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My son has earned his Eagle Scout Award and I would like to contact President Trump about possibly getting a note of recognition for my son. My internet searches have yielded a number of PACs but I haven't found anything definitive, but I know someone here will. Thanks in advance.

Mask tyranny reached a new low recently when a family was kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight because their four-year-old autistic son was not wearing a mask. The family was removed from the plane even though the boy’s doctor had decided the boy should be exempted from mask mandates because the boy panics and engages in behavior that could pose a danger to himself when wearing a mask. Besides, four-year-olds do not present much risk of spreading or contracting coronavirus. Even if masks did prevent infections among adults, there would be no reason to force children to wear masks. Mask...

BANGKOK -- Myanmar's military has extended martial law to broader sections of Yangon after the deaths of dozens of protesters in the city's garment production hub, where several Chinese factories have suffered arson attacks. The military announced Monday that it is expanding martial law to six districts in the country's most populous city, meaning that the armed forces and not the police will maintain public order in the designated areas. This comes after some of the worst bloodshed since the Feb. 1 coup occurred over the weekend. Signs point to continued violence ahead, with an opposition group telling citizens they...

The rectification of an historical injustice is underway as the only altar of the St. Alexander Nevsky Lavra in St. Petersburg named for its patron saint has finally been returned to the Church. The Divine Liturgy will be celebrated there on the feast of the Annunciation on April 7, marking the first service celebrated on this altar in 88 years. The Church of St. Alexander Nevsky is located on the upper floor of the Holy Annunciation Church. The feast of the Annunciation is also the day of the foundation of the monastery, and this year marks the 800th anniversary...

Last week, our family’s 20 year old electric hand mixer died. We can’t complain; it lasted a long time, and got a lot of use. But it did mean that it was time to go shopping. Now, we do a lot of research on many of the products we buy; a cheap hand mixer, however, did not feel like it merited that kind of research. I just headed to Walmart, expecting to grab one and go. I was surprised by two things in this shopping trip: both a larger selection than I expected, and a narrower choice of countries of...

The world's first 3D-printed neighborhood is set for California that will feature 15 eco-friendly homes starting at $595,000. The $15 million project is planned for Rancho Mirage in Coachella Valley and is a collaboration of the real estate group Palari and Mighty Buildings, which expect to complete the neighborhood next year. Mighty Buildings will use its robotics and automation to construct homes, which the firm says can be completed with 95 percent less labor hours and 10 times less waste. Residents of the futuristic housing can move into a single-story home with three bedrooms and two baths or a smaller...

ROME – A Chilean bishop is urging civil disobedience after several regions of the country went into lockdown again to stop the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, imposing heavy restrictions on the celebration of religious ceremonies. “It’s true that the law prevents us from celebrating our Eucharist in peace, but we believe that when a law is unjust and when it goes against conscience, one can disobey it, and I say this as a bishop and as the person in charge of the Catholic Church of Magallanes,” said Bishop Bernardo Bastres, who leads the southernmost, largest, and second least populated...

One of the first acts by Joe Biden’s Secretary of Defense, retired General Lloyd Austin, was to announce an “extremist” stand down. The idea was that the military was simply infested with white supremacists and white nationalists and white whitey-ists, and it needed to get its mind right. There was an initial burst of enthusiasm. Tattoos and unit symbols were scrutinized for hidden meaning. The Special Forces medical program, home of the “Goat Lab”was shocked to learn that the Roman numeral three, that is “III,” that they used as the logo of the “Trauma Three” course, was also associated with...

While millions of Americans have yet to receive their stimulus checks, a new study reveals that $4.38 billion of the new round will go right into the pockets of illegal immigrants. Yes, that’s right: illegal immigrants. Biden bucks for all. The Center for Immigration studies estimates that 2.65 million migrants living here illegally have Social Security numbers, which make them eligible to receive stimulus checks. This particular group of illegal immigrants can be described as “aliens temporarily present without status,” according to Steven Camarota, director of research for the Center for Immigration Studies, per the Epoch Times.“These individuals are in...

A fire at St. Charles Catholic School in northwest Spokane overnight that led to extensive damage to the school building is now being investigated by a trio of law enforcement agencies. The Rev. Esteban Soler was sound asleep after a long trip home from Argentina, where he was visiting family, when he awoke to the sound of someone banging on the door to the rectory. It was a Spokane police officer alerting Soler that the building was on fire. “He was deep in his sleep and the pounding on the door, which is the police officers, woke him up,” Bishop...

