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Are ESG scores being used by your bank or retirement plans? If not, are they coming soon? ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) SCORES What are ESG scores, and why are so many advocates of liberty deeply concerned about them? Key Terms and Issues. Who Are the Agents Responsible for this Shift, and What Have They Done to Bring It About? Read here: Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Scores | Heartland Institute This is the beginning of this fight against the use of ESG scoring to control what we invest in, what businesses we support or what products a company produces. The scores are being used against fossil fuel companies, gun manufacturers and any company that doesn’t agree with the Climate Change, Social Justice and Government control that are currently being forced upon our society. This is how the government forces you to comply. We must fight back! A Foreshadowing of things to come in the US? Look at what is happening in Canada. The Finance Minister is freezing the protest truckers' finances for protesting. Fascism!! Watch the press conference "Follow the money," Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says - YouTube Freeland warns truckers that their trucks can be seized, their corporate accounts frozen, vehicle insurance will be frozen, and says they should go home, adding the Canadian economy needs them to go back to "legitimate activity" - to work. The big US banks are already using ESG scores. YOU NEED TO CHECK OUT YOUR BANK. What can you do? 1. Search your bank’s website for ESG and see if you get any results. Check with the Bank’s Corporate site and search for ESG, ESG scores, sustainable investing. If your bank is using ESG scores, move your money to a local bank or credit union that does not use ESG scores and make sure you tell the bank manager why you are leaving. 2. Call your state legislators and ask them to pass laws forbidding banks from using ESG scores to discriminate against their clients. NC House Member List: House Members 2021-2022 Session - North Carolina General Assembly (ncleg.gov) NC Senate Member List: Senate Members 2021-2022 Session - North Carolina General Assembly (ncleg.gov) 3. Call the state treasurer and ask that all state investments, including retirement funds be divested from any banks or funds that use ESG scores. Dale Folwell (R) (919) 814-4000 This is the beginning of this fight against the use of ESG scoring to control what we invest in, what businesses we support or what products a company produces. The scores are being used against fossil fuel companies, gun manufacturers and any company that doesn’t agree with the Climate Change, Social Justice and Government control that are currently being forced upon our society. Let us know what you find out about your bank or retirement fund. Resources The use of ESG scores is a global plan. The World Economic Forum has many articles about the use of ESG scores. You can find them at the following link. ESG SCORES – Search results | World Economic Forum (weforum.org) Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Scores | Heartland Institute This is a link for the S&P Global. (Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC) Home | S&P Global Ratings (spglobal.com) This is to the US Federal Register. Federal Register :: Document Search Results for 'ESG score' In December the Biden Administration’s Department of Justice changed the rules to allow more use of ESG scores in retirement plans. The New DOL Proposal May Change the ESG Game (harvard.edu) Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, State Treasurer Marlo Oaks and State Auditor John Dougall led the charge for 23 states last week in filing a comment on a proposed U.S. Department of Labor rule eviscerating current pension holder protections. Utah Spearheads State Fight Against Leftwing ESG Agenda - The National Center

