
The Trump administration launches a sweeping criminal crackdown on hospitals and doctors over pediatric gender procedures; new revelations about federal investigations into anti-ICE activist networks; vandals targeting the World War II Memorial, and Justice Clarence Thomas fires back at the left in a moment that's gone viral.
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Vince C.
everybody. Welcome to Vince. Good to have you with us on a Friday. We've got a lot to talk about. I'm so glad you're here. Best audience anywhere. The Trump administration is staying very, very busy and they're going after the mutilators now. They're going after the doctors and the medical operations that have been mutilating children in the United States of America at scale for money. This is exactly what I voted for. I've got the details on this story on the wolves in white coats coming up. You're going to want to hear this. It's very, very important. That's ahead on the program. Also, the the left is acting up again. They're always acting up, aren't they? We've somebody has been vandalizing our war memorials. These lefties consumed with Trump derangement syndrome. I've got some new breaking details on that subject. And the investigations into left wing terrorism continue. And the New York Times has suddenly noticed. They're very upset about it. We've got a lot to discuss. It's all ahead on this edition. Events. Today's episode is brought to you by the fine people at ZBiotics. I love the biotics. It's a pre alcohol probiotic drink. Does that make sense to you? It should make sense. It's in the name you consume this before you consume alcohol. And it really helps you out a lot. You know, as I've gotten older, I've noticed that every little thing that I ingest or every little thing that I do, I can feel it in my body. And that's true. Even with one or two drinks, you can feel it the next day. Well, Zbiotics has been great for me. I love this so much because I'll take it just before I consume alcohol. And it really just improves the quality of my next day. It does. It's a product that helps me fully enjoy the moment and then wake up ready for all of my adventures from morning workouts to everything else on the calendar. What makes it very unique is that ZBiotics pre alcohol is the world's first genetically engineered probiotic. It was invented by their PhD scientists to help break down acetaldehyde. It's a byproduct of drinking alcohol when pre alcohol. If you make it your first drink of the night and then drink responsibly, you can enjoy your next day's activities. Zbiotics has sold more than 14 million bottles and earned the trust of thousands, including our team. And for me, it's just about balance. I want to enjoy celebrating with friends and a nice dinner or night out that makes life fun and then still wake up ready to tackle the next day. The goal isn't just a better night out, it's a better next day. That's what makes Zbiotics such a game changer. Try it for yourself today. If you're unsatisfied, they'll refund you your entire order, no questions asked. Head to zbiotics.com vince code vince 15% off your first order. These statements and products have not been evaluated by the fda. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease or condition. Boom. I want to start today with something I just sent to my producer Jim, which is my producer Jim helps us out with the podcasts and content all the time. Producer Jim's just a great friend. We're always talking about content, but primarily he works on the radio show. So I sent him a clip just now. I was like, I think we need this for the radio show. This is really important. And this gets back to something that you and I were talking about earlier this week, and it was about these socialists. And to what extent are the DSA types, they call themselves the Democrat socialists of America. To what extent are they truly different than the establishment Democrats who keep trying to claim, oh, we're not like them. We're not like those crazy people want to get rid of the borders and empty out the prisons and destroy America. Really? Because as far as you and I can tell, it's not actually any sort of difference in terms of substance. It's just a difference in terms of style. In fact, I was telling you about this this week, and now we have a Democrat congressman saying the same thing. Yeah, that's right. A congressman by the name of Suhas Subramaniam was just on cnn. The RNC account picked this up and I was like, holy crap, look at this. The guy's just saying what I said. He's just saying it out loud. Now take a look at this. This. This is the admission of what's really going on in the Democrat Party right now.
Political Commentator 1
Yeah, I mean, the voters want change, right? That's what they want. An end to the status quo. This is a rebellion against the status quo. And it's not necessarily changed in terms of ideology. I think the DSA is winning some primaries because they're showing more change and representing more change. But, you know, sometimes it's been a change in terms of, you know, how long have you been there? Have you been there too long? Change in terms of, are you fighting against the Trump administration enough? Right. And so I think it is a change, but it's a change not necessarily in the ideological spectrum as much as his style and wanting to be more of a. Against the President Trump and his administration.
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Vince C.
What an admission. There's no real substantive change. I mean, we're all sorted for the same thing. Borders, who needs them? Prisons, Nah, bad guys. Let them run free. We're not actually all that different. It's just a difference in style, and it's a difference in. It's just in how much you want to take it to the President of the United States. They. They're more. More honest about their desire to destroy everything about Donald Trump. Like, really, I mean, Adam Schiff is about as establishment Democrat as they come, and he spends all of his time talking about how he can hurt Donald Trump. It's kind of his thing. Like, really, you know, I, I love these Democrats, and, and just imagine if our elections were clean and fair and, and it was just entirely up to the voters how much these guys would be in the political wilderness. But this idea that, like, you know, what we haven't been doing, we haven't been vicious enough to Donald Trump. We need to do more of that. Okay, yeah, go for that. That's excellent electoral strategy. As President Trump just won every swing state in the entire country in 2024. Good job. Excellent strategizing. These people are idiots. But that point, that point again, is just. Is basically confirming what I was telling you earlier this week. There's not really that much of a difference between these people. It's just a matter of how honest they're going to be about what they intend to do to your country. When the Biden administration says, oh, it's just a challenge on the border, meanwhile, they're importing everybody, illegal foreign nationals by the millions to invade your country. Kind of gives the game away, doesn't it? They kick your border down and then they lie to you about it. Just a difference in style. Difference in style. Let's see how that works out for them. Let's stop these guys. Regardless of whether they call themselves socialists or not, let's stop them from getting power back in the United States of America, that would be a good thing. So there's, there's that this morning. I'm excited to, to share with you. Coming up today, we have a very important guest on our program. You're going to meet a nice woman, young woman called Soren Aldowko. She is right now an Independent Women's Forum ambassador. But Sorin has been through it. Soren as a young woman was convinced by doctors and manipulated by doctors into believing that she was born in the wrong body. And they subsequently subjected her to a series of hormone, I don't want to say therapies because it's like, so gross what they've done, but hormone injections and surgeries, they mutilated her and it's just awful. And Soren is here to share her story today. And it comes at a really important time as we talk to Soren because the Trump administration this week has taken great strides in going after these demonic forces in the United States. And I can't thank them enough for this. And I can't imagine what someone like Soren is thinking and her family are thinking right now about all of this. So I'm eager to talk to her today about this. We had earlier this week, I was sharing with you that the Trump administration's efforts to cut off all of this federal funding that's been going to the mutilation of children has come to some, to a meaningful point of success. Medicaid funding is now officially being cut off for the mutilation and sterilization and injection of children, thanks to the Trump administration. That's wonderful news. We really appreciate them for that. But when I told you that news, I also told you I was like, but it's not enough. It's not enough merely to cut off the federal funding. What we need are criminal prosecutions for anybody who dared call themselves a doctor, any medical association or any hospital that dared pretended that they were engaged in health care here and instead of were engaged in the wholesale abuse of children that can't stand. There need to be criminal consequences for this. And the good news this week, insofar as any good news can be derived from this, is the Trump administration agrees. And yesterday, the Vice President of the United States, standing alongside the HHS Secretary, RFK Jr. As well as Admiral Brian Christine. Admiral Brian Christine, who is the guy who replaced that fake lady admiral? Remember Admiral Rachel Levine? Real name Richard, was a dude dressed as a woman. Yeah. We've got, like, real people with functioning brains that are in charge of the government now. And this is what they produced yesterday. Cut one, take a look.
