By overwhelming margins, Americans don’t want biological men competing in women’s sports. Surveys consistently show at least 60% opposed and just 30% in support at best, even surveys by left-leaning sources like NPR and The Washington Post.
But on Thursday, every Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives voted against a bill to ban transgender females from women’s school sports teams. That includes all 14 Democratic representatives from Illinois. All Republican representatives voted for the ban. The bill is not expected to pass in the Democratically controlled Senate.
This one completely perplexes me. Growth in women’s sports is among the major steps to equality achieved in my lifetime, particularly Title IX, which in 1972 banned discrimination on the basis of sex in any educational program or activity that receives federal funding. It’s all being thrown away. Most of us are all for treating trans people with dignity and respect, but allowing those with X and Y chromosomes to compete against those with two X chromosomes unquestionably will kill women’s sports. I just don’t get why Democrats or anybody else would oppose the ban.
-Mark Glennon
A set of state lawmakers want to extend CPS’ current school closing moratorium to February 1, 2027 – the same year CPS is set to transition to a fully-elected school board. That means schools like Manley High School, with capacity for more than 1,000 students but enrollment of just 78, can’t be closed for anther three years. The school spends $45,000 per student, but just 2.4% of students read at grade level.
Hopefully, all media will get the message, in Illinois, too.
Ted joined Tom Miller of WJPF to talk about Illinois’ highest-in-the-nation property taxes, why lawmakers don’t want to touch the tax’s cost drivers, just how much Illinoisans’ tax burden has grown over the decades, why Gov. Pritzker failed to meet his promise to reform property taxes, and more.
Obviously all the Democrat reps in the house are insane!
Apparently they don’t really believe in women…
Since when do Illinois reps care about what the voters want?
New Zealand’s Strongest Man to Compete in Women’s Powerlifting Contest to Protest Allowing Transgender Biological Men to Compete.
No prerequisites and this guy holds multiple weightlifting records at his weight class. I wonder who will win. Copied from the Gateway Pundit
The Democrats (liberals) are illogical and base all their decisions on emotion. Don’t try to understand Mark. It will just make you crazy because you are rational and logical!
Recently the Canadian Women’s Weightlifting Championships were held. The womens record bench press was 270lbs set by a biological male identifying as a female. At the latest event a record holding male lifter entered the event as a woman because there were no prerequisites. He said he was a woman and wanted to compete. The rules allowed it. So we have this mountain of a man with a large bushy beard competing. His first and only lift was 370lbs beating the trans man record by 100lbs. The man stood up from the bench, one lift only, waved at the crowd… Read more »
Forget it Jake, it’s Clown World
And more from Canada: https://twitter.com/Spriter99880/status/1649320796693704704
And the rest of the world is laughing at us while surpass us in all STEM categories!
Jill Biden, the elderly abuser, recently and proudly gave the award for the Woman of the Year for some organization to a biological man dressed up as a woman. Outrage, none. Anger, none. Repercussions, none. The most pressing and important issue to democrats is that President Trump used Mary Ellen Mahoney’s red crayon in 3rd grade without her permission.
But, but, she’s a doctor…. Hahahahahahaha!
There are doctors and there are physicians. Her doctorate involved using glue sticks.
The only reason teachers get a Masters degree is because they will get a pay raise. They go for a Doctorate for the same reason and the chance to get an administrative job or superintendent job for a bigger payraise. The local school district had a Doctor who was the gym teacher, another a Doctor of Education who taught drivers ed. Both of them were the highest paid in the district just under the district superintendent.
It’s similar to a boyfriend girlfriend situation. Politicians only need you for as long as it takes them to get elected. Then they dump you and go rogue. I am seriously beginning to think that voting is a waste of my time. The lies are off the charts. The politician sitting next to them from another state or county does not vote for them, I do as a member of their district. If I can’t count on them to vote for me they can’t count on me to vote for them. After this fiasco believe me I can’t count on… Read more »
“Lies are off the charts,” you said. That’s what’s most infuriating for me, personally. They do it with no regret whatsoever. Yes, there are some on the right who do it, especially Trump, but it’s so common on the left and the MSM.
