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Hollywood is in desperate need of new ideas. Take Sunday’s Grammy Awards, for example. If there were ever a spectacle that could simultaneously be described as demonic and trite, it would be Sam Smith’s performance of “Unholy,” which rang the final death knell for the satanic-ritual-as-art trope. As Federalist contributor Isabelle Rosini wrote, it was as boring as it was unoriginal. Stiletto-clad devils? Latex pants? Whips? Women in cages? Bursts of flame to signify — in case it wasn’t clear enough — that Smith was singing from the pit of hell? “Been there, done that,” artists ranging from Lil Nas...

[Catholic Caucus] As Men of Good Will Flee the Globalist Demons, Will They Find the True Faith?As Michael Matt discussed in his recent Remnant Underground, the growing globalist tyranny has convinced countless people that we are in the midst of a decisive spiritual battle and must turn to God. Tragically, most of these souls may never find the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church, to which we all must belong, precisely because the tyrannical enemies of God had to undermine the Church to carry out their globalist designs. The small remnant of Catholics who still have the Faith must therefore...

The Biden administration has been trying to plug a gigantic hole in their story about Chinese spy balloons flying over U.S. territory during the Trump administration with no one in the government aware of it. Initially, the Biden administration sought to deflect attention from their failure to shoot down the balloon by noting that Chinese spy balloons transited U.S. territory three times during the Trump years. But when several Trump administration officials hotly denied that charge, Biden administration officials changed their story. They claimed that the balloons were only over U.S. territory briefly — skirting Hawaii and flying over part...

H3594, the South Carolina Constitutional Carry bill, is scheduled to be heard in the Judiciary General Laws subcommittee at 9 AM, Wednesday, February 8, 2023 in the Blatt Building Room 516. If you can't make it to the meeting, you can watch it streaming online at this link or listen to the audio only at this link. Written comments may be emailed to HJudGenLaws@schouse.gov. (More info at the video at the source document)

Good luck trying to make this work in Tehran.The United Nations is set to release a report in June that, according to The Daily Caller, is about “’perceived contradictions’ between religious freedom and sexual orientation and gender identity, or SOGI, laws and is looking to push governments to fully comply with their obligations under international human rights law to protect and empower LGBT+ persons.”The UN had an open call for LGBT+ and religious freedom organizations to submit their input to the report, which will be part of the findings released in June at the 53rd Human Rights Council. According to...

The annual State of the Union address is a chance for presidents to claim credit for great achievements and outline plans for the future. With the memory of China’s spy balloon crossing our most sensitive military installations unmolested hovering over the House chamber, the stink of Biden’s passivity and failure will taint any such boasting. And the public ain’t buying it, as even the Democrats’ house organ, the Washington Post, reports:Two years into a presidency that the White House casts as the most effective in modern history, President Biden is set to deliver a State of the Union address Tuesday...

In a novel in-air press conference with the head of the Church of England and the head of the Church of Scotland, Pope Francis repeated his remarks first made on January 25 about the need for an end to anti-sodomy laws.Noting that some 50 countries have anti-sodomy laws, Francis said as he was returning from a six-day trip to Africa, “The criminalization of homosexuality is a problem that cannot be ignored.”While the laws criminalize behaviors and not inclinations, Pope Francis conflated the two concepts in his remarks, saying of the anti-sodomy laws: “Persons with homosexual tendencies are children of God....

Leadership of House Committees of the 118th Congress have announced plans to investigate previously unchecked Administration activities or inactivity, including the Administration’s handling of the border crisis. The Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) reported in August 2022 that nearly 4.9 million immigrants had entered the United States since Joe Biden took office. At that rate, at least 11 million immigrants will pour into the into the country during this administration’s four-year term. This is compared to the 12 million that passed through Ellis Island in its full 152 years (1802-1954) of operation.The House leadership is also acting to investigate...

Artificial intelligence (AI) altcoins are taking off this week as reports surface indicating that Microsoft plans to make a gigantic investment in the AI space. The news website Semafor, citing sources familiar with the matter, reports that Microsoft has been in talks to invest $10 billion in artificial intelligence research company OpenAI. OpenAI created ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that went viral in November and December of 2022. SingularityNET (AGIX) has been one of the single biggest benefactors of that news in the crypto space. The project’s native token is trading at around $0.11 at time of writing, up more than...

