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Back in 2013, then-MSNBC host Melissa Harris-Perry drew attention to the abortion-on-demand crowd in Texas by putting on a pair of tampon earrings in the middle of her show. Harris-Perry is now host of a national public-radio show called The Takeaway out of WNYC Radio in New York. On Thursday, Harris-Perry energetically compared the Dobbs decision overturning Roe vs. Wade to the Dred Scott fugitive-slave decision of 1857. It came in a segment titled “Reproductive Coercion is an American Cornerstone.” She introduced her critical race theory of abortion this way: HARRIS-PERRY: Missouri became the first state in the nation to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — After the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which gave people the constitutional right to an abortion, leaders in Nashville began racing to work around Tennessee’s abortion ban. With less than a month to get something passed before the ban goes into effect, two Metro Council city leaders are hoping to implement changes. “As Council, as a body, we are saying that we stand with our community, that we stand firm by woman’s right to choose, and individuals’ right to choose, and that we are not going to just stand here and take it. We are...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Metro Nashville Police have issued a statement regarding potential abortion investigations. According to Don Aaron, Metro Public Affairs Director, Metro Police said there are “other entities in government” who are better equipped to deal with abortion investigations. “We are not abortion police,” the statement reads. “We are focused on safety and quality of life in our city through community engagement, precision policing and organizational excellence. There are other entities in government, particularly at the state level, that are more equipped to address issues such as this.” The statement comes as a Metro Council member Delishia Porterfield...

Wichita, KS – According to Operation Rescue’s first-hand investigation, over 49 abortion clinics have either halted abortions or have been forced to close their doors altogether since last Friday when the U.S. Supreme Court released its decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. The decision effectively overturned Roe v. Wade (1973) and its companion case Casey v. Planned Parenthood (1992), placing the issue of abortion in the hands of the states. More abortion mills will close in the coming days and weeks as state laws go into effect. Although efforts are being made in some states to...

As a result of his domestic war on the oil and gas industry, energy prices for American families continue to hit records with no relief in sight. For months, President Joe Biden has repeatedly tapped the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and claimed it was helping to ease the pain at the pump. Not only has the depletion of the emergency supply not decreased gas prices, we're learning the supply is being sold to foreign countries. "More than 5 million barrels of oil that were part of a historic U.S. emergency oil reserves release aimed at lowering domestic fuel prices were exported...

Wild video shows NYC bodega worker allegedly stabbing man to death Surveillance video captures the moment a Manhattan bodega worker allegedly stabbed a customer to death after the enraged man came around the counter and attacked him over a bag of chips. The worker is first seen on the shocking video tending to customers from behind the counter at the Hamilton Heights Grocery store on Broadway — when he is suddenly confronted by a younger man. The customer appears to yell at the store clerk, before shoving him into a shelf, the clip shows. After several moments, the worker reaches...

The suspect in the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July mass shooting was flagged by police as a "clear and present danger" in 2019, authorities said Tuesday. Robert "Bobby" E. Crimo III, 21, the suspect in the mass shooting that killed seven people and wounded dozens of others at a Fourth of July parade, was still able to clear state-required background checks to purchase firearms on at least four separate occasions between 2020 and 2021, the Illinois State Police said. "In September 2019, ISP received a Clear and Present Danger report on the subject from the Highland Park Police Department....

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, and the Media. "I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness." (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

I think Philip Freier is a good Man Of God but the demonization of men in Australia is so bad and the persecution of priests so shameless (George Pell's conviction and 400 day plus imprisonment is the tip of an iceberg. The only thing proved beyond reasoanble doubt in Pell's case is that he did indeed conduct a mass.) that the Archbishop must speak out against these evils. What are the chances?

The State of Victoria's remaining COVID-19 restrictions won't be easing before October, as Premier Daniel Andrews extends the state's pandemic declaration. The move will enable the state government to implement COVID-19 related measures deemed necessary to protect public health. The orders will be effective until 11.59pm on Wednesday, October 12. In making the declaration, Andrews said there continued to be a "serious risk to public health" across the state from COVID-19. "I am satisfied on reasonable grounds that there continues to be a serious risk to public health throughout Victoria due to the coronavirus disease which requires continued public health...

Fauci took an antiviral COVID treatment. During the June 23 briefing, Fauci confirmed that he had finished his five-day treatment of Paxlovid, an oral antiviral pill developed by Pfizer and authorized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). After completing a round of Paxlovid, Fauci tested negative for COVID three days in a row, Forbes reported. But a rapid antigen test displayed a positive result on day four, with Fauci indicating he was experiencing a "Paxlovid rebound" and a resurgence of COVID symptoms. "Over the next day or so, I started to feel really poorly, much worse than in the...

