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After a seven-day ban for offending leftists by revealing to the world their plans for children, Libs of TikTok is back. Today’s entries were a powerful reminder both that public schools are deliberately grooming children to identify with the LGBTQ+ spectrum, and that parents are finally pushing back. Under New York State law, “Disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree is a class E felony.” Penal Law § 235.21. Class E felonies are punishable by up to four years in jail. When it comes to written material, A person is guilty of disseminating indecent material to minors in...

NATO defense ministers will gather this week for a ministerial meeting, but one topic of discussion will be anything but routine: the risk that Russian President Vladimir Putin might use nuclear weapons in Europe. The recent massive, disproportionate missile attacks launched against Ukraine in response to the truck bombing of the Kerch Bridge reinforce the notion that the Kremlin remains unpredictable. Although Russian use of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) against non-nuclear Ukraine seems unlikely for several reasons, including the fact that it may frustrate Russia’s broader goals, Western military officials can and must think through their potential responses. Doing...

BALTIMORE, Monday, Oct. 13. The American has the following special dispatch from Frederick: "The escape of the rebels across the Potomac is fully confirmed. After they were driven from Nolan's Ford they divided, and crossed the river in small bodies at different points. Two farmers, taken prisoner by them at Mercersburg, were paroled at the river, and arrived here to-day. The farmers report that Gen. STUART and Gen. WADE HAMPTON were both with the expedition. The cavalry force was a detachment from Virginia and South Carolina regiments. They seized not only horses in Maryland, but swept the parts of Pennsylvania...

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Josep Borrell suggests Putin ‘cannot afford bluffing’ and says those backing Ukraine — including NATO and the US — ‘are not bluffing neither’ BRUSSELS — EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell warned Moscow on Thursday that its forces would be “annihilated” by the West’s military response if Russian President Vladimir Putin uses nuclear weapons against Ukraine. “Putin is saying he is not bluffing. Well, he cannot afford bluffing, and it has to be clear that the people supporting Ukraine and the European Union and the Member States, and the United States and NATO are not bluffing neither,” Borrell said at...

In a first mission of its kind, the European Union plans to train Ukrainian soldiers on E.U. soil, the bloc’s top diplomat said on Thursday, a significant move that highlights the bloc’s increased security cooperation since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The mission is set for final approval on Monday during a meeting of E.U. foreign ministers in Luxembourg, the diplomat, Josep Borrell Fontelles, said. “At the moment when Putin is increasing escalation, we have in turn to continue to support Ukraine as much as needed and for how long is needed,” he said during a meeting of NATO defense ministers...

14 October 2022Friday of week 28 in Ordinary Time St. Callixtus Catacombs Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(II).First readingEphesians 1:11-14 ©You have been stamped with the seal of the Holy SpiritIt is in Christ that we were claimed as God’s own,chosen from the beginning,under the predetermined plan of the one who guides all thingsas he decides by his own will;chosen to be,for his greater glory,the people who would put their hopes in Christ before he came.Now you too, in him,have heard the message of the truth and the good news of your salvation,and have believed it;and you too have...

Virginia parents with differing viewpoints sounded off on school policies they say harmed children at Tuesday's Loudoun County Public Schools board meeting. One year ago, LCPS passed Policy 8040 to follow Virginia Department of Education guidelines put forth by the previous Democratic administration to protect transgender students. It requires employees to address students by their chosen "name and gender pronouns" and gives students access to the bathrooms, locker rooms and sports teams that match their gender identity. The decision sparked a backlash among parents, particularly because it did not require parents to be notified or approve of changes made to...

On Monday, Russia fired 84 missiles, many at Ukrainian civilian infrastructure targets, causing power outages in many cities. On Tuesday, Russia launched another 28 cruise missiles. And on Thursday, the Ukrainian Armed Forced General Staff said Russia had hit more than 40 settlements since the day before. In all, more than three dozen people were killed. But no matter how many times Russia fires at Ukraine, pro-war Russian nationalists want more, even though targeting civilian infrastructure is potentially a war crime. “It has to be done constantly, not just once but for two to five weeks to totally disable all...

