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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
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DOJ Sues Idaho Over Abortion Ban in First Legal Battle Post Roe
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Wall Street Journal: The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s near total ban on abortion, setting up the Biden administration’s first legal battle over abortion access since the Supreme Court in June overturned Roe v. Wade and eliminated the constitutional right to end a pregnancy. The lawsuit says Idaho’s abortion restrictions unlawfully conflict with a federal law that requires hospitals accepting Medicare to provide emergency treatments, which can sometimes include abortion. “If a patient comes into the emergency room with a medical emergency jeopardizing the patient’s life or health, hospitals must provide the treatment necessary to stabilize that patient,” Attorney General Merrick Garland said. “This includes abortion when that is the necessary treatment.” Idaho has a ban set to take effect later this month. The law has exceptions allowing doctors to perform abortions to save the life of a pregnant woman or in cases of rape or incest that have been reported to law enforcement. It explicitly excludes cases in which a physician believes that a woman will harm herself if the abortion isn’t performed. Penalties for providers who violate Idaho’s law range from two to five years in prison ( Wall Street Journal). NBC: In a statement Tuesday, Gov. Brad Little, a Republican, said he would work with Idaho’s attorney general to defend the state law “in the face of federal meddling.” “Our nation’s highest court returned the issue of abortion to the states to regulate — end of story,” Little said. “The U.S. Justice Department’s interference with Idaho’s pro-life law is another example of Biden overreaching yet again while he continues to ignore issues that really should demand his attention — like crushing inflation and the open border with Mexico” ( NBC).
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Speaker Pelosi Visits Taiwan, China Launches Military Exercises Around Taiwan
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Wall Street Journal: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday, defying stern warnings from Beijing against a visit that China’s Communist Party regards as a challenge to its sovereignty. Mrs. Pelosi, the highest-ranking U.S. official in a quarter-century to visit the island, which Beijing claims as part of its territory, is set to meet Wednesday with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and legislators in the self-ruled democracy. Chinese officials, including leader Xi Jinping in a phone call last week with President Biden, have warned of unspecified countermeasures should Mrs. Pelosi’s Taiwan visit proceed ( Wall Street Journal). CNN: China responded by announcing military exercises and with bellicose rhetoric warning that the speaker’s visit “has a severe impact on the political foundation of China-U.S. relations, and seriously infringes upon China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.” It gravely undermines peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait, and sends a seriously wrong signal to the separatist forces for ‘Taiwan independence,’ ” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. “China firmly opposes and sternly condemns this, and has made serious démarche and strong protest to the United States.” China’s military said it was on “high alert” and would conduct exercises around Taiwan in response to Pelosi’s trip, saying in statements it was launching a series “targeted military operations to counteract the situation.” Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said that 21 Chinese warplanes made incursions into its air defense identification zone (ADIZ) on Tuesday. In response, the Taiwanese military issued radio warnings and deployed air defense missile systems to monitor the activities, it added ( CNN).
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ACLU Advocates for Colleges to Focus on Race-Based Admissions
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Daily Wire: In the name of equity, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announced on Monday that it supports allowing colleges to racially discriminate when deciding the admission of certain applicants. The ACLU reported that it had filed amicus curiae briefs in two cases before the United States Supreme Court, Students for Fair Admissions v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina, both of which challenge whether or not higher education can legally consider race in its application approval process ( Daily Wire). ACLU: We filed an amicus brief today urging the Supreme Court to protect universities’ ability to consider race in college admissions. Ending these considerations would ignore our country’s present-day racial inequality and threaten diversity on campuses everywhere ( Twitter). Journalist Colin Wright: The @ACLU is actively promoting racism. They no longer care about equal rights for all individuals, only the rights of certain groups. This is a very dark path to start down ( Twitter). Post Millennial: Commenters pointed out the hypocrisy of the ACLU’s decision to advocate for Affirmative Action, a policy that allows colleges and universities to use race as a factor in admissions decisions instead of using merit alone. This practice disproportionately discriminates against Asian Americans due to their race and ethnicity, in favor of other races ( Post Millennial).
