lifesitenews--2020-12-10--Joe Biden picks David Daleiden’s persecutor as hypothetical HHS secretary

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WASHINGTON , D.C. , December 10 , 2020 ( Operation Rescue ) — It is being widely reported that Joe Biden has chosen to nominate Xavier Becerra , California ’ s pro-abortion Attorney General , to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services should Biden ever assume the office of the President .
The outcome of the Presidential election is still in dispute .
“ If Becerra is nominated by Biden as Secretary of Health and Human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big ‘ if ’ at this point — Operation Rescue will aggressively oppose his nomination , ” said Operation Rescue President Troy Newman .
“ Becerra will be a puppet for Planned Parenthood , and will gladly implement all of the Biden-Harris campaign promises to the Abortion Cartel to protect and expand abortion nationwide .
That can not be allowed to happen.
” Becerra was chosen by former California Governor Jerry Brown to succeed Kamala Harris as California Attorney General when she won election to the U.S. Senate in 2016 .
Becerra then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Harris against two pro-life journalists , David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt , whose undercover recordings exposed Planned Parenthood ’ s participation in an illegal scheme to traffic tissues and organs for profit , which were harvested from babies aborted at Planned Parenthood facilities .
Criminal charges were filed , and that case is still ongoing .
Becerra also attempted to force the pro-life National Institute of Family Life Advocates ( NIFLA ) to post signs in their pregnancy help centers about abortion services , in violation of their free speech rights .
NIFLA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in NIFLA ’ s favor with a vote of 5-4 in the 2018 NIFLA v. Becerra case .
Both Harris and Becerra received thousands in campaign contributions from Planned Parenthood .
Becerra also received the majority of his funding during his 2016 Attorney General Campaign from PACs related to the Healthcare Industry , according to Open Secrets .
“ At this point , Biden choosing cabinet members is like a sports fan filling a roster in Fantasy Football .
It is meaningless , ” said Newman .
“ This election is still being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Electoral College still has yet to vote .
I believe strongly that the massive evidence of election fraud we have seen presented over the past weeks should be more than enough to award the Presidential contest to the rightful winner , President Donald J. Trump , barring further corrupt acts by election officials .
”

PETITION UPDATE (12/12/2020) -
In a 7-2 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear the case filed by the state of Texas.
PETITION UPDATE (12/11/2020) -
6 states have formally joined Texas in its Supreme Court suit against Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin—four battleground states who ran illegal and unconstitutional elections.
Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Utah have formally joined Texas and agree that the defendant states exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to justify unlawfully enacting last-minute changes and ignoring both federal and state election laws, thus skewing the results of the 2020 General Election.
While Missouri and 16 other states filed an amicus brief with the Court supporting Texas, 20 other states plus the District of Columbia signed an amicus brief supporting the 4 defendant states.
Please SIGN this petition and STAND with Texas, as the state seeks justice in the 2020 general election for all citizens of the United States.
'6 states formally join Texas in lawsuit defending the security of the 2020 election' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/6-states-formally-join-texas-in-lawsuit-defending-the-security-of-the-2020-election
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The state of Texas has filed suit against Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia in the Supreme Court over changes which those states made to their election rules, claiming they violated the U.S. Constitution in the process.
Here is the central part of the argument: if Texas were to allow possible voter fraud to go unchecked in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia, it would be akin to committing fraud upon the people of Texas, who cast their ballots within the framework of the law.
Indeed, this would apply equally to all citizens who voted within the framework of the law across the United States!
Thankfully, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is stepping up to vindicate the right of all Texans - and, all Americans - to have every legal vote be counted.
But, the Supreme Court has only until Thursday morning to either accept or decline hearing the case.
Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, now.
The main claim that Texas makes is that Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia violated the Electoral Clause of the U.S. Constitution by changing their election rules on mail-in ballots by executive or judicial action, rather than by action from the legislature.
But, America is a land of laws, and most people play by the rules. Citizens also want our state executives and judiciaries to play by the rules.
Bypassing state legislatures, even during a pandemic, cannot be justifiable as it goes against our system of checks and balances, and, ultimately, as it is the legislatures who have the power, vested by the people, to make determinations about state electoral regulations.
Texas also alleges that the defendant-states further violated the U.S. Constitution's Equal Protection Clause by applying different election rules for different parts of their respective states, meaning that election rules were not the same for every citizen of each state.
Texas approached the Supreme Court directly because in disputes between states, the Supreme Court is the court of "first impression." But, the Court only has a limited window to accept or decline hearing the case.
Please SIGN and SHARE this important petition today.
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'‘This is the big one’, says Trump of Texas SCOTUS election challenge' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/this-is-the-big-one-says-trump-of-texas-scotus-election-challenge
'Texas asks Supreme Court to toss 4 states’ election results over illegal mail ballots' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/texas-asks-supreme-court-to-toss-4-states-election-results-over-illegal-mail-ballots


lifesitenews--2020-12-10--Pope institutes Year of St. Joseph, offers new plenary indulgences through 2021

