Prominent transgender medical activists are up in arms over the American Society of Plastic Surgeons’ recommendation that children under 19 not have body parts surgically removed to treat gender confusion. The ASPS left no uncertainty on its position on gender surgery for minors in its February 3 policy statement, which recommends “surgeons delay gender-related breast/chest, genital, and facial surgery until a patient is at least 19 years old.” A group of only seven individuals, who identified themselves as “Concerned members of the ASPS Gender Surgery Task Force,” signed an open letter to the ASPS demanding the organization provide clarifying information about the gender surgery statement, including its authors’ names, how it was developed, and if the board considered the “areas of emerging consensus” being reached by the task force. “Clarification of the process used in developing this position statement is necessary to ensure transparency, accountability, and confidence in ASPS governance,” the letter reads. Signatories of the letter include leaders of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH), a leading force pushing transgender procedures for minors. That includes WPATH president Asa Radix, MD, President-Elect Loren Schechter, MD, and board of directors member Scott Leibowitz, MD, who expected the “Gender Surgery Task Force” to “inform future ASPS statements or policy positions,” according to the letter. “Let’s be clear: this is not a serious response from unbiased plastic surgeons,” Dr. Kurt Miceli, Medical Director at Do No Harm, told The Daily Wire. “This is a malicious attempt by WPATH activists to sow mistrust in ASPS’s meticulous and well-supported position statement on pediatric sex-rejecting procedures.” “Their objections amount to little more than procedural complaints and never grapple with the substance of ASPS’s new position statement. This coordinated pushback should be recognized for what it is: unfounded and politically driven,” Miceli added. The Daily Wire first reviewed the letter after it was obtained by Do No Harm. The ASPS told The Daily Wire the letter is based on a “series of misunderstandings.” “It is important to note that the letter is based on a series of misunderstandings, which ASPS is in the process of clarifying for its members,” the group said. WPATH is an activist medical organization that promotes discredited science that is heavily reliant on medical consensus, rather than scientific evidence. When deciding what would be included in its clinical guidance, WPATH members created consensus among its members by anonymously voting if they agreed or disagreed with proposed clinical recommendation statements, according to its website. The open letter described how a similar process was being used by the “Gender Surgery Task Force” to find areas of “emerging consensus,” noting the task force was “actively working towards a summary intended to inform Board-level deliberation regarding any Society position or policy statement.” Both the Cass Review and the Department of Health and Human Services report on the treatment of gender dysphoria note that pediatric gender medicine guidelines rely heavily on medical consensus amongst like-minded professionals, rather than strong evidence. “Many internationally influential guidelines, including those from WPATH, the Endocrine Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics, have been criticized for substantial methodological shortcomings and inadequately managed conflicts of interest, resulting in recommendations not reliably supported by rigorous evidence,” the HHS report says. “This pattern of circular referencing and mutual endorsement among these guidelines further compromises their credibility and has likely perpetuated a perceived consensus in pediatric gender medicine that belies the actual paucity of high-quality evidence,” the report reads. The ASPS statement cited several comprehensive evidence reviews, including the HHS report, showing a departure from the consensus model adopted by many medical organizations. WPATH did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.

A conservative legal firm is asking the federal government to reveal the truth about the creation of a race-focused organ transplant policy developed by the Biden administration.  America First Legal sued the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services earlier this month seeking information on the creation of the model that requires organizations that oversee the transplant process to prioritize “equity.” The suit says that the departments have not complied with Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests seeking documents on the model’s creation.  “Biden officials embedded race into organ transplant policy and rebranded discrimination as ‘equity.’ This FOIA lawsuit seeks to expose the outside influence behind the IOTA Model, including the communications and meetings that shaped this program,” said America First Legal lawyer Megan Redshaw. The policy in question is the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) model, which took effect in July 2025 after being implemented in the waning days of Joe Biden’s presidency. The model is set to be in place for six years. The rule says that the federal government wanted to increase “equity in kidney transplantation by creating performance-based incentive payments for participating kidney transplant hospitals tied to” kidney transplant access. Citing Biden’s executive order on embedding “racial equity” policies in the federal government, organ procurement organizations are required to submit health equity plans “to address health outcome disparities.” Organ procurement organizations are federally designated non-profits that oversee the organ transplant process.  The goal of the model was to address “health equity problems” through “financial incentives that reward IOTA participants that improve their kidney organ offer acceptance rate ratios over time and hold them financially accountable for not doing so.” In August 2025, America First Legal requested documentation from HHS and CMS on whether any organ procurement organizations were involved in the creation of the model. Two organizations mentioned in the lawsuit were the United Network for Organ Sharing and the Association of Organ Procurement Organizations. The Association of Organ Procurement Organizations said it had no comment on the litigation and that it was not involved in the creation of the model.  The association told The Daily Wire that it “was not involved in CMS’s development of the IOTA Model. Like many stakeholders, AOPO has participated in formal public comment opportunities on proposed federal policies affecting organ donation and transplantation.” The request to HHS was submitted on August 18, 2025, and the request to CMS was submitted the same day. America First Legal’s suit says that it has received no records or any communication from HHS or CMS apart from an initial acknowledgment the day the request was submitted.  “The American people have a right to know who helped design that agenda, who pushed it, and what role outside stakeholders played in shaping policy that governs life-and-death decisions,” said Redshaw.  HHS told The Daily Wire that it does not comment on pending litigation. 

