Posts Tagged ‘competing’

Major health bills fail to make cut amid competing priorities

Major bipartisan health bills, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry and hospital payment reforms, were excluded from the $1.2 trillion government funding bill after members failed to come to a last-minute agreement.  Lawmakers and aides said they were close to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement, but there were ultimately too many people involved… […]

Jiu-Jitsu Associations ‘Lead By Example’ In Barring Males From Competing In Female Matches

Authored by Matt McGregor via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Three national jiu-jitsu associations have recently enacted policies prohibiting males from fighting in female brackets after several competitors went public with their experience in fighting a male opponent who identifies mentally as a female. Ansleigh Wilk and Jayden Alexander had to compete against a male […]

Brittney Griner: ‘It’s a Crime’ To Stop Biological Men Competing in Women’s Sports

Banning biological men who claim to be transgender women from competing against natural-born women is a “crime”, according to WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner, who was arrested and imprisoned in Russia on drug charges and […] The post Brittney Griner: ‘It’s a Crime’ To Stop Biological Men Competing in Women’s Sports appeared first on The […]

United States: Access to abortion pill in limbo after competing rulings

Access to the most commonly used method of abortion in the US has been plunged into uncertainty after conflicting court rulings on Friday over the legality of the medication Mifepristone, which has been widely available for more than 20 years. Source

Iranian athlete missing after competing without headscarf

An Iranian athlete missing after competing without headscarf October 18, 2022 at 11:56 am READ: Belgium Foreign Minister cuts hair in Parliament in support of Iranian women Show Comments Related Source

Biden Admin Bans Unvaccinated Tennis Ace Djokovic From Competing

A senior epidemiologist has publicly apologized to his daughter’s generation for failing to more strenuously oppose “morally wrong” COVID lockdown measures such as school closures that caused massive damage to children. The stunning admission was made by Professor Mark Woolhouse, who revealed to Sky News that he was told to “correct” his views after he […]

Competing Parents and Controlling Institutions

Commentary The Supreme Court is to hear two cases—against Harvard and the University of North Carolina—that call into question the use of race-based affirmative action. Students for a Fair Admissions (SFFA) ask the court to hold that institutions of higher education cannot use race as a factor in admissions. Is it time to end race-based […]

Russia and America Now Competing for Biggest Would-Be Invasion Armada

One again, the geniuses at POLITICO need serious remediation in geography. A little help in selecting security companies the magazine should trust would go a long way toward credibility too. Somebody please tell Axel Springer SE, the new owners, that locating stuff is important? Oh, and clue CNN as well. According to the latest Russophobia […]

Google Has Been Paying Wireless Carriers Billions To Not Develop Competing App Stores

To be clear, wireless carrier app stores have always kind of sucked. Verizon’s efforts to create its own app store were shut down in 2012, after underwhelming consumers for years. At the time, the narrative was that Verizon just didn’t find it worth the trouble in the face of Google domination and innovation. And while […]

FDA Protects Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Seeks Withdrawal Of Competing Dietary Supplement

By Bill Sardi with Matthew SardiMay 22, 2021 Amazon Appeases FDA Removes Sulfur-Based Dietary Supplement From Online Offerings Because It Cures COVID-19 And Threatens Vaccine Emergency-Use Provisions.Late last year (2020) the FDA issued a warning letter that a sulfur-based dietary supplement couldn’t be lawfully marketed because it was first studied as a drug in 1963 […]

Judo Federation suspends Iran after it banned athlete from competing against Israeli

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Arkansas Advances Bill Preventing Biological Males from Competing in Girls’ Sports

Arkansas joins some 20 states across the country that are crafting laws designed to protect female athletes from competing against biological men who consider themselves transgender women. Republican State Senator Missy Irvin sponsored HB 354, or the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act, which advanced after being passed out of committee on a 5-3 vote along […]

RSS – BJP Rulers of India Competing with Nazi Germany in Persecuting Satirists

Hear nothing see nothing say nothing Lied to, threatened, cheated and deceived Led up garden paths and into blind alleys Hear nothing see nothing say nothing [The 1982 song of the English band Discharge] Indian rulers-ruling classes drunk with power like their counterparts in the world have been ruthless in suppressing any opposition to their […]

