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The Kremlin said it “strongly condemns” the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Iran after the militant group announced his death early Wednesday. Hamas said the political leader was killed in an Israeli strike in Iran, where he was attending the inauguration ceremony of the country’s new president. The group vowed that the killing would “not go unanswered.” “We believe that such actions are directed against attempts to establish peace in the region and can significantly destabilize an already tense situation,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday. His comments mirrored those issued earlier by the Russian Foreign...

The Biden administration is gearing up to try to forgive the student debt of tens of millions of Americans again, after the Supreme Court struck down its first effort last year. In the coming days, the U.S. Department of Education will begin emailing borrowers who may be eligible for the wide-scale loan cancellation, the department said on Wednesday. It hopes to deliver that relief in the fall, possibly weeks before the 2024 presidential election. “Today, the Biden-Harris administration takes another step forward in our drive to deliver student debt relief to borrowers who’ve been failed by a broken system,” U.S....

31 July 2024 Saint Ignatius Loyola, Priest on Wednesday of week 17 in Ordinary TimeSt. Ignatius of Loyola Church, Houghton, MichiganReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingJeremiah 15:10,16-21They will not overcome you, because I am with you‘Woe is me, my mother, for you have borne meto be a man of strife and of dissension for all the land.I neither lend nor borrow,yet all of them curse me.‘When your words came, I devoured them:your word was my delightand the joy of my heart;for I was called by...

It is a crazy time to be alive. We have economic uncertainty, threats of war, political violence, and social turmoil. An assassin nearly took President Trump’s life. Puppet President Biden has been recycled for a younger model. The Olympic Games openly mocks Christianity and celebrates transvestitism. The EU, Russia, China, Iran, Israel, and the U.S. are all tiptoeing toward a little nuclear tête-à-tête. Apprehension saturates the air. Still, if you were a time-traveler from the future surveying the world as it unfolds today, you might whisper, “What an amazing time to be alive.” That is a luxury that those who...

Former lawmaker and failed secretary of state candidate Mark Finchem may be heading back to the Arizona Capitol, as early election night results show him leading in his bid to knock off state Sen. Ken Bennett in a northern Arizona legislative district. Initial election tallies show Finchem with a margin of more than seven percentage points over Bennett, a lead of nearly 2,000 votes. Finchem spent a decade in the legislature representing districts based in Pima and Pinal counties in southern Arizona. But last year, he moved to Prescott to take on Bennett, following an unsuccessful bid in 2022 to...

Arizona’s primaries on Tuesday night saw numerous candidates who have questioned the results of past elections gain ground, the latest sign of Donald Trump’s deepening imprint on the GOP in the Grand Canyon State. In the most significant races of the night, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) and Republican Kari Lake were officially chosen as their parties’ respective Senate nominees. But voters also weighed in on several other contested primaries, including those for seats being vacated by Gallego and Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.). The primary night also offered some clues of what voters might expect in November. Here are five early...

Anita Dunn, who has served as a top advisor to President Biden during his presidency and his campaigns, is leaving her White House perch to advise a super PAC backing VP Kamala Harris. Dunn was part of a core group of longtime aides advising Biden as he decided to end his presidential campaign, and was reportedly one of the few who got a head’s up a minute before the president blasted out his decision. Now she’ll be guiding the Future Forward PAC, which says it plans to spend $300 million bolstering Harris, although campaign rules will limit coordination with the...

Republican voters on Tuesday ousted a top elections official in Arizona’s most populous county who angered conservatives by defending the state’s voting system against false claims that the 2020 election was stolen, according to The Associated Press. The results as of early Wednesday showed that the official, Stephen Richer, had lost his primary re-election bid for Maricopa County recorder to State Representative Justin Heap, a right-wing challenger buoyed by conservative voters’ distrust in elections and mail-in voting.

PHOENIX (AP) — State Rep. Justin Heap, a critic of Arizona's voting operations in 2020 and 2022 has unseated Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer in the Republican primary.

Surveying American institutions, one searches in earnest for even a few organizations or systems that progressives have been unable to control. News story after news story confirms that indeed that one, that one, and, yes, that one too have all succumbed to ideological capture. Naïfs like myself once held out hope for science and mathematics. How could geometry be racist or gravitational waves foster systemic oppression? Sadly, we were wrong. The latest institution to go is medical education. A recent essay at Inside Higher Ed bravely declares that all prospective doctors must be trained not to become skilled surgeons or...

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A member of Kamala Harris's team who is also a prominent member of the Democratic National Committee was filmed conceding that she will not 'win this year.' Kamala Harris Campaign Compliance Manager Joyce DeCerce - who is a Compliance Manager for the DNC - could be seen lamenting how Harris is 'weirdly unpopular', while seemingly admitting to making empty promises to donors. In the footage, DeCerce agrees that the campaign fundraising strategy is to 'take their money and tell them what they want to hear.' The devastating rundown comes as Harris prepares to accept her party's nomination, while airing a...

The mocking of Last Supper in the Opening Ceremonies were pure trash, this story is what the Olympics are all about, a self-described nerd who has a personal record of solving a Rubik's Cube in under 9 seconds, has one job in gymnastics, the pommel horse and did so yesterday in a clutch performance that gave the bronze medal to the USA team, their first medal since 2008.

Join with fellow FREEPERS across the world to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Agri-Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, Technology, Religious Freedom and the Media. "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." (1 Timothy 2:1-2) Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. "Finally, brothers, rejoice. Set things in order. Be encouraged. Agree with one another. Be at peace. And the God...

European Parliament Member Criticizes EU Attendance at Inauguration Ceremony of Pezeshkian While officials of the Iranian regime attempted to present the inauguration ceremony of the 14th government’s president as a “symbol of power” in the world, the presence of some foreign guests, including Enrique Mora, has faced criticism. Adam Bielan MEP, foreign affairs coordinator for the ECR Group, was among those who protested against the attendance of the Deputy Foreign Policy Chief of the European Union at Pezeshkian’s inauguration. In a letter to Josep Borrell, he, wrote“This decision is not only misguided but stands in direct contradiction to the values...

A video circulating on social media shows Wasco Mayor Alex Garcia being assaulted after he allegedly tried to meet with a minor boy. Garcia’s social media accounts were taken offline after the video was posted. He recently ran for Kern County Supervisor, running a distant third to re-elected Supervisor David Couch. Driving the news: Along with a video posted to X on July 24, a Facebook page called “Bakersfield Crime Watch” alleged that Garcia came to an arranged location after talking with who he thought were a 15-year-old boy and a 15-year-old girl. The post alleged that Garcia came to...

Their business is Donald Trump, and business is good. The owners of a Toms River, NJ, store specializing in all things MAGA wasted no time churning out a fresh line of shirts mocking opposing Vice President Kamala Harris as Democratic party’s presumptive presidential pick. “We made them on Monday,” boasted co-owner Vincent Scuzzese of the “Let’s Go Brenda” T-shirts now available at the Let’s Go Brandon store. “It’s Uncle Vinny, of course I have all the latest designs,” said Scuzzese. “I don’t let nothing sleep.” The shirts feature a smiling Harris, decked out in clown makeup. “We’ve sold between 50...

Legislative District 30. And I won by a lot. I will post more tomorrow,

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