Drag queen "Lady Maga" speaks up for fellow "misfits;" says stop grooming children
Plus, heckling the NYT. Holocaust survivor compares US to the Nazi regime. Carter Country's meat. Yep, meat.
National coalition Gays Against Groomers aims to “stop the drugging and mutilation of children”
Beginning testimony with a smidgen of lip gloss and ending it with a “God bless America,” Ryan Woods, aka drag queen Lady Maga USA says, “Let the boys play with pink, let the girls be tough.” The Free Press blows open this story with a whistleblower below…
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Unexpected whistleblower talks of "appalling" situation in over 100 pediatric gender clinics
A woman, self-described as “queer, left of Bernie, married to a trans man,” came to The Free Press saying, “I thought I was saving trans kids. Now I’m blowing the whistle.” Here is what she said:
There are more than 100 pediatric gender clinics across the U.S. I worked at one. What’s happening to children is morally and medically appalling.
We’re listening.
The Free Press
Has the trans movement erased the LGB community?
National organizations such as GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign have put the trans community front and center for their causes. Has this come at the expense of the LGB community?
OutSpoken
In a twist no one saw coming, New York Times management defends objective reporting
Okay, before we leave the trans topic, and because we can’t miss an opportunity to heckle The New York Times, it’s worth mentioning last week’s NYT trans drama. (And btw, NYT is considered the gold standard in papers, a paper that other papers take as fact, which is why we care about how they roll.) Here’s the story from Nellie Bowles, embedded from her brilliant weekly TGIF column for The Free Press:
→ NYT reporters sign group letter against reporting: A large number of New York Times contributors signed a letter yelling at the small number of NYT writers who have dared to report vaguely objectively about trans issues. The basic argument is that no one should look into topics such as when gender-affirming care goes wrong, since it’s so very rare. Specifically: No one should talk about what choices a 14-year-old can really make and whether it’s okay for schools to transition children without informing their parents. No one should talk about detransitioners, regret, or the impact of puberty blockers and hormones on broader health. None of it.
“A tiny percentage of the population is trans, and an even smaller percentage of those people face the type of conflict the Times is so intent on magnifying,” the letter stated. “There is no rapt reporting on the thousands of parents who simply love and support their children.”
It’s actually a classic neg on reporters. Critics will say: Why are you all so focused on bad news? Why don’t you write about all the planes that don’t crash?
In a shock move, the Times responded by defending the targeted writers. It’s not 2020 anymore, kids! It takes a little extra effort to get someone fired these days. I want to see some hustle.
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Cancer causing vinyl chloride released in Ohio train disaster
Vinyl chloride — the chemical in several of the train cars that derailed and burned in East Palestine, Ohio earlier this month — is used to make PVC plastic. It’s also linked to liver damage, including cancer. Residents want answers, but Norfolk Southern doesn’t want to answer them.
The Defender also says corporate greed is the culprit, which doesn’t seem off the rails if you ask us.
Children’s Health Defense
Podcast: Holocaust survivor draws comparisons of Nazi regime to today’s government policies
Deep dive with one of Heckler’s Press’s favorite humans. Holocaust survivor Vera Sharav talks with Del Bigtree about the years leading up to WWII; the importance of the Nuremberg Code on medical ethics; and parallels to today’s stripping of human rights and freedoms.
The Highwire
Podcast: Jihad Rehab was cancelled, but not by those you’d think
Podcaster Coleman Hughes chats with Meg Smaker about her documentary on the Guantanamo Bay jihadists as they reintegrate into society. Hughes says:
If this documentary had been created by an Arab filmmaker but was identical in every other way, I have no doubt that the same people would be saying it should be nominated for an Oscar.
Coleman says, “I’d have thought it was Bush era conservatives. But turns out it’s the left who censored it because Meg is a white woman doing a documentary about Arabs.”
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Insta: “Trust your tongue,” says this hunky farmer
“Thicker and sicker,” he says is the result of eating in the corporate food system. Restorative agriculture and land stewardship (ya know, how nature made it) is what Carter Country Meats is about.
Full disclosure: This is not a paid advertisement, but a heckler did order this meat. It’ll blow your mind!