The U.S. will sell three to five nuclear-powered submarines to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/australia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Australia</a> beginning in the early 2030s, President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> announced on Monday, prompting <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> to respond with a direct warning to America and its allies.
Biden made the announcement as part of the AUKUS Partnership alongside British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. The deal marks the first time since 1959 that the U.S. will share nuclear submarine technology with an ally, Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/china-issues-ominous-threat-biden-australia-nuclear-submarine-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. 
“Our unprecedented trilateral cooperation … is testament to the strength of the longstanding ties that unite us and to our shared commitment of ensuring the Indo-Pacific remains free and open, prosperous and secure, defined by opportunity for all — a shared commitment to create a future rooted in our common values,” Biden <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2023/03/13/remarks-by-president-biden-prime-minister-albanese-of-australia-and-prime-minister-sunak-of-the-united-kingdom-on-the-aukus-partnership/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
The president clarified that the submarines going to Australia would be &#8220;nuclear-powered, not nuclear-armed.&#8221; China, nevertheless, blasted the three countries, arguing that the deal could violate the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. 
&#8220;The latest joint statement issued by the U.S., U.K., and Australia shows that the three countries have gone further down the wrong and dangerous path for their own geopolitical self-interest, completely ignoring the concerns of the international community,&#8221; China spokesperson Wang Wenbin said Tuesday. 
As part of the deal, the U.S. and the United Kingdom will send subs to Australian ports for Australian sailors to learn American and British nuclear-propulsion technology, <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/13/aukus-nuke-submarine-deal-00086835#:~:text=The%20U.S.%20is%20preparing%20to,Monday%20alongside%20his%20allied%20counterparts." target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to POLITICO. After Australian sailors have learned the technology, the country will purchase three nuclear-powered submarines from the U.S. with the option to buy two more. 
The submarines will vastly improve Australia’s naval capabilities in the coming years as its adversary in Beijing threatens expansion and influence into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-plans-to-drastically-increase-troop-numbers-in-taiwan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Taiwan</a> and <a href="https://2017-2021.state.gov/chinas-military-aggression-in-the-indo-pacific-region/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">beyond</a>. Prime Minister Albanese said the plan “is a genuine trilateral undertaking. All three nations stand ready to contribute and all three nations stand ready to benefit.”
During his address on Monday, Biden said that China would not view the deal as aggression and promised he would discuss the plan with Chinese President Xi Jinping soon.

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A British bank stepped in to buy collapsed California tech lender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/regulators-shut-down-major-tech-bank-after-run-on-savings/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Silicon Valley Bank</a>’s British arm for the equivalent of $1.21.
HSBC announced the deal for one British pound on Monday, following marathon talking through the night with federal officials. The deal does not include the assets or liabilities of the failed bank’s parent company, but is a first step toward sorting out the bank whose failure was announced Friday.
The acquisition &#8220;strengthens our commercial banking franchise and enhances our ability to serve innovative and fast-growing firms, including in the technology and life-science sectors, in the U.K. and internationally,&#8221; <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/13/investing/svb-uk-business-deal-intl-hnk/index.html">said</a> HSBC Group CEO Noel Quinn. &#8220;SVB U.K. customers can continue to bank as usual, safe in the knowledge that their deposits are backed by the strength, safety and security of HSBC.&#8221;
It was not immediately known how much the British subsidiary of the failed bank had in assets or liabilities. The deal came as major North American lenders PNC Financial Services and Royal Bank of Canada both said they were not interested in taking over Silicon Valley Bank, which was the nation’s 16th largest lender.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. is trying to find a bank with the funds and desire to take over the California bank, which was closed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and taken over by the FDIC.
The bank collapsed after a run on deposits following heavy losses from the liquidation of a $21 billion bond portfolio. The bank was a key player in the cryptocurrency, venture capital and tech sectors. The failure was the biggest since Washington Mutual in 2008.
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Although the FDIC only insures deposits up to $250,000, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-his-quick-action-saved-banking-industry-blames-trump-for-banks-collapsing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">President Joe Biden insisted on Monday</a> that depositors would get all their money back without a taxpayer-funded bailout. How that might happen is not clear.
On Sunday, another lender, New York-based <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/regulators-shut-down-second-bank-in-race-to-contain-fallout-from-silicon-valley-bank-collapse/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Signature Bank</a>, was closed down by state regulators and seized by the FDIC. In addition to both banks being heavily invested in volatile cryptocurrencies, they also were advocates of so-called Environmental, Social, and Governance policies, which put woke ideologies ahead of maximizing profits.

