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Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, along with U.S. Reps. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, and Tony Gonzales, R-Southwest Texas, introduced bipartisan legislation “to respond to the surge in migrants coming across our southern border.” The bill, called the “Bipartisan Border Solutions Act,” would add four processing facilities along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as provide funding to hire people to work at them. Lawmakers also want to add up to 150 more immigration judges to help with processing, and Cuellar wants the judges to be stationed in border communities. “The bill would create four new regional processing centers for high traffic areas during...

Vice President Kamala Harris is joined by other ranking members of the Biden administration to discuss the impact of climate change on the world in the new original series ACTION PLANET. Also featured is Jane Fonda, Common, Matt Damon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrian Grenier, Greta Thunberg, and more who are making their discovery+ debut on Earth Day, April 22. This series will feature a one-on-one interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and NowThis host and correspondent Zinhle Essamuah. Also interviewed are Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, White House National...

The International Olympic Committee has officially stamped out the idea of social justice protests at the 2021 summer games in Tokyo. In other words, athletes who choose to kneel, raise fists in a sign of “power,” or take part in any other displays that signify social justice will be punished by the Olympics’ governing body. “The IOC AC is very concerned about the risk of politicisation of the athletes and the risk that athletes may be put under external pressure,” the IOC said in a statement. “It is important to protect athletes from the potential consequences of being placed in...

Members of the Longhorn Band will be required to perform “The Eyes of Texas” Alma Mater at future sporting events. However, a new marching band, which will be created by the university beginning in Fall 2022, will not be required to play the songs. On Wednesday night, leaders from the College of Fine Arts, Butler School of Music and University Bands announced plans for the new band along with plans to provide scholarships and waive participation fees for band members.

The cruise industry has reached another roadblock with the new Careful Resumption Under Improved Safety Enhancements (CRUISE) Act that was first announced on April 13, 2021. The bill has now been blocked in the Senate by Sen. Patty Murray. Senate Blocks the CRUISE Act The new bill introduced by U.S. senators Dan Sullivan, Rick Scott, and Marco Rubio had its day in the Senate, and unfortunately for the cruise industry, it has not been passed. Sen. Patty Murray objected to the bill after Senators Scott and Sullivan held a colloquy to discuss the impact on the states of Alaska and...

אל שדיEL ShaddaiSacred Name Seriesשָׁדַי The KJV translates Strong's H7699 in the following manner: breast (22x), teat (1x), pap (1x).The first appearance of EL Shaddai in the Torah is in Shemot Chapter 6.Exodus 6:2 And ELoHIM spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am YHVH: 3 And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of EL Shaddai, but by my name YHVH was I not known to them.Interestingly the word Shemot means Names.Also...Song of Solomon 7:8 I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof:...

Surveillance video captured the execution of a woman in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City Wednesday afternoon. The New York Daily News and other outlets report the woman was killed by an ex-girlfriend.

Minneapolis is my home. My happiest memories are here. It’s where I learned to ride a bike, had my first date, received my high school diploma. But today, I’m too afraid to even walk in my neighborhood by myself. The ACE Hardware down the street? The one that I used to bike to in the summer? Robbed twice in the past five days. The Walgreens next to my elementary school? Molotov cocktail thrown into it. The Lake Harriet Bandshell, where we spent countless Mother’s Days? Homeless encampment popped up next door. These are the things you don’t read about in...

Six hospitals in the Indian capital Delhi have completely run out of oxygen and doctors say other hospitals have just a few hours' worth of supply left. A number of people have died while waiting for oxygen, and more than 99% of all intensive care beds are full. India is in the grips of a second wave of Covid infections and on Thursday recorded the highest one-day tally of new cases anywhere in the world. The country has recorded close to 16 million confirmed infections.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Two students were injured in a stabbing at a Nashville high school Thursday afternoon. According to Metro Nashville Police, the students were returning to the gym at Overton High School after a short break, when the 15-year-old suspect walked over to a 14-year-old student and immediately began stabbing them (sic).

Cupich issues final warning over ‘tactics of intimidation’ by Pfleger parishCardinal Blase Cupich has said he will turn over the investigation of a popular local priest accused of sexual abuse to another diocese if efforts to “intimidate” members of the Archdiocese of Chicago’s Independent Review Board do not come to an end. “Once again this week, there was an organized effort through the St. Sabina website to employ inappropriate and intimidating tactics to put pressure on the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Independent Review Board (IRB) as the case of Father Michael Pfleger Is being processed,” Cupich wrote in an...

