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Everything Is “Woke” Now. Even The U.S. Forestry Service. (Kellogg, Idaho) — After a student was banned from graduation in Kellogg Idaho for making some off-the-cuff remarks about how “Boys are boys. Girls are Girls. There is no in between,” the young student named Travis Lohr has now had his job offer rescinded. According to the Blaze Media: Lohr told Campos-Duffy he was slated to start work Sunday, but when he went in to complete the final paperwork, his boss informed him he was rescinding the offer. He described the job as "fighting wildland forest fires." "That's part of life,...

Moscow said Wednesday that a Ukrainian "sabotage" group had blown up the Togliatti-Odesa pipeline that Russia used to export ammonia before the start of its 15-month offensive. "A Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group blew up the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline" near the village of Masyutovka in the northeastern Kharkiv region on Monday evening, the Russian Defense Ministry said, adding that civilians had been injured. Footage posted on social media showed white smoke coming out of the Togliatti-Odesa pipeline, which is the world's longest ammonia pipeline and stretches roughly 2,500 kilometers.

The City of Greensboro has fired Capt. Dustin Jones of the Greensboro Fire Department, citing a history of social media posts criticizing transgender people and Black Lives Matter along with an unwillingness to accept training and heed warnings from his supervisors. Jones was fired on May 12, according to the city. On Tuesday night, citizens packed the council meeting, which was punctuated by loud outbursts as some protested Jones' firing and others supported it. City Hearing Dustin Jones listens to public comments at the city council meeting in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday, June 6, 2023. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark...

Tucker Carlson released the first episode of “Tucker on Twitter” Tuesday night, opening with a casual “hey, it’s Tucker Carlson” -snip- Carlson—who said that “in journalism, curiosity is the greatest crime”—cited a widely reported claim by an Air Force veteran that the U.S. government had recovered proof of UFOs, including an intact aircraft of “non-human origin.” Carlson said of the story that “UFOs are actually real” and “in a normal country this news would qualify as a bombshell—the story of the millennium.” Carlson noted that The New York Times had several stories on Ukraine, Donald Trump, trans people and climate...

Slaying the Censorship LeviathanA court case exposes the government-led information war to censor what Americans thinkOne year ago, I joined the states of Missouri and Louisiana and several other co-plaintiffs to file a suit in federal court challenging what journalist Michael Shellenberger has called the censorship-industrial complex. While much of the press cooperated with the state’s censorship efforts and has ignored our court battle, we expect that it will ultimately go to the Supreme Court, setting up Missouri v. Biden to be the most important free speech case of our generation—and arguably, of the past 50 years.Prior government censorship cases...

Researchers announced Thursday that the timeline of Greece’s history needs to be pushed back by at least a quarter million years after a shocking discovery deep inside an open coal mine. Archaeologists uncovered the nation’s oldest archaeological site, which dates back at least 700,000 years. It is thought to be associated with some of our earliest hominin ancestors, according to The Associated Press. Although older archaeological sites have been uncovered in other parts of Europe, Asia and Africa, this is the first major discovery of this age in Greece, and may completely rewrite aspects of the nation’s human history. The...

Ukraine says Russia is shelling flooded civilian areas around Kherson even as efforts to evacuate thousands from rising waters unleashed by the bombing of a major hydroelectric dam threatens lives. A spokesman for the Ukrainian government said they were being careful not to shell civilians in flooded areas south of the Kakhovka hydroelectric power dam on the Dnipro River towards Kherson, and that claims their forces were impeding evacuations are Russian falsehoods. Army southern command press officer Natalia Humeniuk said, per Kyiv, that “…[Russia’s] shelling continues.

Since the conclusion of the German Synodal Way’s final assembly on March 11, there has been a dearth of publicly available details about the status of the next phase of the process: the synodal committee, a transitory body set to begin Nov. 10, with the expressed purpose of laying the groundwork for the establishment of a permanent synodal council of bishops and laypeople, which has been forbidden by the Vatican as currently proposed.But for the second time in as many months, the German lay association co-organizing the synodal proceedings with the German bishops has issued a public statement that may...

over Narcan and crackpipe vending machines: White flag of surrender to addiction Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has the White House worried, and rightly so: Boys who shout “The emperor has no clothes” have an impact. So far, the Bidenites are relying on their media allies to maul RFK Jr., Politico reports. Problem is, the reason the challenger’s running at 20% in primary polls has less to do with his last name (even Marianne Williamson’s at 8%) than with President Biden’s incredible weakness. Biden’s record is beyond atrocious, and at 80, he’s showing signs of serious decline. Voters — most definitely...

The researchers speculate it could save lives and help us explore deep space — if it works on people. But big challenges remain. Sending pulses of ultrasound waves into the brain appears to trigger an energy-conserving state called “torpor” in animals — and if it does the same in people, it could revolutionize everything from healthcare to space exploration. But figuring out where and how to test it safely will be a big challenge. Torpor 101: When food is scarce or the weather outside is frightful, some animals will go into “torpor,” a state of deep sleep during which their...

