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Senator Thune! Schedule the votes and call the roll. Stop INTENTIONALLY dragging your feet.

ABC News Chicago broadcasted tips to illegal foreigners on how to evade ICE. ICE is looking for criminals and terrorists. They are aiding and abetting illegal criminal migrants. The host in the clip below said ICE is targeting schools and churches when they are targeting foreign criminals. After preying on people’s sympathies, ABC News shifted to Gov. Pritzker, complaining that ICE was looking for 2,000 illegal foreigners to begin with. He knows they are likely criminals.

The Biden administration promised that post-pandemic, federal workers would have to go back to work. Then it flipped around and cut a deal with pro-Biden unions to have federal workers go on ‘working’ in their PJs. Now the feds are being told they have to go back to work. And they are not happy. After President Donald Trump directed agencies to return the federal workforce to the office full-time, many federal employees said productivity will suffer under a blanket return-to-office mandate, according to the results of a Federal News Network survey. Uh-huh. Yes, making federal workers work will hurt their...

The high popularity that the Ukrainian president had in the early days of the Russian invasion, with an approval rating of about 90 percent, has dipped badly. ... And a new trouble spot for Mr. Zelensky has emerged: the revival of political opposition in Ukraine, animated by the prospects of a cease-fire and the elections that could soon follow. His opponents are also encouraged by the barrage of criticism Mr. Trump and his aides have aimed at Mr. Zelensky. Two opponents who ran against Mr. Zelensky in Ukrainian elections in 2019 — former President Petro O. Poroshenko and former Prime...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (1/23/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Breath of the Almighty) Job 33:4 The spirit of God hath made me, and the breath of the Almighty hath given me life.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Despite over 2,400 aid trucks having entered the Gaza Strip since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire on Sunday, Gaza residents say the aid is not reaching them and are accusing Hamas of diverting it and selling it, Hebrew media reported on Thursday. “We don’t see any aid or goods at reasonable prices. Why?” lamented one resident, according to Channel 12 News. Another said, “Hamas steals the aid and sells it to merchants, who then set exorbitant prices at the expense of our entire people.” The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that 897 aid trucks entered Gaza on...

PM Overshadowed by Monday’s presidential inauguration was the release of the final report of the Federal Railroad Administration‘s Amtrak Daily Long-Distance Service Study. The FRA is evaluating the potential restoration of daily long-distance intercity passenger rail service and the potential for new Amtrak long-distance routes as part of the study. Amtrak’s existing long-distance network is comprised of 15 routes, including the California Zephyr, which crosses Utah on its 2,438-mile journey between Chicago and San Francisco.

“If there’s a 30 percent discount, the Russians are putting a ribbon around it and sending it to us free," India’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri said last month. And that's turning into a very lucrative win for India, as New Delhi's traders have been able to secure supplies at a substantial markdown. Russia is selling hundreds of millions of barrels of crude oil to India — but instead of the dollars and euros the Kremlin needs to plug holes in its budget, it's earning mountains of rupees that are proving hard to spend. So far...

Years of leftist hysterics and hollow attacks on Trump had desensitized voters, leaving the public weary, dismissive, and ultimately handing Trump a resounding 2024 victory. Donald Trump won the 2024 election in part because the left’s hysterical style of attacking Trump no longer worked. After a decade of this unhinged furor, it proved worthless in winning public support—and for two simple reasons. One, after years of Russian collusion hoaxes, the laptop disinformation farce, and the warped lies about the “suckers” and “fine people on both sides”—the shrill left became predictable. So, the bored public began tuning them out, switching channels,...

“Jesus said to him, ‘Go, Satan! For it is written, “You shall worship the Lord your God, and serve Him only”’” (Matthew 4:10). The devil’s final proposal was so outlandish and beyond the boundaries of God’s will that Jesus dismissed him with the terse, firm command, “Go, Satan!” Satan can wield his present power only by God’s permission; therefore he had no choice but to leave Christ’s presence. This last interaction is a prime example of our Lord’s sovereign mastery over the enemy. If the Savior would not compromise on a mundane matter such as turning stones to bread, He...

