A roundup of news and commentary from around the interwebs.
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This is fantastic news:
The fight against Pornhub may finally be nearing an end. Pornhub and all of MindGeek’s porn tube sites were just completely demonetized by Visa and Mastercard. This is a huge moment for victims. Let’s celebrate with them and for them. #Traffickinghub
— Laila Mickelwait (@LailaMickelwait) August 4, 2022
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Senator Elizabeth Warren is easily one of the worst U.S. senators in a crowded field. At First Things, George Weigel takes aim at her mission to destroy crisis pregnancy centers: “Crone swoops with talons toward younger women with babies.”
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Let’s take a look at what the Democrats are up to…oh.
Since only biological females can become pregnant I offered an amendment to limit our federal pregnancy programs to biological females
All 50 Senate democrats voted against itpic.twitter.com/bUAIEpqujW
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) August 7, 2022
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The great historian David McCullough has passed away. Samuel D. James has a lovely reflection on what made him such a magnificent storyteller, and what we can learn from him today.
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For those of you following the controversy over Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban and his recent speech in Romania, here’s a good response from The European Conservative
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Don’t click on this story unless you have a strong stomach, but it is worth noting just to note the ongoing collapse of public schools:
Los Angeles Unified School District shared a video to their Instagram story on Saturday to explain to people how to use “preferred pronouns,” featuring trans activist Addison Vincent, and linking to Vincent’s personal page. That page is filled filled with numerous soft core pornographic images of Vincent, who prefers they/them pronouns.
Vincent is the activist Matt Walsh debated on Dr. Phil, by the way. Read the whole thing.
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From Unherd, this is very good: “Why the Tavistock won’t talk to me.”
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Over at The Atlantic, Caitlin Flanagan has a devastating long-form essay on the hideous practice of separating children from their parents. It is a heartbreaking and important read. No social conservative should ever support this cruelty.
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More soon.