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The justices on the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments in a case that would allow states to defund Planned Parenthood, the nation's largest abortion corporation.

It now gets an estimated $700 million in taxpayer money each year, which has prompted a variety of protests over the possibility that taxes are being used for abortion, or to support the company's structure that promotes abortion.

Oral arguments were heard in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and concerns a decision by Gov. Henry McMaster, of South Carolina, to disqualify abortion providers from state Medicaid reimbursement programs.

It's significant because a ruling on behalf of the state could open the door for other states to make the same move.

The Washington Examiner reported that the issue wasn't clearly decided from comments made by the justices, as the leftists on the court clearly were advocating for Planned Parenthood, while others were harder to read.

"The future of state Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood remains uncertain following an intense oral argument session before the Supreme Court on Wednesday," the report said.

Planned Parenthood South Atlantic and one woman, Julie Edwards, sued over the governor's order, claiming the federal Medicaid statute guarantees access to "any qualified and willing provider."

But the state has explained it retains the authority to determine what counts as "qualified."

Much of the argument was over whether patients have a legal standing to sue because they are not allowed to pick one "provider" when a multitude of others are available.

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'Any spark could trigger a full-scale uprising – and these resistance networks are prepared to channel protest into full-scale revolution'

Although "Nowruz," the Iranian New Year that began on the first day of spring, March 21, supposedly marks a moment of renewal and reflection, this year it marks something far more consequential: the unraveling of the brutal theocratic Tehran regime's decades-long strategy for survival.

In his New Year's address, Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei drew a telling parallel between the year 1403 in the Iranian calendar (2024-2025) and the year 1981 (1360), stating:

"The year 1403 was full of turmoil … like the challenges we faced in 1360 (1981) – difficult and painful time for us."

In 1981, facing mass protests and the fragility of its newly established rule, the new regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini responded with brute force – opening fire on peaceful demonstrators and executing thousands of political prisoners. That year marked a turning point that allowed the Islamic Republic to violently consolidate power, even though – just hours after newly elected U.S. President Ronald Reagan gave his inaugural address on Jan. 21, 1981– Iran released the 53 American hostages it had held captive for 444 days.

So in his reference to 1981, Iran's current leader, Khamenei, is signaling his regime's deep anxiety that history may soon repeat itself – but with a different outcome.

3-pillar strategy in ruins

Following the Iran-Iraq War of 1980, the Iranian regime anchored its long-term survival strategy on the creation of three deterrent pillars:

* A sophisticated ballistic missile program

* A network of proxy forces across the region

* A covert nuclear weapons program

To build these pillars, the regime siphoned the nation's wealth – impoverishing over 80% of the population. The nuclear program alone is estimated to have cost Iran more than $2 trillion.

Yet, by the end of the Iranian Year 1403 (March 2025), two of the three pillars have crumbled:
Proxy forces including Hezbollah, Hamas and the Houthis have been pushed to the sidelines. Financial support is faltering while battlefield relevance has sharply declined. And missile capability has been exposed as ineffective. In response to Israeli strikes, Iran's highly publicized "Sadegh-1" and "Sadegh-2" missiles failed to demonstrate real destructive power.

This leaves only one leg standing: Iran's nuclear program – and the world is no longer willing to tolerate it.

A hard deadline

Today, both the United States – under President Donald Trump's leadership – and Europe are united in demanding that Iran abandon its nuclear ambitions with enforceable guarantees. Trump's two-month ultimatum is about to expire. By July, the "snapback" mechanism under the U.N. framework may automatically be reactivated, reinstating global sanctions on Iran.

So Tehran faces a critical choice: Abandon its nuclear program and negotiate, or brace for targeted airstrikes.

And while President Trump has said he does not seek war, any military operation to dismantle Iran's nuclear infrastructure – much of which lies buried deep underground – would not be short, clean or easy. If it begins, it could continue all the way to the edge of regime collapse.

This is why both Tehran and the international community prefer a diplomatic solution – including indirect talks. Iran seeks negotiations, not to reform, but to buy time while using Europe as a political buffer, as it did in the 2015 nuclear deal.

The real threat comes from within

But beyond all this foreign pressure, the regime faces an even greater threat from within.

With a collapsing economy and widespread poverty, Iran is a powder keg. The fall of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has eliminated Tehran's so-called "strategic depth," and the true battlefield has shifted to within Iran.

Thousands of resistance units affiliated with the National Council of Resistance of Iran, or NCRI, are active across the country. These groups are not foreign-funded or exiled movements. They are embedded in local neighborhoods and cities, drawn from within Iranian society itself.

Despite an intense climate of surveillance, they successfully carried out 33 operations in Tehran and 22 other cities, setting fire to IRGC centers and symbols of the clerical regime during the Fire Festival Campaign.

