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Pro-life counselors at a notorious abortion business in Illinois called police when evidence of statutory rape was shouted out in the parking lot of "Hope Clinic."

A report from Operation Rescue, however, said it was unclear whether mandatory reporters at such a facility also did.

The report by Ricardo Penda at Operation Rescue explained the situation developed when a woman was heard screaming in the parking lot of the abortion business.

Those counselors confirmed "she stated that the father of the baby being aborted was 18 years old, a legal adult. This man knowingly engaged in sexual activities with her daughter even though she was only 15."

The report noted one of those witnesses "called 911 to leave a record of what had happened to the minor. According to his eyewitness testimony, the couple in question arrived in a rental car. Therefore, it remains uncertain where the crime took place."

The report explained the legal age of consent in Illinois in 17, meaning a person under that age cannot legally consent to sexual conduct.

The report said when officers arrived they contacted the person who reported the situation, then talked with the family of the 15-year-old.

According to the Rape, Abuse, Incest National Network, which runs a National Sexual Assault Hotline, any "physician, physician's assistant, registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, medical technician, certified nursing assistant" who is aware of sexual abuse towards a minor is required to report any such case to the Department of Children and Family Services.

The situation is "what appears to be a cover-up of the rape of this underage girl," explained OR President Troy Newman, "sadly but honestly, doesn't come as a surprise."

"Although the abortion cartel claims to defend and champion women's rights, the truth is that abortionists simply do not care about women. In our work at Operation Rescue, we have not only seen abortion staff refusing to report cases of statutory rape, but we have also seen many cases of abortionists themselves sexually abusing women while clinic staff and abortion supporters choose to look the other way," he said.

Even worse, he noted in the report, "This is also the attitude of the current presidential administration: to punish pro-lifers while murderous abortionists, when not raping and molesting women themselves, illegally cover for rapists."

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Tensions are heating up in the South China Sea, as Chinese and Philippine ships once again collide in the long-disputed waters.

Chinese vessels collided with Philippine coast guard ships near the disputed atoll of Sabina Shoal in the Spratly Islands. The Chinese were quick to accuse the Philippines of crashing their vessel into them deliberately.

Chinese Coast Guard spokesperson Gan Yu said in a statement the Philippines ignored several warnings, and caused the collision by dangerously ramming Chinese law enforcement.

"The Philippine side is entirely responsible for the collision. We warn the Philippine side to immediately stop its infringement and provocation, otherwise, it will bear all the consequences arising from that," Gan said.

China Daily reported the Philippines then engaged in a second incident a few hours later, the CCG further accused the Philippines of seriously infringing on China's sovereignty and undermining regional peace in a separate statement.

"We sternly warn the Philippine side to immediately cease its infringing provocations. Otherwise, it will bear all the consequences arising from such actions," Gan said.

Gan then released another statement saying the CCG operated by laws and regulations.

cement saying the CCG operated by laws and regulations.

"China has indisputable sovereignty over the Nansha Islands, including Xianbin and Ren'ai reefs, and their adjacent waters. The China Coast Guard will continue to carry out law enforcement activities in the waters under China's jurisdiction under the law, resolutely thwart any infringements and provocations, and safeguard national territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests," Gan said.

However, Philippine officials have shot back at the accusations with footage of the collision which shows the Chinese intentionally ramming the ships. According to Philippine news outlet GMA News Online, the National Task Force for the West Philippines Sea has accused China of dangerous maneuvers that caused damage to two Philippine coast guard ships.

"This morning, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) vessels BRP Bagacay (MRRV-4410) and BRP Cape Engaño (MRRV-4411) encountered unlawful and aggressive maneuvers from Chinese Coast Guard vessels while en route to Patag and Lawak Islands in the West Philippine Sea. These dangerous maneuvers resulted in collisions, causing structural damage to both PCG vessels," the National Task Force for the West Philippines Sea said.

The shoal is located 75 nautical miles off Palawan and is within the Philippines' 200–nautical–mile exclusive economic zone. The waters are also under dispute with Taiwan and Vietnam.

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said in a statement the incident was caused by the Philippines, and China was only responding to the perceived infringements.

