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Christopher Chantrill contributor to American Thinker: Today new government programs are all about manipulation of regulations and cunning expansions of the administrative state that are kept carefully under a blanket where congressional staff and corporate special interests and devoted activists snuggle for the greater good.

Matthew G. Andersson contributor to American Thinker: What progressives seek instead, is top-down rule from a merged judiciary-political party that issues policy by decree, and has been delinked from American constitutional law. It is a doctrine based in centralized single authority, and in this way, reflects their ideological role model: China’s CCP. Packing the Court with partisans, and modifying Court rules to favor them, moves the Court inexorably toward a committee.

Ayn Rand Russian-born American writer and philosopher: “You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.”

Thom Nickels contributor to Frontpage Magazine: Then, in a rush against time (and ill-health), Francis appointed 21 new cardinals, prelates in total alignment with his woke theological and Synodal Path obsessions, all but guaranteeing that the next pope will be something of a mega-Francis. Francis’ revolution, as one Catholic observer noted, is an “unending revolution world without end.”

Daniel Greenfield contributor to FrontPage Magazine: A NATO that has Turkey in it is not defending Europe, it’s threatening the destruction of Europe.

BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PERSECUTE YOUR OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP

Hubbard: Trump says DOJ told him he is a target in Jan. 6 probe, must report to grand jury

“Deranged Jack Smith, the prosecutor with Joe Biden’s DOJ, sent a letter (again, it was Sunday night!) stating that I am a TARGET of the January 6th Grand Jury investigation, and giving me a very short 4 days to report to the Grand Jury, which almost always means an Arrest and indictment,” Trump wrote.

Saavedra: Georgia Supreme Court Unanimously Rejects Trump Hail Mary To Stop Potential Indictment

The Georgia Supreme Court unanimously rejected former President Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to derail a criminal investigation into efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in the state. Trump’s legal team had sought late last week to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from the investigation and to “quash the Special Purpose Grand Jury’s report and to bar use of its contents in any future proceedings, whether civil or criminal,” said the high court, on which eight of the nine justices were appointed by Republican governors. […] A grand jury in Georgia that could decide to indict the former president and his allies was officially sworn in Tuesday afternoon. Jurors were picked over the course of a three-hour selection process in front of Judge Robert McBurney in Atlanta, according to ABC News.

Read the five page opinion: https://www.scribd.com/document/659610507/Georgia-Supreme-Court-Opinion-Trump-v-Willis-Et-Al-2#

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CANCEL THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Turley: Pronoun Lockdown: Almost Half of Millennials Want Jail Time for “Misgendering”

A recent survey by Redfield & Wilton Strategies for Newsweek, found that 44 percent of millennials (between ages 25-34) favor criminal charges for people who use the wrong pronouns for others or so-called “misgendering.” We have previously discussed how misgendering is now a crime in countries like Great Britain. Misgendering has been referred to as an “act of violence” at some U.S. universities. There has been a concern that we are seeing the rise of a generation of censors, who have been taught since a young age that speech is harmful and even violent. Yet, hate speech is protected in the United States. Given that fact, it is astonishing to claim that a pronoun violation could lead to incarceration. Only 31 percent of the millennials disagreed with the proposition. “Second, . . .

They are not alone.

Prager: The 34 Professors Who Protested My Speaking at Arizona State University

In February, I was invited along with Charlie Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA (TPUSA), and Robert Kiyosaki, author of the bestseller, “Rich Dad, Poor Dad,” to speak at Arizona State University (ASU) at a conference titled “Health, Wealth and Happiness.” The invitation came from the TW Lewis Center for Personal Development, an independent center affiliated with Barrett College, the honors college of ASU. About a week before the scheduled event, 34 (Ann Atkinson — see below — counted 39) of Barrett College’s 47 faculty members signed a letter to the dean of ASU condemning the event on grounds that Charlie Kirk and I are “white nationalist provocateurs … purveyors of hate who have publicly attacked women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, [and] institutions of our democracy.” […] “The faculty’s illiberal tantrum was devastatingly effective on two fronts. “First, the scare tactics worked on undergraduates. Many students told me they were intimidated by professors into not attending. Some would attend only if we promised that cameras wouldn’t face the audience…

