Here’s the Story Behind the Viral Photo of Soldier Placing Flag at Tomb of Unknown Soldier

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By The Blaze. During a severe thunderstorm that ravaged our nation’s capital last Thursday, a solider with the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment was photographed placing a small flag at the Tomb of the Unknown Solider.

That image, and the story behind it, has gone viral ahead of Memorial Day. . .

In a Facebook post, The 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment — which is also known as “The Old Guard” — described the moment as “one of the most extraordinary displays of discipline and dedication to duty ever to be witnessed at Arlington National Cemetery.”

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Soldier Places Flags Honoring Unknown Soldier in Downpour at Arlington National Cemetery

By WTHR. A torrential downpour did not deter The Old Guard from honoring fallen soldiers at Arlington National Cemetery.

Every year, the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment, “The Old Guard,” plants flags at each grave in the Virginia cemetery ahead of Memorial Day weekend. . .

But as onlookers ran for cover, the soldiers carried on. Determined to honored the fallen, some of the soldiers were ordered to stand down until the worst of the weather passed.

In a Facebook post Friday night, The Old Guard described “one of the most extraordinary displays of discipline and dedication to duty ever to be witnessed at Arlington National Cemetery” at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. . .

“For the select few who saw this moment, it was jaw-dropping,” the post read. “Humans have their limits, but The Old Guard has yet to meet theirs.” (Read more from “Soldier Places Flags Honoring Unknown Soldier in Downpour at Arlington National Cemetery” HERE)

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PRO-LIFE WIN: Another State Passes Major Abortion Ban

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On Friday, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, signed into law one of the most pro-life laws in the nation, outlawing abortion at eight weeks, save an exception for the life or risk of major physical harm to the mother. The legislation does not include an exception for rape or incest, and sex- , ability- , and race-selective abortions are also banned outright.

The law is set to go into effect on August 28, though pro-abortion organizations are expected to challenge its constitutionality. As noted byFox News, the Missouri law was crafted to stand up to legal challenges, not provoke a showdown over Roe v. Wade: “If the eight-week ban is struck down, the bill includes a ladder of less-restrictive time limits at 14, 18 or 20 weeks.” . . .

Responding to criticism over the lack of exceptions for abortion post-eight weeks, Gov. Parson argued that two months is enough time to decide to get an abortion, even in tough cases.

“Is it a terrible thing that happens in those situations? Yes it is,” the Republican acknowledged, according to Fox. “But the reality of it is bad things do happen sometimes. But you have two months to decide what you’re going to do with that issue, and I believe in two months you can make a decision.” . . .

Democrats have responded to sweeping pro-life legislation with their own proposed bill: the euphemistically-named “Women’s Health Protection Act,” or WHPA. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), would block and upend vital pro-life legislation, such as so-called “heartbeat bills” — which protect unborn babies with a detectable heartbeat from abortion — waiting periods, and mandates on ultrasounds, among other abortion restrictions, as reported by The Daily Wire on Friday. (Read more from “PRO-LIFE WIN: Another State Passes Major Abortion Ban” HERE)

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State Bans Disturbing Childlike Sex Dolls

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By The Hill. Florida has banned childlike sex dolls that are “eerily similar to real human children.”

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill on Thursday banning people in the state from owning the dolls. The measure had been unanimously approved by the Florida legislature.

The law “prohibits a person from knowingly having in his or her possession, custody, or control an obscene, childlike sex doll.”

Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book, who introduced the bill, and other supporters argue that owning the dolls encourages “child predators.”

“These are anatomically correct, lifelike silicone dolls that are eerily similar to real human children made for the sole purpose of sexual gratification,” she said in a statement. “Just as viewing child pornography lowers the inhibitions of child predators, so do these childlike sex dolls that have no place in the state of Florida.” (Read more from “State Bans Disturbing Childlike Sex Dolls” HERE)

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Outlawing Child Sex Dolls

By Orlando Weekly. On Thursday Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law legislation that bans the sale or possession of child-like sex dolls after it unanimously passed the Florida Legislature.

