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In one of her first on-camera interviews with a national news outlet since being confirmed as U.S. assistant secretary of health in late March, Rachel Levine discussed Sen. Rand Paul’s criticism of her during her confirmation hearing. Speaking on “60 Minutes Plus” on CBS’s streaming service Paramount Plus, Levine discussed her support for gender-affirming care, which came up at her Senate confirmation hearing during questioning by Paul, a Republican from Kentucky, on Feb. 25. Paul compared gender reassignment surgery with genital mutilation. “Genital mutilation has been nearly universally condemned. Dr. Levine you have supported both allowing minors to be given...

Critical Race Theory will destroy a noble institution built entirely on colorblind merit. On 17 August 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower prescribed a Code of Conduct for members of the Armed Forces of the United States. The purpose was to inform each service member in a combat unit about their basic responsibilities when engaged in combat or if they were captured by enemy forces. Of the six articles, the first and sixth articles are particularly powerful reminders about the Armed Forces’ mission and the dedication each member requires to complete that mission: Article 1 I am an American, fighting in...

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Donald Trump, Queen Elizabeth, and Vladimir Putin all die and go to Hell. While there, they spy a red phone and ask what the phone is for. The Devil tells them it is for calling back to Earth. Putin asks to call Russia and talks for 5 minutes. When he is finished the Devil informs him that the cost is a million dollars, so Putin writes him a check. Next Queen Elizabeth calls England and talks for 30 minutes. When she is finished the Devil informs her that the cost is 6 million dollars, so she writes him a check....

Inflation increased by 5 percent from May 2020 to May 2021, as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The projected inflation for the coming year sits at 2.26 percent. Still, those saving for retirement and considering their future are frequently feeling nervous. Perhaps rightly so. “While a moderate and consistent degree of inflation is generally considered a sign of economic health, rapid price increases can have a destabilizing effect on an economy, and they can jeopardize hard-earned retirement savings,” says Thomas J. Brock, a financial advisor at Best Small Business Loans. “Over a sustained period of time, the...

“First of all, three or four years ago I went on CNN and said that I was a believer in two things, the First Amendment and boobs,” Travis explained during his appearance on “The Megyn Kelly Show” podcast on Monday. “It’s sort of an irreverent, zany line to drop,” he added. “It isn’t very serious. CNN lost its mind when I went on and said that. On top of that, like a week later, Hugh Hefner died, probably the original First Amendment and boobs spokesperson. And they treated it like he was a head of state who had died. So...

An Oregon school has declared itself as “white supremacist” in its newly proposed “Antiracist Vision Statement.” “Beaverton School District perpetuates institutional racism and embodies a white supremacist culture,” reads the “Equitable Policies Board Report” put forth by the “Equitable Policies Task Force” at the school. The draft, which the task force members believe will pass in a vote Monday, is part of the school’s “Antiracist Vision Statement.” It promised to “confront” and “eliminate” all forms of “conscious” and “unconscious” racism and “bias” from Beaverton schools while calling for “permanent” funding to help accomplish the vision. The story comes after a...

A new homeowner got more than she bargained for when a group of men broke into her newly-purchased New Jersey home and claimed the property as their 'ancestral home'. In a TikTok video that has garnered over 325,000 views, Shanetta Little, 37, or @regblackgrl, describes her bizarre encounter with the extremist group known as Moorish Sovereign Citizens, in a 49-part 'story time' explanation which ended with a SWAT team being called in. Moorish Sovereign Citizens has been labeled an extremist group of squatters who do not recognize the authority of the United States government or its laws. In the video,...

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – While many traditional home buyers are being squeezed out of the market by inflated real estate prices and builders are working to keep up with demand amongst the shortage of skilled labor and supplies, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is making it easier for buyers with a load of student debt to purchase their first home. Student debt has risen to historic levels over the past 20 years, putting those who should typically be able to afford a home out of the market completely. Now, the FHA is relaxing the way it assesses student-loan debt when...

The Civilian Complaint Review Board has recommended discipline against 39 officers, including police brass, over their response in last year’s George Floyd protests, according to a new report released Monday. The city’s police watchdog issued an update on its investigation into the NYPD’s handling of the protests last summer, saying it has so far substantiated 26 complaints of misconduct against the nearly 40 officers. Among the recommended discipline were departmental charges against 14 cops — including Enrico Lauretta, who had a pair of complaints sustained for discourtesy and offensive language after flashing a white power sign during a June demonstration....

