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The entire reaction to The 'Rona throughout 2020 was designed to put Trump into a bad light. He is the world's most bullied man.

A coalition of 15 Catholic priests working in Cuba defied the Communist Party and decades of Vatican distance from Cuban politics to publish a letter this weekend urging the Cuban people to “co-involve” themselves in their own liberation from communism and work to “break the chains” of the Castro regime. The letter, published in English by the U.S.-based human rights organization Global Liberty Alliance, states plainly, “Cuba needs political changes.” “We, as believers, consider that it is time, as a people, to return to God,” the priests write. The letter was published to coincide with the 23rd anniversary of Pope...

Historic All Saints Church — called the “St. Patrick’s of Harlem” — is about to be sold, The Post has learned. The Catholic Archdiocese of New York shuttered the church in 2015 and the landmark building, along with its adjacent school and parish house, which occupy an entire block, have stood empty since. A spokesman for the Archdiocese would not provide any details on the pending sale. “There is no final agreement in place; things are in process,” said Joseph Zwilling, a spokesman for the Archdiocese. The church at East 129th Street and Madison Avenue dates to 1883 and was...

Hunter Biden continues to hold a 10% stake in the Chinese private equity firm BHR Partners, Chinese business records show, despite multiple reports from December suggesting he was divesting his position in the company. Both the Daily Mail and Fox News reported in late December that Hunter Biden was in the process of offloading his stake in BHR. Both outlets cited an unnamed source with Hunter Biden and his business dealings. But Hunter Biden continues to hold his equity stake in BHR through his company, Skaneateles LLC, as of Wednesday, according to Qixinbao and Baidu, two independent services that provide...

God uses some methods repeatedly such as when evaluating people and nations. He gives them opportunities to succeed and to change. At some point when the person or nation fails and refuses to change He declares them condemmed. Such as He did with Pharaoh; after Pharaoh hardened his heart three or four times with each of those plagues God hardened Pharaohs heart before each of the remaining plagues. King Josiah reign was just such the opportunity for Isreal. After a long line evil kings, Josiah became King and made many improvements: taking down idols, reinstituted the worship of God. And...

QUEBEC CITY (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Quebec announced its intention to reorganize its parishes to focus on local missionary activities. This move comes as human and material resources continue to diminish. At least 75% of the parishes will be affected by this change, in both urban and rural areas. In a video, Cardinal Gerald Lacroix stressed that the church of Quebec was born out of mission. But, he said, it is now clear that the parish system that had a strong impact on French Canadian society is not sustainable and needs to evolve. "We can no longer be satisfied...

The National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC), an ethics watchdog group, filed a sentencing memorandum with the federal court in Washington, D.C., calling upon Judge James E. Boasberg, who also presides over the secret Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court (FISC), to sentence former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith to prison instead of probation at his public virtual sentencing hearing Friday morning at 11:00 a.m. NLPC also called upon the judge to require Clinesmith to make a video about his crime and express remorse to be used by the Justice Department for their ethics training program for all DOJ and FBI attorneys. In...

CNA Staff, Jan 25, 2021 / 02:01 pm MT (CNA).- An appeals court last week ruled for a second time against a California church which challenged the state’s rules barring in-person worship services for much of the state, deciding that a total ban on indoor worship services in most areas of the state is justified to block the spread of coronavirus. The same court ruled Jan. 25 to prevent the state from enforcing fixed numerical attendance limits in areas where indoor worship is allowed, in favor of limits based on percentage of the house of worship’s capacity. South Bay United...

Below is a list of defendants charged in federal court in the District of Columbia related to crimes committed at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Every case is being prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia. Following arrests, or surrender, defendants must appear before district court magistrate/judge where the arrest takes place, in accordance with the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.SEE THE FBI MOST WANTED LIST FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL VIOLENCECharged by ComplaintCASE NUMBERNAMECHARGE(S)LINKS TO PRESS RELEASES, CHARGING DOCUMENTSLOCATION OF ARRESTCASE STATUSENTRY LAST UPDATED1:21-mj-100ABUAL-RAGHEB, Rasha N.Knowingly Entering or Remaining in...

