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ROME – In the first open debate in the Italian legislature of a controversial anti-homophobia bill following an unprecedented complaint from the Vatican on grounds of religious freedom, the bill survived two significant hurdles in the senate Tuesday and could be voted into law as early as next week. In a July 13 Senate assembly, lawmakers fiercely debated the so-called “ddl Zan,” with right wing politicians pushing for it to be returned to the Senate Justice Committee for modification, and leftist parties arguing that after eight months of deliberation, with the bill having been approved by the House in February,...

Los Angeles County officials released a new Health Officer Order Thursday requiring masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. The new order will go into effect on Saturday night at 11:59 p.m.

[Catholic Caucus] Mythbusting: How Much of the 1962 Missal is Actually Used in the Post-Vatican II Missal?In a recent article in Notitiae, the new Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, Archbishop Arthur Roche, made the following claim about the textual relationship between the ‘old’ and ‘new’ Missals:While the Missal retains the basic structure of that of Saint Pius V, together with ninety percent of the texts of that Missal, it removes a number of repetitions and accretions and simplifies the language and the gestures of the liturgy. At the same time, it uses...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Two Republican state representatives in Ohio have introduced legislation requiring doctors to tell women undergoing drug-induced abortions about a disputed treatment for potentially stopping the abortion process. The legislation announced Thursday requires physicians administering a chemical abortion to inform a patient prior to, or soon after, taking the first of two pills prescribed that it may be possible to reverse the process. The American College of Obstretricians and Gynocologists says that position is not supported by science. The bill’s backers characterized it as an extension of Ohio’s existing informed consent laws. Abortion-rights advocates said it’s “founded...

The FReeper Canteen Presents... Tell Us Where You’re From With A Song*Video* North To Alaska *Video* Tiny Bubbles Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and veterans and their families, and is family friendly.

On Armistice Day 1938, cheerful Kate Smith approached the microphones to say,Hello Everybody. It is my happy privilege to introduce a new song:God Bless AmericaKate Smith singing GOD BLESS AMERICAIt is well-known that this beloved song was written by Irving Berlin. What may not be common knowledge is that "Irving" was the anglicisation of his birth name, which wasISRAEL"...widely considered one of the greatest songwriters in American history. His music forms a great part of the Great American Songbook." God Bless America is a solemn prayer, composed by a man named Israel.While listening to the song, I formatted the text...

The notorious Black Dahlia murder in Los Angeles in 1947 is arguably the most gruesome of America's cold cases ever. The body of aspiring starlet Elizabeth Short was found beside a sidewalk in a vacant lot in a southern Los Angeles suburb and shocked even the most hardened newspaper crime reporters.

An auditor helping lead the 2020 election audit in Maricopa County, Arizona, said Thursday that it is "critically important" auditors gain access to a contested set of data machines that the county is refusing to hand over. Maricopa County has for months refused to hand over county-owned routers subpoenaed by the Arizona state Senate, despite a judge earlier this year ruling the subpoena valid, effectively ordering the county to comply. County officials have claimed that the routers, if surrendered, could constitute a security risk if sensitive data within them is leaked. At the state Senate hearing on Thursday, one of...

"Guess you guys aren't ready for that yet, but your kids are gonna love it." —Marty McFly after playing "Johnny B. Goode" to the crowd at the Enchantment Under the Sea dance in Back to the Future Admittedly, this is going to be one of those mind-melting articles designed to get you to think beyond the plain reading of the text, and envisage both the logic and the logistics of Revelation chapter five. I don't have any answers for this, however, I have a ton of questions and some speculations as to what I "think" happens, but I am by...

At least one of three counties targeted for a forensic investigation of Pennsylvania’s 2020 presidential election has said it will not allow access to its voting machines. Pennsylvania Sen. Doug Mastriano, chair of the Intergovernmental Operations Committee, sent letters to election officials in three Pennsylvania counties, Philadelphia, York, and Tioga, requesting access to voting machines and information to be used as evidence in a forensic analysis of the 2020 election. Tioga County Commissioners decided not to provide access after receiving a directive from the Pennsylvania Department of State ordering county boards of elections not to provide any access to third...

Brian Kolfage posted this on Gettr today and last week he warned of it. The state of NY directed by Letitia James is trying to manufacture a case against Stephen K Bannon and We Build The Wall, Inc. They have no victims and want to manipulate donors into becoming victims with their propaganda. This is what political targeting looks like, its happening right now. They are actively attempting to manufacture a crime to topple Bannon with BOGUS charges after he was already pardoned on federal charges by President Trump. https://populist.press/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/3.jpg Just last week Brian Kolfage posted this statement about the...