Dean Trantalis, the Fort Lauderdale mayor who has faced swift criticism for calling a deadly car crash at a Pride parade a "terrorist attack against the LGBT community," said he regretted the comments. "I regret the fact that I said it was a terrorist attack because we found out that it was not," he told a crowd at a vigil Sunday night. "But I don’t regret my feelings. I don’t regret that I felt terrorized by someone who plowed through the crowd." Police said the driver lost control of his truck and plowed through the crowd at the beginning of...

The Washington Post has been branded 'neoracist,' and as promoting a 'pseudoreligious movement' for the latest episode of its podcast series urging readers to hold 'white accountability groups' and feel 'deep shame' over their race. Its series, hosted by Nicole Ellis and called the New Normal, launched last spring, originally to discuss the coronavirus pandemic. The podcast shifted to conversations about race after the death of George Floyd last year. New Normal's latest episode, launched on Friday, discusses how white people can combat white supremacy, among them were forming so-called 'white accountability groups.' 'An antiracist culture does not exist among...

Our culinary repertoires are bursting at the seams – all thanks to TikTok. Over the past year, we’ve learned how to make both feta and Boursin pasta, French onion chicken, whipped coffees and more. But now a new craze on the platform is turning traditional food genres on their head. People are making their own Oreo sushi, by deconstructing the popular sweet treat and turning it into a Japanese-inspired dessert. TikTok user @siennasweets_ shows how to reinvent the classic snack at home in one of her videos. Anyone looking to give it a go should first remove all the Oreo...

June 22 , 2021 Memorial of Thomas More, English martyr Roman Catholic Church of the English Martyrs, Tower Hill, London, UK Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green First readingGenesis 13:2,5-18 ©Abram settles in the land of Canaan and builds an altar to the LordAbram was a very rich man, with livestock, silver and gold. Lot, who was travelling with Abram, had flocks and cattle of his own, and tents too. The land was not sufficient to accommodate them both at once, for they had too many possessions to be able to live together. Dispute broke out between the herdsmen of Abram’s...

Tucker Carlson mocked his CNN rival Don Lemon for having a black face cookie jar in his $4.3 million Hamptons home. Carlson took aim at CNN host Don Lemon Monday evening, accusing him of hypocrisy after recent comments in which he called America racist, and in particular for having the in the offensive ornament visible in his Sag Harbor home. He said: 'You've heard from the White House and the President himself that white supremacy is a lurking threat and you might not see it but it's always there like Russian spies, white supremacists, in the dark of night and...

New analysis of President Biden's tax proposals has suggested that nearly 60 percent of Americans may still face bigger bills, despite his continued promise that no one earning less than $400,000 a year would be impacted. The findings from the nonpartisan Tax Policy Center show that the majority of the burden would be placed on America's richest families - also known as the one-percenters - earning more than $800,000. Around 99.8 percent earning between $500,00 and $1million will pay more an average of $8,810 more in taxes each year.

Thousands of Belarusians escaping a political crackdown by President Alexander Lukashenko have fled to neighbouring Poland in the past year, but their long-term future there is uncertain. ..As turmoil shook Belarus, Poland proclaimed itself a European leader in supporting Belarusian opposition politicians, calling for more European Union funding, launching a special aid program for 50 million zlotys ($13 million)and easing visa procedures for Belarusians. According to the Polish foreign ministry and Poland's Office for Foreigners, nearly 10,000 Belarusians have applied for humanitarian visas or asylum in the past year.

“A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold” (Proverbs 22:1).

A pair of LGBT pride organizers were publicly shamed by Seattle officials after complaining that an event seeking to charge white people $50 'reparations' to attend was reverse racism. Philip Lipson and Charlette LeFevre were slammed and publicly shamed by Seattle's Human Rights Commission which shared their complaint, complete with their unobscured phone number, as well as the Commission's response on Twitter. The event which triggered the complaint, Taking B[l]ack Pride, is free, but organizers have told 'white allies and accomplices' they 'will be charged a $10 to $50 reparations fee that will be used to keep this event free...

Dr. Ai Fen is a doctor at the Wuhan Central Hospital. She was perhaps among the first doctors to discover the Wuhan virus. After speaking out against the authorities, Dr. Ai Fen has gone missing. WION's Palki Sharma brings you the Ai Fen