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Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) signed an executive order on Monday halting the state from issuing nonbinary birth certificates. The order mandates the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) to “cease amending birth certificates” in any way that is inconsistent with state law, and to “remove from its website any reference to amending birth certificates” that doesn’t align with state law. Stitt further urged the Oklahoma state legislature to “immediately pass legislation that will clarify, to the extent necessary, that changes in sex or gender on a birth certificate, or a designation of non-binary is contrary to Oklahoma law.”

(CNN)The federal government announced a large hike in Medicare premiums Friday night, blaming the pandemic but also what it called uncertainty over how much it may have to be forced to pay for a pricey and controversial new Alzheimer's drug. The 14.5% increase in Part B premiums will take monthly payments for those in the lowest income bracket from $148.50 a month this year to $170.10 in 2022. Medicare Part B covers physician services, outpatient hospital services, certain home health services, medical equipment, and certain other medical and health services not covered by Medicare Part A, including medications given in...

If Joe Biden could shut down the border the way he shuts down pipelines he’d be in good shape. Instead, he’d rather stick it to hard-working Americans through skyrocketing gas prices while rewarding illegal immigrants with vast sums of taxpayer money. It is not enough that the hate-America, left-wing loonies got him to shut down the Keystone XL pipeline, now they are going after the so-called Line 5 pipeline that moves crude oil from Western Canada to Michigan. You may not like Donald Trump, but when he left the presidency, he left behind a country that he not only had...

A twisted New Jersey mother charged with killing her two children duct-taped their faces and suffocated them — cruel slayings that she planned in advance, authorities said. Yuhwei Chou, 36, of Skillman, told cops in Hillsborough Township after her arrest Tuesday that she killed Samantha Ross, 7, and her 11-month-old brother, Paul, a day earlier, according to an affidavit obtained by MyCentralJersey.com. After stopping at a Wawa for lunch, Chou drove to a hardware store and bought the sinister supplies before heading to Mountainview Road in Hillsborough, where she started to tape Samantha’s face, but got “spooked” by a bystander,...

Its a very rainy Saturday in New Zealand and highway vehicle convoy protests were the order of the day nationwide protests sponsored by The Freedoms And Rights Coalition. Today's protests entitled "The Great Gridlock". Yesterday ahead of the protests the TFRC issued a series of demands to the New Zealand government of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern including the revocation of workplace vaccination mandates and and end to the segregated system of treating vaccinating and unvaccinated people differently. The statement said that "The Great Gridlock protests would continue indefinitely until those four demands are met. A Monday deadline looms for many...

Latvia's parliament voted on Friday to ban lawmakers who refuse COVID-19 vaccine from voting on legislature and participating in discussions. Latvia, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in European Union, was the first in the bloc to reimpose a lockdown this autumn as a surge in COVID-19 cases threatens to overwhelm its health system. The restrictions on vaccine-rejecting lawmakers, which includes docking their pay, was supported by 62 of its 100 lawmakers, and will last from Monday until mid-2022. State television reported that nine MPs have rejected the vaccine.

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Before Jones, Duncan, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges. Kurt D. Engelhardt, Circuit Judge: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “reasonably determined” in June 2020 that an emergency temporary standard (ETS) was “not necessary” to “protect working people from occupational exposure to infectious disease, including COVID-19.” In re AFL-CIO, 2020 WL 3125324, at *1 (D.C. Cir. June 11, 2020). This was not the first time OSHA had done this; it has refused several times to issue ETSs despite legal action urging it do so. See, e.g., In re Int’l Chem. Workers Union, 830 F.2d 369 (D.C. Cir. 1987) (per curiam). In...

It’s official: Vermont has made history.As reported by WCAX, the Green Mountain State has become the first to give condoms to preteens.Last year, Gov. Phil Scott signed into law a measure mandating that public schools make condoms available for their students.The initiative includes 7th graders, who — excepting situations of double promotion — may be as young as 12.In addition to dispensing such accessories for oral, vaginal, and anal sex, schools are required to give kids information on how to properly employ them.As noted by South Burlington’s CBS3, the distribution and instruction will be “inclusive of gender identity, sexuality and...