Vice President J.D. Vance
Hey, everybody. This is Vice President J.D. vance. I'm here with my friends and colleagues, of course, our great Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. And Admiral Brian Christine, the Assistant Secretary for Health. Parents bring their children to doctors because they trust them. They trust doctors to tell them the truth, and they trust hospitals to put their children ahead of ideology and profit. But when that trust gets violated, parents deserve to have a government that will stand up for them and for their kids and do something about it. Today, the Trump administration is proud to announce. We're doing exactly that.
Vince C.
Today, HHS released Wolves in White Coats, a report examining pediatric gender, medicine and insurance building across America. The findings raised serious questions about what families were told, what insurers were told, and how these procedures were built.
Vice President J.D. Vance
Today, Secretary Kennedy and I referred hospitals and clinics identified by this review to the Department of Justice and the HHS Inspector General for possible violations of federal law. These allegations are crazy and they demand investigation when children may have been harmed and families misled. It's on those of us in power to find the truth and to seek justice for kids who are harmed by these doctors.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Under the previous administration, my predecessor, Richard Levine, promoted what he called gender affirming care for minors. And there's nothing caring about that. These are sex rejecting, mutilating, transgender procedures promoted by the Biden administration. And thanks to President Trump's leadership, we're changing course. The Wolves in White Coats report issued by my office at HHS examines a medical system that subjected children to profound interventions. While serious questions remained about evidence, about informed consent and about financial incentives. The report found more than 225 hospitals and health systems established pediatric gender programs nationwide, where they preyed on vulnerable children and told families that their kids needed life altering medical treatments when what they really needed was compassion and counseling.
Vice President J.D. Vance
So many of these people got rich not by doing what was good for the patient, but by actually mutilating these kids. It was disgraceful. And if someone broke the law, we are going to hold them accountable.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
If the medical establishment failed children, we will confront that failure and restore the sacred duty to do no harm.
Vince C.
And if our public health institutions lost the trust of American families, we're going to earn it back with truth, with transparency, and with gold standard science.
Vice President J.D. Vance
Together, we're going to protect our children. And importantly, we're going to restore trust in public health. When you walk into the doctor's office, you have to know that they're going to do the best by yourselves, by your children. By your family. And we will hold accountable anyone who would betray that trust. We've got so many great doctors. We can't have a few bad doctors tarnish the whole lot. Thank you, everybody.
Vince C.
Did you vote for this chat? Did you vote for this? I did. In fact, I watched that video yesterday and I think I said to producer Jim. All right, that's it. J.D. vance for president of the United States. I'm ready for 48. I'm ready after. After, of course, 47 has done his great work.
Detransitioner 1
I just.
Vince C.
It is so obvious to me that this kind of truth telling is long overdue. You know, I'm very conflicted emotionally about this story because I am horrified by what has happened to these children. Did you hear the scale of that? He said 225 of these so called medical facilities all across the country have been mutilating children at scale for profit. They cut off their genitals, they, they mangled them, they pumped them full of hormones. They sterilize these kids, they leave them with lifelong afflictions. Dependency on the medical system. It's a billion dollar operation on children. No medical necessity whatsoever. In no way an intervention designed to help a person. It's designed to enslave them to these demonic forces which have been sold to you as some sort of moral good. They. For years there's been this effort to try and blackmail people into compliance and silence and acquiescence to just genuflect at the altar of this destructive force. How about hell no. A lot of people's lives have been destroyed by this. And so again, cutting off the funding is just one thing. I mean, that's an important step. Holding these animals criminally responsible for what they've done to our children. That has to happen. So now the United States Department of Justice has criminal investigations into all of these operations.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Good.
Vince C.
