Friday, July 8, 2022

Sen. Warren Bangs War Drums Against Pregnancy Centers

An abortion-supporting U.S. senator has declared war on pro-life pregnancy centers, accusing them of being deceptive about their opposition to abortion, but Sen. Elizabeth Warren herself has a history of speaking with a forked tongue. Sen. Warren is co-sponsoring the "Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act."

It's Not 'Minority Rule'; It's The Point

If the United States is really more divided than ever, we have even less reason to dispense with the mechanisms and institutions that diffuse power and constrain one side of the divide from lording over the other. Institutions like the Electoral College and the Senate temper divisions.

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Gov. Abbott Authorizes Returning Illegal Immigrants To Border, But Doesn't Declare Invasion
Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday issued an executive order authorizing and empowering the Texas National Guard and the Texas Department of Public Safety to apprehend foreign nationals who illegally cross the Mexican border into Texas and return them to the border.

Gun Control Rhetoric Heats Up After Highland Park Mass Shooting
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker's rhetoric around the issue of gun violence is heating up and some say it's "disgusting." Before Monday's mass shooting in a Chicago suburb at an Independence Day parade, Pritzker spoke to a group of New Hampshire Democrats saying the Republican game plan heading ...

Shinzo Abe Assassinated At Campaign Rally
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe died on Friday after being shot at an election rally in the western city of Nara, medical officials confirmed. Abe, 67, was giving a campaign speech in the street when he was shot several times in the back. Medical officials said the former prime minister had died as a result of injuries to the arteries ...

Public Knows Economy Tanking But Biden Says Shut Up
President Joe Biden's cratering poll numbers suggest the American public knows full well the economy is suffering under his watch, and now a well-known economist says the country is experiencing a recession after a half-year of negative growth.

Polis Signs Order Preventing Colorado Agencies From Cooperating With Other States' Abortion Investigations
Colorado state agencies cannot cooperate with other states' abortion-related investigations under a new executive order signed Wednesday by Gov. Jared Polis.

U.S. Economy Has 11.3 Million Unfilled Jobs
There are 11.3 million open jobs in the U.S., nearly two jobs for every American seeking work, according to newly released federal data. That rate is nearly the highest on record as the number of available jobs per worker has sharply risen ...