Ben Williamson, David Harsanyi, Delegate Nick Freitas, Danielle D’Souza Gill & Kimblyn Persaud on The Larry O’Connor Show 10.21.2020


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Fairfax County teachers’ union asks district to remain virtual for entire school year (WUSA 9)

A day after the Fairfax County Public Schools superintendent hosted a town hall detailing return to classroom plans, a teachers’ union sent a letter requesting the district remain 100% virtual for the rest of the school year.

The Fairfax Education Association said health data does not support in-person learning. [Read More]

The Choice: The Abortion Divide in America 1st Edition (Amazon)

For fifty years the abortion debate has remained stagnant, trapped in sterile categories and familiar rhetoric. Each side thinks they know what the other has to say, so they don’t listen. Consequently, they have become deaf to each other’s pleas.

Danielle D’Souza Gill, in a pathbreaking new book, blows the lid off the abortion debate, which is radically different than it was when the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling of Roe v. Wade in 1973. Technology has transformed the landscape and allowed people to see development in the womb. Ultrasound has rendered many old assumptions about abortion obsolete.

The Democratic Left has become radicalized on abortion. It is no longer a necessary evil, but a positive good. Consequently, the Left has legitimized a form of mass killing in this country that dwarfs the deaths caused by cancer, smoking, homicide, terrorism, and war. [Read More]

Highlights from virtual Seventh District debate (CBS 19 News)

The two candidates running for the Seventh Congressional District seat in the U.S. House took part in a virtual debate Tuesday night.

Incumbent Representative Abigail Spanberger (D) is currently seeking her second term, and her challenger state Delegate Nick Freitas (R) looks to move to the U.S. Capitol after having been a Virginia lawmaker for five years.

To begin the debate, moderator Robert Costa of the Washington Post asked the candidates whether or not they think a coronavirus stimulus package is necessary, as President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi currently negotiate a nearly $2 trillion economic stimulus package. [Read More]

Meadows forecasts lawsuits against social media companies over bias claims (Politico)

White House chief of staff Mark Meadows on Monday appeared to warn that the Trump administration would bring “additional lawsuits” against social media companies for attempting to curb the spread of misinformation ahead of the presidential election.

In an interview on “Fox & Friends,” Meadows argued that the online platforms are biased against conservatives and invoked their efforts to stop the sharing of dubious claims about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter. [Read More]

 

 

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