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You may recall that there was a reparations proposal made in San Francisco which suggested every black resident who met certain criteria should get $5 million. The people who came up with that proposal later admitted that no math was involved.But this isn’t a story about the San Francisco proposal. This is a story about the California Reparations Task Force which was set up by Gov. Newsom in 2020. An early peek at the task force’s work last December suggested they were looking at a total payment in the realm of $223,000 per eligible recipient. But that was not a...

Another day, another empty claim that we need to alter our lifestyles to appease the power-mad brokers of our country. The latest hectoring harbinger is that our landscaping equipment is murdering the planet, so changes need to be enforced. This is what the over-educated and under-employed generations have wrought; the constant grazing for the next offense that needs to be addressed.USA Today delivers this latest solution to a wholly manufactured problem, claiming that the lawn mower and the leaf blowers used by your lawn service are the most pernicious producers of deadly emissions, saying “Regulators and clean-air advocates are increasingly...

As we’ve reported, over the last few days Media Matters has been publishing leaked behind-the-scenes videos of Tucker Carlson talking with his “Tucker Carlson Tonight” show staff. The conventional wisdom is that someone at Fox is behind the leaks and that they’re part of a campaign by Fox to smear Carlson due to the backlash the network is receiving after it unceremoniously dumped the most popular talk show host in the country.Fox News is trying to destroy Tucker (it’s drip drip drip every day with the hits). Truly disgusting behavior, most likely by their chief PR hack Irena Briganti but...

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Some of the people most strongly associated with promoting lockdown measures during the COVID-19 pandemic have recently sought to recast their positions. Examples include Anthony Fauci, former leader of the federal COVID-19 response, teachers’ union head Randi Weingarten, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Fauci seemed eager to shirk responsibility for the lockdowns when talking to The New York Times last week. “Show me a school that I shut down and show me a factory that I shut down. Never. I never did,” he said. It was the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that produced the lockdown recommendations,...

There’s one certainty in politics. If a Democrat is accusing a Republican of doing something, it is the Democrat who is inevitably actually doing it.That dynamic played out again Wednesday after a major revelation about Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor called into question all the recent left-wing attacks on Justices Clarence Thomas and Neil Gorsuch.For the last few weeks, a coordinated assault on the court’s conservatives has taken place, with numerous press outlets releasing reports supposedly detailing corruption. In reality, essentially everything charged amounted to nothing legally or ethically. In the case of Thomas, he was not required to report...

Australian medical practitioners can now prescribe ivermectin for COVID-19 among other diseases under new rules confirmed by the nation’s therapeutic goods authority. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) confirmed on May 3 that the prescribing of oral ivermectin will no longer be limited to specialists such as dermatologists, gastroenterologists, and infectious diseases specialists. The move— which takes effect from June 1, 2023—comes amid high rates of vaccination and hybrid immunity against COVID-19 in Australia and thus the use of ivermectin by individuals is unlikely to now compromise public health, the TGA said in a statement. Despite ivermectin being regularly administered in...

If you build a truth table with a matrix including 'trans', something blurring male and female, where surgery is complete, you realize that there's a problem with sex between a 'trans female' and a 'trans male'. Physically, it doesn't work. 'She' doesn't function. If 'trans females' and 'trans males' won't date each other, the only reason must be 'transphobia' right?

Contrary to the narrative that pervaded the media the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, what attorney Michael Hamilton experienced before he left the rally at the U.S. Capitol Building was a day of “peace and prayer.” Hamilton, who also attended seminary many years ago, held a worship service on the front lawn of the Capitol building. “People were singing hymns and with their hands held in the air praising God,” Hamilton told The Epoch Times. Everywhere he went, he said, there were “deep-hearted patriots.” Then, three 15-passenger white vans arrived flanked by squad cars that Hamilton said he later confirmed...

Saint Francis Health System in Oklahoma told to remove chapel candle or stop serving those in needWASHINGTON – The federal government recently told a Catholic hospital in Oklahoma to either blow out a small candle or stop serving elderly, disabled, and low-income patients. Saint Francis Health System, the twelfth largest hospital in the nation, keeps, with many prudent safeguards, a sacred candle always lit inside its hospital chapels, in accordance with its Catholic faith. After a hospital inspection in February, the government said a single candle was too dangerous and now threatens to strip the hospital of the ability to...

