In an interview with MSNBC, Representative Buddy Carter (R-GA) defended Donald Trump’s Wednesday morning Twitter attacks on Senator Lisa Murkowski saying that, “Somebody needs to go over to the Senate and snatch a knot in their ass.” (For those of you who are not fluent in the lingo of the deep south, to “snatch a…
Numerous reports suggest that the Senate, lacking the votes to pass either the Better Care Reconciliation Act or a straight repeal of Obamacare, will vote on a so-called “skinny repeal” of the Affordable Care Act on Tuesday afternoon. The “skinny repeal” would likely end the ACA’s mandate that individuals buy…
“Who the hell wants to speak about politics when I’m in front of the Boy Scouts?” Donald Trump asked the crowd that had gathered to hear his speech at the National Scout Jamboree in West Virginia. The question was rhetorical, instead of offering the traditional, non-partisan speech that presidents have given the group…
According to Representative Blake Farenthold (R-TX), three “female senators from the Northeast,” are to blame for the Senate’s inability to repeal Obamacare.
In 1994, a nationwide study conducted by the Department of Health and Human Services found that “black children were more likely to be taken from their homes than white children, even when the type and severity of the alleged abuse were the same.” The numbers from that study are staggering, revealing a pattern of…
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On Thursday, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Planned Parenthood Federation of America filed a lawsuit challenging a Texas law that bans a common abortion procedure.
Alissa Nutting’s wildly comedic Made for Love is a novel about many fetishes. It’s a book of a 76-year-old father’s obsession with a “life-size woman doll [...] the kind designed to provide a sexual experience”; as well as one about Jasper, a sexy, Jesus-looking con man who repents after a satisfying sexual encounter…
The Congressional Budget Office released its analysis of the Obamacare Repeal Reconciliation Act, better known as the GOP’s last ditch effort to pass some kind of health care legislation.
On Wednesday morning, a group of House Democrats sent a letter to Andrew McCabe, acting FBI director, asking him to “conduct a review of a potentially serious issue involving First Daughter and Assistant to the President, Ivanka Trump.” The letter, written by Virginia Congressman Don Beyer, asks McCabe to review…
Since 2015, ten states have passed laws requiring abortion providers to inform women that a medical abortion can be reversed. The laws are largely based on anecdotes rather than medical studies, largely stemming from the work of George Delgado, a California-based doctor and medical director of Culture of Life Family…
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When Focus on the Family launched Brio, a publication aimed at Christian teen girls in 1990, it was destined for success. The magazine—which recently relaunched after a hiatus—published for nearly two decades, benefitting from the renaissance of the teen girl magazine. Sassy had debuted in 1988, and by the time Brio…
During Arkansas’s 2017 legislative session, the state passed House Bill 1566, a bill ostensibly about the disposal of fetal remains. On its surface, HB 1566 is typical of fetal burial bills that have been passed by numerous state legislatures since David Daleiden released his deceptively edited (and perhaps illegal)…
Shortly after Donald Trump Jr. released an email exchange between himself and music publicist Rob Goldstone, the president praised his eldest son, calling him a “high-quality person,” applauding his “transparency.” Donald Trump’s focus on “transparency” echoed his son’s insistence that his decision to release the…
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During a Thursday afternoon ceremony in Poland, President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump met with Polish President Andrzej Duda and wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda. The ceremony was standard world leader fare, a pause for the cameras as Duda and Trump shook hands, the public confirmation of the good relationship…
According to numerous reporters, women have been barred from the Speaker’s lobby for wearing sleeveless dresses and blouses. CBS reports that recently, “a young, female reporter” tried to enter the Speaker’s lobby—a room outside of the House chamber where reporters generally ask legislators questions—but was turned…
According to a report from the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute, the gender pay gap in the Trump White House has more than tripled. AEI found that when the median of pay among White House staffers was taken into account, “the typical female staffer earned 63.2 cents per $1 earned by a typical male…
According to a report from Politico, it appears that the Trump administration has abandoned the White House Council on Women and Girls.
