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Ohio voters on Tuesday will decide on a ballot measure to make it harder to amend the state constitution, a change conservatives say is needed to protect the state from a radical anti-gun, abortion and education agenda that could soon find its way to other states. It's an issue that has already prompted a massive early vote turnout – one that has some election offices straining to manage the load. "This is gubernatorial-level turnout," said Regine Johnson, deputy director of the board of elections in Stark County. As of Wednesday, more than 533,000 people had voted by mail or in...

Is there any event Kamala Harris can attend that doesn’t involve tripping over her tongue? It’s become an astounding feat for the office of the vice presidency. She bungles the event whenever the Biden crew lets her do something publicly. It’s not the most exciting job. The most powerful vice president in American history is arguably Dick Cheney, whose influence was omnipresent in DC during the Bush years. Was he the puppet master? No, that’s an overblown liberal narrative, but he did have access and weighed in on decisions where previous VPs wouldn’t even be near the discussion. The litmus...

Republicans are split on whether their presidential contenders should embrace a federal 15-week ban on abortion as the party tries to find its footing on the issue going into 2024. In a radio ad released Thursday in Iowa, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) vowed to back a national 15-week ban on the procedure. That ad followed a call last week from former Vice President Mike Pence, who urged the other candidates to embrace a federal 15-week ban.

Melinda French Gates has shared she is 'very nervous about artificial intelligence' being 'baked with bias' because there is a lack of women developing such tools. The comments appear to take a jab at ex-husband Bill Gates, 67, who is leading the charge for the systems and has faced sexual harassment allegations from former female staff. 'We don't have enough women who are computer scientists and expertise in artificial intelligence,' French Gates, 58, told CNN Thursday. She continued to explain that the tech needs to 'take all people's points of view and see society and, quite frankly, see the world...

The author of The Passion Translation version of the Bible is up and arms after Bible Gateway removed it from their list of available resources, claiming that the snub is a result of “cancel culture” in the church. While Bible Gateway has yet to publicly comment on their motivation for doing so, we can’t say that we’re surprised. This bible “translation” might as well have been called “The New Apostolic Reformation Translation” given that it’s pretty much exclusively endorsed by NAR folk, from Bethel to Bobbie Houston, James Goll, John and Lisa Bevere, Patricia King, Chuck Pierce, and is infused...

In a bit of bizarre bible twisting, The Passion Translator creator Brian Simmons suggests that every time you sin, you are the Antichrist, but his own idiosyncratic bible version betrays him. The Passion is a single-author “translation” of the scriptures by NAR “Apostle” Dr. Brian Simmons of Stairway Ministries, who claimed that during a trip to heaven Jesus appeared to him and gave him “secrets” of the Hebrew language, which is the basis of the book. Simmons, who has previously claimed that he once went shopping for milk and anyone within a 12-foot radius of him fell to the ground...

NAR ‘Apostle’ and heretic extraordinaire Brian Simmons continues saying weird and wonky things, claiming that the Holy Spirit is feminine in a newly unearthed video and lamenting, ‘I don’t know why we don’t talk to Her.’ It’s a strange claim, given that The Passion Translation of the bible refers to the Holy Spirit as a ‘he,’ countering his own claims. (Simmons is the author and creator of TPT. He claims that during a trip to heaven, Jesus appeared to him and gave him “secrets” of the Hebrew language, which is the basis of the book_ In a message preached at...

The White House condemned Monday the vandalism of a Catholic church by what appeared to be supporters of legal abortion, but indicated sympathy for their cause. White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that protests should be peaceful, criticizing reports of angry protesters vandalizing a Catholic church and a pro-life organization. “We have seen it at Catholic churches, that’s unacceptable,” she said. “The president does not support that.” The headquarters of the pro-life group Wisconsin Family Action in Madison, Wisconsin was vandalized and set on fire Sunday, and remnants of a Molotov cocktail were discovered. Last week, a Catholic church...

Democratic presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a NewsNation town hall on Wednesday night he would sign an “assault weapons” ban if it reached his desk. When RFK Jr. was asked about an “assault weapons” ban, the question was framed to reflect strong Democrat support for such a measure. RFK Jr. responded, “If we can get a consensus on it, if Republicans and Democrats agreed and it passed Congress, I would sign it.”