Any spark could trigger a full-scale uprising – and these resistance networks are prepared to channel protest into full-scale revolution.

The high number of executions in the Iranian year 1403 (2023-2024) – with over 1,150 recorded cases – reflects a desperate attempt by the regime to instill fear in society. However, these acts of repression have not silenced the public; on the contrary, they have further fueled the growth of the resistance. Under such conditions, many analysts are now speaking of the regime as being at a "tipping point." In other words, the transition to a secular republic with human rights is no longer a dream; it has become an attainable goal. The year "1403" was the year the regime found itself surrounded, and now all eyes are on "1404" – that is, 2025 – a year that could mark a historic turning point for Iran.

What Tehran wants in return

Tehran is now maneuvering for survival. Its demands in any negotiation are twofold:

1. Partial relief from sanctions to stabilize its crumbling economy.

2. Political cover from the West to marginalize the NCRI and other opposition groups that pose the only real threat to its rule.

But there is a catch.

To repair its economy and prevent unrest, Tehran must allow a degree of reform: easing repression, curbing mass arrests and creating conditions that allow for investment. In doing so, the regime would necessarily open limited political space – which, in turn, risks unleashing pent-up dissent and igniting the very uprising it fears most.

The regime is trapped. What it needs to do to survive economically will accelerate its political demise.

Forty-five years of repression cannot be buried under layers of censorship and bullets forever. If the lid of control is loosened, even slightly, the voices of millions will rise. The opposition is organized. The international community is alert. The people are ready.

The endgame

The Tehran regime has learned from the experience of Iran's last Shah before the revolution, and therefore absolutely refuses to allow any political openness or path for internal reform. On the other hand, like Libya's Muammar Gaddafi, it is not willing to give up its nuclear project, which is tied directly to the regime's survival. As such, backing down from the nuclear program would be like drinking a poisoned chalice. This is basically how Ayatollah Khomeini described accepting the ceasefire in the Iran-Iraq War … as "drinking poison."

However, at that time, Khomeini was able to preserve his rule by massacring 30,000 political prisoners and terrorizing Iranian society – preventing it from holding him accountable for six years of a fruitless war that caused one million deaths and injuries and cost hundreds of billions of dollars.

But such a genocide is beyond Khamenei's current capacity – and Iranian society will not allow it to happen.

So Iran's Year 1403 (2024-2025) has not been a repeat of 1981.

Instead, it has been the beginning of the end.

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A toddler has been targeted by, and kicked out of, a nursery school, for being "transphobic."

A report at Fox News explained the child was 3 or 4, but the school was not identified, in the documentation about the dispute.

It had been the Telegraph that confirmed the disciplinary action was taken by school officials because the little child allegedly was "transphobic."

While the actual definition of such a word would mean an unreasoning fear of transgenders or their agenda, the contemporary application often means no more than someone who objected to, criticized or rejected the transgenderism that is surging among leftists.

A Department of Education official said in the report that "all pupils and staff should feel safe and protected at school and should never face violence or abuse."

It's not the first such case, the report said, as 94 students at primary schools in the U.K. have been suspended or "permanently excluded for transphobia or homophobia."

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George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley long has lectured on the Constitution. Advised Congress on the Constitution. Even represented members of Congress on constitutional issues.

And he's long been involved in Democratic politics.

Recently, he noted that the party is harder and harder to recognize because of "a new generation of foul-mouthed, censorship-supporting, mob-enabling" leaders.

But even given that standard, Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-N.Y., now has gone too far, Turley explains in a new column.

That's when Goldman claimed an FBI investigation of the leftist violence being launched against Tesla cars, the company, and individual vehicle owners, because of owner Elon Musk's affiliation with President Donald Trump, is nothing but "lawfare."

"Goldman's latest controversy captures how Democrats have now entirely cut the cords of decency and moderation that once tethered their party to the mainstream of our society," he wrote.

Goldman, in fact, claimed that the FBI is investigating a long list of crimes that have been inspired by a leftist agenda against President Donald Trump, and Musk: "This is the political weaponization of the DOJ. Trump uses his official authority to defend his benefactor Elon Musk. The FBI then creates a task force to use our law enforcement to 'crackdown' [sic] on adversaries of Musk's [sic]. Where are the Republicans so opposed to 'lawfare'?"

Those, in fact, are "otherworldly," Turley expressed.

"There are have widespread attacks on Tesla charging stations, vehicles, and dealerships, including multiple arson attacks. It is clearly political violence orchestrated against an American company and American property owners, including individual citizens, to push consumers away from buying Musk products and associations," he said.

