The White House Friday rebuffed questions about the cost of Michelle Obama’s trip with her mother and daughters to Italy and England next week and also wouldn’t provide the agenda for Sasha and Malia or Obama’s mother, Marian Robinson . . .
According to the White House, the four are taking their summer vacation to England and Italy to address issues including kid health and education . . .
Costs of the first families 39 lavish vacations have come under fire and a reporter Friday asked about the money involved and the agenda of the first lady’s family. She hit a stone wall.
Q — Hi. Thank you. I know a lot of times when the First Lady does these trips a lot of media outlets try to estimate the cost of the trip, and I know that the White House is usually reluctant to give a price. But a lot of times those estimates can be very high, and I think a lot of times they get that from just estimating the costs of staying in some of these places. Is there anything you can do to talk about cost and maybe whether or not those estimates are on base? I mean, is the First Lady and her mother and daughters, and everyone who goes along with her, are they paying the full price to stay at all of these hotels? Or is there anything you can give us on what a cost of a trip like this may be?
MS. TCHEN: Actually, Julie, I don’t have anything I can give you on that.
(Read more from “White House Refuses to Disclose Cost for Michelle’s Italy, London Trip” HERE)
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A Christian group called American Renewal Project will host a major prayer meeting this Saturday at the North Charleston Coliseum to “pray and fast for America.” The six-hour event, which is being billed as “The Response SC,” will feature South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal as two of the day’s speakers.
A press release for the event states that the biblical response to a nation in crisis is “to gather in humility and repentance and ask God to intervene.” It describes the meeting as “a historic gathering of people from across the nation to pray and fast for America” that hopes to draw some 10,000 people to “worship God, seek repentance and pray for reconciliation, reformation and revival.”
The encounter, which will be live-streamed by Breitbart News, is being billed as an inter-faith meeting to pray “for those in need, for life, for strong families and just laws.”
Though some have suggested that Jindal will be using the occasion for “stumping,” organizers have insisted on the strictly spiritual nature of the meeting. Doug Stringer, a Houston minister who is helping to organize The Response SC, said the event will include music from three worship teams, but “no egos and no logos.”
Similarly, David Lane, president and founder of the American Renewal Project, said the meeting would focus on fasting and prayer to Jesus and would be non-commercial and non-political. (Read more from “Bobby Jindal to Attend Massive Prayer Rally for a ‘Nation in Crisis'” HERE)
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By Josh Hedtke. “America is the land of opportunity,” “There is only one race, the human race” and “I believe the most qualified person should get the job” are among a long list of alleged microaggressions faculty leaders of the University of California system have been instructed not to say.
These so-called microaggressions – considered examples of subconscious racism – were presented at faculty leader training sessions held throughout the 2014-15 school year at nine of the 10 UC campuses. The sessions, an initiative of UC President Janet Napolitano, aim to teach how to avoid offending students and peers, as well as how to hire a more diverse faculty.
At the gatherings, deans and department chairs across the UC system have been instructed to be careful using (read: instructed not to use) phrases such as “America is the land of opportunity” or even use forms that provide only “male” and “female” check boxes, among a long litany of supposed microaggressions listed in a document underlying the “Faculty Leadership Seminars.”
The document has drawn little scrutiny until now, when a professor in the UC system pointed it out to The College Fix. The professor chose not to attend the seminars, but myriad materials on the UC Office of the President (UCOP) website give indication as to what sort of lessons were taught there . . .
In another handout, “Tool for Identifying Implicit Bias,” faculty are advised when dealing with a student or researcher that they are particularly impressed with not to express approval with compliments like “It’s clear he’s a rockstar.” The handout also describes “raising the bar” as “elitist.” (Read more from “College Professors Instructed to Tell Students: ‘America Is Not the Land of Opportunity'” HERE)
Michelle Obama’s Speeches to Grads Major in Racial Resentment, Identity Politics
By Nicole Haas. Michelle Obama just can’t stop widening the wedge between a divided America, and has found a captive audience for the mission.
The first lady continues to treat 2015 graduates to commencement speeches featuring racial resentment and identity politics, this time depressing young grads near her home in Chicago’s South Side.
“Wherever you go next, wherever you go, you all encounter people who doubt your very existence—folks who believe that hardworking families with strong values don’t exist on the South Side of Chicago, or in Detroit, or in El Paso, or in Indian Country, or in Appalachia,” she told the crowd at King College Prep High School on Tuesday.
