When 75-year-old Paulette Harlow was sentenced to 24 months in prison on Friday for attempting to dissuade women from getting abortions, she felt thankful—despite her chronic health conditions. “I went to the sentencing, and I felt very confident, and I felt very joyful, and I felt like it was a tremendous privilege to stand in the court on behalf of the unborn, who have no voice,” she told The Daily Signal.  The jury found Harlow guilty in November under the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act and of a civil rights conspiracy. The FACE Act prohibits “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services.” Harlow’s lawyer has filed an appeal of the verdict. The FACE Act prohibits the use of force, obstruction, or property damage intended to interfere with “reproductive health care services.” Though it theoretically protects houses of worship and pregnancy resource centers, as well as abortion clinics, the Biden administration’s Justice Department has largely used FACE to prosecute pro-life activists like Harlow. Harlow said she sat and prayed in October 2020 at the Washington Surgi-Clinic, which Dr. Cesare Santangelo ran at the time. Pro-life advocacy group Live Action once recorded Santangelo saying he “would not help” a baby in the rare event the baby was born alive during a late-term abortion procedure. “We prayed, we sang music, and we called out to some of the women and told them not to be afraid, that we could help them, that they could still change their mind, and that we love them,” said Harlow, a resident of Kingston, Mass., about 35 miles southeast of Boston. The same federal judge who sentenced the other eight pro-lifers who protested at the clinic to a combined 23 years also sentenced Harlow, who will turn 76 on June 23. Harlow’s co-defendants received similar sentences, ranging from 10 months to five years. At the end of the trial, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia reportedly said to Harlow that she should “make an effort to remain alive” as that is a “tenet of faith,” Live Action reported. “Taunting an elderly woman about potentially dying alone in prison is disgraceful,” Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, told The Daily Signal. “Clinton Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly disgraced the justice system with this remark and with this decision.” Kollar-Kotelly, now 81, was appointed to the federal district court by then-President Bill Clinton in 1997. Harlow said she and her friends have been praying for the judge since the beginning of the trial. The Department of Justice released a statement saying Harlow and the other eight pro-lifers “engaged in a conspiracy to create a blockade at the reproductive health care clinic to prevent the clinic from providing, and patients from receiving, reproductive health services.” The pro-lifers “forcefully entered the clinic and set about blockading two clinic doors using their bodies, furniture, chains, and ropes,” the statement claims. An hour-and-a-half-long video of the “rescue mission” showed no signs of violence, however. The DOJ did not respond to The Daily Signal’s request for comment. Operation Rescue Boston, which Harlow is part of, is a pro-life organization that “relies on the Grace of God and employ[s] nonviolent, First Amendment-protected means of expression,” according to its website. Harlow, who suffers from diabetes; Hashimoto’s disease, an inflammatory thyroid condition; and severe back pains, said that while she is not afraid to go to prison, she has serious concerns about her health. She doubts there is a prison facility that could accommodate her conditions.  The mother of six and grandmother of eight is currently under house arrest while she awaits the decision on the prison where she’ll spend the next two years.  “I’m not sure that they would be able to take care of all the things my husband takes care of full time,” she said. “I’m in pain all the time, and I can’t really take a lot of pain medication because of my liver, and so, I have to be very careful with what medications. And there’s a lot of times I’m not able to sleep, and I have to sleep during the day, and I don’t know how that would work with the noise of the prison.” But Harlow is not scared about what will happen to her. She takes comfort in the charge of Pope John Paul II, who instructed: “Be not afraid.”  “I know that wherever I go, God’s going with me, and he’s going before me, and he’ll be with me, and he’ll protect me, and he’ll fill me with joy, like he did in the courtroom,” she said. “I just felt very joy-filled.”  When asked if she would like prayer for her upcoming sentence, Harlow instead requested that people pray for unborn babies and mothers in vulnerable situations.  “I’ll be OK,” she said. “I’m with God. I have a wonderful husband, wonderful friends and family, and supporters all over the place. Pray for those mothers that do not have that kind of support and go up to the abortion clinics.” Though Harlow is a devout Catholic, she says stopping abortion is not a matter of religion.  “It’s what God tells us to do, but it’s just a matter of humanity,” she said. “Why would any country be killing off their own?” Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this report. The post Elderly Pro-Lifer Prosecuted by DOJ Describes Joy as She Faces Prison: ‘I’m With God’  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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ABC, CBS, and NBC were not only exhausting airtime fawning over and spinning for Hunter Biden as his first criminal trial got underway, but also rallying around Dr. Tony Fauci on Monday night and Tuesday morning over the “contentious”, “heated” and “hostile” House hearing he endured on the COVID-19 pandemic response that left him “defiant” yet “emotional” over “the threats” posed by critics. Like with their defenses of Hunter and eagerness toward the Trump trial, ABC was the most defensive of Fauci. On Monday’s World News Tonight, anchor David Muir teased “the heated testimony” with “Fauci turning deeply emotional when revealing the death threats against his family.”     There it is. Equate criticism of liberals — one who crippled lives and kept families from saying goodbye to loved ones — with threats from crockpots to malign and shutdown debate. Tossing to correspondent Elizabeth Schulze, Muir said there were “fireworks on Capitol Hill” with “hostile questioning” for poor Tony as he became “deeply emotional”. “Tonight, in a contentious hearing on Capitol Hill, Dr. Anthony Fauci choking up as he described death threats against his family,” Schulze began. Having set the table with that and soundbites of Fauci haltingly discussing the threats that “involved my wife and my three daughters”, Schulze paired that with him sadly having to protect “his record as the face of the nation’s pandemic response, facing hostile questions over policies like social distancing and masks.” “But Fauci defiant, rejecting unfounded GOP accusations he helped fund research that caused the COVID pandemic and covered up a theory the virus may have originated in a lab in China,” she added. Schulze returned for Tuesday’s Good Morning America and rehashed this sympathetic image of Fauci being maligned with “unfounded allegations” (click “expand”): SCHULZE: [T]his is the first time Dr. Fauci publicly testified before lawmakers since he stepped away from the federal government back in 2022. It was a contentious, nearly four-hour hearing, with some Republicans grilling him about COVID’s origins and Democrats defending his public service. This morning, Dr. Anthony Fauci back in the spotlight after fiery, emotional testimony on Capitol Hill. Fauci choking up as he described death threats against his family. FAUCI: It is very troublesome to me. It is much more troublesome because they have involved my wife and my three daughters. (....) SCHULZE: Fauci was grilled by House Republicans over policies he endorsed at the helm of the federal response to the COVID pandemic like social distancing and masks for children. More than one million Americans died from COVID. Fauci defending restrictions put in place at the start. (....) SCHULZE: He rejected unfounded allegations from GOP lawmakers. FAUCI: I keep an open mind that it could be either a laboratory leak or it could be what I think the data is leaning towards mostly, which is a natural occurrence from an animal reservoir. SCHULZE: But the hearing descended into chaos when Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Green launched a series of verbal attacks. Overnight, Fauci responding to reports that a January 6th defendant was sitting behind him before being removed from the hearing. Monday’s NBC Nightly News also had a full segment with anchor Lester Holt gushing about Fauci “hitting back” during a “combative day” of “Republican attacks over his handling of Covid”. Capitol Hill