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On the eve of the release of a potentially explosive new report, Attorney General Jeff Sessions defended the termination of the FBI’s top two former executives and warned that the forthcoming report on the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton probe could result in more people being fired.

June 11, 2018 (LifeSiteNews) – The outgoing U.S. bishops’ pro-life chief Cardinal Timothy Dolan has said that the pro-life movement absolutely must make abortion illegal, rebuking Jesuit Father Thomas Reese’s recent suggestion that pro-lifers give up on that and promote contraception instead. “Besides supporting programs to help mothers and children, the pro-life movement also has to support birth control as a means of avoiding unwanted pregnancies. Planned pregnancies do not get aborted; many unplanned pregnancies do,” the Jesuit wrote after Ireland voted to legalize abortion. Contraception is the “lesser of two evils,” Reese argued. “The contraceptive mandate of the Obama...

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Pope Francis said the Holy Spirit is the “protagonist” of the proclamation of the Gospel, and only He can change hearts. The pontiff said there have been some pastoral plans that “seem to be perfect,” but they were incapable of changing hearts because they were an end unto themselves. Francis was speaking during the homily on June 11 during his Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The pope said evangelization has three fundamental dimensions: Proclamation, service and gratuitousness. “It is not with an entrepreneurial attitude that Jesus sends us…. No, it is with the Holy Spirit. This is courage. The...

Six new gun-control laws were enacted Wednesday, including smaller ammunition magazine limits and new "red flag" laws designed to take guns from people deemed dangerous. Though New Jersey has among the nation’s most restrictive gun-control systems, most Democrats have been pushing for years to enact more, particularly in response to school shootings. Assembly Majority Leader Louis Greenwald, D-Camden, recalled a Statehouse meeting he had in April 2013 with Connecticut parents whose children were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The cut in the maximum ammunition magazine, from 15 to 10 rounds, is one proposal that those parents emphasized. “We made...

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A public university in Washington state is seeking to hire an individual focused solely on overseeing various issues that pertain to illegal immigrant students attending the university. The University of Washington-Bothell has posted an advertisement for the position of “Undocumented Focused Program Manager” in the Student Diversity Center of the university. Individuals will “design, coordinate, and deliver educational, cultural workshops and events which focus on diversity, inclusion and social justice, with an emphasis in programming and advocacy for undocumented student populations,” According to the job listing, the position will be focused on expanding outreach to the undocumented student community, as...

Ever since Trayvon Martin’s tragic death, his parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracy Martin, have been fighting to make sure other families don’t have to experience the same pain as they did. Due to their heavy involvement in gun reform and social justice, Fulton and Martin will reportedly be honored at VH1’s 2018 Trailblazer Honors. Trayvon Martin’s death pushed his parents to the forefront and they have been active in speaking out against gun violence, racial and social injustice and sharing the pain of having to bury a child. In 2012, they founded the Trayvon Martin Foundation to provide advocacy for...

A former high school behavior counselor accused of attacking a motorist with a baseball bat in a 2016 road rage incident pleaded guilty Wednesday (June 13) to aggravated battery. Wilbert Gray, 42, pleaded guilty as charged as potential jurors assembled outside Criminal District Judge Darryl Derbigny's courtroom, according to District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro's office. Gray was involved in a minor wreck with a 37-year-old man at the intersection of Tulane and Carrollton avenues around midnight on Sept. 4, 2016, according to New Orleans police. The other driver told police he didn't see any damage and drove away. He then noticed...

Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his team have been aggressively pursuing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, even tacking on new charges of obstruction of justice due to alleged attempted witness tampering. Although Mueller has been tight-lipped about evidence and witness identification up to this point, his team appears to have screwed up by outing journalists who “produced messages to the FBI” about Manafort’s alleged “coaching up” on lobbying practices. Manafort was indicted in D.C. back in October 2017 for alleged financial fraud and violating lobbying disclosure laws. There’s also a case against him in the Eastern District of Virginia...

