Jim Antle, the executive editor of the Washington Examiner magazine, brings to life its pages in the show Inside Scoop. Each episode features exclusive insight from the article authors and expert analysis.
Antle begins the show by analyzing how the filibuster has become prominent in the May 26 runoff between Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). Both are seeking an endorsement from President Donald Trump, and the filibuster, which requires a 60-vote majority for most legislation, has been a barrier for some of Trump’s agenda.
“Republicans who want to be able to pass more of President Trump’s agenda are starting to say that they would like to see it altered or even outright eliminated,” Antle said.
Democrats nearly ended the legislative filibuster the last time they held the Senate majority. However, former Sens. Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema blocked it from happening.
“You might have thought that that would make Republicans double down in defense of the filibuster,” Antle said. “But a lot of Republicans think that the end of the filibuster is inevitable, so they might as well get on the action while they have the trifecta control of the House, Senate, and the White House.”
Antle is then joined by Washington Examiner contributing writer Daniel Ross Goodman to discuss his cover article on how Democrats’ warped compassion is shielding Iran’s killers. Goodman describes this as “empathy derangement syndrome.”
Democrats brand themselves the party of compassion. Daniel Ross Goodman says their empathy has become “warped and deranged” — siding with criminal illegal immigrants and Iran’s regime over victims.
Goodman believes Democrats’ “warped empathy for the mullahs in Iran” trumps that of the country’s civilians, who were “butchered on the streets by those mullahs.”
Daniel Ross Goodman warns that today’s Democratic Party doesn’t protect the vulnerable — it protects criminals and oppressors.
Next in the show, Nicole Russell writes this week’s in-depth report about how a successful detransitioner lawsuit could be a turning point for gender ideology. Fox Varian won a $2 million decision in a landmark lawsuit against a surgeon and psychologist for facilitating her double mastectomy when she was just 16.
“This is the first detransitioner malpractice lawsuit in the nation to go to trial and result in a win,” Russell said. “The significance cannot be overstated. The real-world effects of Varian’s win were swift, especially in the medical community. Within days, two major medical associations walked back their previous positions on providing gender-affirming care for minors.”
Varian’s win against providers who advised and performed gender-transition care for a minor will likely result in a surge of similar lawsuits from detransitioners.
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“I hope by the time our grandchildren are in school, this period of time will be viewed with cynicism and relief that common sense prevailed,” Russell said. “So much so that they will question how children who couldn’t legally smoke a cigarette or serve in the military were encouraged to change their bodies in a form of care that was eventually dubbed medical malpractice.”
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