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The difficulty of training and massing the necessary troops, as well as a serious shortage of ammunition and military equipment, will probably keep the Kiev regime from attaining the goals for their much-hyped ‘spring offensive’. This harsh assessment, apparently based on human and signals intelligence, was released as part of the ongoing massive leak of US classified documents that has sparked investigations of the Pentagon and DOJ. The Washington Post reports: “Labeled ‘top secret,’ the bleak assessment from early February warns of significant ‘force generation and sustainment shortfalls,’ and the likelihood that such an operation will result in only ‘modest...

A Louisiana Democratic lawmaker has left the party and plans to register as a Republican, marking the latest in a string of defections that have handed Republicans greater power in key state legislatures. State Rep. Jeremy LaCombe became the second Democrat in the state legislature to leave the party this year, The Advocate reported. Rep. Francis Thompson in March joined the GOP, handing the party a 70-vote supermajority. While Thompson cited his conservative voting record as motivating his switch, it remains unclear why LaCombe has opted to flip. Democrats took the loss in stride, with Caucus Chair Sam Jenkins indicating...

Nearly one in five adults in the US say they have a relative who was killed by a gun, a disturbing new study revealed Tuesday. The troubling statistic included death by suicide, according to the report from the Kaiser Family Foundation. A similar amount – 21 percent – of respondents said they had been personally threatened with a gun. The study also found that people of color were disproportionately impacted by gun violence, with three in 10 black adults and one-fifth of Hispanic respondents saying they have witnessed someone being shot. Thirty-four percent of black adults reported having a family...

The Elizabeth Ann Clune Montessori School of Ithaca, set amid a pastoral idyll of rolling fields, a pond, and dandelion-stippled meadows, is just a few minutes’ ride from Ithaca College and Cornell University. Serving more than 220 students from preschool through eighth grade, the school features classrooms bathed in natural light, populated with the offspring of professors, doctors, and lawyers. And since the fall of 2020 through today, those children must be masked during class and on the playground, and have been barred from speaking during lunch. Like every other school in the country, this private school—which charges between $11,000...

In January, some members of the House Freedom Caucus refused to vote for Kevin McCarthy as House speaker unless he promised concessions. They won. Now, the staunchly conservative group is expanding into an area where they could make a far larger difference: Red states where laws can be passed without support from Democrats. The State Freedom Caucus Network has rapidly taken root in 11 states, promising to make sure that states where Republicans have a mandate legislate like it. While their House counterparts have been criticized as obstructionist — failing to understand the need for compromise in a closely matched...

Now it’s Glen Youngkin. Virginia Governor Youngkin said in a release on Tuesday that he will lead a Virginia delegation to Taipei City, Taiwan, Tokyo, and Seoul, South Korea, from April 24-29.Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, John Bolton, Asa Hutchinson, Glen Youngkin… The Republican wing of the UniParty is throwing everything possible and pulling every level within their control, including last night’s outcome in Wisconsin, in order to retain the illusion of political parties as the source/solution within a nation collapsing.None of what DC Democrats, Republicans, the RNC or DNC presents is true or real within the landscape of the conflict...

BEDFORD, Pennsylvania — From across the curved chestnut bar in the sprawling lobby of the Bedford Springs Hotel in this central Pennsylvania town, it was hard not to be drawn into the conversation between Christopher Ege, JoAnn Harrison, and her husband, Dan. Given their animation and laughter, one might have assumed all three had known each other for years and clearly shared a lot in common. As they discussed trips they had made to Kentucky to visit the iconic Bourbon Trail while contemplating the bourbons on hand, the discussion went from the history of the Buffalo Trace distillery to politics....

The difficulty of training and massing the necessary troops, as well as a serious shortage of ammunition and military equipment, will probably keep the Kiev regime from attaining the goals for their much-hyped ‘spring offensive’.This harsh assessment, apparently based on human and signals intelligence, was released as part of the ongoing massive leak of US classified documents that has sparked investigations of the Pentagon and DOJ.The Washington Post reports:“Labeled ‘top secret,’ the bleak assessment from early February warns of significant ‘force generation and sustainment shortfalls,’ and the likelihood that such an operation will result in only ‘modest territorial gains.’ It’s...

Broward County Public Schools board member Brenda Fam has been taking heat after she pressed her colleagues to define what a "woman" is at the last school board meeting, speaking on behalf of concerned parents who are weighing whether to pull their children out of the district.

