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"A proposal to introduce school lessons on 'the value of human life before birth' is a step in the right direction, but at the same time, this idea requires serious study,” said Vladimir Legoyda, Head of the Synodal Department for the Russian Orthodox Church’s Relations with Society and Mass Media, on his Telegram Channel on Friday, January 14. A suggestion to introduce school lessons on "the value of human life before birth" was put forward by Maria Studenikina, the director of the "House for Mom", run by ​​the Orthodox church charity "Miloserdie" (Mercy) service. The initiative is aimed at reducing...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki on Tuesday said Joe Biden stands by everything he said when he labeled millions of Americans “domestic enemies.” Joe Biden delivered a divisive speech in Atlanta last week where he called millions of Americans who disagree with his federal takeover of elections, “domestic enemies.” The ‘voting rights’ bill will eliminate voter ID, legalize ballot harvesting and force taxpayers to pay for campaigns. Anyone who opposes this radical, federal takeover of elections that makes it easier for Democrats to cheat is a “domestic enemy.” “The President delivered a powerful speech about the protection of people’s...

Pope may appoint 'land grab' Maltese archbishop as Vatican watchdogVATICAN (ChurchMilitant.com) - As part of a continuing purge of conservatives from the Vatican stables, Pope Francis is expected to appoint a pro-LGBTQ+ archbishop — currently embroiled in a land-grab scandal — as head of the Church's doctrinal watchdog. Archbishop of Malta Charles Scicluna is expected to replace 77-year-old Cdl. Luis Ladaria, a conservative who is currently prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Francis cleared the path for Scicluna's rise to the top when he banished the CDF's second-in-command Abp. Giacomo Morandi (age 56) to the bishopric...

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) disclosed to a congressional office that migrants flying without proper identification can use an arrest warrant as an alternate form of identification when presenting to airport security, according to a letter the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively obtained. Responding to Republican Texas Rep. Lance Gooden’s Dec. 15 inquiry about migrants flying across the country, TSA Administrator David Pekoske explained that certain Department of Homeland Security (DHS) documents may be considered acceptable forms of alternate identification for non-citizens, including a “Warrant for Arrest of Alien” and a “Warrant of Removal/Deportation.” “TSA’s response confirms the Biden Administration...

Futures in New York rose as much as 1.9% to climb above $87 a barrel. The fire has been brought under control but the cause of the blast remains unknown, according to pipeline operator Botas. The global oil market has tightened in recent weeks due to outages in OPEC+ producers including Libya, with buyers in Asia paying sharply higher premiums for spot cargoes. Crude’s sizzling start to the year has prompted Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to boost its forecasts for global benchmark Brent, predicting $100 oil in the third quarter. OPEC expects markets to remain “well supported” by robust demand,...

[Catholic Caucus] Chicago's Cupich Stages Canon Law Charade Against One of His Best PriestsFather Anthony Buś, the pastor of St Stanislaus Kostka Parish, Chicago, who also wears the cassock, published a December 13 letter on his parish website informing that [rigid] Cardinal Cupich “forbade” to celebrate the Novus Ordo facing God although this is the norm established by Vatican II and the Novus Ordo rubrics.Strangely, Buś had asked Cupich for “permission” to celebrate Mass towards God although Cupich has no right to forbid this. Buś announced that he will comply. He explained to clueless Cupich that facing God has a...

A federal judge on Tuesday approved a plan to restructure Puerto Rico's bond debt, which had plunged the U.S. territory into the country's largest municipal bankruptcy in history. Judge Laura Taylor Swain ruled in favor of the Plan of Adjustment that was years in the making, through arduous negotiations between the island's Fiscal Oversight Board, debtors and the government. According to Board officials, the plan will reduce Puerto Rico's debt by 80 percent and save the island more than $50 billion in debt payments. Puerto Rico Gov. Pedro Pierluisi said the approval of the plan "represents a great step for...

Project Veritas just released a video of the results of a freedom of information act request by Judicial Watch about any communications between Pfizer and its employees or representatives and the FBI regarding Project Veritas. It was confirmed the FBI had material which is located in an investigative file exempt from disclosure. Pfizer had communications with the FBI regarding "misinformation" as per its own admission. So why is the FBI in contact with Pfizer regarding journalists, especially given the Project Veritas reports which simply convey the exact words of Pfizer employees?