Certain current and former members of the FBI and the Department of Justice are steeling themselves for Thursday’s anticipated release of the inspector general’s report. The report is rumored to be a scathing rebuke of decision-making in the Hillary Clinton private email server investigation. Central figures like former Attorney General Loretta Lynch and fired FBI Director James Comey are included, according to sources familiar with a draft copy. President Trump is scheduled to receive a briefing on the report’s findings ahead of its release. Some journalists and media analysts have already begun feeble attempts to pre-emptively blunt the report’s impact,...

ith AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner now poised to close in a matter of days, it’s come time for the anticipated parlor games regarding who from the latter institution will be sticking around under the new regime. As I reported yesterday, a number of departures are expected within Time Warner’s C-suite, and other personnel shuffles are likely to occur at the company’s operating divisions, such as CNN parent Turner Broadcasting. In some cases, sources told me, the details are still being worked out. But a day after a federal judge gave the green light for the deal to move forward,...

Actress and political activist Jane Fonda warned a crowd of Hollywood elites of the “existential crisis” facing America under the Trump administration, urging them that the only solution is “taking back our government.” After winning the Female EMA Lifetime Achievement Award at the Environmental Media Association (EMA) first Honors Benefit Gala, Fonda said that Democrats taking the House in the upcoming mid-terms elections was crucial to saving the country. “This is an existential crisis that we’re in,” said the 80-year-old Grace and Frankie star. “We have to do everything we can to take back the house in November. If anything...

Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that his country would get along fine economically if the North American Free Trade Agreement were to collapse, an indication that the leftist former mayor of Mexico City was edging away from his prior campaign assurances that he would not try to undermine the 1993 trade deal. "I am going to suggest that the treaty remains, but (the end of NAFTA) cannot be fatal for Mexicans, our country has a lot of natural resources, a lot of wealth," he said in a presidential debate held late Tuesday in the city of Merida....

A social movement of public health vaccine opposition has been growing in the United States in recent years; subsequently, measles outbreaks have also increased. Since 2009, the number of “philosophical-belief” vaccine nonmedical exemptions (NMEs) has risen in 12 of the 18 states that currently allow this policy: Arkansas (AR), Arizona (AZ), Idaho (ID), Maine (ME), Minnesota (MN), North Dakota (ND), Ohio (OH), Oklahoma (OK), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Texas (TX), and Utah (UT). Several US “hotspot” metropolitan areas stand out for their very large numbers of NMEs. They include Seattle, WA, Spokane, WA, and Portland, OR in the Northwest; Phoenix,...

Apple Inc said on Wednesday it will change its iPhone settings to undercut the most popular means for law enforcement to break into the devices,” Joseph Menn reports for Reuters. “The company told Reuters it was aiming to protect customers in countries where police seize phones at will and all users from the risk that the attack technique will leak to spies and criminals.” “The privacy standard-bearer of the tech industry said it will change the default settings in the iPhone operating system to cut off communication through the USB port when the phone has not been unlocked in the...

"We spend probably 25 percent of our time talking about Russia," he stated.... "I said to myself, wouldn't it be better if they were here? I'm not for Russia, I'm for the United States, but as an example example, if Vladimir Putin were sitting next to me today instead of one of the others, and we were having dinner the other night in Canada, I could say, 'would you do me a favor? Would you get out of Syria? Would you do me a favor, would you get out of the Ukraine.'" "I think I would probably have a good...

This is an excellent video that inspires patriotism, respect for our flag, and love for our people. Perhaps this video could help to motivate the base? This would be ideal to be shown at upcoming Trump rallies. Anyone have suggestions of how to pass message along to Trump rally organizers, I'd appreciate it. Please share with family and friends as Independence Day approaches!

North and South Korea are slated to engage in high-level military talks on Thursday for the first time in more than 10 years, a new report states. The discussions are designed to build upon South Korean President Moon Jae-in's historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in April, which resulted in an agreement to sign a peace treaty and a stated dedication to denuclearization, South Korea’s Yonhap News reports. The discussions will likely target restoring inter-border military communications, establishing regular military talks, and creating a hotline for North and South Korean military leaders, per Yonhap. Additionally, the meeting...

Have you ever seen anything quite like this? A Member of Congress urging a private citizen to turn state’s evidence against the President of the United States? Appearing on Chris Matthews’ “Hardball” show on MSNBC this evening, California Dem congressman Eric Swalwell, speaking of Michael Cohen, said: “He better start talking soon.”Get the rest of the story and view the video here.