Failed effort to boot Trump from ballot exposes ‘radical’ left’s ‘pure lunacy’: state election chief
The Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling to keep former President Donald Trump’s name on Colorado primary ballots is a win for democracy and further exposed the radical left’s “pure lunacy,” Wyoming Secretary of State Chuck Gray told Fox News Digital. “It’s a huge moment for the American people,” Gray told Fox News Digital in a phone interview shortly following SCOTUS’ decision. “And I think one of the lessons of this is … the way the radical left despises the American people and our process, and what happens then is lunacy. And that’s what their whole argumentation and what they were trying to do was. It was pure lunacy.” Each of the nine Supreme Court justices ruled in Trump’s favor in a decision released Monday, ending legal threats in a handful of states that were working to remove the former president’s name over claims he incited an insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. “We conclude that States may disqualify persons holding or attempting to hold state office. But States have no power under the Constitution to enforce Section 3 with respect to federal offices, especially the Presidency,” the opinion states. WYOMING ELECTION CHIEF MOUNTS FULL-COURT PRESS AGAINST ‘RADICAL LEFT’S’ PUSH TO REMOVE TRUMP FROM BALLOT Last year, a group of Colorado voters brought a lawsuit arguing Trump should be deemed ineligible from holding political office under a Civil War-era insurrection clause and that his name should thus be barred from appearing on the 2024 ballot. The group said Trump’s actions on Jan. 6, 2021, when supporters breached the U.S. Capitol, violated a clause in the 14th Amendment that prevents officers of the United States, members of Congress or state legislatures who “engaged in insurrection or rebellion” against the Constitution from holding political office. WYOMING JUDGE DISMISSES EFFORT TO BAR TRUMP FROM BALLOT The Colorado Supreme Court ultimately ruled to bar Trump from the ballot, with justices writing in their opinion that Trump “incited and encouraged” the use of violence to prevent the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021, following the 2020 presidential election. Trump subsequently appealed the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and ultimately notched a victory on Monday. For months, Gray has been battling Democrats’ argument that Trump is ineligible to appear on the primary ballots over Jan. 6 – an argument he’s also been calling “bunk” and likely doomed to fail. “We kind of saw this coming. Last year, we wrote a letter to the New Hampshire Secretary of State David Scanlon, when he was toying with the whole thing. And explained to him why this is totally inconsistent with the values of our republic, why Trump should be kept on the ballot for the New Hampshire primary, and why there was a national interest for other states to weigh in on this,” Gray told Fox News Digital. New Hampshire’s secretary of state ultimately said he would not invoke the 14th Amendment to remove Trump back in September. Gray went on to observe how the Colorado case was teeing up against Trump, and filed an amicus curiae brief, otherwise known as a friend of the court brief, with the Colorado Supreme Court to rectify a lower court’s ruling that labeled Trump an “insurrectionist.” In January, Gray continued the battle when he filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in support of Trump remaining on the Colorado ballot. Gray’s amicus brief was the only one filed by a secretary of state explicitly in support of Trump remaining on the ballot, as opposed to other secretaries who filed a brief with the Supreme Court but argued on behalf of neither party. TOP WYOMING OFFICIAL SLAMS BRAKES ON COURT LABELING TRUMP ‘INSURRECTIONIST’: ‘OUTRAGEOUS’ “I think that we saw this coming. We saw the national interest here. That all 50 states had an interest in this case, because when one state denies electors to a presidential candidate, that affects every single other state because that makes it more difficult for a candidate to achieve the 270 to reach victory,” he said. “On top of that, states with later primaries or caucuses, like Wyoming, are affected if one state wants to remove a candidate from the primary or caucus ballot. So all 50 states had an interest in this,” he noted. Gray’s efforts have earned him “some heat” from the Wyoming state legislature and local media, he said, pointing to an amendment in the Wyoming House’s version of a budget bill that would prevent him from filing amicus briefs in the future. He called the effort “very troubling,” noting that the Colorado case was of national interest, not just a case affecting Coloradans, and of interest to Wyoming voters, who overwhelmingly supported Trump in both 2016 and 2020. SUPREME COURT RULES UNANIMOUSLY FOR TRUMP IN COLORADO BALLOT DISQUALIFICATION DISPUTE “Even in the state’s House, some of these arguments of the radical left are leading to lunacy and conclusions that don’t make any sense. But that’s what happens. The fact that the radical left despises the American people, our Republic, the traditions of our republic, that’s what this leads to. And it was really important that the national Supreme Court stepped in,” he said. Legal experts speculated last month, when the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding the Colorado case, that there was a strong chance they could unanimously rule in Trump’s favor. Justice Elena Kagan, for example, questioned whether one state should decide on behalf of the entire country who should be president. While Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson challenged the assertion that there was no ambiguity in Section 3 of the 14th Amendment. “It was pretty clear that writing was on the wall,” Gray said when asked if he anticipated the unanimous ruling based on oral arguments. “It was pretty clear where they were headed.” Overall, Gray argued the Colorado case, and other states that worked to remove Trump from the ballot, are examples of “the radical left’s” “Trump derangement syndrome,” which produces “nonsense.” TRUMP SAYS SUPREME COURT RULING IN
