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Sen. Richard Blumenthal said Friday that, had he known that the awards ceremony in which he gave remarks last weekend was linked to the Communist Party, he would not have attended. He made an appearance at the Connecticut People's World Committee Amistad Awards on Saturday to give three people special recognition certificates from the U.S. Senate. The CPWC is an affiliate of the Communist Party USA and the Marxist People’s World news site. "My understanding was that this ceremony was strictly a labor event," Blumenthal told the Hartford Courant. "If I had known the details, I wouldn’t have gone. …...

On Friday’s “CNN Tonight,” New York City Mayor-elect Eric Adams (D) said that “temporarily shutting down the schools” in areas of the city that have large coronavirus outbreaks is “smart, it’s a great way to go, and we’re going to continue to do that.”

Missing Rush Limbaugh and his playing the recordings of Manheim Steamroller on air. Manheim Steamroller~ Christmas (1984) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mt9eTSf9tFE

With "defund the police" and a distrust in the government, what should we do? What ammo do we need the most right now? Ken Hackathorn's background and connections with law enforcement grants him some unique insights to share. Although the future looks grim, Ken offers some advice to help you and your family survive.

The British government is reportedly preparing plans for a two-week “circuit breaker” lockdown before the end of the year amid doomsday predictions from scientific advisors of up to 5,000 deaths per day from the Omicron variant of the Chinese coronavirus. Leaked lockdown proposals would see England return to the restrictions imposed as the “Step 2” plan enacted after the winter shutdown last year. Under the plans, ministers are said to be considering reimposing a ban on indoor mixing, with exceptions carved out for workplaces, according to The Times of London.

A Labor Department spokesperson told Fox News on Saturday it was "gratified" by the court's decision to dissolve the blockade. "OSHA can now once again implement this vital workplace health standard, which will protect the health of workers by mitigating the spread of the unprecedented virus in the workplace," the spokesperson said. Adding that the department will exercise "enforcement discretion with respect to the compliance dates" of the mandate. "To provide employers with sufficient time to come into compliance, OSHA will not issue citations for noncompliance with any requirements of the ETS before January 10," the spokesperson continued. OSHA will...

Asharq al-awsat reports that Muslim Brotherhood media platforms that broadcast from Turkey are facing obstacles after the website of the el-Sharq channel was shut down. Observers said the site was closed while no explanations were provided. However, experts in fundamentalist movements in Egypt suggested that the reason for the closure is criticisms directed at Cairo, despite Ankara's warnings, amid efforts to normalize relations between the two countries. Ayman Nour, the channel owner, announced that the channel's website had been suddenly closed, accusing "unidentified people and piracy companies" of closing the site and hacking his phone. According to an expert on...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Vatican orders forced concelebrations, new restrictions on traditional Mass and sacramentsThe document released restricts the traditional celebration of the sacraments, hints at a future withdrawal of permission to celebrate the traditional Mass at all , and issues penalties for priests who will not concelebrate. Hence, in order to pursue the “progress” desired by Traditionis Custodes (TC), the Congregation ordered that it would “not grant permission to use the Rituale Romanum and the Pontificale Romanum which predate the liturgical reform,” since they have “been abrogated” under the terms of TC. Under these conditions, it remains unclear whether the...

Kiddie criminals in Los Angeles accused of serious crimes are set to get a pass under new rules from District Attorney George Gascon. The Los Angeles County District Attorney will expand its “restorative justice” diversion programs for youths to include those facing charges like burglary, arson, robber and even sexual battery, among other crimes, according to a leaked memo from the DA’s office. Diversion programs are a form of pre-trial intervention which allows alleged juveniles to avoid prosecution, conviction — and serious jail time — in favor of more rehabilitative approaches. The DA’s office launched a pilot for the Restorative...

The Boeing Co. has suspended its own mandate for all employees to receive COVID-19 vaccines, citing a federal court's decision to stop enforcement of President Joe Biden's mandate requiring federal contractors to have a fully vaccinated workforce. "After careful review, Boeing has suspended its vaccination requirement in line with a federal court’s decision prohibiting enforcement of the federal contractor executive order and a number of state laws," the company said in a statement to FOX Business. "As we have throughout the pandemic, we will continue to monitor and follow federal, state and local requirements." "We are committed to maintaining a...

