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November 9, 2023
Jake Welch
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Catholic Church Allows Trannies To Be Baptized.

The Vatican announced that transgender people can be baptized in the Catholic Church, witnesses at religious weddings, and become godparents on Wednesday, representing the continued liberalization of the Christian denomination under Pope Francis‘s premiership.

The decision, approved by the Pontiff on October 31, was announced in response to six questions sent to the Vatican by Brazilian Bishop Jose Negri of Santo Amaro, who sought clarification regarding LGBT involvement in the church.

“A transgender person, even if they have undergone hormone therapy and sex-reassignment surgery, can receive baptism under the same conditions as other faithful, if there are no situations in which there is a risk of generating a public scandal or disorientation among the faithful,” the Vatican stated.

However, priests may refuse to baptize a transgender person if “there is a danger of scandal, undue legitimisation or disorientation in the educational sphere of the church community.”

The church also now permits gay people to be witnesses at Catholic weddings but does not allow them to be godparents to baptized children.

The announcement comes soon after Pope Francis suggested he was open to blessing same-sex relationships on a case-by-case basis last month.

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A Stunning Left-Wing Coup Just Took Another WILD Turn.

Following the UK Labour Party’s stunning losses in last week’s local elections, a one-time ally of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has now resigned his parliamentary seat to allow for Manchester’s popular Mayor, Andy Burnham, to re-enter Parliament and challenge for leadership.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Labour MP Josh Simons has announced his resignation from the Makerfield seat, allowing Greater Manchester Mayor and Labour Party favorite Andy Burnham to contest a by-election (special election). The move is an underhanded tactical step to allow Burnham, who left Parliament almost a decade ago, to re-enter the House of Commons and position himself for a leadership challenge within the Labour Party. Simons was believed to be an ally of Starmer until his skullduggery today. The Labour Party won the Makerfield seat with a 5,400-vote majority in 2024. Nigel Farage’s Reform UK came second, with all other parties trailing far behind.
📺 DETAIL: In his statement, Simons expressed his belief in the need for “urgent, radical, courageous reform” within Labour, citing Burnham as the leader to drive such change. Simons’s resignation came in the midst of Labour tensions highlighted by Health Secretary Wes Streeting’s resignation earlier today. Furthermore, Burnham’s candidacy must be approved by the Labour Party’s National Executive Committee (NEC), which previously blocked Burnham’s path back into the Commons at the Prime Minister’s behest.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “I am standing aside so that Andy Burnham can return to his home, fight to re-enter Parliament, and if elected, drive the change our country is crying out for.” – Josh Simons
🎯 UNDERSTAND MORE: Sir Keir Starmer is clinging on by a thread as Prime Minister, especially given the drubbing Nigel Farage’s Reform UK delivered in the nation’s local elections last week. Now, with 91 of his 402 MPs calling for his resignation, he tried to fend off leadership challenges from a number of candidates this week, delivering a speech which fell flat nationally, and within his party. Kemi Badenoch’s “Conservative” Party – which just did a deal with the far-left Green Party in another part of the country in order to keep the Reform UK party out of power – could end up keeping Labour in power if they insist on fielding a candidate in the Makerfield special election.

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Following the UK Labour Party's stunning losses in last week's local elections, a one-time ally of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has now resigned his parliamentary seat to allow for Manchester's popular Mayor, Andy Burnham, to re-enter Parliament and challenge for leadership.

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21 minutes ago
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World

DATA: Number of Americans Who Consider Israel an Ally is Cratering.

