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Since the sudden, forced departure of Dr. Leana Wen from Planned Parenthood, some have been skeptical about the organization’s motives. It seemed Planned Parenthood’s board wanted to focus more on politics, and ultimately, abortion than Dr. Wen had originally planned. We awaited the introduction of the quickly named “acting president,” Alexis McGill and this week, CBS News posted her first interview, highlighting — unsurprisingly — a focus on abortion. In her interview with reporter Kate Smith, McGill’s focus became clear, as well at the bias of the interviewer (who at one point asked “what is at stake here with women’s...

Must Reads, News, Investigations, Law and Legal, Featured, Patrol You know you've reached a new low in life when you get fired from McDonalds.  And that's just what happened to an employee in Madeira Beach, Florida this week. Here's the back story. A McDonalds employee turned away paramedics Wednesday night, originally thinking they were cops. It came to light after Anthony Quinn, a paramedic with Sun Star Inc., wrote a Facebook review of the Madeira Beach McDonald's that he and his partner were denied service at the restaurant. In it, he said he went in to use the bathroom when the...

“This is a full nude shoot to be conducted underwater,” a woman said into a phone, her voice carrying across a row of cubicles. “Right, that’s right,” she continued. The person on the other end didn’t seem to quite get it. “As in, it won’t be on land.” It was a Tuesday morning at the Westwood headquarters of Playboy Enterprises,, and editors were preparing to close their summer issue. Gathered between a velvet love seat and a view of Santa Monica, they discussed upcoming stories — a piece on B.D.S.M., a profile of Pete Buttigieg — while in the kitchen,...

But the questions raise an important point, I think. If political affiliation isn’t weighted, and if samples are politically lopsided, shouldn’t that fact be disclosed for context in the resulting news stories? And if political affiliation is weighted, shouldn’t that process be described? Such was the case when I dug into a recent Washington Post-ABC News poll that measured Trump at 53 percent disapproval; according to the poll, 46 percent of registered voters said there is no chance they would consider voting for Trump over any Democratic candidate. But I found some interesting nuggets that went unreported. As usual, the...

Sen. Kamala Harris (D–Calif.) "put over 1,500 people in jail for marijuana violations and then laughed about it when she was asked if she ever smoked marijuana," said Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D–Hawaii) during Wednesday night's Democratic presidential debate. In its promotional framing and question, CNN pushed hard for another showdown between Harris and former vice president Joe Biden. But the more authentic and substantial spat so far came between Harris and Gabbard. Responding to Biden, Harris said she was proud of the work she did as attorney general of California, positioning her efforts as a matter of cleaning up policies...

Very engaging exchange: Antidepressants as a cure for suicidal depression???

Introducing plant-based foods to a diet is a common-sense approach to healthy eating, but many people don't like the taste of vegetables, bitter greens, in particular. But give that broccoli a chance. Doing so won't just change your mind; it will actually change the taste of those foods, according to a new study. What sounds at first like a culinary parlor trick is actually a scientific matter based on specific proteins found in saliva. These proteins affect the sense of taste, and diet composition, at least in part, determines those proteins. Saliva is a complex fluid containing around 1,000 specific...

The Justice Department will release FBI documents early next week that are related to Bruce Ohr, the Justice Department official who met with dossier author Christopher Steele. In a court filing submitted last Thursday, Justice Department lawyers said the agency will provide FBI notes of interviews conducted with Ohr to Judicial Watch, a conservative watchdog group that sued for the records last year. Justice Department lawyers said the agency had initially determined that the Ohr transcripts, known as 302s, should be withheld in full. But “after further review in conjunction with DOJ’s preparation of its motion for summary judgment, DOJ...

...South Dakota...Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri, before concluding in central Illinois...the balloons are intended to “provide a persistent surveillance system to locate and deter narcotic trafficking and homeland security threats”,...The balloons are carrying hi-tech radars designed to simultaneously track many individual vehicles day or night, through any kind of weather...Sometimes it’s referred to as ‘combat TiVo’ because when an event happens somewhere in the surveilled area, you can potentially rewind the tape to see exactly what occurred, and rewind even further to see who was involved and where they came from.”

