When President Trump jumped down to Tuscaloosa to catch the Alabama-Louisiana State University game on Saturday, a smattering of protesters gathered. As they have done before, they brought along a giant balloon of the president wearing a diaper.
Hoyt Deau Hutchinson was apparently not happy. &#8220;He posted a Facebook video before the incident saying he was &#8216;going down here to make a scene &#8230; y’all watch the news. &#8230; I’m shaking I’m so mad right now. I’m fixin’ to pop this balloon. Stay tuned. It should be interesting,'&#8221; The <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7672453/Trump-supporters-raise-thousands-pay-legal-fees-man-burst-balloon-president.html">Daily Mail</a> reported.
Hutchison, 32, allegedly stabbed the balloon, cutting an eight-foot gash in the 20-foot balloon. He was arrested and charged with first-degree criminal mischief.
&#8220;Officers observed Hoyt Deau Hutchinson, age 32 of Tuscaloosa, AL, cut into the ‘Baby Trump’ balloon, and then attempted  to flee the area. Officers apprehended the suspect and took him into custody on a charge of Criminal Mischief First Degree. Hoyt was transported to Tuscaloosa County Jail where he was held on a $2,500 bond,&#8221; according to a statement from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, police.
Cue Trump supporters.
The MAGA brigade has already collected more than $38,000 on GoFundMe.
&#8220;Help raise money to pay legal fees and restitutions for Hoyt. He was charged with a felony criminal mischief after deflation of the disrespectful baby trump balloon. Hoyt made sure our beloved president didn’t have to see this disrespectful balloon on the streets of Ttown today!!&#8221; said <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/restitutions-for-baby-trump-stabber">one fundraising page</a> that claimed to be the official site for Hutchinson.
More than 1,700 people have donated so far.
The page said the money would be used to pay his legal fees, and &#8220;all proceeds not needed for legal fees will be donated to the Trump 2020 campaign to further support this great country.&#8221;
Another GoFundMe page, called &#8220;FREE HOYT,&#8221; raised more than $13,000 in just one day.
&#8220;Let’s help Hoyt with the financial fees that will come with the court process! I have personally been in touch with Hoyt everyday since Saturday and he has decided the money he doesn’t use for his court costs will be donated to the Republican Party,&#8221; the <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/free-hoyt?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1">page</a> says.
&#8220;Baby Trump&#8221; first hit the protest scene in London, when the president made an official state visit there, prompting protests. Since then, replicas have been flown at protests around the U.S.
&#8220;Robert Kennedy, a volunteer &#8216;baby sitter&#8217; who brought the balloon to Tuscaloosa, said the balloon immediately began to sag after it was cut,&#8221; reported The Mail.
&#8220;The day had been going mostly smoothly, Kennedy said. Some people yelled &#8216;Trump 2020&#8217; as they passed while others posed for selfies with the balloon. But then Kennedy said a man sidled up on the back of the balloon and attacked it with a knife. The suspect ran away but was caught by police officers, Kennedy said.&#8221;
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Kennedy said he&#8217;s accompanied &#8220;Baby Trump&#8221; to many appearances and never witnessed an attack on it, although someone did stab one of the balloons in London earlier this year.
&#8220;It is rare to get that kind of anger,&#8221; Kennedy said.
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But Hutchison is reportedly unapologetic, saying in another video after his release that he would &#8220;do it again given the opportunity,&#8221; <a href="https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/469816-people-raise-thousands-for-man-who-allegedly-stabbed-trump-baby">The Hill</a> reported.

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Eleven sitting United States senators wrote an open letter on Friday expressing their support for former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced only a day earlier that he was officially throwing his hat into the ring and running to regain the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama that he previously occupied.
&#8220;Each of us has served in the United States Senate with Jeff Sessions,&#8221; the letter read. &#8220;We have seen him work diligently in the public eye and behind closed doors, when things were both good and bad, under stress and in success.&#8221;
&#8220;We know Jeff&#8217;s character and his temperament. We know his commitment to his principles. We know he is a man of his word. And we know he is devoted to serving the people of Alabama,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;We believe Jeff Sessions has more to offer his country, and we believe the United States Senate will be better with his experience and leadership.&#8221;
The endorsement letter was signed by Sens. John Barrasso (R-WY), Roy Blunt (R-MO), John Boozman (R-AR), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Enzi (R-WY), Deb Fischer (R-NE), James Inhofe (R-OK), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Pat Roberts (R-KS), and Richard Shelby (R-AL), who represented Alabama with Sessions for two decades.
&#8220;Jeff Sessions is a good friend and a respected former colleague,&#8221; Shelby said. &#8220;I believe he is well-suited to return to his role as United States Senator for the state of Alabama, where I served with him for more than 20 years. He has my full support and endorsement.&#8221;
Sessions revealed on Thursday evening that he would be joining the crowded Alabama Republican primary field. Sessions held Alabama&#8217;s junior Senate seat for four terms before he was appointed to the role of attorney general under President Donald Trump. Trump and Sessions&#8217; relationship soured after the former AG recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump ultimately forced Sessions&#8217; resignation from the Department of Justice.
Democrats won control of the Senate seat in 2017 after the state held a special election to replace Sessions, who vacated the seat when he was tapped to head the Justice Department. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) defeated his Republican challenger Roy Moore, who faced massive blowback after allegations arose that Moore had molested a teenager in the 1970s.
Despite the controversy, Jones won the special election by less than 2% of the vote and is now considered to be one of the most vulnerable incumbent senators in the 2020 election cycle. The typically red state voted for Trump by nearly 30 points.
While announcing his candidacy, Sessions reiterated his support for the president and will largely be running on his agenda. However, Trump told reporters on Friday that he is still unsure whether or not he will be endorsing Sessions.
&#8220;Well I haven&#8217;t gotten involved. I saw he said very nice things about me last night. But we&#8217;ll have to see,&#8221; he said before departing the White House for events in Georgia. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t made a determination.&#8221;

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Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Thursday that he is officially throwing his hat into the ring and running to regain the U.S. Senate seat in Alabama that he previously occupied.
&#8220;Our freedoms have never been under attack like they are today. We have major party candidates for President campaigning on socialism, confiscating firearms, and closing down churches they disagree with,&#8221; Sessions wrote on his <a href="https://www.jeffsessions.com/">campaign website</a>. &#8220;I&#8217;ve battled these forces my entire life, and I&#8217;m not about to surrender now.&#8221;
Sessions represented Alabama in the Senate for four terms before he was appointed to the role of attorney general under President Donald Trump. Trump and Sessions&#8217; relationship soured after the former AG recused himself from the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Trump ultimately forced Sessions&#8217; resignation from the Department of Justice.
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While the White House has been silent on whether Trump will support Sessions&#8217; candidacy, Sessions has reiterated his support for the president and will largely be running on his agenda.
&#8220;When I left President Trump&#8217;s cabinet, did I write a tell all book?  No. Did I go on CNN and attack the President?  No. Have I said a cross word about President Trump?  No, and I&#8217;ll tell you why,&#8221; Sessions said in his first campaign video. &#8220;First, that would be dishonorable &#8212; I was there to serve his agenda, not mine. Second, the President is doing a great job for America and Alabama, and he has my strong support.&#8221;
“As everyone knows, President Trump and I have had our ups and downs. But here&#8217;s the important part: the President is doing great work for America,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;When President Trump took on Washington, only one Senator out of a hundred had the courage to stand with him: me. I was the first to support President Trump. I was his strongest advocate. I still am. We must make America great again.&#8221;
After Sessions was ousted from his role at the White House, rumors began to percolate as early as November 2018 that his future aspirations might involve retaking the Alabama seat he gave up when elevated to the attorney general position. Speculation was reignited in recent weeks after reports surfaced that he had reached out to members of the Alabama congressional delegation to test the waters of his support.
Democrats won control of Alabama&#8217;s junior Senate seat in 2017 after the state held a special election to replace Sessions, who vacated the seat when he was tapped to head the Justice Department. Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) defeated Republican Roy Moore, who faced massive backlash after allegations arose that Moore had molested a teenager in the 1970s. Despite the controversy, Jones won the election by less than 2 percent of the vote.
Jones is considered to be one of the most vulnerable incumbent senators in the 2020 as Alabama typically votes Republican; he is preparing for an uphill battle. Trump won the Yellowhammer state by nearly 30 points during the 2016 presidential election.
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) has already endorsed Sessions&#8217; candidacy, telling reporters days earlier, &#8220;Oh, yeah, if he runs, I will. He&#8217;s always endorsed me. He&#8217;s my friend.&#8221;

