lifesitenews--2020-03-09--Pope Francis calls for next world meeting of bishops to focus on ‘synodality’

ROME , Italy , March 9 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Pope Francis has decided that the next world synod of bishops in October 2022 will focus on “ synodality.
” The motto , “ For a synodal Church : communion , participation , and mission , ” was announced Saturday by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri , the secretary general of the synod of bishops .
Cardinal Raymond Burke criticized the concept of “ synodality ” in a 2018 interview .
“ It ’ s become like a slogan , meant to suggest some kind of new church which is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Roman Pontiff is relativized and diminished — if not destroyed , ” said Cardinal Burke in an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews at that time .
“ This is typical of a lot of things in the Church today .
The enthusiasts for ‘ synodality ’ keep talking about it , but I can ’ t find any definition of what it is , ” he said .
According to Cardinal Burke , the traditional meaning of the term synod used to be “ to find ways to teach the Catholic faith more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Church .
That ’ s basically what a synod of bishops is — that ’ s its definition.
” “ It ’ s a meeting of bishops to assist the Pope to see how to teach the faith more effectively and how to promote a more faithful Christian life in accordance with the discipline of the Church , ” he continued .
“ But now , seemingly , the term ‘ synodality ’ is being used to suggest that conferences of bishops would have doctrinal authority.
” Cardinal Robert Sarah , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments , has also been critical of synodality as it has been presented during the current pontificate .
“ People are trying to detach the local churches from Rome .
People want to be autonomous with regard to Rome and the vicar of Jesus Christ , that is , Peter , he who gives direction to the church of Rome , ” Sarah said .
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has also raised concerns about the concept of synodality , saying in a 2018 interview that that phrase was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the time of the Youth Synod as a way to “ promote their own agenda.
” “ Pushing through the theme of ‘ synodality ’ in the final document ( of the Youth Synod ) , in disregard for authentic synodal methods — since this topic was not sufficiently debated in the synod hall , and there was not enough time to read the final text , which was given to the bishops only in Italian – is a demonstration of an exasperated clericalism .
Such ‘ synodal ’ clericalism intends to transform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worldly and Protestant parliament style with continuous discussions and voting processes on matters that can not be put to a vote , ” he said .
Past remarks made by Pope Francis offer some insight concerning the direction the upcoming synod might take .
In a 2015 speech , he affirmed , “ It is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.
” The Holy Father pointed out that from the beginning of his ministry “ as bishop of Rome ” in 2013 , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which is one of the most precious legacies of the Second Vatican Council.
” He referred to Pope Paul VI , who established the synod of bishops as an institution in the Church in 1965 , just before Vatican II came to a close .
“ For Blessed Paul VI , the synod of bishops was meant to reproduce the image of the Ecumenical Council and reflect its spirit and method , ” Pope Francis said .
Francis called synodality a “ constitutive element of the Church.
” Trying to define the term @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ laity , pastors , the bishop of Rome , ” the Holy Father admitted that synodality is “ an easy concept to put into words , but not so easy to put into practice.
” Emphasizing the importance of listening , the Pope said , “ A synodal Church is a Church which listens , which realizes that listening ‘ is more than simply hearing.
’ ” “ It is a mutual listening in which everyone has something to learn .
The faithful people , the college of bishops , the bishop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other , and all listening to the Holy Spirit , the ‘ spirit of truth , ’ in order to know what he ‘ says to the churches , ’ ” he continued .
The Pope identified three steps in the synodal process , beginning by “ listening to the people of God , which ‘ shares also in Christ ’ s prophetic office.
’ ” In a second step , the process of the synod involves listening to the pastors .
“ Through the synod fathers , the bishops act as authentic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faith of the whole Church , which they need to discern carefully from the changing currents of public opinion , ” Francis explained .
Finally , the process “ culminates in listening to the bishop of Rome , who is called to speak as “ ‘ pastor and teacher of all Christians , ’ not on the basis of his personal convictions but as the supreme witness ” to the whole faith of the Church .
According to Pope Francis , the hierarchy in the Church is like “ an inverted pyramid.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are called ‘ ministers , ’ because , in the original meaning of the word , they are the least of all .
It is in serving the people of God that each bishop becomes , for that portion of the flock entrusted to him , ” the vicar “ of that Jesus who at the Last Supper bent down to wash the feet of the apostles , ” he explained .
In his speech , Pope Francis also said there are three levels of synodality , starting with the particular churches , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ context , Pope Francis spoke of starting “ from people and their daily problems.
” Only then , he argued , “ can a synodal Church begin to take shape.
” The German bishops have been using the concept of synodality to push their own agenda in their “ synodal path ” of overthrowing Catholic sexual teaching .
In the working document on sexual morality in preparation for the synodal path , the authors , including the new president of the German Bishops ’ Conference , Bishop Georg Bätzing , claim that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faith and experience of those who actually live in sexual relationships.
” The document goes on to demand changes to the Church ’ s teaching on contraception , masturbation , and homosexuality .
Regarding the second level of synodality , Pope Francis spoke mainly of bishops ’ conferences , but also ecclesiastical provinces , namely archdioceses .
“ We need to reflect on how better to bring about , through these bodies , intermediary instances of collegiality , perhaps by integrating and updating certain aspects of the ancient ecclesiastical organization , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expressed by the Council that such bodies would help increase the spirit of episcopal collegiality has not yet been fully realized .
We are still on the way , part-way there .
In a synodal Church , as I have said , ‘ it is not advisable for the Pope to take the place of local Bishops in the discernment of every issue which arises in their territory , ’ ” he continued .
It has been speculated that “ intermediary instances of collegiality ” could be strengthened by the long-awaited reform of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the “ genuine doctrinal authority ” of bishops ’ conferences .
On the highest level of synodality , the synod of bishops is to be found , Pope Francis said .
Such a synod represents all the bishops , turning into “ an expression of episcopal collegiality within an entirely synodal Church.
” Since 2013 , Pope Francis has organized four synods .
The first and second , taking place in 2014 and 2015 , focused on the family in the Church .
Those two synods resulted in the apostolic exhortation Amoris @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remarried ” people living in adultery to receive Holy Communion .
The third synod , in 2018 , focused on youth , and the most recent one , often referred to as the Amazon synod , took place in 2019 .
In that context , Pachamama statues were used in the Vatican during official religious ceremonies , prompting many accusations of idol worship .
Pope Francis , in his 2015 speech , emphasized the importance of synodality for the relationship between the Catholic Church and other Christian communities .
“ I am persuaded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ light can be shed on the exercise of the Petrine primacy .
The Pope is not , by himself , above the Church ; but within it as one of the baptized , and within the college of bishops as a bishop among bishops , called at the same time — as successor of Peter — to lead the church of Rome which presides in charity over all the churches , ” Francis said .
No information going beyond the motto of the upcoming synod on synodality has been disclosed .
However , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Central Committee of German Catholics and a key player of the Synodal Path , already signaled the German influence that can be expected .
“ For now , ( Pope Francis ) is ‘ only ’ dreaming of true synodality .
By the fall of 2022 , ( the Synodal Path ) will be over , for the time being .
German Catholics will be ready to share experiences and concrete results with the universal Church , ” he tweeted .

The vague term is considered by some bishops to be a code word for change in how the Church is structured.
ROME, Italy, March 9, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has decided that the next world synod of bishops in October 2022 will focus on “synodality.”
The motto, “For a synodal Church: communion, participation, and mission,” was announced Saturday by Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, the secretary general of the synod of bishops.
Cardinal Raymond Burke criticized the concept of “synodality” in a 2018 interview.
“It’s become like a slogan, meant to suggest some kind of new church which is democratic and in which the authority of the Roman Pontiff is relativized and diminished — if not destroyed,” said Cardinal Burke in an exclusive interview with LifeSiteNews at that time.
“This is typical of a lot of things in the Church today. The enthusiasts for ‘synodality’ keep talking about it, but I can’t find any definition of what it is,” he said.
According to Cardinal Burke, the traditional meaning of the term synod used to be “to find ways to teach the Catholic faith more effectively and to promote the proper discipline in the Church. That’s basically what a synod of bishops is — that’s its definition.”
“It’s a meeting of bishops to assist the Pope to see how to teach the faith more effectively and how to promote a more faithful Christian life in accordance with the discipline of the Church,” he continued. “But now, seemingly, the term ‘synodality’ is being used to suggest that conferences of bishops would have doctrinal authority.”
Cardinal Robert Sarah, the prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, has also been critical of synodality as it has been presented during the current pontificate.
“People are trying to detach the local churches from Rome. People want to be autonomous with regard to Rome and the vicar of Jesus Christ, that is, Peter, he who gives direction to the church of Rome,” Sarah said.
Bishop Athanasius Schneider has also raised concerns about the concept of synodality, saying in a 2018 interview that that phrase was being used by top Church leaders at the time of the Youth Synod as a way to “promote their own agenda.”
