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There abides in the living recall of my generation — and among widely scattered remnants of the traditional America that yet survives — one of the greatest spiritual weapons we can wield: our national motto. I was not yet two years old when both Houses of Congress passed a joint resolution declaring "IN GOD WE TRUST" the official motto of the United States. There was no debate, nor a single dissenting vote. By law, it remains America's watchword to this day, Public Law 84-851, signed by Eisenhower on July 30, 1956. The Senate reaffirmed the motto in 2006, as did...

*Lawyers representing 3AC’s creditors say the physical whereabouts of Zhu Su and Kyle Davies are “currently unknown.” *The court filing from Friday also alleges that the founders have not yet begun to cooperate with the liquidation process “in any meaningful manner.” *The entire stablecoin market is now worth more than $160 billion. ===================================================================== The co-founders of failed crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital appear to be on the run from creditors, according to court documents recently filed in New York. Lawyers representing the creditors say the physical whereabouts of Zhu Su and Kyle Davies, who started Three Arrows in 2012,...

When President McKinley was shot in 1901, few thought his life was in danger. And so V.P. Theodore Roosevelt continued family vacation in the Adirondacks until a messenger arrived with the news that McKinley had died and therefore they were now the first family. Years later, TR's oldest daughter Alice Roosevelt Longworth recalled the evening for a friend. who remarked: "Oh, that must have been a moment of terrible sadness." Upon which Alice looked at him, askance. "Are you joking?”

COVID-19 restrictions have damaged children developmentally in ways that might be irreparable, teachers say. From early childhood to high school, children rely on facial expressions, social interaction, conversation with new people, and friendships to develop mentally. Children denied social interaction don’t grow mentally in the same way. When governments closed in-person schooling for months, cracked down on activities like play dates, and ordered families to stay home it plunged children into painful isolation. Now, teachers across America say the lockdown generation lags behind those raised in normal years. Older children have fewer friends and slower minds, while some of the...

US National Security Adviser Sullivan says Tehran set to ship ‘several hundred’ of the UAVs to Russian military, provide training WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House on Monday said it believes Russia is turning to Iran to provide it with hundreds of unmanned aerial vehicles, including weapons-capable drones, for use in its ongoing war in Ukraine. US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said it was unclear whether Iran had already provided any of the unmanned systems to Russia, but said the US has “information” that indicates Iran is preparing to train Russian forces to use them as soon as this...

Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That the 80th General Convention denounces the work of Crisis Pregnancy Centers, also known as Pregnancy Resource Centers; and be it further Resolved, that the 80th General Convention apologizes for the Church's previous support of Crisis Pregnancy Centers as detailed in Resolution 1994-D105.

A $20 million proposal to put an abortion clinic off the coast of Alabama in federal waters in the Gulf of Mexico will not work, according to former U.S. Attorney Jay Town. During an interview with Mobile radio FM Talk 106.5's "The Jeff Poor Show" on Monday, the former U.S. Attorney for Alabama's Northern District said although the act of abortion, prohibited in Alabama by the 2019 Human Life Protection Act, would be committed in federal waters, the host vessel would still be governed by law from the state of which it had departed. According to Town, the gesture proposed...

The USGS has confirmed there was an earthquake in Monroe County today. It registered as a 2.4 W of Luna Pier, Michigan, at 12:49 pm.

Harrowing video footage shows 7- and 8-year-old baseball players cowering for cover as gunshots rang out at a Little League state championship game in North Carolina. The footage showed under-8 players as well as the adults officiating initially frozen in fear as at least three shots rang out Sunday — with one landing just feet from a player, WITN said. Most of the players then dropped to the ground while a handful fled the field in Wilson as a chorus of adults screamed, “Get down!” The clip ended with the youngsters on the ground trying to crawl to safety. “No...

The Kremlin says that Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Iran next week.

A petition in Ukraine calling for same-sex marriage to be legalised has gained enough signatures for the president to consider the proposal. The petition has more than 28,000 signatures, meaning President Volodymyr Zelensky now has 10 days to respond. Homosexuality is not illegal in Ukraine, but same-sex marriages and civil partnerships are not recognised. This has caused particular problems for LGBT people signing up for the military following Russia's invasion.

Trump has endorsed Dan Cox for governor

On the homepage today, Rich writes that “for the good of the country, Biden shouldn’t run again.” The same is true of Donald Trump. In my view, there are many, many reasons for this — not least that Trump permanently disqualified himself from consideration with his behavior after the 2020 election. But, whether or not you agree with me about that, you can surely grasp that, as a political matter, Donald Trump is a spent force? Yesterday’s New York Times poll sent shockwaves through the political world. It found that President Biden’s approval rating is at 33 percent; that “more...

Twitter shares plunged Monday in the first day of trading since Elon Musk abandoned his $44 billion agreement to buy the company – and one tech industry analyst warned of a potentially disastrous long-term scenario for the embattled social media firm. Twitter’s stock sank 11% as investors reacted to the exit. Musk’s move that sets up a lengthy court battle likely to weigh on company shares for months or years to come and added to the challenges facing CEO Parag Agrawal, according to Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives.

Altering the Human Genome: Study Shows COVID Jab Can Modify DNA, Opens Door for LawsuitsSwedish Study Shows COVID RNA Can Be Reverse-Transcribed into the Genome of Humans Altering the Human Genome: Study Shows COVID Jab Can Modify DNA, Opens Door for Lawsuits “We were told this messenger RNA could not go into your DNA, but this was shown in a lab [that] it can.”Dr Peter McCullough, Dr Richard Bartlett and Dr Simone Gold join Joni Table Talk host, Joni Lamb to discuss the Swedish in vitro study that shows the Pfizer jab installs DNA into the human genome. Dr Gold,...

Western leaders met in Madrid, Spain last week to map out their war strategy against the Russian Federation.Joe Biden was his usual self looking completely lost at the official gatherings.In response to the threats of war, Russia posted the strike coordinates of prominent Western targets.The official Telegram channel for Russian state space corporation Roscosmos released the coordinates for the White House and the Pentagon (United States), of NATO headquarters (Belgium) [photo], of the Congress Center (Spain) where the NATO summit is being held, of the Ministry of Defense (United Kingdom), the Reichstag and the Federal Chancellery (Germany), and even the...

During an interview with Bloomberg on Monday, Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo stated that there is no guarantee President Joe Biden will get something in return from China if the U.S. relaxes tariffs on China, and the main reason for him considering lifting tariffs is to combat inflation. Co-host David Westin asked, “In terms of specific tariffs being taken off or not, is it possible it could be bilateral? Is it possible China could actually give something to the United States to try to reformulate our trade relations?” Raimondo responded, “Certainly, that is possible and you raise an excellent point, which...

“What is happening right now in Ukraine is bad and America should be paying a lot more attention,” Cuomo wrote in the Instagram post.“I went to the eastern front. Shelling is intense and devastating. Why so little coverage here?” he questioned. “Look at the videos below. They should be all over your screens.”

VIDEODOCTOR Jill Biden traveled down to San Antonio and immediately put her foot in her mouth by comparing Latinos to breakfast tacos in an act of embarrassing Hispandering. Of course, in the aftermath it inspired a flood of funny memes. Here is a compilation of some of those taco memes.

Coffee chain said it is permanently closing 16 cafes after workers reported drug use by members of the public and crime concerns