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Planned Parenthood will provide free vasectomies and abortions at the start of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago on Monday. “Here we come, Chicago!” Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said in a social media post. “Our mobile health clinic will be in the West Loop with @ChiAbortionFund & @TheWienerCircle Aug 19-20, providing FREE vasectomies & medication abortion. EC [emergency contraception] will also be available for free without an appointment.” The post has received over 1 million views. Planned Parenthood’s Mobile Clinic Draws Controversy at the DNC In another post on Sunday (Aug. 18), Planned Parenthood Great Rivers said that all...

The European Union may have just given Tesla’s future sales in the region a boost by setting tariffs on its China-made vehicles considerably below those imposed on rival electric carmakers. The high-profile decision comes two months after the EU hiked tariffs on all electric cars imported from China, citing “unfair” state subsidies that unduly benefited the country’s electric vehicle makers at the expense of European manufacturers. Tesla, which has a factory near Berlin but exports many of the cars it makes in China to Europe, had requested that the EU recalculate its rate, initially set at 20.8%. On Tuesday, the...

The morning after the explosion on Lehi Road in Tel Aviv, the police believe that it was an attempted attack that went wrong. The collector of the nearby synagogue: "Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai watches over us and protects us." By Eleanor Fabriker, 15 Av 5784. (08/19/2024 10:48) The scene of the explosion in Tel Aviv, this morning.Photo: Avshalom Sashoni, Flash 90.Police estimates are growing that the explosion that took place last night (Sunday) on Road in Tel Aviv was an attempted attack that failed. Apparently, the terrorist tried to carry out an attack on the Rashbi Synagogue in Tel Aviv,...

CBS News is fact checking some of the statements made by speakers during the 2024 Democratic National Convention, which is taking place in Chicago from Monday, Aug. 19 through Thursday, Aug. 22. The convention began with unity as the theme, and the featured speakers Monday were President Biden and 2016 Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, as well as a host of others. Some of the comments that CBS News' Confirmed team fact checked involved Democrats' comments about GOP nominee Donald Trump's record as president, as well as the Biden administration's record...... Fact check on Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Sara Rodriguez's claim...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s running mate Nicole Shanahan said in an interview out Tuesday that the campaign is considering dropping its bid and joining forces with former President Trump as it weighs its options for the future. Why it matters: The stunning admission from Shanahan comes as the longshot independent presidential ticket is losing money, facing legal challenges to its ballot access and has slowed its public schedule. Driving the news: "There's two options that we're looking at and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency because...

Harley-Davidson on Monday said it is ditching some of its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) goals, a move that comes after it faced pressure from anti-diversity critics on social media. The iconic motorcycle manufacturer follows John Deere & Co. and Tractor Supply, which both made similar decisions to scratch their diversity programs earlier this summer. In a message posted to X, Milwaukee-based Harley-Davidson said it currently has no "DEI function" and has not operated such a program since April 2024. The company added that it has no hiring quotas and no longer has "supplier diversity spend goals" designed to spread...

End Citizens United (ECU), a PAC that supports Democrat candidates, filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging that "the Trump interview with Elon Musk on Musk's X platform is an illegal in-kind campaign contribution of massive proportions. Such a brazen corporate contribution undermines the anti-corruption aims of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, and the Commission should immediately investigate these violations and take appropriate remedial action." The fact that Musk has offered equal time to Vice-President Harris didn't diminish ECU President Tiffany Muller's concerns. "First, the Trump/Musk podcast had a billion views," she said. "There's no...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is now warning countries across the globe to prepare for “an era of shock events” as the 2024 U.S. presidential election approaches. The report, titled “4 global risks to look out for in the post-pandemic era,” outlines what the world can expect in the “post-pandemic” era.

Polling out of Virginia shows Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump within the margin of error against Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. Before the Democrats executed their coup, Trump had jumped to a small lead over His Fraudulency Joe Biden in Virginia. With Biden out of the race, it was assumed (even by me) that Virginia would suddenly be out of Trump’s reach. It’s not, and the pollster, Roanoke, is not a right-leaning poll. In 2020, in the final poll of that presidential campaign, Roanoke had Biden up by 11. In the end, we were told Biden...

There is a lot of chatter on Twitter/X regarding Kamala Harris' bizarre word salads. For a long time, people have just assumed she is a moron, and I admit that this has been my working theory. She rose through the ranks of Democratic politics on the back of relationships with powerful people, implying that intelligence was not the driving force in her rise to power. She certainly is not charismatic, regardless of what the current propaganda keeps trying to sell to us. Until the media decided that they had no choice but to back her with all their firepower, they...

Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that President Joe Biden will be admired for how civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr. is looked at. Clyburn said, “COVID-19 opened up some fault lines in this country, and we are about repairing them. That’s what Joe Biden did. And I think that people are going to look at Joe Biden much the way we look at Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said in his speech, ‘It does not matter how long you live, but how well you live.’ And I say the same thing about Joe...

This is the most powerful explanation of the evil of abortion I've seen. This two minute video on abortion is worth watching. There is no accompanying text with the video of Seth Gruber with Pastor Jack Hibbs. Yes, it was originally posted on TikTok, but don't let that deter you. It has been reposted on X by Brandon Morse with the explanation "I’ve never seen abortion described this way as a concept and now I’ll never look at it the same. It truly is a display of contempt against Christ when you strip away all the window dressing."

If you forgive those who sin against you, your heavenly Father will forgive you. But if you refuse to forgive others, you Father will not forgive your sins. Matthew 6:14-15 Joseph was the pride and joy of his father. Though Jacob had ten other sons, he favored Joseph, the one born to him in his old age. Jacob never bothered to hide his special feelings—not even from his other sons. In fact, he expressed his favoritism blatantly and visibly by having an expensive coat made especially for Joseph. This did not go unnoticed by the older brothers, and they began...

Sen. J.D. Vance took to X to slam Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear on Tuesday morning, alleging that the governor wished “a member of my family would get raped.” Vance previously called pregnancy from rape “inconvenient,” and Beshear recounted Vance’s comments during his appearance on MSNBC’s Morning Joe. “J.D. Vance calls pregnancy from rape ‘inconvenient,’ like inconvenience is traffic. Make him go through this,” said Beshear. He also spoke in reference to Democratic National Convention speaker Hadley Duvall, who was raped by her stepfather at 12-years-old and became pregnant. “J.D. Vance calls pregnancy from rape ‘inconvenient,’ like inconvenience is traffic. Make...

Joe Biden is easily the worst human being to hold the office of president of the United States of America. The send-off his own party gave him, as ignominious as it was, was still not nearly as ignominious as he deserved. First, Biden was forced out of his reelection campaign, months after he'd "won" the nomination in a rigged primary, by a cabal of insiders, including his old boss, Barack Obama. You know, the man who reminded fellow Democrats to "never underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up." Then his farewell address — angry and disassociated — was bumped out...

The number of people looking for a job in the Federal Reserve’s latest labor market survey rose to its highest level since 2014, the U.S. central bank reported Monday, as fears simmer about a broader slowdown in the economy. The proportion of respondents seeking employment over the past four weeks jumped to 28.4 percent from 19.4 percent in July of last year, according to the Fed’s Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) labor market survey. The increase in job seekers was most noticeable among people who are older than 45, who don’t have a college degree, and whose income is below...

Russian troops have been seen taped to trees and beaten by furious commanders as punishment for being drunk on the frontllines of Vladimir Putin's brutal invasion of Ukraine, new footage has revealed. Footage posted online showed the troops being tied to trees in an unknown forest near the front. A foul-mouthed officer berates the soldiers for getting drunk on duty, a major problem in Putin's ranks. He barked: 'What the f*** were you doing?' He told one: 'I think you're f***ing lost.' The officer then asked another: 'Are you a drunk too?' Then he orders an underling to beat the...

The war unleashed by the Russian Federation in Ukraine is having a devastating impact on Ukraine. Despite unprecedented support from the United States and European countries, Ukrainians’ standard of living is declining, exacerbating preexisting issues. Yet, according to recent polls, corruption tops the list of domestic problems for Ukrainians. The current administration is trying various mechanisms to combat corruption, but are they enough? For Ukraine, the problem of corruption is most acute among European countries. This can be explained by the slow post-Soviet changes in the country’s economy, frequent changes of ruling groups that politicize governmental institutions, and an entrenched...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WJW) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine tested positive for COVID-19 Tuesday morning, his office announced. “He started experiencing mild, cold-like symptoms yesterday, including sneezing and a runny nose,” his office said in a statement. “His symptoms worsened slightly during the night, but the governor is working remotely from home today.” He had reportedly taken a test on Sunday for the virus and that test came back negative.

How do voters know the prestige press is hopelessly partisan? For three weeks, Kamala Harris has been refusing all requests for interviews or press conferences, and that goes unpunished. Donald Trump held a press conference, and he was absolutely punished. Taxpayer-funded National Public Radio demonstrated their ultraliberal tilt for the millionth time — at least that’s how it feels. NPR political director Domenico Montanaro organized a team to pore over Trump’s Aug. 8 press conference transcript and “found at least 162 misstatements, exaggerations and outright lies in 64 minutes. That’s more than two a minute. It’s a stunning number for...