“Pushing through the theme of ‘synodality’ in the final document (of the Youth Synod), in disregard for authentic synodal methods — since this topic was not sufficiently debated in the synod hall, and there was not enough time to read the final text, which was given to the bishops only in Italian – is a demonstration of an exasperated clericalism. Such ‘synodal’ clericalism intends to transform the life of the Church into a worldly and Protestant parliament style with continuous discussions and voting processes on matters that cannot be put to a vote,” he said.
Past remarks made by Pope Francis offer some insight concerning the direction the upcoming synod might take. In a 2015 speech, he affirmed, “It is precisely this path of synodality which God expects of the Church of the third millennium.”
The Holy Father pointed out that from the beginning of his ministry “as bishop of Rome” in 2013, “I sought to enhance the synod, which is one of the most precious legacies of the Second Vatican Council.”
He referred to Pope Paul VI, who established the synod of bishops as an institution in the Church in 1965, just before Vatican II came to a close. “For Blessed Paul VI, the synod of bishops was meant to reproduce the image of the Ecumenical Council and reflect its spirit and method,” Pope Francis said.
Francis called synodality a “constitutive element of the Church.” Trying to define the term as the “journeying together” of “laity, pastors, the bishop of Rome,” the Holy Father admitted that synodality is “an easy concept to put into words, but not so easy to put into practice.”
Emphasizing the importance of listening, the Pope said, “A synodal Church is a Church which listens, which realizes that listening ‘is more than simply hearing.’”
“It is a mutual listening in which everyone has something to learn. The faithful people, the college of bishops, the bishop of Rome: all listening to each other, and all listening to the Holy Spirit, the ‘spirit of truth,’ in order to know what he ‘says to the churches,’” he continued.
The Pope identified three steps in the synodal process, beginning by “listening to the people of God, which ‘shares also in Christ’s prophetic office.’”
In a second step, the process of the synod involves listening to the pastors. “Through the synod fathers, the bishops act as authentic guardians, interpreters and witnesses of the faith of the whole Church, which they need to discern carefully from the changing currents of public opinion,” Francis explained.
Finally, the process “culminates in listening to the bishop of Rome, who is called to speak as “‘pastor and teacher of all Christians,’ not on the basis of his personal convictions but as the supreme witness” to the whole faith of the Church.
According to Pope Francis, the hierarchy in the Church is like “an inverted pyramid.”
“Consequently, those who exercise authority are called ‘ministers,’ because, in the original meaning of the word, they are the least of all. It is in serving the people of God that each bishop becomes, for that portion of the flock entrusted to him,” the vicar “of that Jesus who at the Last Supper bent down to wash the feet of the apostles,” he explained.
In his speech, Pope Francis also said there are three levels of synodality, starting with the particular churches, which are the dioceses. In this context, Pope Francis spoke of starting “from people and their daily problems.” Only then, he argued, “can a synodal Church begin to take shape.”
The German bishops have been using the concept of synodality to push their own agenda in their “synodal path” of overthrowing Catholic sexual teaching.
In the working document on sexual morality in preparation for the synodal path, the authors, including the new president of the German Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Georg Bätzing, claim that the Church depends “on the knowledge of faith and experience of those who actually live in sexual relationships.” The document goes on to demand changes to the Church’s teaching on contraception, masturbation, and homosexuality.
Regarding the second level of synodality, Pope Francis spoke mainly of bishops’ conferences, but also ecclesiastical provinces, namely archdioceses. “We need to reflect on how better to bring about, through these bodies, intermediary instances of collegiality, perhaps by integrating and updating certain aspects of the ancient ecclesiastical organization,” the Holy Father said.
“The hope expressed by the Council that such bodies would help increase the spirit of episcopal collegiality has not yet been fully realized. We are still on the way, part-way there. In a synodal Church, as I have said, ‘it is not advisable for the Pope to take the place of local Bishops in the discernment of every issue which arises in their territory,’” he continued.
It has been speculated that “intermediary instances of collegiality” could be strengthened by the long-awaited reform of the curia. A draft specifically referred to the “genuine doctrinal authority” of bishops’ conferences.
On the highest level of synodality, the synod of bishops is to be found, Pope Francis said. Such a synod represents all the bishops, turning into “an expression of episcopal collegiality within an entirely synodal Church.”
Since 2013, Pope Francis has organized four synods. The first and second, taking place in 2014 and 2015, focused on the family in the Church. Those two synods resulted in the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, paving the way for “remarried” people living in adultery to receive Holy Communion.
The third synod, in 2018, focused on youth, and the most recent one, often referred to as the Amazon synod, took place in 2019. In that context, Pachamama statues were used in the Vatican during official religious ceremonies, prompting many accusations of idol worship.
Pope Francis, in his 2015 speech, emphasized the importance of synodality for the relationship between the Catholic Church and other Christian communities.
“I am persuaded that in a synodal Church, greater light can be shed on the exercise of the Petrine primacy. The Pope is not, by himself, above the Church; but within it as one of the baptized, and within the college of bishops as a bishop among bishops, called at the same time — as successor of Peter — to lead the church of Rome which presides in charity over all the churches,” Francis said.
No information going beyond the motto of the upcoming synod on synodality has been disclosed. However, Marc Frings, secretary general of the Central Committee of German Catholics and a key player of the Synodal Path, already signaled the German influence that can be expected.
“For now, (Pope Francis) is ‘only’ dreaming of true synodality. By the fall of 2022, (the Synodal Path) will be over, for the time being. German Catholics will be ready to share experiences and concrete results with the universal Church,” he tweeted.
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lifesitenews--2020-03-09--Islamic group fails to prevent pro-Western, anti-jihad lecture at US Army War College

March 9 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — On February 26 , 2020 , I spoke at the U.S. Army War College 's Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle , Pa .
The title ( and topic ) of my talk was lifted from my last book : Sword and Scimitar : Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West .
Since then , I have received a number of questions concerning the event — how it was , how I was , if there were any disruptions , if the event even took place at all — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ First , as many know , the terrorist-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations ( `` CAIR '' ) tried again through press releases and petitions to get my talk canceled .
It failed .
Secondly , everything went smoothly and properly .
The Army Education & Heritage folks were professional and courteous .
The two main heads of the U.S. Army War College , which people — both those who protested letting me speak ( CAIR , etc . )
and those who supported free speech ( ten congressmen , the National Association of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their appeals to were also present : M.G .
John S. Kem , the commandant of the U.S. Army War College , and its provost , Dr. James G. Breckenridge .
Both greeted and spoke with me briefly and sat in the front and center row for the duration of my talk ( an hour , followed by Q & A ) .
Geoffrey Mangelsdorf , director of the Army Heritage & Education Center , which hosted the event , was also present and agreeable .
I heard various numbers from staff concerning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as `` nearly 300 . ''
The large events room certainly did seem packed .
I saw no protests or disruptions of any sort , including during the Q & A ( this was , after all , at a secure military facility ) .
Right after the event , a colleague emailed me asking how I did .
One of the several people copied on this email — who I subsequently learned had attended the event — gave a comprehensive response .
I liked it very much — not least due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as it was written very soon after the event had ended .
As such , I thought it would be nice to share her account publicly , for the benefit of all those many people who had a stake in seeing this talk — that is , in seeing free speech about Islam — go through .
She graciously agreed .
What follows are the exact words of Stacey Swain , a retired Navy lt .
cdr.
, as they appeared in an email from her responding to someone else asking me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ MASTERFUL .
The room was packed , and people were riveted .
Frankly , I ca n't say enough .
I learned so much last night – to include some of the quotes Mr. Ibrahim mentioned that fascinated me – and that I probably should have heard before .
I must say I felt like a bit of a clod that I did n't know some of this information already .
The questions after the presentation were interesting – though some made me want to tear my hair out for the way they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and subject matter ; others really reinforced my faith that people may finally be `` getting it . ''
For a few of the questions that obviously had motives behind them , Raymond was unshakable , professional , direct and steadfast in his answers ; so much so that I quietly laughed at one of them , turned to the friend next to me and mouthed the word , `` BOOM '' ( mic drop ) after he gave his answer .
I was the guest of a friend – a retired Army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who I thanked no less than 10 times for inviting me to this presentation , and who laughed as I was actively searching for Raymond 's Facebook page , and then ordered his book while I was sitting and listening .
I do n't want to be melodramatic , but he was THAT good .
Mr. Ibrahim does n't opine , interpret , judge and accuse ; he delivers his message through what was clearly painstaking research and historical fact — period .
The presentation was magnificent .
I ca n't say enough @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the entire lecture was videotaped and will eventually be made available online .
This post originally appeared at the American Thinker .
It is published here with the author 's permission .

CAIR pulled out all the stops to forbid Raymond Ibrahim from speaking at the institution, and the conflict dragged on for months.
