Texas Gender Issues - Distrust of The Media

Governor Abbott Directs DFPS To Investigate Gender-Transitioning Procedures As Child Abuse

Governor Greg Abbott today sent a letter to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) directing the agency to conduct prompt and thorough investigations of any reported instances of Texas children being subjected to abusive gender-transitioning procedures. The directive comes after the Office of the Attorney General confirmed that a number of so-called “sex-change” procedures for minors already constitute child abuse under existing Texas law.

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-directs-dfps-to-investigate-gender-transitioning-procedures-as-child-abuse

Letting Children Transition is Child Abuse Says American College of Pediatricians

The College's statement includes such triggering points as:

1. Human sexuality is an objective biological binary trait: “XY” and “XX” are genetic markers of male and female, respectively – not genetic markers of a disorder.

2. No one is born with a gender. Everyone is born with a biological sex. Gender (an awareness and sense of oneself as male or female) is a sociological and psychological concept; not an objective biological one.

3. A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking.

And my favorite:

4. Puberty is not a disease and puberty-blocking hormones can be dangerous.

https://www.louderwithcrowder.com/letting-children-transition-child-abuse-says-college-pediatrics

Hidden Taxes: How Much do You Really Pay?

When politicians debate tax rates they usually focus on federal income taxes. But despite all the attention given to income taxes, they are just a fraction of the total taxes Americans bear. In fact, total personal income taxes represent much less than half (42 percent) of Americans’ tax burden. 1

This paper identifies $657.5 billion in additional “hidden” taxes, or $2,462 in hidden taxes per person.2 These hidden taxes violate a basic principle of taxation — that taxes should be visible to the people who pay them. If people don’t accurately perceive how much government policies cost them, then how can they make informed decisions in our democratic process?

https://www.ipi.org/ipi_issues/detail/hidden-taxes-how-much-do-you-really-pay

New poll shows majority of Canadians think journalists are ‘purposely trying to mislead people’

A majority of Canadians surveyed believe ‘societal leaders’ are misleading them, with seventy-one percent expressing concern over ‘fake news being used as a weapon.’

(LifeSiteNews) – A new poll shows that most Canadians have become increasingly concerned that political leaders and media are “purposely trying to mislead people.”

Recently, the global communications firm Edelman released their 2022 Trust Barometer recording public responses to societal institutions and issues, which shows most Canadians distrust mainstream media.

A majority of Canadians believe ‘societal leaders’ are misleading them, with seventy-one percent expressing concern over “fake news being used as a weapon.”

Regarding news and information, more than half of Canadians distrust traditional media, while from forty-nine to twenty-one percent respectively distrust search engines, owned media, and social media.

The report also asked Canadians if they believe certain groups “are purposely trying to mislead people by saying things they know are false or gross exaggerations.”

Sixty-one percent of Canadians agreed regarding journalists, a jump of twelve percent from 2021. Similarly, business and government leaders are distrusted by sixty and fifty-eight percent of

https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/new-poll-shows-majority-of-canadians-think-journalists-are-purposely-trying-to-mislead-people/