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET/ONE WORLD ORDER) & TRANS HUMANISM (AI HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

Dr. Malone: Why the US gov’t wants to reduce the natural-born population and import more immigrants

What they really are striving for is a New World Order, whereby the UN becomes the dominant force of the world, with nation states nestled under their organizational structure. Worldwide birthrate per 1000 people follows a very predictable trend. In “developed” and/or wealthy nations, the birthrate is low and in nations at the lower end of the economic development scale, the birthrate is high. Nothing new there. Many countries, including the USA, have birthrates that either are too low to sustain current population levels or are stable. Since 1970, the population of people born in the USA has been stable at below 300 million. In fact, some estimates show a decline in population. All of the population growth in the USA during this time period has been due to immigration. That is why the USA has grown to 336 million people in 50 years. This trend has only increased in recent years. There were a record 44.8 million immigrants living in the U.S. in 2018, making up 13.7% of the nation’s population. This represents a more than fourfold increase since 1960, when 9.7 million immigrants lived in the U.S., accounting for 5.4% of the total U.S. population. […] The truth is that UN’s Agenda 2030 asserts that migration is a human right. What this means in practicality is that persons born in countries with high birthrates have a right to migrate into wealthy countries with low birth rates. To begin – migration is not a “human right.” Property laws and nation states exist for a reason. To assert otherwise is to assert that there is a one world government which is in control of migration. Another usurpation of authority by the UN and the WEF.

TYRANNY IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE DOOM MYTH: GLOBALIST POLITICIANS & BIG BUSINESS ACCUMULATE MORE POWER & CONTROL

Buckley: Are 15-Minute Cities Smart?

The 15-minute city (FMC) – a neat idea, a new way to control the populace, a trendy blip in the public planning industry, a long-term insidious scheme – all, some, or none of these? If you have questions about the concept, here is what you are already being called. As with the gas stove “debate,” any questioning of the latest coolest way to reorganize society is a sign of madness. This haughty reality-shifting attitude somehow pervades the elites despite the deserved devastation of the public’s trust in its institutions in the wake of the pandemic, the response to which involved lies, half-truths, spin, lies, mistakes, lies, the threat of force, lies, the threat of unemployment, the ordered home confinement, the mass destruction of small businesses, and lies. All of that should be a bit of a tip-off as to the true intentions of the supporters of the idea, but, that being said, let’s discuss the basics. […] As we have seen from the Twitter Files and so many other recent (and not so recent) revelations about the Censorship-Industrial complex, the real danger of smart cities and FMCs is the potential for the elimination of freedoms, of options, of differences. That’s not just censorship of thought, it’s censorship of life.

Harris & Harris: Polar Bears an Extraordinary Success Story

It really is getting tiresome that so much is falsely blamed on climate change. The most blatantly wrong example is the supposed pending demise of polar bears that, activists claim, will soon occur due to human caused climate change. Any increases in their populations that we currently see are surely insignificant in light of their prospective extinction. For example, a 2020 press release of Polar Bear Range States asserts: “Ten key threats are identified in the CAP: of these, human-caused climate change and the effects of such changes on polar bear habitat and prey is considered the primary threat.” […] In 1973, an international treaty between Canada, Denmark, Norway, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and the United States was signed that outlawed the unrestricted hunting of polar bears. The polar bear population has increased from 6,000 to 12,000 in 1973 to between 22,000 and 31,000 in 2020. So by simply looking at the numbers, it is clear that polar bears are thriving. We have also seen indicators of good physical and reproductive health of polar bears over the last two decades, even when there has been a decline in sea ice. Moreover, sea ice has been increasing in areas such as Hudson Bay, allowing bears to hunt on the ice to a much further extent. There have been increases and decreases in sea ice throughout the world, and polar bears adapt to these conditions as they have for thousands of years.