Lawyer up. Lawyer up. Because these guys are coming for you. Do you have any doubt in your mind, J.D. vance, the Vice President of the United States, assigned by the President to go after fraudsters, leading a fraud task force. What is this if not fraud? At scale with our children as the victims? Of course. That's why it's the Vice President who's leading this initiative also. Not to mention a loving father who cares about his children and knows what it means to care for them. And so these guys are doing great work. And also, I don't know about you, but this is the first time I've actually gotten a look at Admiral Brian Christine, and he doesn't look like he's messing around. This Admiral, this is just to give you a sense of who he is. He's the Assistant Secretary for Health. He's the head of the United States Public Health Service Commission Corps. This is. He's restoring honor to that operation after it was destroyed by Richard Levine. I love that Brian Christine used his real name. Admiral Brian Christine is the 18th Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services. In this role, he provides leadership on the nation's public health priorities, including chronic disease prevention and efforts to strengthen the nation's overall health. He leads that Public Health service commissioned corps, which makes up more than 5,000 public health professionals dedicated to protecting, promoting, and advancing the health and safety of the nation. He was, of course, nominated by President Trump and confirmed by the Senate. His background, which I find very interesting and relevant here, is urology. Admiral Christine earned his Doctor of Medicine degree from Emory University and completed his residence in urology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. So, in other words, this guy, not only is he a public health leader, his specialty is urology, which I think might come very. Come in very handy when you're assessing the damage that has been done to these children as they've been mutilated in all of the horrible ways that the left has conducted these procedures on the kids. So you have this expert urologist and like a real adult human being with a functioning brain, a man who thinks this is outrageous, and he's a part of this force going after this vile, vile treatment of kids. And just think about the dude he replaced. Just for a moment. I just need to remind you of who exactly he replaced, because the Biden administration picked a guy called Richard Levine who ended up dressing as a woman and calling himself Rachel. And dressing in lady clothes and then telling us that mutilating children is our priority. That is actually something we should be doing. Watch this. Cut three. Take a look.
Political Commentator 1
Many respected medical organizations from many diverse fields agree that gender affirming care is medically necessary, safe, and effective for transgender and non binary youth, adolescents, and adults. So those who attack our LGBTQI community are driven by an agenda that has nothing to do with science.
Vince C.
It has everything to do with science. Everything to do with science. The people who think that we shouldn't mutilate children believe that they have biologically sound bodies. Their bodies are not a mistake. It's not an illness to be cured. You're an abuser. You're an abuser dressed in lady clothes. You know this report that was released yesterday by the Trump administration. What a wise title. What a wise title for this thing, they called it Wolves in white coats. Wolves in white coats. Brilliant stuff. And coming up, you're going to hear some of the stories of the children who've been impacted by these evil forces who are now all under criminal investigation thanks to the work of the Trump administration. We've got a lot to share on this subject. Coming up, a lot more, including from the new, better Admiral Brian Christine. I've got some details from him straight ahead on this edition of vince. Before we get there, though, I do want to thank one of the fine sponsors who make this important show possible. That's Blackout Coffee. I want to thank Blackout. You know, if you're like me, your mornings really matter. Before I can even get into the news each day, I need something that's very consistent, something I can rely on. And for me, that is Blackout Coffee. It's strong, smooth. It's just a really well crafted cup of coffee. What I like about Blackout, very simple. It's a small American company. They take pride in what they do and it shows in every bag. Don't just buy a bag. Join the coffee club. This is how I do it. Your coffee will show up automatically. You save money, you get free shipping. You don't have to think about it. It just becomes a part of your routine. And on top of that, you start earning rewards. You get bonus credit after a few deliveries. They're also doing some great limited releases right now for the 250th anniversary of the United States. United States of America. We love it. So it's a perfect time to check them out. Go to blackoutcoffee.com Vince. Use the code Vince. 20% off your first order. That's blackout coffee dot com. Vince. Join the coffee club today. Make it part of your daily routine. Yes, indeed. Thank you. To Blackout Coffee. All right, so the, the investigations are underway. That's great. I mentioned before that I had mixed emotions about all of this. I'm horrified by what's happening to the children. But, boy, don't you love the candor of the people who are now in charge of the people who you've empowered to fix this problem. Don't you just love the honesty? The guys who are standing up there telling us they're mutilating these kids. That last dude who was pretending he was a chick, he was a dude. His name is Richard. They're just blunt about it. Wasn't that long ago that there were lots of people, including on our side, who were kind of cowed into silence on this issue, thinking that they'd be canceled or that they would come across as bigoted. I don't want to come across as bigoted. It's not big. It's caring. It's empathetic. It's loving to stand up for children. And you should do it. You should do it no matter the risk. I never hesitated. I was always on it. You know, for a while there was. There were people, including yours truly. I did. For a. For a minute, I was using the phrase biological sex because I really wanted to help people understand. If they didn't, I'm like, look, it's like it is biological. But remember, for those of you who are potentially, potentially still tempted to use that phrase biological sex, it's like you don't have to qualify it. It's just your sex. You're either male or female. There's no reason to qualify. When you qualify it, it almost comes across as like a hedge. Like you're playing footsie with this very perverse ideology of telling people they can be born in the wrong body. They can't be born in the wrong body. Look, there's adults who will do all sorts of things to their bodies that you and I may not agree with. And I feel sad for them. That is a situation, once again, where they're just being misled about the circumstances of their own life. But when it happens to children, there is something particularly evil about doing that to a kid before they even have a chance to really go out and experience the world. And they've got to spend the rest of their life with an affliction that's been imposed on them by adults. It's really horrific stuff. And the kids who've been abused in this way, well, we know their stories. Admiral Brian Christine has sat down and interviewed a bunch of these young people, and he shared this with us yesterday. I want you to take a look at this. Here's cut two, Admiral Brian Christine and his conversation with young people who've been harmed by the left.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Some of the health problems that you experienced while you were on treatments and after surgery, and I know those are probably. That's probably a tough question, but thank you for talking about it.
Detransitioner 1
Yeah, of course.
Soren Aldaiko
Obviously, I dealt with a lot of complications from being on puberty blockers before I hit puberty. I have constant joint pain and bone density loss as well. They didn't explain to me the potential lifelong consequences.
