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Puberty Blockers, Cross-Sex Hormones, and Youth Suicide <[link removed]>
– A new analysis by the Heritage Foundation <[link removed]> calls into question the widespread claim that giving puberty blockers and hormones to children who reject their biological sex prevents suicides – and grimly suggests the opposite may be true. The claim that puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones prevent suicides is being used by the Biden administration and state policymakers to ease access to those drugs. As it turns out, the science behind that claim is extremely weak and when the evidence is examined properly, it shows that making cross-sex treatments more widely available risks raising youth suicide rates rather than reducing them. Heritage Expert: Jay Greene <[link removed]>
 
Will Switzerland Move Closer to NATO? <[link removed]> - While support for joining NATO has risen among the
Swiss population, it remains a minority view. The report is not expected to advocate for Swiss membership, and Amherd has stated that joining the alliance is “not an option.” Still, it seems likely that the report will recommend some moves to bring Switzerland closer to NATO such as by improving interoperability through exercises or participating in additional NATO-accredited Centres of Excellence. Heritage Expert: Daniel Kochis
Fixing The Summit Of The Americas Disaster <[link removed]> - For a regional economic agenda to succeed, it
must assure regional governments to take concrete steps to improve economic freedom and reduce regulatory hurdles. The U.S. could convene governments to take these steps and to redirect assistance toward private sector growth. But if it places its political capital on a progressive environmental agenda or “equity” standards, there is little chance the assistance will spur economic activity. Heritage Expert: Mateo Haydar <[link removed]>
What I Saw at the March for Our Lives Protest <[link removed]> - In the aftermath of a series of mass shootings across the country, a group of around a thousand people gathered Saturday in the shadow of the Washington Monument to protest and call for stricter federal gun control
laws. The protest was organized by March for Our Lives, a group founded in the aftermath of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida in 2018. Protesters began making their way to the site in view of the White House and the U.S. Capitol slightly before noon on Saturday. Heritage Expert: Douglas Blair <[link removed]>
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Burke: A better, fairer way to handle student loans than Biden's <[link removed]> - President Joe Biden is set to “forgive” $10,000 worth of student loan debt per borrower, for a total
of $360 billion in loan elimination. The direct result will be to increase inflation, drive college costs even higher, and place lower-cost and more effective education alternatives at a disadvantage. College is far more expensive than it should be, and many students graduate with significant loan debt. Worse, employers increasingly report that colleges are not equipping students with the education and skills they need in the workplace. Heritage Experts: Rachel Greszler <[link removed]> and Lindsey Burke <[link removed]>
Dirty tricks are only more sophisticated 50 years after Watergate <[link removed]> - So what have we learned in the 50 years since Watergate? Dirty tricksters in politics have become more adept at hiding what they are doing, abusing advances in technology to further their dishonest ends,
weaponizing federal law enforcement agencies against their political opponents, and using their friends in the media to ensure they are successful. Heritage Expert: Hans von Spakovsky <[link removed]>
Time to help South Carolina students dream big <[link removed]> - South Carolina lawmakers must consider the value of provisions that allow families to purchase computer hardware and pay for college entrance exams and not just private school tuition. Lawmakers should do more for families than create a temporary program that offers a small number of children the chance to attend a new school. State officials should give families a variety of options. And under the ESA proposal, the number of children who can take advantage of these opportunities increases every year. Heritage Expert: Jonathan Butcher <[link removed]>

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