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https://www.theepochtimes.com/supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-high-school-football-coach-fired-for-post-game-prayers_4560184.html?utm_source=News&utm_campaign=breaking-2022-06-27-2&utm_medium=email&est=7ZMC46jIq5SC3FHD2lkD5fEWVH7cNz2uOnhvbW7USVy1whPV1YZxO3yOXUPCuxS5myA%3D Decision overturns the oft-reversed 9th Circuit Court of Appeals The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on June 27 that a school district in Washington state violated First Amendment religious freedom protections when it fired high school football coach Joseph Kennedy for leading personal prayers at the 50-yard line after games. The decision is regarded as a victory for religious freedom. In the case, the high court held that the Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect an individual engaging in a personal religious observance from government reprisal. The court found that the U.S. Constitution neither requires nor allows governments to suppress such religious expression. Coach Joseph “Joe” Kennedy, who no longer works for the taxpayer-funded Bremerton School District in Washington state, claimed his rights were violated when the district forbade him from praying in view of the public after games. The school district argued that when Kennedy prayed midfield after games, he was viewed by onlookers as a coach who was serving as a mentor and role model. In this theory of the case, Kennedy was acting as a government employee at that moment, which would mean that he was engaging in speech that constituted government speech that isn’t protected by the First Amendment. But the majority of Supreme Court justices disagreed with the school district in Kennedy v. Bremerton School District (court file 21-418), an appeal from the frequently overturned U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the majority opinion (pdf) for the court. All six conservative justices, including Gorsuch, ruled in favor of Kennedy; all three liberal justices ruled against him. Oral argument was heard April 25. Gorsuch noted that Kennedy lost his job as a high school football coach in the Bremerton School District “because he knelt at midfield after games to offer a quiet prayer of thanks” during a period “when school employees were free to speak with a friend, call for a reservation at a restaurant, check email, or attend to other personal matters.” In other words, Kennedy offered “his prayers quietly while his students were otherwise occupied.” The school district disciplined him because it believed anything less might lead a reasonable observer to mistakenly conclude that it endorsed Kennedy’s religious beliefs, Gorsuch wrote. The district was wrong to do so, the justice added. “The Free Exercise and Free Speech Clauses of the First Amendment protect expressions like Mr. Kennedy’s. Nor does a proper understanding of the Amendment’s Establishment Clause require the government to single out private religious speech for special disfavor. “The Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike,” Gorsuch wrote. Justice Sonia Sotomayor filed a dissenting opinion, which was joined by Justices Stephen Breyer and Elena Kagan. The dissent characterizes Kennedy as a wrongdoer. “This case is about whether a public school must permit a school official to kneel, bow his head, and say a prayer at the center of a school event,” Sotomayor wrote. “The Constitution does not authorize, let alone require, public schools to embrace this conduct.” The Supreme Court is wrong to ignore “the severe disruption to school events caused by Kennedy’s conduct, viewing it as irrelevant because the Bremerton School District … stated that it was suspending Kennedy to avoid it being viewed as endorsing religion.” Kennedy was responsible for “repeated disruptions of school programming and violations of school policy regarding public access to the field as grounds for suspending him.” “This decision does a disservice to schools and the young citizens they serve, as well as to our nation’s longstanding commitment to the separation of church and state.” The Supreme Court issued three opinions in total in already argued cases on June 27. The court is trying to dispose of a backlog of cases before it leaves for summer recess. With the release of the three opinions, four remain to be released in the court’s current term. When it wraps up, Justice Breyer is expected to formally leave the court and be replaced by Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s nominee who was narrowly confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 7. On June 27, the court announced it will next issue opinions on June 29. This is a developing story. This article will be updated. Matthew Vadum CONTRIBUTOR Follow Matthew Vadum is an award-winning investigative journalist and a recognized expert in left-wing activism.