Four States Advance Laws Banning Transgender Athletes from Competing Based on Gender Identity

Four states are in the process of advancing laws that would ban transgender student-athletes from competing in the categories they “identify” with, according to reports. The Mississippi state senate, for instance, just overwhelmingly passed Senate Bill 2536 to send their “Mississippi Fairness Act” to the statehouse to consider, the New York Post reported. The bill […]

Male Weightlifter Who Identifies as Female Sues for Being Prohibited From Competing as Woman

Photo Credit: Victor Freitas/Unsplash MINNEAPOLIS — A male weightlifter in Minnesota has filed suit against USA Powerlifting after it informed him that he was ineligible to compete in the women’s championships because he has a physical advantage. According to a lawsuit filed by the group Gender Justice, JayCee Cooper, 33, registered to compete in the Minnesota Women’s State […]

Dem. Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Prohibit Biological Men From Competing in Women’s Sports

Photo Credit: Ryan McGuire/Pixabay WASHINGTON — A Democratic congresswoman has teamed up with a Republican congressman to introduce a bill in the U.S. House that would prohibit biological men who identify as women from competing in girls’ sports. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii and Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma announced H.R. 8932, the Protect Women’s Sports […]

Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bill Banning Biological Males From Competing in Women’s Sports

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard introduced a bill on Thursday banning biological males from competing against girls and women in sports. Gabbard, alongside Rep. Markwayne Mullin, vowed to restrict federal funds from going to schools that allow boys and men to unfairly compete against females. Gabbard and Mullin described the legislation, entitled the Protect Women’s Sports Act, […]

Tulsi Gabbard Introduces Bill To Ban Biological Males Competing In Women’s Sports

Tulsi Gabbard has introduced a bill which would restrict federal funds from going to schools that allow boys and men to compete against girls and women in sports. Gabbard introduced the “Protect Women’s Sports Act,” which is co-sponsored by Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), on Thursday. Following news of the newly introduced bill, social media users […]

Infighting Among ‘Stop the Steal’ Activists Intensifies Ahead of Competing D.C. Saturday Rallies

Trump loyalists, conspiracy theorists, religious-right activists, and far-right activists will converge on Washington, D.C., yet again this weekend to make unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud in an effort to keep Donald Trump in the presidency. But while the Nov. 14 “Million MAGA March” saw conservatives and extremists come together for one large rally, the Dec. […]

Biden faces pressure from competing factions over pick for secretary of defense

WASHINGTON (AP) — US President-elect Joe Biden is facing escalating pressure from competing factions within his own party as he finalizes his choice for secretary of defense. Black leaders have encouraged the incoming president to select an African American to diversify what has so far been a largely white prospective Cabinet, while others are pushing […]

US Senators Introduce Bill to Prohibit Males Who Identify as Female From Competing in Girls’ School Sports

WASHINGTON — Five U.S. senators have introduced a bill that would prohibit biological males who identify as female from competing in girls’ school sports. Republican Sens. Kelly Loeffler of Georgia, Mike Lee of Utah, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, James Lankford of Oklahoma and Tom Cotton of Arkansas presented the “Protection of Women and Girls in […]

GERMANY – Israeli Jewess Competing To Be Miss Germany

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Police Brutality Prevented Pro-Runner from Competing in Olympics: Lawsuit

“As a result of the excessive force used on [Shay], he was unable to train for the Olympic Trials, which were 3 ½ weeks after the aforementioned incident,” the complaint says.… According to the complaint, both officers have been the subject of other excessive force complaints by people in […]

Western aggression: NATO conducting naval drills in Black Sea with 25 military vessels taking part

     The active stage of the Breeze 2016 international naval exercise has been launched on the Black Sea on Monday. Aimed at improving coordination in crisis response and training of NATO-led naval operations, the drills will last till July 17. Held every year, the drills officially began on Friday in Bulgaria’s territorial waters and exclusive […]

Deaths and Mutations Spike around Fukushima; No Safety Threshold for Radioactive Cesium Exposure

Plants in the area around Fukushima, Japan are widely contaminated with radioactive cesium, which is producing mutation and death in local butterflies, according to a study conducted by researchers from the University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa and published in the journal Scientific Reports. The butterflies were found to experience severe negative effects at all detectable radiation levels, […]

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