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second grader was kicked out of Victory Christian Academy in Jacksonville, Florida after her parents refused to participate in an assignment that involved taking a picture of their child “doing reading homework in bathtub.” When mother Misty Dunham saw the assignment from teacher Irene Castaneda, she wrote a note back to the teacher saying her 8-year-old daughter would do no such thing: “I emailed the teacher ‘Hey, you may want to explain that. Send something out to the parents. Let them know what the intentions are.’ This just does not sound OK,” Misty Dunham said. “She did send out a...

Americans could suffer from Big Tech firms laying off workers and freezing hiring as the economy remains volatile, the founder of a Bay Area job search community told Fox News. "The average American will probably be impacted, at least in some form, by what may happen in this next economic downturn in the tech industry," Albert's List founder Albert Qian said. "We touch these things every single day, whether it's Google Search, a store on Amazon, an Apple device." "When the Microsofts, the Googles, the Amazons, the Twitters, when those companies start laying off people, that's when we need to...

Portland Antifa riot arrestee William David Kerr has been arrested and charged with multiple felonies related to sexually abusing a child and making child porn. The 35-year-old Portlander was arrested by Gresham Police on Nov. 2 and charged with felony first-degree sexual abuse, felony using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, and two charges of fourth-degree assault. Kerr is a career criminal and convicted felon who was arrested at a violent Antifa riot in 2016 in downtown Portland after Donald Trump was announced as the presidential election winner against Hillary Clinton. For three days, Antifa and far-left...

A North Dakota man charged with killing a teenager using his vehicle has reportedly admitted to intentionally hitting him after a political dispute, claiming the boy was part of a Republican “extremist group.”Shannon Brandt, 41, killed 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson early Sunday in McHenry with an SUV in an alley, KVRR-TV reported. He is charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a deadly accident.

CNBC was trolled by a pair of pranksters going by the imaginary surnames of “Ligma” and “Johnson” as they carried random boxes outside of Twitter headquarters and had corporate journalists believing they were fired data engineers worried they’d no longer be able to afford their Teslas. CNBC reporter Deirdre Bosa reported Friday morning that two deposed Twitter engineers were “visibly shaken” as they carried boxes outside of the Big Tech corporation’s headquarters following Elon Musk’s official takeover. The men told the media that their names were “Rahul Ligma,” and “Daniel Johnson.” “Ligma” even had a copy of Michelle Obama’s book,...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was caught on a hot mic on Thursday giving President Biden a negative assessment of the upcoming midterm elections for his party, specifically in Georgia. "The state where we're going downhill is Georgia," Schumer said, without realizing the microphone was on, while in conversation with Biden, New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY). The politicians were gathered on a New York airfield when the incident occurred. "It's hard to believe that they will go for Herschel Walker,” Schumer was heard saying. .....

Denver Newsroom, Oct 12, 2022 / 18:30 pm Republican House and Senate lawmakers wrote Wednesday to the Federal Bureau of Investigation to request information about the recent spate of arrests and indictments of nonviolent pro-life people, contrasting those investigations with the relative silence from the FBI on the many documented arson and vandalism attacks against pro-life entities this year. In the Oct. 12 letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, more than three dozen Republican lawmakers asked why the bureau appears to be targeting pro-life people disproportionately under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act — which is designed...

We heard throughout the entire COVID 19 pandemic that reasonable people must follow the science. Yet, the science that was repeatedly followed was political science as dissenting science was censored. Now scientists at Boston University, and supported by Harvard, Cleveland Clinic, Layola University, and University of Wisconsin, among others, have collaborated on developing a strain of COVID, called Omicron S, that is five times more infectious than Omicron and is vaccine resistant. In fact, the human-developed Omicron S had an 80-100% kill rate in mice used for experiments. This raises ethical questions about why do we need to invent more...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday that Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky had tested positive for COVID-19. She is experiencing mild symptoms and is up to date with her vaccines. "Consistent with CDC guidelines, she is isolating at home and will participate in her planned meetings virtually. CDC senior staff and close contacts have been informed of her positive test and are taking appropriate action to monitor their health," the CDC said in an emailed statement. In September, the director received her bivalent, omicron-specific COVID-19 booster shot.

