Yesterday, Independent Women’s Forum, through its Center for Economic Opportunity and Independent Women’s Law Center, filed a comment urging the U.S. Department of Labor to rescind its proposed rulemaking “Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act” and leave the 2021 Rule in place in order to protect freelance workers.

Currently, more than 60 million workers nationwide participate in freelance work; independent contractors make up over 36% of our nation’s labor force. About half of independent contractors are women, so proposed regulations that curtail independent contracting makes this a concerning issue for us.

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HURTING NOT HELPING

American Girl’s Grotesque Gender Transition Fairytale Leaves Out the Ugly Truth

In its book titled Body Image: How to love yourself, live life to the fullest and celebrate all kinds of bodies, American Girl offers a ‘smart girl’s guide’ to socially and medically transitioning from one gender to another. If you ask why a toy maker would feel compelled or even remotely qualified to wade into one of the most controversial and unsettled issues in prepubescent health, you’re not alone. Learn More

MEDIA SPOTLIGHT

America Reports | “Predatory”: Book Encourages Prepubescent Girls to Transition Watch

Cavuto: Coast to Coast | “Merchant of Death” Released in Prisoner Swap Watch

The Dom Giordano Show | American Girl Pushing Puberty Blockers Listen

Fox Business Tonight | Second-Worst Destruction of Household Wealth on Record Watch

Deseret News | Parents Are Responsible for Their Children’s Screen Use, Not the Government Read

DID YOU KNOW

Biden Administration Forces U.S. Taxpayers To Pay Climate Reparations

In an effort to expedite global wealth redistribution, the Biden administration announced that U.S. taxpayers would now fund the United Nations’ latest financial gimmick: climate reparations. Wealthier countries will now be required to pay poorer countries for “loss and damage” affiliated with weather events. Read More

IWF Senior Fellow and former EPA Chief of Staff Mandy Gunasekara joins Fox Business to weigh in. Watch

Spotlight: Maryland, Texas Pull the Plug on TikTok Read

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Final Call: #IWReads Book Club with Nikki Haley

One of the fiercest women in the American political scene, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, joins our #IWReads Book Club to discuss her new bestseller: If You Want Something Done.

Register today to meet Nikki Haley (virtually) and hear her awe-inspiring story Friday, December 16 at 1 p.m. ET during our #IWReads Book Club.

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TWO TRUTHS & A LIE

Whom Does AB5 Affect?

Can you identify which of the following statements is not true about California's Assembly Bill 5 (AB5)?

A. AB5 affects a vast swath of professions and sectors in California.
B. Proposition 22 did not repeal AB5.
C. AB5 has protected workers in California.

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She Thinks Podcast

Never miss an episode of the She Thinks podcast with host Beverly Hallberg. Available on all of your favorite podcast apps:

New Episode: Gun rights and women's empowerment — what relation do that have? Antonia Okafor, director of women's outreach and national spokesperson for Gun Owners of America, joins the show to discuss. Listen Now

Next Episode: Up next, Miles Yu, senior fellow and director of the China Center at Hudson Institute, joins the program to discuss the ongoing tension in China and the rise of the Chinese protestor. Tune in Here

CAPSULE REVIEW

Fixing Our Child Welfare System To Help America’s Most Vulnerable Kids

Every day, more and more children in America lack a safe, permanent, and loving home. Evidence increasingly shows that child welfare agencies and family courts are much more concerned with adults’ needs and sensibilities than with children’s safety. While reform must come from many different corners of this field, Congress should commit to creating a stronger and smarter child welfare system — one that puts the needs of the nation’s most vulnerable population first.

Florida Divests $2B From BlackRock

Jimmy Patronis, Florida’s chief financial officer, announced on December 1st that the Sunshine State will divest $2 billion dollars worth of assets invested in BlackRock. More specifically, the State Treasury instructed Florida’s custody bank to freeze “$1.43 billion in long-term securities and remove them as the manager of approximately $600 million worth of short-term overnight investments.”

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