Venezuela sets presidential polls for July amid ban on opposition candidate
Incumbent Maduro’s strongest adversary, Maria Corina Machado, was banned from public office for alleged corruption. Venezuela will hold presidential elections on July 28, the electoral authority said, with President Nicolas Maduro expected to run again – possibly without a strong challenger. The date, which was announced on Tuesday, was chosen by the ruling party-aligned National Electoral Council after Maduro’s government and the opposition agreed in the Caribbean island of Barbados in October to hold a free and fair vote in 2024 with international observers present. But in January, the country’s top court upheld a ban that prevents popular opposition presidential candidate Maria Corina Machado from running for office. Machado, a former lawmaker, won the opposition’s independently run presidential primary last October with more than 90 percent of the votes despite the government announcing a 15-year ban on her running for office just days after she formally entered the race in June. Her campaign has not commented on the election date announcement although the 56-year-old industrial engineer and longtime government foe earlier promised to stay in the race following the ban. A March 25 deadline for candidate registration could force the opposition to act. The United States, which backs some factions of the opposition coalition, reimposed sanctions on Caracas following the ban on Machado, just as the two countries started to mend ties. Washington blocked US companies from trading with the Venezuelan state mining firm Minerva in January. The OPEC member could also see recently restored oil trade agreements with the US expire on April 18 unless Machado is allowed to run. Washington initially rolled back longstanding sanctions on the country in October, conditioning relief on a prisoner swap and an electoral deal between Maduro and the opposition. Opposition members expressed doubt at the time that the president would see the pact through. In December, the US granted clemency to Alex Saab, a Colombian businessman and Maduro ally who was being held in a Miami jail awaiting trial on a charge of money laundering, in return for 10 Americans imprisoned in the South American country. Maduro, who has been in office since 2013, was re-elected to a six-year term in a 2018 vote criticised by the opposition, the US, and others as largely fraudulent. Just months after a thaw in ties between Washington and Caracas, Maduro’s government did an about-face in February, shuttering a United Nations human rights office and arresting an activist. Surveys by independent pollster Delphos in December showed that support for the president has waned slightly, with 25 percent of people saying they would vote for his ruling socialist party, down from 30 percent in the previous year. July 28 is the birthday of the late President Hugo Chavez, Maduro’s mentor and predecessor, who died in 2013. Adblock test (Why?)
When is Ramadan 2024 and how is the moon sighted?
For most countries, the first day of fasting is likely to be March 12, depending on the sighting of the new moon. The first day of fasting for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Mecca will be Monday, March 11 or Tuesday, March 12, depending on the sighting of the new moon. Ramadan is determined by the Islamic lunar calendar, which begins with the sighting of the crescent moon. Saudi Arabia and other Muslim-majority countries rely on the testimonies of moon sighters to determine the start of the month. How is the Ramadan moon sighted? For the moon to be visible, the crescent must set after the sun. This allows the sky to be dark enough to spot the small slither of the new moon. After the sun sets on the night of March 10, 29th of Shaaban month in the Hijri calendar, moon sighters face west with a clear view of the horizon for a first glimpse of the crescent moon. If the moon is sighted, the month of Ramadan begins, with the first fasting day being March 11. Otherwise, Shaaban will complete 30 days, and the first fasting day will be March 12. In Saudi Arabia, testimonies of people who have spotted the moon are recorded and the Supreme Court makes a decision on when Ramadan should begin. When does Ramadan begin in different countries? According to Crescent Moon Watch, a moon tracker run by the United Kingdom’s Nautical Almanac Office, Ramadan’s new moon will begin on March 10 at 17:23 GMT (8:23pm Mecca time), with no sightings of any type expected that night. On March 10, the new moon should be visible only in the Pacific, near the Hawaiian Islands and parts of French Polynesia. It is unlikely that most of the world, including the Middle East, North America and Europe, will be able to see the new crescent with the naked eye. The new moon could possibly be seen without optical aid if the skies are clear across most of the world on March 11. Telescopic sightings are likely in southern Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand. For most countries, the first day of fasting will likely be March 12. The moon phases of Ramadan Lunar months last between 29 and 30 days, depending on the sighting of the new moon on the 29th night of each month. If the new moon is not visible, the month lasts 30 days. Why is Ramadan holy? Muslims believe that Ramadan is the month in which the first verses of the Quran were revealed to the Prophet Muhammad more than 1,400 years ago. Throughout the month, observing Muslims fast from just before the sunrise prayer, Fajr, to the sunset prayer, Maghrib. The fast entails abstinence from eating, drinking, smoking, and sexual relations to achieve greater “taqwa”, or consciousness of God. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam, along with the Muslim declaration of faith, daily prayers, charity, and performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca if physically and financially capable. In many Muslim-majority countries, working hours are reduced, and most restaurants are closed during fasting hours How do you wish someone for Ramadan? Various Muslim-majority nations have a personalised greeting in their native languages. “Ramadan Mubarak” and “Ramadan Kareem” are common greetings exchanged in this period, wishing the recipient a blessed and generous month, respectively. When is Eid al-Fitr? At the end of Ramadan, Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr. In Arabic, it means “festival of breaking the fast”. Depending on the new moon sighting, Eid al-Fitr, which lasts three days, will likely start on April 10 or 11. Adblock test (Why?)
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Trump, Biden, sweep Super Tuesday contests as they move closer to a presidential election rematch
Former President Donald Trump and President Biden are a giant step closer on Wednesday morning to a 2024 general election rematch, after the Republican and Democratic Party frontrunners ran the table on Super Tuesday as 16 states from coast to coast held presidential nominating contests. “They call it Super Tuesday for a reason. This is a big one,” Trump said in a primary night victory speech in front of a large group of supporters at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida. “This has been a day that we’ve been waiting for.” And looking ahead to his all-but-certain general election battle with Biden, Trump highlighted that “November 5th is going to go down as the single most important day in the history of our country.” SUPER TUESDAY: LIVE UPDATES Biden, in a statement on the Super Tuesday results, said “today, millions of voters across the country made their voices heard—showing that they are ready to fight back against Donald Trump’s extreme plan to take us backwards.” “Every generation of Americans will face a moment when it has to defend democracy. This is our fight,” he emphasized. CLICK HERE FOR THE LATEST SUPER TUESDAY RESULTS FROM FOX NEWS Longtime Republican strategist David Kochel, a veteran of numerous presidential campaigns, told Fox News as the Super Tuesday votes were being tabulated that “it’s pretty clear both parties are ready to get to the general election.” While Trump didn’t clinch the 2024 Republican nomination on Tuesday, the former president was on course to capture the vast majority of the 854 Republican delegates up for grabs, moving him significantly closer to locking up the nomination over his last remaining rival – former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. FOX EXCLUSIVE: TRUMP REACTS TO SUPER TUESDAY VICTORIES And while the former president didn’t mention Haley in his speech, pointing to his primary victories over his rival, he touted that “there’s never been anything so conclusive.” Trump’s convincing victories in 14 of the 15 states holding GOP nominating contests – Haley narrowly edged the former president in Vermont – are also turning up the volume on calls by fellow Republicans for Haley to end her White House bid. “I do think it is time for her to step aside and let the party rally fully around Donald Trump so that he can take Joe Biden on and beat him in November,” Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders – a former Trump White House press secretary who has endorsed the former president – said in an interview on Fox News “America Reports” Tuesday afternoon. Haley didn’t sound like she was dropping out during a “Fox and Friends.” interview on Tuesday morning. “As much as everybody wants to go and push me out, I’m not ready to get out yet. I’m still sitting there fighting for the people that want a voice,” Haley spotlighted. CHECK OUT THE LATEST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY DELEGATE COUNT HERE Her campaign said that Haley watched primary night returns with staff as they huddled in her hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. The candidate didn’t deliver any speech or release a statement. Haley, who had said she would remain in the race at least through Super Tuesday, has remained mum on any plans going forward. But in a statement Tuesday night, the Haley campaign said “we’re honored to have received the support of millions of Americans across the country today, including in Vermont where Nikki became the first Republican woman to win two presidential primary contests.” And pointing a bunch of Super Tuesday states where Haley captured anywhere from a quarter to a third of the vote in the GOP contests, the campaign argued that “today, in state after state, there remains a large block of Republican primary voters who are expressing deep concerns about Donald Trump. That is not the unity our party needs for success. Addressing those voters’ concerns will make the Republican Party and America better.” Kochel, who remains neutral in the nomination battle, called the Super Tuesday results “a pretty dominant night for Trump.” He said “this thing is getting pretty close to being wrapped up” and that “it’s decision time” for Haley. With more large states like Georgia, Florida, Illinois and Ohio among the eight holding primaries on