The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing whether to review a lower court ruling that struck down a law prohibiting domestic abusers from possessing guns. Speaking as someone who has represented families of women and children killed by domestic abusers with guns, the potential danger of this decision is hard to overstate. But under recent Supreme Court Second Amendment precedent, that danger is treated as virtually irrelevant.

inger Demi Lovato pushed back against the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade one year ago with a new song. On June 22, Lovato, 30, took to her Twitter page to promote her new song “Swine,” which advocates for abortion rights. “It’s been one year since the Supreme Court’s decision to dismantle the constitutional right to a safe abortion, and although the path forward will be challenging, we must continue to be united in our fight for reproductive justice,” she wrote in the caption of a snippet of her music video. Advertisement - story continues below Lovato, who...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued decisions in three of the 10 as-yet-undecided cases. Here is a list of the seven as-yet-undecided cases, along with (when possible) discussion of who may be writing which opinion. 1. Students for Fair Admissions v. University of North Carolina (argued Oct. 31, 2022): Students for Fair Admissions, the group bringing the lawsuit, contends that UNC violates the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause, which bars racial discrimination. 2. Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard College (argued Oct. 31, 2022): This is a lawsuit brought by Students for Fair Admissions, the same group that filed the...

At 10:00 a.m. this morning, the Supreme Court will issue opinions of cases remaining undecided for the October 2022 term. The remaining cases and a synopsis of the issues presented can be reviewed here: https://amylhowe.com/2023/06/27/the-seven-remaining-cases/

Supreme Court rules against affirmative action. Chief Justice Roberts writes the majority decision for the six conservative justices: "Harvard’s and UNC’s admissions programs violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Pretty much a 6-3 Supreme Court ruling on ideological lines to nuke affirmative action, with some nuances. Roberts is joined by Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh and Barrett in the decision. Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson dissent.

The Supreme Court ruled that the affirmative action admission policies of Harvard and the University of North Carolina, which gave weight to a would-be student's race, are unconstitutional.

As previously reported, in 2019 an Iowa state trial court judge held that Iowa's "fetal heartbeat" abortion law violates the Iowa state constitution. The case was not appealed. However, in 2022 the state filed a motion to dissolve the injunction and revive the law. The trial court refused to do so, and that decision was appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court. Now in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds, (IA Sup. Ct., June 16, 2023), the Iowa Supreme Court announced that it was evenly divided, 3-3, on the case (with one Justice recused), so that by operation of...

A Planned Parenthood organization has been banned from schools in a Canadian province after children were offered an 'A to Z' guide that included descriptions of extreme sex acts. Planned Parenthood Regina, in Saskatchewan, delivered a seminar to Grade 9 students at Lumsden High School before children were able to take the card game that included a series of explicit terms and definitions. Some parents complained and the Saskatchewan Education Minister, Dustin Duncan, announced that Planned Parenthood Regina has now been suspended from working in the region's schools. 'It's completely inappropriate to be in a classroom and has no part...

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) honored the anniversary of the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs decision by acknowledging former President Donald Trump’s contribution to the pro-life movement and previewing Congress’s forthcoming federal pro-life initiatives.“I think when it comes to the Supreme Court nominations, President Trump was the most pro-life president we’ve ever had,” Stefanik told Breitbart News ahead of speaking at a celebratory event hosted by the national pro-life group Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List this week.“And thank goodness for his strong nominations to the Supreme Court,” Stefanik added. “I certainly am proud that we have so many pro-life leaders stepping up...

Far-Left justice correspondent for The Nation and frequent MSNBC pundit Elie Mystal suggested a "rich White person" take Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito to "see the Titanic" amid reports of a missing tourist submersible. Mystal was criticized for "wishing death" on Alito and later claimed it was just a "joke." Responding to a tweet from New York Times columnist David French calling his comments "vile," Mystal said it was a "joke" and included a link to the Supreme Court's Dobbs opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade last year, arguing, "This is vile." Several on Twitter accused Mystal of "wishing death"...

What if technology could eliminate the need for anyone to go through pregnancy and childbirth to have a baby? This article is an installment of Future Explored, a weekly guide to world-changing technology. You can get stories like this one straight to your inbox every Thursday morning by subscribing here. It takes nine months for a fertilized egg to develop into a roughly 7-pound baby, and during that time, the person carrying the baby gets to feel the miracle of life growing inside them. They can also expect to experience a slew of unpleasant side effects, from nausea and vomiting...