The chancellor of a top California medical college refused to acknowledge that biological males cannot give birth to babies, when questioned at House Congressional hearing on Tuesday.In a House hearing on DEI in medical schools, Representative Mary Miller (R-IL) and others pressed University of California chancellors on transgender ideology and other such DEI themes.One of these, UC San Francisco (UCSF) Chancellor Sam Hawgood avoided direct answers to many of Rep. Miller’s questions, including when he was asked if a non-biological woman had ever had a baby. To that question he responded, “A transgender person can.” When asked again, Hawgood responded “I would reiterate, we take care of transgender patients.”Hawgood’s comment that “the vast majorities of pregnancies are in women” prompted Rep. Miller’s question.UCSF certainly does tend to transgender patients; its website advertises many different transgender surgeries performed by the medical staff at the college as part of its “Gender affirming Health Program.” According to its website, the program “adheres to the guidelines for surgical assessment as described in the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) Standards of care.” WPATH is currently being sued by the State of Florida for unfair trade practices and racketeering, according to reporting by CNSNews.UCSF received a total of more than $800 million from the National Institutes of health last year, according to a UCSF article. It is unclear to what extent this went to supporting the surgeries.Miller also asked Hawgood about the university’s policy to use the gender a child self-identifies as, even when it conflicts with the child’s parents’ wishes:“Say a seven-year-old boy comes into your doctor's office and reveals he believes he's a girl. Is UCSF advising physicians to explicitly violate parents’ moral values and have the doctors address this boy as a girl?”In answering, Hawgood avoids a direct answer, stating instead that “the programs are consistent with federal and state law” and that “we undertake comprehensive psychological mental health evaluations and work with the parents on these issues.”In one instance, Chancellor Hawgood does give a direct answer, this time to a question leveled by Representative Robert Onder (R-MO) after an exchange about UCFS’s transgender medical program. Hawgood denied that UCSF provides transgender surgery to children, though when Onder asked, “your transgender clinic does continue to give puberty blockers and wrong sex hormones to children?” Hawgood responded simply with “correct.”Rep. Mary Miller: "Can someone have a uterus but not be a woman?" ... "Just say yes or no."UCLA med school dean: [buffering]Miller: "And you do teach biology?"Dean: "Yes, we do." pic.twitter.com/rrCtg31Pun— Sean Hannity

As if we needed to hear about any more pop stars and their self-righteous opinions, celebrity magazines are showering Olivia Rodrigo with golf claps for getting “revenge” against President Donald Trump’s so-called “barbaric” ways. How? By funding Planned Parenthood’s barbaric practice of butchering pre-born babies with the proceeds she makes butchering our ears. Olivia Rodrigo vows to donate concert sales money to fund abortions to stick it to Trump, and the leftist media are cheering her on.Video by @Justine_Brooke pic.twitter.com/QQc7EwEM36— MRC Video (@mrcvideo) July 10, 2026Trump chose Independence Day, 2025, to sign a bill that liberates American taxpayers from being forced to fund major abortion businesses. Both Rodrigo’s 20 something year old groupies and the adult teenagers of our “journalist” class truly believe she’s somehow achieving anything other than eliminating potential concert goers who do not wish to be complicit in the taking of a human life. (Although, a majority of her fan base already seems to consist of 4th wave feminists who think that’s empowering.)“It’s always the pop girlies [who] save this country,” one fan gushed… Just not the babies.But the so-called “my body, my choice” crowd misses the entire point of Trump’s legislation: Americans now have the CHOICE whether or not they want to fund activist abortionists. Rodrigo’s political stunt will not reverse that. 

