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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis calls Eucharist ‘bread of sinners’ as USCCB considers denying pro-abort politicians Communion'The Eucharist is not the reward of saints, but the Bread of sinners. This is why he [Christ] exhorts us: ‘Do not be afraid! Take and eat,' Pope Francis said during a Sunday June 6 homily. Next week the US Conference of Catholic Bishops will discuss whether or not a formal punishment should be laid on pro-abortion politicians like President Joe Biden, including barring them from receiving the Eucharist.VATICAN CITY, Italy, June 11, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – As the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) prepares...

The Department of Public Safety released video of a trooper using the Grappler Bumper to stop a reckless driver on the Loop 202 Santan Freeway.

A company representative said about 98.5% of the millions of rounds of ammo stolen earlier this week were .22 caliber, which is seldom used by Mexican drug cartels. The total quantity was not clear, but was estimated to be about 7 million rounds. The ammunition is sold in the United States under the Aguila brand. The ammunition is made in Cuernavaca, a city just south of the capital, and was being taken north on trucks to the United States when the shipment was hijacked, The drivers were later found alive.

Explanation: On June 10 a New Moon passed in front of the Sun. In silhouette only two days after reaching apogee, the most distant point in its elliptical orbit, the Moon's small apparent size helped create an annular solar eclipse. The brief but spectacular annular phase of the eclipse shows a bright solar disk as a ring of fire when viewed along its narrow, northerly shadow track across planet Earth. Cloudy early morning skies along the US east coast held gorgeous views of a partially eclipsed Sun though. Rising together Moon and Sun are captured in a sequence of consecutive...

The general public doesn’t normally look into companies like BlackRock, the largest asset management firm on the planet with over $9 trillion in assets. That’s higher than the GDP of every nation in the world other than the United States and China. We don’t normally looking into them because they’re invisible to “normies” like us. They don’t advertise or have their name on a sports stadium like most other major companies. They’re happy to stay as under the radar as is possible for a company so huge. But some in the general public is paying attention now following the resurfacing...

SANTA FE — A federal pause on new oil and natural gas leases on public lands is continuing to reverberate at the Roundhouse. Just days after a bevy of Democratic lawmakers expressed support for the moratorium, all 39 Republican legislators sent a letter to President Joe Biden expressing their opposition to it. In their letter, the GOP lawmakers asked Biden to exempt New Mexico from any future fossil fuel moratoriums and blasted the letter sent by 24 Democratic legislators as misguided. “We cannot devastate our economy and our livelihoods by supporting a federal regulatory scheme that fails to recognize the...

Friends suspect that porn star Dakota Skye who was found dead in her motorhome may have been trolled to death following a controversial social media post. Cops say the 27-year-old starlet and sexxx-rated veteran died So far detectives have not released a cause of death. Her husband found her body.Wednesday in Los Angeles. So far detectives have not released a cause of death. Her husband found her body. SNIP Sources told XBIZ that the Tampa native had recently suffered through “personal struggles” and abuse from online trolls. Of particular interest to haters was the photo in front of the Floyd...

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced Friday that Taco Bell will be giving away free tacos to residents who are vaccinated. In addition, he announced, Chipotle restaurants will be offering “FREE QUESO,” while various California sports teams will be offering discounts as an incentive to encourage more locals to take the coronavirus vaccine.

Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, Tracy Stone-Manning, testified in federal court in 1993 that she sent a threatening letter to the Forest Service warning that a local forest had been sabotaged with tree spikes. Stone-Manning told a local news outlet in 1993 that she could have faced conspiracy charges had she not struck an immunity deal with a federal prosecutor in return for her testimony. Court documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show that Stone-Manning testified that her friend and former roommate John Blount, who was found guilty and sentenced to 17 months...

Critical race theory (CRT) has become one of the largest concerns in America as various groups attempt to make it a required part of professional and educational life. CRT is the idea that America is, at its foundation, a racist country that continues to allow white people to benefit from the continued practice of discrimination and prejudice today. It advocates a form of original sin for white people and a perpetual status of victimhood for minorities, especially black people.The bottom line is, it teaches racism, bigotry, hate, and dependence, and the war against CRT has begun, and one Florida mother...

Vaccinated members of the House of Representatives will no longer be required to wear a face covering when on the House floor after the Capitol Attending Physician lifted the chamber's mask mandate Friday afternoon. "The guideline document reflects that fully vaccinated individuals may discontinue mask wear and 6-foot social distance separations in most situations consistent with the CDC revision regarding fully vaccinated individuals of May 13, 2021," explained the new guidance that came almost a month after the federal government decreed masks and social distancing precautions were no longer necessary for vaccinated Americans. Fox News's Chad Pergram reported that the...

