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EXCERPT: I was in the dark shadows of the ultrasound room when I first heard the words “incompatible with life.” I didn’t understand. He was already alive. I could see his tiny heart beating on the screen. What followed was a flurry of phone calls and doctor appointments and second opinions and more ultrasounds, all of which confirmed the news that my son had Trisomy 18, a life-threatening condition that is usually fatal before birth or within the first year of life. I was devastated. But I also knew without even the slightest doubt that I wanted to give my...

Last month, Google removed ads by an animal advocacy group that was raising awareness on cruel dog experiments that received funding from a Dr. Anthony Fauci-led division of the National Institute of Health (NIH). The search giant was not clear on the policies that the ads violated. While the cruel animal experimentation story is now a national scandal, the public could have learned about it earlier if it were not for Big Tech censorship. The White Coat Waste Project (WCW) is an animal advocacy group that raises awareness on taxpayer-funded experiments involving animals. The group investigates government-backed research and creates...

Less than a week before Virginians pick their next governor, there is a sense of frenzied uncertainty hanging over the race. That much isn’t surprising — the polling between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin is extremely tight. What many anxious voters may not appreciate, though, is that, given the state of the polling industry, there’s a good argument to be made that the freak-out should actually be much worse.

The increasingly authoritarian tendencies of our elites and the institutions they control is a sign of their weakness and impotence and loss of control.If you want to know how well our elites are managing to control the discourse, consider this: a pair of “Let’s Go Brandon” anthems shot to the top of iTunes chart rankings this week.Rapper Bryson Gray’s song hit number one despite getting banned from YouTube on the ridiculous pretext that it contains “medical misinformation,” while rapper Loza Alexander’s “Let’s Go Brandon” hit number two. Both of them beat out Adele’s “Easy On Me,” which was knocked down...

An investigation is underway after photos surfaced on social media depicting a homecoming event at a Kentucky high school where male students partook in a "man pageant." The male students seen in photos taken at Hazard High School's homecoming week festivities on Tuesday wore scant clothing, including women's lingerie, and gave staff members lap dances in the gymnasium, according to The Courier Journal. Students and staff reportedly took part in a "Man Pageant" and "Costume Day" on Tuesday, according to Hazard High School's Facebook page. The photos also showed the students giving a lap dance to Hazard High School Principal...

The Biden administration included schools, hospitals, parades and places of worship on a list of areas off limits to immigration arrests or other types of enforcement. A memo detailing the policy, which applies to field agents for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, said that agents must “to the fullest extent possible” refrain from enforcement action in the types of areas on the list. A memo detailing the policy, which applies to field agents for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection, said that agents must “to the fullest extent possible” refrain from enforcement action...

Vatican cancels live broadcast of Biden greeting popeROME (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday abruptly canceled the planned live broadcast of U.S. President Joe Biden meeting Pope Francis, the latest restriction to media coverage of the Holy See. The Vatican press office provided no explanation for why the live broadcast of Biden’s visit had been trimmed to cover just the arrival of the president’s motorcade in the courtyard of the Apostolic Palace, where a Vatican monsignor will greet him. Cancelled was any live coverage of Biden actually greeting Francis in the palace Throne Room, as well as the live footage...

Upholding the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act was introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and co-sponsored by 34 other Republicans. Three-dozen Republican senators introduced a bill on Tuesday that aims to block the Biden administration’s plan to reopen the U.S. consulate for the Palestinians in Jerusalem. Upholding the 1995 Jerusalem Embassy Law Act of 2021 was introduced by Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and co-sponsored by 34 additional Republicans. It calls on the Biden administration to uphold the Jerusalem Embassy Act of 1995 and not reopen the U.S. Consulate to the Palestinians, which was merged into the U.S. embassy when it...

Former President Obama on Thursday embraced the scaled-down framework for Democrats' social spending package released by the Biden administration, calling it a "giant leap forward" even as some progressives express concern about what was left out. "In a country as large and diverse as ours, progress can often feel frustrating and slow, with small victories accompanied by frequent setbacks. But once in a while, it’s still possible to take a giant leap forward," Obama said in a statement on President Biden's $1.75 trillion proposal. Obama pointed to investments in child care included in the play that would ensure access to...

