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Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, is the son of a white woman from Kansas who gave birth to him in Hawaii. Afterward, he moved to Indonesia, returned to Hawaii, and attended a prestigious private school. Barack Obama has decided to call out Senator Tim Scott for dismissing America as a racist nation. Tim Scott grew up in the heart of the Confederacy — Charleston, SC — and was raised in working-class poverty as the descendant of slaves and went to public schools. Barack Obama is a descendant of Irish settlers on his mother’s side, and his...

... “To meet Europe’s renewable energy objectives — and avoid replacing a dependency on Russian fossil fuels with new dependencies — we are launching an industrial alliance for solar energy. With the alliance’s support, the EU could reach 30 Gigawatt of annual solar energy manufacturing capacity by 2025 across the full PV value chain. The alliance will foster an innovative and value-creating industry in Europe, which leads to job creation here. Europe’s solar industry already created more than 357,000 jobs. We have the potential to double these figures by the end of the decade.” 30GW would be 3.6 times the...

The House Oversight Committee expects to receive more FD-1023 forms from the FBI this week that support what a Ukrainian oligarch said in his statement concerning an alleged bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, Rep. Andy Biggs said on Newsmax Sunday. "We continue to accumulate evidence, so we're going to get more bank records this week," the Arizona Republican said on Newsmax's "Sunday Report." "We are supposed to be receiving more 10-23s, which are these reports from the FBI." And in addition to the suspicious activity reports that were filed with the Department of Treasury, Biggs...

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Congressional investigators will have “key figures” appear for depositions in an investigation into allegations of influence peddling levied against President Joe Biden and his family, according to a top Republican lawmaker. During an interview with Fox News, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) shared insight into what steps his panel will take as it ramps up its inquiry into what he has described as a pattern of millions of dollars flowing to Biden and his relatives from foreign nationals under suspicious circumstances. “We’re going to start bringing in key figures in the Biden family influence-peddling schemes for depositions,” Comer said,...

The Guardian reported, “The nationalities of the several hundred people assumed to have drowned in the latest, terrible migrant boat tragedy in the Mediterranean help explain why they attempted so perilous a journey. Pakistanis, Egyptians, Syrians, Afghans and Palestinians reportedly comprised most of the approximately 750 passengers crammed on to the unseaworthy vessel that set off from Tobruk in Libya and sank 50 miles off the coast of Greece last Wednesday. “The list of countries of origin is an index of pain, for which the EU, Britain and their allies bear much responsibility. The West’s failure to stop the Syrian...

While I am miserable under Biden and Yellen’s “Reign of Error,” apparently much of the USA is miserable under Biden/Yellen as well compared to the pre-Covid days of Donald Trump. 9.03% misery index (unemployment rate+ core inflation) today compared to 5.86% at the end of 2019 under Trump (before we got Fauci’d and Weingarten’d (the National Teachers’ Union President who pushed public school shutdowns)). (Bloomberg) If a recession is going to come in the next 12 months — and most economists surveyed by Bloomberg say it probably is — then President Joe Biden should hope it begins sooner rather than...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- At least 55 people have been shot, nine fatally, in shootings across Chicago over the three-day holiday weekend so far, police said. Five people were shot, two fatally, on the city's South Side on Sunday evening, Chicago police said. The shooting happened in the Roseland neighborhood near West 99th Street and South Princeton Avenue. Four men were shot, one fatally, in the Austin neighborhood early Sunday. Just before 3 a.m., five men were fighting inside a garage in the 5400-block of West Crystal Street when one of the men pulled out a gun and opened fire, according...

Over the past five years, ... : The wage gap...has shrunk.

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.1 Timothy 2:1-2 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.Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

19 June 2023Monday of week 11 in Ordinary TimeSt-Romuald, Farnham, CanadaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading2 Corinthians 6:1-10 ©How we prove that we are God's servantsAs his fellow workers, we beg you once again not to neglect the grace of God that you have received. For he says: At the favourable time, I have listened to you; on the day of salvation I came to your help. Well, now is the favourable time; this is the day of salvation. We do nothing that people might object to, so as not to bring discredit on our function as God’s...