March 9, 2020 (American Thinker) — On February 26, 2020, I spoke at the U.S. Army War College's Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, Pa. The title (and topic) of my talk was lifted from my last book: Sword and Scimitar: Fourteen Centuries of War between Islam and the West.
Since then, I have received a number of questions concerning the event — how it was, how I was, if there were any disruptions, if the event even took place at all — which I hereby try to answer.
First, as many know, the terrorist-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (“CAIR”) tried again through press releases and petitions to get my talk canceled. It failed.
Secondly, everything went smoothly and properly. The Army Education & Heritage folks were professional and courteous. The two main heads of the U.S. Army War College, which people — both those who protested letting me speak (CAIR, etc.) and those who supported free speech (ten congressmen, the National Association of Scholars, etc.) — directed their appeals to were also present: M.G. John S. Kem, the commandant of the U.S. Army War College, and its provost, Dr. James G. Breckenridge.
Both greeted and spoke with me briefly and sat in the front and center row for the duration of my talk (an hour, followed by Q&A). Geoffrey Mangelsdorf, director of the Army Heritage & Education Center, which hosted the event, was also present and agreeable.
I heard various numbers from staff concerning how many people attended — as many as “nearly 300.” The large events room certainly did seem packed.
I saw no protests or disruptions of any sort, including during the Q&A (this was, after all, at a secure military facility).
Right after the event, a colleague emailed me asking how I did. One of the several people copied on this email — who I subsequently learned had attended the event — gave a comprehensive response. I liked it very much — not least due to its enthusiastic and “live” feel, as it was written very soon after the event had ended. As such, I thought it would be nice to share her account publicly, for the benefit of all those many people who had a stake in seeing this talk — that is, in seeing free speech about Islam — go through. She graciously agreed. What follows are the exact words of Stacey Swain, a retired Navy lt. cdr., as they appeared in an email from her responding to someone else asking me how I did:
Mr. Ibrahim was MASTERFUL. The room was packed, and people were riveted. Frankly, I can't say enough. I learned so much last night – to include some of the quotes Mr. Ibrahim mentioned that fascinated me – and that I probably should have heard before. I must say I felt like a bit of a clod that I didn't know some of this information already. The questions after the presentation were interesting – though some made me want to tear my hair out for the way they clearly were trying to manipulate this presentation and subject matter; others really reinforced my faith that people may finally be “getting it.” For a few of the questions that obviously had motives behind them, Raymond was unshakable, professional, direct and steadfast in his answers; so much so that I quietly laughed at one of them, turned to the friend next to me and mouthed the word, “BOOM” (mic drop) after he gave his answer. I was the guest of a friend – a retired Army LTC and Congressional chief of staff – who I thanked no less than 10 times for inviting me to this presentation, and who laughed as I was actively searching for Raymond's Facebook page, and then ordered his book while I was sitting and listening. I don't want to be melodramatic, but he was THAT good. Mr. Ibrahim doesn't opine, interpret, judge and accuse; he delivers his message through what was clearly painstaking research and historical fact — period. The presentation was magnificent. I can't say enough.
Finally, I was informed that the entire lecture was videotaped and will eventually be made available online.
This post originally appeared at the American Thinker. It is published here with the author's permission.
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lifesitenews--2020-03-09--Bernie unveils ‘reproductive justice’ plan: Taxpayer-funded abortion till birth

March 9 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Democrat presidential contender and avowed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders has formally unveiled the abortion agenda he ’ s running on in 2020 , collecting in a single location the various absolutist promises he has made to the abortion lobby .
The Vermont senator ’ s so-called “ Reproductive Health Care and Justice for All ” plan pledges to repeal the Hyde Amendment , thereby allowing direct funding of elective abortions with tax dollars ; make contraception “ free ” and available over-the-counter ; and “ significantly ” expand “ funding for Planned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initiatives ” that offer and promote abortions .
Sanders would restore foreign aid to abortion organizations as well as the United Nations Population Fund ; support codifying Roe v. Wade in federal law ; ban abstinence-only sex education ; and deny federal funding to crisis pregnancy centers that focus on alternatives to abortion .
The document also promises to appoint pro-abortion ideologues to federal judgeships and touts Sanders ’ 100 % pro-abortion voting records with Planned Parenthood and NARAL .
Sanders will work “ with reproductive justice and advocacy groups to fill vacancies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will protect reproductive rights at every level , ” he promises .
Though not explicitly listed in this document , Sanders has previously threatened that if elected , he would direct the U.S. Department of Justice to “ go after those states ” that restrict abortion “ in every way that I legally can.
” In the document , Sanders also pledges to “ require preclearance for state abortion laws to ensure that state laws do not impose undue restrictions and barriers for abortion services.
” “ In 1972 , before the Roe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicians who ‘ think that they have the right to tell a woman what she can or can not do with her body , ’ ” the announcement declares .
“ Bernie has never wavered on the issue of reproductive freedom , and , as president , he will protect and expand reproductive rights.
” Voters are also given insight into Sanders ’ definition of “ reproductive freedom ” : If abortion is legal , but your state has no or too few reproductive health clinics , then you do not have reproductive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reproductive health clinics but there are financial barriers to utilizing those clinics , then you do not have reproductive justice or freedom .
If you have health care that is affordable , but work long hours at minimum wages and can not afford to take time off work to get to your doctor ’ s appointments , then you don ’ t have reproductive justice or freedom .
If you must travel long distances to reach an abortion provider but are unable to afford transportation , lodging , or child care , you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting began in the 2020 Democrat primary , Sanders temporarily became the frontrunner in the field , but has recently fallen back behind former Vice President Joe Biden , who experienced a comeback starting with his commanding victory in the South Carolina primary .

The socialist candidate promises to make contraception 'free' and available over-the-counter, pour money into Planned Parenthood, and codify abortion through birth into law.
March 9, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Democrat presidential contender and avowed socialist Senator Bernie Sanders has formally unveiled the abortion agenda he’s running on in 2020, collecting in a single location the various absolutist promises he has made to the abortion lobby.
The Vermont senator’s so-called “Reproductive Health Care and Justice for All” plan pledges to repeal the Hyde Amendment, thereby allowing direct funding of elective abortions with tax dollars; make contraception “free” and available over-the-counter; and “significantly” expand “funding for Planned Parenthood, Title X, and other initiatives” that offer and promote abortions.
Sanders would restore foreign aid to abortion organizations as well as the United Nations Population Fund; support codifying Roe v. Wade in federal law; ban abstinence-only sex education; and deny federal funding to crisis pregnancy centers that focus on alternatives to abortion. The document also promises to appoint pro-abortion ideologues to federal judgeships and touts Sanders’ 100% pro-abortion voting records with Planned Parenthood and NARAL.
Sanders will work “with reproductive justice and advocacy groups to fill vacancies with highly qualified, principled judges who will protect reproductive rights at every level,” he promises.
Though not explicitly listed in this document, Sanders has previously threatened that if elected, he would direct the U.S. Department of Justice to “go after those states” that restrict abortion “in every way that I legally can.”
In the document, Sanders also pledges to “require preclearance for state abortion laws to ensure that state laws do not impose undue restrictions and barriers for abortion services.”
Insane-@BernieSanders just released his plan to expand the killing of children if he becomes President: -Codify abortion through birth into law. -Increase Planned Parenthood funding (currently $616.8M). -Force taxpayers to directly fund abortions in America & abroad. (1/3) — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) March 9, 2020
Require private insurers to cover abortion & contraception. Increase abortion facilities in minority communities.@BernieSanders' plan will extend the slaughter of innocent human beings & the harm of women & girls. He can’t be allowed near our nation’s levers of power. (3/3) — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) March 9, 2020
“In 1972, before the Roe v. Wade ruling, Bernie criticized male politicians who ‘think that they have the right to tell a woman what she can or cannot do with her body,’” the announcement declares. “Bernie has never wavered on the issue of reproductive freedom, and, as president, he will protect and expand reproductive rights.”
Voters are also given insight into Sanders’ definition of “reproductive freedom”:
If abortion is legal, but your state has no or too few reproductive health clinics, then you do not have reproductive justice or freedom. If there are reproductive health clinics but there are financial barriers to utilizing those clinics, then you do not have reproductive justice or freedom. If you have health care that is affordable, but work long hours at minimum wages and cannot afford to take time off work to get to your doctor’s appointments, then you don’t have reproductive justice or freedom. If you must travel long distances to reach an abortion provider but are unable to afford transportation, lodging, or child care, you do not have reproductive freedom.
Once voting began in the 2020 Democrat primary, Sanders temporarily became the frontrunner in the field, but has recently fallen back behind former Vice President Joe Biden, who experienced a comeback starting with his commanding victory in the South Carolina primary.
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lifesitenews--2020-03-09--Muslims are preparing to take over Europe through Greece, and the EU doesn’t care

March 9 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — As Americans remain riveted to the coronavirus and the nauseating vicissitudes of the Democrats ’ battle to choose a presidential nominee — a choice now apparently winnowed down to the Marxist or the “ moderate ” — this writer ’ s thoughts once again are drawn to events in Europe .
