Identity Crisis:

Mother and Daughter Expose Medical Industry's Transgender Lies

Carrie Abernathy was told she’d lose her daughter if she didn’t affirm. Claire was just 14 years old when she underwent a double mastectomy. Together, they’re exposing the real cost of medical transition.

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Economy

Law and Order Is Returning to Federal Student Loans

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Culture

New “Identity Crisis” Documentary: Mother and Daughter Expose Medical Industry’s Transgender Manipulation And Lies

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Health

How Community Health Workers Can Ease Healthcare Burdens

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Education

After Hearing From Independent Women, Meta Oversight Board Moves To Protect Free Speech and Biological Truth

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Education

Independent Women Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order To Restore School Discipline Policies; States Must Follow Suit

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Economy

Trump Squashed an AOC-Bernie-Style Millionaire Tax Hike

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Energy

China Hits U.S. with Rare Earth Export Restrictions

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Politics

Books Reveal Just How Bad Biden’s Decline Was Behind Closed Doors

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Takeaways

"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." - Aldous Huxley

Administrative State

Truth.

  • Millions of bureaucrats exercise important political powers while never having to run for election, and voters can only wield democratic accountability over them through presidential elections every four years.
  • On average, the federal bureaucracy’s dismissal process takes 170 to 370 days, and most years, less than 0.2% of the federal bureaucracy is let go from their positions.
  • Since managers cannot easily terminate federal employees for failing to deliver on work targets, the work-from-home arrangement adopted by many agencies during the COVID-19 pandemic further insulates employees from accountability.

By: Inez Feltscher Stepman

National Defense

Truth.

Masculine Characteristics Are Essential to Battlefield Success and National Security
  • In the military, lethality—the capability and capacity to destroy—determines the likelihood of success.
  • The link between men, masculinity, and combat effectiveness, particularly in terms of aggression and lethality, is not just a historical observation but a psychological and physiological one.
  • Controlled aggression is an essential trait for battlefield success, with psychological studies of combat performance demonstrating that when aggression is properly channeled, it enhances a soldier’s ability to engage decisively with the enemy. This trait, often more pronounced in men, provides a strategic advantage crucial for mission success in hostile environments.

By: Meaghan Mobbs

Wage Gap

Truth.

Women and Men Take on Different Roles in Their Families.
  • There’s almost no pay gap for single childless women, but the wage gap begins to widen around age 25, likely due to choices about family roles.
  • Fewer mothers than fathers say they would rather work full time than part time.
  • Overwhelmingly, men work in the most dangerous jobs and those jobs generally pay higher wages.

By: Patrice Onwuka

Innovation

Truth.

Boundless Opportunities Require Innovative, Adaptive Public Policies

    • President Donald Trump released an executive order on January 23, 2025, calling for the creation of AI systems without ideological bias and engineered social agendas.
    • Traditional AI, utilized by Alexa and Google’s search algorithm, conducts specific tasks intelligently without creating anything new.
    • Within ten years, AI has the potential to boost the standard of living for many people and increase gross domestic product (GDP) globally by 7%.

By: Carrie Sheffield

Culture

Truth.

Education freedom is necessary

    • Though the U.S. public education system spends nearly $19,000 on each student, 77% of students graduate without proficiency, as averaged across academic subjects. 
    • On a global scale, 15-year-old students in the U.S. placed 9th in reading, 16th in science, and 34th in math.
    • Teachers unions leverage their political power to maintain the public school monopoly, working to prevent the advancement of school choice. In exchange for campaign funding, teachers unions are rewarded political power. 

By: Dr. Keri D. Ingraham

America’s Broken Immigration System

Collateral Damage

The effects of bad border policies ripple through every community. Americans shouldn’t have to bear the burden of this crisis. It’s time for secure borders, legal immigration, and a nation that puts its citizens first. This isn’t about politics—it’s about people.

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Policy Focus

Policy Focus: The Role of Masculinity in Military Effectiveness and Lethality

Meaghan Mobbs | March 12, 2025

Policy Focus: Artificial Intelligence

Carrie Sheffield | February 5, 2025

Policy Focus: School Choice in the States

Dr. Keri D. Ingraham | January 6, 2025

Policy Focus: Restoring and Expanding Tax Reforms to Empower Women and Families

Carrie Sheffield | December 4, 2024

Policy Focus: An American Caregiver Program

Carrie Lukas & Heather Madden | October 15, 2024

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Real Stories About Escaping Gender Ideology

Identity Crisis

With the dramatic rise in youth identifying as transgender, the number of those seeking medical “treatments” has surged. As a one-sided echo chamber pushes an “affirmation-only” model — promoting “preferred” names and pronouns, experimental drugs, and medically invasive surgeries — American children are being left with irreversible damage to their otherwise healthy bodies.

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