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WASHINGTON—The Commerce Department said Monday it was rescinding a list of prohibited transactions with TikTok and WeChat that were issued in September as the Trump administration sought to block new U.S. downloads of both Chinese-owned apps.The withdrawals came after President Joe Biden earlier this month withdrew a series of Trump-era executive orders that sought to ban new downloads of Tencent-owned WeChat and TikTok, and ordered a Commerce Department review of security concerns posed by those apps and others.The Commerce Department under Trump also had sought to ban other transactions that would have effectively banned WeChat’s use in the United States...

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday stepped up efforts to squeeze Republicans ahead of a key test vote on a sweeping election reform bill, railing against new voting rules in GOP-led states and former President Trump’s efforts to cast doubt on the election. Schumer, speaking from the Senate floor, tied Tuesday’s test vote to Trump’s false claims that the 2020 presidential election was “stolen,” even though his legal team lost dozens of legal challenges and election experts dismissed claims of widespread voter fraud. “He lied over and over and over again ... poisoning our democracy, lighting a fire...

Pope Francis has repeatedly delivered mixed signals, often seeming to significantly depart from Church teaching regarding the pastoring of individuals afflicted with homosexuality and transgenderism.Pope Francis greets Juan Carlos Cruz, an openly homosexual man whom he appointed to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors VATICAN CITY, June 21, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) – On Saturday Pope Francis greeted Juan Carlos Cruz, an openly homosexual man whom he appointed to the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors earlier this year at the Vatican. Cruz is himself a victim of clerical sexual abuse. “Today I thanked Pope Francis for my appointment...

Sadly, many people have every reason to mistrust science, medicine and the public health system because of the endless pandemic lies.The biggest, long-lasting lie is the attack on the use of hydroxychloroquine for early COVID home/outpatient treatment. It was always more about politics than medicine and health care.The chief protagonist in the battle against HCQ is Anthony Fauci, the darling of big media. The details of this travesty were laid out in my book, "Pandemic Blunder."Recently, a physician in India made this fascinating observation: "In the 1985-86 edition of 'Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine' [a highly recommended book for students...

The White House on Monday would not comment specifically on President Joe Biden and reception of Communion, and would not answer if a 15-week-old unborn child is a human being. When asked by a reporter at Monday’s press briefing if Biden believes that a 15 week-old unborn baby is a human being White House press secretary Jen Psaki would not directly answer the question. “Are you asking me if the president supports a woman’s right to choose? He does,” Psaki said. The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments this fall in a pivotal abortion case on Mississippi’s ban on...

The 9th Circuit, acting on a June 10 appeal filed by Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, put Benitez’s ruling on hold pending a full-blown decision. “This leaves our assault weapons laws in effect while appellate proceedings continue,” Bonta said said in a tweet. “We won’t stop defending these life-saving laws.” The 9th Circuit judges on the panel issuing the stay were Barry G. Silverman, a Clinton appointee, Jacqueline Nguyen, an Obama appointee and Ryan D. Nelson, a Trump appointee. Benitez, appointed by former President George W. Bush, said the weapons ban unconstitutionally infringed on the rights of California gun owners and...

Twitter locked the account of the National File, a national populist news website, for reporting on a tweet from Tami Burages, a woman who says her 13-year old nephew died three days after receiving a second dose of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine. Twitter later said the account had been locked in error and reinstated it. According to a Twitter spokesman, the platform took enforcement action on the National File’s account in error. That action has been reversed and the account has been reinstated. The National File’s report was about Twitter user Tami Burages, who said her teenage nephew had died shortly...

For months Democrats in Washington have vehemently opposed photo ID requirements for potential voters, and they have argued that minorities tend to agree with them. According to a new poll from Monmouth University, that is not the case. Monmouth conducted the poll by phone between the dates of June 9 and June 14. It contained 39 questions relating to American elections, and 810 adults in the U.S. participated. The poll’s margin of error was +/- 3.5 percentage points. In one poll question, respondents were asked, “In general, do you support or oppose requiring voters to show a photo I.D. in...

A new image of Princess Latifa, the daughter of the ruler of Dubai, has been posted on Instagram suggesting she was at a Spanish airport. Several pictures of the princess appearing alive and well have been posted by the same person, Sioned Taylor, in recent months. Princess Latifa had not been seen in public since her failed attempt to flee the UAE in 2018. Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum has consistently denied his daughter has been kept hostage, saying she is safe and well. Calls had been made for the sheikh to provide "proof of life" of his daughter...

The question of the authenticity of the Ekaterinburg remains discovered in 1991, believed to belong to Tsar Nicholas II and his martyred family, will be taken into consideration by the Bishops’ Council of the Russian Orthodox Church, which will meet in Moscow in November. The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church met at Danilov Monastery in Moscow yesterday under the chairmanship of His Holiness Patriarch Kirill. Among the many decisions made by the Synod, it was resolved to refer the results of the extensive examinations carried out on the remains in recent years to the upcoming Bishops’ Council, reports...

