A Tennessee state lawmaker running for Congress said one of the first thing he does if elected would be to push for a nationwide law to protect children from transgender procedures if elected. 
State Rep. Johnny Garrett, a Republican, told The Daily Wire in an interview announcing his run for Tennessee’s 6th Congressional District that one of the first bills he hoped to introduce would mirror Tennessee&#8217;s law shielding kids from transgender procedures. Garrett, a seventh-generation Tennessean from Goodlettsville, said that even one surgery on a gender-confused child was unacceptable, and that the issue would be one of his top priorities. 
“If indeed the good people of the 6th District want me to be their congressman, I want that to be the first bill that I file, to make sure that&#8217;s a nationwide ban that you cannot mutilate children,” he told The Daily Wire. “We have to protect our children, and that should be a priority. There should be a federal law filed tomorrow to make that a nationwide law, just like Tennessee.”
Garrett&#8217;s first campaign ad, shared with The Daily Wire, features him in a baseball uniform as president of the Goodlettsville Little League Baseball program. 
“Washington’s been throwing curveballs at Tennessee for years: open borders, out of control spending, boys in girls sports, and zero accountability,” he says in the ad. “I’m not going to Washington to play nice, I’m going to help President Trump fight and win.” 
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He says that he will fight to finish the border wall, deport all illegal immigrants, and stop China from buying American land. 
Last month, the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee law banning the practice of giving kids puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and performing surgeries like removing the breasts of a girl who identified as a boy. 
“That was a great win for children. A great win for the kids of Tennessee,” Garrett, who was part of the legislature when that bill passed, said. “We didn&#8217;t even realize that was taking place.”
Garrett, the current Tennessee House Majority Whip, is running for a seat currently occupied by Rep. John Rose. Rose announced earlier this year that he is running for governor to replace outgoing Governor Bill Lee, in a race that is also expected to include Senator Marsha Blackburn. 
The 6th District stretches from Middle Tennessee to the edge of Eastern Tennessee and includes parts of Nashville, and cities like Cookeville and Crossville. The area is solid red, and swung for President Donald Trump by over 65%. 
Garrett said he supported Trump’s America First agenda and was “inspired” with what the president has done since returning to the White House. He praised the passage of Trump’s signature “big, beautiful bill,” saying that the tax cuts provisions would benefit Tennessee and also lauded the dramatic decrease in illegal border crossings since Trump’s inauguration.
The lawmaker said he would like to see Congress adopt the Volunteers State&#8217;s approach to spending, as state law mandates a balanced budget.  
“Two things that I do when a piece of legislation is presented to me is I say, &#8216;One, how much does it cost and does it grow government? And if it costs a lot of money and it grows government, I can&#8217;t support it,” he said. “That has boded me well throughout my time in the legislature.”

