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‘Renderings of stable, biological, binary sex don’t make sense under close scrutiny,’ professor writes University of Pennsylvania Professor Beans Velocci published a book this year claiming “sex isn’t real” and the gender “binary” is “incoherent.” Velocci is an assistant professor in history and the sociology of science who claims to be nonbinary and transgender. Source

ANALYSIS: At least one student plead guilty to theft The University of Oklahoma released a police report documenting at least one theft of Turning Point USA signs months after telling The College Fix that “no responsive records” existed. The exclusive documents came after The Fix submitted a second identical records request with the university following information provided by a campus… Source

The Trump administration may slap a $100,000 fee on international students if they seek to work in the U.S. after they graduate, according to a recent report in The Wall Street Journal. The fee would be attached to the Optional Practical Training, “which allows international university graduates to work for one to three years on their student visas,” the Journal reported. “The move… Source

The White House claims the murder rate is down 18% in the U.S. “under Trump.” The problem with this number is that it doesn’t measure the entire United States and it doesn’t really measure Trump’s tenure. The figure comes from the Council on Criminal Justice, which compared preliminary police data from 30 large cities during the first half of 2026 with the same period in 2025. Across those cities, the average homicide rate fell 18%, representing 215 fewer killings. That is excellent news. But Trump took office on January 20, 2025, meaning almost the entire period used as the baseline was also “under Trump.” The comparison is essentially Trump’s second year against Trump’s first, not Trump against Biden. It’s also a sample of cities, not the FBI’s final nationwide count. The researchers explicitly warn that their preliminary findings may be revised and aren’t evidence that any particular policy or politician caused the decline. The broader context matters, too. Multiple datasets indicate that murders began falling before Trump returned to office, although changes in FBI reporting and gaps in local data make exact year-to-year comparisons complicated. The Council’s own report relies on preliminary figures from a changing sample of cities and makes a special adjustment for problems with Los Angeles’s data. Trump can accurately say the decline has continued during his presidency but neither this study nor the available data establish that his policies caused it. What could be causing it? There are likely many reasons, but I’m hesitant to give politicians credit for trends they can’t convincingly explain. The post The Murder Rate Is Down. Who Gets the Credit? appeared first on Redacted.

Another day, another study about the dangers of GLP-1 weight loss drugs. A new study shows that people who use these injectable weight loss drugs are more likely to lose their sense of taste and smell. Over 800,000 patients were studied for up to two years after they started taking the drugs and researchers found that they had “a higher risk of new smell and taste disturbances.” Which may mean that it doesn’t come back. Why does this matter? Because taste and smell aren’t frivolous extras. They influence nutrition, memory and quality of life. They also warn us about smoke, gas leaks and spoiled food. Changes in how food tastes may also be part of how these drugs suppress appetite, which raises an uncomfortable question: Where does the therapeutic effect end and the side effect begin? The post Something Stinks About Weight-Loss Drugs appeared first on Redacted.

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