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Planned Parenthood launched a fierce attack on U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh on Monday night, claiming he would “wreak havoc” on abortion. With pro-abortion Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement, Kavanaugh could swing the court to a conservative majority and be a deciding opinion on vital issues like abortion restrictions and Roe v. Wade. Kavanaugh has served on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for D.C. for more than a decade, where he developed an extensive record of protecting religious liberty and enforcing restrictions on abortion. Pro-life leaders believe he would do the same on the Supreme Court. The abortion industry...

FULL TITLE: Pro-Life Groups Support Brett Kavanagh for Supreme Court: He Has a “Strong Record of Protecting Life” Pro-life leaders expressed strong hopes for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who has a strong record of upholding religious liberties and restrictions on abortion. President Donald Trump announced Kavanaugh as his choice to fill retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy’s seat on Monday evening. Kavanaugh has served on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for D.C. for more than a decade, where he developed an extensive record of protecting religious liberty and free speech and enforcing restrictions on abortion. Pro-life leaders believe he...

Staff at the clothing brand Feminist Apparel found out their CEO had admitted to sexual misconduct - and were fired within days of confronting him about it. Feminist Apparel sells clothes and accessories with slogans promoting feminism and equality. So staff were horrified when they saw Alan Martofel's 2013 post admitting to harassing women. The same post announced his new business venture - Feminist Apparel.

In September 2016, just as the presidential race was entering its final weeks, the State Department quietly proposed new regulations governing international adoption. Adoption advocates sounded the alarm, saying the regulations would severely hamper Americans’ ability to adopt overseas. I wrote about this for The Federalist just days before the November election. Then, to almost everyone’s surprise, Donald Trump was elected president. On the day of his inauguration, Trump began a regulatory reform effort, announcing a moratorium on all new regulations from executive agencies. Ten days later, he issued an executive order requiring agencies to repeal two regulations for every...

Pope Francis phones Gianni Vattimo, philosopher of “weak thought” Posted on 9 July 2018 by Fr. John Zuhlsdorf I saw the strangest story at La Stampa.From Italian: Pope Francis phones Gianni Vattimo, philosopher of “weak thought”The Italian scholar sends a copy of his last book to Francis who calls to thank him.  A a short and pleasing conversation about the Church and philosophy: “With this Pope I am not ashamed to call myself Catholic”. Perhaps someone will translate the whole thing.This seems so very strange to me.  It leaves me a little confused, frankly.   I’ve written about this guy back...

POLITICS[Video] Rod Rosenstein married to the “FOIA Stopper”Published 1 week ago on July 1, 2018 By Kari Donovan Friday, a Citizen Journalist reported from the hearing that was scheduled at the courthouse at 333 Constitution Ave. in DC, for General Michael Flynn. What the reporter found led her to questions about the ethics of having Rod Rosenstein’s wife, Lisa Barsamian, a US Attorney defend the DOJ. “Rosenstein’s wife has represented the FBI, DOJ, all the Presidents, US government employees. This is a conflict of interest and should be disclosed to Congress. She is known as the FOIA Stopper. She is...

FULL TITLE: Reporters Flee Supreme Court After Abortion Activists Get Violent: “It Got So Volatile We Didn’t Feel Safe” UPDATE, 11:56 p.m. Eastern: Bream repeatedly elaborated on her tweets during Fox News @ Night with the first coming while speaking to Nebraska Republican Senator Ben Sasse in the A-Block. Sasse pointed out that the interview was supposed to have taken place at the Court, but “it was a little loud out there” and Bream added that “it got a little too rowdy out there at the Court tonight.” “Last year, there were certainly protesters out there and there was definitely...

A sermon preached at the Baptist Tabernacle of Los Angeles Lord’s Day Morning, June 13, 2010 “And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat? And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before them” (Luke 24:41-43). Oh, I know that the subject of this sermon might disturb some preachers! But they may not have studied the subject thoroughly, may not have meditated on verses about Christ’s resurrection long enough! Preachers ought to speak loud and clear...

Ever since Justice Anthony Kennedy announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, the left has been in hysterics over the very real possibility that Trump will appoint an originalist judge who will, you know, actually interpret the Constitution as it was meant to be interpreted. Their biggest fear is our greatest reason to rejoice: this paves the way to overturn Roe v. Wade. So leave it to someone like Michelle Wolf, the “comedienne” who faceplanted all over the White House Correspondent’s Dinner earlier this year in an attempt to be funny, demonstrating instead her hatred for Trump and everyone who...

