The American Medical Association (AMA) is discouraging doctors from using only Body Mass Index (BMI) to measure whether a person is a healthy body weight because the system is &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">racist</a>.&#8221;
BMI has been widely used because it is easily measured, is inexpensive, and has specific cutoff points for the overweight and obese classifications, the AMA <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/ama-use-bmi-alone-imperfect-clinical-measure" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a post on its website Wednesday.
However, BMI has been used for &#8220;racist exclusion&#8221; and has caused &#8220;historical harm,&#8221; the medical organization said.
The AMA&#8217;s House of Delegates adopted a <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-clarifying-role-bmi-measure-medicine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new policy</a> this month recognizing the issues with using BMI.
&#8220;Under the newly adopted policy, the AMA recognizes issues with using BMI as a measurement due to its historical harm, its use for racist exclusion, and because BMI is based primarily on data collected from previous generations of non-Hispanic white populations,&#8221; the AMA said in a press release.
The new policy comes after the AMA Council on Science and Public Health presented a report addressing the BMI issues at the 2023 AMA Annual Meeting, which was held June 9 to 14 in Chicago.
There are other issues with the BMI system, too, the AMA said.
BMI is an &#8220;imperfect measure&#8221; because it does not directly assess body fat and is &#8220;misleading about the effects of body fat mass on mortality rates,&#8221; the AMA&#8217;s post said.
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The BMI system also does not account for differences across the sexes, genders, and age-span, the new policy says.
“Further, the use of BMI is problematic when used to diagnose and treat individuals with eating disorders because it does not capture the full range of abnormal eating disorders,” the report said.
BMI should be used along with other measures like body composition, waist circumference, and genetic and metabolic factors, the new AMA policy <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4054274-american-medical-association-says-use-of-bmi-metric-on-its-own-has-done-historical-harm/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">says</a>.
“There are numerous concerns with the way BMI has been used to measure body fat and diagnose obesity, yet some physicians find it to be a helpful measure in certain scenarios,” <a href="https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-clarifying-role-bmi-measure-medicine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> AMA Immediate Past President Jack Resneck, Jr. M.D. “It is important for physicians to understand the benefits and limitations of using BMI in clinical settings to determine the best care for their patients.”
The AMA said it will support efforts to educate physicians on the issues with BMI and alternative measures for diagnosing obesity.
The AMA is the largest organization of doctors in the nation with more than 271,000 members.
In recent years, the body positivity and fat positivity movements have picked up steam in the U.S., arguing that obese people can be healthy.
Fat activists have rebelled against &#8220;diet culture&#8221; and made specific demands like free extra seats on airplanes to accommodate their size.
In December, Time Magazine <a href="https://time.com/6242949/exercise-industry-white-supremacy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">published</a> an article titled, &#8220;The White Supremacist Origins of Exercise,&#8221; while Cosmopolitan&#8217;s February 2021 issue featured plus-sized models with the headline, &#8220;This is Healthy!&#8221;
Meanwhile, doctors have <a href="https://www.healthline.com/health/exercise-to-gain-weight" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pointed out</a> that weight gain doesn&#8217;t always correlate to fat gain. For example, some people who exercise will end up gaining muscle weight, which will add to their overall weight.

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A grisly, broad-daylight fatal stabbing in Manhattan last week has New Yorkers concerned about rising violent crime in New York City.
On <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/manhattan-street-brawl-murder-is-a-surreal-sign-of-whats-to-come/#">Friday</a>, one man fatally stabbed another man after the two started brawling on a busy street in downtown Manhattan.
The fight broke out just after 8am during morning rush hour in the middle of a crosswalk in Manhattan&#8217;s Chelsea neighborhood, at West 30th Street and Seventh Avenue.
The men threw punches at each other, and one man swung a knife at the other&#8217;s head.
New Yorkers can be seen in video footage of the incident walking by nonchalantly, most not giving the chaos a second look until the fight turned deadly.
One neatly-dressed, gray-haired woman walked through the crosswalk and passed within arm&#8217;s length of one of the men. Another woman wearing medical scrubs passed between the two men. A man in an orange sweatshirt watched the fight from the sidewalk.
Eventually, the man with the knife stabbed his opponent, who died at the hospital shortly afterwards.
Police, who were already investigating a separate incident nearby, found a 36-year-old man stabbed in the torso when they arrived on the scene.
Nisean Graves, who is reportedly homeless, was taken into custody on Friday at gunpoint by the NYPD and has been charged with murder for the stabbing.
Graves is a registered sex offender who previously <a href="https://abc7ny.com/stabbing-fatal-chelsea-nyc/13362483/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served</a> nine years in prison for attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl.
He was also <a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-man-stabbed-fatal-fight-midtown-20230609-2bvgc45xzfhlxj7khjgdxu2ola-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> to a year in prison in 2021 for doing the same exact thing he did Friday — stabbing a man in both his arms in Manhattan.
The stabbing victim was reportedly a Maryland man who was wanted for questioning in connection with a violent murder.
