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April 8, 2024
Religion

READ: The Vatican Just Released a New Pronouncement on Gender Transitioning…

The Vatican released a new document on Monday denouncing gender-transition surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity akin to abortion and euthanasia. Dignitas Infinita, authored by the powerful Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, declares that “any sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception.” In addition, the declaration argues that “surrogacy violates the dignity of the child” as well as “the dignity of the woman.”

Approved by Pope Francis after five years of development and revisions, the declaration is seen as a reaffirmation of the Catholic Church’s doctrinal beliefs, which reject surrogacy and gender theory. Additionally, Dignitas Infinita — which translates to Infinite Dignity in English — reiterates the Church’s teaching that God-established biological differences exist between men and women.

Not every Catholic met the document’s release with praise, however. German transgender and nonbinary activist Mara Klein — who has been active in efforts by the German bishops to undermine Church social teachings — blasted the document, calling it “hurtful” and “ignorant.” Speaking with ABC News, Klein said: “The suggestion that gender-affirming health care — which has saved the lives of so many wonderful trans people and enabled them to live in harmony with their bodies, their communities, and (God) — might risk or diminish trans people’s dignity is not only hurtful but dangerously ignorant.”

Among another area of concern for human dignity singled out in Dignitas Infinita is “digital violence.” The Vatican declaration laments rising incidents of cyberbullying. It also condemns the internet as increasingly becoming “a channel for spreading pornography and the exploitation of persons for sexual purposes or through gambling.”

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The Vatican released a new document on Monday denouncing gender-transition surgery and surrogacy as grave violations of human dignity akin to abortion and euthanasia. Dignitas Infinita, authored by the powerful Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, declares that "any sex-change intervention, as a rule, risks threatening the unique dignity the person has received from the moment of conception." In addition, the declaration argues that "surrogacy violates the dignity of the child" as well as "the dignity of the woman." show more
April 8, 2024
William Upton
Immigration

The Astronomical Cost of Chicago’s Migrant Crisis Revealed.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson faces mounting criticism over the runaway costs of providing food, shelter, and medical care for illegal immigrants. According to figures released by the “New Arrivals Mission” website, the city has shelled out nearly $300 million on over 38,000 new migrants, with roughly 9,700 still in city shelters since 2022.

The lack of transparency and competitive bidding for city contracts appears to be partly responsible for the astronomical cost of the illegal immigration crisis in Chicago. Over 90 percent of the contracts the city has awarded have gone to just three vendors, raising concerns of mismanagement and corruption.

‘IT’S ANOTHER SLAP IN THE FACE.’

“First and foremost, spending $300 million on illegal immigrants is a slap in the face of all the law-abiding citizens,” Tio Hardiman, a community activist and head of Violence Interrupters, said in a recent interview with The Center Square. Hardiman continued: “Then the money is not really being totally accounted for, that’s another slap in the face because the taxpayers have no say on how their money is being spent. That’s the reason why the law-abiding citizens voted down [real estate transfer tax referendum] Bring Home Chicago.”

“That’s why if the citizens could have voted on whether Chicago would remain a sanctuary city, they would have voted it down,” he added.

ILLEGALS BENEFIT DEMOCRATS.

Hardiman, echoing the criticism leveled by many Chicagoans, said that Mayor Johnson could end Chicago’s sanctuary status with the stroke of a pen but won’t because it benefits him and the Democrat Party politically.

“It’s not political with the homeless people that are already here because a lot of homeless people may not vote, they may not get involved,” the Violence Interrupters head said, adding:  “So they figure you bring in illegal immigrants, you can get them to work and you can get them to vote. After two years, they become citizens because they already provide them a pathway to citizenship.”

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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson faces mounting criticism over the runaway costs of providing food, shelter, and medical care for illegal immigrants. According to figures released by the "New Arrivals Mission" website, the city has shelled out nearly $300 million on over 38,000 new migrants, with roughly 9,700 still in city shelters since 2022. show more
April 8, 2024
News

‘Disinfo’ Expert Tells People to Avoid Doing Their Own Research.

In a recent panel discussion with Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt about “trusting elections,” Beth Schwanke, Executive Director of the Pitt Disinformation Lab, told Pennsylvania voters not to do their own research and use only “trusted” sources.