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Freedom of speech has won a decisive victory in Australia. On Tuesday, a Melbourne tribunal <a href="https://adfinternational.org/news/free-speech-victory-in-australia-for-billboard-chris-as-x-post-censorship-overturned">overturned</a> the Australian government’s censorship order against Canadian street advocate Chris “<a href="https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=support+billboard+chris+adf+international&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8">Billboard Chris</a>” Elston for an X post critical of gender ideology.
Back in 2024, Australia’s eSafety Commissioner had ordered X to remove Chris’ post, claiming it constituted “adult cyber abuse” under the country’s Online Safety Act. The post linked to a Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13119521/Sex-secrets-trans-kinky-Australian-bondage-bestiality-nudism-drugs-sex-change.html">article</a> about a WHO appointee and referred to the individual using biologically accurate pronouns. No threats. No private information. Just public facts and an opinion the government didn’t like. X initially resisted, but eventually geo-blocked the post in the country while filing its own appeal.
Billboard Chris, who travels the world engaging in conversations exposing the truth about gender ideology prompted by his wearable signs, refused to bow down to the order. With legal support from ADF International and the Human Rights Law Alliance, he challenged the eSafety Commissioner, and won in a decisive victory not just for himself, but for everyone who values the right to speak freely.
The Administrative Review Tribunal found what should have been obvious from the beginning — the post wasn’t intended to cause harm, wasn’t likely to be seen by the complainant, and was consistent with Chris’s well-known public message — namely, that children are never born in the wrong body. It ruled clearly that this did not constitute a form of abuse and revoked the takedown order.
The Tribunal recognized what the eSafety Commissioner refused to acknowledge, which is that this isn’t about harassment of any kind. The protection of Chris’ expression is about upholding the basic right to participate in a public conversation, one that touches on some of the most urgent questions of our time. To silence that conversation under the guise of “cyber abuse” is both intellectually dishonest and dangerous.
The absurdity of the government’s case was exposed in the hearing itself. Chris had merely reposted a widely read article that included publicly available information about the transgender activist appointed to a WHO panel of “experts” — information the activist had willingly shared on social media. Instead of defending public transparency, the government claimed those details were irrelevant and demanded censorship.
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The Tribunal’s written decision was clear: “The post, although phrased offensively, is consistent with views Mr Elston has expressed elsewhere in circumstances where the expression of the view had no malicious intent. For example, his statement placed on billboards that he is prepared to wear in public ‘children are never born in the wrong body’ expresses the same idea about the immutability of biology that he expresses, albeit much more provocatively, in the post”. Further, it held that, “an ordinary reasonable person would not conclude that that it is likely that the post was intended to have an effect of causing serious harm to Mr Cook”.
This case is about more than just one post or even one country’s speech laws. Not only will this decision likely shape future enforcement decisions, but also Australia’s eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has just been <a href="https://x.com/k_mahlburg/status/1939872951895302531">named</a> in a U.S. congressional investigation for colluding with foreign governments and corporate cartels to suppress speech worldwide — including in the United States. The U.S. House Judiciary Committee <a href="https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/2025-06/Exporting%20Censorship%20Final.pdf">released</a> a 100-page report detailing how Grant worked with GARM — a World Economic Forum-linked advertising consortium — to push platforms like X into silencing disfavored views. She demanded global takedowns of lawful content. She participated in pressure campaigns against X after Musk’s takeover. And she allowed so-called “brand safety” coalitions to influence her regulatory decisions.
This is coordinated censorship. The report lays out how GARM and other WEF-affiliated coalitions, working with officials like Grant, sought to blacklist voices they disagreed with under the pretense of maintaining a “safe” internet. In reality, they were constructing a global censorship machine — one that’s ideologically aligned, politically unaccountable, and willing to cross borders to silence dissent. Billboard Chris&#8217; case is living proof of what this looks like.
If the Tribunal had sided with the Commissioner, it would have emboldened this aggressive censorship campaign and reinforced the idea that a government can suppress the speech of any person on any platform, even beyond traditional jurisdictional boundaries. And make no mistake — that’s exactly what the eSafety Commissioner and its allies are trying to do.
Fortunately, Billboard Chris’ free speech victory is a warning to the censors. He stood up to a system designed to silence him, and he won. But the same people trying to censor speech in Australia are working to do the same everywhere else. 
On the same day of Chris’ victory, the European Union took a significant step toward strengthening online censorship, beefing up its censorial Digital Services Act by enforcing the accompanying &#8220;Code of Conduct on Disinformation&#8221;. The DSA enables Brussels bureaucrats to control online speech at scale — both in Europe and globally — under the guise of “safety” and “protecting democracy”. Platforms that fail to remove content ambiguously deemed “illegal” face massive financial penalties and even suspension. Coupled with the framework’s approach to “misinformation,” “disinformation,” and “hate speech,” the DSA could lead to the sweeping removal of online content.
Threats to free speech online are evidently immense and growing, but Billboard Chris’ successful challenge shows that this tide can be turned. Courageous individuals, armed with principle and the law, can stand up to the censorship industrial complex — and win. And their victories protect not just their own speech, but those too who would come after them. Others must be emboldened by the lead of this Canadian father and vigilantly defend against censorship if we are to see free speech prevail.
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Robert Clarke is a barrister and director of advocacy for ADF International, which coordinated the legal defense of Billboard Chris in Australia. Follow him on X at <a href="https://x.com/Rob_ADFIntl?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Rob_ADFIntl</a>
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Queens assemblyman Zohran Mamdani — who is looking for a win in the upcoming Democratic primary in New York City&#8217;s mayoral election — would sink millions into &#8220;gender-affirming&#8221; trans procedures for both adults and children if elected.
Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist, says via his <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pMQhFiQEZh0PgI8q1PL2NTCvM5JT5-ee/view">campaign website</a> that he plans to prioritize &#8220;expanding and protecting gender-affirming care citywide.&#8221;
&#8220;The Mamdani administration will protect gender-affirming care immediately by investing $65 million in public providers to provide gender-affirming care to New Yorkers who seek it and will hold private entities abetting Trump’s attacks to account,&#8221; the website states, noting that such care would be made available both to adults and children in direct opposition to President Donald Trump&#8217;s efforts to restrict transgender procedures — whether chemical or surgical — for minors.
Mamdani also promised that if elected, his administration would invest millions into &#8220;gender-affirming&#8221; Telehealth services and other programs, and would &#8220;investigate and hold public hearings on hospitals that deny trans youth their rightful healthcare and hold them accountable to the law.&#8221;
In addition, Mamdani said that he planned to make New York City a &#8220;sanctuary city&#8221; for the LGBTQ community, although the key points that followed only addressed the T and the Q: &#8220;The Mamdani administration will be committed to protecting the rights of queer and trans New Yorkers, from those who have been lifelong residents to those who have just arrived here in search of a place where they can receive medical care and live and thrive without the threat of persecution and bigotry.&#8221;
Mamdani is facing off against key opponent disgraced former Governor Andrew Cuomo — and according to the latest odds posted by Polymarket, Mamdani has a 61% chance of besting Cuomo.
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Despite a few polls showing Mamdani making gains, a majority of polls still show Cuomo as holding a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/polls/nyc-mayoral-primary-election-polls-2025.html">commanding lead</a> over Mamdani. The most recent polls, as reported by The New York Times, show Cuomo with a 19-point lead (Harris-X), a three-point lead (Nectar, PIX 11, The Hill), and a 13-point lead (The Manhattan Institute).
Current Mayor Eric Adams, who was initially elected as a Democrat, is also running for reelection as an independent.