A new survey shows a sharp decline in American voters’ perception of Israel, with increasingly negative attitudes cutting across party lines.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Only one-third of American voters consider Israel an ally to the United States, according to a new survey.
📺 DETAIL: According to a Napolitan News Service survey of 1,000 Registered Voters, conducted from May 11-12, only 33 percent of U.S. voters now consider Israel an ally, a decline of 25 points since March, shortly after the start of the Iran war at the end of February. The share of U.S. voters who consider Israel an enemy has risen to 21 percent. Furthermore, 26 percent view Israel as neither an ally nor an enemy, with another 20 percent are unsure. While Democrats are more likely than Republicans to see Israel as an enemy, support for Israel among both parties has plummeted. Only 20 percent of Democrats view Israel as an ally, representing a 27-point drop since March, while 49 percent of Republicans view Israel as an ally, representing a decline of 21 points.
🎯 IMPACT: The survey confirms the widespread sense that Israel is rapidly losing the support of the American public. It comes alongside a broader shift in which countries Americans view as allies and enemies. Notably, while attitudes remain unfavorable towards Iran and Russia, fewer Americans now regard the countries as enemies. The share of American voters who regard Iran as an enemy dropped by 16 points since the start of the year. During the same period, the share of voters who view Russia as an enemy fell by 17 points. This shift in attitudes could have significant implications for U.S. foreign policy and domestic political discourse. The Iran war has proven divisive, with opposition cutting across party lines in unorthodox ways. Israel has routinely come under fire for viral social media posts of Israeli soldiers destroying Christian symbols and sites in Lebanon, as well as for attacks on Christians in Jerusalem. Israel is also seen as wanting to prolong the war in the Middle East, angering U.S. voters with non-interventionist views.

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1 hour ago
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News

Police to Target Tommy Robinson Rally with Facial Recognition Tech, But Not Parallel Pro-Palestinian March.

London’s Metropolitan Police will use live facial recognition technology against a Tommy Robinson rally in London, but not a pro-Palestinian march on the same day.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: London’s Metropolitan Police will use live facial recognition (LFR) technology against Tommy Robinson’s Unite the Kingdom rally in central London on Saturday, marking the first use of LFR at a protest. However, a pro-Palestinian march the same day will escape similar scrutiny.
📰 DETAIL: Police said the operation, involving roughly 4,000 officers, armored vehicles, helicopters, mounted units, and riot gear, is expected to be one of the largest public-order deployments in recent years as up to 80,000 demonstrators gather at the same time as soccer’s FA Cup final in London. Authorities have stated that the facial recognition system will be used to identify individuals on police watchlists, citing intelligence about potential threats to public safety. Critics, including Reform Party leader Nigel Farage, have argued the selective use of facial recognition against only one protest will increase the perception of “two-tier policing” in Britain. The government has also barred seven foreign politicians and activists from entering Britain to attend the Unite the Kingdom demonstrations, prompting many to complain that it is taking a far sterner immigration stance against pro-Western visitors than against foreign anti-white extremists.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “The Unite the Kingdom rally on Saturday should be treated no differently to the pro-Palestinian march on the same day. The fact that two-tier justice is being applied against patriotic Brits is disgraceful.” – Nigel Farage.
🎯 IMPACT: The use of LFR against the Unite the Kingdom rally has renewed criticism of Britain’s two-tier policing and justice system, which has often taken a hands-off approach towards disorderly Black Lives Matter, Islamic, and far-left demonstrations, while aggressively confronting and prosecuting protesters perceived as “far right.”

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2 hours ago
News
War

Xi Threatens Trump With ‘Clashes and Even Conflicts’ Over Taiwan During State Visit.

Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President Donald J. Trump that Taiwan is the central issue between China and the U.S., and that there could be conflict between the two if it is not “handled properly.”