Employees at one of the nation's largest health insurance providers are routinely subjected to far-left critical race theory lessons and asked not to consider white men in hiring decisions, according to leaked documents and chat logs obtained by the Washington Examiner. Those who work at Cigna told the Washington Examiner that they are expected to undergo sensitivity training they consider racist and discriminatory. Lessons include reviews of concepts such as " white privilege," "gender privilege," and something called "religious privilege," which is described as "a set of advantages that benefits believers of a certain religion but not people who practice...

Former President Trump is warning Republicans that any effort to abolish the Senate filibuster would cause irreparable damage to the party. During an interview on the podcast “The Truth with Lisa Boothe," Trump discussed Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and his attempts to fight off talk from progressives to eliminate the longstanding filibuster rule. "Look, he's hanging by a thread right now with respect to the filibuster," Trump said of McConnell. "And if they get the filler, he's hanging on [Democratic Sen.] Joe Manchin, who always goes with the Democrats. Joe talks, but he ends up going with the...

Madrid, Spain, Mar 18, 2021 / 08:01 pm MT (CNA).- Spain’s legislature passed a law Thursday to legalize euthanasia and assisted suicide. Catholic leaders have decried the measure as “a defeat for all”, which abandons those who suffer. The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of Spain’s legislative body, approved the law March 18 by a vote of 202 in favor, 141 against, and two abstentions. All that remains for the law to go into effect is its promulgation in the Official Bulletin of the State; it is expected to take effect in June. Patients who can request euthanasia must...

NBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff said on ABC’s “The View” that it was “disingenuous” to say the surge of unaccompanied children crossing the U.S.-Mexico border is “some kind of national security crisis.” Co-host Whoopi Goldberg asked, “President Biden just got into office, like, 61 days ago. He has had to deal with the aftermath of an insurrection. He had to do the once-in-a-lifetime world pandemic thing, and now he’s getting a whole bunch of flak for not having the entire border situation figured out. Do you think it’s unrealistic to expect he’s going to have all the answers, especially since he’s...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem on Monday announced the formation of a national coalition to “Defend Title IX” to protect the rights of female athletes and keep competition fair. During a press conference Monday morning, Noem said, “Today we’re announcing that we’re forming a coalition called DefendTitleIXNow.com,” referring to the federal law that prohibits discrimination based on sex in educational programs and activities. “The coalition will consist of athletes, leaders, and everybody who cares about protecting women’s sports.” Noem said that the coalition is separate from the debate surrounding House Bill 1217, titled Promote Continued Fairness in Women’s Sports, which...

* Joe Biden's economic advisors are drafting a proposal to recommend up to $3 trillion more spending, a person familiar confirmed to Insider. * The New York Times first reported the White House could split its colossal infrastructure plan in two. * The first part would focus on infrastructure and climate. The second may set up universal pre-K. President Joe Biden's economic advisors are expected to present a proposal that includes up to $3 trillion in new spending aimed at boosting the economy and fighting climate change through separate legislative pieces instead of a single colossal bill. A person familiar...

Former President Donald Trump harshly criticized the Biden administration over their policies at the border in two interviews on Monday.In respect of the growing number of illegal crossings, Trump said “They’ll be coming up by the millions,” in a podcast with Lisa Boothe, a Fox News host.He warned that the situation will deteriorate toward more severe levels.“It’s nothing compared to what’s going to be in a couple of months,” said Trump. “As I said before, you have some very bad hombres coming up and we’re taking them into our country and it’s insane.”“They go into our country. We never find...

Smith was an American rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1969. They had a blues-based sound and scored a Top 5 hit in the United States in 1969 with a cover of the Burt Bacharach song "Baby It's You", featuring Gayle McCormick on lead vocals. It sold over one million copies between July and October, 1969.A Group Called Smith - "Baby, It's You" (1969)

A woman arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol is married to a detective in the Shaler Township Police Department who asked his wife not to go to the rally that day, the Shaler police chief said Friday. Jennifer Heinl, 55, of Ross, was charged Thursday with crimes connected to the riot. Her husband, Michael Heinl, a 30-year member of the Shaler police force, asked her not to travel to D.C. prior to the rally, Chief Sean Frank said Friday. “His wife was a part of that situation,” Chief Frank said. “He didn’t condone it....

@ChadPergram GOP KY Sen Paul on Fox: Cloth masks don’t work..Half of the country is running around with Fauci wearing a bunch of cloth masks all over his face saying they work. When in reality, he knows they don’t work and it’s about civility. Submission @ChadPergram GOP KY Sen Paul on Fox on push to wear masks among those who have been vaccinated: Show me the evidence. Show me the proof, you know, show me that people are transmitting this who have gotten vaccinated. And there is no proof of that.