Detransitioner 1
First began to question my gender identity when I was 11 years old. the time I was going through puberty, I hit it a lot earlier than all of the other Girls in my school, and it was really difficult to deal with. September of 2017 is when I had my mistake mastectomy. The surgery was referred to with watered down terms such as top surgery. So when I got to 17 and realized, oh, I am gonna make it, I, you know, did a lot of introspective thinking. And I was just like, this isn't how I want to live my life. It feels like I'm putting in a lot of effort to try to maintain this facade that I'm a real boy. The testosterone really damaged my liver. At 14, I have genital atrophy. I have urinary issues. It's almost like I'm a menopausal woman. What I wasn't told was that among the complications would be nerve pain, which I deal with every day. It sometimes feels like slicing or like electrical zap. I also was not made aware that I would be left with mammary glands. So if I were to get pregnant, I would likely produce some milk, but it would be trapped with no way to get out and cause serious infection. So I was kind of blindsided by these things a bit. My doctors kind of did whatever they felt like.
Detransitioner 2
I was 17 when I first was prescribed testosterone, had my first injection. I am 23 now, and I'm about three months off of testosterone, and I'm still trying to pick up the pieces. If I knew about the long term health issues that I was going to be experiencing, I would not have started the hormones in the first place. It was a lot of fatigue, brain fog issues, sleeping issues with diet. My thyroid was just destroyed. Once I was done dealing with the side effects of testosterone and decided to detransition, the clinicians and providers at the hospital were just gave up on me. I feel like the system betrayed me.
Soren Aldaiko
I began identifying as transgender at age 11, started hormone replacement therapy at age 17, and by age 19, I had a double mastectomy. I could not have wrapped my head around what it would be like for them to cut my incisions back open and manually drain blood clots from my chest cavity. Until I lived through that, until I was on that hospital bed having it happen to me. At the time, I thought I was going to die. Nobody will understand the complications that come with these procedures and these treatments until you experience them. Yeah.
Vince C.
Ledema says in our chat, this is so freaking sad. I agree. I will say the emotion I felt watching all of that and hearing their stories was rage. It's enraging. I don't know if this comes from being a Father, I have a 12 year old daughter. Just the idea that someone would harm my child in that way, it fills me with rage
Justice Clarence Thomas
to see this.
Vince C.
It's anger inducing. And in the absence of a criminal justice system that functions, if you have an entire society with that much righteous indignation, it's just, it can bring everything down. I mean, basically, we need criminal justice. We have to have it. We have to. You can't live in a world with this kind of injustice and no consequences. You can't, because one way or another, consequences will arrive. So you better have a criminal justice system that operates. You have to. It's a stabilizing force. God bless the Trump administration for launching criminal investigations into all of this. May you take down this demonic industry, please, for the kids. All right, in a moment, you're going to hear from Soren, Soren Aldaiko, who we just heard from a moment ago in that video. We'll chat with Soren about her experience and what she makes of the Trump administration's decisions. Here to go after all of this. I'm very grateful that we'll be able to have this conversation. Stand by for that. Just a moment away. Before we get there, though, I do want to thank the fine people who do make shows like this possible. Bowl and branch Bolan Branch so great. I sleep so much better with the bowl and branch sheets. Allison, my dear wife, years ago bought us the bowl and branch sheets and we've loved them ever since. And I'm so happy that they're a sponsor of the program and I can tell you about them here because if you ever climb into a bed on a summer night and then instantly regret it with your sheets sticking to your legs or they're not breathing at all and you're debating how much you can turn the air conditioning down and whether you can afford it, outlook go with Bolan Branch. Their summer bedding is breathable, lightweight, designed to help you stay cool all night long. Their sheets are made from 100% organic cotton. They're woven specifically for airflow, not just softness. They're wonderful. Sleep cooler this summer with Boland branch. Get 15% off of your first order, plus free shipping. Bolenbranch.com Vince Code Vince that's Boland Branch. B O L L a n d branch.com Vince Code Vince Unlock 15% off. Bolandbranch.com Vince Code Vince Exclusions apply. See bolandbranch.com for details. Also want to thank the fine people with Chefman. I've got the the chef man Slush Ease Max. It's pretty cool, actually. You know, a lot of frozen drink makers either cost a fortune or feel like a cheap seasonal gadget. The Chef Man Slushies Max delivers premium frozen drink performance without the premium price tag. In fact, I was really surprised by how much this feels like one of those expensive frozen drink machines that you would see at a restaurant or a specialty drink shop. You're like, holy cow, you can have it at home. The big difference is it's designed for your countertop. It's incredibly easy to use. One of my favorite things about it is the built in freezing system. It just means there's no ice needed. You just add the ingredients and then the machine does the work. And we can use it for everything in the house. Smoothies, frozen coffee drinks, milkshakes, even frozen cocktails when we're entertaining friends. And it's got a large 90 ounce capacity, perfect for family gatherings or parties. And because it's so versatile, it's something you're going to use all year long. It's not just during the summer. If you've been thinking about getting a frozen drink machine, I think you're going to be impressed. The Chef Man Slush Ease Max, it's, it delivers great frozen drinks. Very easy to use. It's not going to cost you a fortune. Plus you'll save 25% with my code Vince. Visit Chefman.com use the promo code Vince. Again, that's Chefman.com promo code Vince. Thank you to Chef man for supporting the program and our work here today. Appreciate them for that. Now, I am very appreciative of the conversation we're about to have with my next guest, Soren Aldaco, who is with the Independent Women's Forum and ambassador there. Soren was subjected to the horrors of this industry and now the Trump administration is going after them. Soren, thank you so much for spending some time with us today. Appreciate you for that.
Soren Aldaiko
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Vince C.
Vince, tell me, tell me if you could, in brief, and I'm sure you've done this a million times, but tell me your story.
Soren Aldaiko
Well, like many people my age, I'm 24. I got into the Internet really young. And in some of those early Internet spaces, you know, you could really come across just about anything. And unfortunately, I ended up in the dark corner of the Internet where I was groomed and then learned about transgender identity, which to a young woman who's been harmed and not even a young woman yet. Right. 11 years old. It's the perfect escape. And so beginning at 11 years old, I started identifying as trans. By age 15, I had doctors affirming that that was related to all of my issues. At age 17, I started testosterone after just one visit. 30 minutes. And at age 19, I had a double mastectomy. And the mastectomy went horribly wrong. Six months later, I detransitioned. And I've been telling my story ever since, both in the courts and now with the federal government.