Utah's age verification law, which targets publishers distributing material deemed to be "harmful to minors on the internet," has gone into effect. As a response, MindGeek has chosen to block everyone in the state from being able to access its websites, including Pornhub. As Motherboard reports, if somebody with a Utah IP address accesses Pornhub, they'll now be met with a video of adult performer Cherie DeVille. In it, DeVille explained that the company believes requiring users to submit their government IDs isn't the most effective solution to protecting its users and could even put their privacy at risk. She...

Pope Francis met with Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal at the Vatican April 27, one day before departing for HungaryMoscow is not working with the Vatican to end the war in Ukraine, said a Kremlin spokesperson. Asked by reporters May 2 if the Russian government was aware of a Vatican-led plan referenced by Pope Francis to advance the peace process in Ukraine, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov responded: "No, nothing is known," Russian state media reported. On his return flight to Rome from Budapest, Hungary, April 30, Pope Francis told reporters that the Holy See was engaged in a "mission" related...

[Catholic Caucus] Another Mass Forbidden: Priest Accuses "Despicable" FrancisThe Roman Mass at St Monica's, Edmund, Oklahoma City Archdiocese, is cancelled, Father Stephen Hamilton announced (April 30).Hamilton believes that Archbishop Coakley, whom he is friends with even since before he became a bishop, tried to save the Mass. They met numerous times, “We have been trying together to find ways around what Rome [=Francis] is doing,”“I want to state clearly, the blame for this falls squarely on the Pope and the Cardinal in charge of the Dicastery of Divine Worship.”Hamilton calls Traditionis Custodes, that started “all this ugliness” unjust, despicable, a...

Update from Ukraine | Kremlin was hit by drone | Who is responsible for the Moscow attack? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eies-0t8wGk ****NEW SUMMARY Military MAPS & COMMENTS here: Invasion Day 434 – Summary May 3, 2023 Jerome News The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-434-summary/ *** Greatly appreciate the viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use on each Front map!

Tucker Carlson has something new in common with Breitbart, Bill O’Reilly, Dan Bongino and Steve Bannon: he’s lost to Sleeping Giants. Sleeping Giants — the social media campaign I co-founded in 2016 — is now the common denominator in the fall of every major media figure in hate speech and disinformation. Our campaign to make bigotry and hate unprofitable now has a 100% success rate. Not too shabby, eh?

BAGHDAD — Baghdad’s Department of Christian Affairs at the Endowment Office of Christians, Yezidis, and Sabean-Mandaeans has taken a significant step towards developing a comprehensive database for Christians in Iraq. To this end, they have launched an electronic statistical form which Christians can fill out at their discretion. This database is a crucial step towards facilitating the feasibility study of investment and service projects while simultaneously supporting the development of religious and service institutions for Christians. Furthermore, it will serve as a starting point for assessing the importance of future works and projects. To ensure the success of this initiative,...

<p>A Navy SEAL who took part in the mission to kill Osama Bin Laden says he was outraged over the U.S. Navy using a drag queen for a discarded recruitment program.</p><p>Robert J. O'Neill, a decorated combat veteran who served for eight years as a member of SEAL Team Six, said on Twitter he 'can't believe [he] fought for this bulls**t.'</p>

In Ireland, the mere possession of images on a mobile phone that contradict the approved government narrative could soon be grounds for imprisonment. (LifeSiteNews) — With the further advancement of the latest hate speech legislation in Ireland comes the realization of a warning — published in the Catholic Herald last November —that “Ireland’s proposed ‘hate speech’ laws will lead to the criminalization of religious beliefs and Church teaching.” The Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offenses) Bill, 2022, which has been described as the creation of “thought crime” by Irish Member of Parliament (TD) Paul Murphy, provoked...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

A Texas man has been charged with battery and banned from flying with United after he was caught on video allegedly punching an airline worker aboard a plane. Cody Lovins, 47, from Montgomery, was arrested at San Francisco International Airport’s Terminal 3 early Monday in connection with the “physical altercation” that took place on a United flight from San Francisco to Houston before takeoff, police said. Viral footage recorded by eyewitness Naya Jimenez showed a man in a blue t-shirt, later identified as Lovins, repeatedly striking a crew member during a fight over a seat.