Free Republic

NAIROBI, Kenya — As Catholic groups worldwide divest from fossil fuels, some priests, environmental conservationists and activists in East Africa are resisting an oil pipeline taking shape in their region. They say the proposed 896-mile East African Crude Oil Pipeline also threatens the livelihoods of local communities. “We are saying no to the pipeline. It is not good for the ecosystem. Our concern is that the many people would suffer in case of a spill or leak,” Capuchin Brother Benedict Ayodi, Global Catholic Climate Movement program manager for Africa, told Catholic News Service. “Our call is on the partners involved...

BREAKING: President Trump will put forward, in the next few days, the name of his nominee for Supreme Court Justice to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, according to to sources close to President Trump, @ABC 's @byronpitts reports.

Despite her ideology, RBG was a striking and assertive woman who commanded attention. RIP, RBG.

Revealed: Chinese Communist org bankrolls Black Lives Matter org started by Marxist founder Black Futures Lab is linked to the Chinese Progressive Association, a longtime promoter of the Communist government. September 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – While the mainstream media frames Black Lives Matter (BLM) as merely a rational response to discrimination and police brutality, the movement is actually involved in a litany of radical causes … for which it enjoys the backing of equally radical organizations. The Daily Signal reported that the Black Futures Lab, an activist group started by BLM founder Alicia Garza, identifies itself as a “fiscally sponsored project...

South Lawn 4:01 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: So we have a very big crowd. It’s already formed. I mean, it started forming yesterday, I guess. We’re going to Minnesota. Some of you are coming, I guess, I hope. Do you have any questions? We’ll do it really quickly because we’re a little bit late. Q Mr. President, on TikTok, will you sign off on a — on a deal that leaves ByteDance as the majority owner? THE PRESIDENT: Well, we’re going to take a look. They’re going to be showing me everything in a little while, on TikTok. And we...

 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room3:09 P.M. EDTTHE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, everyone. So a lot of work has been going on with respect to the vaccines — very successful work, I might add. We have three great, great companies doing somewhat different variations, but they’re all looking very good.From the beginning of the China virus, all nations have understood that our top priority must be to develop a vaccine as quickly as possible to end the pandemic and get life back to normal. The successful vaccine will not only save millions of lives, it will put an end...

Alaska's @lisamurkowski said today she won't confirm a new SCOTUS justice until after the inauguration day. Fair is fair, she says. My colleague @kcgrove will have a story shortly.

Pope Francis tells parents who affirm their children as LGBT: ‘God loves your children as they are’ Pope Francis has repeatedly delivered mixed signals, often seeming to significantly depart from Church teaching regarding the pastoring of individuals afflicted with homosexuality and transgenderism Pope Francis meets with Mara Grassi, vice-president of the Tenda di Gionata, Association of LGBT Christians and their parents, Sept. 17, 2020, Rome. VATICAN CITY, September 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Pope Francis has again implicitly affirmed the notion that God purposefully makes people same-sex attracted and gender dysphoric, telling a group of Italian parents who affirm their children...

Wow. Just writing this when I saw that Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died That's what Tucker will be talking about.

Americans are divided on the forthcoming coronavirus vaccine as just 51% say they would get vaccinated for the disease if a vaccine was available today, according to a Pew Research Center poll. That's a 21% drop from May, when 72% of Americans said they would definitely or probably get a vaccine. The percentage who say they would definitely get a vaccine has been cut in half to just 21%.

Go, Mitch! Go, Trump! Good bless our Republic.

Is a recess appointment to the Court an option? (UPDATED) UPDATED Sunday 8:48 a.m. The Senate is currently in recess until February 22. The recess began on Friday. Whether this opens an opportunity for a recess appointment depends upon how Senate leaders interpret an adjournment resolution approved last Friday. That will determine whether it will meet for brief activity during the recess, which could close that opportunity. Analysis The Constitution not only assigns to the president the task of making nominations to the Supreme Court, setting off Senate review that may or may not result in approval, but it also...

Ruth Bader Ginsberg, the enigmatic, longtime Supreme Court justice who attained near cult-like status among progressive circles, died Friday at the age of 87 from complications surrounding metastatic pancreas cancer. The late Supreme Court Justice, who spent more than two decades on the bench in the highest court of the land, is survived by her two children, Jane Carol and James Steven Ginsburg. Ginsburg, who was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1993 by President Bill Clinton, was known for her soft-spoken demeanor that masked an analytical mind, a deep concern for the rights of every American and a commitment...

Very funny Biden clip from last night I believe. Take a look and pay attention to his facial expressions throughout the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5WBx2jxUt4

Trump recently said that we'll have 100 million covid vaccines in the United States by the end of 2020. Check it out! This man gets stuff done!!! https://youtu.be/pdYVtXyOkuw

Dead

Some Florida parents have turned to booze and weed to get through remote learning with their kids..."...parents...with joints in their hand and cigarettes in their mouth," Pride told Fox News. "Sometimes the joints are as big as cigars...Elysa Grossman, a Johns Hopkins University professor, and Susan Sonnenschein, a UMBC professor, polled parents earlier..."We found that parents who are stressed by having to help their children with distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic drink seven more drinks per month...

In 2017 a local boys soccer team in Dallas made up of 14-year-olds defeated the United States national women’s team. It was downplayed by media with claims that the best women in American soccer weren’t really trying against the young boys, but anyone with a brain knows there is zero chance the women’s team was laying off. They tried their best to defeat the boys, many of whom were likely recently past puberty, and still lost 5-2. It was a wake-up call that should have been heeded, but not everyone got the message. Schools in Connecticut failed to do so...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court justice, trailblazing feminist, and the closest thing to a folk hero the high court has ever seen, has died at the age of 87.

Predential election just got interesting.