'I was so miserable. I wanted to kill myself. I just couldn't take anymore. I am a worthless subhuman, a living, breathing disgrace,' the 17-year-old gunman allegedly wrote. 'All my [in real life] friends outgrew me, act like they didn't f***ing know me. Becoming me was so f***ing humiliating. That's why I spend all day dissociating.' Much of the rest of the document, which was said to be linked to a social media account linked to Henderson, deals with his struggle with race and racial issues. Henderson allegedly said that he was 'ashamed to be black,' before he goes on...

President Vladimir Putin has grown increasingly concerned about distortions in Russia's wartime economy, just as Donald Trump pushes for an end to the Ukraine conflict, five sources with knowledge of the situation told Reuters. Russia's economy, driven by exports of oil, gas and minerals, grew robustly over the past two years despite multiple rounds of Western sanctions imposed after its invasion of Ukraine in 2022. But domestic activity has become strained in recent months by labour shortages and high interest rates introduced to tackle inflation, which has accelerated under record military spending. That has contributed to the view within a...

‘Never again’ has long been a powerful slogan...but it is happening again. Eighty years ago this spring, my father was an officer in the Third Army when it entered Dachau concentration camp, not knowing exactly what it would find. What my father found was horror, including dozens of boxcars, most of them still padlocked, containing the corpses of hundreds of prisoners who had been left to die of thirst. Inside the barbed wire, there were piles of corpses and bones, the remains of vibrant, innocent lives taken before their time by their murderous captors. Recently, I saw footage of that...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday talked up a joint venture investing up to $500 billion for infrastructure tied to artificial intelligence by a new partnership formed by OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank. The new entity, Stargate, will start building out data centers and the electricity generation needed for the further development of the fast-evolving AI in Texas, according to the White House. The initial investment is expected to be $100 billion and could reach five times that sum. “It’s big money and high quality people,” said Trump, adding that it’s “a resounding declaration of confidence in America’s potential”...

If you can believe it, the catastrophic Palisades fire that ignited on January 7 and destroyed huge swaths of the beautiful Pacific Palisades area, leaving 11 dead, is still burning. It has burned over 23,400 acres, and according to the excellent app Watch Duty, it’s 70 percent contained

Mexican authorities have begun constructing giant tent shelters in the city of Ciudad Juarez to prepare for a possible influx of Mexicans deported under U.S. President Donald Trump‘s promised mass deportations. The temporary shelters in Ciudad Juarez will have the capacity to house thousands of people and should be ready in a matter of days, said municipal official Enrique Licon. “It’s unprecedented,” Licon said on Tuesday afternoon, as workers unloaded long metal bracings from tractor trailers parked in the large empty lot yards from the Rio Grande, which separates the city from El Paso, Texas. The tents in Ciudad Juarez...

Leftist late-night talk show host Jimmy Fallon was thrown off guard when his audience, who usually panders to his anti-Trump rehotirc, cheered for the President’s return to the White House, creating a hilarious viral moment. Fallon, who repeatedly attacked Trump during his first term, appeared on the show sporting a navy blue, full-brim hat with a white wrap, mirroring what First Lady Melania Trump did during the inauguration.

23 January 2025 Thursday of week 2 in Ordinary Time Saint Marianne Cope Parish, Solvay, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingHebrews 7:25-8:6He has offered sacrifice once and for all by offering himselfThe power of Jesus to save is utterly certain, since he is living for ever to intercede for all who come to God through him. To suit us, the ideal high priest would have to be holy, innocent and uncontaminated, beyond the influence of sinners, and raised up above the heavens; one who would not need to offer sacrifices every day, as the other high...

Mmm dd, 2025 TITLE Saint Marianne Cope Parish, Solvay, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingHebrews 7:25-8:6He has offered sacrifice once and for all by offering himselfThe power of Jesus to save is utterly certain, since he is living for ever to intercede for all who come to God through him. To suit us, the ideal high priest would have to be holy, innocent and uncontaminated, beyond the influence of sinners, and raised up above the heavens; one who would not need to offer sacrifices every day, as the other high priests do for their own sins...

Seven San Antonio, Texas police officers were shot by a barricaded suspect Wednesday night, the city's police chief said. The suspect was found dead from a gunshot wound, he added. Chief William McManus told reporters the incident began when officers responded to a call from a family member of the suspect regarding a "suicide in progress" at an apartment complex in the Stone Oak neighborhood of north San Antonio. The first officer who arrived "was shot in the lower extremity," McManus said. "Another officer arriving after him, or about the same time as him, was also shot," the police chief...