1) “The Messed-Up World of People Who Believe Abortion Is Love” (Ellie Gardey Holmes, American Spectator
From the article — Figures like Scarlet A author Katie Watson, as well as the #ShoutYourAbortion movement, remained at the level of arguing that abortion was a great benefit to society in terms of safety and resources. Yet, at this time, other members of the pro-abortion movement began to push the narrative, arguing that abortion, more than being societally beneficial, was a loving act.
In November 2019, a blog post published by the National Women’s Law Center asserted that “abortion is love” in the strongest terms possible. “The media often paints abortion as a divisive political issue,” said the author, “but here’s the truth: abortion actually is an act of love, an act of compassion, an act of healing, and an act of selflessness.” The author was, she said, “sick and tired of having to justify why we need to be able to get an abortion.”
2) “The Closer Israel Gets To Victory Over Hamas, The More The Nations Rage” (Amir Tsarfati, Harbinger’s Daily)
From the article — Europe, I love so many of you. But I’m sorry to say that most of your governments and media elites are a flat-out mess. Case in point – Eurovision. For those of you on the western side of the Atlantic, Eurovision is an annual song contest between nations. Each country sends a representative who presents their song, and the contestants are voted on. These votes come in two kinds. There is a five-person jury from each country. They are media elites who are very political and very biased. Then there is the public, which is made up of normal, everyday people. Israel’s representative was Yuval Rafael, a young lady who had been at the Nova Festival on October 7 and survived by hiding under dead bodies. Yuval sang beautifully, winning the hearts of the televoting public who voted her to the number one position by a wide margin. The political jury vote, however, placed Yuval all the way down in a tie for 14th place. This is not surprising.
Even before the competition, the Slovenian broadcaster of the program demanded that Israel be excluded. Spanish, Icelandic, Belgian, and Irish broadcasters said that removing Israel from the program must be discussed. Spain’s prime minister declared that Israel should be banned, as did a spokesperson from Belgium. Former contestants weighed in also, with 72 previous participants signing a letter that Israel be removed from the competition. In fact, this year’s winner, JJ from Austria, said that next year, the event should be “in Vienna and without Israel.” The antisemitism wasn’t just surrounding the contest; it was heard during it. While Yuval sang in her final performance, boos sounded from the audience.
But despite this brainwashed anti-Israel bias, the votes don’t lie. The fact that the public voted Israel number one says that not everyone in Europe has fallen into the devil’s trap of antisemitism. Sadly, they aren’t the ones pulling the strings of their countries’ governments, where the hatred of Israel is palpable.
3) “I’m a Yale free-speech champion — arrested for words I never said” (Lauren Noble, New York Post)
From the article — I never thought I’d end up in handcuffs and a jail cell for something I didn’t say. But last May, police in New Haven, Conn., arrested me — because a parking attendant falsely claimed I had used a racial slur against him nearly a year earlier. I denied it. I asked the cops to check the parking lot’s surveillance video.
They didn’t — and the state charged me first with disorderly conduct, then with three counts of breach of peace in the second degree.
It took almost a year, tens of thousands of dollars in legal fees and endless stress before the nightmare ended on March 27, when the prosecutor finally dropped all charges. Why? “Insufficient evidence,” “inconsistencies,” “credibility issues,” video that “clearly contradicted” the accuser’s claims — and a possibility that I wasn’t even the right person. The judge dismissed the case.
If this can happen to me — a First Amendment advocate with resources, legal counsel and a public reputation to defend — it can happen to anyone.
4) “House passage of bill defunding Planned Parenthood draws excitement, caution from pro-lifers.” (Ryan Foley, Christian Post)
From the article — The measure’s fate now rests in the hands of the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate. Republicans currently have a 53-47 majority in the Senate, meaning that if support for the legislation comes down along party lines as it largely did in the House, they can only afford to lose the support of three senators for the bill to pass…
While most reactions to the measure from the pro-life community have been overwhelmingly positive, Katie Brown Xavios of the American Life League maintained that “this bill is not the full win it’s being portrayed to be.” Xavios expressed concern that the House-approved “big, beautiful bill” will “still fund Planned Parenthood for abortions in the cases of rape, incest, and the mother’s health.”
“Give Planned Parenthood an inch, and they will take a mile,” she warned. “If the exceptions are the only way Planned Parenthood will get paid, you had better believe that every abortion will now become a life-or-death situation so that Planned Parenthood ensures that it will get its money.”
5) “Reflections on Radical Discipleship — Re-Visited” (Denny Hartford, Vital Signs Blog)
From the article — I continue to hope that the days of “great awakenings” are not all behind us. We are, after all, promised that the mercies of God are new every morning. Therefore, revolutionary change can yet occur in individual lives and even in culture, if we simply unplug ourselves from the world and connect our minds instead to the glorious Creator God Who gave His Son for our salvation. So, please come with me for a look at 5 themes marking the radical discipleship of the early years of the Christian Brotherhood.