Blinken's visit is the highest-level trip by a US official to China in nearly five years with ties severely strained between the world's two largest economies. Speaking following his meeting with Xi, the top US diplomat said he agreed with China's leadership on the need to "stabilise" relations but that he was "clear-eyed" on vast disagreements between the two countries. "Direct engagement and sustained communication at senior levels is the best way to responsibly manage differences and ensure that competition does not veer into conflict," Blinken told reporters. "I heard the same from my Chinese counterparts. We both agree on...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 14 The Cost of Being a Disciple 25 Large crowds were traveling with Jesus, and turning to them he said: 26 “If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple. 27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it? 29...

The artist who sketched former President Donald Trump’s arraignment last week in Florida responded to criticisms that he portrayed Trump as younger and more physically fit than reality. “It’s rare I get any kind of feedback,” sketch artist William J. Hennessy Jr., 65, told the Boston Globe. Hennessy was one of three artists who captured Trump’s appearance at his arraignment in federal court in Miami last Tuesday. Trump was indicted on 37 federal charges related to alleged willful retention of national defense information, conspiracy to obstruct justice and false statements. Trump pleaded not guilty and slammed the charges as a...

Frankly, Jack Smith, I Don’t Give a Damn COMMENTARY By Frank MieleJune 19, 2023 Frankly, Jack Smith, I Don’t Give a DamnJustice Department Everyone knows I support Donald Trump, and have since the day I saw him ride down the escalator to announce his presidential bid in 2015. What convinced me? I heard Trump willing to confront the hypocrisy of the ruling class when so many other politicians lacked the guts. No matter what else Trump did, as long as he kept speaking his mind and fighting corrupt Washington insiders, he was assured of my support. Which is a roundabout...

You often hear the accusation that Latin-Mass-going Catholics are “schismatic” and that they hold themselves aloof from other Catholics in the belief that they constitute “the true Church” (this from a papal document!). Sometimes this is based on a putative opposition to Vatican II, or the refusal of some to attend the new rite. At other times, it is because Traditionalists are particularly mean or nasty people, as evidenced by the antics of some on the internet. I believe most of these accusations are misguided and that the ire directed against self-professed “traditionalists” or Latin Mass attendees is misplaced. However,...

The Oregon DMV data breach is just the latest in a long list that affects consumers. State officials confirmed the breach had extended to about 90% of the state’s driver’s license and ID card files. Nationally, millions of people have sensitive information, such as login credentials, bank account info and Social Security numbers, floating around the internet just waiting to be exploited. At this point, it’s safe to assume that some of your information is out there. Now it’s a matter of doing what you can to protect yourself and deter malevolent actors from making you a victim of identity...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday as America’s top diplomat concluded a flying two-day visit to Beijing. According to AP, a Blinken-Xi meeting had been expected, but neither side had confirmed it would happen until just an hour before the talks, which are seen as key to the success of the trip. News of the diplomatic head-to-head came after China told the U.S. earlier in the day it must choose between “cooperation or conflict” with Beijing as both countries seek to navigate a diplomatic way forward amid fraught relations between the world’s...

The illegal efforts of Ukrainians to lobby for arms shipments will prove counter-productive. And if not curtailed, the interference will turn off Americans enough to cut this tangled Ukrainian knot. Most Americans sympathize with Ukraine and were and are willing to supply it with defensive weapons to repel Russian aggression. Proof of that goodwill is the virtual draining of U.S. weapon stocks—from stockpiles of anti-tank weapons and large-caliber artillery shells to anti-aircraft and surface-to-surface missiles. Yet the more the United States gives, the more Volodymyr Zelenskyy demands—and the more the American people acquiesce in sympathy for his plight. Given such...

... As the nation approaches the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Equity Clinic is among a wave of new abortion providers that have sought haven in Illinois, one of the few states with strong reproductive rights protections remaining in the largely restrictive Midwest. The post-Roe migration of abortion providers to Illinois follows a national pattern of clinics and medical providers fleeing states with abortion bans or tight gestational limits and resettling in parts of the country where terminating a pregnancy is still legal. ...