The FBI hatched a plan this year to cultivate sources inside Catholic churches to investigate religious extremism, House Republicans found. Rep. Jim Jordan (R., Ohio), the chairman of the House Select Subcommittee on Weaponization, said in a letter Monday that the FBI, using information from an undercover employee, sought to develop sources—including clergy members and church leaders—inside Catholic churches in Virginia. According to Jordan, the FBI's plan called for the bureau to engage in outreach to "mainline Catholic parishes" to make congregations aware of "the warning signs of radicalization" and to "enlist their assistance to serve as suspicious activity tripwires."...

The son of Maribel Guardia and the late Joan Sebastián died over the weekend at age 27, his mom wrote on Instagram. He was found in his Mexico City home. The telenovela community is mourning the loss of a star.Julián Figueroa, the son of telenovela actress Maribel Guardia and late Mexican singer Joan Sebastián, died over the weekend, his mom shared on social media. He was 27.Figueroa, who had been acting on series "Mi Camino es Amarte" since 2022, was found "unconscious" in his Mexico City home April 9, Guardia wrote on Instagram in Spanish."They called 911 and when the...

VIDEO"Do not self-medicate, friends." That was the warning from the overmedicated liberal best known for her crazed rantings as a result not just of self-medication but also obvious overmedication. Most likely she, like a lot of other liberals, had their minds deranged by being overmedicated as children by doctors which has become common in the past 20 to 30 years. What caused this overmedication starting at a young age? Big Pharma profits which inspired many doctors to prescribe drugs to treat common problems of youth which in the past they finally learned to cope with on their own and left...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday will announce funding for a major infrastructure project connecting Virginia to Washington, D.C., as the White House wraps up a three-week travel blitz to highlight economic investments. Harris’s announcement will coincide with other administration officials fanning out around the country that day. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will be in Albany, N.Y., for an infrastructure announcement and White House infrastructure coordinator Mitch Landrieu will be in Madison, Wis. Two Federal Highway Administration officials will also travel to South Carolina and California, respectively. The travel will close out the “Investing in America” tour, a three-week travel...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers has identified the two Wisconsin police officers who were killed in a shootout. Evers identified the officers in a tweet Monday as 32-year-old Emily Breidenbach of the Chetek Police Department and 23-year-old Hunter Scheel of the Cameron Police Department. The governor offered his condolences to their families and said he planned to sign executive orders lowering U.S. and Wisconsin flags in their honor once funeral arrangement have been made. According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Breidenbach had been in law enforcement for five years, beginning her career in Stoughton, where she served...

Fenton Bailey, whose company World of Wonder produces RuPaul’s Drag Race, wants to take the LGBTQ-themed show global.Speaking with iNews, Bailey talked about about the conservative opposition to transgender radicalism and drag shows for children, likening them to school bullies aiming to pick on the weak.“In some ways, I think it’s very simple,” he told the outlet. “It’s like bullies at school, picking on who they think is the weak target. It’s great to create a climate of fear — pointing out what doesn’t seem normal to distract from the fundamental complexities that our political leaders are unable to deal...

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11 April 2023 Easter Tuesday Catholic Church of St Stanislaus in Chortkiv, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 2:36-41 ©You must repent and be baptized in the name of JesusOn the day of Pentecost, Peter spoke to the Jews: ‘The whole House of Israel can be certain that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.’ Hearing this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the apostles, ‘What must we do, brothers?’ ‘You must repent,’ Peter answered ‘and every one of you must be baptised in the name of...

The cost of mailing a letter or bill could rise three cents this summer after the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) moved Monday to launch previously threatened moves for a postage price hike as Bidenflation hits the service. The increase in mailing services prices will become effective July 9. That means the cost of a First-Class Mail Forever stamp could increase 5.4 percent, from 63 cents to 66 cents.

Online grocery prices continued to rise by double-digits in March, as inflation continues to bite.

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• STEPHEN PREACHES, THEN IS STONED ֎ Featuring 39 Paintings, 1 Relief and 1 Window ֎ A C T S «Chapters 6-8» Now Stephen, a man full of God’s grace and power, did great wonders and miraculous signs among the people. Opposition arose, however, from members of the Synagogue of the Freedmen. These men began to argue with Stephen, but they could not stand up against his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke. Then they secretly persuaded some men to say, “We have heard...