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[Catholic Caucus] Priesthood about a person's gifts, 'not their genitalia,' says woman priestThe U.S. representative of a women's ordination movement said she is encouraged by people praying that the Catholic Church will open the priesthood to all who feel called to the ministry — particularly women. "What I feel right now is excitement and solidarity because I feel like there is a lot of good energy and movement in the greater body of the church that really wants to see equality come in so many different ways," said Rev. Angela Nevitt Meyer of Roman Catholic Womenpriests-USA. She is in Rome...

...Voting for any other candidate, Joan believes, “will be a vote for Kamala Harris and the Democrats who are PRO-DEATH to the core”: Please remind our friends who are backing away from Trump to trust God. Remind them that God often chooses people who fail to trust Him! That’s why Trump appears to be a traitor. Remind them that his heart is still prolife, and that even if he is not as strong a pro-lifer as he was before that he will NEVER BE PRO-ACTIVE PRO-ABORT. NEVER! Whereas a vote for any other candidate will be a vote for Kamala...

The International Association of Firefighters (IAFF) has snubbed the Harris-Walz ticket with a non-endorsement — news which comes after Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) spoke at their event in August.IAFF President Edward Kelly made the announcement on Thursday following an executive board meeting, where the determination was made.“Today, the IAFF Executive Board, by a margin of 1.2 percent, voted to not endorse a candidate in the 2024 presidential election,” he announced, noting that IAFF took “unprecedented steps to hear out members’ views on the candidates and the policy issues that matter most to them” over the last year.“As we have over...

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) – U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D) and Republican challenger Dave McCormick will meet in Harrisburg for their first debate in Pennsylvania’s U.S. Senate race. Both candidates were largely unopposed in the spring primary, setting up a race that could swing the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

The most important exchange in Tuesday’s vice presidential debate has been almost entirely ignored by the corporate media. Not surprisingly, that’s because it makes Walz look like an authoritarian and a fool in one fell swoop:J.D. Vance: The most sacred right under the United States democracy is the First Amendment. You yourself have said there’s no First Amendment right to misinformation. Kamala Harris wants to use …Tim Walz: …[inaudible] threatening or hate speech …J.D. Vance: … the power of government and Big Tech to silence people from speaking their minds. That is a threat to democracy that will long outlive...

Guatemalan security agents arrested 25 mostly active police officers implicated in a human trafficking network that operated along a route used by mostly U.S.-bound migrants, Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez said on Tuesday. Guatemala has been a major transit country for decades for migrants from Latin America and beyond as they travel north to Mexico's border with the United States. The minister said two of the detained police officers were retired, and an additional 11 civilians were also arrested on charges including money laundering on behalf of an organization known as "Los Rs."

A former federal law enforcement officer says multiple government failures allowed an MS-13 gang member and suspected killer, who has since been convicted of murder, to attend two Maryland public schools. “My message is be outraged, be mad, be angry and take action,” Mark Morgan, a former FBI agent and the former Acting Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said about what he would tell parents whose children were sitting in class with an MS-13 suspected murderer, and they didn’t know it. Morgan’s been watching, over the past few weeks, as FOX45 investigated the death of Kayla Hamilton, and...

On Tuesday, I was part of a City University of New York event about economic perceptions, which was briefly disrupted by a protester yelling out that President Biden isn’t helping some of the areas afflicted by Hurricane Helene. The guy’s politics were unclear — he was also yelling something about Israel — but it was an indication that Donald Trump’s latest lie has gone viral.In case you missed it, Trump has been trying to exploit the natural disaster for political gain, claiming he heard that the federal government — Biden — and North Carolina’s Democratic governor are “going out of...

Israel conducted a targeted strike in Beirut on Wednesday night local time against the head of Hezbollah's executive committee Hashim Safi al-Din, three Israeli officials said. Why it matters: Safi al-Din is the leading figure to succeed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah's leader. An Israeli official said Safi al-Din was in a bunker deep underground and it isn't yet clear whether he was killed in the strike. -snip- According to Lebanese press reports, the Israeli strike was far larger than the one that killed Nasrallah last week.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing new evidence in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago, the city’s district attorney said Thursday. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said during a news conference that attorneys for Erik Menendez, 53, and his 56-year-old brother, Lyle Menendez, have asked a court to vacate their conviction. Gascón said there is no question the brothers committed the murders, but that his office will be reviewing new evidence and will make...