I’m really disgusted that he supports Anheiser Busch over the boycotters, his natural constituents.
the lobbying $ is more important to him.
Disgusting and telling.
I’m transitioning to a pensioner.
I’m transitioning to a pauper.
I’m transitioning to an out-of-Cook-County resident.
Don’t stop until you cross the Florida state line.
All women and girls should not compete against men that think they are females—not walking away signals approval and agreement.
Agreed. A mass boycott would solve it.
Lol! I doubt it. Just more lipstick on a pig. Mark, Illinois does not know the difference between positive numbers and negative numbers. And, those who do will try to convince you that negative numbers identify as positive. And if you believe otherwise, you are a maga republican antivaxer who believes in the constitution and bill of rights.
Where are the feminists?
Have we all forgotten about the sacrifices of our grandmothers and great grandmothers who fought for the vote? For equal pay? For equal opportunity for women and girls? For Title IX?
Stand up ladies and those who love women, liberal and right, and reclaim those hard-fought freedoms; they are slipping away … rapidly.
Our daughters and granddaughters will judge our actions – let’s make them proud!
While I’m not surprised, what will surprise me is the biological women that continue to support Democrats after this. Like everything else the Democrats supposedly support, their support for women is a farce.
Mark why does this perplex you? Biden was elected as the great conciliator but has done everything but since. Clearly his marching orders are to push as hard as possible with the “progressive” agenda which includes gender fluidity even for minors. It is said that history repeats itself and judging by the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah and later the Roman empire, the USA is sadly cueing up to follow.
Sodom and Gomorrah are mere suburbs to Chicago & the other big blue cities…
People say “abortion” is a losing issue. “Republicans need to moderate on abortion”. Yet, here we are, with nearly every Democrat in congress voting in favor of an *extremely* unpopular position, and it doesn’t affect them politically at all.
I’ve noticed that everybody who’s for abortion has already been born.
Debtsor, this is a very important issue but I have a very different take than you. Today’s left has leeway to do extremist things like this exactly because their positions on abortion (and on Trump) have such strong, overriding popularity. I am not implying what anybody’s position should be on abortion because I think that’s a personal matter. I’m just making a political observation. I think it’s a very scary situation. Americans may frame their choice as being between (a) Trump and abortion bans, or (b) today’s far left, and I fear they will take (b) which, in my view,… Read more »
Mark-I’ve said this before. There is no talk from either side for abstinence or virginity and using protection to “Avoid” pregnancy and also STD’s which is rampant in today’s society. Avoiding pregnancy eliminates the need for an abortion. Plain and simple.
Yes, that can’t be said often enough, with birth control now being so easily available.
They teach these things. But promiscuous communities have built their identities around the relentless pursuit of self-pleasure, and things like pregnancy, ghey bowel syndrome, herps, HIV, hpv causes oral/rectal/vaginal cancer, are merely things one has to just deal with as a side effect of promiscuity and degeneracy. Civilizations have known these things for thousands of years which is why every civilization has frowned on degeneracy, and believe degeneracy is morally wrong because of the bad outcomes associated with those behaviors. But our modern left believes that science has overcome these moral objections based upon bad outcomes, so it’s all OK… Read more »
One of my close friends… pregnant, married, mother of one other child. Fetus was diagnosed at 12 weeks with a *missing piece of the brain rendering the child incapacitated for life. I reiterate Missing Piece of the Brain. the child would be a vegetable with a short lifespan, requiring 24/7 care surely bankrupting the family and other horrible illnesses. In this new world, she would be forced to carry that child to term. That’s the danger of this new world. It is not allll these women not “keeping their legs closed” …. consider the impacts of this mentality of banning.
WRONG!!!!!! Every state’s no abortion law allows for abortion due to fetal abnormalities. WHY DO YOU SPREAD LIES??
Even FL’s new 6 week law allows for abortions of fetal abnormalities.
Moloch worshipers resort to lies, misinformation and untruths to scare people.