“They don’t believe you are real,” she added to drive the point home.
It’s hardly the kind of inspiration one would think to blow under the wings of fledglings getting ready to fly the coop. (Read more from this story HERE)
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By Fox News. A new report by In Touch claims the Duggar family was being investigated as recently as May 27, and a 911 call regarding the Duggars was placed on that date by a Washington County Department of Human Services (DHS) worker because the DHS was allegedly being denied access to a minor in the family.
The call was supposedly just days after a May 19 report by In Touch revealed Josh Duggar had sexually abused five females – including four sisters — when he was 14 or 15 back in 2002 and 2003. Josh Duggar, his parents, and two of his sisters—Jessa Seewald and Jill Dillard—have since spoken openly about the abuse.
After the revelations about the Duggars hit the web, the Arkansas Department of Human Services reportedly launched a new investigation into the family made famous by the TV show “19 Kids and Counting.”
The latest issue of In Touch magazine contains a transcript of the 911 call that was allegedly made regarding the Duggar family. In [the] supposed printed transcript of the call, the caller identifies the home they are calling about by saying “Address is the Duggar family home.”
The alleged transcript states the caller said the following when asked for the reason for the call: “Well, we’re Washington County DHS office we’re out here to, we have an investigation, and I guess they’re not being cooperative. We have to see the child to make sure the child is all right. So we just need police assistance or escort.” (Read more from “DHS called 911 on Duggars, New Report Claims” HERE)
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Michelle Duggar Suggests Police Chief Who Leaked Report Had “Lesbian Agenda”
By Conservative Tribune. About a month ago, Springdale Police Chief Kathy O’Kelley provided media entities with a police report stating that, during his childhood, reality TV star Josh Duggar molested five girls, including four of his own sisters. . .
Michelle mumbled something during the interview [with Fox News] that sounded to many viewers like “lesbian agenda.” The Duggars are a very politically active conservative family who “have been very vocal in their disdain for gay, lesbian and trans people.”
[Jim Bob further explained:] “She was getting ready to retire and she said, ‘There’s a few things I want to do before I retire’. . .I think I was on the list.” (Read more from this story HERE)
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The “mom-of-the-year” involved in a brawl with a fellow shopper in a motorized chair inside an Indiana Walmart has spoken out.
And not only does the woman justify her actions, saying she was reacting to a racial comment the shopper made toward a store employee, but she defends the role of her 6-year-old son in the fight, The Blaze reported.
Appearing on the “Smiley Morning Show” on WZPL, in Greenfield, Ind., a person who identified herself as “Amber” claimed to be the mom seen in a video that has since gone viral, and said the incident all began when the other shopper used the n-word.
“(The woman) was sitting there yelling at an employee at Walmart, and she was telling her that she was a n***** and that she was going to get out of the chair and whoop her a**,” Amber said . . .
As for her son, who actually participated in the fight by kicking the other woman in the head and throwing shampoo bottles at her, Amber saw nothing wrong with his behavior. (Read more from “Walmart Brawling Mom Brags About 6-Year-Old Joining Violent Fight; Because RACISM!” HERE)
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Watch: Original Video of the Despicable Walmart Brawl
The Supreme Court is on the verge of making a decision that will change the way gay couples are perceived in the United States. It is poised to make a decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, a same-sex marriage case against a florist who refused her services to a couple wanting a floral arrangement for their wedding. The decision could come any day now.
This case has liberals and conservatives alike on the edge of their seats in anticipation. One person who has expressed concern over which way the court will lean is evangelist Franklin Graham.
As a popular Christian leader, Graham is using social media to voice his concerns over this landmark court case. On Friday, Graham posted a comment on Facebook, attacking the idea of doing business with establishments that promote or associate themselves with homosexual couples. He urged his followers to take up the cause and not frequent companies that “promote sin.”
The statement from Graham is causing a stir in the internet world. It has 92,936 likes, 9,611 comments, and has been shared 41,358 times. The reactions to Graham’s call to boycott businesses that promote gays are split. While some are applauding his effort to support businesses that are keeping their standards more in line with Christian values, others are accusing him of being a bigot and a false prophet. (Read more from “Franklin Graham Facing MAJOR Backlash After Urging Boycott for Businesses Promoting Homosexual Sin” HERE)
We are constantly bombarded with liberals claiming that women are furious with Republicans for, as liberals claim, denying women birth control and their right to an abortion.
