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Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore is calling for the Second Amendment to be repealed and sharing his theory for how to successfully remove "nearly every gun from civilian ownership." "We need to start a movement to repeal the Second Amendment and replace it with something that says it’s not about the right of somebody to own a gun, it’s the right of all of us to be protected from gun violence," Moore said Friday on his podcast. "We have a right to live," he said. "If you’re afraid of somebody breaking in, get a dog… you don't need a gun." Moore...

A Russian lawmaker called for Lithuania's independence to be repealed, submitting a draft bill claiming the Baltic republic illegally left the Soviet Union more than three decades ago. The proposed legislation was submitted to the Russian lower house, the Duma, on Wednesday by Yevgeny Fyodorov, a member of the ruling United Russia party. In March 1990, Lithuania became the first republic to announce it intended to restore its independence from the disintegrating USSR, under whose control it had been for five decades after the Soviet army occupied it in 1940.

I remember some years ago it came out that a social studies study on conservatives vs liberals came out looking bad for conservatives, and then a couple of years ago it was found they had reversed one of the numbers for conservatives which had made them look much worse than they were (and possibly they were actually better than liberals despite having been reported as worse, but I am not sure about that). Does anyone remember this well enough to give me a clue how to find out more about it? I haven't been able to configure a search that...

The Department of Homeland Security plans to transport asylum seekers from the southern border into cities deeper in the United States as they await processing, according to internal documents obtained by NBC News. In an effort to reduce crowding at the border, DHS’s Southwest Border Coordination Center would pay for transport to keep migrants moving into U.S. shelters in Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Albuquerque, which were mentioned as some of the possible destinations. A DHS spokesperson indicated that the decision to move the migrants into cities was not final. “Should a decision be made, DHS will continue to closely...

I push boundaries. And try to bring together people who are different. I think conservatives should be proud of having some of the best ground breaking conservationists in modern history among their numbers (Teddy Roosevelt, Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher and Arnold Schwarzenegger) St Paul's Cathedral, Melbourne is currently doing the same by hanging an image called Gaia above the space occupied by the altar and the seats of the choir. Is this legitimate free expression by the cathedral? Or should this environmentalism have been stopped at the door? What would Jesus say?

Regulate guns! Not our bodies! #BansOffOurBodies #GunControlNow pic.twitter.com/LqAP7wpFEf— FederalFelonMouse (she/her) (@LiteraryMouse) June 10, 2022

IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - Around 11:41 p.m. on Friday, June 3rd Iowa City Police officers placed 22-year-old Daria D. Brown of Iowa City under arrest. She was found on the 100 Block of South Clinton Street, hitting a bar’s windows after she was denied entry because of her intoxication level. Brown assaulted three Iowa City Police Officers while resisting arrest. As Brown was being placed in a patrol vehicle, she grabbed an officer’s taser in an attempt to disarm him. After the arrest, she was taken to the Johnson County Jail. At the jail she continued resisting during the...

Pro-choice group Ruth Sent Us hinted at targeting protests at Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett after the attempted attack on Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Ruth Sent Us posted a call for demonstrations at Barrett's home and church in response to speculation that she will concur with a previously leaked draft court opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. "If you’re in the DC metro area, join us. Our protests at Barrett’s home moved the needle to this coverage," the group said on Twitter. Ruth Sent Us specifically noted the Barrett family's daily schedule and the school her children attend.

One of the most difficult psychological transitions is facing hatred of self or loved ones by significant people in our lives. The challenge of admitting when we are hated makes it difficult to take steps to protect the vulnerable from that hatred. The normal mind projects onto others the degree of acceptance and respect that it naturally grants to others. The healthy mind must learn through unhappy experience when mutual acceptance and respect are absent. Therefore, it has been hard to admit that over time Democrats have succumbed to beliefs and policies based on hatred of us and our children....

Moscow, June 7, Interfax - A bill introducing administrative penalties for propagating non-traditional sexual relations in Russia and increasing current fines for such offenses with regard to minors was submitted to the State Duma on Tuesday. The legislative assembly of Sevastopol introduced the relevant draft document to the lower house of the Russian parliament. The authors of the bill propose adding a new article to the Administrative Offenses Code of the Russian Federation. This new provision deals with "propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations in the form of disseminating information aimed at forming non-traditional sexual mindsets, making non-traditional sexual relations more...