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">British</a> Health Minister Matt Hancock wanted to “frighten the pants” off the nation to scare residents into compliance with a sweeping COVID <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lockdowns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lockdown</a> regime, according to more than 100,000 leaked messages among senior officials in the United Kingdom.
Former British Prime Minister <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/boris-johnson" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Boris Johnson</a> had vowed that citizens would be able to reunite with their loved ones during the Christmas season of 2020, leading to concerns among officials that the administration would receive backlash over continued lockdowns. Hancock, a fellow member of the Conservative Party, and Damon Poole, his media adviser, expressed frustration that complication with Brexit, the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union, was “taking the top line” in the news and distracting from the danger of the virus.
The officials agreed to declare a new strain of COVID called Alpha or Kent, according to a <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/04/project-fear-covid-lockdown-files-matt-hancock-whatsapp/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Telegraph. Isabel Oakeshott, a journalist who assisted Hancock with writing his <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pandemic-Diaries-inside-Britains-against-ebook/dp/B0BBSVDX4M/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6IU6JDFSTYDF&amp;keywords=pandemic+diaries&amp;qid=1678201046&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sprefix=pandemic+diarie%2Cdigital-text%2C118&amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memoir</a> about the response to the pandemic, had leaked the communications to the outlet.
“Rather than doing too much forward signaling, we can roll pitch with the new strain,” Poole suggested on December 13, 2020. “We frighten the pants [off] everyone with the new strain,” Hancock replied, leading Poole to concur that the move “will get proper [behavior] change.”
Hancock then asked when they should “deploy the new variant.” Poole said that “we need to be more cautious” to avoid implicating schools in subsequent lockdowns.
As with many other nations, lockdowns and other public health mandates severely rocked the economy and societal well-being of the United Kingdom. Beyond a rapid <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/articles/gdpandeventsinhistoryhowthecovid19pandemicshockedtheukeconomy/2022-05-24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">collapse</a> in gross domestic product that immediately followed the lockdowns in the spring of 2020, inflation in the United Kingdom remains persistently high at 8.8% year-over-year due to supply chain disruptions, according to <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpriceindices#:~:text=Consumer%20price%20inflation%2C%20UK%3A%20January%202023&amp;text=The%20Consumer%20Prices%20Index%20including,from%209.2%25%20in%20December%202022." target="_blank" rel="noopener">data</a> from the Office of National Statistics.
Johnson and other officials started to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/boris-johnson-announces-uk-is-near-end-of-lockdowns-mask-wearing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reverse</a> mask mandates and lockdowns as late as the summer of 2021. Conservative members of Parliament had nevertheless already grown skeptical of the mandates and balked at a plan to implement regional tiered lockdowns in December 2020. Hancock and Allan Nixon, a parliamentary adviser for the British Department of Health, sought to <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/06/secret-spreadsheet-targeted-mps-critical-lockdown/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whip</a> votes in support of the tiered system, including the blockage of projects in the constituencies represented by noncompliant lawmakers.
One of those projects was a new center for children with learning disabilities in Bury, Greater Manchester, an area represented by Conservative lawmaker James Daly. Nixon <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/06/matt-hancocks-plan-block-funding-disabled-children-mp-opposed/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggested</a> that whips could “call him up” and inform him that the initiative would be “off the table if he rebels.”
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“These guys’ re-election hinges on us in a lot of instances, and we know what they want. We should seriously consider using it,” Nixon added. “Yes 100%,” Hancock replied.
Hancock also <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/05/matt-hancock-rejected-covid-self-isolation-advice/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rejected</a> counsel from British Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty in November 2020 to replace the mandatory two-week COVID quarantine policy for individuals who tested positive for COVID and their contacts with five days of testing because the move would “imply we’ve been getting it wrong.” Hancock complained on November 17, 2020, that the new policy would seem like a “massive loosening,” even though Whitty informed him that models suggested five days of testing would be “pretty well as good.”
Between the day the message was sent and August 16, 2021, when exemptions from self-isolation were unveiled, some eight million people were marked as contacts of positive cases and told to quarantine. More than 20 million people had been told to self-isolate before the policy was entirely dropped in February 2022.
More messages <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/03/06/consultants-paid-total-1m-day-work-nhs-test-trace-leaks-reveal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">indicate</a> that external consultants were paid as much as £1 million, or $1.2 million, each day for more than one year to support an ailing Test and Trace system from the National Health Service. Hancock special adviser Emma Dean had been “nagging” the National Health Service about the runaway expenditures since November 2020, although the agency only announced that the Test and Trace initiative would be run with “an absolute minimum” of outside consultants as late as July 2022.
Hancock contended last week that there was “absolutely no public interest case” for the leak of his messages by Oakeshott, according to a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/mar/02/matt-hancock-calls-isabel-oakeshott-whatsapp-messages-leak-massive-betrayal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Guardian. “I am also sorry for the impact on the very many people, political colleagues, civil servants and friends, who worked hard with me to get through the pandemic and save lives,” he continued.
“What a ridiculous defense,” Oakeshott responded. “For someone who’s as intelligent as Matt Hancock to issue a statement saying there is no public interest in these revelations is patently absurd. And he knows that very well.”