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Kansas Voters Rebuff Proposal to End Abortion Protections
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Wall Street Journal: Kansas voters soundly rejected a proposed state constitutional amendment that would have ended protections for abortion, in the first statewide referendum on the issue since the Supreme Court eliminated abortion rights at the federal level ( Wall Street Journal). Axios: Kansas’ constitution guarantees the “equal and inalienable natural rights, among which are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,” which the state Supreme Court ruled in 2019 includes the right to abortion, according to the Center for Reproductive Rights. Don’t forget: Alabama, Louisiana, Tennessee and West Virginia are the only four states that have amended their state constitutions to prohibit any protections for abortion rights ( Axios).
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Marriage Bill Sits in Senate, Democrats Unwilling to Bring Vote Until Enough Support Secured
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Washington Times: Many of the same liberals who continue to complain about the Supreme Court’s June 24 decision overturning its 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling on abortion, citing its 49 years of precedent, hypocritically had no similar qualms in 2015, when a bare majority of justices took it upon themselves to overturn 2,500 or more years of precedent in Obergefell v. Hodges. That was the ruling that threw out the traditional definition of marriage, which until then was all but universally recognized as being between one man and one woman. By judicial fiat, the five legalized same-sex marriage nationwide ( Washington Times). Yahoo: The U.S. House of Representatives voted on July 19, 2022, to enshrine same-sex marriage into law with a bipartisan vote – all 220 Democratic representatives voted in favor, joined by 47 Republican colleagues. The Respect for Marriage Act, as it is called, would repeal the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act, a federal law that defines marriage as the legal union between a man and a woman. The bill faces an uncertain fate in the closely divided Senate – so far, five Republicans out of 50 have said they would vote for it. Democratic Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the Senate will vote on the bill once it has 10 Republican votes ( Yahoo).
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Republicans Have Large Showing at Gubernatorial Polls
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JC Post: Derek Schmidt wins Republican nomination for governor in Kansas primary election on Tuesday night and will face incumbent Governor Laura Kelly in November. Kelly easily won the Democratic nomination for governor in Kansas primary election with 95 percent of the vote over Richard S. Karnowski. Schmidt took approximately 80 percent of the vote over challenger Arlyn Briggs ( JC Post). New York Times: Tudor Dixon, a conservative media personality with the political backing of Michigan’s powerful DeVos family, won the state’s Republican primary for governor on Tuesday. She will advance to the general election against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, a first-term Democrat who was on the short list to be Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s running mate in the summer of 2020 ( New York Times). Full election results can be found here ( Townhall).
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Missouri Senate Primary Sees AG Eric Schmitt Overcome Scandal-Ridden Eric Greitens
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Associated Press: Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate on Tuesday with surprising ease, ending months of worry among GOP leaders that scandal-scarred former Gov. Eric Greitens might win the primary but jeopardize what should be a reliably red seat in November. Trudy Busch Valentine, a nurse and philanthropist who entered Missouri’s Democratic primary in the U.S. Senate race late, will move on to November after defeating Marine veteran Lucas Kunce and nine others on Tuesday ( Associated Press). Kansas City Star: Former Kansas City, Kansas, Mayor Mark Holland will face Republican Sen. Jerry Moran in the fall after winning Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Holland had 41% of the vote ( Kansas City Star). See complete election outcomes here ( New York Times).
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Jerry Nadler Urges Biden to Forgive Student Debt Because of COVID and Monkeypox
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Katie Pavlich: President Joe Biden is expected to make a decision about the “cancellation” of student loan debt by the end of the month. Since taking office in January 2021, Biden has issued a number of extensions on payment moratoriums and the left of his party is demanding he reallocate the cost to taxpayers. But now, Democrat Jerry Nadler is arguing Biden should reallocate the payments to taxpayers because of the Monkeypox outbreak ( Townhall). Matt Whitlock: This is a weird one. Not sure what monkeypox has to do with getting working families to pay for rich kids grad school student loan debt ( Twitter).
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NYT’s Thoms L. Friedman: “There is deep mistrust between the White House and President Volodymyr Zelensky”
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The revealing paragraphs of Tom Friedman column read as follows. New York Times: The Ukraine war is not over. And privately, U.S. officials are a lot more concerned about Ukraine’s leadership than they are letting on. There is deep mistrust between the White House and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine — considerably more than has been reported. And there is funny business going on in Kyiv. On July 17, Zelensky fired his country’s prosecutor general and the leader of its domestic intelligence agency — the most significant shake-up in his government since the Russian invasion in February. It would be the equivalent of Biden firing Merrick Garland and Bill Burns on the same day. But I have still not seen any reporting that convincingly explains what that was all about. It is as if we don’t want to look too closely under the hood in Kyiv for fear of what corruption or antics we might see, when we have invested so much there ( New York Times). HotAir: It was odd that Zelensky fired two high-ranking officials in the middle of a hot war, especially since one of them was a childhood friend of his… He claimed that the departments they oversaw were infested with collaborators. There have been reports since the start of the war that Russian intelligence spent years before the invasion quietly bribing Ukrainian officials at various levels of government to switch sides once the Kremlin finally made its move. They didn’t get much return on that investment — but they may have gotten some, as Kherson province in the south flipped quickly after the war began. It’s conceivable that some officials in Zelensky’s own government are on the take and that the Ukrainians have gotten wise to it only recently ( HotAir).
