Common Sense Prevails
Last year, the Biden administration’s trans ideologues at the Department of Justice sued the state of Tennessee seeking to strike down the state’s law protecting children from transgender surgeries, mutilations, and powerful drugs. The Biden/Harris regime wanted to stop every state from protecting its children.
Thankfully, that did not happen. Today, common sense, children, parents, the Natural Law, religious liberty, and objective science won big at the Supreme Court!
In a 6 to 3 decision, the court’s conservative Trump majority ruled that states can protect children from the pseudoscience of “gender-affirming care.”
American Values was in the middle of this fight. We signed an amicus brief filed with the Supreme Court supporting Tennessee’s commonsense law.
I have written extensively about transgender ideology, exposing numerous “inconvenient facts” the LGBTQ movement and the media won’t tell you and don’t want you to know. If you are wrestling with this issue or have friends and family members who are confused by it, please read and share this column.
It references numerous scientific studies that refute every major talking point the Left has for mutilating young children. It contains warnings from detransitioners, former transgender healthcare professionals, and even advocates of “gender-affirming care” who say it has “gone too far.”
Ineffective & Unnecessary
In the months since I wrote that column, new research has been released that further validates my deep concerns about transgender ideology. For example:
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Great Britain has changed its “best practices” for addressing gender dysphoria. Instead of rushing children into a regimen of powerful sterilizing drugs and surgeries, children will first be screened for mental health issues, and those issues will be addressed first.
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German doctors are taking the same approach, finding that the vast majority of children outgrow gender dysphoria and, therefore, should not be subjected to irreversible treatments with long-term risks that children cannot comprehend.
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A proponent of “gender-affirming care” suppressed the results of her own study last year. Why? Because the results found that puberty-blocking drugs had no positive impact on the depression rates of children with gender dysphoria.
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And far from alleviating the risks of depression and suicide, transgender surgeries actually make those risks even worse.
Future generations will look back with shame and horror that such barbaric medical experiments were conducted on our children. As the growing number of detransitioners attest to, these procedures cannot be undone. But we can, and we must, save other children from the suffering caused by the Left’s cultural radicalism.
Day 6
The war between Israel and Iran continues. Last night, Israel carried out a major strike targeting Iran’s military industrial complex. It is worth noting that Iran is firing fewer missiles in retaliation to the Israeli strikes.
Is it possible that the ayatollah is running out of missiles? Perhaps. I suspect the ayatollah may be having a “come to Jesus moment,” pondering his own future. Some think this may be his way of “deescalating” the conflict and signaling his willingness to talk. Publicly, however, he remains defiant.
Iran has fired nearly 400 missiles at Israel over the past five days. At least 24 Israelis have been killed, and 800 have been wounded.
When you compare the size of Israel to the size of Iran, this is a real David and Goliath fight.
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The population of Israel is about 10 million people.
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That’s equal to the population of Tehran, Iran’s capital city. “Greater Tehran” is 19 million.
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The total population of Iran is 90 million.
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Israel is the size of New Jersey.
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Iran is roughly the size of Alaska or 76 times larger than Israel!
Some reports indicate that Iran fired a hypersonic missile at Israel. It hit Tel Aviv in just a few minutes. Because of their speed and short flight time, such missiles are much more difficult to intercept.
Fortunately, the missile reportedly hit a parking lot – the only open area in the neighborhood. The blast broke windows more than half a mile away. It damaged the front of several buildings. But there was no serious damage.
The Ukraine/Russia War vs. The Israel/Iran War
For years now, Democrats have been absolutely over-the-top in their unconditional support for Ukraine, giving them virtually anything they asked for in the fight against Russia. This does not fit the history of the Democrat Party. They have been the “Peacenik Party” for decades.
Democrats weren’t interested in fighting Russia during the Cold War. They wanted to “accommodate” the communists. Democrats opposed every effort by Ronald Reagan to contain Soviet communism. In fact, Democrats actually invited the Soviet Union to meddle in the 1984 election.
