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US stocks wavered Wednesday after an unexpected interest rate hike from Canada, a surprise drop in Chinese exports and economic headwinds flagged by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) stoked fresh concerns about global growth. The S&P 500 (^GSPC) slipped 0.38%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI) gained 0.29%, or less than 100 points. The technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) fell 1.29%. The Nasdaq 100 (^NDX) came under pressure as shares of Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) and Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) drifted lower by about 3%, respectively. The megacap tech companies had helped push the S&P 500 near a...

Instagram is helping pedophiles connect with one another and buy child pornography, a damning new report suggests. An investigation conducted by the Wall Street Journal, and researchers at Stanford University and University of Massachusetts Amherst found that the popular social media site guides those who express interest in child pornography to sellers. Some of the accounts claimed to be run by the children themselves, using overtly sexual handles incorporating the words 'little slut for you.' Several of these sellers even let users commission their own works featuring children of different ages engaged in specific sexual acts, while others listed 'menu'...

[H/T AMorePerfectUnion]You didn’t really think the Covid Pass had disappeared did you? Knowing my readers, I’m guessing you didn’t.Yesterday, it was announced that the World Health Organization (WHO) has entered into an agreement with the European Union (EU) to use their digital COVID-19 certification system. This will be in order to establish a global system to “help facilitate global mobility and protect citizens across the world from on-going and future health threats, including pandemics”.Going by the last few years, “global mobility” most likely means restricting the mobility of the unvaccinated and “protecting citizens” means only allowing vaccinated passengers to travel...

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows will reportedly plead guilty as part of a plan to indict former President Donald Trump. Sources told Andrew Feinberg of The Independent that Meadows' decision to plead guilty was connected to his testimony to a grand jury hearing evidence about Jan. 6 and the mishandling of classified documents. "It is understood that the former North Carolina congressman will plead guilty to several federal charges as part of a deal for which he has already received limited immunity in exchange for his testimony," Feinberg wrote.

The newest installment of the ‘Twitter Files’ – disclosures of internal documents showing Censorship efforts on the platform – reveals a disturbing, if unsurprising, development showing how the FBI can be weaponized by foreign power. This latest scandal shows that, in early 2022, the FBI aided ‘misinformation’ (censorship) efforts against Twitter users, including American and Canadian journalists. Aaron Mate, on Substack: “The Federal Bureau of Investigation has aided a Ukrainian intelligence effort to censor social media users and obtain their personal information, leaked emails reveal. In March 2022, an FBI Special Agent sent Twitter a list of accounts on behalf...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has hit out at Target for funding a woke organization that wants to close Mount Rushmore, which it sees as a 'symbol of white supremacy.' In an interview with FOX News host Steve Doocy on Fox and Friends Wednesday, Noem said that while she and other Americans loved shopping at Target 'we just can't anymore' because the company is 'fundamentally tearing down this country.' Target has come under fire in recent weeks for its Pride display featuring 'tuck-friendly' swimsuits for women. It was later revealed that its nonprofit organization has donated millions to a pro-LGBTQ...

The U.S. Air Force has sent a "Pride Month" celebration memo to its entire workforce that uncritically regurgitates biased "gay" history, including a tribute to anti-Christian gay activist Harvey Milk that whitewashes Milk's predatory "marriage" to a a teenage boy when he was in his thirties.WND acquired the memo from a concerned individual who received it as a USAF employee. It was sent out "for widest dissemination" at an Air Force base in the U.S. on June 1, the first day of "Pride Month." That is what LGBT advocates and their allies call the entire month of June as they...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has urged millions of residents to remain indoors after hazardous smoke from Canadian wildfires bellowed across the border. Huge swaths of the nation from the Northeast to the Great Lakes are braced for several more days of smog, while Canadian officials continue to grapple with over 400 wildfires. A thick, nicotine-yellow haze shrouded the famous Big Apple skyline Wednesday as the city became the most polluted in the world, with its Air Quality Index score soaring past 200, which is deemed 'very unhealthy'. More than a dozen US states and over 100 million people...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Wednesday it wouldn’t surprise her to see some bank consolidation in the near future. “I see strength in the banking system that has a diverse set of financial institutions capable of satisfying different needs across our economy,” Yellen said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” adding, “We do have a diverse banking system with strong community banks, regional banks, larger banks that are involved in global business, and I wouldn’t want to see that threatened.” However, she continued, “Certainly in this environment, some banks are experiencing pressure on earnings and there is motivation to see some...

Senior diplomats believe there should be EU visa-bans on violent Israeli settlers and obstructive officials, as occupation makes Palestinian lives ever harder. EU countries ought to “consider possible measures as regards immigration regulations” on “known violent settlers and those calling for acts of violence,” the diplomats said. The EU should also impose “reciprocity” against “Israeli discriminatory visa practices restricting freedom of movement of EU citizens”, they added. The 21 EU ambassadors in Jerusalem and Ramallah spoke in an internal EU report on events in East Jerusalem during 2022, seen by EUobserver. Settler violence in Jerusalem last year included vandalization of...

