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The Dull Women's Club celebrates ordinary moments
Most of social media is like a highlight reel. People put pictures from their amazing vacations or celebrate major accomplishments. The team talks with Sarah Jones Green, who created a space online to share ordinary, and yes, even dull moments with others. It’s called the Dull Women’s Club. This article was originally published on WBUR.org.
The Vicar vs. the Veep: Pope Leo XIV Should Drop Francis’ Open Borders Obsession, by Ben Johnson
Democrats are Forcing a Government Shutdown to Make You Pay for Abortions, by Tony Perkins By Ben Johnson, The Stream, October 13, 2025 Faithful Roman Catholics hoped the first American pope, Leo XIV, would make a decisive break with Pope Francis, but he is already continuing one of his predecessor’s worst habits: putting the moral authority of world’s largest church behind illegal immigration.
Op-Ed: Trump right to back steelworkers, not steel union leadership Original
President Donald Trump continues to prove his critics right. Ohio has seen demagogic and self-serving rhetoric about trade, manufacturing, and foreign investment – but it’s not from the president. It’s from the leadership of the United Steelworkers union. The USW argued Nippon Steel’s merger with U.S. Steel would hurt workers and endorsed a (much) lower offer from Cleveland-Cliffs. U.S. Steel must “remain American-owned,” demanded USW President David McCall last year.
Trump Tries to Save Europe from Itself | @AmacforAmerica
Newsline , Society | | 0 Comments | When the history of this era is written, one of the major storylines may well be how the re-election of President Donald Trump saved Europe from itself. For years, American taxpayers have been subsidizing the defense of Europe, even as our wealthy “allies” pour money into socialist welfare programs that have been disastrous for their economies and cultures.
Joe Biden Broke the Law, Used Anti-AIDS Program to Fund Abortion
Pro-life legislators made reference to the use of U.S. programs intended to combat AIDS being used to carry out abortion in a recent congressional debate. President George W. Bush established the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, to fight AIDS throughout the world. However, at least 21 abortions took place with U.S. funding in Mozambique in violation of U.S. law under the Biden-Harris administration.
Europe’s Censorship of Public Prayer Proves JD Vance Was Right About Free Speech
Perhaps no words in recent political history have so rapidly proven correct as Vice President J.D. Vance’s warning that European religious liberty faces a toxic and growing “threat from within,” according to a new expert analysis of government infringements on Christians.
America Should Defund NPR, PBS
Last week, the House of Representatives saw to it that NPR and PBS’s decades-long stream of anti-Christian, pro-transgender, and anti-life broadcasts finally got some static. The House DOGE subcommittee hearing greatly increased public awareness of the government-funded liberal propaganda outlets and the need to stop financing them at the expense Americans in the productive economy, most of whom demur from NPR’s niche political views.
“Praise God!” Pro-Life Americans Celebrate President Trump Freezing Planned Parenthood Funding
President Donald Trump plans to deny Planned Parenthood tens of millions of dollars in federal funding, not due to carrying out abortion, but over its support of another controversial political issue, which has pro-life advocates exclaiming, “Praise God!” The second Trump administration will withhold federal family planning dollars to the nation’s largest abortion franchise and numerous other Title X organizations, as soon as this week, reported The Wall Street Journal on Monday, because they...
8 Policies to Encourage Young People to Get Married and Have Babies
The number of babies born in the United States falls every year to new lows, imposing costs that experts warn could stretch into “quadrillions of dollars.” Now, analysts from two continents have proposed policies to help families get married and raise children — and help governments reverse the societal impact of the global demographic time bomb.
Trump Should Stop FACE From Putting Pro-Life Americans in Prison
After four years of legal victimization by the Biden-Harris administration, pro-life advocates breathed a sigh of relief when President Donald Trump took office. The president promptly set about reversing the Left’s weaponization of government, ordering the Justice Department to drop prosecutions of peaceful sidewalk counselors and pardoning nearly two dozen Christians targeted by a Democratic Party that relies heavily on donations from the abortion industry.
Having Fewer Babies Will Cost U.S. Economy "Quadrillions of Dollars"
The West’s growing epidemic of childlessness and depopulation will “fundamentally alter our societies” and impose “an existential economic crisis” on the United States that will cost the U.S. alone “quadrillions of dollars,” according to two new reports. Despite decades of warnings about overpopulation, the United States and Europe have long had fertility rates below the replacement level of 2.1 children per family.