Another bobcat has been photographed by a game camera in a Will County forest preserve. This rare picture of the elusive animal is from the Sand Ridge Savanna Nature Preserve in Custer Township, which uses motion-activated cameras to document animal numbers and movements. "Bobcats can have a wide variety of home range sizes, so that won't help either," Blankenship added. "Logically, if last year's photos showed a mother with two kittens, there is a male out there somewhere too. I'd love to get more photos to help piece this wildlife story together."

TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly announced Thursday she has vetoed a proposed ban on transgender athletes from playing on school sports teams for girls and women. The bill was originally approved by the Republican-controlled House and Senate in early April. “This legislation sends a devastating message that Kansas is not welcoming to all children and their families, including those who are transgender -- who are already at a higher risk of bullying, discrimination, and suicide,” Kelly said in a news release announcing the veto. “As Kansans, we should be focused on how to include all students in extracurricular...

In Germany, Defiant Anti-Roman DesecrationWords and epithets will soon be lacking to describe the revolt which not only rumbles in Germany, but passes to provocative acts, by defying the Catholic discipline recently recalled by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF).For the record, on March 15, the CDF published a “responsum” asserting that the Church cannot bless same-sex unions. The brief response was accompanied by an explanatory note and a commentary giving all the theological and canonical justifications.The reactions that followed provided evidence of the need for this act of clarification by the CDF. Some bishops, such as...

... The unidentified victim got the upper hand when he grabbed the suspect, causing the boy to drop his weapon. The victim then whisked the suspect off of his feet and delivered a fierce body slam. (The 'feel-good' moment of the vid) ... Police later arrested the boys after they were allegedly involved in another car robbery, along with two additional boys. Authorities said the suspects’ ages range from 11 to 14

On April 10th, 2021, in a first-of-its-kind Zoom conference call, more than 100 corporate executives from among the largest corporations in the world met to discuss halting donations and investments to all who opposed their desire to strike down controversial voting bills. Four days later on April 14, they signed a statement opposing what they deemed, “discriminatory legislation”, that would require a valid ID to cast a vote and add protection for mail in ballots that would make elections more secure. ​ This open unification of corporations comes at the same time as their dramatic shift to the left in...

Bradley Gayton, who joined the Coca-Cola Co as general counsel in September and made headlines for requiring its law firms to staff its matters with diverse lawyers or lose its business, has resigned, the beverage giant said in a Wednesday filing. Gayton will now serve as an outside consultant to Coca-Cola’s chief executive, the Atlanta-based company said in a statement and a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Rasmussen has a poll released today highlighting the corporate risks involved in entering politics. Coca-Cola now discovering the cost of corporate wokeism as 37% of respondents say they are buying less product during boycott. Thirty-three percent (33%) of Black adults say they are less likely to buy Coca-Cola because of the company’s involvement in the Georgia election law controversy, as are 35% of White adults and 44% of other non-white adults. As noted by the National Pulse: […] Respondents were asked several questions, including, “Is it a good idea or a bad idea for corporations to become involved in political...

Keep up the boycott of all Coca-Cola products. Obviously the massive multinational corporation cannot admit they made a mistake lest they get attacked by the extremists on the far-left; however, all of Coca-Cola’s recent moves since they stupidly put their company into the toxic political mess surrounding election reform legislation -particularly in GA- indicates the company is experiencing destabilizing impacts from the MAGA boycott. DO NOT RELENT ! (Bloomberg Legal) The Coca-Cola Co. announced Wednesday that it is moving legal chief Bradley Gayton to a “strategic consultant” role less than a year after he joined the company and promoting in-house...

Arlington, Va. – Today, Americans for Prosperity (AFP) endorsed bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Ron Wyden, Rand Paul, Patrick Leahy and Mike Lee aimed at ending the legal loopholes that allow for warrantless surveillance on Americans. The Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale Act closes major loopholes in federal privacy law and ensures the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which regulates law enforcement access to Americans’ information, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which regulates intelligence agencies, are the exclusive means by which the government can surveil Americans. AFP Senior Policy Analyst Jeremiah Mosteller issued the following statement: “We can keep...