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(JNS) In Britain, it’s diplomatic Groundhog Day all over again. Prime Minister Liz Truss has said she wants to move the British embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. When former U.S. President Donald Trump similarly proposed moving the American embassy, liberals grabbed for the smelling salts. The outcome of such a move, they predicted, would be Armageddon. The entire Arab world would rise up in fury. The relocation of the embassy would utterly destroy the cause of peace. None of this occurred. Instead, the precise opposite took place. The embassy was moved in May 2018. In Sept. 2020, the historic...

Ukrainian officials have urged the Red Cross to conduct a mission to a notorious prison camp in the Russia-occupied east of the country. The Ukrainian president's chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, demanded that the Red Cross (ICRC) visit the Olenivka prison in Donetsk within three days. "We just can't waste more time. Human lives are at stake," he tweeted. Last month, the Red Cross tried to secure access to the camp, but said it was denied by Russian authorities. In a statement on Friday, the ICRC said: "We want to stress that our teams are ready on the ground -...

New footage from January 6, 2021, shows a candid moment where House Speaker Nancy Pelosi threatened to physically strike then-President Trump, should he have joined those protesting at the Capitol. In the video, which was publicly shared Thursday, Pelosi admits the actions could have resulted in her going to prison — a consequence she said she would "be happy" to accept. "I hope he comes, I’m going to punch him out," Pelosi tells her Chief of Staff Terri McCullough, who discourages her boss from making the comments. "I’ve been waiting for this, for trespassing on the Capitol grounds. I’m going...

Ukrainian defenders shoot down more and more Iranian kamikaze drones. This was stated by the Secretary of the National Security Council, Oleksii Danilov, in an interview with NT, Censor.NET. "Regarding the "martyrs". Unfortunately, yes, sometimes they break through. Our anti-aircraft forces, and other units that are involved in this process already reaches 85-90%, depending on the day. They launch a lot of them," he explained. Danilov also called on Ukrainians to go to shelter during an air raid.

During the past day, the enemy continued to terrorize the civilian population of the Kharkiv region. In the Chuhuiiv district, an infrastructure object was damaged by 4 rocket strikes. According to Censor.NET, the head of the Kharkiv RMA Oleh Synehubov reported this. "Yesterday evening, around 9:00 p.m., the Russian occupiers launched a rocket attack on the Kholodnohirsky district of Kharkiv, hitting the road surface was recorded. There were no casualties. In the Chuguyiv district, an infrastructure facility was damaged by 4 rocket strikes. Previously, 1 person was injured," the message reads. It is noted that yesterday the enemy massively shelled...

Today, October 13, another exchange of prisoners was held. As a result, it was possible to free 20 defenders of Ukraine, among them those who were held in Olenivka. This was announced by the head of the Office of the President Andriy Yermak "These are 20 stories of Ukrainian heroes, 14 - soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 4 soldiers of the Red Army, one national guard and a member of the Navy. There are people who were held by the Russians in Olenivka, in the temporarily occupied territories of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions," Yermak said. Those freed from...

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Majorities of key voter groups say that rising gas prices would make them more likely to vote for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections, a new survey conducted by The Trafalgar Group on behalf of the Convention of States reveals. “How would rising gas prices impact your vote in the upcoming 2022 midterm elections?” the national survey of 1,079 likely general election voters, conducted October 8-11, asked. Among all voters, a 54.4% majority said rising gas prices would make them more likely to vote Republican, while a third (32.8) said they’d be more prone to vote Democrat. Another 12.7% weren’t...

InfoWars founder Alex Jones mocked the $965 million verdict against him, calling it a "total joke," a "railroad job," a blatant effort to silence and bankrupt him, and an affront to freedom of speech and opinion, adding to Newsmax that there is a 99% chance he can get it overturned on appeal. "So, look, nobody's talking about the appeal," Jones, who was sued by Sandy Hook victims' families and an FBI agent, told Thursday's "Eric Bolling The Balance." "We are very, very sure — like 99% — that this is such a joke, this thing is such a fiasco, such...

Fox News host Tucker Carlson calls out Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez over not speaking out on the Russia-Ukraine war on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' #FoxNews #tucker Interesting clip of AOC Town Hall with two of her progressive constituents calling her out for backing and funding a possible nuclear war. She responds to it all by telling them they are rude...:-)