A deadly bacteria with a roughly 50 percent fatality rate worldwide has made its way to the US Gulf Coast, where it has been declared endemic by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC has confirmed three cases of infection from the bacteria Burkholderia pseudomallei, which can cause potentially lethal melioidosis if not treated. “It is an environmental organism that lives naturally in the soil, and typically freshwater in certain areas around the world. Mostly in subtropical and tropical climates,” Julia Petras, an epidemic intelligence service officer with CDC’s National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases, told...

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) warned on Wednesday that passing a bill later this year to provide more money for the Defense Department and military aid to Ukraine will be “a challenge,” despite a pledge Senate leaders made last week to defense hawks. Asked at a press conference how he could assure the passage of an emergency Ukraine and defense supplemental spending bill over the objections of House conservatives, McConnell acknowledged it faces an uncertain path forward. “All I can tell you at this particular point is defense is radically underfunded related to the Chinese threat and Ukraine will...

Disruption to healthcare caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continued to negatively impact cancer diagnoses in 2021, according to data published by the National Cancer Registry. Preliminary data indicates that the number of cancer cases diagnosed in 2021 was 6% lower than projected. The latest information, which is funded by the Irish Cancer Society, shows the number of cancer cases was down 1,665 cases in 2021. Pancreatic and kidney cancers appear to have been most significantly impacted by the disruptions that occurred due to COVID-19. However, colorectal and breast and cervical cancer case numbers — which were the most impacted during...

A young woman in South Carolina was charged with homicide last week after authorities said she left her newborn daughter in a toilet covered with soiled toilet paper. The Times and Democrat reports the baby girl was still alive when emergency responders arrived at her home, but she died a short time later. On Friday, the infant’s mother, Amari Chanel Marsh, 22, of Orangeburg, was charged with murder/homicide by child abuse and could spend 20 years to life in prison, if convicted, according to court documents. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office said Marsh discovered she was pregnant in November and,...

Flights heading towards New York’s LaGuardia Airport were temporarily suspended by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday due to decreased visibility caused by smoke originating from wildfires in Canada. In a statement, the FAA said, “The FAA has taken steps to manage the flow of traffic into the New York City area due to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke. Flights bound for LaGuardia International Airport have been paused. Flights to Newark Liberty International Airport have been slowed.” The FAA reported delays of approximately one and a half hours for flights at Newark. Starting on Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday,...

[Catholic Caucus] Young Trads: "Bishops Must Seek a New Balance" [beyond the Roman Diktat of TraditionisYoung Trads: "The bishops must seek a new balance"Op-EdChristophe Dickès - HistorianLa CroixJune 4, 2023Despite the limitations placed on the traditional rite by Pope Francis, Christophe Dickès believes that all the evidence points to the attachment of younger people to this liturgy, as evidenced by La Croix's survey of young Catholics, and invites us to allow this creative minority to hold its place in the universal Church.***In the summer of 2021, in the days following the publication of Traditionis Custodes, drastically reducing the use of...

The kit includes a custom-designed K-Iced Brewer, matching tumbler, and curated ‘Start Me Up’ K-Cup Pod coffee blend.The Rolling Stones and Keurig have announced the launch of their limited-edition “Start Me Up” iced coffee kit. Produced in partnership with Bravado, Universal Music Group’s merchandise and brand management company, the bespoke kit channels the band’s electrifying spirit to help people turn up their summer with the perfect iced coffee experience at home. Shop the best of the Rolling Stones discography on vinyl and more. Featuring an iced coffee-inspired twist on the band’s iconic logo, the “Start Me Up” Iced Coffee Kit...

VIDEOIt's all over for CNN. Not because of the problems caused by their CEO Chris Licht who was just fired. No, what has really doomed CNN was the good tidings prognosticated by the Eddie Mush of CNBC aka Jim Cramer.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed the Canadian wildfires, causing record poor air quality in many locations throughout the northeast, are the result of the “climate crisis.” Since Monday, winds brought poor air quality from Canadian wildfires into the northeast. “As of Wednesday, Canada was on track to experience its worst wildfire season ever, with officials reporting more than 400 active fires, with more than 240 listed as ‘out of control'” the Washington Post reported. #HappeningNow Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre: “Climate Change a top priority” in light of Code Red air quality conditions in NE from Canadian wildfires. Biden...

More pets are being abandoned, abused or neglected than ever before, according to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. The ISPCA is calling for private kennel owners to lend their kennels to accommodate growing numbers of neglected animals that cannot be housed elsewhere. It is part of an emergency appeal by the ISPCA called Stop the Pain, which is being launched today. Chief Executive Officer at the ISPCA, Dr. Cyril Sullivan, has said that there have been "unprecedented" numbers of neglected animals this year with numbers likely to be double what they were in 2022. […]...