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A Democrat judge who is a candidate in the coming Wisconsin Supreme Court election has been warned to quit lying about her Republican opponent because those claims violate the state's judicial code of conduct.

Fair Elections Wisconsin dispatched to Susan Crawford, a Dane County Circuit judge running for the state's highest court, a cease-and-desist letter, but she refused to respond and continued with the statements, according to a report at Just the News.

She's trying to defeat Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Brad Schimel, who is backed by Republicans.

FEW President Justin Gavery said he hasn't had a response to the March 7 letter.

And, he said, Crawford is continuing with the false statements.

Lying about opponents is a tactic that has been used before by Democrat politicians. Hillary Clinton wildly claimed, through her campaign affiliates, that Donald Trump was colluding with Russia during the 2016 presidential campaign, which she lost, a charge that was completely bogus.

FEW, an election integrity organization, warned Crawford, "Judicial candidates, including incumbents and challengers, must refrain from making false, misleading, or deceptive statements."

He added that a judicial conduct court rule in the state, "explicitly prohibits judicial candidates from knowingly misrepresenting any fact concerning themselves, their opponents, or matters relevant to the campaign. Any deviation from this standard not only undermines the credibility of the judiciary but also erodes public trust in the court's ability to administer fair and impartial justice."

The letter charges Crawford with lying about Schimel's record as attorney general, for "ignoring rape cases…"

But the letter said that claim is false: "The facts appear to be that for decades many rape kits were stored and not tested. When Brad Schimel became Attorney General in early 2015, he inherited about 6000 kits that had not been tested. By the end of Schimel's term in office, every kit that needed to be tested was tested, and a process was put in place to ensure that testing of kits would continue in the future to prevent a backlog," Gavery told Crawford.

The election is significant on a national level because a Crawford win would give the high court a 4-3 liberal imbalance, and Democrats have said they would use that majority to re-align congressional districts to give more seats to their own party.

Gavery also charged that Crawford "advertised that Schimel supports the 1849 Abortion Law. This statement is false."

In fact, Schimel has suggested any abortion law should be decided by public referendum or legislative action.

Then Gavery also charges Crawford claims Schimel supports voter suppression, another inaccuracy.

"Please stop and desist from any further contact with others, public or private, until you have reviewed the above matters and you can verify that they are truthful statements. The people of Wisconsin deserve nothing less," the letter tells Crawford.

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued an order that all of the government's files on the FBI's Crossfire Hurricane investigation nine years ago be made public.

That was the FBI's attempt to undermine Trump's first, successful, campaign for president.

Commentator Charlie Kirk explained its significance:

BREAKING: President Trump has just signed a Presidential Memorandum ordering the immediate declassification of all FBI files relating to the Crossfire Hurricane investigation which kicked off the Russia hoax 9 years ago. This is a big deal. Our own FBI tried to sabotage a presidential candidate based on an absurd conspiracy theory, then sabotaged that same candidate after he was elected, then coordinated a Deep State-directed censorship campaign to throw him out of office. The only way we can hope to fix this is with total transparency. All the FBI's dirty laundry MUST be made public."

Another commenter was to the same point, only more succinct: "President Trump orders the immediate declassification of all FBI files on Crossfire Hurricane, the infamous 'Russian Collusion' investigation. These documents could finally expose Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for committing treason against a sitting president."

In fact, conspiracy rumors created by Democrats and their hired lawyers included a wild list of unrealistic claims in documents like the now-discredited Steele Dossier, which leftists quoted as if it were the truth.

Fox News reported that Trump cast doubt on the willingness of the media, which joined the Democrats wholeheartedly in the conspiracy against Trump, to review the facts.

"You probably won't bother because you're not going to like what you see. But this was total weaponization. It's a disgrace. It should have never happened in this country. But now you'll be able to see for yourselves. All declassified," he said.

The report noted the FBI opened the unsubstantiated investigation on July 31, 2016, a counterintelligence scheme that claimed to seek if Trump or his campaign members were colluding with Russia.

The report noted, "The opening of the investigation came just days after a July 28 meeting during which then-CIA Director John Brennan briefed then-President Barack Obama on a purported proposal from one of Hillary Clinton's campaign foreign policy advisors 'to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service.'"

Clinton was the Democrat nominee for president that year, and failed in her second attempt at the office. She later claimed, wildly, that the election was stolen from her.

Then-FBI Director James Comey subsequently pushed the Steele Dossier, a compilation of salacious lies about Trump. It was fabricated by Christopher Steele and was commissioned by Fusion GPS, in the pay of Hillary Clinton's campaign.

But what was found was that the weaponized government agency has pursued improper surveillance of Trump staff members.