THE CORRUPT & DANGEROUS U.S. INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES & THE ADMINISTRATIVE STATE APPARATUS

Solomon: Forbidden questions, denied warrants, witness tipoffs: Agents detail interference in Biden probe

Retired FBI supervisor’s account to Congress of how the bureau tipped off Joe Biden’s team in December 2020 about plans to conduct a surprise interview of his son Hunter not only corroborates a key allegation from two IRS whistleblowers, it further paints a portrait of unusual meddling into the investigation of the first family’s overseas business dealings and taxes. From search warrants denied to critical evidence kept from the investigative team, three experienced federal law enforcement agents have now offered Congress significant testimony and proof that the Hunter Biden probe did not follow FBI or IRS norms and left veteran investigators as well as the powerful House chairman seeing political favoritism and undue interference. “The Justice Department’s efforts to cover up for the Bidens reveals a two-tiered system of justice that sickens the American people,” House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., said Monday night after releasing a summary of the FBI supervisory agent’s account.

REPUBLICAN U.S. HOUSE MAJORITY

Cleveland: 7 Things The House Oversight Committee Should Ask IRS Whistleblowers

The IRS whistleblowers who exposed the Department of Justice and FBI’s interference in the investigation into Biden family corruption will publicly testify on Wednesday before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee. The duo, Gary Shapley and a man known now only as Whistleblower X, had previously sat for transcribed interviews with the House Ways and Means Committee. And while some details from that closed-door testimony should be reiterated during the on-camera congressional hearing, Oversight Committee Chair James Comer should corral Republicans before Wednesday to coordinate the questioning of the whistleblowers so the country learns the depth of the scandal. Here’s what they should ask Shapley and the soon-to-be-named second whistleblower and how they should do it. 1. Let the Whistleblowers Do the Talking Because the legacy press will be poised to present Wednesday’s hearing as a Republican witch hunt and their supposed continued hounding of Hunter Biden, the representatives on the right side of the aisle should save the grandstanding for another time and let the agents speak for themselves. As experienced agents, both Shapley and Whistleblower X know how to testify in a clear and understandable way. They also know how to respond to a hostile cross-examination, which unfortunately will be what they face from Democrats. Republicans should ask the agents open-ended questions that call for narrative responses and allow the whistleblowers’ words to convey to America the protect-Biden scandal they witnessed. 2. Start with Preliminaries, Not the Most Salacious Details While it is understandable . . .

REPUBLICAN U.S. SENATE MINORITY

Bolton: GOP senators rattled by radical conservative populism

Republican senators say they’re worried that conservative populism, though always a part of the GOP, is beginning to take over the party, becoming more radical and threatening to cause them significant political problems heading into the 2024 election. GOP senators are saying they’re being increasingly confronted by constituents who buy into discredited conspiracy theories such as the claim that Democrats stole the 2020 presidential election or that federal agents incited the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Growing distrust with government institutions, from the FBI, CIA and Department of Justice to the Centers for Disease Control and National Institutes of Health, make it more difficult for Republican lawmakers to govern. Republican senators believe their party has a good chance to take back control of the White House and Senate, given President Biden’s low approval ratings and the favorable map of Senate seats up for reelection, but they regularly face political headaches caused by populist members of their party who say the rest of the GOP is out of step with mainstream America.

CHINA: AMERICA’S MORTAL ENEMY

Fanell & Thayer: A Realistic Understanding of the PRC Threat Must Inform U.S. Policy

Hardly a day goes by that the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) English language press organs, like the People’s Daily, China Daily, Xinhua, and Global Times, call on America, and its elites, to “understand” China. The PRC propaganda machine churns out the narrative that only through more engagement can Americans truly understand that China only seeks “to build a great modern socialist country and advance national rejuvenation.” The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) assures the world that “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” is not hegemonic and will result in “win-win” solutions for a new global order. However, the American people must comprehend the assumptions made by the current U.S. administration, and the rest of the federal government, concerning the objectives of the PRC and the nature of its government have put them at great risk in what at present is clearly a Cold War with the PRC. […] They must be replaced by a realistic understanding of CCP and its leader Xi Jinping. There are four components of this necessary realism. The first is that China is the enemy of the United States. The political principles, interests, and vision of international politics possessed by Beijing and Washington are irreconcilable. The dispositive question of the 21st Century is which will win. Until the Trump administration, the U.S. was unwilling to grasp the nettle and confront China, or even to recognize the scope of the challenge. With the Biden administration, there is an active effort to restore the “Old Regime” of engagement. Rather than perceiving Chinese Communism and their Party as the enemy of the U.S., Biden’s proclivity, at best, has been . . . […] Second, . . .