"I made clear China's position on the Philippine Coast Guard vessels' intrusion into the adjacent waters of Xianbin Jiao of China's Nansha Qundao. What China did was to respond to the Philippines' infringement activities. We took those actions to defend our territorial sovereignty and maritime rights and interests. They are just, lawful, and beyond reproach," Mao said.

Mao then accused the United States of using the mutual defense agreement with the Philippines, as an excuse to violate China's sovereignty. Mao added the U.S. has no position to interfere with issues between China and the Philippines.

"The U..S is not a party to the issue of the South China Sea and is in no position to interfere in the maritime issues between China and the Philippines. Still less, the U.S. should not use the U.S.-Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty to justify the violation of China's sovereignty, rights, and interests in the South China Sea. The U.S. needs to stop stoking confrontation in the South China Sea, and stop destabilizing the region and escalating the tensions in the region," Mao said.

In a statement released from the U.S. Department of State, officials called the actions dangerous, reckless, and deliberate.

"The United States stands with its ally the Philippines and condemns the dangerous actions by the People's Republic of China (PRC) against lawful Philippine maritime operations in the South China Sea on August 19. PRC ships employed reckless maneuvers, deliberately colliding with two Philippine Coast Guard ships, causing structural damage and jeopardizing the safety of the crew onboard," the statement reads.

The statement goes on to call China's claims to the disputed area unlawful and insisted China adhere to international laws.

"These actions are the latest examples of the PRC using dangerous and escalatory measures to enforce its expansive and unlawful South China Sea maritime claims. The United States calls upon the PRC to abide by international law and desist from its dangerous and destabilizing conduct," the statement continues.

U.S. officials also reminded the Chinese of the long-standing treaty between the U.S. and the Philippines, which is 73 years old.

"The United States reaffirms that Article IV of the 1951 U.S.–Philippines Mutual Defense Treaty extends to armed attacks on Philippine armed forces, public vessels, or aircraft – including those of its Coast Guard – anywhere in the South China Sea," the statement said.

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Legacy wire service the Associated Press has admitted it lied about Republican candidate President Donald Trump's agenda for a second term if he's elected in November, issuing a massive correction to its report.

The original was a statement that aligned with the Democrat talking points being used to try to promote Kamala Harris, the candidate the party's elite picked to replace Joe Biden, whose public appearances of late have delivered to the American people evidence of his mental decline.

It was AP's description of a second-term agenda as "Republican" when, in fact, the agenda at issue, "Project 2025" was assembled and released by the Heritage Foundation.

Trump has denied being affiliated with it and has criticized some of its points.

The AP got triggered by a Democrat National Convention stunt by Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow, who appeared at the convention with a mockup of the Heritage Foundation's plan and claimed that the "Republican" agenda would have a President Trump replacing the entire federal government with an army of "loyalists," a claim that isn't supported by the facts.

AP said, on social media," Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow brought out a copy of Project 2025, a blueprint created by the Heritage Foundation for a second Trump term. She then slammed it on the podium. This corrects an earlier post that was deleted because it misidentified the blueprint as Republican."

The earlier linking of the document to "Republican" Trump had aligned with false messaging repeatedly used by Democrats to try to attack Trump.

A report at the Twitchy site explained, "The memo went out to Democrats the first week of July: mention the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 as much as possible while presenting as an expanded version of 'The Handmaid's Tale.' President Joe Biden even put on his aviators and shot a five-second video with a link to look up Project 2025, which CBS News and others called a 'blueprint' for a second Trump term."

The report noted, with just a bit of sarcasm, that Trump has a website with policies that are published and available to the American people, "unlike Kamala Harris."

It said, "The Republicans laid out their party platform at the Recent Republican National Convention – the AP might have reported on it."

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The American Center for Law and Justice has sued Gov. Maura Healey of Massachusetts, state officials and the radical abortion promoters with whom they have partnered because of an ongoing "vicious smear campaign" against pregnancy resource centers.

It accuses the defendants of scheming to deliver "targeted, false, and baseless accusations" and setting up "a system of informal censorship designed to suppress the pro-life viewpoint of our client, YOM (Your Options Medical), with the intent to obstruct, chill, deter, and retaliate against it for its speech."

