@DanteJeffe14617@drantbradley This.
But it's important to note which party changed. If the average family w/ parents who voted for Bill Clinton in 1992 were teleported into most blue areas today, the Dem voting 20yr olds in that area would classify that 1992 Dem family's lifestyle & behaviors as conservative
@meh_130@ryanburge Do you think their kids, as they grow up, will attend church more or less often than the kids whose families eschewed Sunday sports tournaments?
@meh_130@ryanburge My church has a family that used to come every week and hosted our small group at their house once a month. Now I see all of them less than once a month because of the kids' sports commitments. Do you think...
@sappholives83@Bookhermit1 "I also think that the solution to 56% of absent fathers being deadbeats is to allow mothers special murder rights. I'd rather advocate for laws allowing the killing of unborn babies than laws putting deadbeat dads in prison."
@sappholives83@Bookhermit1 "I personally would never enslave someone of a difference race unless my plantation was about to go under, but I still don't think making slavery illegal is a decision the government should be making for plantation owners that can afford to pay their slaves."
@IWF ...publish the whole IA investigation that concluded after his suspension that he should be terminated? Can Powers's attorney do a press release? Did he hire @AssocAnderson?
@IWF Is the timing of this article because the Norfolk Police chief has changed Powers's suspension to termination? Has Powers really been on admin leave for 15 months and it has NPD that long to fire him? Just for this? We need more reporting on this chief if so. Can you... 3/x
@annbauerwriter@jessigreerM@RonColeman Clarence Thomas, on the other hand, had a life so difficult that it essentially prepared for anything they could throw at him. I think most men would have looked more like BK in his position.
@annbauerwriter@jessigreerM@RonColeman Imagine the adversity CT had lived through up to that point compared to BK. It's not even close. To be on a course to be a SCOTUS justice your whole adult life after an awesome childhood. And then to have it jeopardized in that way. What exp did BK have that he could turn to?
HOW GENDER MEDICINE SET ITSELF UP FOR DISASTER
For @CompactMag, I report on what the 100s of WPATH conference videos I obtained tell us about this troubled field: https://t.co/GIXlCkUwaO
👉I 'll be publishing the conference videos on my Substack: https://t.co/8SwnUCyCUI
As I write for Compact magazine:
This catalogue, which the World Professional Association for Transgender Health, or WPATH, fought to keep shielded, provides a rich account of how leading figures in pediatric gender medicine approached scientific research, drove the evolution of medical practices, and strategized politically during a critical turning point in this field’s brief and tortured history. The two years following Chase Strangio’s 2021 address were a period in which statehouse Republicans escalated their attacks on this field. The WPATH conference presenters largely responded to the political siege by doubling down. Rather than engage in soul searching over whether their methods in pediatrics were ethically sound and whether any criticisms had merit, they overwhelmingly stuck to their guns.
Presenters frequently downplayed fundamental hazards about irrevocably altering adolescents’ bodies. Meanwhile, a parade of systematic reviews—the gold standard of scientific evidence—was concluding that the evidencebacking pediatric gender medicine is weak and inconclusive. These findings have led health authorities in a number of European nations, concerned about risks such as infertility, to reverse course. They reclassified pediatric gender-transition interventions as experimental and sharply restricted minors’ access.
Not WPATH. The organization remained on an inexorable trajectory in the opposite direction, toward its eventual head-on collision with the second Trump administration.
For highlight clips, see the 🧵👇
@grok I can't find a single news article using the factually correct term "suicide" to describe what happened at the denver airport when a person killed themself by walking into a plane that was taking off. Why?
This is the ultimate midwit healthcare take.
No, 32 countries have not “figured out” universal healthcare.
The UK has “free” healthcare, and roughly 1 in 3 cancer patients in England still fail to start treatment within 62 days of urgent referral.
Canada has “free” healthcare, and the median wait for neurosurgical treatment is around a year.
Australia has “free” healthcare, and over half the country still buys private insurance despite paying for a public universal system with their taxes.
Switzerland has universal coverage, because residents are required to buy private insurance. There is no government system where benevolent bureaucrats tuck you in at night with a warm blanket and an MRI appointment.
The actual lesson from other wealthy countries is not “they figured it out.”
America’s system has huge problems. Our prices are insane, insurance markets are distorted, and hospital systems are cartelized. Our regulations make care more expensive than it needs to be.
Yet we still guarantee access to even the 8% who don’t have coverage. We give easy routes to qualify for medicaid for those with disabilities.
Pretending the rest of the world solved healthcare because they slapped the word “universal” on a rationing scheme is not analysis.
It is bumper sticker policy for people who think access means having a card in your wallet while you wait a year to see the doctor you need.
@SidKhurana3607 I'm surprised by St. Johns County, FL without Palm Beach County, FL. I know Palm Beach has a lot more rural area away from the coast, but I wouldn't think it's populated enough to knock it down below St. Johns. Or is it another reason?
@Rivers92124@FatherChrisVor1 Serious question... Have you confessed and repented of the sin you committed when you and your wife created, froze, and discarded dozens of your daughter's siblings? (assuming you followed the most common practices that most IVF doctors use).