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Model Bri Teresi, who went viral after shooting cans of Bud Light, tampons and lingerie in a video, said the beer company is trying to target children through its promotional partnership with Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer and activist. Appearing on the Factz podcast this week, Teresi spoke about the ongoing controversy surrounding Bud Light and its parent company, Anheuser-Busch. "So with the Dylan Mulvaney thing, with him being put on a Bud Light can or whatever, that was literally because his target audience is children," she said. "So they're trying to get that next generation of beer drinkers...

[Catholic Caucus] “Why Should Pope Francis and the FBI Care about the Latin Mass?” — Kwasniewski’s Charleston Lecture with Q&AIn a memo subsequently officially disowned, the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified Traditional Latin Mass-going Catholics as potential domestic terrorists. Curiously, Pope Francis seems to agree to some extent with the FBI, for he has targeted Latin Mass Catholics — a minority of the faithful who worship in a sacred form handed down for centuries — as ecclesiastical terrorists, so to speak: they are upsetting the peace and order of the post-Vatican II Church.Why should the FBI care? What, especially, is...

"Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say to you. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another." "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ: According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and...

SNIP ‘The real price of water’ One of the biggest issues that may have to be tackled is how much Utahns pay for water. Israel, for example, charges a tariff for water use. For the average Israeli household, it’s about $150 per household each month. Utah’s water rates vary, depending on where you live and how much you use. That doesn’t even cover the true cost of water which is absorbed by property taxes (and some nonprofits, like churches and schools, don’t pay any property taxes and therefore pay next to nothing for water). “It's the conversation we need to...

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House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Mo) warned IRS Commissioner Daniel Werfel not to retaliate against a whistleblower who has offered to provide evidence of IRS political interference in the Hunter Biden investigation being undertaken by the House Ways and Means Committee. Werfel replied to Smith saying "if you tell me who he is I'll see what I can do. Every public employee owes loyalty to the President. I hope that you realize that since the target of your investigation is the President's son you could be entering dangerous territory. Fathers can be expected to take action to protect...

In another sign of changing attitudes to pandemic policy, infectious disease specialists writing in the Annals of Internal Medicine this month argued against the continuation of universal masking policies for doctors, nurses, and other health care workers. In the article, the eight authors, who are infectious disease specialists associated with Harvard and Washington University medical schools among others, offer a timeline of the evolving responses to the pandemic. The timeline leaves out the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) initially confusing advice on masking but acknowledges that factors like the development of immunity, the evolution of the virus, and...

Ian Fleming (James Bond) is among the writers undergoing posthumous editing for content unsuitable for today’s readers. As he is dead, he has no choice in the matter. We are all familiar with book banning and book burning. Can anything be worse? Yes, changing a writer’s intent, dead or alive, through sensitivity editing. Some writers, nowadays, agree to go along to get along. That’s too bad. True writers value each word they write. Hemingway spoke of the search for the “perfect sentence,” and quite often he clicked, if he can be forgiven for his mistreatment of Robert Cohn in “The...

Forecasters expect a hurricane season similar to 2017, one of the worst and most costly on record. After two years of relatively mild hurricane seasons, 2023 will see above-average hurricane activity, researchers predict. The forecasters expect the number of major hurricanes this year to be similar to 2017, which saw the extremely intense hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria. Since 2014, hurricane activity has been accurately predicted by a model created by Xubin Zeng, a professor of hydrology and atmospheric sciences at the University of Arizona, and his former graduate student Kyle Davis.

Plans to launch a “game-changing” weight loss jab in the UK have been delayed amid concern supplies could not keep up with demand from obese Britons. Weight loss services and pharmacists were expecting Wegovy to become available this week but have now been warned of an indefinite delay making the product available. The weekly injections had already been backed by the NHS, with the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (Nice) recently recommending the drug for tens of thousands of people, and millions more expected to seek it privately. Novo Nordisk, the manufacturer, said it was working to make...

Local elections offices in Georgia will not be allowed to receive private donations under controversial legislation Gov. Brian Kemp signed into law Wednesday. Senate Bill 222, which the General Assembly’s Republican majorities passed along party lines, was prompted by complaints that out-of-state private funds have been flowing into elections offices in large Democratic counties across the country, including a $350 million contribution by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to the nonprofit Center for Technology and Civic Life. Legislative Democrats charged the bill was aimed at denying the financial assistance already resource-poor elections offices need to run their elections smoothly. Without the...

