GOP Failure Watch Part VI (Majority in House Edition) The Insurrection Caucus Sh*tshow.

Kind of disagree on this. There is a controversy in boxing where different federations are allowing/denying trans/dsd boxers (primarily females) based on some regulation. There is one body who had a power struggle for leadership, a Russian guy won who is anti-trans, and moved the headquarters to Russia.

In the UK, both the WSL and the Scottish women's league allowed dsd/transgender females to play in their leagues. Then a Supreme Court ruling said the definitions in an anti-discrimination law was wrong and that born with a vagina = woman and born with a penis = man. They did not consult/hear from medical experts. Thus, both the WSL and the Scottish women's league had to change their policy and no longer allow trans females to play.

 

In the case of the WSL and Scottish leagues, the government did get involved with the anti-discrimination bill, and it was ruled to have been written in a way the courts ruled as I described. But, as I far as I have seen, there is little motivation update it. Of course, I could be wrong.

Regarding the boxing issue, how you deal with a federation that discriminates which has international jurisdiction? Saying that the fight can't take place in your country, say the US, just means that the fight will take place elsewhere. Or if the fight takes place in the US, it will not be sanctioned. It's a lose-lose. (MInd, I'm not against having it such that an international federation that discriminates be forced to have their matches elsewhere.)

 

Something I just learned about this morning. There is a plaque commemorating the officers to protected the Capitol Building and died. But Speaker Johnson, for some reason ( ) has not put it up.



https://www.cbsnews.com/news/police-officers-lawsuit-installing-jan-6-plaque-at-u-s-capitol/

Two police officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021 attack filed a federal civil lawsuit, asking a judge to order the hanging of a plaque to honor police heroes who protected the Capitol, lawmakers and staff from rioters.

The lawsuit cites a 2022 law signed by President Biden that required the honorary plaque be hung by March 2023. The plaque has been completed and in storage since at least last year, but GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson has not committed to installing it at the Capitol.

The dispute over the plaque has angered victims and inflamed a politically divisive issue on Capitol Hill. Republican leaders, who control the administration of the Capitol complex, have not honored requests by some officers and Democratic colleagues to hang the plaque, as required under federal law.​