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As many of you know, I have long been an advocate for those abused at Independent Fundamentalist Baptist (IFB) teen group homes (re-education camps). These homes, some of which are still in existence, routinely used violence to force teenagers into “Biblical” submission. Some of the residents were sexually violated. Where was the state, you ask? Sitting on the sidelines, often ignoring the cries of those beaten, abused, sexually molested, and raped. One such home was the New Bethany Home for Girls, owned and operated by IFB preacher Mack Ford. Ford, who died February 11, 2015, was a protégé of famed...

Coal was supposed to be headed to the dust bin of history as the world increasingly embraces renewable energy. After all, many countries were shutting down these sooty, air-choking power plants. Mines closed, coal companies went bankrupt, and utilities started to replace coal-fired electricity generation with natural gas or wind and solar energy. But it turns out that weaning the world off fossil fuels, particularly the dirtiest fuel of them all, isn’t going to be easy or quick, as coal’s price and demand have been revived this year. Transitions take time. “From our point of view, the energy transition was...

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) holds an 11-point lead over Republican challenger Jack Ciattarelli in next week’s gubernatorial race in a new Monmouth University poll released Wednesday. Murphy enjoys the support of 50 percent of registered voters who were surveyed, compared with 39 percent for Ciattarelli, a former state lawmaker. The margin marks a slight decrease from the same poll in August and September, which showed Ciattarelli with leads of 16 points and 13 points, respectively. Still, the poll showing a double-digit margin is likely to ease Democrats' concerns after another poll released last week showed Murphy ahead by...

Al Gore's investment management firm will launch a new climate-focused asset fund ahead of COP26, the global climate conference that begins next week. The new fund is backed by a household-name group of investors. Those include Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund, the IMAS Foundation—a foundation tied to the parent foundation that controls IKEA—Harvard Management Company, which invests Harvard's endowment, an impact investing subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, Hall Capital Partners, and the investment fund of the Republic of Ireland. The group behind the fund said it would invest in "catalytic" climate solutions in energy, transport and industry, as well as "natural" climate...

Have you heard these stories? (Warning: This is not an easy thread to read) Crying face The purpose of this thread is not to say “get the Syringe” or “don’t get it”. That’s (hopefully) your choice. The purpose is to help spread awareness of these victim’s stories. Many testimonial vids like these are being scrubbed from social media. You will hear them say this. Like this video states, don’t be one of the “this is fake” or “this is rare” people. If you have proof anything is fake, prove it, and I will delete the video. This is also not...

A baked beans fan says he may never be able to eat his favorite food again – after he found an “eye” in his can. Martin Ford, 54, opened up the Branston Baked Beans for his dinner after a busy day working on a construction site. He had bought the tin just seven days previously as part of a multipack of four from his local Tesco in Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom. But the laborer was a sight for sore eyes after he fished out what looked like a pupil from the bowl just moments after he had heated it up....

-snip- On Wednesday, Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza and Santa Fe District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies will conduct a joint news conference to discuss the ongoing investigation. The event will begin at 9 a.m. PT and will be live streamed on the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s office Facebook page. Click here to watch it. Deadline will have live coverage throughout, so check back here for the latest.

As part of his effort to bring awareness to the vast network of Chinese slave labor camps, Enes Kanter has again addressed Nike Owner Phil Knight asking him to stop using Chinese slave labor to make Nike’s products. In a Tuesday tweet, Kanter wrote, “How about I book plane tickets for us and let’s fly to China together. We can try to visit these SLAVE labor camps, and you can see it with your own eyes.” He also invited LeBron James and Michael Jordan along on the trip.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Portland is believed to be the first city in the country to offer bereavement leave for pregnancy loss to city employees. City Commissioner Mingus Mapps touted the new policy in a Tuesday interview with KATU News. "Policies like this are exceptionally rare in the United States," said Mapps. "In fact, Portland may be unique in the nation for providing leave to people who are mourning the loss of an unborn child." The policy covers situations like abortion, stillbirths and miscarriages. While the intent is to help employees cope with loss, Mapps sees other benefits. "We also wanted...

As more Americans receive protection from natural immunity after Covid-19 infection, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has withheld the total number of infections from the public, even though it is undeniably information that belongs to the public. For months, the CDC updated its website with information including estimates of Covid-19 infected people in the U.S. However, prior to the Delta variant of Covid-19 spreading widely, the CDC abruptly stopped updating that information. The last published update as of the time of this publication was May 29, almost five months ago. At that time, CDC estimated 120.2 million people in...

