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April 7, 2022

Citi Banks on Wokeness until Republicans Intervene
by Tony Perkins
CitiGroup may be concerned about equity, but not when it comes to political views. The U.S. banking firm, in a knee-jerk reaction to Texas's heartbeat law, stunned investors last month by announcing that it would start footing the bill for employees who had to leave the state for an abortion. Hotels and plane tickets will be on us, CEO Jane Fraser declared, staking out radical new territory in the financial sector. Now, a handful of weeks later, CitiGroup is finding out that there's a price to joining the woke bandwagon. And losing Congress's business might be one of them.
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Paul: 'I'll Stand up, Even If It's Unpopular'
by Tony Perkins
If you ever wondered what a single person in the minority could do, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) just provided a pretty compelling example. After days of being a one-man thorn in the Democrats' side, the Kentucky Republican pulled out an impressive win today on a bill that could have had major consequences for the unborn. While everyone was in a rush to get more Russian sanctions out the door, Paul's decision to slow things down may have saved lives in a lot more places than Ukraine.
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America Can't Ignore the Left's Complicity in Infanticide and Child Abuse
by Dan Hart
In a U.S. House Education & Labor Committee hearing on Wednesday, HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra refused to answer whether or not partial-birth abortion is in fact illegal (it is), instead restating boilerplate Democrat language about how he supports the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. When pressed by Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.), Becerra also refused to commit to investigating the University of Pittsburgh's alleged illegal human tissue extraction from the bodies of aborted babies.
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On today's show: Chuck Fleischmann, U.S. Representative for the 3rd District of Tennessee, shares about the growing opposition in Congress to President Biden's decision to end the Title 42 border policy. Connor Semelsberger, FRC's Director of Federal Affairs for Life and Human Dignity, discusses efforts on Capitol Hill to advance the Born Alive Abortion Survivors Act and FRC's new map showing how state laws would look if Roe v. Wade is overturned. Brent Keilen, Vice President of FRC Action, celebrates a recent school board victory in Wisconsin and highlights FRC Action's resources for parents looking to get involved in their local schools. David McDonald, author and speaker, previews next week's online event: Reclaiming Education for the Gospel.

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