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After eight seasons, four gender-affirming surgeries, and hormone replacement therapy, TLC's I Am Jazz star Jazz Jennings still feels uncomfortable in her own skin. Breitbart reports that Jazz still doesn't feel like herself, suggesting something is missing, even though she had gender-affirming surgery.

Linköping, as Sweden broke free of Poland and of Catholicism. Eighty years before, the Swedish Vasa dynasty had established itself by surviving one bloodbath. Now, it would set its greatest scion in line for the throne by inflicting another. Sigismund was Sweden’s legitimate heir; he was also a characteristic product of dynastic intermarriage whose loyalties were splintered between fiefdoms. But most crucially of all, he had been raised Catholic in a realm turning decisively towards Protestantism. Born of a Polish-Italian mother, he had secured the Polish-Lithuanian throne by election in 1589; when succession added suzerainty of Sweden, his realm was...

Update from Ukraine | Wagner Stuck in Bakhmut | Prygozhyn is waiting for the Counterattack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceMu14FdObU https://www.instagram.com/denys_pilot/ ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 388 – Summary March 18, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 18th March 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-388-summary/

A San Francisco district supervisor is calling for more policing in the crime-ridden city – despite advocating to defund the police in 2020. Hillary Ronen, Democrat, represents District 9 on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. During a Budget and Appropriations Committee meeting on Wednesday, she made an impassioned plea to add more officers to the Mission District, which she represents. Ronen was attacking San Francisco's police chief for spending a large amount of overtime on an anti-retail theft program instead of prioritizing police presence in her district. "I've been begging this department to give the Mission what it deserves...

What looks like a blatantly political attack on President Donald Trump from a "justice system" in New York, leads me to revisit these thoughts on Australian police state tyranny from September 6 2020: "Respecting The Police Is A Two Way Street. ...... any society needs a respected police force to be sustainable ...... Respect for police is impossible when the police become a political tool of a corrupt government or corrupt or incompetent politicians. Premier Daniel Andrews of Victoria leads a political party where a politician can use the police to trash the democratic rights of a citizen at election...

Californians desperate for a break in the rain will find a glimmer of hope in a new forecast released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center. The outlook for the month of April leans toward below average chances of rain and snow for the state. But don’t put away your umbrellas just yet – there are a few caveats to mention. First off, there’s more rain in store before we even get to April. The next 10 days are likely to be very wet, as there’s already another atmospheric river lurking off the coast and heading...

‘Life, Liberty & Levin’ host Mark Levin says nondisclosure agreements are not ‘hush money,’ and says Democrats are setting a ‘dangerous precedent.’

As wet weather has continued to impact California, some reservoirs across the state are being managed with scheduled releases of water to prevent flooding, according to the California Department of Water Resources (DWR). After 14 atmospheric rivers hit back-to-back this winter, reservoirs began filling quickly. Though most of the major reservoirs aren’t full yet, several are significantly higher than they have been historically. This is especially true in Central California at the Don Pedro, Camanche and Oroville reservoirs. Northern California Video shared by DWR shows a large release of water from Lake Oroville down into the Feather River at a...

The diocese of Santa Rosa has cited new lawsuits from more than 200 survivors of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests The Diocese of Santa Rosa filed for bankruptcy March 13, days after its bishop finally concluded the decision was necessary in order to address potentially 200 new claims brought against the diocese by survivors of child sexual abuse. Bishop Robert F. Vasa said in a March 10 statement posted to the diocese's website that after "months of careful and prayerful consideration" -- including consultation with the diocese's priests, the diocese's finance council, and other professionals retained by the diocese,...

Over 170 years later, the Gold Rush still isn’t over for some Northern California residents. Gold was first discovered in 1848, leading to the California Gold Rush and changing the course of the state and igniting the growth of the West Coast, according to the Library of Congress. All these years later, you can still find people panning for gold. “There’s clubs locally in the area,” Laura Fierro told Nexstar’s KTXL. “There’s prospector clubs that get together and do some panning and prospecting as well.” Fierro is involved with gold panning groups in the Sacramento area called River City Prospectors...

BASRA, Iraq — In Iraq, it is not uncommon for Muslim families to visit churches for various reasons, such as seeking blessings, healing, or praying for prosperity. Recently, Rudaw Media Network reported that many Muslim families, particularly women and girls, have been visiting the Syriac Catholic Church of Jesus Sacred Heart in Basra, Southern Iraq, which reflects the strong community cohesion in the area. Alaa Talal Yassin, a staff member at the University of Baghdad, spoke with Rudaw and shared that visiting churches has been a tradition for Iraqi families since childhood. “Especially on feasts, we used to light candles,”...