One of Ritchie Blackmore's former classmates has been scammed out of almost $184,000 by someone pretending to be the former Deep Purple cofounder. Valerie Horwood, a terminally ill cancer patient, was conned into sending a series of Apple gift cards over a period of three years. The fake Blackmore connected with Horwood through Facebook then began requesting money for fake investments through messaging apps. The gift cards can be redeemed at many retail outlets and supermarkets. "My mum is not a stupid old lady," Horwood's daughter Debbie told The Sun. "She is very streetwise and very switched on. She was...

Polling continues to show a very tight race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The incumbent vice president has a very narrow lead nationally, in the RealClearPolitics average. Some battleground polling gives Trump small leads in most of the swing states. Other battleground polling seems to slightly favor Harris. Pennsylvania continues to look crucial and tied. One pollster that recently released a batch of generally Trump-positive data from key battleground states (not dissimilar to this set of numbers from 2020's most accurate pollster) also included an intriguing note about their results.Before we get to that, here were the results themselves:...

During a holiday dinner at the start of Rosh Hashanah, a gunman burst into the home of a University of Michigan Rabbi, holding him and twenty Jewish students of the school at gunpoint. “I’m taking everything, give me everything!” the gunman reportedly yelled while pointing a handgun. However, according to the Detroit News outlet, witnesses heard no gunshots, and the house’s occupants quickly fled through a door, leaving the burglar with just a single purse he grabbed after rushing in. The robbery suspect has not yet been found, but police simply described as a “Black man in his early 20s.”...

During an undercover date with an OMG journalist, Basel Hamdan, a writer and producer for MSNBC’s show “Ayman,” was asked what the network has done to assist the Kamala Harris campaign. Hamdan revealed on hidden camera that “what her [Harris’s] message of the day is, is their message of the day,” as MSNBC actively pushes Harris’s narrative to help her win. He admitted that MSNBC is doing “all they can to help,” Harris get elected, with the network operating as an extension of the campaign. He went on to say, "MSNBC is indistinguishable from the party," further highlighting their partisan...

On Wednesday evening, Virginia Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine was destroyed by Republican challenger Hung Cao during their first and only debate. According to a poll published shortly after the debate, Cao was the winner, with 75 percent support to Kaine’s 25 percent support, according to WRIC. ... In the debate, the candidates were questioned about military recruitment numbers dipping. Cao pointed out that the woke agenda that has permeated the military in recent years is to blame. “When you’re using a drag queen to recruit for the Navy, that’s not the people we want. What we need is alpha males...

Bruce Springsteen on Thursday posted a video on Instagram endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, and called former President Donald Trump “the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.”

HOUSTON — The union for 45,000 United States dockworkers agreed to suspend their strike until Jan. 15 to provide time to negotiate a new contract, according to an Associated Press source. U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. The strike began at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and halted operations at ports from Brownsville to Boston. The International Longshoremen’s Association wants significantly higher wages and a total ban on the automation of cranes, gates and container-moving trucks used in the loading or unloading of...

The trial for Donald Trump gunman Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, is taking a dramatic twist. Prosecutors requested an 'indefinite delay' in the trial as they comb through 'thousands of videos' and '4 million gigabytes' of text and audio files. They also said they've executed 13 search warrants and have seized 'hundreds of items of evidence' including electronic devices. His trial has been set to begin on November 18, but it could be delayed Routh pleaded not guilty to several charges, including attempted assassination of the former president earlier this week. Routh appeared in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida,...

Vice President Harris spoke at length in on Wednesday, Oct. 3, while also meeting those distributing aid and cleaning up after the storm. During her speech, Harris mentioned the cash disbursements as one part of a larger relief effort. "And the federal relief and assistance that we have been providing has included FEMA providing $750 for folks who need immediate needs being met, such as food, baby formula, and the like. And you can apply now," she said. snip Over 1,600 interactions with people and animals, including rescues and evacuations, had also taken place with federal assistance.