Pacifica Radio is a small network of radical-left “public” radio stations that were annually funded in part by taxpayers of all ideologies. This week, a clip from their signature daily talk show Democracy Now featured trans actor Elliot Page (former name: Ellen Page) gushing over a documentary on the gender “diversity” of the animal kingdom.The film is titled Second Nature, inspired by “trans evolutionary biologist Dr. Joan Roughgarden and her groundbreaking book, Evolution’s Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People.”Page narrates over the documentary in her chemically lowered voice. She told Pacifica host Amy Goodman “I got involved because I was so — just I was so moved by it and found it so affirming as a trans and queer person. I mean, quite frankly, I felt very silly for not assuming this all to be true already.”The clip that circulated, Page touted Roughgarden’s affirming work on gender-fluid seahorses and the like:Transgender actress Elliot Page claims it’s “ABSURD” that people think animals cannot be queer and LGBTQI+. “Looking at nature as some cis hetero patriarchal structure is absurd. This gender binary that we’ve created is nothing but a quaint little myth.” pic.twitter.com/6BtI3TahDP— Oli London (@OliLondonTV) July 13, 2026 PAGE: One of my favorite lines in this documentary, something she says, in terms of looking at nature as if it’s some sort of cis/heteropatriarchal structure is absurd, and that this, you know, gender binary that we’ve created is nothing but a “quaint little myth.”And I think, you know, her work and this documentary really, really shows that what we have been taught in school in regards to these structures — men being superior, women being inferior, you know, submissive, or what have you, it being this, yes, heterosexual existence — is just completely false.And I think what’s so wonderful about this documentary is it really illustrates, you know, why that information has been so suppressed, and how important it is for us to all learn about this, and how it’s only expansive and, you know, exciting, all of this information.It's a "quaint little myth" that there are boys and there are girls, even if someone wants to think they were "assigned at birth" to the wrong body. Minutes later, she repeats the point about “suppressed” transgender truths:I hope this film, for everyone, but, you know, for queer and trans people right now specifically, could make you feel — one feel less alone in this world and more a part of this world, when we’re told we’re, you know, not natural or something’s wrong with us, or what have you, and to learn about all this information that’s been, you know, purposefully kept from us.Page is absolutely suppressing a truth, but she doesn't see it that way.

New York City has long been celebrated as a city of immigrant neighborhoods. Little Italy, Chinatown, Harlem, Washington Heights, Brighton Beach - these communities tell the story of generations of newcomers who helped build America’s largest city while gradually becoming part of it.That history makes one omission from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s recently released map of immigrant communities particularly striking.Little Italy wasn’t there.Instead, the map highlighted a series of neighborhoods identified as “Little Pakistan,” “Little Senegal,” “Little Yemen” and even “Little Palestine.” City Hall defended the project by saying it was never intended to identify religious enclaves but rather neighborhoods with substantial foreign-born populations from around the world.That explanation raises an obvious question: If the goal was to recognize immigrant communities, how does one leave out perhaps the most iconic immigrant neighborhood in New York City?Little Italy is more than a tourist destination. It represents one of the defining chapters in the city’s history - a reminder of the millions of Italian immigrants who arrived in America, endured discrimination, built businesses and eventually became woven into the fabric of American life. Omitting it while highlighting far newer and, in some cases, unofficial neighborhood designations sends a message, whether intended or not, about which immigrant stories deserve recognition.The omission also fits a broader pattern.During the protests of 2020, Mamdani posted a photograph of himself making an obscene gesture toward a statue of Christopher Columbus, accompanied by the caption, “Take it down.” Columbus has become a lightning rod in America’s culture wars, but for many Italian Americans, his monuments represent more than one historical figure. They symbolize a community that fought for acceptance in a country where Italians were once treated as outsiders.Seen through that lens, leaving Little Italy off the map appears less like an oversight than another step in distancing the city from parts of its own heritage.Questions about Mamdani’s priorities extend beyond symbolism.According to reporting by City Journal, New York City’s Office for International Affairs recently scheduled a meeting between Commissioner Ana Maria Archila and Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations. The meeting was reportedly canceled after intervention from higher authorities, and the State Department reminded city officials that foreign policy is conducted by the federal government, not