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The debate debacle hosted by ABC News underscored why the conservative half of America is hostile to “fact-checkers.” Object to them, and the Left decrees it’s because you’re hostile to facts. But what conservatives actually oppose is leftist argumentation that’s poorly disguised as nonpartisan and devoid of opinion.  “Fact-checking” is often an exercise in spin-spoiling. The most obvious example from the ABC debate was the Democrats’ position on abortion. It is, as plainly stated in the 2020 Democratic National Committee platform, for the woman’s “right to choose” without exception. That is what congressional Democrats have pushed in legislation, to repeal every limitation states have imposed.  Donald Trump routinely turns to the 2019 comments of then-Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on the radio as he discussed a bill by state legislator Kathy Tran to make third-trimester abortions easier. She admitted it was so extreme it would allow a baby to be killed as they were about to be born.    So Northam explained how a baby that was born could be “kept comfortable” while the parents decided if they wanted an abortion. After this clip went viral, Northam’s team said he didn’t mean abortion. That’s not credible, but the spin spoilers will quote it like it’s rock-solid.  In response to Trump, ABC moderator Linsey Davis made a face like she was smelling rancid meat and said, “There is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born.” Kamala Harris happily piled on: “Well, as I said, you’re going to hear a bunch of lies. And that’s not actually a surprising fact.”  That fact check is false. Just look at Minnesota under her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz. A state law that was on the books since 1976 required “responsible medical personnel” to use all “reasonable measures consistent with good medical practice” to “preserve the life and health of the born-alive infant.” The legislation Walz signed in May 2023 disposed of the word “preserve” and replaced it with a revised requirement “to care for the infant who is born alive.”  Conservatives can detect the spirit of Northam in that verbiage. Leftists already use the term “abortion care.” That could apply to this.  At the very least, the knee-jerk reflex to “fact-check” should be suppressed. “Fact-checkers” all over the media descended on Trump over his latest citation of Northam, as they have for years now. They spew in outraged protest that late-term abortions are “rare,” like that somehow makes the extreme Democrat stance untrue.  ABC had carefully prepared to pounce on this. After the debate, Davis admitted to Stephen Battaglio at the Los Angeles Times that the decision to attempt to correct the candidates was in response to the CNN debate between Trump and Joe Biden, “whose poor performance led to his exit from the race.”  They claimed to have researched the speeches of both candidates, and Davis said she fully anticipated that Trump’s “erroneous” abortion claim would come up when she questioned him. “That was an obvious thing to get on the record,” Davis said.  But there was no attempt, after all this apparent research on both candidates, to question anything Harris said to “get on the record.” Not one thing.  Let’s guess that shameless zero occurred because on the left, any attempt to fact-check a Democrat opposing Trump is objectionable, because it suggests that a Democrat’s falsehoods might be made equivalent to Trump’s. Every anti-Trump journalist acts on the belief that any measure of neutrality is an atrocity. But they don’t think late-term abortion is an atrocity.  COPYRIGHT 2024 CREATORS.COM  We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post ‘Fact-Checking’ Is Often Spin-Spoiling, Especially on Abortion  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Tuesday night in Philadelphia finally saw former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris square off in a presidential debate ahead of November. Harris exceeded expectations as she appeared a cut above her usual cackling incoherent self while Trump noticeably showed more aggression than he did during his June...

WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT A former beauty pageant contestant was reportedly strangled and dismembered by her husband before he ‘pureed’ some of her remains in a blender. “Kristina Joksimovic, 38, was found slain in her home in February in Binningen, near the city of Basel in Switzerland,” the New York Post reports. According to Daily Mail, the 41-year-old man, who’s referred to by the pseudonym “Thomas” due to Swiss privacy laws, admitted to killing Joksimovic. Miss Switzerland finalist strangled to death, then ‘pureed’ in a blender by her husband https://t.co/akkmzl5Bsv pic.twitter.com/kgcD7R3E9m — New York Post (@nypost) September 11, 2024 From the New York Post: The ruling, which brought horrific new details about the murder to light, said the ongoing investigation has revealed “concrete indications of a mental illness” in the case, according to Swiss outlet BZ Basel. Joksimovic’s butchered body was discovered on the night of Feb. 13. The model’s husband and father of their two daughters admitted that he killed her in March, but said it was to protect himself after she had previously attacked him with a knife. However, medical experts found no evidence of self-defense and identified her cause of death as strangulation. Joksimovic’s body was dismembered with a jigsaw, knife and garden shears, according to an autopsy report obtained by the outlet. Several of her body parts were then chopped up with a hand blender, “pureed” and dissolved in a chemical solution, according to the report. Thomas was arrested the day after her body was found, initially telling investigators the month prior that he had found her dead and dismembered her body in their laundry room in a panic. Miss Switzerland pageant finalist strangled and put in a BLENDER and turned into puree by her husband. Former Miss Switzerland finalist Kristina Joksimovic, 38 was strangled and dismembered by her husband, who then “pureed” her remains in a blender- according to Swiss… pic.twitter.com/KFlpZhN0Ag — Oli London (@OliLondonTV) September 12, 2024 Murdered and then pureed in a blender by her husband. He claims self-defense. She was murdered in February but details regarding the horrific nature of the crime are just now being released. She was a model. She was a Miss Switzerland contestant. It seems this beauty… pic.twitter.com/aFjmpmtYuE — Jennifer Coffindaffer (@CoffindafferFBI) September 11, 2024 Per Daily Mail: He also ‘carefully removed’ Kristina’s womb, which was the only organ cut out of her torso, and this ‘deliberate mutilation or ritualised degradation of the body’ is believed to indicate that Thomas has a mental disorder, according to the court. Some of his wife’s body parts were forced into a powerful industrial blender, in which he ‘pureed’ them, as well as dissolving some in a chemical solution. Investigators found that while cutting up the mother-of-two’s body, Thomas played YouTube videos on his phone. The autopsy found that Kristina’s cause of death was strangulation, with her neck showing a ‘reddish throttle mark’. Her body showed signs of blunt force trauma suffered prior to her death, with Kristina having cuts on her cheek, under her eyebrow and nose as well as several bruises on her right lower leg, foot, shoulder blades and on the back of her head. A closer examination of Kristina’s head revealed wounds indicating that some of her hair was ripped out. WATCH:

A group of Republican lawmakers have signed onto a pledge to accept and certify the 2024 election results. The effort, led by Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Don Bacon (R-NE), is called the “Unity Commitment.” More like the ‘Uniparty’ Commitment. Six House Republicans have signed onto the pledge. House Republicans in Biden-won districts vow to certify 2024 election results “Unity Commitment” pledge led by Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) and Don Bacon (R-NE) has been signed by at least six House Republicans#TheUnipartyIsBorn https://t.co/BDbqtmM3Ab — Kim “filterless” Wexler MA JD (@KimWexlerMAJD) September 14, 2024 From the Washington Examiner: All six of the Republicans, including co-sponsor Bacon, are running in competitive House districts that Biden won in 2020. The other Republican signers are Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Mike Lawler (R-NY), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR), Nick LaLota (R-NY), and Anthony D’Esposito (R-NY). None of those lawmakers were among the 139 House Republicans who voted against certifying Biden’s victory in 2020. All but Bacon and Fitzpatrick were not yet sworn into office. The pledge comes as Trump has repeatedly said the 2020 election was stolen from him, amplifying that claim during his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris earlier this week. Trump has also begun to accuse Democrats of “importing voters” from foreign countries to vote in U.S. elections, which he has warned may alter the election results in November. The "Unity Commitment," led by Gottheimer and Bacon said the 32 signed members commit to accepting the presidential election results once the Nov. 5 election is over "and all legal means to challenge election results in the courts have been exhausted." https://t.co/brh0eyfrwM — The Washington Times (@WashTimes) September 14, 2024 The Hill reports: In a statement, Gottheimer said the pledge is “a framework for Members to work together and communicate their respect for the electoral process, regardless of who wins.” “Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle have a responsibility to demonstrate true leadership ahead of this critical election and serve as a voice for calm,” Gottheimer said. "Absolutely I will sign onto that," @Rep_Stansbury said Friday when asked if she would add her name to the Unity Commitment circulating around Capitol Hill. Signers of the letter that was started by Dem @RepJoshG and GOPer @DonJBacon vow to certify the results of the… 1/2 pic.twitter.com/D4UWbkICJS — Alex Ross (@Alexrosstweets) September 14, 2024 The letter reads: Once the 2024 presidential election is over – and all legal means to challenge election results in the courts have been exhausted – I will safeguard the fairness and integrity of America’s democratic process by: 1. Acknowledging the election winner certified at the joint meeting of Congress in January 2025 as the legitimate President of the United States. 2. Attending the President’s inauguration ceremony in person. 3. Serving as a voice for calm and reconciliation and speaking out against those who endorse or engage in violence that harms people, property, or public spaces. After this election, America will have the rule of the mob unless the commonsense majority stands up. It’s never been more critical for our leaders to embrace the enduring idea that America is and must always be one nation.

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