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Geico Insurance Closes All Offices in California Resulting in Hundreds of Layoffs
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Fox News: GEICO has reportedly closed all 38 of its agent offices in California, laid off hundreds of employees, and will no longer sell insurance through telephone agents in the state. Californians can still obtain GEICO policies in the state, but only through a computer or a mobile device, posing a challenge for those who are not technologically proficient. The precise reasons for the closures in California and massive layoffs remain unclear. FOX Business has reached out to the company for more information. In a statement to the Sacramento Bee, a company spokesperson declined to elaborate on the changes, but clarified that GEICO was not leaving the Golden State ( Fox News). Sacramento Bee: The California Department of Insurance is following GEICO’s actions, said California Deputy Insurance Commissioner Michael Soller. “We are monitoring to make sure consumers are protected,” he said in a statement ( Sacramento Bee).
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Brandon Tatum points out the hypocrisy of Biden’s border plan
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Officer Tatum: Let me get into the clip that I was gonna play before of Peter Doocy absolutely destroying Jean-Pierre. Just the sheer ignorance and the sheer arrogance of this administration to think that we’re so stupid that we don’t see what they’re trying to do, we don’t see how...
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Dinesh D’Souza assesses the idea and viability of a third party in America
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Dinesh D’Souza: We all know that there’s a good deal of political polarization in America. And it’s often deplored as a bad thing. Wouldn’t it be great if Americans could come together? But what is the way to respond to the polarization? Well, it turns out that there’s...
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Eric Metaxas turns to Victor Davis Hanson for insights about alarming deficiencies in military recruitment and leadership
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Eric Metaxas: As promised, Victor Davis Hanson is my guest. Welcome. You’re a great encouragement, not just to me, but to so many Americans and we love talking to you. So, thank you for making the time.
Victor Davis Hanson: Thank you. …
Eric Metaxas: They’re two articles...
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Mike Gallagher challenges the absurd and destructive idea of criminally prosecuting 45
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Clip of Donald Trump: — going to hell and is going to hell very fast. It’s a very unsafe place. We’re living in such a different country for one primary reason: There is no longer respect for the law and there certainly is no order. Our country is now a cesspool of crime. We have blood, death...
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Charlie Kirk delivers a rousing speech at TPUSA’s Student Action Summit outlining a plan to win back our country
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Charlie Kirk: I want to thank all of you for being here, traveling all across the country. And we have Turning Point USA chapter leaders from all across America here. And I get asked all the time, Charlie, what gives you hope? Our Turning Point USA chapter leaders give me hope. On high school and...
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Sebastian Gorka and Jim Hanson look ahead to 2024 and the possibility of a Republican president (Trump?) cleaning house
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Dr. Sebastian Gorka: Welcome dear friends. This is America First, One on One. Conspiracy. Secret plots. Taking over the state. What are elections really about? What should happen after the ballots in the ballot boxes are counted and the final tally is made? Should things change when a new president...
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Dennis Prager broadcasts from hot and sticky Florida, made cool and livable by fossil fuels
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Dennis Prager: Welcome to the Dennis Prager Show, coming to you from Miami, Florida. Not Miami Beach, but Miami. And I’m here for some intense speeches and talks and thoughts. And I’ll tell you as much as possible during the course of the week. I’ll be here for a week.
I hope you had a good...
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Hugh Hewitt and Byron York cover some of the latest news out of the Pelosi-Cheney show trial
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Hugh Hewitt: Good morning, Byron, how are you?
Byron York: Good morning, Hugh. Doing well.
Hugh Hewitt: … Now let me turn to the 1/6 committee. Proposition number one: It was illegitimate from the first day that Nancy Pelosi attempted to control the minority party’s participation. And so, when...
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