The gummy blocks of rubber that drifted onto Palm Beach last year may have a history steeped in scuttled blockade runners, naval battles and the scramble for raw materials during World War II. a man is sitting in the sand: Diane Buhler, founder of the non-profit Friends of Palm Beach, lifts a bale of rubber the washed up in Palm Beach in August 2020.© Kimberly Miller Diane Buhler, founder of the non-profit Friends of Palm Beach, lifts a bale of rubber the washed up in Palm Beach in August 2020. A study published in the April edition of the journal...

ALBUQUERQUE — With Thursday’s temperatures creeping into the high 90s and humidity levels hovering at 4 percent by midafternoon, New Mexico Activities Association administrator Scott Owen pulled out his smartphone, punched in a few numbers and said, “Eighty-eight degrees.” “That’s good, 88 degrees — I don’t think so,” said Evan Bloodworth, a junior at St. Michael’s and one of nearly 200 high school players on hand for Thursday’s opening rounds of the 2021 state tennis championships. “Whatever thermometer they’re using, it’s at least 100 on the courts.” If Thursday’s sweltering heat during the tournament proved anything, it’s that it really...

After a popular Filipino food truck was vandalized with anti-Asian slurs, the owners received unexpected help from Utah Jazz player Jordan Clarkson. Ben Pierce said he woke up Sunday morning in Layton, about 25 miles from Salt Lake City, to find his World Famous Yum Yum Food Truck vandalized with hateful messages painted across the black exterior. Pierce owns the truck with his 21-year-old son, Brevin, and they shared the graffiti images on social media. "We are not going to have hatred stop us from sharing our culture," they wrote. "We are just so hurt right now and don't what...

But before I get into that, I'm still a little perturbed from my Dunkin Donuts drive-through experience earlier today. Now I'm the kind that just likes to get my black coffee in the morning and so I expect to just zip on through at the drive-through, get my black coffee and GO! But no! I pull into the Dunkin drive-through (good coffee!) with about a half dozen or so of Volvos and Subarus in front of me. All of them with "complicated" orders if you know what I mean. Nobody in front of me just ordering a black coffee like...

The Food and Drug Administration has instructed Johnson & Johnson to throw out 60 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine produced at a Baltimore plant out of concern that they may have been contaminated, according to multiple reports. The FDA determined, after review, that the doses were "not suitable for use," NBC News reported. They are allowing two batches of the vaccine, totaling 10 million doses, to be used but with a warning that they cannot guarantee that the plant, which is run by Emergent BioSolutions, had upheld manufacturing standards, according to The New York Times. The Baltimore plant has...

The Oil Conservation Commission approved a rule change Thursday that will forbid drillers from spilling oil and toxic liquids — an amendment that activists and affected residents said would help prevent the pollution from occurring. The state Oil Conservation Division, which regulates oil and gas activity, partnered with the environmental group WildEarth Guardians to propose the rule change. Conservationists, community activists, regulators and industry groups all backed it. New Mexico had no rule barring operators from spilling oil or “produced water,” the toxic liquid byproduct from hydraulic fracturing*. Instead, companies were required to report a spill and then work with...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (60 Million doses of J&J to be trashed, 10 Million OKed for shipment - First shots slowing - New Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths may be levelling off at a new lower plateau) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 373,413,945 (21,396,800 J&J) Administered: 306,509,795 (11,383,522 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 172,758,350 Fully Vaccinated: 142,095,530

Onlookers Laugh as Nurse Jill Comes to the Rescue After Joe Biden Gets Lost and Wanders Off at G7 Summit The G7 summit kicked off Friday in Cornwall, England and Joe Biden is struggling to keep up with the grueling schedule. Joe Biden appeared to get lost at the G7 summit on Friday. Biden wandered off and looked lost. “How are your meetings going in Cornwall, Mr. President?” a bystander asked. A confused Biden turned around and said, “I beg your pardon?” “How are your meetings going in Cornwall?” the bystander asked a second time. “Very well,” Biden said as...

The accelerating effort to understand the mathematics of quantum field theory will have profound consequences for both math and physics.Over the past century, quantum field theory has proved to be the single most sweeping and successful physical theory ever invented. It is an umbrella term that encompasses many specific quantum field theories — the way “shape” covers specific examples like the square and the circle. The most prominent of these theories is known as the Standard Model, and it is this framework of physics that has been so successful. “It can explain at a fundamental level literally every single experiment...