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An actress best known for her work in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harry-potter" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harry Potter</a> film franchise took a strong stance in support of detransitioners in a recent interview.
Evanna Lynch, an Irish actress whose character Luna Lovegood appeared in four of the eight Harry Potter films, who had previously criticized J.K. Rowling for her opinions on transgender issues, praised the Harry Potter author for elevating the stories of detransitioners in an <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/theatre/what-to-see/harry-potters-evanna-lynch-jk-rowling-has-always-advocated-vulnerable/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">interview</a> for the Telegraph.
&#8220;I do also think it’s important that JK Rowling has been amplifying the voices of detransitioners,&#8221; said Lynch. &#8220;I had this impulse to go, ‘Let’s all just stop talking about it,’ and I think probably I’m a bit braver now about having uncomfortable conversations.&#8221;
In 2020, Lynch had said Rowling was “on the wrong side of this debate,” and called her “irresponsible” for using Twitter to discuss the “delicate topic” of transgender issues. Now, Lynch has backtracked from her previous criticisms of Rowling because she has a better understanding of both sides of the debate.
“I was very naive when I was dragged into that conversation,&#8221; said Lynch. &#8220;I didn’t even know there were two sides. I had a view of, like, good and bad. I do have compassion for both sides of the argument.&#8221;
Lynch said she could relate to those suffering from mental health and body image issues, having struggled with anorexia as an adolescent, according to her interview with the Telegraph.
&#8220;I know what it was like to be a teenager who hated my body so much I wanted to crawl out of my skin, so I have great compassion for trans people and I don’t want to add to their pain,&#8221; she said.
Lynch, who has said she shares similarities with the quirky and unconventional character Luna Lovegood she played in the Harry Potter franchise, alluded to seeking a diagnosis of Autism Spectum Disorder (ASD). Lynch told the Telegraph that she is exploring &#8220;neurodiversity,&#8221; and while she is seeking a diagnosis, she does not want &#8220;to cling on to one label yet.&#8221;
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&#8220;I’ve always just said: ‘I’m too sensitive, life is overwhelming.’ I’ve started to think there might be a more scientific reason for this feeling of oddness,” said Lynch.
Many young women who had flown under the radar of an autism diagnosis as a child are discovering the possibility they may be on the spectrum now that new research on autism in women has emerged. Up until recently, autism was considered a “boy’s diagnosis,” affecting males and females by a ratio of 4:1. <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35204992/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Experts</a> now believe that girls’ autistic traits present differently, which may require separate diagnostic criteria to detect, and that the sex ratio may be more evenly matched than previously thought.
Lynch said that others should try to consider Rowling&#8217;s point of view, and expressed that she would “always defend her character.”
&#8220;I just felt that her character has always been to advocate for the most vulnerable members of society,&#8221; said Lynch. &#8220;The problem is that there’s a disagreement over who’s the most vulnerable. I do wish people would just give her more grace and listen to her.”
Vulnerable members of society include detransitioners, a growing population of young people who formerly identified as transgender and speak about the medical harm they endured from chemical and surgical sex change services they now regret — which were frequently prescribed by health care professionals without proper evaluation and mental health assessments.
Many of these detransitioners believe they were misdiagnosed because they were struggling with mental health issues like depression or neurodevelopmental conditions like autism when they chose to transition. They were often introduced to transgender ideology through TikTok and YouTube or other social influences, and at the time believed that adopting a transgender identity would alleviate their distress.
The mere existence of detransitioners disrupts the predominant transgender narrative, especially when it comes to the permanent and irreversible effects of pediatric medical transition. They have, for the most part, been ignored by legacy media outlets, and derided by transgender activists as &#8220;bigots&#8221; and &#8220;transphobes.&#8221;
There are seven detransitioners in the United States, Canada, the U.K., and most recently <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/detransitioner-takes-first-legal-action-in-spain-against-health-provider-that-transitioned-her-as-a-minor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Spain</a>, who have recently brought legal action against the medical providers that facilitated their chemical and surgical transitions.
While the exact number of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-hosts-first-national-news-coverage-of-detransitioners" target="_blank" rel="noopener">detransitioners</a> is unknown, and more research is needed, the number appears to be steadily rising. A <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/detrans/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">forum created</a> in 2017 for detransitioners on Reddit appears to be adding over 1,000 members a month, and now has nearly 45,000 members.
Studies that have shown a small rate of regret of medical transition are often used by transgender activists to dismiss or diminish the experience of detransitioners. However, upon closer inspection, the two extensive studies that found 2% or less of individuals regret their transition surveyed adults, not the new cohort of adolescents that people are most concerned about.
Researchers recognize that short-term studies may underestimate detransition and regret because it can take up to a decade after treatment for some people to experience these outcomes. Additionally, some studies lose track of patients as they age out of pediatric clinics.
Two smaller studies in the U.K. report that between <a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bjpsych-open/article/access-to-care-and-frequency-of-detransition-among-a-cohort-discharged-by-a-uk-national-adult-gender-identity-clinic-retrospective-casenote-review/3F5AC1315A49813922AAD76D9E28F5CB" target="_blank" rel="noopener">7%</a> and <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35052285/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">10%</a> of patients initially assessed for gender-related medical services later detransitioned. In the United States, a recent study found that <a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1054139X22007194" target="_blank" rel="noopener">29%</a> of 68 patients seeking medical transition care changed their requests for hormone treatment, surgery, or both. Another U.S. study from last year found that <a href="https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/107/9/e3937/6572526?login=false" target="_blank" rel="noopener">30%</a> of patients who commenced cross-sex hormone treatment discontinued it within four years for unknown reasons.
An <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/upcoming-event-for-detransition-awareness-day-poised-to-yield-largest-turnout-yet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">upcoming event</a> for “Detrans Awareness Day” organized by <a href="https://ourduty.group/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">OurDuty</a>, a nonpartisan group of parents and allies, scheduled to take place at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Friday, March 10, is anticipated to be the largest ever.
The event is geared toward raising awareness of the growing population of minors and adults harmed by gender ideology and the chemical and surgical sex change services they hastily received due to the “affirmative” model of transgender care embraced by United States <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-medical-groups-get-the-science-wrong-on-pediatric-gender-affirming-care" target="_blank" rel="noopener">medical organizations</a>.