Raleigh: China Is Way Too Risky For American Travelers And Businesses

Americans should be concerned about the safety of their employees and the sustainability of their business operations in China. The U.S. Department of State recently issued a travel advisory, warning Americans to reconsider going to China, Hong Kong, and Macau. The State Department classifies mainland China and Macau as travel advisory “Level 3,” recommending Americans “reconsider travel there” because, “The People’s Republic of China (PRC) government arbitrarily enforces local laws, including issuing exit bans on U.S. citizens and citizens of other countries, without fair and transparent process under the law.”

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF THE U.S. MILITARY

Justice: Biden White House: Military Has ‘Sacred Obligation’ To Abort Babies With Your Money

National Security spokesman John Kirby made the comments during a Monday press briefing, where he claimed individuals who serve in the military have a right to federal funding for abortion. The remarks came in response to a question from RealClearPolitics reporter Phil Wegmann, who pressed Kirby on the administration’s criticism of Rep. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., for holding up military promotions over aggressive far-left social policy. In February, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced the Pentagon would cover up to three weeks of paid leave and travel for U.S. military personnel and their families for abortions. […] When you sign up and make that contract, you have every right to expect that the organization, in this case, the military, is going to take care of you and your family and make sure you can serve with dignity and respect, no matter who you are or who you love or how you worship or don’t. And our policies, whether they are diversity, inclusion, and equity, whether they’re about transgender individuals who qualify, physically and mentally to serve, to be able to do it with dignity, or whether it is about female service members, 1 in 5, or female family members being able to count on the kinds of health care, reproductive care specifically, that they need to serve, that is a foundational sacred obligation of military leaders across the river.

Harsanyi: It’s Joe Biden, Not Tommy Tuberville, Who Brought The ‘Culture War’ To The Military

Joe Biden claims that Republicans are “injecting into fundamental foreign policy decisions what in fact is a domestic social debate on social issues is bizarre,” which is “totally irresponsible.” While I don’t know much about Tommy Tuberville, the president has it backward. It was Biden and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, not any Republican, who broke with 45 years of policy last year by instituting effective reimbursements for elective abortions by military and dependents. It is just as true to say, probably truer, that the president is the one holding up military promotions by unilaterally trashing policy that has been in place since 1980.

Sturman: General Charles Q. Brown—Too Many Red Flags

As the highest ranking oﬃcer in the United States armed forces, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staﬀ (CJCS) is the primary advisor in military matters to the President, Department of Defense, Homeland Security Council, and the National Security Council. Do the skill sets and history of political activism of the current nominee, General Charles Q. Brown, qualify him to lead the country’s military during these turbulent times? “Even the finest sword plunged into salt water will eventually rust.” – Sun Tzu The United States military’s reputation and mission readiness are in free fall, and diversity, equity, and inclusion programs (DEI), which pervade the armed services, bear much of the blame. General Brown supports, promotes, and defends DEI passionately and unapologetically. Plunging enlistments, declining public trust and confidence in the highest echelons of command, lowering physical fitness and aptitude standards, and plummeting military power ratings are the result of these self-inflicted wounds. Just as saltwater tarnishes a sword, DEI erodes the fabric of trust, competence, and unit cohesion.

