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[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis welcomes transgender activist ‘hermit’ ‘Brother Christian Matson’ at Vatican audiencePope Francis warmly received Nicole Matson, a transgender activist living as a ‘diocesan hermit’ named ‘Brother Christian Matson,’ at a Vatican audience, despite Matson having undergone ‘sex change’ surgery and presenting herself as a man in violation of Catholic teaching.Following one of his weekly audiences last month, Pope Francis met with the controversial gender-confused “diocesan hermit” known as “Brother Christian Cole Matson.”Despite creating an international furor and raising profound canonical questions over her claims of being “transgender,” a woman who currently lives as a male hermit was...

Mossad’s Warning to Dutch Police Ignored by the Netherlands | Aaron Cohen Fox News. Nov 9, 2024 ...a group called PLGM a Palestinian Hamas group that was planning to have a major gathering outside of that soccer game, it was shut down by authorities however they ignored Israeli intelligence's requests to put in maximum security after the event to escort the Israelis to their hotels the moment they got out of the soccer match...Did a former UNRWA teacher help organize the Amsterdam pogrom? By Ohad Merlin. 11/10/2024 Ayman Nejmeh's Facebook profile - before and after removing his involvement in UNRWA....

Roughly 100 world leaders are traveling to Baku, Azerbaijan, for the U.N. Climate Change Conference — even as scores are skipping the annual talks, known this year as COP29. In a Tuesday address before world leaders speak at the summit, U.N. Secretary General António Guterres described the previous year as a “master class in climate destruction,” adding, “The sound you hear is the ticking clock.” He also expressed optimism about the transition to clean energy, saying that “no group, no business, and no government” can stop it. Swedish activist Greta Thunberg chose to skip the conference: Speaking Monday at a...

-snip- A Ukrainian military spokesperson told Reuters that Russia was also moving trained assault groups to forward positions in the southern Zaporizhzhia region and they were preparing to attack. -snip- "(The assaults) could begin in the near future, we're not even talking about weeks, we're expecting it to happen any day," said Vladyslav Voloshyn, spokesperson for the southern military sector. Although it was not clear if they would involve a single offensive push or separate assaults, intelligence assessed that Moscow's troops planned to use armoured vehicles and a considerable number of drones, he said. "They are preparing both armoured groups...

Hard-line conservatives are plotting to challenge Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for the gavel during Wednesday’s internal House GOP elections, four sources familiar with the matter told The Hill. The sources — who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive internal deliberations — said the conservatives are planning to nominate an alternative candidate to Johnson for Speaker during Wednesday’s internal GOP elections. The sources said they are still discussing whom to nominate, and one source cautioned that the opposition could fall apart. “There will be a nomination,” one of the sources said. The intent is to show opposition...

Explanation: How was the Crescent Nebula created? Looking like an emerging space cocoon, the Crescent Nebula, visible in the center of the featured image, was created by the brightest star in its center. A leading progenitor hypothesis has the Crescent Nebula beginning to form about 250,000 years ago. At that time, the massive central star had evolved to become a Wolf-Rayet star (WR 136), shedding its outer envelope in a strong stellar wind, ejecting the equivalent of our Sun's mass every 10,000 years. This wind impacted surrounding gas left over from a previous phase, compacting it into a series of...

A mother-of-four was handcuffed in front of her children and hauled off to jail after she allowed her 11-year-old son to walk less than a mile into a small town. Brittany Patterson went to drive her eldest son to a medical appointment on October 30, 11-year-old Soren, was supposed to tag along - but was not around when it was time to leave She had figured he was simply playing in the woods or visiting his grandmother, Patterson told the outlet, noting that her father lives with them and her mother and sisters live just two minutes away. But it...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published a video address aimed at the Iranian people on Tuesday, urging them to stand up for freedom against a regime that, he says, wastes their money on “wars that can’t be won.” It was the second video he has published this year addressing ordinary Iranians and appealing to a hope for peace. In his speech, Netanyahu used the “Woman, Life, Freedom” slogan that has become popular among dissidents and opponents of the regime abroad, and which refers to a protest movement that began in Iran two years ago with the death in detention of...

