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Trust in the media is at an all-time low, with less than half of all Americans and just 18 percent of Republicans saying they trust traditional media outlets. The new data from Edelman's 2021 Trust Barometer was shared with Axios, and found that trust in social media has also hit an all-time low of just 27 percent. 'This is the era of information bankruptcy,' said Richard Edelman, CEO of Edelman, in a statement.

NY Cardinal’s Ulterior MotivesMoney before victimsA recently released document shows the cardinal of New York had ulterior motives in establishing a victims' compensation program. Cardinal Timothy Dolan of New York set up a compensation program in 2016, supposedly to bring "peace and healing to those who have suffered abuse."But ABC News obtained a transcript of a 2017 teleconference in which the compensation program's lawyer, appointed by Dolan, explains the cardinal was trying to stop the reopening of New York State's Child Victims Act or CVA.Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer, said Dolan's thinking was along the lines of, "We are already doing...

Earlier, we wrote how far left Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) had been diagnosed with the Wuhan coronavirus.Jayapal blamed Republicans, claiming that a bunch of the Congress was locked up together during the Capitol protest and some of the Republicans didn’t wear masks.But as my colleague Sister Toldjah observed, Jayapal herself wasn’t wearing a mask when she was caught on video in close quarters with other people on video including Rep. Lisa Blount Rochester (D-DE) who was also not wearing a mask.Pelosi also allowed COVID-positive Dems on the House floor last week to vote for Speaker. Weird you don't mention that....

These smart asses ASSUME they will just GRANT the election to Joe MINDLESS Biden, and Beijing Harris. Sasse talking about "beauty" because this isn't what America is about. No--- they DO NOT GET IT. OUR INSTITUIONS, including this Senate. OUR BEST DAYS WILL be BEHIND it-- IF they do not LOOK at the Evidence of Fraud, and Theft by a FOREIGN influenced invasion. They ALL KNOW this-- they are owned by CHINESE COMMUNISTS. All of them.

BREAKING: GOP #Gangof20 just rebuked Ted Cruz's #GangOf11 as a publicity stunt. This is their statement, “All challenges through recounts and appeals have been exhausted” Included in that list are Lindsey Graham, Mike Lee, Mitch McConnell, Rob Portman, and others.

All 10 former US defence secretaries still living, including two who worked for Donald Trump, have called for the president and his supporters to accept he lost the election and warned against attempts to involve the military in his increasingly desperate efforts to overturn the result. In an unprecedented joint letter published in the Washington Post, the defence secretaries addressed the worst fears of what could happen in 17 days of Trump’s administration remaining before Joe Biden’s inauguration: an attempt by Trump to foment a crises with the aim of triggering a military intervention in his last-ditch struggle to hold...

Big Tech is at it again. Facebook has shut down the ad account for the Georgia Battleground Fund, a joint fundraising committee for NRSC, @Perduesenate , and @kloeffler . This is unacceptable with only 4 days to Election Day. Go to http://GABattleground.com to help us fight back.

[Catholic Caucus] Seminarians Fighting BackLonging for justiceFor decades, scores of victims brought forward complaints of clerical sexual abuse, only to find themselves revictimized by Church leaders. Victims, who had the courage to confront those who enabled their abuse as minors, found their voices hushed by threats of what might happen to them should they reveal their plights or even think of suing the Church. The Spotlight team of The Boston Globe took this challenge head-on in its 2002 exposé of the abuse crisis that has since proven to be of epic proportions. The Catholic Church in the United States alone...

Cardinal Acquits Islam, Migrants of Terror14 arrested for Vienna massacre are all Muslim migrants VIENNA (ChurchMilitant.com) - Europe's top cardinal has rejected claims blaming Islam or immigration for jihadi terrorism, even as police revealed that the 14 suspects arrested for Monday's Vienna massacre are all Muslim migrants. French bishops pay tribute to Catholic victims of jihad in NiceIn a Wednesday interview with SIR Agency, Cdl. Jean-Claude Hollerich, president of the Commission of the Episcopates of the European Union, asserted that incriminating Islam and immigration for French schoolteacher Samuel Paty's murder and recent jihadi attacks in Nice and Vienna "does not...

A source close to the investigation said Warner had bought “chemical precursors and security alarms” using a credit card in his name. The Sun was told: “The FBI has received information from a bank holding company on an active credit card for Warner. “Preliminary searches indicates the purchases of chemical precursors to make explosives and security alarms.” The source added: “Initial results also show nitroglycerin was found on a residue swab taken from a tree trunk at the blast site.” The source said: “It is believed Warner had his dog with him at the time of detonation. “Canine DNA has...