Saint Alphonsus Theologate students told to rely on God for strength during their missions Students with their diplomas at Saint Alphonsus Theologate in Vietnam. (Photo supplied)Students have graduated at Saint Alphonsus Theologate in the Redemptorist Province of Vietnam. The 11 students received their diplomas in a ceremony at the college in Ho Chi Minh City attended by the provincial superior, formators, professors and almost 200 students. Father Anthony Nguyen Van Dung, dean of Saint Alphonsus Theologate, said students had faced many difficulties in the academic year. They had to join online classes because of the Covid-19 pandemics, some became sick...

Tesla just filed its annual proxy statement with the SEC and revealed it plans a three-for-one stock split, and that board member Larry Ellison does not plan to stand for re-election. Shares of Tesla were up by more than 1% after-hours having closed at $696.69 on Friday. In the filing, the company wrote of the proposed stock split, “Our success depends on attracting and retaining excellent talent,” and that “highly competitive compensation packages,” offering every employee an option to receive equity, helped Tesla to do that. “We believe the Stock Split would help reset the market price of our common...

Both Chairman Thompson and Vice Chairwoman Cheney said in no uncertain terms that Donald Trump is responsible for the Seditious Conspiracy to overthrow the United States Government. Check please.— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) June 10, 2022We’re going to hear more damning information from the Jan. 6 Committee of Trump’s Criminal Conspiracy to overthrow the United States Government. Merrick Garland, you know what needs to be done.— Rob Reiner (@robreiner) June 10, 2022

The pope’s doctors requested he postpone the trip, according to the Vatican Press Office.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) – The Vatican Press Office announced today that Pope Francis has postponed his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, which was scheduled for early July, due to increased health problems. “At the request of his doctors,” the Press Office said, “and in order not to jeopardize the results of the therapy that he is undergoing for his knee, the Holy Father has been forced to postpone, with regret, his Apostolic Journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo and to...

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An Asian American journalist who previously worked at Kansas-based Fox 4 (WDAF-TV) is reportedly suing the station’s parent company over her former news director’s alleged refusal to promote her for being the “wrong minority.” Megan Murphy, better known as Megan Dillard, started working for Fox 4 in 2014 under a three-year contract, according to the suit. In 2017, she signed a new three-year deal when the station promoted her to news anchor. In 2019, Murphy expressed interest in the lead evening anchor position when the journalist occupying the role, an African American woman only identified in the suit as “D.R.,”...

Someone vandalized the archdiocesan Respect Life Office in Hollywood over the Memorial Day weekend, scrawling threatening graffiti on its outer walls. “This threat is similar to those received by numerous pregnancy help centers around the country in the wake of the national news regarding the Dobbs case before the Supreme Court, and the possible overturning of Roe v. Wade,” said Rebecca Brady, archdiocesan director of Respect Life. The vandalism took place shortly before midnight May 28, 2022. It was discovered by a cleaning crew the next day, Sunday. The misspelled threat read: “If abortions aren’t SAFE then neither are you.”Brady...

The primetime hearings for the Jan. 6 commission's investigation into the 2021 Capitol riot were broadcast live on almost every major station, yet failed to capture national interest and produced ratings far below other comparable national televised political events. Almost 20 million viewers tuned in for the hearings on Thursday night, according to The Hill. By contrast, President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in March pulled in 38 million viewers. In 2018, then-President Donald Trump's first State of the Union attracted over 45 million, per the New York Post.

Ukrainian leaders are warning that the fate of the industrial heartlands in their country’s east depends on the amount of Western-supplied heavy weaponry that can be placed on the front lines in Donbas, as Russia presses on with its attempts to expand its control to Severodonetsk and other strategic cities. The entire area has come under heavy Russian fire, Serhiy Haidai, the Ukrainian governor of the eastern Luhansk region, which along with Donetsk makes up Donbas, said Friday. “Fierce street fights continue in Severodonetsk,” he said on the Telegram social-media platform, adding that key routes such as the road between...

Trinitarian Heresy: The interpretive key to the crisisOn Pentecost, Jorge Bergoglio (stage name, Francis) performed a great service to all who find themselves genuinely confused by the present ecclesial crisis, and who sincerely desire to be and to remain Catholic.What was this great service, you may ask?He dropped an H-Bomb.Big deal, right? I know, Jorge is among the world’s most prolific heresy machines, but this time he provided all concerned with an interpretive key that goes a long way toward making sense of the Council, the society that emerged therefrom, and the Bergoglian reign of terror over it. Specifically, Jorge...