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What happens when a political party uses cautionary tales and tragic fates as instruction manuals? tinyurl.com/mammothfalln...
What is an apology? The papal statement is unapologetically not an apology. Let me explain. tinyurl.com/unapologetics
Autopsies show how hard doctors tried to save babies who died after not getting a vitamin K shot: tubes inserted in their airways, blood transfusions. They’re excruciating to read because they underscore how preventable these deaths could have been. (Published May)
What I Can’t Forget About the Babies Who Died After Not Receiving a Vitamin K Shot
Babies have died after not receiving the vitamin K shot at birth. Their autopsy records underscore how preventable their deaths could have been.
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The U.S. and Saudi Arabia announced a landmark deal that would give the kingdom a civilian nuclear program using American technology. https://to.pbs.org/4fOiZKW
Critics warn U.S. nuclear power deal with Saudi Arabia could fuel proliferation
The U.S. and Saudi Arabia announced a landmark deal that would give the kingdom a civilian nuclear program using American technology, and might allow for uranium enrichment in Saudi Arabia. Critics wa...
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What is an apology? The papal statement is unapologetically not an apology. Let me explain. tinyurl.com/unapologetics
All 3 men inside of the van with Lorenzo Salgado Araujo “‘reiterated that there were never any ICE agents in front of the van…They came in and started shooting from the sides.’” www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Migrants who saw man killed by ICE in Houston say he did not ram officers
Three men who were in the vehicle alongside Lorenzo Salgado Araujo are contesting the Department of Homeland Security’s account of the fatal shooting.
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Pope Leo proposed an expansive blueprint for governance that goes beyond regulating "AI." Will it repair our democracy or establish something else? Here's our analysis in Part 3 of the series Anthropic's Pope: Magnifica Humanitas is a Blueprint for a Christian Nation tinyurl.com/anthropope-p...
Pope Leo proposed an expansive blueprint for governance that goes beyond regulating "AI." Will it repair our democracy or establish something else? Here's our analysis in Part 3 of the series Anthropic's Pope: Magnifica Humanitas is a Blueprint for a Christian Nation tinyurl.com/anthropope-p...
Anthropic's Pope Part 3: Are These Our Only Choices?
Cautionary tales should never be confused with blueprints. Combining Church and State never results in godliness nor civic tranquility.
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A maternity ward doctor donated his own blood during surgery to keep a pregnant patient alive. One woman gained fewer than 10 pounds over her entire pregnancy. Another collapsed and had seizures during labor. (Published Dec. 2025)
What I Saw at a Maternity Ward in Kenya After the U.S. Cut Off Food and Foreign Aid
Photographs tell a story of two mothers determined to help their babies gain enough weight to leave the hospital — only to face little to no food again.
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In a blistering 23-page opinion, the judge berated the federal government for failing to tell her about the related case. The order means her block will remain in place and continue barring DHS from adding Social Security Administration data to the system. Read the full story:
DHS citizenship database must remain suspended, D.C. judge says in scathing opinion
Sooknanan didn’t limit her ire to just DHS. She also took the judge in the Florida case, District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherwell II, to task.
democracydocket.com
BREAKING: A federal court denied the Trump administration's request to reopen access to a DHS database created to purge noncitizens from the rolls. The decision comes one day after another judge ordered DHS to give four red states access to the system again.
A newly filed lawsuit alleges that the Trump administration shared confidential information with Tehran about Iranian asylum seekers as it worked to deport them from the United States, putting them at risk of “persecution, torture, and death following their arrival in Iran.” https://cnn.it/4ybCQLn
We sent a letter to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer today informing him that no evidence exists of any founder calling the United States "God's noble experiment." Read more ➡️ ffrf.us/4eLzF5u
As we celebrate 250 years, judges will be meeting Americans in their communities to discuss why the rule of law and judicial independence matter to everyone. No matter who you are, the rule of law must ensure equal justice for all. Follow their journey and learn more.
Justice In Motion
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🔴Gaza: 3 cancer patients are dying every day in Gaza, where about 11,000 people are living w/ cancer, including 4,000 who urgently need medical evacuation, according to Dr. Saleh Sheikh Al-Eid, head of the Oncology & Blood Dep't at Nasser Medical Complex. Al-Eid said cancer patients are “waiting...
17 Palestinians have been released from the Israeli occupation’s torture prisons and returned to Gaza
For much of Prince Weeks’s teenage years, he didn’t know whether he’d have a proper meal each day or where he’d sleep at night. After years of financial instability and uncertainty, Weeks recently delivered a valedictorian speech to his graduating class.
This teen was once homeless. He just delivered his class valedictorian speech.
“Everyone here has greatness inside of them waiting to be unleashed,” Prince Allen Weeks told his fellow graduates in New York.
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UPDATE: A federal judge denied DOJ's request to pause an injunction against Trump's mail voting executive order, confirming the order remains blocked in 23 blue states and D.C. The DOJ appealed the injunction to the First Circuit last week.
In 1952, 22-yr-old WAC Sarah Louise Keys Evans of NC bravely refused to give up her seat for a white man on bus from NJ to NC. She was arrested, filed suit (w/ lawyer Dovey J. Roundtree), & won. Now Army removed her story: www.motherjones.com/politics/202... www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sa...
Aug. 1, 1952: Sarah Keys Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus
Sarah Keys refused to give up her seat on a state-to-state charter bus, prompting the landmark court case, Sarah Keys v. Carolina Coach Company.
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The latest podcast from the The Beacon on this moment in our history. Separation of church and state is on the line, along with every other liberty and freedom and right. This is our moment. Are we ready? tinyurl.com/thesilenceof...
The Silence of Obadiah, The Isolation of Elijah: This Moment Requires More of Us
During a crisis we are called to do more, risk more, say more. Will our courage rise with the danger?
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⚠️ Action Alert ⚠️ The Presidential Religious Liberty Commission has released a draft report that misrepresents American religious history. Make your voice heard--submit a public comment by July 12. It only takes a few minutes. Submission guidance and suggested talking points at the link.
Action Alert: Submit Comments on the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission Draft Report - AHA
On June 26, 2026, the Presidential Religious Liberty Commission published a draft report that relies on distorted accounts of American religious history to advance a constitutional interpretation that...
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