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'Loving Bear Puffy', to give him his full name, is a 5ft 7in milky-brown 'emotional support bear' that lonely singletons can buy for £135 if they're in need of a cuddle. He has the 'shape and size of a male human body', his creators claim, 'with the head of a half-asleep bear'. This gives him rather strange proportions — the broad shoulders of a weight-lifter and a soft toy's tiny head... You can lean on him if you need a shoulder to cry on, or clasp your fingers around his hand for reassurance. You can snuggle down beside him on...

Avatar Mark Finchem @realmarkfinchem · 12m BREAKING: Cochise County BOS just motioned to table the certification of the election until November 28th, when they expect to review all evidence of the proof of legal certification by the accredited Election Assistance Commission labs to use the tabulation machines. This now establishes precedent to do the same in other counties now that Cochise County is validating their results. Arizona cannot certify any election results until all counties have rendered certified results.

[Catholic Caucus] Bishops look at ways to expand how they pass on Catholic faithBALTIMORE — As teachers of the faith, Catholic bishops recognize that their role continues to expand in the modern world.And to help them with this work, they have established an outreach called the Institute on the Catechism, introduced last year by Bishop Frank J. Caggiano of Bridgeport, Connecticut, chairman of the bishops’ Subcommittee on the Catechism.Caggiano, the subcommittee’s outgoing chairman, who gave the bishops an update on this effort Nov. 16 during their annual fall general assembly, said the institute launched its first gathering Nov. 10-12 in...

merica is about to learn that what liberals actually mean when they claim to support “separation of church and state” is they want to use the power of government to silence those who disagree with them on same-sex marriage. For years, liberals have perverted the meaning of Thomas Jefferson’s “absolute wall of separation” for keeping the state out of the church to keeping those in the church who uphold the Bible’s definition of marriage out of the public square. The occasion for this teachable moment is the “Respect for Marriage Act” now before the Senate. Democrats claim the proposal is...

San Francisco's district attorney has refused to release public documents and video of Paul Pelosi’s attack to conservative watchdog Judicial Watch, instead directing the group to a New York Times article. Judicial Watch and news organizations have attempted to obtain the materials under California’s Public Records Act but have been nixed by newly elected District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. Controversy still dogs the Oct. 28 break-in of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) home, especially after an NBC reporter was suspended for reporting facts that court records show are true. Judicial Watch asked for records of all communications between the DA and...

On this date in 1936, the Seven Martyrs of Madrid became martyrs.* These sisters of Catholicism’s Visitandine or Visitation Order were the last remaining to watch over their convent, which had been mostly evacuated for fear of anti-clerical violence in the unfolding Spanish Civil War. Indeed, even these seven felt it wiser to stay in a nearby apartment where they secreted the convent’s treasures and kept their holy orders as quiet as possible. Their precautions were justified — but insufficient. On the night of November 17, weeks after the Spanish capital was besieged by the Francoists an anarchist militia tossed...

Former SinoHawk holdings chief Tony Bobulinski – who was partners in that China-linked company with Biden family members – praised Kentucky Republican Congressman James Comer's newly-launched probe into the First Family's business deals. Earlier Thursday, Comer made a point during a press conference to note the probe will be focused on Joe Biden's alleged links to corrupt overseas deals, but greatly weights the behavior of his surviving son, Hunter. With the House flipping to GOP hands, the Republican representing Paducah and Bowling Green will ascend to the chairmanship of the Oversight Committee and replace Democratic Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New...

BALTIMORE (RNS) — America’s newest cardinal called on his fellow bishops to challenge lawmakers who want to cut Ukraine aid, urging prelates to speak out against leaders of a Republican majority in the next Congress angling to reduce U.S. support for the country as it battles Russian invaders. Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego, who was elevated by Pope Francis in August, offered his challenge Wednesday (Nov. 16) after bishops heard a presentation on the situation in Ukraine by Ukrainian Catholic Archbishop Borys Gudziak, who oversees the Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia. Gudziak detailed the horrific devastation wrought by Russia’s...

