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Praying daily since 2015: AMERICA Prayer Vigil … And this is the confidence we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His Will, He hears us.—1 John 5:14 Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer]...

A battle is brewing in the Baltimore County School District in Maryland this month and it should serve as yet another reason to keep an eye on what your local school boards are up to. They are currently working on the district’s budget for fiscal year 2024 and parents have noticed some significant cuts to the gifted and talented students program. The proposed budget would not end the program entirely, but it would eliminate three of the four teaching positions currently assigned to the program. Parents have pointed out that students who qualify for the program enhance their chances of...

One of the promises that Speaker McCarthy made as the new House GOP majority was being seated this year was that there were going be investigations taking place. Lots of investigations, particularly into subjects that the Democratic majority had curiously shown little interest in. One of those areas was the political weaponization of the FBI and other elements of the Department of Justice and the intelligence community against Joe Biden’s political opponents. But before they could even begin the process, the DoJ sent a letter this week to Jim Jordan, the new head of the House Judiciary Committee that would...

Hunter Biden’s laptop has proven to be an invaluable source of information in uncovering the Biden Crime Family’s corruption. Now the laptop may have caught Joe Biden possibly leaving an unsealed box of classified documents out in the open just ahead of a child’s birthday party according to the New York Post. This means unless the box was immediately sealed and put away, an inquisitive kid could have started rummaging through the box and taken a couple of documents. It’s not like Joe would have noticed any missing. This all seems perfectly apt considering Biden has proven that he handles...

Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on Pete Buttigieg’s claim that he has a husband: Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently told Fox News host Brett Baier that his travel expenses were not inappropriate, especially given that other public officials have taken their spouses on official business trips. “Why is it any different when it’s me and my husband?” Baier had no answer. Does Buttigieg really have a husband? Of course not. He may love Chasten but he can never be his husband. Why not? Because he has been disqualified by nature. It is true that Buttigieg is legally married, but...

The Daily Mail is reporting that there was an additional location where classified documents were stored before they went to the Penn Biden Center. The documents were stored in a transition office near the White House. Then they went to a temporary Penn Biden space in downtown Washington, D.C. before eventually ending up at the Penn Biden think tank. The temporary space was located in Chinatown.The documents were moved in the summer of 2017 after spending about six months at a government transition office near the White House once Biden left the vice presidency.The space, in DC’s Chinatown neighborhood, was...

In late April 2022, we reported about the supply chain crisis hitting the baby formula market, coupled with a voluntary recall by Abbott Nutrition, “after reports of infants becoming ill from bacterial infections.” As my colleague Kira Davis wrote, some of the infants died:Fox News reports that baby formula inventory was down a whopping 31 percent at the beginning of April. The scarcity is a combination of supply chain issues and recalls. In February, major formula producer Abbott Nutrition voluntarily recalled their Similac, Alimentum, and EleCare brands after reports of infants becoming ill from bacterial infections after drinking the formula....

The Department of Justice (DOJ) told the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee on Friday “it may not always be possible” to comply with the committee’s investigative requests. “While we will work diligently to accommodate requests for public testimony, it may not always be possible to participate or to address all the topics the Committee wishes to raise,” Carlos Uriarte, the assistant attorney general for the Office of Legislative Affairs, wrote to committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) in a letter obtained by Breitbart News. Republicans’ requests “must be weighed against the Department’s interests in protecting the integrity of its work,” Uriarte...

The Thursday strike and protests against President Emmanuel Macron's "Pension Reform" leading to more than two million participants according to organizers. The government's estimate 1.12 million. A call for a another national strike and protest on January 31st and for smaller strike actions to begin Monday. Today the "Left" in France led by its political leader Jean-Luc Melenchon will hold a protest march to oppose the Macron pension plan. The march spearheaded by youth groups. Protesters are gathered in Paris this afternoon opposing COVID policy and dressed in Yellow Vests... The Left protest against the "pension reform" came later in...

It’s thrilling to know that with the new Congress, it’s looking like there will finally be an open and honest investigation into the events of January 6, 2021.. November 3, 2020 and January 6, 2021 Are Inextricably Tied. However, what’s critical about the forthcoming deep-dive into the unjust, immoral, and unconstitutional jailing of hundreds of January 6 “trespassers” at the Capitol, is a look into how that event ties explicitly into what transpired in the presidential election of 2020. Ideally, we must have an investigation that does not divorce the two events from each other. As long as our representatives...

