Merriam-Webster Lists ‘Sexual Preference’ as ‘Offensive’ after Amy Coney Barrett Spat

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Merriam-Webster dictionary has changed “sexual preference” to be an “offensive” term — after Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett was accused of being “anti-LGBTQ” for saying it.

Barrett was attacked Tuesday by Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), who claimed the respected judge deliberately used the term during her confirmation hearing. . .

By that night, under its general listing for “preference,” Merriam-Webster had added an “offensive” warning before the part listing “sexual preference.”

“The term preference as used to refer to sexual orientation is widely considered offensive in its implied suggestion that a person can choose who they are sexually or romantically attracted to,” the dictionary added in extra guidance on usage.

The dictionary confirmed the change was made because of the Senate hearing spat. (Read more from “Merriam-Webster Lists ‘Sexual Preference’ as ‘Offensive’ after Amy Coney Barrett Spat” HERE)

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Facebook Censors Ad Slamming Biden and Harris Over Abortion Extremism

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On Friday, Facebook prevented the pro-life group Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List from running ads in swing states slamming Democratic nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, for their extreme pro-abortion stances. Facebook cited a fact-check from The Dispatch, Steve Hayes’ outlet, but The Dispatch later withdrew the fact-check and issued an apology. As of Friday afternoon, Facebook has kept up the “partly false information” flag despite The Dispatch’s apology. . .

Facebook claimed that ads “must not include claims debunked by third-party fact checkers or, in certain circumstances, claims debunked by organizations with particular expertise. Advertisers that repeatedly post misinformation may have permanent restrictions placed on their ability to advertise on Facebook.” . . .

“Our ad makes the same factual argument Vice President Pence made about the Biden-Harris record in support of late-term abortions during the vice presidential debate, an argument Kamala Harris didn’t bother refuting herself,” the SBA List president explained. “Our argument is also backed by the Democratic Party platform, which flatly calls for no limits on abortion.”

Dannenfelser noted that Facebook shut down similar pro-life ads from SBA List in 2018, but the company later apologized. “Now they have outsourced their censorship to the anti-Trump press, continually waging a suppression campaign specifically targeting pro-life conservative voices. We refuse to be silenced.” (Read more from “Facebook Censors Ad Slamming Biden and Harris Over Abortion Extremism” HERE)

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1.9M Years of Life Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic

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A new study suggests that 1.9 million life years have been lost from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Health Care Cost Institute estimated the excess years of lost life, a measure of premature mortality, from April to August 2020 in the United States. The study accounts for excess years of life lost from all causes and not just COVID-19. However, years of lost life are 13% above the historical average during that period, suggesting that COVID-19 played an outsized role.

The bulk of years of lost life came from people age 65 and older, who accounted for about 52%. Those ages 45-64 accounted for 17%, and those 20-44 accounted for 29%. (Read more from “1.9h Years of Life Lost in COVID-19 Pandemic” HERE)

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Biden Proudly Supports Transgender Treatments for Children

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Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday eight-year-old children should be allowed to decide if they are transgender, but, the Democrat presidential nominee has waded into an area that many pediatricians and researchers say is fraught with danger for young children and can lead to sterility.

“The idea that an eight-year-old child, a ten-year-old child, decides, you know, ‘I want to be transgender. That’s what I think I’d like to be. It’d make my life a lot easier’ — there should be zero discrimination,” Biden said during an ABC town hall event to a woman who identified herself as the mother of an eight-year-old “transgender daughter.” . . .

The American College of Pediatricians reported that experts on both sides of the issue agree “80 percent to 95 percent” of children with a diagnosis of gender dysphoria “accepted their biological sex by late adolescence.”

“This worldview began to shift, however, as adult transgender activists increasingly promoted the ‘feminine essence’ narrative to secure social acceptance,” the pediatricians added.

Despite both the data affirming the high percentage of children who naturally grow out of gender confusion and the clear science of biology, the College observed “there are now 40 gender clinics across the United States that promote the use of pubertal suppression and cross-sex hormones in children.” (Read more from “Biden Proudly Supports Transgender Treatments for Children” HERE)

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Boy Dares to Speak up for President Trump in Class. Teacher Asks Student Why He Supports ‘a Racist and a Pedophile.’ Bad Idea.

