Catholic eldercare providers in New York are suing New York Attorney General Letitia James and other state officials to stop implementation of a new law, the New York Medical Aid in Dying Act (MAID Act), which will force all medical providers in the state - including those who have religious objections - to guide patients through the process of committing drug-induced suicide. According to the lawsuit, the MAID Act when applied to another law, New York’s Palliative Care Information Act (PICA), will require any medical caregiver to inform terminally ill patients of their new right to suicide, and counsel them though the process of qualifying for suicide-inducing drugs:“The MAID Act builds upon requirements codified in New York’s Palliative Care Information Act (PCIA), which requires certain healthcare facilities and providers to inform terminally ill patients of their options for end-of-life care.“Prior to the passage of the MAID Act, the PCIA required facilities and providers to inform patients only of options for managing their pain or for obtaining whatever treatments might be available for their condition. It did not require facilities or providers to inform patients about the option to commit suicide.“Now that the MAID Act authorizes terminally ill patients to commit suicide, however, the PCIA and the MAID Act interact to create a “Suicide Counseling Mandate,” requiring healthcare providers to inform patients of and counsel them about the option to kill themselves.” The MAID Act will go into effect on August 5th of this year. The act provides a religious exemption to individuals who are not willing to prescribe the drugs themselves, though it does not provide any other religious exemptions, including from the requirement to counsel patients on the “benefits” of assisted suicide or from the requirement to work on qualifying patients for the suicide drugs. The plaintiffs also provide many citations of Catholic doctrine, which precludes them from assisting in any way in euthanasia (suicide). The doctrine can best be summarized by the following (from the suit):“As a matter of ‘definitive teaching,’ the Church has stated ‘that euthanasia is a crime against human life’ that is ‘an intrinsically evil act, in every situation or circumstance.’”The lawsuit further clarifies that the Church defines euthanasia as “an action or omission which of itself or by intention causes death” making even suggestions of committing suicide or guidance in the process a grave moral evil. Notably, the plaintiffs also allege that the potential MAID and PCIA enforcement violates a provision of the Affordable Care Act that restricts federal healthcare funding to any state which coerces individual providers into providing assisted suicide:“The Affordable Care Act has made clear that ‘any State … that receives Federal financial assistance,’ including Medicaid or Medicare funds, ‘may not subject an individual or institutional health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the entity does not provide any health care item or service furnished for the purpose of causing, or for the purpose of assisting in causing, the death of any individual, such as by assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing.’”Among the host of Catholic organizations suing are various orders of Catholic religious sisters who operate homes and provide medical care for the elderly, as well as the bishop and Diocese of Rockville Centre. They are being represented by the Becket Fund, a legal institute which seeks “to protect the free expression of all faiths,” according to its website. The plaintiffs are suing various New York officials responsible for enforcing the law, including Attorney General Letitia James, Commissioner of Health James V. McDonald, and Interim Char of the New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct Michael C. Iannuzzi. Plaintiffs are requesting that the court declare the MAID Act unconstitutional under the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, and declare it in violation of other federal laws. In the meantime, they are requesting preliminary and permanent injunctions against any legal enforcement of those laws that would coerce them into participating in assisted suicide in “any way that their religious beliefs forbid.”If the court does not issue injunctions by August 5th, plaintiffs are liable to being prosecuted, sued civilly, or having their licenses revoked for non-compliance with laws that violate their religious convictions.This is a developing story.

