Monday June 24, 2024 marked the two year anniversary of the Dobbs decision when the Supreme Court of the United States decided to overturn Roe v. Wade. On Monday, both pro-lifers and pro-aborts gathered in front of the Court to share their opinions. The pro-aborts, in partnership with the Women’s March, put on an event called DC Women’s Strike. They demanded that abortion was part of "reproduction" and "healthcare." MRCTV spoke to some attendees. They insisted that those who thought abortion was murder, who know that life begins at conception and who care about both babies and their moms are the ignorant ones. On the other side, pro-lifers emphasized that there are two-lives at stake when it comes to abortion and that both need to be loved, protected and respected. It was rather comical to see the pro-aborts get caught up in their words and confused when challenged. It really seems that they’re just walking bumper stickers with no actual knowledge of what happens during an abortion but, what’s new!? Check out the video!

Congressional representatives working on the future of social media regulations have seemed completely oblivious to the groundswell of support for protecting free speech on the internet. Media Research Center Vice President of Free Speech America Dan Schneider has issued a call for them to wake them up.  In an exclusive Op-Ed for The Washington Times published Monday, Schneider called out House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and House Energy and Commerce Committee ranking member Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) for not prioritizing the free speech rights of Americans. The two presided over a May 23 hearing on Section 230 that ignored free speech concerns and featured three pro-censorship witnesses. These included the Executive Director of an organization funded by Big Tech giant Google and a plaintiff’s lawyer. Finally, the committee heard from Organization for Social Media Safety CEO Marc Berkman, a former Democratic staffer who shamelessly belittled the concerns of any members who did speak up for free speech.  In this article, Schneider covers the state and future of the battle for free speech in Congress and across the nation from the perspective of a participant who has fought and testified to defend the right to free speech. A link to the article can be found here.

On Saturday’s episode of MSNBC’s The Saturday Show, host Jonathan Capehart interviewed California Democratic Representative Maxine Waters about her experience receiving death threats from a Texas man and predictably hijacked this into an absurd conversation about the threat of violence posed by a second Donald Trump presidency. Capehart opened with a comment on the rise in threats against lawmakers since 2022, citing a report from Capitol police who “investigated more than 8,000 threats against members of Congress,” Of course, that included members of both parties. Before introducing Waters, he noted that she had attended the trial of a Texas man, sentenced to 33 months in prison and a $10,000 fine, who had made several threats against her life. Waters said the man had threatened “not only…to put a bullet between my eyes, he was going to cut my throat,” adding that “he had people in the Los Angeles area, some of his friends or groups of people that he works with that were going to get me, that they had a contract out on my life.”     The MSNBC host completely omitted mentioning that Waters infamously called for harassing Trump officials in public spaces, which could have led to violence, in her frame of theorizing. In 2018, she told supporters, “If you see anybody from that Cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they're not welcome anymore, anywhere.” Ironically enough, Capehart showed little sympathy for the congresswoman’s case but instead pounced on the opportunity to redirect the conversation to a ludicrous suggestion about a possible second Trump presidency, asking her, “How concerned are you, Congresswoman, about your safety, if Donald Trump is reelected?”  Waters responded with a claim that Trump was specifically appealing to racists with his rhetoric and, consequently, puts the safety of people of color at risk: So, I say all this talk is motivational with many of those who are racist, who are sitting at home listening to him, and they are taking him up on his threats even before the elections take place. And, so, it's about thousands, maybe millions of people, you know, being threatened and being at risk because of Donald Trump and his desire to wreak revenge on anything and everybody. Capehart took everything just one step further with an outrageous allusion to three civil rights activists, Mikey Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman, who were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan, prompting Waters to declare that “we could be in for more killings like that.” This accusation unsurprisingly corresponded with the habitual bias of most leftists who, like Capehart, focus only on death threats to leftists. Back in 2022, his weekly PBS segment didn’t find the assassination threat to Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh sufficiently newsworthy. The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: MSNBC’s The Saturday Show 6/22/2024 06:41:13 PM EST JONATHAN CAPEHART: Threats against lawmakers are on the rise again after hitting an all-time high in 2021, when Donald Trump's followers stormed the Capitol on January 6th. Last year, the Capitol police investigated more than 8,000 threats against members of Congress, an increase from 2022. A spokesman for the department predicted 2024 will be "A very busy year for our special agents.”  