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Liberal ‘Tolerance’ on Display After Overturning of Roe v. Wade
Last week, the Supreme Court reversed Roe v. Wade, the 1973 decision that outlawed state anti-abortion laws and federalized an issue that, for all but the last 50 years of our history, was decided by the states. Critics falsely claim that Roe “legalized” abortion, when pre-1973 abortion was legal in the states where a majority… -
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The Crybaby Leftist Mind
Modern progressives assume moral and intellectual authority. Consequently, their supposedly superior ends naturally justify almost any means necessary to achieve them. Among the elite, the Democrats’ “blue wall” states were once considered a testament to the wisdom of the Electoral College. When that wall crumbled in 2016 to Donald Trump, the Electoral College suddenly was… -
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Violence, and Calls for It, Increase Post-Roe. Will Authorities Take This Seriously?
Americans today might be getting flashbacks to 2020, when the radical left committed itself to a rampage that lasted for months. In the aftermath of George Floyd’s death, the left decided the only way to get what it wanted was through the destruction of once beautiful cities and endless political violence. And with the end… -
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Biden’s Push for ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ Betrays Parental Rights
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade through its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a renewed conversation about abortion is front and center all across the country. And rightfully so, because states will now be forced to confront the question of whether or not they will stand for… -
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Supreme Court Decision May Force Young Women to Confront Sexual Reality
Thanks to the overturning of Roe v. Wade, young women are confronting some basic truths about men and women that feminism has denied for the last half-century. Like other left-wing movements, feminism is based on a denial of reality (or, if you prefer, on lies). The best-known example is the feminist insistence that, except for… -
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Kristi Noem Gets Hardball Practice
The “news” networks don’t practice any religious observances on their airwaves on Sunday, but they do have a fierce devotion to promoting their sacred “right” to destroy innocent unborn children. You could see this on June 26 during two interviews with Gov. Kristi Noem of South Dakota, a Republican. On ABC’s “This Week” and CBS’… -
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Supreme Court’s Ruling in West Virginia v. EPA Delivers Win for Self-Government, Affordable Energy
It’s been an eventful month for decisions from the Supreme Court. Monumental decisions on issues of life, the Second Amendment, and religious freedom have now been followed up by West Virginia v. EPA, a decision that has major implications for checking runaway regulators and for the economy. In short, the Supreme Court shut down the… -
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Biden’s Executive Actions on Food Stamps, Obamacare, Student Loans Will Balloon Deficit, CBO Says
A letter from the Congressional Budget Office in response to an inquiry by a Republican congressman from Missouri confirms that the Biden administration’s executive actions will increase cost to federal taxpayers and fuel rising deficits. The response to Rep. Jason Smith from the CBO highlights three major actions taken by the Biden administration—on food stamps,… -
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Gavin Newsom Just Dumped a Gallon of Kerosene on the Inflation Fire
They say the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again but expecting different results. California Gov. Gavin Newsom seems ignorant of this principle. Study after study shows that the some $6 trillion in stimulus spending hurriedly passed during the COVID-19 pandemic contributed significantly to the 40-year, record high inflation we’re suffering today. What’s the… -
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Hundreds of Lives Already Saved Since Roe Reversal, Kristan Hawkins Says
Kristan Hawkins has been preparing for a post-Roe America for 16 years. For her, the Supreme Court decision Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade was surreal. Hawkins leads the pro-life organization Students for Life, which seeks to educate young Americans on the issue of abortion. Waking up Saturday, Hawkins estimated “over 400 children … would… -
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Mississippi’s Governor Is Building Pro-Life Culture. Will Rest of America Follow?
The Supreme Court decision Friday that overruled Roe v. Wade and did away with the premise that there’s a constitutional right to an abortion was in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. The case originated in Mississippi and was the linchpin in the greatest victory for the pro-life cause in the past… -
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New York Attorney General Demands Google Scrub Crisis Pregnancy Centers From Search Results
The office of New York Attorney General Letitia James, a Democrat, demanded in a Tuesday letter that Google exclude crisis pregnancy centers from search results about abortion. “A search through Google Maps seeking ‘abortion’ and a location will provide a local listing of both those health care providers who offer abortion services and organizations that… -
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Cornell University Removes Bust of Abraham Lincoln After Getting 1 ‘Complaint’
The war on history came for all our past, from Columbus to the Founding Fathers to Abraham Lincoln. Now, college campuses appear to be conducting mop-up operations. The College Fix reports that officials removed a bust of Lincoln from a Cornell University library exhibit after somebody complained. “Someone complained, and it was gone,” Cornell University… -
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Biden to Spend $200B on Gender Equality, Climate Projects in Developing Nations to ‘Counter’ China’s Influence
This year’s Group of Seven Leaders’ Summit in Germany was the most critical since the group’s establishment in 1973 in light of Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, an underperforming global economy, and many other interwoven global challenges. Yet the outcome of the summit turned out to be second-rate. The most notable, but expensive and potentially… -
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Democrats, Republicans Unite to Defend Women’s Sports From Transgender Athletes
“This issue isn’t a Republican issue, and it isn’t a Democratic issue: This is an equality issue.” These words from Jennifer Braceras, director of the Independent Women’s Law Center, at the recent “Our Bodies, Our Sports” rally in the nation’s capital capture an increasing sense of bipartisan urgency to reinstate equality and safety as biological males… -
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Biden’s Solar Power Scam: How Phony Emergency Declaration Will Help China
When it comes to energy policy, President Joe Biden has become a master of doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons. His policies on solar panel production and imports are prime examples. Everyone agrees that we ought to be good stewards of the planet. That’s why it’s critical that we get energy and environmental policies… -
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Post-Roe, Left Suddenly Remembers What a Woman Is
The radical left is in disarray after the Supreme Court decided Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, ruling that there was no constitutional right to an abortion. Angry protesters filled the streets and stormed the conservative justices’ residential neighborhoods, hellbent on getting so-called abortion rights back for … women? That can’t be right. The radical left… -
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Judge Blocks Texas Trigger Law From Going Into Effect, Rules Abortions Can Proceed
A Texas county judge sided with abortion providers and temporarily blocked the enforcement of a pre-Roe v. Wade law Tuesday, allowing clinics to perform abortion procedures in the state. The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, allowing a dormant 1925 law that outlawed abortion in Texas to take effect, according to Reuters. However, a Harris County judge halted the enforcement… -
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Biden’s Fairy-Tale View of Land Mines Threatens the Lives of Our Armed Forces
The Biden administration last week announced it would dramatically limit the use of anti-personnel land mines by U.S. forces and destroy the entire U.S. inventory of such land mines, except for a limited number associated with defending South Korea. Although the decision no doubt will be welcomed by the more progressive elements of the president’s… -
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Roe Is Dead, but Abortion Debate Reveals Rot at America’s Center
This week, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a ruling overdue by some five decades, striking down Roe v. Wade (1973) and its constitutionally unsubstantiated “right to abortion.” Writing for the 6-3 majority in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Justice Samuel Alito stated, “The Constitution makes no reference to abortion, and no…