Neuroscientist Dr. Debra Soh’s new book, “Sextinction,” addresses an alarming trend she’s noticed: Why are so many young adults not dating, not getting married, and not having children?

And Soh isn’t the only one looking for answers.

“We’re not having children. … And part of that is because we’re not having sex, and people aren’t even dating anymore. What the hell is happening to us?” Blaze Media co-founder Glenn Beck asks Soh on “The Glenn Beck Program.”

“We definitely are experiencing a sex recession. So there’s been studies coming out since 2016 basically showing that people are having less sex. This is happening across the globe. In America in particular, this is happening among married people, single people, it doesn’t matter,” Soh explains.

“It’s happening in Western countries, Eastern countries, all age cohorts, but it’s especially pronounced among younger generations. So among Millennials and Gen Z. And what we find consistently is that roughly one in three men and one in five women have not had sex in the past year,” she continues.

One reason Soh points to is the convenience of “sexual outlets” like pornography, AI companions, or even sex dolls.

“I also think there are factors like endocrine disruptors and environmental toxins that are affecting us and men in particular at a hormonal level, lowering their testosterone levels. So that is also affecting their drive and their desire to pursue women,” Soh explains.

“And then we also have social and cultural factors like ‘me too’ that have made it very difficult for men to want to approach women because they’re afraid of potentially having their lives ruined. And then we have also initiatives like DEI, diversity, equity, and inclusion, that are actively penalizing men for no reason other than the fact that they are men,” she continues.

“And this is especially the case for white and Asian men and men who are straight. So all these factors combined, I think have created this situation in which there’s a smaller pool of very successful men in society who have tons of sex, plenty of partners, no problems there,” she says.

“But for the vast majority of men, especially younger men, they’re really struggling,” she adds.

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President Donald Trump is postponing his endorsement in the Texas Senate Republican primary to pressure Republican senators to pass the SAVE America Act, Politico reported, citing two anonymous people described as close to the White House.

Neither incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R) nor Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) received at least 50% of the vote during last week’s primary election, triggering a runoff race on May 26 before the winner faces off against Democratic nominee James Talarico.

‘I think that was a very smart strategy because it bought time.’

Both Cornyn and Paxton have been vying for Trump’s endorsement. The president stated on Thursday that he would endorse one of the candidates “pretty soon.” He expects the candidate who does not receive his support to drop out of the race.

Last week, the Atlantic and Axios reported that Trump was expected to endorse Cornyn.

Paxton responded to rumors of a Cornyn endorsement by declaring that he would not withdraw from the race, even if Trump refused to support him.

Trump told Politico on Thursday that Paxton’s remarks were “bad for him” and that they may push him to select Cornyn after all.

RELATED: ‘That is bad for him’: Trump hints at final endorsement in Paxton vs. Cornyn Senate runoff

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Paxton then walked back his comments, stating that he would “consider” withdrawing from the race if the Senate passed the SAVE America Act.

Trump has described this piece of legislation as the Republican Party’s “No. 1 priority” ahead of the midterms, adding that if it does not pass, it could spell “big trouble” for GOP candidates.

Politico reported that Paxton’s move appeared to stall Trump’s endorsement by highlighting a shared issue between them, while also revealing the tension between the president and Senate Republican leaders, who back Cornyn. Two sources close to the White House told the news outlet that Paxton’s strategy changed the dynamics.

“I think that was a very smart strategy because it bought time. Because now, if you’re the White House or Trump, why would you now weigh in?’’ a Republican operative told Politico. “Trump has remained very steadfast that he wants this done, and that is a huge priority, and he’s getting pissed off at these members and at [Senate Majority Leader John] Thune.”

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An anonymous Paxton campaign aide told the news outlet that “the grassroots donor community in Texas did not believe or realize how close Trump was [to] endorsing Cornyn.”

“Once they realized that the threat was real, they went very hard in the paint,” the aide added.

The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

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The NBA’s Atlanta Hawks will not be permitted to celebrate a strip club at an upcoming home game.

The team’s “Magic City Monday” game against the Orlando Magic was set for March 16 in an effort to celebrate local nude dancing venue Magic City with wings, musical performances, and podcasts.

‘Can we just not be tied to a strip club?’

While multiple Hawks executives promoted the night — and the strip club — as a celebration of Atlanta’s cultural fabric, the promotion drew ire from at least a couple of NBA players, including San Antonio Spurs player Luke Kornet, who asked the league to protect women, not denigrate them.