Arrest of Pro-Life Grandma Proves JD Vance Was Right: Europe is Banning Free Speech
Just days after Vice President J.D. Vance warned Europe against imposing Orwellian laws criminalizing free speech and silent prayer, police in Scotland arrested a 74-year-old grandmother for silently offering to speak to women outside an abortion facility, if they wished.
JD Vance is Right. We Must Fight for Free Speech and Family Values
Joe Biden regularly fell asleep during diplomatic meetings.
International Planned Parenthood Will Lose $61 Million Thanks to Trump’s Executive Order
On the day voters from all 50 states showed their support for the unborn, the Trump administration enacted three pro-life executive actions to limit taxpayer-funded abortions and end the weaponization of government against pro-life advocates. President Donald Trump ended Joe Biden’s whole-of-government push to expand abortion, signing two executive actions which protect U.S. taxpayers from funding or advocating abortion in the United States or overseas.
Governor Ron DeSantis: The Value of Unborn Babies “Does Not Depend on Poll Results”
President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and a host of national pro-life leaders addressed the nation’s largest pro-life gathering on Friday, where speakers had a simple message: “Show courage in defense of the unborn.” Vance made his first public speech since becoming vice president at the 52nd annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., where he told overflowing crowds of people from every state in the union, “We stand with you.” The March for Life, whose theme this year is “Life:...
‘A Healthy Reset’: Trump Withdraws US From World Health Organization
President Donald Trump has kept his campaign promise to protect American national sovereignty from encroaching global governance bodies by ordering the U.S. to withdraw from the World Health Organization.
President Trump Takes First Step to Overturn Joe Biden’s Abortion Agenda
Among its first acts in office, the Trump-Vance administration closed a federal government website opened by the Biden administration to promote abortion-on-demand at taxpayers’ expense. Users noted the website ReproductiveRights.gov had gone offline on Monday afternoon, shortly after Chief Justice John Roberts swore in Donald Trump as the 47th president of the United States.
Pro-Life Groups Ask President Trump to Immediately Pardon 21 Pro-Life Americans
Leading pro-life groups are ramping up pressure on President Donald trump to immediately pardon the 21 pro-life Americans Joe Biden imprisoned for protesting abortion. As LifeNews has extensively reported, pro-life activists await pardons from President Donald Trump after Biden misused the FACE Act and other laws to put them in prison for minor trespassing misdemeanors.
President Trump Must Pardon the 21 Pro-Life Americans Biden Put in Prison
On Friday morning, President Joe Biden set the record for issuing the most pardons or commutations in U.S. history. While Biden has shown clemency toward Chinese spies, a cop-killer, and a child pornographer, his Justice Department infamously cracked down on right-to-life activists and Roman Catholic laity — an injustice pro-life advocates hope President-elect Donald Trump will correct next week.
Senate Will Vote on Key Pro-Life Bill to Protect Babies From Infanticide
As pro-life Christians make a pilgrimage to the nation’s capital later this month for the third annual March for Life after the repeal of Roe v. Wade, they may have something new to celebrate. The U.S. Senate plans to vote on a bill to assure unborn babies who are born during botched abortions receive potentially lifesaving medical care.
Biden Admin Singled Out ‘Pro-Life, Pro-Family’ Americans as Terrorists
During its four years in office, the Biden-Harris administration conducted a whole-of-government attempt to surveil, censor, and possibly imprison conservative Christians — and the FBI acted as “a witting participant” in their harassment campaign, a massive new government report details.
Abortion Bans Saved the Lives of 13,000 Babies Months After Dobbs
States officially recorded nearly 13,000 fewer abortions in the months after the Supreme Court returned citizens’ ability to protect unborn children, something that pro-life advocates say proves pro-life laws work. Yet the abortion industry carried out more than 600,000 abortions in 2022, including tens of thousands of abortions in the second or third trimester. While no mothers died from illegal abortions, five women died from “safe, legal” abortions in 2022.
Study Shows Conservative States Have More Babies than Liberal States
States where the Republican presidential candidate received more support produced more babies than states that supported the Democrat — and religious faith plays a vital role in reversing their baby bust, a new study has found.
Chuck Schumer Abandons Joe Biden’s Most Radical Judicial Nominees
Senate Democrats have officially agreed that three of President Joe Biden’s most radical judicial nominees will not serve on the bench — but they demanded, and got, a high price. The three nominees — Adeel Mangi, Julia Lipez, and Karla Campbell — would have each taken a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals, the feeding system for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Pro-Life Groups Praise DOGE Plan to Defund Planned Parenthood
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy’s plans to protect taxpayers from wasteful spending will take a scalpel to Planned Parenthood funding, reasserting Americans’ financial autonomy by removing federal funds from the nation’s largest abortion chain.
