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TEMECULA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California school board has voted to approve a social studies curriculum for elementary students, resolving a dispute with Gov. Gavin Newsom over lesson plans that mentioned the state’s first openly gay elected public official.

Country Music Television (CMT) has caved to the “woke” mob and pulled Jason Aldean’s music video for his new anti-crime hit song, “Try That in a Small Town,” from the air. The video has received more than 346,000 views on YouTube since its release. According to NBC: “Country Aircheck’s add chart on Monday showed the single having been added to 125 stations, which normally would augur for a major hit. (The highest number of stations reporting adds for any current hit is 156.) “It looks to be a major success, from that start, although not nearly as strong as Dan...

Two mayors in Oregon have now announced their resignations after evidence suggested they ridiculed LGBTQ and other woke issues in private social media posts. On Monday, Dean Sawyer resigned from his position as mayor of Newport, a city of about 10,000 residents along the Pacific Coast. Sawyer first joined the Newport city council in 2011 and was elected mayor in 2018. He won re-election in both 2020 and 2022. In addition to his political service, Sawyer also spent 30 years as a Newport police officer. In 2016, he joined a private Facebook group called "LE Only." To join the group...

Archdiocese of LA: Protests against anti-Catholic drag ‘nuns’ don’t have our ‘backing or approval’'We have decided to take a step back and hope for a dialogue with all relevant parties,' Bishop Gerald Wilkerson wrote to priests and deacons in a private memo.(LifeSiteNews) – “None” of the “various kinds of protests” of the Dodgers’ “Pride Night” honoring the anti-Catholic Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence “has the backing or approval of the Los Angeles Archdiocese,” according to an internal memo obtained by LifeSiteNews. The office of 83-year-old auxiliary bishop emeritus Gerald Wilkerson sent the memo distancing the diocese from the upcoming prayer rally,...

The Los Angeles Dodgers have reversed course on the controversial decision to disinvite a group of self-described queer and trans “nuns” from being honored at the team’s 10th annual Pride Night. “After much thoughtful feedback from our diverse communities, honest conversations within the Los Angeles Dodgers organization, and generous discussions with the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence … the Dodgers would like to offer our sincerest apologies,” the team said in a statement Monday afternoon after meeting with leaders of the group.

Our Rights DC, the group behind Saturday's "Trans Day of Vengeance" protest outside the Supreme Court, has announced that the event has been cancelled due to a "credible threat to life and safety." The event, which was originally scheduled for the "Transgender Day of Visibility," as designated by President Joe Biden, was widely criticized following Monday's mass shooting in Nashville in which trans-identified 28-year-old Audrey Hale murdered six people, including three children. "This action will not be taking place Saturday due to a credible threat to life and safety," Our Rights DC wrote on Twitter. "The safety of our trans...

The Cornell University Library has removed a bust of President Abraham Lincoln and a bronze plaque of the Gettysburg Address after reportedly receiving a complaint. Randy Wayne, a professor of biology at Cornell, said the library had removed the display, which had been there since 2013, after "someone complained," the College Fix reported . In a statement to the Washington Examiner, university spokeswoman Rebecca Valli said the bust of Lincoln "was part of a temporary exhibit on the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address" and that it had been on display from 2013-2021. With the display gone, only an empty...

Dave Chappelle’s show Wednesday night at the First Avenue theater in Minneapolis was canceled at the last minute following online backlash to the comedian’s stand-up act. The venue announced on social media, "The Dave Chappelle show tonight at First Avenue has been cancelled and is moving to the Varsity Theater. To staff, artists and our community, we hear you, and we are sorry. We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down. We are not just a black box with people in it, and we understand that First Ave is not just...

Some Wisconsinites may know cannibal sandwiches because they're a family tradition — or because of the warnings from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Cannibal sandwiches are a Midwest staple. Consisting of fresh raw beef on rye bread topped with chopped onion, and a sprinkle of salt and pepper, the dish makes some squirm and others lick their chops. Last December, the popular dish even gained international attention with a tweet from the Wisconsin Department of Health Services that warned against eating raw meat. But where did the tradition come from? Why is it so popular in Wisconsin?