--With apologies to Jonathan Swift-- Given the recent cutting edge advocacy for Gender Affirming Care and Surgery (GACS) for transgenders(sic), including minor children, why not expand this coveted GACS to the pet world, and then to the entire animal kingdom? Starting with pets, this therapy could be expanded to other owned animals (beef cattle, chicken flocks, Budweiser Clydesdales), and then to feral animals in the wild. The main benefit of expanding GACS is the massive new revenue stream to veterinarians, doctors, hospitals, and big pharma. The number of Americans who dote over pets is enormous. Pet owners spare no expense...

A 'beautiful' mum who was planning her wedding and had 'so many plans' died after feeling unwell on her return from a family holiday. Ashleigh de Andrade had returned home to Southport, Merseyside, from a getaway at a Haven holiday park in North Wales when she began feeling poorly. The mum-of-three woke up in a sweat and had a high temperature after going for a lie down on April 26. The mental health nursing student was rushed to hospital and suffered several seizures before being put into an induced coma. She sadly died later that day. Ashleigh is survived by...

Friends of a schoolgirl who died suddenly just days after winning a football match have raised thousands for her grieving family. 'Talented young footballer' Kaylee Black, 13, who was a goalkeeper for the U13s Belfast football club Crusaders, died on Monday. Family and friends have raised more than £8,000 following her death. The GoFundMe page also paid tribute to the 'young, beautiful girl' whose death 'has left a massive space in the hearts of her family'. Meanwhile the club she played for, the Crusaders said they were 'devastated' in a statement issued following the youngster's death. Club chairman, Ronnie Millar,...

ATLANTA — Atlanta police said at least one person is dead and at least four people have been injured in an active shooter situation on West Peachtree Street Wednesday afternoon.

Ron DeSantis now has at his disposal $12 million to fly migrants to Democratic enclaves after the Florida legislature passed on Tuesday a new measure that helps fund the controversial program. In September, the Florida governor flew four dozen migrants from Texas to the swanky Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard. The stunt caused an uproar from immigration advocates and Democrats after the migrants had to find ways off the island. DeSantis is expected to announce a run for president in coming months. Meanwhile, the Biden administration is deploying 1,500 troops to the southern border to help with any impending surges...

A local community has been rocked by the shock death of a much-loved teenager who tragically died in his sleep. Heartbreaking tributes are flowing for Melbourne student Balin Menzies, 15, who died suddenly on April 21. It is not yet known what caused his death. Balin was actively involved in various sporting and community groups across Greensborough in Melbourne's northeast. The teen was also a promising street artist who painted murals under the name Posh, including a wall at Greensborough Skate Park. The mural is now surrounded by spray paint cans and flowers in his honour. Greensborough College paid tribute...

The White House Keeps Twisting the Truth About FloridaPresident Biden and his press secretary are trafficking in proven falsehoods to score political points against Ron DeSantis.In late April 2022, the White House named Nina Jankowicz—who believed in the Steele dossier and considered the Hunter Biden laptop story Russian disinformation—its disinformation czar. But the Department of Homeland Security Disinformation Governance Board that Jankowicz headed lasted only four months; Jankowicz herself resigned after just three weeks. A year later, it’s hard to ignore the irony that a White House that created an office allegedly to combat disinformation keeps trafficking in it to...

HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — After a report was issued on Tuesday notifying the public about a missing young woman, Pennsylvania State Police have confirmed the entire situation was a hoax. “I think the biggest thing was, this entire community was very scared because of the information we had,” said Trooper Steve Limani. According to initial reports, Chloe Stein, 23, was last seen leaving Sonic in Hempfield Township at 10:30 p.m. on Monday night. She allegedly texted her boyfriend shortly after saying she had been pulled over. Then, she seemed to vanish. Stein was driving a Volkswagen Beetle. The car was...

In an ironic twist, San Francisco Pride’s campaign to push back against transphobia, to be unveiled this week, has been disrupted by its own brush with transphobia. SF Pride was all set to make a big statement this week about anti-LGBTQ attacks by announcing that the battle cry for this year’s event would be the iconic Twisted Sister rock anthem, “We’re Not Gonna Take It.” Choosing the 1984 song was intended to show how the community was going to push back on the hundreds of pieces of anti-LGBTQ and anti-drag community legislation being passed around the country and the endless...