"Our client, YOM, is fully compliant with state licensure requirements; it has never had an actual patient complaint and provides its services in full compliance with the law. But these defendants do not care and are accusing it of wrongdoing anyway, solely because of its pro-life position," the ACLJ report said.

The ACLJ pointed out it previously has worked on behalf of pro-life pregnancy resource centers.

"We have now also taken legal action and filed a complaint on behalf of one of those PRCs, Your Options Medical (YOM), against Massachusetts officials and their allies. With Massachusetts Liberty Legal Center serving as our local counsel, we have filed a major constitutional lawsuit in federal district court in Massachusetts."

The charges include that state officials orchestrated "an overt viewpoint-based discrimination campaign – including harassment, suppression, and threats against YOM and other PRCs. Directed by Governor Maura Healey, this pro-abortion smear campaign involves selective law enforcement prosecution, public threats, and even a state-sponsored advertising campaign with a singular goal – to deprive YOM and their counterparts of their First Amendment rights to voice freely their religious and political viewpoints regarding the sanctity of human life."

The state has partnered with a pro-abortion organization called Reproductive Equity Now Foundation to attack the pro-life centers, and has posted an entire section on the state's website promoting its "AVOID Anti-Abortion Centers" campaign.

It uses loaded words like "warning" to tell people, falsely, that "anti-abortion centers cause harm."

REN insists, "Anti-abortion centers often offer abstinence-only sex education, post-abortion support, spiritual support, or bible study. While some people need and want post-abortion counseling, and may seek it through their faith leaders, there is no scientific evidence that abortion results in adverse mental health outcomes."

Joining Healey as defendants are state health commissioner Robert Goldstein and REN and its director, Rebecca Hart Holder.

"Normally, a private entity like REN cannot be sued for a constitutional violation, but there is an exception: It can be held accountable when it acts on behalf of the state, which is exactly what happened here. REN and Executive Director Holder acted as the trusted partner of the state, with state funding and support, and in explicit partnership with Massachusetts officials to harass PRCs like YOM for their viewpoint," ACLJ reported.

The ACLJ reported, "Here the government has exercised its authority to target the viewpoint of pro-life groups for their pro-life religious views. Governor Healey publicly claimed that PRCs engage in deceptive and dangerous tactics; and as attorney general, she issued an advisory that falsely accused PRCs of deceptive advertising. Commissioner Goldstein unlawfully exercised his authority to accuse PRCs of wrongdoing, threatening them with legal action and making public statements saying, 'As the commissioner of public health, I'm resolute about calling out this deception for what it is: a public health threat.'"

The actions identified in the case provided support for the complaints about harassment, threats, unequal enforcement of the law based on political and religious beliefs.

"The Left is waging a coordinated assault to threaten pro-life pregnancy centers and stifle their views by burying them in complaints, punishments, and disciplines. Such a targeted system of harassment and discrimination is unprecedented and unconstitutional. Their choice of words goes far beyond mere disagreement or criticism; the state has repeatedly accused PRCs of illegal behavior like deception, misrepresentation, and fraud," ACLJ explained.

The impetus for the pro-abortion ideology isn't complicated: Dollars.

"Pro-life centers represent one of the biggest threats to abortionists' bottom lines – and our client is no exception. Abortionists like Planned Parenthood consider PRCs to be the competition. They will do anything to shut them down, and liberal politicians in Massachusetts have been all too eager to help. But in doing so, they have violated the U.S. Constitution."

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Abortion promoters have been, and are, flooding the streets of America these days.

This is way beyond the vasectomies and chemical abortions being offered, as a stunt, at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this week.

The activists are collecting signatures and pushing state constitutional amendments that would give the nation's abortion industry an open door to pursue any money-making procedure that they could develop in the name of "abortion rights."

It's all because of the Dobbs decision from the Supreme Court a few years ago that overturned the longstanding, but constitutionally flawed, Roe v. Wade ruling to which states were bound.

The change didn't ban abortion, but it did turn over regulation of the lucrative industry to states, creating what is now the battleground as abortion business operators seek to ensure their financial future.