Ratings since Trump took office have been in a DOWNWARD SPIRAL at @MSNBC. Never-Trumpers hardest hit: • Morning Joe 1st hour - down 39.6% • Morning Joe 2d hour - down 36.9% • Andrea Mitchell - down 39.7% • Ari Melber - down 49.6% • Joy Reid’s Reidout - down 54.6% • All-in w Chris Hayes - down 47.2% • Alex Wagner Tonight- down 53.6% • Lawrence O’Donnell - down 60.6% • Stephanie Ruhle - down 67% How much should anyone pay to buy MSNBC?

Those of us who voted for Trump are not getting what we voted for. We voted for Trump haters to move out of the country. Why haven't they kept their promise?

Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, who is a member of Trump's private Mar-a-Lago Club and has a net worth of around $12.3 billion, said he was granted a green card for permanent residency last month. Pratt, who is ranked number 207 in Bloomberg's list of the 500 wealthiest people in the world, owns Australia-based paper and recycling company Visy. He also owns Pratt Industries, a corrugated packaging company based in Conyers, Georgia. Writing on LinkedIn, he said he had decided to make the move because all his family are US citizens, and because of his business prowess in the country. In...

The Empire State Building won’t light up to honor Polish Independence Day on Tuesday — and charged-up critics aren’t taking the snub lightly. Several City Council members told The Post they’ve pushed for the tribute but they’ve been met with multiple denials from the organization that decides on the lighting schedule for the famous Manhattan skyscraper. “The Polish-American community is one of the largest ethnic communities in New York, and they have made significant contributions to our city’s cultural, social, and economic fabric,” council members Bob Holden, Joann Ariola, Lincoln Restler and Carlina Rivera wrote in a Nov. 4 letter...

Is anyone planning to attend the inauguration? I debated in 16, but decided to stay away knowing the left was going to create chaos. This time however I am seriously debating attending.. curious if anyone else was?

NEW: The new Los Angeles Police Chief declares the LAPD will not participate in deportation efforts, vowing to safeguard illegals within the city. LA has fallen.

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Democratic strategist David Axelrod argued President-elect Trump’s second administration has a “wholly different feel” from his first team. “Say what you will about the direction he wants to take the country but this is a wholly different feel from 2016. Trump is stocking his admin with seasoned loyalists who will not guide, but rather BE guided, by HIM,” Axelrod posted to the social platform X. “People wanted to shake up Washington. For better or worse, they’re [going] to get what they asked for,” he said. Trump’s former White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, also noted Trump’s transition back to...

President-elect Donald Trump plans to nominate South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) as homeland security secretary, according to CNN and The Wall Street Journal. Noem along with Stephen Miller, who was named White House deputy chief of staff for policy, and Tom Homan, who will serve as Trump’s “border czar,” are expected to play a key role in executing the president-elect’s agenda on immigration, including his mass deportation plan.

The mastermind behind a chilling plot to assassinate Donald Trump and an Iranian-American journalist has been unmasked by DailyMail.com as a father-of-five whose brother is a 'die-hard' MAGA supporter. Farhad Shakeri, 51, was revealed to have admitted to orchestrating the terrifying scheme which was thwarted by the FBI and involved three alleged hitmen who were hired by the feared Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) to carry out a hit on the president-elect. The would-be-assassin previously lived in the US, being brought up in Manassas, Virginia, from the age of nine along with his six siblings after their parents moved the...

Dr. Ben Carson is the favorite to be nominated as Donald Trump's Secretary for Health and Human Services (HHS) in the battle for a spot in his cabinet, multiple people familiar with the selection process tell DailyMail.com. The 73-year-old retired neurosurgeon wants to return to the White House for a second stint after serving as the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in Trump's first administration. Carson was one of the few people who stayed in Trump's orbit and said deserved the chance to be re-elected after the January 6, 2021 Capitol riot sparked a slew of resignations and...

Betsy DeVos, former Secretary of the Department of Education during President Donald Trump's first term, is making recommendations for how he can tear apart the agency. Trump promised to end the Department of Education during his campaign, a concept that drew wild applause from his supporters but will face staunch opposition from the bureaucrats and teachers unions. ‘We’re going to end education coming out of Washington D.C., we’re going to close it up all those buildings all over the place, and you have people in many cases who hate our children, we’re going to send it all back to the...