Elon Musk@elonmusk Reinstate former President Trump? Yes 56% No 44% 4,104,328 votes · 21 hours left

House Democrats are preparing for a changing of the guard in the lower chamber in the wake of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's (D-CA) Thursday announcement, and that of her deputies, that they will step aside so a new generation of Democrats can move up the ranks. A trio of younger House lawmakers launched their bids on Friday and are widely expected to assume the spots. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) is the front-runner to replace Pelosi, while Katherine Clark (R-MA) and Pete Aguilar (D-CA) would serve in the No. 2 and No. 3 positions, respectively. **SNIP** "It has sometimes been said that the...

The 96-missile barrage fired across Ukraine on Tuesday was Russia’s biggest aerial attack of the war so far. But it followed months of assertions by Western and Ukrainian officials that Moscow’s stockpile of missiles and other weapons was rapidly dwindling. Whether the assault on infrastructure targets was long planned, as Ukrainian commanders say they believe, or served as a deadly response to Kyiv’s recapture of the city of Kherson last week, the widespread attack raises questions about how much Russia’s arsenal may be depleted and whether Moscow will endure by finding alternative sources of weapons. The Ukrainian defense minister, Oleksii...

Former FBI agent Peter Strzok said Friday that indictments of former President Donald Trump’s associates could be possible following the announcement of a special counsel by Attorney General Merrick Garland. Garland appointed Jack Smith, a career prosecutor who once headed the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section, to serve as special counsel overseeing investigations covering the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the Capitol building and the handling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s Florida estate, Friday.

‘This university has lost the understanding of what it means to be Catholic,’ student leader saysGonzaga University, a Jesuit Catholic institution, refused to allow a pro-life event by the campus Zags for Life group. Zags for Life wanted to host Catholic pro-life speaker Liz Wheeler with assistance from Young America’s Foundation, but the campus ministry office denied the request. Grant Habersetzer, a student and board member of Gonzaga’s pro-life club Zags for Life, told The College Fix that he was notified the event was canceled by an email from Director of Mission and Ministry Luke Lavin. The ministry director said...

Harvard-Harris poll, GOP 2024 Primary (November 16-17): Trump 46, DeSantis 28, Pence 7., Cruz 3, Haley 2.

Lincoln Project co-founder George Conway said Friday on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360” that Donald Trump was in “substantial peril” after Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Special Counsel Jack Smith to oversee the probes into the former president. Guest host John Berman asked, “So, George, what does the appointment of a special counsel tell you about the former president’s legal situation in regard to these two cases?” Conway said, “Well, he has the right to remain silent. He probably should exercise that right tonight, but he won’t. I think he’s in substantial peril. I’ve thought that he’s been in substantial peril...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The former St. Ann property, including the church, school and convent, sold Wednesday to Buffalo Crescent Holdings, Inc. for $250,000. The company plans to convert the 651 Broadway property into a downtown Islamic Center.

VALLEJO, Calif. — Two people were arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of a fellow squatter who was shot and killed by a California property owner, authorities said. The property owner was impaled by a sword during the confrontation. A witness told the newspaper that the property owner, identified as Curt Lind, 80, came to his mobile home covered in blood. “He came banging on my door with a sword sticking through him,” Patrick McMillan, a tenant who lives in a mobile home on the property, told the Chronicle. McMillan told the newspaper that Lind was his landlord...

President Trump responded to the latest special counsel investigation by the Joe Biden regime. AG Merrick Garland announced on Friday he was opening another special investigation of President Donald Trump three days after he announced his run for president. Advertisement - story continues below Tonight President Trump responded to the junk investigation at Mar-a-Lago. The video was from GETTR Live. FOX News refused to air it. President Trump told his Mar-a-Lago guests, ' “We cannot let them get away with it… Why is there not a special counsel for them? I’ve done nothing wrong. They’ve been involved in criminal activity…....

....Garland announced at a news conference Friday that John "Jack" Smith will be the special counsel tasked with investigating and deciding whether charges should be brought. He called Smith an "impartial and determined prosecutor." Smith is currently the chief prosecutor for the special counsel in the Hague. ...

The state's attorney general will immediately appeal.ATLANTA (LifeSiteNews) – A Georgia judge declared the state’s heartbeat-based abortion ban unconstitutional despite the U.S. Supreme Court expressly affirming states’ freedom to set their own abortion laws this summer. The Associated Press reported that Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney ruled against the Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act, which forbids abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected (as early as six weeks), except in cases of rape, incest, physical medical emergencies, and pregnancies deemed “medically futile.” The bill, signed in 2019, inspired a wave of heartbeat laws across the country, which...