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September 4 2019 Wednesday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Col1:1-8 Paul, an Apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God,and Timothy our brother, to the holy ones and faithful brothers and sisters in Christ in Colossae:grace to you and peace from God our Father. We always give thanks to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,when we pray for you,for we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesusand the love that you have for all the holy onesbecause of the hope reserved for you in heaven.Of this you have already heard through...

Just saw on my favorite cable show, Special Report, that President Trump said the “we will be making the decision on evacuation, probably on Sunday”. While I know everyone appreciates the Federal Government support, emergency response is a bottom up effort, not top down.— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) August 30, 2019

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) is turning his firsthand experiences into an ambitious environmental endeavor. The 2020 candidate released his plan to fight climate change and promote "environmental justice" on Tuesday, following a handful of other Democratic contenders who've done the same. It includes a $3 trillion investment toward creating a 100 percent clean energy economy, the creation of an environmental justice fund, and other proposals clearly drawn from Booker's time living in and leading Newark, New Jersey. Booker's plan begins with a "sweeping investment to advance environmental justice" called the U.S. Environmental Justice Fund. Its $50 billion annual allotment will...

Anti-vaccine activists disrupted the California Assembly’s Appropriations Committee Friday in another late attempt to derail a proposed law that would restrict children’s medical exemptions for vaccines that are mandatory in schools. The proposal, Senate Bill 276, cleared the committee, setting up a vote on the Assembly floor before moving to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Several vaccine activists began standing on chairs in the committee room Friday morning, chanting, “You have not represented California for all.”

Michael Flynn’s new attorney filed a 19-page brief detailing prosecutorial misconduct and seeking sanctions against government attorneys for withholding evidence. On Friday, while most of America prepared for the long Labor Day weekend, things exploded in the Michael Flynn case. What began with an intriguing status report, which exposed the chasm between Flynn’s new powerhouse attorney Sidney Powell and prosecutors, culminated with Powell’s filing of a 19-page brief detailing prosecutorial misconduct and seeking sanctions against government attorneys for withholding evidence. Flynn, who pleaded guilty in late 2017 to lying to FBI agents about conversations he had in December 2016 with...

Vladivostok (Russia) (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday will host Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for talks on boosting investment and trade, with a special emphasis on energy and arms deals. The two will meet on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum, which Russia has hosted in Vladivostok since 2015 to boost partnerships with Asian countries amid Western sanctions its 2014 annexation of Crimea. Politically, there are no disagreements between Russia and India, so the discussion between the two strategic partners will focus on economic matters, said Alexei Kupriyanov, an analyst with the Institute of World Economy...

The 1953 wedding of Jacqueline Bouvier and then-Sen. John F. Kennedy was so perfect it is still being talked about more than 65 years later. As recently as 2017, gossip website The List was still calling it “the most beautiful wedding ever.” It was a fairy tale worthy of the legendary couple who would preside over Camelot. But for Ann Lowe, who designed the bridal gown, it was a nightmare. First, the wedding dress was destroyed 10 days before the ceremony. Then the 24-year-old bride, who did not really like the gown in the first place, snubbed her. Asked who...

Trump Attorney Jay Sekulow posted a tweet on Monday alleging fired FBI Director James Comey may have colluded with the Clinton lawyers to circumvent federal law. https://aclj.org/government-corruption/aclj-submits-foia-request-to-expose-former-fbi-director-james-comeys-covert-operation-and-spies-in-the-white-house?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Informational&utm_content=Government%20Corruption&sf108059784=1 Jay Sekulow alleges the FBI may have been colluding with Hillary Clinton’s lawyers. Sekulow also reported on the second FBI operative Jordan Rae Kelly who replaced Comey spy Anthony Ferrante who was placed into White House to spy for the FBI against the Trump administration. FBI oprerative Jordan Rae Kelly took over for Ferrante and gave him access inside the Trump White House after he left government to work for Buzzfeed. Via the...

DUBLIN (AP) — A top aide to U.S. Vice President Mike Pence is defending Pence's decision to stay at one of President Donald Trump's properties while in Ireland amid criticism by Democrats that he is enriching Trump at taxpayers' expense.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 120 U.S. military construction projects will be adversely affected as the Pentagon prepares to use $3.6 billion to help build or enhance 175 miles (282 km) of the border wall with Mexico, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

ROCK HILL, S.C. — A generational divide among black voters is persisting in the Democratic primary — between the two old white men. Joe Biden has amassed a staggering lead among older African Americans, commanding nearly two-thirds support of black voters 65 and older in the most recent Morning Consult poll. Bernie Sanders is the favorite of black millennials, though his margin with that group is much smaller. Among all black voters, Biden is leading Sanders, 41 percent to 20 percent. Biden and Sanders have maintained their edges even as other candidates — including two African American senators, Kamala Harris...

