2024: Trump’s campaign raised more than $35 million in the second quarter of this year, nearly double what he raised in the first quarter of the year.
BEN & JERRY’S: Unilever stock lost about $2 billion in market capitalization amid calls to boycott Ben & Jerry’s ice cream after the company’s Fourth of July tweet saying, “This 4th of July, it’s high time we recognize that the US exists on stolen Indigenous land and commit to returning it. Learn more and take action now: https://benjerrys.co/46vrYu3.” The article at the link demands the U.S. return Mount Rushmore to the Lakota.
IOWA: Last month, the state Supreme Court deadlocked by a vote of 3-3, preventing the state’s 2018 “heartbeat bill” from taking effect. Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is calling lawmakers back to Des Moines for a special session on Tuesday, July 11 to pass new pro-life laws that will hopefully pass muster with the courts.
- https://catholicvote.org/ia-gov-calls-special-session-pro-life/
- https://catholicvote.org/iowa-supreme-court-blocks-pro-life-law/
MICHIGAN: The Traverse City Teens for Life proudly marched in the National Cherry Festival parade last year. They were excited to do so again this year. Five weeks after being approved and less than 24 hours before the parade began, the festival’s Executive Director told the group they weren’t welcome.
“Our rules prevent us from allowing social or political entities from marching in our parade. We are not endorsing nor condoning the organization or their objectives; we are simply following our own policy and rules.” Oh. Uhhh … would these be new rules? Cuz the kids marched last year. Also, why were the kids booted, while Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and other government representatives were not?
- https://catholicvote.org/pro-life-teen-group-kicked-out-of-cherry-festival-parade/
- https://upnorthlive.com/news/local/national-cherry-festival-mistakenly-accepts-anti-abortion-groups-parade-application
- https://www.gtartl.com/teensforlife
TEXAS: On June 28, the Keller Independent School District school board passed a new policy with a 5-0 vote. Students may only used bathrooms designated for their biological sex and school staff is prohibited from promoting preferred pronouns among children. The district is just north of Forth Worth.
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