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First Lady Jill Biden professed her love for her stepson Hunter Biden and claimed that she will support him no matter what amid a wave of GOP investigations into his allegedly corrupt business dealings. She also expressed confidence that these investigations will not hinder her husband, President Joe Biden, from launching a re-election campaign. The first lady made her remarks during a recent interview with CNN White House correspondent Arlette Saenz, who brought up Biden’s stepson. Saenz said, "I want to turn to another issue that has come up amongst Republicans a lot and your son Hunter has really been...

A video of U.S. President Joe Biden talking about surgery is circulating on social media, with some of his critics using it to question his aptitude and speculate about the state of his health. During the short clip, Biden says: "I had these terrible headaches. I was diagnosed with having a—well, anyway. They had to take the top of my head off a couple times, see if I had a brain." As the video went viral, some social media users accused Biden of hiding a medical condition from the public. Others used it to suggest Biden is not fit to...

The New York Times is being torn asunder by a civil war between the newspaper’s older, liberal veterans and its younger, woke staff over its coverage of the trans issue. The Daily Mail’s Tom Leonard has more. The imposing headquarters of the New York Times was built of glass, supposedly to highlight the fact that the august newspaper has nothing to hide. But last month, something happened there that the management would have very much preferred to go unnoticed. An electronic billboard lorry parked outside the building bearing the message: “Dear New York Times: Stop questioning trans people’s right to...

Henhouse meet fox.While Americans have been immersed in assorted political nonsense, real revelations came out about China’s involvement in Canada’s elections that are bad enough that even the media was forced to cover them.The full extent of the Chinese interference operation is laid bare in both secret and top-secret Canadian Security Intelligence Service documents…The CSIS report quoted the Chinese consulate official as saying. The official added: “The Liberal Party of Canada is becoming the only party that the PRC can support.”CSIS also explained how Chinese diplomats conduct foreign interference operations in support of political candidates and elected officials. Tactics include...

For years, our officials—from Anthony Fauci on down—maintained that Covid-19 probably originated from a natural pathway in Wuhan, China. Bats in a wet market, some said. But according to a new report, the U.S. Energy Department believes the virus likely escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology before going on to kill millions around the world. The FBI and a number of prominent scientists also think Covid may have leaked from the lab, where researchers were allegedly conducting “gain-of-function” experiments on coronaviruses, potentially making them deadlier.

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Tuesday cautioned that interest rates are likely to head higher than central bank policymakers had expected. “If the totality of the data were to indicate that faster tightening is warranted, we would be prepared to increase the pace of rate hikes,” the central bank leader said in prepared remarks for appearances this week on Capitol Hill.

The FBI’s D.C. field office treated Americans exercising their right to free speech as suspected criminals, with no evidence to do so. The FBI’s D.C. field office directed the Boston office to open investigations into more than 100 Americans who had attended the Jan. 6 rally despite having no evidence those individuals had committed any crime, according to whistleblower testimony reviewed by The Federalist. This represents the second attempt by the D.C. field office to sic the FBI on innocent Americans — in this case, people who were exercising their First Amendment right to free speech.The D.C. field office pressured...

Capitol police officers are seen giving the ‘Qanon shaman,” the Democrats’ face of the Jan. 6 insurrection, a guided tour.New surveillance footage from the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021 reveals law enforcement inside gave VIP treatment to Jacob Chansley, known as the “Q-Anon Shaman.” Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s team reviewed more than 40,000 hours of video from that day and on Monday aired never-before-seen footage of Chansley’s time in the Capitol.Chansley, who infamously presided over an empty Senate chamber as rioters paraded through the complex, is seen being escorted by Capitol Police officers to multiple entrances throughout...

For at least the last 20 years, politicians in Washington, at the behest of green energy groups, have spent some $100 billion of taxpayer money to fight climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. How is that going for us so far? A recent Associated Press story, based on the latest data on global carbon emissions, provides a pretty accurate report card: "Carbon Dioxide Emissions Reached a Record High in 2022." The article tells us: "Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel...

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups are getting the vegan treatment. The Hershey Co. said Tuesday that Reese’s Plant Based Peanut Butter Cups, which go on sale this month, will be its first vegan chocolates sold nationally. A second plant-based offering, Hershey’s Plant Based Extra Creamy with Almonds and Sea Salt, will follow in April. The chocolates are made with oats instead of milk, Hershey said. Hershey has experimented with vegan chocolate before. It sold an oat-based chocolate bar called Oat Made in some test markets starting in 2021. But the new products will be the first sold throughout the U.S. under...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — A man drove himself to his Tulsa home after being shot during a home invasion in Sand Springs, according to the Osage County Sheriff's Office. Deputies say they were called to a home on Heritage Hills Drive in Sand Springs just after 8 p.m. Thursday night for a home invasion. The homeowner shot the suspect, now identified as 52-year-old Robert Lee Johnson, in the face with a .45 caliber, according to the sheriff's office. Deputies say Johnson was in the process of assaulting his ex-girlfriend when he was shot, who is also the homeowner's niece. Johnson...

