Once again, I wouldn’t shed a tear if Chicago dropped off the map… with Pritzker along for the ride. So embarrassing to live in this “Democratic” state.
JUST IN: Democrat Governor JB Pritzker is literally now begging "for mercy" to Texas Governor Greg Abbott to stop bussing migrants to his state.
Remarkable.
Abbott is simply giving Pritzker what he asked for considering in 2021, Pritzker signed a bill making Illinois the "most welcoming state in the nation" for illegals.
"While action is pending at the federal level, I plead with you for mercy for the thousands of people who are powerless to speak for themselves."
"Please, while winter is threatening vulnerable people's lives, suspend your transports and do not send more people to our state," he begged.
The begging from Pritzker comes as the O’Hare Airport in Chicago has practically become a migrant camp. (Video below)
They never learn.
Video: @libsoftiktok
@cbnationals For the love of God, stop letting non-drivers walk in the parade of states. This is the most annoying, disrespectful part of the whole week. #ChiliBowl2024
I love entertaining at our house, but damn it’s a lot of work… I feel like I haven’t sat down in two days between shopping, cleaning, laundry, cooking, preparing, then cleaning up afterwards… I’m exhausted! But so blessed to have so many amazing friends and family! 🙏🏻
Caster Semenya has won a recent ruling. Caster has a Difference (or Disorder) of Sex Development (DSD), and the press has been misleading the public for a long time about about athletes with DSDs. People with DSDs deserve compassion and to live their lives free of harassment, with access to appropriate healthcare, etc. But cases such as this force the issue of their specific, sex-based biology.
https://t.co/MZKAAUfDvh
Caster and others with her DSD are not females with "hyperandrogenism," i.e., abnormally high levels of testosterone. They are males with testosterone-producing testes and XY sex chromosomes, and normal levels of testosterone for their sex. They experience the physical benefits of this high testosterone during puberty, which translate into athletic advantages over females. The issue for sports is that athletes with the relevant condition, 5-alpha reductase deficiency (5-ARD), may be socialized as female and even be legally female.
5-ARD is caused by a mutation in the gene that codes for the enzyme 5-alpha reductase, which converts testosterone into a more potent androgen, DHT. This androgen interacts with the androgen receptor, like testosterone, and is necessary for the typical development of male external genitalia (penis and scrotum) and the prostate. Without DHT, female-typical external genitalia develop. DHT is also responsible for male-pattern baldness and dark, coarse facial hair, which is why people with the condition have smooth skin that can give a feminine appearance.
Here's relevant bit on DSDs from the most recent Eligibility Regulations for the Female Classification for Athletes with Differences of Sex Development, linked to below (pg 2):
"Some individuals have congenital conditions that cause atypical sex development (known as “Differences of Sex Development”, or “DSDs”). In certain cases, this may lead to an individual being assigned at birth a legal sex of female and/or having a female gender identity, notwithstanding that the individual has fully functioning (internal) testes rather than ovaries."
https://t.co/7fv42Q7LWf
So the “decision makers” are aware that athletes affected 5-ARD are male, and that they experience the benefits of male puberty. The requirement to reduce T to typical female levels isn’t discriminatory, since these are males who are asking to compete in the female category. But more significantly, all the relevant scientific evidence shows that reducing male T in adulthood does not undo the physical benefits of male puberty.
It’s too bad that almost no mainstream media outlets will tell the whole truth. We need to rely on journalism report facts, so we can arrive at informed views about relevant policies. And the truth about sex is important when it comes to protected female spaces, like women’s sports. #sexmatters
Trainee: “How long have you worked in this department?”
Me: “About 2.5 years”
T: “How do you know so much?!”
Me: “I strive to know as much as possible about everything in this dept. And I ask A LOT of questions.”
T: “I can tell… You know everything.”
😂😂😂
Every night after story time, I hold Ashton and sway back and forth while he starts to get sleepy. Every night I whisper “I love you” before I lay him down and tonight he whispered back “yuh you” and it was the sweetest thing I’ve ever heard. 🫠
Rashida Tlaib literally melts down into uncontrollable tears after Ilhan Omar REMOVED from House Foreign Affairs Committee
They’re literally unraveling.