Today, if you don’t “salute” the Ukrainian flag and pledge your allegiance to Kyiv, Democrats will rip into you. If you suggest the death and destruction caused by this war needs to stop before it spreads across Europe, you are called a “Putin puppet.”
But many Democrats are not happy that Israel acted in self-defense. They don’t want President Trump to take out Iran’s fortified nuclear weapons facility at Fordow. They are mobilizing now to restrict Trump’s war powers.
This seems backwards.
We have a long-standing alliance with Israel. We share common values with Israel. The United States and Israel are the two pillars of Judeo-Christian Civilization. Our Founders looked to the Torah and the New Testament for the principles that our nation was built on.
We don’t have a long-term alliance with Ukraine. We have on treaty obligations with them.
So, why does the Left have such unqualified support for Ukraine, even though the risks of nuclear war are so great? And yet they are less interested in stopping Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
Iran is not nearly the threat Russia is, not yet at least. President Trump and Bibi Netanyahu would like to keep it that way.
In part, I think it reflects the fact that the Left, like the Islamic Republic of Iran, is at war with Judeo-Christian Civilization. They don’t like the America we have. They don’t like parades celebrating our military in Washington, D.C. (See next item.)
They have a visceral hatred of Benjamin Netanyahu. The Left’s growing “progressive” base hates Israel, and liberal politicians are afraid of alienating that vote.
Ingrate Omar Hating On America Again
Rep. Ilhan Omar is once again telling us just how terrible America is. She has done very well in America but never misses an opportunity to demonstrate her disdain for our nation.
Her latest outburst was “triggered” by brave U.S. Army soldiers marching in Washington, D.C. Omar was furious that our soldiers would march in our capital and be cheered on by American citizens, celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary.
She accused Donald Trump of using the military to prop himself up “like a failed dictator.” She said Trump “has hatred for the values that we have here in America” and is turning the United States into “one of the worst countries” in the world.
Omar is saying out loud what many other “progressives” quietly believe. They are not inspired by a parade celebrating our Army. They are terrified by it because it might light a fire of patriotism among the American people. The last thing they want is anyone celebrating the greatness of America.
Hearing Omar’s latest slander against our country reminded me of what she said to a conference of American Muslims a few years ago. Omar dismissed the 9/11 attacks, describing that day as, “Some people did something.” She refused to say radical Islamists murdered thousands of us.
If you’re wondering why she keeps getting reelected, it’s because of our stupid immigration policies that allow mass immigration from countries that do not share our values. Of all the 50 states, Minnesota is home to the largest population of Somali Muslims.
Not long ago, Omar’s congressional district was the top area in the country for new recruits. Not for the U.S. military, but for radical jihadists joining ISIS and other Islamic terrorist groups fighting our sons and daughters in the U.S. military.
Anyone care to chip in for a one-way ticket for Ilhan out of the country? Actually, make that two one-way tickets. Omar can take her radical lunatic daughter with her!
The Border Is Secure
I got so infuriated every time Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, or anyone else from that regime went on TV and said, “The border is secure.” That was their mantra anytime someone questioned their open border policies, and it was an obvious lie.
In contrast, when the Trump/Vance administration says, “The border is secure,” you can believe it. Under Donald Trump, the transformation of the southern border borders on the miraculous.
Here’s an amazing fact the media won’t tell you: Experts think one million illegal aliens have self-deported since Trump took office!
Finally, here’s another fact.
Under Biden, hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens entered our country every month. In 2024, the numbers were still bad, but they began to fall, and everyone knew why. The presidential election was coming up, and illegal immigration was dragging Democrats down. So, Biden started to crack down a bit.
Still, in May 2024, more than 62,000 illegal aliens who reached the border were allowed by the Biden administration to enter the country. The figure for May 2025 is ZERO!