Vince C.
Okay, so if you could take me for the beginning. You said that you ended up in the dark corners of the Internet. How easy was it for you to end up in those dark corners, basically, as an 11 year old? How do you end up in such a toxic place?
Soren Aldaiko
Well, for me, it was really easy because I could access the Internet from my Nintendo DSi. This device that my parents thought I was playing know video games on. It was actually a gateway for getting into chat rooms. And it was in those chat rooms, I, you know, been watching a lot of anime. I wanted to roleplay my favorite anime characters, which is very developmentally appropriate. You know, kids play cops and robbers. It's how we learn what kinds of traits you want to have as adults. You know, I didn't realize adults were going to take advantage of me through those chat rooms, through my love for something that seems so innocent.
Vince C.
So how do you go from that to being in a doctor's office? What's the process there?
Soren Aldaiko
Well, for many years, it stayed a role play identity for me. This transgender identity was one that I wore online largely. And then in person, you know, I dealt, I dealt with being a girl. I played softball, I was in girl Scouts. But I ended up in a doctor's office shortly after meeting my biological father for the first time. He was absent for the first 15 years of my life. And when I met him, I, you know, somewhat reasonably freaked out. And instead of investigating, you know, whether it was this family rupture, this development that had maybe led to my mental health issues or even caused them. The psychiatrist inpatient saw I had short hair, saw that I was binding my chest, heard that I had gone by a boy at a summer camp, or at least use a different name. Right. And he pushed me to come out to him as trans and then went and told my family behind my back.
Vince C.
Is that so? Have you identified along the way that they're like, in terms of people's upbringing, you're talking about your father not being a part of your life, your biological father, and you meet him and then you're trying to deal with that process. Have you Encountered that people who share your story, who have similar stories to you, often have kind of these kinds of origin stories. In other words, they have complicated family lives and the difficulty in processing that processing that sometimes leads to these kids being exploited.
Soren Aldaiko
What I think is very unfortunate is I think everybody kind of has, you know, complicated family life these days, whether it's from, you know, not having a father in the home or just the ways that, you know, power has been removed from families in the present day. But in my experience, I do think that at the very least, if it's not coming from within the home, then doctors surely try and try and introduce it by wedging this transgender issue between parents and children.
Vince C.
So what do you think was really going on? Now, in hindsight, as you look back at all of this, why would a medical professional try and convince you you were born in the wrong body and then put you down this destructive path? What is that?
Soren Aldaiko
I think for a lot of medical professionals, it is an opportunity. Unfortunately, to a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And we're in an era where doctors have more power than ever, are receiving more money than ever, and there's real good doctors out there. But in my case, I came across some ideologues, and so it was very easy for them to say that this is what was going wrong and here's the solution.
Vince C.
I saw that the Trump administration was explaining that pediatrics as a profession are among the lower paid of the medical professionals, and that they basically, they saw this as a huge money making opportunity. I'm not saying every pediatrician. I'm saying that the pediatric medical industry saw this as a huge money making opportunity to drive children into this kind of abuse.
Soren Aldaiko
I know that in my case, and you know, this is still within the realm of pediatrics. I was only 19 years old. Pediatrics sees young people up to 21. The. The surgery center that I saw did charge my insurance, you know, tens of thousands of dollars on top of char charging me 5k. So I know the money is there for sure.
Vince C.
It's at least a billion dollar industry. It's wild. Okay, so then you said it was after six months or so, after you were subjected to all these surgeries, you realized you're like, this is not for me. This is crazy. So what happened there?
Soren Aldaiko
Well, it was a long process. Right. I had spent in this identity, what, almost 10 years. But by the time that I had the surgery and I had these massive hematomas, I had bruising everywhere, all the way from my chest down to flanks.
Detransitioner 1
Sure.
Soren Aldaiko
And my Doctors, my surgeons, right, the ones who did the surgery, the ones who worked for that surgery center said nothing was wrong until I ended up in the hospital and had to be seen by breast oncology because their in house top surgeon wouldn't even touch me. And so I started following the trail. Why would people be so eager to get me on the operating table to take my money on the front end, but want nothing to do with me when actual medicine was involved, when there was a real problem going on? And so the money obviously was a big red flag to me, but also just realizing human development, you know, we've known about it for, for centuries and it's obvious to me that no one's born in the wrong body, so how could I be.
Vince C.
So you were abandoned by all of the people who abused you, like they just, they just gave up on you the second you decided you weren't on board with the ideology.
Soren Aldaiko
I showed the on call physician a photo of my chest where I looked like I had breasts again, but it was, it was blood, right, instead of breast tissue. And he said, what am I supposed to be looking at here? And that said to me, okay. It took me an hour and a half to get you on the phone, will I have a fever? Will I have every single thing on this list that you told me to reach out to you for and you're asking me what's wrong here? It's pretty obvious for anyone who's seen the photos, they're in the documentary, that something was wrong.
Vince C.
Okay. So this week the Trump administration, as far as I can tell, has made two really big announcements. One is that they've successfully cut off Medicaid funding for the mutilation of kids who've experienced what you've experienced. And two, they announced yesterday they're referring all of these medical operations for criminal prosecution. What do you make of this news?
Soren Aldaiko
I think looking into the actual system that's allowing individual doctors to act poorly, in my case, there were several physicians who acted poorly. I think that that's where we have to go. And so it's very hopeful for me to see some real action being taken and, you know, it's deliverable after deliverable. This is a very productive administration on this issue.
Vince C.
Do you want to see the people who harmed you behind bars?
Soren Aldaiko
I definitely want to see them held accountable.
Vince C.
Yeah. Yeah, I would think so. What about the people in your life, your loved ones, how have they reacted throughout all of this?