The first-time feat offers a tiny glimmer of hope for saving the northern white rhinocerosThe nearly extinct northern white rhino may not be completely lost. For the first time, rhinoceros embryos have been made in the lab. Scientists injected preserved sperm from a male northern white rhino into eggs of female southern white rhinos, a closely related subspecies. The embryos were incubated until the cells begin to differentiate, a stage at which they can be implanted into a surrogate mother, researchers report July 4 in Nature Communications. The new feat is “one of the really crucial steps” to eventually producing...

PHOENIX — Ailing Arizona Sen. John McCain may be willing to give up his seat if it would help Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh be confirmed, a national political analyst said Tuesday. ABC News analyst Alex Castellanos told KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Arizona’s Morning News, “There’s some word that if McCain is not able to vote and his vote is needed, he might resign and let someone appoint a senator who would support this judge.”

A few months before my 42nd birthday, I was out to dinner with friends and found myself seated next to a well-known older male writer. I happened to be in the final stages of finishing a proposal for a memoir about being a single woman over 40 without children, and was inwardly marveling at the timing of our encounter. I was a fan of his. Perhaps he might offer some wisdom? Words of encouragement? As drinks were delivered I sketched the outline of the story: No one had prepared me for how exhilarating life could be on my own. I...

The State Department on Tuesday warned U.S. citizens to avoid the international airport in Haiti's capital of Port-au-Prince amid continuing political unrest. "Due to the security situation, U.S. government personnel continue to shelter in place and U.S. citizens are advised to do the same. If you attempt to go to the airport, exercise extreme caution and only do so if the route is open," reads a travel advisory on the State Department's website. The department said road blocks and disruptions on roadways have been reported. "Do not travel to the airport unless you have a confirmed airline ticket. Contact the...

FULL TITLE: Protests erupt in response to Trump's SCOTUS pick: At least seven are arrested in New York while Fox News host MOVES her live broadcast in DC because she felt 'threatened' by 'volatile' demonstrators Seven people, including a city council member, have been arrested for civil disobedience during protests Monday night over President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh. Following the president's announcement, dozens of people gathered at Trump Tower in Midtown to express concerns that the nominee will set the country back decades. The protest began peacefully with people marching along the sidewalk chanting 'Hey hey ho ho,...

DNC Deputy chair Keith Ellison told attendees at a Supreme Court Community Forum in Minneapolis Monday that Democrats could theoretically impeach Supreme Court justices if the party regains a majority following the 2018 midterm elections.

Former Sen. Rick Santorum is less than dazzled by President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. "I think that Donald Trump said he was going to energize the base with this pick. I don't think he did that," Santorum, a Pennsylvania Republican and a 2012 candidate for president, told CNN's Chris Cuomo.

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – With President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee revealed, pro-life activists are now turning their attention to attempting to discern Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s likelihood of voting to overturn Roe v. Wade, which made America one of the most liberal abortion regimes in the world. Trump announced Monday night that the District of Columbia circuit judge was his choice to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, hailing Kavanaugh as a “brilliant jurist” who “can set aside [his] views to do what the law and Constitution require[s].” Kavanaugh quickly won the endorsements of several pro-life groups,...

McCain is a camera hog....where has he been?

Northern California authorities say a woman who shot and wounded three people at YouTube headquarters died of a self-inflicted gunshot to the heart at the scene of the shooting. The Mercury News of San Jose reports Monday that the pathology report from the San Mateo County Coroner’s Office showed no evidence of alcohol or drugs in her system. Authorities say Nasim Aghdam stormed into YouTube’s campus south of San Francisco on April 3 and shot into a crowd of employees eating lunch. …

Picture a giant elephant with a waterfall cascading from its trunk right in the heart of Paris. Or an Antoni Gaudi work in New York City, a pyramid in Tokyo, or a mile-high Frank Lloyd Wright skyscraper among the Chicago skyline. These architectural dreams never came to be, but that didn't stop the artists at NeoMan Studios to envision how these projects would have changed these cities. Here's a look at seven of the world’s wildest unbuilt icons and what they would like like today.