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Trump supporters also have greater science knowledge than voters who supported Clinton in 2016. According to the survey, "on six questions Trump supporters offer the correct answer significantly more often than Clinton supporters." But here's where things get interesting. Indeed, less than half of 2016 Clinton supporters (49.6%) are able to answer correctly both of two related questions: whether the earth goes around the sun or the sun goes around the earth (EARTHSUN) and whether that takes a day, a month, or a year (SOLARREV). Remember these two questions are multiple choice! You would have a 50-50 chance of guessing...

CLEVES, Ohio (CBS Local) — An entire school district in Ohio was shut down for two days this week after nearly 600 students called in sick, the district’s superintendent said. All classes and after school activities at Three Rivers Local School District in Cleves were cancelled for Thursday, Jan. 30 and Friday, Jan. 31. because of a major flu outbreak.Superintendent Craig Hockenberry said out of nearly 2,400 people who attend or work at three schools on campus, about 600 students and as many as 50 staff members are out sick. Many of the students have the same symptoms, such as...

Abp. Hebda Throws Priest Under the Bus Over Muslim Remarks Cleric warned Islam is the top threat to Christianity and to America MINNEAPOLIS (ChurchMilitant.com) - A priest of the archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis is being forced by his archbishop to apologize for preaching on the dangers of Islam. At the behest of Abp. Bernard Hebda, Fr. Nick VanDenBroeke apologized Wednesday for his Jan. 5 homily in which he said, among other things, "Islam is the greatest threat in the world both to Christianity and to America." He went on record saying immigration of Muslims should be curtailed owing to the dangers inherent in their Islamic religion.Tweet Hebda...

The biggest game of the NFL season is on the horizon, as the 49ers and Chiefs are set to battle for the right to be called champions on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium. While the betting line suggests that we should expect a close game, it's the props that offer a preview into how the big game could go. From fun angles like the length of the national anthem and whether the coin flip comes up head or tails, to key parts of the game like who scores first and last, and who's named MVP, there are over 1,000...

American and Delta Airlines announced they are suspending flights to China in response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak which has killed more than 200 people. American suspended all flights to China Friday through March 27, while Delta was to stop service next week. Delta said it is suspending all of its US flights to China starting this upcoming Wednesday, due to 'ongoing concerns' over the coronavirus. The flight ban will last until April 30, the US carrier says.

2020 is looking up to be the year that celebrities let their MAGA pride flag fly for all to see. After Joy Villa wowed everyone in her pro-Trump dress at the Grammy Awards this past weekend, Frank Clark, defensive end for the Kansas City Chiefs, wore some Trump swag of his own during a Super Bowl press conference last Friday. The big moment went viral on social media Thursday when Benny Johnson shared footage of the moment on Twitter. Take a look: VIDEO AT LINK The sweater features a photo of the moment when President Trump met rap icon Kanye...

House impeachment manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., continues to prove he is a "pathological liar" and a partisan as he leads the Democrats' efforts to convict President Trump in the Senate impeachment trial, Newt Gingrich said Thursday. Schiff's description of a hypothetical conversation between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was the latest example, Gingrich, a former speaker of the House of Representatives, said during an appearance on "The Ingraham Angle." "If the president went further and said to Putin in that secret meeting," Schiff said earlier in the day on the Senate floor. "I want you to hack Burisma, I...

NEW YORK CITY — Thousands of New Yorkers are expected to barrel into the city's subway system Friday with a single goal in mind: "Think of the ways you can move in affinity to build, and to f--- s--- up," a masked, hooded man with a disguised voice says in a video posted to Twitter this week. "The streets are ours," the Decolonize This Place tweet reads. "The trains our ours. The walls are ours. This moment is ours." Jan. 31 will be a day of action to protest the recent increase in New York City cops patrolling the subway...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and other top Democrats on Friday slammed an upcoming vote that looks set to result in a quick end to President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. The New York lawmaker was responding to Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander’s announcement on Thursday night that he would not vote Friday to hear witnesses in the Senate trial. “It’s deeply disturbing that on something of such importance to the future of our democracy, a few of my Republican colleagues announced last night they’d vote against hearing additional evidence,” Schumer said at a news conference. “It’s clear where the American people...

