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“Say whatever you want about, say, cigarettes, two things cannot be denied. One, tobacco helped build this country. OK? We would not have a country without tobacco. Without a tobacco plant, this country doesn’t exist. So it has been crucial, central to this country from its foundation. The same cannot be said for marijuana. Tobacco is as American as apple …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: Target clearly hasn’t learned their lesson. Rather than pivoting after the backlash, the boycotts, and plummeting sales, they have decided to continue swimming upstream To most people’s surprise, Target has leaned into the very agenda that caused their demise. So, naturally, with Christmas around the corner, Pride ornaments are next on the agenda! …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Phillip Fisher Jr. is a pastor and Republican ward leader who coordinates faith-based outreach for Philadelphia’s Moms for Liberty chapter. He’s also a registered sex offender, due to a 2012 felony conviction for aggravated sexual abuse of a 14-year-old boy when Fisher was 25. Fisher insists that he did nothing wrong, despite pleading guilty to one …

The Texas Tribune reports: Prominent anti-LGBTQ+ attorney and former Harris County GOP chair Jared Woodfill is running for the Texas House and to replace House Speaker Dade Phelan. Woodfill announced his candidacy for House District 138 this week, touting his legal challenges to COVID-19 mandates and LGBTQ+ legislation. In 2015, he and well-known Houston GOP powerbroker and anti-gay activist Dr. …

The Christian Post reports: For those who believe the Bible is true, John Chau is a hero. John took Jesus seriously when He said, “Go into ALL THE WORLD and make disciples.” John also took Jesus seriously when He said, “whoever loses his life for my sake will find it.” Five years ago this week, 26-year-old John Chau went ashore …

“It’s clear, we’re heading for something and it seems sooner than ever now. The prophecies do say that Israel will be attacked from all sides, which seems like that’s happening now. And then it says that the Great Bear of the North and the great army from the East will also attack. “And I think there’s some real evidence for …

The Jewish Forward reports: In her new memoir, titled MTG and scheduled for release on Tuesday, the Republican congressperson from Georgia writes that she has “donated to the Temple Institute in Israel, a fund that helps rebuild the Jewish temple on the Temple Mount in Israel.” The group, known as Machon HaMikdash in Israel, was founded to rebuild the Temple …

Mediaite has the transcript: Willie Geist: Where to begin there, Joe. There’s so much. America is “irredeemable,” it’s “dark and depraved.” Just to, let’s lift ourselves out of the subtext. He went on to say – really what he’s talking about here is that we have gay people in America. He said one in four high school students say that …

Rolling Stone reports: Talking to pastor Jim Garlow on a broadcast of the World Prayer Network, Johnson spoke ominously of America facing a “civilizational moment.” He said, “The only question is: Is God going to allow our nation to enter a time of judgment for our collective sins? Or is he going to give us one more chance to restore …

The New York Times reports: Years before he played a lead role in trying to help President Donald J. Trump stay in office after the 2020 election or defended him in two separate Senate impeachment trials, Speaker Mike Johnson bluntly asserted that Mr. Trump was unfit to serve and could be a danger as president. “The thing about Donald Trump …

“We in the United States have a dying population. We don’t replace ourselves. It’s literally a dying country. There are fewer Americans every single year, which is why we have to replace those who are not being born with mass migration. So, you’ve got a dying country with a dying Western civilization. And then what does contraception mean? It means …

“I’ve watched people who’ve attacked me literally grow brain tumors and be in a wheelchair where they couldn’t walk. Nothing I did. I would never want anything bad to happen to them, but just attacking you, jealously, just bitterness and anger and they, it just literally wilts them like a flower. And it just happens when you have an evil …

Tulsa’s NBC affiliate reports: Animal rights activists are demanding an apology after a video of Governor Kevin Stitt shows him clearly supporting illegal cockfighting. A video greeting aired at a November 12 annual meeting for the Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission, a group whose mission is to legalize the inhumane sport. Cockfighting is also known to contribute to other crimes like drugs, …

“I’ll start with this because I enjoyed it — a fight almost broke out yesterday during a Senate hearing. And this is Republican senator Markwayne Mullin — Markwayne is his first name. Markwayne, one word, two first names. They almost got into a fight right there in the middle of the Senate hearing. Pretty great stuff. “I totally unironically think …

Media Matters has the transcript: Now speaking of fake news, here’s a story. Here’s a real fake news story. This is one I truly know nothing about. I know nothing about, really, any of the people involved. One person I know a tiny bit about. Here’s a story. Chris Appleton files for divorce from Lukas Gage after six months of …

“Separation of church and state is a misnomer. People misunderstand it. Of course, it comes from a phrase that was in a letter that Jefferson wrote is not in the Constitution. And what he was explaining is they did not want the government to encroach upon the church, not that they didn’t want principles of faith to have influence on …

The Jewish Forward reports: Organizers’ decision to give a speaking slot to evangelical pastor John Hagee at Tuesday’s pro-Israel rally on the National Mall is riling leaders of participating progressive groups who said they had been assured that he would not be given a platform. “His history of hateful comments should disqualify him from decent company, much less from speaking …

“Listen, there are a lot of people in Washington who’s saying things that are not accurate all the time. Everybody does. We’re all human. But I’ll say this about President Trump with regard to that to the election, and what he believes about that, that is deep in his heart. I mean, I’ve talked to him personally about it. Many …

“We just came off of an election in Virginia. And the narrative now is, ‘Oh, abortion is a loser. We got to surrender on abortion. We got to give in on abortion. We’ve got to be like the Democrats on abortion. Then maybe we can win elections.’ I would argue what’s the point of winning elections if you’re not going …

The Ohio Capital Journal reports: Issue 1, the proposal to enshrine abortion access into the state constitution, passed 57-43% on election night. Despite this large victory, Statehouse Republicans have been mulling over ways to combat it. State Rep. Jennifer Gross (R-West Chester) is seemingly leading this fight with other far-right representatives Bill Dean (R-Xenia), Melanie Miller (R-Ashland) and Beth Lear …