“One thing everyone can do to make sure they are seeing accurate information is to use trusted sources,” Schwanke said. “So in elections that means using the Department of State, that means using your county elections office, it means using media organizations that follow, that adhere, to professional journalism standards like… your local NPR affiliate,” she continued.

“And it doesn’t mean you know, ‘doing your own research’ and just asking questions and sharing, you know, posts from — I don’t know, in my case, it’s Uncle Joe, right? It means being thoughtful about where your sources are coming from.”

Critics say Schwanke’s claims highlight the fact that sources are “trusted” only if they take a certain editorial line supported by the government and the Democratic Party. For example, NPR, which Schwanke names specifically, refused to cover the New York Post‘s Hunter Biden laptop story. Multiple “trusted” sources dismissed the story as “disinformation” and NPR Managing Editor Terence Samuels declared it as unworthy of coverage. The story turned out to be entirely accurate.

Schwanke’s insistence that voters trust the Department of State is also alarming. The Pennsylvania State Department recently announced its partnership with the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Multiple reports have revealed that CISA routinely engages in censorship of conservatives and other dissidents, including citizens who questioned the safety of mail-in-voting.

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In a recent panel discussion with Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt about "trusting elections," Beth Schwanke, Executive Director of the Pitt Disinformation Lab, told Pennsylvania voters not to do their own research and use only "trusted" sources. show more
April 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Election 2024
Media

How Fitting: Soros Pours Cash into ‘Crooked Media’ Amidst Major Broadcast Push.

Soros Fund Management, founded by nonagenarian plutocrat and convicted insider trader George Soros, is investing heavily in radio and podcasting as his empire passes into the hands of his White House-linked son, Alex Soros.

Sources who have “been involved in discussions with Soros executives” have revealed the 93-year-old globalist may be preparing the ground for a major “audio buying spree,” having already invested millions in the industry since 2022.

These investments include backing a firm involved in the 2022 takeover of 18 Hispanic radio stations, including Cuban conservative stations in Miami, which Democrat operatives will now oversee. Also in 2022, Soros invested an “undisclosed sum” in podcasting network ‘Crooked Media,’ which hosts the Pod Save America show — a significant player in leftist media, fronted by Barack Obama staffers and boasting around 1.5 million listeners per episode.

This year, Soros Fund Management became the number one shareholder of Audacy, which, with over 230 stations, is the second-largest radio broadcaster in the United States and also runs a podcasting arm.

One of several podcasting companies Soros is looking to buy into is Lemonada, which recently signed divorced actress turned problem royal Meghan Markle.

Semafor, the globalist media outlet that reported the mooted “buying spree,” noted it could impact the U.S. election in November and suggested conservative radio hosts may feel unable to “second-guess” potentially fraudulent results.

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Soros Fund Management, founded by nonagenarian plutocrat and convicted insider trader George Soros, is investing heavily in radio and podcasting as his empire passes into the hands of his White House-linked son, Alex Soros. show more
April 8, 2024
Election 2024
News

Biden ‘Soiled’ White House Resolute Desk, Says Trump.

Former President Donald Trump told donors that the aging Joe Biden, noted for his physical impairment and memory lapses, may have “literally” soiled the famous Resolute Desk in the White House’s Oval Office.

Trump’s remarks came during a Saturday evening fundraiser in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump criticized President Joe Biden’s border policy and commented on further poor decision-making in the Oval Office, specifically referring to the historically significant Resolute Desk.

“The Resolute Desk is beautiful,” said Trump. “Ronald Reagan used it, others used it. And [Biden’s] using it. I might not use it the next time. It’s been soiled. And I mean that literally, which is sad,” Trump continued.

The Resolute Desk was a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 and was made from the timbers of the British Arctic exploration ship HMS Resolute. It has been used by many U.S. presidents in the Oval Office, symbolizing the close relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom.

While Trump’s remarks were likely in jest — “The attendee who witnessed the moment said that dinner guests laughed,” reported The New York Times — some mainstream media organizations have sought to depict Trump’s joke as a “baseless” lie. The Independent, for example, reported that “Trump wildly claims Biden ‘soiled’ himself on White House Resolute desk in latest baseless rant.”

Earlier this year, the Trump campaign released a video mocking Biden’s age-addled body and mind, joking that the octogenarian is enjoying “White House senior living.” Biden’s frailty and cognitive impairment have become an increasing concern for Democrats heading into the 2024 election.