Soren Aldaiko
I think they've reacted in different ways because it affected each person differently. I've had people who have had a real hard time talking about it. And, you know, those who urged caution, my mother, my mom's mom, her stepdad. I have a great relationship with them today. You know, I've taken accountability for my part and being a difficult child. You know, I think a lot of us in our childhoods are times of chaos and identity formation, but in my case, it was especially chaotic, and so it's been great. But obviously there's a lot of harm, and it'll take years to get anywhere near back to where we should be.
Vince C.
The status as what they call a detransitioner, someone who has a realization that they were born in the correct body, is. What is that like? So I talked about the medical industry, but you've got also, like, kind of these. These activists, they. And as I understand the process here, Soren, and you can explain it better than any of us, but that, like, once you adopt the ideology that you were born in the wrong body, that you're subjected to a lot of affirmation, they call it love bombing. That. That you're just, like, convinced, oh, you're doing the right thing. This is the right thing. What happens the moment you say, wait a second, I wasn't born in the wrong body and this was a mistake? How does that group, the left, let's be candid, how do they treat you?
Soren Aldaiko
I remember shortly after I detransitioned in 2022, I had reached out to this gentleman who ran a podcast for the LGBTQ community, and I thought he was going to be very receptive. I thought I had cracked the code that you could be born in the right body. And in fact, that's just how it is. And I remember him asking me how I felt about detransitioners who grifted. And he had this image of detransitioners who were just out there to do the cash grab themselves, right? That it wasn't the practitioners who had led them down this path, that it was the individual seeking accountability and justice who were in the wrong. And attention seeking.
Vince C.
Oh, my God. That's so insane. That's wild. You know, I often sort and think about. It was not long ago. It was like, you know, the early 2010s, I guess, that the left would preach something called body positivity. They would say, there's, you know, you're perfect just the way you are. And usually there was an excuse for obesity. It's like, you could be really heavy and it's fine. You're perfect just the way you are. It was body positivity. Now the left is kind of defined by what we call body negative, what I call body negativity. You're born in the wrong body. You've got to subject yourself to the medical industry. You have to change everything about you. It's like, how could. How is it possible to have those two completely conflicting opinions at the same time?
Soren Aldaiko
That's a real good question, and one I don't think I can answer for everyone. But I do know that in my experience with leftist communities, it was almost this. This selfishness, this hyper individualism that, you know, in fact, I could do whatever I wanted. And that meant if I wanted to be born in the wrong body, I was born in the wrong body. If I wanted to say I was perfect as I was and I needed to do nothing about my health, then so be it. So it really was my way or the highway, regardless of which way you went.
Vince C.
I don't know if you're spiritual at all, but I detect spiritual components to this too. This idea that you can play God at any given moment, and there is a realization somewhere along the line, I think, hopefully for most people, that you're not God, but you are created in his image and likeness, and you're perfect just the way you are. Soren, thank you very much for your time today, and thank you for the great work of the Independent Women's Forum. I'm appreciative that you're a part of their great operations.
Soren Aldaiko
Yeah, God bless you, Vince, thank you.
Detransitioner 2
God bless you.
Vince C.
Thank you for coming on with us. Appreciate her for doing that. It's crazy.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Yeah.
Vince C.
Keep your kids off the Internet. People said Shelly being 15 in the chat. Yeah, well, the. The little Nintendo unit. The little Nintendo unit. She said she. The parents thought she was playing games and she was. She was cruising the web on chat rooms and being misled by people who didn't care about her at all. You know, I think about, from time to time on this issue I've talked about this, that, you know, there was a time when certainly I would think today people still have this. This thought which is like. Like you want your kid to be protected from strangers, right? Like you're on guard from stranger danger. Isn't that the thing? And yet, like, it just seems like kind of at scale just because obviously the dawn of the Internet and the way it's been used, people are kind of letting. Not everybody, but people are kind of letting strangers raise their children on the Internet. And just because the kid is sitting inside of your own house and you're like, oh, they're safe. They're in the air conditioning. I'm feeding them three square meals a day. You're thinking, oh, they're okay. Wait a second. No, no, no. They're being raised by strangers on the Internet. They're filling their heads with all sorts of garbage. Yeah, they're just true. Watch your kids, keep an eye, keep an eye on those screens and keep the. Candidly, I'll be honest with you. Just keep the phone away from the kid as long as possible. You know, we're, we're not a, you know, we're a, we're going to phase in the phone someday. That's where I'm, my daughter's 12. She's probably, probably getting driven crazy by the fact that I'm even talking about this. But I'm, I don't care. I don't care. She knows, she knows. My, my view is really simple. It's like you're not getting a phone until you're 48 years old. That's as long as I can govern this particular question. Holy cow.
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Vince C.
All right, let me, let, let me see here. I've got, I've got quite a bit more for you. I'm sorry, I'm so staggered by the, that story and that great conversation with Soren. I appreciate her again for coming on with us today. Let's, let's get to some of the other components of what's going on in the world. I've got an update from the New York Times yesterday that the Trump administration has been investigating all of these left wing insurrectionists who've been attacking immigration enforcement in the United States, including in Minnesota. And they're very upset about it. This is the New York Times. They're very upset about this. And the way that they frame the story is if, as if this is some sort of giant threat to civil liberties. Like, what is it about the Trump administration treating all these just these law abiding First Amendment protesters like crap? And it's like, well, wait a second, hold on. They're throwing themselves in front of cop cars, they're stalking, harassing, obstructing, attacking federal immigration enforcement and, you know, lighting Molotov cocktails, throwing them the whole Thing is crazy. And so what you and I have been asking is we need a criminal investigation, we need prosecutions of all these people. And we've gotten some prosecutions. We've had these antifa lunatics are being prosecuted by the dozens and, and I want more of it. But the New York Times is upset and here's what they've got us investigated. Left leaning groups during Minnesota immigration crackdown. Okay, so what happened? They say four days after Alex Preddy was fatally shot while filming officers taking part. Filming. He was just filming. While taking part in the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in Minnesota, the Homeland Security Department quietly opened an investigation at its office in St. Paul.