The situation now unfolding day by day on the Greek-Turkish border may at first seem of minor concern to America , but in fact it ’ s a critical part of the overall struggle by patriots on both sides of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The same forces working here to dissolve American civilization through mass migration and deliberately inculcated cultural self-loathing are busy in Europe pursuing the same goal by identical means .
And the same traditional , patriotic segment of the population , guilty of the crime of loving one ’ s civilization and wanting to preserve it , resists cultural dissolution in both Europe and America .
The commonality of the struggle is striking .
European patriots face worse odds .
Their governments are more ruthless in condemning patriotism and love of country ( who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Nazi ? )
, and Europeans ’ history of submission to authority , and consequent ingrained passivity , makes them less inclined to risk social condemnation to save themselves .
Consider the events unfolding on Europe ’ s eastern border with Islam : Over the last week to ten days , the Islamist 21st-century Sultan on the Bosporus , Recep Erdoğan , has abrogated Turkey ’ s 2016 agreement with the European Union , under which the Turks committed to preventing a repetition of the 2015 mass migration of Muslim migrants into Western @ @ @ @ @ @ @ welcomed by German chancellor Angela Merkel , at least one million “ refugees ” ( read : “ economic migrants ” ) from the Middle East and elsewhere streamed into Germany ( hence into all of Europe ) , following a route that crossed Turkey , the Greek-Turkish border , the Balkans , and Austria .
By today , the number of Muslim newcomers in Germany has metastasized , through “ family reunification ” and continuing migration , to at least two million , with all the vast increases in criminality and sexual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ culture and traditions , and massive social welfare costs , all of which any even a casual student of Islamic history would have predicted .
In return for Turkey ’ s supposed commitment to prevent a recurrence of the 2015 catastrophe , the E.U.
’ s appeasement junkies , “ led ” by Merkel , agreed to provide vast monetary support to the Turkish Islamist regime and diplomatic support to Turkey ’ s military efforts in Syria and elsewhere .
This was a fool ’ s bargain for Europe from the beginning , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extort both massive financial contributions to his regime from Western Europe and a mandatory diplomatic cheering section for his expansionist military adventures in the Middle East , especially in Syria .
As usual , enfeebled European elites , having neither the requisite cultural pride nor the military means to defend their fragile borders with Islam , saw little choice : pay off the Turks or endure another invasion by millions of young Muslim men from all over the Middle East and elsewhere — masquerading as “ refugees ” from the Syrian war and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe ’ s leftist-dominated mainstream media .
Last Saturday , the futility of a purchased peace with Islamist governments was once again revealed with striking clarity : Recep Erdoğan explicitly canceled the 2016 agreement and announced that his government would no longer halt or hinder the estimated 3.5 million non-Turkish Muslims already living in Turkey , and the hundreds of thousands more migrants who will now enter Turkey across its eastern border , in their westward movement across Turkey into Europe via Greece .
Little more than a week after Erdoğan ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just short of war are unfolding on the Greek-Turkish border .
In the ancient Greek province of Thrace , where Turkey ’ s European-side province is separated from Greece by the River Evros , Greek soldiers and police , behind fences and barbed wire , face off against would-be border-crossers numbering , depending on source , anywhere from 13,000 to 30,000 to 75,000 .
The numbers of would-be invaders and the amount of violence increase daily .
German-language alternative websites report that the mobs at the Greek border have not had to engage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across Turkey , that unmarked buses headed west — as many 5–6 per hour — depart from migrant camps in eastern Turkey , and that Erdoğan ’ s state railroad assists with transporting the invaders to the Greek-E.U.-Turkish border .
Clearly , this second 21st-century Muslim invasion of Europe is Turkey ’ s child .
Erdoğan ’ s motives are not merely to rid Turkey of the burden of feeding and housing a large population of non-Turkish migrant Muslims , nor fully explained by his disappointment at the level of financial and diplomatic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Europe since 2016 .
Merkel ’ s feeble and naïve reaction to the 2015 invasion , and the Willkommenskultur ( “ welcoming culture ” ) she demanded of the German people ( and got from a small but influential part of it ) , has laid bare the moral confusion , psychological weakness , and atrocious leadership of Germany and Europe .
In consequence , Erdoğan , an Islamist to the core , sees his chance for historical Muslim greatness .
After the amazing governmental capitulation and public passivity in Germany during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perceive that now is his chance to dramatically advance through migration what Kara Mustafa failed to achieve in 1683 through direct military invasion : the gradual but relentless Islamization of Europe .
Rocks have been hurled at Greek police and border soldiers by the would-be border-crossers , and the defenders of Greece at times have responded with tear gas .
Based on reports coming out of the border area today , as well as photographs and videos viewable at various European and German-language websites , the invading mob looks remarkably similar to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Europe in 2015 : overwhelmingly young , single and male , with a rare smattering of women and small children for window dressing .
As in 2015 , the wildly pro-migrant German mainstream press and television “ reporters ” seek out the few women and children and feature them in tear-drenched reports and oh , so cute kiddie photos , thereby grossly misrepresenting who the migrants are for the dependably ill informed , gullible , fearful , and guilt-ridden German public .
It ’ s not only Greeks living west of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the path of this new wave of invaders .
Several Greek Aegean islands , particularly the once beautiful Lesbos , Samos , and Chios , all substantially closer to Turkey than to mainland Greece , have been the destination of numerous migrant-filled boats since the Erdoğan decree .
As many as 1,300 new migrants are said to have landed on Lesbos since the Erdoğan diktat .
These boats and their occupants are often aided by northern European workers for pro-mass migrant “ NGOs , ” many based in Germany , staffed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The situation on Lesbos is particularly acute , as some 20,000 Muslim “ refugees ” were already being held there in camps before the Erdoğan “ let them pass ” order to the Turkish army .
They had already long been making life miserable for the local Greek villagers and farmers , sallying forth from the camps daily to beg , commit crimes , and inflict damage on local property-owners .
One Lesbos farmer reported that scores of his decades-old olive trees had been cut down for firewood by the not particularly grateful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help from timid E.U .
leadership , the Greeks , on Europe ’ s front line with Islam , as they were 500 years ago , are showing much more mettle and will for civilizational survival than their infinitely richer and more powerful Teutonic northern neighbor .
The Greeks , who would be woefully outmatched in any military confrontation with Turkey , have announced that they are defending , and will continue to defend , their border , which , they point out , is the E.U.
’ s international border , too @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greece on Wednesday , March 4 , chief among them famously incompetent former German defense minister and Merkel protégé Ursula von der Leyen .
Von der Leyen , having totally neglected Germany ’ s defense obligations for years , failed up and is now is “ E.U .
commission president , ” whatever that is .
On arriving in Greece , Von der Leyen mouthed the usual platitudes about supporting Greece ’ s efforts to defend its and the E.U.
’ s borders but arrived with no real military aid and , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Turkey is not the enemy of the E.U .
If organizing and promoting an invasion of Europe doesn ’ t make a country an enemy of the E.U.
, one wonders if anything would .
Meanwhile , at home in Germany , far from besieged Greek border troops and Lesbos farmers trying to protect their olive trees , the usual suspects are again beating the drums of the Merkel-created “ Willkommenskultur.
” The Green Party , once again , is urging that all comers be enthusiastically taken in .
German Greens , never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unaware of the gross contradiction between their claim that Germany is already grossly overpopulated , on the one hand , and belief that there is no limit to the number of unassimilable third-world immigrants Germany should take in , on the other .
In 2015 , Merkel made the first Willkommenskultur slogan famous : “ Wir schaffen das , ” ( “ We can do it !
” ) , referring to Germany ’ s alleged ability to care for and assimilate millions of overwhelmingly young male , European culture–loathing , crime-prone , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slogan is now making the rounds at German Greens rallies : “ Wir haben Platz !
” ( “ We have room !
” ) .
What German Greens and other migration enthusiasts — largely drawn from the wealthier classes — actually mean is that “ other people ” have “ Platz.
” Last year , in a famously upscale Hamburg neighborhood riddled with wealthy Green virtue-signaling voters , residents turned out in droves to explain why their neighborhood was singularly unsuitable as a Muslim migrant home .
“ Wir haben Platz ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Du hast Platz , ich nicht ” ( You have room , I don ’ t. ” ) Erdoğan ’ s effort to gain financial and military advantage for Turkey , and at the same time to advance his deeply held Islamist goal of being remembered as one who nobly advanced Islam ’ s dream of conquering Europe , are easy to understand .
Who can blame him for pursuing his country ’ s interests and his religion ’ s age-old goal ?
The question is , since the 2015 inundation of Germany @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have the Europeans — their self-loathing , naïve governments and their passive peoples — learned anything at all about the fundamental incompatibility of Islam and the West ?