Google Deleted Negative Robinhood Reviews & Paul A. Gosar -- R from Arizona -- Demands an Investigation Into Wall Street colluding with Big Tech The full list of stocks Robinhood blocked today is circulating the Internet. Wallstreetbets vows to send these stocks to the moon. Robinhood and other brokers will allow users to trade these stocks on a limited basis. American Airlines $AAL AMC $AMC Blackberry $BB Bed Bath & Beyond $BBbY Castor Maritime $CTRM Express $EXPR Gamestop $GME Koss $KOSS Naked $NAKD Nokia $NOK Sundial $SNDL Tootsie Roll $TR Trivago $TRVG See Full List...

A 17-year-old Indianapolis boy accused of fatally shooting his father, stepmother, two teenage relatives and a heavily pregnant 19-year-old woman was charged with six counts of murder Thursday, according to a prosecutor and court documents.

(Note: David Goldman AKA Spengler) American equity investors cut and run in response to an action by the People’s Bank of China. NEW YORK – A 3% plunge in the S&P 500 isn’t frequent. We have had just 24 trading days this bad during the past seven years. It’s noteworthy that it occurred on a day when the US Federal Reserve took pains to declare that it would support the market with security purchases for the indefinite future, and on which no important data was released. Greed overwhelmed fear, moreover, in parts of the market; market professionals watched drop-jawed as...

New York (CNN Business)If you're having a hard time finding Grape-Nuts at your local supermarket, you are not alone. The pandemic has come for Grape-Nuts. Supply chain constraints and higher demand for cereal have led to shortages of the product, Kristin DeRock, Grape-Nuts Brand Manager, said in an emailed statement. Grape-Nuts should be "fully back" on shelves in the spring, she said. From 2015 to 2019, the US ready-to-eat cereal market dipped between one and two percent each year, according to data from Euromonitor International. From 2019 to 2020, the market grew by nearly 20% to about $10.6 billion. The...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom's "epic mismanagement" of the state shows the public official will be recalled, former California GOP gubernatorial candidate John Cox said on Thursday."This state is a wonderful state to live in, great weather, great natural beauty, but the worst management in the country," John Cox told "America’s Newsroom."Recall organizers must obtain 1.5 million signatures by March 17 to get the referendum on Newsom, D., on the ballot. As of Tuesday, petitioners have gathered 1.2 million signatures, according to Recall Gavin, one of two groups organizing the effort."If Gavin Newsom were the head of a major corporation he...

TEL AVIV: Israel has said openly that it will attack Iran if the U.S eases sanctions against the Shiite regime and agrees to go back to the nuclear agreement the Jewish state claims is “the biggest hoax in recent history.” “Israel needs to know — and fast — whether Washington plans to stop Iran’s race to the bomb or take some action to do this,” a source told BD. Israeli intelligence is closely watching the Iranian nuclear facilities. “The people who need to know are updated by the hour” the source said. Israel allegedly attacked another Iranian target in Syria...

Dave Rubin, host of the Rubin Report and author of Don’t Burn This Book: Thinking for Yourself in an Age of Unreason, told Breitbart News on Tuesday that he hopes Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) is “sued into oblivion” for imposing lockdown policies that were “all political” and “not based in science.”

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy met with former President Trump at Mar-a-lago Thursday where the two agreed to work together on Republicans taking back the House in 2022. McCarthy, who once said Trump "bears responsibility" for the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot, reunited with Trump in Florida for a "very good and cordial" meeting where McCarthy welcomed Trump's support in promoting GOP House candidates in the next election, according to a readout from Trump's team. "President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House," according to a statement...

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New administration's punitive decision could lead Israel into bombing Iran's weapons-making facilities. US President Joe Biden has halted the sale of F-35 stealth jets to the UAE, even though they were promised as part of the Abraham Accords. The new administration has raised concerns the UAE might use these jets against the rebel Houthis in Yemen. The Houthis have no air force and only rudimentary air defenses. The UAE has a decently-sized air force made up of 77 F-16s and 63 Mirage 2000s. The UAE operates with Saudi Arabian air assets against the Houthi insurgency in Yemen. Saudi Arabia has...

In came Latin, incense and burned books, out went half the parishionersPost-Vatican II North Carolina Catholics seek a spiritual homeReligion scholar Maria Lichtmann felt a strangeness overcome St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country Parish in Boone, North Carolina, four years ago.Fr. Matthew Codd, the then-pastor at St. Elizabeth's, was joined by a group of seminarians who went through the church's theology library and removed books deemed heretical, including those of spiritual writers Henri Nouwen and Thomas Merton. The books were later burned, she was told by a parish staff member.Lichtmann, a retired religious studies professor at Appalachian State University, left...