Vandals recently targeted an Illinois pregnancy center that provides help to families in need, spray-painting pro-abortion rhetoric on its mobile ultrasound van and slashing the tires. The van belongs to The Women’s Centers of Greater Chicagoland, a pro-life organization with three centers in the Skokie area. A spokesperson for the organization told LifeNews that local police are investigating, but they have not identified any suspects yet. The vandalism was discovered Thursday morning in a church parking lot where the van was parked. According to the organization, two tires were slashed, and the words “fake clinic” were spray-painted across the van....

RUSH: I got a couple of emails today and one just now in the break, and it… (sigh) I sensed in Sean Hannity last night… It’s really tough for me because my hearing is what it is, and I can’t see who I’m speaking to. When you’re doing a remote, you can’t. So I don’t see facial expressions. So I might misinterpret. But I think in one of my answers to his question about how to deal with ongoing criticism or how does Trump deal with it or how does Trump break through all this noise, I got the impression...

Donald Trump will soon become the fourth sitting president to make a state visit to Denmark. The country's monarch, Queen Margrethe II, has extended an invitation to the president and first lady to travel to Denmark this fall. A detailed itinerary for the Trumps' two-day state visit, on September 2-3, has yet to be announced. The White House's website simply states that in Denmark, "the President will participate in a series of bilateral meetings and meet with business leaders." In a statement, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen hinted that he was interested in shoring up the countries' defense alliance. "The...

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When it comes to LGBT ideology, our society is losing its ever-lovin’ mind. Acts that would not be acceptable in any other context are celebrated and adorned with rainbows and sparkles. Our culture is obsessed with sex. It always has been. And children have long been the targets of those who want no sexual boundaries. They’ve advanced in their euphemistic language of justification. You’re homophobic if you think children shouldn’t be sexualized and exposed to pornography or groped at by grown men or women. You’re hateful if you don’t think a child should be pumped with carcinogenic puberty blockers to dangerously...

The decision not to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey over his deliberate leaks to the media isn’t a sign of weakness or lack of will, but of the professionalism and well-reasoned restraint of President Trump’s Department of Justice. Attorney General Bill Barr’s number one goal since taking the helm at the DOJ has been to restore the impartial and professional ethos that has characterized that agency for more than 200 years. He is working diligently to cleanse it of the stain of politically driven vindictiveness that Obama-era officials created by grossly mishandling the Clinton email investigation, and then, even...

One woman and two men received 100 strokes of the rattan as dozens of spectators cheered on in Lhokseumawe, near Indonesia's Banda Aceh province The woman begged the officer to stop as he brutally hit her A woman cried as she was publicly whipped by a masked sharia officer for having pre-marital sex with her boyfriend in Indonesia's Banda Aceh province. The young woman, 22, is seen wincing in pain and begs the officer to stop as she received 100 strokes of the cane while dozens of spectators watched along the sidelines.

Vitamin D supplementation may slow the progression of type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed patients and those with prediabetes. The study findings suggest that high-dose supplementation of vitamin D can improve glucose metabolism to help prevent the development and progression of diabetes. Although low vitamin D levels have previously been associated with an increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, some studies have reported no improvement in metabolic function. However, these often had a low number of participants or included individuals with normal vitamin D levels at the start who were metabolically healthy, or who had long-standing type 2 diabetes....

President Trump has an unbreakable bond with his supporters and his presence would overshadow any Democratic contender in a debate, according to Rush Limbaugh. The president appeals to Americans' positivity instead of playing on their fears, Limbaugh claimed Thursday on "Hannity." "Trump appeals to people's better interests," he said. "This is what people don't understand about Donald Trump," Limbaugh added. "The man touches everybody's hearts -- talking about greatness, talking about inspiration, aspirational living, being 'great.'

Peter Scattini who was onboard the flight tweeted a video of the bat, writing: "Me, twice a year: 'I'll never fly spirit again.' Me, this morning, after deciding I'd rather save 12 dollars." "Hey Batman," says a woman as the panicked creature flaps its wings and flies over the heads of passengers.

A new video posted to YouTube is offering an eye-opening look at the folks who truly control the U.S.-Mexico border, and they’re some bad hombres. “These sicarios are with Gente Nueva, ‘The New People,’” intelligence consultant Jaeson Jones posted to Twitter. “Focus on the helmets, belt-fed weapons, 50cal. Rifle, & body armor these sicarios are wearing. Gente Nueva operates in the city of Juarez across from El Paso, Texas.” The post features a video uploaded to YouTube by Mario Quintana with a Spanish title that roughly translates to “The poster of the new people and the state of Chihuahua.” The...