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For the past few months, Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone (D) has kept a close eye on the bills neighboring states have been proposing — bills that aim to curb the rights of transgender children from participating in youth sports, accessing bathrooms and getting gender-affirming health care. There’s Arizona, Oklahoma and Utah, which all passed laws barring trans kids — with a focus on girls, in particular — from playing on teams that align with their gender identity. In Kansas, a similar bill passed the state Senate, but was vetoed by Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly. And in Idaho, lawmakers sought...

Persevere my children for as you push through the lies of the enemy you receive the overcomers crown. There is no guage or slide rule for faith my children but each valley, it's length and dimension empowers your faith in me your Redeemer for I have already overcome for you and it is as you deny the lies of the enemy the shackles have no hold but remember above all to guard your heart from guile for this is the weakness the enemy shall seek. Be true to my heart and love unconditionally for against love there is no weapon...

The Gift to the Grandparents. When I was carrying our children and felt their life moving within me, my husband told me I had a special glow about me. Later, when holding our babies, as they lay innocent and trusting, smiling as they danced with angels, I thanked God for giving me these wonderful and precious gifts. The Gift to the Grandparents. In the daily acts of loving them, sometimes it was hard. One year, due to our military service, we moved five times; one time I could not afford to buy a new mattress and we had no furniture,...

Education Payroll Records show more than 400 school staff quit over the Government's vaccine mandate The Education Ministry said the mandate was included as a reason for resignation in the payroll system last year, however schools did not have to use the coding. As a result, it is unclear exactly how many staff members left because of the rule, the Ministry said. The Teaching Council said it received reports from employers that 225 teachers were dismissed for refusing to comply with the vaccine mandate...

VIDEOEven their own New York Times reporter, Matthew Rosenburg, admitted to Project Veritas that there were a "ton of FBI informants" among the Capitol Hill crowd on January 6. Despite this the Times is desperate for us to believe that Ray Epps was not among them. Their proof? Well, according to their May 5, 2022 article, it is because Ray Epps said he was not an informant for the FBI or any other federal agency. Well, that sure convinced me. Case closed! The New York Times just shot down another conspiracy theory as crazy as the idea that the Hunter...

A massive backlog of grain shipments is piling up in Ukraine to the tune of nearly 25 million tonnes due to ‘infrastructure challenges’ and blocked ports in the Black Sea, including Mariupol, Reuters reports, citing a UN food agency official.’ Ukraine was the fourth-largest exporter of maize (corn) in the 2020/21 season, and the sixth-largest wheat exporter in the world, according to the International Grains Council. “It’s an almost grotesque situation we see at the moment in Ukraine with nearly 25 mln tonnes of grain that could be exported but that cannot leave the country simply because of lack of...

U.S. intelligence agencies are deeply concerned about a steady flow of leaks pointing to extensive assistance by the United States, helping Ukraine score some of its biggest victories of the war. On Thursday, several news outlets reported on assistance by U.S. intelligence agencies giving the Ukrainian military information on Russian units that have allowed Ukrainians to target and kill many of the Russian generals who have died in the war. Moscow has acknowledged at least 12 general officers were killed — more generals than died in World War II. Then on Friday, some blabbermouth told the Washington Post that the...

Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito is “taking us back to the 1850s” in his draft opinion that shows the court is poised to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. Klobuchar said, “Let’s be clear about what’s going on here. With this leaked opinion, the court is looking at reversing 50 years of women’s rights, and the fall will be swift. Over 20 states have laws in place already. I think the question that voters are going to be asking when 75% of people are with us on this...

It is 7.30pm on a Wednesday evening and Donna, a 47-year-old care assistant, is sitting in her Wakefield home, wrapped in a shawl.Like many across the country, she has become acutely conscious of the rising cost of living. Increasing food, energy and diesel prices are already having a significant impact on her day-to-day life.Energy tariffs that offer cheaper “off peak” rates allow Donna and many others to shift their use of household appliances to the evening, or night time. Other adjustments, though, are more dramatic, like eating significantly less hot food.“I have noticed it recently,” she said. “My kids have...

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that if the Supreme Court overturned the Roe. v. Wade decision, “LGBTQ+ equality” is in danger. Gillibrand said, “The argument that if we take away the filibuster, Mitch McConnell and Republicans across the country are going to do bad things. Those bad things are literally already happening. We have a Supreme Court that is unrelated to the normal process of the American people. When those Supreme Court justices say that precedent is the foundation of our legal system and said Roe v. Wade is precedent that’s entitled to...

