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As tensions persist between the U.S. and China over the future of Taiwan, Chinese state media has warned a "military showdown will come" and described the possible scenario as "a life-and-death struggle" between the nations. The Global Times, which is published by the ruling Chinese Communist Party, shared the opinion article on Friday after U.S. military officials have increasingly warned about China's threat to Taiwan's autonomy. The editorial highlighted remarks from U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro, who expressed concern this past week about the "rapid expansion" of China's navy. Taiwan, an island nation, is claimed by China...

HOUSTON (AP) — A woman charged in connection with the death of her 8-year-old son, whose skeletal remains decomposed for months inside a Houston-area apartment with three surviving but abandoned siblings, continued to receive government assistance on his behalf even after he was allegedly beaten to death by her boyfriend, a prosecutor said Friday. Gloria Y. Williams, 35, remains jailed after being charged with felony injury to a child by omission, injury to a child (causing serious bodily injury) and tampering with evidence (human corpse). Her boyfriend, Brian W. Coulter, 31, has been charged with murder and also remains jailed....

JUST IN - 5th Circuit panel believes the OSHA vaccine mandate has "grave statutory and constitutional issues". Biden admin ordered to respond by 11-8-21. Federal Court of Appeals just issued a temporary halt to Biden’s vaccine mandate, Texas Governor Abbott announces.

https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/21/21-60845.0.pdf

Authorities were able to find a missing 16-year-old girl after she caught the attention of a driver by using hand gestures popularized on the social media platform TikTok. According to the Laurel County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky, the girl was inside a silver-colored Toyota car when the driver saw her using hand signals known on TikTok "to represent violence at home — I need help — domestic violence." After recognizing what the signals meant and seeing that the teen "appeared to be in distress," the driver called 911, the sheriff's office said in a statement. The alert led to the...

More than 70 flights transporting migrants from the southern border to Jacksonville have landed in the dark of night in recent months as the Biden administration struggles to empty overflowing border facilities, the office of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. It is the first time the state of Florida has disclosed the number of confirmed flights arriving in the state since the summer. The governor's office has scrambled in recent weeks to uncover who is facilitating the mystery flights landing in northern Florida daily, but the Biden administration has refused to disclose any information, one official said.

Long-time New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney brushed off his election day defeat at the hands of a political novice, insisting that "this ain't over yet. I just heard that another 12,000 ballots have been found in the trunk of a car in Newark. That's more than enough to change the outcome. Just last year they were still counting votes in the 2020 presidential election long after election day. So, there's still time to turn this election around if we keep working on it." "Besides, the notion that a truck driver who spent a total of $153 on his campaign...

Texas Invasion Continues 06 November 2021 Del Rio, Texas Frontline of Freedom vs. Tyranny Mind-dump sans edit I was on Mexico side yesterday with Auden Cabello of America’s Voice and Josh Philipp from Epoch Times. Auden is American who lives in Acuna, Mexico, just across the border from Del Rio, Texas. Auden made the viral video of the invaders under the bridge that spurred the Lying Beast to ban drone flights. Mexico side allows drone flights. We had free access in Mexico. Auden said practically no journalists come to Mexican side, including Fox. Fox will not allow their crews or...

[Catholic Caucus] A Letter from the Vatican on Traditionis CustodesDear OnePeterFive donors, supporters and readers,OnePeterFive has come into the possession of the following letter from the Vatican Prefect of the Congregation of Divine Worship, Archbishop Arthur Roche, in response to an inquiry shortly after Traditionis Custodes was promulgated. We publish the inquiry and the Vatican response below followed by commentary from our contributing editor, Dr. Joseph Shaw, chairman of the Latin Mass Society of England and Wales, as well as president of Fœderatio Internationalis Una Voce. He is also mentioned in the inquiry.Advertisement - Continue Reading BelowWith due respect to...

THIRTY-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 16:9-15 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus tells us that we cannot serve two masters; we cannot serve both God and mammon. It’s about what precisely has our ultimate focus, our ultimate attention. Jesus sets up the either/or here so starkly because he’s compelling us to choose. What is it finally that masters you? Or, flip it around: Of what, finally, are you a slave? If we are slaves of mammon—an Aramaic word meaning money, wealth, or material things—we belong to mammon first, our lives revolve around it, and then it comes to dominate us....

