Politics

March 6, 2018

China’s Dictator Cracks Down, Threatens the West

By John Zmirak, a Senior Editor, The Stream - China is persecuting Christians and tearing down churches. Why? For many reasons. The CCP is officially, militantly atheistic. Corrupt officials are motivated by greed to seize church land. And Xi Jinping is determined to crush any and all resistance to his rule... But the primary reason that Christians are being targeted? The religion of China is China. Christians, especially Catholics, stand suspect as having divided loyalties.... I hope that the Vatican pulls out of its negotiations with a China that is quickly reverting to Maoist type...

March 5, 2018

Progressive Activists Look to Courts to Undermine the Electoral College

By Jarrett Stepman, he Daily Signal - Having failed to generate enough support to abolish the Electoral College through a constitutional amendment, the institution’s detractors are now looking to the courts to upend it… A new lawsuit, spearheaded by Harvard University law professor Lawrence Lessig and filed in four states, charges that the “winner-take-all” element… is unconstitutional

March 5, 2018

Planned Parenthood Launches Massive $20 Million Campaign to Put the Senate in Pro-Abortion Hands

By Micaiah Bilger, LifeNews - Planned Parenthood is throwing its weight around again in the midterm elections... Newsweek reports the abortion chain’s political action arms plan to spend $20 million to support pro-abortion Senate candidates in eight states... Key targets include Senate and gubernatorial races in Arizona, Florida, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to the report. Planned Parenthood Action Fund...

March 2, 2018

Iowa Senate Passes Bill Banning Abortions Upon Detection of Fetal Heartbeat

By Grace Carr, The Stream - The Iowa Senate voted Wednesday to pass a bill banning abortions if an unborn child’s heartbeat is detected upon ultrasound, moving Iowa one step closer to becoming the first state to ban abortions... Iowa lawmakers voted 30 to 20 Wednesday for Senate Bill 3143, which outlaws abortion upon the presence of a fetal heartbeat. A heartbeat typically becomes detectable between six and nine weeks gestation.