Despite the Hawks telling the New York Post that the event will go on as planned and Magic City telling TMZ there would be no nudity at the arena, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver announced on Monday the league was canceling the event.

“When we became aware of the Atlanta Hawks’ scheduled promotion, we reached out to Hawks leadership to better understand their plans and rationale,” Silver wrote, per NBA Communications.

Silver went on, “While we appreciate the team’s perspective and their desire to move forward, we have heard significant concerns from a broad array of league stakeholders, including fans, partners, and employees.”

“I believe canceling this promotion is the right decision for the broader NBA community,” the commissioner concluded.

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The Hawks told TMZ in response that they are “very disappointed in the NBA’s decision to cancel our Magic City Night promotion.”

Although they respect the league’s decision, the team added that they remain committed to “celebrating the best of Atlanta — with authenticity — in ways that continue to unite and bring us all together.”

The team will still move forward with a performance by rapper T.I. on the night in question, though.

Magic City, on the other hand, did not complain, said it was “hyped to team up with the Hawks,” and that it was “an honor just getting picked” by the team for a celebration.

RELATED: Atlanta Hawks strip club promotion called out by Catholic NBA player: ‘Protect and esteem women’

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Fox Sports Radio personality Rob Parker said on Monday that he disagreed with the decision to cancel the promotion and asked why the themed night would be announced in the first place if the NBA was going to cancel it.

“Horrible public relations by the NBA to cave; 100%. Never should have got to the stage of this without the league at least signing off on something of this magnitude. I don’t believe that people are doing their own thing and the NBA doesn’t know anything is going on,” Parker said on “The Odd Couple” show.

Parker said that he largely disagreed with the cancellation because people had already bought their tickets and because the Hawks were planning to celebrate a legal establishment.

“The league probably had no real position on it until all the pushback started, and then that’s when the league got involved,” he added.

Co-host Kelvin Washington disagreed, saying, “The NBA is a massive corporation, billions and billions of dollars that’s tied to other massive corporations.”

“I’m not shocked the Hawks wanted to do this and went ahead. I kept telling you I was shocked the NBA was OK with them doing this,” Washington said.

“Magic City, for you to say ‘this institution’ — and actually it is in Atlanta — but it is also, at the end of the day, a strip club,” Washington put it bluntly.

“Like, that’s what it is,” Washington concluded.

“The NBA may want to say, and their sponsors say, ‘Eh, can we just not be tied to a strip club?'”

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The Small Business Administration has announced a policy change that many are surprised even needed to happen — and others are already calling for more action.

On Monday, the SBA, headed by Administrator Kelly Loeffler, announced a new policy that will ban foreign nationals and all noncitizens from accessing SBA-backed small business loans.

‘The Trump SBA is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for American citizens.’

The policy change is a continuation of another change implemented on March 1, which made small businesses owned or co-owned by a foreign national ineligible for two of the main SBA loan programs.

“The Trump SBA is committed to driving economic growth and job creation for American citizens,” Loeffler said.

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“Last month, we made it clear that SBA would not allow foreign nationals to access our core small business loan programs — and today, we are expanding that policy to include all SBA-guaranteed loans. With our lending authority capped annually by Congress and amid record demand for access to capital, our responsibility is clear: The limited resource of SBA financing must prioritize American citizens who are building businesses and creating jobs here at home.”

These changes affect the Surety Bond and Microloan programs, which were revised earlier in the month.

Citing data from the SBA, Fox News reported that the agency has 3,300 loans for small businesses partially owned by lawful permanent residents, largely under the Biden administration. That number represents 4% of the agency’s total loans, currently at 85,000.

These changes revealed a system arguably more broken than many people would guess possible. Some X users expressed their surprise at the announcement: “Why this wasn’t already policy is mind boggling.”

Others, however, saw much more room for improvement.

“Retroactively make all loans issued to foreign nationals due immediately and in full,” Andrew Beck demanded.

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The Jan. 6 Select Committee’s various improprieties and its prioritization of narrative over facts have been exposed. Nevertheless, key participants in the Democrat-led lawfare campaign have so far managed to evade consequence. That might soon change.

House Republicans have reportedly referred Jan. 6 committee star witness Cassidy Hutchinson to the Department of Justice for criminal charges.

The USSS agents … directly refuted the fundamentals of her story.

A pair of sources reportedly familiar with recent developments told CNN that Republican Rep. Barry Loudermilk (Ga.), the chairman of the Select Subcommittee to Investigate the Remaining Questions Surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, recently made the referral, which was co-signed by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio).

