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Changes in the mortgage industry could spell bad news even if you have good credit. Beginning May 1, some people with higher credit scores may actually end up paying a higher fee while those with lower scores will pay less. "It's really a big change," explained mortgage loan officer and credit score expert Al Bingham. "It's going to hit the consumer hard when they go to apply for a mortgage." The changes are part of the federal government's effort to provide equitable access to home ownership. According to Bingham, it comes down to fees that lenders pay back to federal...

President Biden stumbled over Rep. Jahana Hayes’ (D-Conn.) name during remarks at the White House on Monday, instead calling her “Jonah.” The 80-year-old president’s latest gaffe happened as he celebrated the 2023 Teachers of the Year from each state, as well as the National Teacher of the Year, during a Rose Garden event. Hayes, who was first elected to the House in 2018, is herself a former National Teacher of the Year award winner. “Thank you for the members of Congress here today, including two outstanding educating congresswomen: Jonah,” Biden said, apparently referring to Hayes. “And by the way, Jonah...

(Last Updated On: April 20, 2023) NATIONAL ZUCCHINI BREAD DAY Each year on April 25th each year, National Zucchini Bread Day encourages bakers to make this delicious bread. #NationalZucchiniBreadDay Many explorers who came to the Americas brought back what they considered strange foods, including the zucchini. The zucchini eventually found its way to Italy, where it was named zucchino. Native Americans referred to zucchini as “something eaten raw.” However, we all know that zucchini tastes best cooked, especially in bread. Zucchini bread is similar to other quick breads like banana bread. Other quick breads you might be familiar with making...

The Jets landed their man … finally. After weeks of speculation, Aaron Rodgers is now the Jets quarterback. The Jets and Packers agreed to a trade Monday, a source confirmed, exactly 40 days after Rodgers publicly declared his desire to come to New York. The deal has a lot of moving parts and we won’t know who truly “won” the deal until we see how well and how long Rodgers plays for the Jets. The trade includes a swap of first-round picks in this year’s draft. The Packers will now pick 13th overall on Thursday night and the Jets will...

Set to end May 11, Title 42 was a potent deterrent when former President Donald Trump applied it to almost 90% of all illegal crossing immigrants...When Title 42 was in place, Trump...could quickly expel border jumpers back into Mexico or beyond and - critically - deny them access to the US asylum system...[Biden's] new plan envisions deporting only the immigrants who do not follow a script they have been carefully taught by human smugglers and immigration advocates.

(Daily readings from the USCCB)Jesus appeared to the Eleven and said to them: “Go into the whole world and proclaim the Gospel to every creature. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved; whoever does not believe will be condemned.” Mark 16:15–16Saint Mark, whom we honor today, certainly fulfilled this mission that was given to the Apostles. Though Mark was not one of the Twelve and might not have even known Jesus while He walked the earth, he certainly fulfilled the mission of proclaiming the Gospel to the whole world by writing his Gospel account.Mark’s Gospel is the shortest of...

The Job Creators Network (JCN) has placed its latest massive billboard in Times Square, this time blasting President Joe Biden over what economist, lawmakers, and a majority of Americans describe as a poor economic performance. The JCN billboard lands in Times Square just as Biden is expected to announce his reelection bid. “Persistently high inflation continues to more than erase wage gains. In fact, the most recent Consumer Price Index report marks the 24th consecutive month that the rate of price increases has surpassed average earnings gains,” a JCN press release said. “Translation: Americans have gotten a pay cut.”

The Bible In Paintings ~ Encouragement for Applying and Appreciating God's Word ~ •Drawings•Engravings•Facades•Frescoes•Illuminations•Miniatures•Mosaics•Photographs•Reliefs•Statues•Tapestries•Windows• PAUL & SILAS IN PRISON ֎ Featuring 32 Paintings, 1 Map and 1 Relief ֎ A C T S «Chapter 24» During the night Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and begging him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” We got ready at once to leave for Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. We traveled to Philippi and we stayed there several days. 1 "Paul’s Macedonian Vision" 2 "Paul’s Vision of a Macedonian...

Atlanta-area District Attorney Fani Willis will announce “charging decisions” this summer arising from her election-interference investigation into former President Donald Trump and his allies, according to a letter she sent to local law-enforcement agencies warning of the potential for violent reactions to that key milestone in her two-year probe. In the letter addressed to Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat, Ms. Willis said she would be announcing charging decisions relating to the investigation sometime between July 11 and Sept. 1. Ms. Willis said she wanted to give law-enforcement agencies sufficient time to prepare for the “significant public reaction” her announcement could...

