Tag: Social Issues

[PREMIERING AT 8PM ET] Is God Pro-Choice? | Church & State

In this timely episode of Church & State, pastor Lucas Miles identifies and dismantles the Left’s newest defense of abortion in which they hide behind so-called “Christian” values in order to justify the slaughter of innocent children. With scripture in hand, Miles claps back answering once and for all whether God is really pro-choice as…


Oath Keepers Founder Fires Defense Attorneys, Seeks Major Trial Delay

Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III has fired the Texas-based defense attorneys in his Jan. 6 seditious-conspiracy case, alleging they missed key court deadlines and failed to file necessary motions and subpoenas. Edward Tarpley Jr. of Alexandria, Louisiana, Rhodes’ new attorney, filed an emergency motion in U.S. District Court in Washington to delay the…


California Can’t Compel Doctors to Take Part in Assisted Suicides, Court Rules

A federal district court in California has ruled that doctors in the state who object to assisted suicide cannot be forced to take part in the procedure. U.S. District Judge Fernando Aenlle-Rocha for the Central District of California, an appointee of former President Donald Trump, ruled on Sept. 2 that a state law that took effect in…


China’s Chengdu Enforces Strict Lockdown Despite Earthquake

BEIJING—Authorities in southwestern China’s Chengdu have maintained strict COVID-19 lockdown measures on the city’s population of 21 million despite a major earthquake that killed at least 65 people in outlying areas. Footage circulating online Tuesday showed workers wearing top-to-bottom protective gear preventing residents of apartment buildings from exiting through locked lobby doors following Monday’s 6.8…


Polk County Prostitution Sting Nets Georgia Deputy Police Chief

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—A Georgia deputy police chief attending a polygraph training workshop in Orlando landed behind bars after Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said he was caught in a prostitution sting on Sept. 1. According to a Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrest report, Jason DiPrima, 49 of Kingston, Georgia, was arrested on Sept. 1 for…


‘Uncle Tom II’ Delves Into Communist Infiltration of Civil Rights Movement: Filmmakers

The Civil Rights Movement was perceived as a high point in American history and a great victory, but one of its outcomes was a rhetorical and cultural shift that instilled in black people a sense of oppression and victimhood, said the documentary filmmakers of “Uncle Tom II: An American Odyssey.” In terms of black culture,…


Growth Hormones Abused in China: Parents Spend Thousands to Help Children Grow Taller

Tallness has become a mate-selection criterion for young men and women in China, and an entry criterion for some occupations. Chinese parents’ anxiety about their children’s height has led to the misuse of synthetic human growth hormone in China, experts warn, citing the short and long-term side effects of administering the hormones to normal, healthy…


‘Trans Widow’ Says Husband’s Transgendering Shattered Family

Tracy Shannon married a man and divorced a “woman.” She had no early indication that her husband and high school sweetheart had a desire to become a woman and the clues were slow in becoming apparent. He started shaving his legs, saying that his physically demanding job made his jeans pull his leg hair out,…


Strong Earthquake Shakes Covid-Stricken Chinese Province, Killing at Least 21

A strong earthquake hit a southwestern Chinese province on Sept. 5, killing at least 21 people, triggering landslides, and shaking residents in neighboring cities and provinces. The 6.6 magnitude earthquake rocked a mountainous region near Luding county in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province, the China Earthquake Networks Center said. The quake struck around 12:50 a.m. local…


China’s Shenzhen to Adopt Tiered COVID-19 Measures

BEIJING/SHANGHAI—China’s southern tech hub of Shenzhen said it will adopt tiered anti-virus restriction measures starting on Monday as the country grapples with fresh outbreaks. Shenzhen, which went into a weekend lockdown on Saturday, announced a new round of COVID-19 testing. Separately, Chengdu, which placed its 21 million people under lockdown on Thursday, said the city…