Have the massive increases in crime , sexual attacks , and acts of terror , along with the obvious refusal of great majorities of newly “ European ” Muslims to integrate with a culture they despise , taught them anything at all ?
How the latest attempted Islamic invasion of Europe plays out on the Greek-Turkish border will go a long way to answering those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American Thinker .
It is edited and published here with the author ’ s permission .

The situation now unfolding day by day on the Greek-Turkish border is a critical part of the overall struggle by patriots on both sides of the Atlantic to preserve Western civilization.
March 9, 2020 (American Thinker) — As Americans remain riveted to the coronavirus and the nauseating vicissitudes of the Democrats’ battle to choose a presidential nominee — a choice now apparently winnowed down to the Marxist or the “moderate” — this writer’s thoughts once again are drawn to events in Europe. The situation now unfolding day by day on the Greek-Turkish border may at first seem of minor concern to America, but in fact it’s a critical part of the overall struggle by patriots on both sides of the Atlantic to preserve Western civilization.
The same forces working here to dissolve American civilization through mass migration and deliberately inculcated cultural self-loathing are busy in Europe pursuing the same goal by identical means. And the same traditional, patriotic segment of the population, guilty of the crime of loving one’s civilization and wanting to preserve it, resists cultural dissolution in both Europe and America. The commonality of the struggle is striking.
European patriots face worse odds. Their governments are more ruthless in condemning patriotism and love of country (who knew that those feelings make one a Nazi?), and Europeans’ history of submission to authority, and consequent ingrained passivity, makes them less inclined to risk social condemnation to save themselves.
Consider the events unfolding on Europe’s eastern border with Islam:
Over the last week to ten days, the Islamist 21st-century Sultan on the Bosporus, Recep Erdoğan, has abrogated Turkey’s 2016 agreement with the European Union, under which the Turks committed to preventing a repetition of the 2015 mass migration of Muslim migrants into Western Europe. During the 2015 fiasco, welcomed by German chancellor Angela Merkel, at least one million “refugees” (read: “economic migrants”) from the Middle East and elsewhere streamed into Germany (hence into all of Europe), following a route that crossed Turkey, the Greek-Turkish border, the Balkans, and Austria. By today, the number of Muslim newcomers in Germany has metastasized, through “family reunification” and continuing migration, to at least two million, with all the vast increases in criminality and sexual assaults, widespread overt loathing of European culture and traditions, and massive social welfare costs, all of which any even a casual student of Islamic history would have predicted.
In return for Turkey’s supposed commitment to prevent a recurrence of the 2015 catastrophe, the E.U.’s appeasement junkies, “led” by Merkel, agreed to provide vast monetary support to the Turkish Islamist regime and diplomatic support to Turkey’s military efforts in Syria and elsewhere. This was a fool’s bargain for Europe from the beginning, as it granted Erdoğan permanent leverage to extort both massive financial contributions to his regime from Western Europe and a mandatory diplomatic cheering section for his expansionist military adventures in the Middle East, especially in Syria.
As usual, enfeebled European elites, having neither the requisite cultural pride nor the military means to defend their fragile borders with Islam, saw little choice: pay off the Turks or endure another invasion by millions of young Muslim men from all over the Middle East and elsewhere — masquerading as “refugees” from the Syrian war and dishonestly assisted in their masquerade by Western Europe’s leftist-dominated mainstream media.
Last Saturday, the futility of a purchased peace with Islamist governments was once again revealed with striking clarity: Recep Erdoğan explicitly canceled the 2016 agreement and announced that his government would no longer halt or hinder the estimated 3.5 million non-Turkish Muslims already living in Turkey, and the hundreds of thousands more migrants who will now enter Turkey across its eastern border, in their westward movement across Turkey into Europe via Greece.
Little more than a week after Erdoğan’s announcement, scenes of chaos and violence just short of war are unfolding on the Greek-Turkish border. In the ancient Greek province of Thrace, where Turkey’s European-side province is separated from Greece by the River Evros, Greek soldiers and police, behind fences and barbed wire, face off against would-be border-crossers numbering, depending on source, anywhere from 13,000 to 30,000 to 75,000. The numbers of would-be invaders and the amount of violence increase daily.
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German-language alternative websites report that the mobs at the Greek border have not had to engage in all that much “trekking” across Turkey, that unmarked buses headed west — as many 5–6 per hour — depart from migrant camps in eastern Turkey, and that Erdoğan’s state railroad assists with transporting the invaders to the Greek-E.U.-Turkish border.
Clearly, this second 21st-century Muslim invasion of Europe is Turkey’s child.
Erdoğan’s motives are not merely to rid Turkey of the burden of feeding and housing a large population of non-Turkish migrant Muslims, nor fully explained by his disappointment at the level of financial and diplomatic support he’s succeeded in extorting from Europe since 2016.
Merkel’s feeble and naïve reaction to the 2015 invasion, and the Willkommenskultur (“welcoming culture”) she demanded of the German people (and got from a small but influential part of it), has laid bare the moral confusion, psychological weakness, and atrocious leadership of Germany and Europe. In consequence, Erdoğan, an Islamist to the core, sees his chance for historical Muslim greatness.
After the amazing governmental capitulation and public passivity in Germany during 2015, Erdoğan is smart enough to perceive that now is his chance to dramatically advance through migration what Kara Mustafa failed to achieve in 1683 through direct military invasion: the gradual but relentless Islamization of Europe.
Rocks have been hurled at Greek police and border soldiers by the would-be border-crossers, and the defenders of Greece at times have responded with tear gas. Based on reports coming out of the border area today, as well as photographs and videos viewable at various European and German-language websites, the invading mob looks remarkably similar to the one that strode unhindered into the heart of Europe in 2015: overwhelmingly young, single and male, with a rare smattering of women and small children for window dressing.
As in 2015, the wildly pro-migrant German mainstream press and television “reporters” seek out the few women and children and feature them in tear-drenched reports and oh, so cute kiddie photos, thereby grossly misrepresenting who the migrants are for the dependably ill informed, gullible, fearful, and guilt-ridden German public.
It’s not only Greeks living west of the River Evros in Thrace who are directly in the path of this new wave of invaders. Several Greek Aegean islands, particularly the once beautiful Lesbos, Samos, and Chios, all substantially closer to Turkey than to mainland Greece, have been the destination of numerous migrant-filled boats since the Erdoğan decree. As many as 1,300 new migrants are said to have landed on Lesbos since the Erdoğan diktat. These boats and their occupants are often aided by northern European workers for pro-mass migrant “NGOs,” many based in Germany, staffed by Germans and supported by George Soros.
The situation on Lesbos is particularly acute, as some 20,000 Muslim “refugees” were already being held there in camps before the Erdoğan “let them pass” order to the Turkish army. They had already long been making life miserable for the local Greek villagers and farmers, sallying forth from the camps daily to beg, commit crimes, and inflict damage on local property-owners. One Lesbos farmer reported that scores of his decades-old olive trees had been cut down for firewood by the not particularly grateful migrants.
Although as yet receiving no help from timid E.U. leadership, the Greeks, on Europe’s front line with Islam, as they were 500 years ago, are showing much more mettle and will for civilizational survival than their infinitely richer and more powerful Teutonic northern neighbor. The Greeks, who would be woefully outmatched in any military confrontation with Turkey, have announced that they are defending, and will continue to defend, their border, which, they point out, is the E.U.’s international border, too.
Various E.U. pooh-bahs arrived in Greece on Wednesday, March 4, chief among them famously incompetent former German defense minister and Merkel protégé Ursula von der Leyen. Von der Leyen, having totally neglected Germany’s defense obligations for years, failed up and is now is “E.U. commission president,” whatever that is. On arriving in Greece, Von der Leyen mouthed the usual platitudes about supporting Greece’s efforts to defend its and the E.U.’s borders but arrived with no real military aid and, in the next breath, counterfactually claimed that Turkey is not the enemy of the E.U. If organizing and promoting an invasion of Europe doesn’t make a country an enemy of the E.U., one wonders if anything would.
Meanwhile, at home in Germany, far from besieged Greek border troops and Lesbos farmers trying to protect their olive trees, the usual suspects are again beating the drums of the Merkel-created “Willkommenskultur.” The Green Party, once again, is urging that all comers be enthusiastically taken in. German Greens, never known for rational thought, are apparently unaware of the gross contradiction between their claim that Germany is already grossly overpopulated, on the one hand, and belief that there is no limit to the number of unassimilable third-world immigrants Germany should take in, on the other.
In 2015, Merkel made the first Willkommenskultur slogan famous: “Wir schaffen das,” (“We can do it!”), referring to Germany’s alleged ability to care for and assimilate millions of overwhelmingly young male, European culture–loathing, crime-prone, sexual assault–prone Muslim immigrants.
A new slogan is now making the rounds at German Greens rallies: “Wir haben Platz!” (“We have room!”).