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Footage of children attending <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/drag-queen">drag shows</a> is becoming commonplace, but that doesn’t make the latest such video making the rounds any less shocking. 
The footage currently causing an uproar <a href="https://twitter.com/againstgrmrs/status/1630986175367315478" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> comes from Cabababarave, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom">U.K.-based</a> organization that promotes drag events for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/grooming">children under 5</a>. Multiple Twitter users posted videos and photos from an event that shows drag performers in thongs performing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/pedophilia">sexually suggestive</a> dances in front of toddlers and babies. 
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This is from a recent “family-friendly” drag event geared towards babies in England <a href="https://t.co/otEnRafoeu">pic.twitter.com/otEnRafoeu</a>
&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href="https://twitter.com/libsoftiktok/status/1631004465129029642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 1, 2023</a></blockquote>
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In one video, a performer wearing leather bondage gear does an act while suspended from ropes attached to the ceiling. The event looks well-attended with parents and their toddlers. There are also images of a mostly naked performer holding a young girl during a performance.
In the wake of these clips going viral, Cabababarave made its Instagram and Facebook accounts private. While many upcoming events appear to be canceled, at least one sold-out performance scheduled for March 11 at The Flair Ground in London is still active. The page has the event tagged as “cabaret drag &amp; burlesque” and “family friendly.” 
“CABABABARAVE is an exciting new event for parents and their babies!” the description <a href="https://vaultfestival.com/events/cabababarave/">reads</a>. “A little slice of afternoon delight that provides show-stopping cabaret interspersed with captivating baby sensory moments.. ending in a RAVE.”
It goes on to say the event is hosted by Lizzie and Gemma, who are described as “two performers turned mums who were constantly looking to be entertained whilst holding a baby in one hand and a pint in the other.” 
“We wanted to create the type of event we ourselves as Mums would want to go to. There’s only so many times you can listen to the f***ing Wheels on the Bus. We wanted to give parents the experience of a ‘big London night out’.. cabaret, drinks and dancing.. but one you can bring your baby to and still be home for bedtime,” the description reads. 
Twitter users expressed their disgust at such a sexually explicit event being advertised for babies and toddlers.
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“The parents that take their children to events like this should lose custody of their children, and the companies and people that put them on should be locked up. Absolutely revolting,” Gays Against Groomers <a href="https://twitter.com/againstgrmrs/status/1630984695033782272">wrote</a>.
“Pedophiles are grooming your children,” podcaster Tim Pool <a href="https://twitter.com/Timcast/status/1630985513757802503">agreed</a>.
Daily Wire host Matt Walsh used the footage as a call to action. “Now they&#8217;re bringing out drag queens in thongs to perform for toddlers,” he wrote in response to the photos and video. “These people will just keep getting more brazen until we put a stop to this.”

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Princess Kate Middleton bested her husband, Britain&#8217;s Prince William, in a spin-class cycling race — and she did it with a smile — while wearing a long skirt and high-heeled boots.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/kate-middleton-and-prince-william-leaving-kensington-palace-to-give-their-children-a-normal-upbringing-sources-share/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">William and Kate</a>, whose official titles are — respectively — the Prince and Princess of Wales, were on hand in Wales on Tuesday to celebrate the tiny country&#8217;s national holiday, St. David&#8217;s Day. While there, the two made several stops to meet with the locals.
As Welsh journalist Emily Nash reported, the royal couple made a stop at Brynawel Rehab — an inpatient rehab center specializing in treatment for alcohol and drug dependency.
&#8220;NEW: The Prince and Princess of Wales are visiting @BrynawelRehab1 near Pontyclun, where their Royal Foundation is supporting @LifeatNo27 to create allotments and therapy gardens to support mental health in the area,&#8221; Nash tweeted along with a brief video clip.
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William and Kate are also visiting Aberavon Celtic Leisure Centre, where this happened in the spin studio! The 45-second Tour de Aberavon sprint was won by Kate, in heels: <a href="https://t.co/puQ5Y0AHe2">pic.twitter.com/puQ5Y0AHe2</a>
&mdash; Emily Nash (@emynash) <a href="https://twitter.com/emynash/status/1630570195151355906?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 28, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;William and Kate are also visiting Aberavon Celtic Leisure Centre, where this happened in the spin studio! The 45-second Tour de Aberavon sprint was won by Kate, in heels,&#8221; Nash continued, sharing a second video of a smiling Princess Kate pedaling away with the title.
Ten seconds in, Middleton appeared to get serious about the competition, flipping her long hair over her shoulder and digging in. From out of frame, a woman chided Prince William — who was also pedaling away — saying, &#8220;Your wife&#8217;s definitely going twelve-steps, she&#8217;s faster.&#8221;
The <a href="https://pagesix.com/2023/02/28/kate-middleton-wins-a-spin-race-against-prince-william-in-heels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">royal couple</a> laughed along with the others in the spin class, gamely digging their heels in and pedaling furiously with all the rest as the race&#8217;s final countdown began. As it came to an end, Middleton reached out to pat her husband on the shoulder. &#8220;Talk to me in a minute,&#8221; he joked as he caught his breath.
Everyone applauded then, and Middleton, apparently believing Prince William had won, turned toward him as she clapped. But when all was said and done, the prize for the 45-second race went to &#8220;bike number 2&#8221; — which was occupied by the princess.
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The visit to the fitness center was part of an initiative designed to show how athletic activity can benefit mental health.

