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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 …

“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 …

“The victim has the parents, the victim has the teachers, the victim has friends, the victim has relatives that he or she is close to. So, it doesn’t need a priest to be able to go to court and testify. The seal of confession is never to be broken, and priests will go to jail for it.” – Rep. Quang …

Far-right Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano writes: The removal of His Excellency Archbishop Joseph Strickland, especially after the failure to ambush him with the Apostolic Visitation, appears as a cowardly form of authoritarianism, which in no way fits with Bergoglio’s rants about “welcoming” and “inclusiveness.” Seeing the sacrilegious and perverted Marco Rupnik incardinated in the Diocese of Capodistria, or Bishop Michael …

Bridge Michigan reports: Right to Life, Republican lawmakers and other abortion foes have filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn a voter-approved amendment to the Michigan constitution that guarantees a right to reproductive freedom. The federal lawsuit against Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and other state officials seeks to invalidate Proposal 3, arguing the 2022 ballot proposal created an illegitimate “super-right” to …

The Kansas Reflector reports: St. Marys Mayor Matthew Childs, who previously attempted to ban LGBTQ books from the city’s public library, lost on his school board bid. Tuesday’s election saw several candidates from the religion-dominated area attempt to win school board seats on the USD 321 Kaw Valley School Board. Elias Espinoza and Jodi Porter were elected to the board. …

CNN reports: The Republican National Committee has warned some of the 2024 GOP presidential candidates about attending an Iowa Christian organization’s Thanksgiving forum, saying it would disqualify them from participating in future RNC presidential debates. Five candidates – former President Donald Trump, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim …

The Meidas Touch reports: Days after Ohio voters passed Issue 1 and codified abortion rights into Ohio’s constitution, Republicans are not accepting the election results. In a new, unhinged press release issued by the Ohio House Republican Committee, GOP members rant that “foreign billionaires” impacted the election results and call the results tainted by so-called “foreign interference.” It is unclear …

“It’s no fun to be lied about and maligned and misquoted. You faced that in your time in service and [in your] career as well. I’ve got a resilient little team here [in my] family. I’m blessed. Kelly is a woman of strong faith. She knows she believes God called us to this. “And so she’s being sustained by the …

The Associated Press reports: Voters in some of the highest-profile school board elections across the U.S. rebuked conservative candidates in local school board elections who want to ban books and restrict classroom conversations on race and gender. The American Federation of Teachers said candidates publicly endorsed by conservative groups such as Moms for Liberty and the 1776 Project lost about …

From the event’s website: Republicans Overseas France and Republicans Overseas Worldwide will organize the first Worldwide Freedom Initiative (WFI) on November 10, 2023 in the heart of Paris, France that will be like no other conference in Europe. We will have the great honor to host dignitaries from the USA, Europe and other continents. WFI has the basic goal of …

The Salt Lake Tribune reports: Former Utah therapist Scott Owen was arrested Wednesday in connection with accusations that he sexually abused patients during sessions. Owen, 63, was booked into the Utah County jail on suspicion of six counts of object rape and four counts of forcible sodomy. A Utah County judge has ordered that Owen remain in jail without the …

Via email from hate group leader Monica Cole: The non-binary and transgender extravaganza on display this Thanksgiving will be brought to you by Macy’s during their annually sponsored Thanksgiving Day Parade. Unless they are forewarned about it, this year’s holiday parade will potentially expose tens of millions of viewers at home to the liberal LGBTQ agenda. Performances showcased in the …

“We don’t seem to understand that we need to quit playing defense and start playing offense. It’s really hard to score when you don’t have the ball. And Republicans keep fumbling and give the other team the ball. We recognize that an abortion has two victims. Obviously, the unborn child, and the other victim is the woman who’s the birth …

Via press release from Christian Newswire: Hundreds of people participate daily in the online Christian Nation Government Now Revival led by Steven Andrew, pastor of USA Christian Church. Some days thousands of people join. The daily program “Save America Revival!” started over 400 days ago in September 2022. Andrew believes, “This revival brought God’s favor to raise up Christian Mike …

Posted to the Liberty Counsel’s website: Liberty Counsel has joined the legal team representing The Dustin Inman Society (DIS) and its founder and president, D.A. King, which the SPLC has falsely painted as an “anti-immigrant” hate group. DIS was formed in 2005, after an illegal immigrant’s recklessly driven vehicle hit and killed 16-year-old Dustin Inman and paralyzed his mother. The …

Posted to the Family Research Council’s website: The pro-life cause suffered major setbacks in the 2023 off-year election, as voters in Ohio adopted a vaguely-worded constitutional amendment creating a “right” to abortion until birth and other “reproductive decisions.” Ohioans also legalized recreational marijuana, while other national bellwether states defeated a rising pro-life candidate for governor of Kentucky, elected a pro-abortion …