March 12 and 19, Trump is expected to reach the 1,215 delegates needed to clinch the nomination by the middle of this month. Trump’s campaign predicted in a memo last month that even under the most favorable modeling for Haley, the former president would clinch the nomination by March 19. Fox News contributor Karl Rove, the veteran GOP strategist and political mastermind behind former President George W. Bush’s two presidential election victories, emphasized that it was “a strong night for Donald Trump.” But pointing to the support Haley was able to garner, Rove said “the high command at Team Trump should be concerned about unifying the Republican Party… there’s still some work to be done.” And Kochel noted that the Trump and Biden campaigns “are going to be fighting over these Nikki Haley voters.” Biden, who faces nominal challenges from Rep. Dean Phillips of Minnesota and best-selling author and spiritual adviser Marianne Williamson, easily romped in the Democrat contests. The president was on course to win nearly all the 1,420 Democratic delegates up for grabs on Tuesday and move much closer to the 1,968 needed to lock up renomination. But Biden did suffer a setback, as the Fox News Decision Desk projected he would lose the Democratic caucus in American Samoa to extreme long-shot candidate and entrepreneur Jason Palmer. Palmer was expected to win 4 delegates, to the president’s two on the Pacific Ocean island territory. It was Biden’s first defeat in the 2024 Democratic nominating calendar. More troubling for Biden was the continued discontent at the ballot box over his support for Israel in its war with Hamas. A week after 13% of Democratic primary voters in Michigan cast ballots for “uncommitted” in protest of the president’s backing
Biden to deliver State of the Union speech at the latest date ever
President Biden is giving his second State of the Union address Thursday, when he’s expected to tout his administration’s accomplishments and set goals for the future in front of a Congress that is one of the most politically fractured in modern history. Biden is making his case to a Democrat-dominated Senate that’s largely followed his lead on major legislation and a House Republican majority that’s actively investigating him for impeachable crimes. The date of the speech, March 7, is the latest a State of the Union address has ever been delivered. It’s just the second time a president’s in-person address to a joint session of Congress was not delivered in January or February. Biden delivered his first address to Congress March 1, 2022. JIM BANKS CALLS ON BIDEN TO ‘PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE’ LAKEN RILEY AT SOTU It comes after Washington officials spent the first two months of 2024 scrambling to avert a government shutdown while also warring over Biden’s supplemental foreign aid request for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Meanwhile, a war rages in the Middle East between Hamas and Israel, Ukraine is beginning to feel the drain of U.S. resources and China continues to stir concerns it could move to curb Taiwan’s independence. BIDEN’S STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: BRET BAIER, MARTHA MACCALLUM TO LEAD FOX NEWS CHANNEL’S SPECIAL COVERAGE There’s also the issue of the worsening border crisis back home, and House Republicans told Fox News Digital they want to see Biden address it Thursday night. Democrats, meanwhile, are urging Biden to highlight his accomplishments on infrastructure, the economy and other issues. Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., the No. 3 leader in the House, said he was skeptical Biden could adequately address the crises he is facing this year. “No amount of scripted rhetoric from the White House will change the fact that the real State of the Union has been defined by the unprecedented crisis at our southern border, total chaos overseas and lingering economic struggles caused by Joe Biden’s failed policies,” Emmer told Fox News Digital. Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., who represents a district Biden won in 2020, said, “I want to hear him address the border issue with some honesty.” “The No. 1 issue is the broken border, which has led to the murders of innocent Americans by migrants released into the country and the epidemic of fentanyl overdoses. President Biden has the power to fix it but refuses to do so and just blames Congress,” Bacon told Fox News Digital. ALABAMA SEN KATIE BRITT TO DELIVER REPUBLICAN RESPONSE TO BIDEN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS: ‘TRULY HONORED’ Rep. Josh Gottheimer, D-N.J., told Fox News Digital, “Thursday night is sell night. The President needs to reiterate just how much he’s accomplished to the American people. His bipartisan legislative accomplishments are the best in generations. Fom the infrastructure bill to gun safety, building semiconductors and helping our veterans, the President knows how to get stuff done, and the economy is on the upswing with consumer finance soaring post pandemic.” A House Democratic aide urged Biden to “save the ‘democracy is on the line’ argument for another day.” “Tell the American people concretely how their life is better today than it was in 2020, with a focus on lower insulin prices, increased manufacturing jobs and better health care for veterans. Those are tangible accomplishments, and there is no excuse not to be trumpeting them every chance he gets,” the aide told Fox News Digital. “For the area where things aren’t better, like border security and reproductive rights, don’t sugarcoat it. Admit where the problems exist and make crystal damn clear both what you are for and what the Republicans are against.” Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.
