Tag Archives: Jeff Merkley
U.S. Senate Pushing Lame-Duck Cannabis Legislation
The looming threat of a Republican-led U.S. has sparked a movement among U.S. Senators from both sides of the aisle. Pro-pot federal lawmakers are currently pushing to get two pieces of cannabis banking legislation passed before year-end: the SAFE act and the HOPE act.
Posted in Drugs/Alcohol/Addictions, Federal
Tagged Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Chuck Schumer, David Joyce, H.L. Mencken, Jeff Merkley, SAFE Banking Act, Sherrod Brown, Steve Daines, The HOPE Act
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Elizabeth Warren Wants to Ban All Crisis Pregnancy Centers
U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Bob Menendez (D-NJ) are pushing legislation that they have titled, "The Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act." The bill directs the Federal Trade Commission to issue rules prohibiting a “person from advertising with the use of misleading statements related to the provision of abortion services.” It also gives the FTC power to issue hefty fines and sue pregnancy resource centers — also known as crisis pregnancy centers — in court.
Posted in Sanctity of Life
Tagged Amy Klobuchar, Bernie Sanders, Bob Menendez, Brian Schatz, Cory Booker, crisis pregnancy centers, Diane Feinstein, Ed Markey, Elizabeth Warren, Jeff Merkley, Kirsten Gillibrand, Mark Warner, Mazie Hirono, Patty Murray, Richard Blumenthal, Ron Wyden, Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act, Tina Smith
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The Ideological Non-Sense and Hypocrisy of Leftists
One of the more grotesque demonstrations of leftist non-sense and hypocrisy was demonstrated a week ago following an episode of the wildly popular Disney show The Mandalorian when “Baby Yoda” eats the unfertilized eggs of a Frog Woman who is transporting her eggs to her husband so he can fertilize them thereby preventing their species’ imminent extinction. Fans of Baby Yoda freaked out, incensed at the lighthearted treatment of what they deemed genocide by the beloved Baby Yoda.
The moral incoherence and hypocrisy should be obvious. In the Upside Down where leftists live, when a human mother hires someone to …
Posted in Media Watch, Sanctity of Life, Sexuality
Tagged 2020 election, Abigail Shrier, Andrew Cuomo, Baby Yoda, Bernie Sanders, Brian Schatz, Chinese Communist Party, Chris Cuomo, Christine Whitmer, CNN, Cory Booker, COVID–19, Downs Syndrome, Edward Markey, Election 2020, Electoral College, Elizabeth Warren, Free Speech, Gavin Newsom, Harry Potter, Irreversible Damage, J.K. Rowling, Jeff Merkley, John Lewis, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, lock-downs, Lori Lightfoot, Maria Cantwell, Michael Bennet, Nancy Pelosi, Patty Murray, Sherrod Brown, Tammy Baldwin, Tammy Duckworth, The Mandalorian. Ron Wyden. Richard Blumenthal, U.S. Supreme Court, Wall Street Journal
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Should the Government Force Some Religious Americans to Violate Their Beliefs About Marriage?
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled in favor of gay marriage, a question arises: Should we protect the rights of Orthodox Jews, Roman Catholics, Evangelical Christians, Latter-Day Saints and Muslims who believe that marriage is a union of husband and wife? Two bills recently introduced in Congress show diverging answers. One seeks to promote tolerance and peaceful coexistence; the other adds fuel to a culture war by treating that traditional belief as racism.
Posted in Religious Liberty
Tagged Cory Booker, David Cicilline, Equality Act, First Amendment Defense Act, General Donald Verrilli, Human Rights Campaign, Jeff Merkley, Mark Oppenheimer, Samuel Alito, Tammy Baldwin
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