Among the states, about half have now imposed major roadblocks to the commercial-level killing of the unborn, including some that have outright bans; but about half have not.

It's that half with the new requirements that now are in a bull's-eye.

And the center of that bull's eye is South Dakota since it is known to be conservative and its voters in the past have been not friendly at all to abortionists. There was a time when there was only a single abortion business operating in the state.

The fight has involved the courts already, but whatever happens there, the results from the state will be seen as a precedent for more attacks on other pro-life standards around the nation.

"A Kamala (Harris) presidency means more health risks to women and more babies aborted," Caroline Woods, a spokeswoman for the Life Defense Fund, which is fighting to protect the lives of the unborn, told WND.

"When undercover videos showed Planned Parenthood executives cavalierly talking about selling baby parts in California, then-Attorney General Kamala Harris viciously went after those who exposed Planned Parenthood's illegal actions. She will act no different as president, and she has made it her goal to legalize abortions across the nation."

There have been accusations that Harris schemed to send state agents to undercover reporter David Daleiden's home, to confiscate his videos and equipment, as he was releasing a series of reports on those agendas among abortionists to sell unborn baby body parts for higher and higher amounts.

One abortionist explained the need for that: "I want a Lamborghini."

Woods' organization sued the "Dakotans for Health" which is pushing for the plan that would unleash unrestricted abortions by eliminating more than 100 requirements the state already has. The fight also is significant because if pro-abortion radicals can succeed in South Dakota, in the heart of America, and with food production, tourism, and finance as major industries – nothing like Hollywood or New York – they would feel confident in taking their campaign anywhere.

Life Defense Fund's case was dismissed for not including Secretary of State Monae Johnson as a defendant, but that was reversed by the state's Supreme Court Johnson now has been added and further hearings are expected.

"The court has expedited our case – Life Defense Fund and Leslee Unruh vs. Dakotans for Health – where each of our claims will proceed in trial come September. If we win, Amendment G will be null and void regardless if this radical abortion measure appears on the ballot this November," Woods explained.

"A vote for Amendment G is a vote for the Kamala Harris' radical agenda for America. In South Dakota, we reject her extreme abortion plans that endanger women and children," she said.

She warned, "South Dakota can be an example to the rest of the nation by once again showing that we are pro-woman and pro-children. Amendment G is the most radical abortion measure we've seen in our country, and we will fight to make sure children aren't aborted up to birth and women are protected from unsafe, unclean medical practices."

"We want South Dakota to blaze a path for a pro-life victory and show the rest of the nation how we can beat the abortion lobby."

She said the court case revolves around allegations of unethical, even illegal, behavior by the petition collectors.

"They say 'Let the people vote,' but what they're saying is, 'Let us cheat.' In the same way, that Olympic teams are banned from performing if they cheat, this abortion amendment should be disqualified from appearing on the ballot since Dakotans for Health broke South Dakota election law, cheated, and lied directly to South Dakotans to advance their radical agenda."

Reports confirm there are allegations petition circulators left petition sheets unattended, a violation. They misled signers, a violation. They tried to bait-and-switch voters, a violation.

They included nonresidents, a violation.

The pro-abortion faction went to federal court, trying to get the state case killed, and the judge refused.

Woods described the proposal as "one of the most extreme abortion laws in the nation."

It would "legalize painful, late-term abortion, all the way to the point of birth." And it would kill a multitude of existing state abortion policies that have been created over time on a bipartisan basis.

For example, a provision for parents to know when a minor daughter is being pressured into abortion would be killed.

Killed would be protection for a mother from being forced to have an abortion against her will.

Killed would be conscience protections so that doctors and nurses cannot be forced to participate in performing abortions against their will.

Killed would even be basic health and safety requirements for abortionists to follow, including requirements that abortions be done by a physician and an inspected and clean facility.

Among the allegations the abortion industry promoters are facing:

Bait and switch. A couple told pro-lifers during a Farmers Market in 2023, where abortion promoters were gathering signatures, they were telling people the petitions were regarding a tax proposal.

The couple, not named, said the signature collector even checked, when they asked for the tax petition, and said, "This is the one you want," handing them the abortion plan.