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday told Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) that it’s too early to stop fighting to overturn the election after the longtime Kentucky senator congratulated Joe Biden following the Electoral College vote. “Mitch, 75,000,000 VOTES, a record for a sitting President (by a lot),” Trump wrote to McConnell, underscoring the amount of support he has from Americans. It’s “too soon to give up,” Trump continued. The “Republican Party must finally learn to fight,” he said. “People are angry!” The remarks were shared alongside a Daily Mail article about Republicans turning on McConnell after he made his...

[Catholic Caucus] Italian Government signs protocol with Church to allow the Mass as of May 18th On Monday, March 9, 2020, Italy woke up and found that the Mass had been canceled throughout the entire nation. I reported about this from the Vatican, that morning. It was clear that the decision came from the Vatican. It has been 2 months, that the Faithful were unjustly denied the Sacraments. The news today, however, changes little. Because in many Churches Communion was distributed under the present norms, described below.And nearly no Catholics went to Church, because they recognize that these measures are...

Bishops Warn Priests: No Sacrifices UK's main cathedral faces 'catastrophic' financial threat LONDON (ChurchMilitant) - Bishops in England and Wales are facing a mounting backlash after advising priests in new guidelines not to make sacrifices for victims of the Wuhan virus pandemic. "There is a Catholic tradition of such self-giving in times of infectious disease," the prelates admit in their guidelines, acknowledging "that those very few who make these sacrificial acts of love and charity for the spiritual good of others are to be respected and held in love."  Nevertheless, they reiterate emphatically: "We do not advise it, nor is it to be regarded as a...

[Catholic Caucus] New Hong Kong bishop to be announced within weeks Fr Peter Choy Wai-man is expected to be appointed as the new bishop Priests in the Diocese of Hong Kong are expecting the announcement of their new bishop within the next two weeks.“We have been told to expect an announcement within the next ten days or so,” a senior priest in Hong Kong told CNA on February 15. The priest confirmed that Rev. Peter Choy Wai-man is the expected appointee.“I think by the end of the month we should see something official,” the priest added.The Hong Kong diocese...

Trump and the Catholic Vote In 2016, Donald Trump, running alongside a Catholic turned Evangelical in Mike Pence, scooped up a majority of the Catholic vote. Hillary Clinton had added to her ticket nominally Catholic Tim Kaine, but that didn’t stop white Catholics from gravitating to Trump. Presumed opponent Joe Biden faces a similar problem. Trump remains popular with Mass-going white Catholics, who not only appreciate his strong stances in favor of religious freedom and a pro-life judiciary but also recognize that he has delivered to the country three-plus years of peace and prosperity.Biden, who has followed his party into...

Federal government is closing early because of threat of snow. It’s 43 degrees outside in the nation’s capitol now.

Hating on Sheen The Church of Nice lashes out. f you ever wanted to see just how "not nice" the Church of Nice can be, the case of it lashing out at Ven. Abp. Fulton Sheen is a prime example.  Late Tuesday, news broke that the beatification of the famed preacher-bishop was suddenly stopped dead in its tracks because of "the request of a few members of the Bishop's Conference who have asked for further consideration."  First, there is a great mystery surrounding the identity of the "bishops." Church Militant can report, from archdiocesan sources from Chicago, that Cdl. Blase Cupich is one of those bishops....

The Reno-Tahoe International Airport publicly apologized to Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren after she was pursued by Trump supporters yesterday through airport. A video posted by the Nevada GOP on social media shows protesters following Warren as she went through the public area of the airport. Republican protesters were chastising her, calling her “Pocahontas.” The group said that it was protesting attempts to impeach President Trump as Warren once again visited Northern Nevada on her campaign. (Warren is a senator; the impeachment process to date has been led by House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi.) Those actions violated airport rules, however,...

According to Head Coach Todd Bridge, “The administration, coaches and I believe playing Kelso would be detrimental to our team. Kelso isn’t just a good football squad, they’re a physical team and I promised our parents at the beginning of the season that my primary responsibilities is the safety and well being of their sons. Because we are in the foundational building stages here at Aberdeen football, playing Kelso tonight would damage our growth. Not only would we lose a handful of players prior to our league opener next week, I would lose the fragile trust of our parents.” Aberdeen...

[Catholic Caucus] U.S. hierarchy stop short of mandating lay involvement in bishop accountability BALTIMORE - After three days of intense debate over the role of the laity in overseeing bishops accused of abuse or its cover-up, the U.S. Catholic bishops voted to enact new standards for holding bishops accountable that include lay involvement, although stopped short of making it a mandatory requirement.