Tuesday 25 April 2023Saint Mark, Evangelist Feast Entry to the presbytery of St Mark's Basilica, Venice Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: A(I).First reading1 Peter 5:5-14 ©My son, Mark, sends you greetingsAll wrap yourselves in humility to be servants of each other, because God refuses the proud and will always favour the humble. Bow down, then, before the power of God now, and he will raise you up on the appointed day; unload all your worries on to him, since he is looking after you. Be calm but vigilant, because your enemy the devil is prowling round like a roaring...

As Twitchy readers know, AOC recently spoke with Jen ‘Circle Back’ Psaki about using government regulation to stifle the speech of people like Tucker Carlson, who she claims clearly engages in ‘incitement of violence’. What does this incitement to violence look like? Telling the public what liberals are doing. That’s it. That’s why she hates Tucker Carlson. Unsurprisingly, AOC was quite pleased to hear that Tucker and Fox News were parting ways, and the congresswoman turned the camera on herself to spread her speech-squashing satisfaction on the perfect platform for such pronouncements: Chinese-owned TikTok. She summarized her thoughts by saying...

Neil Oliver returns from a few weeks of holiday to hit this monologue out of the park. It’s almost as if Neil and I had sat down and shared a cup of tea. Comrades, in this wake-up monologue Oliver hits on the key dynamic we have discussed, we are in an abusive relationship with government. We are being oppressed and held captive by our inability to come to terms with the nature of this relationship. We are suffering through battered citizen syndrome, thinking that if we just bear through the next round of beatings the abuser will change. Neil Oliver...

Former President Donald Trump criticized President Joe Biden for being worse than “the five worst presidents in American history” combined as Biden prepares to officially launch his 2024 reelection campaign. [cut] In a scathing statement, Trump attacked Biden for his track record on the economy and foreign policy, among other things. “You could take the five worst presidents in American history, and put them together, and they would not have done the damage Joe Biden has done to our Nation in just a few short years,” Trump said. “Not even close.” “Thanks to Joe Biden’s socialist spending calamity, American families...

An Arkansas judge ordered Hunter Biden on Monday to personally show up in court in May to address questions about his laptop, including whether financial records on it belong to him. FreeBeacon Supreme Court Blocks Restrictions on Abortion Pill READ MORE Circuit Court judge Holly Meyer gave the order as part of Hunter Biden’s drawn-out custody battle with Lunden Alexis Roberts over their four-year-old daughter. It would be his first public appearance in the case—the Bidens have steadfastly refused to acknowledge the child’s existence, and Hunter denied that he was the father until a court-ordered DNA test proved otherwise. "I...

This is mind-blowing. Dr. Miriam Grossman tells how Dr. John Money of Johns Hopkins started this transgender movement with a family from Winnipeg whose son (one of twins) had "ambiguous" genitalia from a circumcision gone wrong.Here's the blurb from youtube: Listen as Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Miriam Grossman walk us through the horrific and yet true story behind the Reimer twins. The atrocity of their upbringing, branded as a successful experiment by Dr. John Money, was used as the bedrock of gender and identity ideology that has captured the western world today.

Something very fundamental is happening, and we’re all in the middle of it. During busy news cycles, it’s hard to write posts. Each story screams for attention, creating analysis paralysis. What struck me today, though, was that many of the stories we’re seeing are part of something much larger, which is what I call the “Great Sorting.” All the old patterns are broken, and people are rethinking their allegiances. Before the 21st century, the world’s patterns were predictable. You could divide history into the era before the Soviet Union collapsed and after the collapse. Before, the world was neatly split...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 4 Jesus Is Tested in the Wilderness 4 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, left the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness, 2 where for forty days he was tempted[a] by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and at the end of them he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.” 4 Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’[b]” 5 The devil led him up to a high place...

The city in 2020 agreed to fund the progressive advocacy group Reimagine Oregon to the tune of $1.9 million a year, with no end date specified. At the time, Portland mayor Ted Wheeler (D.) called the grant the "centerpiece" of his budget proposal. Three years later, the organization has not said what it plans to do with the grant money. Nor has it spent a penny of the nearly $5 million in taxpayer funds, which are now sitting, untouched, in city coffers. Formed by black activists in 2020, Reimagine Oregon outlines policy ideas to "dismantle systemic racism" through policies such...

Sofia Richie, a model and the daughter of musician Lionel Richie, married Jewish music executive Elliot Grainge on Saturday, less than a month after she said she completed her conversion to Judaism. Earlier this month, Richie had posted on Instagram that Nathan Lam, a prominent Los Angeles cantor, had been “helping me along this journey of converting to Judaism.” Pronouncing her conversion complete on April 3, she posted on Instagram, “It has been one of the greatest experiences of my life.” Richie, 24, and Grainge, 29, tied the knot at a hotel in Antibes, France, where they were married by...

@SebGorka They put Kilmeade in Tucker’s slot. 😂 FOX is finished.