"It is sad that in the same week the Supreme Court released a 6-3 decision upholding the right to bear arms, the Senate and House both passed a bill to restrict that right without due process." Protecting our kids (Heritage Action for America) Protecting and defending our children must be a top priority. No one can argue against that. And that’s exactly why the Second Amendment exists. Simply put, everyone has a natural right to defend one’s own life and the lives of their family. Restricting and banning firearms is a deprivation of that natural—and Constitutional—right. But to fully understand why the “red flag law” provision of the Senate’s restrictive gun bill is so unjust, one must read further than the Second Amendment. The Fifth Amendment to our Constitution reads “No person shall…be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” In every case where a state has instituted a red flag law, due process has not been upheld. Often, individuals are even denied the right to a lawyer and the ability to present arguments in their own defense. Constitutional rights must not be so carelessly infringed. It is sad that in the same week the Supreme Court released a 6-3 decision upholding the right to bear arms, the Senate and House both passed a bill to restrict that right without due process. Read more about why we opposed the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (S. 2938). We have included this vote on our legislative scorecard. As always, thank you for your trust, support, and activism. Jessica and the Heritage Action team

Title IX and redefining "sex" The Biden administration is pushing a new rule that radically alters the content of Title IX. This new rule would redefine “sex” to include “sex stereotypes, sex-related characteristics (including intersex traits), pregnancy or related conditions, sexual orientation, and gender identity”. This will be devastating to women. Here’s some of what it will do: Negatively impact educational and career opportunities for women Contradict state laws in thirteen states that protect students and prevent male athletes from competing in women’s sports Harm childhood development by redefining sex and gender Deprive women of privacy and safety Women are a driving force of the power, economy, family, success, and future of our nation. Stunting their opportunities, threatening their safety, and preventing their path to success in the name of “fairness” or “equality” will be devastating for generations to come. >>> See our activist toolkit <<<

[State Board of Elections] Advocacy Groups Sending Voter Registration Mailings to 450,000 NC Households (Read article below from State BOE) This is why we need eyes on the BOE, Post Office, and Poll Observers especially. Please join a Task Force in your county. Contact Jim Womack at james.k,womack@gmail.com or Jane@NCEIT.org or Jay@NCEIT.org or Sue Butcher at One_in_Spirit@yahoo.com to sign up and get involved in your county. This is how the Left is goin to steal 2022 and beyond unless we stop them. From: NC State Board of Elections Date: June 16, 2022 at 4:58:01 PM EDT To: dhw0409@gmail.com Subject: [State Board of Elections] Advocacy Groups Sending Voter Registration Mailings to 450,000 NC Households Reply-To: ncsbe.comms@ncsbe.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 16, 2022Patrick Gannon, Public Information Director Email Advocacy Groups Sending Voter Registration Mailings to 450,000 NC HouseholdsRALEIGH, N.C. – Two voter advocacy organizations have begun sending mailings to nearly 450,000 North Carolinians to encourage them to register to vote. The mailings from the Voter Participation Center (VPC) and the Center for Voter Information (CVI) include North Carolina voter registration applications, as well as information for unregistered voters. They were scheduled to start arriving at N.C. households this week. The State Board of Elections welcomes efforts to engage voters and promote voter participation. The State Board recognizes, however, that many mailings come unsolicited and can be confusing to some recipients, especially those who are already registered to vote in North Carolina. North Carolina election officials wish to remind voters and prospective voters of the following: The State Board encourages all voters to routinely check their registration status and details using the State Board’s Voter Search tool. If you are already registered to vote, you do not need to do anything and may simply discard the mailing. For information about registering to vote in North Carolina, go to the Registering section at NCSBE.gov. N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles customers can register or update their registration online through the DMV’s website. The regular voter registration deadline for the November 8 general election is October 14. If you miss this deadline, you may register through same-day registration during the in-person early voting period at any early voting site in your county. The State Board of Elections and county boards of elections rarely send mass mailings. If you have questions or concerns about a mailing, please contact the organization responsible for it. Some mailings will include the organization’s contact information, as well as “unsubscribe” information, allowing voters to opt out of future mailings. According to VPC and CVI, mailings will go to unregistered young people who will be eligible to vote in the upcoming elections for the first time, to voters who have recently moved and have not re-registered or updated their voter registration records, and others who are unregistered in the voting age population. Election officials encourage recipients with questions about the mailings to contact these groups directly. Voters may contact the groups by phone at 877-255-6750 (VPC) and 866-290-1599 (CVI). ###