What German Greens and other migration enthusiasts — largely drawn from the wealthier classes — actually mean is that “other people” have “Platz.” Last year, in a famously upscale Hamburg neighborhood riddled with wealthy Green virtue-signaling voters, residents turned out in droves to explain why their neighborhood was singularly unsuitable as a Muslim migrant home. “Wir haben Platz” would more honestly be rendered, “Du hast Platz, ich nicht” (You have room, I don’t.”)
Erdoğan’s effort to gain financial and military advantage for Turkey, and at the same time to advance his deeply held Islamist goal of being remembered as one who nobly advanced Islam’s dream of conquering Europe, are easy to understand. Who can blame him for pursuing his country’s interests and his religion’s age-old goal?
The question is, since the 2015 inundation of Germany and Europe by Muslim economic migrants, have the Europeans — their self-loathing, naïve governments and their passive peoples — learned anything at all about the fundamental incompatibility of Islam and the West? Have the massive increases in crime, sexual attacks, and acts of terror, along with the obvious refusal of great majorities of newly “European” Muslims to integrate with a culture they despise, taught them anything at all?
How the latest attempted Islamic invasion of Europe plays out on the Greek-Turkish border will go a long way to answering those questions.
This article originally appeared at the American Thinker. It is edited and published here with the author’s permission.
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lifesitenews--2020-03-09--Child repeatedly raped in illegal Pornhub videos endured forced abortion

PETITION : Authorities must shut down Pornhub after showing videos of 15-year-old trafficking victim !
Sign the petition here .
March 9 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – News has resurfaced that the Pornhub-featured minor female victim of trafficking , who was filmed numerous times being raped and then re-victimized again when the footage was uploaded to the porn site , endured a forced abortion .
Pornhub , the most popular porn website in the world , had been caught hosting 58 videos of a 15-year-old girl , a human trafficking victim who was repeatedly raped on camera .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against her will by her male abductor .
LifeSiteNews has launched a petition calling for Pornhub to be shut down , questioning how many other depictions of women and minors – victims of sexual trafficking – being raped might be among the 98,000 “ amateur models ” the porn giant boasts as being featured on its website .
After just a few days , the petition has surged past 30,000 signatures .
While the human carnage due to sexual abuse and human trafficking depicted on Pornhub may be incalculable , there is also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ associated with the production of the sex videos uploaded to the site .
The statistics that Pornhub proudly touts in its “ Annual Year in Review ” are stunning , if not astronomical .
For 2019 , the site reported : In 2019 alone , 6,830,000 videos were uploaded , consisting of 1,360,000 hours of new content .
Pornhub boasts that the new 2019 video content would take 169 years to watch , quipping that “ If you started watching 2019 ’ s new videos in 1850 , you would still be watching @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communicate the vastness of the porn available on the site , Pornhub claims , “ If you copied all that data onto hard drives , they would reach 100 kilometers high to the edge of space.
” Pornhub reports no statistics on how many abortions resulted from the millions of hours of gratuitous sex videos displayed on its site in 2019 .
Laila Mickelwait of the pornography abolition organization Exodus Cry , told Faithwire that the company is “ making money off of the exploitation , rape , and trafficking of hundreds if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are victims , and their crime scenes are being hosted on their website.
” Mickelwait described pornography websites as being run by “ criminals and mega-pimps ” and said “ the onus of responsibility is not just on the traffickers and those who are raping the girls ; it ’ s on the website that is not only hosting these videos , but profiting off of them .
And that ’ s what makes them a mega-trafficker.
” Jonathan van Maren of LifeSiteNews has noted that the presence of such videos reveal that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enjoyment out of what , in some instances , turn out to be horrific crimes .
“ The porn industry and the abortion industry reduce women and children to meat , feeding them to carnivorous consumers in a culture that has lost all sense of right and wrong .
A culture that respected women ’ s rights would be outraged at the fact that millions upon millions of people entertain themselves by watching girls get sexually violated and thrashed onscreen , but our culture pretends that ‘ women ’ s rights ’ means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they can be hastily shredded and discarded so that the show can go on , ” said van Maren .
“ It is the responsibility of social media platforms to moderate user-made content to the best of their ability , and they ’ re legally bound to do so , ” noted Ian Miles Cheong , managing editor of Human Events .
“ Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was designed to encourage platforms to remove objectionable content , promising that they wouldn ’ t be held liable if they screwed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , however , has clearly made no such good faith effort , ” he added .
The LifeSiteNews petition calls on the U.S. Attorney General and his Canadian counterpart to investigate and shut down Pornhub , whose parent company , MindGeek.com , is based in Canada .
• Are there more victims of human trafficking , rape and child pornography still hosted on Pornhub ?
• If so , where are these victims now ?
And , how much could Pornhub have profited from these vile activities ?
• For the sake of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ present and future , Pornhub needs to be investigated and shut down .
“ If Pornhub is allowed to get away with this now , then human traffickers will know that they can continue their evil deeds and no-one will care , ” the petition concludes .
Please SIGN and SHARE the petition , and join the chorus of people , from all sides of the political spectrum , calling on the porn hosting monster to be investigated by U.S. and Canadian authorities , and to be shut down .

A petition to shut down the website, which offers videos of human-trafficking victims, has signatures from more than 30,000 people.
PETITION: Authorities must shut down Pornhub after showing videos of 15-year-old trafficking victim! Sign the petition here.
March 9, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – News has resurfaced that the Pornhub-featured minor female victim of trafficking, who was filmed numerous times being raped and then re-victimized again when the footage was uploaded to the porn site, endured a forced abortion.
Pornhub, the most popular porn website in the world, had been caught hosting 58 videos of a 15-year-old girl, a human trafficking victim who was repeatedly raped on camera. The girl was forced to have an abortion against her will by her male abductor.
LifeSiteNews has launched a petition calling for Pornhub to be shut down, questioning how many other depictions of women and minors – victims of sexual trafficking – being raped might be among the 98,000 “amateur models” the porn giant boasts as being featured on its website.
After just a few days, the petition has surged past 30,000 signatures.
While the human carnage due to sexual abuse and human trafficking depicted on Pornhub may be incalculable, there is also an untold death toll due to abortion associated with the production of the sex videos uploaded to the site.
The statistics that Pornhub proudly touts in its “Annual Year in Review” are stunning, if not astronomical. For 2019, the site reported:
42 billion visits to Pornhub;
115 million visits per day;
39 billion searches performed by site users.
In 2019 alone, 6,830,000 videos were uploaded, consisting of 1,360,000 hours of new content.
Pornhub boasts that the new 2019 video content would take 169 years to watch, quipping that “If you started watching 2019’s new videos in 1850, you would still be watching them today.”
In another attempt to communicate the vastness of the porn available on the site, Pornhub claims, “If you copied all that data onto hard drives, they would reach 100 kilometers high to the edge of space.”
Pornhub reports no statistics on how many abortions resulted from the millions of hours of gratuitous sex videos displayed on its site in 2019.
Laila Mickelwait of the pornography abolition organization Exodus Cry, told Faithwire that the company is “making money off of the exploitation, rape, and trafficking of hundreds if not thousands of women and girls who are victims, and their crime scenes are being hosted on their website.”
Mickelwait described pornography websites as being run by “criminals and mega-pimps” and said “the onus of responsibility is not just on the traffickers and those who are raping the girls; it’s on the website that is not only hosting these videos, but profiting off of them. And that’s what makes them a mega-trafficker.”
Jonathan van Maren of LifeSiteNews has noted that the presence of such videos reveal that Pornhub’s viewers are getting sexual enjoyment out of what, in some instances, turn out to be horrific crimes.
“The porn industry and the abortion industry reduce women and children to meat, feeding them to carnivorous consumers in a culture that has lost all sense of right and wrong. A culture that respected women’s rights would be outraged at the fact that millions upon millions of people entertain themselves by watching girls get sexually violated and thrashed onscreen, but our culture pretends that ‘women’s rights’ means that if any children show up unexpectedly, they can be hastily shredded and discarded so that the show can go on,” said van Maren.
“It is the responsibility of social media platforms to moderate user-made content to the best of their ability, and they’re legally bound to do so,” noted Ian Miles Cheong, managing editor of Human Events. “Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act was designed to encourage platforms to remove objectionable content, promising that they wouldn’t be held liable if they screwed up in the process.”
“Pornhub, however, has clearly made no such good faith effort,” he added.
Petition
The LifeSiteNews petition calls on the U.S. Attorney General and his Canadian counterpart to investigate and shut down Pornhub, whose parent company, MindGeek.com, is based in Canada.
The petition asks:
Are there more victims of human trafficking, rape and child pornography still hosted on Pornhub?
If so, where are these victims now? And, how much could Pornhub have profited from these vile activities?
For the sake of all victims of human trafficking past, present and future, Pornhub needs to be investigated and shut down.
