🏊 Yet again, XY athlete Lia Thomas easily beat the female competition at the Ivy League Women’s Swim Championship and crushed previous records held by hard-working female athletes. Thomas — who competed for three years on the UPenn Men’s Swim Team — has dominated women’s collegiate swimming competitions this season. Thomas just set another new pool record: 500m free with a time of 4:37:32.
Allowing biological males to swim on women’s teams limits female swimmers’ opportunities to compete, receive scholarships, and win.
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“It is impossible to watch the video of Lia swimming in women’s Ivy Championships and think this is fair to female swimmers. Lia has clear male athletic advantages – advantages that testosterone suppression cannot erase and that female athletes can’t possibly attain, no matter how hard they train."
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Smash-and-grabs, carjackings, and homicides are spiking even as the Left attempts to downplay their disturbing rise. No parent should have to wonder whether their college kid will be randomly killed on a subway train. No business owner should have to accept that a hammer may shatter her peace at any moment. It is asinine for a member of Congress to attribute rising theft to down-on-their-luck parents stealing baby formula because the child tax credit “ran out.” Read more.
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Illinois keeps children in foster care longer than any other state in the country, according to calculations we made based on data from the National Data Archive on Child Abuse and Neglect. Twenty-six percent of children in the state remain in care four years after being removed — a rate four times higher than for children nationally. Read more.
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Did you know Independent Women's Network (IWN) is creating chapters in all 50 states? If you are looking for a place to connect, flip the status-quo, and make a real difference in your community — IWN is here to help. We can help you execute events and activities or offer speakers to come to your meetings.
Let us know if you are considering a chapter! We can provide you with additional materials and put you in touch with others in your area who might also be interested in joining.
Tell me more about IWN Chapters.
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The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), or S. 3623, was recently introduced in the Senate, and this latest version has a new twist — the word “women” has been struck out and replaced with “individuals.”
Can you identify which of the following is not true about VAWA?
A. VAWA was first enacted with bipartisan support in 1994 to prevent violent crime, particularly violence against women.
B. Since VAWA’s enactment, there have been numerous reports of waste, fraud, and abuse.
C. VAWA recognizes women are overwhelmingly the majority of victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, and stalking.
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 She Thinks Podcast
- New Episode: On this episode, Tom Bevan, co-founder and president of Real Clear Politics, discusses the strengths and weaknesses of polling and how the president's polling numbers will affect the 2022 midterms. Listen to it here.
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- Next Episode: This Friday, Claudia Rosett, foreign policy fellow at Independent Women's Forum and award-winning journalist, joins the program to discuss the rising tensions between Russia and Ukraine and Biden's handling of this crisis, which will likely produce more crises. Hear it here.
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The White House Task Force on Worker Organizing and Empowerment announced it sent President Joe Biden 70 “pro-worker” recommendations. In this report to the President, there’s frequent mention of promoting “worker organizing” and “collective bargaining” for federal workers and public and private sector workers.
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While President Biden warns President Putin that invading Ukraine would bring drastic sanctions in some misty tomorrow, the Russian dictator is leveraging the current crisis to humiliate and shake down the West today. Whatever Putin’s next move, it’s worth tallying what he’s already gained.
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