International travellers will soon not be required to declare their COVID-19 vaccine status in a major move by the Albanese Government. The change to the Biosecurity Act – set to come in to force from 12:01am on July 6 – will see the new government drop all COVID-19 border restrictions put in place during the pandemic. Health Minister Mark Butler made the announcement on Sunday and said the removal of vaccine requirements for international travellers was based on the advice of Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly. While Australia’s vaccine mandates for will change, travellers will still be forced to...

Boris Johnson is fighting for political survival after two of his top ministers attacked his leadership and resigned. Chancellor Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Sajid Javid quit within 10 minutes of each other, followed by a flurry of junior ministers and aides. Critics said it was "over" for the prime minister, while Labour said the party he led was corrupted. But Mr Johnson made it clear he planned to stay on as he moved to shore up his government with a cabinet reshuffle. He named Nadhim Zahawi as the new chancellor, while the prime minister's chief of staff, Steve Barclay,...

Britney Griner’s wife said it is “very disheartening” that she still has not heard directly from President Biden, even after the WNBA star — who’s been languishing in a Russian jail — sent a handwritten letter to the president, begging him to not “forget” her. Cherelle Griner appeared remotely on “CBS Mornings” on Tuesday, telling host Gayle King that she has decided to “not be quiet anymore” about her wife’s plight because the Biden administration so far has been unable to bring her home. “I will find that balance of … harm versus help in pushing our government to do...

Arnold Skolnick, the artist best-known for creating the iconic poster for Woodstock, has died at the age of 85. Deadline, citing Skolnick’s son, Alexander, said the artist died June 15 due to respiratory failure. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Skolnick was reportedly just five years old when he began dreaming of becoming an artist. As an adult, he worked as a freelancer serving many of New York’s ad agencies. In 1969, he received a phone call from John Morris, the production coordinator of Woodstock. The festival had initially enlisted David Edward Byrd -- known for designing rock concert posters for the...

Update: A representative for Carlos Santana released the following statement: "Rock Legend Carlos Santana was over-taken by heat exhaustion and dehydration during a concert Tuesday (July 5) evening in Michigan. The guitar great was taken from his show at Pine Knob Music Theatre (formerly DTE Energy Music Theatre), an outdoor amphitheater in Clarkston, some 40 miles northwest of Detroit, Michigan. Carlos was taken to the emergency department at McLaren Clarkston for observation and is doing well, it was announced by Santana’s manager Michael Vrionis tonight. The statement also noted that tomorrow night's (July 6) show in Burgettstown, Pa. would be...

Michael Moore has written his own woke Independence Day “declaration,” railing against Republicans and insisting he will give up the privileges of his US citizenship — but stopped short of detailing any specific freedoms he would forgo in his rambling rant. The 68-year-old “Sicko” moviemaker posted his “My Declaration” on July 4 in response to “being completely fed up with recent events that have upset my tranquility.” “I refuse to live in a country threatened by white supremacy — and I’m not leaving. So we‘ve got a problem,” he started his manifesto.

A Rhode Island state senator raised eyebrows with a TikTok campaign clip of herself twerking while upside down in a very revealing bikini and saying: 'Vote Senator Mack.' Tiara Mack, 28, entered the Rhode Island legislature in January 2021 - the first black openly gay woman to do so, and set tongues wagging with her July 4 video, which was filmed on one of her adopted home state's famed beaches. The Democrat's video sparked a strong reaction, with 4,220 likes in the first 24 hours. She captured the clip: 'A promised senator thirst trap at Block Island.' Mack added a...

The fast food restaurants that replaced McDonald’s in Russia after the American company left the country over the invasion of Ukraine have been serving up moldy hamburgers to their customers. Diners who patronized “Vkusno & Tochka,” translated from Russian as “tasty and that’s it,” posted photos of the rotted food on social media. The disturbing images show mold on hamburger buns. Other customers have reported finding insect legs in the meat patties, according to the Daily Mail.

An aide to New York City Mayor Eric Adams told both Brooklyn muggers not to attack him because he works for City Hall, right before he was robbed and shoved into the ground. Christopher Bauch, 33, is a member of the mayor's advance team - which deals with event planning - and was scouting out a location for a mayoral appearance near Brooklyn Navy Yard at around 10.30am....