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Political operatives are now attempting to flip the script on what it means to be a follower of Christ and are moving to disqualify morality right along with it.“Biden’s Catholic faith grounds his life and policies.” This is the text in the photo caption of a New York Times article by Elizabeth Dias. Entitled “In Biden’s Catholic Faith, an Ascendant Liberal Christianity”, the Dias applauds Biden for being “the most religiously observant president in over half a century.” The article showers Biden with praises and likens him to Jesus Christ himself for leading the charge in promoting an “ascendant liberal...

The 22-year-old student whose startup landed a controversial deal with the city of Philadelphia to distribute COVID-19 vaccines admitted Thursday that he took some doses home with him — and injected his pals. Andrei Doroshin — whose Philly Fighting COVID group administered city-issued vaccines before being booted when it emerged that it had changed its status from non-profit to for-profit — made the stunning admission on NBC’s “Today” show.

The Chinese defense ministry has come out with some of Beijing's bluntest language yet on Taiwan, warning Taipei on Thursday that "independence means war." The remarks by Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Wu Qian came after China ramped up its military presence in the Taiwan Strait over the weekend, flying a total of 28 Chinese warplanes—including heavy bombers—into the southwestern corner of Taiwan's air defense identification zone. One warplane was sent into the ADIZ on Monday and there have been four incursions on each of the past three days, according to Taiwan's defense ministry. The ministry in Taipei declined to...

Samantha Tan celebrates with her Abu Dhabi 6 Hour Race trophy at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi. South China Morning Post Chinese-Canadian professional racing driver Samantha Tan could not have dreamed up a better start to 2021. The 23-year-old returned victorious from the United Arab Emirates last weekend after making history as the first Asian woman and part of the first Canadian team to win the Dubai 24 Hour Race, and the first woman to win the Abu Dhabi 6 Hour Race in her GT4 class. More from AsiaOne Read the condensed version of this story, and other top stories...

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Amazon has asked federal regulators to block a number of shareholder proposals that strike at the heart of many recent criticisms of the Seattle-based commerce behemoth, including its stances on curbing hate speech and offensive content, diversity in hiring, workplace conditions for hourly warehouse employees and its surveillance technologies. If granted, Amazon’s requests would mean shareholders would not have an opportunity to vote on those proposals at the company’s shareholder meeting this year, where they would likely be rejected regardless. Last year, none of a dozen shareholder proposals was approved. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) declined to comment Wednesday...

FBI: Bank robber arrested after giving teller his state ID for “withdrawal” January 27, 2021 CWBChicago Citywide Edner Flores | CPD A Chicago man is facing federal bank robbery charges after he allegedly complied with the teller’s request to see his ID during a hold-up this week. According to an FBI agent’s complaint, the robber wrote “$10,000” “No die packs” and “armed” on a deposit slip and handed it to a teller at PNC Bank, 3337 West North Avenue in Humboldt Park, around 11:45 a.m. Monday. The teller tripped a silent alarm and then told the robber that he needed...

Eduardo Cabana was released from a Miami-Dade jail on Monday, his birthday. The problem: The Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department now says he was freed “in error” and it needs to find him. Cabana, who just turned 52, was in jail on charges of including obstruction by a disguised person, shooting or throwing a deadly missile and criminal mischief. He also was arrested on a probation warrant and was to be held without bond, records show. He was a minimum custody level inmate, police said. A corrections spokesman said Wednesday Cabana was released from Miami-Dade’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center....

After a chaotic four years, President Biden wants to voters to believe he’s governing as a unifier while actually governing as a hard partisan. For Democrats, that tension doesn’t pose much of a dilemma because the corporate press will uncritically permit Biden to sell his leftism as unification. It’s false advertising. Biden set the tone for his term with a milquetoast inaugural address that pledged to “lower the temperature.” For many in this exhausted and divided nation, that was probably a welcome message. But it’s merely cosmetic and Biden proved that right away. Among his flurry of executive orders were...

Trading app Robinhood on Thursday restricted buying or trading in GameStop stock along with several other formerly obscure stocks that are spiking following a scramble of social media driven trading activity this week. The popular stock market app informed users that they could close out positions on the highly volatile stocks but could not purchase additional shares.

The Biden Administration announced its plan to return to an Obama-era initiative to put Harriet Tubman’s face on the U.S. $20 bill. Her image would replace Andrew Jackson, the notoriously racist President, known both for owning hundreds of slaves and for his brutal and genocidal policy of Indian removal. Based on current designs, a statue of Jackson would remain on the back of the bill, while Harriet Tubman would grace the front. Many Americans, across the racial spectrum, are excited about this tribute to Tubman.~~~SNIP~~~Putting Tubman on legal tender, when slaves in the U.S. were treated as fungible commodities is...

