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In the German town of Overath (North Rhine-Westphalia), this year’s Christmas market has been cancelled. The cost of protecting visitors from potential terrorist attacks exceeds the organizer’s budget. The city refuses to cover the expenses. A capitulation to Islamism. It wasn’t long ago that Christmas markets were among the social highlights of the year. Whether in small towns or major cities -- they were meeting points for friends and family, for mulled wine, sausages, and quiet conversations wrapped in winter’s cold and early darkness. Places of TogethernessThere was this special peaceful coziness. A place where community was celebrated -- joyful,...

At least seven people were killed and 11 were injured when a UPS plane crashed in a colossal fiery explosion — leaving a long trail of flames and destruction — shortly after taking off from Louisville’s Muhammad Ali International Airport Tuesday evening, according to officials and wild footage. Four people on the ground were killed and the three people who were onboard the flight are presumed dead, Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said. The numbers were expected to grow as emergency crews combed the far-reaching scene for additional victims through the night, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear warned. UPS Flight 2976, which...

A driver screaming 'Allahu Akbar' has ploughed into a crowd of pedestrians on a French holiday island, leaving at least ten people injured. The car veered towards walkers and cyclists at about 8.45am today as the 35-year-old attacker attempted to hit 'everyone he encountered' on the island of Oléron off the West coast of France, officials say. After the ramming, he tried to set fire to his vehicle. which contained gas canisters, before he was tasered by police and arrested.

There are good reasons why homeschooling is on the rise. I am an enthusiastic supporter of homeschooling. When parents are in a position to prioritize their children’s education, young minds learn more information more quickly. A young person who excels in mathematics, for instance, is not forced to follow the regimented schedule of the state’s curricula, in which geometry belongs to a certain grade level, an introduction to calculus must be kept secret until the final years of high school, and summer vacations interrupt the accumulation and application of new knowledge. Those who show promise in mathematics — especially those...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WFTV) – A 15-year-old in Florida is accused of killing a classmate after bumping into each other in a school hallway. The 16-year-old victim allegedly bumped into the suspect and didn’t apologize, which officials say led to his killing. The 15-year-old suspect, identified as Jacori Redding, is being held in juvenile detention. He’s charged with killing his classmate at Oak Ridge High School. Redding appeared nonchalant during a court hearing Friday, but he turned and smiled as his family called out to him. Orange County Sheriff John Mina said the bump in the hallway, followed by a...

Will & Grace actress Debra Messing has courted backlash after sharing on election day a political meme suggesting that New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a "jihadist." As Americans headed to the polls Tuesday, the 57-year-old Emmy winner reposted an image on her verified Instagram Story from another account called The Persian Jewess. The original image showed an edited ballot that listed two candidates: One that read, "A Democrat. Just a Democrat," and the other that said, "An actual communist jihadist. A literal Karl Marx-quoting, America-hating jihadist."

Texas Republican Congressman Brandon Gil has filed articles of impeachment against US District Judge James Boasberg amid revelations that the Obama-appointed activist approved secret subpoenas to seize private phone records of Senators in the sham “Arctic Frost” investigation. It was revealed last week that the FBI and DOJ weaponized their power to target President Trump, former Vice President Mike Pence, and their allies to dig up dirt on Republicans and activists who participated in efforts to overturn the rigged 2020 election. As The Gateway Pundit reported, Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley said last week that “197 subpoenas were issued...

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We apparently are not on a roll with some kind of conservative momentum. Leftist Democrats of the worst kind made inroads into political power yesterday. — NYC elects a radical Muslim. — Virginia threw out all reason and elected radical leftists to the Governorship and Attorney General, who had made violent threats. — Democrats flipped two red seats in MS breaking the Republican supermajority. — in my neck of the woods, Texas senate district 9 is going to a run-off after a DEM bested two Republicans for a plurality of votes. This was surprising as the polling place I revisited...