The shocking incident left a giant blood stain in the middle of the generally <a href="https://www.pods.com/blog/2023/04/safest-neighborhoods-nyc/#:~:text=2.,Chelsea%20—%20Safety%20Score%20B%2D&amp;text=Voted%20the%20%231%20Best%20Neighborhood,galleries%2C%20famously%20including%20the%20Whitney." target="_blank" rel="noopener">safe</a> downtown Manhattan neighborhood, known for its high-end art galleries and celebrity homes.
The murder left some Manhattanites concerned about the brazen nature of the crime.
&#8220;New Yorkers witnessed a surreal sight last week, an alien scene that made residents question the city’s future livability,&#8221; <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/06/12/manhattan-street-brawl-murder-is-a-surreal-sign-of-whats-to-come/#" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> Nicole Gelinas, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and columnist at the New York Post.
At least two broad daylight murders have already been committed in Manhattan this year.
In February, suspected drug dealers <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/02/09/man-fatally-shot-in-times-square/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot and killed</a> a man in Times Square.
Gelinas also wondered whether New York&#8217;s progressive approach to criminal justice is coming back to bite the city.
&#8220;What about &#8216;bystander&#8217; de-escalation, so promoted by progressives?&#8221; Gelinas asked.
&#8220;Democrats created this,&#8221; one Twitter user <a href="https://twitter.com/BCMPREDATOR/status/1668293757043703814" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, mentioning the suspect&#8217;s prison sentence for the previous stabbing.
Violent crime in New York City is on the rise overall. In total, the city has seen 53,740 violent crimes this year compared with 53,250 crimes by this time last year, <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/crime_statistics/cs-en-us-city.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to NYPD data.
Murders, rapes, and robberies are down from this time last year, but felony assault and car thefts are up this year compared to this time in 2022.
Compared to 2021, murders are down, but rapes, robberies, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and car thefts are still higher this year.

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The Left and the Devil each want you to believe the same three lies: Your past defines you, your mistakes are permanent, and you are incapable of doing good ever again.
None of those statements are true. We need to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/episode/ep-93-conservatives-are-wrong-rihanna-s-performance-was-great-and-ramaswamy-is-better-than-de-santis-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">address these falsehoods</a> head-on — both as conservatives and followers of God — because they are dominating our society and causing social dysfunction in leaps and bounds.
So why do progressives and Lucifer spread such evil? The simple answer is both parties involved want you to despair.
The Left wants you to feel demoralized so they can amass political power. The Devil wants you to feel hopeless so he can keep you away from God forever. 
Of course, the Devil and progressives get you to that point of dejection in different ways. The Left does it after you err whereas the Devil partakes before, during, and after you sin.
For the purposes of this column, let us focus on Satan’s trickery first.
The Devil plays an active role in getting you to sin — separating yourself from God — and berates you afterward. He’s very good at it, and it’s part of the human condition. He does it through deception — which is the Modus Operandi for everything he does. He is the father of lies, after all.
He uses a simple strategy to achieve those ends. As explained by <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuCw8UT5y6c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venerable Archbishop Fulton Sheen</a>, “Before the sin, Satan assures us that it is of no consequence; after the sin, he persuades us that it is unforgivable.”
Or, as explained another way, also by Venerable Sheen, the Devil tricks us into believing he is “on our side before we sin.” He lies and says Christ is “our accuser.” But then, afterward, the roles are reversed, and “Christ becomes the defender and the Devil the accuser.”
Yet prior to falling away from God’s will, the Devil convinces you that you&#8217;re making the right choice, you deserve whatever it is you are about to do, and he offers rationalizations for your action.
Then you sin, feel guilty, and are looking for answers. The Devil now has a different lie for you.
Afterward, he pelts you with thoughts that you have gone down a dark path and can never return. Salvation is out of reach — so you might as well keep sinning or take drastic action to avoid the misery you find yourself in, his twisted argument goes.
That is not true, but millions — if not billions of people — every single day think God will never love them again or that they cannot escape who they have become.
Judas — Jesus’ betrayer — certainly believed that message. It drove him to suicide after he helped hand Jesus over for his trial.
And what do we see today? Suicide rates are rising while hopelessness is increasing. Many people believe their mistakes are everlasting — and the only way to escape their sadness is to end it all. 
Which brings this column to the lies of the Left. Progressives also want you to believe that your past poor decisions are your true worth. 
In an age where anything you said years ago can be pulled up and used against you, it is daunting to believe that you&#8217;ve put your past behind you — even if you have matured and had a change of heart. 
So the Left, knowing full well that in order to win they must censor opposing viewpoints, will dig up whatever they can and use it as ammo. We all know the script: Somebody finds success in life, but when they were a teenager they said or posted something inappropriate, even slightly racist — and suddenly the woke mob is out for blood.
It doesn’t matter what somebody says or does today — there is no room for personal growth for the Left. The Left, like the Devil, wants you to believe the only way you can show your virtue is to either stay away from politics altogether or to march with them in lockstep agreement.