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Chinese President Xi Jinping warned President  Donald J. Trump, who is currently in China for a state visit, of potential “clashes and even conflicts” over Taiwan, if policy concerning the island is not “handled properly.” Taiwan is claimed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) regime, despite the fact that it has never controlled it, and the U.S. officially recognizes that the island is part of China, although in practice it recognizes its de facto independence and provides extensive unofficial support.
📰 DETAIL: The U.S. aimed to use the meeting between Xi and Trump on Thursday to stabilize the U.S.-China trading relationship and discuss a potential role for Beijing in ending the war in Iran, which is a major supplier of oil to China. The Chinese side stressed in their summary of the meeting that, from Beijing’s perspective, “the Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations.” Notably, the White House did not mention Taiwan in its own summary of the meeting, instead stressing the importance of opening the Strait of Hormuz, improving American access to the Chinese market, and increasing Chinese investment in America.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “[T]he Taiwan question is the most important issue in China-U.S. relations. If it is handled properly, the bilateral relationship will enjoy overall stability. Otherwise, the two countries will have clashes and even conflicts, putting the entire relationship in great jeopardy.” – Xi Jinping
🎯 IMPACT: The CCP’s allusions to “clashes and even conflicts” with the U.S. over Taiwan underscore its determination to take control of the island, even at the risk of a military confrontation with the United States. Admiral John Aquilino, then-Commander of the Indo-Pacific Command, told the House Armed Services Committee in March 2024 that “All indications point to the PLA (People’s Liberation Army) meeting President Xi Jinping’s directive to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027.”

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3 hours ago
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Brigitte Macron Slapped French Prez Over Flirty Texts with Iranian Actress, Book Claims.

A new book claims French President Emmanuel Macron was slapped by his wife, Brigitte, during a foreign trip because she found a message from an Iranian actress on his phone.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: A new book claims that French First Lady Brigitte Macron delivered a two-handed slap to French President Emmanuel Macron on a foreign trip in May 2025 because she found a message from Iranian-born actress Golshifteh Farahani on his phone.
📺 DETAIL: The incident was caught on camera as the Macrons were about to disembark a plane in Hanoi, Vietnam, fueling international speculation about the motive Mrs. Macron’s attack. Journalist Florian Tardif, author of the book An (Almost) Perfect Couple, claimed in a May 13 interview that tensions rose on the flight after Mrs. Macron, 73, read messages between her husband and Farahani, 42, which allegedly included President Macron calling her “very pretty.” Farahani has denied any relationship with President Macron, and a representative for Mrs. Macron has denied that she checks her husband’s phone.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Brigitte Macron categorically denied this account… specifying that she never looks at her husband’s mobile phone,” a representative for Mrs. Macron told French newspaper Le Parisien.
🎯 IMPACT: The allegations have reignited speculation about the Macrons’ personal lives. Notably, the pair became romantically involved when she was a married teacher aged around 40 and he was a 15-year-old boy at her school. However, President Macron has long been dogged by rumors that he is homosexual, with unsubstantiated allegations of same-sex affairs with a former bodyguard and former Radio France president Mathieu Gallet.

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4 hours ago
News

UK ‘Conservatives’ Cut Dirty Deal With Far-Left Greens to Keep Farage’s Reform Out of Power.

A coalition of Conservatives, Greens, Liberal Democrats, and independents has ousted Reform UK from leadership in Worcestershire County Council, citing instability under its administration.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Reform UK has lost control of Worcestershire County Council after a coalition of Conservatives, Greens, Liberal Democrats, and independents formed an unholy, power-sharing alliance. The coalition removed Reform’s leadership, which had been in power for 12 months. Reform UK recently won nearly 1500 council seats around the country, in a democratic mandate now being assailed by the other parties.
📺 DETAIL: Green Party councillor Matt Jenkins, a “social justice” warrior who blogs about climate change, has been appointed as the new council leader with the help of Britain’s Conservative Party.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “After bankrupting Worcestershire County Council when they were in charge, the Tories have now inflicted on local residents a radical outfit that wants an amnesty for all illegal migrants and the blanket legalization of every drug.” – Richard Tice, Deputy Reform UK leader.
🎯 IMPACT: The coalition claims it wants to stabilize the council and address financial challenges without cutting essential services. In reality, the council has been spending far more than it can take in from local taxpayers, with the bulk of its spending going on “Adult Social Care, Public Health and Communities,” which includes elderly and disability care, healthcare, and local services like libraries, archives, and community cohesion efforts.
📺 FLASHBACK: Reform UK took control of the council after last year’s local elections but has struggled to maintain stability, with internal disputes and financial crises due to previous council mismanagement.