Also, abortion promoters were collecting signatures but failing to provide a required statement from the attorney general.

There also were incorrect claims that the new petition supported the same thing that Roe did back in 1973. The promoter explains, "This is exactly what the Supreme Court did in '73. In the first three months, it's a woman's choice. Then there are stipulations and exceptions. … They say it's up to nine months and that's not true…"

Here is Tiffany Campbell, a petition coordinator, explaining just how extreme is the amendment.

She boasts, "The legislature can't mess with it." And "It's gonna wipe off 113 abortion regulations that we have now."

Cited are the 24-hour waiting period, parental notification, 22-week ban … "Everything goes away."

Signing the petitions twice? No problem, the extra signature is just "crossed off."

And leaving petitions unattended:

Giving incorrect information, where a signature collector accuses someone of lying if they say abortions would be allowed through nine months, which they would be.

Other videos suggest verbal abuse by petition collectors and worse.

Woods already has written in National Review that abortion activists are "doing anything they can to get their way, including deceiving voters."

She continued, "Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade, many conservative states like my home state of South Dakota activated trigger laws on abortion. These laws were passed while Roe was still operative and were designed to be implemented the moment Roe v. Wade was overturned. They typically outlawed abortion unless the doctor believed it was needed to save the life of the mother. Since then, the abortion lobby has aggressively centered its efforts around gathering petition signatures and putting abortion measures on the ballot in states like South Dakota, among many others."

She noted polling reveals three-quarters of Americans support abortion bans after 15 weeks.

And she said Amendment G allows non-doctors to do abortions, too.

Woods explained her organization has "over 100 hours of video capturing pro-choice petition circulators, much of which showed them breaking South Dakota law."

Such evidence already has prompted the state's attorney general to reprimand the abortion promoters.

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In the wake of his own running mate publicly saying he was considering quitting the presidential race and joining forces with former President Donald Trump, Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will address the nation on Friday.

His campaign press secretary Stefanie Spear said the announcement will be "about the present historical moment and his path forward."

The event, slated for 2 p.m. Eastern in Phoenix, Arizona, will be live-streamed on X and other social channels.

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Democrats and the media are in a quandary to explain why Americans so underappreciate all that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have done for the economy. Or, should I say, TO the economy?

They act as if these are the salad days for American families, with inflation falling and jobs aplenty. For now.

So why are Americans so dour? A recent Pew poll found that only 22% of Americans believe the country is headed in the right direction.

Another poll revealed that more than half of Americans think the U.S. is in recession.

A CNBC headline from last week treated the poll finding with shock and amazement: "59% of Americans Wrongly Think U.S. Is in a Recession."

According to the article: "Economists have wrestled with the growing disconnect between how well the economy is doing and how people feel about their financial standing. … The U.S. economy has remained remarkably strong even amid persistent inflation."

Stop right there.

Yes, the GDP is indeed growing, which means we are NOT in a technical recession.

But the economy is "strong" for whom exactly? Academics isolated in their ivory towers? Those cloistered inside the Washington Beltway? The people with cushy jobs in the newsrooms across America?

The poll cited above found that a major reason Americans say they are pessimistic is "higher costs and difficulty making ends meet."

This isn't a figment of their imaginations. The average household has LOST roughly $2,000 of purchasing power since Biden came into office. They are POORER today than four years ago.

I would submit that when most families have lost real take-home pay over four years, THAT is a recession. And apparently, six of 10 Americans agree with me despite the media cheerleading for the Biden economy.

The other night in his Democratic National Convention speech, Biden boasted that "wages are up." But they are only up BEFORE inflation. When we take into account the cost of living is 20% higher today than four years ago, there are only real wage declines for most workers.

One way to measure how much families are struggling under Bidenomics is to examine household debt. Credit card debt recently hit an all-time high, and delinquencies are rising. The federal government can borrow until the cows come home (or investors around the world stop buying the bonds). But households have to repay debt. This means that if things don't improve quickly, more and more families will be underwater.

Harris' only plan to relieve this middle-class fiscal squeeze is to pass out more free dollars. She wants to pay people up to $25,000 to buy houses. The Wall Street Journal is wondering whether the government is going to start bailing out unpaid mortgages and credit card debts – just as Uncle Sam is paying off deadbeats who refused to pay back student loans.

