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Republican Gubernatorial Races in Illinois, New York Will Be Tough, Yet Winnable
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New York Post: Illinois Democrats got the opponent they wanted for incumbent Gov. J.B. Pritzker Tuesday as state Sen. Darren Bailey clinched the GOP gubernatorial primary. Pritzker, a billionaire heir to the Hyatt hotel fortune, is already a heavy favorite to win a second term in November ( New York Post). NBC: Nine months after she stepped into the job of New York governor as a relative unknown, Democrat Kathy Hochul easily locked up her party’s nomination Tuesday, setting her on an expected glide path to win the office in November. She faces U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin, who won the Republican Party’s nomination Tuesday. Zeldin is a staunch ally of former President Donald Trump and was among the Republicans in Congress who voted against certifying the 2020 election results. The Long Island congressman will try to become the first Republican elected governor in New York since Gov. George Pataki was reelected in 2002 ( NBC). Oklahoman: Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt will face state schools Superintendent Joy Hofmeister in the general election for governor after both candidates skated to easy victories Tuesday ( Oklahoman). See full election results here ( New York Times).
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Oklahoma Democrats Head to Runoff for GOP James Lankford’s Seat, Republican Mike Lee of Utah Seeks His Third Term
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Reuters: Colorado construction company owner and self-financed candidate Joe O’Dea beat state Representative Ron Hanks to win the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. O’Dea will face incumbent Democratic Senator Michael Bennet in the general election on Nov. 8 ( Reuters). Axios: Incumbent Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) defeated his GOP challengers Becky Edwards and Ally Isom in Tuesday’s Republican primary election for U.S. Senate. Lee, who is seeking his third term in the U.S. Senate, will now move forward to compete against independent candidate Evan McMullin in the general election in November ( Axios). CNN: Madison Horn and Jason Bollinger will advance to an Aug. 23 runoff in the Democratic Senate race in Oklahoma. Several candidates are running in the Democratic primary for the Senate seat held by Republican James Lankford, who is running for reelection. Both of Oklahoma’s US Senate seats are on the ballot in 2022 with GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe’s decision to resign after this year ( CNN). Oklahoma’s Republican special primary race sees Markwayne Mullin as the victor. He is set to run against Kendra Horn in November. Election results can be found here ( CNN).
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Amazon Employees Demand Company Stop Doing Business in Pro-Life States, Want Time Off in Wake of Roe v. Wade Ruling
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Daily Wire: Amazon employees of “all genders” are requesting time off to mourn the end of Roe v. Wade and demanding that the company cease operations in pro-life states. The e-commerce giant said last month that it would cover as much as $4,000 in expenses for employees traveling across state lines to procure an abortion ( Daily Wire). Libs of TikTok: SCOOP: Hundreds of Amazon employees signed an open letter to Amazon leadership demanding they cease doing business in states where abortion is illegal and requesting time off to grieve the Supreme Court ruling ( Twitter).
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Pro-Life Centers, Churches Under Attack From Pro-Abortion Terror Groups
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Catholic Vote: More than thirty pregnancy resource centers and offices of pro-life groups have been attacked since a draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked in early May. Pro-abortion domestic terrorists have claimed responsibility — and are promising more attacks in a “summer of rage.“ The pregnancy resource centers, which provide free medical and financial support to pregnant and new mothers, have been spray-painted with pro-abortion and anarchist messages and symbols. Several have been set on fire. Other pro-life groups which advocate for the right to life have also had their offices vandalized. The attacks appear to be organized under the umbrella of two domestic terror groups — Jane’s Revenge and Ruth Sent Us — which have arisen since the Supreme Court opinion leak was published on May 2, 2022. Many of the attacks have similar messages, including “If abortions aren’t safe, neither are you” ( Catholic Vote). Andy Ngo: Portland: The @MomChildPDX Center was vandalized & smashed up by #Antifa at the riot overnight. The center provides free services to expecting & single parents facing housing & refugee issues, domestic violence & poverty. Antifa view them as an enemy ( Twitter). Rev. Dean Nelson: Blue Ridge Pregnancy Center, in Virginia, was vandalized last night by pro-abortion domestic terrorists. This type of destruction does nothing to scare the #prolife movement. It only strengthens our resolve to love & serve ( Twitter). Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe: St. Patrick Parish in Philadelpia, served by @opeast, was vandalized last night. Please pray for those who are afraid, who are suffering, for mothers who need our love and care, and for conversion of hearts and minds ( Twitter).
