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The Texas Tribune reports: Since Waco judge Dianne Hensley received a public warning from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for refusing to perform same-sex marriages in 2019, she’s waged a public battle against the state agency. She’s long claimed the governmental body violated state law by punishing her for actions taken in accordance with her religious faith. Now, she …

The Kansas Reflector reports: Gerard Kleinsmith says he hates the idea of censorship. He just wants to pull the lease for the city’s public library because he doesn’t like books about transgender people. As a city commissioner, he feels it is his duty to remove transgender content — “garbage,” as he refers to it. Kleinsmith said during a city commission …

Media Matters has the transcript: Science is mostly fake. And not that scientism or the politicization of science or whatever other squishy language the more centrist, kind of, people want to grant. But the whole endeavor, the whole endeavor of the scientific revolution, the premise of which is that reality is fundamentally physical, that is flawed. It’s not true. The …

ABC New reports: The Iowa Legislature on Tuesday night passed legislation that would restrict abortion, now sending the bill to Gov. Kim Reynolds after 14 hours of committee meetings and testimony from the public. Lawmakers kicked off a special session Tuesday morning with the “sole purpose” of passing the legislation. “The Iowa Supreme Court questioned whether this legislature would pass …

Media Matters has the transcript: They want men to become metrosexual betas of low testosterone that are androgynous consumers that sit on their tail all day long that have no muscle mass, no desire, no purpose. They want you depressed, they want you weak, and they want you easily controlled. The Great Reset relies upon the masculine firewall, the masculine …

“Instead of allowing Biden and the unions to inject their ideology through graphic pornography like ‘Gender Queer’ and “Flamer,’ we want the Constitution, we want the bible in our schools where kids understand our nation’s history and what has made this country great. The reality is that the bible is a foundational document in our country’s history. Read the Founders, …

Media Matters has the transcript: The culture that treats sex very casually and that suggests that we have a right to sex absent the consequence of pregnancy, is going to be a culture that’s more likely to engage in abortion. The culture that embraces radical individualism and selfishness and libertinism in one area of sexual matters is going to embrace …

The Christian Post reports: Kirk Cameron and his publisher, Brave Books, are calling on the federal government to investigate the American Library Association as the Christian author and actor claims the association advised libraries to find ways to block or sabotage his upcoming nationwide event in August. Representing Cameron and Brave Books, the Texas-based First Liberty Institute sent a letter …

The National Desk reports: Seven Republican state attorneys general are warning Target that its recently launched Pride campaign, which included “tuck-friendly” swimsuits, may be in violation of child-protection laws. The letter sent Wednesday states that the seven officials are “concerned” with Target’s “promotion and sale of potentially harmful products to minors.” The AGs also claimed that Target “wittingly marketed and …

The New Republic reports: Oklahoma’s far-right superintendent of public instruction thinks that schools should teach students about the Tulsa race massacre, so long as teachers don’t actually acknowledge that the white supremacist attack was about race. Walters held a public forum Thursday night, during which someone asked him how teaching about the Tulsa race massacre doesn’t violate his ban on …

Posted to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: In the days of Noah, Genesis 6:5 tells us, “God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.” We read in Genesis 6:11 that “the earth also was corrupt before God, and the earth was filled with …

Via press release from Alliance Defending Freedom: In the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s historic opinion protecting the free speech rights of all Americans, commentators and activists have propagated false information about 303 Creative v. Elenis. It’s time to set the record straight. “This desperate attempt to malign ADF, our client, and a critical ruling affirming all Americans’ free …

From the Kansas City Star editorial board: Maybe it’s time for Josh Hawley to get out of the history business. Missouri’s senior senator on Tuesday decided to celebrate July 4 with another bit of online trolling. He took to Twitter to celebrate that great American patriot Patrick Henry. His tweet took the form of a quote. The problem? Henry never …

Media Matters has the transcript: DeSantis is being pilloried, not just by the libs, but by the squishes on the right for an ad that people are saying is homophobic. We’re not gonna tolerate this rainbow pride stuff anymore. I think it’s a great ad. One, because it’s funny. It’s a self-aware ad. I don’t think anybody really believes that …

The New Republic reports: North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson thinks that dictators such as Hitler and Mao are being taken out of context, and their work is worth reconsidering. Robinson was one of the speakers at the second annual summit for Moms for Liberty. “And here’s the thing,” Robinson said during his speech on Sunday. “Whether you’re talking about …

“I’m told the libs are major triggered by the connection between the Bible and the American Founding. For example: ‘The Declaration of Independence first organized the social compact on the foundation of the Redeemer’s mission on earth.’ – John Quincy Adams.” – Sen. Josh Hawley, after being ridiculed for a fake quote he attributed to Patrick Henry in a tweet …

Yahoo News reports: Sen Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) is under fire for a Fourth of July tweet that managed to include both a false claim and a false quote. Hawley tweeted a quote he claimed to be from Founding Father Patrick Henry saying the United States was founded “on the Gospel of Jesus Christ.” Just one problem: Henry ― a slave …

Via email from hate group leader Brian Brown: Today we celebrate America’s national independence. It’s not about celebrating the “Fourth of July,” it’s about honoring the wisdom and courage displayed by our founders in first declaring our independence from Britain and then fighting for eight years to secure it. What makes America unique, exceptional, is that we are the only …

Posted this morning to Franklin Graham’s Facebook page: Happy Independence Day! The freedoms we enjoy have come at a high cost—and it’s something we should thank God for every day. Did you know that one of our nation’s most famous symbols of liberty is engraved with a verse from the Word of God? The inscription at the top of the …

NBC News reports: Last week, a local Indiana chapter of Moms for Liberty attracted attention for quoting Adolf Hitler in its newsletter. After the local paper reported the story, the group added additional “context” but kept the quote. Eventually, after facing even more scrutiny, the organization removed the quote and apologized in a statement posted to its Facebook group. That, …