Women Are More Likely Than Men to Endorse Political Violence

 City Journal  

"If we care about social stability and the well-being of the next generation, we need to change course. We must stop rewarding moral outrage—especially when it means support for violence."

   "When we talk about political violence, we almost always assume that its perpetrators are young men. That makes sense: men are statistically more likely to engage in physical aggression and get arrested for violent crimes at higher rates. At the same time, many are dealing with rising unemployment, declining educational achievement, and growing social disengagement. Given all that, researchers may reasonably assume that young men are driving greater tolerance for political violence.

   "New data complicate that assumption. A recent survey by the Network Contagion Research Institute at Rutgers found that under certain conditions, women were more likely than men to express support for political violence. The findings were so counter to the prevailing narrative that they surprised even the researchers.

   "It makes sense, though, when you start to recognize where these women’s impulses come from. The rise of what I call “punitive femininity” is downstream of the toxic political culture online, a culture that is transforming the sex long viewed as more restrained and less prone to violence.

   "To investigate toleration of political violence, NCRI use data from a survey of 1,055 respondents, weighted to be representative across sex, age, race/ethnicity, and education. The survey asked participants whether they saw any justification for the targeted murder of President Donald Trump and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. It recorded responses on a seven-point scale ranging from zero (“completely unjustified”) to six (“highly justified”).

   "Among left-of-center respondents, 67 percent expressed at least some justification for the murder of Trump, an 11-point increase over NCRI’s earlier 2025 study. Fifty-four percent of right-of-center respondents expressed some degree of justification for murdering Mamdani.

   "Strikingly, justification for killing Trump and justification for killing Mamdani were strongly correlated. This implies that support for political murder is not merely partisan but reflects a generalized tolerance for political violence." . . . More...

Top Democratic groups urge party to shed soft-on-crime image, hire police. Movie, TV personalities riot.

Comer: Democrat Governors are Prioritizing the Protection of Criminal Illegal Aliens Over the Safety of American Citizens - United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform  House Oversight Committee

White House blames Democrat policies for crime in red state cities | Fox News

"Leavitt argued that current violent crime trends are due to left-wing justice policies that affect cities no matter if they are in a Republican or Democrat state, pointing to Jackson, Mississippi, and Birmingham, Alabama, as examples."

Trump: No help for "Democrat cities" with riots, protests unless they ask  

. . . " "Trump’s announcement outlined specific parameters for federal involvement in local protests. Federal forces will guard federal buildings but will not assist with state or local property protection unless requested. The president warned against attacks on federal officers or property, stating violators “will suffer an equal, or more, consequence.”

"The president emphasized that federal assistance would only be provided if local governments “use the word, ‘PLEASE,'” and warned that ICE, Border Patrol, or military forces would be “extremely powerful and tough” in protecting federal property. He referenced an incident in Eugene, Oregon, where “criminals broke into a Federal Building” while “Local Police did nothing.'” . . .

Top Democratic groups urge party to shed soft-on-crime image, hire police  [But, but...what will Hollywood think?]

"A leading left-leaning think tank is urging more spending on police, the latest sign that many Democrats want to shake the “defund the police” label and strike a tougher tone on crime, even as they condemn President Donald Trump’s aggressive use of federal law enforcement.   

“'Voters barely believe Democrats even care about fighting crime or respect police,” according to a slide presentation prepared by a sister group for the Center for American Progress (CAP), a think tank that has long served as a political and policy workshop for leading Democrats." . . . More at The Washington Post  . . .  

Views on deportations and arrests of immigrants in the US illegally | Pew Research Center    "This chapter explores Americans’ views on which groups of immigrants who are in the country illegally should be deported, where arrests should be allowed, and whether police should be able to check a person’s immigration status.

About half of U.S. adults (51%) say some immigrants living in the country illegally should be deported, compared with 32% who say all should be deported. Some 16% say none should be deported." . . .

Lawsuits will end the trans fad

  Don Surber 

" If successful, Cole’s lawsuit could get hospitals out of this business STAT. Board of education elections could throw the Church of LGBT out of the classroom." 

"Late Friday night, Benjamin Ryan tweeted, “1st Detransitioner to Take a Medical-Malpractice Lawsuit to Trial Wins $2 Million Judgment.

" 'Fox Varian sued her Westchester, NY, area psychologist and plastic surgeon for the gender-transition mastectomy she got at 16.”

"An independent, he was one of only two reporters to cover the trial because the Westchester courthouse is 20 miles from Manhattan. It would take a whole 45 minutes to drive there. The verdict made me smile because I predicted this back when I was still blogging.

"A cow can’t sue the butcher shop, but a woman can sue her butchers. Two women in separate suits are suing doctors who sliced and diced them in the name of transgendering.

"The first case was reported by Just the News, which said, “A young woman who regretted her gender transition helped shut down the U.K.’s central provider of pediatric ‘gender affirming care’ this summer through litigation that prompted more scrutiny of the National Health Service-run Tavistock clinic.

" 'An older American detransitioner is following Keira Bell’s lead, suing mental health professionals for allegedly rushed, sloppy and categorically false evaluations that authorized her for a taxpayer-funded double mastectomy despite the red flags she presented on mental health.

" 'Though she’s not a minor, Camille Kiefel’s lawsuit could make providers think twice about treating gender dysphoria in youth with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones, as well as surgical removal of healthy breasts and genitals for all ages." . . . More

The ‘Doomsday Clock’ Ticks Down Again — Here’s Why That Is Good News

 Issues & Insights   

"In other words, the scientists behind the Doomsday Clock got it exactly wrong. Appeasement made the world less safe, and Reagan’s anti-communist policies made it safer than it’s ever been since the Atomic Age began." 

"The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists’ “Doomsday Clock,” which is supposed to be an expert assessment of how close the world is to a nuclear holocaust, ticked down to 85 seconds to midnight this week.

"Are you scared? You shouldn’t be. The clock has proved to be a terrible measure of doomsday, but a near-perfect measure of the left’s grip on power, reliably moving away from midnight when Democrats are in the White House, and closer to Armageddon during Republican administrations.

"First, look at the reasons behind why it ticked closer to midnight this year.

"One of those listed was the bombing of Iran’s nuclear weapons sites last year. So, according to these “experts,” crippling a radical Islamic regime’s ability to build a nuclear bomb is making the world less safe?

"Then there’s the fact that the bulletin includes “climate change” as an indicator of annihilation. What does a supposedly warming planet have to do with launching nuclear bombs? And why does it matter if the Trump administration “stripped back” (to use the New York Times’ words) public health infrastructure?

"This year, the “experts” include “another frightening development: the rise of nationalistic autocracies in countries around the world.” They don’t say what countries they are referring to, but given the primal screams from the left, we’re sure this is meant to suggest that the U.S. is now under a “nationalistic autocracy.”

"Want more evidence that the Doomsday Clock is just a leftist propaganda tool? Look at how the clock has changed over the past decades." . . . More...