Russia’s most senior lawmaker on Saturday accused Washington of coordinating military operations in Ukraine, which he said amounted to direct U.S. involvement in military action against Russia. “Washington is essentially coordinating and developing military operations, thereby directly participating in military actions against our country,” Vyacheslav Volodin wrote on his Telegram channel. Washington and European members of the transatlantic NATO alliance have supplied Kyiv with heavy weapons to help it resist a Russian offensive that has resulted in the occupation of parts of eastern and southern Ukraine but failed to take Kyiv. However, the United States and its NATO allies have...

When asked by His disciples to teach them how to pray as John's disciples prayed, Jesus gave them this prayer as a model."Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. Do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.” Matthew 6:9-13Throughout His ministry in the World, Jesus was always pointing us to...

We asked our readers: How has getting an abortion — or deciding not to — changed your life? Here’s what they said. Hundreds of thousands of women opt to get an abortion in this country every year. And that’s just what’s been recorded. There are 600,000 abortions each year, on average, in the U.S, according to the CDC. The Guttmacher Institute, an abortion rights group, puts that number even higher, at almost 900,000. If Roe v. Wade is overturned, nearly two dozen states are likely to ban abortions or severely restrict access to the procedure. Thirteen have "trigger laws" that...

It’s often said that a little stress can be good for you. Now scientists have shown that the same may be true for cells, uncovering a newly-discovered mechanism that might help prevent the build-up of tangles of proteins commonly seen in dementia. A characteristic of diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s—collectively known as neurodegenerative diseases—is the build-up of misfolded proteins. These proteins, such as amyloid and tau in Alzheimer’s disease, form ‘aggregates’ that can cause irreversible damage to nerve cells in the brain. Protein folding is a normal process in the body, and in healthy individuals, cells carry out a...

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) on Sunday said a national abortion ban floated by Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is “inconsistent with what we’ve been fighting for.” McConnell told USA Today in an interview published on Saturday that a national ban on abortions is “possible,” as the country reacts to a drafted majority opinion from the Supreme Court that shows the bench poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Asked by anchor Martha Raddatz on ABC’s “This Week” if he would oppose a national ban on the medical procedure, Hutchinson said such a move may have “some constitutional issues.” “I...

As crooner Dean Martin once said, “Let ’em have it!” Ain’t this a kick in the … head. Perhaps Joe Biden and Fed Chair Jay Powell are channeling Dean Martin by letting us have it. Since Obama’s 3rd term as President (aka, Biden’s installation as President on January 20, 2021), mortgage rates have risen 87%, regular gasoline prices have risen 80%, CRB foodstuffs are up 59% and Commodities are up 63%. And don’t forget about America’s energy life force, WTI Crude Oil. It is UP 123% under Biden. Rents? Rising at a 16.8% rate. Rents rising, food costs rising, energy...

A leading Democrat strategist says his party's woke obsessions with 'veganism and pronouns' has emboldened the GOP to end federal abortion protections. James Carville - a former advisor to the Clinton administration - said his party is now so in thrall to petty progressive obsessions that its left conservative Supreme Court justices with 'no fear' of ending Roe v Wade. Appearing on CNN's OutFront, he said: 'Today they [Republicans] have no fear of Democrats, that's why they do this. You gotta' understand what a huge event this is in American politics ... Roe v Wade is is over two-to-one in...

Gatwa will replace Jodie Whittaker and become the Fourteenth Doctor. Doctor Who has officially cast Sex Education's Ncuti Gatwa as the next Doctor to "take charge of the TARDIS." Announced by The BBC, Gatwa won the Best Actor Award at the Scottish BAFTA's in 2020 for his performance as Eric Effiong in Sex Education and he is also set to star in the upcoming Barbie film alongside Margot Robbie.

A few important things happened the last couple weeks. Brief points about them:

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says a federal abortion ban is 'possible' if the Supreme Court rules to overturn Roe v. Wade. 'If the leaked opinion became the final opinion, legislative bodies - not only at the state level but at the federal level - certainly could legislate in that area,' McConnell, of Kentucky, told USA Today on Thursday. 'And if this were the final decision, that was the point that it should be resolved one way or another in the legislative process. So yeah, it's possible.' However, McConnell remained cautious when addressing whether Republicans would pass abortion banning legislation...