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Planned Parenthood, ACLU Sue Trump Admin Over Family Planning Grants (Washington Free Beacon)
Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union filed separate lawsuits against the Trump administration Wednesday over changes to Title X rules for family planning grants.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released new criteria for obtaining Title X grant money in February, and both lawsuits allege the new criteria unlawfully favor anti-abortion and pro-abstinence organizations. Planned Parenthood’s lawsuit represents three affiliates in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Utah, while the ACLU filed suit on behalf of the National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association. [Read More]
‘I can’t afford an apartment’: Congressmen sleeping in offices cry poverty (NY Post)
These Congress members are sleeping on the job — and defending their right to do it.
Crying poverty amid decade-long stagnant salaries and Washington’s steep cost of living, an increasing number of House lawmakers have turned into professional squatters at night, hitting the sack in their Capitol Hill offices — on everything from cots in closets to futons stashed behind constituent couches — to save a few bucks during the work week. [Read More]
Barron’s Being Bullied? Report Claims ‘First Son’ Is Under Attack At School (Daily Wire)
A report in an online gossip magazine claims Barron Trump, the youngest son of President Donald Trump, is being bullied at school because of his famous and controversial father.
The Daily Caller caught this tidbit in a Hollywood Life article about First Lady Melania Trump, who is also facing a tough time, as she weathers a public relations crisis surrounding her husband’s sex life: the First Lady is increasingly worried that her son, Barron, isn’t able to handle the stress of defending his dad to his classmates. [Read More]
Is Trump Now Bad Cop or Good Cop? (National Review)
During his first 15 months as president, Donald Trump has postured as the bad cop.
He railed about NATO members’ welching on their promised contributions to the alliance. Trump rhetorically reduced North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to “short and fat” and “rocket man.” He ordered the dropping of a huge bomb on the Taliban and twice hit Syrian chemical-weapons sites. He talked of trade wars and hitting back at China. [Read More]
New Poll Shows President Trump Gaining Black Supporters (Townhall)
Over the past few weeks, rapper Kanye West has openly expressed his support for President Donald Trump after saying he likes the way conservative commentator Candace Owens thinks. Under a barrage of criticism from his peers and Hollywood, he’s refused to back down. [Read More]
How Schools Quietly Indoctrinate Your Kids On Abortion And Transgenderism (The Federalist)
A new study from the Public Religion Research Institute reveals just how badly social conservatives are losing the battle over marriage and sexuality. Not only do two-thirds of Americans polled support so-called gay marriage, but even among evangelicals, support is rapidly growing. The majority of evangelical youth now reject Christ’s teaching on the subject.
Outcomes like this surprise too many of us because we underestimate both the power of rhetoric and the extent to which conservatives willingly submit ourselves and our children to it. Anyone who is competent in the art of rhetoric knows the value of “frame,” deliberately using the unspoken assumptions that shape a discussion. The quintessential example, of course, is the loaded question, “Have you stopped beating your wife?” [Read More]
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