Jessica Valenti | The 'Pro-Life' Conservatives' Hypocrisy Over Children Makes Me Sick

21 July 18 It's Live on the HomePage Now: Reader Supported News LOSING RSN RIGHT NOW IS A DANGEROUS DIRECTION - Hang in there Marc and friends. For years I've been an irregular regular contributor, pitching in roughly quarterly for my own accounting purposes. I've rarely missed, but don't mind your justified vitriol. You are performing an invaluable service to our country. Wake up folks. Losing RSN right now is a dangerous direction. / Bill, RSN Reader-Supporter Sure, I'll make a donation! Jessica Valenti | The 'Pro-Life' Conservatives' Hypocrisy Over Children Makes Me Sick  Jessica Valenti, Guardian UK Valenti writes: "As children continue to be detained - imprisoned, really - across the country without their parents, I can't help but think of the conservatives' insistence that they're 'pro-life.' Let's not even get into the women that will die should abortion become illegal; let's talk about the children who are already here, who are suffering, who Republicans have abandoned." READ MORE Anti-Trump protesters at the Trump International Hotel in downtown Washington, D.C. (photo: Andrew Stefan/RSN) It's Time for a General Strike, Because Trump Treason Demands a Brave Response Will Bunch, The Philadelphia Inquirer Bunch writes: "That's more than just the title of a suddenly highly relevant Sinclair Lewis novel about the rise of an American dictator, written in 1935 - another era when despots were on people's minds, for some weird reason." READ MORE Many legal immigrants could suddenly face deportation. (photo: Jay Lazarin/iStock) Trump Administration Escalates Attacks on Legal Immigration With Stringent New Visa Rules Jennifer Kang, Splinter News Kang writes: "The Trump administration has made it easier for U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to immediately deny visa applications if there is missing or inaccurate information." READ MORE Parkland student activists. (photo: Firenews) Pro-Gun Activists Are Following Parkland Teens Around the Country in an Armored Vehicle Frida Garza, Jezebel Garza writes: "VICE News reports that a group of local gun rights activists called the Utah Gun Exchange showed up at the Salt Lake City stop of a nationwide, pro-gun control tour organized by survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting." READ MORE A patient looks over paperwork with a doctor. (photo: Craig F. Walker/Denver Post) Trump Promised Better, Cheaper Health Care. It's Not Happening. Adam Cancryn, Politico Cancryn writes: "President Donald Trump handed an influential business advocacy group what should have been a historic lobbying victory when he recently rolled out new rules encouraging small businesses to band together to offer health insurance." READ MORE A relative of a Palestinian who was killed by Israeli troops east of Khan Younis reacts in the central Gaza Strip, July 20, 2018. (photo: Reuters) Israeli Forces Kill Four Palestinians in Major Escalation at Gaza Border teleSUR Excerpt: "Israeli air and ground forces killed four Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Friday, Palestinian health officials said, after the Israeli military alleged its troops had come under fire." READ MORE A fire vehicle is seen as fire burns in Karbole, Sweden, on July 15, 2018. The unusually hot and dry weather is helping fuel dozens of fires in the country. (photo: Mats Andersson/Getty Images) Arctic Circle Burns as Record Heat Broils Northern Europe Kimberly Hickok, Live Science Hickok writes: "An intense heat wave is fueling wildfires across an enormous swath of northern Europe, with at least 11 fires raging within the Arctic Circle, reported The Guardian." READ MORE Contribute to RSN Become a Fan of RSN on Facebook and Twitter Update My Monthly Donation