Justice Clarence Thomas
Good.
Vince C.
The target was not the border patrol agents, they say bitterly, who had killed Mr. Preddy, a 37 year old government nurse in late July. I want to remind you about the Alex Preddy behavior. Alex Preddy was captured on camera destroying federal property. There was federal law enforcement in SUVs driving past him and he started taking, he picked up his foot and he started kicking out the lights on the vehicle. They had to come out and tackle him and put him under arrest. And then subsequently here he's out obstructing law enforcement as they're conducting immigration actions. And remember, in the process somebody disarmed him. You saw the video. We, we litigated the video at the time. One of the federal cops see that, sees the gun on him, pulls it off of him. It looks like the gun discharges, gunshot goes off. Law enforcement, in an effort to protect itself, fires at the suspect, killing him. Now, was everything executed perfectly in that sequence of events? I'm not saying it was, but I am saying that Alex Preddy would have never been out on the street if he wasn't encouraged to do it by the likes of the New York Times and Tampon, Tim Walls and all these crazy people who say that somehow you're fighting Nazis by standing out in the street and blocking law enforcement. The New York Times to this very day is still making excuses for all of the insanity that led to Alex Brady's death. Scumbags. But the reality of course is that the insurrectionists do deserve to be investigated. They said the investigation was into several left leaning political organizations, labor unions, a climate change group. Oh, just people who care about the weather. Socialist collectives that investigators believed had provided help and money to what they described as the violent opportunists and agitators on the street. As a part of their inquiry, the documents show Homeland Security officials used an array of invasive tactics. All investigations Involve, quote, invasive tactics during the first half of this year to gather information on many groups and individuals who were never accused of crimes. Crossing the line that has traditionally stood between investigating criminal activity and. And political dissent. What line? The guys who are blocking law enforcement. Obstructing federal law enforcement. That's not criminal activity. It's just political dissent. In one instance, officials used administrative subpoenas to obtain more than three years of financial records from the Sunrise Movement. The Sunrise. What's the Sunrise Movement? More in a moment on that. An environmental action group. That's what the New York Times calls them. And a labor union, the Communication Workers of America. The timeframe went well beyond the civil unrest in Minnesota, which was prompted by the deployment of thousands of immigration agents to the state during the winter. Okay, hold on. Okay, we're sequencing the events here. The civil unrest was caused by the deployment of federal law enforcement. You see, it's Trump's fault. It's Trump's fault that an insurrection began because he deployed federal law enforcement to Minnesota. Okay, well, let's back up the timeline a little bit. Why were federal agents deployed to Minnesota? Because Democrats refused to cooperate with the feds to get rid of the illegal aliens. And what came before that? The illegal aliens. Who let them into the country? That would be the Biden administration. You see the sequence of events? So, in other words, this all starts with Democrats. Yet the New York Times wants to blame Trump for sending in the feds. Just to be clear about what you're reading, it's like. It's amazing. I don't know about you, but this is the way I read New York Times reports. I read these New York Times reports. I'm like, all right, Here are the 5,000 things they're not telling you in these paragraphs that are designed to prejudice your understanding of the entire story. In another investigator scrutinized three years worth of wire transfers made by the nation's biggest health care workers union, the seiu, in what they referred to as an inquiry into domestic terrorist financing. Okay. Anyway, the piece keeps going on and talking about how they're. They're surveilling these people and they're going after them. They're digging into their encrypted shafts. Good, good, good, good. I voted for this. Please, I need criminal accountability. This is what I'm looking for. And we've gotten some. Like I said, we had an indictment of 15 people in June. These are all antifa lunatics. More, more, more. All I want is more. That's all I'm asking. For New York Times is upset about it. Now, as far as the actual organizations that are involved in all of this, who are these people? Who's involved in this destructive insurrectiony behavior? I'm glad you asked. Back in February, a great reporter by the name of Chadwick Moore wrote this piece for the New York Post. Grassroots anti ICE campaign funded by left wing billionaire donors saying it's the same dark money with new signs. Anti ICE protests in Minnesota may appear to be grassroots efforts organized by concerned citizens, but they're really funded with mega donor money coming from China. A so called ICE out march. ICE out this would be. We don't want immigration enforcement. Get rid of borders, allow invaders to pour into the country. Drew an estimated 15,000 left wing political activists to a frozen snow covered Minneapolis on Friday with attendees chanting ice out now. And demanding an end of federal immigration enforcement in the city. The protest was framed as spontaneous and everyday people, but it featured a familiar cast of politically obsessed activists and terminally online characters. They organized on radical message boards and encrypted texting apps, but are backed by funds created by radical leftist billionaires. Scott Walter is the president of the Capital Research operation and he's an expert on dark money outfits. He told the New York Post, quote, my team's best judgment is that it's Neville Singham. It's the Neville Singham network that is most active in Minnesota, partly because that's the most crazy network. But they're not alone. Walter was referring to the People's Forum and the Party for Socialism and Liberation, both funded by China based former software executive Singham. He lives in China. He is with the ChiComs. He's holed up with the ChiComs, dumping tons of cash into the insurrection right here in the United States of America. And the New York Times says that's not worth digging into. Stay away from this story. There's nothing to see here. These aren't the droids you're looking for. That's the New York Times for you. But once again, I love. You know why I love? I read these New York Times reports. One, so I can tell you what the left is talking about. I can tell you what's really going on. But two, because what you would you end up getting out of like a New York Times report like that is it is possible to establish what the news of the story is. It's not the way they framed it, but it is valuable. The fact is the Trump administration has gone all in on investigating all of this and not just domestically, internationally. Marco Rubio just Assembled a team of, of countries all across the planet who are going after left wing terrorism now at the behest of the Trump administration. More, more. And what was the last one? Oh, more. I would like more of that, please. That would be good. Yes, indeed. But these left wing terrorists, they