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A week after making headlines for the explosive crowd response to his appearance at Game 5 of the World Series in Nationals Park, Sports Illustrated&#8217;s <a href="https://www.si.com/college/alabama/bamacentral/alabama-football-lsu-president-trump">BamaCentral</a> is reporting that President Trump will be attending the most anticipated game of the college football season: No. 1 LSU versus No. 2 Alabama at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday.
The game, which starts at 3:30 p.m. Eastern and features the undefeated LSU Tigers (8-0) playing against their biggest rival, the undefeated Alabama Crimson Tide (8-0), will now draw even more attention, if Sports Illustrated&#8217;s sources are correct.
&#8220;BamaCentral has learned that the University of Alabama is making preparations for President Donald Trump to attend the LSU game at Bryant-Denny Stadium on Saturday,&#8221; the outlet reported Monday. &#8220;Alabama officials could not be reached to confirm or deny, but sources have confirmed his expected visit.&#8221;
LSU edged out Alabama in the most recent <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings">AP poll</a> (1479-1472), though Alabama returned the favor in the <a href="https://www.espn.com/college-football/rankings">Coaches Poll</a> (1591-1531). ESPN&#8217;s <a href="http://www.espn.com/college-football/statistics/teamratings">Football Power Index</a> lists Alabama at 2nd and LSU at 4th overall, giving Alabama a 31.6% chance of winning out the rest of the way and LSU an 11.7% chance. The index gives Alabama a 50% chance of winning the conference and LSU a 16.4% chance, in large part because of the daunting task of taking out Alabama. The line for the game currently gives Alabama a -6.5 point advantage.
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&#8220;The high-profile game was already attracting a lot of attention, including ESPN&#8217;s pregame show &#8216;College Gameday,'&#8221; BamaCentral reports, noting that due to security concerns, the stage for the show had to be moved from the Walk of Champions outside the stadium to the Quad. SEC Nation and the Marty &amp; McGee show will also be filming on location on the campus.
This isn&#8217;t the first college football game starring Alabama that Trump has attended. He also made it to the National Championship game in 2017, when Alabama managed to come back in the second half to beat another SEC team, the Georgia Bulldogs.
Though Trump left at halftime when Alabama was still trailing 13-0, the president made sure to celebrate their 17th championship (their 5th under Nick Saban) with them at the White House, calling it &#8220;a win for the ages.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-alabamas-football-team-prays-trump-white-ryan-saavedra">The Daily Wire</a> reported, when the Crimson Tide team visited the White House to meet the president in April 2018, WBRC News sports reporter Christina Chambers posted a moment on video that went viral:  A member of the team asked if they could pray for the president.
“What a cool moment! [Alabama Football&#8217;s punter JK Scott] asked [President Trump] if he could pray for him and his staff,&#8221; wrote Chambers in a tweet. &#8220;Video below shows President Trump and Bama players praying after the Tide’s [at] WhiteHouse visit!&#8221;
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What a cool moment! .<a href="https://twitter.com/AlabamaFTBL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AlabamaFTBL</a> JK Scott asked <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> if he could pray for him and his staff. Video below shows President Trump and Bama players praying after the Tide&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> visit! <a href="https://twitter.com/WBRCnews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WBRCnews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BarrettSallee?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BarrettSallee</a> <a href="https://t.co/tE4hj4k38l">pic.twitter.com/tE4hj4k38l</a>
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White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham posted a tweet celebrating the moment. &#8220;As a proud Arkansan, I’m not an Alabama football fan, but I was a big fan of this prayer for [President Trump,&#8221; Grisham wrote.
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As a proud Arkansan, I’m not an Alabama football fan, but I was a big fan of this prayer for <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SEC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SEC</a> Always <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WPS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#WPS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ArkRazorbacks?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ArkRazorbacks</a> <a href="https://t.co/P65jAN29zS">pic.twitter.com/P65jAN29zS</a>
&mdash; Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/983904413768089600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 11, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Trump also issued a tweet in response to the team&#8217;s visit. &#8220;Today, it was my great honor to welcome the 2017 NCAA Football National Champion, Alabama Crimson Tide – to the White House. Congratulations!&#8221; he tweeted. adding, &#8220;#RollTide.&#8221;
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Today, it was my great honor to welcome the 2017 NCAA Football National Champion, Alabama Crimson Tide &#8211; to the White House. Congratulations! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RollTide?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RollTide</a><a href="https://t.co/hF5EZHlSVS">https://t.co/hF5EZHlSVS</a> <a href="https://t.co/JfGue4IIs1">pic.twitter.com/JfGue4IIs1</a>
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On Tuesday, a federal judge blocked Alabama’s abortion ban, which was scheduled to be implemented on November 15 and would make Alabama the first state in the United States to make abortion illegal. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alabama and Planned Parenthood Southeast Advocates had filed suit claiming the legislation, which was signed into law last May, was unconstitutional.
As <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2019/10/federal-judge-blocks-alabama-abortion-ban.html">AL.com</a> reports, Judge Myron Thompson of the District Court for the Middle District of Alabama stated of Alabama&#8217;s Human Life Protection Act, which would charge doctors with a felony for performing abortions unless the mother’s life was in danger or the baby was still born or likely to die just after its birth: “&#8217;The court is persuaded that the plaintiffs are likely to succeed in showing that the Act violates an individual’s constitutional right to obtain a pre-viability abortion, and thus that it violates her constitutional rights.” He concluded:
<blockquote>Alabama’s abortion ban contravenes clear Supreme Court precedent. It violates the right of an individual to privacy, to make “choices central to personal dignity and autonomy&#8221;(Casey, 505 U.S. at 851) … It diminishes “the capacity of women to act in society, and to make reproductive decisions.” (Id. at 860). It defies the United States Constitution. The court will, therefore, enter an appropriate order preliminarily enjoining enforcement of the Act as applied to pre-viability abortion.</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-7626635/Federal-judge-blocks-Alabamas-abortion-ban-ACLU-lawsuit.html">The Daily Mail</a> noted, “Tuesday&#8217;s injunction will ensure that the suit can move forward and upward through the court system &#8211; including, quite possibly, the Supreme Court &#8211; before coming into effect. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has long been prepared for that possibility. In no uncertain terms, he responded in August to the ACLU and Planned Parenthood suit, announcing that he had every intention of challenging Roe v Wade.”
Marshall issued a statement saying, “The district court’s decision to grant the plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction of Alabama’s 2019 abortion law as to pre-viability abortions was not unexpected. As we have stated before, the State’s objective is to advance our case to the U.S. Supreme Court where we intend to submit evidence that supports our argument that Roe and Casey were wrongly decided and that the Constitution does not prohibit states from protecting unborn children from abortion.”
Rep. Terri Collins, R-Decatur, echoed, “Today’s ruling is both expected and welcomed. Our law was designed to overturn Roe v. Wade at the Supreme Court level, and today’s ruling is merely the first of many steps on that legal journey. I remain confident that our mission will be successful and appreciate the support of millions of citizens who support our effort to preserve unborn life.”
AL.com noted, “Alabama is one of at least six other states attempting to challenge the Supreme Court’s decision on Roe V. Wade, including Ohio, Georgia, Iowa, North Dakota, Kentucky and Mississippi.”
When Alabama governor Kay Ivey signed the bill into law, she tweeted, &#8220;Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious &amp; that every life is a sacred gift from God.&#8221;
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Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act. To the bill’s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians’ deeply held belief that every life is precious &amp; that every life is a sacred gift from God. <a href="https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8">https://t.co/DwKJyAjSs8</a> <a href="https://t.co/PIUQip6nmw">pic.twitter.com/PIUQip6nmw</a>
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Alabama Congressional candidate Jessica Taylor made waves on Monday by kicking off her 2020 campaign with an advertisement vowing to take on socialist Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her so-called &#8220;Squad.&#8221;
&#8220;Like you, I&#8217;m tired of arrogant socialists like [Ocasio-Cortez] &#8212; who has never even run a lemonade stand &#8212; telling us how we should live in Alabama, and more government is the answer,&#8221; Taylor said in the campaign video.
&#8220;I&#8217;m a steadfast conservative, a mom, a patriot, a business owner, and job creator, and even though it might trigger a few liberals, I&#8217;ll fight to protect life, the Second Amendment, our borders, our military, our families, and President Trump from socialists in the swamp,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;And I won&#8217;t apologize for it.&#8221;
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As an Alabama conservative, I’m sick of arrogant socialists like <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> who’ve never even run a lemonade stand trying to tell us how to live in Alabama. Are you? <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AL02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AL02</a> <a href="https://t.co/IIsqDQLcTt">pic.twitter.com/IIsqDQLcTt</a>
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Taylor, an entrepreneur and wife of a former Alabama state senator, is running for Alabama&#8217;s 2nd Congressional District. Rep. Martha Roby (R-AL), who has held the seat since 2010, announced in July that she was resigning at the end of her term.
Roby was first elected to serve after narrowly edging out incumbent Bobby Bright and flipping the district red. She went on to win re-election for a fifth term in 2018, receiving more than 60% of the vote. Alabama’s 2nd Congressional District is considered a Republican stronghold, and Taylor joins an already crowded primary field.
Taylor&#8217;s campaign video went viral shortly after it was posted on social media, and the Alabama congressional candidate subsequently appeared on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; on Tuesday morning to discuss her platform.
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On <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@foxandfriends</a> this morning I highlighted my conservative campaign platform. We need to take socialism head-on with conservative squad of our own! I&#39;m pro-life, pro-<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/2A?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#2A</a>, pro-wall, &amp; pro-TRUMP and I won&#39;t apologize for it!
Join the new squad: <a href="https://t.co/Xrpw8ioCjm">https://t.co/Xrpw8ioCjm</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/AL02?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#AL02</a> <a href="https://t.co/9MRoYt9XB4">pic.twitter.com/9MRoYt9XB4</a>
&mdash; Jessica Taylor (@JessicaTaylorAL) <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaTaylorAL/status/1186664906059386886?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 22, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;I think now is the right time for me to fill this slot because we need a new generation of conservatives, folks who can go toe-to-toe with people like AOC and her squad who believe socialism is a legitimate ideology that our nation should embrace,&#8221; Taylor told Fox News host Brian Kilmeade. &#8220;I&#8217;m pro-life, pro-second amendment, pro-wall, and pro-Trump.&#8221;
The &#8220;Squad&#8221; refers to Ocasio-Cortez, a self-proclaimed &#8220;radical,&#8221; and three of her progressive House colleagues, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA). The freshmen quartet are considered among the most far-left members in the House of Representatives and have largely voted as a bloc. The Squad, however, has been embroiled in allegations of anti-Semitism and anti-American sentiments since even prior to taking office.
&#8220;We need somebody who can convince my generation and others that more government is not the answer, more government is the problem,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;This country was founded on small business and private citizens who can make a difference. More government is not what we need.&#8221;
Taylor introduced herself to constituents as the candidate that will create her own &#8220;Squad&#8221; that will promote conservative values, and further noted that she initially decided to run for Congress due to her concern over the spread of socialism in America.
&#8220;We have got to get back to our fundamental values – our freedom is at stake here,&#8221; Taylor said. &#8220;So we&#8217;re going to be talking about that on the campaign trail. We’d love for folks to follow us.&#8221;