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The Supreme Court upholds Tennessee’s ban on transgender medical procedures for minors. The 6–3 decision is a landmark victory for parents and conservatives, and a defining blow to transgender activism. The United States continues to fortify the Middle East as Trump ramps up the pressure on Iran to surrender. And, as Trump escalates deportation plans, Democrats make headlines by getting themselves arrested.
It’s Thursday, June 19, and this is the news you need to know to start your day.
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<h2>SCOTUS Upholds Gender-Mutilation Ban</h2>
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Topline: In a major win for conservative activists and parent groups, the Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a Tennessee law banning transgender drugs and surgeries for children.
In the case of United States v. Skrmetti — the justices decided that Tennessee’s law does not violate the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. The plaintiffs in the case — which included trans-identifying teens and their families — claimed that Tennessee’s law banning puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgeries for minors discriminated against them on the basis of sex. More than 20 states have bans similar to Tennessee’s.
Chief Justice John Roberts penned the court’s <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24pdf/23-477_2cp3.pdf">opinion</a> and rejected the plaintiffs’ argument. He also said the plaintiffs “contort the meaning of the term ‘medical treatment,&#8217;” writing, “Notably absent from their framing is a key aspect of any medical treatment: the underlying medical concern the treatment is intended to address.”
“The main argument from the other side when we did the oral argument in front of the court was if you have a boy who wants testosterone to resolve a developmental defect, then they can get it,”  Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti told The Daily Wire. “But a girl who wants testosterone to deepen her voice can&#8217;t. The dissenting justices thought that this was some sort of discrimination. But with any medical treatment, you&#8217;re not just handing someone a drug, you&#8217;re giving them a treatment to treat a specific condition. And different drugs have different effects on different conditions. And we differentiate between those purposes all the time. So I thought that was a fatal flaw in the argument on the other side.”
Roberts noted that the number of minors requesting “sex transition treatments” has increased in recent years, and meanwhile, European countries have cracked down on these procedures and drugs. Medical skepticism around these drugs and procedures is only growing – last month, the <a href="https://www.hhs.gov/press-room/gender-dysphoria-report-release.html">HHS</a> released a review saying the “science and evidence do not support” the use of these drugs and procedures for children.
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote a concurring opinion in which he said, “there is no medical consensus on how best to treat gender dysphoria in children,” and “recent revelations suggest that leading voices in this area have relied on questionable evidence, and have allowed ideology to influence their medical guidance.”
Meanwhile, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a dissent joined by the two other liberal-leaning justices, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson. Sotomayor claimed that teens needing transgender drugs “can be a question of life or death.” Advocates of these drugs and surgeries have <a href="https://www.heritage.org/gender/report/puberty-blockers-cross-sex-hormones-and-youth-suicide">pushed</a> a similar line to parents of trans-identifying children for years, even as newer evidence has shown that these treatments do not improve children’s mental health.
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<h2>Iran Says It Will &#8216;Never Surrender&#8217; While Trump Teases Possible Strikes</h2>
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Topline:  As the war between Israel and Iran approaches its seventh day, the Ayatollah says his country will never surrender.
On Wednesday, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei let the world know he would never agree to President Donald Trump’s demand for an unconditional surrender. In a video statement, Iran’s theocratic leader said, “Those with wisdom who know Iran, its people and its history, never speak to this nation in the language of threats, because the Iranian nation will not surrender…The United States must know that our people will not surrender, and any military intervention by them will lead to irreparable consequences.” 
That video came a day after President Trump threatened to strike the Ayatollah, and as Israel continues to hammer Iranian nuclear and military facilities. To date, the Israelis have killed 11 of Iran’s 12 highest-ranking military leaders.
The expectation from military experts is that if Trump joins Israel’s offensive, the Iranians would respond by launching missiles at American military installations across the Middle East, particularly those in Iraq, Syria, and Kuwait, which are just across the border. 
“I may do it, I may not do it,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1935338837695189018">said</a> at the White House on Wednesday. “Nobody knows what I’m gonna do. I can tell you this, that Iran’s got a lot of trouble. And they wanna negotiate. And I said, &#8216;Why didn’t you negotiate with me before all this death and destruction?'&#8221;
The president also made it clear that whatever course he takes, he intends to avoid a protracted war and is solely focused on preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. In the latest <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/trump_administration_second_term/57_favor_u_s_military_action_against_iran_s_nukes">Rasmussen polling</a>, 57% of Americans support American strikes to destroy Iran’s nuclear program, compared to just 30% who oppose them. But 69% of Americans say that even if they support airstrikes against Iran, they prefer the two sides negotiate an agreement.
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<h2>Immigration Pushback Continues As Trump Admin Sticks To Its Guns</h2>
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Topline:  Blue cities are in rebellion against Trump’s immigration agenda. Protests and riots threaten immigration officers, while Democratic officials openly challenge the federal government.
Most of the pushback against immigration enforcement is in major cities such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. The resistance involves everything from activist coordination to impeding ICE operations and local officials getting in between ICE and local law enforcement. 
Chicago has suspended an online portal for illegal aliens to apply for IDs. The CityKeys program was shut down after ICE subpoenaed its records. The Chicago city clerk then shut it down and told the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/14/ice-subpoena-chicago-city-clerk-online-municipal-id/">Chicago Tribune,</a> “We’re going to fight giving over any data to the federal government.” Democratic Mayor Brandon Johnson has been adamant that Chicago would “take to the streets” if it had to resist Trump. 
Comments like that haven’t stopped Trump from targeting these cities.
“Biden allowed 21 million people to come into our country,” Trump <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1934638998640537748">said</a> earlier this week. “Vast numbers of those people were murderers, killers, people from gangs, people from jails. They emptied their jails out into the US. Most of those people are in the cities, all blue cities, all Democrat-run cities, and they think they&#8217;re going to use them to vote. It&#8217;s not going to happen.” 
Local law enforcement is also cracking down on anti-ICE riots  – a bevy of new charges were announced Tuesday from state and federal officials. U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli and Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman outlined dozens of counts from curfew violations to assault of law enforcement. Hochman said that his district attorney’s office has charged at least 30 people. The U.S. attorney has brought an additional 20 counts. 
Lawmakers on both sides have condemned violence, but Democrats also seem to court their own run-ins with law enforcement. Earlier this month, New Jersey Congresswoman LaMonica McIver was charged after chaos erupted at an ICE detention center in Newark. More recently, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander, who is a candidate for mayor, was arrested outside an immigration court on Tuesday. Police say he was impeding law enforcement. Then last week, Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA) had to be forcefully removed from a Homeland Security press conference in Los Angeles.

