October 4 2022
 

 

Good morning from Washington, where a new Supreme Court term begins today. Josh Hammer looks at a couple of big cases coming up. Minnesota doesn’t make it hard enough to vote twice, Fred Lucas reports; and the vice president uses. On the podcast, a Missouri pastor tells how his church stands up to progressive pressure. Plus: energy costs spark bipartisan worries; D.C. may give noncitizens the vote Hurricane Ian to promote her equity message. On this date in 1863,  grateful for a key Union victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln announces that the nation will celebrate a Thanksgiving holiday on the fourth Thursday of each November.
 
 
 
SPECIAL FEATURE
‘Doctors Never Warned Me of Side Effects’ With Hormone Therapy and Breast Implants, Detransitioner Says
By Gillian Richards

“I realized that I was always going to be a man. I was just a man who mutilated his body to make what I believe[d] was a woman [but was] just a caricature of a woman,” says Abel Garcia.
ANALYSIS
‘Stigma’ Prevented California Health Officials From Closing Bathhouses Amid Monkeypox Spread
By Roman Jankowski

An email shared among government communications officials across California warned: “The implicit headline I’m afraid of is ‘Health officers say gay men will spread monkeypox at Pride weekend.’”
COMMENTARY
With GOP Support, House Takes First Big Step to Curb Power of Big Tech
By Eric Teetsel

The fact that a bill on the Big Tech issue was able to pass the House is a sign that the political tides are shifting toward freedom and competition in the digital space.
ANALYSIS
How Childhood Experiences and Beliefs Can Shape Gender Identity
By Virginia Allen

Children now are inundated from a young age with messages about sexuality and gender, the founders of the CHANGED Movement say, but those messages aren’t always positive.
NEWS
Guardian of Biologically Male Trans Student: School Closed Locker Room ‘to Protect My Child’
By Mary Margaret Olohan

“She’s trying to be a kid, trying to play volleyball, just trying to be herself and have a good time,” says the trans-identifying teen’s mother.
COMMENTARY
40 Years Later, the Left Goes to Court in Bid to Resurrect, Ratify Bygone ERA
By Thomas Jipping

The Congressional Research Service has said the Equal Rights Amendment “formally died on June 30, 1982.” But now Illinois and Nevada are suing, claiming it already is in the Constitution.
NEWS
ICYMI: California Governor Awards Himself Custody of Children With Gender Dysphoria, Pro-Family Group Says
By Gillian Richards

“California will now be able to take away custody of children from their own parents—no matter what state they’re from,” says Emilie Kao, a vice president at Alliance Defending Freedom.
 
     
 
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