SB 160, sponsored by state Sen. Lauren Book, D-Plantation, “prohibits a person from knowingly having in his or her possession, custody, or control an obscene, child-like sex doll.” State Rep. Michael Gottlieb, D-Plantation, filed a companion measure in the Florida House. . .

A legislative analysis found that many child-like sex dolls are imported from China, Japan and Hong Kong, the Associated Press reports. (Read more from “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Signs Bill Outlawing Child Sex Dolls” HERE)

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New Study Reveals More Dramatic Effects Marijuana Use Causes on Brain

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By Business Standard. New researches by Canadian neuroscientists have revealed that cannabis use affects the brain of adolescents and is linked to cognitive abnormalities, impairments in working memory, and inhibitory control.

The research was presented by neuroscientists Patricia Conrod, Steven Laviolette, Iris Balodis and Jibran Khokhar at the ’13th Annual Canadian Neuroscience Meeting’.

Dr Patricia Conrod, Universite de Montreal, studied the year-to-year changes in alcohol and cannabis use and cognitive function in a sample of adolescents consisting of five per cent of all students entering high school in 2012 and 2013.

The students were assessed annually for four years on alcohol and cannabis use, and their cognitive function was evaluated using computerised cognitive tests.

According to the study, cannabis use was linked to impairments in working memory and inhibitory control, which is required for self-control. Cannabis use was also linked to deficits in memory recall and perceptual reasoning. (Read more from “New Study Reveals More Dramatic Effects Marijuana Use Causes on Brain” HERE)

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Teenage Cannabis Use Linked to Memory Problems

By Newsweek. Teenagers who use cannabis could be at risk of developing problems with memory, scientists believe.

Researchers looked at 3,826 students attending schools in the Greater Montreal area of Canada. Every year from grade seven to grade 11, the team asked the participants whether they used drugs including cannabis and alcohol. They also tested their memory, visual reasoning skills and inhibition levels. On a 6-point scale marked from ranging from “never” to “every day,” participants answered how often they used a particular substance, and answered how many alcoholic drinks they’d have in one session.

Students who took part were reassured their answers would be anonymized, so they weren’t put off from answering honestly. Information like the participants’ socioeconomic status and sex was also collected.

Using cannabis was linked to issues with memory, inhibition control and reasoning. The same was not observed in those who used alcohol. The more often the students used drugs including cannabis, the lower their scores on the memory tests, reasoning and inhibition were, the authors found.

Past studies have linked alcohol and cannabis to issues with learning, decision making and thinking, and lower grades in adolescents and adults, the authors said. (Read more from “Teenage Cannabis Use Linked to Memory Problems” HERE)

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Trump Releases Health Plan Allowing Providers to Refuse Transgender Treatment

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By Slate. . .Trump’s HHS has been crafting this policy for years in an effort to exclude trans people from the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1557. That provision bars most health care providers and insurance companies from discriminating against patients on the basis of sex (among other things). It incorporates the definition of sex discrimination used in various civil rights laws, most notably Title IX, which applies to educational institutions. The Obama administration enacted a rule interpreting Section 1557 to protect transgender people, explaining that discrimination against a patient who transitions from one sex to another is, by definition, sex discrimination. But on the last day of 2016, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor issued a nationwide injunction blocking the rule, ruling that sex encompasses only “biological differences between males and females.” (Read more from “Trump Releases Health Plan Allowing Providers to Refuse Transgender Treatment” HERE)

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Trump Administration Rolls Back Health Care Protections for LGBTQ Patients

By Politico. The Trump administration today proposed to scrap an Obama-era policy that prohibited health care providers from discriminating against transgender patients, in its latest rollback of federal protections for transgender people. . .

HHS said it is repealing the Obama-era definition of sex protections in order to make its regulations “more consistent” with other agencies. The proposal, released on a Friday before holiday weekend, comes two days after the Department of Housing and Urban Developmentmoved to let federally funded homeless centers deny services to transgender people.

