Supreme Court Upholds State Bans on Child Sex Mutilation

We are at war with the Israel Lobby right now on X.

This is still worth acknowledging though as a victory in the culture war.

Axios:

“The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld state laws banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

Why it matters: Roughly half the states have such laws on the books — and more can now freely follow suit if they want to.

Driving the news: In a 6-3 ruling, the court said Tennessee can continue to enforce a ban on hormone therapy and other treatments. …”

I got this prediction right.

“The Supreme Court, which Trump reshaped in his first term and shifted decisively to the Right, will continue its streak of landmark decisions in the vein of Dobbs (abortion) and Students for Fair Admissions (affirmative action). The Supreme Court will rule on the Tennessee case on “gender affirming care” for kids and the result will be a devastating blow for “trans rights” that upholds state bans. As with abortion, this will continue the trend toward state level and regional settlement of polarizing cultural issues.“

I’m at least half wrong on this one.

Israel was emboldened by its success in Syria, Lebanon and Gaza and is now embroiled in a full scale war with Iran. It remains to be seen whether Trump plunges into a war with Iran.

“Nothing ever happens.

In spite of the overheated imaginations of excitable activists, there isn’t going to be a “war with Iran.” Israel has had multiple opportunities to go to war with Iran after two Iranian missile strikes. Neither Israel or Iran want an all out war. The Saudis don’t want an all out war. The Trump administration has no interest in going to war with Iran. Instead, the focus will be on normalizing relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia and expanding the Abraham Accords. There could be a color revolution in Iran, but there definitely won’t be an American invasion of Iran with the objective of regime change like the Iraq War.”

As of yesterday afternoon, we seemed to only be hanging on by a thread. I’ve been glued to X following and reacting to the latest updates on my X account.