GOP senator looks to force Biden admin to allow VA facility updates stalled by infrastructure law
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, plans to introduce a bill Wednesday that would allow Veterans Affairs facilities to proceed with updates after being stalled by President Biden’s frequently touted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Waiving Arbitrary and Inconsistent Veteran Home Eligibility and Requirements Act, or WAIVER Act, would require Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough to provide waivers for approved VA projects across the country, including three in Idaho. “America’s veterans have waited far too long for updated facilities in Idaho and around the country. Due to the VA Secretary choosing to selectively apply requirements, veterans will wait longer, and it will cost taxpayers more money for needed facility updates,” the senator said in a statement to Fox News Digital. BARRASSO ANNOUNCES BID FOR GOP SENATE WHIP AMID LEADER SPECULATION “The WAIVER Act will push the VA to be consistent with other agencies, advance American manufacturing and production in the best way possible, protect taxpayer dollars, and enable state veterans’ homes to move forward with important, planned projects to help America’s veterans,” he continued. The projects were halted following the enactment of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law because they were not in compliance with the Build America Buy America Act (BABAA) included in the measure. To address the issue, Risch’s bill would require the secretary to waive the act and allow the VA facility updates to proceed and keep their funding. GOP SENATOR TARGETS FORCED ELECTRIC VEHICLE RENTALS “Congress approved funding for construction and upgrades at VA facilities to better care for the needs of veterans,” said Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark., in a statement. “It’s important for the VA to follow through with this commitment and continue making improvements to health and housing accommodations in a timely, cost-effective manner so we can fulfill the promises made to those who served in our nation’s uniform. I appreciate the leadership of Senator Risch to create a solution to advance these projects and deliver the services and care veterans earned,” he continued. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, who is Risch’s counterpart in the Senate, also expressed support for the legislation: “America’s veterans have given everything to preserve our freedom,” he said, warning, “Arbitrary delays to updating the facilities that provide them needed services will only cause more problems.” The VA and its facilities are specifically hindered by the BABAA portion of the law because of both supply chain issues and ongoing inflation. According to the law, all “iron, steel, manufactured products, and construction materials” must be made in the U.S. Due to those stipulations, acquiring materials for the updates could present a much larger cost burden that was not allotted in the initial plans. Risch’s office noted that if McDonough fails to waive the law in order to allow the projects to go forward, they will lose the funding set aside for them. Under the BABAA, the VA possesses the ability to grant waivers for various reasons. For reasons of public interest, lack of availability of materials within the U.S. and unreasonable costs of materials within the U.S., McDonough is permitted to grant waivers for projects. The secretary issued waivers for projects to continue without being held to the infrastructure law in 2022 and 2023 but hasn’t issued any new ones since March. SEN. KYRSTEN SINEMA ANNOUNCES SHE WILL NOT SEEK REELECTION VA Press Secretary Terrence Hayes told Fox News Digital in a statement that the VA cannot comment on pending legislation. However, he said the VA is “fully committed to supporting state Veterans homes that provide aging veterans with care that is tailored to their needs.” He added that the VA’s priority is to “work with states to help ensure that all projects are compliant with the Build America, Buy America Act (BABAA) so they can receive VA funding.” Regarding a project stalled in Boise, Idaho, that Hayes used as an example, he said the VA is working directly with the state in order to move the updates forward. He further said that “approximately $77 million may be awarded by VA to help build the home – covering up to 65% of the costs of the project.” SENATOR FUMES AFTER DATA SHOWS HOW MANY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ARE BEING DNA TESTED He added that the VA is still working with Idaho toward the goal of making the project compliant with the infrastructure law, which entailed “sending a team of VA employees to Boise to work with the Idaho team.” “In the interim, VA continues to support Boise’s current state Veterans home (by providing per diem payments for the care of eligible Veterans, as appropriate), which currently houses the Veterans who would move into the new facility,” he said. The White House referred Fox News Digital to the VA when reached for comment Tuesday. The VA gave no indication of intentions to issue waivers for the pending projects.
