TUESDAY, MARCH 20 |
ILLINOIS ELECTION TODAY Republicans in Illinois might just fire their governor in their own party primary. Gov. Bruce Rauner last year signed into law a bill forcing taxpayers to pay for abortions. Pro-life Jeanne Ives is within striking distance. READ |
DEMS ATTACK HYDE AMENDMENT There is broad bipartisan agreement to provide some aid in order to stabilize heath care insurance. But Democrats are trying to launch an attack on the pro-life Hyde Amendment in the bill. Republicans charge that Democrats are just using that fight as an excuse and that they want the bill to fail so they can blame rising Obamacare premiums on the Republicans. READ |
SUPREME COURT TODAY Justices at the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case with major implications. At issue: Can the state compel an organization to proclaim a message that is the antithesis of everything it believes? Under review is California’s law requiring crisis pregnancy centers to provide information on abortion. READ |
WORRIES OVER ‘DEEP STATE’ 72% of Republicans believe the “deep state” probably exists. Among Democrats? It’s also 72%. The Monmouth Poll defined the deep state as “a group of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy.” READ |
DIGITAL SUPREMACY Liberals are vowing to alter social media so that it can’t be used again for political victories like Brexit or Trump’s 2016 presidential run. “You can see the dynamic in the way that the media generates a moral panic out of stories about how Brexit and the Trump election happened,” writes Michael Dougherty. READ |
PRO-LIFE MISSISSIPPI Gov. Phil Bryant signed a bill to protect unborn children at 15 weeks. “As I have repeatedly said, I want Mississippi to be the safest place in American for an unborn child,” said Gov. Bryant. READ |
PRO-LIFE ANSWERS Here’s what a man should say when told to ‘shut up’ about abortion. READ |
ACTRESS RUNS FOR GOVERNOR Former “Sex and the City” star Cynthia Nixon is running for governor of New York. Nixon is openly gay and very liberal. She will be challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary this September. READ |
TURKEY IS NOT OUR FRIEND Christians continue to suffer as Turkish President Erdogan expands his power. READ |
SAINT OF THE DAY Well aware of a person’s need to be in right relationship with God and others, Saint Salvator of Horta encouraged people seeking healing to go to confession and to receive Holy Communion. Good advice for all. READ |
DAILY MASS READINGS “O Lord, hear my prayer, and let my cry come to you.” (Ps 102:2) READ |
FAITH Keeping the faith alive on the most remote parish on the planet. READ |