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Another day, another Democrat found to be involved in some sort of fraud. I don't think there's a single member of that entire party who speaks the truth or plays by the rules. And the legacy media -- ever the loyal lapdogs of the Left -- fawns over these people, burying scandals or spinning them as virtues. From multi-million dollar fraud schemes tied to congressional insiders to impersonating lawyers to springing illegal aliens. From doctored court evidence to unconstitutional residency fraud, the evidence piles up like Kamala's campaign debts. We're witnessing a pattern of blatant lawbreaking enabled by a complicit...

14 November 2025Friday of week 32 in Ordinary Time St. Laurence O'Toole - Laramie, WY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingWisdom 13:1-9How have those who investigated the world been so slow to find its Master?Naturally stupid are all men who have not known Godand who, from the good things that are seen, have not been able to discover Him-who-is,or, by studying the works, have failed to recognise the Artificer.Fire however, or wind, or the swift air,the sphere of the stars, impetuous water, heaven’s lamps,are what they have held to be the gods who govern the world.If, charmed by...

A recent Wall Street Journal article makes claims about justifiable homicides using false or at least unproven assumptions. From wsj.com: It’s easier than ever to kill someone in America and get away with it. In 30 states, it often requires only a claim you killed while protecting yourself or others. There are several assumptions wrapped up in the opening sentences. First is the assumption that it is never necessary or justified to kill someone. The phrase “get away with it” implies the person was not justified. Even though the article is about justified homicides, the authors, in the first sentence,...

Marlow Warns GOP on its embrace of the abused H-1B visa system and that it is not America First’. Rather, it punishes American Citizens, families, and our future.

Gavin Newsom has been forced to revoke 17,000 commercial driver's licenses given to illegal migrants after being called out by Donald Trump's transportation secretary. Newsom made the crucial change amid mounting pressure by Sean Duffy after multiple incidents involving the licenses, including an October crash where three people died in a horrific highway collision allegedly caused by an illegal migrant. 'After weeks of claiming they did nothing wrong, Gavin Newsom and California have been caught red-handed,' Duffy said. California has informed the licensees they will no longer be valid in 60 days time, with Duffy adding there's more to come....

The nightmare descent of New York City under Mamdani rule has begun. Defunding the police, “free” services, and antisemitism are the tip of the spear. Staffing, policies, and mandates will issue from the mayor daily, implemented by an administration of hardcore socialists. The outlook is far worse when measured in dollars and cents. Spending will soar from already unsustainable levels, even as the tax base exits. When the top 1% leave, along with major financial firms, they never return. The glory of New York will fade. The city will not even be able to sustainably pay its bills for basic...

Thursday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said she was considering a Senate run because she believed she could “expand the electorate” in Texas. Host Kasie Hunt said, “You’re thinking about running for Senate yourself.” Crockett said, “I am absolutely thinking about running for Senate. I’m hoping to have an answer within my inner circle, probably within the next week and a half or so. But I will tell you this, I will tell you that I completely understand those that are disappointed. I will tell you that on November 4, we won in places that we weren’t...

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'If you guys are looking for more money, let’s sit down and talk about it,' Durnan had said, according to New York Magazine. But Durnan's lawyer, Robert Holdman, insisted his client was forced to take off his clothes after they became 'soaked' in the designer's vomit. He was arrested during a benefit concert at NYC's Webster Hall on the 20th anniversary of September 11. He allegedly punched and bit a Ground Zero first responder.

A skewed Trump speech edit, a Gaza film built around a Hamas operative’s son, and repeated factual distortions have plunged the BBC into a credibility crisis. Conservatives are celebrating, Trump is threatening a major lawsuit, and the network faces a steep political cost There is no need to attribute superpowers to Donald Trump. No American president, not even a narcissist in White House mode, can shake a public broadcaster in another country and continent and trigger the resignation of its director general and head of news. The BBC misled the public about Trump. It deceived viewers who had always regarded...

