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It’s hard to believe that a guy accused of fathering a child with a stripper, admitting on video to snorting crack naked, taking bags of cash for seemingly no work while on the board of a quasi-corrupt foreign company, and lying on a permit to obtain a gun illegally, could complain about being defamed. Yet Hunter Biden is doing just that.

Seventy-two percent of American adults believe the nation is headed on the wrong track under President Joe Biden’s leadership, up four points since December, a Monmouth University poll found Tuesday. While Americans’ view of the nation has worsened since December, 22 percent of Americans say things in the nation are headed in the right direction, down from 28 percent in December. Since September 2021, the right direction number has fluctuated between ten and 31 percent. September of 2021 was the month of the deadly Afghan withdrawal that left the Taliban in control of the country.

[Catholic Caucus] From Freemasonic Dreams to Francis: Why Are Catholics Talking About Married Priests? “Something has changed within the Church, and replies given by the Pope to the most urgent questions, such as priestly celibacy and birth control, are hotly debated within the Church itself; the word of the Supreme Pontiff is questioned by bishops, by priests, by the faithful. For a Freemason, a man who questions dogma is already a Freemason without an apron.” (French Freemason Jaques Mitterand, as quoted in Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre’s Open Letter to Confused Catholics)As much as we may dislike Paul VI and his disastrous...

The Pentagon is accelerating the delivery of Abrams tanks to Ukraine by sending refurbished older models, cutting the timeline for when they could reach the battlefield from two years to several months, according to reports on Tuesday. The Biden administration pledged in January to send 31 advanced new M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, reversing months of reluctance to supply Kyiv with the armored vehicles because they are hard to operate and maintain. But the new tanks would have taken a year or more to build and ship. Officials then opted for using older versions that will be taken from Army...

Counter-terrorism police are investigating after a second man in the space of a few weeks was set alight after leaving a mosque. West Midlands Police said the victim, who had just left Dudley Road mosque in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham was targeted just after 7pm on Monday. He was said to have been approached by a man who spoke to him briefly before spraying him with “an unknown substance” and setting his jacket alight on nearby Shenstone Road. The victim suffered burns to his face and was taken to hospital with serious injuries, which the force said were not...

LIVE: Rally in support of President Trump in The Villages, Florida #Trump2024 https://t.co/biVnmhZ1mz— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) March 21, 2023

(Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday condemned British plans to send tank ammunition that contains depleted uranium to Ukraine, saying Moscow would be forced to respond accordingly.Speaking in London on Monday, Minister of State for Defence Annabel Goldie said some of the ammunition for the Challenger 2 battle tanks that Britain is sending to Ukraine includes armour piercing rounds which contain depleted uranium."If all this happens, Russian will have to respond accordingly, given that the West collectively is already beginning to use weapons with a nuclear component," Putin said in remarks after a summit with Chinese President Xi...

“Star Wars” actor Paul Grant has died after suddenly collapsing in the street outside London’s King’s Cross train station. Grant, who has held roles in two of the biggest movie franchises in existence, was found unresponsive on the ground outside the station on Thursday, according to Sky News. Despite best efforts to resuscitate Grant, he was declared brain dead by doctors following the collapse, the outlet noted. He had been kept alive on life support since his collapse. However, the actor was pronounced dead early Monday morning after his family ultimately opted to remove him from life support due to...

The Manhattan grand jury weighing an indictment against former President Donald Trump has reportedly scheduled testimony from another witness on Wednesday, pushing off any decision and delaying a potential indictment against the 45th president , despite Trump's speculation about his own indictment and arrest "on Tuesday." According to a report from Fox News, citing a source in law enforcement, authorities now don't expect a potential arraignment for Trump, if he is indicted, until next week due to testimony from the additional witness whose identity remains unknown.The reported delay for a decision from the grand jury comes after NYPD ordered its...

Kyiv says Kalibr missiles being transported on a train in Dzhankoi were destroyed as Russia's region chief blames drone attackA Ukrainian drone strike destroyed a shipment of cruise missiles intended for use by Russia's Black Sea fleet. Ukraine's defence ministry said on Monday that an explosion in Dzhankoi in the north of the Crimean peninsula destroyed a number of Kalibr missiles, which are designed to be launched from ships. "An explosion in Dzhankoi city in the north of temporarily occupied Crimea destroyed Russian Kalibr-KN cruise missiles as they were being transported by rail," the ministry's main intelligence directorate said in...

