A Growing Threat: C.C.P. Works to Suppress Free Speech in the U.S.A.

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The alarming results of an investigation published in The Washington Post on Tuesday highlight the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) escalating efforts to suppress free speech in the United States. The story underscores the lengths to which the CCP is willing to go to silence dissent and control narratives beyond its borders.

The Washington Post‘s investigation shows how the CCP uses different tactics that threaten American principles of free speech and democracy — including intimidation and harassment aimed at silencing voices that oppose the CCP.

Unfortunately, China has a history of using its power to pressure U.S. companies and others beyond its borders. In 2021 tech company Apple quietly removed the Bible and Qur’an from its app store in China at the request of the Chinese Communist Party.

Corporate giants like Nike, the NBA, and Hollywood studios have been quick to yield to China in different ways.

As we have written before, the Chinese Communist Party has blocked internet access for its people, caused food shortages in its own country, begun acquiring farmland in other countries, engaged in espionage, allegedly tried to influence public policy in America, and imposed forced abortions and sterilizations on minorities.

As we have said before, the Chinese Communist Party appears committed to subverting the United States — possibly at the federal, state, and even local levels. These latest findings by The Washington Post further underscore that threat.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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ACLU of Arkansas Supports Pro-Abortion Rule in Federal Court

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On Tuesday the ACLU of Arkansas announced it is leading a coalition of pro-abortion groups supporting a new Biden Administration rule in federal court.

In April, Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin led a 17-state coalition challenging the Biden Administration’s new rule requiring employers to accommodate abortions under the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) of 2022.

The PWFA is a federal law that helps ensure pregnant workers receive accommodations from their employers to protect them and their unborn children. However, the Biden Administration has reinterpreted the law to justify federal rules that support abortion.

The Biden Administration’s new pro-abortion rules threaten business owners with lawsuits if they do not accommodate employees’ abortions — even if the abortions would be illegal under state law.

The lawsuit over the rules is still playing out in federal court. However, the ACLU of Arkansas is co-leading an amicus brief supporting the Biden Administration’s rules.

In a statement, the ACLU of Arkansas said,

[A] broad coalition of labor, workers’ rights, and gender justice organizations — led by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Arkansas, and the National Women’s Law Center (NWLC)  — filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in support of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) regulations implementing the landmark Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), including the regulations’ explicit protection for workers who have abortions.

It’s worth pointing out that the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act is a bipartisan law that was supported by a broad coalition of organizations, including pro-life groups. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said the law would advance its “goal of ensuring that no woman ever feels forced to choose between her future and the life of her child while protecting the conscience rights and religious freedoms of employers.” However, the Biden Administration is twisting this law to promote abortion.

Unfortunately, this is not the first time the Biden Administration has tried to use rules and regulations to support abortion.

After the U.S. Supreme Court released its 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision overturning Roe v. Wade, President Biden issued an executive order urging the Secretary of Health and Human Services to identify ways to use federal authority to expand abortion.

Since then, the administration has reinterpreted laws like the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act and the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to support abortion.

We believe federal courts ultimately will recognize what the Biden Administration is doing and block this pro-abortion reinterpretation of federal law.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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Lowe’s Revises DEI Policies Amid Growing Public Pushback

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Yahoo News reports home-improvement giant Lowe’s — one of America’s largest retail chains — has revised its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies amidst growing public pushback.

Lowe’s is the latest major corporation to rethink its support for pro-LGBT initiatives such as DEI policies.

In July, John Deere — the world’s largest seller of farm equipment — announced it was moving away from pro-LGBT and pro-DEI activity.

Bud Light is still suffering the repercussions of its LGBT marketing disaster last year, and Target chose to quietly reduce its Pride-themed merchandise last June following backlash from its customers.

It’s deeply troubling when multimillion dollar corporations use their wealth and influence to promote radical, pro-LGBT ideas, but it’s also encouraging when companies like Lowe’s rethink their positions and change course.

As some have said, all of this seems to show America’s “silent majority” is very real when it comes to these issues.

Articles appearing on this website are written with the aid of Family Council’s researchers and writers.

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