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF AMERICA

Anderson: Subverting the Court

It’s important to keep in mind that the Biden administration still wants to pack the Supreme Court, but they also want to compress it, and now more than ever, after it found itself on the losing side of several rulings. By so doing, they seek to change the nature of American government. Packing the Court, or adding more justices beyond the current nine, is a progressive policy going back at least to Roosevelt and the New Deal. If the DNC can run up the number of justices on the Court, then it can cement a near-permanent majority, using the Court to legislate. But there’s much more involved. And in the meantime, progressives will try to chip away at how the Court works, in order to advantage themselves. One way to undermine the Court’s methods is by the internal administration of its docket, and how it decides what cases to hear. This is known as “certiorari,” which is merely the back and forth among the judges as to which cases they think are qualified for a hearing. If four of the nine justices agree, they will issue a “writ of certiorari” which is an order to the lower court for records of the case, in order to review them. The Supreme Court hears about 80 cases a year. Most petitions are denied (which they should be, as they belong somewhere else). An example of a procedural strategy that the Left is pursuing comes from Stanford Law School professor Jeffrey L. Fisher . . .

FAUCI LIED

Bostom: Why Is Rhode Island Stonewalling About a 37-Year-Old Woman’s Vaccine Death?

On June 13, 2021, a 22-year-old, otherwise healthy Korean military recruit, 5 days after receiving the first dose of a (Pfizer-BNT) mRNA covid-19 vaccine, complained to a colleague of chest pain at 1:00 AM, but went to bed. He was found unconscious hunched by the bedside at 8:00 AM. Rushed to the emergency department, his electrocardiogram (ECG) showed ventricular fibrillation (a chaotic and lethal heart rhythm if not corrected), and despite 2 hours of cardiopulmonary resuscitation efforts, he could not be resuscitated. Autopsy examination revealed diffuse inflammation within his heart muscle (myocardium), and particularly in the heart’s unique cardiac impulse conduction system (around the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes). […] A similar sudden cardiac death (SCD) case—this time in a healthy 27-year-old Japanese athlete—occurred 8 days after he received another covid-19 mRNA vaccine (i.e., Moderna). According to the report in the Journal of Cardiology Cases, July 3, 2022, his teammates found him, “sitting unconscious during practice,” and he too could not be resuscitated in the emergency department after presenting in asystole (i.e., with no cardiac activity). Once again, an autopsy showed extensive inflammation of the heart, “which led to the diagnosis of…fulminant myocarditis,” resulting in fatal arrhythmogenic SCD. […] As discussed in a March 15, 2023 email to the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) State Medical Examiners (SME) Office, I found an “admittedly very flimsy (VAERS report) on a possible RISME Office case.” VAERS report 2375029-1 crudely described a 37-year-old Rhode Island female vaccinated with her second dose of a Moderna covid-19 mRNA vaccine 5/13/21, who died 12 days later, . . . […] “Patient was found drown (sic; drowned) in bathtub at home”; “Reason for death: Lymocytic (sic; Lymphocytic) myocarditis”; “On authopsy (sic; autopsy) report: heart infalmation (sic; inflammation).”

Kunstler: Situational Awareness

What if Dr. Geert Vanden Bossche is correct? The Dutch virologist said at the outset of the Covid-19 episode in 2020 that vaccinating the world in the midst of an epidemic was insane because it would train the virus to evolve more dangerously while disabling human immune systems. Last week he issued a warning that the world was within weeks of just such a new and deadly immune escape variant outbreak that would bring on a shocking wave of sickness and death among people who received multiple Covid-19 vaccinations. This would happen on top of an already accelerating rise in latent vaccine adverse reactions manifesting as aggressive cancers, blood disorders, cardiac injury, neurological disease, and much, much more. To this point in the Covid-19 story, Western Civ in general, and the USA in particular, have descended into an epic group psychosis as a result of the managed mind-fuckery induced by their own governments in collusion with a pharmaceutical industry metastasizing on money the way an aggressive cancer feeds on sugar in a human body. Fearful citizens swallowed all manner of unreality foisted on them by means of propaganda and censorship. […] So, if these populations were driven crazy by authorities ginning up their fear and preying on it, what will happen if that fear turns to anger instead? Because that’s exactly what will happen when Americans, and perhaps even Europeans, realize they’ve been subject to history’s biggest homicidal fraud. That anger is going to seek targets, and they are going to find them very easily in their own government officials and also — get this — in the medical establishment that has betrayed its patients so unconscionably.