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The Supreme Court&#8217;s ruling in United States v. Skrmetti — which upheld Tennessee&#8217;s ban on chemical and surgical gender transitions for minors — was major news.
But while legacy media outlets rushed to cover the decision Wednesday, their coverage belied the fact that their position on the matter was clearly biased.
Despite the fact that the majority of Americans, regardless of political party, believe children should not be subject to such irreversible procedures, mainstream media reporters still referred to the High Court&#8217;s ruling as a &#8220;major setback&#8221; or a &#8220;devastating loss.&#8221;
The Washington Post attempted to spin the issue as &#8220;polarizing national issue the Trump administration has seized on&#8221; — in spite of overwhelming support for reserving gender transition for adults — and claimed the 6-3 decision was the product of a &#8220;divided court.&#8221;
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Breaking news: A divided Supreme Court cleared the way for states to ban certain gender transition treatments for minors, a polarizing national issue the Trump administration has seized on in initiatives targeting transgender rights. <a href="https://t.co/er1uhGQE0W">https://t.co/er1uhGQE0W</a>
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Critics pointed out that The Washington Post had landed a bit wide of the mark.
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“Polarizing” <a href="https://t.co/gdm0syKbnt">https://t.co/gdm0syKbnt</a> <a href="https://t.co/vaVWR7wl5x">pic.twitter.com/vaVWR7wl5x</a>
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It’s the opposite of polarizing—it’s a unifying issue (according to WaPo’s own polling).
These numbers go up when asked about surgeries, by the way. <a href="https://t.co/l2P0FpZIPK">https://t.co/l2P0FpZIPK</a> <a href="https://t.co/yor0CmPXl4">pic.twitter.com/yor0CmPXl4</a>
— Cody Sargent (@codydsargent) <a href="https://twitter.com/codydsargent/status/1935434841341776011?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The New York Times, after leading with the breaking news, followed with a <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/us/politics/supreme-court-trans-children.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second paragraph</a> that gave away the game: &#8220;The decision, which came amid the Trump administration’s fierce assaults on transgender rights, was a bitter setback for their proponents &#8230;&#8221;
And from The Associated Press? &#8220;The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights.&#8221;
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BREAKING: The Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a huge setback for transgender rights. <a href="https://t.co/moVnfy3auH">https://t.co/moVnfy3auH</a>
— The Associated Press (@AP) <a href="https://twitter.com/AP/status/1935341665239060652?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This headline is an opinion,&#8221; Michelle Tafoya noted.
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This headline is an opinion: <a href="https://t.co/GpZzYPM92g">https://t.co/GpZzYPM92g</a>
— Michele Tafoya (@Michele_Tafoya) <a href="https://twitter.com/Michele_Tafoya/status/1935354970163003502?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Ban on child abuse. The phrase you’re looking for is child abuse,&#8221; Red State&#8217;s Bonchie posted.
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Ban on child abuse. The phrase you’re looking for is child abuse. <a href="https://t.co/iA7XCfGMQq">https://t.co/iA7XCfGMQq</a>
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&#8220;The AP was hoping for more child abuse, not less. Tough day for them,&#8221; Seth Dillon added.
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The AP was hoping for more child abuse, not less. Tough day for them. <a href="https://t.co/xFq6cEebhw">https://t.co/xFq6cEebhw</a>
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethDillon/status/1935355852237541399?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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NBC News offered similar fare, publishing a piece declaring that the &#8220;Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee law restricting gender transition care for minors, delivering a major blow to transgender rights.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Supreme Court upholds a Tennessee law restricting gender transition care for minors, delivering a major blow to transgender rights. <a href="https://t.co/QiUjyPfDlQ">https://t.co/QiUjyPfDlQ</a>
— NBC News (@NBCNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1935341651410423816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;This is activist commentary, to be clear. However, it&#8217;s also very misleading. Medically interfering with the physical development of children for an artificial, hypothetical future outcome based on gender identity is in no way connected to, &#8216;transgender rights,'&#8221; Chad Felix Greene posted.
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This is activist commentary, to be clear.
However, it&#8217;s also very misleading. Medically interfering with the physical development of children for an artificial, hypothetical future outcome based on gender identity is in no way connected to, &#8216;transgender rights.&#8217; <a href="https://t.co/fBwtND1eKj">https://t.co/fBwtND1eKj</a>
— Chad Felix Greene 🇮🇱 (@chadfelixg) <a href="https://twitter.com/chadfelixg/status/1935358226058342572?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 18, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Even <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/supreme-court-skrmetti-decision-permits-ban-on-gender-affirming-care-for/">Scientific American</a> lamented the decision in the second paragraph of coverage — under the header &#8220;Why this matters&#8221; — writing, &#8220;The ruling is a major blow to transgender Americans’ rights and protections, which have been under attack at the state and federal level.&#8221;

