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| FEDS TO UNLEASH MORE REGS ON WATER HEATERS The Biden administration unveiled a regulatory proposal late Friday targeting water heaters, the latest in a string of energy efficiency actions cracking down on home appliances. If finalized, the Department of Energy’s new proposed standards would force less energy efficient, but cheaper, water heaters off the market. READ |
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| BIDEN MILITARY NOM: ‘I HIRE FOR DIVERSITY’ President Biden’s nominee for chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff has a history of prioritizing controversial diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as the top commander of the U.S. Air Force. "I hire for diversity, because they all bring a different perspective, which makes my decisions that much better, because I hear different sides of the argument," Gen. Charles Q. Brown recently said. “It makes us stronger as an Air Force, and I think it makes us stronger as a nation as well.” READ |
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| COURT SAYS FBI SPIED ON ELECTED OFFICIALS The FBI inappropriately searched for information on a U.S. senator using an intelligence provision intended for monitoring foreign nationals, a court opinion released Friday shows. “In June 2022, an analyst conducted four queries of Section 702 information using the last names of a U.S. senator and a state senator, without further limitation,” the court said. Section 702 allows intelligence agencies to obtain the online communications of foreign nationals without a warrant. READ |
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| NURSES FORCED TO BUY INTO CRT Nurses in Kentucky were told they could face “discipline” after they were mandated to take an “implicit bias” training that claimed there is a “history of racism in healthcare.” The training, required by the Kentucky Board of Nursing, instructs the health care workers to “recognize the history of racism in healthcare.” Nurses were taught that examples of “covert racism” include “white silence” and phrases like “there’s only one human race” and “reverse racism.” READ |
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| VT COACH SUES AFTER BEING FIRED OVER ‘TRANS’ COMMENTS High school snowboarding coach David Bloch was fired February 9, just one day after he had a brief conversation with two students about the biological difference between men and women. READ |
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| SURPRISING ‘RESOURCES’ FOR TEACHERS A K-12 education consultant and public speaker recently exposed numerous resources provided for teachers to groom their students into the LGBTQ+ agenda. In an interview with CatholicVote, Deb Fillman said that the problem goes deeper than just one company providing resources to schools—the issue also lies in the school system. READ |
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| WOMAN SUES AFTER BEING ‘TRANSITIONED’ AS A TEEN A woman who underwent “sex change” surgeries and hormone treatment to “transition” into a man is now suing the therapists, doctors, and medical facilities who misled her into the gruesome experiment while she was in a vulnerable state. “The trans community tells you to kill your old self,” she said. “I literally feel like I killed a child, and it was me.” READ |
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| EXPOSE You knew LGBT was in the government schools. But did you know it's infiltrated even our Catholic institutions? Find out how... and who's behind it. READ |
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| DIAPER COMPANY RELEASES PRO-LIFE AD EveryLife, which specializes in baby products, released an ad that is unapologetically pro-life. “While so many companies are promoting what is wrong, we choose to celebrate what is right,” the ad says. “Life. Every miracle from God. Boy or girl. Black, tan, and white. Planned and unplanned. Gifted and special.” READ |
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| MAN FOUND NOT GUILTY AFTER SMOTHERING WIFEA British man was found not guilty of murder in the killing of his wife, with judges ruling that the defendant instead committed manslaughter when he suffocated his spouse in an alleged act of assisted suicide. Judges handed down the verdict on Friday in Cyprus, where 75-year-old David Hunter had been living with his wife, Janice, in retirement before smothering her with a pillow in December 2021. READ |
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| HOW PHILOSOPHY RUINED ART The art world is often daunting. It can feel esoteric and inaccessible, with the criteria for what is beautiful, popular, and expensive changing quickly according to whim. Philosophical ideas can be seen in art, whereas in other areas they can feel abstract and foreign. This is not necessarily a good thing though. Read here for more. READ |
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| CATHOLIC 101 While the Catholic Church does allow for cremation, it comes with some requirements. Catholic teaching strictly forbids scattering the ashes, for example. There is a newer method of cremation, however, that uses an alkaline water mix, which bishops are warning is not suitable for Catholics. Read here to learn what in tarnation is up with this "new cremation." READ |
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| SAINT OF THE DAY St. Charbel Makhlouf lived during the 19th century and devoted himself to prayer from a very young age. He entered a monastery and was ordained a priest of the Lebanese Maronite Order. After living in the monastery for many years, he moved to a hermitage where he spent his time in prayer, contemplation, worship, and manual labor. Many people came to visit him to receive spiritual and physical healing. After his death, his body was found incorrupt. READ |
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DAILY PSALM “Let us sing to the Lord; he has covered himself in glory.” (Exodus 15:1) READ |
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| DAILY READINGS Today's Mass readings. READ |
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| BEAUTY Tom Hoopes writes about how churches are homes away from home, just like the original Temple in Jerusalem was. READ |
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