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Michele Weiss has made history as the first female Orthodox Jewish mayor in the United States, winning decisively as a Republican in a heavily Democratic Cleveland suburb after building a reputation for fiscal responsibility and bipartisan cooperation over 15 years on the city council. Weiss, a mother and grandmother who has lived in University Heights for 28 years, will take office in January after rising from volunteer work with the League of Women Voters to vice mayor, championing environmental sustainability and municipal infrastructure along the way.

n states where abortion is legal, at least 34 clinics have closed in the past two years, citing financial and operational struggles. In September, an appeals court allowed President Donald Trump’s administration to block Medicaid funds to Planned Parenthood, putting an estimated 200 health centers at risk of closing, according to the organization. To fill in the funding gaps, states and cities nationwide have been stepping up financially to support abortion access. Following the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, Philadelphia granted $500,000 to the Abortion Liberation Fund of PA, a nonprofit focused on protecting and expanding...

Anger is brewing over former President Barack Obama’s decision to build his presidential library in the heart of a historic Chicago park. Costing $850 million, the Obama Presidential Center’s construction in Jackson Park began in 2021 and will conclude next spring. The problem is that many locals do not care for the odd-looking building that is his library, invading their community. “Obama, of all people, should not be building a palace for himself, a fortress in the middle of a public park,” famous Chicago-area architect Grahm Balkany, a left-winger, told the New York Post. “It’s just contrary to what I...

“At that time Jesus said, ‘I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth’” (Matthew 11:25). When all life’s rhetoric, rationalizations, and routines are swept aside, a person is either for Jesus Christ or against Him (cf. Mark 9:40). After performing many miracles (Matt. 4:23–24) and preaching in detail the gospel and sanctification (chaps. 5–7), Jesus more specifically urged people either to accept Him or reject Him. Here begins a final appeal of grace and mercy during His first Galilean ministry. This opening address to God calls our attention both to Christ’s unique relationship to His Father and to the...

On Thursday, in a post on X, “The Big Short” investor spelled out the math behind his latest bet, after several media outlets appeared to overstate his total exposure. “So, I bought 50,000 of these things for $1.84,” he said, referring to 50,000 put option contracts on Palantir, with each contract having 100 shares, which are set to expire in 2027 with a strike price of $50. They cost him $9.2 million in total, and not $912 million, as was reported last week. ... Burry Shuts Down His Hedge FundBurry, who rose to fame following his bold bet against the...

U.S. Catholic bishops voted Wednesday to make official a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender patients at Catholic hospitals. The step formalizes a yearslong process for the U.S. church to address transgender health care. From a Baltimore hotel ballroom, the bishops overwhelmingly approved revisions to their ethical and religious directives that guide the nation's thousands of Catholic health care institutions and providers.

Child safety professionals and neighbours failed to speak up about a 10-year-old girl before she was murdered by her Pakistani father and step-mother because they were worried about being branded “racist” for questioning them. Authorities may have missed opportunities to save Sara Sharif, who was 10-years-old when she was murdered in August 2023, because fears over questioning her Pakistani taxi driver father could lead to accusations of racism, a safeguarding review into the girl’s death have found. Sara, who was described as being of “dual heritage” as she was born to a Pakistani father and Polish mother, started wearing a...

Leading pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony (SBA) Pro-Life America and Women Speak Out PAC (WSO) announced an $80 million investment on Wednesday into the 2026 midterm elections. The massive funding dump is aimed at retaining pro-life majorities in the U.S. House and Senate, with a focus on battleground states, like Iowa, Georgia, Michigan, and North Carolina, the organization announced in a press release. SBA and WSO plan to make 4.5 million visits to voters at their homes in those states. “All four states are Senate battlegrounds and contain key House battleground districts. Further, the effort includes deploying student teams into...

Maybe air travel is not sufficiently miserable and degrading. Maybe female travelers need to be patted down by sexually deranged men: A trans-identifying male TSA officer at the Dulles International Airport is suing for the right to pat down female travelers, according to a lawsuit filed on Friday. Danielle Mittereder is alleging in his lawsuit that the Transportation Security Administration, which operates under the Department of Homeland Security, is violating his civil rights due to its implementation of President Donald Trump’s executive order ordering that the male-female sex binary be affirmed in all federal government roles. Mittereder alleges that it...