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Legacy Media Ditches Journalism To Cover Supreme Court’s Ruling On Trans Procedure Ban

Legacy Media Ditches Journalism To Cover Supreme Court's Ruling On Trans Procedure Ban

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Maine Democrat Governor Janet Mills dodged questions from a reporter on Wednesday about her unpopular position on transgender sports policies.
&#8220;[Gov. Janet Mills] refuses to address questions about why she supports men in women’s sports — and her family’s ties to the transgender medicine industry,&#8221; Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan captioned video of the interaction on X.
Mills’ sister, Dora Anne Mills, is chief health improvement officer at MaineHealth, a massive health care system in Maine that offers damaging and irreversible “<a href="https://www.mainehealth.org/care-services/pediatric-care-child-health/gender-care?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">treatments</a>” for gender-confused minors, such as puberty blockers, “gender affirming hormone therapy,” and “menstrual suppression,'&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/janet-mills-and-her-family-are-getting-rich-off-the-maine-governors-transgender-battle">The Daily Wire</a> recently reported. MaineHealth was also a <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/officeholders/janet-t-mills/contributors?cycle=2022&amp;id=9941379" target="_blank" rel="noopener">top donor</a> to Mills’ 2022 gubernatorial run.
&#8220;Governor, why won&#8217;t you support women&#8217;s sports?&#8221; Mills is pressed, per video. The governor refuses to answer, turns her back on the reporter, and walks away.
&#8220;Why won&#8217;t you support women&#8217;s sports?&#8221; the reporter again asks Mills, who shakes her head and smiles. &#8220;Is it because your sister works for an organization that provides transgender services to minors?&#8221;
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NEW: <a href="https://twitter.com/GovJanetMills?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GovJanetMills</a> refuses to address questions about why she supports men in women’s sports — and her family’s ties to the transgender medicine industry. <a href="https://t.co/XR3NJCAfjq">pic.twitter.com/XR3NJCAfjq</a>
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Though Maine residents strongly oppose males in female sports, Mills has refused to budge on the issue, or other unpopular trans issues, such as permitting the mutilation of minors in the name of so-called trans health care.
A poll exclusively provided to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-trans-athletes-womens-sports-maine">The Daily Wire</a> in March showed that 63% of Maine residents said school sports participation should be based on biological sex, with 66% agreeing it’s “only fair to restrict women’s sports to biological women.”
Moreover, the federal government has filed a lawsuit against Maine and frozen federal funds for the state, given Mills&#8217; refusals to adhere to Title IX rules and protect female sports.
A number of cases where male athletes have topped females in girls&#8217; sports have become rallying cries for those fighting for safety and fairness. Most notably, a male athlete took first place in a Maine state final for girls’ pole vaulting back in February, after the male previously competed as a boy, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boy-wins-girls-pole-vault-championship-in-maine-days-after-state-pledged-to-defy-trump-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Daily Wire reported</a>.
“He beat every female by a significant margin, qualifying him for regional championships. That took a spot away from a young woman,” Attorney General Pam Bondi said at a presser announcing her lawsuit against Maine.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/janet-mills-and-her-family-are-getting-rich-off-the-maine-governors-transgender-battle">Janet Mills And Her Family Get Rich Off The Maine Governor’s Transgender Stance</a>

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WATCH: Maine Gov Dodges Questions About Trans Sports, Family Ties To Trans Industry