The National Football League (NFL) will be playing the “Black National Anthem” as “a prominent part of all big league events,” including the Super Bowl, NFL Playoffs, NFL Draft, and NFL Kickoff game, according to a new report. The NFL also played the anthem, “Lift Every Voice And Sing,” during the first week of the 2020 season. The Daily Wire notes that the NFL already featured Alicia Keys and the Cleveland All-City Choir singing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” before Super Bowl LV and even before the 2021 NFL Draft. End racism. #ItTakesAllOfUs pic.twitter.com/IU4G626FvQ — NFL (@NFL) September 10, 2020...

Georgia Secretary of State attacks his own as the Fulton County election mess heats up in Georgia. Unfortunately, everyone now knows he oversaw the mess.Yesterday, eight months after the 2020 Election, FOX News’ Tucker Carlson finally woke up and realized there was fraud in Fulton County, Georgia.https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/fantastic-tucker-carlson-covers-election-fraud-fulton-county-georgia-8-months-election-background-reports-video/This was after President Trump responded to the news coming out of Fulton County yesterday on election fraud.https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/president-trump-news-georgia-beyond-incredible-will-lose-country-allowed-stand/This all comes after numerous issues were uncovered in Fulton County by the team of auditors with VoterGA.https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/hard-evidence-presented-duplicate-ballots-counted-fulton-county-georgia-2020-election/As we have previously reported Fulton County election officials cleared out election observers and the media from the State Farm...

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy revealed during the White House news briefing Thursday that he’s lost 10 family members to the coronavirus. Murthy, who joined the briefing in an effort to urge Americans to get their shots amid lagging vaccination rates, was candid about his own experience during the pandemic. His family members who died were in both the U.S. and India. He said it was “painful” to know that “nearly every death we are seeing now” from Covid-19 in the U.S. could have been prevented with vaccines. “I say that as someone who has lost 10 family members to Covid-19...

For the first time, a female sailor has completed the 37-week training course to become a Naval Special Warfare combatant-craft crewman (SWCC) on Thursday, the Associated Press reported.The Associated Press reported the unnamed female sailor was one of 17 sailors to graduate and receive their SWCC course pins on Thursday. She is the first of 18 female sailors who have entered either the SWCC or Navy SEAL training pipelines to actually succeed.Rear Adm. H.W. Howard III told the Associated Press, “Becoming the first female to graduate from a Naval Special Warfare training pipeline is an extraordinary accomplishment and we are...

After the 2020 election, Army General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, compared President Donald Trump to Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and Trump’s supporters in the MAGA movement to Nazi brownshirts. This only further underscores conservative fears about President Joe Biden’s efforts to root out “extremism” in the military.“Milley told his staff that he believed Trump was stoking unrest, possibly in hopes of an excuse to invoke the Insurrection Act and call out the military,” Washington Post reporters Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker wrote in their forthcoming book I Alone Can Fix It, CNN reported.According to the...

The video is done in fun to show both how propaganda can be used to spin anything and that there are some plot holes in Star Wars. Rebuttal and sequel videos are being planned, so feel free to leave a comment and I may discuss it in long form. For over four decades, there has been debate on who the true villains and heroes of the Star Wars Saga are. With over 30 minutes of content and discussion, I feel that a fair argument can be made in favor of The Empire. I am not implying that the empire, sith,...

A law enforcement source within U.S. Customs and Border Protection says ICE Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers are ramping up their release or “Alternatives to Detention” capabilities. Cell phones with tracking apps will eventually replace ankle monitoring bracelets, according to the source. The source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, says the phones will allow for GPS tracking and check-ins using facial recognition. The available supply of ankle bracelets will be issued until depleted–at which time the phones will circulate. The source notes the ankle monitoring efforts have proven expensive and, in many cases, the devices are...

Steve McQueen had a rough childhood. Between two abusive stepfathers, an alcoholic mother who abandoned him, and growing up in a reform school, it’s no surprise the famous actor viewed the Marine Corps as a great escape from life’s hardships. Before he was a movie star or a jarhead, “The King of Cool” worked a long list of dirty jobs, including one stint as a roughneck on an oil rig and one as a “towel boy” at a brothel, which prepared him for the grimy existence of an enlisted Marine. McQueen enlisted in 1947 as a tank engine mechanic and...

“Be devoted to one another in brotherly love…” Romans 12:10“…Honor one another above yourselves. Romans 12:10“Live in harmony with one another…” Romans 12:16“Owe no man anything but to Love one another…” Romans 13:8“…Stop passing judgment on one another.” Romans 14:13“Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you…” Romans 15:17“…Instruct one another.” Romans 16:7“Greet one another with a holy kiss…” Romans 16:16In just this brief sampling of New Testament Commands, drawn from the book of Romans, I want to show you the vision of Jesus for his body of believers. Since we are “members, one of another,” we must live...