Another Maine Democrat candidate rocked by another scandal, and it’s a doozy
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Troy Jackson is the Democratic nominee voters tapped to challenge incumbent Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R), after Graham Platner dropped from the race over allegations of rape […]
Another Maine Democrat candidate rocked by another scandal, and it’s a doozy
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Troy Jackson is the Democratic nominee voters tapped to challenge incumbent Maine Sen. Susan Collins (R), after Graham Platner dropped from the race over allegations of rape […]
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Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) pledged to remain in the Democratic Party after saying he would leave it if it officially adopts an anti-Israel platform. Fetterman said in the middle of July that if “our party ever becomes, and just makes it official, the anti-Israel party, that’s when I would leave because that’s been a moral […]
For months now, a battle has been raging between Trump's FCC and ABC News/Disney, the owners of the daytime talk show 'The View.' ABC News claims that 'The View' is a legitimate news show, a claim that is preposterous at best, while the FCC argues that it's not a news show.
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New York has long styled itself as a national champion of tolerance and individual freedom. Yet when it comes to one of the oldest civil liberties in American life — the freedom to live according to one's conscience — the Empire State is moving in the opposite direction.The 2026 Religious Liberty in the States index, a data-driven investigation published by the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy, measures how hard state governments work to protect the basic right of conscience. New York, it seems, works overtime to achieve the exact opposite.A genuinely civilized society accommodates honest differences rather than requiring total ideological agreement.Dead lastThe index measures the everyday points where state power clashes with religious conviction. Can a nurse refuse to assist in genetic counseling that conflicts with her faith? Can a Seventh-day Adventist opt out of mandatory union dues that finance causes he considers morally objectionable? Are citizens safe from religious bias at their local bank, state university, or public school board?On those fundamental questions, New York performs worse than every other state in the nation. The latest edition places New York dead last — 50th out of 50.The ranking reflects a governing philosophy that rejects religious liberty whenever it conflicts with progressive policy goals. Rather than treating conscience protections as a cornerstone of a pluralistic society, state leaders regard them as obstacles to be managed or even eliminated. With Zohran Mamdani and his political allies continuing to push an aggressive far-left agenda, protections for religious beliefs are increasingly treated as hazardous waste requiring active containment.RELATED: Euthanasia and the lie of the 'good death' Mininyx Doodle/Getty ImagesDeath driveThe ranking isn't merely academic. On the very day the report was released, four orders of Catholic nuns and several Catholic health care ministries were back in federal court challenging New York's assisted-suicide law, arguing that it would force them to violate their religious convictions by participating in the process of ending patients' lives.Backed by the religious liberty legal group Becket, the plaintiffs in Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm v. James had asked the court to block the law before it takes effect on Aug. 5. On Friday, they won an important early victory when New York agreed not to enforce the law against the ministries while the case proceeds. Without that protection, the plaintiffs argued, religious health care providers who refused to facilitate assisted suicide could face steep financial penalties, the loss of professional licenses, and even criminal prosecution.At the same time the RLS rankings were published, four orders of Catholic nuns and several Catholic health care ministries filed a federal lawsuit challenging New York's newest assisted-suicide law. Their complaint centers on being forced to participate in ending human life in violation of their faith. The most vulnerableFor generations, Catholic ministries throughout New York have cared for the most vulnerable. The Carmelite Sisters for the Aged and Infirm, the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne, the Missionary Sisters of St. Benedict, and the Little Sisters of the Poor have devoted decades to serving the sick, the elderly, and the dying. They believe that every human life has inherent dignity and requires loving care until the very end.The state's legal arm operates with total disregard for that history. When the New York Court of Appeals decided Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Albany v. Serio in 2006, forcing religious employers to pay for prescription contraceptive coverage in their health plans, the court established a precedent that statutory mandates routinely override religious objections. The current assisted-suicide mandate pushes that line of warped logic into literal life-and-death territory.The First Amendment exists precisely because early Americans recognized that government inevitably abuses power when it forces citizens to violate their deepest beliefs as the price of participating in public life. In 1786, Thomas Jefferson drafted the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, declaring that "to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical." That principle laid the foundation for the American constitutional order.Existential fightThat standard served the country remarkably well for over two centuries. Religious hospitals, schools, charities, adoption agencies, and social service organizations routinely fill massive gaps that state agencies lack the administrative capacity to manage. These groups strengthen their communities precisely because they stay true to their values.
