🏀 We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: KEEP WOMEN’S SPORTS FEMALE

You may have seen the news sparking an uproar about a male basketball player competing in a high school girls basketball game. During the hoops game, not one, not two, but THREE female players went down with injuries caused by contact over possession of the ball with the physically stronger and larger male player. Incidents like this fly in the face of women who have already suffered the injury consequences of allowing male athletes to compete in women's sports like IWF Ambassador Payton McNabb:

Sign your name to the Keep Women's Sports Female letter.

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Get Your Dating Priorities Straight, People

Some obnoxious podcasters agree that men should not be dating if they make less than $50,000 a year. Fortunately, many women on X are using this to reflect on where they started out in their marriages (and how far they’ve come). Read More

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

At The Bar | Invasion At The Border? Watch

Don’t @ Me With Dan Dakich | NCAA Official Resigns Over Trans Policies Watch (starts at 36:46)

Elizabeth Vargas Reports | Lifelong KKG Sisters Booted Over Trans Case Watch

The Andy Caldwell Show | NYC Lawmakers Move to Ban Tide Pods to Combat Pollution Listen

Students Over Systems | Chris and Christine Stigall: Making the Leap From the Status Quo Watch

Albuquerque Journal | New Mexico Parents Want Gender Ideology Out of School Curriculum Read

Washington Times | Alabama Gov. Ivey’s Top Legislative Priority Is Advancing Educational Freedom Read

Boston Globe | What the Fight Over Spending Is Really Costing Us Read

Daily Caller | One Asylum Rule Is Opening The Immigration Floodgates Even Wider Read

She Thinks | Are You About To Lose Your Side Job Watch

DID YOU KNOW

Greed Didn’t Shrink Your Doritos, Bidenomics Did

You're probably paying more for Doritos, Cheetos, and Tostitos thanks to high inflation. Even more, the bags probably seem a little smaller or less full. Though President Biden wants to lay the blame on food manufacturers, the fact of the matter is shrinkflation is a longstanding retail strategy. Read More

Spotlight: Climate Activists Are Wrong: Liquefied Natural Gas Projects Are of Public Interest Read

IN THE NETWORK

Debate Prep: Hotter-Than-Expected Inflation, EVs Short-Circuiting, and Aid Package for Ukraine Stalls

Each week, IW’s policy experts work together to craft talking points that help us deliver our messages as effectively as possible. IW spokeswomen use these very same focal points to prepare for media and events, and we want you to have the same prep materials so that you can debate these issues.

Paid Leave

How much do you know about paid leave? Can you spot the lie?

A. Most American workers have access to paid time off.
B. Government-dictated benefits increase flexibility and improve the paid leave situation for employees.
C. Female workers suffer harmful unintended consequences from mandated leave policies.

CHECK YOUR ANSWER

Just In: I’m a Tesla Shareholder, but After Renting an EV, I Know the Market Isn’t Ready for Prime Time Read

CAPSULE REVIEW

Don’t Attack The Au Pair Program—Expand It To The Elderly

The au pair program has recently come under attack; the Biden administration has proposed a set of regulations so draconian, they would likely result in the end of the program. But rather than restrict a program that has proven helpful to so many U.S. families, we should expand the program to a new demographic: elderly Americans in need of care.

ADUs To The Rescue: A Tool For Income-Generation And Housing Affordability

Solutions to homelessness, housing unaffordability, and financial security for older women may be right in our backyards.

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