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The Meaning of Memorial Day

May 29, 2023
After suffering through the last few years of lockdowns and record high gas prices and the cold winter months, many Americans are more than ready to get out of the house and hit the beaches and parks to celebrate Memorial Day weekend as the unofficial start of summer.

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Prayers for this family

Utah Republican Rep. Chris Stewart announced that he will resign from Congress before the end of the year to take care of his wife Evie, who is ill. Under state law, the Governor has to call a special election to replace Stewart. It’s not clear when that will be. Even though a Republican is heavily favored in that district, until another one is elected, the GOP House majority will be reduced to only four votes. But the most important part of this story isn’t the politics but the fact that his wife is ill enough that he feels the need to resign to take care of her, so please keep them and their children in your prayers.

U.S. Border Chief to retire

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, who manages 20,000 Border Patrol agents, announced that he is retiring effective June 30th. Ortiz has been vocal about the DHS not having operational control of the border, and testified to that in Congress. DHS Secretary Antony Majorkas praised Ortiz and thanked him for postponing his retirement several times over the past couple of years, which I’m sure must’ve been difficult, considering the circumstances. No word on who will replace him, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Majorkas tried to save money by hiring an illegal immigrant.

Supreme Court rules that Reddit is not liable

Tuesday, the Supreme Court left in place a lower court ruling that the website Reddit was not legally liable for child pornography posted by users, under Section 240 of the Communications Decency Act that shields platforms from liability for posts by third parties. The SCOTUS found that the plaintiffs, who were victims of child pornography, did not accuse Reddit of actively engaging in sex trafficking or draw any direct connection between those posts and its revenue, other than the fact that it makes money from ads on all its pages. This wasn’t unexpected in light of recent rulings finding Google and Twitter not liable for damages to victims of terrorists who left posts on their platforms.

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Lawfare

June 2, 2023
The Biden “Justice” Department has once again proved why it deserves those quotation marks with its highly-suspicious timing.
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