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After tweets he had issued in 2016 and 2017 surfaced showing him saying the American flag &#8220;represents a systemic history of racism,&#8221; and adding, &#8220;Police are part of that system,&#8221; Jamie R. Riley, the University of Alabama&#8217;s assistant vice president and dean of students, resigned on Thursday.
The tweets were published by <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/04/university-of-alabama-dean-american-flag-and-police-represent-systemic-history-of-racism/">Breitbart News</a> earlier this week, which reported, &#8220;Riley&#8217;s account, which was accessible to the public on Friday morning, has now been locked so only his approved followers can view his tweets.&#8221;
As <a href="https://cw.ua.edu/54140/top-stories/breaking-dean-of-students-allegedly-resigns-after-pictures-of-past-tweets-surface/">The Crimson White</a> reported, Jackson Fuentes, press secretary for the UA Student Government Association, said on Thursday, &#8220;For us right now, basically all I can tell you is that the University and Dr. Riley have mutually agreed to part ways. So yeah, that&#8217;s true, and we do wish him the best.&#8221;
Assistant Director of the Division of Strategic Communications Chris Bryant stated, &#8220;Dr. Jamie Riley has resigned his position at The University of Alabama by mutual agreement. Neither party will have any further comments.&#8221; Steven Hood, Associate Vice President of Student Life, echoed, &#8220;Dr. Jamie Riley has resigned his position at The University of Alabama by mutual agreement. Neither the university or Dr. Riley will have any further comments.&#8221;
Riley&#8217;s tweets included these statements: &#8220;The [American flag emoji] flag represents a systemic history of racism for my people. Police are a part of that system. Is it that hard to see the correlation?&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m baffled about the 1st thing white people say is &#8216;That&#8217;s not racist!&#8217; when they can&#8217;t even experience racism. You have 0 opinion!&#8221; &#8220;Are movies about slavery truly about educating the unaware, or to remind Black people of our place in society?&#8221;
The Crimson White noted, &#8220;Riley was named to the position on Dec. 13, 2018 after a national search and he began serving on Feb. 25, 2019. Before gaining the position at the University of Alabama, Riley served as the executive director and chief operating officer of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. He also served in student affairs and diversity and inclusion roles at institutions including Johns Hopkins University, The University of California-Berkeley and Morehouse College.&#8221;
The announcement from Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in 2017 that Riley would be the next executive director <a href="https://apa1906.net/alpha-introduces-its-new-executive-director-brother-jamie-r-riley-ph-d/">stated</a>: &#8220;Brother Riley has focused his research and administrative practice on addressing the impact of culturally oppressive campus climates on the success of African-American and black male college students attending predominantly white institutions. Jamie&#8217;s doctoral dissertation, titled; Racism, Discrimination, and Prejudice: Through the Voices of Black Men on Predominately White College Campuses, investigated the impact of race and racism on African-American and black male students ability to thrive academically, socially, and developmentally.&#8221;
Riley voiced his own goals:
<blockquote>I think it is crucial that we streamline processes and procedures to align with the fraternal organizational structure and the needs of individual brothers. The General Office is the place where brothers should come to find solutions and answers in a timely fashion. Our staffing has to be adequate to meet the needs of brothers, chapters, districts, regions, and the general body all at the same time. I believe the better utilization of technology and personnel will help us to achieve that and much more.</blockquote>

University Of Alabama Dean Of Students Resigns: Said American Flag ‘Represents A Systemic History Of Racism’

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It has become known to some on Twitter as #sharpiegate.
As Hurricane Dorian moved across the Caribbean last week on its way toward the United States, forecasts showed a possible direct hit on Florida. One model even showed the hurricane crossing the state into the Gulf of Mexico and then doubling back to move back into the Atlantic Ocean.
A week ago, on August 29, President Donald Trump and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan updated the media on Hurricane Dorian in an Oval Office briefing. There, Trump held up a map from the National Hurricane Center that showed the “cone” of the storm. But on the edge, drawn in black magic marker, was another smaller half-circle that extended the cone into the Florida panhandle and Alabama.
The hurricane has since turned northbound and is currently tracking up the East Coast. But Trump insists that at one point, Alabama was in fact in the path of the storm — or at least the outer bands of the storm, which can extend hundreds of miles.
“In the early days of the hurricane, when it was predicted that Dorian would go through Miami or West Palm Beach, even before it reached the Bahamas, certain models strongly suggested that Alabama &amp; Georgia would be hit as it made its way through Florida &amp; to the Gulf,” Trump tweeted Thursday morning.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">In the early days of the hurricane, when it was predicted that Dorian would go through Miami or West Palm Beach, even before it reached the Bahamas, certain models strongly suggested that Alabama &amp; Georgia would be hit as it made its way through Florida &amp; to the Gulf&#8230;.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1169578155096584192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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“Instead it turned North and went up the coast, where it continues now. In the one model through Florida, the Great State of Alabama would have been hit or grazed. In the path it took, no,” he continued. “Read my FULL FEMA statement. What I said was accurate! All Fake News in order to demean!”
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">&#8230;.Instead it turned North and went up the coast, where it continues now. In the one model through Florida, the Great State of Alabama would have been hit or grazed. In the path it took, no. Read my FULL FEMA statement. What I said was accurate! All Fake News in order to demean!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1169578155948072962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Trump followed up by tweeting: “Alabama was going to be hit or grazed, and then Hurricane Dorian took a different path (up along the East Coast). The Fake News knows this very well. That’s why they’re the Fake News!”
On Wednesday, in another Oval Office briefing, Trump said Alabama was in the “original forecast.”
“I know that Alabama was in the original forecast, they thought they would get it as a piece of it &#8230; we had many lines going directly, many models, each line being a model, going directly through, and in all cases, Alabama was hit, if not likely, in some cases, pretty hard,” Trump said.
“They actually gave that a 95 percent chance probability. It turned out that&#8217;s not what happened &#8212; it made a right turn up the coast,” he continued. “But Alabama &#8230; was going to be hit very hard, along with Georgia. But under the current, they won&#8217;t be, but Georgia will be possibly.”
Asked about the added circle on the August 29 map, Trump said: “I don&#8217;t know.”
Trump also put out a map from the early days of the storm, saying: “As you can see, almost all models predicted it go through Florida also hitting Georgia and Alabama. I accept the Fake News Apologies!”
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">This was the originally projected path of the Hurricane in its early stages. As you can see, almost all models predicted it to go through Florida also hitting Georgia and Alabama. I accept the Fake News apologies! <a href="https://t.co/0uCT0Qvyo6">pic.twitter.com/0uCT0Qvyo6</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1169375550806351872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Those projected paths, known as “spaghetti models,” often show tropical storms or hurricanes going off in numerous directions. Every day, some models fall out as others appear, based on how the storm is tracking.
But the media — and Trump foes on Twitter — had sunk their teeth into a huge story: Trump said Dorian was going to hit Alabama.
Within hours, #sharpiegate was trending on Twitter.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Got Greenland! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sharpiegate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sharpiegate</a> <a href="https://t.co/oLSZMcdrT0">pic.twitter.com/oLSZMcdrT0</a>
— Magnus Hammar (@magnushammar) <a href="https://twitter.com/magnushammar/status/1169509399850881024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">When the President plays golf&#8230; <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sharpiegate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sharpiegate</a> <a href="https://t.co/Y60YdDQfBl">pic.twitter.com/Y60YdDQfBl</a>
— Padraig MacRodáin (@PadraigPiarais) <a href="https://twitter.com/PadraigPiarais/status/1169614570396295169?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">When morons get sharpies, bad things happen.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sharpiegate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sharpiegate</a> <a href="https://t.co/Xuc2lTGi18">pic.twitter.com/Xuc2lTGi18</a>
— Anne Sagebiel (@AnnieSage) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnnieSage/status/1169413556313313282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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#Sharpie also trended on the social media platform.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">After today Trump FINALLY found a way to prove he had a large attendance at his inauguration.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sharpie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sharpie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sharpiegate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sharpiegate</a> <a href="https://t.co/cxtJJKpasu">pic.twitter.com/cxtJJKpasu</a>
— Hard 2 Follows (@carriesmith1123) <a href="https://twitter.com/carriesmith1123/status/1169355778957991938?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Donald Trump is thrilled to announce he’s been added to Mount Rushmore. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sharpie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sharpie</a> <a href="https://t.co/fICENsMVia">pic.twitter.com/fICENsMVia</a>
— @boopumpkins (@boopumpkins) <a href="https://twitter.com/boopumpkins/status/1169335694289985537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">He did. He kept his promise! <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> and the <a href="https://twitter.com/WhiteHouse?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@WhiteHouse</a> just released imagery showing a completed Wall. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nofilter?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nofilter</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/sharpie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#sharpie</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nosharpie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#nosharpie</a> <a href="https://t.co/HXJXwAaZOM">pic.twitter.com/HXJXwAaZOM</a>
— Eric #VegasStrong (@mypoophonked) <a href="https://twitter.com/mypoophonked/status/1169354865815912449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 4, 2019</a></blockquote>
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But one user, citing a Southern rock anthem, said it was time to move on.
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">“Now <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Sharpiegate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Sharpiegate</a> does not bother me 
Does your conscience bother you? 
Tell the truth 
Sweet home Alabama 
Where the skies are so blue” 
-Lynyrd Skynyrd
— Kai (@UnderAntares) <a href="https://twitter.com/UnderAntares/status/1169608787222769664?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 5, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Trump Doubles Down On Claim Hurricane Dorian Threatened Alabama, Rips Media

