Category: Politics

What the Republican Debate and the latest news on President Biden reveal

By Dave Andrusko Last night’s Republican debate, held at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, was full of give and take, back and forth, which you would expect when there are seven presidential candidates jockeying to get a word in edgewise. But there was plenty of time to lambast pro-abortion President Joe Biden for him zealotry …

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Missouri Secretary of State Ashcroft Appeals, Argues Circuit Court Erred in Concluding Ballot Summary Statements were “Unfair” and “Insufficient”

By Missouri Right to Life Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft has filed an appeal to the Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District, arguing “The circuit court erred in concluding that the Secretary of State’s summary statements were unfair and insufficient, in determining the measures’ central features, and in writing entirely new summary-statement language instead of …

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NewsBusters Podcast: Fact-Checking the Fact Checkers with Matt Palumbo

By Tim Graham As the 2024 presidential campaign kicks into gear, we know that journalists think “fact checking” is an essential tool in keeping conservative “misinformation” from helping Republicans win. Their suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop and their lying “hallmarks of Russian disinformation” spin has not shamed them. It still encourages them. So we turned …

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Democrats do what they do best: lie, distort, and mispresent the pro-life position

By Dave Andrusko Last week we wrote about the cool, calm, and collected way pro-life Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis handled CBS News host Norah O’Donnell. She was bound and determined—although unsuccessful–to portray the Governor as an extremist on the abortion issue. O’Donnell told Gov. DeSantis that she had read the bill protecting unborn children after six weeks. …

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How and why the Democrats became the party of abortion

By Dave Andrusko Editor’s note. This first ran on June 3 ,2022. Jayd Henricks was executive director of government relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from 2011-2017. Yesterday he composed a piece for the Wall Street Journal under the headline, “How the Pro-Life Democrat Went Extinct.” In the second paragraph, Mr. Henricks writes, “Following action earlier …

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Takeaway From Republican Presidential Debate: What the Candidates Don’t Know About How to Discuss Abortion

By David N. O’Steen, Ph.D Editor’s note. This appeared Monday in the September issue of National Right to Life News, the “pro-life newspaper of record. Please share the entire 40-page edition with your family and friends. The first Republican presidential candidate debate gave a clear picture of the present state of the national political debate on abortion. The picture …

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How to (Unintentionally) Defeat Pro-Life Candidates

By Karen Cross, Political Director Editor’s note. This appeared yesterday in the September issue of National Right to Life News, the “pro-life newspaper of record. Please share the entire 40-page edition with your family and friends. The 2024 presidential race is officially underway! We have seen one Republican Primary debate and the next one is scheduled …

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 There’s no question—no question–that Democrats support unrestricted abortion until birth

Importantly, even abortions performed after 20 weeks are rare. Two points in rebuttal in reverse order. “Rare” is in the eye of the beholder, or, in this case, in the blind eye of the beholder. Cassy Fiano-Chesser explains how un-rare these abortions are: Read the whole story.

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Column: Shouldn’t Journalists Favor Debates?

By Tim Graham The first Republican presidential debate was feisty and substantive, because Fox News overwhelmingly focused on policy issues that voters care about. A debate was seriously overdue, because the television networks have shut out coverage of policy issues like they were protecting the public from a deadly plague. Even so, the same journalists who uncork grand …

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First GOP Debate Shows that Candidates Are Not Afraid to Talk About Protecting Life

In Contrast with the Biden/Harris Administration Which Promotes Unlimited Abortion WASHINGTON – During last night’s debate, several of the presidential candidates for the Republican Party spoke about the right to life. “Tonight’s candidates showed that the right to life is at the heart of the Republican Party,” said Carol Tobias, president of National Right to Life. “This …

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