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Barack Obama is hitting the campaign trail — and no one could be happier than Republicans!
There's probably no one happier to call it a week than Brett Kavanaugh. Four days, 212 arrests, and one cause for Senate expulsion later, the president's Supreme Court pick finally arrived at the end of the most chaotic SCOTUS confirmation hearing in history.
If the last 36 hours are any indication, there may not be enough handcuffs to last the Brett Kavanaugh hearings.
If the U.S. Capitol Police was hoping for a quiet Tuesday morning, they got anything but. By 10:30 a.m., officers had already arrested 22 people, which turned out to be just part of the angry mob sent to disrupt Brett Kavanagh's Senate Judiciary hearing.
If traffic was a little lighter in D.C. yesterday morning, commuters can thank Congress. After a round of Thursday votes, House leaders turned out the lights and headed back to their districts until Labor Day.
Heading into the first-ever ministerial on religious liberty, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wanted people to know: "We expect this to be far more than talk."
For some people at the State Department's ministerial, the stories of persecution come secondhand — but they're no less life-changing.
She can't even speak English, but the laminated poster she holds — as the tears stream down her cheeks — says everything. The picture is of her husband, a living skeleton lying back on the bed, every one of his ribs protruding.
What kind of country would fund a group whose best advice is "F—k everyone"? Ours. Last week's ad from Planned Parenthood was the perfect example of the pornographic messages conservatives are fighting to stop in America's sex-ed curriculum.
Just how unpopular is the transgender movement? Even Massachusetts isn't buying it!
"If I'm still here at Christmas, I'll thank God for sending Jesus to be born. If I'm still here at New Year, I'll thank him for helping me make it through the year. If I'm here on my birthday, I won't be like Job and curse the day I was born. I'll give thanks for the life I've lived." —Pastor Andrew Brunson, from Turkish prison
Instead of being freed, Pastor Andrew was transported back to his cell after a hearing went horribly wrong.
If the Brett Kavanaugh nomination had a subtitle, it could easily be The Great Democratic Freakout of 2018.
Here's a word I never thought anyone would use to describe Sen. Dianne Feinstein: "moderate." But that's the political twilight zone Democrats find themselves in, now that 28-year-old socialists are heaving the party left.
Sometimes, the stories out of DC just write themselves. After making the entire summer about ending immigration enforcement, Democrats finally have the chance to vote on it. There's just one problem: They don't want to. When Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) agreed to put their bill closing the office of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on the floor, liberals panicked. About that whole "abolishing ICE" thing, their messaging seemed to say, "Just kidding."
Kelly Clemente was like a lot of college freshmen — she ran track, did well in her classes, and joined a sorority. Then, she made a decision that changed her life: She got pregnant.
In the 48 hours since America met Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement, most people are probably wondering: Is this a debate about the Supreme Court, or abortion? You can't blame them for being confused. In the thousands of articles posted about Brett Kavanaugh since Monday night, it'd be tough to find one that didn't mention *Roe v. Wade*. Everyone wants to know: "Will he" or "won't he" be the vote that finally puts the deadly ruling to rest?
While the two parties get ready to rumble over Justice Anthony Kennedy's replacement, there'll be no argument over one thing: just how important the courts have become.
Imagine being stuck in a cycle of depression or an unhealthy relationship and not being able to get help. Well, people in 13 states don't have to imagine it. Thanks to a string of bad laws, something as simple as sitting down and talking to a counselor of your choice about your struggles with sexuality isn't allowed.
If you're looking for a good object lesson on this Independence Day to illustrate the price of our freedom and why we must protect this gift that has been entrusted to relatively few people in history, look no further than the jar of coins that sits on your shelf or counter.
