The abortion pill is many times more dangerous than the FDA claimed, with more than one in 10 women suffering serious complications, a new study found.
About 11.2% of 154,554 women experienced a &#8220;serious adverse event&#8221; after taking the mifepristone abortion pill in 2023, according to new <a href="https://www.ffroa.com/chemical-abortion-research/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">research</a> commissioned by the Foundation for the Restoration of America and released Monday.
That works out to about 17,310 women who suffered serious adverse events, which can include hemorrhaging, needing a blood transfusion, an emergency room visit, and even deadly conditions like sepsis.
This is about 22 times higher than what the FDA put on its label for the brand Mifeprex in 2023 — the FDA <a href="https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2023/020687Orig1s025Lbl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cited</a> clinical studies saying less than 0.5% of women suffered &#8220;serious adverse reactions&#8221; to mifepristone.
The two-pill chemical abortion regimen, mifepristone usually followed by misoprostol, aims to end the life of the unborn baby and expel it from the woman&#8217;s uterus. However, the drugs sometimes fail to expel all the fetal tissue, which can cause life-threatening complications.
&#8220;This drastic difference between the disclosed risk and the actual risk to patients undermines informed consent and endangers the lives of pregnant women,&#8221; the researchers wrote, adding that policymakers and regulators should take action.
&#8220;This is much different than the lie that women have been told that these drugs are safer than Tylenol,&#8221; Dr. Christina Francis, a board-certified OBGYN who has been in practice for two decades, told The Daily Wire.
Plus, the research only analyzed data from insurance claims for government insurance like Medicare and Medicaid between 2017 and 2023, so the total number of women who suffered serious complications is likely even higher.
Over those six years, the number of chemical abortions jumped dramatically from less than 100,000 to over 150,000 a year, likely due to the drug&#8217;s increased availability online, the insurance claims data show.
Medication abortions are far more common than surgical abortions. Medication abortions made up 63% of all abortions in 2023, up from 31% in 2014, <a href="https://www.guttmacher.org/2024/03/medication-abortion-accounted-63-all-us-abortions-2023-increase-53-2020" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to the pro-abortion Guttmacher Institute.
The abortion pill is likely the main factor driving up the country&#8217;s total number of abortions in recent years, even in the wake of the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision to overturn Roe vs. Wade.
Abortion advocates have argued that the abortion pill should be more available to order online now that some Republican-led states ban abortion.
A few months before Roe vs. Wade was overturned, the FDA scrapped the requirement that women must obtain abortion pills in person from a health provider, allowing them to obtain them online through the mail.
Afterward, Francis, the pro-life OBGYN, said one emergency doctor pulled her aside and asked, &#8220;What has changed because we&#8217;re seeing so many more women come in with these complications.&#8221;
Mifepristone was originally approved by the FDA in 2000.
&#8220;This bombshell report is further evidence that our government uses phony data and politicized science to lie to its people. In this case, those lies further political ideologies rather than the health, safety, and well-being of women and children,&#8221; Doug Truax, founder of the Foundation for the Restoration of America, which commissioned the study, told The Daily Wire.
&#8220;If you had any other drug that was kind of similar in terms of the magnitude of what this thing does, anywhere north of 2% and they&#8217;d shut it down,&#8221; Truax said. 
&#8220;They&#8217;re just hell bent on just increasing the amount of abortions.&#8221;

