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Some of Hollywood’s most vile left-wing figures wasted no time on Friday to mock and even cheer the death of billionaire philanthropist David Koch, with some hoping that his brother, Charles, also meets his demise. Actress Alyssa Milano saw her left-wing peers cheering Koch’s death as a bad look for Democrats, saying “Celebrating a man’s death while fighting to abolish the death penalty is a bad look for democrats/humans.” Nevertheless, the Hollywood hate came rushing in mere minutes after news of the Republican mega-donor’s death. Actor Ron Perlman’s pithy insult went thus, “Wishing the Koch brothers a speedy reunion.”

Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople called upon Greek Orthodox Christians to return to Turkey in his homily delivered on the feast of Dormition while visiting his native Imbros Island. “Return home to the home of your ancestors. Many have already done so,” he said, calling upon the descendants of the Greeks who were expelled from Turkey in the 1920s, reports kathpress, the Austrian Catholic press agency. The entirely Greek-populated Imbros was given to Turkey by the 1923 Lausanne Treaty, and was guaranteed a special autonomous administrative status, thereby excluding it from the population exchange between Greece and Turkey. However, the treaty...

Jesuit superior general wants Church to continue on current trajectoryVATICAN CITY (ChurchMilitant.com) - The head of the Jesuits, who recently denied the existence of the devil as a person, thinks there is a plan that originated in the United States to force Pope Francis to resign. Father Arturo Sosa Abascal, the current superior general of the Society of Jesus, recently said in a speech that forces inside and outside the Vatican are trying to force Pope Francis to resign so that a new pope can move the Church in a different direction: There are people inside and outside the Church...

A Native American activist and citizen of Cherokee Nation slammed Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) in a Huffington Post op-ed Friday, calling on her to “tell the truth” about her ancestors’ interactions with indigenous tribes — alleging that her maiden family, the Crawfords, were “white squatters” on Cherokee land. Author Rebecca Nagle penned a post titled “Elizabeth Warren Has Spent Her Adult Life Repeating A Lie.” I Want Her To Tell The Truth.” Nagle said she was unmoved by the apology Warren issued at the Native American Presidential Forum Monday, where the Massachusetts senator admitted she made a “mistake” but did...

Group Met August 21-22 in VaticanA meeting of the Viet Nam – Holy See Working Group was held on August 21-22, 2019 in the Vatican City State. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Mr. To Anh Dung, Head of the Vietnamese delegation, and Under-Secretary for Relations with States, Mgr Antoine Camilleri, Head of the Holy See delegation, co-chaired the meeting. The two delegations had in-depth discussions on Viet Nam – Holy See relations, including on matters related to the Catholic Church in Viet Nam. The two sides noted with satisfaction the positive developments in the bilateral relations in recent years,...

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Maryland technology services provider TEKsystems is leasing space at The 42, creating as many as many as 145 jobs in downtown Milwaukee. The Hanover, Maryland-based company announced this week it is expanding into Milwaukee in leasing 15,300 square feet at The 42, a former Pabst Brewing Co. warehouse converted into a mixed-use building. The space will be a new recruiting center for the company, which sees a strong demand for IT talent in the area. The office is slated to open in late September or early October, and hiring is already underway for the 130-145 new employees whose job will...

Bishop Malone was accused Aug. 6 by Marie Bojanowski, the mother of a Buffalo seminarian, of allowing a priest, Father Jeffrey Nowak, to remain in ministry despite allegations that he had violated the sacramental seal, groomed and sexually harassed her son, and abused minors.BUFFALO, N.Y. — Amid a media firestorm and a small protest Sunday, the Diocese of Buffalo disputed allegations made in a letter published by a recently resigned seminarian. “Earlier today, while many Catholics were attending Sunday Mass, three individuals chose to gather in front of St. Stanislaus Church and Bishop Malone’s residence. These individuals were within their...

Far from being the work of a single political party, intelligence agency or country, the power structure revealed by the network connected to Epstein is nothing less than a criminal enterprise that is willing to use and abuse children in the pursuit of ever more power, wealth and control. On August 10th, and for several days after, speculation swirled after it was announced that Jeffrey Epstein had been found dead in his cell. His cause of death has officially been ruled suicide by hanging. Epstein, the billionaire pedophile and sex trafficker with a myriad of connections to the rich and...

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) is expected to mount a primary challenge to President Trump, after discovering newfound Twitter fame as an ardent defender-turned-critic of the administration. The big picture: Walsh wouldn't be Trump's only primary challenger, as former Gov. Bill Weld (R-Mass.) has already launched a long-shot bid. But the Tea Party Republican would likely offer a different approach to the more traditional Weld, having created a brand for himself as a conservative activist unafraid to ruffle feathers. That has led Walsh to his fair share of controversy, including allegations of racist statements. Here's a look at a few...

