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Ukrainian bishops fraternally correct German bishops for abandoning Catholic sexual morality  Bishop Radosław Zmitrowicz, head of the Ukrainian Episcopate’s Commission for the Family. KIEV, Ukraine, February 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Ukrainian Catholic bishops have delivered a fraternal correction to the bishops of Germany for their “synodal path” that, among other things, promotes changing Catholic sexual teaching on contraception, masturbation, and homosexuality. According to Polish newsmagazine wPolityce.pl, the Ukrainian Episcopate’s Commission for the Family, headed by Bishops Radosław Zmitrowicz and Jan Niemiec, sent a letter on Thursday to the German bishops’ own Commission on Marriage and the Family, headed by...

On this day in 1890, the writer Boris Pasternak was born into an affluent and cultured Russian-Jewish family. His father, Leonid, was a renowned artist and professor at the Moscow School of Painting; his mother Rosa, nee Kaufman, was a concert pianist. His parents’ social circle included notable figures of the day such as Sergei Rachmaninoff and Leo Tolstoy. The influence of this creative community led the young Pasternak to study first music and then philosophy, both in Russia and abroad. In 1912 he abandoned academia to pursue his true calling: poetry and prose. The outbreak of World War I...

Attorney General William Barr announced Monday that there will be a “significant escalation” against “sanctuary” cities, counties and states, including lawsuits against localities opposed to the Trump administration's hard-line immigration policies. The administration is attempting to crack down on local and state governments that have pledged to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation. Barr announced lawsuits against the state of New Jersey and King County, Wash., which includes Seattle. “Unfortunately, in various jurisdictions, so-called ‘progressive’ politicians are jeopardizing the public’s safety by putting the interests of criminal aliens before those of law-abiding citizens,” Barr said. “These policies are textbook examples of...

(Article from 2017) China is not happy about Washington’s agreement with Seoul to build a missile shield system, known as THAAD, in South Korea to protect the close US ally from North Korean attacks. Other than issuing angry statements, though, China actually can’t do much to stop the installation of the THAAD system, which began Tuesday. It’s taking out its anger on Korean pop culture instead. Korean TV shows and K-pop music videos have been blocked from streaming in China — one of their biggest and most lucrative markets — Chinese internet users have posted about boycotting Korean beauty products,...

Ricky Gervais is warning celebrities against political speeches after a number of them spoke out at the Oscars over the weekend, saying that the comments to "everyday, hard working people" at Hollywood awards shows usually backfire. "I have nothing against the most famous people in the world using their privileged, global platform to tell the world what they believe," the comedian and five-time Golden Globes host tweeted Monday, a day after the 92nd annual Academy Awards. "I even agree with most of it," Gervais said to his more than 14 million followers. "I just tried to warn them that when...

Editor's note: This column was co-authored by Tabitha Walter. The House Judiciary Committee recently marked up H.J.Res.79, and will soon get a floor vote. This joint resolution seeks to remove the congressional deadline for the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment. When Congress originally passed the ERA, they put a deadline in place for states to ratify it. The ERA failed to win ratification in enough states before the deadline passed and is thus legally dead, but this stale effort is back to enshrine abortion-on-demand at the expense of hard-won protections for women. The ERA would not only create a right to on-demand...

I think Trump can win Illinois in the fall. It used to be a key swing state, if not, THE swing state before 2004 realigned everything. The last Republican to win IL was either Reagan or Bush in the eighties. Can Trump contest it?

Roger Stone was dragged into court ONLY because he is a prominent Republican activist who supported Donald Trump! His Process Crimes!Count 1: Obstructing a congressional investigationCount 2: Lying to Congress We just witnesses several Democrats and far left operatives — including Adam Schiff — lying to Congress about a Trump phone call with Ukraine.They will not be sent to prison. https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/breaking-federal-prosecutors-recommend-67-yr-old-roger-stone-serve-7-9-years-in-prison-for-process-crimes-in-mueller-witch-hunt/ 

James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:02 P.M. EST MR. DEERE: Good afternoon everyone. Thanks for being here. I’m going to just remind you that it is an off-camera briefing, but it is on the record from the Acting OMB Director. So, with that, I will turn it over to our Acting OMB Director Russ Vought. Q Can we use the audio? MR. DEERE: Yes, you can use the audio. ACTING OMB DIRECTOR VOUGHT: Thanks, Judd. Good afternoon. I’m here to release the President’s Fiscal Year 2021 Budget: A Budget for America’s Future. This is a budget that reflects and...

