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Vickie White Nelson, 49, has deep roots in southern Maryland. Her ancestor, Regis Gough, was enslaved there on a plantation owned by Jesuits.RNS) — Vickie White Nelson, 49, has deep roots in southern Maryland. Her ancestor, Regis Gough — her mother’s great-great-grandfather — was enslaved on a plantation there owned by Jesuits and is listed among the Georgetown University 272, a list of enslaved persons the Jesuits sold to Louisiana plantations. But for some mysterious reason, Gough escaped being shipped west. “He was supposed to earn his freedom after 12 years, but he did not,” Nelson said. Nelson has been...

Pro-abortion protestors blocked a pro-life procession in Brooklyn, New York on Saturday morning. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio of Brooklyn told CNA on Monday that the attempts to silence the July 10 local Witness for Life procession were “very disturbing” and “disheartening.” Brooklyn’s Witness for Life day of prayer, which occurs on the second Saturday of each month, normally begins with an 8 a.m. Mass at St. Paul’s Church. A rosary procession to the local Planned Parenthood clinic seven blocks away follows Mass. Saturday’s gathering marked the third such procession in Brooklyn this year. However, on Saturday the group New York City...

The White House wasted no time in utilizing the star power of Gen-Z superstar Olivia Rodrigo on Wednesday, when press secretary Jen Psaki invited the 18-year-old singer up to the podium to brief the media on the importance of vaccines ahead of her meeting with President Biden and Dr. Fauci. Olivia, 18, was called upon to take the podium in the White House briefing room shortly after she was pictured arriving at the West Wing, looking every inch the pop sensation in a pink plaid Chanel suit, complete with a short mini skirt and matching jacket. The TikTok star, who...

Moscow, July 14, Interfax - Russia will not comply with the recommendation of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) to legalize same-sex marriage, because this is against the country's constitution, Mikhail Yemelyanov, first deputy chairman of the State Duma Committee for State-Building and Legislation, told Interfax. "The European convention [on human rights] does not explicitly state that countries must recognize same-sex marriages. As for the ECHR, since the adoption of the constitutional amendments, all their decisions should be checked on the subject of compliance with our constitution. They know themselves that their decision does not correspond to our constitution,...

Five-time Pro Bowler and one of the finest defensive players of his generation Richard Sherman has been booked for 'burglary domestic violence' following a late night arrest in Seattle in which he was subdued by a police dog. Sherman, who was formerly a key cog in the Seattle Seahawks' so-called 'Legion of Boom' defense, is currently being detained by authorities after being refused bail in the case and faces a potential felony charge related to the alleged incident. A spokesperson for the Redmond Police Department confirmed that they received a call from a member of the public at 2am local...

The Basketball planet ( biggest planet)Let's know some interesting facts about Jupiter's size-1.Do you know that by volume 1000 of earth can fit inside of it?2. Even if all planets combined, they can fit into this big planet.3. If Earth were a grape then Jupiter would be basketball by size.Read some more amazing facts about Jupiter - 19 amazing facts about Jupiter planet- read now.

Britain should introduce the world’s first tax on sugary and salty food, a report recommends today. The “snack tax” could add £3.4 billion a year to families’ shopping bills, with a 60p Mars bar costing 9p more. With 56 million people currently living in England, it means £60 per year will be added to each person’s food bill on average — £240 for a family of four. The money should be used to pay for GPs to prescribe fruit, vegetables and cookery classes on the NHS to help prevent obesity and ill health, the Government-commissioned review says. The radical proposals...

[h/t Sobieski at Kahlenberg Mtn.]Not hyperbole.Remember that the Special Rapporteur that investigated Israel came to the predetermined conclusion that Israel was an apartheid nation that committed war crimes, evidence to the contrary be dammed.The Special Rapporteur investigating America will come to the predetermined conclusion that America is the most racist, most unequal, most evil country on earth, evidence to the contrary be dammed.Then the Biden Administration will be forced to invite the UN to do something about it, which means handing over sovereignty to a bureaucratic cesspool that hates us and wants to take us down.This is a plan to...

Canadian doctor Charles Hoffe believes that the mRNA vaccines manufacture microscopic blood clots in the capillaries of the vaccinated and at least 60 percent could eventually succumb to heart failure. Charles Hoffe, who practices medicine at Lytton British Columbia, explained: “We now know that only 25 percent of the ‘vaccine’ injected into a person’s arm actually stays in your arm. The other 75 percent is collected by your lymphatic system and literally fed into your circulation so these little packages of messenger RNA, and by the way in a single dose of Moderna ‘vaccine’ there are literally 40 trillion mRNA...