“If Pornhub is allowed to get away with this now, then human traffickers will know that they can continue their evil deeds and no-one will care,” the petition concludes.
Please SIGN and SHARE the petition, and join the chorus of people, from all sides of the political spectrum, calling on the porn hosting monster to be investigated by U.S. and Canadian authorities, and to be shut down.
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lifesitenews--2020-03-10--Can the US Constitution survive voter fraud and the Deep State?

March 10 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — America , in both its ideal and in its actuality , stands on two feet .
Under those feet is a foundation of biblical wisdom and a knowledge of history that taught the founders what worked and what didn ’ t .
With enormous care , those great men designed a nation with a stable underpinning of a constitutional rule of law and the right of each individual to have a say in how that rule would be implemented — in other words , the right to vote .
We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeaching of a president , hyperventilating over the coronavirus , and watching the Democratic frontrunners stumble all over each other that we forget what ’ s really being attacked here .
All this fuss-and-bother isn ’ t just about winning the 2020 elections .
That will be one step , for sure , but that isn ’ t the endgame .
The left isn ’ t at all interested in continuing the grand experiment that is America .
The left is about ending it entirely , and leftists are involved up to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those two stable feet of the commonwealth right out from under us .
They are trying to eviscerate the Constitution by attacking every one the of Bill of Rights , and they are undermining the individual vote — local , state , and national .
The Constitution endured leftist attacks during most of the 20th century , starting with Woodrow Wilson , and still , it held strong .
Toward the end of last century , we started hearing silly statements like “ The Constitution is a living document , ” which , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ useless — what good is a malleable contract ?
Recently , and especially in Virginia , both the 1st and 2nd Amendments are being pounded ; I ’ m grateful the Virginians are standing up to the onslaught .
The 3rd Amendment — one that prohibits the stationing of soldiers in the homes of private citizens — received a glancing blow when Portland , Oregon , proposed a law requiring new businesses to include in their buildings room to house the homeless — far worse than soldiers .
As the impeachment fiasco unfolded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had chopped up the 4th , 5th , and 6th Amendments .
The rights allotted the common criminal were denied Donald Trump during the entire “ investigation ” in the House .
Trump never had the opportunity to face down his accusers , yet he was never charged with an actual crime .
His accusers won ’ t even accept the acquittal .
We now know that his campaign was spied on , that foreign governments were brought in to conspire against him , that the left has not only broken actual laws @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our Constitution must be reeling under the blows .
Meanwhile , back in the voting booth , nothing is going well .
The Democrat leadership obviously wants this pesky voting thing to go away , or at least become so fragile as to become pointless .
Just look at the different fronts in this war : • Voter fraud is rampant .
Daily we see evidence of fraudulent voting — states and municipalities carrying thousands of dead people on their voter registration rolls .
Fictitious names of nonexistent folk are also registered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots turn up in car trunks ; absentee ballots fail to arrive on time .
And voter ID is not required in most states , so anyone can show up to cast a ballot .
• This brings up illegal immigration , which is totally an effort to erase the American vote .
The more illegal votes , the less the American vote matters .
The more illegals counted in the Census , the more seats a state gets in the House , thereby skewing the vote .
Democrats are thoroughly aware of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shadow-people are and how cheaply they can buy those votes .
• New methods of casting our votes are suspect as well .
We know that computerized voting machines can be programmed to change votes .
We all remember the “ hanging chad ” fiasco of the 2000 election .
In my state , Oregon , we no longer go to the polls ; we mail in our ballots .
I have no confidence that my vote is ever counted .
Seattle is considering a vote-by–cell phone scheme .
It ’ s hard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potential problems there .
• Ever since 2016 , we ’ ve been hearing the whining of the left about the Electoral College .
A purely popular vote would make the process of stealing an election — especially with electronic voting — as easy as riding a tricycle .
It would also disenfranchise completely anyone living in flyover states — Los Angeles and New York would run the country .
This has gone so far that some states have declared that their electoral delegates will go entirely to whoever wins the majority vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ self-righteous pride — not to vote , not realizing that choosing not to vote is still choosing .
It ’ s like a toddler holding his breath to get his way .
Silly and dangerous .
• Another attack is happening as we vote people into office while counting on them to carry out their promises to voters , only to have them turn around and do whatever they want .
We watch that in Oregon often .
We saw it being tried in Virginia over gun control .
We see it in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not interested in impeachment , but the House held up all other issues in order to carry it out .
• Just look at the mess the DNC made out of the Iowa caucuses .
We still don ’ t know what happened , but we do know that the votes of those participating were thoroughly disrespected , and if we ’ ve reached a stage of chaotic dissolution so bad that we can ’ t even count a handful of votes in a fairly small state , how in the world are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
• And now we ’ ve watched the DNC maneuver candidate bailouts so that Biden is now on top — Biden , who doesn ’ t even know where he is .
We ’ re supposed to believe this is what the average Democrat wants ?
The two feet we stand on — the Constitution and our vote — are staggering under the consistent blows dealt them by a small number of people on one side of the aisle .
Every bumbling move they make is designed to pull those legs out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
Now they ’ re mumbling about impeaching Trump all over again , so it ’ s obvious they have a wider agenda .
We know , if we ’ ve been paying attention , that part of it is their fear of being found out , of having their nefarious , illegal activities end in indictments and jail time .
But under all that is a fundamental dislike of the American voter .
Pelosi , Nadler , and Schiff have all recently expressed concerns about leaving serious election issues up to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re all ignoramuses incapable of fulfilling our citizenship duties .
This all sounds a little alarmist and glum , but it is here I need to point out that these legs we stand on have support .
We are braced against the evil of tyranny by God Himself — God , who chose to insert our founding fathers into history when and where He did ; God , who provided the keys to good governance in the ways He guided Israel ; God who has seen this nation through horrendous wars and terrible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infinite grace , stabilizing us .
He has placed in positions of leadership astounding and unusual leaders , and He is holding them up as well .
We just need to be aware , note the patterns , and vote and pray accordingly .
May we learn from the mistakes we ’ ve made in the last century .
May we right the wrongs we ’ ve committed , and may we all learn to love America again .
Deana Chadwell blogs at www.ASingleWindow.com .
She is also an adjunct professor and department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Oregon .
She teaches writing and public speaking .
This article originally appeared at the American Thinker .
It is published here with the author ’ s permission .

March 10, 2020 (American Thinker) — America, in both its ideal and in its actuality, stands on two feet. Under those feet is a foundation of biblical wisdom and a knowledge of history that taught the founders what worked and what didn’t. With enormous care, those great men designed a nation with a stable underpinning of a constitutional rule of law and the right of each individual to have a say in how that rule would be implemented — in other words, the right to vote. We’ve all been busy hooplaing over the impeaching of a president, hyperventilating over the coronavirus, and watching the Democratic frontrunners stumble all over each other that we forget what’s really being attacked here.
All this fuss-and-bother isn’t just about winning the 2020 elections. That will be one step, for sure, but that isn’t the endgame. The left isn’t at all interested in continuing the grand experiment that is America. The left is about ending it entirely, and leftists are involved up to their skinny necks and wobbling dentures in pulling those two stable feet of the commonwealth right out from under us. They are trying to eviscerate the Constitution by attacking every one the of Bill of Rights, and they are undermining the individual vote — local, state, and national.
The Constitution endured leftist attacks during most of the 20th century, starting with Woodrow Wilson, and still, it held strong. Toward the end of last century, we started hearing silly statements like “The Constitution is a living document,” which, if true, would have rendered it useless — what good is a malleable contract? Recently, and especially in Virginia, both the 1st and 2nd Amendments are being pounded; I’m grateful the Virginians are standing up to the onslaught. The 3rd Amendment — one that prohibits the stationing of soldiers in the homes of private citizens — received a glancing blow when Portland, Oregon, proposed a law requiring new businesses to include in their buildings room to house the homeless — far worse than soldiers.
As the impeachment fiasco unfolded, we saw that the House Democrats had chopped up the 4th, 5th, and 6th Amendments. The rights allotted the common criminal were denied Donald Trump during the entire “investigation” in the House. Trump never had the opportunity to face down his accusers, yet he was never charged with an actual crime. His accusers won’t even accept the acquittal. We now know that his campaign was spied on, that foreign governments were brought in to conspire against him, that the left has not only broken actual laws, but ignored constitutional prohibitions as well. Our Constitution must be reeling under the blows.