USA Today sports columnist Nancy Armour is notorious for using her space on the sports page to drop liberal bombs. On Thursday, she took on the WNBA star who's revitalized that league, under the headline "Caitlin Clark’s flopping isn’t just annoying — it’s becoming dangerous."Armour began by claiming Clark "and her enablers must take the rest of us for idiots" when Clark is "flopping. And her histrionics while doing so are putting other people in danger." Some people get nasty on social media against players who flagrantly foul Clark.It's not unheard of to accuse a superstar of working the refs. People said this about Michael Jordan during his playing days. But Armour wants this to be about racism, and anyone who advocates for Clark might be a white nationalist. Under the heading "Rants and histrionics put opponents at risk," Armour argued: It seems there is a white nationalist faction to Clark’s fandom that is deeply, deeply problematic, made even more so because the WNBA is made up predominantly of Black women, many of them queer. When Clark claims fouls that don’t exist, when she goes on profanity-laced tirades at referees, those racists see her as a white woman in need of saving and take matters into their own hands. Then it really went off the rails, to a Mississippi lynching in 1955: It shouldn’t need reminding this country has an awful history of Black people being harmed, even killed, in the name of “defending” white women. The irony of the WNBA's All-Star Game is that it's happening this weekend in Chicago, the hometown of Emmett Till, who became an icon of the civil rights movement after his tragic murder. The local art gallery is currently hosting an exhibit imagining his life if he hadn't been lynched. While it’s incumbent on the WNBA to do more to protect its players, there also should be an expectation on Clark to recognize the broader implications of her actions being weaponized.After the uproar began, Armour put out a statement on Instagram that this Emmitt Till comparison was "inartful...However, this point stands: There is a history in this country of perceived threats to white women being weaponized against African-Americans, and the danger that poses to Black players in the league."Which editor read this garbage, and approved it for national publication? Now this Till paragraph has been removed, and an Editor's Note was appended: "This column has been updated to provide further context and clarity." Oh, there was clarity in this nastiness. Or stupidity, as Dave Portnoy of Barstool Sports tweeted: 

Actress Leslie Jones swung by Comedy Central and The Daily Show on Thursday for another one of her wild diatribes against conservatives. This time, Jones attacked those who do not see racism as a large societal problem while ironically making some negative stereotypes about those who disagree with her.After playing a montage of conservatives claiming they don’t see color or wondering what happened to the idea of a colorblind society, Jones was deliberately obtuse as she conflated colorblindness as it relates to judging people by their character with literal colorblindness while also dropping an uncensored N-word, “Okay, hold on, hold on. If you don't see color, how am I supposed to pick a foundation when I go to Sephora? Do you just point to the bottles and say, "Good luck, [N-Word]." I hate when people say they don't see color.” Leslie Jones stopped by The Daily Show to attack those who don't think America is racist and dropped an N-word, "If you don't see color, how am I supposed to pick a foundation when I go to Sephora? Do you just point to the bottles and say, 'Good luck, [N-Word].'" (1/2) pic.twitter.com/WlUeCCDiTb— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 24, 2026 Breaking out what seemed to be her teenage white girl impression, Jones continued, “Not only do people see color, they hear color. That's why, when I call my bank, I go, ‘Hiii! My name is Leslie, I'm calling about my account?’ And by the way, all these people who say they never see color, guess when they can suddenly see color.”Another set of clips featured former Fox News host-turned U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro criticizing the play Hamilton and Daily Wire podcaster Michael Knowles criticizing the ideas of a black Santa Claus and Helen of Troy, but again, it’s a bad comparison. The debate there is about historical accuracy and faithfulness to the original source material.Later in her rant, Jones turned to Nolan Wells. Despite admitting that she has no idea what happened, she was eager to make grand proclamations about it, “Unfortunately, there's patterns. Nolan Wells's life was just getting started, and after what should have been a fun, carefree afternoon, it was cut tragically short. And while we don't yet understand exactly what occurred, we do know stuff like this happens all the time, and Nolan Wells, sadly, is not the only black child we've lost.” Later, Jones claims "When there's a lone black person anywhere, all these questions come up. Is it because white people weren't looking out for us? Do they think it's a "joke?" Is keeping quiet just easier than telling the truth? Y'all need to realize that, unlike Mitch… pic.twitter.com/qDznb6WovQ— Alex Christy (@alexchristy17) July 24, 2026 Jones concluded by suggesting that “you” don’t view your black friends the same way as you view your other friends:When there's a lone black person anywhere, all these questions come up. Is it because white people weren't looking out for us? Do they think it's a ‘joke?’ Is keeping quiet just easier than telling the truth? Y'all need to realize that, unlike Mitch McConnell, racism is still alive and well. And I know we can't solve every problem overnight. But what we can do today, in memory of Nolan Wells, and all of the black youth we've lost, is stop indulging in your own ignorance. If you believe in equality, show up. If you believe black people aren't second-class citizens, then don't treat us like second-class friends.In a rant that was about criticizing those who don’t view racism as the problem it was 60 years, Jones ended up making racist assumptions about how other people view black people.Here is a transcript for the July 23 show:Comedy Central The Daily Show7/23/202611:15 PM ETLESLIE JONES: Okay, hold on, hold on. If you don't see color, how am I supposed to pick a foundation when I go to Sephora? Do you just point to the bottles and say, "Good luck, [N-Word]." I hate when people say they don't see color. Not only do people see color, they hear color. That's why, when I call my bank, I go, "Hiii! My name is Leslie, I'm calling about my account?" And by the way, all these people who say they never see color, guess when they can suddenly see color.…Unfortunately, there's patterns. Nolan Wells's life was just getting started, and after what should have been a fun, carefree afternoon, it was cut tragically short. And while we don't yet understand exactly what occurred, we do know stuff like this happens all the time, and Nolan Wells, sadly, is not the only black child we've lost.When there's a lone black person anywhere, all these questions come up. Is it because white people weren't looking out for us? Do they think it's a "joke?" Is keeping quiet just easier than telling the truth? Y'all need to realize that, unlike Mitch McConnell, racism is still alive and well. And I know we can't solve every problem overnight. But what we can do today, in memory of Nolan Wells, and all of the black youth we've lost, is stop indulging in your own ignorance. If you believe in equality, show up. If you believe black people aren't second-class citizens, then don't treat us like second-class friends.