Where is the money going to come from for all those trillions of dollars of bailouts? From the Chinese?

Meanwhile, most of these jobs Biden and Harris are gloating about are direct or indirect government jobs. Why is a government so awash in debt on a hiring spree?

Americans have a sixth sense tingling, warning that something is very wrong with our economy. Harris and the media say: Don't worry; be happy.

Just who's living in La La Land?

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Those mRNA COVID-19 shots, turned out in double time by an industry in the pay of the federal government at the time, are "far more" dangerous to those who took them, including those forced by government officials to take them, than getting COVID, a new report explains.

The report at Slay News said a study has shown that the "overall risks" of the shots "greatly outweigh theoretical benefits."

The study results appeared in the International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research.

The researchers included M. Nathaniel Mead of the McCullough Foundation, MIT's Stephanie Seneff, independent researcher Jessica Rose, Research Triangle Park's Russ Wolfinger, Nicolas Hulscher and Dr. Peter A. McCullough, an M.D. practicing in internal medicine, cardiology, epidemiology and more.

The report said, "They found that the modmRNA injections carry such a high risk of dangerous adverse events, that it would be safer to catch the virus without being vaccinated than to take one of the shots."

The report said, "The study categorizes the principal adverse events associated with the mRNA products with a brief systems-based synopsis of each of the six domains of potential harm: cardiovascular, neurological, hematologic, immunological, oncological and reproductive.

The shots "dramatically increase the risk of becoming severely ill or dying from potentially fatal conditions such as cancer or heart failure," the report said.

It said the study actually is No. 2, a followup to an earlier assessment that found, "health-related risks and drawbacks were drastically misreported and underreported in the Pfizer and Moderna trial evaluations of these genetic products."

The scientists concluded, among other things, it would be more accurate to refer to "mRNA vaccines" as "modified mRNA gene therapies" or "modmRNA" shots.

They found, "The COVID-19 modified mRNA (modmRNA) lipid nanoparticle-based 'vaccines' are not classical antigen-based vaccines but instead prodrugs informed by gene therapy technology."

Further, they wrote, "This leads us to consider how and why so many published papers and authorities have claimed that myocarditis [heart failure] shows a stronger association with SARS-CoV-2 infection than with the COVID-19 modmRNA injections. This single claim is patently false, and yet it has been used to justify ongoing injections despite myocarditis being recognized as a signal by the CDC and other authorities."

The results appeared on Substack, where McCullough wrote, "This manuscript evaluated all of the published data and has completely overturned a false narrative held by government agencies and the American College of Cardiology who erroneously assert that SARS-CoV-2 infection poses a greater risk of heart damage than vaccination."

It said, in fact, "The risk of suffering from myocarditis from the shots was 37 times greater than from the infection."

And it warned further recommendations to impose the shots "seems unconscionable in the extreme."

There also were higher numbers of brain disorders reported among those who took the shots.

Other complications that appeared related include "encephalitis, other encephalopathies, meningitis, myelitis, autoimmune nervous system disorders, cerebrovascular events, facial palsy" and more.

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Democrats apparently see everything through the clouded lens of gender.

Scientifically, of course, there are two: Male and female, defined by DNA.

But to Democrats, politics is gender, school lessons are gender, sports are gender, religion is gender, even war now is gender. And all of those situations the gender has to be "neutral," so as not to bestow some advantage on men.

And now it's prayer.

There is, in fact, a "Gender Neutral Prayer Room" at the DNC in Chicago this week.

Social media pointed out that those who consider themselves to be men or women shouldn't worry, as there also are prayer rooms for men and women.

A video reveals the gender neutral prayer room is outfitted in advance with prayer rugs, forcing the assumption it is for "gender neutral" Muslims.

Commenters on social media said, "Do non-binary people pray differently?" and another was startled, with, "Wait, they pray??"

And, "Oh, so now even prayer rooms have to be gender neutral? I can just imagine the confusion when someone walks in and sees a sign that says 'No gender-specific praying allowed.' I guess even God has to be politically correct now."