That idea creeps across the political spectrum as well. Personally, I have been told that I am a grifter because I used to have liberal views and have since changed my mind on topics from when I was 17.
To that I ask: I’m not allowed to learn the error of my ways and make a concrete change in my life? Will who I was more than a decade ago dictate who I will always be? 
Nonsense. 
If you’re reading this, you must know that you can wake up and make firm amends to become a better person. 
You could have sinned for 10 years straight and said awful things on the internet, but you are allowed to change. There is no permanence. You are not stuck with wickedness. You are not stuck in spiritual or personal rot. You are allowed to strive to be better every single day. 
You have worth, and you can become a positive force for good — no matter what the Left or the Devil say.

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In modern politics, almost any opinionated person can be identified by a generalized ideological label. Conservatives wish to conserve traditional values, libertarians want to increase individual liberty, and anarchists want the abolition of the government as a whole. While most labels seem to fit their respective ideology, there is one moniker frequently used that is misleading at best: progressive.
These are the people we see engaging in “fiery but mostly peaceful protests,” refusing to define the word woman, and wearing “p-word” hats while marching in Washington, D.C., to smash the patriarchy.
While the ideology of these troubled individuals makes them think they’re somehow creating progress, the reality is their far-Left activism is killing decades of positive change on multiple fronts. And every time we refer to them as progressive, we mislead the general public by indirectly lending them false credit.
Whether it be the transgender movement&#8217;s deterioration of women’s rights, the climate alarmist movement’s undermining of our economy, or BLM’s assault on race relations, the damage of progressives is evident.
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When it comes to race relations specifically, the damage is undeniable.
On August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech during his march on Washington. While the man may have had his flaws, one line from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this speech</a> remains engraved in the minds of all who have studied American history; “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.”
This revolutionary idea — that people should be judged for who they are instead of what they look like — was key in transforming the United States into the most just society that has existed in all of human civilization.
Unfortunately, after a generation’s worth of hard work to get here, many self-identifying progressives are abandoning this idea because it invalidates their victim complex.
A movement that once identified itself as fighting for equality now finds itself refusing to accept it.
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/06/17/879136931/interrupt-the-systems-robin-diangelo-on-white-fragility-and-anti-racism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to “progressives” like Robin DiAngelo, author of the bestselling leftist propaganda book “White Fragility,” it doesn&#8217;t matter who you are or what you’ve done, if you are white you are complicit in racism. She even goes so far as to say; “The simplistic idea that racism is limited to individual intentional acts committed by unkind people is at the root of virtually all white defensiveness on this topic.”
DiAngelo’s seemingly radical take, however, actually isn’t radical at all when you consider how many people and companies have embraced it. From black columnists like Jamilah Lemieux <a href="https://www.bet.com/article/i3kw23/do-you-feel-unsafe-around-white-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a> things like “we&#8217;ve never been safe in the presence of White people” to companies like Starbucks targeting its white employees with a national racial bias training, the growing popularity of this idea is apparent.
In his book &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Right-Side-History-Reason-Purpose/dp/0062857908" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Right Side of History</a>,&#8221; Ben Shapiro shares how in 2013, “72 percent of white Americans thought race relations were good, and so did 66 percent of black Americans; that statistic had remained relatively stable from 2001 through 2013. And yet our racial battles are now bloody and brutal, with renewed tribalism raging on all sides; by July 2016, just 53 percent of Americans said race relations were good, while 46% said they were bad.”
In 2019, over 60 years after the landmark SCOTUS case Brown v. Board of Education that ruled school segregation unconstitutional, the National Association of Scholars (NAS) released a study titled <a href="https://www.nas.org/reports/separate-but-equal-again/full-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Separate but Equal, Again: Neo-Segregation in American Higher Education”</a>. 
The study surveyed 173 college-level institutions and it was found that 42% offered segregated residences, 46% offered segregated orientation programs, and 72% hosted segregated graduation ceremonies.
Unlike the segregation of Jim Crow, this new neo-segregation doesn’t come from a place of institutionalized racial supremacy. It instead comes from a place of fabricated oppression that relies on the idea that racism is skin deep.
As conservatives, it is our duty to conserve all that is good about American tradition. Ten years ago that may have meant things like lower taxes and access to gun rights, but today is extended to pushing back against one of the most destructive ideologies in American history.
While it may be a small step in the greater scheme of things, one way we can all contribute to the fight is by changing our vocabulary. The far-Left is anything but progressive, so let&#8217;s stop making it sound like they are.
Jacob Falach is an associate producer at The Daily Wire. You can find him on Instagram at @thatjewishconservative.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Would you believe that a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/california" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Santa Monica tree hugger</a> who was originally peer-pressured into buying a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tesla" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tesla</a> by his liberal friends is now concerned that his virtue-signaling car has become a vice due to the way <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> is running Twitter?
Of course you would. That&#8217;s probably one of the most believable scenarios you&#8217;ll hear all year.