https://www.blueridgenow.com/story/news/2022/06/24/supreme-court-abortion-ruling-roe-south-reaction-state-leaders/7697348001/?utm_source=blueridgenow-NewsAlert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=news_alerts&utm_term=news_alert&utm_content=NHTN-NORTHCAROLINA-TIMESNEWS-NLETTER01 Abortion protected in North Carolina " North Carolina will become a focal point in upcoming months with abortion expected to become illegal in many of its neighboring states. North Carolina would be one of the few states in the southeast where abortion care is expected to remain legal. Other nearby states where the procedure is expected to remain legal include Illinois and Kansas. The state will likely be the nearest abortion provider for over 11 million women ages 15 to 49 in much of the southeast now that Roe is overturned and states move to ban abortion. That’s up from 230,000 women currently, according to the Guttmacher Institute. ... Abortion rights are expected to remain protected in the state in the near future, as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has publicly vowed to veto any anti-abortion bill that makes its way through the legislature. " ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Times News, June 25, 2022 Abortion rights advocates and health care experts have warned for years that should Roe v. Wade be overturned much of the South would become an abortion desert. This is a region where access to abortion care has already been limited due to the complex web of restrictions states have passed that oversee when, where, and how patients can access this procedure. In recent years, states across the region have passed increasingly restrictive bans on abortion, written to be enforced if Roe, the landmark 1973 case legalizing abortion nationally, was overturned. On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe, effectively making it possible for states to move to enact these laws. In the hours following the ruling state attorney generals across the region announced steps to enforce bans, effectively making the procedure illegal in most cases across a widening swath of the South. Louisiana is among the 13 states that have abortion bans written to be enforced following Roe’s reversal. The state’s 2006 law, which was recently updated to increase criminal penalties on abortion providers, went into effect immediately following the ruling, according to a statement from state attorney general Jeff Landry on Twitter. This means that all three of Louisiana's abortion clinics must close — Delta Clinic of Baton Rouge, Women's Health Care Center in New Orleans and Hope Medical Group in Shreveport. Although Alabama is not among the states that have passed a trigger ban, the state has a pre-Roe era abortion ban on the books among other restrictions that will likely take effect soon. Alabama attorney general Steve Marshall said in a statement that his office intends to eliminate an injunction against Alabama’s 2019 abortion ban, which makes the procedure illegal in almost all cases and provides no exceptions for victims of sexual assault. "Any abortionist or abortion clinic operating in the State of Alabama in violation of Alabama law should immediately cease and desist operations," Marshall said in the statement. More:How we got here: A timeline of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization Friday’s ruling centers around a 2018 Mississippi law that outlawed abortion after 15 weeks. Mississippi also has a trigger ban that is written to go into effect within 10 days after state attorney general Lynn Fitch certifies the Supreme Court ruling. Abortion remains legal in Mississippi for now and Fitch did not specify how she intends to proceed with the state’s trigger ban. “We intend to give the opinion and the analysis contemplated by the law the thoughtful attention they deserve,” Fitch said on Friday. South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson praised the ruling in a statement on Friday morning, “I have always thought Roe v. Wade was bad policy, was wrongly decided, and not supported by the Constitution.” He added that the ruling does not outlaw abortion nationally but allows each state to decide. South Carolina does not have a ban on abortion but has a six-week ban on abortions that could go into effect following legislative action. Tennessee has a trigger ban from 2019 that would take effect within 30 days, but the attorney general there is looking to enforce a six-week ban on abortion sooner than that. Supporters on either side respond to ruling Emily Berisso, the lead