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DOJ Backs Effort to Repeal California Law Requiring Pro-Lifers to Promote Abortion
The Department of Justice filed an amicus (or “friend-of-the-court”) brief at the Supreme Court, urging the justices to overturn a California law requiring pro-life crisis pregnancy centers to post information about state-funded abortions. The Supreme Court has agreed to review the law in November. The law, called the Reproductive FACT Act, requires crisis pregnancy clinics to post… -
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Judge Upholds Alabama Voter ID Law in Win for Common Sense
A federal judge in Alabama has thrown out a lawsuit against the state’s voter ID law, finding that the law doesn’t prevent anyone from voting because “nearly the entire population of registered voters in Alabama already possess a photo ID that can be used for voting.” For those who don’t, obtaining a qualifying ID can… -
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Incoming New Jersey Governor Wants to Create an Entire Agency to Protect Illegal Immigrants
Newly inaugurated New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy plans to establish the Garden State as a bastion of far-left policies, including a first-of-its-kind government agency devoted exclusively to protecting the rights of legal and illegal immigrants alike. Murphy, a Democrat and former Goldman Sachs financier who was swept into office on the back of former Gov…. -
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Below-Freezing Temperatures Don’t Stop Record Numbers of Pro-Lifers From Marching in Chicago
Despite frigid temperatures, record numbers of people came out to march against abortion Sunday at Chicago’s 2018 March for Life. More than 6,000 people gathered at the march, marking the largest pro-life gathering in the Midwest to date. “This March for Life Chicago drew people of all ages, from across the Midwest,” said Dawn Fitzpatrick, president of… -
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Washington Post: We Didn’t Attack The Daily Caller, and Don’t Know Why Google Is
Google’s relatively new “fact check” feature proves there’s something fundamentally wrong with at least some of its highly influential algorithms, after an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation found that the widget is both blatantly biased and tremendously faulty. The most powerful search engine in the world and a massive arbiter of online information, Google… -
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Delaware County Could Miss Right-to-Work Boom, Chief of Kentucky County Predicts
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—Despite one county’s decision to reject a right-to-work law, Delaware will remain the only state in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic with a local statute prohibiting imposition of union mandates on private sector employees. The town of Seaford intends to move ahead with its right-to-work law even though surrounding Sussex County backed down in the… -
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New York Times Gets the Facts Wrong on Land Mines
Every year, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines publishes a report on the number of casualties caused by land mines—or so it says. And every year, gullible journalists take the report’s headline figure at face value. But this year, the worst offender is a particularly prestigious outlet: The New York Times, whose editorial board authored… -
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I’m a Mormon, and The New York Times Needlessly Defamed My Church’s Leader
Thomas S. Monson, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died last week at the age of 90. Revered as a prophet by the approximately 16 million Mormons scattered across the globe, Monson devoted his life to serving God and his fellow men. So it was with great sadness that I read… -
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Arizona Governor Says ‘Cut It Out’ to Ban on Unlicensed Haircuts for Homeless Vets
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey wants one occupational licensing rule to get a trim after Juan Carlos Montes de Oca was ordered to stop giving haircuts to homeless veterans by the state cosmetology board. Montes de Oca, a cosmetology student from Tucson, was inspired by a man in London who helped the homeless on his days… -
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In a Harsh New Hampshire Winter, Passage of Education Savings Accounts Is a Breath of Spring
As New Hampshire hunkers down for another brutal January, lawmakers are giving families something to look forward to once the snow melts: namely, more opportunities. The state House of Representatives on Jan. 3 voted in favor of an education savings account proposal, which would give families and students more options for where and how a child… -
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Delaware County Stalls Right-to-Work Vote as Unions Protest
GEORGETOWN, Delaware—County officials put off action Tuesday on a right-to-work ordinance after dozens of union members turned out in force at government offices to oppose the legislation during a public hearing. Members of the Sussex County Council asked for a formal opinion from the county attorney pending a vote that could come as early as… -
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California Is Officially a Sanctuary State
A sweeping immigration law took effect Monday in California, officially making it the country’s largest sanctuary state. The controversial law, SB 54, passed the state Legislature in September and was signed into law by Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown the following month. It prevents police in California, which has by far the nation’s largest illegal immigrant… -
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New York Governor Pardons 18 Illegal Immigrants
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo mimicked California Gov. Jerry Brown’s approach to immigration, pardoning 18 convicted illegal immigrants who faced deportation. Cuomo, a Democrat, praised himself on Twitter for his compassion Thursday before linking to a New York Times article supporting the move. Cuomo claimed the federal government is “tear[ing] families apart” with the Trump administration's current immigration… -
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California Democrat Wants to Mandate State Colleges Have Abortion Pills Ready for Students
California lawmakers are debating whether to adopt a bill that would require California’s public universities and colleges to offer abortion drugs at their health centers. Senate Bill 320, sponsored by state Sen. Connie Leyva, D-Chino, will mandate that the state’s community colleges and public universities provide women with abortion pills for up to 10 weeks… -
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Big Victory for Abortion Pill Reversal Training in California
Facing intense political pressure from abortion activists, a major licensing agency stood its ground earlier this month and delivered a major victory for women facing unexpected pregnancies throughout the nation. In a written letter sent Dec. 19, the California Board of Registered Nursing notified Heartbeat International that it can now grant continuing education units to… -
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New York Attorney General Has Filed 100 Acts of Resistance Against Trump
The New York attorney general has transformed his office into a bastion of the resistance movement by taking 100 legal or administrative actions against the Trump administration this year. Eric Schneiderman’s legal team sued the Federal Communications Commission over its rollback of net neutrality regulations, challenged each successive version of the travel ban in court,… -
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How George Washington’s Sterling Character Set an Example for the Ages
For most Americans, the 23rd of December has no particular significance. But an extraordinary event happened on that day in 1783 in Annapolis, Maryland, that stunned the world. Gen. George Washington stood before the Continental Congress in Maryland’s State House and resigned his commission as the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army. It changed the American… -
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The New York Times Left Socialism’s Role Out of Its Report on Venezuela’s Devastation
Kudos to The New York Times—yes, The New York Times—for running an excellent, detailed story on the mass starvation and economic catastrophe taking place in Venezuela. As the Times notes, Venezuela has the largest known oil reserves in the world, yet is going through a starvation crisis exacerbated and hidden by its own government. Common… -
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Delaware Town OKs Right-to-Work Law in Advance of County Action
A small city in Delaware quietly has taken the unexpected step of passing its own right-to-work ordinance several weeks before officials in the surrounding county air a similar proposal. The Seaford City Council voted unanimously for the right-to-work measure at its Dec. 12 meeting. “We are superexcited about how the vote went,” Seaford Mayor David… -
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Pennsylvania’s Push to Protect Unborn Lives
If this has been “one of the most successful Congresses” for the pro-life agenda, then the states deserve some of the credit. While Republicans were desperately trying to stop President Barack Obama’s runaway abortion train, local leaders were hard at work, making progress on the ground until they had allies back in power. The number…