Jim Antle, the magazine executive editor, brings to life the pages of the Washington Examiner magazine in the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the article authors and expert analysis.
Antle starts off the show discussing the newly elected democratic socialist New York Mayor Zoran Mamdani’s election and its implications for the Democratic Party. Mamdani’s victory is seen as a signal for Democrats to embrace fighters against Trump and Wall Street. However, Antle notes that socialism hasn’t really worked out very well in history.
“There is a large constituency for free stuff,” Antle said. “A lot of people would like to see relief from the high costs. A lot of people would like to believe the promises that there is such a thing as a free lunch, maybe coming to a bodega near you? Republicans, too, should be careful what they wish for. Mandani could be a victor that Democrats go on to really regret based on becoming identified as a socialist political party in a country that is perhaps not ready for it. Or he really could be the next new wave of what is in store for us with progressive and democratic politics.”
Antle is then joined by David Mark to discuss his article on California passing Proposition 50 and how it could shift the state’s political landscape, potentially turning the state even more blue.
“It’s just a matter of how blue it’s going to become,” Mark said. “Currently, Democrats have a 43 to nine edge over Republicans. In California, the goal is to make it even bigger to 48 to four, basically knock out five incumbent Republicans. Whether or not that happens is an open question. Three, probably four of those seats will almost certainly go democratic. One is iffy, but there’s also a few remainders you might call the survivors among California Republican House members.”
This proposition could have significant implications for the midterm elections and whether Republicans will retain their House majority. The redistricting effort in California was a direct response to other red states attempting the same thing.
“It was a direct response specifically to Texas, in which the goal by the Republican state government there is to knock out five Democrats from the delegation,” Mark said. “The goal with Democrats in California is to defeat five Republicans. Plausible both will happen. Might be three or four in both states, some variation thereof, but I think it’s safe to say they essentially cancel each other out.”
This week’s in-depth report, by Nicole Russell, focuses on President Donald Trump’s executive orders on transgender issues. As a direct result, several global sports organizations enacted policies effectively banning or severely restricting the participation of biological males in female sports.
“I was very excited to see the executive order come out of the Trump administration,” Linnea Saltz, sports ambassador for Independent Women, said. “I was there with a multitude of other females that day for the signing. It was amazing to be a part of that piece of history.”
Saltz, who became a female sports advocate after being forced to compete against a biological male in college, spoke with Washington Examiner about what Trump’s executive order meant for her personal fight protecting women’s sports.
“Me sending an email to the NCAA in 2019 essentially being silenced for my outcry, to having the individual, the largest microphone in the world, the President of the United States, inviting me and my colleagues in to celebrate fairness and women’s sports,” Saltz said. “It was unlike any experience I could have ever imagined for myself.”
It was sequel to his January order with the added threat of cutting federal funding, which spurred organizations into action. Since then The U.S Olympic and Paralympic Committee barred transgender women from competing in women’s sports at the Olympic and Paralympic levels.
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“I was proud to hear that they had made the decision that biological men are not allowed to compete in women’s sports. It’s not fair. It’s obviously a complete differentiation. There’s a reason for separation and sex, and I’m glad that they upheld that”
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