Pathetic.
Actually you are incorrect. It’s for “fatal” fetal abnormalities. This abnormality is not fatal but a recipe for a horrible life for all involved. Why are you yelling this is just a discussion, you are not doing a service for healthy debate.
Based on what you describe, a vegetable-state baby missing part of its brain, with a short life span, requiring life saving medical care outside of the womb… most doctors would sign off on the abortion for your described medical condition.
Again, you’re resorting to lies and misinformation to scare people. Pathetic.
“The bill defines “fatal fetal abnormality” as a terminal condition that, in reasonable medical judgement, regardless of the provision of life-saving medical treatment, is incompatible with life outside the womb and will result in death upon birth or imminently thereafter.”
https://www.flsenate.gov/Committees/BillSummaries/2022/html/2725
It’s possible, but, blue states’ abortion-up-until-moment-of-birth is as equally as unpopular as Republican’s restrictions on abortion. Polls show most Americans favor stricter rules on abortion than laxer, Moloch worshiper rules on abortion. Republicans won the popular vote in 2022 by 3,000,00 votes when abortion was on-the-ballot. Back crazy blue California out of the national results so you have 49 states only (b/c crazy skews otherwise consistent national results) and Republicans won by 5,000,000 nationally because 6 million CA residents voted blue. FL just signed a six week abortion bill and GA did something similar. These bills are wildly popular with… Read more »
Those are all very good points.
It’s always difficult predicting political futures! But we can try! I’m more often wrong that right, and many times, the reading the tea leaves is no more accurate than hieromancy or political gut feelings. I personally feel like JB has zero chance at becoming president but others seem really concerned that he might be the nominee this decade. I’m actually a little concerned I might be wrong.
Just be sure to distinguish the general election from the Dem primary. Dem primary voters are far left. Pritzker has positioned himself to be exactly what they want — an unapologetic, energetic proponent of radical progressivism. And they have no good alternatives.
The GOP’s stance on abortion and their devotion to Trump is now costing them money from Peter Thiel. DeSantis’ stance on abortion has reportedly cost him money from Ken Griffin. Your assessment is dead on Mark. The money is also saying that.
I’m sure the GOP doesn’t want that money anyway.
Yes, let’s all be like Rauner and cave on abortion. That’ll win over people in Red States.
Sorry, I meant, conservatives caving on abortion will win over voters in Blue States. Just like Rauner did.
Totally agree Mark. Not right for male borne children to compete against women. Very clear.
Not to the Lunatic Left. They do not see it clearly at all.
Men should be banned from women’s sports. The Democrats seem bent on ignoring the Bible or facts. I switched to the Republican Party after being a Democrat my whole life. Our state needs God desperately and so does our nation.
Amen to that…!
They seem bent on ignoring biology and reality.
Since when have Democrats given a hoot about what the citizen wants?
Democrats are a cult in every way.
Yes ,they are a cult and they have brainwashed many into it.
A cult or a very bad habit.
I was raised by and with Chicago Democrats who became suburban Democrats who eventually became Conservatives who are shaking their heads. Hopefully those ‘converts’ will find their way to the ballot box.
Illinois is spiraling out of control as is the federal government. Downright frightening!
There is a saying I think is attributed to Churchill, ” when you are young if you are not a liberal , you have no heart, when you are old , if you are not a conservative , you have no brain!”.
Transgenderism is a mental disorder. If you don’t think so, this is directly from the Mayo Clinic website: “A diagnosis for gender dysphoria (a feeling of distress that can happen when a person’s gender identity differs from their sex assigned at birth) is included in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (my highlight) (DSM-5), a manual published by the American Psychiatric Association.” Why isn’t the medical/psychiatric community standing up and telling the truth loudly? What happened to “Do no harm?” People suffering from these disorders need care, not affirmation that their disorders are normal. Our medical professionals are… Read more »
That’s the dirty little secret how they get it covered by health insurance…Because if transgenderism was normal and healthy, insurance companies couldn’t be forced to pay for it.
