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Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to the crowds: “I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh for the life of the world.” John 6:51It must have been somewhat shocking to the people who heard Jesus say this for the first time. Immediately after Jesus said this, we read that “The Jews quarreled among themselves, saying, ‘How can this man give us his flesh to eat?’” Jesus addressed their confusion even more directly by saying, “Amen, amen, I say to you,...

When then-President Obama awarded California labor leader Dolores Huerta the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — one person was notably absent from the ceremony in the White House’s East Room: Julie Chavez Rodriguez. Huerta has known Chavez Rodriguez, the granddaughter of the legendary Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union with Huerta, since she was an infant. Chavez Rodriguez was working in the Obama administration at the time, but those who know her said her absence from the ceremony was not the least bit surprising. “I couldn’t find Julie because she was busy...

Independent journalist Matt Taibbi weighs in on a new report that Tulsi Gabbard has been added to the T.S.A's terror watch list. Link to transcript below video.

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) said on this week’s broadcast of Fox News Sunday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ poll numbers were “stagnating and leveling off.” Host Shannon Bream asked, “You talk about your message, but is it not landing?” Vance said, “What we have certainly seen is Kamala Harris got a bit of a sugar high a couple weeks ago but what we have actually seen from our own internal data is Kamala Harris has already leveled off. If you talk to insiders in the Kamala Harris campaign they are very worried about where they are.”

With antisemitism rising across the globe, from assaults to graffiti, a new analysis finds the political motivation of perpetrators skews decisively to the left, with extreme progressives far more likely to commit such attacks as compared to Islamists or far-right activists like neo-Nazis.The new findings come as the Democratic National Committee braces for potential unrest from anti-Israel protesters at its nominating convention next week in Chicago just days after presumptive nominee Kamala Harris was confronted at a New York fundraiser by a protest that required some arrests.The weekly Global Antisemitism Report published by the Combat Antisemitism Movement analyzed 113 incidents...

When a draft of a blockbuster Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade leaked in 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris met with Ron Klain, then the White House chief of staff, in her West Wing office. He had an idea: She should lead a new task force on abortion rights. She seemed uncertain. “Why?” she asked. “We need a real leader, and you’re the leader,” Mr. Klain responded. Ms. Harris asked for time to think about it. She did not want to just give a speech without substance. And she had spent much of the previous year and a half...

Starbucks just closed a 30 year location that operated in Manhattan NYC since the 90's, and was once the largest of its kind in the city. Store workers blame rent increases which the landlord disputes, but local residents think the store may have had other problems that lead to its closure... NYC crime, homelessness, and employee safety all play into this review of why the largest Starbucks in NYC is gone.

The Trump campaign went public Saturday night with an allegation of rumors about Kamala Harris having a serious drinking problem. James Blair, political director for the Trump 2024 presidential campaign and the RNC posted on X Twitter, “A lot of rumors out there about Kamala having a serious drinking problem…apparently coming into focus as campaign heats up. ⏳Stay Tuned…” A lot of rumors out there about Kamala having a serious drinking problem…apparently coming into focus as campaign heats up. ⏳Stay Tuned… — James Blair (@JamesBlairUSA) August 18, 2024 Blair was retweeted by Trump campaign advisor Alex Bruesewitz, indicating campaign approval:...

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that former President Donald Trump could lose the 2024 election to Vice President Kamala Harris if he makes personal attacks the center of his campaign. On Fox News, Nikki Haley said, “The campaign is not going to win talking about crowd sizes. It’s not going to win talking about what race Kamala Harris is. It’s not going to win talking about whether she’s dumb. It’s not. You can’t win on those things. I think the campaign needs to focus. That’s the main thing. Look, this is a winnable election,...

Planned Parenthood is making a gruesome offer ahead of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) this week. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers of St. Louis is offering free vasectomies, medication abortion, and emergency contraception. In a post shared on X, the baby-killing group announced that they will be bringing a bus to Chicago to offer the free services. The post said, “Here we come, Chicago! Our mobile health clinic will be in the West Loop with @ChiAbortionFund & @TheWienerCircle Aug 19-20, providing FREE vasectomies & medication abortion.” “EC will also be available for free without an appointment.” Here we come, Chicago! Our...

