Morning Jolt: Get Ready for the Democratic Retreat on Trans Athletes

On the menu today: Swaths of Los Angeles still look like a postapocalyptic hellscape ...

WITH JIM GERAGHTY March 07 2025 Get Ready for the Democratic Retreat on Trans Athletes On the menu today: Swaths of Los Angeles still look like a postapocalyptic hellscape, so perhaps it's only fitting that the California governor known for his cold stare and slicked-back hair is emulating the shapeshifting abilities of the T-1000 from Terminator 2. (And you thought comparisons of California governors to Terminators would end with Arnold Schwarzenegger!) We all suspected Gavin Newsom wanted to run for president in 2028. But the way he's talking about transgender athletes in women's sports, he might be aiming for the Republican nomination. Look out for that bus, transgender athletes, because Newsom's sudden about-face suggests that Democrats are ready to throw you under it. Gavin Newsom Changes Shape Way back in August 2013 — two years before Donald Trump descended the escalator and announced he was running for president — the state of California enacted a law ... READ MORE  > Conservative principles have never been more important to America’s future.   Become the next person to support NR’s principled journalism by joining NRPLUS today.  BECOME A MEMBER → TOP STORIES    Oprah and Whoopi's Unexcellent Adventure Armond White  > Oregon Lies About Transgender Treatments for Kids Paul Terdal  > Is the Bell Tolling for New York's Congestion Tax? Diana Furchtgott-Roth  > Judge Ali Is a Threat to Democracy  Rich Lowry  > The shape of a skyline, &c. Jay Nordlinger  > ADVERTISEMENT NR PODCASTS: FEATURED EPISODE    How UFC Explains the Trump Vibe Shift FEATURED PHOTO GALLERY    Starship Test Launch 8 ADVERTISEMENT 19 West 44th Street, Ste. 1701, New York, NY, 10036 Your Preferences | Unsubscribe | Privacy View this e-mail in your browser.