volunteer at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Midtown Memphis, has known this day was coming. From her post, she can see people walking up from the parking lot, people leaving the clinic and the handful of protestors on the sidewalk who may try to talk to them in between. So she unfurls her pink umbrella, pulls the visitors close and shuttles them to and from the clinic door. The news is here, she tells them, because the Supreme Court made its decision today. The federal right to abortion was overturned. She wrings her hand on the umbrella talking about what will be lost when trigger laws, like the one in Tennessee, halt abortions. “No one wanted to believe that this would actually happen,” Berisso said. “But they have stripped more than half of this country of bodily autonomy today.” For now, abortion is still legal in Tennesee. Berisso isn’t surprised that the state is pushing for the courts to quickly lift a hold on a Tennessee law. Until then, she expects the number of protestors to swell in attempts to prevent any more abortions. In Nashville, Pastor Scott Hord and several others were standing outside Planned Parenthood around 11 a.m. Friday holding signs reading "let us help you" and "we care about you." Hord said he started a ministry in 2015 to convince women not to have abortions and to offer them support in every way it can — be it work, counseling, finances, transportation or otherwise. He said his group convinced a woman to not have an abortion today, alongside more than 400 others since he started his ministry. Hord's group members alerted each other when slow-moving cars drove by. They were quick to wave, smile and engage in conversation if people stopped. A woman in a car stopped to express her anger over the Supreme Court's decision while Hord and his teammates quietly listened. He said they try to also keep watch for people throwing things at them or becoming confrontational. While he supports the court's decision, he also said he's not trying to start a fight. "We're not here to shame people. We're not here to condemn people," Hord said. "We're here to help people." A few steps away, Father Danny Kinkead of St. Andrew's Anglican Church was standing quietly, praying with a rosary in his hands as he looked toward the clinic. He said he's glad the Supreme Court decision puts abortion rights back into the hands of the states. But today, he said, his mind is on the many people feeling hopeless and alone after the ruling. "This is not a day where we can take our signs, go home and put our feet up," he said. "It's a day where we need to start working and letting women know that we're here for them.... This is not a day to bring out the banners and celebrate. It's a day to move on and see that we have some work to do. I hope that we can come together as a country and see that happen." Abortion protected in North Carolina North Carolina will become a focal point in upcoming months with abortion expected to become illegal in many of its neighboring states. North Carolina would be one of the few states in the southeast where abortion care is expected to remain legal. Other nearby states where the procedure is expected to remain legal include Illinois and Kansas. The state will likely be the nearest abortion provider for over 11 million women ages 15 to 49 in much of the southeast now that Roe is overturned and states move to ban abortion. That’s up from 230,000 women currently, according to the Guttmacher Institute. More:As abortion bans loom, doctors worry over complications, second-guessing in emergency care. More:With Roe v. Wade overturned, what are abortion laws in SC's neighboring states? Abortion rights are expected to remain protected in the state in the near future, as North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has publicly vowed to veto any anti-abortion bill that makes its way through the legislature. “For 50 years, women have relied on their constitutional right to make their own medical decisions, but today that right has been tragically ripped away. That means it’s now up to the states to determine whether women get reproductive health care, and in North Carolina, they still can. I will continue to trust women to make their own medical decisions as we fight to keep politicians out of the doctor’s exam room," he said in a statement. The state passed a 20-week ban on abortions that was unenforceable until now. While abortion access is expected to remain protected in the state in the near future, anti-abortion advocates are working to push regulations to limit access. "In North Carolina, our work is only beginning. Our laws should recognize that life is a human right," said Executive Director Tami Fitzgerald of the North Carolina Values Coalition. “Our lawmakers now have an opportunity to protect lives and ensure women and families are supported." Contributing: Laura Testino, Commercial Appeal (Memphis); Rachel Wegner, The Tennessean; Brian Lyman, Montgomery (Alabama) Advertiser; Paul Woolverton, USA TODAY NETWORK - North Carolina; Sarah Sheridan, Greenville (South Carolina) News; Robert Perlis, the Clarion-Ledger; Greg Hilburn, Lafayette Daily Advertiser; Melissa Brown, The Tennessean.