You wanted to be the president so bad that you ran three times — in 1988, 2008 and 2020. Along the way, you sold your soul to the devil (or at least to the Chinese) and though you barely missed it, now the payment is coming due. You don’t know all the details, but that song by Charlie Daniels keeps playing on a loop whenever you look in a mirror — “The devil went down to Georgia,/ He was lookin’ for an election to steal/ He was in a bind ’cause he was way behind/ And he was willing to...

A Fox News poll released Friday found mixed reviews about President Trump's job performance over the last few years, with a majority ultimately saying they thought the United States was worse off now than it was four years ago. Fifty-five percent of voters in the the poll said they believe the U.S. is worse off now than it was four years ago, while nearly a third — 32 percent — said it was better off and 11 percent said it was the same.

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Strickland: McCarrick report reveals ‘web of corruption’His Excellency said the report did not give real accountability for the abuse within the Church.December 8, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — Bishop Joseph Strickland of Tyler, Texas weighed in on several important current and relevant topics, including last month’s McCarrick Report released by the Vatican, in this week’s episode of The Bishop Strickland Show.Strickland called the entire McCarrick case “a morality tale” with “all seven of the deadly sins … represented there, either by McCarrick himself or [by] those who were woven into the whole scandal with him.” The bishop noted that...

Florida police raided the home of a former state coronavirus data scientist on Monday, escalating a feud between the state government and a data expert who has accused officials of trying to cover up the extent of the pandemic. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement executed a search warrant Monday morning at the home of data scientist Rebekah Jones, who was fired by the state Department of Health in May. The agency is investigating whether Jones accessed a state government messaging system without authorization to urge employees to speak out about coronavirus deaths.... ....According to the affidavit by an investigator...

The SSPX, Church Militant, and LifeSite: a responseLifeSite journalists have conducted dozens of interviews, acquired court documents and police records, spoken to victims, spoken to priests of the Society, and chronicled their findings meticulously.December 4, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Dear LifeSite readers, we have received many responses regarding our initial coverage of allegations of sexual abuse within the Priestly Society of Saint Pius X. What has been most disturbing in all this is the reaction from Church Militant. We have been called “frauds” by Michael Voris, and this is particularly sad as I consider him a friend. I’ll address these concerns...

General Michael Flynn speaks out in blockbuster interview after presidential pardonNovember 29, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – On Saturday, Lt. General Michael Flynn gave his first interview since he was pardoned by President Donald Trump on Wednesday, November 25, the day before Thanksgiving.He appeared on Christian evangelist Brannon Howse’s Worldview Weekend show. (If you’re wondering why he didn’t, say, go on Fox News instead, you haven’t been paying attention.)The general, who spent the last four years fighting his unjust prosecution by Obama administration operatives, said that America is “going through a crucible of history” that will determine whether it survives as a...

‘I cannot sit back and do nothing’: leading parishioner supports priest exposing homosexual cover-upFr. Michael Suhy had released a testimony of an archdiocesan cover-up involving the alleged sexual harassment and grooming of a young man by a ‘prominent’ employee of the Archdiocese of Detroit.PLYMOUTH, Michigan, November 28, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A leading parishioner has spoken up to defend a priest who believes he was removed from the parish for objecting to an archdiocesan cover-up of homosexual grooming.Ron Thompson, a parishioner of Our Lady of Good Council and at least until recently chair of its Finance Council, has released a statement...

Oops. Vatican’s McCarrick report catches Pope Francis taking ‘tiny liberties with the truth’Archbishop Viganò had run into McCarrick as he came out of an audience with the Pope, and seeing the Nuncio, he said to him with a big smile in a triumphant tone: “He is sending me to China.”November 27, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – Dear friends and enemies of Stilum Curiae, now that the din of the McCarrick Report has died down a bit – the report written by the Secretariat of State ad usum Delphini – I will softly allow myself to glean from a few details, which however...

Archbishop Viganò: Between The Lines Of the McCarrick ReportThe McCarrick Report published by the Secretariat of State on November 10, 2020, has been the object of numerous comments. Some point out its shortcomings, while others praise it as a proof of Bergoglio’s transparency and the groundlessness of my accusations. I would like to focus on some aspects that deserve to be further explored, which do not concern me personally. The purpose of these reflections is thus not to adduce further evidence concerning the falsity of arguments raised against me, but rather to highlight the inconsistencies of the report and the...

McCarrick Victims Suing VaticanComplaint: Policy of cover-up a violation of international lawNEWARK, N.J. (ChurchMilitant.com) - The Holy See is being slapped with a lawsuit over sex abuse cover-up.Homopredator and ex-cardinal Theodore McCarrick In a virtual press conference Thursday, attorney Jeff Anderson announced he was filing a complaint in federal district court in New Jersey on behalf of four victims of serial homosexual predator, former cardinal Theodore McCarrick.One of the victims is a priest, but his identity is hidden in this case to shield him from repercussions from his bishop and the Vatican.In his address, Anderson, who specializes in prosecuting clerical...