So much for “it’s what the voters want”. Where have we heard that before?
After all the hurdles women have had to overcome they once again get told to sit at the back of the bus, behind men. I’d much rather park my car in Riley Gaines garage than find out “Lia” Thomas also has a car like I do. And I don’t want him to spit-shine my car, thank you very much.
Mark my words…
In the very near future, you will see a major “women’s” NCAA basketball team recruit trans players to dominate their conference & win a national championship…
Other programs will be forced to do the same in order to compete…
Thus erasing women’s sports entirely…
With the liberal progressive women cheering it on…
My question tho is this…
Why does it seem that the loudest voices against this are male…???
The movement has used cancellation and phobia and bigotry accusations as weapons. Standing up to this evil isn’t hard, it just takes a bit of courage to confront and dismiss the false, selective outrage. The mob always moves on to something or someone else. We all must find that ounce of courage to stand up to this, men and women. Don’t let up, don’t give up.
And where are all the “Womens Rights ” organizations ?
Exactly…!
It seems to be mostly men sounding the alarm…
Just like its mostly whites that are concerned about the black genocide happening in our inner cities…
It truly boggles my mind that progressive liberal women are ok with this…
In public, liberal moms may be reluctant to speak up. In the voting booth however, it’s a different story.
When Dem politicians voted, they voted 100% for the trans because they were on the record, yet I’m confident several of them secretly hated the idea of the girls/women in their lives having to compete with boys/men. Remember, the left is less tolerant than the right of opposing opinions.
Cowardice is no excuse…
It is however the calling card of the left…
Cowards!!!
They must be fearful of the retribution from the progressive left. Or they are evil. What else could it be? Do none of them have daughters? Imagine sitting in the stands, watching as your teenage female sprinter is smoked by a teenage male in the 100m dash. She finishes a distant second. She must accept a second place medal. She’s crying while a male has the first place medal draped around his neck. How do you feel, Democrat? Are you proud of your trans ideology? Can you ease your daughter’s pain by telling her that life’s not fair? That there… Read more »
The example you give isn’t even the worse of it. Some sports may result with biological females in actual physical danger. When boys compete with girls, sometimes the boys can sense that the competition is unfair and will hold back, however if a boy somehow views himself as one of the girls, he will see no reason to hold back in the competition.
The World Athletics Federation, led by Sebastian Coe, has just ruled that those who have gone through male puberty are ineligible to compete in male events. The left is howling, but we won’t see situations where the first three placers in the women’s 800m are XY chromosome athletes, as happened in 2016 in Rio. Coe was perhaps the greatest middle distance runner ever, always a tough choice with the prevalence of performance enhancing drugs. He was injured and inconsistent in the run-up to the 84 Olympic Games, where he was attempting to become a back to back winner in the… Read more »
Dems are handing GOP a huge gift. GOP has opportunity to gain female voters without losing male voters. Let’s see if GOP candidates are smart enough to take advantage and go on offense.
Almost too good to be true. I may be wrong, but I’m starting to feel a change in the political wind. Dems leaders are increasingly going beyond where the moderates are comfortable. This issue is going to have suburban voters with daughters wondering if the Dems have a grasp of reality.
There’s no change. If there was, every Democrat wouldn’t have voted for it.
But are there? Will there be any political fallout from an issue like this? Does this issue override suburban Karens’ love for abortion? Or does she actually agree with the Democrats?
Can’t wait to see some transgender arm wrestling against women. Some transgender the size of Hulk Hogan arm wrestling Nancy Pelosi would be good to see. Deep down I think most people in Congress are demon possessed. Jesus tossed out many demons according to scripture and many are still possessed in today’s world. It’s hard to fathom what’s going on in the world today.
We are living in very dark times. Demons will keep coming at us. The gaslighting will continue. I saw a clip with Ms. Pelosi. She was quoting scripture regarding children. I thought to myself this person is demonic. Claiming to be a God follower, but really having her own gods. Many people we thought had our conviction do not. We need to be so careful who we lift to these elected positions. Keep the faith