This week, a Texas man who vowed to kill Congresswoman Maxine Waters, was sentenced to 33 months in prison and a $10,000 fine. The man left Waters voicemails with violent and racist threats in 2022 and doubled down when police warned him to stop. Congresswoman Waters attended the man’s sentencing hearing. She told the court the threats gave her nightmares and made her and her family fear for their lives. The Los Angeles Times reported that the congresswoman described herself as “haunted”. Joining me now is Democratic Congresswoman Maxine Waters of California. She’s the ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee. Congresswoman Waters, as always, thank you for coming to The Saturday Show.  You've been in the public eye for decades. Why were these threats particularly painful? REP. MAXINE WATERS (D-CA): Well, you know, it was sinister. He was a man who continued to call four times, and he made racial comments. He basically said, not only was he going to put a bullet between my eyes, he was going to cut my throat. And I want to tell you it did get to me. I’m not someone who walks around, you know, just fearful all the time, but this was more sinister, again. It was deadly. And, so, I’m haunted by those kinds of comments coming from him. CAPEHART: Congresswoman, what made you want to face your harasser in court? WATERS: I wanted to see who this human being was, and when he saw me, what was it about me that made him want to kill me? What did I say? What did I do that made him want to slit my throat, to put a bullet between my eyes? And, so, I listened to him, and I hope he listened to me. I had my children in court with me. My daughter was there, my son was there, and they’re always fearful that I’m going to be killed. And of course my staff has to endure these kinds of threats.  This isn’t the first one we've had. We've had some others sentenced and put in jail, but this one seems more consistent and seemed more serious. Again, it seems as if this man was intent on not only threatening me, but he said he had people in the Los Angeles area, some of his friends or groups of people that he works with that were going to get me, that they had a contract out on my life. CAPEHART: Mmm. How concerned are you, Congresswoman, about your safety, if Donald Trump is reelected? WATERS: Well, I'm very concerned. Not only about my safety and not only about the safety of members of Congress, I’m concerned about the safety of so many people in this country, particularly people of color. Donald threat–Donald, you know, Trump has said that if he does not win it's gonna be fraud. And because it's gonna be fraud, there's gonna be blood in the streets. He threatens about a civil war, and he threatens there’s going to be violence.  So, I say all this talk is motivational with many of those who are racist, who are sitting at home listening to him, and they are taking him up on his threats even before the elections take place. And, so, it's about thousands, maybe millions of people, you know, being threatened and being at risk because of Donald Trump and his desire to wreak revenge on anything and everybody. CAPEHART: You know, Congresswoman, real quickly–in the less than two minutes we have left–you know, 60 years ago this week, three activists, Mikey Schwerner, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, they were murdered for trying to register black Mississippi residents to vote during Freedom Summer. What do you see as their legacy today, especially as the nation faces more threats of political violence like the ones you’ve faced? WATERS: Well, first of all, I want to thank all those who joined in the Civil Rights Movement who were not black, who were not people of color, who joined with us to try and get justice and equality in this country.  But we see they were killed, they were murdered, and I do believe that, you know, having listened to Donald Trump so many times, and having the attack–the insurrection that took place on the House of Representatives in Congress, on the Capitol, on the Capitol grounds, that we could be in for more killings like that. And I think Donald Trump has to take responsibility for what he’s saying about blood in the streets and violence if he's not elected to be the President of the United States of America. CAPEHART: As always, California Congresswoman Maxine Waters, thank you for coming to The Saturday Show. WATERS: Well, thank you so very much. (...)

The Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles pointed to allegations of insane racial discrimination at the Walt Disney Corporation, calling for the end of American tolerance for discriminatory diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.  On the June 21 edition of The Michael Knowles Show, Knowles reacted to footage provided by independent journalist James O’Keefe showing a senior vice president at Disney discussing alleged racial discrimination in hiring and promotions at the corporation. This executive, Senior Vice President of Business Affairs Michael Giordano, spoke not only on how this discrimination affected his own career, but also said that Disney’s approach had harmed others.  Knowles was not surprised to hear about potential DEI discrimination at Disney. “No one is surprised at all that Disney and pretty much every other corporation is discriminating against white men. This has been the law of the land for decades now. This is the point of affirmative action,” Knowles said. However, he pointed out the significance of a white executive at a leftist company like Disney complaining about this state of affairs, saying that this could spark a “political awakening” amongst victims of DEI in America.  Knowles made the case that affected Americans needed to speak up for themselves, vote for their interests and sue for their civil rights: “The only way that’s going to change is if the white guys like this Disney employee come out and say ‘Hey, I’m a white guy and you’re treating me unfairly because I’m a white guy and I’m not going to take it anymore. And I’m going to vote for candidates who aren’t going to treat me unfairly because I’m a white guy. And I’m going to bring lawsuits against companies that treat me unfairly because I’m a white guy. And I’m gonna favor a politics that says, “you need to treat me fairly.”’ That’s the only way it changes.” While he wasn’t surprised by the allegations, Knowles did address the specific claims of discrimination. He stated, “Disney has gone so far that apparently when a half-black guy went up for a promotion, he didn’t get the promotion because he didn’t look black enough.” In addition to accusing Disney of judging a black man by the color of his skin, Giordano said that Disney refused to promote him because he was a white male. He stated that human resources employees explicitly told him that they were “not considering any white males” for a job. Notably, Giordano’s remarks contradict Disney’s 2023 claim that “[a]s an equal opportunity employer, applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or other protected categories.”  Giordano’s claims follow the leak of alleged internal Disney documents requiring “50% or more” of actors, writers and other employees of Disney productions to “come from underrepresented groups.”  Real America’s Voice co-host Amanda Head also blasted Disney over Giordano’s allegations, saying that Walt Disney would be “rolling over in his grave” over the current state of his now “woke” company and that “Disney might have a big lawsuit on their hands.” Head referred to Disney’s alleged hiring practices as “just another example of the left’s so-called anti-racism efforts that are just extraordinarily racist at the bottom.” Conservatives are under attack! Conservatives are under attack. Contact ABC News (818) 460-7477, CBS News (212) 975-3247 and NBC News (212) 664-6192 and demand they report on the dangers of leftist DEI ideology infecting corporate America.

A baby girl in California died after she was left inside a car "for hours." Despite the tragic circumstances of the girl's untimely death, the Daily Mail, which published the exclusive report about it, showered praise on the gay couple who adopted her.Romer and Jayson De Los Santos are two men from the San Diego area who became legal partners in 2008, just a few months before Proposition 8 passed overwhelmingly and banned same-sex marriage in California until the 2013 Obergefell SCOTUS ruling.'Romer is an avid gardener and grows fruit, vegetables, bonsai trees, and flowers in the backyard and Jayson looks after the animals and collects eggs from the chickens.'Within the last couple of years, the men first adopted a boy. Last November, they filled out a profile on an adoption site, expressing their desire for a baby. "Our hearts and home are open to providing more love to another amazing child," Romer and Jayson wrote in the profile.Their wish was granted just a short five months later when little Diana Sofia was born in Arizona on April 11. The De Los Santoses flew out to Arizona and adopted Diana shortly thereafter.Sadly, barely two months later, little Diana was dead. Just before 12:30 a.m. on June 13, she was found unresponsive inside the De Los Santoses' SUV parked outside their home. Paramedics arrived within minutes and raced Diana to Sharp Grossmont Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.Though outdoor temperatures at the time were just 63 degrees Fahrenheit, the interior of a car can reach temperatures as high as 115 degrees even when it is just 70 degrees outside, the Daily Mail reported. Plus, the body temperature of children rises at significantly higher rates than that of adults.It is unclear who left Diana in the car and for how long, though investigators believe she had been in the car "for hours." No charges have been filed in the case, which remains under investigation. A cause of death has not yet officially been determined."Never leave your child alone in a car even for a second to dash into a store or to run a quick errand," police said, according to the outlet. "Summer routines can shift unexpectedly. Even the best parents can forget a quiet or sleeping child is in the backseat of a car."Though stopping short of calling the De Los Santoses "the best parents," one neighbor did indicate to the Daily Mail that they did seem to care about their children. "They seem like a nice family who wanted to give a couple of kids a good life, it's just