Regardless, The Los Angeles Times <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-12-28/tesla-elon-musk-twitter-conservative-environment-electric-vehicles" target="_blank" rel="noopener">thought the scenario noteworthy enough</a> to publish a nearly 700-word screed by a former magazine editor named John Blumenthal about the latest leftist lamentations regarding free speech.
A few years ago, Blumenthal had driven a car powered by fossil fuels — which made him a &#8220;hypocrite.&#8221;
&#8220;The car was impractical, but it had sentimental value,&#8221; he explained in the story. &#8220;My environmental activist friends were not impressed by my assiduous urban composting, LED bulb installations and energy-saving appliances. I needed to do more to diminish my carbon footprint. The icebergs were melting, my friends said, and at least one polar bear was wandering around homeless and hungry because of me.&#8221;
So Blumenthal purchased a Tesla, which he felt was &#8220;pricey but worth it.&#8221;
Yet now that the Tesla founder has allowed for Twitter&#8217;s policies to be more in line with the First Amendment, Blumenthal is again worried about what his friends might think of his car and his moral stature.
&#8220;Because of the recent revelation of Elon Musk’s political views — all of which I abhor — I’m starting to worry about what sort of political statement the car is making,&#8221; the writer fretted. &#8220;Will people see me as a symbol of right-wing environmentalism, a living oxymoron?&#8221;
The author says that he is &#8220;horrified&#8221; by Musk&#8217;s political views — exactly which stances he doesn&#8217;t quite say. His only argument is that Musk is allowing unseemly characters on Twitter while banning journalists.
Blumenthal neglects to mention that Musk&#8217;s recent bans of journalists were in accordance with the rules he created and is now applying equally. As Musk put it, journalists aren&#8217;t &#8220;special.&#8221;
So, Blumenthal now wonders whether he should sell his Telsa as a form of  &#8220;protest&#8221; against one of the world&#8217;s richest men.
He acknowledges that the sale of the car wouldn&#8217;t actually do much to deter Musk from his beliefs, but he does believe it could make him feel better.
&#8220;It’s a beautifully designed car with no carbon emission, and initially, I was proud of owning it and being seen driving a vehicle that displayed my concern for the environment,&#8221; Blumenthal claimed. &#8220;But I’m a liberal, and if Musk’s politics don’t change radically for the better, driving a Tesla will become, at least for me, as hypocritical and untenable as driving a gas guzzler was.&#8221;
In other words, he admits he mostly bought it so he could be &#8220;seen&#8221; supporting the correct causes.
Blumenthal&#8217;s column unwittingly exposes the modern Left&#8217;s unseriousness of the problems at hand.
Far from being the individual critical thinkers they believe, they simply follow the crowd on all topics of the day.
They often make decisions not out of any genuine concern or logic, but because a mob of people bullies them into making the &#8220;right&#8221; choice. In this case, Blumenthal&#8217;s friends are the mob. If he wants to fit in with his California comrades, then he better dress the part and ditch the Tesla.
First, their judgy natured pushed him toward the electric vehicle, now he&#8217;s under the impression he must sell that same car to fit in with the in-crowd.
Of course, he could just decide to be a grown man and not be concerned with what others think, but then he might lose his friends.
The other thing is that it would appear that climate change is out as the most threatening thing in the world, and instead, a commitment to free speech has come to the surface of the latest leftist hysteria.
So, it looks like Blumenthal may sell his Tesla so that the social justice warrior crowd doesn&#8217;t associate him with Twitter&#8217;s so-called fascist-in-chief &#8230; a man who stands against big government in bed with Big Tech.
He has to broadcast his support by promoting certain symbols. It&#8217;s sort of like those people online who fill their profiles with Ukrainian flags and BLM fists or put up those &#8220;hate has no home&#8221; yard signs on their lawns. For leftists, it&#8217;s always the thought and most superficial tangible sign of support that counts — not the actual outcomes certain policies and beliefs create.
In other words, the important thing for progressives isn&#8217;t that they actually create changes that help the world, no, what matters is that they signal to other liberals they&#8217;re part of the same team.
What a tiresome existence.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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To modify a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypELsuR1MRM" target="_blank" rel="noopener">phrase</a>, the Left’s favorite culture war battle is always the next one. Never content with winning, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/progressivism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">they</a> do not stop in their goal of dismantling every traditional value and norm. Their goal is total domination.
This was evident yet again on Tuesday at the White House. If you watched <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s celebration of the &#8220;Respect for Marriage&#8221; act on Tuesday, you noticed a large amount of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/drag-queen-invited-to-biden-white-house-once-performed-for-a-2-year-old-boy-the-kids-are-out-to-sing-and-suck-d" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rhetoric and fanfare</a> which had nothing to do with the union of man and woman — or any combination of the two sexes.
For example, Biden <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-calls-to-challenge-cynical-laws-targeting-transgender-children/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at the event, &#8220;We need to challenge the hundreds of callous, cynical laws introduced in the states targeting transgender children, terrifying families, and criminalizing doctors who give children the care they need.&#8221;
In other words, the implication is that you can only support LGBTQ rights if you support transgender surgeries for children — even if you voted for the &#8220;Respect for Marriage&#8221; act as dozens of Republicans did.