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By The Blaze. . .The subject was the debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden — and 12-year-old Jackson Cody said he became a fast target not only of other students, but also the teacher. . .

“The teacher asked, ‘Who supports Donald Trump?'” Jackson recalled to WHDH-TV. “And I was the only one to raise my hand.”

He noted to WBZ that “a few kids were going to raise their hands, but then they heard the teacher say to me, ‘Oh Mr. Jackson, I thought I liked you.'”

“Then she asked why I support a racist and a pedophile,” he noted to WHDH. . .

Once Jackson’s family found out what went down in his class, they fought back. (Read more from “Boy Dares to Speak up for President Trump in Class. Teacher Asks Student Why He Supports ‘a Racist and a Pedophile.’ Bad Idea.” HERE)

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Gloucester Student Said Teacher Criticized Him for Supporting President Trump

By CBS News 4. Jackson Cody of Gloucester is in many ways a typical 12-year-old; he loves sports and is also passionate about politics.

“I just feel like our country wasn’t in a great place. I just wanted to learn more about Donald Trump because it seemed like he was making our country rise again and become America again,” the 7th grader said. . .

The family contacted a First Amendment rights attorney, and asked the school for an apology.

“We tell them to stand up for yourself and don’t be afraid to speak your opinion. Their opinions are theirs, they’re not our opinions. They’re very well read children. They like to educate themselves on their own topics. Unfortunately they do disagree with us very often,” Jackson’s father, Jay Cody added.

The teacher did apologize, and the O’Maley Middle School is facilitating some training for staff. The Codys are content this has started some important conversations at home and in school. (Read more from “Gloucester Student Said Teacher Criticized Him for Supporting President Trump” HERE)

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Report: Epidemic of Muslims Kidnapping, Raping Christian Girls

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The Christian parents of a 6-year-old girl in Pakistan who was beaten and raped by a Muslim have been threatened by local imams with the rape of their other daughters and with financial ruin if they proceed with a legal case, according to the advocacy group British Pakistani Christians,

It’s one of many such cases cited in a report highlighted by Raymond Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the Gatestone Institute, the David Horowitz Freedom Center and the Middle East Forum.

He points out that studies from as recently as 2019 show “around 1,000 girls from (Christian and other) religious minorities are forcibly converted to Islam every year. The numbers might [even] be higher as many cases are not even reported.”

The typical pattern is a Muslim kidnaps a young Christian girl, assaults and rape her. Then when confronted, the perpetrator produces a coerced or forged statement from the girl declaring she “converted” to Islam and “married” her attacker. Sometimes the girls are killed.

One human rights activist cited in the British Pakistani Christians report said that in “any other nation the perpetrators would be arrested, convicted for murder and sentenced for a long term.” (Read more from “Report: Epidemic of Muslims Kidnapping, Raping Christian Girls” HERE)

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Kamala Harris Ruthlessly Prosecuted Pro-Life Whistleblower for Reporting on Planned Parenthood Body Parts Trade

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The pro-life Center for Medical Progress (CMP) released a new video today, explaining how Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, as California Attorney General, colluded with Planned Parenthood to weaponize California’s video recording law. Harris attempted to punish CMP’s undercover reporting on Planned Parenthood’s fetal tissue harvesting and research programs.

The six-minute video features CMP founder and president David Daleiden, who developed and orchestrated the organization’s 30-month-long undercover study of Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry’s participation in the illegal sale of body parts from aborted fetuses, describing how at the behest of Planned Parenthood, Kamala Harris had California Department of Justice agents raid his home to try to stop him from publishing undercover reports.

Daleiden says in the new video, “I’m not the first person to ever record undercover video in California.” The video shows examples of local TV news journalists and activists recording and publishing undercover video reports in the state. “Yet somehow, I have become the first person to ever have the California video recording law enforced against me for news gathering,” Daleiden continues. . .