a shame it didn't turn out that way," the neighbor said.The Daily Mail certainly seems to view the De Los Santoses as good parents. The outlet fawned over the "adorable photos" the men had posted on social media, showing them "cradling" Diana and introducing her to her brother."Romer is an avid gardener and grows fruit, vegetables, bonsai trees, and flowers in the backyard and Jayson looks after the animals and collects eggs from the chickens," the outlet shared in the article about their deceased daughter."Romer explained [he and Jayson] both came from big families that often had dinners and parties and went on holiday together," the article added.The Daily Mail also claimed that the De Los Santoses have so many animals living in their three-bedroom home that it is "basically a zoo." They even provide temporary homes for foster animals. Jayson, who has purple hair in several photos, is described in the Daily Mail article as a "stay-at-home dad."Despite the glowing account from the Daily Mail, the Publica reported that the speed at which the De Los Santoses had been able to adopt Diana "has raised concerns." The Publica noted that newborns are in high demand for prospective adoptive parents, who often have to wait a year or more before adopting a baby.The Publica also reported that Romer is a former LGBT activist in the area. More than 15 years ago, he began volunteering with San Diego LGBT Pride and eventually rose in the ranks to become co-chair, a position he held for three years. During that time, he bragged that he "doubled the size of the Board of Directors within a year and improved its diversity in age, race, gender, and gender identity," the Publica reported.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

United States District Judge Aileen Cannon for the Southern District of Florida heard arguments on Monday from former President Donald Trump's legal team regarding U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith's appointment to the classified documents case.During the hearing, Trump's attorney Emil Bove accused the special counsel of "unlawful funding" of Smith, Fox News Digital reported. Additionally, the defense claimed that the special counsel effectively has an infinite budget to prosecute Trump.'I don’t appreciate your tone.'Cannon considered a motion on Monday from Trump's team to dismiss the case. Bove claimed that the funding used by Smith's special counsel is not authorized by statute and poses a separation of powers issue.Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Andy McCarthy told Fox News that the defense's arguments that Smith was unlawfully appointed by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland are "very substantial.""Attorney General Garland has said from the beginning that he doesn't supervise Jack Smith," McCarthy stated. "The whole point of appointing Smith was to try to create some distance between President Biden and the Biden administration, including the Biden Justice Department, and the prosecutions of Trump. I've always thought that was a fiction, but the fact of the matter is the Attorney General has said he's not doing the very thing that the special counsel now says he is doing, which is overseeing Smith."The Smith team requested that Cannon modify the conditions of Trump's release by imposing a gag order against the former president. The prosecution cited Trump's comments about the Federal Bureau of Investigation's raid of Mar-a-Lago. Prosecutors argued that Trump's comments on social media could put FBI agents in danger.One of the social media posts read, "Crooked Joe Biden's DOJ, in their Illegal and UnConstitutional Raid of Mar-a-Lago, AUTHORIZED THE FBI TO USE DEADLY (LETHAL) FORCE."Trump's attorney Todd Blanche noted that Trump's accusations were directed not at the FBI but at President Joe Biden.The FBI has stated that its authorization to use force is commonly included in search warrants. During the hearing, Cannon reprimanded prosecutor David Harbach for his tone.“I don’t appreciate your tone,” she said. Cannon told Harbach that she would "appreciate decorum at all times," and added, "If you aren't able to do that, I'm sure one of your colleagues can take up arguing this motion."Cannon also reprimanded Harbach for referencing other gag orders against Trump but not bringing them to court."I didn't mean to be unprofessional. I'm sorry about that," Harbach apologized to Cannon.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Iconic English series "Doctor Who" has broken another record in terms of viewership lows, this time in the form of record-low season finale viewers.A total of 40 seasons have come and gone for "Doctor Who" when combining its original 1963-1989 run with the 2005 reboot up to 2024.The 2024 season finale "Empire of Death" finished with 2.25 million overnight viewers, the least in the show's history. While the first run of the series featured finales that were drawn out over several episodes, neither the average viewership nor the final episode for each of the historic seasons were this low. The BBC program has become a battleground for testing the limits of ideological injection into entertainment, with showrunner Russell T. Davies declaring he was looking to "break barriers" with his content. Davies even openly stated that he wanted to push gender-based beliefs on children."Homophobia and transphobia happens when it's something you've never seen before," he claimed. Davies then stated that children can be educated on the topic easier than adults. "You can temper that reaction and change it if you introduce these images to people happily, and normally, and calmly when they're young."'You know, they might not be the ratings we'd love. We always want higher.'Series star Ncuti Gatwa even told fans not to watch if they didn't agree with the messaging, a suggestion that seemingly worked. After adding gay nightclub scenes, drag queens, and more, episode three of the 2024 season sank to an all-time low 2.04 million overnight