Walter M Egbert🇺🇸

Patent attorney, husband and father to two teenagers.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@RepLisaMcClain I love how MAGAts from everywhere outside New York have something to say about New York City, but nothing to say about bailouts of farmers from Trump’s tariff policy or the US taking ownership shares of Intel and NVIDIA.

[Kirsti Miller @KirstiMiller30]

Trans women athletes are female athletes in both physiological and physical performance terms.

A brand new Systematic review with meta-analysis ‘the most comprehensive’ synthesis to date (52 studies & 6485 trans participants) found trans women do not exhibit significant differences in upper or lower body strength or max oxygen consumption relative to c1s women.

https://t.co/bSOGwLjaop

Recently a Brussels based Court has ruled that World Governing body of Cycling - The UCI - transgender policy rules are "discriminatory" & "disproportinate" so ruled in favour of a 51 Yr old trans woman who had been participating previously but was excluded following UCI rule change.

The UCI quoted Hilton et al. & Wiik et al. as their main evidence. The same research relied on by UK Sports.

Wiik is a study on 12 nonathletes using an unreliable proxy for performance, & the UCI has used this study as evidence for a claim that the authors explicitly didn’t want people to draw from the paper.

According to the Belgian judge, the UCI failed to meet this standard. The scientific studies it relied on:

• were not peer-reviewed or sufficiently robust;

• were based on demographic groups that do not align with the population of transgender female cyclists; and

• did not demonstrate a consistent, unfair, or disproportionate competitive advantage over cisgender women.

In the absence of such evidence, rules that effectively blanket ban all transgender women from women’s competitions cannot stand.

The requirement to have avoided any stage of male puberty was deemed overly strict and unnecessary.

While the ruling allows this particular athlete to regain her license within Belgium, and despite the possible precedent valueof this decision, its direct legal effect must also be viewed in a nuanced manner.

It applies only domestically, and the UCI’s rules may still be enforced in other countries. Moreover, as a ruling from a court of first instance in summary proceedings, it does not automatically apply to other transgender athletes in Belgium.

Each case would still require individual legal action—though this decision may serve as persuasive precedent, even beyond cycling.

https://t.co/0ejAP9ckGM

[Kirsti Miller @KirstiMiller30]

Trans women athletes are female athletes in both physiological and physical performance terms.

A brand new Systematic review with meta-analysis ‘the most comprehensive’ synthesis to date (52 studies & 6485 trans participants) found trans women do not exhibit significant differences in upper or lower body strength or max oxygen consumption relative to c1s women.

https://t.co/bSOGwLjIdX

Recently a Brussels based Court has ruled that World Governing body of Cycling - The UCI - transgender policy rules are "discriminatory" & "disproportinate" so ruled in favour of a 51 Yr old trans woman who had been participating previously but was excluded following UCI rule change.

The UCI quoted Hilton et al. & Wiik et al. as their main evidence. The same research relied on by UK Sports.

Wiik is a study on 12 nonathletes using an unreliable proxy for performance, & the UCI has used this study as evidence for a claim that the authors explicitly didn’t want people to draw from the paper.

According to the Belgian judge, the UCI failed to meet this standard. The scientific studies it relied on:

• were not peer-reviewed or sufficiently robust;

• were based on demographic groups that do not align with the population of transgender female cyclists; and

• did not demonstrate a consistent, unfair, or disproportionate competitive advantage over cisgender women.

In the absence of such evidence, rules that effectively blanket ban all transgender women from women’s competitions cannot stand.

The requirement to have avoided any stage of male puberty was deemed overly strict and unnecessary.

While the ruling allows this particular athlete to regain her license within Belgium, and despite the possible precedent valueof this decision, its direct legal effect must also be viewed in a nuanced manner.

It applies only domestically, and the UCI’s rules may still be enforced in other countries. Moreover, as a ruling from a court of first instance in summary proceedings, it does not automatically apply to other transgender athletes in Belgium.

Each case would still require individual legal action—though this decision may serve as persuasive precedent, even beyond cycling.

https://t.co/0ejAP9cSwk

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@micyoung75 @servetus Important warning. Some people fail to grasp that Trump’s demise, politically speaking, will not mark the end of the authoritarian project.

[CathyNotToday2 🌿 @Cathy2NotToday]

Oh my …. I asked one question and just stumbled on this

“Yes, House Speaker Mike Johnson has a direct professional connection to Alan Chambers, the former president of Exodus International, who was just arrested in an undercover child sex sting. [1]
The connection stems from Johnson's extensive past work with Exodus International, which was headquartered in Orlando, Florida. [m

The Recent Florida Arrest
On May 19, 2026, 54-year-old Alan Chambers was arrested in Winter Park, Florida, following a four-month undercover sting operation.

•The Charges: Chambers faces multiple felony charges, including solicitation of a minor via computer, transmission of harmful material to minors, and unlawful use of a two-way communication device.

•The Investigation: According to the Orange County Sheriff's Office affidavit, Chambers used a messaging app under an alias to communicate with an undercover detective posing as a 14-year-old boy, repeatedly plotting to meet for sexual activity.

🎇🎇Speaker Johnson's Direct Connection
As a senior attorney and spokesperson for the Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) during the 2000s, Mike Johnson worked closely with Chambers and Exodus International:

•Legal Advisor to Chambers' Organization: Johnson served as a key legal advisor to Exodus International while Chambers was running the ministry. His role was specifically to provide the organization with legal strategy and reassurance regarding their controversial conversion therapy programs.
•Co-Promoter with Chambers: Johnson and Chambers actively partnered to promote the "Day of Truth" anti-LGBTQ+ student events. Johnson used media appearances and radio tours to boost the exact ministry that Chambers spearheaded.”