The Prince And Princess Of Wales Visit Wales

Princess Kate Beats William In A Spin-Class Race — Wearing A Skirt And Heels

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Supermarket chains in the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-k" target="_blank" rel="noopener">United Kingdom</a> have started to ration <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/food" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fruits and vegetables</a> as a nationwide <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/supply-chain" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shortage</a> of fresh produce continues.
Tesco, the nation’s leading grocery retailer, has introduced limits on tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers to three items per customer, according to a <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/money/breaking-aldi-becomes-latest-supermarket-29284106" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from The Mirror. Budget supermarket Aldi implemented an identical move, while the purchase limits at Asda also apply to lettuce, bagged salad, broccoli, cauliflower, and raspberries. Customers at Morrisons can purchase two items per individual when shopping for tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, and peppers.
Lidl was the latest supermarket chain to introduce limits on fruit and vegetable purchases as cold weather in Spain and Morocco impacts the availability of fresh produce in the United Kingdom, according to a <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/business-64785676" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from BBC News. &#8220;Whilst we still have good availability across the majority of our stores, due to a recent increase in demand we have taken the decision to temporarily limit the purchase of peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers to three items per person,&#8221; a spokesperson for Lidl told the outlet. &#8220;This will help to ensure that all of our customers have access to the products they need.&#8221;
Beyond growers in the warmer climates of Spain and Morocco, rising prices for energy, fertilizer, and animal feed have introduced cost pressures for British farmers, leading one-third to change their cropping plans, according to a <a href="https://www.nfuonline.com/updates-and-information/rising-costs-government-needs-to-assess-impacts-on-farming/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> released last summer by the National Farmers Union. Some producers, for instance, are pivoting from growing milling wheat for bread to growing feed wheat for livestock because of the lower fertilizer required for the latter.
“Costs are rising rapidly on farms across the country and across all sectors,” National Farmers Union President Minette Batters said in a statement. “It’s already having an impact on the food we&#8217;re producing as a nation as well as leading to a crisis of confidence among farmers.”
British Farming Minister Mark Spencer met earlier this week with grocery executives to discuss the shortages. A statement from the British Retail Consortium, a trade association that represents supermarkets, said that consumers can expect relief in the coming weeks and that suppliers “acknowledged the importance of food security, but noted that this requires a wider strategy involving government, farmers, food manufacturers, retailers and hospitality,&#8221; according to a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/uk-government-calls-supermarket-bosses-salad-crisis-talks-2023-02-27/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Reuters.
The shortages in the United Kingdom occur as the global economy continues to grapple with supply chain bottlenecks and the Russian war in Ukraine, which have increased worldwide food and energy prices. Customers in the United States have not been immune from the phenomena: expenses for food at home <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inflation-rises-more-than-expected-in-january-after-biden-claimed-prices-are-coming-down" target="_blank" rel="noopener">increased</a> 11.3% between January 2022 and January 2023, while costs for food away from home rose 8.2% over the same period. A recent <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crying-fowl-government-warns-of-turkey-shortage-ahead-of-thanksgiving" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bout</a> of the avian flu has likewise <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-price-of-eggs-soaring-138-is-no-coincidence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">decreased</a> the size of American poultry flocks, raising costs for chicken and turkey while causing a severe increase in prices for eggs.
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Despite the persistent increases in food expenses, President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-claims-families-have-a-little-bit-more-breathing-room-after-another-dismal-inflation-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> last week to an inflation data release by contending that “we have made progress on inflation, but we have more work to do.” He touted efforts from his administration to reduce prices and said Republicans undermine the economy by opposing his spending agenda.