Maine Gov Dodges Questions About Trans Sports, Family Ties To Trans Industry 

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Top Tennessee lawmakers and officials celebrated Wednesday after the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold a law that bans transgender procedures on children in the Volunteer State, saying that it was a major victory for &#8220;common sense.&#8221;
In their ruling, the justices said that the law, which prohibits doctors from performing both surgical and hormonal procedures on minors, does not violate the 14th Amendment. Republican Governor Bill Lee signed it in March 2023.
&#8220;In today&#8217;s historic Supreme Court win, the common sense of Tennessee voters prevailed over judicial activism,&#8221; <a href="https://www.tn.gov/attorneygeneral/news/2025/6/18/pr25-37.html">said</a> Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti. &#8220;A bipartisan supermajority of Tennessee&#8217;s elected representatives carefully considered the evidence and voted to protect kids from irreversible decisions they cannot yet fully understand.&#8221;
&#8220;I commend the Tennessee legislature and Governor Lee for their courage in passing this legislation and supporting our litigation despite withering opposition from the Biden administration, LGBT special interest groups, social justice activists, the American Medical Association, the American Bar Association, and even Hollywood,&#8221; Skrmetti added. 
The two Republican authors of the legislation, Senator Jack Johnson and Representative William Lamberth, also celebrated the decision, which was offered by Chief Justice John Roberts.
“Today marks a significant milestone for the children of Tennessee and for all children across the nation,” Johnson <a href="https://x.com/SenJohnson/status/1935344745188049033" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “This ruling sends a strong message to the country that states have a clear right and path forward to protect children from irreversible body mutilation.”
Lamberth said the decision upheld the will of Tennesseans and aligned with most Americans&#8217; beliefs.
&#8220;For too long, the Left labeled these harmful drugs and barbaric procedures as ‘gender-affirming care,’ refusing to acknowledge they are unproven, irreversible and come with life-altering disfigurement. From the beginning, this law was about protecting vulnerable young people unable to provide informed consent to advice rooted in lies and radical ideology,&#8221; he said. 
U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) <a href="https://x.com/MarshaBlackburn/status/1935356196921475137" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the decision was &#8220;fantastic news,&#8221; adding that &#8220;protecting children from mutilation is common sense.&#8221;
The passage of Tennessee&#8217;s law came after Daily Wire host Matt Walsh published an investigation into the Pediatric Transgender Clinic at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, showing it had removed the breasts of girls who identified as boys and prescribed cross-sex hormones to gender-confused children. Other parts of the investigation revealed that a doctor affiliated with the adult clinic boasted about how transgender procedures bring in a lot of money.
Walsh said Wednesday that the Supreme Court&#8217;s decision was a &#8220;fatal blow to the child mutilation industry.&#8221;
&#8220;Three years ago, we launched our investigation into Vanderbilt’s child mutilation practices,&#8221; he <a href="https://x.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1935345883769430153" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;We rallied in the state capital. Our lawmakers responded with a law banning child mutilation in the state. Today the Supreme Court upheld our law, which means child mutilation can be banned anywhere and everywhere in the country. And should be. This is a truly historic victory and I’m grateful to be a part of it, along with so many others who have fought relentlessly for years.&#8221;
Top Trump administration officials also welcomed the decision from the court.
&#8220;I applaud today’s Supreme Court decision that allows states to protect vulnerable children from genital mutilation and other so-called &#8216;gender-affirming care&#8217; that leaves children permanently disfigured and scarred,&#8221; <a href="https://x.com/AGPamBondi/status/1935362210638729531" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Attorney General Pam Bondi. &#8220;This Department of Justice will continue its fight to protect America’s children and parental rights. I encourage other states to follow Tennessee’s lead and enact similar legislation to protect our kids.&#8221;
Earlier this year, the Justice Department moved to drop the federal government&#8217;s opposition to Tennessee&#8217;s law, reversing course from the Biden administration.
&#8220;The Supreme Court today rightly upheld a Tennessee state law to protect children from irreversible harm,” Secretary of Education Linda McMahon <a href="https://x.com/EDSecMcMahon/status/1935347078546219267" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “Great news as the Department of Education recognizes Title IX Month.”

Supreme Court Considers Tennessee’s Ban On Treatments For Transgender Minors

‘Fatal Blow To The Child Mutilation Industry’: Conservatives Cheer SCOTUS Decision On Trans Ban

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On December 4, 2024, the Supreme Court of the United States heard oral arguments in the case for Tennessee Senate Bill 1. Today, the highest court in the land has spoken — and it got it right.
In a decision that will now set precedent throughout the entire country, the Supreme Court has upheld Tennessee’s right to protect our children from irreversible and unproven medical procedures under the guise of “gender-affirming care.” This is not just a victory for Tennessee, but for every state in the country seeking to preserve its duty to protect minors.
In today’s political climate, it’s more clear than ever that the Left has resisted so much that they now champion the mutilation of children. In their America, biology and truth are optional and children are subject to permanent, life-changing procedures.
Back in 2023 after Matt Walsh and the team at the Daily Wire uncovered disturbing details about so-called “gender affirming” care in our state, we said enough is enough. Now, two years later, that law was just affirmed by the United States Supreme Court.
To allow children – who cannot vote, get a tattoo, or enlist in the military – to permanently alter their bodies in the name of &#8220;affirming them” is not compassion, it’s exploitation.
As a State Senator, I swore an oath to uphold the Constitution and protect Tennesseans – that’s why my colleagues and I passed this legislation. With this historic ruling, the Supreme Court of the United States – with Tennessee right by their side – took a stand and made a bold statement: our country will not stand by while children are preyed upon for profit.
Tennessee has become a haven for families fleeing the Left-wing chaos in blue states. Families are moving here seeking common sense and stability that frankly does not exist anymore in areas of our country. With this Supreme Court ruling, Tennessee continues leading the nation and solidifying itself as a state with a backbone and the interest of children in mind.
This ruling is more than a legal win; it’s the start of a cultural shift in our country. The Supreme Court has decided that states can make decisions for the people through their duly elected representatives – especially on matters as serious as the health of our children.
A day like today wouldn’t be possible without the remarkable dedication and fight from our outstanding Attorney General, Jonathan Skrmetti. His conviction and commitment to the rule of law are why we are celebrating this milestone. While some Attorneys General chase headlines, General Skrmetti chases justice.
President Trump’s recent executive orders — protecting women’s sports and restoring a biologically based definition of sex across federal agencies — are major victories for conservatives and for common sense. Today’s Supreme Court decision is another powerful affirmation of truth and actual leadership. I’m deeply encouraged by President Trump’s bold stand on this issue and pray his administration continues to lead with courage and conviction.
This historic decision gives new found hope and strength to every state bold enough to push back on these policies that prioritize money over children’s safety. The Supreme Court has only affirmed what we know all along: Senate Bill 1 is lawful, necessary, and is now the law of the land. This is only the beginning, Tennessee.
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Jack Johnson represents Senate District 27 which consists of Williamson County. Jack Johnson serves as the Tennessee Senate Majority Leader.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

