Far-left extremists seem to be escalating their efforts to prevent conservative Americans from expressing their political views. In many cases, operatives in the Antifa movement are using violence to suppress right-leaning voices in multiple states. In this case, radical leftists physically attacked individuals participating in a “Jews For Trump” convoy in New York City on Sunday.
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Hundreds of vehicles emblazoned with pro-Trump paraphernalia drove slowly from Coney Island to Trump Tower in Manhattan. From there, it continued to a rally at a park in Brooklyn. But along the way, radical leftists attacked the cars, blocking their movement, throwing objects, and physically assaulting participants.
The New York Times reported that, “according to the police, the pro-Trump caravan passed through Times Square, where it converged with a group of anti-Trump protesters who had marched from Brooklyn.” The Times continued, “The cars in the convoy were then blocked by counter-protesters, and some drivers got out of their cars to confront the anti-Trump demonstrators.”
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani participated in the rally and stated that violent Antifa operatives attacked his car. He suggested that the incident represents the America that voters will choose in November’s election.
“I would love to have had a campaign commercial of it and put it on in the middle of America and say, ‘Who would you prefer for the next four years?’” he remarked. “This group of foul-mouthed people who don’t seem to have a vocabulary beyond three words, or these very nice Jewish people who are driving in the car and not saying anything back and not doing anything other than exercising their right to say they’re for Donald Trump.”
Several instances of violence during the convoy were shown in footage taken that day. Here are some examples.
In one particularly egregious case, violent left-wing extremists targeted a family of seven as they drove in the convoy. A member of the family told Fox News that a car pulled up next to them and began spraying pepper spray into their vehicle, which also contained children. “Immediately the kids started crying and screaming and I jumped out of the car after I was peppered [sic] sprayed as well,” the man, who chose to remain anonymous, said.
According to the New York Police Department, 11 people were arrested and six were charged with disorderly conduct, obstruction of government administration, and harassment. A seventh person was charged with assaulting a police officer and resisting arrest.
While these radical extremists do not represent the majority of the left, the Antifa movement seems to be growing. Even worse, they have engaged in more political violence this year than any in recent memory. Using the death of George Floyd, and the protests that followed, these groups have engaged in all kinds of thuggery, even murdering a man in Portland, OR just for being a Trump supporter.
Unfortunately, in cities like Portland and Seattle, the local government does not seem willing to put a stop to the violence. In these areas, law enforcement is simply not allowed to do its job, which means that the radical left has become more emboldened. The question is, how far will they have to go before people decide that enough is enough?
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A priest could not stop laughing when a little girl saw him raise his hand to bless her - and mistakenly thought he wanted her to high-five him.
After reciting 'our father' and making the sign of the cross, the priest held his hand up over her head, but to his surprise, the five-year-old girl nonchalantly reached up and gave his hand a celebratory tap.
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Charming footage shows the priest fight back laughter, covering his mouth with his hand as he tries to continue.
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As Ronald Reagan might have said to embattled Oregon Democrat Gov. Kate Brown, “There you go again.” Now a small Christian school in Oregon is suing Brown and other state officials after claiming the state is discriminating against private and religious schools by keeping them locked down while allowing public schools to reopen.
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The lawsuit claims that Brown has allowed public schools with less than 75 students to reopen, but has continued her ban on the reopening of private/religious schools that meet the same qualifying number of student enrollment, as reported by the Daily Wire.
The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) filed the suit late last week on behalf of Hermiston Christian School, a K-12 school in Hermiston, Oregon, which has a student enrollment of 51; well under the maximum 75-student threshold for reopening.
The lawsuit reads in part:
“After 41 years of faithful service, Hermiston Christian School (‘HCS’) could be forced to shut its doors for good unless the Court stops an obvious case of discrimination: Defendants’ COVID-19 orders and guidance generally prohibit in-person instruction but grant a ‘small school’ exception to public schools while denying the same exception to private religious schools (‘Religious School Closure’) in Umatilla County.”
According to the Daily Wire, the lawsuit claims that Brown initially led the school’s administrators to believe they would be allowed to resume in-person education if they met certain health guidelines, but that she reversed course and ordered the closing of private schools in both Umatilla County and other parts of the state on July 29.
