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The James Webb Space Telescope is confirmed for the target launch date of December 24, at 7:20 a.m. EST.

ROME — Pope Francis urged a group of university students Sunday to fight off the “virus of individualism” by giving their lives in service of others. “In these confused times, made even more complex by the pandemic, I repeat to you: do not allow yourselves to be robbed of hope!” the pontiff exhorted in a video message to students at the University of Milan.

Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is a "disaster" and that the Republican Party is desperately in need of new leadership. During an appearance on Fox News’ "Sunday Morning Futures" from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump told host Maria Bartiromo that McConnell made a mistake by allowing President Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law to pass in the Senate. "I call it un-frastructure, not infrastructure. It's only 9% infrastructure," the former president said. "There was no way that should have been passed. It should have been 100% for infrastructure," he continued. "So what’s...

A top British health official cautioned that the country may impose restrictive COVID-19 precautions before Christmas, even as the country’s prime minister promised not to enact a lockdown. During an appearance on the BBC Sunday, Health Secretary Sajid Javid cautioned there are “no guarantees” amid “uncertainty” of avoiding imminent precautions when asked if he would rule out a pre-Christmas “circuit breaker.”

@RepThomasMassie Acknowledge natural immunity Allow conventional vaccines in USA Encourage effective treatments Stop EUA vs “approved” shell game Focus on helping those “at risk” Quit acting as if cloth masks work End mandates & passports Return lawmaking to legislatures Resume normal today

Trump: "I didn’t... because if you fire him [Fauci] you're going to have a firestorm on the Left." https://twitter.com/disclosetv/status/1472596894568402944

Republican Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said on Sunday that a reelection bid by former President Trump would be "bad" for the GOP and the nation. "Fox News Sunday" host Bret Baier asked Hogan if he believed that the Republican Party could win in 2024 with Trump as its nominee. "I think that'd be bad for the party and bad for President Trump and bad for the country. So I don't think he's gonna run and I would — my advice be that he did not," Hogan said.

guessing you know, the Trump county data [NOTE: these are figures David has repeatedly published showing more Covid deaths in counties that voted for Trump, which also tend to have lower vaccination rates] is completely confounded by age - Trump voters are older - and obesity - the Southern states that have the most Trump voters are more obese (and in the Southern counties that went hard for Trump, the DEMOCRATIC voters are more obese too, as they are likely African-Americans, and African-Americans unfortunately have notably higher rates of severe obesity). Meanwhile, in South Africa, which is all of 26%...

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) does not have the guts to stand up to special interests after Manchin announced he would not vote for President Joe Biden’s “Build Back Better Act. Sanders said, “He will have a lot of explaining to do to the people of with West Virginia to tell him he doesn’t have the guts to take on the drug companies to lower the cost of prescription drugs, why he is not prepared to expand home health care. West Virginia is one of the poorest states...

Daniel Horowitz - Persecution of the Unvaccinated

Anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took a jab at media reports that guests at his holiday party had to show proof they were vaccinated. The Kennedy scion claimed he didn’t know his wife, actress Cheryl Hines, had requested in a digital invitation that all guests at the party held at the couple’s California home be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or test negative for the coronavirus before attending. “I guess I’m not always the boss at my own house,” Kennedy told Politico, adding that there was no effort made to actually verify the vaccination status or testing results of any of...

The creator of West Wing has waded into a row over identity politics while defending his decision to cast a Spanish actor as a Cuban character in the new film Being the Ricardos. Aaron Sorkin defended casting Javier Bardem in new film Being the Ricardos

Congressional Democrats are gearing up for a sweeping set of initiatives aimed at decriminalizing marijuana that they plan to take action on this spring. The federal proposals seek to establish 21st century banking services for the nearly $18 billion industry and purge the criminal records of thousands of marijuana offenders. “The growing bipartisan momentum for cannabis reform shows that Congress is primed for progress in 2022, and we are closer than ever to bringing our cannabis policies and laws in line with the American people,” Reps. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) wrote in a memo to the Congressional...

December 19 @ 10:30 am - 1:30 pm CST Recurring Event (See all) Sons of Norway Kringen Lodge #4-025 722 2nd Ave N Fargo, ND 58102 United States The Sons of Norway Kringen Klub is keeping Norweigian heritage alive! The Kringen Lodge serves up lutefisk with a side of meatballs, potatoes, and all the fixins. $20 per person. Take-out orders are available!

Joe Biden's chief medical advisor on Sunday contradicted the vice president, who had claimed that no one saw the Omicron variant coming. 'We did. We definitely saw variants coming,' said Dr Anthony Fauci, after being read out Kamala Harris's quote. On Friday she told The Los Angeles Times: 'We didn't see Delta coming. I think most scientists did not — upon whose advice and direction we have relied — didn't see Delta coming. 'We didn't see Omicron coming. And that's the nature of what this, this awful virus has been, which as it turns out, has mutations and variants.' Fauci...

One of the next seizures up on the auction block is $56 million worth of cryptocurrencies that authorities confiscated as part of a Ponzi scheme case involving offshore crypto lending program BitConnect.

Instead of lining up to see Santa or waiting to buy Christmas gifts, New Yorkers stood for hours Saturday to get COVID-19 tests as cases continued to surge. Residents fumed as they waited for the nasal swabs in order to travel or because they thought they might have the virus. At a city-run testing and vaccination center in Times Square on Saturday afternoon, the wait was about three hours. “I’m cold and frustrated. We are in such a big city, there should be more options available,” said Alessandra Abate, 29, a graduate student from Dumbo who had been in line...

EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND—According to sources, a dangerous right-wing extremist named J.K. Rowling has taken to the internet to spread hateful rhetoric. Authorities have called for decisive action to silence the bigoted fascist before she further spreads her message. "Men aren't women," said the disgusting transphobe in a recent Twitter post. She then doubled down on her controversial message by also saying "Women aren't men." "This is a hate crime," said EU Diversity Minister Günter Schreiber. "Everyone knows that women aren't a real thing, but rather a fantastical state of being that ebbs and flows through the human imagination like a wisp...

A Cabinet meeting was held to-day, at which the English question was discussed -- of course informally, as the nature of the dispatches brought by the Royal messenger have not been divulged. There was but one sentiment prevalent, and that was that no quarrel with England must be permitted to interfere at this moment to stay the reduction of the Southern rebels. The Government is probably satisfied that the clamor for a war with England originates with, and is propagated by, sympathizers with the Southern rebellion. It knows that nothing would so gratify the rebels; would so restore their vanishing...

On March 25, 2022, the Islamic Republic of Iran will officially join the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. Just in case you wondered what the status of women is in Iran, here is an excerpt from Wikipedia on the subject: During the late 20th and early 21st centuries in Iran, women's rights have been severely restricted compared with those in most developed nations. - The World Economic Forum's 2017 Global Gender Gap Report ranked Iran 140 out of 144 countries for gender parity. - In 2017 in Iran, females comprised just 19% of the paid workforce with...