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@cturnbull1968 Yeah, you must be an Olympic long jumper in making a whole bunch of logical leaps from your imagination.

[Gareth Gore @gareth_gore]

He spent years investigating Opus Dei, a Catholic group accused of a vast conspiracy of abuse. Then Pope Leo asked to meet.

My interview with @guardian

https://t.co/cpbzVeXacS

[Radu Hossu 🇹🇩🇺🇦 @RaduHossu]

Taking the ceasefire at face value, I’ll give a brief overview of what happened during these 40 days of war and how Trump won—and won so big it blew all of us away:

- The war isn’t over. A ceasefire doesn’t mean peace;

- Ayatollah Khamenei has been eliminated, along with a few dozen other leaders of the Revolutionary Guards—the Islamic Revolution’s terrorist group. All of them are despicable criminals. No one is mourning them or feeling sorry for them;

- Iran now controls the Strait of Hormuz. It did not before February 28 (when the war began). It used this leverage in negotiations with Trump and secured acceptance of their 10-point plan (you will see these terms are very favorable to Iran) to be the basis of 2 weeks negociations;

- The U.S. has used between 10 and 55% (depending on the weaponry) of its stockpiles of stand-off munitions, which are essential for deterring China, and (it is estimated) even more of the interceptor missiles that are exceptionally important for protecting civilians in Ukraine. China is laughing;

- Russia benefits from the lifting of sanctions on oil transported by sea. Putin is more than happy;

- Iran benefits from the lifting of sanctions on its oil transported by sea. The regime’s new leaders are delighted;

- The theocratic regime of the Islamic Revolution has NOT been changed. In fact, the terrorist, criminal leaders who were removed have been replaced by others whom experts there tell us are even more radical (if that’s even possible) and even tougher and crueler;

- The Iranian people are not free. Right? I want us to focus on this fact. The Iranian people, who should have been placed at the center of this conflict as the top priority, have been abandoned. Moreover, they feel betrayed by Trump;

- The crisis caused by this war, which, as you can see from the points above, has brought no significant benefits, will be felt for many months to come, most likely throughout the year—and here I am referring to the IT industry, agriculture, and the energy sector.

China is the long-term winner in the energy sector because it will weather this shock, because it is investing heavily in green energy, and because the IT industries in South Korea and Taiwan will be hit by the helium crisis, which gives them time to further narrow the technological gap with the West. Europe is the big loser due to its energy dependencies and the stalling of green energy investment programs in recent years.

- The 400-odd kilograms of enriched uranium are exactly where they were before the war began;

- NATO is going through the biggest internal crisis in its history due to the start of this war and Trump’s insults and threats. It’s also facing a crisis of confidence in its very essence, Article 5, which I don’t see how it will overcome in the near future, if ever;

- The economies of the Gulf states have been disrupted and—in part—damaged over the medium and long term;

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Don’t you feel like winners? Especially when we’re pumping 2 euro+/litre worth of diesel into the tank and we’ll see the fall announcements with inflation at 12–14% or who knows how much.

If this is a Trump victory, I don’t want to know what a defeat looks like. If you’ve made it this far, I don’t want to let you forget that the war isn’t over yet.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@greggnunziata @RadioFreeTom We should even encourage the President to say a few words, the biggest, the best, the smartest words. Man, woman, camera.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@swampist @swampist just give us examples of comparable right wing media outlets and salaries for comparable jobs in the same location. Otherwise this is just performative.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@AdamKinzinger Texas voters will not fall for this Christo-epistemological nonsense. They know a death wish when they see it.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@EWErickson What in the word salad is this? A majority of Texas voters will understand that Talarico graciously deflected a clear death threat and will ignore your Christo-epistemological nonsense.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@jonfavs So we cannot bring Mark into the “pounding” conversation?

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@EWErickson “Says someone who’d continue to back Trump when the inevitable videos come out of Trump SAing minors.” See how that works, Erick? It almost like you can say someone would do anything in a hypothetical situation that they are on record as being 100% opposed to.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@Mishi_2210 @InterestingSci1 Clearly the clues allow for multiple answers.

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@igorbobic @joncoopertweets People with dementia often return to old memories from their youth. He may not remember that he is a Senator now.

[Democratic Wins Media @DemocraticWins]

BREAKING: This Senator's son is the same age as the 5-year-old ICE kidnapped. He just gave one of the most powerful speeches we've seen. Every American should see this.

[Rick Wilson @TheRickWilson]

Democratic candidates: take notes. You need to watch this:

[𝔗𝔯𝔲𝔱𝔥 𝔐𝔞𝔱𝔱𝔢𝔯𝔰 @politicsusa46]

For anyone who would like to hear Mark Carney’s outstanding Davos speech in full here it is. This is what true global leadership looks like.

Canada should be immensely proud today, because they are leading the fight back when others dare not.

🎥 TikTok - https://t.co/BExGV2YIDq

[Walter M Egbert🇺🇸 @WalterMEgbert]

@JustinWolfers @johnpavlovitz Let’s get some data in the income of these “poor framers” and corporations that own the farms. Can’t afford groceries because of the tariffs, sorry, you’re outta luck.