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Dave McCormick, who is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senator in the May 17 primary, will attend a campaign rally in Wilkes-Barre Twp. on Friday, according to an announcement at his campaign events website.U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will accompany McCormick for a “can’t miss conservative rally,” the announcement states.The event will be held from 8:30 to 10 a.m. at the Wilkes-Barre Twp. Volunteer Fire Hall, 150 Watson St.Members of the public may register to attend the rally at https://is.gd/0ldlRCMcCormick, 56, is a former hedge fund executive. He served as Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs in...

National–The head of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee said a leaked draft of a possible Supreme Court opinion that could upend abortion laws “reminds us of the urgent need for prayer and action at this pivotal moment in our country” and called for intense prayer and fasting. “As Catholics, we care about every unborn child and every mother,” Archbishop William Lori said in a statement on Wednesday. “Our Church has consistently witnessed in word and deed that life begins at the moment of conception.” The archbishop pointed to ministries run by Catholics that seek to support pregnant women and young...

Local and international groups are rushing to get post-rape kits, emergency contraception, and abortion pills to Ukrainians amid growing evidence that Russian soldiers have used sexual violence as a weapon of war. Ukraine says it's received more than 400 reports of sexual violence, including rape, in two weeks. Existing data is unlikely to "convey an accurate picture" of the true magnitude of sexual violence in the country because rape so often goes unreported, even in times of peace, Jaime Nadal Roig, the UNFPA's representative to Ukraine, told Insider.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has a message for the radical abortion activists who think they can bully the Supreme Court into revising its draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade: You can’t bully us. Abortion activists plan to “raise hell” at churches across the country on Mother’s Day with protests and, some fear, violence as outrage grows in response to a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court that overturns Roe v. Wade. But Justice Thomas says those mislaid plans will not work in terms of bullying the high court to go back on its apparent decision. Thomas spoke...

The move to add new abortion bans "will be swift" if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday, adding that the Senate will do everything it can to codify a woman's right to choose. "With this leaked opinion, the court is looking at reversing 50 years of women's rights and the fall will be swift. Over 20 states have laws in place already," Klobuchar, D-Minn., told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz.

Francis has met with the Italian woman and repeatedly expressed admiration for her since ascending to the papacy in 2013.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis once again praised notorious Italian abortionist Emma Bonino, saying he has “great respect” for her, although he does not “share her ideas.” In an interview published May 3 in Italy’s widely read newspaper Corriere Della Sera, Pope Francis spoke on a variety of topics, including Russia’s war with Ukraine, and Italian politics. At one point, the 84-year-old Pontiff spoke about his relations with key Italian figures, including the former president of the European Central Bank...

Axel Springer’s business is divided into three segments: paid models, marketing models, and classified ad models. Since 2020, it is majority-owned by the US private equity firm KKR. KKR names former CIA head Petraeus as chairman of new institute. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-kkr-petraeus-idUSBRE94T0D820130530 Private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co KKR.N said it appointed former CIA Director David Petraeus as chairman of the newly created KKR Global Institute, which will study the investment implications of global macroeconomic, social and geopolitical issues. Petraeus was credited with helping pull Iraq from the brink of an all-out civil war as commander there and President Barack...

The port city of Kherson and its surroundings in southern Ukraine, one of the first regions to come under Russian occupation, is increasingly showing signs of what the Kremlin has in mind: long-term control. (snip) The region is gradually being cut off from information coming from the rest of Ukraine. Last weekend, as it was plagued by internet and cell service outages, major Russian state TV channels, one of the main media of Kremlin propaganda, started broadcasting there. (snip) Moves like the introduction of the ruble and connection outages amount to “consolidation of the occupation” in the region, said Volodymyr...

One of the Senior Pentagon advisors to the POTUS during the Trump Administration.

The US and other G7 countries vowed to defend Ukraine’s “sovereignty and territorial integrity” on Sunday’s 77th anniversary of Germany’s World War II defeat — as Russian despot Vladimir Putin boasted of erasing Ukrainian “Nazi filth.” Leaders of the Group of Seven — the US, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, the UK and Japan — made the pledge in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s leaked draft opinion set to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision “slapped women in the face.” Pelosi said, “I do think that it puts an urgency on what’s happening in the election. Two more- one or two more senators could sweep back the filibuster rule for this purpose, and then women would have a right to choose. This is about something so serious and so personal and so disrespectful of women. Here we are on Mother’s Day, a week where the...

