Cross-Examination

• Biden panders to “transgenders”: In the wake of a “transgender”-identifying woman murdering three children and three adults at The Covenant School in Nashville, Joe Biden elected to use the occasion to promulgate the Left’s bogus narrative of so-called transgenders being the “real” victims. Ahead of the now-canceled “Day of Vengeance” — a “transgender” rally in Washington, DC — Biden has proclaimed March 31 as “Transgender Day of Visibility.” He ridiculously asserted, “Transgender Americans shape our Nation’s soul.” He then obtusely claimed: “Today, too many transgender Americans are still denied … rights and freedoms. A wave of discriminatory state laws is targeting transgender youth, terrifying families and hurting kids who are not hurting anyone. An epidemic of violence against transgender women and girls, in particular women and girls of color, has taken lives far too soon.” Talk about a classic case of projection. Who are the ones seeking to give men access to female places? Who are the ones demanding pronouns be changed? Who are the ones advocating the medical and mental abuse of children? Who are the ones calling for scientific reality to be ignored in favor of a sexually deviant identity? Who are the ones calling for parental rights to be eliminated? Biden has officially beclowned himself.

• Trans insurrections in Kentucky, Tennessee: In actions that demonstrate the above reality, activists stormed both Kentucky and Tennessee state houses on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. In both cases, these trans insurrectionists sought to interfere with normal operations of democratically elected governments that were seeking to pass legislation aimed at protecting children from abusive medical procedures. These activists demand the freedom to groom and mutilate children in order to further their immoral and bankrupt ideology. And in Kentucky, they even featured their own “shaman” dressed in satanic horns.

• Senate ditches COVID emergency: In bipartisan fashion, the Senate voted to officially end the federal government’s COVID national emergency. The vote should have been unanimous given the fact that it has been three years since the pandemic first hit the U.S., but lawmakers voted 69-23 in favor of the Republican-initiated measure. Unsurprisingly, the only ones to vote against it were Democrats. The White House was also opposed to ending the COVID emergency powers due to the fact that it effectively pulls back on some of Joe Biden’s executive powers. However, Biden has indicated he will sign the legislation, recognizing that a veto would likely be overridden and it would be politically damaging to Democrats, as the vast majority of Americans have long recognized that the COVID pandemic is over.

• Pandemic Medicaid rollback: The temporary expansion of Medicaid during the COVID pandemic expires today. In 2020, Congress expanded the government’s medical insurance program to automatically enroll individuals in Medicaid even if they no longer met the program’s requirements. Now, some 15 million individuals may find themselves off the Medicaid program. Of course, they will only be dropped if they fail to meet the program’s requirements. Leftmedia outlets will moan that not keeping people on the government dole leaves people in dire straits. Of course, this means that people will have to be proactive and figure out where they can qualify for medical insurance coverage. There is ObamaCare, after all.

• House GOP passes energy bill: On Thursday, the House passed HR 1, or the Lower Energy Costs Act, so named to indicate its importance to Republicans. The legislation is an energy bill that seeks to expand America’s energy industry in fossil fuel production and mining, as well as speed up the approval process for infrastructure projects. Moreover, it rolls back some of Joe Biden’s climate change legislation. As Representative Steve Scalise (R-LA), the bill’s sponsor, explained: “This is a bill focused on helping those families who’ve been struggling, who’ve been saying for the last two years, is anybody in Washington looking out for the families who are living paycheck-to-paycheck, who cannot make ends meet, who are sick and tired of runaway inflation and higher costs? And the answer is yes, House Republicans are here with an answer to this problem.” Naturally, the Democrat-controlled Senate has already indicated the legislation is DOA.

• Seattle fentanyl detectors: Drug abuse has become such a problem in Seattle that the city has begun installing fentanyl detectors in its public transportation buses due to the fact that too frequently its drivers have become sickened by exposure to fentanyl fumes. Part of the action behind these detectors, which are being installed in 50 buses, is connected to a study being done by the University of Washington in order to “better understand drugs that are being smoked on the buses and trains.” Due to the Democrat-run city’s soft-on-crime polices, open air drug use has become a much more common problem, to the point where the public is increasingly exposed to this dangerous social blight.

Headlines

• Trump indicted after Manhattan DA probe for hush money payments (Fox News)

• Ron DeSantis says he will refuse any extradition request after Trump indictment (Fox News)

• McCarthy, GOP tear into Manhattan DA following Trump indictment (Daily Signal)

• “Trans Day of Vengeance” rally in DC canceled over “credible threat to life” after Nashville school shooting (NY Post)

• Trans protesters took over the Kentucky Capitol Wednesday (Not the Bee)

• Protesters flood into Tennessee Capitol chanting “gun control now” (Breitbart)

• CBS News bans reporters from using the word “transgender” to describe transgender Nashville shooter (RedState)

• Rand Paul blocks Josh Hawley’s bid to ban TikTok in GOP split (Washington Post)

• More than 1,100 pages of Biden docs found at think tank (Daily Wire)

• Ilhan Omar hit with ethics complaint over alleged abuse of government resources (Fox News)

• John Fetterman’s hospital stay got extended again (Townhall)

• GDP grew at 2.6% rate in fourth quarter of 2022 despite pressure from rising rates (Washington Examiner)

• China and Brazil agree to ditch U.S. dollar for trade (PM)

• China threatens to retaliate if McCarthy meets Taiwan leader (AP)

• DC attorney failed to prosecute 67% of crimes in 2022 (Townhall)

• Prescriptions for ADHD drugs spiked during the pandemic, CDC report finds (NBC News)

• Policy: When it comes to Communist China’s grip on U.S. institutions, TikTok is only the beginning (The Federalist)

• Satire: Biden relieved after learning the president being indicted for shady financial dealings is just Trump (Babylon Bee)

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