The emergence of the more contagious, but milder Omicron variant of the covid virus has created a wave of apprehension in covid policy-making circles. Dr. Anthony Fauci lamented "to the untrained person, Omicron is indistinguishable from an ordinary cold. This will greatly complicate our ability to achieve the goal of 100% vaccination. We're already losing credibility with all the breakthrough covid infections we're seeing. Right now, there are fears that the vaccines may be making things worse, but it's the only strategy we have. What dire message can we convey that will encourage the vaccine resisters to take the jab?"...

As cases of COVID-19 surge at Cornell, local health officials say every single student sample they tested was the omicron variant, underlining how quickly the highly contagious virus is spreading. Tompkins County health officials said late Friday they checked 115 samples from COVID-positive students ages 18-24 and every single one of them was the omicron variant, which was unknown to science less than a month ago. None of the students in question are severely ill, they added. At a community testing site at a local mall, 18 of 44 positive samples were omicron, suggesting community spread well off campus too…....

Six weeks ago, Revolver News published a blockbuster investigative report on Ray Epps — a man who, more than any other individual, appears to be the key unlocking the question of active federal involvement in the so-called “Capitol Siege” of January 6th. Out of all of the thousands of January 6’s protesters, and the thousands of hours of publicly available footage from that fateful day, Ray Epps has turned out to be perhaps the only person nailed dead to rights confessing on camera to plotting a pre-planned attack on the Capitol. On both January 5 and January 6, Epps announced...

The Biden administration is advocating for a "test-to-stay" policy in schools, aiming to reduce the number of absences and quarantines among students exposed to COVID-19. The strategy, announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, will permit close contacts of those with confirmed COVID-19 to stay in classrooms if they test negative at least twice in the week after interacting with an infected person. "If exposed children meet a certain criteria and continue to test negative, they can stay in school, instead of quarantining at home," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said during a briefing. The CDC...

There a component of Joe Biden's speeches that goes way beyond his decades-long penchant for verbal stumbles, fumbles and gaffes. The lies. It was on Friday at a commencement address at South Carolina State in Orangeburg that he claimed to have been the one going out to desegregate restaurants and movie theaters. During the civil rights movement. He said, "I got started in politics because of the civil rights movement. I noticed some of you were looking … thought you were wondering how does he know the black national anthem. Because I sat in a black church after going to...

John 3:16 - Sung to Silent Night Christmas Music Almighty God's unspeakable GIFT for ALL in RIGHTEOUSNESS! For God so loved the world that He GAVE His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not ETERNALLY perish but have ETERNAL LIFE - JOHN 3:16

For there to be slavery in any colony, laws had to be written making the practice legal. Prior to the slave laws, indentured servants were given the same contracts regardless of where they were from. Once the contracts were fulfilled, servants were free regardless of where they came from. There is a stubborn myth in American history that claims Virginia was the first colony to legalize slavery. If not Virginia, then some other southern colony. It was as if the northern colonies were completely untouched by the horrors of owning a person. The first colony to legalize slavery was not...

The Biden administration has walked away from legal negotiations in which it was considering paying $450,000 to each adult and child separated at the southern border during the Trump administration. The U.S. government “has ended negotiations over a settlement of the cases seeking monetary compensation,” according to the ACLU. Lead attorney Lee Gelernt told CBS News that the Biden administration’s decision not to pay affected families was the result of having “allowed politics to get in the way of helping the little children deliberately abused by our government.” Approximately 5,400 children were separated at the border and sent to HHS...

This holiday season finds the left very unhappy. Not only are their green energy stockings hung over their recycled-pellet stoves filled with an extra lump of coal to keep the lights on, but their secular saints Jussie Smollette, Andrew Cuomo, and Alec Baldwin have been laid low by the Scroogelike gears of American justice. And the Biden-Harris Administration can’t even deliver a cut-rate spending bill for their dancing elves of the left. Bah humbug! There’s always another COVID variant waiting around the corner for 2022! And you know who’s really having a happy holiday season: Elon Musk. And Elizabeth Warren...