The National Pulse: In-N-Out Bans Employees From Wearing Masks, Prompting Leftist Meltdown.

The California cult burger chain In-N-Out is banning its employees from wearing masks, according to an e-mail purportedly sent to the firm’s Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Nevada, and Utah associates. “We are introducing new mask guidelines that emphasize the importance of customer service and the ability to show our Associates’ smiles and other facial features while considering the health and well-being of all individuals,” says the e-mail posted by left-wing “communicator” and Columbia University Irving Medical Center media officer Dr. Lucky Tran – who is demanding his 60,000 Twitter followers contact In-N-Out to express their disapproval for the policy. The e-mail continued: . . . […] In-N-Out also fought back against California’s vaccine policing, insisting in 2021: . . .

THE DEMOCRAT LED WAR ON MASCULINITY

Mac Ghlionn: The War on Men

Millions of Americans celebrated the idea of ‘Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness’ this past July 4th — but millions of Americans didn’t. Across the country, a growing number of individuals, particularly young men, are walling themselves off from society. The question, though, is why?

In Japan, the issue of social withdrawal is so severe that the Japanese even have a specific term for it: hikikomori. Hiki means “to withdraw,” komori “to remain inside.” It is estimated that at least 1.5 million Japanese people, many of whom are young men in their 20s and 30s, have completely withdrawn from broader society. Some 6,000 miles away, in the U.S., young men are also retreating en masse. They stubbornly refuse to cooperate or engage with other members of society. This is a growing problem, one that must be addressed sooner rather than later. America has its own hikikomori problem. […] These men rarely interact with the outside world. Instead, they spend most of their time playing video games, watching porn, smoking weed, and popping painkillers, according to Eberstadt. What is going on? Who is to blame for the demise of American men? The answer is a long one. For years, various institutions, including the medical establishment, the mainstream media, and the education sector, have waged war on the men of America. They have pushed to ‘redefine’ the concept of masculinity.

Politico: Democrats Have a Man Problem. These Experts Have Ideas for Fixing It.

It’s hard to deny that Democrats have a masculinity problem. Attitudes toward masculinity have been an important predictor of votes for Donald Trump. And while Black and Latino voters still overwhelmingly lean Democratic, men in those communities are turning to Republicans at higher rates than women. Republicans seem all too happy to capitalize on the gun-toting, fist-pumping tropes of stereotypical manhood. GOP presidential candidates are bragging about their athletic prowess. Missouri Senator Josh Hawley’s recent book, Manhood: The Masculine Virtues America Needs, joins a body of let-men-be-real-men work that includes the preachings of Jordan Peterson, the postings of Andrew Tate and the writings of a popular online guru who goes by “Bronze Age Pervert” — all of whom cast liberals and progressives as the enemy of masculinity. As they approach elections with razor-thin margins, what are Democrats to do? Recruit candidates who fit traditional stereotypes of manhood? Confront Republican arguments head-on with alternative takes on crime, guns, transgender rights and a vision of masculinity that intersects with all of these issues? Or just do nothing and hope voters are turned off by GOP rhetoric that they see as toxic or discriminatory?

THE DEMOCRAT LED WAR ON WOMEN

The Right Scoop: WAR ON WOMEN: Transgender Pretender Lia Thomas now part of Trantifa

Andy Ngo is reporting that transgender pretender Lia Thomas is now part of Trantifa, a violent organization declaring war on both critics of trans ideology and, of course, actual women: “#Trans swimmer Lia Thomas, formerly William Thomas, has now embraced the #Trantifa branding in new photos posted on social media. Trans violent militancy is the current focus of #Antifa. They believe that critics of trans ideology should be silenced, maimed or murdered. Some call for sexual violence against females in particular, as revenge.”