Parent and school board candidate Amy Carney called the dossier 'retaliation' More than 600 parents in Scottsdale, Arizona, are demanding the resignation of the school board president after a shocking revelation. The president, or possibly his father, appears to have kept a dossier on 47 parents who dared to speak out against his policies at school board meetings — a dossier complete with Social Security numbers, background checks, a divorce paper, mortgage documents, trade certifications, and screenshots of Facebook posts. "I'd call this retaliation," Amy Carney, a mother of six and candidate for the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) governing...

GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – Moments before 15-year-old Lauryn Ham was clotheslined by another girl during a youth club basketball tournament Sunday in Garden Grove, her mother believes that the girl who punched Ham was provoked by her mom. Alice Ham told CBSLA Reporter Laurie Perez that parents who were at the game heard the mother of the girl who threw the punch yell, “go and hit her.”

According to Tom Pelissero, Gruden is suing the league and commissioner Roger Goodell alleging that his career was ruined through “malicious and orchestrated campaign.” Former #Raiders coach Jon Gruden is suing the NFL and Roger Goodell in Nevada district court, alleging they sought to destroy Gruden’s career and reputation through a “malicious and orchestrated campaign” that led to his resignation last month, Gruden’s attorney tells me. — Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) November 12, 2021 Statement below from Jon Gruden’s attorney, Adam Hosmer-Henner, who filed the complaint Thursday in Clark County, Nevada court. Gruden is seeking damages on seven claims, as well...

The vaccine mandate or lose your livelihood is the boot George Orwell wrote about. If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.. How many jabs? 1,2? Now it is 3. 4,5. Still not vacated? Miss one. Lose your job. But like the book members of the party are not taking the jab.

Eight-year-old Fiona Lashells has delivered a worthy example of standing up for your convictions against power-mad tyrants. Soon after the Florida 2nd grader appeared before the Palm Beach County School Board and vowed she would continue to defy the school district’s mask mandate, the district dropped the mandate. After national media pressure sparked by Fiona’s stand, and pressure from the DeSantis administration, the School District of Palm Beach County released a letter to the public explaining its decision to drop their mandatory mask requirement. The board described the change as a “face covering opt-out” for parents. Fiona for months refused...

The picture that has been emerging of today’s papacy is one of a pope, with little or no regard for law and due process, governing a Church that has made disregard for law and tradition part of its ecclesiastical culture.Pope Francis has issued a new decree in the form of a letter which some believe marks a wholly illegal papal power-grab over one of the world’s most ancient and unique institutions. To understand the complexity of this case, it is necessary to recall the events that have led up to this. In late 2016, Pope Francis—in an act we all...

The number of Catholics who say they go to Mass every week has dropped by 14% since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to The Pillar's new Survey on Religious Attitudes and Practices. That decline could explain a proportional decline in parish collections: In March, The Pillar found parishes experienced a 12% average decrease in collections during 2020 as compared to 2019, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the shutdown orders implemented in many localities. New information about Mass attendance is available from The Pillar’s Survey on Religious Attitudes and Practices, which aims to better understand the religious perspectives, identities,...

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

OTTAWA, November 10, 2021 – The Catholic Bishops of Canada are pleased to announce that 25-30 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Elders, knowledge keepers, residential school survivors, and youth will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican from December 17-20, 2021, accompanied by a small group of Canadian Bishops. “The journey towards healing and reconciliation is a long one, but we believe this will be a significant milestone in the Catholic Church’s commitment to renewing, strengthening and reconciling relationships with Indigenous Peoples across the land,” said CCCB President, the Most Rev. Raymond Poisson. “With this delegation, we hope to walk...

After the terrible gang rape in a Hamburg park became known, an influencer shared all the faces and names of the alleged perpetrators with their followers - uncensored. In September 2020, a 15-year-old girl was raped and robbed by the men for over two and a half hours. The German influencer PersiaX published the uncensored faces of all allegedly involved in the gang rape in Hamburg in a YouTube video on November 6th in just under 15 minutes. She found the names and pictures of the men, among other things, through her own research - she even played voice messages...