The U.S. military is now treating 64 troops for traumatic brain injury symptoms following Iran's ballistic missile attack on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq earlier this month, defense officials said Thursday. "The Department of Defense remains committed to providing the American people timely and accurate information about the care and treatment of our service members," said Army Lt. Col. Thomas Campbell, a Pentagon spokesperson. CNN was first to report the increase. The latest news marks the fourth time the Defense Department has amended its statement regarding the injuries. Of the 64, 39 service members have returned to duty, officials...

Delta Airlines and American Airlines will suspend all flights from the United States to China, the carriers said on Jan. 31. All flights will be suspended “beginning Feb. 6 through April 30 due to ongoing concerns related to the coronavirus,” Delta said in a statement. “Between now and Feb. 5, Delta will continue to operate flights to ensure customers looking to exit China have options to do so,” the Atlanta-based airline added. The last China-bound flight departing the United States will leave on Feb. 3. The last return flight to the United States from China will leave on Feb. 5....

Posted on January 30, 2020 by Msgr. Charles Pope A Dramatic Moment in Biblical History that Almost Everyone Missed Presentation in the Temple – L. Carracci (1605) I want to anticipate Sunday’s feast of the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. Let’s consider an event that was glorious in its significance and fulfilment, yet was missed by nearly everyone.Joseph and Mary had brought Jesus to the Temple to present Him there. As they ascended the glorious steps to the Temple Mount, they were fulfilling a requirement of the Law.You are to give over to the LORD the first offspring...

Let us begin with a church history exam question. Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (1542–1621) was a figure not to be taken lightly. He was Pope Clement VIII’s personal theologian and one of the most able figures in the Counter-Reformation movement within sixteenth-century Roman Catholicism. On one occasion, he wrote: “The greatest of all Protestant heresies is _______ .” Complete, explain, and discuss Bellarmine’s statement. How would you answer? What is the greatest of all Protestant heresies? Perhaps justification by faith? Perhaps Scripture alone, or one of the other Reformation watchwords? Those answers make logical sense. But none of them completes Bellarmine’s...

When is a socialist not a socialist? When he or she is a Democrat. Many people are perplexed that in the middle of one of the greatest economic periods in our nation’s history, the longest economic expansion on record, at a time when more people are doing well than ever before, so many people appear have such an attraction to what they call socialism. Many were shocked when a Gallup poll earlier this year found that 43 percent of Americans believe socialism would be a good thing for America and a later Pew Poll found 42 percent of Americans expressed...

In case you were wondering why you didn’t see former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi’s argument against Joe and Hunter Biden on the three major networks, all you have to know is that ABC, CBS, and NBC did not air her remarks. Bondi stood before the U.S. Senate and made the case against the actions of former vice president Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden over their dealings with Burisma Holdings in Ukraine, but only Americans watching cable TV were able to watch Pam Bondi outlined how Hunter Biden sat on the Ukrainian gas company’s board during his father’s...

WASHINGTON -- Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump’s lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White House. The Pennsylvania Avenue box appears to be the sole physical location of the Constitutional Litigation and Advocacy Group, a for-profit corporation co-owned by Sekulow. The firm has no website and is not listed in national legal directories. The District of Columbia Bar has no record of it, and no attorneys list it as their employer. But Sekulow, 63, is registered as chief counsel at the American...

Joe Scarborough took a shot at what President Donald Trump has repeatedly called the “greatest economy ever, strongest economy ever,” and referenced Thursday’s New York Times report based on recently released GDP figures that show slower economic growth than what the president claims. The Morning Joe segment opened with Mika Brzezinski referencing the New York Times report following a clip of President Trump boasting about expected economic growth. “I think we can go to four, five, maybe even six percent ultimately,” Trump proclaimed, adding “each percentage point is two and a half-trillion dollars. We are back. We’re really going to...

[Catholic Caucus] Abp Viganò raises concerns about Cardinal in charge of next papal election ‘In the Heart of the Church we seem to glimpse the approaching shadow of Satan’s synagogue (Rev 2:9).’ ROME, January 30, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) —  In a new testimony touching upon the election of the next Pope, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò has alleged that the cardinal whom Pope Francis recently approved to preside over the next papal conclave was involved in covering up the misdeeds of infamous Legionary of Christ founder, Marciel Maciel.  In a statement released on January 31 and titled “The faithful have the...

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