Youths turn backs to prelate and wave rainbow flags in Vatican basilicaROME (ChurchMilitant.com) - Over two hundred altar servers turned their backs on German Cdl. Rainer Maria Woelki in a mass protest at the Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls last Monday. As the cardinal-archbishop of Cologne began his homily to nearly 2,000 acolytes from Germany, small groups of servers abruptly stood and faced the cathedral's main entrance to the west, rudely interrupting the preacher. Pilgrims ProtestWoelki was presiding at the opening Mass for the acolytes, who are on pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi. The pilgrimage includes evening prayer...

https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbards-dem-decision-fuels-speculation-shes-trumps-vp-choice-1750971 -- Former congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard's decision to leave the Democratic Party has some wondering whether she could be former President Donald Trump's future running mate. Gabbard announced on Tuesday in a video shared to social media that she was no longer a Democrat, and said the party was being led by "an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness" who promote "anti-white racism." She went on to say that she was leaving the party to become an Independent in part because she believed Democrats were bringing the world "ever closer to nuclear war." -- Very interesting. Trump himself,...

Rome Newsroom, Oct 5, 2022 / 22:00 pm The prelate of Opus Dei, Monsignor Fernando Ocáriz, announced in a letter Oct. 5 that he will convene an extraordinary general congress in the first half of 2023 to adapt the prelature’s statutes to the instructions in the motu proprio Ad charisma tuendum.The head of Opus Dei made the announcement to coincide with the 20th anniversary of the canonization of the founder of Opus Dei, St. Josemaría Escrivá. Ocáriz explained in the letter that the Dicastery for the Clergy has advised the general council and the central advisory of Opus Dei not...

ST LOUIS COUNTY (FOX 9) - An 80-year-old man from St. Louis County faces several charges Wednesday for the alleged sexual abuse of two children while a prominent church member during the 1970s. According to court documents, Spencer Main, 80, was charged with two counts of sodomy of a child, four counts of indecent liberties, and one count of first-degree criminal sexual conduct of a child for the alleged abuse of two girls from 1971-1975. The two women, identified as "juvenile A" and "juvenile B" in the criminal complaint, say the alleged abuse took place between the ages of 8-12....

The Bennard family from Shelby County, Tennessee, suffered a devastating blow Oct. 6 when their two dogs fatally attacked the family’s 2-year-old and 5-month-old. The dogs, two pit bulls named Cheech and Mia, turned on Hollace Dean, 5 months old, and Lilly Jane, 2, for no discernable reason. Mom Kirstie Jane Bennard, 30, gave her all to protect her children, using herself as a shield to try to protect Lilly Jane and receiving countless lacerations in the process, according to USA Today. Despite her sacrifice and efforts during the horrific 10-minute onslaught, the Bennards lost both their precious babies and...

SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – AB 2098, recently signed into law by California Gov. Gavin Newsom, qualifies spreading COVID-19 “misinformation” as unprofessional conduct and makes it punishable as such.Attorneys say AB 2098 is unconstitutional and a violation of 1st Amendment.The parameters for misinformation regarding the pandemic are widely debated, with studies continuing to contradict one another well into society’s recovery from the global crisis — especially in relation to vaccines. The bill states: “Misinformation’ means false information that is contradicted by contemporary scientific consensus contrary to the standard of care.”KUSI’s Paul Rudy was joined by Board-Certified Physician Dr. Jeff Barke to...

Sweden's Public Health Agency said on Friday (Sep 30) it was no longer recommending that children aged 12 to 17 get vaccinated against COVID-19, citing the "very low risk" for the group. The new recommendation will come into force on October 31. "The decision means that as of Nov 1, 2022 only children in certain vulnerable groups are recommended to get and thereby offered vaccinations against COVID-19," the agency said.

READ: Yearbooks prove Democrat Katie Hobbs had to know about the ‘Slave Day’ annual tradition at the school she attended in the 1980s. The 1987 yearbook (page 21) lists her as one of the Student Council officers who coordinated the ‘Slave Day’ events as part of ‘Spirit Week.’[...] – 1984 Yearbook: Page 4: “Among Spirit Week activities in ’83 were those spotlighting the Class of ’84 and the Class of ’87. Each freshman was required to wear a demeaning sign and to serve as a slave to a senior for a day. The tables were turned on Senior Slave Day,...

During his speech, US President Joseph Biden used one word to describe America. However, no one seems to know what it means, not even himself.

In A Powerful Testimony, Detransitioner Chloe Cole Spoke Out Against 'Gender-Affirming' Health Care Watch detransitioner Chloe Cole speak out against ‘gender-affirming’ health care at the Capitol. video is 7 minutes long

The man who survived a shooting by Kyle Rittenhouse that left two others dead during a Wisconsin protest in 2020 has filed a secret petition to change his legal name because of what he now says was continued harassment related to the case. Gaige Grosskreutz has called for an investigation by the Milwaukee County Clerk of Circuit Court on how the sealed petition was leaked to a conservative news outlet this week. Grosskreutz, 29, of West Allis, issued a statement after the petition became public. It said he has received death threats in the two years since he was shot...