Schumer Shutdown Makes Clear Democrats’ Real Priorities

- January 22, 2018


Jan. 22, 2018
Good morning from Washington on the first full week of President Trump's second year in office, and what looks like the third full day of the Democrat-birthed government "shutdown." Genevieve Wood comments on the politics of the situation, while Kelsey Harkness visits the Women's March held Saturday on public land despite it all. Google backs down on muzzling conservative media, Eric Lieberman reports. Plus: Frederico Bartels on the shutdown's cost to the military, Amy Swearer on the thin line between abortion and slavery, and Monica Burke on a new hope for the pro-life movement.
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Commentary Why Pro-Lifers Have Cause for Hope A recent poll shows that 76 percent of Americans support substantial limits on abortion. Read More
News Google Removes Fact-Check Feature Targeting Conservative Media Google's fact-check feature had almost exclusively been applied to conservative sites. Read More
Commentary The Government Shutdown Will Further Weaken Our Military During a shutdown, most people who work to maintain our ships, airplanes, and tanks are forced to stop their work, thus further delaying the upkeep necessary to return those platforms to action. Read More
Commentary Roe v. Wade Is My Generation's Dred Scott The honest application of any generally accepted definition of "human being" and "alive" results in one, and only one, conclusion: The fetus is genetically human, and is alive. Read More
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Jan. 22, 2018

Good morning from Washington on the first full week of President Trump's second year in office, and what looks like the third full day of the Democrat-birthed government "shutdown." Genevieve Wood comments on the politics of the situation, while Kelsey Harkness visits the Women's March held Saturday on public land despite it all. Google backs down on muzzling conservative media, Eric Lieberman reports. Plus: Frederico Bartels on the shutdown's cost to the military, Amy Swearer on the thin line between abortion and slavery, and Monica Burke on a new hope for the pro-life movement.

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