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The Restrainer
Britain’s House Of Lords Rejects Assisted Suicide Legislation
“[w]eakening the law would have put vulnerable people under pressure to end their lives for fear of being a financial, emotional or care burden on others.”
Israel & Middle East
Netanyahu Says It’s ‘Absurd’ Iran Nuclear Talks Ongoing After Erbil Attack
“The desperate rush to sign this flawed nuclear agreement with Iran is not only absurd, it’s downright dangerous,” Netanyahu statediran
Berean Review
Laurie: Why Understanding Bible Prophecy Is So Essential
“I don’t know why more people don’t want to talk about eschatology or end-times events because Bible prophecy is not given to scare us but to prepare us”
Israel & Middle East
Iran Reportedly Fires Multiple Ballistic Missiles At US Consulate In Iraq
“The message from Tehran to the Americans is: ‘Rein in the Israelis, or we will escalate against you.’ I fear the White House will indeed blame the Israelis and not Iran.”
Distress of Nations
Pentagon: North Korea Testing Intercontinental Missile System In ‘Serious Escalation’
“The United States government has concluded that these launches involved a new ICBM system that the DPRK is developing. This is a serious escalation by the DPRK.”
Children in the Crosshairs
‘Child Grooming Camp For Minors’: Sex-Ed Summer Camp In Indianapolis Aimed At 8-10 Year Olds
Backlash also ensues on social media in response to the camp: "Growing up, I'd go to Vacation Bible School each summer. Kids today get Vacation Grooming School.”
Corruption
UN Tells Staff Not To Refer To Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine As An ‘Invasion’ or ‘War’: REPORT
The UN instructed staff to refer to Russia’s invasion as a “conflict” or “military offensive.” It also reportedly told its staff not to add the Ukrainian flag to personal or professional social media accounts.
Religious Freedom
SCOTUS Agrees To Hear Colorado Case Over LGBT Discrimination & Freedom Of Speech
“Does the government have the power to force a creative professional to express a message that goes against their deepest convictions?”
Coronavirus
DNA Found In COVID Was Patented By Moderna 3 Years Before The Pandemic
Researchers say 'there is a one-in-three-trillion chance Moderna's sequence randomly appeared naturally’
Children in the Crosshairs
Fourteen States Sue Administration for Targeting Parents as ‘Domestic Terrorists’
The last couple years have marked a significant rise in parental concern over what’s happening in schools around the country.
Canadian News
Ohio Lawmakers Urge US to Put Canada on Religious Freedom ‘Watch List’ for Jailing Pastors
“I’m in prison because I’m unwilling to compromise my convictions before God and allow the state to dictate the manner of worship and fellowship in the church of the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Censorship
Leftists Demand Big Tech Preemptively Censor Trump’s Truth Social
“The campaign by the left and the mainstream media to censor and suppress other viewpoints is a shocking threat to democracy.”
Asia
Mike Pompeo On Taiwan Visit: ‘It Is Not Provocative To Demand Freedom’
"I think these days call for the simple reminder that it is not provocative to say that one demands freedom," he added warning that "those who desire to destroy freedom, to change human lives" will see silence as "their opportunity".
Coronavirus
Common Sense Justice: Judge Rules in Favor of Parent Who Doesn’t Want Her Kids Vaccinated
“How did we lower our guard and let the words ‘unacceptable beliefs’ get paired together? In a democracy?”
Canadian News
Proposed Canadian Law Would Penalize INTENT to Commit Online ‘Hate Speech’
The proposed law encourages Canadians to report people to the authorities for intent to post hate speech online, and allows courts to punish citizens for things they haven’t done yet