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Kroger to Cover Travel Expense for Employees Seeking to Abort Their Baby
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Washington Examiner: Grocery retailer Kroger will pay for travel expenses associated with having an abortion. A representative for the grocer told a local Cincinnati outlet, “On June 14, we communicated directly to plan participants to provide them with clarity so they can make health care decisions that are right for them.” The spokesperson explained that employees at the stores can reportedly receive up to $4,000 in coverage for healthcare and travel for reproductive services, which includes abortion. In response to the recent draft opinion leak and subsequent ruling, employees have been asking about their coverage, according to the spokesperson ( Washington Examiner).
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AOC Encourages Women to Bypass Abortion Laws and Provides Resources on How to Do It
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Daily Wire: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) is encouraging women to dodge abortion laws in red states following the Supreme Court’s decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. The congresswoman has repeatedly posted infographics discussing how women can obtain abortion pills in red states that ban abortions ( Daily Wire). Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: Hello, Republicans are mad because I am sharing this information. Too bad! Freedom of choice is an inalienable right. Your bodily autonomy belongs to you. Link to my full IG story on how to protect yourself + access abortion in a post-Roe world ( Twitter).
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Turkey Agrees to Welcome Finland and Sweden Into NATO
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Axios: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan agreed Tuesday to lift his objection to Sweden and Finland joining NATO, paving the way for the two Nordic nations to begin the accession process. Driving the news: The leaders of the three countries signed a trilateral memorandum on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Madrid confirming Turkey would support Sweden and Finland’s accession after weeks of negotiations over counterterrorism and arms exports. The big picture: Sweden and Finland moved rapidly to apply to NATO in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, reversing decades of security policy and opening the door to the alliance’s ninth expansion since 1949 ( Axios). Associated Press: Turkey hailed Tuesday’s agreement as a triumph, saying the Nordic nations had agreed to crack down on groups that Ankara deems national security threats, including the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, and its Syrian extension. It said they also agreed “not to impose embargo restrictions in the field of defense industry” on Turkey and to take “concrete steps on the extradition of terrorist criminals.” Turkey has demanded that Finland and Sweden extradite wanted individuals and lift arms restrictions imposed after Turkey’s 2019 military incursion into northeast Syria. Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde told reporters that “all the parties showed an incredible willingness to get there and were constructive and we made it clear that we take these concerns about terrorist attacks … seriously” ( Associated Press).
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Top Aid to Mark Meadows Testifies Trump Wanted to Go to the Capitol on Jan 6
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Wall Street Journal: Cassidy Hutchinson, a onetime top aide to White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, testified that former President Donald Trump was warned that members of the crowd attending his rally on Jan. 6, 2021, were heavily armed and still directed them to march toward the Capitol. The 25-year-old former White House aide also said she was told that Mr. Trump insisted on going to the Capitol with his supporters, even as officials, ultimately successfully, tried to stop him. Ms. Hutchinson recounted a dramatic altercation in the president’s limousine, known as “the beast,” after his Secret Service detail refused to drive him to the Capitol due to safety concerns. She said Tony Ornato, White House deputy chief of staff, told her Mr. Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of the vehicle and lunged at Robert Engel, head of his detail, after Mr. Engel told him he wouldn’t take him to the Capitol ( Wall Street Journal). Peter Alexander of NBC: A source close to the Secret Service tells me both Bobby Engel, the lead agent, and the presidential limousine/SUV driver are prepared to testify under oath that neither man was assaulted and that Mr. Trump never lunged for the steering wheel ( Twitter). National Review: Earlier in the day, White House lawyers urged speechwriters not to include talk about marching to the Capitol in Trump’s address, Hutchinson testified. She said Trump wanted to say things like, “Fight for Trump,” “We’re going to march to the Capitol,” and other words about Vice President Mike Pence. White House lawyer Eric Herschmann said it would be “foolish” to indulge some of Trump’s requests. White House counsel Pat Cipollone said it would be a mistake to march to the Capitol, according to Hutchinson ( National Review).