[Catholic Caucus] Schneider: Francis Treats Bishops "Like School Boys"Francis' talk of "decentralisation," "plurality," "diversity" and "welcome" is exposed as “a lie” by the recent rescript against the Mass, Bishop Schneider told @catholichack (March 5, video below).Catholics are being discriminated against and treated as second-class citizens in Francis' Church, “while at the same time, you can do whatever you want during Mass, for example LGBT Masses, where you don’t need permission from Rome.”For Schneider, the rescript is ideological and a rejection of Catholic Tradition, but despite this “the traditional Mass will continue to grow.”Francis treats bishops like "schoolboys who do not...

(Daily readings from the USCCB)“The greatest among you must be your servant. Whoever exalts himself will be humbled; but whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” Matthew 23:11–12Do you want to be truly great? Do you want your life to truly make a difference in the lives of others? Deep down this desire for greatness is placed within us by our Lord, and it will never go away. Even those who live eternally in hell will hold on to this innate desire, which for them will be the cause of eternal pain, since that desire will never be fulfilled. And sometimes...

Attendees participate in a special called session of The United Methodist Church North Texas Conference on Saturday, March 4, 2023. | Courtesy of the North Texas Conference Another 41 congregations in Texas have officially left The United Methodist Church in response to the mainline Protestant denomination's ongoing debate over its stance on homosexuality. The UMC North Texas Annual Conference held a special called session on Saturday in which clergy and lay members voted to approve the disaffiliation votes of 41 congregations that formerly belonged to the regional body. According to a statement emailed to The Christian Post by a...

Most of the world is focused on the war in Ukraine, which has created political unrest in most western countries. Although it feels as though Russia is under a microscope, there is a lot of Russian politics that the media has not discussed. One of these things is that there are rivals to Putin, one of whom is Mikhail Khodorkovsky. The Munich Security Conference took place two weeks ago. Although Russian officials are usually invited, this year that changed. Due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, organizers decided to invite Russian politicians pushing to replace Putin. Those guests included multiple Russian...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom won’t give a State of the State address this year, shunning the teleprompter that has frustrated him because of his dyslexia in favor of a statewide tour this month, in which he can highlight his major policy goals in a more informal setting. Scripted speeches have given Newsom trouble because of his dyslexia, a common learning disability that makes it harder for him to read and do other things related to reading. It’s why he rarely uses notes in his public appearances and memorizes vast amounts of facts and figures. Last year,...

A simplistic 18th century math formula, not the latest complex Big Tech algorithm, is the greatest growing threat to our democracy. This formula got scratched out using a quill pen in 1787. Then it was used in 1789 to elect George Washington as our first president. This enduring presidential algo is found in Article II, Section I, of the U.S. Constitution. The term “Electoral College” doesn’t appear there. But the basic math does. Each state has two senators. This equals two electoral votes, regardless of population. In addition, a state gets representatives in Congress based on population. Each representative equals...

A Minnesota state court ruled that USA Powerlifting must permit men to compete as women in its industry.USA Powerlifting loses court battle against transgender athlete, ruled guilty of discrimination. The sport must now allow men to compete against women. https://t.co/7O6s8FlpPX — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) March 5, 2023In 2019, powerlifter JayCee Cooper, a man who identifies as a woman, filed a complaint with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, stating that USA Powerlifting violated the state's Human Rights Act by prohibiting him and other athletes from competing in the female division.Cooper then filed a lawsuit against the organization in 2021."I...

VIDEOThe Army brought back the "Be All You Can Be" theme to their ads. That theme started in the early 80s but after a certain performance at a Washington D.C. march in 1993, those ads appeared much less frequently until they were completely dropped a few years later. Now they have resurrected that "Be All You Can Be" theme but will that 1993 performance come back again to haunt them?

7 March 2023Tuesday of the 2nd week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saints Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs) Chapel of Saints Perpetua and Felicity At the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 1:10,16-20 ©Cease to do evil; learn to do goodHear the word of the Lord,you rulers of Sodom;listen to the command of our God,you people of Gomorrah.‘Wash, make yourselves clean.Take your wrong-doing out of my sight.Cease to do evil.Learn to do good,search for justice,help the oppressed,be just to the orphan,plead for the widow.‘Come now, let us talk this over,says...