viewers.When it seemed to be the lowest the show could go, the record was broken again after episode seven sank to 2.02 million overnight viewers, according to Doctor Who TV.While it is difficult to tell how viewership calculations for the original series were tabulated, traditional ratings systems would suggest they were tabulated through overnight ratings. This is how the new shows are tabulated as well, with digital views also added.Radio Times suggested that the consolidated figures for the woke reboot have hovered around 4 million per episode, while Doctor Who TV has shown an average of 3.71 million total viewers per episode. But even if generously factoring in those numbers, the 2024 season finale would still not outrank any finale from the original run. Davies recently expressed that he has been proud of the show but admitted the ratings have been a bit of a letdown."You know, they might not be the ratings we'd love. We always want higher," he reportedly told RadioTimes, per Screenrant.He went on to say that the show has been wildly successful with those under 30 years old."Episode one, 'Space Babies,' is already up to 5.6 million and counting. So it is getting there. And actually, I was brought back to bring in a younger audience. That's been massively successful," he claimed.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Just in time for the 4th of July, Walmart of all places has partnered with American Giant to sell "Made in America" T-shirts. American Giant is a clothing company that produces 100% American-made products and also happens to be one of Glenn Beck’s sponsors. Founded by Bayard Winthrop, the company's products are made with quality materials that are built to withstand the test of time. Further, American Giant creates jobs for Americans in factory towns and cities across the country, thereby boosting communities and our economy. “After about 18 months of work, we are announcing a collaboration with Walmart, bringing some entirely American-made T-shirts to 1,700 Walmart doors all across the country,” he told Glenn. “It’s an important moment, I think, not only for the textiles, but more broadly for American-made to have a major retailer step up with us for this kind of a commitment.” “The American worker — at least in my judgment — is the best worker in the world, and we have allowed our domestic capability to decay over the last 35 years, and thankfully, both parties are waking up to this reality that we’ve gotta do something about it,” Winthrop said. It’s exciting to see a company that believes in the potential of America — and believes in what we’re doing here at Blaze Media — to receive an opportunity like this. “Made-in-America products and clothes have become expensive. I get it,” Glenn acknowledges, adding that sometimes we’re forced to “settle for convenience and cost.” However, this partnership between Walmart and American Giant merges the best of both worlds — clothing that is American-made but still affordable. “MORE OF THIS!” is Glenn’s emphatic response. American Giant is a sponsor of the Glenn Beck radio program and Blaze Media. See on Instagram Want more from Glenn Beck?To enjoy more of Glenn’s masterful storytelling, thought-provoking analysis, and uncanny ability to make sense of the chaos, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A Catholic medical system with hospitals in several states will support physicians who perform abortions in exigent circumstances, a report from WFMJ claims.Bon Secours Mercy Health is a nonprofit Catholic medical system based in Cincinnati, Ohio, with facilities in Ohio, Virginia, South Carolina, and Kentucky. On its website, BSMH claims "to uphold the sacredness of life" as one of its key values regarding human dignity.A 'child may never be killed on the pretext of saving the mother’s life.'Despite this profession, BSMH will not sanction physicians who perform abortions that, in WFMJ's phrasing, "are medically necessary to save the life of a mother." A nebulous statement from Mercy Health seems to confirm that reporting:Our health system, like many other national health systems, spans multiple states and adheres to the applicable laws in each where we operate. While the legislative environment is complex, our Mission compels us to provide compassionate care for all. In emergent patient care situations, when providers and medical teams prioritize patient care and follow hospital policies and medical standards of care in good faith, they can expect the support of Bon Secours Mercy Health [emphasis added]. We adhere to EMTALA requirements and support physician compliance with EMTALA. We also thank our clinicians and medical teams for their ongoing commitment to excellent and compassionate patient care.A spokesperson likewise told WFMJ that Mercy Health "has supported our clinicians' sound medical judgment and decision making since our inception." Becker's Hospital Review claimed that BSMH has never performed an "elective abortion" and will never do so in the future.However, the Catechism of the Catholic Church does not recognize any sort of "medically necessary" exception to the church's abortion ban. Instead, it describes "direct abortion," or any abortion "willed either as an ends or a means," as "gravely contrary to moral law" and "a moral evil." Those who participate in procuring an abortion are excommunicated.A "child may never be killed on the pretext of saving the mother’s life," Rev. E. M. Robinson, O. P., wrote more than 30 years ago in an EWTN article about the topic.CatholicVote claimed that, in providing abortions in some cases, BSMH is "betray[ing] Catholic principles." It also reiterated that abortion "is never morally permissible" under Catholic teaching.Blaze News made multiple attempts to speak with someone at Bon Secours Mercy Health to confirm the news reports about its abortion policy but did not receive a response.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

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