To any decent person, that standard makes no sense. What does marriage have to do with mutilating kids?
Nothing really — at least not on the surface. But that&#8217;s because liberals are always aiming for more than they admit.
Consider that throughout the debate of the law in question, Americans were told that it only had to do with marriage. Conservatives who opposed the bill — often on religious liberty grounds — were browbeaten by leftists and their media allies and called homophobic bigots.
Then, as soon as the bill is about to be signed, Biden admits that actually, this entire movement is about much more than respecting marriage: It&#8217;s about radical gender theory — though he would never use that term. Instead, he — or more precisely, his handlers — hide it behind terms such as &#8220;healthcare,&#8221; &#8220;gender-affirming care,&#8221; and sometimes &#8220;gender policies.&#8221;
Off-the-cuff comments and video evidence from the president point to the fact that he has no idea what &#8220;gender policies&#8221; even mean.
&#8220;What do you say to Americans who disagree with your gender policies?&#8221; a reporter asked Biden in October.
&#8220;My gender policies?&#8221; a surprised Biden said in response as if the journalist were asking whether he prefers men or women in his love interests.
&#8220;Transgender policies like bathrooms, women’s sports, things like that,&#8221; the muckraker clarified.
&#8220;I stand by my policies&#8221; was all that Biden could muster in response.
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Reporter: &quot;What do you say to Americans who disagree with your gender policies?&quot;
Biden: &quot;My gender policies?&quot;
Reporter: &quot;Transgender policies like bathrooms, women’s sports, things like that.&quot;
Biden: &quot;I stand by my policies.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/T66qbosKiV">pic.twitter.com/T66qbosKiV</a>
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So why does Biden go along with it all? Well, because he is a loyal footsoldier of the Democrat Party. He advocates whatever the party wants — which is why he&#8217;s their perfect president.
Individual thinking is frowned upon amongst collectivists. The president has shown no desire to buck the party, and he certainly wouldn&#8217;t well into his senior years.
So why the need for the president to mention anything unrelated to the &#8220;Respect for Marriage&#8221; bill?
Because the Left only support causes so that they can open up doors for their next goal.
That characteristic is not limited to ideas about sex and gender.
To further the point, it was <a href="https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2012/06/15/remarks-president-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">only ten years ago</a> the Left was demanding amnesty for only children brought into the U.S. illegally. The children weren&#8217;t at fault, they&#8217;re innocent, they&#8217;d argue. Republicans essentially won that battle, or have worked to help Democrats. Now, the Left is<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-thanks-schumer-wants-amnesty-for-11-million-or-however-many-illegal-aliens-are-in-the-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> demanding amnesty</a> for all illegal immigrants.
Similarly, having secured the victory in changing the institution of marriage — a cornerstone of society — they&#8217;re engaged in a full-on battle to redefine man and woman. They&#8217;re targeting minors across America to do so.
What comes after that, who knows, but rest assured the Left already has something in mind because that is how they operate. They are already thinking about how to win the next cultural battle.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Are we entirely positive that this Dylan Mulvaney fella isn&#8217;t some gigantic prank being played on both the Right and the Left?
Mulvaney, a grown adult man who identifies as a girl, recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trans-activist-dylan-mulvaney-teases-white-house-meeting-with-joe-biden-claims-president-has-watched-the-series-days-of-girlhood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">scored an audience</a> with President Joe Biden to discuss issues facing American women.
The individual doesn&#8217;t identify as a woman because, according to the weirdo, Mulvaney never got to experience what it was like to be a girl growing up. So Mulvaney doesn&#8217;t just claim to be the opposite sex, but also a teenage female at that.
Mulvaney is ubiquitous across the web and apparently speaks for both women and gender-dysphoric men who believe they are women. None of it is normal.
A look at Mulvaney&#8217;s documented statements about what being a woman entails leaves one wondering if we&#8217;re not all victims of a well-orchestrated gag.
For example, Mulvaney&#8217;s first day as a &#8220;girl&#8221; led to the former star of the &#8220;Book of Mormon&#8221; national tour adopting stereotypical behaviors of women.
&#8220;Day one of being a girl and I have already cried three times, I wrote a scathing email that I did not send, I ordered dresses online that I couldn&#8217;t afford, and then when someone asked me how I was, I said, &#8216;I&#8217;m fine,&#8217; when I wasn&#8217;t fine. How&#8217;d I do, ladies?&#8221;
That sounds more like a Rodney Dangerfield joke that never made the cut than a serious person.
I can hear the comic legend now, &#8220;I told my wife I&#8217;m stressed and she said I need to be more like her &#8230; so I spent all our money on credit cards, started crying for no reason, and refused to discuss my emotions, then blamed her for not taking out the garbage. It&#8217;s tough being a broad!&#8221;
But that isn&#8217;t Dangerfield, it&#8217;s Mulvaney.