The Obama administration had issued a rule asserting that Obamacare’s nondiscrimination protections, Section 1557 of the law, covered gender identity. But a federal judge blocked those protections in 2016 following a lawsuit from religious groups. The Trump administration said it rewrote the rule in response to the court ruling.

However, the Trump proposal eliminates similar nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ patients that weren’t blocked by the court. The proposal also reaffirms the rights of health care workers to deny care based on a religious or moral objection, strengthening rules issued earlier this month by Trump’s health department. (Read more from “Trump Administration Rolls Back Health Care Protections for LGBTQ Patients” HERE)

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50 Children Have Been Rescued After Officials Busted a Multinational Paedophile Ring

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By TIME. Nine people were arrested in Thailand, Australia and the U.S. and 50 children were rescued following an Interpol investigation into an international paedophile ring. . .

Operation Blackwrist began after Interpol spotted images showing 11 boys under the age of 13 on a website where users utilized encrypted software to hide their identities, according to the BBC.

According to an Interpol statement, weekly images of children being abused were being uploaded to the site, but it was difficult to track down the perpetrators as the children’s faces were generally hidden. (Read more from “50 Children Have Been Rescued After Officials Busted a Multinational Paedophile Ring” HERE)

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Fifty Children Saved as International Paedophile Ring Busted

By BBC News. The arrests were made in Thailand, Australia and the US and more are expected, Interpol said.

The investigation began in 2017 and focused on a hidden “dark web” site with 63,000 users worldwide.

Police believe 100 more children have suffered abuse and are working to identify them.

Operation Blackwrist was launched by Interpol after it detected images showing 11 boys aged under 13 being abused on a site where people can use encrypted software to maintain secrecy. . .

The first arrests came last year, when the site’s main administrator, Montri Salangam, was detained in Thailand, and another administrator, Ruecha Tokputza, was caught in Australia. (Read more from “Fifty Children Saved as International Paedophile Ring Busted” HERE)

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Christians Prepared for a U.S. Civil War, Say Leaders

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Prominent figures on the Christian right in the US ranging from religious magazines to authors to elected politicians have warned that the fight over abortion rights could lead to a new civil war. . .

Republican lawmakers such as Ohio’s Candice Keller have openly speculated that the divide over abortion rights might lead to civil war. Last month, Keller drew explicit comparisons with the antebellum situation over slavery, telling the Guardian: “Whether this ever leads to a tragedy, like it did before with our civil war, I can’t say.”

Earlier this month, the Guardian revealed that the Washington state republican legislator Matt Shea had also speculated about civil war, and the “Balkanization” of America, predicting that Christians would retreat to “zones of freedom” such as the inland Pacific north-west, where Shea is campaigning for a new state to break away from Washington.

Asked on a podcast if the two halves of the country could remain together, Shea said: “I don’t think we can, again, because you have half that want to follow the Lord and righteousness and half that don’t, and I don’t know how that can stand.” . . .

In the past year, Charisma magazine, the leading media voice of Pentecostal and charismatic Christians, has run at least half a dozen articles contemplating the possibility of an imminent civil war in America. One recent article profiles pastor, broadcaster and author Michael L Brown, who blames a “coming civil war” on “militant abortionists”. (Read more from “Christians Prepared for a U.S. Civil War over Abortion” HERE)

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Watch: Gillette Has Managed to Come up with an Even More Ridiculous Ad Than Their Last

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After igniting controversy in January with a commercial urging men to push back against “toxic masculinity,” and more ads last month aimed at promoting body positivity, Gillette released a commercial last week showing a father teach his transgender son — Samson — how to shave. . .

“Growing up I was always trying to figure out what kind of man I want to become, and I’m still trying to figure out what kind that I want to become,” Samson says in the commercial. “I always knew I was different. I didn’t know that there was a term for the type of person that I was. I went into my transition just wanting to be happy.” . . .