Hurricane Dorian

In an interview with leftist media outlet <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/sheryl-sandberg-planned-parenthood-donation-abortion-laws_n_5d151134e4b07f6ca57a55c1">HuffPost</a>, Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg bragged about a whopping $1 million donation she recently made to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, an advocacy group owned by the eponymous abortion giant.
Sandberg told HuffPost that she is doing it to help Planned Parenthood fight what she calls the “draconian laws” recently passed by Alabama, Georgia, and Missouri to protect unborn children.
“I think this is a very urgent moment where the rights and the choices and the basic health of the most vulnerable women, the women who have been marginalized, often women of color, are at stake,” she said. “Planned Parenthood is going to fight back in the courts, in Congress, in the state houses, in the streets, for women’s health and rights.”
“If you are a wealthy woman, you can just fly to New York,” Sandberg continued. “I want to make sure that the women with the fewest resources still have access to these services, and I think that is slipping away every day in our country.”
“We all have to do everything we can to protect women,” she opined, noting that the massive donation came from her, personally — and not from Facebook.
The social media executive bragged that the gesture was “a very strong political statement.” However, Sandberg hedged on whether she supports the Hollywood-led boycotts of the pro-life states. She said that she neither supports nor condemn the boycotts.
“I certainly think people should do what they can,” Sandberg said.
Planned Parenthood President Dr. Leana Wen bragged about the support in a statement.
“Now, more than ever, Sheryl’s generous support is necessary to help Planned Parenthood fight back against unprecedented attacks on people’s health and rights,” Wen said, thanking Sandberg “for her longstanding commitment to Planned Parenthood and her leadership as a role model for women and girls everywhere.”
Wen added: “As anti-women’s health politicians try to pass extreme abortion bans across the country, our freedom and rights hang in the balance.”
This is not the first time Sandberg has given a large donation to the abortion lobby. According to <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/sheryl-sandberg-planned-parenthood-donation-abortion-laws-110000334.html">Yahoo! News</a>, she gave a similarly large donation to Planned Parenthood in 2017 to protest President Donald Trump’s order that international abortion lobbying organizations would be banned from receiving federal taxpayer funding.
Actress and left-wing activist Alyssa Milano has led a boycott against the state of Georgia after Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed a “heartbeat bill” that protects unborn children there after a heartbeat is detected.
“I will do everything in my power to get as many productions as possible, including ‘Insatiable,'&#8221; she said at the time. “To move out of this state which continues to put forth oppressive, hurtful policy that contradicts everything the entertainment industry stands for.&#8221;
As noted by The Daily Wire’s James Barrett, actor and director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/48874/clint-eastwood-ignores-alyssa-milano-set-start-james-barrett">Clint Eastwood</a> is set to shoot his new film “The Ballad of Richard Jewell,” in Georgia, thus ignoring the calls for a boycott. The movie is directed by Eastwood and stars Paul Walter Hauser, Olivia Wilde, Jon Hamm, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, and Ian Gomez.

Facebook COO Donates $1 Million To Planned Parenthood

Alyssa Milano

Clint Eastwood

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On Wednesday, an Alabama woman who was shot in the stomach last year was indicted in the death of her unborn baby girl.
During a dispute regarding the baby’s paternity in December 2018, the mother, identified as Marshae Jones, was shot in the stomach by another female out of what police said was self-defense; the baby, who was at about five months&#8217; gestation, died from the gunshot wound.
Jones, 27, was indicted by a Jefferson County grand jury on a manslaughter charge and taken into police custody, <a href="http://AL.com">AL.com</a> reported. The woman who shot Jones, 23-year-old Ebony Jemison, had a manslaughter charge against her dismissed after a grand jury failed to indict her in the death of the baby girl, the outlet noted.
The dispute between Jones and Jemison occurred outside a Dollar General. Police were called to the location after Jones was shot by Jemison, but when they arrived, the mother was gone. Jones was later found at a convenience store and taken to a nearby hospital, where the baby was pronounced dead.
“The investigation showed that the only true victim in this was the unborn baby,’’ said Pleasant Grove police lieutenant Danny Reid after the shooting, according to AL.com. “It was the mother of the child who initiated and continued the fight which resulted in the death of her own unborn baby.”
Per Reid, Jones initiated the fight and Jemison shot her out of self-defense, the outlet reported.
&#8220;Let’s not lose sight that the unborn baby is the victim here. She had no choice in being brought unnecessarily into a fight where she was relying on her mother for protection,&#8221; the lieutenant said.
Reid noted that the unborn baby girl was &#8220;dependent on its mother to try to keep it from harm, and she shouldn’t seek out unnecessary physical altercations.&#8221;
“According to Alabama law, manslaughter happens when: A person recklessly causes the death of another person; or A person causes the death of another person under circumstances that would constitute murder, ‘except that he or she causes the death due to a sudden heat of passion caused by provocation recognized by law, and before a reasonable time for the passion to cool and for reason to reassert itself,’” <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/27/us/alabama-pregnant-woman-shot-in-stomach-manslaughter-indictment-trnd/index.html">reported</a> CNN.
Manslaughter, a Class B felony in Alabama, is punishable by up to 20 years in prison, the outlet noted.
While pro-abortion groups have sought to make the case an issue with Alabama’s strict new pro-life law signed in May by Republican governor Kay Ivey, the Alabama Human Life Protection Act does not go <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/16/politics/alabama-abortion-law-whats-next/index.html">into effect</a> until November. The pro-life law outlaws abortion in all cases, save for an exception for saving the life of the mother.
Jones will be transferred to the Jefferson County Jail and held on $50,000 bond. The indictment and prosecution is being handled by the Jefferson County Bessemer Cutoff District Attorney’s Office, reported <a href="http://AL.com">AL.com</a>.

Mom Charged With Unborn Baby&#8217;s Death After Woman Shoots Her In Stomach Out Of Self-Defense

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Failed Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore announced on Thursday that he is running for the same Senate seat in 2020 after accusations of child molestation derailed his campaign in 2017.
Moore&#8217;s last run was so disastrously scandal-plagued that &#8220;Senate Republicans made clear they would rather have a Democrat with them in the Senate than Roy Moore, who was accused by more than half a dozen women of predatory behavior when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/20/roy-moore-might-launch-another-senate-run-theres-nothing-washington-republicans-can-do-about-it/">reported</a>.
&#8220;Why is there such a fear, such an anger, why such a hatred, such an opposition to somebody running?&#8221; Moore asked at his press conference. &#8220;Is it because I believe in God and marriage &#8230; and the right of a baby in the womb to have a life? Are these things embarrassing to you?&#8221;
&#8220;Everyone in Alabama knows that last election in 2017 was fraudulent,&#8221; Moore said &#8212; apparently referencing the reportedly shady disinformation tactics employed by Democrats during the election, and which were previously <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/alabama-senate-roy-jones-russia.html">reported</a> on by The New York Times.
Republican strategist Chris Barron slammed Moore over his comments, tweeting: &#8220;Stacy Abrams and Roy Moore. Opposite sides of the same brain dead coin.&#8221;
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Stacy Abrams and Roy Moore. Opposite sides of the same brain dead coin. <a href="https://t.co/8Jce1gZyQy">https://t.co/8Jce1gZyQy</a>
&#8212; Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisRBarron/status/1141793496841555968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Moore reportedly said that he was &#8220;not going against President Trump&#8221; by entering the race.
Donald Trump Jr. quickly punched back, tweeting: &#8220;This is pure fake news. I can assure everyone that by running, Roy Moore is going against my father and he&#8217;s doing a disservice to all conservatives across the country in the process.&#8221;
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This is pure fake news. I can assure everyone that by running, Roy Moore is going against my father and he&#8217;s doing a disservice to all conservatives across the country in the process. <a href="https://t.co/pjfDKfoIO0">https://t.co/pjfDKfoIO0</a>
&#8212; Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) <a href="https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1141793386170638337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 20, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) responded to Moore&#8217;s announcement by saying: &#8220;Give me a break. This place has enough creepy old men.&#8221;
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) said: &#8220;The people of Alabama are smarter than that.&#8221;
Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) said: &#8220;I would oppose Roy Moore. &#8230; I will not be by myself, I hope. I think Alabama can do better than that.&#8221;
Earlier this year, President Donald Trump warned against Moore entering the race: &#8220;Republicans cannot allow themselves to again lose the Senate seat in the Great State of Alabama. This time it will be for Six Years, not just Two. I have NOTHING against Roy Moore, and unlike many other Republican leaders, wanted him to win. But he didn&#8217;t, and probably won&#8217;t. If Alabama does not elect a Republican to the Senate in 2020, many of the incredible gains that we have made during my Presidency may be lost, including our Pro-Life victories. Roy Moore cannot win, and the consequences will be devastating&#8230;.Judges and Supreme Court Justices!&#8221;
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&#8230;If Alabama does not elect a Republican to the Senate in 2020, many of the incredible gains that we have made during my Presidency may be lost, including our Pro-Life victories. Roy Moore cannot win, and the consequences will be devastating&#8230;.Judges and Supreme Court Justices!
&#8212; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1133699637678870528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 29, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Roy Moore Announces Another Senate Run. Republicans Blast Him.