SCOTUS Says Tennessee Can Protect Kids From Trans Procedures. Other States Should Follow Our Lead.

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Texas Senator John Cornyn introduced a bill Tuesday that would end all federal funding for transgender procedures on both children and adults.
The Stop Funding Genital Mutilation Act would ensure that no dollars from Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) pay for transgender medical procedures, like removing the breasts of girls who identify as boys, or the administration of cross-sex hormones.
“Texas taxpayers should not be forced to foot the bill for dangerous and often debilitating ‘gender transition’ procedures that are driven by radical ideology masquerading as health care,” Cornyn told The Daily Wire.
The text of the proposal, also sponsored by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), follows the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/long-overdue-house-republicans-vote-to-end-federal-funding-for-transgender-procedures?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Long+Overdue%E2%80%99%3A+House+Republicans+Vote+To+End+Federal+Funding+For+Transgender+Procedures">same lines</a> as the “one, big, beautiful” bill passed by the House, which also ends all funding for transgender procedures. 
Cornyn said that he would fight to ensure that the Senate’s version of the reconciliation spending bill would cut funding for transgender procedures like the House. His introduction of the bill comes as he faces a contentious primary challenge from Attorney General Ken Paxton, also a firm opponent of transgender procedures. 
President Donald Trump made opposing transgender ideology a key plank of his 2024 platform, a position that proved popular with both Republicans and independents. In January, he signed an executive order slashing federal funding for entities that perform transgender procedures on minors. 
A recent review by the Department of Health and Human Services found that the arguments for transgender procedures on minors were not backed by scientific evidence. 
“The ‘gender-affirming’ model of care includes irreversible endocrine and surgical interventions on minors with no physical pathology,” the review summary <a href="https://opa.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2025-05/gender-dysphoria-report-exec-summary.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “These interventions carry risk of significant harms including infertility/sterility, sexual dysfunction, impaired bone density accrual, adverse cognitive impacts, cardiovascular disease and metabolic disorders, psychiatric disorders, surgical complications, and regret.”
Over two dozen states, including Texas and Oklahoma, have enacted laws protecting kids from transgender procedures.
“Before they can vote, drive, or get a tattoo, some children are pushed into irreversible gender-transition procedures with no proven long-term health benefit,” Lankford said. “These treatments can cause lasting harm, and taxpayers should not be forced to fund them.”
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-sen-marshall-urges-gop-to-end-funding-for-trans-surgeries">introduced</a> a similar bill last month that would also defund transgender procedures by amending the IRS code to no longer consider the life-altering procedures as health care.

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EXCLUSIVE: Senate GOP Proposal Would End Federal Funding For ‘Genital Mutilation’ Procedures