After Gillette published the ad, Samson wrote on Facebook that he is “confident that this ad will encourage many of my trans siblings and fill them with the knowledge that our existence in this world can be filled with the love and support we deserve.” (Read more from “Watch: Gillette Has Managed to Come up with an Even More Ridiculous Ad Than Their Last” HERE)

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Pro-Life Dem: More African-American Babies ‘Die at the Hands of Abortionists’ Than Any Other Cause

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State Rep. Katrina Jackson (D-La.) laid out a strategy to convince her fellow Democrats to support life, in particular, pro-life crisis pregnancy centers, which Planned Parenthood slams as “fake clinics.” She said she came up with the cause at a conference Wednesday with the National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA). She suggested that turning abortion into a social justice issue should move Democrats toward supporting life, and she condemned the abortion of black babies as a “modern-day genocide,” rooted in historic racism and eugenics.”

“It’s time for us to change the conversation and start addressing issues besides abortion,” Jackson told PJ Media in an interview. “How my advocacy and that of others includes post-birth resources for the mother and her child, for indigent families — that truly is what resonates with Democrats throughout our nation.”

Democrats should be moved by “what NIFLA does outside of choosing life, how they work with the mother and the family after she chooses life,” the pro-life Democrat argued. NIFLA provides legal resources for pro-life pregnancy centers. These centers provide over $100 million in free or low-cost services to mothers and babies, including: pregnancy testing; medical services (ultrasounds, medical exams, prenatal care, STD testing and treatment, etc.); prenatal development and parenting education; material assistance; after abortion recovery support; referrals for medical care; and links to community and public health resources, among other things.

Yet one of the largest obstacles to Democrats seeing these pregnancy centers for what they are is — Planned Parenthood itself. The abortion lobbying industry has branded pregnancy centers “fake clinics” because they do not provide or refer women for abortions. In fact, California passed a law turning these pro-life clinics into “abortion referral agencies,” based on the claim that they are “fake clinics.” The Supreme Court struck down the California law because it violated the centers’ free speech, but Connecticut is considering a similar law now. (Read more from “Pro-Life Dem: More African-American Babies ‘Die at the Hands of Abortionists’ Than Any Other Cause” HERE)

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The Swamp Is Getting Desperate: Ex-GOP Congressman No One Ever Heard of Calls for Trump’s Impeachment

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Every attempt the Democrats have made at toppling Trump, from Russian collusion to Stormygate, has not only backfired but exploded into dumpster fires with jail sentences looming in the near future for the perpetrators of the failed coup. It’s fun to bet what The Swamp will try next. The creatures are at the end of their game plan when they trot out an old Republican, Tom Coleman (that no one has heard since 1993 when he got voted out of office in favor of a Democrat) to call for Trump’s impeachment. Yeah, that’ll work.

Partisan politics is what got us to this dangerous place — so dangerous, I believe, that the survival of our democracy is at risk.

Contemplate the possible behavioral problems of a Trump untethered from the law and who is frequently untethered from reality. Would we be surprised if he were to repeatedly brandish his get out of jail card while breaking, at will, democratic norms, presidential precedents and criminal statutes? Trump said early in his campaign that he “could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose any voters, OK?” Are we now at that point?

It’s always fun when they start hallucinating. This guy actually thinks Trump is going to try and shoot someone! And what does he base this analysis on? The Muller “nothingburger” report. You know, the report that said there was no collusion and no obstruction…that one. “There is a trove of evidence in the Mueller report indicating Trump has committed multiple impeachable offenses, including abuse of power and lying to the American public,” exclaims Coleman in the Kansas City Star. . .

There is a serious mental health crisis in America. Ex-congresscritter Coleman appears to be suffering some kind of public mental break from reality. Someone needs to get this man some help. We are here for you, sir. No one is trying to hurt you. Just put the white coat on and everything will be fine. (Read more from “The Swamp Is Getting Desperate: Ex-GOP Congressman No One Ever Heard of Calls for Trump’s Impeachment” HERE)

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