The U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey, which focuses on households' socio-economic status, found Seattle is the most anxious metro in the U.S. In the survey, conducted between Sept. 29 and Oct. 11, 54.5% of the adult population across King, Pierce, and Snohomish counties, or about 1.8 million people, said they were "nervous, anxious, or on edge" for at least several days last month. Other cities that made it in the top three were Houston and Boston. Source: The Seattle TimesHere's the question people were asked:Unlike other census data, the Household Pulse Survey is high-frequency data that captures how people...

"...if in fact because of the outrageous behavior of the last administration, you coming across the border, whether it's legally or illegally, and you lost your child... You lost your child! It's gone! You deserve some kind of compensation..." #ThankYouBrandon #JoeBiden

After Friday night's 11th-hour vote in the House resulted in the passage of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill - thanks to 13 uniparty Republicans who joined the Congressional Black Caucus in short-sheeting House Progressives - the Wall Street Journal and Forbes have published refreshers of what what America is supposedly getting out of the largest investment in infrastructure in more than a decade.From 10,000 feet, investments span refurbishing aging roads, bridges and ports, replacing lead pipes, upgrading and hardening the nation's power grid, and of course - a healthy investment in 'infrastructure' to battle the ever-looming man-made climate change disaster...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, New York Democrat, is inviting Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, to Washington to advocate for paid family leave. In an interview, Ms. Gillibrand said the former actress and wife of royal grandson Prince Harry called her to discuss the issue. “I could hear how sincere she was about advocacy,” Ms. Gillibrand said in an interview with The 19th, which ran on Thursday. The Duchess of Sussex called Ms. Gillibrand, who authored her own family leave bill in 2013, on the phone and expressed a desire to help.

A copy of the diary of US President Joe Biden’s daughter has reportedly been confirmed as genuine. The FBI has raided multiple homes as part of an investigation into its alleged theft, media reported. * * * Reporter Patrick Howley says he has obtained a copy of the diary of Ashley Biden, daughter of Democrat Presidential nominee Joe Biden, in which she allegedly describes “showers with my dad” which were “probably not appropriate.”

The six-member City Council of Hamtramck will consist of all Muslims starting in January, another historic first for the metro Detroit city known for its sizable immigrant population. The newly elected mayor, Amer Ghalib, 42, is also Muslim, which means all of the city's elected officials will be Muslim. In Tuesday's election, three candidates who are all Muslim were elected and will join three current City Council members who are also Muslim. Five of them are immigrants and one is a convert to Islam with ancestral roots in eastern Europe. Advocates with Muslim groups and experts say they do not...

Socialism, one of history’s worst ideas, has been disproved repeatedly and without exception. Yet it keeps rearing its ugly head — constantly being rebranded as a good idea. Truth is, socialism only benefits the ruling class who implement this form of government theft. Amazingly, early America had an experiment in socialism. The Pilgrim settlers tried socialism for two years — and it nearly killed them. In his book, Socialism: The True History from Plato to the Present, William J. Federer quotes the socialistic bylaws imposed on the Pilgrims by those London merchants who funded the creation of their colony. Under...

VIDEOJoe Biden did NOT react well when exposed for LYING about big payments to illegals crossing the border. No wonder more and more people across the nation are now proclaiming "LET'S GO BRANDON!"

Prosecutors arguing to put Kyle Rittenhouse in prison for the rest of his life tipped their hand on how they plan to do that in the fourth day of testimony on Friday. Questions abound, however, about its relevance and admissibility in court. Rittenhouse could spend life in prison for killing two men, Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber, and wounding a third, Gaige Grosskreutz, during the Kenosha, Wisconsin riots on August 25, 2020. Rittenhouse claims self-defense in all three shootings, parts of which were recorded or live-streamed. Prosecutors even shared clips from FBI surveillance recordings from a fixed wing spy plane...

There's a chance an unvaccinated Kyrie Irving could still play for the Brooklyn Nets this season, but it would require New York to lift its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. If that happens, Nets coach Steve Nash would welcome Irving back to the club. Nash made those comments following Eric Adams being elected as the new mayor of New York. During his campaign, Adams expressed a desire to "revisit" vaccine mandates, according to MSNBC. Adams may have been referring to vaccination policies for police and firefighters, however, and not NBA players. Adams getting elected does open the possibility of the COVID-19 vaccine...