One of Vladimir Putin's closest cronies claims Russia could destroy all NATO countries 'in half a hour'. Dmitry Rogozin, head of the Kremlin's space agency, Roscosmos, also admitted the strongman's aim is to defeat the 'enemy' West and expunge Ukraine from the map. 'NATO is waging a war against us,' said the former deputy premier of the 30-state Western military alliance. 'They didn't announce it, but that doesn't change anything. Now it's obvious to everyone.' He said: 'We are liberating Ukraine from NATO occupation and pushing the worst enemy away from our western borders.'

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel wouldn't enforce an "incredibly draconian and strict" abortion law that would take effect in the state if Roe v. Wade is repealed, she told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. (snip) "As attorney general, I have statewide jurisdiction. And I ran on a platform of understanding that likely during the course of my term, Roe v. Wade would be overturned," Nessel said.

Our Troops Rock! Thank you for all you do! For the freedom you enjoyed yesterday... Thank the Veterans who served in The United States Armed Forces. Looking forward to tomorrow's freedom? Support The United States Armed Forces Today! ~ Hall of Heroes ~Darrell "Shifty" PowersStory from this website. Darrell "Shifty" Powers (March 13, 1923–June 17, 2009) was a former U.S. Army NCO during World War II who served with the famed E Co/2/506 of the 101st Airborne Division (the Band of Brothers). Shifty was an original member of Easy Company, training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia. Shifty's hometown was Clinchco,...

US labor productivity tumbled by 7.5% in the first quarter of 2022 -- the largest decline in worker output per hour since 1947, according to Labor Department data released Thursday. The report also showed that unit labor costs, or how much workers are paid per unit of output, surged by 11.6% during the quarter. That reflects a 3.2% increase in hourly compensation and a 7.5% decrease in productivity. Analysts polled by Refinitiv had projected a 5.4% decline in productivity and a 9.9% rise in labor costs. Thursday's data underscores the robust labor market, where competition for workers has pushed up...

he Kremlin denied Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remark that Adolf Hitler may have had "Jewish blood." A Kremlin statement issued Thursday detailing a phone conversation between Putin and Bennett did not mention any apology. Additionally, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the leaders' talks were "exactly as disclosed" in the statement, The Cradle reported. The denial could intensify already strained tensions between Russia and Israel that stemmed from Lavrov's controversial remarks. The conflict may cause Russia to lose a key Middle East ally in Israel, which...

Just add a wig, some makeup and some extreme-Left promotions of child perversion and you've got a "production" fit for a communist-run country that's pushing sex-thinking on kids and blasting it all over social media, including YouTube. It's gender fluid programming of children's minds and then blasting out the "production" and conversion to trans-everything-thinking.

If you just followed news reports on Ukraine, you might think that the war has settled into a long, grinding and somewhat boring slog. You would be wrong. Things are actually getting more dangerous by the day. For starters, the longer this war goes on, the more opportunity for catastrophic miscalculations — and the raw material for that is piling up fast and furious. Take the two high-profile leaks from American officials this past week about U.S. involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war: First, The Times disclosed that “the United States has provided intelligence about Russian units that has allowed Ukrainians...

Antifa vandals hurled at least one Molotov cocktail into offices of an anti-abortion group in Wisconsin and scrawled a chilling message on the wall that read: 'If abortions aren't safe you aren't either.' The damage was discovered on Mother's Day morning when a passerby called police and reported seeing smoke coming from the headquarters of the anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action in Madison. The Antifa symbol - a capital 'A' inside a circle - was also scrawled on the wall, as well as the numbers 1312 - a code for the letters ACAB, which stand for 'All Cops Are Bastards'...

In February, the European Commission announced that it wanted to extend freedom of travel in the European Union during the pandemic with a digital green certificate, also known as the Covid passport, until July 1, 2023. Citizens can prove that they are fully vaccinated, recovered, or have a negative PCR test with such a certificate. During a debate in the European Union Parliament, Bulgarian MEP Angel Djambazki was very critical of the passport. The certificate is not practical and does not work because vaccinated and unvaccinated people get sick, exclaimed the leader. The certificate is destroying companies, especially small and...