A Fight Democrats Cannot Seem to Leave Alone Democrats keep returning to the transgender policy debate even though the issue has not been kind to them with the broader public. During the 2024 election, Donald Trump tied the issue to Kamala Harris, and post-election analysis cited in the source said it hurt her badly. That has left a plain political question sitting on the table: why stay married to an issue that voters keep rejecting? In Washington, of course, this is known as “message discipline,” which sometimes looks a lot like touching the hot stove and forming a committee to study why it burns. Doug Schoen Points to the Party’s Left Flank Democratic pollster Doug Schoen argues that establishment Democrats face a major problem heading into November’s midterms: the rise of far-left, socialist, and progressive candidates in primaries, plus the party’s willingness to give that wing the steering wheel. Schoen says the Democratic Socialists of America and similar activists have helped lock the party into unpopular positions, including strong opposition to laws that would bar biological males from competing in women’s sports. In his view, the national party’s stance is being defined by activists who have plenty of volume, even…

The WNBA Says No, Without Saying Much The WNBA reportedly announced this week that former NBA players Royce “Roysha” White and Enes Kanter Freedom are ineligible to play in the women’s league. According to the source article, both had said they intended to play next year after league officials would not condemn males competing against women. The league did not give a detailed public explanation for ruling them out, which is always a bold choice when the whole issue is already sitting in the middle of a cultural bonfire. Clay Travis Points to Layshia Clarendon Clay Travis argued that the WNBA may have created a legal problem for itself because the league previously allowed Layshia Clarendon to play. Clarendon played in the WNBA from 2013 to 2024. The source article says Clarendon was born female, later had breast removal surgery, and played while receiving testosterone. Travis questioned how the league could allow a female player identifying as male, while using league language recognizing that identity, yet ban men who say they are women. Bureaucracies do love rules, right up until someone asks them to read the old ones. https://twitter.com/ClayTravis/status/2093006101310472699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Clarendon Was Public About the Transition Clarendon was not quiet about…