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Former President Donald Trump told donors that the aging Joe Biden, noted for his physical impairment and memory lapses, may have "literally" soiled the famous Resolute Desk in the White House's Oval Office. show more
April 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
War
World

Zelensky Admits Ukraine is Losing.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that “Ukraine will lose” if the U.S. Congress does not provide him with more aid. The statement necessarily implies the country is on the back foot in its war against Russia, following Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” that began in February 2022.

“It is necessary to specifically tell Congress that if Congress does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war,” Zelensky said bluntly on Sunday, claiming that if his forces are defeated, “other states will be attacked.”

The Ukrainian leader’s call for more aid comes as Maksym Zhorin, deputy commander of Zelensky’s 3rd Assault Brigade, has told the Western press the Ukrainian military is now strained to breaking point, with Russian forces continuing to advance following their successful capture of the fortress town of Avdeyevka.

“The average Ukrainian infantryman is tired, exhausted by the dynamics of war, and by the events that have transpired. They are almost faint. Unfortunately, that is the truth,” Zhorin said.

He added that he did not believe Zelensky’s moves to lower the conscription age from 27 to 25 would be enough to address the country’s manpower shortages and that younger Ukrainians would have to be drafted.

“I would decrease the age further. As difficult as this is to say, young people must fight,” he said.

“It is too difficult to keep the older soldiers motivated and they often have chronic health issues. Young people are more motivated, more energetic, and more willing to fight.”

The average age of a Ukrainian soldier is currently 43.

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President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted that "Ukraine will lose" if the U.S. Congress does not provide him with more aid. The statement necessarily implies the country is on the back foot in its war against Russia, following Vladimir Putin's "special military operation" that began in February 2022. show more
islam uk
April 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Immigration
UK

Near 50% of UK Muslims Declare Sympathy With Hamas.

Research by the Henry Jackson Society has revealed only one in four British Muslims believe it is definitively true that Hamas perpetrated acts of murder and rape during their attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. British Muslims seem to be more sympathetic to Hamas the younger and better educated they are, with 40 percent of the university-educated and 47 percent of 18-24-year-olds dismissing the notion Hamas committed atrocities.

Forty-six percent of British Muslims declared outright sympathy with Hamas — with the same proportion saying Jews have too much power over government policy.

The survey also found that an alarming proportion of British Muslims hold Islamist views generally. Fifty-two percent believe displaying images of Mohammed, the Islamic prophet, should be criminalized, while 32 percent wish to see Sharia law implemented in the United Kingdom.

With the Muslim population of Britain officially numbering four million — greater than the total populations of Wales or Northern Ireland — the findings suggest the country has failed to integrate many hundreds of thousands of Muslims.

“What is probably going wrong is an unwillingness to tackle this kind of extremism for fear of being labeled Islamophobic or racist,” suggested Henry Jackson Society executive director Alan Mendoza.

Prevent, the official British counter-terrorism program has become increasingly obsessed with the “far right,” dealing with significantly more referrals for the “Extreme Right Wing” than for Islamism despite the vast majority of terror plots detected by the authorities being Islamist.

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Research by the Henry Jackson Society has revealed only one in four British Muslims believe it is definitively true that Hamas perpetrated acts of murder and rape during their attack on Israel on October 7, 2023. British Muslims seem to be more sympathetic to Hamas the younger and better educated they are, with 40 percent of the university-educated and 47 percent of 18-24-year-olds dismissing the notion Hamas committed atrocities. show more
April 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Media
UK

REVEALED: WaPo Journo Who Celebrates Hamas Lives as Asylum Seeker in London.

Hajar Harb, a Palestinian journalist and Washington Post contributor who appeared to post messages celebrating the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel and mocking their victims, lives in London, England, as an asylum seeker. Harb was outed by the Campaign for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) for the posts, which have now been deleted.

The images include a picture of Hamas jihadists bursting into an Israeli building captioned, “Now we can truly say good morning,” another picture of jihadists infiltrating an Israeli city titled, “Enjoy your view,” and photos of an elderly Israeli woman and an Israeli woman with her young children, with captions appearing to mock them.

Harb also posted the number ‘600’ picked out in flowers when that appeared to be the Israeli death toll — it later rose to around 1,200 — with Arabic captions said to suggest she found the number “beautiful” or “sweet.”