The Department of Homeland Security will experience a lapse in funding starting at midnight, which will have the most impact on agencies under the DHS umbrella, such as TSA, FEMA, and the Coast Guard – and it may have a slight impact on American travelers. Former New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who currently serves as the president and CEO of Airlines for America, told The Daily Wire that he believes this shutdown will not have as drastic of an impact on air travel as the one in the fall, as air traffic controllers are already funded as part of the rest of the government spending package already approved earlier this month. “This one’s very different than the first. First, air traffic controllers are paid. They’ve been funded through the first appropriations bill a couple of weeks ago. That was the big linchpin concern for us in the first one,” Sununu said, noting how the system had to “slow” down for safety reasons due to a high number of callouts during the 43-day shutdown last year, saying this now mostly centers on TSA and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “No one’s going to get an empty paycheck or anything like that, at least until maybe a half paycheck at the end of the month, empty paycheck into March, because the conversations are actually happening between Democrats and the White House, that really wasn’t happening back in October,” he noted, saying that he’s “very optimistic that they are going to work this thing out.” For those traveling, he recommends that people “keep an eye” on their upcoming flight plans, especially with Presidents Day on Monday. “So give yourself a little extra time because it is a holiday week, but right now we don’t anticipate any significant delays,” Sununu said. “And if there are, the good news is the technology’s there and the public information is there so folks can be given a heads up if they need to give themselves a little more time.” The former governor did encourage Congress to “find the middle ground” and “stop holding the American people hostage over political disputes,” noting proposed legislation floating that would keep TSA agents and air traffic controllers paid through shutdowns to minimize disruptions for Americans. Although the department’s shutdown has centered on a push for federal immigration enforcement reforms, much of the funding needed for ICE’s deportation efforts was already secured through the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” signed by President Donald Trump in July. Congress is scheduled to be on recess for the next week as negotiations have moved at a fairly slow pace on Capitol Hill to figure out funding for DHS before the continuing resolution expires on Friday. Democrats have put forth a list of demands for federal immigration enforcement reforms, and the White House has made a counterproposal with few known public details yet. Meanwhile, some lawmakers of both political parties have flown off to the Munich Security Conference in Germany, although fewer House members were able to go, given that an official taxpayer-funded congressional delegation is unable to occur with the shutdown, according to Politico. “That’s a little frustrating in itself,” Sununu said. “I mean, look, as a former governor … there are times you can’t find that middle ground in time, and this is one of them, but you don’t leave the city. You don’t leave the country.” “You can go into your own corners and kind of maybe take a breath, but I don’t know about this whole everyone running off to Europe thing,” he added, saying that he hopes they will find a compromise on DHS funding when they return.