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A trans-identifying male competed in the U.S. Masters Swimming Spring National Championship meet, and he took gold medals in every event he entered — in the 45-49 age group of the women&#8217;s division.
<a href="https://www.usms.org/comp/meets/meetsearch.php?c=1221718&amp;MeetID=20250424SpNatsY" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ana Caldas</a>, who has also raced under the names Hannah Caldas and Hugo Caldas, swam in five individual events and three relays over the course of the four-day competition in San Antonio — and won every individual race: the 50 yard freestyle, the 100 yard freestyle, the 50 yard breaststroke, and the 100 yard breaststroke. Caldas came in a full three seconds ahead of the second place finisher in the 100 yard freestyle, and four seconds ahead in the 50 and 100 yard breaststroke events.
The Independent Council on Women’s Sports (ICONS) reached out to the U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) board after Caldas won his first individual event on Friday, referencing the body&#8217;s stated rules — which require trans-identifying male swimmers to have received hormone therapy and to show proof of testosterone levels below 5 nmol/L — and saying that was hardly enough to protect the female athletes who were losing medals and opportunities to men.
&#8220;Transparency in these matters is critical to maintaining the integrity of the competition and the trust of all USMS athletes. There is no length of time during which testosterone suppression eliminates male advantage; therefore it should not serve as a guideline permitting men to compete in women’s swimming. At a minimum, it is USMS’s responsibility to enforce its current policy,&#8221; the letter read, in part.
&#8220;He’s just laughing at these women,&#8221; an ICONS spokeswoman said.
As <a href="https://reduxx.info/trans-identified-male-swimmer-dominates-womens-events-at-the-u-s-masters-spring-championships/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reduxx reported</a>, it is not clear whether or not Caldas&#8217; competitors knew that he was male:
<blockquote>&#8230;he has been competing as a woman in swimming, rowing, and Crossfit for decades, and has been careful to conceal his previous identity. However, Caldas’ birth name is still listed on multiple research papers he co-authored as an academic, and in <a href="https://prod.wp.cdn.aws.wfu.edu/sites/275/2018/10/gb2009-2010.pdf">records from Wake Forest University</a> where he was a <a href="https://archive.is/E3zqW">member of the faculty</a>. Caldas also co-applied for a <a href="https://archive.ph/sUmQf">patent in 2004</a> using the names “Hugo” and “Hannah.”</blockquote>
Former NCAA swimmer Riley Gaines shared the story via X, adding, &#8220;A man who goes by the name Ana swam five events at the U.S. Masters Swimming National Championship. He won them all. Real life South Park episode.&#8221;
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A man who goes by the name Ana swam five events at the U.S. Masters Swimming National Championship.
He won them all.
Real life South Park episode. 
<a href="https://t.co/Mw2jL9BukD">https://t.co/Mw2jL9BukD</a>
— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_/status/1916987679603908676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;INSANITY. At this weekend’s U.S. Masters Spring National Championships, Hugo &#8216;Ana&#8217; Caldas, a male athlete, took first place in 5 Women’s individual events. Here he is crushing the Women&#8217;s breast stroke 45-49 category, winning by a full 3 seconds, in a time of 29.74. Anyone who competes in swimming at the national level knows this is unheard of in a 50 yard race where wins are often measured in a tenth or a hundredth of a second,&#8221; Beth Bourne added.
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🚨🚨INSANITY. At this weekend’s U.S. Masters Spring National Championships, Hugo “Ana” Caldas, a male athlete, took first place in 5 Women’s individual events.
Here he is crushing the Women&#8217;s breast stroke 45-49 category, winning by a full 3 seconds, in a time of 29.74.… <a href="https://t.co/EPfuFe6wOh">pic.twitter.com/EPfuFe6wOh</a>
— Beth Bourne (@bourne_beth2345) <a href="https://twitter.com/bourne_beth2345/status/1916587569598595106?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 27, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Michael Jordan at 60 years old could suit up today and be the best &#8216;WOMAN&#8217; in the @wnba and maybe THEN the stupid people in the U.S. Masters Swimming National Championship would SEE THEIR OWN INSANITY!&#8221; Rob Schneider posted.
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Michael Jordan at 60 years old could suit up today and be the best “WOMAN” in the <a href="https://twitter.com/WNBA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WNBA</a> and maybe THEN the stupid people in the U.S. Masters Swimming National Championship would SEE THEIR OWN INSANITY! <a href="https://t.co/I1Tdwh5gi7">https://t.co/I1Tdwh5gi7</a>
— Rob Schneider 🇺🇸 (@RobSchneider) <a href="https://twitter.com/RobSchneider/status/1917255362866266307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 29, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Trans-Identifying Male Sweeps Women’s Events At U.S. Masters Swim National Championships