Media Research Center (Original) MRC Original: If there’s one thing that stands out whenever Abdul El-Sayed is pressed about his radical positions, it’s his smile. His nearly perfect teeth, neatly trimmed beard and laid-back black hair rarely seem out of place, no matter how hard-hitting the question. As it turns out, El-Sayed has plenty to smile about: he is leading in the polls for the Democratic Party primary for a Senate seat in Michigan, all while largely avoiding scrutiny over his mounting controversies and radical policy positions, thanks in part to the coverage blackout by Apple News and Google News.The consequence of Apple and Google’s news blackout is no small matter. Millions of Americans, including many Michigan voters, rely on Apple News and Google News for information. When digital news gatekeepers conceal critical information about a candidate, they leave voters without a complete picture of the person seeking their vote, a pattern the Media Research Center found in Apple News and Google News's treatment of Abdul El-Sayed. MRC’s Findings:Despite widely reported controversies, Apple News and Google News featured zero negatively framed headlines about Abdul El-Sayed since Feb. 10 (when an Impact Research poll showed the primary had effectively become a two-person race) and continued that blackout as El-Sayed emerged as the frontrunner.At the time, El-Sayed had already generated extensive critical coverage from numerous news outlets, with reports dating as far back as November 2025 to as recent as July 13, 2026. His controversies included questions about his self-identification as a physician; ties to anti-Semitic figures; deleted social media posts; criminal record and support for abolishing ICE, defunding the police and “Medicare for All.”The blackout of negative coverage occurred as El-Sayed began to take a lead over Democratic Party primary opponent Rep. Haley Stevens, potentially helping preserve his polling advantage by shielding voters from arguably unfavorable information.From Nov. 1, 2025, through July 21, 2026, Apple News and Google News effectively shielded El-Sayed from his mounting controversies by keeping at least 104 stories from right-leaning outlets off of their top 20 morning feeds.Even left-leaning news outlets published stories addressing controversies surrounding El-Sayed, with MRC identifying at least 13 articles that Apple News and Google News could have promoted but did not.In response to these findings, Media Research Center President David Bozell raised concerns about the potential impact of news aggregators on competitive races. “Most Americans don’t search dozens of news websites every day,” he said. “They open Apple News or Google News and read what’s presented to them. That makes editorial decisions about which stories are featured enormously consequential, especially when those decisions consistently favor one candidate over another.”Apple and Google Did It Again: Effectively Shielding Graham Platner; Now, Abdul El-SayedLast week, the MRC declared that no other politician has benefited more from Apple News and Google News than Graham Platner, the disgraced former socialist candidate for U.S. Senate in Maine. New data reviewed by MRC show that Abdul El-Sayed may rival that record.El-Sayed is currently running for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate in Michigan. Much like New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the former Detroit and Wayne County health official is a well-known progressive whose policies closely align with democratic socialism.As El-Sayed emerged as the progressive standard-bearer in the Michigan Senate race, an Impact Research poll in March showed the Democratic Party primary had effectively narrowed to a two-person contest between him and Haley Stevens, a sitting congresswoman. Subsequent polling has shown El-Sayed leading the race, though some surveys have placed Stevens ahead.But behind El-Sayed’s comfortable lead is a growing list of controversies that have received little attention from headlines on Apple News and Google News. The digital news gatekeepers each featured just one story about the Michigan Senate race, but neither promoted a headline focused on El-Sayed’s scandals.Apple News did not feature a single story about the race until July 6, when it promoted a Detroit Free Press article focused primarily on State Sen. Mallory McMorrow’s exit from the race. Although the Free Press story mentioned El-Sayed, his radical “Medicare for All” position and his controversial decision to campaign with Hasan Piker, the headline — “Mallory McMorrow drops out of Michigan's US Senate race” — omitted any reference to the controversies surrounding his candidacy.Google News has similarly promoted just one story (from CNN) about the Michigan Senate race, but still produced zero negative headlines about El-Sayed. While the article itself touched on Democratic