“It’s pretty obvious that the reason that I alone was targeted by Kamala Harris was because I dared to criticize Planned Parenthood and the abortion industry. What Kamala Harris did isn’t treating people fairly or equally under the video recording law,” notes Daleiden in the video. (Read more from “Kamala Harris Ruthlessly Prosecuted Pro-Life Whistleblower for Reporting on Planned Parenthood Body Parts Trade” HERE)

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Planned Parenthood Audit Reveals Black Employees Encounter Numerous Instances of Racism

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Dozens of employees for Planned Parenthood are saying they encountered continued instances of racism within the national wing of the organization.

The organization commissioned the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance group to conduct an internal audit, which was based on interviews with 64 current and 12 former black employees. The abortion provider’s president, who is black, warned that a “reckoning” over racism is headed toward Planned Parenthood when discussing the results of the audit last week.

“The urgency of this moment, the urgency of the reckoning that we’ve all known was coming … the deep urgency of what we need to do inside of [Planned Parenthood], stepping into leadership in this moment, I have never felt more urgent, and I’ve never actually felt more free,” Planned Parenthood President Alexis McGill Johnson said. “And I want that feeling of freedom to give us all the covers to do the work that we need to do.”

BuzzFeed News reported that dozens of black employees reported instances of racism and “anti-Blackness” when working with white coworkers. Planned Parenthood’s human resources department, however, delivered “no meaningful consequence or accountability for racial harm.”

“I imagine that little of it will be surprising to you that the collective experience of Black staff at Planned Parenthood is as heavy as it is,” Autumn Brown, an AORTA staff member who presented the findings, said. “What we were looking for was to understand … what is the collective experience of being Black at Planned Parenthood? Because regardless of the individual facts of the individual incidences, if we have enough incidences that look like X, we know that that means Y.” (Read more from “Planned Parenthood Audit Reveals Black Employees Encounter Numerous Instances of Racism” HERE)

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Quick-Thinking Cop Saves Baby Who Was Choking and ‘Turning Blue’

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A quick-thinking New Jersey cop saved a 5-week-old baby boy who was choking and “turning blue.”

The mother attempted CPR on the newborn to no avail, while the father called 911.

Secaucus Police Officer Mikhail Kowlessar arrived and quickly did some back slaps that got the baby to spit up some clear liquid and start breathing again.

Police Chief Dennis Miller praised Kowlessar, who has been on the force since 2018.

“Police Officer Kowlessar utilized his training and performed flawlessly, which undoubtedly saved this infant’s life. I am extremely proud of him,” the chief said. (Read more from “Quick-Thinking Cop Saves Baby Who Was Choking and ‘Turning Blue'” HERE)

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School District Requests ‘Anti-Racist Audit’ to Help Students ‘Resist Systems of Oppression’

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Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools district is requesting a “systemwide anti-racist audit” to determine whether it is doing enough to help students “resist systems of oppression.”

According to a “request for proposal” document obtained by the Washington Free Beacon, the school district is looking for a consultant “with deep knowledge and expertise in … racial equity” to examine the school district’s culture, hiring practices, and pre-K-12 curriculum. The document requests that consultants investigate whether the district’s curriculum “strengthens students’ sense of racial, ethnic, and tribal identities, helps students understand and resist systems of oppression, and empower students to see themselves as change agents.” It also asks if the district is taking a sufficiently “proactive approach” to issues of implicit bias, even though the racial makeup of the district is majority minority.

Following the Black Lives Matter protests this summer, the school district said it would reevaluate its social studies curriculum to address systemic racism, “particularly for … younger students.” The school district already operates an “Equity Initiatives Unit,” which aims to counteract “bias … oppression, and inequity.” Marya Hay, a member of the unit, posted photos online of the “equity” training that staff undergo. One photo showed school district employees defining “whiteness” as “a systemic, racial, social construct backed by no scientific evidence, created to benefit white people by unequally distributing power and privilege through society’s norms, traditions, and institutions.” (Read more from “School District Requests ‘Anti-Racist Audit’ to Help Students ‘Resist Systems of Oppression’” HERE)

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