By day three, Mulvaney had <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzGT1WLwg4A" target="_blank" rel="noopener">officially</a> become a self-proclaimed &#8220;bimbo,&#8221; drank martinis, and tried on skimpy bikinis.
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Down the line, a euphoric Mulvaney announced that the dude had purchased tampons — despite not having a vagina.
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Then, the 25-year-old appeared in a video <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ulta-beauty-turns-off-comments-stands-by-offensive-transgender-video-that-triggered-boycott-calls" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sponsored</a> by Ulta and expressed a desire to become a &#8220;mom.&#8221;
It is all entirely nonsensical.
Under any other circumstance, this behavior would be decried as bigoted and prejudiced.
Imagine if Mulvaney had actually donned blackface and then acted out gross stereotypes about African Americans while saying the n-word.
He would probably get the crap pummeled out of him and with good reason.
Instead, in the age of Wokeism, Mulvaney meets the president of the United States. The Left says you need to take Mulvaney seriously or you are a bigot.
At best, this is an entire joke that will be revealed down the road.
At worst — and more likely — the Left has taken one giant leap into insanity. Now, folks like Biden demand that Americans play along with their lunatic idea that objective truths — such as the fact that a man can never be a woman — no longer matter.
In that case, Mulvaney and this entire movement are more like the hit comedy show, &#8220;Whose Line Is It Anyway?&#8221; which billed itself as &#8220;the show where everything&#8217;s made up and the points don&#8217;t matter.&#8221;
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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That was quick.
On Tuesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/leftists-push-biden-to-rethink-ukraine-strategy-seek-diplomatic-end-with-moscow" target="_blank" rel="noopener">withdrew its letter</a> demanding that the Biden administration open diplomatic discussions between <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/scientists-want-feds-to-impose-stricter-regs-for-research-into-pathogens/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ukraine and Russia</a>.
The CPC issued the letter Monday, but its chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) blamed staffers for sending the letter without properly vetting or considering its timing.
&#8220;The Congressional Progressive Caucus hereby withdraws its recent letter to the White House regarding Ukraine,&#8221; Jayapal <a href="https://progressives.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5E8128B9-75AC-4E00-8738-24D9951BB606#:~:text=October%2025%2C%202022&amp;text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Congressional%20Progressive%20Caucus%20hereby,I%20accept%20responsibility%20for%20this." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
Jayapal, who bills herself as a friend of working-class Americans, promptly threw the schleps working for her on Capitol Hill under the bus.
&#8220;The letter was drafted several months ago, but unfortunately was released by staff without vetting,&#8221; she added. &#8220;As Chair of the Caucus, I accept responsibility for this.&#8221;
The original letter called upon President Joe Biden to change strategy on the Russian-Ukraine war and to begin a &#8220;proactive diplomatic push, redoubling efforts to seek a realistic framework for a ceasefire.&#8221;
In reaction, establishment Democrats, directly and indirectly, criticized the CPC for its actions.
Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), for example, rebuked anybody who even suggests that Ukraine or the U.S. could engage in good-faith negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
&#8220;We cannot engage in magical thinking regarding the nature of the Russian threat,&#8221; Connolly <a href="https://connolly.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4640" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Russia has lied about its intentions in Ukraine and overturned international agreements fundamental to safeguarding peace on the European continent.&#8221;
The congressman made his statements from Croatia, where he joined Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who announced plans for even more funding for Ukraine.
“Congress has secured over $60 billion in security, economic, humanitarian and budget assistance for Ukraine, including twelve and a third billion just weeks ago,&#8221; Pelosi said. &#8220;And more will be on the way when we pass our omnibus funding bill this fall.&#8221;
Connolly also <a href="https://www.politico.com/minutes/congress/10-25-2022/pelosis-ukraine-vow/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;Ukraine has our support now and until victory.&#8221;
Jayapal also noted that the progressive letter made it seem as if the CPC was expressing bipartisanship with the GOP when it came to Ukraine.
&#8220;Because of the timing, our message is being conflated by some as being equivalent to the recent statement by Republican Leader McCarthy threatening an end to aid to Ukraine if Republicans take over,&#8221; Jayapal said, noting that the letter &#8220;created the unfortunate appearance that Democrats &#8230; are somehow aligned with Republicans who seek to pull the plug on American support for President Zelensky and the Ukrainian forces.&#8221;
In other words, progressives believe that it&#8217;s better to support the war than to &#8220;align&#8221; with Republicans.
Whatever happened to the anti-war Left of yesteryear? Did they ever actually exist? Considering their absence during the Obama years and their utter silence-turned-cowardice as displayed by the CPC,  it would appear not.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A new national poll suggests that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hispanics">Hispanics</a> in the U.S. favor Christopher Columbus more than President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
Conducted by WPA Intelligence, a conservative polling firm that collaborated with Visto Media on behalf of Latino advocacy group Bienvenido, the national poll surveyed 1,086 respondents about which high-profile personalities Hispanic communities approved or disapproved of in an era where liberal politicians and activists propagate ongoing efforts to cancel the 15th-century Italian navigator who set out on a historic voyage in 1492.