Public schools, however, were granted an exemption if they maintained 75 students or fewer. Violators of the governor’s continuing ban face a potential 30-day jail term and a fine of $1,250. The lawsuit alleges that Brown allowed small public schools to reopen because she feared declining public school enrollment.
The reason for Defendants’ discriminatory treatment is clear: on the very same day that Defendants continued their prohibition of in-person instruction for religious schools, a policy advisor and liaison for Governor Brown discussed the potential for a ‘mass exodus’ of children from public schools and emphasized that public schools could suffer a reduction in funding if students disenrolled to obtain education elsewhere.
Kate Broadman, M.D., a pediatrician in Bend, Oregon, who is the parent of three school-aged children, believes the state’s draconian school reopening guidelines continue to put the COVID-19 burden on kids. In an op-ed published by The Oregonian, Broadman said Brown’s “misguided measures” can cause “irreparable harm” to children.
“While schools around the country, including in Washington and California, have begun to reopen in large numbers, the vast majority of Oregon students remain at home doing some form of distance learning.
“As a physician, I believe strongly in public health measures to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 to our communities; but as a pediatrician and advocate for children, it pains me to see misguided measures such as this that cause irreparable harm to so many children with little benefit.”
Broadman pointed to the inconsistency of Brown’s lockdown edict — a criticism that has marred her handling of the virus for months.
“Currently in Oregon, adults can visit bars, gyms and nail salons, and kids can attend indoor play areas and trampoline zones, not to mention childcare in their very schools. Yet the one service that remains closed — that we seem to have decided is dispensable — is in-person education. This is a catastrophic disservice to our students and teachers.”
As is the case with the examples in the above quote, Broadman believes that the continuing school shutdowns are no longer necessary, as well.
“Children are being forced to shoulder a disproportionate share of the burden of COVID-19 mitigation measures, particularly given the relatively low risk to themselves from the disease. We know that access to schools is critical for children’s short-term safety and long-term well-being.
“Additionally, there is growing evidence that schools can be opened safely, without significant risk to teachers or increasing community spread. Numerous European countries reopened months ago with hygiene measures in place that are similar to those proposed by our state (masking, distancing, etc.) and have found no corresponding increase in infections; similarly, schools in many US states have now been open for several weeks without a corresponding surge in infections.
“So far, data shows that school infection patterns for K-12 tend to mirror what is happening in the community at large, rather than contributing to spread.
For whatever reason — as previously noted, perhaps fear of declining enrollment — Brown relented and allowed the small public schools to reopen. But why not small religious schools? “The Religious School Closure is unconstitutional and makes no sense,” the suit contends. “The virus does not discriminate between public and religious schools; neither should the government. There is no basis for Defendants to grant a special exception for public schools while denying the same treatment to religious schools.”
ADF senior counsel Ryan Tucker said in a statement.
“There is no legitimate reason for allowing public schools with 75 or fewer students to provide in-person instruction while denying the same opportunity to small private schools, including religious ones.
“Hermiston Christian School operates in the same county as a public school that is open, and it operates with the same number of students, who are performing the same type of activity, working in an even larger physical environment, and complying with the same health and safety protocols.
“Gov. Brown’s refusal to extend the same treatment to Hermiston Christian School as she does to small public schools violates the U.S. Constitution and discriminates against parents who choose to provide a religious education for their children.”
Unconstitutional religious persecution — on the part of a left-wing governor who continues to rule her state with a power-drunk vengeance? You make the call.
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This woman is great, her books are awesome, she relates to everyone, everywhere, and has a different style of preaching the word. Some books are $2 and some $3 and keep checking in for more great book deals, the bible she made comments on different things throughout are great, it cost $56 but got really nice copy on eBay for $12 for real. Got is primarily for the books of Proverbs, and Book of Revelations. My other bible is so marked up (like everywhere) so I needed a new one to mark up.
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If you live in New York, let me be one of many to say I’m sorry, and I mean that in the context of what you have had to endure regarding the coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been a horrifically ineffective and vindictive leader that has relied on politics instead of data consistently throughout this pandemic. That’s led to 32,000+ dead bodies, including well over 10,000 nursing home deaths, and the second-worst death rate in the country, second only to New Jersey.