Progressives, especially those running for public office on the Democrats’ side, have told us repeatedly that women want abortions and free birth control. Period. To not accept that, means that you have declared “war on women.”
New information, however, proves women don’t always want what Democrats tell us women want, especially when it comes to abortion.
Nevertheless, Democrats will disregard this information and continue their attempts in the upcoming election to convince Americans that Republicans “hate” women, as the reoccurring theme of war on women is likely to rear its ugly head once again.
In 2012, Republicans came under fire after Virginia pushed for a measure which would require all women requesting an abortion to first undergo a transvaginal ultrasound, which women’s health advocates deemed “state-sponsored rape.” Other states, require noninvasive ultrasounds prior to obtaining an abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice America, a group that is made up of pro-choice women and men who lobby Congress to persuade elected officials to support the right to choose, considers these measures, typically authored by Republicans, as a way to force women to have an unwanted, unnecessary medical procedure which hinders their choice to receive an abortion.
Many presidential candidates forego any discussion on the abortion issue because they deem it an unpopular subject.
President Ronald Reagan may be the last Republican president to campaign on the issue of abortion as he did in 1980, following the Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973.
It is predicted that Democratic presidential candidates in 2016 will not abandon the “war on women” scheme but will expand their message to also include economic issues faced by women and families.
Prepare yourselves to hear lies about how women have found it difficult to obtain abortions because of Republican interference and that Republicans have created the “financial struggles” that women endure by paying them less than men.
It won’t matter to Democratic candidates that they have done what they are accusing Republicans of doing, as Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proved when she paid women less than males during the time she was in the U.S. Senate.
“Too many women still earn less than men on the job. Women of color often make even less,” Clinton recently said during a campaign speech in North Carolina. Hypocritical indeed but it appears lost on Clinton.
Combine the new economic message with a pro-women agenda blaming it all on the GOP and Democrats just might have a “winning ticket.” Or will they?
The tide may be shifting, especially when it comes to the issue of abortion. The Democrats may be losing their grip on being able to use this as a campaign weapon against Republican presidential candidates.
Sometimes, even the slightest shift in a trend can bring enormous hope. Progressives may be less likely to sway the American public this time that women only want abortions and do not seek alternatives.
According to a recent Associated Press survey, abortions are on the decline.
Even in states where new laws make it more difficult to receive an abortion on demand, abortions have continued to drop since 2010. Nationwide, the rate of abortions has decreased by about 12 percent since 2010.
States that have been outspoken when it comes to passing anti-abortion laws have also seen abortion numbers drop by more than 15 percent since 2010.
More liberal states such as New York, Washington and Oregon have also witnessed similar declines in abortions, even though they have unrestricted access to abortion.
Hawaii had the largest percentage decline in abortions where abortions fell from 3,064 in 2010 to 2,147 in 2014.
In addition, it should be noted that five of the six states with the biggest declines have not passed recent laws to restrict abortion clinics or providers.
Explanations vary as to what has caused the decline.
Abortion-rights advocates attribute the decrease to expanded access to effective contraceptives while pro-life advocates say that there has been a shift in societal attitudes, with more women choosing to carry a fetus to full-term.
“There’s an entire generation of women who saw a sonogram as their first baby picture,” said Americans United for Life president Charmaine Yoest. “There’s an increased awareness of the humanity of the baby before it is born,” she said as the explanation for the change in attitude among women.
The data shows that women aren’t in lockstep with the Democrats’ agenda and that may be good news for Republicans.
Now the question is what will Republicans do with this information as they head into the 2016 campaign as likely targets for the Democrats’ “war on women” crusade and the cause of women’s economic woes?
Will Republicans play into the Democratic falsehood that all women pursue abortions and once again fail to take a stance on abortion that is reflective of the viewpoint of the American people?
Will they challenge Clinton’s hypocrisy in paying her female employees less while pointing the finger at Republicans for unequal pay?
It currently seems that Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker is not concerned with Democratic tactics on the issue of abortion.
Walker indicated recently that he would sign a 20-week abortion bill without rape or incest exceptions. Many see this as a risky hardline to take that may assist Democrats in using Walker’s actions to prove that Republicans are continuing their “war on women.”
The news regarding a decline in abortions is good news for those who may have been losing hope and feeling that America had truly lost its way. Many feared that the number of abortions would only increase over time and they had given up believing that the trend could ever be reversed.
