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Just because Mark Zuckerberg announced that he would not fund election administration again does not mean the group he and his wife gave the bulk of their $419 million in donations to won’t. In April, the Center for Technology and Civic Life (CTCL) announced that it was shifting to a new model. The organization will join with several others and spend $80 million over the next five years “to help meet the needs of election departments across the country,” according to Tianna Epps-Johnson, CTCL Executive Director. Epps-Johnson described the new group, the Alliance for Election Excellence (the Alliance), as a...

GM Cruise self-driving taxis started giving free rides in February, but these were never intended to stay free, that was just a pilot program working at limited times in limited areas, ostensibly to work out the kinks. But the kinks are clearly not worked out. On the sixth day that these robotaxis were taking fares (actually sixth night, they only run between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.), TechCrunch reports that "more than a half dozen” of them just stopped working and blocked the street “ for a couple of hours.” TechCrunch adds that GM “employees arrived and manually moved the...

United Parcel Service is terminating the accounts of gun dealers across the country. Any packages currently in the UPS system may be “seized and destroyed.” In a letter sent to one Florida gun dealer, Ghost Firearms, UPS said they were terminating the account because they “may be violating” laws concerning homemade firearm parts.

Masseur’s ‘Rainbow’ Logo Sparks Gay RumpusEminent art historian slams Pope Francis' choice of artwork for Holy Year At a press conference in the Apostolic Palace on Tuesday, the Vatican declared Giacomo Travisani — a practitioner of New Age, sensual and healing massage therapies — the winner of its contest for the logo of the Jubilee Year 2025. Travisani wiped his personal Facebook page clean on Friday morning as controversy over his sexuality and profession escalated, after outspoken Catholic politician and writer Mario Adinolfi alleged the logo's designer was a homosexual. A mobile phone number on the therapist's professional Facebook page...

A few days later, Himars hit a Russian military barracks where new recruits were sleeping, inflicting heavy losses, Lt. Koval said. In a third attack he described, the Ukrainians directed all four Himars at Russian positions in one Ukrainian town, sending 24 rockets against targets in the same area. Another strike struck in the town of Zymohirya, some 30 miles behind the frontline, Lt. Koval said. Due to the $155,000 price tag per rocket, the Ukrainians are focusing the firepower on high-value targets like military headquarters, weapons depots and barracks rather than individual Russian tanks or artillery systems. They expect...

Google said late Friday that it will work to quickly delete location history for people going to abortion sites and other medical sites following the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade last week. “Today, we’re announcing that if our systems identify that someone has visited one of these places, we will delete these entries from Location History soon after they visit,” wrote Jen Fitzpatrick, Google’s senior vice president of core systems and experiences, in a blog post.

It’s getting much more difficult to think that Pope Francis isn’t deliberately causing chaosWhat exactly determines how a bishop is treated at the hands of the Pontiff?(Catholic Culture) – The last few years have established that a Catholic bishop can be removed from office because of misconduct — unless he enjoys the favor of Pope Francis. Two journalists have illustrated the point this week: For Catholic World Report, Christopher Altieri looks into the astonishing saga of Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta, formerly of the Oran diocese, who is now imprisoned in Argentina for sexual abuse. A secular court found him guilty, but...

The CDC and WHO have gone out of their way to convince westerners that homosexuality should not be ‘stigmatized’ for spreading yet another major virus. Featured Image (LifeSiteNews) — Unlike the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the U.K.’s Health Security Agency (UKHSA) is not camouflaging the fact that it is explicitly targeting homosexual men who engage in high-risk sexual activity for monkeypox vaccination in order to stem the spread of the disease. In an advisory published last week, the UKHSA noted that ongoing transmission is occurring “primarily in gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM).”...

Jussie Smollett is back in the limelight just 3 months after getting released from prison ... after attending the BET Awards and getting incredulous reactions online. The actor showed up at Sunday night's ceremony in LA, all smiles ... telling ET he's excited to be "expanding his empire." Twitter was on fire as JS walked the red carpet and took his seat ... memes were created in his name, while some called out BET for allowing "race-baiting liars" in its space. Sunday night's host, Taraji P. Henson, has been a vocal supporter of Jussie -- they both worked on "Empire"...