Prince Andrew is facing claims that he has had more than 1,000 lovers in more lurid allegations following the suicide of Jeffrey Epstein. According to the Sun, close friends say sex is 'a big thing' in Prince Andrew's life, though they insisted that he is 'not into young girls'. The Duke of York has faced intense scrutiny in recent weeks after his close relationship with billionaire paedophile Epstein was revealed, with photos showing him with his arm around the waist of the disgraced financier's 'sex slave' Virginia Roberts, then aged 17. However, Andrew, according to the friend, is just into...

"James D. Schultz is a CNN legal commentator and chair of the Government and Regulatory practice at Philadelphia-based law firm Cozen O'Connor. He served as senior associate counsel and special assistant to the president in the Office of White House Counsel during the Trump administration. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own." Perspectives james d. schultz For years, and through multiple presidential administrations — Clinton, Bush and Obama — the United States has naively looked the other way while China cheated its way to an unfair advantage in the international trade market. It took a long time to...

Tens of millions of black Africans were forcibly removed from their homelands from the 16th century to the 19th century to toil on the plantations and farms of the New World. This so-called “Middle Passage” accounted for one of the greatest forced migrations of people in human history, as well as one of the greatest tragedies the world has ever witnessed. Millions of these helpless Africans washed ashore in Brazil -- indeed, in the present-day, roughly one-half of the Brazilian population trace their lineage directly to Africa. African culture has imbued Brazil permanently and profoundly, in terms of music, dance,...

A new study that examined students who claim to have gender identity issues found that, compared with 45 percent of students who are comfortable with their biological sex, 78 percent of gender-disturbed students met the criteria for at least one mental health problem. Researchers affiliated with the Boston University School of Public Health, Harvard Medical School, and University of Michigan School of Public Health, conducted the expansive study, published at the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.The study, which included more than 1,200 college students with gender identity issues across 71 U.S. college campuses, found that, across commonly used mental health measures, 78 percent...

New York Times editor Tom Wright-Piersanti, under fire for racist and antisemitic tweets, also had some choice words for the product his current employer publishes, as a series of more controversial tweets before he went to work at the Times reveals. The New York Post has uncovered tweets demonstrating that Wright-Piersanti, while employed at Newark’s Star-Ledger newspaper in New Jersey a decade ago, had a particular fondness for the use of the word “douche.” “Wright-Piersanti’s Twitter page suggests he adores the word ‘douche,’ which crops up more than a dozen times,” the New York Post‘s Keith Kelly wrote Thursday evening....

Eve Gill (Jane Wyman), an aspiring actress, is interrupted in rehearsal by her friend, actor Jonathan Cooper (Richard Todd), the secret lover of stage actress/singer Charlotte Inwood (Marlene Dietrich). Via a flashback, he says Charlotte visited him after killing her husband; she was wearing a bloodstained dress. Jonathan claims he went back to her house to fetch her another dress, but was seen by Nellie Goode (Kay Walsh), Charlotte's cockney maid/dresser. He escaped the police and needs help. Eve bribes Nellie to tell Charlotte she is ill and to introduce her as her cousin, "Doris Tinsdale" as a replacement. Using...

“Republican politics are returning America to a past where only the wealthy have access to safe, legal abortion,” bemoaned lefty rag Vanity Fair in an article on Wednesday highlighting the pricey abortion concierge services available to the rich. Author Caitlin Moscatello touted VIP abortions at private clinics and MedSpas that have ritzy waiting rooms with glass chandeliers for those who want “care that’s quick, private, and exclusive.” Often for celebrities, public figures, and the wealthy or their partners, these abortion spas offer a la carte menu upgrade options for purchase, with one “Ultimate VIP” abortion package costing $10,000 for benefits...

Australia Bishops: overcoming fear toward migrants and refugees The Catholic Church in Australia is celebrating the Week of Migrants and Refugees, from 19 to 25 August. Fear, the bishops say, deprives us of an opportunity to encounter the Lord in others. By Vatican NewsThe message for the occasion is signed by the Delegate of the Australian Bishops for Migrants and Refugees, Bishop Max Davis. In it, he recalls the theme of Pope Francis’ message for the World Day of Migrants and Refugees which will be celebrated on September 29, on the theme: "It is not just about migrants”.

Imagine if Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or Rashida Tlaib got to single-handedly veto sovereignty legislation dating back to the 1880s just like a president could veto a new bill passed by Congress this session. Imagine if they could unilaterally abolish ICE and declare open borders, except, unlike a president, they wouldn’t have to stand for re-election. Well, that is exactly the situation this week with a single federal judge. Thanks to Republicans agreeing to the notion that judges – even lower court judges – have direct veto power over legislation, a foundational immigration law has just been “vetoed.” KCUR-FM reports that on...

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been treated for pancreatic cancer in New York City, the Supreme Court announced Friday. While the court said Ginsburg's tumor "was treated definitively and there is no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body," and no further treatment was needed, pancreatic cancer remains a serious diagnosis for the 86-year-old liberal icon. Pancreatic cancer was the third-leading cause of death from cancer in the United States in 2018, after lung and colorectal cancers, according to the National Cancer Institute. About 95% of people with pancreatic cancer die from it, experts say. It's so lethal because during...