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A federal judge ruled Friday that the head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America (VOA) and other networks, unconstitutionally interfered with the news service when he went after its journalists for alleged bias against President Trump, NPR reports. Five suspended officials from the USAGM sued CEO Michael Pack in early October, accusing him of violating the "firewall" that protects international broadcasters from political interference. The officials alleged that Pack and others investigated and punished journalists for negative stories about the president, as well as stories about now President-elect Joe Biden and the racial...

To mask or not to maskSTANWOOD, Wash. (ChurchMilitant.com) - Seattle's Abp. Paul Etienne is threatening to end public Masses at a rural parish if rebellious parishioners continue to refuse to wear masks. Parishioners of St. Cecilia's in Stanwood were notified in an emailed letter on last week that their public Mass privilege would be revoked if parishioners didn't comply with the archdiocese's COVID plan. Etienne made clear the consequences. "If parishioners continue to violate safety protocols and remove their masks during the Mass, then permission for the celebration of public Mass at St. Cecilia parish will be retracted," Etienne wrote....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Saturday granted emergency authorization for the antibody treatment praised by President Trump. The antibody cocktail from Regeneron is authorized for treating mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults, as well as pediatric patients at least 12 years old who have a high risk of progressing to..

Walnut Creek, CA — A 29-year old woman who received an abortion at Planned Parenthood in Walnut Creek, California, had difficulty coming out of sedation and experienced abnormal, ineffective breathing that prompted a call to 911 for help. The call recording and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) printout were obtained by Operation Rescue. The records, along with eye witness accounts and photographs from pro-life activists, provided details of the emergency as the dramatic events unfolded. “We have a patient here who we were doing a procedure on. She was given fentanyl, and [?] or versed. She is having a slow response...

Quick TakeCampaign officials for President Donald Trump and supporters have promoted the faulty claim that Joe Biden received nearly 100,000 votes in Georgia through ballots that only included selections for president, suggesting it’s “suspicious.” But the claim ignores that some voters do not vote a straight-party ballot.Full StorySocial media posts spread by Trump campaign officials suggest that voter fraud may have occurred in Georgia, based on the claim that President-elect Joe Biden secured nearly 100,000 votes through ballots that were “ONLY” cast for Biden — and not for any candidates in other races.But that claim rests on a flawed assessment...

Francis has often said to the Italian atheist Eugenio Scalfari, 96, that he wanted to end “conflicts” between Catholics and Protestants and make the differences between them "bearable." Scalfari writes (IlSussidiario.net, November 20) that, as a matter of fact, Francis has gone far beyond this “challenge” and has also dealt with non-Christian religions because God is for Francis “not simply Christian." Francis' belief that there is "only one God" who is "the same everywhere," is for Scalfari "revolutionary." According to Scalfari it is the goal of Francis to make clear that "there is only one God and one religion."

Should be coming right up, they just said they are working on her connection now. https://www.newsmaxtv.com/

Austin, TX – Two women seeking abortions at the Austin Women’s Health Center last month were transported by ambulance to South Austin Hospital in Austin, Texas, after both suffered uncontrolled hemorrhaging. Emergency 1 According to 911 records obtained by Operation Rescue, the first incident took place on September 2, 2020, when an abortion facility employee named “Julie” called 911 after a 28-year old woman suffered excessive vaginal bleeding after an abortion. Julie told 911, “Um, well, the doctor’s in with a patient right now for a surgical procedure [abortion] and I was instructed to call EMS because the patient is...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican cardinal sacked by Pope Francis amid a corruption investigation is suing an Italian news magazine, claiming that his ruined reputation has eliminated his chances of becoming pope and will undermine the legitimacy of any future papal election. Cardinal Angelo Becciu is seeking 10 million euros ($11.9 million) in damages, to be given to charity, in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in the Sassari, Sardinia tribunal against L’Espresso magazine, the weekly affiliated with Italian daily newspaper La Repubblica. The 74-page complaint raises questions about the conduct of Vatican criminal prosecutors, suggesting they leaked information to L’Espresso as...