The Pledge of Allegiance was written by a self-avowed socialist, a man named Edward Bellamy. American students were long expected to extend their right arms outward while reciting the Pledge. You know, like the Nazi salute. Officials decided, for appearance’s sake, to change it to the right hand over the heart. It is also interesting to note that the Pledge came into existence during the time that American socialists were moving the country in the direction of a welfare state. In 1913, for example, the Sixteenth Amendment (progressive income taxation) to the Constitution

I apologize for the profuse language here (although this racist young man does have a rather impressive vocabulary, not gonna lie), but it's important that you see this stuff because you are being brainwashed into thinking that black people can't be racist. ***************************************************************************** Tom Hennessy @Tomhennessey69 A black verbally assaults a White family with a small child. Attempting to engage in a fight for unknown reasons. Subways and all forms of public transport are no-go zones, this family learned the hard way. #getawayfromthem ***************************************************************************** Take 'em back to Europe with y'all! ... I don't care about them ugly a** kids...

Cdl. Müller: German Synodal Way is ‘worse than schism’ and has abandoned ‘essence of Christianity’The former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith called the synodal path a variant of 'materialistic and nihilistic woke culture.'Cardinal Gerhard Müller, the former head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF), blasted the heretical German Synodal Way, saying it is worse than schism and calling it a variant of “materialistic and nihilistic woke culture” that has abandoned “the very essence of Christianity.”In a recent interview with the conservative German magazine Tichys Einblicke, Müller was asked about his most...

Fourth Week of Lent John 5:1–16Friends, in today’s Gospel, we find the beautiful healing of a paralyzed man who had been ill for thirty-eight years. Jesus sees the man lying on his mat next to a pool and asks, "Do you want to be well?" The man says yes, and Jesus replies, "Rise, take up your mat, and walk." Immediately, the man is healed.Now at this point, the story really heats up. We notice something that is frequently on display in the Gospels: the resistance to the creative work of God, the attempt to find any excuse, however lame, to...

The founder of a pop group whose song became an anthem during anti-war protests in Russia has died by drowning aged 34 on Sunday. Dima Nova—whose given name was Dmitry Svirgunov—founded the popular electronic group Cream Soda, and criticized Russian President Vladmir Putin's alleged $1.3 billion mansion in the song "Aqua Disco." The song was often sung at protests before and in the early days of Russia's military invasion of Ukraine and the protests quickly became known as "Aqua Disco Parties." Nova fell through ice while crossing Russia's Volga river in the Yaroslavl region, north east of Moscow, according to...

Fatal ecclesiastical teaching positions of the past need a continuous update in line with the times, comments Oliver Wintzek. Well-founded reforms would be all the more important and waiting must come to an end. Professsor Dr Oliver Wintzek is Professor of Dogmatics and Fundamental Theology at the Catholic University in Mainz. At the same time he works as a co-operator at the Jesuit Church in Mannheim within the Pastoral Care Unit of Pope John XXIII.

In a letter to Dr. Rochelle Walensky of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Dr. Robert Califf of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Florida's Surgeon General Dr. Joseph Ladapo presented evidence from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) showing that the covid vaccines appear to have led to a 1700% surge in harm following a 400% increase in the number of vaccinations. "We have never seen this type of response following previous mass vaccination efforts pushed by the federal government," Ladapo wrote. "These findings are unlikely to be related to changes in reporting given their...

We're utterly inured to Joe Scarborough comparing Donald Trump to Hitler. Joe can barely get the former president's name out of his mouth without appending, "fascist." So it came as a shock today when Scarborough analogized Trump to . . . Jesus!Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Former President Donald Trump experienced yet another boost this week amid rumors of a looming arrest, the latest Morning Consult survey, released Tuesday, found. This week’s Morning Consult survey demonstrates gains for the former president, as he now has 54 percent support — up from 52 percent recorded last week. Meanwhile, his closest potential competitor, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, lost two points, going from 28 percent to 26 percent. In other words, Trump’s lead jumped from +24 to +28 in the last week: No other potential candidate comes close, as former Vice President Mike Pence remained consistent, coming in third...

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