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Planned Parenthood Pennsylvania Advocates (PP PA) announced its endorsement of Governor Josh Shapiro on Thursday. In a post on Facebook, PP PA’s Executive Director, Signe Espinoza wrote, “The choice is obvious for anyone who believes in access to essential health care and the fundamental right to make your own decisions. Planned Parenthood is with Josh Shapiro one hundred percent.”

In his day, Christ rebuked both the people and the religious leaders for having a total lack of discernment. “The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would show them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?” Mt....

Democracy invites despotism. When understood as majority rule, democracy means that fifty-one of every hundred citizens can have their way with the other forty-nine. “But I want to keep my possessions, weapons, and children.” Too bad, the majority have decided to redistribute your property to those lazy bums over there, disarm you before you can do anything about it, and indoctrinate your children in public schools, so that they learn to resent you and love the State.Democracy is dangerous without guardrails. Unless a society has a strong sense of moral virtue that fosters personal discipline, duty, and honor, base selfishness...

The White House late Thursday unveiled a new online arcade on its website featuring five games that focus on different Trump administration policies ahead of the 2026 midterm election. “Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account,” the White House said on social media about the games’ launch.

Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase by 53,000 in August while the unemployment rate held at 4.1%, according to the Dow Jones consensus.

Enes Kanter Freedom has filed a lawsuit against the Chicago Sky and the owners of Wintrust Arena, alleging that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was removed from a Sky home game last month and subsequently banned from attending WNBA games at the arena. Kanter Freedom's 15-page complaint was filed Thursday in the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division. In addition to the Sky, the complaint names the city of Chicago and Metropolitan Pier and Exposition Authority, which owns and operates Wintrust Arena, as defendants. Kanter Freedom was involved in a verbal altercation with Sky point guard Natasha...

he Justice Department is being asked to investigate whether sensitive state voter data — including Social Security and driver's license numbers — was transferred to a nonprofit tied to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in violation of federal privacy laws, according to a letter from Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin released Friday by the White House. The Department of Homeland Security first brought its concerns to the Justice Department in September 2025, Secretary Mullin wrote to Attorney General Todd Blanche in a letter dated Wednesday. It is unclear what the Justice Department did with the original information. The new letter sent...

Government—and those who feed off it—slowly but inevitably become our masters. In June 1788, when New Hampshire became the ninth state to ratify the Constitution, America was born. In 1789, its entire payroll reportedly fit on a single ledger page, consisting mainly of customs officers, marshals, postmasters, and clerks. By 1800, the federal civilian workforce had grown to 125 people. By 1901, it had reached 231,000, including the Post Office. Today, the federal civilian workforce numbers approximately 2.7 million. Add another 1.7 to 2 million contractual employees, and the number is around 4.5 million—and this doesn’t count anyone in uniform....

4 September 2026 Friday of week 22 in Ordinary Time St. Rose of Viterbo Convent, La Crosse, WisconsinReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(II).First reading1 Corinthians 4:1-5The Lord alone is our judgePeople must think of us as Christ’s servants, stewards entrusted with the mysteries of God. What is expected of stewards is that each one should be found worthy of his trust. Not that it makes the slightest difference to me whether you, or indeed any human tribunal, find me worthy or not. I will not even pass judgement on myself. True, my conscience does not reproach me at...

In 1938, Tolkien was in negotiations with Berlin publisher Rütten & Loening about creating a German-language edition of The Hobbit; that is, until they asked for proof of Tolkien’s “Aryan descent,” due to Goebbels’ regulations on Jews’ participation n German cultural activities. Tolkien objected, writing to his British publisher Stanley Unwin:I must say the enclosed letter from Rütten & Loening is a bit stiff. Do I suffer this impertinence because of the possession of a German name, or do their lunatic laws require a certificate of arisch origin from all persons of all countries?Personally, I should be inclined to refuse...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (9/4/26)[Prayer]PersonalitiesPsalm 13[a] For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me? 3 Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Give light to my eyes, or I will sleep in death, 4 and my enemy will say, “I have overcome him,” and my foes will rejoice when I fall. 5...

Chinese state-owned shipping giant COSCO is allegedly using concealed equipment aboard commercial vessels to spy on military communications near the United States and other countries, U.S. officials say. The surveillance operation gives Beijing access to communications and information involving military vessels and aircraft across North America, Europe and Asia, Reuters reported, citing two anonymous senior Trump administration officials. The allegations raise new questions about the security implications of allowing a state-owned Chinese company already linked to Beijing’s military to maintain a major presence in American ports and supply chains. “This is a very serious accusation and if true should...

A jury room fight has burst into the open in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial — and one holdout may now stand between the case and a final verdict. After six days of deliberations, Clancy’s defense attorney asked the judge to remove a juror accused by the foreperson of refusing to follow the law on reasonable doubt. The judge said no. That leaves a panel that appears to be split 11-1 headed back for yet another day of deliberations, with a mistrial now looming over one of the most closely watched trials in the country. The court has not published...

“We need your voice,” Abdul El-Sayed told a sex offender who had been sentenced to prison for sexually soliciting what he thought was a 14-year-old girl online and then for “distributing child sexually abusive material and multiple counts of accosting children for immoral purposes.” The sex offender had reinvented himself as an activist against incarceration and claimed that he had suffered, “I was only allowed to have the type of phone without a browser, and several times had my phone confiscated” and argued that the answer “is to address the root causes of crime… address the real problems… like education,...

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How surprised were you to learn that the person behind the wheel of that 80,000-pound tractor-trailer towering over you at a high rate of speed on the highway might be an illegal alien who neither reads nor speaks nor understands English, including rules of the road and street signs? You probably figured that someone operating that enormous, powerful, potentially dangerous, and important segment of the transportation industry has been trained in accordance with standards set by a government agency, and that a government official has verified that to be the case. Only after social media began featuring videos of the...

‘Islamophobia’ charge rocks Michigan governor debate. Jonathan Oosting | Detroit News Lansing Bureau East Lansing — Michigan Democratic gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed on Thursday called for Republican rivals to condemn “Islamophobia” and “racism” after comments by GOP hopeful Patrick Colbeck during a rare forum featuring all seven candidates from the two major parties. “You may not hate Muslims, but Muslims hate you,” El-Sayed said after imploring the GOP field.

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JD Vance says, "he wouldn't be shocked if we are living in the end times" in a revealing podcast interview on "The Bryce Crawford Podcast." Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/09/02/jd-vance-end-times-gods-work/91576546007/

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