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A video of an influencer couple celebrating their twins’ first birthday has reignited the conversation about the morality of surrogacy.
The clip in question shows Joseph and Nathan Hughes, two gay hair stylists who live in Texas, throwing a lavish birthday party for the children. The Hughes men are popular on social media for showcasing their family.
The couple’s friend Kortney, who works at their salon, donated eggs while Joseph’s sister Breeanna acted as a gestational carrier for the couple, per The Mirror.
Joseph and Nathan have been sharing extensively online about their experience, but the video of the birthday party has gone viral as viewers question the overall idea of surrogacy, plus observe how the twins don’t seem excited or happy at the party, noting how neither one smiles during the video.
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NEW: TikTok influencers show off their surrogate children for the cameras during their 1-year-old birthday party.
Horrifying.
Joseph and Nathan Hughes had the children through Joseph&#8217;s sister, who was the &#8220;gestational carrier.&#8221;
Their friend &#8220;Kortney&#8221; was the one who donated… <a href="https://t.co/qPOU1SqRtR">pic.twitter.com/qPOU1SqRtR</a>
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href="https://twitter.com/CollinRugg/status/1915526487379501546?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
“This should be illegal,” one reply <a href="https://x.com/gentrywgevers/status/1915526597886562695">said</a>.
Another chimed in, <a href="https://x.com/ThnKMyMmsGnCrzy/status/1915539163018920052">writing</a>, “Why do those babies look like they don&#8217;t even know these people?”
“The fact that they used friends and family as their donor and surrogate is less disturbing than paying some random woman to completely abandon the child they carried for nine months,” another person <a href="https://x.com/crystalandqueue/status/1915543238200479827">wrote</a>. “My biggest concern with both of these babies is their lack of eye contact and facial expressions in every video I’ve ever seen of them. They’re completely disconnected which makes me wonder what happens off camera.”
“As a mom, I am so upset by the children&#8217;s reactions and body language,” another <a href="https://x.com/Aphrohditee/status/1915912434621055363">echoed</a>. “You can tell they are not only uncomfortable, they are not happy. And they can buy them all the things in the world and dress them up cute, but any sane person who has had a child can see there is NO connection between those babies and the people holding them.”
Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh, who has spoken about moral concerns regarding surrogacy in the past, also <a href="https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/1916589500739764357?s=43&amp;t=BDz6oekueqrSVJ50bM62xw">commented</a> on the clip.
“Somehow ‘social conservatives’ still get a bad rap, even on the Right. But we’ve been right about every issue and usually decades ahead,” he tweeted. “We’ve been saying for many years that gay adoption and surrogacy should be illegal. Now everyone else seems to be catching on. This is an abomination.”
“It is, in a sense, child trafficking. Selling a baby as a prop, a plaything is just wrong,” another wrote. “Let’s check in on these two and the kid in 10 years.”

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Viral Clip Of Gay Couple’s Birthday Party For Twins Ignites Surrogacy Debate

Viral Clip Of Gay Couple's Birthday Party For Twins Ignites Surrogacy Debate

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The Democrat governor of Washington state signed a bill this week that gave preference to “black, indigenous, and people of color” for forgivable loans, a proposal called “lawlessness” by a United States senator.
The <a href="https://legiscan.com/WA/text/HB1696/id/3086864" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bill</a>, HB 1696, states:
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As part of the covenant homeownership program, the department shall contract with the commission to design, develop, implement and evaluate one or more special purpose credit programs to reduce racial disparities in ownership in the state by providing down payment and closing cost assistance&#8230; The contract must authorize the commission to use up to one percent of the contract to provide targeted education, homeownership counseling, and outreach about special purpose credit programs created under this section to black, indigenous, and people of color and other historically marginalized communities in Washington state. 
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In 2023, Democrats in the state passed the Covenant Homeownership Program, which they said was a response to &#8220;historically marginalized communities&#8221; and the effects of racism in the real estate market and industry, creating a credit program for black, indigenous, and people of color communities that were impacted before the Fair Housing Act of 1968, Julie Barrett of Conservative Ladies of America <a href="https://conservativeladiesofamerica.substack.com/p/was-hb-1696-signed-into-law-taxpayer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>. “The state contracted with a commission to administer the program to determine how the funds were going to be used and how they were going to be disbursed,” she added.
House Bill 1696<a href="https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/35-bills-signed-into-washington-law-olympia-bob-ferguson/281-55494909-ddd0-4725-ad51-a74bc6c18379" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> amended</a> the bill by expanding eligibility by raising the area median income threshold (AMI) for eligibility to 120%. If a borrower’s income is 80% or less of the AMI, their loans can be completely forgiven after five years. Anyone who is a descendant of a resident of the state before 1968 and was adversely affected before the Fair Housing Act of 1968 is eligible.
The bill was sponsored by Rep. Jamila Taylor, who said, “Homeownership is a gateway to building generational wealth, and it was largely closed to Black Americans and people of color for most of our country’s history. Buying a home is tough right now. Bringing more diversity into the pool of homeownership builds stronger communities and is another solution in solving the current housing crisis in our state.&#8221;
When <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/washington/article_9e074162-e8eb-11ef-8315-531e743c69af.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">asked,</a> “Is one of the elements that a person qualifying for this program would need to show that they were affected by a racially restrictive covenant, personally?” Taylor answered, “What do you mean affected? If the person was a resident in the state prior to 1968 they were affected because they were part of a racial class.”
“Washington state’s covenant homeownership program provides down payment and closing cost assistance for low income, first-time home buyers,” Democrat Gov. Bob Ferguson stated as he signed the bill into law. “Lawmakers create a program to address the disproportionate impacts of racial redlining in Washington state. House Bill 1696 modifies the program by adjusting the area median income threshold for program eligibility, introducing loan forgiveness and modifying the oversight committee membership. This modification will create more opportunities to close the racial home ownership gap, which is a very important goal for all of us here in Washington state. We so appreciate everybody who made this legislation possible. Like every legislation it’s challenging; this one has its share of challenges, as we know &#8230; I’m pleased to sign this legislation into law.”
Utah GOP Senator Mike Lee, a constitutional scholar, wrote on X, “The Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause prohibits this. It’s not even a close question. This is lawlessness.”
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The Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause prohibits this
It’s not even a close question 
This is lawlessness <a href="https://t.co/ykeX0RPICm">https://t.co/ykeX0RPICm</a>
&mdash; Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) <a href="https://twitter.com/BasedMikeLee/status/1915552772193419587?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 24, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Notably, Lee’s post was reposted by Harmeet Dhillon, the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights.

