SAINT OF THE DAY: Martyrdom of Saint John the Baptist
SPANISH RESIDENTS DESTROY MIGRANT CAMP AFTER MASS CROSSING IN CEUTA
Tensions boil over in Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta as residents tear apart a makeshift migrant camp on a beach, throwing belongings into the sea and setting debris on fire while waving Spanish flags…READ MORE >
NON-EXISTENT THINK TANK FUNDED BY ISRAEL FED BIASED INFORMATION INTO CHATGPT
This month, a New York media company called Piro Inc submitted a filing to the US Department of Justice under FARA (Foreign Agent Registration Act), which requires an individual or entity to formally disclose if they are working on behalf of a foreign government. Piro Inc submitted a filing regarding a website named the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, disclosed as funded by the Israeli government…READ MORE >
MILO YIANNOPOULOS ARRESTED BY ICE, HELD AT MAJOR DEPORTATION HUB IN LOUISIANA
Controversial former Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos has been arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and will remain in federal custody pending his removal from the United States..READ MORE >
GROWING NUMBER OF CITIES GETTING RID OF FLOCK CAMERAS
Flock has installed thousands of cameras across 49 states, and the data are accessible to law enforcement agencies through the Flock platform. Tempe, Arizona, officials said on Aug. 26 that they’ve turned off their Flock system and are ending their contract with the company…READ MORE >
PLANNED PARENTHOOD WHISTLEBLOWER REPORTED ILLEGAL LATE-TERM ABORTION & WAS FIRED
A report from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says that in 2024, Colyer learned about an illegal abortion that took place in 2022. The abortion took the life of a 28-week child and was performed at the clinic outside normal operating hours. A colleague of Colyer had been called on a Sunday to unlock the building…READ MORE >
CALIFORNIA CATHOLIC CONFERENCE URGES PASSAGE OF STATE TEEN SOCIAL-MEDIA BAN
The California Catholic Conference (CCC) is urging the state’s residents to contact lawmakers to support AB 1709, a proposed bill that would prohibit social media companies from offering “addictive features” to children under 16 years old…READ MORE >
FIRED STARS AND STRIPES STAFFERS SUE PENTAGON, ALLEGE RETALIATION AND FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION
The firings stem from Slavin and Korte’s unauthorized participation in a “CBS Sunday Morning” segment that aired last month about the Pentagon’s efforts to overhaul the paper and Lederer’s refusal to fire them at the direction of Pentagon leadership…READ MORE >
CHINA-MADE VOTING MACHINE PARTS UNDER SCRUTINY AS DHS LINKS FUNDING TO ELECTION AUDITS
“To receive full grant awards, states must demonstrate that they have conducted random post-election manual counts of paper ballots to ensure that any errors or manipulation are detected,” the secretary added. “This is in addition to numerous other actions being taken across DHS components to secure election infrastructure…READ MORE >
JUDGE TEMPORARILY BLOCKS ILLINOIS ASSISTED SUICIDE LAW; PLAINTIFFS FEEL ‘RELIEF, GRATITUDE FOR NOW’
The order applies to “Catholic health care entities” under the authority of Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Springfield, four Catholic doctors and Lutheran Care Center, a nursing home in south-central Illinois. (Two Catholic hospital systems, the Hospital Sisters Health System and OSF Healthcare’s Springfield campus, are both in the diocese)…READ MORE >
BIG BLOW TO BIG TECH
The agreement includes a vow from Meta to make changes that entail imposing daily usage limits, “nighttime blocks” on app use before bed and “enhanced age assurance measures” to ensure underage kids can’t use Facebook or Instagram, according to a court filing Wednesday…READ MORE >
