Caved In!

The fear of Lord Trump did it again... California caved in to Trump's threats!

Trump threatens California’s federal funding over a trans athlete

The Washington Post

May 27, 2025

President Donald Trump has no events on his public schedule but has been active on social media Tuesday, including threatening federal funding for California over its handling of a transgender athlete. In a Truth social post, Trump said he would speak with the state’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, to “find out which way he wants to go.” Trump appeared to be referring to the case of AB Hernandez, a transgender athlete in California who is set to compete in the state championships for girls track and field this week. In a separate post, Trump on Tuesday defended his decision to hold off on a proposed 50 percent tariff on the European Union, saying its leaders had been “slow walking” trade negotiations and that his tariff threat made them act more urgently.

That sound you hear is from the abrupted U-turn the governor made... 

New California rule for trans athletes faces criticism from all sides

At the state high school track and field championships, cisgender girls who did not qualify for the meet because a transgender athlete placed ahead of them will be allowed to compete.

San Francisco Chronicle

By Sophia Bollag,

May 27, 2025

After President Donald Trump and a chorus of activists criticized California for allowing a transgender teenager to compete in a high school girls track competition, the state’s governing body for high school sports announced an effort to find middle ground on the issue.

At the state track and field championships this weekend in Clovis (Fresno County), cisgender girls who did not qualify for the meet because a transgender athlete placed ahead of them will be allowed to compete, the California Interscholastic Federation announced just hours after Trump threatened the state on social media Tuesday morning.

The CIF follows rules implemented in 2013 stating that athletes “will participate in programs consistent with their gender identity or the gender most consistently expressed.” While Tuesday’s decision gained support from Gov. Gavin Newsom, it quickly sparked criticism from advocates both for and against trangender athletes’ participation in girls sports. It comes after dozens of adults heckled the 16-year-old transgender girl this month at a track meet.

This happened so fast that I'm surprised no one got whiplash... look at Maine, they said no to Trump and Trump blinked. AP News wrote;

President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday agreed to halt all efforts to freeze funds intended for a Maine child nutrition program after initially suspending those dollars due to a disagreement between the state and Trump over transgender athletes.

In response, the state will drop its lawsuit that had been filed against the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey announced.

“It’s unfortunate that my office had to resort to federal court just to get USDA to comply with the law and its own regulations,” Frey said in a statement. “But we are pleased that the lawsuit has now been resolved and that Maine will continue to receive funds as directed by Congress to feed children and vulnerable adults.”

Here in Connecticut the Republican parade a girl who was injured in volleyball by a trans athlete,

Sensing change under Trump, conservatives bring transgender athlete fight back to CT

CT Insider

By Alex Putterman,

May 9, 2025

President Donald Trump has revived a national debate over transgender athletes in sports, threatening a crackdown on states and schools that allow participants to compete based on their gender identity.

Now the issue has arrived, once again, in Connecticut.

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"Biological men do not belong in women's sports," said Peter Wolfgang, executive director of the Family Institute of Connecticut, which organized the event. "Why is this not more of a bipartisan issue in the state of Connecticut?"

My path and Mr. Wolfgang have passed by many times when we tried to pass the non-discrimination legislation, they brought student athletes back then in 2011.

I want to point out something, last year there were over 

They held a rally in the Capitol and they dragged a girl up from North Carolina who was injured in a volleyball game.

The governor and Attorney General both have said they will fight is Trump picks on us.

In Pub Med they report an article in Current Review Musculoskelet Medicine in an article there write...

Despite being a limited-contact sport, concussions made up a larger than anticipated percentage of injuries throughout all levels of play in indoor volleyball. In female players, the concussion rate in the NCAA has been reported as 4.93 per 10,000 AEs, with 6.05 during competition and 4.43 during practices. This is the highest amongst limited-contact sports including softball, swimming/diving, and baseball. It is even higher in rate than men’s basketball, which is categorized as a high-contact sport. Concussions were the second most common specific diagnosis in NCAA women’s volleyball from 2014 to 2019...

Did you notice the part where they say that injuries are "...the highest amongst limited-contact sports including softball, swimming/diving, and baseball..."? They parade this one volleyball player to demonize us... Why don't they talk about protecting thousand of girls from head injuries?

Also did you ever notice people playing beach basketball pick-up game... they are co-ed!