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47 shot, 5 fatally, in Chicago since Friday night CHICAGO - Five people have been killed and at least 42 others wounded in shootings across Chicago since Friday night. Last weekend, 13 people were killed and 33 others wounded in shootings citywide

“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know that even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson In the event all that fails to improve the lot of human life on earth perhaps you...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump's false claims of a stolen election have been debunked by the courts, his own Justice Department and scores of recounts. But in the battleground state of Pennsylvania, where Trump lost by 80,000 votes eight months ago, they're finding new signs of life. **SNIP** Sean Parnell, a candidate for U.S. Senate, said that “half the state” not trusting the election result is a problem that can be remedied with an audit, and dismissed the official state and county audits as simply “recounts" that were inadequate to investigate allegations that something went wrong. “And...

President Donald Trump’s greatest sin was threatening the power and privilege of the Ruling Class. For that, it will never stop seeking to bludgeon him, those seeking to carry his mantle, or their tens of millions of supporters—those icky, intransigent, irredeemables, judged as such because they refuse to submit. In so doing, it has shown that it presents the very authoritarian threat it claimed he did. The Ruling Class raved that Trump was a tyrant, madman, and traitor in part because it believed it needed to delegitimize him to neutralize a threat to the racket it has had going at...

A few years into waiting for “the storm” to sweep away former President Donald Trump’s enemies, some believers in the prophetic QAnon conspiracy theory have decided to take matters into their own hands. These “digital soldiers” aren’t picking up guns or marching on the Capitol - though many actually did that. Instead, nearly 100 Q-aligned candidates ran for Congress in the 2020 election, according to watchdog site Media Matters for America, with dozens of others running for governor, state legislature seats and county offices. Some were hardcore Q evangelists, while others had merely retweeted a QAnon hashtag. But all had...

The Democratic party boasts so many heroes, it’s sometimes hard to keep up. Recently, Rep. Andy Kim revealed that he will be donating his J. Crew wool suit to the Smithsonian Institute. An AP photographer captured the congressman in the Rotunda picking up some trash after the January 6 riots. ‘So I found a roll of trash bags, got down on my knees, and just started trying to clean up a place I love.’ This kind of courage begs the question — can an Emmy award be far behind? After all, not all heroes wear capes, but one definitely wore...

Allison Hopper, in an op-ed somehow published in Scientific American, declared that "denial of evolution" is a form of "white supremacy" and perpetuates violence against Black people. (In reality, it is Black people who perpetuate violence against Black people, not a denial of evolution. That is simply a statistical fact.) Hopper's bio states that she is a "filmmaker and designer." There's a shock! Imagine that! A self-professed artist ("artiste"?) who is projecting her privilege onto others! Hopper opined: "I want to unmask the lie that evolution denial is about religion and recognize that at its core, it is a form...

Is he insane? It's the very presence of shelter beds and social service treatment centers, which have proliferated in San Diego, which makes it so easy to be homeless and out and about on the prowl. Gloria in fact has requested $10 million for more homeless services, doing his best to catch up with San Francisco. Gloria seems to think that more homeless shelters in residential neighborhoods are actual solutions -- hence, his arch little statement tailored to lefties that they should be "part of the solution" by welcoming in more homeless shelters to their neighborhoods. It's a stunning kind...

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One cannot avert one’s eyes from witnessing a catastrophe, e.g., a train wreck, or so it is popularly said. But train wrecks cease being entertaining when you are on the train. But for the fact that we are on the Government-Big Tech train wreck, it would be popcorn time. White House officials are notifying Facebook about posts that allegedly spread COVID-19 misinformation as part of efforts by President Joe Biden's administration to combat what U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy described as "an imminent and insidious threat to our nation's health." Murthy and White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki discussed their...

Humanity rises or humanity falls. Greg Reese reports. Video...

