Whistleblower Pulls Back Curtain on Transgender ‘Treatments’ for Minors

Plus: 5 Key Questions in Senate Panel's Hearing on Chinese Spy Balloon

February 10 2023   Happy Friday from Washington, where senators yesterday questioned Pentagon officials about how the military responded to that Chinese spy balloon. Samantha Aschieris has highlights. The need to outlaw "gender-affirming care" for kids is dramatized by one whistleblower's description of drugging children, Katrina Trinko writes. On the podcast, Virginia Allen interviews a former Border Patrol chief about the power of the drug cartels. Plus: China outpaces America in missile launchers; the need for Congress to reclaim war powers; and Airbnb discriminates based on politics. On this date in 1962, the Soviet Union releases  American spy plane pilot Gary Powers in exchange for a senior KGB spy caught in the U.S. five years earlier.      COMMENTARY Whistleblower Pulls Back Curtain on Transgender 'Treatments' for Minors By Katrina Trinko How did we let our children get manipulated and mutilated like this? A whistleblower's harrowing story of drugging minors makes the case for laws banning transgender "treatments." More NEWS 5 Key Questions in Senate Panel's Hearing on Chinese Spy Balloon By Samantha Aschieris "If you had the opportunity to shoot the Chinese spy balloon down either over the remote mountains of Alaska or over water near Alaska, why didn't you?" Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D., asks a witness. More COMMENTARY China Surpasses US in Nuclear Missile Launchers; US Unprepared to Deter Growing Threat By Patty-Jane Geller China has built enough missile silos or mobile launch platforms to exceed the 450 missile silos the U.S. has in the Midwest. More COMMENTARY Voting With Their Feet: People Leaving Illinois by Tens of Thousands By EJ Antoni From July 2021 to July 2022, more than 142,000 Illinois residents moved out than newcomers moved in. Only New York state experienced a faster rate of population decline. More ANALYSIS No One Crosses Unlawfully Into America Without Working With Cartels, Former Border Patrol Chief Says By Virginia Allen "They're either directly paying the cartels or the cartels are controlling their movements … to systematically overwhelm Border Patrol [and] then bring the narcotics across," Rodney Scott says. More COMMENTARY Will Congress Finally Take Back Some Power and End Outdated Iraq War Authorizations? By Cully Stimson The two war authorizations remain in force, even though their purposes were accomplished a long time ago. More COMMENTARY Fertility Doctors Using Donor Sperm From Someone Other Than Who the Client Chose By Emma Waters, Illiana Lievanos Fertility fraud, as obscure as the topic may seem, is quite common in the United States. More COMMENTARY Could Airbnb's Ban on This Conservative Filmmaker's Parents Be a Preview of Chinese-Style Social Credit System? By Jarrett Stepman You don't need the government to directly silence people and chill speech. Instead, left-wing institutional power—both public and private—is brought to bear to punish people for what some regard as "wrongthink." More NEWS ICYMI: FBI Rescinds 'Radical-Traditionalist Catholic Ideology' Document Citing Southern Poverty Law Center By Tyler O'Neil In response to a request for comment, the FBI told The Daily Signal today it has rescinded a document on "radical-traditionalist Catholic ideology" that cites the Southern Poverty Law Center. More           Donate to The Daily Signal Find us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter How are we doing? We welcome your comments, suggestions, and story tips. Please reply to this email or send us a note at letters@dailysignal.com. The Daily Signal 214 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Washington, DC 20002 (800) 546-2843     Add morningbell@heritage.org to your address book to ensure that you receive emails from us. You are subscribed to this newsletter as johnmhames1.diogenes--light@blogger.com. If you want to receive other Heritage Foundation newsletters, or opt out of this newsletter, please click here to update your subscription.

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