Democrats are dropping family and medical paid leave from President Joe Biden's Build Back Better spending package, multiple sources confirmed to NBC News, as the party feverishly works to narrow down the bill and secure an agreement. The move comes after Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., a key centrist, raised objections to including guaranteed paid leave in the social safety net bill. Its removal deals a blow to Democrats who viewed the proposal as a key component of Biden's legislative agenda. Manchin indicated to reporters that he didn't think the spending measure, known as the reconciliation bill, should be used to...

The White House on Thursday announced that Democrats had reached a deal on the broad strokes of their multi-trillion budget reconciliation bill, resolving months of infighting among the Democratic caucus in Congress. To appease Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), the bill’s price tag has been slashed in half from an original top-line price of $3.5 trillion down to a top-line price of $1.75 trillion. “After hearing input from all sides and negotiating in good faith with Senators Manchin and Sinema, Congressional Leadership, and a broad swath of Members of Congress, President Biden is announcing a framework...

Bill O'reilly read the stats from the Biden administration... since the last surge there have been 1.1 million single men aliens allowed into the USA crossing the border. MOST are single men, not families, or children seeking asylum. We aren't even mentioning the same male situation with the unvetted Afghan refugees squatting all over this country. For decades this has been coming and many of us fought to try to warn you that it MATTERS who you vote for! Now you've got the worst of the worst of the Progressive Permissives! In 2007, TTC wrote about figures presented by the...

During Donald Trump’s presidency, a panic began to set in among Democrats who understood that without a virtual lock on the “minority” vote, their chances of winning elections would become increasingly difficult to near-impossible in some cases, especially in battleground parts of the country. The panic was in response to Trump making significant inroads with Hispanic voters during the course of his time in office, which was reflected in the 2020 election results which saw a noticeable shift in places where Hispanics who normally reliably went left instead turned to Trump and Republicans. There was evidence of this shift in...

VIDEOFRAMEWORK. We have probably heard more of that word in the past few days than we have previously in our lives. The big reason is that the mainstream media have latched upon that word that was tossed out by Sleepy Joe and his handlers as a life preserver to save his failing Build Back Broke Bill. And like good loyal parrots, the media keeps repeating that word with such fervor as if it were some sort of magic incantation that can save Joe Biden.

Your celestial upbringing was with the angels that know you well and the outcome of your birth for in that instant a destiny was born and processed into the reality of the Kingdom of God nurtured by your assigned angels living and abiding with you each day of your lives. Now in an instant you have become a nurtured child of God raised in the awareness of life's existance and the fortress of angelic protection used to further your development into your destiny in me for I am your true path of existance and you are the gems of my...

P.B. Gomez is a 23-year-old law student at the UC Berkeley School of Law interested in urban environmental justice policy. He's also the founder of the Latino Rifle Association (LRA), a politically progressive organization for Latino gun owners with left-leaning values who want to exercise their Second Amendment rights. "Gun culture in the United States is largely toxic, and it's not welcoming," said Gomez. And he believes gun rights are for everyone: "I don't believe self defense, which is fundamentally about bodily autonomy, should be exclusive to people on the right politically." The LRA website states membership is open to...

A Florida school board member chaperoned a group of elementary school children on a field trip to a gay bar, according to photos of the trip she posted to social media. "I was SO honored to be invited to chaperone Wilton Manors Elementary’s field trip to the incredible Rosie’s! The students and I had a fun walk over and learned a lot about our community! A huge thank you to Rosie's Bar and Grill for hosting this special field trip every year!" Broward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi posted on her official school board Facebook page Wednesday. The post,...

On Wednesday, a viral Tik-Tok video emerged of a man in New York City punching a woman in the face because she told him to take a “chill pill”.

Negotiations in Washington continue on how to pare down the $3.5 trillion tax-and-spend reconciliation bill to a point where it’s acceptable to both hyper progressive and blue dog Democrats. As such, some of the more egregious taxes and spending items are reportedly being stripped out of the new text during talks. Unfortunately, it does not appear that the idea of a wealth tax is on the chopping block. This is a shame considering the proposal would hamper investment and is almost certainly unconstitutional. While the proposal that will make its way into the final text is not the same as...

For a defendant to have a fair trial, there are loaded terms that should never be used in a courtroom. The Wisconsin judge in the murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse is right about that. But the word "victim" is not one of them. And that's where the judge is very wrong. Frankly, "victim" is no more pejorative than the word "defendant.".... But here's the rub. Two of the men are deceased, and the other has never been charged with a crime for any behavior associated with his participation in the protest. At best, Rittenhouse, therefore, would be presenting evidence through...