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‘Lawlessness’: Washington Dem Gov Signs Bill Giving Racial Preference In Forgivable Housing Loans

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The state of Washington, which does not officially recognize Easter or Yom Kippur as state holidays, became the first state in the nation to recognize the two Islamic holidays of Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as unpaid state-recognized holidays when Democrat Governor Bob Ferguson <a href="https://tvw.org/video/governor-bob-ferguson-bill-signing-2025041217/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed the legislation into law</a> this month.
“<a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/billsummary?BillNumber=5106&amp;Year=2025&amp;Initiative=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate Bill 5106</a>, sponsored by Sen. Yasmin Trudeau (D-Tacoma), adds both Eid holidays to a list of 20 other state holidays. Rep. Osman Salahuddin (D-Redmond) sponsored the companion bill,” Ferguson’s <a href="https://governor.wa.gov/news/2025/governor-bob-ferguson-signs-historic-bill-officially-recognizing-eid-holidays" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> stated. “The new law does not establish Eid holidays as paid holidays, but rather adds them to the state’s list of recognized observances, similar to Lunar New Year or Billy Frank Jr. Day.”
“This bill is historic. Washington is now the first state to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as state holidays,” Ferguson boasted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WaStateGov/posts/this-bill-is-historic-washington-is-now-the-first-state-to-recognize-eid-al-fitr/1249708376510712/?locale=en_GB">Facebook</a>.
According to the Washington state legislature’s <a href="https://app.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=1.16.050" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a>, other unpaid holidays officially recognized by the state include:
The thirteenth day of January, recognized as Korean-American Day;
The twelfth day of October, recognized as Columbus Day;
The ninth day of April, recognized as Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day;
The twenty-sixth day of January, recognized as Washington Army and Air National Guard Day;
The seventh day of August, recognized as Purple Heart Recipient Recognition Day;
The second Sunday in October, recognized as Washington State Children&#8217;s Day;
The sixteenth day of April, recognized as Mother Joseph Day;
The fourth day of September, recognized as Marcus Whitman Day;
The seventh day of December, recognized as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day;
The twenty-seventh day of July, recognized as National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day;
The nineteenth day of February, recognized as Civil Liberties Day of Remembrance;
The thirtieth day of March, recognized as Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day;
The eleventh day of January, recognized as Human Trafficking Awareness Day.
The thirty-first day of March, recognized as Cesar Chavez Day;
The tenth day of April, recognized as Dolores Huerta Day;
The fourth Saturday of September, recognized as Public Lands Day;
The eighteenth day of December, recognized as Blood Donor Day;
The fifteenth day of May, recognized as Water Safety Day;
The ninth day of March, recognized as Billy Frank Jr. Day
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Medical schools nationwide are forcing students to promote left-wing ideologies on race, gender, and obesity at the expense of proper patient care, according to a new watchdog <a href="https://speechfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CRITICAL-CONDITION_Speech-First-Medical-Schools-Report.pdf">report</a> released on Thursday.
The comprehensive investigation, produced by non-profit group Speech First, examined 54 public medical schools across the United States, seeking to document how &#8220;diversity, equity, and inclusion&#8221; (DEI) mandates are being enforced throughout medical education.
&#8220;This ideological conformity is required not only of students but also of faculty, who are often tasked with serving as enforcers of these mandates,&#8221; the report explains, noting that ideological requirements begin as early as the admissions process.
The report, first <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/news/medical-schools-nationwide-promote-weight-inclusivity-in-ongoing-dei-push/">obtained</a> by National Review, found that 99% of America&#8217;s top medical schools now “mandated commitments to racial justice ideology,” while 89% “did so for gender ideology.”
