risk of suicide and medical complications.
• So little is known about “gender affirming” medical interventions — from removing sex organs, to fashioning faux organs, to chemical castration and more — that Dr. Blair Peters, a self-described “queer surgeon” in Oregon, acknowledged on video the significant complications associated with these procedures. He admitted that doctors like him were “figuring out what works” as they went along.
• Gender “medicine,” like the Tuskegee experiments and surgical lobotomies, is Frankensteinian. They are experimental. They solve nothing. And they displace better and safer medical practices to suit current cultural fashions.

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Court Has No Legal Authority to Bar Trump From 2024 Ballot

• The Colorado Supreme Court last night ruled in an unprecedented, 4-3 decision to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot, citing Section 3 of the 14th Amendment.
• This is a nakedly partisan, anti-democratic decision that ignores the law and prior precedent.
• Under the text and history of the 14th Amendment, as well as court precedent, Trump is not disqualified from running for office for numerous reasons.
• Section 3 of the 14 Amendment only applies to individuals who were previously a “member of Congress,” an “officer of the United States,” or a state official. Individuals who are elected—such as the president and vice president—are not officers within the meaning of Section 3.
• No federal court has convicted Trump of engaging in ‘insurrection or rebellion.’ In fact, the Senate acquitted Trump of that charge in his second impeachment. 
• Some scholars assert Section 3 doesn’t even exist anymore as a constitutional matter after the Amnesty Acts of 1872 and 1898–a matter completely ignored by the court today. 
• Finally, prior court rulings have held that Section 3 is not self-executing and Congress has never passed any federal law providing for enforcement, meaning that courts such as the Colorado Supreme Court have no legal authority to enforce Section 3. 

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The US Needs More Munitions to Deter China

• In early 2023, the U.S. transferred 300,000 155mm artillery shells from its War Reserve Material stockpile in Israel to Ukraine. At the time, it was the only conflict with heavy U.S. involvement. After Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attack, that’s no longer true.
• Now, Israel too has requested munitions, putting a strain on already stretched U.S. stockpiles and calling into question both the Defense Department’s munitions planning and the budgetary priorities of congressional appropriators.
• The U.S. military is already tasked to do more than it has been equipped to do. At present, our armed forces do not have the munitions needed for a contingency in the Indo-Pacific region, and we certainly aren’t producing enough munitions to sustain operations in all three theaters at once.
• The U.S. military’s current mission is dependent on deterrence and delivery of munitions to allies. Its projected failure to do enough of the latter surely undermines the former in the minds of Chinese military planners.
• It is more important than ever to prioritize use based on grand strategy and national interest, and to rework munitions acquisition and production plans to deter threats to America’s most vital interests.

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