The Golden Globes carpet typically glitters with crystal-studded gowns in pastel hues, but it looked different in January 2018: The ballgowns were black, and the night’s key accessory was a pin that read “Time’s Up.” Onstage, Oprah Winfrey brought guests to their feet with a warning to powerful abusers: “Their time is up!” Five years later, Time’s Up — the now-embattled anti-harassment organization founded with fanfare during the early days of the #MeToo reckoning against sexual misconduct — is ceasing operations, at least in its current form. A year after pledging a “major reset” following a scandal involving its leaders’...

Socialist convicted felon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the current president of Brazil, removed that country this week from the list of signatories to the Geneva Consensus Declaration, a global document originally signed by 32 countries opposing abortion as a form of family planning and affirming the inherent “dignity and worth” of human life. Brazil signed the American-led declaration in 2020 under conservative, pro-life President Jair Bolsonaro, who lost to Lula in a bitterly contested presidential race last year. Lula, the Ministry of Health confirmed last week, also revoked an ordinance passed under Bolsonaro that required health workers to report...

A 39-year-old Florida man now faces criminal charges in connection with a physical confrontation on a Park City chairlift that was posted on TikTok and garnered millions of views. The man, from Lutz, Florida, was charged Wednesday in Summit County Justice Court with assault, a class B misdemeanor, and disorderly conduct, a class C misdemeanor. Police say the assault occurred on Dec. 26 while two men and a woman were riding a chairlift at Park City Mountain Resort. The Park City-based news website Town Lift reports that the victim is a 52-year-old man who is also from Florida. The confrontation...

Following the decision of Portugal’s Parliament to approve physician-assisted suicide legislation in December, President Marcel Rebelo de Sousa has sent the text of the legislation to the nation’s Constitutional Court for review. This is the third assisted suicide bill passed by Portugal’s parliament since 2020. The first two were rejected by either the Court or the president. This third attempt at pro-death legislation in Portugal passed by a vote of 126 to 84 with all but seven members of the Socialist Party supporting the bill. According to the BBC, opinion polls indicate that about half of all voters are in...

Former House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi summoned priests to rid her luxe San Francisco home of evil spirits after a man allegedly attacked her hubby there with a hammer. “I think that weighed really heavy on her soul. I think she felt really guilty,” said Pelosi’s daughter Alexandra, the New York Times reported Saturday.

[Catholic Caucus] 230 Years - Louis XVI, Saintly King, true Martyr: a Catholic going to death and His Last Will and TestamentProcession to eternityOn January 20, 1793, the National Convention condemned Louis XVI to death, his execution scheduled for the next day. Louis spent that evening saying goodbye to his wife and children. The pope following day, January 21, dawned cold and wet. Louis arose at five. At eight o'clock a guard of 1,200 horsemen arrived to escort the former king on a two-hour carriage ride to his place of execution. Accompanying Louis, at his invitation, was a priest, Henry...

Bathrooms and locker rooms must also be used in accordance with sex, according the Diocese of Des Moines' new gender policy.DES MOINES (LifeSiteNews) — On Monday, a Catholic diocese in Iowa enacted its “Gender Identity Guide and Policies,” prohibiting the use of “preferred pronouns” and cross-dressing on diocesan property while emphasizing the need to offer genuine assistance and compassion for those struggling with gender dysphoria. The Diocese of Des Moines finalized seven policies on January 13 which promote a response to the ongoing “gender identity” crisis grounded in the teachings of the Catholic Church. The guide emphasizes that those suffering...

As books are banned and challenged across the country, they might have a much larger impact than the removal of a few titles: They may be changing the makeup of entire school libraries, due to the chilling effect they create. That’s according to new research that in 2022 analyzed hundreds of titles from more than 6,600 public school libraries across the country. The contents of school libraries are not often public even as a record number of books continue to be challenged across the country. But the availability of books about topics considered controversial, such as race and racism, LGBTQ...

If you need to understand why a modern neo-noir film like director Shane Black's The Nice Guys (2015) is as much a comedy as a story about private detectives and gruesome murders on the seedy streets of Los Angeles, the best place to start is probably Howard Hawks' The Big Sleep (1946). Everybody acknowledges the wry humour in Raymond Chandler's novels, but Humphrey Bogart's comedic talent is a bit more underappreciated. Like any natural comedian, he had the gift of timing, though it was probably his onscreen partnership with Lauren Bacall that brought it out – the two of them...

Anti-police protests erupted into violence Saturday night in downtown Atlanta, raising fresh safety concerns after a tense week in Georgia during which a state trooper was shot. Multiple news media reports said that a peaceful protest in downtown Atlanta devolved into violence as protesters shot fireworks toward the local police foundation office. State officials vowed to arrest any violent protesters as they pleaded for calm. “While the state continues to respect peaceful protest, acts of violence against person or property will not be tolerated. Those committing such unlawful acts will be arrested and prosecuted fully," Gov. Brian Kemp said Saturday....