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In response, Cuomo has consistently chanted “science” over and over, as if it’s some magic, all-encompassing catch-all that changes all bad decisions into good decisions. In reality, his actions have been anything but scientific and now we have proof.
Leaked audio shows Cuomo admitting that his lockdown orders, specifically those targeting Jewish schools, are not based in science.
We already knew this, didn’t we? Closing schools, as I’ve written on many times, has always been one of the dumbest, least data-driven decisions a government can make. Spread among school-aged children is minute compared to adults. The virus is also less dangerous than the flu for those specific age groups. Closing schools simply blew up the economy while putting children in the worse position of constantly being around their family members outside of the mitigation being done when they are in school.
Cuomo knows all this, but the targeting of Jewish schools, which is just the most recent example, is yet another fear-driven tactic meant to keep people in line. Democrats want the populace to be terrified of the virus because they see political gain in that. There’s no other logical explanation for continuing to keep schools closed when other states have had them open for months with no real issues. Never mind all the countries around the world who have done the same.
Is this really what New Yorkers want? I actually think there could be a backlash coming. New York is actually a place that hasn’t been shy about electing Republicans despite always being heavily blue in presidential elections. Andrew Cuomo may think he has a bright political future ahead of him. I think he may have overplayed his hand though.
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A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 moved a step closer to possible sainthood Saturday with his beatification in the town of Assisi, where he is buried.
Carlo Acutis is the youngest contemporary person to be beatified, a path taken by two Portuguese shepherd children living in the early 1900s who were proclaimed Catholic saints in 2017.
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At the beatification ceremony in the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, a portrait of Acutis was slowly unveiled, revealing a smiling teen in a red polo shirt, his curly dark hair illuminated by a halo of light. Cardinal Agostino Vallini, the papal legate for the Assisi basilicas, kissed each of the boy's mask-wearing parents, Andrea Acutis and Antonia Salzano, after reading the proclamation decreed by Pope Francis.
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The Independent Inquiry into Child Sex Abuse's report says the Church's failure to respond consistently to abuse victims added to their trauma.
It added that alleged perpetrators were often given more support than victims.
The Church said it felt "shame" over the failings detailed in the "shocking" report.
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No one is worried about “hate speech” against Judaism and Christianity. This is all about Islam. A law criminalizing “hate speech” against religion will almost certainly be used to silence all criticism of Islam,
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The lawyer for a Pakistani Christian sentenced to death blasphemy told Fox News on Monday that his client did not insult the Islamic prophet as alleged, but merely refused to convert to Islam.
Asif Pervaiz, 37, was accused of sending “blasphemous” text messages to his former supervisor, allegedly insulting the Islamic prophet. Pervaiz spoke in his own defense during the trial, denying the charges against him. The court rejected his testimony and sentenced him to death on September 8.
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“This is a tragic situation; the first case in Pakistan’s recent history where a Christian has been accused of blasphemy for refusing to embrace Islam,” Pervaiz’s attorney, Saif Malook, said.
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Gone are the days when nearly 80% of Catholic voters united to push Irish-Catholic Democrat John F. Kennedy into the White House in 1960. Catholic voters today are split on the 2020 candidates, even though Mr. Biden is a lifelong Mass-attending Catholic, and Mr. Trump is a Presbyterian.
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When asked about the group "Catholics for Biden" and whether a Catholic can vote for someone who is pro-abortion and anti-family, Cardinal Gerhard Muller, the former doctrinal chief at the Vatican, said Catholics must have "the right understanding of life" and human rights and that it is "better to vote for a good Protestant than a bad Catholic."
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Los Angeles' Grace Community Church and Pastor John MacArthur have come under fire for deciding to hold in-person church services despite California Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D) Wuhan coronavirus declaration that bans church assemblies. The City of Los Angeles slapped the church with a cease and desist letter and threatened to charge both the church and Pastor MacArthur, as an individual, a $1,000 a day fine. The pastor also faced the possibility of being arrested should in-person services to continue.