A Florida woman was arrested on March 16 after police officers in Cocoa, Florida, said she threatened a McDonald’s employee and pointed a gun at them. Quavi Young, 26, was booked into jail on three charges: aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, open carry of a weapon, and driving with a suspended license. According to her arrest report, Young pulled her car up to the speaker at the drive-thru and requested a meal that was not on the menu. When the McDonald’s worker told Young her order could not be completed because the order wasn’t on the menu, Young pulled...

Convicted sex trafficker, one-time British socialite and former girlfriend of disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell is currently serving a 20-year sentence in a low-security prison. Maxwell, 61, is now appealing her high-profile case. Ian Maxwell, Ghislaine’s brother, spoke to KRON4’s Vicki Liviakis from London about where things stand in the appeal process. Ghislaine Maxwell was at the center of an international sex scandal involving Epstein. “She wishes she had never met Jeff Epstein, and because the havoc that relationship has caused, not just Ghislaine, but really everybody that came in touch with him,” said Ian Maxwell. Maxwell is serving...

Bishop Georg Bätzing said that heretical same-sex ‘blessings’ have ‘already been implemented’ in Belgium and have ‘even been agreed upon with Rome.’ (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Georg Bätzing, the head of the German bishops’ conference (DBK), said that they will implement “blessings” of same-sex couples in Germany, regardless of what the Vatican says. Asked in an interview with German TV station ZDF if Bätzing is sure that the Pope agrees with him about “blessings” of same-sex unions, the German bishop replied, “We will implement it here.” “We have worked very intensively on this,” he continued. “We have worked in four forums...

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) on Sunday said Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg is “abusing his office” by going after former President Donald Trump, while Democrats, including Bragg, are allowing crime to run rampant. “Alvin Bragg is abusing his office to target President Trump while he’s reduced a majority of felonies, including violent crimes, to misdemeanors. He has different rules for political opponents,” McCarthy said on Twitter following Trump saying on his Truth Social that he believes he will be arrested this coming week after “illegal leaks.”

Participants including Bishop Vincent Long OFM Conv, Bishop of Parramatta, are seen following a multifaith prayer service as part of a worldwide fossil fuel Divestment Week of Action at St Patrick's Cathedral, Parramatta. Image: Michael O’Farrell/ARRCC/SuppliedOn Thursday 9 March, a multi-faith prayer service was held at St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, as part of a worldwide fossil fuel Divestment Week of Action, initiated by the global Catholic Laudato Si’ Movement. Held during the season of Lent, the Week of Action is to encourage people of faith across the world and their organisations to consider divesting from fossil fuels as part of...

Family and fans have paid tribute to Australian actor Peter Hardy, after he was confirmed to have drowned at a popular Fremantle beach last week. Hardy, 66, known for his roles in McLeod's Daughters and Chopper, died at South Beach on Thursday after he was retrieved unconscious from the water, which he entered to snorkel. CPR was performed however he was unable to be revived. His brother, Michael Hardy shared the news on Facebook. "I am devastated to say that my brother, Peter Hardy, passed away suddenly this morning," he wrote. "This is the only means I have of contacting...

Twitter CEO Elon Musk doubted the White House's figurePresident Biden's Twitter account posted a questionable statistic on Saturday about how much tax Americans billionaires pay."Look, I think you should be able to be a billionaire if you can earn it, but just pay your fair share," Biden's tweet read. "I think you ought to pay a minimum tax of 25%. It’s about basic fairness."The tweet included a graphic of a Biden quote that said: "You know the average tax billionaires pay? Three percent. No billionaire should be paying a lower tax than somebody working as a schoolteacher or a firefighter."

A California teenager has started to sue the doctors who at age 13 cut off her breasts in a medical gender change she now bitterly regrets, in America's latest blockbuster trans lawsuit. The 18-year-old, who is referred to as Layla Jane, says she should never have been put through the 'torment' of testosterone hormones at age 12 and puberty blockers and surgery the next year. She is one of a growing number of detransitioners, as they are known, who come to regret their procedures and sue the doctors they accuse of pushing them into irreversible treatments instead of counselling.

Late Saturday night a report came out that maybe President Trump won’t be arrested on Tuesday. The American people force-fed liberal garbage for another entire weekend. We’ll never get this time back. The monsters on the now-communist left dropped the news on Saturday that they will be arresting President Trump on Tuesday.