Men, like nations, think they’re eternal. What man in his 20s or 30s doesn’t believe, at least subconsciously, that he’ll live forever?In the springtime of youth, an endless summer beckons. As you pass 70, it’s harder to hide from reality.Nations too have seasons. Imagine a Roman of the 2nd. century contemplating an empire that stretched from Britain to the Near East, thinking: This will endure forever.Forever was about 500 years, give or take.France was the thing in the 17th and 18th centuries. Now the land of Charles Martel is on its way to becoming part of the Muslim ummah.In the...

Former President Donald Trump's company sued New York City Monday for allegedly wrongfully terminating contracts the Trump Organization had to operate city facilities. "The City has no right to terminate our contract," Trump Organization officials said in a statement. "Mayor [Bill] de Blasio's actions are purely politically motivated, have no legal merit, and are yet another example of the mayor's efforts to advance his own partisan agenda and interfere with free enterprise." Mayor de Blasio announced in January he was moving to terminate the contracts with the former president's company following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. "The...

The oldest maxim in politics is “follow the money.” That maxim also applies to electric grids. Following the billions of dollars that have been spent on the Texas grid explains why the state continues to have electricity shortages. On Monday, ERCOT, the state’s troubled grid operator, asked Texans to reduce their electricity use. That request came exactly four months after Texas residents were asked to conserve electricity due to a massive winter storm. Before going further, I’ll give you the punchline: As I explained in these pages in April, about $66 billion was spent on wind and solar in Texas...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Wheeler Army Airfield, HawaiiWheeler Army Airfield, also known as Wheeler Field and formerly as Wheeler Air Force Base, is a United States Army post located in the City & County of Honolulu and in the Wahiawa District of the Island of O'ahu, Hawaii. It is a National Historic Landmark for its role in the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.Wheeler AAF comprises approximately 1,389 acres of land adjacent to Schofield Barracks and is home to a variety of Department of Defense activities including the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), the 169th Aircraft...

Skip What he fails to mention is that under President Bill Clinton, the GOP...voted for a slew of policy reforms: 16 Senate Republicans voted for the Family and Medical Leave Act; a telecommunications reform passed 81-18; the welfare-reform compromise passed 78-21; the Brady Act gun-control bill only passed because of Republican support; the North American Free Trade Agreement passed 73-26; Biden’s crime bill passed 95-4. It was the passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 that frayed the political order in ways from which we haven’t recovered. For the first time in contemporary history, a political party unilaterally crammed...

Jerusalem Post Breaking News BREAKING NEWS Gantz addresses Israeli COVID spike: Keep epidemiological centers open By JERUSALEM POST STAFF JUNE 21, 2021 13:34 Defense Minister Benny Gantz addressed the recent rise in COVID-19 cases throughout Israel, instructing that the Ellah epidemiological center remain open, after its planned closing. Back in September, the IDF's Home Front Command established the Ella unit to carry out epidemiological investigations to curb the rise in infections.

We now officially live in a subscription economy… and it’s worth trillions of dollars. The global live streaming market is predicted to hit $247 billion by 2027 … By the end of next year, IDC expects that 53% of all software revenue will come through subscription models. Some analysts think the car subscription market is set to grow by over 70% next year. It’s all about recurring revenue. And it’s one of the biggest trends of the decade because it dips into multiple trillion-dollar industries at once. This is how we spot a megatrend. In the past 5 years, when...

President Donald Trump stated during an appearance on Real America’s Voice that he “never admitted defeat” in the 2020 presidential election, and that he has not “conceded.” Trump added that he believes “there are a lot of things happening right now.” “No, I never admitted defeat, we have a lot of things happening right now,” Trump insisted to host David Brody. “I think that that was an election that was – I don’t think, all you have to do is read the newspapers and see what’s coming out now. No, I, the word is concede, I have not conceded.” On...

What is that again? A strange and puzzling spiral in the skies captured by hundreds of skywatchers across the Pacific Ocean. People across the south Pacific islands, including New Caledonia, Tokelau, Samoa and Fiji, all reported spotting the same spiral phenomenon in the skies on Friday night, June 18. The spectacular spiral formation baffled viewers, who recorded video and photographs of it and took to social media to share what they saw. This is very similar to what occurred in Norway a few years back… What do you think? Footage posted on social media shows the spiral shape expanding in...

California’s Chapman University will host separate graduation ceremonies this summer based on students' skin color, sexual orientation, and disability. In addition to the main commencement ceremony for all students, the private university will offer at least six more ceremonies, which are optional.A post on the university’s Instagram page said the school will hold a Black graduation, an APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) graduation, a lavender (LGBT) graduation, a disability graduation, a Middle Eastern graduation, and a Latinx graduation.