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June 25, 2024
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| Pride Month Goes Out with a Whimper |
| by Suzanne Bowdey |
| It's been a long time since Americans could sit back and actually enjoy the month of June. It was always an insufferable four weeks, breathing in the rainbow-saturated air that fell heaviest across our favorite sports, stores, shows, and social media. But the most remarkable thing about this year's Pride Month may be just how unremarkable it was. Sure, there were still parades, over-the-top political pronouncements, and colorful flags billowing from too many government buildings, but the characteristic dread and fatigue from Pride is gone - replaced by a quiet confidence that maybe, just maybe, we've been heard. |
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| Supreme Court Agrees to Hear SAFE Act Case |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge to the 2023 Tennessee law protecting minors from gender transition procedures. After a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit struck down a preliminary injunction against Tennessee's law in September, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) appealed that decision to the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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| Michigan Democrats Pass Bills Removing Safeguards against Voter Fraud |
| by Dan Hart |
| In a move that conservatives say will "deepen public distrust" of America's election system, Democrats in Michigan's legislature pushed through two bills along party lines last week that strip the power of local election officials to investigate allegations of fraud and double the fees of candidates who request ballot recounts, among other changes. |
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| Outstanding - Ep. 109: Corporate Pride with Stephen Soukup |
| Podcast with Joseph Backholm and Stephen Soukup |
| When did corporate companies turn into political allies? Host Joseph Backholm is joined by Stephen Soukup, vice president and publisher of The Political Forum and author of "The Dictatorship of Woke Capital" for a discussion about "corporate pride". Stephen offers insight on what has influenced corporate companies to push the pride agenda. Is it financial, cultural pressure, or both? The two define and discuss the impact of the Corporate Quality Index Score, break down this shift in business, and how consumers can be effective in halting the political take over happening in big corporations. Listen now to decide where you think politics and business intersect! |
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| Eco-Extremists Choose Bizarre Targets |
| by Joshua Arnold |
| Fans at the 18th green of the PGA Travelers Championship got to see two sports for one on Sunday, when the sudden intrusion of climate hooligans - soon tackled by security - introduced a wrestling component, very nearly turning the world's quietest sport into hockey. |
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| Cake Artist Jack Phillips Undergoes Third Court Case in 12 Years Defending His Religious Freedom |
| by Sarah Holliday |
| Jack Phillips is a man of faith as well as a custom design cake specialist. However, due to Christian convictions, Phillips declined to make a cake that celebrated a same-sex wedding, which led to the cake designer being sued by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission (CCRC). As such, he's now spent the last 12 years defending his religious freedom, with last week marking the third court case he's gone through since this battle began. |
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| Trump Blasts Left-Wing Ideology in Schools, Promises to Shutter Dept. of Education |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Former President Donald Trump is vowing to gut the U.S. Department of Education if he retakes the White House in November. During a speech on Saturday at Temple University's Liacouras Center in Philadelphia, Trump pledged to shift education policy from the federal government "to the states." Noting that America ranks "at the bottom of every list" in education, Trump said, "We'll be able to cut education [spending] in half and get much better education in some of the states. We'll have the best education anywhere in the world." |
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| 'Our Allegiance Is Not to Them': Trump Encourages Christians to Vote |
| by S.A. McCarthy |
| Former President Donald Trump is calling on Christians to vote in November, warning that incumbent Joe Biden's administration poses a serious threat to Christian values. At the Faith & Freedom Coalition's "Road to Majority" conference in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, Trump told conservative Christians in attendance, "We have to get out there, we have to vote, we have to make sure everything's honest." |
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