&#8220;When you juxtapose Christopher Columbus&#8217; popularity among Hispanics with the misguided efforts to &#8216;cancel&#8217; him by progressive activists and politicians, it shows how out of touch the far left is with our community,&#8221; Abraham Enriquez, Bienvenido president, said.
Progressives have been pushing for the cancellation of Christopher Columbus in recent decades, deeming his journey to sail from the Spanish port of Palos de la Frontera on behalf of Queen Isabella I and King Ferdinand II to explore Western civilization as an act of genocide of the Indigenous people.
&#8220;The reality is that most Hispanics, especially those who are immigrants, view Columbus quite favorably,&#8221; Enriquez added.
While educational institutes, liberal politicians, and anti-American extremists push the narrative that the Italian explorer embarked on an expedition to merely rape, pillage, and enslave the West, Hispanic communities refuse to buy the message.
According to the poll the partnering groups ran earlier this month, 53% of Hispanics view Columbus favorably, while 24% view him unfavorably, yielding a net favorability of 29 points. Meanwhile, 49% percent of Hispanics have a positive opinion of Biden, while 42% have a negative view of him, resulting in a net favorability of seven points.
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We partnered with <a href="https://twitter.com/WPAIntel?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WPAIntel</a> to conduct a national poll of Hispanics and asked them their views of Christopher Columbus and others.
Hispanics like Columbus much more than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
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On the other hand, Harris was viewed by Hispanics as the least popular between Biden and Columbus, with a net favorability rating of four points, as 45% of Hispanics say they have a favorable view of her and 41% view her unfavorably.
The poll also suggested that Hispanics&#8217; views on Columbus varied by age and whether they were born on U.S. soil or in another country. The survey says the older generations born outside the nation are more likely to view the explorer favorably than those born in the United States.
Among 18-39 years-old Latinos, 45% have a favorable view of Columbus, while 30% view him unfavorably. Among 40-59 year-olds, 54% have a favorable opinion of him and 29% unfavorable. However, among Hispanics 60 and older, 71% view him favorably and just 17% unfavorably, the poll indicates.
&#8220;It is not surprising that the same people who think Hispanics like being called &#8216;Latinx&#8217; have also assumed Hispanics are offended by Christopher Columbus — and got it completely wrong, again,&#8221; Conor Maguire, Principal and Managing Director of WPA Intelligence, said. &#8220;In the future, maybe progressives should just ask Hispanics how they feel about issues?&#8221;

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Pennsylvania native M. Night Shyamalan, the director of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/watch/movies" target="_blank" rel="noopener">movies</a> such as &#8220;Signs&#8221; and &#8220;The Sixth Sense,&#8221; typically features several twists you never see coming in each of his projects. Often, the message of his movies is in what is left unsaid.
Well, sometimes life imitates art — such is the case with a hall-of-fame internet video that went viral over the weekend showing dozens of hooligans ransacking a Wawa convenience store in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/where-lawlessness-reigns-how-a-weak-on-crime-d-a-has-left-a-city-at-the-mercy-of-criminals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Philadelphia</a>, replete with surprises and hidden plotlines.
Philadelphia police are <a href="https://6abc.com/philadelphia-pa-wawa-ransacked-roosevelt-boulevard-video-philly-police/12266264/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">investigating</a> the incident in which nearly 100 teenagers ransacked the popular establishment known for its incredible deals on munchies and gasoline. As the video shows, dozens of unruly kids are seen causing mayhem in the northeast Philadelphia Wawa, pushing over shelves and taking whatever they can.
It seems like typical footage of a &#8220;smash-and-grab&#8221; that has become all too commonplace <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/14-arrested-in-smash-and-grab-thefts-totaling-340000-all-quickly-released-due-to-zero-bail-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">in American cities</a>. Yet, just like a Shyamalan film, the clip suddenly takes a turn.
Right before it ends, a patron turns to the man filming behind the counter and says, &#8220;Are y&#8217;all recording or are you making food?&#8221; The man apparently did not hear her, and she repeated herself again, saying, &#8220;Are y&#8217;all gonna make any sandwiches? Or are y&#8217;all just going to keep recording?&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be a little while,&#8221; an unnamed man says, presumed to be a Wawa employee.
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Philadelphia is a dying city. It is doomed. Wawa tyson and the blvd <a href="https://twitter.com/PhillyMayor?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PhillyMayor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JimFKenney?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimFKenney</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/DriscollForPHL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DriscollForPHL</a> <a href="https://t.co/cNmT54przi">pic.twitter.com/cNmT54przi</a>
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In reaction to the hilarious request for food amid the pillaging, Barstool Sport&#8217;s Dave Portnoy tweeted, &#8220;The most unbothered human of all time.&#8221;
In actuality, the most unbothered humans are those in places like Philadelphia who continuously vote for Democrats whose policies, in turn, lead to rising crime, as shown in the video. Philly&#8217;s District Attorney Larry Krasner is one such offender.
