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From sports to politics to business, black leaders are beginning a counteroffensive against Stacey Abrams' views on voting Mark Robinson knows a thing or two about the political appeal of voter ID. After all, he became North Carolina's first ever African-American lieutenant governor last November running as a Republican who vowed to restore voter identification for the state's elections. And he won, even as the GOP's top of the ticket fell to Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. So Robinson chafes when he hears national Democrats like Joe Biden and Stacey Abrams claim that asking for an ID to vote is as...

As U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to name his new ambassador to the Holy See, policy experts have encouraged the next Vatican ambassador to work closely with the Vatican's Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development. San Diego's Bishop Robert McElroy, who was recently appointed by Pope Francis as one of five American board members to that Vatican office, says he "absolutely" agrees with that advice and believes one initial and significant area of potential collaboration would be vaccine distribution. Equitable distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine has been a "tremendous concern" on the part of the dicastery, he noted, which is...

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) will almost certainly face a recall election later this year, after Secretary of State Shirley Weber announced Monday afternoon that the signature threshold had been reached. California Secretary of State Dr. Shirley N. Weber has announced that the threshold of verified signatures reported by counties has been met for the recall of Governor Gavin Newsom. The valid signatures in the 10th report are 1,626,042, which exceeds the total of 1,495,709 signatures required. Counties still have until April 29th to verify the validity of any remaining signatures. “This now triggers the next phase of the recall...

"This is purportedly leaked material. Can't speak to the authenticity. Can't speak to the accuracy of it. Can't speak to any motives that may be behind its dissemination,” State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters Monday. “If you go back and look at press reporting from the time, this certainly was not secret, and governments that were involved were speaking to this publicly on the record.” [THIS STATEMENT MAKES NO SENSE-BL] Then-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other Republicans protested Kerry's post-office meetings with Zarif during Trump's presidency, as Kerry stated publicly that "everybody in the world is talking about...

The troubled 2020 NFL Draft bust, whose career lasted less than a year and was mired by multiple run-ins with the law, dropped a hip hop/rap EP dubbed “Layup Lines” on Apr. 25 under the name “GGBOWZER.” Early indications are the six-track, 16-minute album is an acquired taste: Wilson, a Brooklyn native, was arrested three times in a seven-month span beginning in September that effectively ended his playing career with one game played.

Former Secretary of State John Kerry, now President Joe Biden’s climate envoy, briefed Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on hundreds of Israel’s covert attacks on Iranian interests in Syria, according to leaked audio reported by The New York Times on Sunday. This revelation echoes reports that Obama officials saved the life of terrorist and Quds Force leader Qasem Soleimani by notifying Iran about an Israeli plot to assassinate him in 2015. “Former Secretary of State John Kerry informed him that Israel had attacked Iranian interests in Syria at least 200 times, to his astonishment, Mr. Zarif said,” according to...

KOREA – VATICAN Bishop Lazarus You: Pope would like to visit North KoreaPope Francis expressed the desire to visit during a meeting with the Bishop of Daejeon. In 2018 the pontiff received a verbal invitation from Kim Jong-un, but no official invitation followed. The Diocese of Daejeon has donated US$ 450,000 to the Vatican’s vaccine sharing campaign.Seoul (AsiaNews/Agencies) – Pope Francis would like to visit North Korea to express his closeness to the entire Korean people, divided since the Korean War (1950-1953), this according to Bishop Lazarus You Heung-sik who spoke to the Yonhap news agency about his meeting with...

Explanation: These three bright nebulae are often featured on telescopic tours of the constellation Sagittarius and the crowded starfields of the central Milky Way. In fact, 18th century cosmic tourist Charles Messier cataloged two of them; M8, the large nebula below and right of center, and colorful M20 near the top of the frame. The third emission region includes NGC 6559, left of M8 and separated from the larger nebula by a dark dust lane. All three are stellar nurseries about five thousand light-years or so distant. Over a hundred light-years across the expansive M8 is also known as the...

Despite the overwhelming diversity present at the Academy Awards on Sunday night, actor John Leguizamo is upset that not enough “Latinx” people were represented, seemingly displeased by the fact that Mexican directors (Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Guillermo Del Toro) took home multiple Oscars in the past decade alone. On Sunday, Leguizamo said “we were excluded again” when he shared a graphic from journalist Jorge Ramos lamenting the lack of “Latinx” representation at this year’s show. Later, Leguizamo congratulated the blacks and Asians who won the awards on Sunday night while still lamenting the lack of “Latinx” representation. He...

