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Ron DeSantis’s collapsing campaign has been attempting to peddle fake, AI-generated images of former President Donald J. Trump hugging and kissing Dr. Antony Fauci. The incident comes just days after the DeSantis team launched a corporate media-inspired campaign to “fact check” Trump supporters on Twitter.

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Gracida tells of his "retirement" & "shift from ranching to fighting the forces of the 'Third Path' & my fighting would once again bring me into conflict with the bishops of Texas" Braunvieh Bull similar to my bulls, Cornerstone Amigo and AmbassadorBishop Rene Henry Gracida's 100th birthday is coming up on June 9 so I am reading his autobiography in preparation for the great day. Bishop Gracida tells of his "retirement" and "shift from ranching to fighting the forces of the 'Third Path' and my fighting would once again bring me into conflict with the bishops of...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

The Mexican government late Thursday condemned Florida’s migrant relocation program, adding to the jurisdictions potentially threatening legal action against the Sunshine State’s GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis. “The Government of Mexico emphatically condemns the practice of transporting migrant persons from states bordering Mexico toward other parts of the United States with electoral and political ends,” reads a statement from the Mexican foreign ministry.

Love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the principal opponent of the Biden regime, and the individual who at this point is most likely to be elected president in 2024. He has also been indicted on federal criminal charges related to the mishandling of classified documents, and is scheduled to be arrested on Tuesday. Not too long ago, when Trump was arrested by the Manhattan DA on bogus felony charges, critics of the Biden regime began to say that America had become a banana republic. We’re racing past that stage now. America is heading toward becoming a new Stalinist...

Former President Donald Trump was recorded in 2021 acknowledging that he had kept “secret” military documents from his time in office without first declassifying them. The recording of the 76-year-old’s admission has been obtained by federal prosecutors, who secured an indictment of Trump on charges including willful retention of national defense information after retrieving thousands of documents from his Mar-a-Lago resort. “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t,” Trump, 76, said about a classified Pentagon paper outlining a potential military strike on Iran, according to a transcript of the meeting reported by CNN. “Secret. This is secret...

The former civilian head of the NATO alliance has warned that some Eastern European states are prepared to send their soldiers to Ukraine if the bloc does not make significant pledges to Kiev at an upcoming summit. Anders Rasmussen, former NATO secretary-general and a current adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, is touring Europe and Washington to gauge the level of support Kiev should expect at the Vilnius summit in July. “I think the Poles would seriously consider going in and assemble a coalition of the willing if Ukraine doesn’t get anything in Vilnius,” he said. “We shouldn’t underestimate the...

[Catholic Caucus] 2023 Paris-Chartres PilgrimageYoung scouts and leaders filled the church of Saint Sulpice for high Mass early Saturday morning May 27th to begin the three day event. The overflow crowd surrounding the church for the Mass is partly visible in next photo below.The pilgrims were greeted along the way as we walked through Paris.Our journey took us through the variety of French countryside: village, forest, field and highway.The Mass tents on Saturday and Sunday morning accommodated 300 priests for daily holy Mass.On the road to God, led by faith and persevering in hope.Solemn High Mass for Pentecost Sunday in...

The FDA-approved lung cancer drug osimertinib (sold under the brand name Tagrisso) slashes the risk of death by 51% for certain patients whose cancer is caught early, according to new trial data. “This should be the new standard of care for these patients,” Nathan Pennell, co-director of the Cleveland Clinic Lung Cancer Program, who wasn’t involved in the drug’s development, said in a statement for the American Society of Clinical Oncology. The drug: Lung cancer is the second-most common cancer in the world, with 2.2 million new diagnoses every year. The vast majority fall into a category called “non-small cell...

9 June 2023Friday of week 9 in Ordinary TimeSaint Ephrem Catholic Church, Bensalem, PAReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First readingTobit 11:5-17 ©Tobit's sight is restored to himAnna was sitting, watching the road by which her son would come. She was sure at once it must be he and said to the father, ‘Here comes your son, with his companion.’ Raphael said to Tobias before he reached his father, ‘I give you my word that your father’s eyes will open. You must put the fish’s gall to his eyes; the medicine will smart and will draw a filmy white skin...

