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California Republicans contend that one portion of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s last-minute infrastructure package will result in more eagles getting killed by wind turbines. SNIP Sen. Shannon Grove, R-Bakersfield, on July 5 ripped her colleagues over SB 147 during a floor debate. “Sometimes I just can’t tolerate stupidity, at all, in any level,” Grove said. “I’m calling it stupidity because the bottom line is, I would hate to think that any of my colleagues were doing this on purpose.” SNIP “I have a zero voting record with all these environmental groups,” Grove said. “But it really does disturb me, the fact...

It feels like we are worlds away from the time when French President Emmanuel Macron declared NATO “brain dead” on the eve of its London summit in 2019. Since then, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has revived and reinvigorated the North Atlantic alliance like never before in its 74-year history, as demonstrated by the enthusiasm for its summit this week in Lithuania.

Ever since he left Fox News, Tucker Carlson has become one of the most watched personalities on the internet with his hit-piece monologues against what he considers the establishment. One of his latest episodes is a full 2 and a half hour interview with controversial influencer Andrew Tate. Tate remains in a legal battle against the Romanian Government over human trafficking charges that he denies to this day. Carlson was so mesmerized by Andrew Tate's message since their Fox News interview, that he decided to conduct a new interview for his Twitter channel. You can imagine the level of rhetoric...

The stepson of British billionaire Hamish Harding, who perished in the OceanGate submersible implosion, has come under fire for making distasteful comments in the wake of the tragedy – including complaining about not being able to “get laid” despite his expected inheritance. ​​Brian Szasz recently reactivated his Twitter account after going silent amid a backlash for flirting with a nearly naked OnlyFans model while rescuers were still searching for the doomed vessel. But he quickly found himself mired in renewed controversy for new tone-deaf messages on the platform. “With millions to spare, I still can’t get laid,” the brash 37-year-old...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Fernández, new DDF prefect, interfered in judicial investigation, victims’ attorneyCardinal-designate Víctor Manuel Fernández, the new prefect of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, “worked quickly” to “interfere in the judicial investigation” into abuse allegations against Father Eduardo Lorenzo, the attorney for Lorenzo’s alleged victims charged.The Associated Press reported on attorney Juan Pablo Gallego’s remarks about the canonical investigation in a Spanish-language article. The attorney’s remarks did not appear in the AP’s companion English-language article.Gallego asserted that “the Interdiocesan Ecclesiastical Tribunal of La Plata under the mandate of Fernández provided elements that sought to protect” Father...

CNN is under fire for misgendering Dylan Mulvaney as “he” and “him” in a segment about the “culture war” being waged over the transgender influencer’s partnership with Bud Light. Correspondent Ryan Young failed to use the 26-year-old influencer’s preferred pronouns in a short segment about the backlash against the beer giant that has led to plummeting sales. Young also mispronounced Mulvaney’s first name as “Dylvan” while describing the social media star to “CNN News Central” viewers Tuesday. “He, of course, is the transgender person they were going to sponsor and go along with, with Bud Light,” Young said, using “he”...

JUNE 11: Megan Rapinoe sings to her partner Sue Bird during Bird's jersey retirement ceremony after the game between the Seattle Storm and the Washington Mystics at Climate Pledge Arena on June 11, 2023 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images) Legendary United States women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe believes comedian Dave Chappelle is partially to blame for violence against transgender people. Chappelle has joked about the transgender community in the past. Rapinoe believes this has led to dangerous times. “I don’t want to mince words about it. Dave Chappelle making jokes about trans people directly leads to violence,...

For months now, the proposals for the Nature Restoration Law have provoked heated debate and exchanges between farming organizations and environmental and other NGOs. Today’s narrow majority vote for the watered-down version of the Law in the European Parliament was greeted with mixed reactions on all sides. The text passed today has removed all mention of re-wetting, and other measures targeted at the agri(culture) sector. Nevertheless, farming organizations remain wary of the law and what it will mean for them. IFA President Tim Cullinan was in Brussels for today’s vote. “There is real and genuine concern that there will be...

Fox News has been foundering ever since it unceremoniously dumped ratings kingpin Tucker Carlson in April — and the devastating fallout is escalating. On Monday, Wells Fargo analyst Steven Cahall downgraded Fox Corp. stock and lowered its price target, citing as a key driver plunging cable news viewership following Carlson’s departure, according to Yahoo Finance. “Wells Fargo analysts downgraded shares of Fox Corporation (NASDAQ:FOXA) to ‘Underweight’ from ‘Equal Weight’ on Monday,” Investing.com reported. When a stock is downgraded, it means analysts are pessimistic about its chances of providing market-beating investment returns. When analysts “underweight” a stock, they’re suggesting it has...

An FBI agent told the House Judiciary Committee that Deputy Director Paul Abbate suggested that at least 25 FBI confidential human sources, or informants, involved in reporting to the bureau from the Jan. 6, 2021, protest should not be publicly acknowledged.. Many FBI whistleblowers have come forward with their concerns about the bureau as Director Christopher B. Wray is testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday.

Transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney has revealed she is currently in Peru after leaving the US because she no longer “feels safe” amid the transphobic backlash over her partnership with Bud Light. The 26-year-old TikTok influencer was seen at Machu Picchu in her 10 July TikTok video. “Hello from Peru,” she wrote. In the video, Mulvaney revealed that she is “solo travelling” in South America to “feel something,” before admitting that although it was disheartening to leave her home, she does not currently feel safe in the US. “I feel very safe here. It’s a little sad that I had to...

How did we get here? The BBC presenter suspended over allegations about his private life has been named as Huw Edwards by his wife, who released a statement on her husband's behalf less than an hour ago. How did we get to this point? The Sun publishes its first report on Friday 7 July, carrying a mother's claims that an unnamed BBC presenter paid thousands to their 20-year-old child for explicit images over three years, starting when they were 17 - a potential criminal offence Further allegations are published by the Sun newspaper on Saturday, and on Sunday, the BBC...

Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) says she doesn’t let being a breast cancer survivor define her. But she is determined to use her platform to urge other young women to pay attention to their breast health. That’s why, when she made her battle public in 2009, she crossed party lines to launch the Congressional Women’s Softball Game (CWSG) with then-Rep. Jo Ann Emerson (R-Mo.). “We started the game in order to be able to raise awareness for our very young women … to pay attention to their breast health and know what’s normal for them so they know when something...

ANAHEIM, CA — In an effort to slow the rise of frightening, right-wing extremism, the state of California has announced a new mandate to close all gyms and fitness centers for two weeks."This is a short-term public safety measure," said California Governor Gavin Newsom. "These gyms will only be closed for two weeks to slow the spread of fascism. And as we've shown in our state's history, we have never mandated something and later extended it for a much longer period of time than we originally stated."Cries for action grew over the weekend, as mainstream media outlets detailed the risks...

N THE YEAR 985, ERIK THE RED, A VIKING EXPLORER, LED A GROUP OF ICELANDIC FARMERS TO ESTABLISH A SETTLEMENT ON THE WEST COAST OF GREENLAND. Archaeological findings indicate that the settlement thrived for more than four centuries, but the story of the settlement left a lasting impact. Surprisingly, the pursuit of locating the descendants of these settlers greatly influenced European and American perceptions of Greenland for many generations. In his recently published book titled “The Vanished Settlers of Greenland: In Search of a Legend and Its Legacy,” Associate Professor Robert Rix asserts that the lost Norse settlement played a...

LITHUANIA — A Ukrainian attendee at this year's NATO Summit found himself feeling embarrassed upon realizing the get-together was not, in fact, a costume party as he had thought. "Zoinks! This is humiliating!" said the man, who was wearing a brand-new army-man costume complete with realistic army shoes. "I'm sticking out like a sore thumb here! Why am I the only one not wearing a fancy suit? Didn't the invite say to wear the coolest costumes we can come up with?" "UGH! So awkward!" The man then milled about uncomfortably as most of the attendees smiled politely and tried to...

Fourteenth Week in Ordinary Time Matthew 10:1–7Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus summons Apostles whom he shapes and sends on mission. Priests, through the centuries—from Augustine and Aquinas, to Francis Xavier and John Henry Newman, to John Paul II—are the descendants of those first friends and apprentices of the Lord. They have been needed in every age, and they are needed today, for the kingdom of heaven must be proclaimed, the poor must be served, God must be worshiped, and the sacraments must be administered.Spiritual fathers are required especially in our time, when a rising tide of secularism threatens to overwhelm...

A study intended for publication in the prestigious medical journal Lancet that was offered in pre-print format while awaiting peer review was censored within 24 hours of appearing. The study was written by leading cardiologist Dr. Peter McCullough, Yale epidemiologist Dr. Harvey Risch and their colleagues at the Wellness Company. The study examined the autopsies of 325 people who died shortly after receiving one of the covid vaccines. In 74% of the cases the vaccine was determined to be either the cause of death or a significant factor in the death. The average time lapse between vaccination to death was...

VILNIUS, Lithuania — President Biden ridiculed a reporter Wednesday by saying that Ukraine would join NATO “an hour and 20 minutes” after the end of its war with Russia and mockingly calling the question “really insightful.” Biden bristled at an American journalist at the conclusion of his public meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during the annual NATO summit in Lithuania’s capital. “How soon after the war would you like to join NATO?” a reporter asked Zelensky, who had criticized the Atlantic alliance for withholding an invitation to join until after the war. Biden answered the question instead. “An hour...

The following is from Just the News.The municipal police force for the nation's capitol is now allowing so-called "green card" holders to become police officers.Previously, only U.S. citizens were eligible to become officers with the Metropolitan Police Department, according to WTOP News.People in the U.S. who have green cards are non-citizens, known as lawful permanent residents holders, who are lawfully authorized to live permanently within country.“