correspondent Ali Vitali similarly stacked the deck by painting Fauci as “in the hot seat” but conceded a number of tense moments were over his admission in a closed door hearing that the infamous six-feet rule “sort of just appeared”. Along with noting “Fauci den[ied] he downplayed the possibility of a leak from Wuhan, China”, Vitali made sure to say Fauci was “emotional talking about the threats he and his family still face.” NBC’s Today featured co-host Craig Melvin and senior Washington correspondent Hallie Jackson picking up the Fauci pom-poms to defend him against criticism, merely relaying the concerns while all these years later still, treating Fauci’s answers as gospel (click “expand”): MELVIN: Tensions running high on Capitol Hill yesterday. Dr. Anthony Fauci testifying on the government’s response to the pandemic and hitting back at Republican lawmakers who claim Fauci tried to cover up the origins of Covid-19. NBC’s senior Washington correspondent, Hallie Jackson has that story for us. Hallie, good morning. JACKSON: Hey Craig, good morning to you. We’re talking about a high-profile moment for one of the pandemic’s most high profile figures with Dr. Anthony Fauci saying if health officials had done nothing during the pandemic, which killed more than a million Americans, then nearly a million more may have died. Many Republicans blasting the doctor for what they see as his missteps and many Democrats coming to his defense. Dr. Anthony Fauci on defense. FAUCI: When you’re dealing with a new outbreak, things change. JACKSON: And dismissing claims he played any part in a suggested cover-up of COVID origins. FAUCI: The accusation being circulated — [SCREEN WIPE] — is absolutely false and simply preposterous. JACKSON: The doctor, who retired 18 months ago, back in the spotlight as part of a Republican-led investigation into the pandemic’s origins and response. A hearing at times turning testy. (....) JACKSON: Fauci explaining what he meant when he testified behind closed doors in January that the six foot social distancing rule "sort of just appeared", according to transcripts, now clarifying it came from the CDC with no clinical trials done. (....) JACKSON: [H]e’s become politically polarizing, alternately idolized or demonized. Overnight Fauci saying the vitriol he faces, including on Capitol Hill, means he still gets death threats, even while out of government service. FAUCI [on CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, 06/03/24]: You have performances like that, unusual performance by Marjorie Taylor Greene in today’s hearing, those are the kind of things that drive up the death threats. JACKSON: Testifying emotionally, now, about the death threats his family has faced. (....) JACKSON: As for how prepared we are for the next pandemic, Dr. Fauci thinks in some respects we are better equipped to deal with one but says he’s disappointed in other areas from the Covid pandemic. Like the divisiveness over a coherent response. As for CBS, they only a short segment on Monday’s CBS Evening News and a news brief on Tuesday’s CBS Mornings. On the former, anchor Norah O’Donnell declared “Fauci was grilled for more than three hours by Republican lawmakers” in “a heated hearing” and congressional correspondent Nikole Killion boasted “Fauci called GOP claims that he covered up information about the Coronavirus simply preposterous” as the hearing “devolved into attacks”. “Dr. Fauci also got emotional about some of the death threats he’s received,” she added. The latter sucked up to Fauci with featured co-host Vladimir Duthiers bemoaning Fauci went before a House committee “to be accused of a series of crimes by Republican lawmakers who had no evidence to back up their claims.” “Fauci denied allegations that he helped cover up a theory that the virus began in a Chinese laboratory and that his office directly funded Chinese research...Fauci called the accusations absolutely false and simply preposterous. He said he kept an open mind,” Duthiers insisted before a Fauci soundbite and a conclusion that the GOP “has spent more than a year investigating” the virus’s origins. Many thanks to NewsBusters interns Sarah Butler, Mary Clare Waldron, and Michael Wnek for their help compiling the transcripts. To see the relevant transcripts from June 3, click here (for ABC), here (for CBS), and here (for NBC). To see the relevant transcripts from June 4, click here (for ABC), here (for CBS), and here (for NBC).