(Daily readings from the USCCB)As Jesus was teaching in the temple area he said, “How do the scribes claim that the Christ is the son of David? David himself, inspired by the Holy Spirit, said: The Lord said to my lord, ‘Sit at my right hand until I place your enemies under your feet.’” Mark 12:35–36At the time of Jesus’ ministry, the Jews understood that the Messiah would come from the line of David. Furthermore, many thought that the Messiah would simply be a nationalistic leader who would lead the Jewish nation out of the oppression of the Romans. Thus,...

Hoho counteroffensive not going well...

On Thursday evening, Donald Trump revealed that he has been indicted over the alleged mishandling of classified documents.“The corrupt Biden Administration has informed my attorneys that I have been Indicted, seemingly over the Boxes Hoax, even though Joe Biden has 1850 Boxes at the University of Delaware, additional Boxes in Chinatown, D.C., with even more Boxes at the University of Pennsylvania, and documents strewn all over his garage floor where he parks his Corvette, and which is ‘secured’ by only a garage door that is paper thin, and open much of the time,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth...

On Thursday, after weeks of resisting the House Oversight Committee’s requests for the FD-1023 form from 2020 detailing bribery allegations made against Joe Biden, FBI Director Christopher Wray granted the House Oversight Committee access to the document. The form contains allegations that Joe Biden received a payment of $5 million from an executive at Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings, where Biden’s son Hunter Biden served on the board while he was serving as vice president. Hunter Biden also allegedly received $5 million as part of the deal, and the payments were concealed by using multiple bank accounts. “$5 million for...

Donald Trump “understood that he got power when he was elected, but didn’t understand that he had obligations,” presidential historian Timothy Naftali said Friday of Trump’s indictment for mishandling classified documents after leaving the White House. “We live in a Constitutional democracy. Everybody, including the president, is bound by the Constitution and there are limits to their power,” Naftali, the former director of the Richard Nixon presidential library, told “CNN This Morning.

‘It’s Not Whether We’ll Have Blasphemy Laws but Which Ones’Pride Month is here—time for Western nations to once again roll out the rainbow flags and treat any associated criticism as blasphemy.For anyone who thinks I’m being witty and metaphorical with the term blasphemy, I invite them to read the latest headlines.This just in from NBC News:“LGBTQ flag burned at California elementary school before Pride event” The incident occurred the weekend that preceded May 22 at Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood, the school district said. An LGBTQ flag was burned at an elementary school in Southern California this month ahead...

San Francisco has 'become a fourth world country within a first world country,' Gen Z activist says One month after California Gov. Gavin Newsom promised to crack down on San Francisco's open-air drug markets, a Gen Z activist says far-left politics have made the city a "fourth world country within a first world country." "We are witnessing the collapse of the Paris of the West and potentially the decline of Western civilization, with San Francisco being the first domino," Darren Mark Stallcup told Fox News. Stallcup documents the drug and homeless crises in San Francisco — which he refers to...

The House SHOULD NOT pass an appropriations bill for the Justice Department Shut down their entire operation.

OneThe timing of the announcement – controlled by the DOJ's decision to inform President Trump – coincides with evidence of serious allegations of a $5 million bribe of then-Vice President Biden by a foreign national reaching Congress. A perfect way to crowd out news coverage.The decision to inform Trump of charges came on the same day that members of the House Oversight Committee were granted access to a FBI report into an allegation of bribery, while Biden was vice president. On the day members of Congress learn from an FBI document linking then VP Joe Biden to receiving $5 MILLION...

(Last Updated On: June 6, 2023) NATIONAL STRAWBERRY RHUBARB PIE DAY | JUNE 9 On June 9th of each year, National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day recognizes a delicious and seasonal pie. A tart vegetable, rhubarb is often paired with sweet fruits making for a pleasing dessert. #StrawberryRhubarbPieDay Around the country, rhubarb is a perennial favorite for home gardens. One of the first fruits of their labors, gardeners begin to harvest rhubarb in the middle of May and early June, and it finds its way into desserts and preserves. Since it takes on the flavor of the fruit or vegetable it...