Puerto Rico: Did Vatican's Homosex Mafia Remove Bishop Fernández?Covid injections were just a pretext for the brutal dismissal of Arecibo Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres, 57 (Edward Pentin, NcRegister.com, June 29).Fernández and Presiding Puerto Rico Archbishop Roberto González Nieves have long had disagreements, for example over Puerto Rico’s independence.In 2012 under Benedict XVI, the Vatican asked Erzbischof Gonzáles numerous times to resign because he protected homosexual/pedophile priests and supported homosex cohabitations, but he refused and Benedict was unable to follow through.Of course, Francis was happy to keep the compromised Gonzáles in office who is a close friend of Francis’ partisan Cardinal...

A report published at the end of May by NRK, the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, notes that the official statistics bureau of Norway will soon track most grocery store purchases made in the Scandinavian country, a development that should serve as a warning to Americans about the growing trend in Western nations to expand surveillance and tracking of everyday citizens. In an article titled “Statistics Norway demands to know exactly what Norwegians buy in the grocery store,” reporter Martin Gundersen wrote that Statistics Norway has “ordered the grocery chains NorgesGruppen, Coop, Bunnpris and Rema 1000 to share all their receipt data...

Attorneys for Gibson's Bakery and the Gibson family have once again filed documents with the Ohio Supreme Court opposing Oberlin College's request to halt payment of the more than $36 million the college owes the family and their business after losing a lawsuit. The matter remains on appeal before the state's highest court. It isn't known when the Ohio Supreme Court might hear arguments in the case. "The Gibsons have correctly completed every step necessary to properly execute" a jury's award and Lorain County Common Pleas Judge John Miraldi's 2019 judgment, the family's attorneys wrote in a motion filed with...

ALBANY, N.Y. -- New York would require people applying for a handgun license to turn over a list of their social media accounts so officials could verify their “character and conduct” under a bill headed toward passage Friday in the state Legislature.

Count Vlad has a terrible day singing at his prog-rock rehearsal. So terrible you might be tempted to break into a smile or chuckle. Hopefully, he'll get things together, learn the songs and turn in a good performance. If you like the video please subscribe.

Arkansas Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said Friday that he is "laying the foundation" for a 2024 presidential campaign, asserting that former President Donald Trump has "disqualified himself" from returning to the White House by his conduct leading up to and after the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot. While he has not committed to running for president and says he is waiting until after the 2022 midterm elections to make a final decision, Hutchinson offered blistering criticism of Trump during an interview on CBS News and indicated he would be willing to challenge the former president for the 2024 Republican presidential...

The Supreme Court on Thursday imposed major constraints on the breadth of EPA's authority to limit carbon emissions from power plants. Why it matters: The 6-3 ruling in West Virginia v. EPA will likely make it harder for the Biden administration to meet its climate targets — and may tie the hands of future administrations that want to take aggressive action on climate change. The decision may also invite challenges to sweeping regulations imposed by other agencies, in a bid to constrain the bureaucracy writ large. Driving the news: The court said EPA lacks wide latitude under the current Clean...

From original rebels such as Hank Williams to genre-defying country heroes like Willie Nelson, these are the icons who paved the way for Americana.Published on By country outlawsPhoto: UMG Nashville (Hank Williams), EMI Music (Willie Nelson), Martyn Atkins © Mercury Nashville (Johnny Cash) Americana, a music deeply rooted in the musical culture of the United States, has arguably been around in one form or another for more than a century: country heroes such as Jimmie Rodgers and his traveling tent shows of the late 20s were one of the earliest incarnations. And while “Americana” has been a category recognized at...

A 17-year-old Colorado Springs girl whose body was found inside the Walgreens store where she worked had expressed concerns about a 28-year-old coworker who made her uncomfortable because he had a crush on her, according to a police affidavit used to secure the man's arrest in connection with her death. Johnson was being held without bond in El Paso County jail on suspicion of first-degree murder. He made his first court appearance Tuesday. The document states that Whitelaw was told she would have to work with Johnson and added that a coworker told investigators Johnson "appeared to be acting jealous"...

If you want to get a full sense of why so many Democrats seem to be frustrated with President JOE BIDEN at the moment, here’s one piece you need to read: “Is Biden a Man Out of Time?” by The Atlantic’s Ronald Brownstein. Whether the specific issue is abortion rights, court reform, voting rights, the filibuster, or the DOJ’s investigation into DONALD TRUMP’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election, “[m]any Democrats share a sense that … Biden and his team have been following, not leading. And that tendency points to an enduring question about Biden, who was first elected to...

Why The Specials’ ska hit Ghost Town still haunts dance floors (Only link can be posted)