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On Tuesday, Alabama legislators passed a bill that would punish child sex offenders by requiring them to be chemically castrated before they are released from prison. HB 379 was introduced by GOP Rep. Steve Hurst, who told <a href="https://www.cbs42.com/top-stories/alabama-considers-chemical-castration/2050636492">WIAT-TV</a>:
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They have marked this child for life and the punishment should fit the crime &#8230; I had people call me in the past when I introduced it and said, &#8216;don&#8217;t you think this is inhumane?&#8217; I asked them what&#8217;s more inhumane than when you take a little infant child, and you sexually molest that infant child when the child cannot defend themselves or get away, and they have to go through all the things they have to go through. If you want to talk about inhumane &#8212;that&#8217;s inhumane.
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He added, &#8220;If we do something of this nature, it would deter something like this happening again in Alabama and maybe reduce the numbers.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7105553/Alabama-legislature-passes-bill-requiring-child-sex-offenders-undergo-chemical-castration.html">The Daily Mail</a> notes, &#8220;Since the mid 1990s, eight states have permitted some form of either chemical or surgical castration of sex offenders, though in practice courts have rarely ordered the treatments to be carried out. California was the first state to allow chemical castration for certain sex offenders who would be required to receive medroxyprogesterone (MPA), an artificial female hormone used to treat symptoms of menopause.&#8221;
HB 379 <a href="v">states</a>:
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Under existing law, certain criminal offenses are classified as sex offenses. A conviction for a sex offense against a person under the age of 12 years is a sex offense involving a child. Under existing law, a person convicted of a sex offense involving a child which constitutes a Class A or B felony is not eligible for parole.
This bill would provide that a person convicted of a sex offense involving a person under the age of 13 years who is eligible for parole, as a condition of parole, shall be required to undergo chemical castration treatment in addition to any other penalty or condition prescribed by law.
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It adds, &#8220;This bill would also provide that if a person is ordered to undergo chemical castration treatment as a condition of parole and the person refuses to undergo the treatment, his or her refusal would constitute a violation of parole and would result in the person being remanded to the custody of the Department of Corrections. &#8230; A person may not be denied parole based solely on his or her inability to pay for the costs associated with the treatment required under this act.&#8221;
<a href="https://kadn.com/alabama-lawmakers-pass-chemical-castration-bill-for-convicted-child-molesters/">KADN</a> reported that State Rep. Juandalynn Givan said, &#8220;You have to deal with the mind of a predator. You don&#8217;t worry about the physical body parts. You have to deal with makes them do what they do.&#8221; State Rep. Allen Treadaway echoed, &#8220;Any action that we can take against a child molester that would prevent them from ever committing this type of crime again, I support, including chemical castration. I think this bill is one of those steps to ensure public safety.&#8221;
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey must sign the bill for it to become law.

Alabama Legislature Passes Bill Requiring Chemical Castration For Child Sex Offenders

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This article has been updated to include comments from Rep. Drake.
In the age of #MeToo, we&#8217;re supposed to believe all women when they make accusations of a sexual nature, but as I have shown <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42104/she-accused-him-rape-text-messages-proved-it-was-ashe-schow">time</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/44756/man-falsely-accused-sexual-assault-awarded-18-ashe-schow">time</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/AsheSchow/status/1122214082113830913">time</a> again, that is simply not true. Even when an accusation is proven to be false, via text or video evidence, the false accuser faces little to no consequences. Certainly far fewer consequences than the person falsely accused faces.
Alabama State Rep. E. Richard &#8220;Dickie&#8221; Drake (R-Leeds) is trying to change that. Earlier this month, Drake introduced <a href="http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/ALISON/SearchableInstruments/2019RS/PrintFiles/HB544-int.pdf">AL HB544</a>, a bill that would punish false accusations of sexual crime. As it stands, false accusers are only charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor. Drake&#8217;s bill would make it a Class C felony to &#8220;willfully, knowingly, and with malicious intent,&#8221; make &#8220;a false report of rape in the first degree, sodomy in the first degree, or sexual torture.&#8221; The allegations would need to be proven false in order for the accuser to be punished.
The bill also makes it a Class A misdemeanor to &#8220;willfully, knowingly, and with malicious intent&#8221; make a &#8220;false report of rape in the second degree, sodomy in the second degree, sexual misconduct, sexual abuse in the first degree, sexual abuse in the second degree, indecent exposure, enticing child to enter vehicle, house etc., for immoral purposes, sexual abuse of a child under 12, or foster parent engaging in a sex act, etc., with a foster child.&#8221; Again, the allegations would need to be proven untrue.
In addition to the penalties for such felonies and misdemeanors (Class C felonies can result in one to 10 years in prison and Class A misdemeanors can result in up to one year in prison), those making false accusations may be liable for the legal fees of the falsely accused.
AL.com <a href="https://www.al.com/politics/2019/05/alabama-bill-would-criminalize-false-rape-accusations.html">reported</a> that Drake decided to introduce the bill after his friend&#8217;s ex-wife falsely accused him of child sexual abuse.
&#8220;If they make an accusation, they better make sure it&#8217;s true and make them think twice before they make a false accusation,&#8221; Drake told the outlet.
Media outlets are, of course, reporting this bill by claiming it would hurt victims of sexual assault.
AL.com claimed that &#8220;If the accused is found not guilty, the accuser would be responsible for paying the accused person&#8217;s legal expenses.&#8221; The outlet also spoke to the director of the Alabama Coalition Against Rape, who said this bill would keep victims from coming forward.
&#8220;It&#8217;s not solving a new problem,&#8221; she said. &#8220;It is a problem if someone makes a false report, and that&#8217;s rare. It&#8217;s an effort to silence men and women who are coming forward about sexual assault. It&#8217;s an effort to make them afraid to come forward.&#8221;
MSNBC suffered <a href="https://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/alabama-bill-would-make-false-rape-allegations-a-crime-59422789508?fbclid=IwAR3UtTnLAy5dvAgOfen5ytRYTP4QPEK3PdJ74GosQmD6JBjj9WAQJemUu6M">a similar freak out</a>.
AL.com then repeated the misleading statistic that just 2% to 10% of accusations are false. As I <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/35309/lies-damned-lies-and-campus-sexual-assault-ashe-schow">have written</a> several times previously, this statistic only applies to accusations that are proven false. Since it is difficult to prove a negative, this is a rare occurrence. The remaining 90% to 98% are not &#8220;true,&#8221; however. In fact, just 3% to 5% go to trial and result in a guilty finding, so using the same logic used to claim few accusations are false, one could claim on 3% to 5% are true. Everything in between is questionable. There are reports that are &#8220;baseless&#8221; or wrongly reported and those that lack evidence for an arrest. There are reports that don&#8217;t result in a trial (dismissed or pleaded) and those that go to trial but are found not guilty.
In a phone conversation, Drake told The Daily Wire that his bill would not punish accusers just because the accused was found &#8220;not guilty.&#8221;
&#8220;Just because you accuse someone and they&#8217;re found not guilty, doesn&#8217;t mean you will be charged and pay legal fees,&#8221; he said, adding that a not guilty finding may simply mean there wasn&#8217;t enough evidence to convict, not that there was enough evidence to suggest the accusation was false.
He added that, as the Wire reported, a person would only be charged if their accusation was proven false and made &#8220;willingly, knowingly, and with malicious intent.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s going to be hard to prove that, and I know that, but I know there are cases that were [proven untrue,&#8221; he told the Wire.
As examples, he listed The Scottsboro Boys (he is from Alabama, after all), the Duke Lacrosse rape hoax, and Brian Banks.
Despite the media&#8217;s false reporting, Drake&#8217;s bill is not about keeping victims from coming forward.
&#8220;I want victims to come forward with sexual allegations,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m just trying to stop the false accusations that ruin lives.&#8221;

UPDATED: Alabama Bill Aims To Punish False Accusations Of Rape. Media Cries Foul.

