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With 2022 coming to an end, the Cambridge Dictionary team has announced their Word of the Year for 2022. And it is 'homer', which is described as "short for home run : a point scored in baseball when you hit the ball, usually out of the playing field, and are able to run around all the bases at one time to the starting base," as per Cambridge Dictionary. Homer was the top searched word on Cambridge Dictionary in 2022. "It was looked up more than 79,000 times this year, and an amazing 65,401 of those views happened on May 5,"...

It's no secret that the Biden administration has been woefully incompetent when it comes to protecting pro-lifers following the leak of the Dobbs v. Jackson decision in early May, and after it was officially released in late June. Not even conservative justices were safe, as the administration supported illegal protests outside of their homes, which are still going on. Someone wanted to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and likely more conservative justices. Pro-life organizations, pregnancy centers, and Catholic Churches have also been targeted with vandalism and even violence. It just adds insult to injury that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)...

Rev. Al Sharpton’s charity nearly doubled his compensation and also shelled out close to $300,000 for private jets so that he and other bigwigs could attend “important gatherings.” The National Action Network paid Sharpton $348,174 in 2021 as its president and CEO and gave him a hefty bonus of $278,503 — plus $22,117 worth of benefits for total compensation of $648,794, its latest tax filing shows. The preacher’s 2020 compensation came to $347,183, which did not include a bonus. NAN also forked over nearly $1 million on private jets and limos.

“‘Come to Me . . .’” (Matthew 11:28). Although infinitely beyond human comprehension, God’s sovereignty and human responsibility are inseparable in salvation. God sovereignly provides the grace that draws sinners, but they must humbly come in faith and commit to obey the Lord Jesus before salvation becomes complete. Christ makes this clear when He says, “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and the one who comes to Me I will certainly not cast out” (John 6:37). Redemption comes not through human creed, denominational preferences, favorite rituals, certain pastors, priests, or theological gurus—but only through the atoning...

An explosion erupted in a gas pipeline outside St. Petersburg in Russia Saturday, according to a social media post by the governor of the Leningrad Region. "Firefighters and rescuers extinguish a fire caused by a gas pipeline depressurization between Berngardovka and Kovalevo," Gov. Alexander Drozdenko said on Telegram. "There is no threat to the population and the spread of fire to residential areas." The governor said the exact cause of the fireball that emerged in videos on social media was still being investigated. No suggestion of sabotage has been mentioned and Russia’s Ministry of Emergency Situations said the explosion was...

I have always told my children, “When you’re in need, when you’re hurting, just call me. I’ll be there! I don’t care where I am, I’ll come!” If I as an earthly father love my children this much, just think how much more our heavenly Father cares. Will he not respond when we call? The Word of God says, “For he will deliver the needy when he cries, the poor also, and him who has no helper. He will spare the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy. He will redeem their life from oppression and...

In the assessment of the Finnish Border Guard, the changed security environment has made it necessary to construct a barrier fence along part of the eastern border," the border guard said in a statement. "If Russia reduces its border control, this may cause additional pressure at the Finnish end to control illegal entry. Finland cannot rely on the effectiveness of Russian border control," the statement said. The planned border fence will stretch for a distance of about 81 to 162 miles — only part of the 830-mile-long border it shares with Russia — and will come with accompanying surveillance equipment...

New powerful ad from the Trump campaign.

A new Harvard CAPS/Harris poll found that former President Donald Trump is the clear front-runner in a hypothetical 2024 Republican primary, leading Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by 18 points.The poll found that 46 percent of Republican voters would support Trump, compared to 28 percent who support DeSantis.Former Vice President Mike Pence, who many speculate will launch a presidential bid in 2024, received just seven percent support. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) came in fourth place in the poll with three percent, while Nikki Haley, Mike Pompeo, and Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) each polled at two percent.The Harvard poll was taken...

Businessman and former mayor of New York, Michael Bloomberg was forced to apologise at a major business event in Singapore for statements made by his friend and former UK prime minister Boris Johnson criticising China. Johnson was invited as the guest speaker at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore, held earlier this week. During his speech, Johnson described China as a “coercive autocracy”, much to the apathy of Asian businessmen and diplomats gathered. Since Johnson was invited by Bloomberg to the forum, the latter had to bear the brunt of attendees feeling insulted and offended by the Tory leader's...