infighting surrounding the race and El-Sayed’s controversies, its headline, “How a must-win Michigan Senate race turned messy for Democrats,” did not mention any of El-Sayed’s controversies.The controversies surrounding El-Sayed have followed his campaign for months, dating back to at least November. Some of the controversies Apple News and Google News have chosen to ignore include El-Sayed’s disputed description of his credentials. The candidate has faced accusations of misrepresenting his professional credentials. Although he holds a Ph.D., he often refers to himself as a "physician," despite not possessing the medical license typically required for that title.He has also faced criticism over his close relationship with Hasan Piker, a left-wing streamer who has been accused of being an anti-Semite and having made anti-American statements. El-Sayed defended campaigning alongside Piker, rejecting accusations of guilt by association while attempting to shift attention to President Donald Trump and the Republican Senate nominee.El-Sayed also welcomed the endorsement from Arab-American PAC leader Osama Siblani, who has a long history of flagrant anti-Semitism and defending Hezbollah and Hamas.The former health official has also compared Oklahoma’s ban on Sharia law to the “Trail of Tears,” calling both examples of white supremacy. After the attack on Temple Israel, El-Sayed came under fire for appearing to rationalize the alleged attacker’s actions, suggesting Ayman Ghazali may have been motivated by grievances tied to Israeli strikes in Lebanon.El-Sayed has highlighted his 2018 misdemeanor disorderly conduct sentence in connection with his role in a minimum wage protest, seemingly to bolster his left-wing credentials. He later bragged about the incident, claiming he did “time” in connection with the charges.El-Sayed has used violent rhetoric against his political opponents, remixing former First Lady Michelle Obama’s “when they go low” speech to say, “when they go low, we don’t go high. We take them to the mud and choke them out.”And his policy agenda places him firmly on the far left: Medicare for All, abolishing ICE, defunding police departments and repeated accusations that Israel is committing genocide in its war against Hamas.El-Sayed also faced criticism after refusing to comment on the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claiming that “there are a lot of people in Dearborn who are sad.”Yet despite the lengthy record of controversies, Apple News and Google News have featured no negative coverage of El-Sayed in the headlines of their top 20 morning feeds, shielding users of two of the nation’s most influential news aggregators from stories that could shape their view of the candidate.The blackout also coincided with El-Sayed’s quiet rise in the polls. El-Sayed led in the polls by an average of about five percentage points in June, according to RealClearPolling. The New York Times’ poll tracker tells a similar story, with El-Sayed leading virtually all polls released in June and a majority of the polls in July, including Tulchin Research and Data for Progress that had El-Sayed leading by +16 and +13 percentage points, respectively.A previous MRC study found that Apple News and Google News’s apparent protection of Graham Platner ended only after his political fortunes began to unravel. After a Fox News poll showed Platner losing a hypothetical matchup against Republican Sen. Susan Collins, the two platforms suddenly flooded users with negative coverage of his campaign. Will the same pattern repeat with El-Sayed? Only time will tell.What Stories Apple and Google Erased from Their FeedsThe controversies surrounding El-Sayed were not difficult to find. While Apple News and Google News largely overlooked these issues, right-leaning outlets extensively covered the questions surrounding his record, statements and policy positions.The absence of this coverage is especially notable given the stakes of the race. El-Sayed is running for one of the most powerful positions in government: a seat in the U.S. Senate. If elected, he would help decide whether the military is funded, whether presidential nominees, including Supreme Court justices, are confirmed and whether foreign aid is sent to U.S. allies.MRC identified no less than 104 stories that Apple News and Google News could have featured, but didn’t, when MRC began tracking their feeds. Some examples include:“Michigan Senate Candidate Deletes Anti-Border Patrol X Post,” by Newsmax.“Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Compared an Oklahoma Ban on Sharia Law to the Trail of Tears,” by The Washington Free Beacon.“Michigan’s El-Sayed Said He Did 'Time' After His Arrest at a Minimum Wage Protest. He Got a Ticket, Records Show,” by The Washington Free Beacon.“Leaked audio reveals Michigan Dem urged silence on Khamenei’s death — to avoid upsetting ‘sad’ voters,” by New York Post.