It now emerges Harb herself fled from Hamas to the UK in 2019 after reporting that its health ministry in Gaza — responsible for the casualty counts emerging from the territory — was falsifying medical reports in exchange for cash. She was later given leave to remain.

London has become a haven for many Hamas sympathizers and even members, including Muhammad Qassem Sawalha — who is wanted by the Israeli government for helping command the terror organization in the West Bank.

Swalha lives in a substantial two-story property with its own garden and garage, originally provided by the state and eventually purchased by him with a £112,000 ($141,300) government discount.

The Washington Post says it is investigating Harb’s posts.

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Hajar Harb, a Palestinian journalist and Washington Post contributor who appeared to post messages celebrating the October 7 Hamas terror attacks on Israel and mocking their victims, lives in London, England, as an asylum seeker. Harb was outed by the Campaign for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) for the posts, which have now been deleted. show more
April 8, 2024
Jack Montgomery
Culture
Immigration

WATCH: Muslims Chant ‘Death to America!’ at Michigan Rally as Feds Continue Crackdown on ‘MAGA Extremism.’

Demonstrators in the Muslim stronghold of Dearborn, Michigan, chanted anti-America and anti-Israel slogans during a speech by Islamist activist Tarek Bazzi at a Quds Day rally. Quds Day, which takes its name from the Arabic name for Jerusalem, was instituted by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran in 1979 and is held on the last day of Ramadan each year.

Tensions were high during the Quds Day rally in Dearborn, with Bazzi, tied to the Hadi Institute, declaring it is “not just Genocide Joe that has to go” — a reference to Joe Biden, accused of facilitating Israel’s war in Gaza — but “the entire system.”

“Any system that would allow such atrocities and such devilry to happen and would support it, such a system does not deserve to exist on God’s Earth,” he added.

At another point in his speech, he said, “Imam Khomeini, who declared the International Al-Quds Day, this is why he would say to pour all of your chants and all of your shouts upon the head of America.”

“Death to America!” the crowd chanted.

Bazzi was still more explicit in his attacks, saying: “[W]hen these fools ask us if Israel has the right to exist, the chant ‘Death to Israel!’ has become the most logical chant shouted across the world today!”

This also prompted chants of “Death to Israel!”

Bazzi also had a small child take to the microphone to shout “Free, Free Palestine” and “From the River to the Sea,” widely recognized as a call for the destruction of Israel across its entire geographical extent, from the River Jordan to the Mediterranean Sea.

Meanwhile, Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has doubled down on its persecution of MAGA-supporting Americans, recently prosecuting 71-year-old great-grandmother Rebecca Lavrenz for praying inside the U.S. Capitol. The Biden White House continues its outreach to Arab and Muslim Americans such as those depicted in the video below, many of whom have received direct outreach from the White House.

WATCH:

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Demonstrators in the Muslim stronghold of Dearborn, Michigan, chanted anti-America and anti-Israel slogans during a speech by Islamist activist Tarek Bazzi at a Quds Day rally. Quds Day, which takes its name from the Arabic name for Jerusalem, was instituted by Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of Iran in 1979 and is held on the last day of Ramadan each year. show more

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World

EU Plans Mass Surveillance of Private Chats.

The European Union is attempting to implement the mass surveillance of private chats online under the guise of combating child sexual abuse.

The full text of the “Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down rules to prevent and combat child sexual abuse” contains provisions opponents are calling “chat control,” permitting EU authorities to engage in “bulk chat searches” of so-called “high-risk services.” Opponents say this effectively grants the EU carte blanche to access citizens’ private online communications.

“Limiting bulk chat searches to ‘high-risk services’ is meaningless because every communication service is misused also for sharing illegal images and therefore has an imminently high risk of abuse,” said German MEP Patrick Breyer.

“As the Council’s legal service has confirmed, the latest move does not change the nature of detection orders. Millions of private chats and private photos of law-abiding citizens are to be searched and leaked using flawed technology, without them being even remotely connected to child sexual abuse – this destroys our digital privacy of correspondence,” Beyer explained. “Despite lip service being paid to encryption, client-side scanning is to be used to undermine previously secure end-to-end encryption in order to turn our smartphones into spies.”

Confirmation of the EU’s “chat control” plans comes as the bloc is preparing to engage in the mass censorship of its citizens in the run-up to the upcoming European elections.

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The European Union is attempting to implement the mass surveillance of private chats online under the guise of combating child sexual abuse. show more