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Joe Biden on Monday night at this year's Democrat party convention delivered what is expected to be his farewell to the 2024 presidential race, his party's support and much, much more, including a political career that has spanned decades.

But like myriad earlier speeches, he couldn't get by without telling a falsehood, or two. Or more.

He criticized "political violence," but didn't address the lawfare his party has launched, with multiple court cases against President Donald Trump, including one about possession of classified documents – an offense Biden also committed but for which he faced no charges. But Trump was charged with a long list of counts.

Then he trotted out his story, which is false, about the race violence that happened in Charlottesville, Virginia.

He said, "Extremists coming out of the woods carrying torches. Their veins bulging from their necks. Carrying nasty swastikas. Chanting … antisemitic bile … white supremacists, neo-Nazis."

He said those people saw President Donald Trump as an ally.

"President was asked what he thought…'There are very fine people on both sides.' MY GOD…. That is what he said and what he meant."

Trump didn't of course, and even leftist fact-checkers have documented how Biden's often-used story is a fabrication.

Biden many times has cited the violence from a confrontation between protesters objecting to sanitizing American history and the leftists who planned it and said, "In that darkest of moments, a stunned nation looked to Donald Trump. And do you remember what he said? 'There were very fine people on both sides.'"

He's already handed that lie off to Kamala Harris, stating, "We can't allow hate to be given safe harbor on our shores. We can't let the MAGA movement succeed at ripping away our freedoms and destroying our democracy. I know that Kamala and Tim can finish the job we started together."

The fact is that Trump said:

But you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. You had people in that group — excuse me, excuse me, I saw the same pictures as you did — you had people in that group that were there to protest the taking down of, to them, a very very important statue and the renaming of a park from Robert E. Lee to another name. George Washington was a slave owner. Was George Washington a slave owner? So will George Washington now lose his status, are we gonna take down — excuse me — are we gonna take down statues of George Washington? How about Thomas Jefferson? What do you think of Thomas Jefferson? You like him? Okay good. Are we gonna take down the statue? Cause he was a major slaveowner. Now are we gonna take down his statue? So you know what? It's fine. You're changing history, you're changing culture, and you had people — and I'm not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally. But you had many people in that group other than neo-Nazis and white nationalists, okay? And the press has treated them absolutely unfairly. Now, in the other group also, you had some fine people, but you also had troublemakers, and you see them come with the black outfits, and with the helmets, and the baseball bats, you got a lot of bad people in the other group too.

Even the leftists in the so-called "fact check" industry agreed.

Biden also had brought out his lie during the recent Republican National Convention.

For no apparent reason, he chose to repeat the Trump-is-like-Hitler.

LESTER HOLT: "You were in – in Delaware when this happened. What was your first reaction?"

JOE BIDEN: "My first reaction was, 'My God. This is' – look, there's so much violence now and the way we talk about it. I mean, the whole notion that there is this – there's – there's no place at all for violence in politics in America. None. Zero. And – we've reached a point where it's – it's become too commonplace, not assassinations, but to talk about it.

"For example, you know, the January 6th – you know, the attack on the Capitol, the – I – I – Lester, I got in this race early on in 2020 – for the 2020 race. I wasn't gonna run again because I'd lost my son. I didn't – you know? And – until I watched what happened in Charlottesville, Virginia.

"Those folks coming out of the woods with torches, carrying swastikas, singing the same Nazi bile that was accompanied by this Ku Klux Klan and a young woman was killed. And – and it was a bystander. And – the president – then president was asked, 'What do you think?' He said, 'The very fine people on both sides.' Not fine people on both sides. No excuse. Zero."

Biden also had his "Charlottesville lie" in his acceptance address when the Democrats officially made him their presidential nominee in 2020.

Commentator Larry Elder addressed the fact that Biden won't let the lie die.

"In March, President Joe Biden, in Brussels, Belgium, repeated the lie. At a press conference, ostensibly about Ukraine, Biden told the world that Trump's alleged racist response to Charlottesville inspired Biden to enter the 2020 presidential race: 'I had no intention of running for president again, and – until I saw those folks coming out of the fields in Virginia carrying torches and carrying Nazi banners and literally singing the same vile rhyme that they used in Germany in the early '20s or '30s. …,'" Elder wrote.