The Democrat attorney general of Wisconsin has now filed felony charges against three associates of former President Donald Trump in connection with the 2020 presidential election.On Tuesday morning, Attorney General Josh Kaul filed charges against two of Trump's attorneys — Kenneth Chesebro, 62, and Jim Troupis, 70 — as well as former Trump aide Mike Roman, 51. 'Democrats are turning America into a banana republic.'The three have been accused of drawing up paperwork for a slate of 10 electors who would have certified Trump as the winner of Wisconsin in 2020. They then allegedly tried to pass that paperwork along to a member of a Pennsylvania congressman's staff in an attempt to bring it to then-Vice President Mike Pence on January 6, 2021.Kaul claimed that such electors were not "duly appointed presidential electors" for the state, and many outlets have referred to the alleged conspiracy between the defendants as the "fake elector" case. Officially, Joe Biden carried Wisconsin by fewer than 21,000 votes in 2020.Chesebro, Troupis, and Roman have each been charged with one count of uttering as genuine a forged writing or object. In Wisconsin, such an offense is a Class H felony, which carries a maximum sentence of six years in prison and a $10,000 fine, WBAY reported.Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, another Democrat, offered a one-word comment about the charges: "Good."Back in March, Chesebro and Troupis settled a civil lawsuit brought by Democrats regarding the 2020 Wisconsin election. As part of the settlement, the two attorneys agreed never to attempt to influence a presidential election in such a way again. However, they did not admit wrongdoing.The 10 "fake" Republican electors reached a settlement in the same suit back in December. Thus far, they have not been criminally charged, though the AP noted that Kraul has not ruled out future charges. "Our approach has been focused on following the facts where they lead," he said.Fake electors have already been criminally charged in Michigan and Nevada. In Georgia, 18 individuals — including Trump, Chesebro, and Roman — have been accused of engaging in a conspiracy to overturn the state's 2020 election. Chesebro has already pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit filing false documents. Roman pled not guilty to racketeering and conspiracy charges. U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) slammed the charges now brought in his state, claiming they are further evidence that Democrats have despotically weaponized the justice system. "Now Democrats are weaponizing Wisconsin’s judiciary," he tweeted. "Apparently conservative lawyers advising clients is illegal under Democrat tyranny. Democrats are turning America into a banana republic." — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

An Arizona woman says she was mauled by a pit bull that she had rescued and nurtured to health for many years. Enza Piazza told KVOA-TV that she had brought the pit bull, named Baby Girl, into her home in 2020. 'I had a collapsed lung, I had already lost two pints of blood.'Late last year, the dog became violent and dangerous without provocation, according to Piazza. "She rag-dolled me back and forth," Piazza recalled. "I couldn't gasp for air, and that very moment, I had no idea I had a collapsed lung, I had already lost two pints of blood."She said that she believed she was going to die because the dog, who weighed about 90 pounds, was overpowering her."She was literally on top of me, and going for my arms, and just taking flesh, back and forth," she added. Piazza called for help from her daughter Nina and told her to get a gun. "My mom reminded me of the gun that we had and she said, 'Go get it,' and I said, 'Are you sure?' because I didn't want to do that," said the daughter. She then shot the dog once. "She started turning around, and my mom said, 'Do it one more time' so I did it one more time and she was still moving so I did it another time, and that's when she laid down," Nina added. 'I rescued her; I would've never hurt her.' Piazza says that she has faced some criticism for putting down the dog in the way they did but says she had no choice. "There was no controlling the situation at all, and I would've never hurt her ever," she added. "I rescued her; I would've never hurt her."The woman says she has had three surgeries and continuous therapy over the incident. She also suffers from nightmares and flashbacks. Some government officials have called for a ban of pit bulls owing to the numerous incidents during which members of the species have attacked humans — sometimes lethally so. Defenders of the species say the owners are to blame and the animals should not be punished for bad decisions made by their human owners. In one horrifying incident from February, a man was mauled and killed by his pit bulls that he was breeding at his Compton home. Police had to euthanize the 13 dogs. The video of Piazza's interview with KVOA can be viewed at the station's channel on YouTube. 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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The newly passed bill will go straight to the state’s ballot in November instead of being sent to Democratic governor Katie Hobbs’s desk.

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