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The church held firm in its position and even challenged the City in court. A judge ruled in Grace Community Church's favor, saying they were deemed an essential service. The order allowed them to remain open and hold indoor services inside the church until a full hearing takes place on September 4.
The County of Los Angeles decided to circumvent the order. The County's Public Works Department Issued a 30-day termination notice to the church for a lease agreement for a large portion of the parking lot, which has been in place continuously since 1975.
According to the documents reviewed by Townhall, the church has to evacuate the property on October 1. Any items that are left in the parking lot at that time will be considered County property.
Jenna Ellis, the Special Counsel to the Thomas More Society and legal counsel for the church, said this is a way for the County to retaliate against her client.
"Los Angeles County is retaliating against Grace Community Church for simply exercising their constitutionally protected right to hold church and challenging an unreasonable, unlawful health order. In America, we have a judicial system to ensure that the executive branch does not abuse its power, and Grace Community Church has every right to be heard without fear of reprisal," she said in a statement. "The Democrats' message to Americans is clear--if you don't bow to every whim of tyranny, the government will come after you. The Church has peacefully held this lease for 45 years and the only reason the County is attempting eviction is because John MacArthur stood up to their unconstitutional power grab. This is harassment, abusive, and unconscionable."
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Activists burned a Quran in the southern Swedish city of Malmo, sparking riots and unrest after more than 300 people gathered to protest, police said Saturday.
Rioters set fires and threw objects at police and rescue services Friday night, slightly injuring several police officers and leading to the detention of about 15 people.
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The violence followed the burning Friday afternoon of a Quran, near a predominantly migrant neighborhood, that was carried out by far-right activists and filmed and posted online, according to the TT news agency.
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It said police beat protesters, tortured detainees and at times took part in riots with Hindu mobs.
More than 40 people died when clashes broke out between Hindus and Muslims over a controversial citizenship law. Muslims bore the brunt, Amnesty said.
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Rev. Jim Rigby writes:
"DEAR LAW AND ORDER AMERICA, THIS IS JESUS.
Dear law and order America,
Hello, this is Jesus. Not the rich white king you worship, but the humble friend of the oppressed. I have heard your prayers this week at the Republican Convention. I meant to respond earlier, but I just now stopped throwing up.
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Do you know how it makes me feel when you pray for me to save children from gun violence after YOU have refused to pass sane gun laws? Do you know how it feels when you pray for me to protect people from a hurricane after YOU have denied climate change? Do you know how it feels for you to ask me to protect people from COVID 19 when YOU won’t even wear a mask?
And PLEASE stop trying to implicate me in your crimes against People of Color. I was never the white guy you worship. I have always been a friend of the oppressed. How can you pray to me for “peace” in your cities when YOU defend structures of oppression that are killing my people? Why won’t you see that your comfortable collective oppression is violence, too?
Stop chanting “law and order” like this is 1939 Germany. “Law and order” is what got me killed, remember? You guys called ME the criminal when I protested for the poor and oppressed. I hate when you justify your oppression of People of Color by talking about law and order because I was on the OTHER side of the cross. Yes, oppressed people make mistakes too, but that does not take away from your obligation to render justice. When you are more more concerned about order in the state than justice for the people you are behaving like the Romans, not like my followers.
PLEASE stop using me to rationalize your own policies. My instructions are found in the Sermon on the Mount, not in some political platform written by the rich and powerful. I taught about loving, and sharing, and not judging other people. When you claim I said something attacking LGBTQ people you make me look like a jerk. The Bible was never intended to replace your brain or your heart. Take responsibility for your decisions. The Bible was intended to inspire your brain not to lobotomize it!
As far as abortion, life is complicated. That’s why I didn’t give any advice on that topic. Please stop saying I did. If you are really pro-life why not begin by honoring the right to life of people who have already been born? Give people universal health care. Don’t poison their water with pollution, nor their minds with hate. Put the needs of people before business profits. That is what it means to be pro-life.
I love you, but you are hurting people I also love. I asked you NOT to judge other people. If you want to teach something different that’s your business but PLEASE leave me out of it! Oh, and one more thing. Stop trying to cram Christianity down everyone’s throat. I was Jewish, remember?
Thank you,
Jesus,
Friend of the Oppressed
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