Rape

An Alabama state senator has publicly shared some of the threats both he and his family have received for his support for the statewide ban on the practice of abortion. Some of the threats included breaking into his house and raping his wife.
Last weekend, state Sen. Garlan Gudger appeared on Alabama Public Television where he shared the horrific threats pro-abortion activists have sent his way for previously <a href="https://www.cullmantimes.com/news/gudger-responds-to-abortion-ban/article_d5bfb768-7846-11e9-8a73-0bccfca5b5ae.html">declaring</a> that &#8220;abortion is murder&#8221; and &#8220;an unborn baby is a person who deserves protection, even in the most difficult of circumstances.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s been tough dealing with the balancing of my wife and my children being attacked,&#8221; Gudger told host Don Dailey on the program, <a href="https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/alabama-senator-abortion-activist-threatened-to-rape-my-wife-for-my-support-of-abortion-ban">LifeSiteNews</a> reports. &#8220;I obviously don&#8217;t like that part. No one should be attacked or threatened with harm for a difference of opinion. But overall, I&#8217;m doing well, besides that.&#8221;
Gudger added that &#8220;people have contacted my 15-year-old son on Snapchat and social media&#8221; and that his &#8220;wife had been contacted that they were going to break into our house and rape and do other things to her.&#8221;
The threats directed at Gudger may have been spurred in part by his name being <a href="https://www.al.com/news/2019/05/saturday-night-live-weighs-in-on-alabama-abortion-law.html">mentioned</a> in a &#8220;Saturday Night Live&#8221; skit, he suggested. &#8220;I&#8217;ve always thought I&#8217;d like to be on &#8216;Saturday Night Live,&#8217; but not in that way,&#8221; Gudger said.
Though the state senator has braved the threats, he admits it has taken a toll on his life and the life of his colleagues, who have also endured similar threats. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a lot of stress at our household &#8212; and a lot of the other colleagues on the floor the same way,&#8221; Gudger said.
Upon the pro-life law being signed by Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, State Sen. Gudger acknowledged the bill was designed to be a direct challenge to the 1973 SCOTUS decision Roe v. Wade.
&#8220;There is no doubt that the ACLU and other liberal groups will contest this bill in court, but that&#8217;s the point &#8212; HB314 is designed to protect life and to challenge Roe v. Wade,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Advances in ultrasound technology since 1973, when Roe was decided, show what we know in our hearts: the baby in the womb is a person, and as such, deserves our love and protection.&#8221;
Gudger is far from the only pro-life advocate to receive such vile threats for supporting the unborn. Most recently, The Daily Wire&#8217;s own Matt Walsh <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47347/walsh-pro-abortion-zealots-are-sending-me-death-matt-walsh">revealed that his own family</a> had been threatened for openly advocating for the anti-abortion laws in Alabama and Georgia. Here were just a few examples he shared:
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-&#8220;I&#8217;ll rape your daughter and your wife then you tell me what you wanna do. You piece of shit&#8230;&#8221;
-&#8220;Wish I could punch your dumbass face in you f****n mook I wish rape upon every female in your family so they are FORCED to have a child.&#8221;
-&#8220;Hope you daughter gets raped g&#8221;
-&#8220;I hope your wife and daughter are both brutally raped&#8221;
-&#8220;You f*****g idiot!!!! I hope you get raped up the a**&#8221;
-&#8220;I hope your dad rapes you so your opinion can be valid&#8221;
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Some attacks on pro-lifers have gone way beyond threats recently and into full-blown <a href="https://40daysforlife.com/2019/03/25/85-year-old-pro-life-advocate-brutally-assaulted-outside-planned-parenthood-facility/">assault</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47494/watch-pro-abortion-feminists-berate-pro-life-amanda-prestigiacomo">harassment</a>, or <a href="https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2019/05/19/notre-dame-de-lourdes-church-abortion-rights-graffiti/">vandalism</a>.

Alabama Senator: Abortion Activists Threatened To Rape My Wife

As Los Angeles County faces an <a href="https://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-homeless-crisis-overview-20180225-htmlstory.html">unparalleled homeless crisis</a>, the board of supervisors is voting on the stuff that really matters: banning official travel to the state of Alabama for up to one year for passing a law that bans abortion in nearly all circumstances.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to &#8220;impose a one-year restriction on travel to the state of Alabama for official county business,&#8221; <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/445268-los-angeles-county-votes-to-ban-travel-to-alabama-in-response-to-states">The Hill</a> reports. In a <a href="https://hildalsolis.org/los-angeles-county-implements-one-year-travel-ban-in-response-to-alabamas-attack-on-reproductive-rights/">statement</a>, Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis characterizes the Alabama bill as &#8220;an act of aggression upon all of us&#8221; and declares that the county will stand in solidarity with all the oppressed women of the southern state.
&#8220;We must stand in solidarity and in opposition against extremist and unconstitutional laws that put the health and wellbeing of families at risk,&#8221; Solis says. &#8220;The constitutional and human right to a safe and legal abortion is part of the very fabric of the United States. As such, Los Angeles County will stand against all attempts to dismantle the protections afforded by Roe v. Wade and the U.S. Constitution.&#8221;
Solis boasts that the travel restriction &#8220;sends a strong signal that infringing upon an individual&#8217;s rights to reproductive health and privacy are not American values.&#8221;
Despite the lofty rhetoric, the travel restriction is not a true ban, as Solis acknowledges. Los Angeles County officials can travel to Alabama on county business in cases of &#8220;emergency response, training, or assistance, or other legally-required matters where the failure to authorize such travel would seriously harm the County&#8217;s interests,&#8221; she explains. The ban is thus more of a symbolic act than anything that has any real-world consequences.
Letters from Los Angeles County will also be sent to Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (a woman) demanding that the law be overturned. Similar letters will be sent to leaders in states like Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio and Utah.
In an op-ed this week, Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/news/47628/no-abortion-isnt-constitutional-right-ben-shapiro">Ben Shapiro</a> wrote that while the rhetoric among the pro-choice crowd often characterizes abortion as a constitutional right or a wholly American value, no such language exists in the Constitution.
&#8220;There is no &#8216;right to abortion&#8217; in the Constitution,&#8221; Shapiro wrote. &#8220;The founders would have been appalled by such a statement. The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in Roe v. Wade (1973) is a legal monstrosity by every available metric: As legal scholar John Hart Ely wrote, Roe &#8216;is not constitutional law and gives almost no sense of an obligation to try to be.'&#8221;
The Los Angeles travel ban on Alabama comes on the heels of various actors and actresses <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47208/poll-americans-divided-hollywoods-georgia-boycott-paul-bois">threatening to boycott </a>the state of Georgia for recently implementing a fetal heartbeat bill that essentially bans abortions of unborn babies once doctors detect a heartbeat in the mother&#8217;s womb. Thus far, the intimidation has not persuaded the governors of either state to overturn the laws.

Los Angeles County Bans Official Travel To Alabama Over Abortion Law (Sort Of)

Los Angeles

In 2018, Alabama families set a record in adopting children from the foster care system.
&#8220;There were 710 foster children adopted during the year that ended Sept. 30, up from 509 in fiscal year 2017 and 502 in 2016. The previous record was 676 foster children adopted in fiscal year 2009, according to the Alabama Department of Human Resources, which oversees the foster care system,&#8221; <a href="http://AL.com">AL.com</a> <a href="https://www.al.com/news/anniston-gadsden/2018/11/alabama-families-set-record-for-adopting-foster-children.html">reported</a> last November.
Last week, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, a Republican, signed the strictest pro-life bill in the nation into law, outlawing abortion, save an exception for protecting the life of the mother.
&#8220;It sends a strong, wonderful message to all the foster care children in our state,&#8221; said Gov. Ivey at the time, meeting with adoptive families at the Capitol.
Alabama Department of Human Resources (DHR) Commissioner Nancy Buckner said about 70% of foster children return to their biological families, according to <a href="http://AL.com">AL.com</a>, &#8220;But those that don&#8217;t, they need their own loving caring, permanent family and that&#8217;s what it&#8217;s all about.&#8221;
The spike in adoptions, according to Buckner, was enabled in large part by involvement from juvenile courts, probate judges, and the DHR.
&#8220;We recognize that children need permanency. We all need family. We need family connection. And we&#8217;ve all gotten together. We&#8217;re doing some partnership things together. So, we&#8217;re all on the same page and we&#8217;re trying to push permanency through,&#8221; the commissioner noted.
Pro-abortion advocates often dismiss pro-life arguments with the retort that pro-lifers do not care about children after they are born, citing conservatives&#8217; support for small government. But studies have found that conservatives give more to charity on average, including when socioeconomic differences are factored in, as recently <a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11109-016-9382-4">backed up</a> by academics at the University of Pennsylvania.
This was displayed anecdotally last week, too, when a pro-abortion advocate insisted that pro-lifers do not help single mothers.
&#8220;Dear Pro-Life friends: what have you *personally* done to support lower income single mothers? I&#8217;ll wait,&#8221; said author and Times of Israel blogger Sarah Tuttle-Singer via Twitter.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47326/author-asks-pro-lifers-what-theyve-done-help-lower-james-barrett">reported</a> by The Daily Wire, Tuttle-Singer was immediately hit with a slew of responses contradicting her question.
&#8220;I&#8217;ve spent the last 15 years serving breakfast once a month at a homeless shelter and making lunches for the same shelter once a month on a separate weekend,&#8221; one of the many replies read. &#8220;I&#8217;m the president of the board of directors for our local domestic violence shelter,&#8221; another Twitter user answered.
&#8220;Donated to crisis pregnancy centers. Volunteered with the Sisters of Life (highly recommend: you can be helpful just by holding a baby while mama gets food at the potluck, for instance) Offered to meet with anyone in a crisis pregnancy to talk about arranging to adopt their baby,&#8221; said another.
&#8220;Applying for an open adoption, to take care of a child whose mother doesn&#8217;t think she can raise the baby, and to keep mother and child in each other&#8217;s lives,&#8221; another pro-lifer replied. &#8220;And I&#8217;d also add: donating to @prisonculture&#8217;s Black Mama Bail Out to pay the bails of black mothers and send them home to be with their children.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47326/author-asks-pro-lifers-what-theyve-done-help-lower-james-barrett">Author Asks Pro-Lifers What They&#8217;ve Done To Help Lower Income Single Mothers, Gets Flood Of Remarkable Answers</a>

