🚨 Biden’s New Department of Labor Regulation Wages War on Freelancers and Destroys Flexibility: Yesterday, the Department of Labor released its final rule to determine who can be classified as independent contractors. This rule will be devastating to freelancers nationwide and will have negative economic consequences for entrepreneurs, small businesses, and people who value flexibility, particularly women.

IWF believes that this final rule undermines worker freedom in America by disrupting the work arrangements that provide many benefits to women and workers, including control over one’s time and labor, work-life balance, health and wellness, and fulfillment.

Here is what happened. Read More

💪🏽 “We Won’t Back Down” Rally at the NCAA Convention to Demand Equal Athletic Opportunity for Women: Tomorrow, current and former NCAA female athletes, coaches, and parents will rally outside of the 2024 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Convention in Phoenix, Arizona, to demand that the organization stop discriminating against female athletes by allowing males to compete in women’s sports.

The rally’s theme, “We Won’t Back Down,” reflects the determination of female athletes and coaches to get the NCAA to revoke its controversial and unscientific Transgender Student-Athlete Participation Policy. The policy allows males who identify as women to participate in women’s sports if they suppress their natural testosterone for at least one year and achieve levels set by the governing bodies of their particular sport. A comprehensive review of the scientific literature by IWLC and IWF reveals that hormone injections do not eliminate the male athletic advantage over females. The report also concludes that, even without any male athletic advantage, the participation of males in women’s sports takes away opportunities for women to compete. Read More

CHAMPION MESSAGE

HURTING NOT HELPING

Dear DOE Secretary Granholm: Hands off My Gas Furnace!

Regulations on gas stoves made national news last year, but lesser known are the over 15 regulations the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed or finalized that affect appliances in nearly every room of your house. The DOE recently finalized an efficiency standard for natural gas furnaces that increases costs and limits consumer choices. The American Gas Association estimates that the regulation will remove up to 60% of current consumer furnaces off the market. Read More

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

Daily Caller | Gen Z Is Skeptical About the Pill but Still Cares About Contraception Access Read

Daily Caller | Joe Biden and Gavin Newsom Go to War With Freelancers for Their Big Labor Buddies Read

The Federalist | Randi Weingarten’s Meltdown Over School Choice and ‘Democracy’ Is Pure Projection Read

O’Connor & Company | Biden Admin Pushes New Rule, Eliminating Gig Economy Listen (Starts at 21:15)

Fox News at Night | CA Offers Free Health Care For Illegal Immigrants Watch

Cavuto Coast to Coast | Biden Expected to Focus On Trump in Speech, Ignores Troubling Jobs Report Watch

DID YOU KNOW

America Shatters Another Terrible Record: $34 Trillion

The U.S. surpassed a new milestone that we should not celebrate. The national debt crossed the $34 trillion mark for the first time. According to data released by the U.S. Treasury, the national debt—which measures what we owe creditors to pay for expenditures—topped $34.001 trillion just before the end of the year. Furthermore, this $34 trillion debt milestone comes a little more than three months after crossing the $33 trillion mark. Read More

Spotlight: A Case for Post High School Options Read

IN THE NETWORK

Kim Russell Was “Burned at the Stake” for Supporting Women’s Sports

Join us on Tuesday, January 30th, for an IWN exclusive event with Coach Kim Russell.

TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

Independent Women’s Law Center

Can you spot what's not true about Independent Women’s Law Center?

A. Independent Women’s Law Center fights for equal opportunity, due process, and other constitutional liberties.
B. IWLC is an anti-abortion legal group.
C. Independent Women’s Law Center fights to protect women’s single-sex spaces.

CHECK YOUR ANSWER

Just In: Harvard President Claudine Gay Resignation Is Necessary Justice Read

CAPSULE REVIEW

Labor Market Shows Women Continue Facing Challenges

The Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that 216,000 jobs were added in December. Meanwhile, employment in October and November combined was 71,000 jobs fewer than previously reported. The unemployment rate remained the same at 3.7% (seasonally adjusted), and the number of unemployed persons held steady at 6.3 million. The labor force participation rate fell to 62.5% from 62.8% (still below pre-pandemic levels).

Ohio Governor’s Rationale for Child Mutilation Is Propagandic Nonsense

On Friday, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed an executive order banning genital mutilation surgeries for minors and announcing upcoming rules to put some regulatory guardrails on the gender ideology empire. He’s failing Ohioans. Why? These measures are directly aimed at preventing the Ohio legislature from overriding his veto of H.B. 68, an incredibly popular and sensible bill that would protect minors from life-altering chemical and physical mutation and protect women who wish to play sports against women.

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