Planned Parenthood launches $45 million campaign for 2020: ‘Matter of life and death’ Planned Parenthood launches $45 million campaign for 2020: ‘Matter of life and death’
The political fundraising arm of the nation’s largest abortion provider will spend $45 million in the 2020 elections as it pushes back against what many conservatives are calling the most pro-life administration in history. Planned Parenthood’s Super PAC, Planned Parenthood Votes, has launched an effort called “We Decided 2020” to oppose “anti-abortion politicians” who the […]
Democrats want to block a law that would ban sex change operations for children in Florida
Meanwhile, Jon Harris Maurer, a policy director with Equality Florida, an LGBTQ activist group, described Sabatini’s bill and its Senate version as “a clear attack on some of our state’s most vulnerable youth.” Children with gender identity issues are certainly vulnerable, but not in the way Harris suggests. Florida State Rep. Anthony Sabatini (R-Lakeland) was […]
LGBTQ+ campaigners want Franklin Graham’s UK tour cancelled
LGBTQ+ activists in Sheffield are trying to have Franklin Graham’s upcoming UK tour cancelled. The eight-date tour gets underway in Glasgow on May 30 and will visit cities across mainly England, with one stop in Wales, before wrapping up at the 02 Arena in London on October 4. Graham, an outspoken critic of same-sex marriage […]
Trump reportedly to make final decision this week when to release ‘Deal of the Century’
President Donald Trump will decide this week whether his administration will release the much-awaited Middle East peace plan before Israel’s March 2nd Knesset election, or whether the administration will wait until after Israel’s third election in less than a year, Channel 13 reported Sunday night. According to both Israeli and American officials, the president has […]
Internet of Things predictions for 2020
The Internet of Things (IoT) has truly become a worldwide phenomenon, with Gartner predicting that the enterprise and automotive IoT markets will grow to 5.8 billion endpoints in 2020 – a 21 per cent increase from 2019. IoT has paved the way for smarter technologies, and will only continue to proliferate with the drive to connect […]
King Abdullah: Annexation talk absence of gov’t harms Israel-Jordan ties
Jordan’s King Abdullah II ibn Al Hussein spoke with France24 this week about the West Bank annexation and US President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century.” Israeli annexation plans and its absence of a government are harming Jordan’s relations with the Jewish state, King Abdullah told France 24 in an interview published on Monday. Regarding […]
UN strips Lebanon, Yemen of voting privileges
Lebanon has expressed its “regrets” over the United Nations’ decision to strip it of its voting privileges in the General Assembly, as a consequence of the country failing to pay its dues. The UN’s decision on Friday targeted seven countries altogether – Lebanon, Yemen, Venezuela, Central African Republic, Gambia, Lesotho and Tonga – for not paying […]
Former Pope Benedict breaks silence on celibacy debate after synod
Massimo Faggioli, a theologian at Villanova University in the United States, called it “a serious breach” by the former pope, who vowed “unconditional reverence and obedience” to his successor. Former Pope Benedict, in a new book written with a conservative cardinal, defends priestly celibacy in the Catholic Church in what appears to be a strategically […]