You never know what you're going to get when you crack open a geode-like rock called an agate, but a new specimen is even more surprising than usual: It looks just like Cookie Monster. The agate, found in Soledade, a precious stone hotspot in southern Brazil, is a dead ringer for the blue, googly-eyed Sesame Street Muppet. After its owner, California mineral collector Mike Bowers, posted about the agate on Facebook, it went viral, with write-ups in newspapers from Australia to Israel to the United States. "I didn't realize that Cookie Monster was so well known and part of the...

Washington (CNN) — US Capitol Police on Wednesday afternoon arrested a West Virginia man who was armed with a handgun and 20 rounds of ammunition outside the American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, which is near the US Capitol, a spokesperson from the Metropolitan Police Department said. He was taken into custody for having a black .9mm Sig Sauer handgun and the ammunition, the report said. The arrest comes weeks after hundreds of rioters stormed the US Capitol in an attempt to stop the Senate's confirmation of President Joe Biden. Five people, including a police officer were killed. Security was...

Russian President Vladimir Putin gave an ominous speech to the World Economic Forum on Wednesday, warning the Chinese coronavirus pandemic and rising income inequality threatened to thrust the world into “all against all” conflict, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. The Russian leader made his first speech to the forum in 12 years as he faces widespread international scrutiny over the alleged assassination attempt and subsequent imprisonment of his main political rival, Alexei Navalny.

Hall County officials said multiple people were taken to hospitals after a chemical explosion at Prime Pak Foods. (WSB-TV) ATLANTA — Hall County officials said six people were killed and 10 people were taken to hospitals after a chemical leak at a Hall County food processing plant Thursday morning. The incident, which officials initially called an “explosion” but now say was a liquid nitrogen leak, happened at Prime Pak Foods around 10 a.m. At least 130 people were evaluated at the scene. Content Continues Below Of the ten people taken to the hospital, three are in critical condition, health officials...

GameStop dominated Wall Street in an odd financial tug-of-war. Investors on Reddit bought up the stock after big hedge funds had sold the stock short, essentially betting it would go down. GameStop’s stock price skyrocketed and short-sellers lost billions. Talking heads scrambled to make sense of the event. But one of the most brain-melting assessments of the GameStop short squeeze came from Bloomberg TV guest and President of Financial Insyghts Peter Atwater. Atwater was so perplexed that he actually compared individual investors on Reddit outsmarting the big short-sellers to the Jan. 6, Capitol Hill Riot during a segment on Bloomberg...

During his inauguration speech last week, President Joe Biden called for unity, and millions of Americans watched and applauded. The words were hopeful, inspiring and forward-looking. Biden said: "To all those who did not support us, let me say this: Hear me out as we move forward. Take a measure of me and my heart. And if you still disagree, so be it. That's democracy. That's America -- the right to dissent peaceably. ... I will be a president for all Americans." For many Trump supporters, the words were welcome. But the words soon fell away as Biden began signing...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Assembly members will vote Thursday whether to overturn Gov. Tony Evers’ mask mandate order. If Assembly members vote to repeal the order, Wisconsin will become one of only 10 states without statewide mask mandates. However, masks will still be required in some of its largest cities thanks to local ordinances. State law gives the Legislature the power to overturn emergency orders issued by the governor, a move that does not require the governor’s approval to take effect. The state Senate voted 18-13, with all Democrats and two Republicans against, to overturn the order on Tuesday....

His campaign for the senate against Ted Cruz in 2018 ended in failure. His campaign for the Democrat Party’s presidential nomination in 2019 ended in epic, buffonish failure. His campaign to turn Texas blue in 2020 ended in abject, hilarious failure. So, naturally, Irish Bob “Beto” O’Rourke, the undeservedly-famous deletant offspring of a fabulously wealth family married to a fabulously wealth wife in El Paso, Texas, is now considering mounting yet another destined-to-fail campaign in 2020. This time, Irish Bob is exploring the possibility of running for the Texas governor’s mansion, against either incumbent Gregg Abbott – who is likely...

Rumble — Henry Davis - THE #pipelineworker just worked his last day! THANKS @JoeBiden ! #pissed #notfunny-1354507470060859392 Heart breaking, tear jerker. WTH?