The report found 30% of examined schools mandate a form of “weight inclusivity,” instructing future doctors to avoid “fatphobia” despite the <a href="https://newsroom.heart.org/news/obesity-related-cardiovascular-disease-deaths-tripled-between-1999-and-2020">heaps</a> of medical <a href="https://www.who.int/data/gho/indicator-metadata-registry/imr-details/3420">evidence</a> establishing the correlation between obesity and health risks.
These DEI commitments manifest through “mandatory courses, rotations, orientations, statements, and policies,” and even modified Hippocratic Oaths.
As examples, dozens of investigated schools emphasize the impact of white privilege and systematic oppression on medical treatment, and have student guidelines enforcing adherence to a patient’s preferred pronouns rather than their biological sex.
At the University of Texas at Austin, medical students are taught to avoid stigmatizing language, replacing terms like &#8220;overweight&#8221; or &#8220;obese&#8221; with euphemisms such as &#8220;people with larger size,&#8221; while the University of Vermont&#8217;s program explicitly states that &#8220;weight is not an important indicator of health.&#8221;
At the University of Connecticut, for example, medical students must pledge to &#8220;work actively to identify and mitigate my own biases&#8221; and &#8220;specifically work to dismantle policies that perpetuate inequities, exclusion, discrimination, and racism,&#8221; according to documents obtained by Speech First.
The University of Arizona requires students to gain experience in transgender medicine, where students are “instructed that gender transitioning in children is normal, beginning with social changes in pre-adolescence and progressing to puberty-suppressing medications.”
Several harassment policies at medical schools now explicitly prohibit &#8220;misgendering,&#8221; with Oregon Health and Science University classifying it as a form of harassment subject to disciplinary action.
Medical school faculty face similar ideological pressures, as the University of Illinois-Chicago&#8217;s faculty manual states that &#8220;all College of Medicine faculty, regardless of track or rank, are expected to demonstrate a commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.&#8221;
The report identifies multiple cases where medical professionals faced serious professional consequences for questioning these ideologies, including Dr. Allan M. Josephson, who was demoted and ultimately terminated from the University of Louisville after criticizing transitioning treatments for children during a 2017 Heritage Foundation panel despite a “stellar record,” according to the non-profit.
The investigation details how this ideological enforcement begins before the student is even admitted to medical school.
The University of Missouri asks applicants how they will &#8220;contribute to the overall diversity of the medical school&#8221; and &#8220;foster an inclusive learning environment,&#8221; functioning as what Speech First characterizes as a political litmus test.
Students, as well as faculty, who question these mandates risk significant consequences. Kieran Bhattacharya, a former University of Virginia medical student, was banned from campus after questioning a presentation on microaggressions during a 2018 panel. After challenging the concept, he was flagged by faculty as &#8220;antagonistic,&#8221; leading to disciplinary action.
Speech First&#8217;s study found that even the Hippocratic Oath has been modified at several universities, with the University of Connecticut School of Medicine recently updating the oath to reflect an anti-racist narrative.
“I will work actively to identify and mitigate my own biases so as to treat all patients and coworkers with humility and dignity. I will strive to promote health equity. I will actively support policies that promote social justice and specifically work to dismantle policies that perpetuate inequities, exclusion, discrimination, and racism,” the updated oath reads.
The report concludes with recommendations for legislative action, including banning mandatory ideological activism courses and ensuring medical curricula prioritize science-based teachings over politically driven health ideologies.
“If this continues, I’m horrified we’ll get doctors who will shove kids into gender chaos, favor race over health, and lie to obese patients, endangering us all for a deranged fringe,” said Jared Gould, research fellow for Speech First, per National Review.