Pro-Life Ethic: Alabama Sets Record For Adoptions From Foster Care

Children

On Saturday, comedic actor Jim Carrey posted gruesome artwork he created to promote abortion &#8212; but his picture only acknowledged the real horrors of the life-ending procedure, underscoring pro-lifer&#8217;s opposition to abortion.
Carrey created an image of Alabama Governor Kay Ivey, a Republican, being murdered in the womb via abortion. The unborn child, with the head of Ms. Ivey, is being injected in the brain with poison, just as an unborn baby during an abortion procedure would be.
&#8220;I think If you&#8217;re going to terminate a pregnancy, it should be done sometime before the fetus becomes Governor of Alabama,&#8221; the comedian captioned the photo.
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I think If you&#8217;re going to terminate a pregnancy, it should be done sometime before the fetus becomes Governor of Alabama. <a href="https://t.co/6QgsY2rMz7">pic.twitter.com/6QgsY2rMz7</a>
&#8212; Jim Carrey (@JimCarrey) <a href="https://twitter.com/JimCarrey/status/1129796511611490304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Ivey <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/47263/breaking-alabama-governor-signs-abortion-bill-law-ryan-saavedra">signed</a> the Alabama Human Life Protection Act into law on Wednesday. The law is the strictest pro-life legislation in the nation, outlawing all abortion in the state, except in cases where the life of the mother is in danger, and targeting third-party abortionists with life in prison for carrying out illegal abortions.
As illustrated by Carrey, D&amp;C first-trimester surgical abortions &#8212; the most common procedure &#8212; includes sucking the unborn baby out of the mother&#8217;s womb by a suction catheter.
WATCH:
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Third-trimester abortions are gruesome, too. They involve injecting a viable pain-capable unborn baby with a lethal dose of digoxin, causing fatal cardiac arrest.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/42652/watch-heres-what-late-term-abortion-procedure-amanda-prestigiacomo">Describing</a> the procedure in a video for pro-life site Live Action, practicing obstetrician-gynecologist and former abortionist Dr. Anthony Levatino notes that babies in the third trimester are &#8220;almost fully developed and viable, meaning he or she could survive outside the womb if the mother were to go into labor prematurely. Because the baby is so large and developed, the procedure takes three or four days to complete.&#8221;
&#8220;On day one, the abortionist uses a large needle to inject a drug called Digoxin,&#8221; the doctor explains. The drug is either injected into the baby&#8217;s head, torso, or heart by a needle to the mother&#8217;s abdomen. &#8220;The baby will feel it,&#8221; Levatino says. &#8220;Babies at this stage feel pain.&#8221;
After the mother&#8217;s cervix is opened with sticks of seaweed called laminaria, she is induced to give birth to her dead baby.
&#8220;While the woman waits for the laminaria to dilate her cervix, she carries her dead baby inside of her for two to three days,&#8221; he explains. &#8220;On day two, the abortionist replaces the laminaria and may perform a second ultrasound to ensure the baby is dead. If the child is still alive, he administers another lethal dose of Digoxin.&#8221;
If the woman cannot make it to the clinic to give birth to her dead child, she might be advised to give birth to the child on a toilet, he notes. If the mother does make it to the clinic, but the child does not fully come out, a dilation and evacuation procedure must be performed, meaning &#8220;the abortionist will use clamps and forceps to dismember the baby piece by piece,&#8221; Levatino says. &#8220;Once the placenta and all the body parts have been removed, the abortion is complete.&#8221;
Pro-lifers noted that Carrey&#8217;s attempt to bolster the pro-abortion side backfired greatly:
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At least you seem to know how grisly an abortion is. Your image is accurate down to the abortionist&#8217;s cannula suctioning out the brain matter of the fetus, sort of like a serial killer at work. Bravo Jim Carry, you do know what an abortion looks like. Bravo!
&#8212; Obianuju Ekeocha (@obianuju) <a href="https://twitter.com/obianuju/status/1129879070152511489?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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This is one of the most effective advertisements for the pro-life cause that I&#8217;ve seen in a long time. Thank you for your service, Jim! <a href="https://t.co/DrEEwp49G6">https://t.co/DrEEwp49G6</a>
&#8212; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1129929595430625290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2019</a></blockquote>
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What Jim is depicting here is an aspiration D&amp;C abortion. A metal speculum forces open the birth canal and a powerful vacuum tube sucks out the baby piece by piece. The remaining body parts are scraped out and the mangled corpse is tossed into a medical waste dumpster. <a href="https://t.co/DrEEwp49G6">https://t.co/DrEEwp49G6</a>
&#8212; Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1129932330318139400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Thank you for the truly accurate (and therefore horrifying) portrayal of abortion&#8230; sucking out the brains of a PERSON because that person is inconvenient to you. You blessed the pro life movement with this.
&#8212; Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) <a href="https://twitter.com/Liz_Wheeler/status/1130167728759640064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 19, 2019</a></blockquote>
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I know you intended for this painting to support abortion, but it vividly illustrates the pro-life argument:
&#8226; &#8220;Fetuses&#8221; are people like you, me, and <a href="https://twitter.com/kayiveyforgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kayiveyforgov</a>.
&#8226; Abortion kills. <a href="https://t.co/hr9LvnZ87m">https://t.co/hr9LvnZ87m</a>
&#8212; Former Zygote Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) <a href="https://twitter.com/michaeljknowles/status/1129864161867943936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Jim Carrey&#8217;s Abortion &#8216;Art&#8217; Of Alabama Governor Is Most Gruesome Yet, But Pro-Lifers Are Thanking Him

Jim Carrey

Alabama&#8217;s mostly Republican lawmakers and governor passed a strong abortion ban this week, and liberals are fit to be tied.
&#8220;Today, I signed into law the Alabama Human Life Protection Act, a bill that was approved by overwhelming majorities in both chambers of the legislature,&#8221; said Gov. Kay Ivey. &#8220;To the bill&#8217;s many supporters, this legislation stands as a powerful testament to Alabamians&#8217; deeply held belief that every life is precious and that every life is a sacred gift from God.&#8221;
In today&#8217;s secular culture, the governor&#8217;s invocation of God is almost as bold as signing the bill into law. But it&#8217;s gratifying that some public officials are willing to observe that respect for life is fundamentally a spiritual issue.
I&#8217;m sure many leftists are horrified at the reference to God, but they have their hands full hyperventilating over the strictness of the law itself, and so, they will probably let this slide for now. The bill prohibits abortion except when the life of the mother is in jeopardy or the unborn child has a &#8220;lethal anomaly.&#8221; The bill makes it a felony for doctors to perform or attempt to perform an abortion.
In her statement, Ivey acknowledged that the law might not be constitutional under the Supreme Court&#8217;s notorious 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in all 50 states. But she noted that the bill&#8217;s sponsors hope the bill will prompt the court to revisit this issue.
Not to be unduly pessimistic, but frankly, I&#8217;m not sure why Democrats are so exercised. Justices Roberts and Kavanaugh have both expressed their abiding respect for longstanding Supreme Court precedent, apparently even if, like Roe, its rationale was manufactured out of whole cloth. The court&#8217;s decision was not only egregious in substance &#8212; inventing a constitutional right to abortion out of imaginary language in the Constitution creatively referred to as &#8220;emanations&#8221; and &#8220;penumbras&#8221;; its effect on society was just as bad.
Before the decision, the issue of abortion was the prerogative of the individual states, determined democratically by their duly elected representatives. The court&#8217;s fiat was not only erroneous on its face; it tyrannically divested the authority of the states. This federal judicial travesty sparked national acrimony over abortion. Judicial tyranny, where it occurs, is just as bad as executive despotism.
Here we are almost 50 years later, and the court still hasn&#8217;t overturned Roe. But when any of the sovereign states dares to pass a law outside Roe&#8217;s parameters, liberals become unhinged, huffing hysterically about the state&#8217;s audacity to deviate from the court&#8217;s ruling.
Yet every day, liberals around the nation enact measures they know violate existing constitutional precedent with the undisguised intent that they serve as test cases and that courts, under relentless pressure from their activism, will change the law. When liberals do it, it&#8217;s noble activism; when conservatives do it, it&#8217;s anarchy.
The Guardian, for example, framed the Alabama law in racial and gender terms. Why not? That&#8217;s what liberals do. It&#8217;s almost all they know anymore. &#8220;These 25 Republicans &#8212; all white men &#8212; just voted to ban abortion in Alabama,&#8221; the headline reads. The law, according to the article, &#8220;will disproportionately affect black and poor women, because they are more likely to seek abortions, and less likely to have resources to obtain an abortion out-of-state.&#8221;
Not once did the article allude to the only innocent party in the equation: the unborn baby. Nor did it mention that America&#8217;s abominably liberal abortion laws result in the grossly disproportionate killing of innocent black babies. Pro-life leaders in the black community have said that &#8220;the most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb&#8221; and that abortion &#8220;is the most institutionalized form of racism&#8221; in America.
Planned Parenthood, the left&#8217;s favorite abortion factory, was outraged at the bill. &#8220;Today is a dark day for women in Alabama and across the country,&#8221; said Staci Fox, CEO of Planned Parenthood Southeast. &#8220;Banning abortion is horrible &#8230; We will take this to court and ensure abortion remains safe and legal and accessible in the state of Alabama.&#8221; She forgot &#8220;profitable.&#8221;
Democratic leaders were seemingly in a competition over who could condemn the law most harshly. Hillary Clinton said it is an example of &#8220;appalling attacks on women&#8217;s lives and fundamental freedoms.&#8221; We can safely infer that she was not factoring in the female babies&#8217; lives the law would protect. Sen. Elizabeth Warren said the &#8220;ban is dangerous and exceptionally cruel.&#8221; She did not comment on whether the law is cruel to the unborn babies. Warren and Sen. Kamala Harris both noted that the law is an attack on Roe v. Wade.
Yes, that&#8217;s kind of the point, and Alabama&#8217;s Republicans are admitting it. Isn&#8217;t it about time the court revisited Roe in earnest? What these Democrats don&#8217;t say is that their best hope of preserving existing abortion law is for the court to affirm its lawless 1973 decision, either through some newly created legal fiction or in almost-idolatrous fidelity to long-standing but screamingly bad precedent.
As I say, I doubt the court, even as currently constituted, will overrule Roe outright, but it would be a glorious day for America, and for God&#8217;s innocent unborn babies, if it were to do so.
David Limbaugh is a writer, author and attorney. His latest book is &#8220;Jesus Is Risen: Paul and the Early Church.&#8221; Follow him on Twitter @davidlimbaugh and his website at www.davidlimbaugh.com. To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

