By Thomas Hampson
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10.18.24
Nearly five years ago, the documentary “The Social Dilemma” (available on Netflix) took direct aim at social media, charging that companies like Facebook, Google, Twitter (now X), Snapchat, and others intentionally designed their products to addict users, especially children, and knowingly wreaked emotional harm on them.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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09.14.24
Dr. Pamela Garfield Jaeger has been in the mental health field for over 20 years. Known as The Truthful Therapist due to her transparency and honesty when it comes to the transgender debate, Dr. Jaeger discusses the overlooked dark side of mental health and gender distress.
By Thomas Hampson
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09.04.24
Gender-affirming care, until recently, has been gaining popularity around the world for treating gender dysphoria in children and adults. All that is changing. The term itself mischaracterizes the treatment. Gender-affirming care is not care. It is chemical and surgical mutilation.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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09.02.24
On June 6 of this year, the Doctors Protecting Children Declaration officially launched. Included in the coalition of co-signers are members of the healthcare community representing a variety of specialties, including psychiatrists, pediatricians, nurses, physicians, scientists, and more.
By Ecce Verum
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08.19.24
On a recent flight across the country, I sat next to a man who was probably in his late 20s or early 30s. We'll call him Joe. Joe seemed amiable and outgoing enough—he even threw in a friendly curse word here and there. So, as I usually do on airplane flights, I engaged my fellow passenger in conversation about a topic of real significance. I asked Joe about his opinion on abortion.
By Ecce Verum
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08.17.24
hicago has found a convenient time to finally do something about a homeless encampment—one that city leadership has already allowed to exist for years. For several years, a narrow strip of land nestled next to the Dan Ryan Expressway and Roosevelt road has been home to a veritable "tent city," one which has boasted up to 20–30 residents at times. However, a couple months before the Democratic National Convention is set to commence in Chicago, the city decided to permanently shut down this settlement.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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07.20.24
This episode of Self Evident features another roundtable discussion with three special guests, Maia Poet, Camille Kiefel, and Nick, who have gone through the detransition process. This discussion will involve each guest's experience with the detransition process, the damage that social transition causes, and so much more.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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07.13.24
In this special episode of Self Evident, Jenna sits down with detransitioners Maia Poet, Ritchie Herron & Camille Kiefel. This roundtable discussion will reveal the lies that Maia, Ritchie, and Camille all believed about themselves. They will share their personal experiences with the medical world and how they came to accept the truth about their gender.
By Ecce Verum
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07.06.24
America is the land of opportunity. In our great nation, you can be too young to smoke, drink, vote, drive a car, or get a tattoo—and yet be old enough to decide you're the wrong sex and thus chemically wrestle your body into submission. Many doctors are falling right in line with this twisted line of thought and are promoting "gender affirming care" to make temporary adolescent confusion a permanent part of children's anatomical future. But other doctors have had it.
By David E. Smith
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06.18.24
Last month, President Joe Biden announced that his administration approved downgrading the seriousness of marijuana despite overwhelming evidence that it is an addictive drug with no medical benefit and a high potential for abuse.
By David E. Smith
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05.24.24
In 2022, there were 17.7 million people in the United States who reported using marijuana either every day or nearly every day, which marks the first time in nearly three decades that daily marijuana use has surpassed daily alcohol use.
By Alyssa Sonnenburg
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05.23.24
On January 1, 2020, the recreational use of marijuana for adults over the age of twenty-one officially became legal in the state of Illinois. Proponents of the recreational use of marijuana are in the majority in America. In fact, a March 2024 Pew Research Center report polled U.S. adults for their opinions on the legalization of marijuana with these results:
By Kathy Valente
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05.13.24
This week there will be lots of rigorous floor debating, long speeches, and many specific questions. Please email your elected officials on these bills.
By Kathy Valente
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05.01.24
A bi-partisan group of State Representatives recently filed HR 700 at the Capitol in Springfield. This resolution calls for a cap on THC levels in retail marijuana. We are working the Illinois House members in hopes that we can better educate them on the consequences of high potency marijuana in our state.
By Kathy Valente
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04.19.24
Some Illinois lawmakers recently joined the licensed cannabis industry in calling for a ban on Delta-8 hemp products. This partnership has been a match made in heaven for the industry since Illinois lawmakers did their bidding by legalizing high-potency marijuana...