Beanz & Edwards: CONTRACEPTIVES FOR ANYONE: FDA APPROVES FIRST OTC BIRTH CONTROL PILL

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved today the nation’s first over-the-counter (OTC) birth control pill. Called Opill and manufactured by Dublin-based Perrigo, the OTC contraceptive will be available online and at pharmacies, convenience stores, and grocery stores without a prescription sometime during the first quarter of 2024. The action is a victory for the movement “Free the Pill,” which states that barriers to birth control “are deeply rooted in systemic racism and other forms of discrimination and oppression.” Free the Pill’s left-wing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) way of thinking aligns well with Opill manufacturer Perrigo, which pushes the same propaganda and has formally adopted the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), noting they’re a natural fit with the company’s business model. Perrigo has committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 and is actively “disclosing and partnering” with Walmart on its Project Gigaton initiative. […] According to the FDA, the progestin-only (no estrogen) contraceptive (Norgestrel) has demonstrated that it can be safely and effectively used by “consumers” (there is no mention of female gender throughout the press release), relying only on the nonprescription drug labeling without the help of a health care professional. The FDA’s 11-page decision memorandum approving the switch of Norgestrel from full prescription to nonprescription notes that the actual use study (called ACCESS—Adherence with Continuous-Dose Oral Contraceptive: Evaluation of Self-Selection and Use) had a “significant problem,” with 30 percent of participants reporting a total number of tablets taken that exceeded the number of tablets dispensed.

War Room: The Truth Of What Birth Control Does To Woman

Infertility after the pill.

Watch the 2:52 minute video: https://rumble.com/v306p3m-the-truth-of-what-birth-control-does-to-woman.html

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: CHILDREN ARE THE TARGET OF THE DARKNESS AFFECTING OUR NATION

Spencer: Maine: Drag Queen Gets Paid to Make Recruits in Public School

Up in Bangor, Maine, at least parents can rest assured that in the local public schools, their children are learning about what’s really important. At Bangor High School, enlightened educators doled out $1,000 to a young man who calls himself Priscilla Poppycocks and dresses up as an exaggerated mockery of a woman. Priscilla Poppycocks enjoyed this payday for the hard work of regaling students with tales of “his life growing up gay in Maine.” As far as these learned administrators are concerned, it was money well spent: after all, young Maine residents will need to be well-versed in the religion of the state, don’t they?

According to a Fox News report Tuesday, Freedom of Access Act (FOAA) documents revealed yet another revolting episode of our age of absurdity: Priscilla Poppycocks, a drag queen whose real name is Dominick Varney, “spoke to Bangor High School students on May 4 as part of the school’s ‘Support, Educate, Empower’ series to ‘empower’ LGBT students.” The good news is that “the school confirmed to Fox News Digital that Varney did not attend in drag.” Hey, that’s terrific, but couldn’t Bangor High School have found something else to support, educate, and empower students about? Are our public schools now just one long advertisement for homosexuality?

MOVIE REVIEW: SOUND OF FREEDOM

LaBarbera: ‘Creepy’: ‘Sound of Freedom’ critic tied to group rebranding pedophiles

Among the left-leaning critics attacking the surprise hit film “Sound of Freedom,” about a man who quits his Department of Homeland Security job hunting pedophiles to rescue sex-trafficked children in Colombia, is a man who represented a group that is leading efforts to recast pedophiles as “Minor Attracted Persons,” or MAPs. “Sound of Freedom,” starring “Passion of the Christ” star Jim Caviezel playing child-rescuer Tim Ballard, is the surprise Hollywood smash hit of the summer, grossing $85 million since its July 4 release, Forbes reported Sunday. The film has been pilloried and ridiculed by various leftist publications – ranging from Rolling Stone (“‘Sound Of Freedom’ Is a Superhero Movie for Dads With Brainworms”) to Jezebel (“‘Sound of Freedom’ Is an Anti-Child Trafficking Fantasy Fit for QAnon”). […] Now Twitchy and leftism expert Andy Ngo reveal the latest man of the left to smear “Sound of Freedom,” Noah Berlatsky, is the former spokesman for the foundation Prostasia, a leading group driving the left’s escalating campaign to recast pedophiles as victims of “stigma” and “Minor Attracted Persons,” or “MAPs.”