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Thanks for joining us as we conclude our two-part series about angels in the Bible. As a refresher, here is last week’s Old Testament study. Joining us again is Mike Aquilina, author of “Angels of God,” offering more of his angel insight. He has written numerous books and is Executive Vice President of the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Mike tells us, “Angels are everywhere in the New Testament as they are in the Old but with an important difference. In the Old Testament, angels act more like our superiors where they often served as guardians, but in the...

Democrats embrace leftist mobs with one aim: power. Forty years ago there was a great show on NBC called Hill Street Blues. It was an early player in the gritty police drama genre, à la The Wire or Bosch. The ensemble show was led by Daniel J. Travanti playing Capt. Frank Furillo and his love interest, the stunning Veronica Hamel as public defender Joyce Davenport. In one episode, the police had arrested a suspect for a particularly heinous crime and Davenport was his attorney. There was a giant mob in front of the jail demanding the suspect’s head. Furillo knew...

The prospect of a national at-your-front-door vaccination program represents a massive Fourth Amendment assault that threatens the future of the country’s Constitutional republic. As if the conflict between American parents, their public school districts and CDC requirements were not already enough to create a firestorm of unpredictable proportions, President Joe Biden has dramatically increased the stakes by announcing a door to door policy to inoculate millions of Americans. The prospect of a national at-your-front-door vaccination program represents a massive Fourth Amendment assault that threatens the future of the country’s Constitutional republic. As appears to have been the case since Covid...

Cuban protestors have been seen flying the American flag as a symbol of freedom and democracy over the past couple of days. But do young Americans think the flag represents the same thing? Campus Reform reporter Ophelie Jacobson talked with students in front of the United States Capitol about the American flag and what it means to them. “Shame,” one student said. “I felt like if I had the American flag and was associated with the American identity, I would be associated with a lot of bigotry, racism and sexism.” Another student said, “It’s a symbol of hurt.” Read the...

PHOENIX (AP) — Former President Donald Trump issued three statements in two days falsely claiming that voting fraud and irregularities cost him Arizona's electoral votes.... TRUMP: “168,000 fraudulent ballots printed on illegal paper (unofficial ballots)” THE FACTS: All of that is false. The ballots were not unofficial or printed on illegal paper, and even Logan never alleged they were fraudulent.... TRUMP, citing “74,000 mail in ballots received that were never mailed (magically appearing ballots)." THE FACTS: No, there were no magically appearing ballots. He is alleging that the number of filled-out ballots received in the mail by election officials exceeded...

There’s no shame inherent in skin color, a personal aspect of our biology which we do not control. First, they came for the white cis-gendered hetero-normative males...but I wasn’t male. You can imagine the rest of the verses. I am white, though; not just any white -- fish belly white. If that’s a problem for anyone, please go dig up my Welsh, Irish, and Scottish ancestors and have a word with them. Better still, dig up my African ancestors from 50,000 years ago who departed the continent on foot heading north, and ask them why. I bet their sifted remains...

The Talk Shows July18th, 2021 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchored by Chris Wallass. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.); Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. Iranian journalist and activist Masih Alinejad. Panel of Wallass idiots: Karl Rove; Susan Page, USA Today; Harold Ford Jr.MEET THE PRESS (NBC): Hosted by Chuck U. Toad: Preempted by coverage of the British Open golf tournament. FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Mayor Ken McClure (I-Springfield, Mo.); former FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb; former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Michael Mullen; former director of Cybersecurity and...

2 people were debating this back-and-forth and I will provide their back-and-forth discussion here: Person 1: "PRAISE BE JESUS THARE ARE 5 000 Members in our Parish There is no Latin Rite and no interest Our Parish is multi National origins Everyone Speaks and understands MASS With Latin Prayers in Liturgy On Sunday and Holy Days. Pope Francis has the keys to loose and bind. Pope Francis did not rush this decision He had 11 days in Hospital to pray and reflect. This is a challenge of Obedience sign of HOLY SPIRIT PRESENCE. Pray the MISSA with REVERENCE. PRAY FOR...