Google to Block Political Ads Starting the Day After General Election

On Friday, Google announced that it will temporarily halt all political ads directly following Election Day in order to prevent premature claims that a candidate has won. Several states usually allow extended deadlines for mail-in ballots to be counted in the days following the November election. However, roughly 20 states are granting mail-in ballot extensions this year in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Swing states such as Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, and Pennsylvania will all accept postmarked ballots that arrive after polls close. So, election night may not give…

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‘Epidemic’ of Unintended Pregnancies in Philippines Amid Lockdown Measures

An “epidemic” of unintended pregnancies is building in the Philippines as lockdown measures try to curb Southeast Asia’s worst outbreak. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has said that the number of women expected to give birth this year could increase by 42%, or 751,000, to reach a total of 2.6 million if mobility restrictions stay until the end of 2020. “This is an epidemic within an epidemic,” UNFPA program officer Aimee Santos-lyons told a Senate inquiry on Tuesday. She added that maternal deaths during childbirth are also on the…

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The DNC Court-Packing Scheme

If Democrats control Congress and the White House in 2021, will they pack the Supreme Court with additional progressive justices? Following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the efforts of the Senate GOP majority to fill the vacancy, it may be the most important question facing Democrats in 2020. It’s a question only a few Senate Democrats are willing to answer Massachusetts senator Ed Markey tweeted on September 21: “This Republican hypocrisy is shameful but not surprising. If they violate their own precedent, we must expand the Supreme…

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Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks U.N.

UNICEF on Wednesday became the third U.N. agency in less than 48-hours to begin an internal inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse of women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), as claims of rape by U.N. workers threaten to engulf the globalist organization. The children’s fund said it was “appalled that people who identify as UNICEF workers have reportedly committed abuse against vulnerable women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.” It added that once the internal inquiry is complete, “There will be serious consequences for any staff who have…

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