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4 hours ago
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UK PM Starmer Faces Leadership Challenge After Health Secretary Resigns.

British Health Secretary Wes Streeting has stepped down from Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s government and called for a leadership contest following heavy election losses for the governing Labour Party last week.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer’s now-former Health Secretary, Wes Streeting, resigned from Cabinet on Thursday, criticizing the premier’s leadership of Britain’s governing Labour Party, citing “drift” and a lack of vision. His resignation follows Labour’s poor performance in local and regional elections across England, Scotland, and Wales last week, which saw the party lose heavily to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party and, to a lesser extent, the far-left Green Party.
📺 DETAIL: In his resignation letter, Streeting stated that Labour’s leadership under Starmer has a “vacuum” in place of vision, and criticized the Prime Minister for failing to take genuine responsibility for the party’s crashing popularity. “Leaders take responsibility, but too often that has meant other people falling on their swords,” he wrote. Several junior government ministers and ministerial aides had already resigned over recent days, but Streeting is the first Cabinet-level departure, and widely reported to be preparing a leadership challenge.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Last week’s election results were unprecedented – both in terms of the scale of the defeat and the consequences of that failure. For the first time in our country’s history, nationalists are in power in every corner of the United Kingdom – including a dangerous English nationalism represented by Nigel Farage and Reform UK… It is now clear that you will not lead the Labour Party into the next general election and that Labour MPs and Labour Unions want the debate about what comes next to be a battle of ideas, not of personalities or petty factionalism. It needs to be broad, and it needs the best possible field of candidates. I support that approach and I hope that you will facilitate this.” – Wes Streeting
🎯 IMPACT: Streeting’s resignation likely precedes a leadership contest, with former Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner, Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, and others emerging as potential candidates. However, Labour remains divided, with no clear successor and questions about whether Streeting himself has enough support to mount a leadership challenge. Over 80 Labour MPs have signed a letter calling on Starmer to resign, which would meet the threshold to trigger a contest, but only if they back a specific challenger. Notably, British prime ministers can be replaced between elections at any time if they can no longer command a majority in the House of Commons. In practice, this generally means the support of the largest party.

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18 hours ago
Crime
Immigration

Illegals Face Execution for Shooting Pregnant Teen, Killing Unborn Baby.

Two illegal immigrants in Texas face capital murder charges for shooting a pregnant 17-year-old and killing her unborn child.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Two illegal immigrants, Yeremy Alexander Zapata Aleman, 17, and Keyner Ariel Calero Jiron, 20, from Honduras and Nicaragua, respectively, have been charged with capital murder after allegedly shooting a pregnant 17-year-old in Dallas, Texas. The victim’s unborn child died as a result of the shooting, which occurred after a verbal altercation at a 7-Eleven parking lot escalated into a drive-by attack.
📍 WHEN & WHERE: The drive-by took place on May 3 at around 12:40 AM in Dallas, Texas.
📺 DETAIL: According to reports, the suspects followed the victim and another person after a confrontation at the parking lot. Shots were fired from the suspects’ vehicle, hitting the pregnant teen and her unborn baby. Police later pursued Calero Jiron, who crashed his vehicle, leading to his arrest. Cocaine, MDMA, and illegal firearms were reportedly found in the car. The victim, 22 weeks pregnant, underwent an emergency cesarean section, but her child did not survive.
🎯 IMPACT: If convicted, the suspects could face the death penalty under Texas law. The case highlights ongoing concerns about violent crimes involving illegal immigrants and has reignited calls for the Trump administration to deliver mass deportations.
📈 DATA: Both suspects face additional charges, including multiple counts of felony aggravated assault and possession of illegal substances. Calero Jiron also faces charges for unlawfully carrying a weapon.

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18 hours ago
News
Politics

Mississippi Governor Backs Off Redistricting Before Midterms.