continue. You see that the, the lunatics are vandalizing the, the memorial, the World War II memorial. You see this? The World War II memorial was being vandalized yesterday. Yeah, yeah, it's. The Trump derangement syndrome is strong with these ones. Andrew Layden on X has some photos of the chaos. Here's what he shares with us. You've got lefties who've been pouring soap bubbles into the fountains, into the. Yeah, the fountain at the World War II memorial. You see all this, guys? Look at that. Soap bubbles. It turns out they do have soap. They just use it to attack our nation's veterans, the people who save the world. Look at that. Soap bubbles right there at the World War II memorial. So that has to be cleaned out. You have to get rid of that. And that's again, that'll come, unfortunately, at our expense unless we can catch the lunatics who did this. Are there cameras? Do we have cameras? I saw somebody point out, you know, there's these flock. Cameras are everywhere. Can we point one at the World War II memorial, perhaps? Would we be able to catch these crazy people as they're pouring soap bubbles into the fountains also? It's not just soap bubbles. They've also dumped red paint all over our World War II memorial because they're the left and that's what they do. They painted all sorts of demented phrases on the World War II memorial. They dumped red paint on it. And this again is dedicated, this memorial is dedicated to celebrating some of the most wonderful, impressive and heroic people who have ever lived and fought and died for our country. And of course, these lefties, they don't know anything about it. They just know that I don't know. They don't know anything. They're just attacking. They're just attacking anything that makes America great. They attack because they hate Trump and they hate what people like these World War II veterans have built. It's being cleaned up already. There's a cleanup operation underway to fix all of this. I saw Nick Sorter has some video footage of it. Here's what the cleanup operation looks like at the World War II memorial right now. Poor guy is scrubbing up red paint. Looks like they got the National Guard out there trying to protect the site. It's just Vile, man. It's just about as disgraceful as a gans. So it's being cleaned up. Thanks to Nick Sorter for his constant reporting. He's great. We love having Nick on the program. We'll have him again sometime. But, you know, these, we need, we need these people to be taken into custody. There's got to be video of this. We've got to, we got to take these people into custody. Oh, and by the way, remember, the left keeps saying, like, there's no vandalism going on on the National Mall. Trump's just making it up.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Really?
Vince C.
Because I just witnessed it. What was that? What was that was the red paint. Somebody slipped and they just spilled a bunch of red paint on the World War II memorial. Somebody accidentally dumped a bunch of soap into the fountain? I don't think so. I think the left is up to his old tricks. It's old criminal tricks. Justice, please, let's end with a palate cleanser today, shall we? You want a palate cleanser chat? I'm going to give you something great. Justice Clarence Thomas is a wonderful American. We love Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. I hope he lives to 900 years old and just stays on the United States Supreme Court and keeps driving the left crazy and keeps restoring constitutional liberty in the United States of America. I hope he can do that forever. But he was being interviewed this week and he was, he was funny. He was talking about the left wing insanity. The left really hates Clarence Thomas because he's a black man who doesn't obey them. And he was saying that it's kind of ridiculous that the left demands that if you're black that you think a certain way. And he goes, this idea that being black is a state of mind is very, very crazy. I'll let Justice Thomas explain.
Justice Clarence Thomas
Cut for they call you names or say you're not black. I mean, how stupid is that? Look at me. You know, then they say things like, oh, blacks is. Black is a state of mind. So you see some, you walking down a road and a Klansman comes up and he says, what's your state of mind?
Vince C.
That's right. The KKK guy is going to judge him based on his state of mind, not his skin color. The kkk brought to you by the Southern Poverty Law Center. Thank you to Justice Clares Thomas for always, for always saying the right thing. He's brilliant, man. We love Clarence Thomas and I appreciate you. The best audience anywhere. What a nice week to be back with you. It's been so wonderful. I've got the big national radio show today, the VIN Show.com for your local radio listings. We've got a lot to talk about. We'll do it today on that program. You can watch it live from 1 to 3 Eastern time. It's a 12 to 3 Eastern show. You can listen to it live across the country. But you can watch it live from 1 to 3 Eastern. Rumble.com Vince We've got the video feed going and we've got the great chat. We're going to hang out today. It's going to be wonderful. We've got Dan Bongino's amazing program coming up at 10am each day. Rumble.com Bongino and the Haley Karen is amazing program coming up at noon eastern each day. Rumble.com Haley Haley with two wives. Why? Because she's amazing. And the Mr. Sean Farish, he starts his program that's on Monday. That's on Rumble and you're going to love it. I promise. There's a lot to get to. We'll keep doing it. Great to have you with us. Have a great American weekend. You deserve it. You've worked hard this week. God bless you.
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Host: Vince Coglianese
Guest: Soren Aldaiko (Independent Women’s Forum Ambassador and detransitioner)
Date: August 14, 2026
This episode centers on the Trump administration’s recent crackdown on what the host deems the “mutilation of children” under the guise of pediatric gender medicine. Titled "The Wolves in White Coats Unmasked," the podcast tackles the federal response to gender-affirming care, government investigations into medical practices, interviews with so-called detransitioners, and a broader critique of left-wing activism and institutions.
Guest Soren Aldaiko shares her personal experience as a detransitioner, illuminating the medical, psychological, and societal ramifications of gender transition treatment in minors. The episode features direct statements by Vice President J.D. Vance, Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and Admiral Brian Christine, outlining new steps the administration is taking, as well as ongoing political tensions with left-wing groups and protest actions.
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This episode provides a detailed critique of gender-affirming care for minors, presenting government action as both overdue and necessary. By combining commentary, official statements, testimony from detransitioners, and discussions of left-wing activism, VINCE frames the current moment as a righteous crackdown on a corrupt medical and political establishment. The emotional centerpiece is the account of guest Soren Aldaiko, making the harm of these medical interventions personal and urgent.
Listeners come away with a clear sense of the host's perspective: urgent legal action and accountability, skepticism of left-wing arguments and activism, and a call for cultural vigilance to protect children.