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Former Vice President Mike Pence promised “the best days of the greatest nation on earth are yet to come" in a video released Wednesday formally launching his campaign for the Republican nomination for president. “Different times call for different leadership,” Pence, who served four years alongside then-President Donald Trump, says in the video, released via Fox News and Twitter hours ahead of a kickoff event in Des Moines. “Today our party and our country need a leader that’ll appeal, as Lincoln said, to the better angels of our nature." While it would be “easy to stay on the sidelines,” he...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shed some new light on the health habits of Americans. According to the report, 8.2% of adults between the ages of 18 and 64 taking prescription medications reported not taking their drugs as prescribed in order to cut costs — adding up to 9.2 million affected Americans. In 2021, out-of-pocket expenses on retail drugs rose to $63 billion — a major factor in many U.S. residents’ decision to stop taking their medications. Roughly 60% of U.S. adults 18 years old or older reported taking at least one prescription medication...

President Joe Biden promised voters in 2020 that he knew how to get things done in Washington and could bring stability to the capital. It seemed like a message out of step with the more combative era brought on by Donald Trump. But Biden prevailed, and as he seeks a second term, he's again trying to frame the race as a referendum on competence and governance, pointing to the bipartisan debt limit and budget legislation he signed Saturday as another exemplar of the success of his approach. The agreement the Democratic president negotiated with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other...

"In humility receive the word implanted, which is able to save your souls" (James 1:21). A humble heart is a teachable heart. Scripture speaks of a past, present, and future aspect of salvation. You have been saved from the penalty of sin (salvation), are being saved from the power of sin (sanctification), and will ultimately be saved from the presence of sin (glorification). At first glance James 1:21 may sound like it's written to unbelievers, urging them to receive the Word, which is able to redeem them. But the phrase "save your souls" carries the idea that the implanted Word...

Socialist lawmakers are still pushing statewide rent control, resorting to outright deception and bogus compromise in hopes of passing it before the Legislature wraps up for the year. To sneak through the so-called “Good Cause Eviction” bill, they offer to water down some provisions to attract more votes — with an eye to toughen it back up (or worse) next year or late. The lies start with the bill’s very name: Requiring landlords to have a good reason to evict anyone is fair, right? Except that the bill would make it near-impossible for landlords to evict tenants for almost any...

Former Fox News host describes Vlodymyr Zelensky as 'sweaty and rat-like' and says 'UFOs are actually real' in Twitter broadcast. Tucker Carlson launched his new show on Twitter on Tuesday, spouting 9/11, Ukraine and UFO conspiracies. The former prime time Fox News host gave a 10-minute monologue as he spoke for the first time since being ousted by the cable network. He opened with a pro-Kremlin rant, describing Vlodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, as “sweaty and rat-like” and a “persecutor of Christians”.

Shame is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a painful emotion caused by consciousness of guilt, shortcoming, or impropriety.” Feeling ashamed can take us in one of two directions: restitution and redemption or perpetual defeat. It can be a force for good that leads to healthy living, or it can knock you down and keep you there. Let’s consider today how guilt and shame can work together to become a strength that propels us forward. For example, we see King David who, at the height of his power, blew it in a spectacular way. Married himself, he seduced Bathsheba, wife of the...

The elites would really like to get rid of us. Genocide is a potent word. It refers to the decimation of an entire group. It results in destruction on a massive scale. It defies the imagination even though we have often witnessed it in the 20th century. To most people, it is the concerted evisceration of a particular group, whether they be Jews annihilated by the Nazis, Uyghurs by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), or the Ukrainians by Stalin. Of the latter, the term Holodomor comes to mind. It was a man-made famine that affected the Soviet republic of Ukraine...

A Texas sheriff’s office has recommended that a San Antonio-area district attorney file criminal charges following an investigation into the transportation in the fall of 49 asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, allegedly on direction from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). It is not clear whom the charges would be filed against, but the case would include both felony and misdemeanor charges of unlawful restraint, according to the sheriff’s office. “At this time, the case is being reviewed by the DA’s office. Once an update is available, it will be provided to the public,” said Bexar County...

PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, June 6. The following is a special to the Bulletin: CINCINNATTI, Saturday, June 6. Advices from Vicksburgh to June 2, contain no particular news. Gen. GRANT is able to press the siege and take care of JOHNSTON, who is posted still at Jackson. His reported march on Memphis is not confirmed. Our siege guns are close up to the enemy's works, and playing vigorously on them and the town. On the 1st inst. the rebels shot 300 horses on the river bank, being unable to feed them. Gen. BLAIR is up the Yazoo. Important news is expected from...

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On July 25, 2022, Todd Yuktake and Justin Solomon filed a federal lawsuit against the Attorney General of Hawaii, Holly T. Shikada, for infringement of the right to keep and bear arms, specifically against the state of Hawaii’s ban on “billies” or “batons” outside the home. Billies were likely chosen, in part, because no procedure exists in Hawaii to allow the carry of short clubs outside the home. Over the course of the case, the AG changed from Shikada to Lopez. From the complaint: 6. The State of Hawai‘i generally bans the possession of “deadly or dangerous weapons” outside the...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 13 Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” 14 Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed me a judge or an arbiter between you?” 15 Then he said to them, “Watch out! Be on your guard against all kinds of greed; life does not consist in an abundance of possessions.” 16 And he told them this parable: “The ground of a certain rich man yielded an abundant harvest. 17 He thought to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have...

A little over a year ago, on May 5, 2022, two states (Missouri and Louisiana) and several individual plaintiffs filed suit against the federal government for illegally and improperly suppressing free speech on social media platforms, in violation of the First Amendment. The case goes by the name Missouri v. Biden. The individual plaintiffs include, for example, Drs. Jay Bhattacharya of Stanford and Dr. Martin Kulldorff of Harvard, prominent medical researchers and epidemiologists who dissented from the government’s Covid response orthodoxy and saw their speech ruthlessly suppressed as a consequence. This case is probably the most important civil rights case...

7 June 2023Wednesday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSt Robert of Newminster Roman Catholic Church, Morpeth, Northumberland, EnglandReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 3:1-11,16-17 ©Raphael is sent to bring remedy to the house of TobitSad at heart, I, Tobit, sighed and wept, and began this prayer of lamentation:‘You are just, O Lord,and just are all your works.All your ways are grace and truth,and you are the Judge of the world.‘Therefore, Lord, remember me, look on me.Do not punish me for my sinsor for my heedless faultsor for those of my fathers.‘For we have sinned against youand broken your...

Well, the decision to short Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (BUD) stock recently remains a winner. The stock recently broke through support, and while value buyers seem to be trying to step in here, the controversy surrounding this company has not slowed down. Perhaps memories will be short, and the conservative backlash over their marketing and branding deal with Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney may subside later this year. However, it seems like the damage right now is setting up to be permanent. Take a look at the comment sections on the articles covering this controversy. So many have said they are making...

Muhammad is among the top baby names in many Western countries. This spells disaster for Western civilization. Newborn baby Muhammads are taking Western Europe by storm — with Berlin being the latest target. According to a May 8, 2023 report, [t]he first name Mohammed has gained popularity in Germany in the past year. ... In Berlin, Mohammed was the most popular first name for boys in 2022. Last year he had ranked third. ... In Bremen, the first name Mohammed has moved up from third place to second place. ... In Hesse, too, the name of the Muslim prophet is...

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich advised former President Trump not to waste his time debating rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination during a Tuesday morning guest spot with FBN's "Mornings With Maria" Bartiromo. NEWT GINGRICH: In the national polls, [Trump is] up over Biden by a bigger margin than Governor DeSantis. Look, I think Governor DeSantis has been a very good governor in Florida, I think he's very successful, he's certainly done a great job with the state. I think he found it very hard to transition to being a presidential candidate. He had a chance to make it...

Since November, the global population has officially crossed eight billion, more than three times the figure in 1950. This has already stretched food and energy needs and supplies. UN projections say the figure will balloon to 9.7 billion in the middle of the century. "I don't think it's sustainable personally," he said in an interview on Tuesday. "We need to figure out how we're going to deal with the issue of sustainability and the numbers of people we're trying to take care of on the planet." Global warming is exacerbating the problem. The landmark 2015 Paris Agreement calls for capping...

Vatican City (AFP) – Pope Francis, who will undergo surgery for an abdominal hernia, admitted last year he needed to slow down faced with his age -- now 86 -- and increasing health issues.