Republican Governor Tate Reeves has suggested that Mississippi will not redraw its congressional maps before the 2026 midterms.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Mississippi will not redraw its congressional maps before the 2026 midterms, according to Governor Tate Reeves (R).
📺 DETAIL: In a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday, Governor Reeves announced that he expected Mississippi lawmakers to redraw the state’s congressional, legislative, and Supreme Court districts before the 2027 elections, rather than before the 2026 midterms in November. At present, Mississippi’s congressional map includes four districts, one of which is represented by Bennie Thompson, a Democrat. This announcement followed reports on Wednesday that Gov. Reeves canceled a special session centered around the possibility of redistricting the state. The session was scheduled for Wednesday next week. “Just to clarify, I said I expect lawmakers to redraw congressional lines BETWEEN NOW and 2027 elections! I also expect them to redraw legislative and Supreme Court lines between now and 2027 elections,” Reeves said. While it initially appeared Reeves was leaving the door open to redistricting before November, a follow-up announcement clarified that Mississippi will not be pursuing a redraw of its maps, which the governor suggested are now unnecessary, citing the dissolution of a District Court’s injunction preventing the use of the state’s current Supreme Court map.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “[T]here is no need for the Legislature to draw a new map. I am recalling and dissolving my April 23, 2026, Proclamation which called for a special session to redraw Mississippi’s Supreme Court map next Wednesday.” – Governor Reeves
🎯 IMPACT: Mississippi’s map is very unlikely to change ahead of the 2026 midterms, although Reeves claims he is open to doing so in the future. “Today is not the end of the redistricting process—it is just the beginning!” he said on X. However, assuming any potential redistricting proposal for Mississippi will not take place until after the November midterms, Republicans will have to look to other states to shore up additional potential representation. Reeves called for a special session prior to the Supreme Court’s ruling in Louisiana’s redistricting case, one of several battles to redraw congressional maps ahead of the midterms. States like California and Virginia have pushed proposals favoring Democrats while states like Texas and Florida seek to boost Republican representation in Congress. This week, it was reported that South Carolina and Missouri are making their own pushes to redistrict.

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19 hours ago
Corruption
Crime

Minnesota Grocer Abdidwahid Mohamed Charged Over $1M EBT Fraud Scheme.

Grocery store owner Abdidwahid Mohamed has been charged with defrauding taxpayers of over $1 million in the latest case of mass welfare fraud in Minnesota.

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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Minnesotan grocer Abdidwahid Mohamed has been charged with defrauding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) out of over $1.1 million.
📺 DETAIL: The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), also called food stamps, provides monthly benefits to low-income individuals and households to supplement their grocery budget. It is the largest federal anti-hunger program in the United States. However, SNAP is regularly abused through fraudulent schemes that redirect public funds into private pockets. This week, Abdidwahid Mohamed, owner of Minnesota Food Grocery LLC, was charged with using stolen Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards to purchase goods for resale at his grocery store. Mohamed allegedly used the EBT cards of people who were either out of the country or claimed to have never shopped at the stores where the cards were eventually used. Mohamed made purchases at Costco and Sam’s Club, according to surveillance and GPS data collected by the authorities.
💬 KEY QUOTE: “Minneapolis didn’t become America’s fraud capital by accident. It was earned. This week, it’s a grocer charged with running up $1.1 million in charges on other people’s EBT cards. Next week, it will be something else, but the bill always lands on the Minnesotans who actually pay taxes,” commented Dalia al-Aqidi, Republican candidate for Minnesota’s 5th District, currently represented by Ilhan Omar (D).
🎯 IMPACT: If found guilty, Mohamed faces up to 20 years in prison or a $100,000 fine. Notably, this is not the first time that Minnesota has been hit by a major welfare fraud scandal. Last week, it was reported that a co-defendant in Minnesota’s largest Medicaid fraud case had pleaded guilty as part of no-jail plea deal with the office of Minnesota’s Attorney General. The charges involved stealing millions in taxpayer funds. In a similar case in December last year, another prominent member of the state’s Somalian community pleaded guilty to profiting from a fraudulent child food scheme, stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from taxpayers. Somali-run daycares are also under investigation in the state.

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