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@IWF, @DailySignal, @FDRLST, & @Steamboat_Institute.
Oct 24, 2023 7 tweets 2 min read
HUGE >> A female detransisioner is suing American Academy of Pediatrics (@AmerAcadPeds), alleging civil conspiracy, fraud, and medical malpractice.

This is the first detransitioner lawsuit in the nation to name the AAP. In it, Isabelle Ayala alleges the organization knowingly mislead the public in publishing and disseminating a fraudulent “policy statement” that has been perceived by many as an authoritative guide for the treatment of gender-confused children in the U.S.

Isabelle is also suing are Dr. Jason Rafferty and Dr. Michelle Forcier. Dr. Forcier is among the country’s most prominent figures on “gender affirming hormones and care plans” and attained broader national recognition after being featured in @MattWalshBlog #WhatIsAWoman documentary.
Apr 19, 2023 7 tweets 4 min read
🧵Some news: @IWF's Identity Crisis series has become the latest target of the harassment campaigns being conducted by so called "tolerant" trans activists. Activists harassed and doxxed the names and personal phone numbers of the innocent business owners and employees... ...of the venue where our event was originally scheduled to take place. The threats were so intimidating, the venue had to cancel on us in fear of their safety, leaving @IWF and our women-led partner orgs scrambling for a new location.

(Thankfully, a new venue is secured.)
Nov 30, 2022 16 tweets 4 min read
🧵NEW: A few weeks ago, Prisha Mosley lifted her sweater to show the scars from the “top surgery” she got when she turned 18. All of her breast tissue is gone, her chest is completely flat, hair is still growing and her nipples feel like they're not her own. “I didn’t understand that they were going to be fully cutting them off, resizing them and reattaching them,” Prisha told @IWF in our latest #IdentityCrisis documentary feature. “I almost lost them. I did lose a little bit of them.”
Oct 6, 2022 16 tweets 4 min read
🧵NEW: BigTech has been censoring our @IWF Identity Crisis video series. Our videos have been slapped with unwarranted community guideline roadblocks every step of the way. They won’t like today’s release either. Meet CAT, a detransitioner from California. Cat began questioning her “gender identity” at five years old. When she asked her parents if she could be a boy, they told her it wasn’t possible. At 13 she came across FTM “transitioners” online. She wanted to do it but worried about being “a five-foot-two man with a vagina.”
Jul 26, 2022 13 tweets 3 min read
For the past 3 months, I've been working on a devastating story about a Chicago mother who lost custody of the daughter she loves. All because she insists that her daughter is a girl. 🧵

After Jeannette Cooper and her ex-husband got divorced in 2015, Cooper got custody of their daughter six days, seven nights a week. The two shared a happy, healthy mother-daughter relationship.
Mar 15, 2022 10 tweets 2 min read
Today for #EqualPayDay, the White House is hosting the US Women's Soccer team, which sued USSF in California federal court, seeking more than $66 million in damages for alleged wage discrimination and discriminatory working conditions. A 🧵on this lawsuit: A federal court in Los Angeles ruled that the Soccer Federation did not engage in unlawful pay discrimination. They found sufficient evidence to allow the players to proceed w/claims of unequal travel, medical support, and other support services...
Oct 25, 2021 4 tweets 3 min read
Numerous Virginia high schools’ libraries included books with pornographic content. @IWV created an ad to raise awareness about this issue—but the ad was REJECTED as too explicit to run during the 11 p.m. hour on TV in Virginia.

WATCH our ad here: toxicschools-video.org As @carrielukas writes, "Why are our schools so much less protective about what high school students, as young as 14, are exposed to than TV stations catering to adults?" @IWF

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Oct 2, 2021 19 tweets 8 min read
A few points about this WaPo hit piece against @IWF. 1. The headline: "Koch-backed group fuels opposition to school mask mandates, leaked letter shows."

The letter was available to anyone who pays $5-$25 to join our membership-based network. But good investigative work, WaPo.😅 2. Let's talk about this gaf (attached). The letter, authored by @HadleyHeath, was written to her *PRESCHOOL.* Yet, in trying to undermine her arguments why "little kids should be forced to wear masks," WaPo cites a study about "school-age children."

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Sep 27, 2021 9 tweets 4 min read
THREAD: Last week, following the debunked “whips” narrative, @DailySignal shared a 2017 video I produced highlighting the important role horses play in securing the border.

Instead of showing the video, Twitter showed some users a warning for "potentially sensitive content." The video, a production I am proud of, has *nothing* that could be misconstrued as "sensitive content." Watch the full video here:
Aug 21, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
The situation in Afghanistan symbolizes everything that’s wrong with Western, victimhood-based feminism. No one who wore pink pussy hats for 4 years and claimed oppression under Trump is marching in the streets this weekend after the leader they supported abandoned Afghan women. Conservatives know what true oppression looks like and don’t waste our time and privilege claiming it here. We know that thousands of Afghan women would do anything to come here, and will speak up when our president cruelly abandons them with no time to plan.
Mar 24, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
THREAD: Gov. Kristi Noem launched a coalition on Monday (notably *after* sending back the girl's sports bill) calling to Defend Title IX. Her office says we to "gather states together to fend off the NCAA’s pressure." This is a huge reason she cites for refusing to sign the bill. But here's the thing: In March, Idaho @GovernorLittle already signed the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act" into law. nytimes.com/2020/04/01/spo…
Sep 11, 2020 8 tweets 2 min read
I will #NeverForget being in middle school on 9/11 and not knowing if my dad who worked in NYC was OK. There were so many children in my Connecticut town whose parents worked in the city that teachers didn't want to tell us what happened—they just told us we were all going home. My dad was one of the lucky ones, but some of my classmates' parents were not. That day changed my life in more ways than I'll ever know, and is the reason I work in politics. I am a child of the 9/11 generation.
Apr 29, 2020 6 tweets 3 min read
The @NLRB "attempted to subpoena all emails and communications between staff members [at @FDRLST] going back years—including about editorial decisions, hiring decisions, and confidential sources during our coverage of the Russia-collusion hoax." @WSJ

wsj.com/articles/how-m… All this because @bdomenech made a JOKE about sending his employees “back to the salt mine” if they tried to unionize. Not one employee or contributor to @FDRLST complained. WE ALL KNEW IT WAS A JOKE. @MattBruenig did too, but he filed a lawsuit anyways.