--(snip)-- Sometimes referred to as "assault weapons" or "military-style rifles," this class of firearm can encompass many different kinds of guns -- not just the more well-known rifles, such as the AK and AR-15 series weapons. The term "assault weapon" generally encompasses a wide range of models, including the UZI rifle and pistol, the Beretta AR-70, the SKS rifle and more, according to the California Attorney General's Assault Weapons Identification Guide. AR-15 style rifles are rifles "modeled on the AR-15 platform and that fire the same caliber cartridges," Klarevas said, such as the Smith & Wesson M&P15 and the Ruger...

This week, Democrats settled on an area of apparent commonality: the desire to eat the rich. According to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, "Senator Wyden and the Senate Finance Committee ... would impose a tax on unrealized gains on liquid assets held by extremely wealthy individuals, billionaires." While Yellen refused to call this a "wealth tax," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had no such qualms: "We probably will have a wealth tax," she said. This has long been a talking point for the most Marxist-leaning Democrats, like Sen. Elizabeth Warren, who famously proposed a 2% wealth tax on all assets of a...

Capitol Police are closing off roads around the complex due to a bomb threat at the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) building on Wednesday morning. Around 10 a.m., the below stated roads have been closed to traffic: Independence Avenue Southwest between Washington Avenue and Third Street Southwest. Washington Avenue Southwest between Independence Avenue and C Street Southwest C Street between Second Street and Third Street Southwest D Street Southwest between Second Street and Fourth Street Southwest Second Street Southwest between Independence Avenue and Street Southwest

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed -- the woman at the center of the "Rust" death investigation -- was also recently tied to the death of a close friend, and her insurance company shelled out big bucks to his family. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Reed's friend, Tyler Dyer, was killed in an accident back in August 2020 -- a wreck that also involved her boyfriend, Aaron Butcher. Both men were on motorcycles at the time -- Aaron had borrowed Hannah's. Tyler's dad tells us all 3 of them had been hanging out at a party prior to the accident -- and...

THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 13:22-30 Friends, our Gospel for today features a question that people have been asking from time immemorial and that they still ask today: "Lord, will only a few people be saved?" Heaven, hell, salvation, damnation, who will be in and who will be out? We have remained fascinated with these questions for a long time. Here’s how I would recommend we approach this issue. The doctrine concerning hell is a corollary of two more fundamental truths, namely, that God is love and that we are free. Love (willing the good of the other) is...

Amid the chaos of the final US withdrawal from Afghanistan, commentators from across the political spectrum have lamented the abandonment of our Afghan allies, many of whom served critical roles in our military’s mission. Many have also reiterated the commitment to honor our veterans from the twenty-year Global War on Terror. resident Biden explicitly said as much in his address to the nation on August 31: “The cost of war they will carry with them their whole lives [sic].” Unfortunately, America has already abandoned its veterans—though not in the way most people may think. By any measure, we give more...

The small-town family doctor angling to become Minnesota’s next governor smiled, leaned into the camera and told his Facebook viewers that Sweden had just paused the Moderna vaccine for people under age 30 over “significant concern” about heart inflammation. Dr. Scott Jensen, clad in a white lab coat, quickly pivoted: “So what happens to military people who are threatened with a dishonorable discharge if they are unwilling to potentially put their heart health at risk?” The post swiftly racked up thousands of views and favorable comments — evidence of Jensen’s early success in tapping conservative anger at the Democratic strategy...

The Biden State Department announced new changes to U.S. passports Wednesday morning and will allow passport holders to list their gender as "X" on the international travel document. "The Department of State continues the process of updating its policies regarding gender markers on U.S. passports and Consular Reports of Birth Abroad (CRBAs) to better serve all U.S. citizens, regardless of their gender identity. As the Secretary announced in June, the Department is moving towards adding an X gender marker for non-binary, intersex, and gender non-conforming persons applying for a U.S. passport or CRBA," State Department spokesperson Ned Price released in...

Report: Jill Has Been Asking If There’s A Process To Remove A Sitting VP The infighting between Kamala Harris and Jill Biden continues. According to Human Events Senior Editor Jack Posobiec, Jill Biden has been asking if there’s a process to remove a sitting Vice President. This isn’t the first time that Jill Biden and Kamala Harris have reportedly had issues. According to Human Events Senior Editor Jack Posobiec, the comments Kamala Harris made about going to Europe were directed at Jill Biden.

American media doesn’t care much about Oct. 28 and Oxi Day, literally “The Day of the No.” But I care about it, because a man I loved was there. Oxi Day, (pronounced O-hee), is the day that Greece said “No” to the Axis powers and changed the course of World War II at terrible cost. On Oxi Day, I think of that man. My father. He wasn’t political. Politicians were talkers and he was not much of a talker. He was a boy in the Greek Army then, from the village of Rizes on Oct. 28, 1940, when Mussolini, backed...