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Madeleine McCann was 3-years-old when she disappeared from her bed in an apartment her family was renting while on vacation in Praia da Luz, Portugal, in 2007.
The case has become one of the most famous missing person cases in the 21st century, generating global interest with multiple people claiming to be the missing girl, including a recent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/madeleine-mccann-disappearance-polish-police-reportedly-dispute-womans-claims-she-is-missing-british-girl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Polish woman</a> who has amassed one million followers on social media.
The McCann family — parents Gerry and Kate along with Madeleine and her twin siblings, who were 2-years-old – was on vacation with seven friends, now known as the Tapas Seven, along with their children.
On the morning of May 3, 2007, the children played at the resort’s Kids’ Club before joining their parents at the pool, after which they returned to the Kids’ Club until Kate took them back to their apartment. Kate and Gerry put their children to bed before joining their friends at the resort’s tapas restaurant, located across the pool from the apartments where they were all staying. From their table, the parents could see the top of McCann’s apartment, but not the doors, and they left the patio doors unlocked but closed. About every half hour, someone from the parents’ group would leave to check on their children.
A message book at the resort’s swimming pool reception area contained a note to block the same table for the McCann’s and their friends each night for four evenings, with a message saying the children were sleeping in the apartments. Kate would come to believe that whoever abducted Madeleine must have seen the message book.
One of the McCann’s friends, Jane Tanner, would tell Portuguese police that when she left the table to check on her children at around 9 p.m., she saw a man carrying a young child walking near Madeleine’s bedroom, heading away from the apartments. She didn’t think anything of it at the time, but after Madeleine disappeared, her memory became known as the Tanner Sighting.
Scotland Yard, who helped investigate Madeleine’s disappearance, dismissed the Tanner Sighting, saying six years later, in 2013 that they had determined another British father had been the man Tanner saw. They said the man had been picking up his daughter from the resort’s Ocean Club.
Another sighting, however, from two other vacationers, was used to create a composite sketch of a man who may have abducted Madeleine. The Smith Sighting, made by Martin and Mary Smith, said they saw a man around 10 p.m. the night Madeleine disappeared holding a young child and looking uncomfortable.
Another member of the Tapas Seven agreed to check on the McCann’s children around 9:30 p.m. He found the children’s bedroom door wide open, but since he didn’t hear anything, he left without checking to make sure the children were indeed in their beds.
Kate then completed her own check on the children around 10 p.m. and found her daughter missing. She quickly searched the apartment before running back to the restaurant screaming “Madeleine’s gone! Someone’s taken her!”
By 10:10, a member of the Tapas Seven told the resort’s reception desk to call the police, and by 10:30, the resort began its missing child search protocol, which involved 60 staff members and guests searching the premises until 4:30 in the morning.
Portuguese police said they arrived within 10 minutes of being called. Kate said they arrived around 1 a.m. They also began searching for Madeleine, but many issues with the search would later come to light. Border and marine police were not given descriptions of the missing girl for several hours, and police didn’t conduct any house searches. Kate told media outlets that the roads weren’t blocked until 10 a.m. the morning after Madeleine disappeared. Surveillance images of vehicles leaving the resort on the night of the disappearance, or the surrounding roads weren’t requested, nor was the road monitoring company approached for information.
In addition, many people staying at the resort at the time weren’t immediately interviewed, with some contacting police on their own. 
The crime scene was also not properly secured, with at least 20 people entering the apartment before it was blocked. The apartment was empty for a month after Madeleine’s disappearance before the resort began renting it out again. In August 2007 – nearly three months after the disappearance, the apartment was closed once again for additional forensic tests.
Just 12 days after Madeleine disappeared, a suspect was named. The man lived close to the resort and was seen outside the McCann’s apartment shortly after their daughter disappeared. The suspect’s home and cars were searched and his associates were questioned, but nothing linked him to the disappearance and he was eventually cleared, later suing authorities and receiving a large settlement.
As with most child abductions without quick answers, the parents became suspects. Media in Portugal and then the U.K. began suggesting the parents were involved in Madeleine’s disappearance and had made a “pact of silence” with the Tapas Seven. Forensic dogs were brought in to search the apartment and the car the McCanns rented, but their findings have been disputed.
Still, the McCanns were named suspects, with Portuguese police claiming they accidentally killed Madeleine and hid her body, with leaks to the media falsely claiming the evidence against them was stronger than it actually was. Despite being named suspects, the McCanns were allowed to return to the U.K.
Months after Madeleine was taken, the investigation’s coordinator, Chief Inspector Goncalo Amaral was removed from his position, later being charged with perjury in relation to another child disappearance.
On July 21, 2008, the Portuguese attorney general announced there wasn’t enough evidence to say the McCanns were involved in Madeleine’s disappearance, clearing them as suspects and closing the case. The McCanns, however, have never stopped looking for Madeleine, setting up <a href="http://findmadeleine.com/about_us/madeleines-fund.html#:~:text=Madeleine's%20Fund%20%2D%20'Leaving%20No%20Stone,the%20Voluntary%20and%20Community%20Sector." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Madeleine’s Fund</a>: Leaving No Stone Unturned Ltd just two weeks after their daughter disappeared. It has since raised nearly £750,000.
The family has also hired several private investigators throughout the investigation and beyond, while the U.K. has conducted several additional investigations – none of which have found Madeleine.
The biggest break in the case came in 2020, when police named “Christian B” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-in-uk-have-massive-breakthrough-in-madeleine-mccann-kidnapping-cold-case-name-suspect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as a suspect</a>, later identified <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/15-years-after-madeleine-mccann-disappeared-official-suspect-named-as-deadline-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">as Christian Brueckner</a>. Brueckner is from Germany and currently in prison for drug offenses, as well as a seven-year sentence for the rape of an elderly woman. Jim Gamble, a former British police officer who in 2010 led an official review of McCann’s disappearance, said in April 2022 that phone data put Brueckner near the scene of the crime within a 30-minute timeframe. Brueckner had also allegedly stolen from vacation homes in the area, with children’s clothing reportedly found in his vehicle.
“I think the circumstantial evidence that I know exists is extremely strong … I wouldn’t be surprised if charges follow,” Gamble noted. “It would just be fantastic to be able to give the McCanns peace of mind so far as knowing exactly what happened.”
Brueckner, however, denies any involvement in Madeleine’s disappearance.
The McCanns have also been contacted by a number of women claiming to be Madeleine, including a Polish woman named Julia Faustyna, also known as Julia Wendlet, who has gained one million followers on social media after claiming to be the missing girl. Faustyna has claimed she has a spot on her right eye similar to Madeleine as well as marks on her leg that match those of the missing girl.
Shortly after her claims made media headlines, Faustyna claimed the McCanns had agreed to provide DNA to prove whether or not she was their missing daughter, a claim that since has been retracted by a medium who had become her spokesperson.
To date, a body has never been found and no living person has been identified as Madeleine McCann. She remains a missing person.
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Gerry And Kate McCann Launch Their Book ‘Madeleine’

Unsolved: The Disappearance Of Madeleine McCann

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A current <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> official, and former advisor to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hillary-clinton" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hillary Clinton</a> during her presidential runs, will speak to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/europe" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European</a> officials in the coming week about countering “disinformation.”
The official, James P. Rubin, who is the special envoy and coordinator for the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/state-department" target="_blank" rel="noopener">State Department</a>’s Global Engagement Center, will be in the United Kingdom until February 28, which will be followed by a trip to Belgium on March 1.
“In London, Special Envoy Rubin will meet with UK officials to solidify support for counter disinformation efforts. In meetings with UK counterparts, he will discuss efforts by Russia, the People’s Republic of China, and other actors who deploy disinformation to undermine democracy and national security around the globe, and how our nations can collectively counter threats in the information space,” the State Department <a href="https://www.state.gov/special-envoy-and-coordinator-for-the-global-engagement-center-rubins-travel-to-london-and-brussels/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement.
During his London trip, which began on Thursday, Rubin will take part in the Phoenix Challenge Forum, a <a href="https://phoenix-challenge-new.webflow.io" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conference</a> that is put on in part by the Department of Defense and the U.K. Ministry of Defense.
The goal of the conference is to “drive knowledge collaboration and solutions across Defense and Security Organizations, Academia, Private Sector and International Partners to address complex issues related to Cognitive Security, Information Competition &amp; Conflict, and Malign Influence.”
In Belgium, Rubin will also speak with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/european-union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Union</a> officials about countering “foreign disinformation.”
Rubin, <a href="https://www.chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/james-rubin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">who was</a> a foreign affairs advisor for both the Clinton and Obama administration, was part of Hillary Clinton’s failed 2008 and 2016 presidential runs. During the 2016 campaign, Rubin suggested that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> was working with the Russians to hack Clinton’s emails.
“So the idea that a candidate for president is aiding and abetting a foreign power in its intelligence operations is, as I said, unprecedented. We really don’t know how to describe it, except I think it’s the clearest possible evidence of being – of the fact that the nominee for the other party is unfit to be commander-in-chief,” Rubin <a href="https://2009-2017-fpc.state.gov/260592.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> in response to Trump calling for Russia to release the emails.
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He also suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin was in support of Trump’s candidacy because Putin believed that Trump would have a more favorable foreign policy toward Russia.
Democrat claims about Trump colluding with the Russians ended up falling flat, as an investigation headed up by Robert Mueller found no evidence of any collusion. Subsequent studies have also found that Russia’s influence on the election was much less than previously claimed by Democrats and the legacy media.
Rubin also has worked as a <a href="https://www.politico.eu/author/james-p-rubin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contributing editor</a> for POLITICO magazine where he blasted Trump and his foreign policy in several columns.