University of Minnesota White Coat Ceremony, August 2022, Star Tribune photo

Med Schools Replace Medical Merit With Obesity Denial And DEI Doctrine, Watchdog Reports

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin visited San Diego on Earth Day to address the flow of sewage from Mexico&#8217;s Tijuana River across the border into the United States.
Zeldin visited San Diego to meet with local and Mexican officials to discuss the <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/epas-zeldin-demands-end-to-mexican-sewage-flooding-across-border/">flow of sewage</a> from the Mexican river, which has polluted American beaches and even hindered the training of Navy SEALs, some of whom have gotten sick as a result of the pollution.
“There, for decades, has been raw sewage that’s been traveling across the border, and Americans are very concerned with regards to beach closures, degradation of the Tijuana River Valley, and concerns of public health, air quality,” Zeldin <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/epas-zeldin-demands-end-to-mexican-sewage-flooding-across-border/">charged</a>. The EPA administrator explained that his visit to San Diego is intended to ensure “that the path forward is one of max collaboration and extreme urgency to end a crisis that should have ended a long time ago.”
&#8220;Mexico needs to fulfill their part in cleaning up the contamination that they caused. They cannot view this as a U.S. problem just because their contamination reached U.S. soil,&#8221; Zeldin asserted at a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYVmEzwCqfY">press conference</a> in San Diego. &#8220;They&#8217;re going to have to commit to that final cleanup&#8221; in addition to completing infrastructure projects to prevent future flows of sewage into the United States, the EPA administrator explained.
The EPA administrator, who also toured an international wastewater treatment plant, explained that Mexican officials are willing to collaborate with the United States to fix the crisis.
“It was clear with the way that the Mexican environmental secretary approached the conversation yesterday evening that she wants to have a strong, collaborative relationship,” Zeldin added. “I welcome that collaboration.” Zeldin went on to add that he’d work with Mexican officials to craft a comprehensive solution to end the crisis.
“What’s been communicated by the new Mexican president is an intense desire to fully resolve the situation,” Zeldin noted.
Daily Wire White House correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan asked White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt about Zeldin’s visit to the southern border to examine the flow of sewage from Mexico. Leavitt said that “Zeldin met with his Mexican counterpart to discuss steps that Mexico needs to take to ensure the water entering the United States is clean and safe.”
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What does the White House have planned for Earth Day? <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MaryMargOlohan</a>:
&#8220;[President Trump] has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what&#8217;s right for our environment and for our earth.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/nrNinIXu8A">pic.twitter.com/nrNinIXu8A</a>
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1914738540858265921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 22, 2025</a></blockquote>
She added that President Trump “has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what&#8217;s right for our environment and for our earth.&#8221;

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EPA’s Lee Zeldin Travels To Border To Hammer Mexican ‘Raw Sewage’ Polluting American Water

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It&#8217;s Earth Day, and the White House is trying to fix a toxic and smelly environmental issue on the nation&#8217;s southern border.
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said on Tuesday that the Trump administration is urging the Mexican government to do more to stop sewage from flowing across the border and into the United States. She highlighted President Donald Trump&#8217;s desire to &#8220;do what&#8217;s right&#8221; for the environment.
During Tuesday&#8217;s press briefing, Leavitt responded to a question from Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan and discussed the work of Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin, who is in San Diego pushing for the Mexican government to stop the flow of sewage into the United States.
&#8220;Administrator Zeldin met with his Mexican counterpart to discuss steps Mexico needs to take to ensure the water entering the United States is clean and safe, and he&#8217;s holding a press conference in San Diego today with elected officials and local stakeholders on the Tijuana River sewage crisis,&#8221; Leavitt said. &#8220;I would also add from the president himself, he has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what&#8217;s right for our environment and for our earth.&#8221;
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What does the White House have planned for Earth Day? <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@PressSec</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/MaryMargOlohan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MaryMargOlohan</a>:
&quot;[President Trump] has always maintained he wants America to have the cleanest air and the cleanest water, and we want to do what&#39;s right for our environment and for our earth.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/nrNinIXu8A">pic.twitter.com/nrNinIXu8A</a>
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Raw sewage from Mexico has traveled into the United States through the Tijuana River Watershed &#8220;for decades,&#8221; according to Zeldin, the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/04/21/us-news/epas-zeldin-demands-end-to-mexican-sewage-flooding-across-border/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The issue has raised concerns about &#8220;beach closures, degradation of the Tijuana River Valley, and concerns of public health, air quality,&#8221; Zeldin added. Trump&#8217;s EPA administrator met with Mexican Environmental Secretary Alicia Bárcena to discuss the crisis.
Trump <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/work-starts-to-stop-sewage-flows-into-california-from-mexico/2020/09/02/b8675f3e-ed86-11ea-bd08-1b10132b458f_story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pushed</a> to resolve the Tijuana sewage issue during his first administration, completing a $10.6 million project to prevent millions of gallons of sewage from entering the Tijuana River. Zeldin said on Monday that the crisis &#8220;needs to end.&#8221;
“[T]here’s nowhere more important for me to be tomorrow than on the border in California dealing with this very important public health and environmental crisis,” he added.