President Trump Should Pardon Every Pro-America American Biden and Harris Put in Prison
As once-and-future President Donald J.
Washington D.C. Abortion Clinic That Kills Babies in Abortions Up to Birth May Close Soon
Among the constituencies that views itself as hardest hit by the 2024 presidential election is the abortion industry, especially those who carry out late-term abortions. But a fascinating, pre-election article in a liberal news outlet shows independent abortion facilities face their greatest economic squeeze, not from the incoming Trump administration, but from competitors in the abortion industry.
Kamala Harris Ran Almost Entirely on Abortion, But White Women Supported Trump by 6%
Former President Donald Trump has won the remaining swing states of Arizona and Nevada as he cruises to the most decisive Republican victory in 20 years. Trump prevailed in 31 states, winning more than 300 votes in the Electoral College and defeating Vice President Kamala Harris in the popular vote. The 45th and 47th president of the United States appeared to win an outright majority of votes in both states.
Three States Sue to Block Illegal Abortion Pills: "Shut These Murderers Down"
Three pro-life states have asked a federal court to protect women — and teenage girls — from the potentially deadly effects of the abortion pill, overturning years of “dangerous” executive actions imposed by the Obama and Biden-Harris administrations.
Big Abortion is Spending Millions Trying to Elect Kamala Harris
Journalists across the political spectrum regret that interviews with Kamala Harris shed precious little light on her views or the policies she intends to implement if elected president. However, some of society’s most noxious forces — including abortionists, those who support transgender surgeries for minors, and pornographers — plan to shape the direction of a Harris-Walz administration and have donated more than $100 million dollars to ensure the pair take power next January.
Christians Are "Afraid" to Apply Their Faith to Politics, Study Finds
Christians believe they should share biblical solutions to America’s cultural issues, but they feel unequipped or “afraid,” due to cultural pressure, a new poll has found. “A Survey on Christian Cultural Engagement,” which polled 1,000 evangelical Christians, was commissioned by the Institute for Faith and Culture (IFC), founded and led by Rob Pacienza of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and Truths that Transform, and carried out by Lifeway Research.
Kamala Harris Mocked Christians While J.D. Vance Confirmed “Jesus is King”
Political campaigns all too often come down to one memorable moment: Nixon’s debate with JFK, Reagan asking if Americans are better off today than four years ago, Bush promising “no new taxes,” or Trump descending a golden escalator.
Karine Jean-Pierre Just Proved Kamala’s Lies About Abortion are "Dangerous"
Something startling happened this week: White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre’s remarks proved true and insightful. As usual, this came as an unintended side effect. KJP, who got promoted to “senior adviser” to President Joe Biden while maintaining her role as press secretary until the end of the administration, badgered Fox News reporter Peter Doocy for questioning the administration’s response to American victims of Hurricane Helene.
American Government Breaking Down Because ‘Our Values Are Breaking Down’
Behind the headlines of innumerable legal battles over the last several years lies the story of America’s crisis of faith, as the nation loses its conception of itself and what the nation stands for, one of the country’s top legal experts told Family Research Council President Tony Perkins.
10 States Will Vote on Radical Pro-Abortion Amendments, Vote No on Them All
With all eyes on this November’s elections for president and Congress, voters risk losing sight of the pivotal battlegrounds where the issue of protecting — or sacrificing — innocent life is on the ballot nationwide. Voters in 10 states will vote on 11 ballot initiatives, nearly all of which would open the door to expanding the taking of innocent life as late as the third trimester.
Josh Hawley: Republicans Must Keep Fighting Abortion "Boldly and Unashamedly"
One of the most prominent leaders in the U.S. Senate has called on the Republican Party to reject “chaos and confusion” about the issue of abortion and “boldly and unabashedly” proclaim that it supports the right to life. Under its current leadership, the Republican National Committee (RNC) has replaced its endorsement of a pro-life constitutional amendment with a standard-bearer’s vow to veto any “national abortion ban,” with little debate.
Mike Huckabee: Christians Must Vote This Election Because We’re in a “Spiritual Battle”
As campaign officials in the closing stretch of the 2024 presidential election focus on fundraising, concentrating advertising dollars, and hosting mass campaign rallies, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee warns that Christians may lose sight of the most important election year fact: “The battle is spiritual.” Huckabee, a Baptist pastor who served as governor of Arkansas for nine years, called on the nation’s Christian voters to rededicate the nation to its godly purpose Thursday...