Americans may not be in love with everything President Trump is doing, but they really hate the radicalism of Democrats. According to CNN, among voters who say the Democrats are now too liberal, the percentage rose from 42% in 1996 to 48% in 2013 to 58% in 2025. Democrats continue to swivel to the Left. It’s truly insane. After Donald Trump shellacked Joe Biden, their decision was, “Perhaps we should move further to the Left.” Bernie Sanders, a career useless person and a leech on the ass of American society for all of his eight decades, has somehow become the ideological thought leader of an entire major party in the United States. This is totally psychotic. Totally crazy. The man has produced nothing of value. He has the political mentality of a seven-year-old. Everything he says is along the lines of the fortune cookie idiocy only found in small children. Yet, somehow, this has gained all sorts of credibility inside the Democratic Party base. According to Axios: Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is feeling emboldened by progressives’ shock victory in a New Jersey special House primary last week — and sizing up his next targets. The senator has endorsed over a dozen progressive House and Senate candidates who are aiming to reshape the Democratic Party.  Asked in a phone interview where else he thinks the left can win upset victories, Sanders pointed to a “Fighting Oligarchy” rally he is doing on Friday with Nida Allam, who is challenging Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.). “That might be another area where progressives can win a strong victory,” he said. Brad Lander, the former New York City comptroller challenging Rep. Dan Goldman (D-N.Y.), also has “a strong chance to win,” Sanders said. All of this is following the victory of leftist Analilia Mejia to succeed now-Gov. Mikie Sherrill in a special New Jersey primary election last week. “Mejia will have to win an April general election to get seated and then another primary in June to keep the seat for another two years, but New Jersey’s Democratic establishment is now beginning to coalesce around her,” Axios stated.  Of course, Democrats have decided to coalesce around her because this is the way it works. Apparently, neither party has the stomach to simply say to its most extreme actors, “No, you don’t get to hang out with us.” Sanders told Axios that she ran on a strong, progressive agenda and will stand up to “oligarchs” while comparing her to Zohran Mamdani. Sanders has also endorsed leftist House candidates in Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Pennsylvania, California, Utah and Montana. He is also backing radical Senate candidates Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan and Graham Platner in Maine, the man who had the SS logo carved into his chest and then had to pretend that’s not what it was. He also endorsed radical leftist Peggy Flanagan in Minnesota, as well as Maine gubernatorial candidate Troy Jackson. The Democratic Party is swiveling out to the Bernie Sanders Left. Let us never forget that Bernie Sanders’ ideas have failed everywhere they’ve ever been tried. They are garbage ideas, trash ideas. His latest trash idea is that he wants a moratorium on data center construction. Okay, cool. Let’s just destroy economic growth in the country. Sounds great. His chosen proteges have already destroyed tens of thousands of jobs across the country. You’ll recall AOC — bartender turned congresswoman turned media sensation because of her “fresh-facedness” — who, when Amazon was thinking of relocating to her district, killed it, thus shoving tens of thousands of jobs out of her own district, a major win for her constituents. And now Sanders wants to destroy data center construction. On MS NOW, he said, “We have not a clue. We are totally unprepared for what is coming. We’ve got to slow this thing down.” What is he talking about? Slowing down AI, because redistributing misery is better than redistributing prosperity. Sanders says that AI is bad because it alienates workers from their labor. The real issue, of course, is that businesses might do well on the stock market and, in general, that’s what he wants to oppose. If Democrats want to choose the “Let’s destroy the economy wing” of the party, good luck to you.

The death of James Van Der Beek from colorectal cancer has proven to be a sobering time for millions of people. Tributes poured in for the actor and beloved husband and father of six. James bravely fought his disease and shared beautiful words of wisdom along the way. His wife, Kimberly, will now raise their children alone, but the financial burden is heavy. Loved ones created a GoFundMe for Jame Van Der Beek’s family, and the generosity from fans, friends, and family is heartwarming. Oscar-winning actress Zoe Saldaña recently pledged ongoing support to Kimberly and the children with a monthly contribution. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Pubity (@pubity) The GoFundMe for James Van Der Beek’s Family Speaks Volumes James Van Der Beek touched the hearts of many people who felt moved to donate to his GoFundMe. According to Pubity, Zoe Saldaña pledged $2,500 a month to help Kimberly and James’ children. “I love the love that has surrounded him. It really shows his character. Good people are always taken too soon,” a follower wrote. “What a big hearted woman,” a fan agreed. “Money fades, humanity doesn’t. Massive respect,” another fan shared. Others felt that James Van Der Beek’s family’s need for a GoFundMe highlighted flaws in the American healthcare system. “This IS a heart warming story but its also incredibly sad. No one deserves to be in financial ruin bc of cancer or any other health challenge and yet we see it happen over and over and over again in the USA. Our health care system is truly despicable,” someone shared. This person agreed and wished Hollywood heavyweights cared about those paying their bills. “It’s a shame actors can’t get consistent benefits from an industry that makes trillions,” a fan commented. This story’s featured image is by Tasia Wells/Getty Images for The Trevor Project

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