Meanwhile, back in the voting booth, nothing is going well. The Democrat leadership obviously wants this pesky voting thing to go away, or at least become so fragile as to become pointless. Just look at the different fronts in this war:
Voter fraud is rampant. Daily we see evidence of fraudulent voting — states and municipalities carrying thousands of dead people on their voter registration rolls. Fictitious names of nonexistent folk are also registered. They “harvest” votes; ballots turn up in car trunks; absentee ballots fail to arrive on time. And voter ID is not required in most states, so anyone can show up to cast a ballot. This brings up illegal immigration, which is totally an effort to erase the American vote. The more illegal votes, the less the American vote matters. The more illegals counted in the Census, the more seats a state gets in the House, thereby skewing the vote. Democrats are thoroughly aware of that and thoroughly aware how vulnerable these shadow-people are and how cheaply they can buy those votes. New methods of casting our votes are suspect as well. We know that computerized voting machines can be programmed to change votes. We all remember the “hanging chad” fiasco of the 2000 election. In my state, Oregon, we no longer go to the polls; we mail in our ballots. I have no confidence that my vote is ever counted. Seattle is considering a vote-by–cell phone scheme. It’s hard to imagine that no one sees the potential problems there. Ever since 2016, we’ve been hearing the whining of the left about the Electoral College. A purely popular vote would make the process of stealing an election — especially with electronic voting — as easy as riding a tricycle. It would also disenfranchise completely anyone living in flyover states — Los Angeles and New York would run the country. This has gone so far that some states have declared that their electoral delegates will go entirely to whoever wins the majority vote. People are choosing — with self-righteous pride — not to vote, not realizing that choosing not to vote is still choosing. It’s like a toddler holding his breath to get his way. Silly and dangerous. Another attack is happening as we vote people into office while counting on them to carry out their promises to voters, only to have them turn around and do whatever they want. We watch that in Oregon often. We saw it being tried in Virginia over gun control. We see it in Congress as well. The people were not interested in impeachment, but the House held up all other issues in order to carry it out. Just look at the mess the DNC made out of the Iowa caucuses. We still don’t know what happened, but we do know that the votes of those participating were thoroughly disrespected, and if we’ve reached a stage of chaotic dissolution so bad that we can’t even count a handful of votes in a fairly small state, how in the world are we going to hold a presidential election? And now we’ve watched the DNC maneuver candidate bailouts so that Biden is now on top — Biden, who doesn’t even know where he is. We’re supposed to believe this is what the average Democrat wants?
The two feet we stand on — the Constitution and our vote — are staggering under the consistent blows dealt them by a small number of people on one side of the aisle. Every bumbling move they make is designed to pull those legs out from under the wonder that is this country. Now they’re mumbling about impeaching Trump all over again, so it’s obvious they have a wider agenda. We know, if we’ve been paying attention, that part of it is their fear of being found out, of having their nefarious, illegal activities end in indictments and jail time. But under all that is a fundamental dislike of the American voter. Pelosi, Nadler, and Schiff have all recently expressed concerns about leaving serious election issues up to the voters — as if we’re all ignoramuses incapable of fulfilling our citizenship duties.
This all sounds a little alarmist and glum, but it is here I need to point out that these legs we stand on have support. We are braced against the evil of tyranny by God Himself — God, who chose to insert our founding fathers into history when and where He did; God, who provided the keys to good governance in the ways He guided Israel; God who has seen this nation through horrendous wars and terrible disasters, is still, in His infinite grace, stabilizing us. He has placed in positions of leadership astounding and unusual leaders, and He is holding them up as well.
We just need to be aware, note the patterns, and vote and pray accordingly. May we learn from the mistakes we’ve made in the last century. May we right the wrongs we’ve committed, and may we all learn to love America again.
Deana Chadwell blogs at www.ASingleWindow.com. She is also an adjunct professor and department head at Pacific Bible College in southern Oregon. She teaches writing and public speaking.
This article originally appeared at the American Thinker. It is published here with the author’s permission.
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lifesitenews--2020-03-10--This viral Twitter thread explains media propaganda on coronavirus

March 10 , 2020 ( American Thinker ) — The media have been relentless in their efforts to magnify and politicize the Wuhan Virus ( aka Covid-19 or coronavirus ) to harm Trump politically .
When Trump almost immediately canceled flights coming in from infected areas of China , they called him racist .
When the virus managed to enter America 's shores , they instantly called him ineffective .
When Trump pointed out that the media 's attack on his handling of the virus was so dishonest as to amount to yet another anti-Trump hoax , they accused him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The above statements about the media 's relentless bias and dishonesty are n't mere opinion .
It 's all provable — and that 's exactly what Yossi Gestetner did in a series of now viral tweets tracking the media 's nonstop attacks against Trump since the moment the virus appeared on the scene : This constantly shifting factual narrative , which always pivots around Donald Trump being in the wrong , is not accidental .
It is the purpose behind the coverage .
Look at the manic glee you see in Eddie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as they contemplate the fact that , with enough spin , they can turn the coronavirus into Trump 's Hurricane Katrina ( another natural disaster that a Republican president handled competently , only to see a hostile media use the event to try to destroy a presidency ) : During his latest look through the periscope , Scott Adams called the modern left a violent hate group : He 's right .
The leftists in the media hate Trump so much that they are willing to destroy America 's economy if it means @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s what hate groups do .
Published with permission from the American Thinker .

The leftists in the media hate Trump so much that they are willing to destroy America's economy if it means they can prevent Trump's re-election.
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March 10, 2020 (American Thinker) — The media have been relentless in their efforts to magnify and politicize the Wuhan Virus (aka Covid-19 or coronavirus) to harm Trump politically. When Trump almost immediately canceled flights coming in from infected areas of China, they called him racist. When the virus managed to enter America's shores, they instantly called him ineffective. When Trump pointed out that the media's attack on his handling of the virus was so dishonest as to amount to yet another anti-Trump hoax, they accused him of calling the virus itself a hoax.
The above statements about the media's relentless bias and dishonesty aren't mere opinion. It's all provable — and that's exactly what Yossi Gestetner did in a series of now viral tweets tracking the media's nonstop attacks against Trump since the moment the virus appeared on the scene:
THREAD: Fri Jan 31, 2020, a few weeks before #Coronavirus has officially spread to other countries (which led to the bad stock market week Feb 24-Feb 28), the Trump Admin announced travel restrictions on China. Here is some of the reporting it generated. Take Politico of 2/4/20. — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
“The Trump admin's quarantine and travel ban in response to the Wuhan coronavirus could UNDERCUT international efforts to fight the outbreak by antagonizing Chinese leaders, as well as stigmatizing people of Asian descent, according to public health experts and lawmakers.” — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
“WHO chief @DrTedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Tuesday (Feb 4, 2020) that widespread travel bans and restrictions weren’t needed to stop the outbreak and could 'have the effect of increasing fear and stigma, with little public health benefit.'” – https://t.co/DsCae2zVgL pic.twitter.com/eTKsKYtpDb — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
Sun Feb 2, the Trump Admin ordered U.S. travelers to China’s Hubei province to be held in a mandatory quarantine for two weeks, the anti-Trump article by @AliceOllstein at Politico quoted “healths experts” who said this will make it worse because people will hide their symptoms. pic.twitter.com/wABifxgJmQ — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
lead item now on Politico is an article by @ddiamond headlined “Trump's mismanagement helped fuel coronavirus crisis.” Sub:
“Current and former administration officials blame the president for creating a no-bad-news atmosphere that stifled attempts to combat the outbreak.” pic.twitter.com/NhbMomhBk3 — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
Interesting is that when the Admin announced measures 5 + weeks ago (which was weeks before the numbers came in from Italy etc), it was @ddiamond who wrote an article which showed that many arms of the US Gov are fully invovled from CDC to State and DHS. https://t.co/1d0ThPNM27 — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
Politico's Dan Dimond tweets now that Trump's “initial coronavirus moves [late Jan] were widely hailed as strong an appropriate response.” Um no. Diamond's 1/31/20 article did not praise; it merely gave facts and days later Politico's narrative was that Trump is overreacting. pic.twitter.com/BjJzqqzRHz — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
Politico's narrative in early Feb didn't just attack the Trump Admin's steps on Corona as being too much. The article kept blaming the moves as harming efforts to control the virus! One such claim came from @RepBera; the other came from WHO's top doctor! See the four attachments: pic.twitter.com/fP76RMg2SQ — Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 8, 2020
This constantly shifting factual narrative, which always pivots around Donald Trump being in the wrong, is not accidental. It is the purpose behind the coverage.
Look at the manic glee you see in Eddie Glaude's and Nicolle Wallace's faces as they contemplate the fact that, with enough spin, they can turn the coronavirus into Trump's Hurricane Katrina (another natural disaster that a Republican president handled competently, only to see a hostile media use the event to try to destroy a presidency):
MSNBC’s @esglaude Jr. on the Coronavirus: “This may be Donald Trump’s Katrina.”@NicolleDWallace: “Let’s just lean into that for a minute … this has the makings, structurally, of the same kind of moment” pic.twitter.com/bNjTTpbmjl — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 6, 2020
During his latest look through the periscope, Scott Adams called the modern left a violent hate group:
He's right. The leftists in the media hate Trump so much that they are willing to destroy America's economy if it means they can prevent Trump's re-election. That’s what hate groups do.
Published with permission from the American Thinker.
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