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King Charles’s wife <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/royal-family" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Camilla, Queen Consort</a>, expressed her aversion to censorship during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/united-kingdom" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reception</a> to celebrate the second anniversary of her popular online book club amid the controversy surrounding politically correct rewrites to Roald Dahl&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/books" target="_blank" rel="noopener">books</a>.
The Queen Consort addressed the room of writers and told them, “Please remain true to your calling, unimpeded by those who may wish to curb the freedom of your expression or impose limits on your imagination. Enough said,” The Daily Mail <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-11784891/Queen-Consort-speaks-against-censorship-Roald-Dahl-books.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The crowd reacted with cheers and applause as Camilla referenced John Steinbeck by saying, “Let there be no squeaking like mice about your achievements, but only roaring like a pride of lions.” The crowd understood the remarks to be about the controversy over revising Dahl&#8217;s books, though the Queen Consort never confirmed this explicitly.
Crime writer Peter James said he appreciated how Camilla was supportive of authors being authentic. “There is an old tradition in publishing, of publish and be damned,” he told the publication. “And I think Her Majesty was just endorsing that to some extent. She was just saying ‘be brave.’”
He went on to question what sort of precedent the Dahl book editing would set for other historic works of literature. “The big question is how far back are we going to go? Are we going to censor Dickens? There are some pretty tough stuff in Dickens that is quite offensive. Are we going to look at Shakespeare?,” James continued. “I think what we have got to accept is that it was a moment in time and this is now.”
The Roald Dahl Story Co. set off a firestorm when they admitted earlier this week that they had worked with Inclusive Minds, which monitors children’s literature for inclusion, diversity, and accessibility, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/famed-childrens-author-roald-dahls-books-altered-in-massive-woke-effort" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
The company insisted that changes to the late author’s original stories were “small and carefully considered.” They defended their decision to change the language, saying in a statement, “When publishing new print runs of books written years ago, it’s not unusual to review the language used alongside updating other details including a book’s cover and page layout.”
Changes included replacing the word “fat” with “enormous” in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and making the Oompa Loompas gender neutral. In “Matilda,” a reference to “mothers and fathers” was changed to “parents.”
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In “The Witches,” a paragraph describing witches as bald under their wigs now includes the disclaimer, “There are plenty of other reasons why women might wear wigs and there is certainly nothing wrong with that.” Several other changes were made to Dahl&#8217;s other works as well.

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&#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/south-park" target="_blank" rel="noopener">South Park</a>&#8221; has just picked up another nation full of fans with its brutal takedown of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and their apparent thirst for attention even while demanding &#8220;priva-sah.&#8221;
The latest &#8220;South Park&#8221; episode is titled, &#8220;The World-Wide Privacy Tour&#8221; and features &#8220;the Prince of Canada and his wife,” who were clearly modeled after the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
During the episode, the Canadian prince and his wife — who look similar to Harry and Markle — go on a worldwide &#8220;we want our privacy&#8221; tour following a book tour for his tell-all memoir &#8220;Waaaagh,&#8221; The <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11756953/South-Park-aims-Meghan-Harry-cartoon-Canadian-prince-princess-yell-want-privacy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daily Mail</a> reported. The cover of the memoir looks similar to that of Harry&#8217;s real-life memoir &#8220;Spare.&#8221; The Markle look-alike then decides the only escape is to move to the small mountain town of South Park, which upsets residents.
The many thinly-veiled swipes at the Sussexes and their constant attacks on the monarchy seems to have earned the animated show new fans in the United Kingdom, with the latest episode being one of the top trending items across the pond.
One person tweeted that the show &#8220;makes fun of Harry and Meghan. As usual, they get it, spot on.&#8221;
&#8220;Amazing right?&#8221; another added. &#8220;Here&#8217;s the one South Park got Spot. On!!  And&#8230; Look, it&#8217;s trending in the UK too.&#8221;
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Amazing right? Here&#39;s the one South Park got Spot. On!! 👇 And&#8230; Look, it&#39;s trending in the UK too. 😂😂👇 <a href="https://t.co/0z6q4ecNev">pic.twitter.com/0z6q4ecNev</a>
&mdash; Daisy Hart (&#39;Royal Expert&#39;!) (@HartDaisy1) <a href="https://twitter.com/HartDaisy1/status/1626377298470379521?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2023</a></blockquote>
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A headline in the <a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/south-park-fans-hail-pure-29229370.amp" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UK Mirror</a> reads, &#8220;South Park fans hail &#8216;pure gold&#8217; episode as producers rip into Prince Harry and Meghan.&#8221;
&#8220;The #southpark episode of Harry and Meghan is pure effing gold,&#8221; one wrote.
Another added, &#8220;New #SouthPark is awesome so far!!! They are definitely ripping on Harry and Meghan.&#8221;
While another wrote, “South Park has seriously nailed Meghan Markle &amp; Prince Harry. #SouthPark.&#8221;
<a href="https://etcanada.com/news/969228/south-park-roasts-prince-harry-meghan-markle-stop-looking-at-us/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Entertainment Tonight Canada</a> noted that the show mocking the royals brought back some fans and earned the show new ones.
Twitter user Canellelabelle <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11758649/Fans-respond-World-Wide-Privacy-Tour-South-Park-episode-depicting-Meghan-Harry.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a>, &#8220;I have never ever heard of this show till now but THIS is hilarious! They summed up exactly how we all see this annoying duo.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SouthPark?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SouthPark</a> has fans rolling in laughter over <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PrinceHarry?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PrinceHarry</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MeghanMarkle?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MeghanMarkle</a> parody <a href="https://t.co/YW9LOJwspc">https://t.co/YW9LOJwspc</a>
&mdash; ET Canada (@ETCanada) <a href="https://twitter.com/ETCanada/status/1626263944921841664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Another praised the creators/writers of the show, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, &#8220;Yo [SouthPark] has the best writers in the game by far!&#8221;
While another shared, &#8220;Big thanks to South Park creating this for us. We deserve a big laugh after all the things they&#8217;ve done. This is the best thing [to] ever happen since the Oprah [interview].&#8221;