A George Soros-backed group urged Twitter owner Elon Musk to keep Donald Trump off Twitter in a truly baffling spectacle — one that is not in keeping with the spirit of his free speech rights.The group in question — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington D.C. (CREW) — received $500,000 dollars from George Soros’s Open Society Foundation in 2020 alone. Indeed, the group showed its clear leftist bias when it recently took action to disqualify Donald Trump from running again in 2024:“Should Donald Trump seek reelection to the presidency or any other office, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in...

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The latest busload of 28 illegal immigrants to Philadelphia has sparked differing reactions. District Attorney Larry Krasner said "Philadelphia remains a sanctuary city, and we will proudly welcome anyone the Texas Governor sends to us." Gisele Fetterman, speaking on behalf of her zombie husband Senator-elect John Fetterman (D-Penn), called the busing of illegal immigrants to Philadelphia by Gov. Abbott "cruel. Surely he knows this city is a high crime area compared to Texas. Philadelphia consistently ranks above the national average in terms of crime, especially violent offenses. Car-jackings have increased four-fold since last year. If any of these innocent foreigners...

A breakthrough in the talks came on Thursday evening when the European Union said it was willing to create the fund, but on the condition that it target the most vulnerable developing nations and that wealthier developing countries contribute.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) trolled her Republican opponent Kelly Tshibaka after she took a lead in the first-place votes for the state’s Senate race. Alaska’s ranked-choice voting system means voters ranked the candidates from first place to last. A candidate must win a majority of first-place votes to win outright without additional rounds being needed.

It's pretty interesting how things how and when things happen. The bad news for Joe Biden was coming fast and hard. The GOP won control of the House and made clear what it planned to do first: Members of the newly controlled Republican House on Thursday announced an investigation into the Biden family business and whether President Joe Biden is compromised by the family’s business schemes.Rep. James Comer (R-TN), the top Republican on the Oversight Committee, announced during a press conference that the Biden family will be investigated for the following violations:Conspiracy or defrauding the United StatesWire fraudConspiracy to commit...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is deploying National Guard troops in M113 armored personnel carrier to various positions along the border after earlier threatening to use gunboats in an attempt to quell the influx of migrants at the border. The news comes after Abbott invoked a Constitutional clause on Wednesday warning President Joe Biden that the Lone Star state would go rogue to defend itself from what he calls a migrant 'invasion' at the southern border. Texas Military Department officials ordered the 10 armored personnel carriers on Thursday and announced around 50 soldiers would be trained to operate them. Armored personnel...

To hear ABC’s The View co-host Sunny Hostin tell it, she is the victim of Fox News Channel’s Tucker Carlson. According to Hostin, Carlson threatened her personal security by suggesting Hostin was hypocritical, given her push for gun control while inhabiting a 1920s Purchase, NY Tudor mansion. A review of Carlson’s broadcasts over the years showed that his only mention of Hostin’s home came during his March 21, 2021 program. Carlson mocked the outspoken Hostin, who claimed to feel like a “hostage” days earlier for exercising the Second Amendment.

A judge unsealed identities of anonymous "John Does" in Ghislaine Maxwell litigation. Several names were of Jeffrey Epstein victims, not powerful associates. One, a subject of "intense media coverage," was allowed to remain anonymous and pursue an appeal. A judge agreed to make public the names of several "John Does" who tried to keep their identities secret in the long-running litigation between Jeffrey Epstein's associate Ghislaine Maxwell and Virginia Giuffre, an Epstein victim. One of them, however — identified as "John Doe 183" in court filings — will remain anonymous despite being the subject of "intense media coverage" and was...

It’s official. Greg Johnson and his congregation have voted to leave the Presbyterian Church in America. It’s a sad departure, especially for a church that has been affiliated with the PCA since 1980. Arguably, however, it’s not only a sad departure. It’s a needful one. *** In 2018 Memorial PCA hosted Revoice, a conference ministry dedicated to “supporting, encouraging, and empowering gay, lesbian, same-sex-attracted, and other LGBT Christians *** In the spring of 2020, they raised some eyebrows by hosting a queer festival called Transluminate. The Q Collective describes Transluminate as “a short-play festival and celebration of transgender, agender, non-binary,...