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Shortly before leaving office in January 2021, President Donald Trump signed bipartisan<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6100" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> legislation</a> called the “Strengthening the Opposition to Female Genital Mutilation Act of 2020.&#8221; It was a proud day for those of us at Independent Women who had worked for years to put an end to this barbaric practice.
Female genital mutilation is the partial or total removal of female external genitalia for non-medical reasons. Held by certain cultures as a way to ensure young girls remain “pure” before they marry, the traumatic process causes extreme emotional and physical consequences and has no health benefits.
During my service as the director of the International Women’s Issues Office at the State Department, the suffering of young women and girls caused by female genital mutilation haunted me.
The STOP FGM Act<a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/hr6100" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> increased</a> penalties for committing this heinous practice, expanded the scope of punishable offenses, and required government agencies to submit an annual report to Congress that includes the estimated number of American women and girls who have undergone or are at risk of genital mutilation.
It is estimated that there are over<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26957669/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> 513,000</a> women and girls who have experienced or are at risk of genital mutilation in the United States. The STOP FGM Act did more than offer protection to these vulnerable young girls and women. It showed the world that in the United States, there will be no tolerance for this sort of human rights abuse.
Yet while westerners recoil at the idea that girls would be subjected to genital mutilation — irreversible harm under the guise of social or moral good — we enable a different form of abuse on our own girls.
When<a href="https://www.iwfeatures.com/documentary/mentally-ill-teen-betrayed-by-health-professionals-who-recommended-testosterone-and-top-surgery/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> Prisha Mosley</a> was a teenager, she believed that changing her body would bring her peace. She was struggling with trauma, mental illness, and a desperate desire to escape herself. Instead of addressing the root of her pain, adults in positions of authority affirmed her self-diagnosis and sent her down a path of hormones and surgeries that would leave Prisha permanently scarred.
What medical professionals did to Prisha and too many other young adolescent men and women — permanently disfiguring their healthy bodies in the name of health care — is no different than what we rightly condemn as female genital mutilation.
In Western hospitals, under bright lights and with institutional backing, minors are being prescribed puberty blockers, injected with testosterone, and undergoing irreversible surgeries to remove healthy breasts or even alter their genitalia — all in the name of “gender affirmation.”
One of the most common prescriptions in gender medicine — testosterone, which Prisha was prescribed at 17 — literally leads to female genital mutilation by causing vaginal atrophy and painful clitoral growth and chafing.
This is without even mentioning phalloplasty, which is a surgery to create an appendage that looks like a penis for trans-identifying females. Surgeons hack off a portion of the woman’s arm for skin to use to create the pseudo-penis, leaving her with an irreversible and highly visible scar, and, once it is created and attached, it is<a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38340965/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> rife with complications</a>, including urinary problems, fistulas, strictures, wounds, and infections.
If a girl in another country were subjected to genital mutilation surgery because her community believed it would make her more acceptable or &#8220;pure,&#8221; we’d be outraged. We’d call it a violation of her bodily autonomy. But when it’s done in the name of identity, we call it “care.”
This double standard is dangerous.
Female genital mutilation and gender-transition surgeries on minors share critical features: they’re performed on healthy bodies, often before the individual is mature enough to understand the full consequences, and they result in lifelong physical and emotional harm. In both cases, young people are manipulated by adults into believing that their value or wholeness depends on altering their bodies irreversibly.
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We have laws protecting girls from female genital mutilation, as we should. So why is it controversial to suggest we also need laws to protect vulnerable children from irreversible gender procedures?
At the end of the day, this issue goes beyond politics: it isn’t partisan to want to safeguard children from adult agendas and ideologies that demand lifelong fealty and commitment from confused, traumatized youth. There’s nothing compassionate about a scalpel, nothing healing about cross-sex hormone injections that lead to a lifetime of complications and pain.
Americans like Prisha live every day with the consequences of decisions they’ve made when they were too young and too broken to understand them. If we truly care about protecting children’s rights and bodies, we must be willing to speak uncomfortable truths. And one of those truths is this: female genital mutilation and gender transition surgeries on minors are more alike than we dare admit. Both should be outlawed.
Andrea G. Bottner is the vice president for external relations at Independent Women, former director of the International Women’s Issues Office at the U.S. Department of State, and former acting director of the Office on Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice.
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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Female Genital Mutilation Is Illegal In The United States. Trans Surgeries For Kids Should Be, Too.

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The Trump-backed “big, beautiful bill&#8221; House Republicans passed early Thursday will prohibit all federal funding for transgender procedures on both children and adults if signed into law.
During a marathon nighttime session, Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX) successfully expanded a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republicans-take-big-step-to-codify-trumps-battle-against-gender-insanity?author=Leif+Le+Mahieu&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=undefined&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Republicans+Take+Big+Step+To+Codify+Trump’s+Battle+Against+Gender+Insanity" target="_blank" rel="noopener">provision</a> banning funding for transgender procedures for kids to include adults as well. Due to Crenshaw&#8217;s amendment, Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program will no longer cover life-altering and dangerous transgender medical procedures.
&#8220;The Crenshaw Amendment will become law — and it’s long overdue,&#8221; the Texas Republican told The Daily Wire. &#8220;Gender transition procedures are the lobotomy of our generation. So-called &#8216;gender-affirming care&#8217; isn’t healthcare—it’s fringe science with no proven benefit and massive risks.&#8221;
The provision was secured by an amendment to Section 1903(i) of the Social Security Act, prohibiting funding for medically unnecessary procedures. This would mean funding would no longer go toward things like removing the breasts of women who identify as men or crafting pseudo male or female genitalia for transgender-identifying individuals.
Last week, Crenshaw introduced a provision banning the funding of the procedures on kids into the House Energy and Commerce Committee budget bill that it sent to the House Budget Committee. That provision alone would have saved $1.4 billion in taxpayer dollars, The Daily Signal <a href="https://www.dailysignal.com/2025/05/15/republicans-could-secure-about-1-4-billion-savings-through-defunding-child-transitions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> last week.
The full House passed the budget bill 215-214 Thursday morning, including Crenshaw&#8217;s transgender funding ban for both kids and adults. President Donald Trump has cited the ban on funding of child transgender procedures as one of the reasons for Republicans to back the bill.
Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) has pushed for a similar provision to end all taxpayer funding of transgender procedures.
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Crenshaw also secured reimbursements for Texas and other border states that have borne the brunt of the illegal immigration under former President Joe Biden, and added work requirements for able-bodied adults to be eligible for Medicaid, with exceptions for disabled people or pregnant women.
Social conservatives also picked up another major win with the advancement of the budget bill, as it would end Medicaid funding for abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Terry Schilling, the president of the American Principles Project, celebrated the passage of the bill.
&#8220;The One, Big, Beautiful Bill that passed the House will end taxpayer funding for gender transition surgeries, defund Planned Parenthood and increase the Child Tax Credit – all are monumental wins for our great nation,&#8221; Schilling said. &#8220;Now it is time for the Senate to get this bill across the finish line so we can Make Families Great Again.”

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