(Last Updated On: June 5, 2023) NATIONAL CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM DAY | JUNE 7 To observe National Chocolate Ice Cream Day on June 7th all you need is chocolate ice cream. Who says you have to stop there, though? You can have it in a cone or make it from scratch. Add sprinkles or syrup or whipped cream. #ChocolateIceCreamDay Chocolate ice cream is the second most common flavor, surpassed only by vanilla. The chocolate-flavored ice cream has been in existence well over a hundred years and has been popular in the United States since the late 19th century. Cocoa powder...

Nearly 5,000 churches have left the United Methodist Church denomination this year for deviating from the Bible on abortion, homosexuality and other issues. Pro-life pastors and members of the UMC have been increasingly concerned with the denomination’s actions on abortion. For years, the UMC was affiliated with the pro-abortion group Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, and some of its pastors promote killing unborn babies in abortions by “blessing” abortion facilities and praying for “abortion rights.” According to the Catholic News Agency, 4,876 churches officially disaffiliated from the denomination this year, many of them joining the biblically-based Global Methodist Church. Nearly...

An Anheuser-Busch (Bud Light) lobbyist is also a major bundler for Governor Ron DeSantis, POLITICO has revealed.Slater Bayliss, a former Jeb Bush “bundler” was even the third-largest bundler for the DeSantis campaign at one point during his Four Seasons donor meet the day of his campaign launch. Bayliss had raised at least $242,600 for DeSantis.Anheuser-Busch has seen $27bn wiped off its value since its endorsement from transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

[Catholic Caucus] Finally Cornered, Archbishop Paglia Chooses Both Sides“When I use a word,” Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, “it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less.” Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass In February 1994, Pope John Paul II founded the Pontifical Academy for Life “to study and provide information and training about the principal problems of law and biomedicine pertaining to the promotion and protection of life, especially in the direct relationship they have with Christian morality and the directives of the Church’s Magisterium.” Members of the Academy did just...

The DeSantis campaign has recently taken to using a Big Tech fact check facility to attempt to deflect from criticism of the Florida Governor. DeSantis spokesman Christina Pushaw has recently been vocal about her support for the often dubious fact-checks. Her stance is a total U-turn on her previous commentary on such matters, and the change appears to have occurred immediately after Elon Musk hired a World Economic Forum CEO, and then hosted DeSantis for his campaign launch.April 2022: I agree. It is absurd to think that anyone, including “content moderators” “fact checkers” or “experts”, can be arbiters of truth....

Apparently, Joe Biden's team is threatening to kill witnesses. It's one way to make sure investigations die. Rep. James Comer has been seeking an unclassified document which being held by the FBI. The document allegedly describes a Biden bribery scheme. Wednesday's subpoena comes alongside a letter sent that same day to Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland from Comer and Grassley, who wrote that based on "highly credible unclassified whistleblower disclosures" they believe the Department of Justice and FBI "possess an unclassified FD-1023 form that describes an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national relating to...

Fox News host Harris Faulkner drew condemnation from some fans of the network on Wednesday when she said the company will be forced to incorporate the left’s diversity, equity and inclusion agenda into its business model. The network is already on thin ice with many current viewers and lost almost half its audience after executives made the decision to oust host Tucker Carlson in April. More viewers vowed to leave for good after Faulkner said on “Outnumbered” that Fox News might no longer have a choice but to let identity politics guide its business practices. As she discussed the current...

Reddit, the social media platform known for woke politics and leftist censorship, is laying off approximately five percent of its employees and slowing its hiring process according to recent reports. The Wall Street Journal reports that leftist social media site Reddit, known for its extreme censorship of conservatives, is slowing its hiring process and laying off about five percent of its workforce. The action is part of a larger restructuring intended to improve operational efficiency and bring about financial stability. “Reddit is making these moves to address priorities, including funding projects and achieving our goal of breaking even next year,”...

Competitive pressure and creativity have made Chinese-designed and -built electric cars formidable competitors ...Then came reports that in the first quarter of 2023 it dethroned Japan as the world’s largest auto exporter. ...what set Chinese capitalism apart from its American counterpart. “In America, when you bring an idea to market you usually have several months before competition pops up, allowing you to capture significant market share,” he said, according to Fast Company, a technology magazine. “In China, you can have hundreds of competitors within the first hours of going live. Ideas are not important in China—execution is.”

WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — Two sisters in Washington D.C. are seeking a bishop’s approval to establish an order of religious sisters dedicated to pro-life work. In an exclusive LifeSiteNews interview, Sisters Adriana and Immolatia explain how they are living out their charism by praying for the unborn at abortion clinics as they await a bishop to approve the founding of a religious order dedicated to the dignity of the smallest of human life. “We see that for our little brothers and sisters, there is no voice for them, there is no recognition of them at the killing places where they...