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The world famous Boston Marathon has three race categories for participants based on gender — but because of lax gender identity standards, male runners have the opportunity to compete — and could win the top prizes — in all three categories: male, female, and non-binary.
Former Levi Strauss executive Jennifer Sey — who is an outspoken advocate for biological women and girls in sports and the founder of XX-XY Athletics — shared some details about the famous footrace in an op-ed published Sunday by the New York Post.
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A man is eligible to win every Boston Marathon category — men’s, women’s and non-binary, too. No space is protected for women. <a href="https://t.co/7rNQfJTVzX">pic.twitter.com/7rNQfJTVzX</a>
&mdash; Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenniferSey/status/1913992937203184082?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 20, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Sey noted that the Boston Marathon opened a non-binary category for runners in 2023, but that trans-identifying male runner Riya Suising — born Robert Chien Hwa Young — was still allowed to enter the race in the female category because he claims that he is a woman. It will not be Suising&#8217;s first outing, either — the longtime runner &#8220;has competed in races in the female category more than 338 times since 2009, medaling for his age group more than 140 times.&#8221;
&#8220;It means a man could win every Boston Marathon category — men’s, women’s and non-binary, too. No space is protected for women,&#8221; Sey wrote. &#8220;On a day meant to honor courage and freedom, is this what breaking barriers really means?&#8221;
Because those entering the race as &#8220;non-binary&#8221; could be biologically either male or female, the qualifying time for that category is the same as the women&#8217;s qualifying time — which is slower than the men&#8217;s time, Sey wrote: &#8220;The official qualifying time for women is 16.6% slower than for men — a full 30 minutes — recognizing a fact we all know to be true: men are faster than women.&#8221;
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Registration for Boston 2024 is open!
Men! Failed to qualify under the men’s times? No matter! You could still get in with a time 30 mins slower than your fellow men by declaring yourself non-binary! 🎉
Women! No such luxury for you. 😔<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/trainharder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#trainharder</a> <a href="https://t.co/qGa3nj2tZM">https://t.co/qGa3nj2tZM</a> <a href="https://t.co/eeGs48cDQL">pic.twitter.com/eeGs48cDQL</a>
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&#8220;The prestige of the Boston Marathon was ruined when they created a non-binary category allowing men to qualify by running a female qualifying time. Now they allow men to compete in the women’s category too. Skip Boston. There are plenty of beautiful courses to run,&#8221; Storm Robinson posted in response.
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The prestige of the Boston Marathon was ruined when they created a non-binary category allowing men to qualify by running a female qualifying time. Now they allow men to compete in the women’s category too.
Skip Boston. There are plenty of beautiful courses to run. <a href="https://t.co/bmPfdEQpGn">https://t.co/bmPfdEQpGn</a>
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&#8220;The men’s category in the Boston Marathon is open to Riya Suising. The non-binary category is, too,&#8221; Sey concluded, noting that it did not matter if Suising won — the fact that he was even allowed to compete in the women&#8217;s category meant that he took a spot in the competition that should have belonged to a women. &#8220;The women’s category must not be. Misogyny looks no better in a running bra. It’s still a man insisting on special treatment, getting priority over every woman’s fair shot.&#8221;

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The United Kingdom&#8217;s highest court ruled Wednesday that the legal definition of &#8220;woman&#8221; is based on biology and does not include trans-identifying men who say they are women.
In the landmark <a href="https://supremecourt.uk/uploads/uksc_2024_0042_judgment_aea6c48cee.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">judgment</a>, the British Supreme Court ruled that the meaning of &#8220;woman&#8221; in equality legislation is a &#8220;biological woman and biological sex,&#8221; and the &#8220;concept of sex is binary, a person is either a woman or a man.&#8221;
The ruling is a watershed moment in Britain&#8217;s shift on gender ideology, which has faced a referendum in Europe in recent years, especially as the harms of transgender drugs and procedures on children have come to light and sparked legal challenges.
The court case was about whether trans-identifying men with a &#8220;gender recognition certificate&#8221; that legally recognizes them as female are protected from discrimination as a woman under the 2010 Equality Act.
The court ultimately ruled that interpreting sex as simply as what someone&#8217;s gender certificate says would be &#8220;incoherent,&#8221; according to a summary of the ruling.
“The terms woman and sex in the Equality Act 2010 refer to a biological woman and biological sex,” Lord Patrick Hodge, one of the court&#8217;s senior judges, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/uk/uk-supreme-court-ruling-definition-woman-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> the court. “The provisions relating to sex discrimination can only be interpreted as referring to biological sex.”
The five judges cautioned that they were not ruling broadly on whether trans-identifying men were women, saying that was beyond the role of the court.
Lord Hodge said the ruling should not be seen as “a triumph for one or more groups in our society at the expense of another – it is not.”
Critics of gender ideology were ecstatic nonetheless.
A group called For Women Scotland filed a challenge in 2018, butting heads with the Scottish government, which argued that trans-identifying men were legally women.
For Women Scotland celebrated with tears and hugs in the courtroom before a victorious exit, where they cracked open a bottle of champagne outside with other campaigners against gender ideology.
Other groups celebrated as well.
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The LGB Alliance, which presented arguments in court, called the ruling a “watershed for women.”
In response to the ruling, the British government said it supports &#8220;single-sex spaces.&#8221;
“This ruling brings clarity and confidence, for women and service providers such as hospitals, refuges, and sports clubs,” a British government spokesperson <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/16/uk/uk-supreme-court-ruling-definition-woman-intl/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Single-sex spaces are protected in law and will always be protected by this Government.”