“Yet Another Bernie-Backed Senate Candidate Has a Past That's Catching Up With Him,” by RedState.“Sanders-endorsed Senate candidate knocked for alleged flip-flop to 'have it both ways' on key issue,” by Fox News.“This Is Who the Democrats Are: Abdul El-Sayed Just Refused to Condemn Hasan Piker's Hateful Rhetoric,” by Townhall.“This Week in Jew-Hate: The Two Faces of Abdul El-Sayed,” by The Free Press.“‘Hoodies 'n' Hijabs’: Michigan’s El-Sayed pushed viral Muslim hate crime hoax in critique of America,” by Just the News.“‘I Am Honored’: Abdul El-Sayed Accepts Endorsement From Arab-American PAC Led by Hamas Cheerleader Who’s Called for Israeli Jews To Be Sent 'Back to Poland’” by The Washington Free Beacon.“Not Even Hiding It: Muslim Democratic Candidate Loops One Quote His Opponent Made About Israel to Build Anti-Semitic Website,” by The Western Journal.“Michigan Senate hopeful Abdul El-Sayed’s unapologetic embrace of Hasan Piker,” by the Washington Examiner.“MI Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed Won’t Apologize for Vile Remarks on JD Vance’s Wife & Children: I Did It ‘out of Love,’” by Breitbart.Even left-leaning, center and other outlets, such as The Detroit News, Jewish Insider, CNN, Mediaite and Detroit Metro Times, published stories covering controversies surrounding El-Sayed. In total, MRC identified at least 16 stories from left-leaning, center and other outlets that Apple News and Google News could have promoted to users. MRC Free Speech America Interns Abel Jones and Katharine Reyes conducted the research for this special report.Methodology: The Media Research Center tracked the top 20 stories on Google News each morning from Nov. 1, 2025, through July 21, 2026, and Apple News from Nov. 3, 2025, through July 21, 2026, analyzing the headlines of stories related to Abdul El-Sayed. MRC researchers searched using the terms “Michigan,” “Abdul” and “El-Sayed” and then used sentiment analysis to rate the El-Sayed-focused headlines across both news aggregators as negative, neutral or positive.

MRC Watchdogs churn out breaking news on a daily basis. Don't miss Today's Highlights, where you can keep up with the top MRC content, whether it's the latest study on media bias, a glaring omission from the elitist media, or how the Big Tech companies are serving up the same leftist spin as the media. Top Stories:MRC Documents Decades of White House Correspondents Dinner Mocking ConservativesMRC Highlights Backlash as The View Reportedly Cuts Budgets and Denies PressureMRC Catches Networks Dismissing New Jersey Voter Fraud CaseMRC Uncovers Network News Blackout on Tim Walz Child Sex Offender Pardon  MRC Documents Decades of White House Correspondents Dinner Mocking ConservativesThe White House Correspondents Dinner has long abandoned bipartisan comedy in favor of targeted attacks on conservative leaders.Mainstream media journalists routinely applaud comedians who insult conservative values while giving left wing figures a pass.MRC research tracks decades of double standards where Republican leaders face hostile rhetoric under the guise of humor.This annual event continues to highlight the cultural detachment and political bias of the Washington press corps. MRC Highlights Backlash as The View Reportedly Cuts Budgets and Denies PressureABC is reportedly slashing budgets and production costs at The View as public pushback against its extreme partisan rhetoric mounts.MRC monitoring shows the show continues to deny financial strain while delivering hyper partisan political commentary.The show faces consistent scrutiny from MRC for spreading misinformation and alienating millions of conservative viewers.Network executives are attempting to manage mounting financial backlash while shielding the hosts from accountability. MRC Catches Networks Dismissing New Jersey Voter Fraud CaseBroadcast networks like CBS and ABC are rushing to minimize legitimate allegations in a New Jersey voter fraud case.MRC analysts caught network anchors dismissing election integrity concerns before full investigations could unfold.Major news outlets consistently apply a double standard by burying voting irregularity stories that do not fit their narrative.MRC tracking proves how broadcast news networks actively shield viewers from critical reporting on election administration flaws. MRC Uncovers Network News Blackout on Tim Walz Child Sex Offender PardonNetwork evening newscasts completely ignored federal agencies slamming Governor Tim Walz over a controversial pardon of a child sex offender.MRC analysis reveals major networks provided zero airtime to the pardon despite federal law enforcement raising serious red flags.Television outlets routinely protect prominent progressive politicians by suppressing damaging local news stories.MRC documented another clear case of selective media censorship designed to shield political allies from national scrutiny.