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The Lincoln Project is out with a new ad this morning that depicts a father and his young daughter pulled over in a traffic stop in an unnamed state. The reason for the stop is soon made clear when the cop grills the young woman, who nervously claims that they are traveling to visit her sister. The cop then reveals …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: In a move many conservatives and Christians find devastating, the Republican presidential nominee and his running mate are walking further away from their pro-life base. Former President Donald Trump posted Friday evening on Truth Social, “My Administration will be great for women and their reproductive rights.” The term “reproductive rights” is used to …

The Florida Phoenix reports: A Gov. Ron DeSantis-appointed member of the Broward County School Board who was rejected this week for election to the board will become a member of the Florida Board of Education instead. The governor’s press office announced the new appointment of Daniel Foganholi, director of legislative affairs for New Generations Children’s Ministry, on Friday. His campaign …

The Associated Press reports: Oklahoma’s education board has revoked the license of a former teacher who drew national attention during surging book-ban efforts across the U.S. in 2022 when she covered part of her classroom bookshelf in red tape with the words “Books the state didn’t want you to read.” The decision Thursday went against a judge who had advised …

The Associated Press reports: Oklahoma’s Bixby school district has lots to show off for a fast-growing Tulsa suburb: a state-of-the-art new high school set to open by 2025, a new ninth grade gymnasium and plans for a $12 million upgrade to a football complex that already rivals that of many small colleges. But, what the district does not have as …

“Courage under fire. We’ve got two iconic photos now. President Trump, the arrest photo, the mug shot that I have, a T-shirt of that. And now you have the iconic fight, fight, fight. And that fist pump in the air, covered in blood. “The interesting thing about that, too, a lot of biblical prowess for it. Because in the Levitical …

Megachurch Pastor Mario Murillo writes: Joy? What Joy? Joy is the last thing they are about. Sooner or later—and I pray it is not later—everyone is going to know what a lie Kamala is. Like everyone who uses language to hide what they really mean, she resorted to high sounding words and exhausted idioms. Instead of a clear message, she …

Deadline Hollywood reports: Chick-Fil-A is moving aggressively into the entertainment space with plans to launch a slate of originals for its own streaming platform. Deadline understands that the fast-food firm has been working with a number of major production companies, including some of the studios, to create family-friendly shows, particularly in the unscripted space. It is also in talks to …

Via press release from hate group leader Monica Cole: Amazon offends conservative parents in one of its newest back-to-school commercials. One Million Moms has received many complaints regarding the “Amazon Back to School – Spend Less on your Kids with Michelle Buteau” ad. The company attempts to encourage parents to spend less on their kids, but the advertisement takes an …

“I can’t tell you how many MAGA people that I work with, really the hardcore, the most based, who are huge RFK Jr. fans. And they kind of were always kind of talking about it. But, remember, RFK Jr. went and interviewed for a job in 2016 at Trump Tower. “So, you know, their relationship goes back years. Some of …

The CBC reports: A Calgary pastor on trial for protesting at several library drag storytime events has been found guilty of criminal harassment and breaches of his bail conditions. Derek Reimer runs Mission 7, a street ministry. All of Reimer’s charges relate to protests of Reading With Royalty events hosted at Calgary Public Libraries. Reimer, 38, repeatedly referred to the …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: Democratic delegates gave the warmest welcome of the evening to former First Lady Michelle Obama, who supported transgenderism for children and derided parental efforts to safeguard underage children from exposure to pornography — often LGBTQ porn — in graphic novels aimed at pre-teens and adolescents as “banning our books.” “Shutting down the Department …

The Orlando Sentinel reports: Incumbent school board members in one of Florida’s largest swing counties appear to have held off a challenge from candidates backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, according to preliminary results. Activists had hoped that three challengers endorsed by the local chapter of Moms for Liberty would win a conservative majority in Pinellas County, home to St. Petersburg …

Cultist Allie Beth Stuckey writes for the Christian Post: She is a cold, calculating, mean-spirited career politician. Her track record demonstrates this clearly. There’s no other way to say it: Kamala Harris is mean. And like any mean girl, she enjoys calling those she doesn’t like “weird.” That’s her moniker for Trump and Vance — beloved fathers who, unlike Harris, …

AlterNet reports: Christian nationalist and far-right activist Charlie Kirk is in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention, and was “owned” by the president of the Young Democrats of Georgia, according to a reporter on the scene. Kirk promotes pro-Trump conspiracy theories and misinformation including about the 2020 election and COVID, and has been called “a racist commentator” by USA Today’s …

Mediaite reports: Candace Owens, once a prominent voice in black conservatism, ignited a firestorm of criticism from right-wing commentators and media personalities who condemned an antisemitic rant she aired on X. During a live broadcast on Sunday, titled The Truth About Zionism, Owens implied that Jews were responsible for the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. She continued: “They shot …

“The liberals are using anything and everything they can to promote candidate Harris. They even developed a political ad trying to use my father Billy Graham’s image to help promote her—or rather to try to make Donald J. Trump look bad. “They are trying to mislead people. Maybe they don’t know that my father was a firm supporter of President …

USA Today reports: A divided Supreme Court on Friday left in place lower court orders blocking changes to sex discrimination rules for schools in many states while new protections for transgender students under Title IX are being challenged. The Biden administration, in an emergency request, had argued the court orders were too sweeping and some of the updates should be …

The New York Post reports: “Saturday Night Live” alum Victoria Jackson said that she has “months” to live after her cancer returned. On Wednesday, Aug. 14, Jackson, 65, posted an Instagram video to share the news. In the caption, she wrote, “Cancer Update: I have 34.8 months to live if I don’t get hit by a meteor, shot by a …

The Texas Tribune reports: County election departments across Texas are trying to reassure voters amid a flood of formal challenges questioning whether their registrations are valid. The challenges, filed by conservative groups and individual activists, seek to remove tens of thousands of voters from the rolls on the grounds that they don’t live in the county, are not citizens or …