News of the week: #ImranAwan to Transgender meltdown
Good morning or whatever time it is for you! It’s been fascinating to follow this #ImranAwan story as it unfolds on social media and to watch the dinosaur media slowly shamed into covering it. Even CNN has relented as President Trump retweeted a story about it several hours ago. The best way to get caught up on this scandal is to simply watch the hashtag #ImranAwan and read my own article about the story from waaaaay back in March.
BREAKING: DNC hackers may be Awan brothers (Not Russian)… https://t.co/57lnkwb0Rm
— News (@irootsorg) March 13, 2017
Here’s how the story is breaking on MSM albeit FOX’s Tucker Carlson. As you watch this, imagine if this was a story about an IT staffer working for the head of the GOP…
5 Good Reasons Why Transgender Accommodations Aren’t Compatible With Military Realities from Daily Signal.
On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced that he was reversing an Obama-era policy that opened the military to people who identify as transgender.
That policy, announced during the last year of President Barack Obama’s second term, was scheduled to go into effect earlier this month, but Secretary of Defense James Mattis announced a six-month delay in its implementation to review whether it was in fact prudent given the nature of the military and its mission…
Unfortunately, 41 percent of people who identify as transgender will attempt suicide at some point in their lives, compared to 4.6 percent of the general population. And people who have had transition surgery are 19 times more likely than average to die by suicide.
People who identify as transgender suffer a host of mental health and social problems—including anxiety, depression, and substance abuse—at higher rates than the general population. Biology isn’t bigotry, and we need a sober and honest assessment of the human costs of getting human nature wrong…
Isn’t it interesting to note that the Apostle Paul, writing in 1 Corinthians (That would be “One Corinthians,” in Trump-speak.), appeals to reason and ‘nature’ when making a point about girly men?
Does not nature itself teach you that if a man wears long hair it is a disgrace for him…? – 1 Corinthians 11:14
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Hillary Clinton has announced the title of her upcoming book, no joke, “What Happened.”
Video of the announcement:
https://t.co/3pQi1OotwS pic.twitter.com/P1QjzQxNKn
— Charlie Spiering (@charliespiering) July 27, 2017
This hashtag isn’t exactly working out so well…
#WhatHappened Tweets