18 August 2024 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time San Alberto Hurtado parish, Las Condes, ChileReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingProverbs 9:1-6Wisdom builds her house and invites all to eat her bread thereWisdom has built herself a house, she has erected her seven pillars,she has slaughtered her beasts, prepared her wine, she has laid her table.She has despatched her maidservants and proclaimed from the city’s heights:‘Who is ignorant? Let him step this way.’ To the fool she says,‘Come and eat my bread, drink the wine I have prepared!Leave your folly and you will live, walk in the ways...

Ukraine has destroyed a key bridge in Russia’s Kursk region and struck a second one nearby, less than two weeks into its stunning cross-border incursion, disrupting Russian supply routes and possibly signaling that its troops are planning to dig in. Russia’s pro-Kremlin military bloggers have acknowledged that the destruction of the first bridge, which spanned the Seim River near the town of Glushkovo, will impede deliveries of supplies to Russian forces repelling Ukraine’s incursion, although Moscow could still use pontoons and smaller bridges in the area. Ukraine’s air force chief, Lt. Mykola Oleshchuk, on Friday released a video of a...

Harris edges out Trump nationally — but trails him on key issues: poll Vice President Kamala Harris clinched a slim lead over former President Donald Trump nationally, despite lagging behind him on top issues for voters, a new poll found. Harris nabbed 49% support to Trump’s 45% in a one-on-one matchup nationally and saw her advantage slip to 47% to 44% when independent candidates were added to the mix, with hopeful Robert F. Knnedy Jr. clocking in at 5% among registered voters, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll. For comparison, back in July, the poll pegged Trump at 43%,...

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented on Sunday on ongoing negotiations for a hostage deal and a cease-fire agreement in the Gaza Strip, saying at the opening of the weekly Cabinet meeting that "we are engaging in negotiations, not concessions. The principles we have established are essential for Israel's security." Netanyahu emphasized that "Israel is prepared for any threat—both defensively and offensively. We are determined to defend ourselves and to exact a very heavy price from any enemy who dares to attack us, from any front." He added, "There are matters on which we can be flexible, and there are those...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that “we saw so many deaths from COVID because” former President Donald Trump put out misinformation. Host Kristen Welker said, “Let’s talk big picture. The campaign is only a month old. Everything she’s said in the past is starting to come into focus. When she ran in 2020, she called for banning fracking, supporting single-payer health care and eliminating private health insurance. The campaign says she no longer supports those positions. The Trump campaign is calling here a chameleon. Do you think vice president has to explain more on...

Are multiple planned “crises” just around the corner? Maybe “emergencies” serious enough to throw the election? Maybe postpone the election? Even cancel the election? How about a new pandemic? (Fears over bird flu and monkeypox are being amped up now.) Or a catastrophic cyber attack? (The globalists at the World Economic Forum, the Council on Foreign Relations, and other Deep State institutions have been prepping us for that for the past few years.) How about a massive, coordinated series of terrorist attacks like those in Gaza last October? (The Biden-Harris regime has conveniently opened our border and invited millions of...

Learn more about this very short-lived invention, the rim blow steering wheel! The Rim blow steering wheel now this was a very short-lived design that was put on vehicles in the late 60s through early 1970s and then was gone almost as fast as it was introduced likely for a number of reasons that we're going to discuss you certainly don't see it today but I believe the overall philosophy was a good one and that was that most cars at this point had some sort of a horn ring that you would deploy or touch to activate the horn...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has destroyed a key bridge in Russia's Kursk region and struck a second one nearby, less than two weeks into its stunning cross-border incursion, disrupting Russian supply routes and possibly signaling that its troops are planning to dig in. Russia’s pro-Kremlin military bloggers have acknowledged that the destruction of the first bridge, which spanned the Seim River near the town of Glushkovo, will impede deliveries of supplies to Russian forces repelling Ukraine’s incursion, although Moscow could still use pontoons and smaller bridges in the area. Ukraine’s air force chief, Lt. Mykola Oleshchuk, on Friday released...

"As a palestinian I don't think they are doing much for my country... I've lost...I know people who have lost family in Gaza." Martha Taddatz Teports. This Week on ABC, around 10:35 AM ET __ An interviewee by Martha, cast as "uncommitted". Palestine Firster and Taqyia too: she "lost" or she "knows someone" who lost in Gaza...

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that “almost any other Republican” than former President Donald Trump would win the presidential race by 10 points. On Fox News, Nikki Haley said, “One thing Republicans have to stop, quit whining about her. The campaign is not going to win talking about crowd sizes. It’s not going to win talking about what race Kamala Harris is. It’s not going to win talking about whether she’s dumb. It’s not. You can’t win on those things.”