A subsequent review confirmed that the FBI, under Obama, had zero evidence to even begin an investigation. It also found the FBI was the "target" of a Clinton conspiracy to "manipulate" law enforcement for political purposes.

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One of the most inspiring miracles recorded in Scripture is the famous healing of a man who had been blind from birth.

What's especially interesting is the recipe Jesus used to give the man his sight. It involves putting mud on his face, specifically, his eyes.

It has been retold countless times, and featured prominently in the 2003 film, "The Gospel of John."

But what's the reason mud was employed as a tool in this wondrous healing?

The author of a best-selling book decoding the hidden, additional meaning behind events in Scripture explored the miracle during an episode of the popular Bible TV show, "Shabbat Night Live."

"The Bible is very consistent in its symbols and imagery," said Joe Kovacs, author of "Reaching God Speed: Unlocking the Secret Broadcast Revealing the Mystery of Everything."

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Under the regime of Joe Biden, transgenderism was a top priority, to be promoted everywhere across the federal government's presence in America and around the world.

He tried to change the definition of the word "sex" in 60-year-old nondiscrimination statutes to promote the transgender agenda. He tried to require schools and public facilities to expose young girls to nude men who said they were women in showers and lockers.

But when President Donald Trump took office he simply stated a scientific fact, that there are two sexes, male and female, and that's what the U.S. government recognizes, an announcement that undermined virtually every transgender argument across the nation.

Now even the far-left 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which rarely supports a conservative concept, has done just that.

According to the ADF, that appeals court has voted to uphold an Idaho law "that protects the privacy, safety, and dignity of all K-12 students in public school locker rooms, showers, restrooms, and overnight stays."

Idaho Attorney General Raúl Labrador, with the ADF, had asked the 9th Circuit in December to uphold a district court decision affirming the law while the case proceeds.

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A Republican in Congress has expressed his surprise that Democrats are running around now, enraged and repeatedly filing lawsuits, over the fact that there's someone who has found government waste and fraud.

But they're not upset at the people who have been committing the fraud.

It's U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt, R-Texas, who made the comments posted online this week.

He said, "I've seen Democrats on TV for the past week scream Elon Musk, Elon Musk, Musk, Musk, Musk, Musk, Musk, Musk. It's been quite invigorating actually. I'm really enjoying it. … But what's funny about it to me is you're mad at the guy that found the fraud, but not mad at people that wasted your money."

He added, "Here at Congress we clearly can't cut a budget. So I really thank Elon for doing our job for us."

In fact, Musk, through President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, has been slashing at programs the law does not require, people who do programs that are unnecessary, spending that is not justified.

He's already tabulated possible savings to taxpayers in the billions and billions of dollars. Of course, those many of those programs taking taxpayer cash for unnecessary projects have been created by Democrats.

Democrats have almost to a voice opposed the cutbacks, and in fact have filed well over 100 lawsuits against Trump's agenda to make America better.

Hunt also is the congressman who warned some days ago in a congressional hearing that Democrats are unable to get past the first step in the process of handling grief.

It's because Trump won.

He was addressing a plan to add additional federal judgeships to focus on the workload facing the current judiciary.

That plan had bipartisan support during the last Congress, but was vetoed by Joe Biden, in an apparent effort to deprive Trump of the authority to appoint additional judges.

The plan, since it was bipartisan, has returned.

He criticized the Democrat talking points about the judiciary and Trump. And the fact that Biden actually boasted of ignoring a Supreme Court ruling.

"But now we're hearing that if President Trump ignores judges, we're in a constitutional crisis. So if everyone is following along, it means that a constitutional crisis only occurs when Republicans ignore federal judges. And the left is using activist judges to not only legislate from the bench, but also to encroach on the executive branch."

He accused Democrats of "resorting to lawfare" and delaying democracy.

"The same party that raided the home of President Trump and weaponized the DOJ against President Trump is now using the limited power they have to delay, delay, and delay reality. What the left is experiencing isn't new. They are simply experiencing the five stages of grief," he said. "And unfortunately for them, they are stuck on stage one, denial. The American people really need to get them to stage five as fast as possible, which is acceptance, because that's exactly what the American people voted for, and that's exactly where the American people are."

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Andrew Bailey, the Missouri attorney general, has dispatched to the Planned Parenthood abortion business a cease-and-desist order instructing the abortion corporation to stop performing chemical abortions in the state.

Bailey delivered to Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri an order that instructed the company under penalty of law "not to perform any chemical abortions in Missouri," or possibly face felony charges.

"An investigation has revealed that you are not in compliance with § 188.021.2, which requires you to have a valid plan to treat complications from chemically induced abortions. As the FDA has recognized, up to 4.6% of women who receive chemical abortions are forced to seek emergency medical attention," the letter said.