Some of you and are laughing saying, upchuck is so old he doesn't know what day it is. I know which day it is. But "Monday Tickles" just doesn't grab me. Here ya go: ------ A woman visited a psychic of some local repute. In a dark and gloomy room, gazing at the Tarot cards laid out before her, the Tarot reader delivered the bad news: "There is no easy way to say this so I'll just be blunt: Prepare yourself to be a widow. Your husband will die a violent death this year." Visibly shaken, the woman stared at...

A student is in custody after shots were fired inside of Plymouth Middle School Monday morning. During a news conference mid-morning Monday, Plymouth Police Chief Erik Fadden said officers "heard what they recognized as gunshots within the building" at about 8:44 a.m. Police responded and took one person, identified as a student, into custody. Fadden said a weapon was recovered from the scene. Robbinsdale Area Schools Superintendent Dr. Stephanie Burrage said "multiple" shots were fired into the ceiling of a hallway outside of a bathroom. Burrage said a few students witnessed the incident. "Any child that has to witness that...

Destiny Brown, senior at Ohio State University, breathed a sigh of relief in her dorm room when the guilty verdict came down for Derek Chauvin. But minutes later, she learned that a 16-year-old Black girl, Ma’Khia Bryant, had been killed that afternoon by Columbus police. “I can’t even begin to process the fact we live in a world where people’s lives — guilty or not, innocent or not — their lives just do not matter,” Brown said. Overcome with a feeling of helplessness, Brown fired off a group message to her friends. Following the demonstration, the crowd marched to the...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki shut down a reporter asking about the leaked audio from the New York Times of John Kerry telling Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif about Israel’s covert operations in Syria. So much for transparency! In a recently leaked audio, Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said then-Secretary of State John Kerry informed him about Israel’s covert operations in Syria. John Kerry served as Barack Obama’s Secretary of State from 2013 – 2017 and currently serves as Biden’s special climate envoy. Zarif said he was shocked by John Kerry’s revelation that Israel had attacked Iranian...

Reports are that the new judge in the Democrats’ latest attempt to prevent the Senate’s audit of the 2020 results was assigned by former Democrat Governor Janet Napolitano. New hearing scheduled for tomorrow. The new judge in the Democrats Maricopa County case where they are again trying to stop any audit by the Senate of the County’s 2020 election results was appointed by Janet Napolitano, the former governor and Obama’s Secretary of Homeland Security:

Attorney Chantel Cherry-Lassiter watched a 20-second portion of body camera video with Brown’s family. Lassiter said Brown did not appear to be a threat to officers as he backed his vehicle out of his driveway and tried to drive away from deputies with guns drawn. When asked whether Brown was shot in the back, attorney Harry Daniels said, “Yes, back of the head.” An eyewitness account and emergency scanner traffic had previously indicated Brown was shot in the back as he tried to drive away. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II has said that multiple deputies fired shots. Seven deputies...

SACRAMENTO — Propelled by growing voter frustration over California’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a Republican-led drive to remove Gov. Gavin Newsom from office collected enough voter signatures to qualify for the ballot, state officials reported Monday, triggering for only the second time in the state’s history a rapid-fire campaign to decide whether to oust a sitting governor. Recall backers submitted more than 1,495,709 verified voter signatures — equal to 12% of all ballots cast in the last gubernatorial election — meeting the minimum threshold to force a special recall election, according to a tally released by Secretary of State...

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Francis 2.0: Archbishop Reaches Ground LevelNaples Archbishop Domenico Battaglia, 58, presided over an April 19 vigil for vocations in the Madre del Buon Consiglio Basilica in Capodimonte, a church designed after the model of Saint Peter's.A chair was placed for him in front of the altar but a grey-haired Battaglia preferred to sit on the stairs leading up to the altar, his legs crossed. Likely, Battaglia considered this to be "cool," in reality it was embarrassing.The archbishop wants the webpage of his archdiocese to call him “Don Mimmo” (Father Mimmo) but if, indeed, he desired to remain a simple priest...

I lost my best friend... 15 years ago I was divorced. My friends and family sided with my ex. My two daughters haven't talked to me since. Shortly after the divorce, I adopted a 10-week-old labradoodle puppy, Bentley. Since that time, we have been inseparable, having crossed the country twice and spending every day together since that time. He became my best and at times only friend. Once during a hike in the back hills, he saved me from a wild cat attack. He froliced with me during the happy times and provided me comfort during the sad ones. He...

[Catholic Caucus] After mystical experience, priest announces Communion only on the tongue and kneelingh2 class="art-title"?Fr. Fredy Leonardo Herrera Fuentes in Bogotá, Colombia, told parishioners that 'from this moment in our parish, it’s only going to be possible to receive Holy Communion on the tongue and kneeling down.'April 26, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — In February, a priest was caught on video having a mystical experience during Mass after which he went straight to the pulpit to announce that from that moment on, Holy Communion at that parish would only be given on the tongue and kneeling. The video, which has gone viral...