SCOTUS Strikes NY's Proper Cause Requirement for Concealed Carry (breitbart.com)

NC is the only state in a geographical swath stretching from Virgina to Texas which has been barred from requiring voters to validate their identification at the time and place they vote. That has been a form of anti-NC discrimination, by uniquely denying this state what is already available in nearly 40 other states.Supreme Court Rules in Berger v. NAACP Case - Trump Train News Supreme Court: North Carolina Republicans may intervene to defend voter ID, ballot law (msn.com) WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Thursday allowed two Republican state lawmakers to intervene in a challenge to a contentious 2018 election law that would require voters in North Carolina to show photo identification at the polls. North Carolina's election law at the heart of the case increased the number of partisan poll observers, required voter IDs and expanded grounds to challenge a voter's ballot. But the new requirements weren't at issue before the Supreme Court, only whether Republican state legislative leaders could take part in the suit to defend them. Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote the opinion for the 8-1 majority. Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a solo dissent. "Through the General Assembly, the people of North Carolina have authorized the leaders of their legislature to defend duly enacted state statutes against constitutional challenge," Gorsuch wrote. "Ordinarily, a federal court must respect that kind of sovereign choice, not assemble presumptions against it." State Senate leader Philip Berger and Timothy Moore, the speaker of the North Carolina House, both Republicans, sought to intervene because the law is being defended in federal court by a Democratic attorney general. The decision may help guide similar conflicts in states where the legislative and executive branches are controlled by different parties. In her dissent, Sotomayor asserted that the law was already being adequately defended by the attorney general. "In short, the court’s conclusion that state respondents inadequately represented petitioners’ interests is a fiction that the record does not support," Sotomayor wrote, accusing the majority of "armchair hypothesizing" about the attorney general's effort. In March, an 8-1 majority of the Supreme Court allowed Kentucky’s Republican attorney general to step in to defend a state ban on a common abortion procedure. But in that case, Kentucky's Democratic governor declined to defend the law. In the North Carolina dispute, Democratic officials have continued to defend the new election requirements. Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the bill, but the Republican-led Legislature overrode his veto. The North Carolina Conference of the NAACP sued the state to halt enforcement of the law. The NAACP argued the law discriminated against Black and Latino voters in violation of the Voting Rights Act and the Constitution. The law remains on hold as litigation continues. A divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled that the attorney general is adequately defending the law.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems poised to take on a new elections case being pressed by Republicans that could increase the power of state lawmakers over races for Congress and the presidency, as well as redistricting, and cut state courts out of the equation. The issue has arisen repeatedly in cases from North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where Democratic majorities on the states’ highest courts have invoked voting protections in their state constitutions to frustrate the plans of Republican-dominated legislatures. Read more: Justices seem poised to hear elections case pressed by GOP (msn.com)

True the Vote is Keeping Identities Close - NEWS HOUR FIRST If the vote can’t be trusted then elections are worthless. True the Vote and election investigator Gregg Phillips have been working on this and recently made a presentation before the Arizona state Senate. But identities need to be protected. The media favors election tampering. Patience and careful deliberation is important. When Americans rise up, Washington DC and the media get scared. True the Vote is tracking ballot activities Both Maricopa and Yuma counties are involved in this. Several nonprofit organizations were involved in the production of “2000 Mules”. The question was asked about the non profits involved in providing the fraudulent ballots but founder Catherine Engelbrecht said nope. The media needs to stay out of this. Engelbrecht told the Arizona legislature, “When you have the level of accuracy that we do, you can assess what address you’re talking about and what organization is at that address. We would love to put that list out and let the chips fall where they may. But, there’s a ‘but,’ we also need law enforcement to be able to do their jobs.” You might feel good about exposing them at the moment but it would do their cause no good. Engelbrecht continued, “We cannot get ahead of that, we just can’t. This is too important, and we have labored to the best of our ability to make every step as correctly as we can. While there would be a definite feel-good moment to put that out, we have a higher obligation – all of us do.” True the Vote going one step at a time Trump endorsed Kari Lake attended the event. She’s on board with keeping elections honest. Lake tweeted out recently “Thank you to True The Vote for EXPOSING these CRIMINALS.” In spite of the government and media, True the Vote is proceeding. Engelbrecht said, “We are moving forward. I want my children and my children’s children to be able to vote in a country where the vote matters.”