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The Department of Education has referred its investigation into the alleged Title IX violations of Maine to the Department of Justice.
The Education Department announced the referral on Friday, less than two months after President Donald Trump and Democratic Maine Governor Janet Mills had a fiery <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-white-house-says-top-staffer-for-maines-gov-had-meltdown-cursed-at-official-over-men-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">exchange</a> at the White House over males participating in female sports.
“The Department has given Maine every opportunity to come into compliance with Title IX, but the state’s leaders have stubbornly refused to do so, choosing instead to prioritize an extremist ideological agenda over their students’ safety, privacy, and dignity,” said acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor in a statement.
“The Maine Department of Education will now have to defend its discriminatory practices before a Department administrative law judge and in a federal court against the Justice Department. Governor Mills would have done well to adhere to the wisdom embedded in the old idiom — be careful what you wish for,” continued Trainor. “Now she will see the Trump Administration in court.”
The Education Department plans to move forward with restricting federal taxpayer funds to Maine’s Department of Education, according to the statement.
The Trump administration has investigated Maine for weeks over the state’s policies allowing transgender-identifying athletes to participate in female sports. The administration has said that Maine’s policies violate Title IX rules against gender discrimination.
The Trump administration’s latest move against Maine came after state officials refused to sign a resolution agreement with the federal government.
“Nothing in Title IX or its implementing regulations prohibits schools from allowing transgender girls and women to participate on girls’ and women’s sports teams,” Maine Assistant Attorney General Sarah Forster said in a letter, according to <a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-admin-moves-withhold-federal-funds-maine-trans/story?id=120731338" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC News</a>. “Your letters to date do not cite a single case that so holds. To the contrary, various federal courts have held that Title IX and/or the Equal Protection Clause require schools to allow such participation.”
On Friday evening, a federal judge blocked a spending freeze already initiated on funds to Maine from the Department of Agriculture. U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock Jr. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/federal-judge-blocks-trump-from-freezing-funding-to-maine-over-men-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued</a> the injunction, temporarily restoring lost funds to the state.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, known for her centrist record among Republicans, sided with the Trump administration on Friday and urged Mills to change course.
“People who are transgender deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. But that does not change the fact that Title IX mandated equal access to athletic resources and facilities on the basis of sex – not on the basis of gender identity. Safe and fair athletic competition has been one of the keys to the success of Title IX,” Collins said in a statement. “While I will continue to advocate strongly for federal funding for Maine, I disagree with the state’s position and instead support the original intent behind Title IX.”

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A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from pausing federal taxpayer money to Maine.
U.S. District Court Judge John Woodcock Jr. on Friday granted a request for an emergency stay from the state, placing the Trump administration’s financial pressure on hold. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had frozen funds to the state over its policies allowing for males to compete in female sports.
“During the pendency of this Temporary Restraining Order, the United States Department of Agriculture and Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins must immediately unfreeze and release to the state of Maine any federal funding that they have frozen or failed or refused to pay because of the state of Maine’s alleged failure to comply with the requirements of Title IX,” Woodcock <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.med.67828/gov.uscourts.med.67828.12.0.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>.
The White House has threatened and cut federal funding to Maine and accused the state of violating Title IX, which prohibits discrimination based on sex and outlines policies against sexual harassment at educational programs that accept federal funding.
The feud between Washington and Augusta has split Maine politicians. Republican Sen. Susan Collins posted a statement on social media on Friday urging the state to revise its policies around transgender-identifying players in female sports.
“The conflict between how the State of Maine and the Administration interpret Title IX needs to be resolved. I agree with the federal government’s position that biological males should not compete in girls and women’s athletics. Policies to the contrary violate the original intent behind Title IX,” Collins said.
“People who are transgender deserve to be treated with respect and dignity. But that does not change the fact that Title IX mandated equal access to athletic resources and facilities on the basis of sex – not on the basis of gender identity. Safe and fair athletic competition has been one of the keys to the success of Title IX,” she continued. “While I will continue to advocate strongly for federal funding for Maine, I disagree with the state’s position and instead support the original intent behind Title IX.”
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The conflict between how the State of Maine and the Administration interpret Title IX needs to be resolved. I agree with the federal government’s position that biological males should not compete in girls and women’s athletics. Policies to the contrary violate the original…
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Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey <a href="https://www.maine.gov/ag/news/article.shtml?id=13170752" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Woodcock’s order “confirms the Trump Administration did not follow the rule of law” in rescinding taxpayer funding to Maine.

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