March 20, 2023 Extremists, Hate Groups
The New York Daily News reports: A masked protester was arrested during clashing demonstrations outside a Manhattan drag story hour hosted by state Attorney General Letitia James on Sunday, cops said. The gold-masked man was taken into custody around 11:30 a.m. after an assault at the protest outside the LGBTQ Community Center on W. 13th St. in Greenwich Village. He …
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March 20, 2023 Trump Corruption, Trump Lies
Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: It is the District Attorney of Manhattan who is breaking the law by using the fake and fully discredited testimony (even by the SDNY [Southern District of New York]!) of a convicted liar, felon and jailbird, Michael Cohen, to incredibly persecute, prosecute, and indict a former president, and now leading (by far!) …
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March 20, 2023 Medicine, Science
Reuters reports: Some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months if a new strain of avian influenza ever jumps across the species divide. One current outbreak of avian flu known as H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b has killed record numbers of birds and infected mammals. Human …
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March 20, 2023 Republicans, Trump cultists
NBC News reports: House Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged calm Sunday and said Americans should not protest if former President Donald Trump is indicted and arrested in a hush-money investigation in New York, contradicting Trump, who called on his supporters Saturday to “Protest, take our nation back!” “I don’t think people should protest this, no. And I think President Trump, if …
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March 19, 2023 JMG Community, Open Thread
Deadline Hollywood reports: Watching Jesus Revolution surge past $45 million in ticket sales for Lionsgate—matching or besting The Fabelmans, The Banshees Of Inisherin, Tár, Women Talking and Triangle Of Sadness, combined—it finally seems safe to say it. The faith-based audience is back. Between Covid and the culture wars, it’s been a rough few years for those who make, promote and/or …
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March 19, 2023 Business, Economy
CNN Business reports: Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS, has agreed to buy its ailing rival Credit Suisse in an emergency rescue deal aimed at stemming financial market panic unleashed by the failure of two American banks earlier this month. It said the rescue would “secure financial stability and protect the Swiss economy.” UBS is paying 3 billion Swiss francs ($3.25 billion) …
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March 19, 2023 Extremists, Nazis
Australia’s News Corp outlet reports: The Victorian government said it was open to looking at further action against the display of hate symbols after a group of protesters performed Nazi salutes outside parliament on Saturday. Clashes broke out on Saturday between rival protest groups on the steps of Victoria’s parliament after a group of men performed Nazi salutes. The men …
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March 19, 2023 Marriage Equality, Religion
Fox News reports: Leaders of the Catholic Church in Germany must be punished for breaking from the Vatican and approving blessings for same-sex marriages, two cardinals say. Cardinal Raymond Burke of the United States and Cardinal Gerhard Müller of Germany spoke about the de facto schism underway in Germany during an interview with EWTN. “Whether it’s a departure, heretical teaching …
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March 19, 2023 Fox News, Trump Corruption
“Their whole goal is to destroy the civil society and the morality that undergirds it. That’s the mission of the Democrat party. “How many times have they gone after this man? What exactly has he done to deserve this? Why are they studying his life like they are studying an archaeological site? “Why are they looking for novel legal theories …
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March 19, 2023 Crackpots, Trump cultists
“If Alvin Bragg perp walks President Trump for a misdemeanor charge he needs a ‘novel’ legal theory to elevate to a felony, then the House GOP should immediately file articles of impeachment against Joe Biden for his illegal business dealings with Hunter. The regime is salivating for MAGA to act in an uncharacteristic and violent manner ahead of this stalinistic …
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