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Ghislaine Maxwell Sentenced to 20 Years for Her Role in Jeffery Epstein’s Trafficking Ring
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Washington Examiner: Ghislaine Maxwell has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in facilitating former financier Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse of several underage girls. Maxwell, the former Epstein girlfriend and confidante, was found guilty on five counts, including “transporting a minor for the purposes of criminal sexual activity,” “conspiring to entice minors to travel to engage in illegal sex acts,” and perjury related to statements she made in 2016. The former Epstein associate said that meeting the millionaire was the “biggest regret” of her life ( Washington Examiner).
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Majority of Americans Say Gender is Assigned at Birth, Athletes Should Compete on Basis of Their Biological Sex
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Pew Research: Roughly eight-in-ten U.S. adults say there is at least some discrimination against transgender people in our society, and a majority favor laws that would protect transgender individuals from discrimination in jobs, housing and public spaces. At the same time, 60% say a person’s gender is determined by their sex assigned at birth, up from 56% in 2021 and 54% in 2017 ( Pew Research). David Marcus: Reality is winning ( Twitter). Pew Research Center: 58% of Americans would favor laws that would require transgender athletes to compete on teams that match the sex they were assigned at birth. 17% would oppose these laws and about a quarter neither favor nor oppose ( Twitter).
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Sebastian Gorka gets to the heart of law and life as he reflects on the overturn of Roe v. Wade
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Let’s start with the big news of Friday. Thursday, it was the Second Amendment. Friday, it was Roe v. Wade. And today, it was freedom of religion.
Yesterday at a friend’s house, we celebrated. It was such a great idea. We were sent an email on Saturday, inviting us down...
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Col. Kurt Schlichter sits in for Hugh Hewitt and brings his trial-lawyer analysis to the momentous SCOTUS ruling
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Col. Kurt Schlichter: This is Kurt Schlichter sitting in for Hugh Hewitt on a pretty significant day. And it’s a little ironic because Hugh Hewitt and a lot of other people have been waiting 50 years for today, 50 years for this show, 50 years for the first show post Roe v. Wade, post Casey. And...
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Charlie Kirk exposes the history of Planned Parenthood and the disturbing philosophy of one if its founders, Margaret Sanger
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Charlie Kirk: In the West, based on Judeo-Christian values and principles, we believe that the strong must protect the weak. The big must protect the small. We take this for granted. You see, in the 1920s and 1930s, there was a massive eugenics movement in America who was led by people such as...
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Eric Metaxas traces the victory for life to the originalist justices appointed by Trump
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Eric Metaxas: Ladies and gentlemen, I want to tell you, Roe v. Wade. I want to say this very clearly and strongly. We know that we thank God for everything that’s good. But God also wants to give thanks to people who do the right thing. And if you voted for Donald Trump in 2016, you did the right...
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Dinesh D’Souza analyzes the Supreme Court’s overturn of Roe v. Wade
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Dinesh D’Souza: The Supreme Court came out on Friday with the expected, but nevertheless, bombshell decision overturning Roe v. Wade. I mean, that was the real meaning of the decision. The immediate focus was on the Mississippi law, which essentially outlawed abortion after 15 weeks. And there...
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Brandon Tatum cheers the historic SCOTUS decision
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Officer Tatum: I couldn’t wait. I’ve been waiting all day. You know, everybody else got an earlier show. I’ve been waiting all day to talk about the overturning of Roe v. Wade. I think this is a pivotal moment in our society, in our country, a moral victory, and it is the right thing to do...
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Dennis Prager confronts extreme pro-choice views on the day the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
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Dennis Prager: A question that is almost never addressed is, what is the motive behind the passion to unrestricted allowance in our society of taking the life of a baby, a viable baby? Therefore, I am even leaving aside those months wherein it is not viable on its own, the baby. Okay? I’m taking...
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Mike Gallagher makes an emotional announcement about the momentous SCOTUS ruling
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Mike Gallagher: It does look like the decision is in. As expected, the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade. Man, what a moment, huh? What a moment. The pro-life side has prevailed in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson. And as expected, the Supreme Court has reversed Roe v. Wade.
Now, the matter of...
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