EXCERPTS: I was in the Situation Room in the White House on September 11, 2001 when the second plane crashed into the World Trade Center . . . At the time, I was special assistant to the president for the Near East and North Africa on the National Security Council (NSC) staff, with a portfolio that included Afghanistan. National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice had asked me to stay on in the NSC after serving four years with the Clinton administration. The Saturday before the 9/11 attacks, my wife Elizabeth and I hosted a party . . . Central Intelligence Agency...

Pfizer, which is at the center of the whole dystopian vaccine mandate kerfuffle, apparently didn’t find the optics too compromising when it chose to plaster its logo as the proud sponsor of devil worship at the 65th Grammy Awards. Fox News host Tucker Carlson summed up the Grammys from Hell perfectly during the Feb. 6 edition of Tucker Carlson Tonight: “Tonight’s transgender satanism brought to you by Pfizer.” Also, mocked Tucker, “Inject their products into your body!”

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Monday said that she hopes President Biden addresses ‘the rise and the continuation’ of anti-Muslim bigotry in the U.S. in his State of the Union address. During an appearance on MSNBC’s “All In with Chris Hayes,” Omar told guest host Mehdi Hasan that she thinks bigotry played a large role in her being voted off the Foreign Affairs Committee by GOP House members last week, noting how fellow Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and former President Trump have made bigoted remarks about Muslim Americans in the past. “It precisely has to do with bigotry …,”...

Santa County and San Francisco announced they have voluntarily ended their lawsuit challenging the Trump Administration’s “public charge” rule now that the rule is defunct and cannot be resurrected. This week’s dismissal, in the “City and County of San Francisco and the County of Santa Clara v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services et al.,” marks the successful conclusion of a four-year legal battle through which the two local governments had blocked a Trump Administration rule which would have required a “wealth test” for immigrants entering the U.S. or going through the naturalization process. At the time, the rule instilled fear...

The entire world was shocked as they watched China brazenly fly a spy balloon over America. It was first spotted in Alaska on January 28 and then flew across Canada and down into the United States. The Chinese Jolly Roger spent four days sailing over 11 American states, including 21 military bases, without repercussion. All patriotic Americans were disgusted, but the liberals who “elected” the bumbling, fumbling, Biden (Oh, sure, he's just fine) were probably pleased as punch with his anemic response. During the unauthorized Chinese incursion, I wondered what would Trump do (W.W.T.D.) if China launched a spy balloon...

Just days after receiving her covid booster jab, the daughter of the king of Thailand collapsed and fell into a coma. Princess Bajrakitiyabha, who is the potential heir to the Thai throne, is in a grave condition weeks after she collapsed. Some reports suggest she had suffered a heart attack though her family were told she likely suffered a bacterial infection. None the less, six weeks later and the princess is still in a coma and being kept alive by machines. The Royal Family have now been alerted to the fact that the princess has most likely been a victim...

CNN — Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global health, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. The report, titled “Bracing for Superbugs,” highlights the role of climate change and other environmental factors contributing to the rise of antimicrobial resistance. It was announced Tuesday at the Sixth Meeting of the Global Leaders Group on Antimicrobial Resistance in Barbados. Antimicrobial resistance or AMR happens when germs such as bacteria, viruses and fungi develop the ability to defeat the medications designed to kill them. “Climate change, pollution, changes in our weather patterns,...

The date: January 28, 1972. The occasion: a White House gala celebrating the 50th anniversary of Reader's Digest magazine. The entertainment that night: the wholesome Ray Conniff Singers. The president quipped, "And if the music is square, it's because I like it square!" But what happened next was anything but square. One of the women on stage held up a sign reading "Stop the Killing," and said, "President Nixon, stop bombing human beings, animals and vegetation. You go to church on Sundays and pray to Jesus Christ. If Jesus Christ were here tonight, you would not dare drop another bomb....

Vladimir Putin’s “mistress” has saluted his war propagandists who regularly threaten nuclear war as being as important as Kalashnikov machine guns. Russians are engaged in a “fight for our country” almost a year after his disastrous invasion of Ukraine, warned Alina Kabaeva, 39. An Olympic gold-winning rhythmic gymnast who is believed to share a secret family with the dictator, 70, she normally shuns the limelight. But wearing what appeared to be a wedding ring plus a prominent Z-badge, symbol of Russia’s bloody war, she spoke at a Moscow event marking the founding of strongly pro-Putin National Media Group [NMG], which...

MSNBC host Joy Reid claimed Monday that the Grammy Awards signaled a “total defeat” on conservatives like Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida in the culture war.

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...