First elected in 2017, Krasner instituted a series of criminal justice reforms, including deprioritizing shoplifting for items below $500. In turn, &#8220;arrests and charges for retail theft dropped nearly 70% between 2017 and 2021, while reported incidents rose 21%,&#8221; <a href="https://www.inquirer.com/news/philadelphia-shoplifting-rising-retail-20220901.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Based on that evidence, it is more likely that the freeloaders who demolished the entire store just to grab some Snickers bars and nachos won&#8217;t see any jail time.
Yet rather than learn the error of their ways, Philadelphia <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/philly-da-larry-krasner-cruises-to-reelection-victory/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-elected</a> Krasner in 2021. In other words, Philadelphia citizens voted for this destruction. Twice.
That fact brings us to our second Shyamalan-level twist. In another video posted of the incident, viewers see what the world looks like in this near-postapocalyptic city. It is pure chaos. Kids are seen shrieking and running all over the place. As one Twitter user put it, &#8220;Philly is screwed.&#8221; It indeed looks like a nightmare scenario.
Wawa Tyson and the Boulevard <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Philly?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Philly</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Philadelphia?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Philadelphia</a> is screwed <a href="https://t.co/4hRTpxvzix">pic.twitter.com/4hRTpxvzix</a>
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Yet, just when you think there cannot possibly be any more surprises, if you rewind the first clip to five seconds, you will see an object knock off a sign to reveal a woman twerking.
Why does that matter?
Well, readers might remember the state Senator Tiara Mack out of Rhode Island. She posted a video of herself upside down in a bikini, gyrating her hips to gain attention. It was odd but also revealing — literally and figuratively.
In reaction, Fox News host Tucker Carlson <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=384569">opined</a>, &#8220;You ever have those moments where you see something and you&#8217;re like, &#8216;Oh, that’s the future, that’s what it looks like!&#8217; We saw Tiara Mack, head in the sand, twerking, and we thought, &#8216;Man, that’s the Democratic Party 2020.&#8217;”
It looks like Carlson was right.
That means that the future of leftist cities, like Krasner&#8217;s Philadelphia, can be summed up in that clip: Massive crime, hunger, and degenerate Democrats — oblivious to the wreckage their leftist policies are creating.
Maybe that&#8217;s not such a twist after all.
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The federal government drastically overestimates income inequality in the United States by failing to account for certain <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/welfare" target="_blank" rel="noopener">welfare</a> programs and income <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/taxes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taxes</a> on the wealthiest earners, according to a study released on Tuesday by the Cato Institute.
The <a href="https://www.cato.org/study/myth-american-income-inequality">analysis</a>, written by Cato Institute adjunct scholar John Early, says that official statistics fail to account for more than two-thirds of transfer payments provided to low-income households and do not consider income loss from taxes, which average 35% of income for the wealthiest quintile of taxpayers. Poverty counts are 10 times higher than the true figure, while income inequality is overestimated by a factor of four, according to the study.
The Census Bureau’s official accounting method “excludes $1.9 trillion given to households in transfer payments and pretends that the $4.4 trillion that households pay in taxes is really income,” Early explained in an interview with The Daily Wire, “even though they usually never even see that money and can certainly never use it for the benefit of their families.”
If officials were to calculate income inequality while considering more transfer programs — including food stamp debit cards, bills paid by Medicaid, and checks that provide refundable tax credits in excess of tax liabilities to low-income households — earned income in the bottom quintile would rise by 700%, while earned income in the second quintile would rise by 70%, the study says.
Meanwhile, Early says the Census Bureau neglects to consider that only 7% of income in the bottom quintile is lost due to taxes, while 35% of income is lost in the highest quintile.
“Too many political and career bureaucrats ignore and even deny the existence of this prima facie evidence because if the data show a large gap of inequality, that gap will justify their existence to administer money to fill the gap,” Early, who served twice as assistant commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, continued. “Then, because the new spending is not counted as income, they are able to demand still more spending. The cycle is repeated over and over again.”
Indeed, many lawmakers have cited earnings disparity as justification for more federal social programs. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1156386723955466240">argued</a> for a 70% marginal income tax for earnings above $10 million per year to “stem runaway income inequality,” which purportedly accrues as “wealth begins to automatically compound at obscene rates for the extremely rich.” Last year, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) <a href="https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1416066195464273929">contended</a> that “massive wealth and income inequality” justified passing a reconciliation bill through Congress.
The study nevertheless argues that welfare programs’ introduction of incentives to work less place upward pressure on income inequality, especially as others toward the top of the income spectrum increase their productivity through education and more rigorous work. Other social trends, such as the reality that highly educated earners tend to marry one another, further contribute to reported income inequality.
“That added spending, of course, sends yet more money to the lower-income households while taxes take more from the higher incomes. And, as a side effect, this process enriches those who administer the programs,” Early added. “A whole industry feeds off these growing transfer payments, and it has a vested interest in continuing to use methods that belie the vast improvement of wellbeing for almost all Americans.”

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