Senate Democrats will force a vote this week to try to change the rules and enact a talking filibuster to pass voting rights legislation, getting rid of the 60-vote hurdle. Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced on Tuesday that Democrats will force a rules change vote once Republicans block a voting rights bill as soon as Wednesday.

Hong Kong officials are killing hamsters by the thousands after declaring the rodents responsible for spreading COVID-19. Meanwhile, in China’s mainland, the blame has been put on international mail packaging. As one of the world’s last major holdouts of a zero-tolerance approach to the virus, China is fanning unusual theories about the source of emerging COVID-19 clusters despite doubts from overseas experts over the likelihood of such claims. On Jan. 18, Hong Kong ordered 2,000 hamsters, chinchillas, rabbits, and other small animals to be “humanely” put down after a health check on the rodents found 11 to carry the Delta...

The city of Potsdam and two districts are reacting to high infection rates. From Wednesday, there will be a night curfew for the unvaccinated from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. Potsdam-In Brandenburg, the seven-day incidence of corona infections continues to rise unabated. The city of Potsdam and the districts of Havelland and Teltow-Flaming therefore ordered nightly curfews on Tuesday. These apply to unvaccinated people-but not to vaccinated or recovered people. The regulations come into force at midnight and will apply from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m in the future..

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Two dozen Republican senators are calling on Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to explain his role in soliciting a letter from the National School Boards Association that compared school parents to domestic terrorists. An email released this week showed that an association official told a colleague that Cardona asked the group to write the Sept. 29 letter that urged President Joe Biden to use the FBI to investigate threats made against school board members. The letter was the catalyst for Attorney General Merrick Garland's decision to form a federal task force to track school board threats across the country. Republicans...

Ray Epps, the Arizona man who several Republican lawmakers say is a federal informant who was present during the Capitol attack, is scheduled to participate in an interview on Friday with the House Jan. 6 committee. Mr. Epps’ lawyer, John Blischak, said that the meeting is intended to be a formal, transcribed follow-up to his previous interview with the committee, which took place in November and was disclosed last week, Politico reported. The committee did not respond to a request for comment. Republican lawmakers speculate that Mr. Epps was a government informant participating in the riot. A man matching his...

MSNBC's Chuck Todd said Tuesday that based on past metrics of job approval and the American people's impression of the country's direction, President Biden and Democrats could be heading into the midterm in "shellacking territory," such as what was seen during the 2010 midterms during former President Obama's first term in the White House.

To cruise or not to cruise? That is the question. The Centers for Disease Control’s Conditional Sailing Orders for cruise ships expired over the weekend. That means cruise lines can voluntarily follow CDC COVID-19 guidelines, but they don’t have to. us. Several major cruise lines have already docked ships until the end of January with the surge of the omicron variant. According to a CDC official, over the past two weeks, coronavirus cases on cruise ships increased 300-fold. WRAL Investigates producer Randall Kerr and his family were on a Norwegian cruise ship when the CDC’s recommendation came down " "People...

Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Hallie Jackson Reports” that it was the Republican Party’s “business plan to suppress black and brown votes in order to gain an electoral advantage in 2022.” Markey said, “We celebrated Martin Luther King Day this week. And it is absolutely creating a moment in history where we have to stand up as Democrats and to fight for voting rights. Mitch McConnell said as recently as today. It’s a winning issue for the Republican Party if they suppress black and brown voters across this country. If those voters don’t get to the polls,...

U.S.—Fans of former president Donald J. Trump are chomping at the bit to once again vote for the guy who fast-tracked vaccines and appointed Dr. Anthony Fauci to the Coronavirus Task Force. "Trump was by far our greatest president. Even better than James Madison!" said local deplorable Nathan Nebulous. "Everything was great under Trump until that deadly virus changed the face of the entire earth overnight and ruined everything. But he was so good at owning the libs!" Sean Hannity, a popular conservative pundit, announced his continued support of Trump on his radio program. "Sure, the vaccines don't seem to...

The House select committee on Jan. 6 has subpoenaed and obtained the phone records associated with former President Trump's son Eric Trump and Kimberly Guilfoyle, former Trump adviser and fiancée to Donald Trump Jr. Multiple sources told CNN that the phone records that were obtained are part of a new round of call records requested from communication companies. These records include incoming and outgoing calls, the dates they were made, the duration and the times of the calls.