Hundreds of Guatemalan demonstrators stormed into the country’s Congress in Guatemala City on Saturday, setting fire to parts of the legislative building. The rally came amidst growing protests against the government under President Alejandro Giammattei for approving budget cuts to education and health spending. Around 7,000 people gathered outside the National Palace following the approval of the $13 billion (€11 billion) budget for 2021. It’s the country’s highest-ever spending plan and earmarks most funds for infrastructure projects linked to big businesses in a country with widespread poverty. Protesters accused the government of passing the budget in secret and demanded Giammattei’s...

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 18, 2020 / 04:01 pm MT (CNA).- As some states and cities reinstate restrictions meant to stop the spread of the coronavirus, a survey has found that Americans believe places of worship should not be subject to harsher regulations than are businesses. The Becket Fund released Nov. 17 its second annual Religious Freedom Index, a study tracking Americans’ perspectives on religious freedom. The index examines six categories of American thought on religious liberty: Religious Pluralism, Religion and Policy, Religious Sharing, Religion in Society, Church and State, and Religion in Action. A majority of respondents in their...

“Scaringi filed a request to delay the hearing, noting its complexity, his status as new to the case and recent turnover in the Trump legal team. “Having only been retained today, Plaintiffs’ new counsel need additional time to adequately prepare this case for the upcoming oral argument and evidentiary hearing,” Scaringi wrote in a court filing. “...“Furthermore, this is a case of significant complexity and importance to the people of the United States of America,” he said. “And, further, the court record compiled in such a short period of time already contains 148 docket entries by Plaintiffs, multiple Defendants and...

Attorney Sidney Powell needs your immediate support to halt the certification of ballots in Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. To contact Sidney Powell directly, please visit her website: https://www.sidneypowell.com Millions of dollars must be raised to defend the Republic as these lawsuits continue to be filed to ensure victory. In Bush v. Gore the Supreme Court recognized that once vested in the people, the right to vote is fundamental, and one source of its fundamental nature lies in the equal weight of each vote. This fundamental right to equal weight was not defended or actualized in this election....

If Your Time is short Syctl, a Spanish election software company at the center of the claim, said the U.S. military hasn’t seized anything, and it doesn’t have offices in Germany.The U.S. Army told the Associated Press that the claims in the posts are false. Scytl and Dominion aren’t connected.See the sources for this fact-checkVoting equipment company Dominion Voting Systems has been at the center of unfounded conspiracy theories — many spread by President Donald Trump — that claim Democrats committed voter fraud and stole the 2020 election for Joe Biden.There’s no evidence that Dominion’s systems were used nefariously...

When Carol St. Amour became pregnant the first time, she wanted to keep her baby, but her boyfriend Jim made it clear he wanted her to have an abortion. He threatened to leave her if she gave birth. In the book “Life Stories,” St. Amour shared her story of forced abortion and regret. St. Amour described herself at the time as a “pro-choice feminist,” but she didn’t want to raise her baby without a father. She said, “He stated he did not want me to have the baby, and that if I did, he’d leave me. I was crushed. I...

An LGBT activist is comparing Christians who affirm biblical sexual standards to "Holocaust deniers" and "rapists." Jayne Ozanne, who runs the Ozanne Foundation, was responding to a report from the Church of England arguing people who differ on issues of sexuality can "listen and learn" from one another. Ozanne said that's ridiculous, Pink News reported. "Would one invite a survivor of the Holocaust to sit down and listen to the rantings of a Holocaust denier?" she asked.

In a book of stories of men and women hurt by abortion, Robin Buckner describes being pressured into an abortion by her boyfriend and workers at Planned Parenthood. She describes the Planned Parenthood facility by saying, “It was cold, the staff was calloused and used high-pressure tactics.” She says they took her money immediately, “even before they got any information regarding my body or health.” Before her abortion, Buckner was shown a three- to four-minute “educational” video. She says the video didn’t prepare her for the trauma of the abortion or its aftermath: I was treated like a lab rat....

Nearly three weeks after the American elections, Americans and the world in general, are still none-the-wiser; not knowing who really won and if the votes have all been legitimate or otherwise. And the man who is supposedly trying to make America respectable again, yes, Joe Biden, started his ‘tenure’ ironically by presenting his own disrespect by breaking the law and declaring himself as ‘president elect’ and establishing an illegal entity in the name of the ‘Office of President-Elect’. There are serious accusations that allege that dead people have voted, that boxes of late illegal ballots (all voting for Biden) suddenly...