LIMBAUGH: Democrats Unhinged Over Alabama&#8217;s Abortion Bill

Progressivism

Listen to various abortion activists and Hollywood-faded stars and you might be under the impression that Georgia, Alabama and other states have just passed laws that could give women the death penalty for having abortions. In fact, some news outlets have run stories that these states would arrest women for having abortions.
Sadly, at a time when the news media and progressive activists lament the President&#8217;s dubious relationship with the truth, these are not just misstatements but outright lies. Last week, Alabama passed a law that would prohibit abortion except for situations where the mother&#8217;s own life is at risk. News outlets faithfully reported that under this law, women could be jailed for having an abortion.
Section 5 of the new Alabama law states, and this is a direct quote: &#8220;No woman upon whom an abortion is performed or attempted to be performed shall be criminally or civilly liable. Furthermore, no physician confirming the serious health risk to the child&#8217;s mother shall be criminally or civilly liable for those actions.&#8221; One need never get to that section, however. The synopsis of the legislation that precedes the actual legislative language states, &#8220;This bill would provide that a woman who receives an abortion will not be held criminally culpable or civilly liable for receiving the abortion.&#8221; Perhaps reporters could read the legislation instead of taking abortion activists&#8217; statements as truth.
The same is true in Georgia. Actress Alyssa Milano claimed on social media that &#8220;The Georgia bill states that a woman can be investigated for miscarrying and that women who travel to another state to get an abortion can spend up to ten years in prison.&#8221; This is actually a lie. The law does not say that.
Georgia has, since 1876, prohibited the prosecution of a woman for the death of her unborn child for any reason. In May 1997, Jacquelyn Aretha Hillman was indicted for allegedly shooting herself in the abdomen to kill her unborn child. She was eight months pregnant, 18 years old, and the child&#8217;s father was nowhere to be found. The child died.
Because Georgia law prohibits prosecuting a woman for the death of her unborn child, prosecutors sought to charge Hillman with unlawfully performing an abortion. The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled in Hillman v. State of Georgia that no woman could be charged for the death of her own unborn child for any reason. In fact, the court said if a woman could be charged for the death of her unborn child, &#8220;any woman who suffers a post-viability miscarriage could be subject to scrutiny regarding whether or not she intentionally acted to cause the miscarriage.&#8221;
One need only read the text of Georgia&#8217;s new fetal heartbeat law to see this has not changed. When given the opportunity to overrule the Hillman decision by legislation, the legislature declined. When given the opportunity to repeal the 1876 statute that clearly prohibits prosecuting women for the death of their unborn child, no matter the cause, the legislature refused.
One would never know this by listening to news coverage of these pieces of legislation. One would never know it from the fundraisers being held by progressives using these laws as political causes. Those who think the media should have some level of honesty in how they report these issues are going to again be disappointed. The supposed champions of truth in the press have embraced a party line that is wholly dishonest.
There is also a necessary moment of honesty for the pro-life movement. While the movement pours its energy into banning abortion, many abortions are the result of desperation on the part of women who view themselves as out of options. The pro-life community needs to expand options.
Working to ban abortion is good. It is taking a human life at its most vulnerable stage of development. Working to make adoption easier and less expensive is also necessary. Providing support and safety for pregnant women is also necessary. The pro-life cause has science on its side. It also needs to make sure pregnant moms know the pro-life movement is on their side.
To find out more about Erick Erickson and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

ERICKSON: No Room For Honesty

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a bill on May 14 protecting unborn babies from the slaughter of abortion. The vote wasn&#8217;t close in the state legislature: 74-3 in the House, 25-6 in the Senate.
One more state has come to its senses.
There&#8217;s a wave of pro-life bills being passed in the Southern states. First came the &#8220;heartbeat&#8221; bills stopping abortions after a baby&#8217;s heartbeat can be detected (around six weeks). Then came Alabama. Its bill stops all abortions except for cases where the life of the mother is in danger or the unborn baby has a &#8220;lethal anomaly,&#8221; and threatens abortion doctors with up to 99 years in jail. The left will naturally try to get Democrat-appointed federal judges to repeal it.
But in the meantime, the Hollywood left is furious. Barbra Streisand lamented: &#8220;The retrograde Alabama criminalizes abortion even in the case of rape and incest. Voted for overwhelmingly by GOP men. Handmaid&#8217;s Tale from the GOP.&#8221;
Lady Gaga called it an &#8220;outrage&#8221; and &#8220;all the more heinous&#8221; that it doesn&#8217;t allow exceptions for those who are raped &#8220;or are experiencing incest non-consensual or not.&#8221; Gaga is inclusive enough to show compassion toward those practicing consensual incest.
Alyssa Milano was also livid at the 22 men who voted against the rape and incest exception. &#8220;NOT ONE UTERUS,&#8221; she tweeted. That the governor who signed the bill and the female state representative who sponsored the bill are women is irrelevant.
There was also &#8220;not one uterus&#8221; among the seven men who legalized nationwide abortion in Roe v. Wade in 1973.
Sarah Silverman was counting differently, tweeting, &#8220;27 white males just decided what Alabama women can and can&#8217;t do with their own bodies and lives. (Males cause 100% of unwanted pregnancies).&#8221;
The &#8220;comedians&#8221; thought their rage would be funny. They were wrong. On TBS, Samantha Bee announced the regulators of abortion &#8220;wouldn&#8217;t recognize a vulva if it bit them in the face.&#8221; Former &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; co-creator Lizz Winstead claimed, &#8220;I love the people of Alabama and want to punch their politicians in the c&#8212;k.&#8221;
Comedian and former &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; producer Jena Friedman snapped on Twitter that &#8220;in Alabama, life begins at rape.&#8221; Friedman also tweeted, &#8220;The best way to stop abortion is to just kill women before they get pregnant! &#8212; Alabama legislature 2020.&#8221; This is the same woman who warned women during Stephen Colbert&#8217;s election-night freak-out in 2016, &#8220;Get your abortions now!&#8221;
Hollywood&#8217;s male feminists also pitched in. Actor Bradley Whitford insisted, &#8220;Misogyny is the reptilian brain stem of right wing ideology.&#8221;
Jameela Jamil of the NBC afterlife sitcom &#8220;The Good Place&#8221; called the new Georgia law &#8220;blatantly demonstrative of a hatred of women&#8221; and then added, &#8220;I had an abortion when I was young, and it was the best decision I have ever made. Both for me, and for the baby I didn&#8217;t want.&#8221;
It&#8217;s amazing that women who abort babies can always rationalize that they are such immensely horrible people that the babies would be better off dead. Jamil implied foster care is worse than abortion: &#8220;So many children will end up in foster homes. So many lives ruined. So very cruel.&#8221;
It&#8217;s amazing that these &#8220;progressives&#8221; believe their compassion is limitless, and yet they express every Orwellian adjective known to man about violently ending a life before it starts. Saving the babies is &#8220;restrictive,&#8221; not &#8220;protective.&#8221; It&#8217;s &#8220;brutal,&#8221; not stopping brutality. It&#8217;s &#8220;cruel,&#8221; and even &#8220;barbaric.&#8221; And ripping babies limb from limb is &#8230; the antonym?
L. Brent Bozell III is the president of the Media Research Center. Tim Graham is director of media analysis at the Media Research Center and executive editor of the blog NewsBusters.org. To find out more about Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com.

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