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‘South Park’ Rips Harry And Meghan Fake ‘Privacy’ Tour, Scores New Fans Across The Pond

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An op-ed article in The New York Times has expressed support for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jk-rowling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">J.K. Rowling&#8217;s</a> views on transgender issues, following the publication of two open letters on Wednesday alleging the paper&#8217;s past coverage of child sex changes was biased against transgender people.
The New York Times published an <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/opinion/jk-rowling-transphobia.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">op-ed</a> titled &#8220;In Defense of J.K. Rowling&#8221; by columnist Pamela Paul one day after nearly 200 of the newspaper&#8217;s contributors signed a joint <a href="https://nytletter.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> accusing The New York Times of &#8220;anti-trans bias&#8221; and aligning their views with &#8220;far-right hate groups,&#8221; which was followed by a <a href="https://www.glaad.org/new-york-times-sign-on-letter-from-lgtbq-allied-leaders-and-organizations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">second letter</a> led by LGBT advocacy group GLAAD and signed by activists and public figures.
&#8220;Our journalism strives to explore, interrogate and reflect the experiences, ideas and debates in society — to help readers understand them. Our reporting did exactly that and we&#8217;re proud of it,&#8221; said Charlie Stadtlander, a spokesman for the Times, adding that on the subject of transgender issues, the consideration that went into their reporting was done &#8220;deeply and empathetically.&#8221;
The New York Times has found itself embroiled in a heated debate on transgender issues after publishing articles in recent months that attempted to take a fair and balanced approach on the subject of pediatric social and medical transition.
Backlash from the reporting culminated in two open letters that were published on Wednesday, one from 200 New York Times staff and contributors to Philip B. Corbett, associate managing editor for standards at the Times, and the other from GLAAD, an LGBT advocacy organization, signed by celebrities and activists.
The first letter accused the paper of “editorial bias” in its reporting on &#8220;transgender, non-binary, and gender nonconforming people,&#8221; while the second letter accused the NYT of &#8220;irresponsible, biased coverage of transgender people.&#8221; The signatories of the GLAAD letter include several campaign groups, along with celebrities including Jameela Jamil, Lena Dunham, Gabrielle Union, Judd Apatow, and Tommy Dorfman.
A few of the &#8220;problematic&#8221; articles the letters mentioned were Emily Bazelon’s &#8220;The Battle Over Gender Therapy,&#8221; &#8220;When Students Change Gender Identity and Parents Don’t Know&#8221; by Katie Baker, and &#8220;How to Make Sense of the New L.G.B.T.Q. Culture War&#8221; by Ross Douthat.
The publication of the pro-Rowling article indicates that The New York Times is still willing to share a range of opinions on the debate, despite criticism. In her op-ed, Paul argued that the abuse faced by the author of the &#8220;Harry Potter&#8221; series is unfounded and that her statements do not qualify as transphobic. She denounced Rowling&#8217;s detractors as a &#8220;noisy fringe of the internet and a number of powerful transgender rights activists and L.G.B.T.Q. lobbying groups.&#8221;
Paul argues that Rowling is not disputing the existence of gender dysphoria and has never voiced opposition to allowing adults to transition under evidence-based medical care, but her defense of biological women&#8217;s spaces, skepticism of self-declared &#8220;gender identity,&#8221; and support for detransitioners and feminist scholars have been interpreted by some as &#8220;transphobic.&#8221;
Paul references the new <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/the-witch-trials-of-jk-rowling" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a>, &#8220;The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling,&#8221; set to launch next week by Megan Phelps-Roper, a former member of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church, which includes nine hours of interviews with Rowling that explore her views and the backlash faced by the author.
Paul argues that those who accuse Rowling of punching down against her critics ignore the fact that she is sticking up for those who have silenced themselves to avoid job loss, public vilification, and threats to physical safety that other critics of recent gender orthodoxies have suffered.
“The pushback is often, ‘You are wealthy. You can afford security. You haven’t been silenced.’ All true. But I think that misses the point,&#8221; Rowling says in the podcast. &#8220;The attempt to intimidate and silence me is meant to serve as a warning to other women” with similar views who might want to have their opinions heard.

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