JD Vance Was Right. Democrats are the Radical Extremists on Abortion
For all his success, J.D. Vance’s vice presidential debate performance suffered from one weakness: his abortion position. Vance, who had long been an outspoken defender of children conceived in “the difficult cases” of rape and incest, began modifying his position as Donald Trump began considering him as his running mate — and his over-modulated response attracted heavy criticism.
What Vance said right about abortion at VP debate
For all his success, J.D. Vance’s vice presidential debate performance suffered from one weakness: his abortion position. Vance, who had long been an outspoken defender of children conceived in “the difficult cases” of rape and incest, began modifying his position as Donald Trump began considering him as his running mate — and his over-modulated response attracted heavy criticism.
Tim Walz Calls Killing Babies in Abortions a “Basic Human Right”
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz suffered what critics say was a “disastrous” performance during his only face-to-face showdown with Republican J.D. Vance before the 2024 presidential election, referring to himself as a “knucklehead” who has “become friends with school shooters.” Walz also repeatedly promoted misinformation about the impact of state pro-life protections, calling abortion a “basic human right.” Senator J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (D)...
Kamala Harris Allows Dangerous Abortion Pills to Flood Market Even After They Killed Two Women
As Kamala Harris blames maternal deaths caused by the abortion pill on “Trump abortion bans,” the Biden-Harris administration has allowed foreign-made abortion pills to flood the market without testing, regulation, or oversight, according to a new report. This includes allowing the “abortion pill drug cartel” to send the deadly drugs to pro-life states illegally.
No, Women are Not Dying From Pro-Life Laws
Kamala Harris accused former President Donald Trump and the pro-life movement of killing two women during a campaign speech in Atlanta on Friday. In a claim that has circulated throughout the media, the vice president claimed “Trump abortion bans” took the lives of at least two women in Georgia, including the life of 28-year-olf Amber Thurman. But pro-life experts say the claim turns reality on its head.
Democrats are Lying About Republicans and IVF
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A tongue-tied candidate whose radical views would make them unelectable hides from the media until the election is over, emerging only to launch fact-free attacks that his (or her) political opponent is the real extremist.
Planned Parenthood Pushes Its Radical Agenda on 1.2 Million School Children Every Year
Planned Parenthood is the nation’s most prosperous abortion business, committing hundreds of thousands of abortions a year, but its website boasts of another feat: its ability to reach children with a controversial sex education curriculum one expert says does “a horrible and deadly disservice” to kids. Planned Parenthood’s sex ed lessons teach children under the age of 10 about prostitution.
Kamala Harris: It's "Immoral" to Protect Babies From Abortion
Kamala Harris promised a presidency that “brings values” that demean pro-life laws protecting unborn children as “immoral,” while endorsing a national abortion expansion during a poorly moderated debate with former President Donald Trump. Trump, meanwhile, seemed to scuttle reports that he would veto any and all national pro-life laws that reach his desk as president.
Kamala Harris Lied About Abortion During the Debate, Here’s The Truth
Presidential debates have often been compared to professional wrestling matches, but the ABC News debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris more closely resembled a handicap match, with Trump taking on three opponents at once: Harris and both moderators.
Kamala Harris Calls for National Abortion Expansion Act to Kill More Babies
One day ahead of her debate with former President Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris has unveiled a policy agenda that could compel Christian businesses to participate in abortion and LGBT events that violate biblical morality, sign a national abortion expansion bill, pack the Supreme Court, give amnesty to the entire illegal immigrant population of the United States, strip law-abiding U.S. citizens of their Second Amendment rights without due process, double-down on inflationary...
Huge Irony: The Gambling Industry Killed a Radical Abortion Amendment
The pro-life movement got a much-welcomed victory last week, but its architects say there’s an even greater irony at work: the abortion industry lost because of a trap laid by the gambling industry. Aside from seeing the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate promise to expand abortion nationwide and the Republican Party’s presidential candidate step away from pro-life protections at the federal level, pro-life advocates have endured a series of reversals at the state level.
Final Democrat Platform Promoted Abortions Up to Birth Nationwide, At Taxpayer Expense
The final version of the Democratic Party’s 2024 Platform has added references calling transgender procedures “medically necessary,” claiming that Christian schools may further “discrimination,” shifting blame on the U.S. border to the previous administration, and promising American children a more “multilingual” education.
Opening Prayer at Democrat Convention Didn’t Even Mention Jesus
The Democratic Party opened its 2024 national convention in Chicago’s United Center on Monday, adopting its platform, setting its agenda, and hearing the first day of speeches from Hillary Clinton, abortion activists, and President Joe Biden.
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