Aunt Clara had a good run though. She was BORN in 1883! That was when Chester Arthur was our president and nobody had electricity in their homes yet. In 1883, no homes yet had telephones, radios or even flush toilets. Yet Marion McDougall was born that year and would go on to co-star in an iconic "modern" television series as Aunt Clara. Now that's just mind-blowing. It's a shame about Elizabeth Montgomery however. Growing up as a boy, I fantasized about having somebody like her as a wife (without the evil mother-in-law) but she died so young. Both Darrin's are...

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He met with a delegation led by US Senator Steve Daines and Senator David Perdue here on Tuesday. Liu, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, said Sino-US relations are related to the stability and prosperity of the world… …Speaking of the great importance of US-China relations, Daines, also co-chair of the US House of Senate US-China Working Group, and Perdue, said they are not willing to see economic and trade conflicts between the two sides, adding that they will continue to play positive roles in deepening mutual...

A mum who was arrested on suspicion of deliberately misgendering a trans woman is set to appear in court. Kate Scottow was visited by officers from Hertfordshire Police after an online argument allegedly saw her refer to transgender rights activist Stephanie Hayden as a man despite knowing she identified as a woman. Scottow, 38, was taken to a police station and interviewed following the incident in February and has now been charged with making malicious communications on social media, The Sun reports. Scottow, of Hitchin, Herts, will now face magistrates in Stevenage on September 18. Following her arrest she took...

Remarkably, Taylor Swift’s poke at the president on the MTV Video Music Awards show for his lack of support for LGBTQ rights legislation hasn’t yet resulted in a Trump twitterstorm. But Kellyanne Conway went on Fox News Tuesday night to defend the administration’s position against the Equality Act … and to give Swift a sick burn in return by attempting to render one of her songs toxic. “I actually like the new Taylor Swift song,” Conway told Fox’s Martha MacCallum. “It’s called ‘You Need to Calm Down.’ I can sing it for you.” Rather than do what any reasonable host...

A trillion here, a trillion there. Senator Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday night proposed spending $1 trillion for “decarbonizing our electricity, our vehicles, and our buildings.” That, she said on Twitter, was “on top of the $2 trillion I’ve already committed to green research, manufacturing, and exporting. We’ll create millions of jobs and achieve the goals of the #GreenNewDeal.” With the top Democratic candidates about to take part in a Wednesday CNN town hall on climate change, most have put forth sweeping plans that would transform the U.S. ecomomy. Yet the proposals would be enormously expensive, and their authors have come...

Comes days after news that Abp. Sartain approved funeral Mass for gay shaman who committed suicideSEATTLE (ChurchMilitant.com) - Days after news broke that Abp. J. Peter Sartain approved the funeral Mass of a same-sex married shaman who committed suicide, the Vatican has announced his resignation for health reasons. The new archbishop of Seattle, Washington will be Abp. Paul Etienne, named co-adjutor in April after Sartain requested help for spinal problems he was suffering. Sartain submitted his resignation letter in September last year. Archbishop Christophe Pierre, papal nuncio to the United States, announced Sartain's resignation and replacement on Sept. 3 in...

A Catholic school in Nashville, Tennessee has banned the "Harry Potter" series because a reverend at the school claims the books include both good and evil magic, as well as spells, which, if read by a human can conjure "evil spirits," Tennessean. The publication obtained an email from Rev. Dan Reehil, a pastor at Saint Edwards Catholic School parish, which was sent to parents. In the email, Reehil explains in the email that he has consulted several exorcists in the U.S. and Rome, and it was recommended that the school remove the books, the Tennessean reports. "These books present magic...

As Asia Bibi sits free at last in a secret location in Canada, the Pakistani Christian woman who spent years on death row after a false blasphemy charge thinks of those left behind still facing the same ordeal. Nearly four months after the 54-year-old finally left Pakistan following a miscarriage of justice that caused worldwide outcry, she has the opportunity to rebuild a new life for her and her daughters. Yet while she is enthusiastically grateful for the international efforts to free her, she says the world should know that Pakistan's harsh blasphemy laws have left many others still behind...

The Archbishop of Canterbury has apologised for comments he made to Remainers about the Brexit referendum. It comes after the Archbishop told those who voted to stay in the EU to "stop whingeing" and accept the verdict of the Brexit vote at a Christian festival last week. Welby shared on social media his regret over hurting people's feelings with his "careless" and "insensitive" remarks saying: "I am aware of the upset after I talked about the need to "stop whingeing" about the Brexit referendum result. "I expressed myself carelessly and insensitively in the moment. I apologise for that and the...