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May 18 2021
News
Kevin McCarthy rejects bipartisan plan for 9/11-style Capitol attack commission
The House Republican leader, Kevin McCarthy, said on Tuesday he opposes a proposal to form an independent and bipartisan commission to investigate the deadly Capitol attack of 6 January.
McCarthy’s opposition will erode Republican support ahead of a vote this week. Democrats control the House but McCarthy’s opposition could dim the chances of legislation to establish the commission in
The GuardianJun 18 2021
News
Iran election likely to seat new, hardline president as nuclear deal hangs in the balance
Iran is still battling a serious COVID-19 epidemic, but it didn't stopped the government from going ahead with a presidential election. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cast the first ballot on Friday morning.
Some 59 million Iranians are eligible to vote, but the question is, will they bother? Authorities here are worried that turnout could be embarrassingly low. For more than a
CBS News (Online)Nov 27 2020
News
Another try for California church that lost Supreme Court decision on indoor services
A California church that lost a Supreme Court challenge in May to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s restrictions on in-person attendance is trying again — this time, before a newly composed court that seems more likely to go along.
When South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista (San Diego County) first argued that Newsom’s orders violated freedom of religion, the court refused to intervene
San Francisco ChronicleDec 14 2021
Opinion
Barrett and Kavanaugh Supply Another Majority to Deny Religious-Liberty Exemption
For the second time in less than two months, Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Brett Kavanaugh joined with Chief Justice John Roberts and the Supreme Court’s three progressives (Justices Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor, and Elena Kagan) to uphold a state vaccine mandate over a religious-liberty challenge by medical professionals.
This time, it was New York’s vaccine mandate, which
Andrew C. McCarthyJul 12 2021
News
US Army Special Ops veterans take matters into their own hands to get trusted ally out of Afghanistan
The lives of thousands of Afghan interpreters hang in the balance as districts in the unstable nation continue to fall to the Taliban amid the withdrawal of U.S. troops.
Having little faith that the U.S. government will pull through on its promise to these heroes on the ground, some have begun to seek alternative ways to ensure their safety.
Greg Adams, a former Green Beret in
Fox News DigitalNov 13 2021
Data
Beyond Red vs. Blue: The Political Typology
Partisan polarization remains the dominant, seemingly unalterable condition of American politics. Republicans and Democrats agree on very little – and when they do, it often is in the shared belief that they have little in common.
Yet the gulf that separates Republicans and Democrats sometimes obscures the divisions and diversity of views that exist within both partisan coalitions – and
Pew Research CenterJun 08 2012
News
Leftist Scam? How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas
A new Pew Research Center poll shows that Americans are more divided than ever on issues of race, religion, education, and sex.
CBNDec 28 2020
News
Manhattan appeals court blocks Cuomo’s limits on religious gatherings
The federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday struck down New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s pandemic-related executive order setting capacity limits at houses of worship –because it “discriminates against religion on its face.”
The three-judge panel on the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit unanimously sided with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, the Orthodox Jewish group
New York Post (News)Feb 03 2017
News
Useful Idiots No More
The Trump administration pulls the plug on official Islamophilia by looking more seriously at the Islamic State.
The media is forever demanding that Christians take a “serious look” at their religion’s lack of modern enlightenment, then declare any criticism of the Koran “Islamophobia.”
The American SpectatorJun 29 2022
Fact Check
Fact Check: ‘The View’s’ Joy Behar Falsely Claims Colin Kaepernick Was ‘Praying’ When He Took a Knee
CLAIM: Former NFL player Colin Kaepernick was praying when he took a knee during the playing of the national anthem in 2016.
VERDICT: False. Colin Kaepernick himself has spent six years speaking about his motivations for taking a knee and never once claimed he was doing so to observe his religion.
On Tuesday’s broadcast of ABC’s extreme left-wing daytime talk show, The View,
Breitbart Fact Check