State lawmakers in California are considering a bill that would prohibit state agencies from spending taxpayer money at any of the hotels owned by President Trump or his family. The proposal, which was introduced by Democratic state Assemblyman Evan Low, would bar employees of any state agency from spending money at a Trump hotel while traveling for work. “Public officials, at any level, should not profit off the constituents that they were elected to serve and represent,” Low said in a statement. “No branch of government is above the Constitution, and this legislation will ensure that California taxpayers are not...

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Parasite may be getting the awards-season love, but a vibrant new generation of filmmakers is ready to emerge from the shadow of established masters like Bong Joon Ho and Park Chan-wook... The overdue official recognition from the West has been doubly meaningful--as 2019 also marks the 100-year anniversary of the country’s first feature film, Kim Do-san’s 1919 kino-drama, The Righteous Revenge. It’s likely that Parasite’s success — the film recently raced past the $100 million mark at the worldwide box office — will come to be viewed as the culmination of the "New Korean Cinema," the renaissance of the country’s...

[The "Equality Act "reads (in part)] (1) Discrimination can occur on the basis of the sex, sexual orientation, gender identity... (2) discrimination against a married same-sex couple could be based on the sex stereotype that marriage should only be between heterosexual couples, the sexual orientation of the two individuals in the couple, or both.... (3) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (referred to as “LGBTQ”) people commonly experience discrimination in securing access to public accommodations...providers including adoption and foster care providers...Forms of discrimination include...unequal or unfair treatment... (7) The discredited practice known as “conversion therapy” is a form of discrimination...

Liberal outlet The Guardian reported Feb. 10 that conservative donor Sheldon Adelson is allegedly gearing up to spend $100 million to help boost President Donald Trump and Republican candidates this fall. Yet, Adelson, at this point, is tied for 43rd in contributions to outside spending groups, according to Open Secrets. In fact, current data reveal that the top four liberal donors dwarf the spending of the top 39 donors to conservative outside spending groups combined. Liberal billionaires Tom Steyer, Michael Bloomberg, Donald Sussman and Fred Eychaner collectively contributed $63,970,900 to liberal outside spending groups working to boost Democrats’ electoral chances...

Recent news reports showed that veteran suicide rates are still high. “Firearms were also singled out by researchers” for being used in nearly 70 percent of veteran suicides, while they are used in less than half of non-veteran suicides. The disparity is obvious, but unexplainable. However, a spending bill to research the root causes behind veteran suicides may help us find answers and save lives. Recently, Congress passed a landmark bill that will allocate $25 million in research funds to study veteran suicides and other forms of gun violence, lifting an unusual ban that prevented the federal government from researching firearm-related...

The president of Jackson State University resigned Monday after he was arrested in a prostitution sting in central Mississippi.

Washington, DC  ~  Monday, February 10, 2020 Remarks as Prepared for DeliveryThank you, Sheriff Hall, for that kind introduction.  And thank you to the National Sheriffs’ Association for inviting me to your conference.  We are grateful for the work that you all do every single day to keep our communities safe.The highest priority of the Department of Justice — and I know it is your highest priority as well — is the safety of the American people.  That is our charge, and we are fully committed to meeting it. The very first duty of government is to protect the safety...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020 Today, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. The lawsuit challenges New Jersey Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive 2018-6, which prohibits state officials from sharing information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) related to the immigration status and release dates of individuals in their custody.The directive also requires New Jersey law enforcement to “promptly notify a detained individual, in writing and in a language the individual...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020 The Justice Department filed suit against California Governor Gavin Newsom, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and the State of California challenging California state law A.B. 32, which prohibits any individual or entity from operating private detention facilities in the state.Under A.B. 32, prisoners and detainees currently housed in private facilities in California will have to be relocated at great cost, potentially isolating prisoners and detainees from their families and causing overcrowding in neighboring states. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS), for example, which is responsible for...

More than 3,000 farmers and residents of four Chihuahua municipalities clashed with the National Guard on Tuesday over the federal government’s plan to divert water from a dam in the northern border state to the Rio Grande for the use of the United States. The newspaper Milenio reported that protesters from Camargo, La Cruz, Delicias and San Francisco de Conchos confronted the guardsmen with the aim of removing them from the La Boquilla Dam, located on the Conchos River about 200 kilometers south of Chihuahua city. The National Water Commission (Conagua) intends to open the sluices of the dam to...