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A George Floyd mural in Toledo, Ohio, was destroyed by what witnesses say was a lightning strike, police told WTVG-TV. What are the details? The building wall upon which the mural was painted collapsed, the station said, adding that WTVG's Doppler radar showed a lightning strike around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the block where the building — which used to house the Mugshots Bar — is located. In the aftermath, the station said Toledo police were seen outside the building and setting up tape around the pile of bricks upon which the artwork was crafted. The building itself is structurally...

@glennbeck If proof of a lab leak does come out, the world needs to know EVERYONE who was involved. Clip...

After decades of oppression, the Cuban people are rising up against the island nation’s authoritarian regime. Protesting the shortages and economic ruin wrought by their leaders’ centralized mismanagement, Cubans can be seen in videos calling for freedom and even touting the American flag.“The people are dying of hunger!” one woman in the province of Artemisa shouted during a filmed protest. “Our children are dying of hunger!”The Cuban people’s struggle against tyranny is rightfully winning support from many prominent Democrats and Republicans alike. Regardless of personal politics or ideology, most people still view the Cuban government’s violence against protesters and the...

“We have offered our sincerest apologies to these patients and their families.” An Ohio hospital transplanted a kidney into the wrong patient on July 2. An investigation is underway at University Hospitals in Cleveland following the incident. Two people were placed on administrative leave while the hospital investigates how the mixup occurred. An investigation at an Ohio hospital is underway after a kidney was transplanted into the wrong patient on July 2. Fortunately, the patient who received the kidney was compatible with the organ and should not face any of the ordinary side effects stemming from the kidney itself. The...

The difference between the communist system and the capitalist one is that both kick you in the ass, but in the communist one they kick you and you have to applaud, while in the capitalist one they kick you and you can scream. I came here to scream.— Reinaldo Arenas, Antes Que AnochezcaIt’s hard to convey to those who live in the free world what life is like under a totalitarian dictatorship. I’d never experienced anything remotely like it before I traveled to Cuba in 2017 to report a story for WIRED magazine, and it was one of the most...

A 30-year-old Ocala woman is facing multiple charges after a father and son were driven off the road and chased after she allegedly shot at them while they were in a vehicle. On July 6, a victim was found at the BP gas station located at 14055 West Highway 40 after claiming 30-year-old Alexis Council shot at him and his son. The victim claims while driving down the road, a grey Buick pulled out in front of him and blocked the road. The victim claims Council stepped out of the passenger side of the vehicle with a gun, pointed it...

Biden regime Secretary of State Anthony Blinken has officially called for the United Nations to occupy American Soil in the name of investigating ‘racism’ in the United States today. “Responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of their human rights record. Rather, they should be transparent with the intent to grow and do better. That is why I’m announcing a formal invitation for @UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism to visit the U.S.” Blinken tweeted out Tuesday night "I urge all U.N. member states to join the United States in this effort, and confront the scourge of racism,...

More Than 220,000 People Left the Catholic Church in Germany in 2020BERLIN, Germany — More than 220,000 people left Catholic Church in Germany in 2020, according to official figures released on Wednesday.The statistics issued by the German bishops’ conference on July 14 showed that 221,390 people exited the Catholic Church last year. The figure was almost 19% lower than that of 2019, when a record 272,771 people departed. But it was higher than the 2018 figure of 216,078, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner.In a July 14 statement, Bishop Georg Bätzing, president of the German bishops’ conference, said...

Sometimes, prophetic visions can appear in plain sight and still go largely unnoticed. Such was the case when a post appeared on Tik Tok showing the eastern retaining wall of the Temple Mount, an area bordered by a major thoroughfare. The ancient stones of Jerusalem host a variety of plant life including the prolific Throny Caper. Batya Vagshal, a religious Israeli woman, was shocked to see that the plants had grown to form the shapes of letters. The letters seemed to be ‘written’ in ktav ashuri, the calligraphy style used in writing sacred texts. Three letters were clearly seen: י...

I think for the first time something might actually be going on. Maybe just BS to string us along but Tucker finally reengaging on voter fraud is a good thing...