The referral reportedly accuses Hutchinson — who milked her time in the limelight for a book deal — of lying to Congress in her public testimony in June 2022.

This is undoubtedly good news for President Donald Trump, who claimed Hutchinson “made up” stories about him during her testimony.

“Our great Secret Service has totally CRUSHED Cassidy Hutchinson’s (who I barely knew) made up (FAKE!) stories about me roughing up Secret Service Agents from the back seat of the Beast (Limo),” Trump noted in March 2024. “Has she now changed her testimony? Will she be prosecuted for what she did and said?”

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Blaze News has reached out to the Department of Justice and Loudermilk’s office for comment. CNN indicated that Hutchinson’s current and former lawyers did not respond to multiple inquiries.

Loudermilk released a congressional report in March 2024 alleging that the Jan. 6 Select Committee — manned by outspoken critics of President Donald Trump — erased records; hid numerous transcribed interviews; failed to turn recordings over to GOP lawmakers; and suppressed evidence that failed to conform to Democrats’ preferred narrative.

The report, penned by the House Administration Committee’s oversight subpanel, also impeached Hutchinson’s character and testimony.

Hutchinson, who served as assistant to Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows, sat for six transcribed interviews and one publicized hearing with the committee.

The report noted that on June 20, 2022, in her fourth transcribed interview with the Jan. 6 committee, Hutchinson told a previously unheard tale about how on January 6, 2021, Trump allegedly got into a scuffle with a Secret Service agent and attempted to wrest control of the presidential limousine after his speech at the Ellipse.

Hutchinson’s allegations pertained to supposed incidents to which she was not an eyewitness.

The Jan. 6 committee didn’t bother interviewing either of the two Secret Service agents referenced in Hutchinson’s testimony who were actually present at the time of the alleged events or anyone else implicated prior to her testimony.

When the committee put questions to the USSS agents some four months after Hutchinson’s testimony, they directly refuted the fundamentals of her story.

In December 2024, Loudermilk released another damning congressional report, this time alleging that:

former White House employee Alyssa Farah Griffin back-channeled with former Rep. Liz Cheney (Wyo.), the vice chair of the Jan. 6 committee, to help Hutchinson change her story; Hutchinson had secret conversations with Cheney without her attorney’s knowledge; and”Hutchinson committed perjury when she lied under oath to the Select Committee.”Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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Virginians are quickly learning the fruits of electing Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger and other Democrat legislators as the legislative session draws to an end in the commonwealth.

On Monday, Democrats in both chambers passed a sweeping gun control law that will soon land on Spanberger’s desk.

‘These are simply semiautomatic firearms that law abiding citizens own.’

The bill, HB217, places a ban on new sales of “assault firearms” and makes it illegal to possess high-capacity magazines exceeding 15 rounds of ammunition.

Virginia law defines an “assault firearm” as “any semi-automatic center-fire rifle or pistol which expels single or multiple projectiles by action of an explosion of a combustible material and is equipped at the time of the offense with a magazine which will hold more than 20 rounds of ammunition or designed by the manufacturer to accommodate a silencer or equipped with a folding stock.”

RELATED: Virginians oppose Richmond’s war on the Second Amendment: Poll

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Sponsored by Del. Dan Helmer (D), the bill would make these offenses a Class 1 misdemeanor. Class 1 misdemeanors are punishable by “confinement in jail for not more than twelve months and a fine of not more than $2,500, either or both,” according to Virginia law.

Spanberger’s office did not immediately reply to a request for comment from Blaze News.

Chris Stone with the Virginia-based Gun Owners of America said, “Semiautomatic weapons, as they would like to call them, ‘assault weapons,’ have been owned by the public for years, and rifles of any kind are very rarely used in the commission of a crime. We don’t even like to use the term ‘assault weapon,’ because it’s just made up. These are simply semiautomatic firearms that law abiding citizens own.”

Another proposed bill would impose a civil penalty of up to a $500 fine for persons who store their firearms in their vehicle. The vehicle could also be towed for “safekeeping.”

Stone pointed out the catch-22 that lawful gun owners would find themselves in if that bill ever became law.

“Because of the litany of ‘gun free zone’ laws that we have in this state, if you go to somewhere where you can’t legally bring your firearm in, law-abiding citizens who have a concealed handgun permit are going to leave that firearm in their car,” Stone said.

Helmer has been busy sponsoring other bills as well, including a “first of its kind” bill that dictates that school instruction must “not describe, portray, or present as credible a description or portrayal of the actions precipitating or involved in the events of the January 6, 2021, insurrection as peaceful protest.”

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