Harris, herself even has used the lie.

During the 2020 campaign, WND reported, "Among numerous false statements by Kamala Harris in the vice presidential debate Wednesday was the oft-repeated and easily refuted 'Charlottesville lie' that Joe Biden says was the catalyst for his decision to run for president."

Her false claim was that regarding a clash over a Robert E. Lee monument Trump called neo-Nazis and other white supremacists "fine people."

Biden also issued a long list of claims about his accomplishments, with statements the truth of which remains questionable, such as the "500,000" electric vehicle charging stations.

The not-true statements started early in the evening, with the Harris campaign claiming Project 2025 was President Donald Trump's. It's not. He's rejected any affiliation with it.

Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., claimed on Jan. 6, 2021, five people died in the protest-turned-riot at the Capitol. Not true. There were some officers who weeks later committed suicide.

He claimed Trump "tried to destroy millions of votes," but that wasn't true either. Trump, in fact, faced headwinds from Democrats because he wanted to find MORE votes.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, talked of the "two impeachments" of Trump. But both failed. "Listen, y'all, he's only looking out for one person," she claimed, and then waited for a response to her applause line, which came, eventually.

The Trump campaign was monitoring the lies, with the statement:

"Speakers lied about Kamala Harris' record as San Francisco's District Attorney. Murders skyrocketed under Kamala Harris. She protected illegal immigrant drug dealers and 'gave lenient plea deals to murderers, domestic abusers as DA.' Democrats repeatedly said that 'we're not going back.' Back where? Back to low inflation and secure borders? Polling shows that a majority of Americans say they were better off under President Trump. Democrat after Democrat is lying about President Trump's manufacturing record. President Trump presided over a manufacturing boom, delivered for American autoworkers and ended the disastrous NAFTA trade deal, replacing it with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Kamala Harris opposed the USMCA and American autoworkers. The Associated Press noted in 2023 that since its enactment 'vehicle and parts manufacturers have actually added nearly 90,000 jobs.'"

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear claimed Harris has moved beyond "division," when the one single goal of the Biden-Harris administration has appeared to be division, dividing Americans into those who promote abortion and those who want to deprive women of "their rights." Between those who are green ideologists and those who apparently want to destroy the world.

Georgia Sen. Raphael Warnock boasted about his own election in Georgia and how his then-82-year-old mother picked her youngest son "to be a U.S. senator."

Almost every speaker explained how Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were sent to the White House in 2020.

Warnock talked about the COVID-19 vaccinations, which many times were mandatory, and now are known to have inflicted massive injuries.

He talked about the "Big Lie," which Democrats say was Trump's allegations about election irregularities. In fact, Mark Zuckerberg turned over $400 million to mostly leftist elections officials who often used the cash in hand to recruit voters from Democrat districts. Further, the FBI and CIA interfered on behalf of Biden in the election by claiming that the Biden family scandals found in a laptop abandoned by Hunter Biden were Russian disinformation, when they were in fact true.

Just this week, a House report confirmed that Joe Biden had been running an influence-peddling operation for years, collecting some $27 million for his family from foreign enemies.

Warnock also quoted numerous Bible verses, but did not address "Thou shalt not kill" regarding abortion. He claimed to want to "Give every child a chance."

And he spent much time praising Joe Biden, who isn't on the ballot.

Delaware Sen. Chris Coons asked, "Are there any Democrats in the room tonight?"

He praised Biden for faith, love of family, determination to restore the "soul" of the nation. Then he thanked Biden for "elevating" a leader like Harris.

Ashley Biden, Joe Biden's daughter who wrote in a now-disclosed diary that she took childhood showers "probably inappropriate" with her father, talked about remembering the eve of her eighth birthday. Her dad returned from Washington. "Dad hugged me and said he had to get back to work." Off he went "to D.C."

She related her thoughts about her father.

And, she said she sees, "one of the most consequential leaders EVER in history."

Jill Biden talked about Joe reading his children bedtime stories, and "all he's accomplished in the name of something bigger than himself."

After all, he received the Medal of Freedom "with humility."