municipal governments.The same reporting also alleged that staff within the mayor’s international affairs office were instructed to “prioritize diplomatic engagement” with governments viewed as politically aligned with the administration. Among the examples cited were efforts to engage officials connected to Iran and Colombian President Gustavo Petro, as well as participation in conferences hosted by the Party of European Socialists.Whether one agrees with those priorities or not, they raise legitimate questions about the role a city government should play on the international stage. New York has every reason to maintain relationships with foreign governments and international institutions, particularly as host to the United Nations. But conducting diplomacy based primarily on ideological affinity rather than municipal interests risks blurring the line between city governance and foreign policy.Supporters dismiss these concerns by arguing that a mayor’s authority is limited. They contend that campaign rhetoric often exceeds what any municipal executive can realistically accomplish.History, however, offers plenty of examples of political leaders using local offices to reshape institutions, influence public culture, and redirect investment long before they gain broader power.Indeed, some investors have already expressed concern about New York’s political direction. If businesses and property owners begin viewing the city as increasingly hostile to investment or economic growth, those perceptions alone can influence where capital flows.Ultimately, the controversy over Little Italy is not simply about a map. It reflects competing visions of what New York represents.One vision sees the city as the culmination of generations of immigrants who arrived from around the world and gradually forged a common American identity. The other places greater emphasis on preserving distinct identities and highlighting newer communities while giving less attention to older ones that have largely assimilated.A map tells a story about what matters, what deserves recognition, and what belongs in a city’s collective memory. When one of New York’s most historic immigrant neighborhoods disappears from that story, people are right to ask why. Whether intentional or accidental, erasing Little Italy from the city’s official narrative risks erasing part of New York’s own history. And if history is any guide, today’s symbolic omissions often foreshadow tomorrow’s political priorities.AdvertisementBen Shapiro is a graduate of UCLA and Harvard Law School, host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and co-founder of Daily Wire+. He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author.

Honest media would try to emulate independent journalist Nick Shirley, instead of try to silence him, Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday, following Shirley’s latest expose’ of potential Medicare and Medicaid fraud.“Our administration owes a debt of gratitude to Nick Shirley for exposing one of the most egregious cases of fraud this country has ever seen,” the vice president wrote in a social media post after Shirley reported that he had uncovered $190 million of healthcare fraud in New York City.“If the media was worth their salt, they would take notes from Nick and other citizen journalists who care about investigating stories that affect the American people instead of trying to silence them,” Vance added.Shirley replied to V.P. Vance’s post by recalling an inaccurate hit piece on him by National Public Radio (NPR) Reporter Rachel Treisman and referencing his viral report of a potential daycare fraudster’s misspelled “Quality Learing Center” sign:“Remember when instead of investigating the fraud the mainstream media decided to investigate the person who exposed the fraud? Why? Because they were complicit in the cover up I was right, they were wrong I work for you, they work against you The media is full of learers.”The post included a correction NPR had to make to the story because it grossly understated the amount of potential fraud Shirley had uncovered. “Previously posted Dec. 31, 2025: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said Nick Shirley and his colleague claimed to have uncovered $110,000 in fraud. In fact, it was $110 million in fraud,” the correction acknowledged.While that error might be interpreted as a typo, rather than an effort to diminish Shirley’s work, another correction to the same article admits the story falsely attributed a comment to Shirley:“An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified Nick Shirley as the person at a White House event on antifa who said he was attacked ‘every time I do my job’ and who accused mainstream media of downplaying violence at local protests during President Trump's second term. Shirley participated in the event, but the statements were made by a different speaker.”“This dude has done far more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 @pulitzercenter prizes,” Vice President Vance wrote at the time, praising Shirley’s identification of $110 million of potential fraud in Minnesota and reposting video of Shirley’s report.This dude has done far more useful journalism than any of the winners of the 2024 @pulitzercenter prizes. https://t.co/Ip6f9IedjL— JD Vance (@JDVance) December 27, 2025