16 AGs slam YouTube for adding ‘objectively untruthful’ context disclaimer on abortion video
A group of Republican attorneys general are demanding that YouTube remove a “misleading” context disclaimer on a video posted by a pro-life group warning about chemical abortions. In a letter sent Monday to Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, which is owned by Google, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird along with 15 of her GOP colleagues criticized the platform for adding “objectively untruthful” context notes to certain videos, and demanded the company immediately remove or correct a misleading “information panel” attached to a video posted by Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF). That video referenced is of a woman “describing her excruciating experience of inducing a chemical abortion at home alone, without a doctor or nurse present.” “Your bias against pro-life and pro-woman messages is un-American; inconsistent with the liberties protected by the First Amendment; and, in this case, illegal. It must stop,” the letter says. SUPREME COURT SETS DATE TO HEAR ABORTION PILL CHALLENGE The “context” note posted by YouTube states that “abortion is a procedure to end a pregnancy. It uses medicine or surgery to remove the embryo or fetus and placenta from the uterus. The procedure is done by a licensed healthcare professional.” The AGs say that the last sentence of the notice is “both false and misleading.” “It suggests that chemical abortions are performed by trained professionals. They are not. Although surgical abortions are still typically ‘done by a licensed healthcare professional,’ under current FDA protocols chemical abortions are ‘done by’ pregnant women themselves,” the AGs state in the letter. AG Bird told Fox News Digital in a statement, “Women deserve to know the truth. While brave women share their testimonies of suffering from abortion drugs at home with no doctor, YouTube is denying the reality. YouTube’s campaign misrepresents chemical abortions, targets pro-life messages, and puts real lives in danger.” AG Steve Marshall of Alabama, who also signed onto the letter, told Fox News Digital, “This is the latest troubling instance of Big Tech targeting of conservative viewpoints. Worse still though, YouTube is doing so by spreading false and dangerous statements.” The letter makes reference to the case that will soon be heard by the Supreme Court, FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine, which is a challenge brought by FDA lawyers challenging access to the abortion pill and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory approval process. 20 STATE AGS WARN CVS, WALGREENS THAT DISTRIBUTING ABORTION PILLS VIOLATES STATE, FEDERAL LAW The FDA made several moves, intending to make it easier to access and use the mifepristone pill in the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade last year. The letter notes that befre 2016, the FDA required mifepristone and misoprostol to be prescribed and administered only by physicians and only in a healthcare setting, requirements that mitigate the serious risks these drugs pose to women. The AGs note that the FDA now allows women to receive those drugs from non-physicians through the mail and to self-administer them, all without necessarily seeing a physician or other healthcare professional in person. “Chemical abortion is the most common abortion method in the country, and women deserve to know the truth about these high-risk drugs that send, according to the FDA’s own label, roughly one in 25 women who take them to the emergency room,” the AGs write. MISSOURI ATTORNEY GENERAL SUES BIDEN ADMIN FOR APPROVING THE SHIPMENT OF CHEMICAL ABORTION PILLS IN THE MAIL “By asserting that chemical abortions are performed by licensed healthcare professionals, YouTube lies to our constituents and the rest of the American public. That lie is especially concerning because it inaccurately portrays a fact central to a current Supreme Court case,” the letter says. The letter also notes that “by editing and posting the false warning label itself, YouTube has no immunity under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.” Section 230 is the federal statute that protects social media platforms from lawsuits over content created by third-party users. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “One of our country’s most cherished traditions is the freedom to speak and express ourselves in the marketplace of ideas. As Americans increasingly rely on the internet and social media, we have repeatedly urged technology companies, including Alphabet, to operate in the spirit of honesty and transparency,” the AGs state. “We expect YouTube will recognize the serious harm its notice poses and promptly remove or correct it. If it does not, we will need to exercise our consumer-protection authority to protect pregnant women and other consumers from your falsehoods,” the letter warns. Ivy Choi, a spokesperson for YouTube, told Fox News Digital in a statement, “As part of our work to connect people to high-quality health content, we surface an information panel on abortion containing resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM).” “These information panels appear under videos and above search results related to the topic of abortion, regardless of viewpoint. We work to keep our information panels up to date, and the information panel on abortion now better reflects the latest from the NLM,” Choi said.