The good news: President Biden withdrew from November's election on Sunday, having faced increasing calls to step aside since his TV debate against Donald Trump. The bad news: A growing number of senior Democrat politicians and party backers are supporting Kamala Harris to be the party's presidential candidate, after Joe Biden quit the race

Far-left French lawmaker, Thomas Portes, announced at a Free Palestine protest today that “the Israeli delegation is not welcome in Paris. Israeli sportspeople are not welcome at the Paris Olympic Games.” He also called for protestors to “mobilize” against it. Israeli athletes… pic.twitter.com/RBnFjZAb2W — Hen Mazzig (@HenMazzig) July 21, 2024 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Full text: Far-left French…

From the JC: Israel’s football team will face off against Belgium in the Nations League at an undisclosed private venue in Hungary after multiple Belgian cities refuse to host the fixture out of security concerns. The Belgian Football Federation (RBFA) has been looking for a new venue to host the match after Brussels said the…

Hadley Freeman in the Sunday Times – Will the trans activists ever accept they lost? Dr Hilary Cass’s recommendations to NHS England were careful and compassionate and they strongly urged against overmedicalising young people, as had been the NHS’s tendency. So presumably it’s been a straight path since then, with those who advocated doling out…

The latest on the troubled Edinburgh Rape Crisis Centre, from the Times: The chief executive of a rape crisis support centre has been put on leave pending an investigation into its “Kafkaesque” treatment of staff. Mridul Wadhwa, a man who identifies as a woman, was sent home in May by the board of Edinburgh Rape…

Joan Smith at UnHerd on the Appleby report, debunking the "suicide surge" line pushed by the likes of Jolyon Maugham and Owen Jones after the puberty blocker ban: The claim is sensational and designed to terrify the parents of young people with gender dysphoria. “Better a trans son than a dead daughter,” activists tell them.…

A long read from John Ware at Fathom on the denial of the Hamas pogrom from sections of the hard left  – 7 October and the Alt-Media: a critical examination: For Jews everywhere – not just Israelis – the denial that Hamas committed atrocities on 7 October has a familiar historical ring. Yet it is…

The adults have entered the room: Activists lawyers are spreading “distressing and dangerous” claims that transgender children will kill themselves because of a ban on puberty blockers, a government review has found. Professor Louis Appleby, the government’s adviser on suicide prevention, found that there was no evidence to support claims of a “surge” in suicides…

The Pennsylvania Psychological Association has forbidden any mention of the Cass Review on its official listserv (email) platform. It could be hurtful to sensitive members of the LGBTQIA+ community. From Benjamin Ryan: The Pennsylvania Psychological Association, despite being adamant that it was being transparent with its members about the reason for forbidding discussion of the…

The fact that this gets a cheer and bolsters his campaign is *entirely* the fault of the left. Allowing men to compete in women's sport was insane when it started and it's insane now. And the average voter knows it. What an embarrassing open goal to hand to the right. https://t.co/IAekbNmrs1 — Stephen Knight 🎙️…