Megyn Kelly is joined by Walter Kirn, editor-at-large of "County Highway," to discuss reports of Bari Weiss potentially firing Gayle King and Scott Pelley, the need to clean house and fix the network, and more

For decades, the higher-education establishment was allowed to do pretty much whatever it pleased. That included promoting programs and policies to benefit what were termed “underserved groups.” An array of policies sought to enroll more students from such groups, add curricular offerings aimed at them, spend more money to help them succeed, and hire more minority faculty and administrators. Congress was happy to cooperate with this, and it approved of benefits for various “minority-serving institutions” under the Higher Education Act. In those days, Congress approved of almost everything “progressives” did relating to higher education, and it did not matter that...

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Most of us can feel it. There is something in the air. Big changes are coming. Millions of Americans high on the power of positive thinking were shocked out of their normalcy bias by the assassination of Charlie Kirk and now realize how tumultuous these times are. There are plenty of folks who will be surprised by severe, radical changes when they come. Of course they will dismiss info like what I’m about to share as conspiracy theory and doom-posting. They will continue to do so right up until their own circumstances make it impossible to deny what is happening....

"Unless you eat my body and drink my blood, you have no life within you." — John 6:53 (The disciples who would turn against you, interpreted this as cannibalism. One of the plagues of Egypt had been the river turning into blood, because the Egyptians consumed the blood of sacrificial animals to gain their life strength, a kind of bodily idolatry, against your command. So the Lord God made that blood one of the plagues, to choke in their craws.) Then when you totally reversed that, Jesus, in the new dispensation, saying "unless you eat my body and drink my...

Not only did the Democratic candidates sweep the state's three major races — governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general — the party also picked up 13 seats in the House of Delegates, giving them a hefty majority of 64-35, with one race remaining undecided. The blue wave Dig deeper This is a significant expansion of the Democrats' power in the state House, taking their previously slim 51-49 majority up.

So this is no small matter. Let’s look at St. John in this episode from Matthew 11:2–11. This is the Gospel for this week and we will put it in its context and then connect it with the Old Testament readings and the Psalm. It says this: Now when John heard in prison about the deeds of the Christ, he sent word by his disciples and said to him, “Are you he who is to come, or shall we look for another?” And Jesus answered them, “Go and tell John what you hear and see: the blind receive their sight...

A New York judge dismissed a legal challenge Friday from Texas seeking to enforce a more than $100,000 civil judgment against a doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to a Dallas-area woman in an early test of the state's “shield law” designed to protect providers. Republican Texas State Attorney General Ken Paxton wanted a New York court to enforce a civil decision from Texas against Dr. Margaret Carpenter, who practices north of New York City in Ulster County, for allegedly prescribing abortion medication via telemedicine. But acting Ulster County Clerk Taylor Bruck refused to file the judgment, saying he was...

While promoting abortions, life-altering trans-ideology, and the sexualization of children, sex-ed leader SIECUS (Sex Ed for Social Change) claims that Live Action's "Baby Olivia" video brings "shame" and is a "fright" akin to the horror film "Rosemary's Baby." Key Takeaways: * SIECUS, a notorious sex-ed groups that promotes abortion, transgender ideology, and more to kids in public schools, sent out an email slandering Live Action's "Meet Baby Olivia" video as well as "Baby Olivia" bills seeking to add prenatal development education to school sex-education curricula. * In its email, SIECUS claimed the video "spread(s) misinformation and shame" and even likened...

A surrogate mother in the U.S. who thought she was helping an infertile couple have children was horrified to find out her baby had been sold as part of an international baby trafficking scam. Key Takeaways: * Carole-Anne Kelly (a pseudonym) was sent the profile of an infertile couple by her surrogacy agency. * Kelly agreed to work with them and carry their baby, and successfully gave birth. * She later found out that her baby was not biologically related to the couple she was hired to be a surrogate for. * The baby was sold for $100,000 to a...