Many also believe that the Republican Party has lost its way and that there is no hope. They see many Republican as those who don’t push back against the Democratic lies and have long since stopped listening to the voice of the American public, for the most part.
Should we be optimistic that Republican presidential candidates will be able to prove naysayers wrong this election by standing up for their beliefs and by returning to a time when the voice of America was actually heard?
The Republican presidential candidates have a wonderful opportunity to use the facts about the decline in abortion to defeat the Democrats’ lie regarding “war on women” and they have facts to show Clinton paid women less than the men she employed while Secretary of State.
Whether the Republican presidential candidates are up for the task, however, remains to be seen.
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The future of “19 Kids and Counting,” TLC’s long-running faith- and family-friendly reality show, remains undecided more than two weeks after it was revealed that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar’s son, Josh, molested several of his younger sisters when he was 15-years-old.
In an interview last week with Fox News’ Megyn Kelly, Jim Bob and Michelle defended their handling of the situation a dozen years ago and seemed nonchalant about their future.
“We are fine whether they film us or not,” Jim Bob said. Michelle added that they are “at peace,” regardless of the show’s future.
During Friday’s interview daughter Jessa Duggar played mum on whether the show would continue, simply saying that “life goes on, really. We’re not a TV family; we’re a family who just happened to be on TV.”
The key to keeping the Duggars on TV, of course, is advertising money. While many major advertisers have pulled away from the show itself – from Virgin Mobile to Geico to State Farm – it doesn’t mean they will pull away from the network altogether. (Read more from “What’s Next for the Duggar Family?” HERE)
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By Alex Stedman. It looks like Spike TV didn’t find Clint Eastwood’s joke about Bruce Jenner during the Guys’ Choice Awards taping on Saturday very funny . . .
During the taping, while presenting “San Andreas” star Dwayne Johnson with a special award, Eastwood compared Johnson to other athletes-turned-actors like “Jim Brown and Caitlyn Somebody.”
Bruce Jenner made his debut as a ‘woman’ on the cover of Vanity Fair last week. The gold-medal Olympian’s transition from male to female will also be featured in an upcoming E! docu-series, “I Am Cait.”
The situation isn’t too different than a controversy that involved the Comedy Central Roast of Justin Bieber in March. Several jokes about the late Paul Walker were made during the taping while Walker’s “Furious 7″ co-star Ludacris was on the stage, and Comedy Central cut them out of the official broadcast that aired in late March. (Read more from “Spike to Cut Clint Eastwood’s Caitlyn Jenner Joke From Guys’ Choice Awards Telecast” HERE)
More on Eastwood’s Jenner Joke at Guys’ Choice Awards
By Fox News. Spike TV will cut out a joke Clint Eastwood cracked about Caitlyn Jenner at an award show on the network over the weekend, a rep for the network told USA Today.
The “American Sniper” director reportedly made the joke when introducing Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson at the 2015 Guys’ Choice Awards Saturday night. He compared Johnson to former athletes who turn to acting like “Jim Brown and Caitlyn Somebody…” (Read more from this story HERE)
In the last couple of weeks one of cable television’s most popular shows have featured a smorgasbord of shocking violence.
Heiress to Winterfell Lady Sansa Stark is brutally raped on her wedding night.
Preteen Princess Shireen is lashed to a stake and burned alive — by her father, Stannis Baratheon.
Highlander Jamie Fraser is viciously tortured and then raped by Captain “Black” Jack Randall.
The outcry from each fictionalized incident was as predictable as it was pathetic.
Not because the depictions weren’t shocking and cruel: they were.
Where is the anger for the very real, very depraved actions that are occurring not in some mythical setting but on our planet, now?
In today’s Middle East, crimes against humanity are occurring on a daily basis with nary a murmur from Hollywood, the Democrat establishment, the feminists, the progressive movement, or their millions of sycophants.
The left may be capable of marshalling a Twitter campaign in a show of short-lived, faux outrage (remember last year’s #BringBackOurGirls?), but when it comes to real action they are AWOL.
So the faux outrage over Hollywood’s treatment of Sansa Stark and company rings hollow.
Truth is indeed stranger than fiction.
And for the left, fiction is more real than truth. (See “The Important Message Sent by the Depraved Crimes Depicted in Game of Thrones and Outlander”, originally posted HERE)
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