Jerkovich: ‘Sound of Freedom’ Estimated To Hit $100 Million Mark

“While the entire summer movie box office lineup is underperforming, our small independent film continues to grow week over week,” said Jared Geesey, SVP of Global Distribution at Angel Studios. “Driven by millions of fans and supporters, SOUND of FREEDOM has become a national—and soon international—movement for change.” […] “Sound of Freedom” comes from the same studio responsible for the popular faith-based television series “The Chosen.”

A CHURCH IN CRISIS

Nickels: Gutting the Catholic Church with Deep Tongue Kisses

In one photo, he’s standing in front of an image of Christ that at first glance looks like a contorted statue of the Buddha. He’s dressed in a skin-tight unflattering pull-over that highlights body flab. Around his neck is a long wooden rosary, a misplaced use of a sacramental. In other photos, his eyes seem to slant in a locked Machiavellian, snake-in-the-grass stare. Who is he? His name is Victor Manuel “Tucho” Fernandez, an Argentine Catholic Archbishop and friend of Pope Francis. Archbishop Tucho is also a Beat Café style poet, who published ‘Heal Me With Your Mouth: The Art of Kissing,’ a small volume of poetry and prose about the art of open-mouth kissing. […] Tucho, for instance, who has just been appointed by Pope Francis to head the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, is no gun-carrying leftist, but he was Francis’ ghost writer for Amoris Laetitia, a 2016 exhortation on love that seems to suggest that sexual morality can change over time (just as kisses can change from surface pecks to deep mouth explorations).

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPINION

Cathell: Oh, So That’s Why We Haven’t Heard About This ‘Transphobic’ Murder

While the vast majority of national news sites have yet to pick up this story of anti-transgender persecution resulting in a late-night street slaying, the local media have sanitized their headlines. The Oregonian, the Portland-based newspaper of record, titled its article on Jackson’s arrest, “Man arrested in last week’s stabbing in SE Portland,” and the Portland Tribune similarly published a piece, “Suspect arrested in killing of popular Portland restaurant worker,” with no mention of the apparent motive. Like illegal alien Gerson Fuentes, who repeatedly raped a 10-year-old Ohio girl, and Black Lives Matter ideologue Darrell E. Brooks, who mass murdered senior citizens and a child attending a Christmas parade, Jackson is afforded non-editorialized descriptors absent of modifiers and the go-to flourishes that the vulturous, pouncing media oft-employs to politicize a tragedy. Of course, if the races were reversed in this tragic case of interracial violence, and Jackson were a white man accused of murdering a black victim, we would know every single aspect of the suspect’s life down to the most minute details: . . .

INTERNATIONAL

Greenfield: Turkey, NATO and the Enemy Within

Much like in the last world war, Europe faces a choice of invasions. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has become an ad for NATO membership with Finland and Sweden joining up. Turkey’s dictator Recep Tayyip Erdogan however announced that Sweden’s membership in NATO would be conditional on his backward Islamic tyranny joining the European Union. Europeans face a choice of invaders: on one side there’s Russia and on the other is a hellhole where the government and much of the country support Islamic terrorism. 1 in 10 Turks didn’t believe ISIS was a terrorist organization, over 1 in 20 supported it and 3% knew someone who joined it. European Union membership would allow free movement across borders from a country that is already overrun with armies of Muslim migrants. Islamic terrorist attacks in Europe by migrants who made their way through Turkey have already claimed lives. A recent poll found that 73% of young respondents in Turkey want to move. And that would put an end to Europe. Erdogan has repeatedly threatened to unleash . . . […] A military conflict between Europe and Russia serves Erdogan’s interests. No single non-NATO nation has done as much to undermine Europe’s security as the Turkish regime. Erdogan believes that the more he causes chaos and undermines Europe, the more it will turn to him. And so far his strategy has paid off.

Hubbard: US national crosses border into North Korea, believed to be in DPRK custody, United Nations says

The person, who has not been publicly identified, is a U.S. Army soldier, a U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity told The Washington Post. […] The U.N. organizes tours inside the Demilitarized Zone for the general public. The State Department imposed a travel ban to North Korea for U.S. nationals in 2017 after the death of American student Otto Warmbier.

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