Oct. 24, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where President Obama praises a socialist U.N. chief who wants the U.S. to accept more refugees. Fred Lucas has that story, and another on Obama's plan to help Democrats win more seats in state legislatures. Colorado could be the next state to legalize doctor-assisted suicide. A leading opponent talks with Rachel del Guidice. Plus: Kelsey Harkness on a challenge to politically correct speech on campus, and Hans von Spakovsky on Exxon Mobil's stand against a climate "inquisition."
State attorneys general like New York's Eric Schneiderman are trying to criminalize scientific dissent and punish heretics who question the validity of catastrophic, man-induced climate change.
Former Attorney General Eric Holder, an Obama appointee and friend, will be chairman of a new group called the National Democratic Redistricting Committee that was established in "close consultation" with the White House.
The national debt, which rose by nearly $7 trillion under President Obama, could mean a fiscal crisis as well as slower economic growth.
The 193-member United Nations General Assembly approved Antonio Guterres, a socialist whom President Barack Obama calls a man of "character, vision, and skills."
In two states, "Individuals with terminal illnesses are getting letters from their insurance companies that are saying, 'Your medication is too expensive for us to continue your coverage. However, we will pay the $100 for you to terminate your life through doctor-assisted suicide,'" warns Centennial Institute's Jeff Hunt.
The policy "states that 'gossip' about a male student's 'feminine dress' could be harassment, failing to even acknowledge that students also possess First Amendment rights that might be implicated," say the student's lawyers.
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