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December 10 , 2020 ( Rorate Caeli ) — The Pope introduced the Year of Saint Joseph , to celebrate the 150 years of his Patronage over the Universal Church .
Along with the papal apostolic letter , the Major Penitentiary introduced a set of new plenary indulgences , available until December 8 , 2021 .
The Apostolic Penitentiary letter is here ( in Latin and Italian ) .
The details are the following : The plenary indulgence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ usual conditions ( sacramental confession , Eucharistic Communion , and prayer for the Pope ’ s intentions ) to Christians who , with a spirit detached from any sin , participate in the Year of St. Joseph on these occasions and manners indicated by the Apostolic Penitentiary : - The plenary indulgence is granted to those who will meditate for at least 30 minutes on the Lord ’ s Prayer , or take part in a Spiritual Retreat of at least one day that includes a meditation on St. Joseph .
“ St @ @ @ @ @ @ @ faith , invites us ” , the decree reads , “ to rediscover our filial relationship with the Father , to renew fidelity to prayer , to listen and correspond with profound discernment to God ’ s will.
” - The indulgence can also be obtained by those who , following St. Joseph ’ s example , will perform a spiritual or corporal work of mercy .
St. Joseph “ encourages us to rediscover the value of silence , prudence and loyalty in carrying out our duties , ” the decree notes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in families and among engaged couples is another way of obtaining indulgences , in order that “ all Christian families may be stimulated to recreate the same atmosphere of intimate communion , love and prayer that was in the Holy Family.
” - Everyone who entrusts their daily activity to the protection of St. Joseph , and every faithful who invokes the intercession of St. Joseph so that those seeking work can find dignifying work can also obtain the plenary indulgence .
On 1 May 1955 , Pope Pius XII instituted the feast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the dignity of work be recognized by all , and that it inspires social life and laws , based on the fair distribution of rights and duties.
” - The plenary indulgence is also granted to the faithful who will recite the Litany to St. Joseph ( for the Latin tradition ) , or the Akathistos to St. Joseph ( for the Byzantine tradition ) , or any other prayer to St. Joseph proper to the other liturgical traditions , for the persecuted Church ad intra and ad extra , and for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forms of persecution .
Because , the decree notes , “ the flight of the Holy Family to Egypt shows us that God is there where man is in danger , where man suffers , where he runs away , where he experiences rejection and abandonment.
” In addition to these , the Apostolic Penitentiary grants a plenary indulgence to the faithful who will recite any legitimately approved prayer or act of piety in honor of St. Joseph , for example , “ To you , O blessed Joseph ” especially on “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus , Mary and Joseph , on St. Joseph ’ s Sunday ( according to the Byzantine tradition ) on the 19th of each month and every Wednesday , a day dedicated to the memory of the saint according to the Latin tradition.
” The decree recalls the universality of St. Joseph ’ s patronage of the Church , noting that St. Teresa of Ávila recognized him as “ a protector for all the circumstances of life ” .
Pope St. John Paul II also said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relevance for the Church of our time , in relation to the new Christian millennium.
” Amid the ongoing Covid-19 health crisis , the gift of the plenary indulgence is also extended to the sick , the elderly , the dying and all those who for legitimate reasons are unable to leave their homes .
They too can obtain the plenary indulgences if they are detached from any sin and have the intention of fulfilling , as soon as possible , the three usual conditions and recite an act of piety in honor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pains and hardships of their lives .
[ Translation : Vatican News ]

Remarks attributed to Pope Francis (and, not denied by the Vatican) in support of homosexual civil unions have caused grave scandal to the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition which asks Pope Francis to clarify and rectify these heterodox and scandalous remarks on homosexual civil unions, and which will be delivered both to the Vatican and to the Papal Nuncio of the United States (the Pope's official representative in the U.S.).
As the last guarantor of the Faith, the Pope should clarify and rectify these remarks, which go against the perennial teaching of the Church, even including the teaching of his living predecessor, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.
"What we have to create is a law of civil coexistence [meaning civil union law, for homosexuals]...," Pope Francis is reported to have remarked, in what is arguably his clearest statement of public support for a practice morally prohibited by official Catholic Church teaching.
In fact, the Church has been crystal clear in Her opposition to homosexual unions.
Just in 2003, Pope Saint John Paul II approved a document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, titled 'Considerations Regarding Proposals to Give Legal Recognition to Unions between Homosexual Persons' and written by Cardinal Ratzinger (now, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI), which concludes with the following:
"The Church teaches that respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behaviour or to legal recognition of homosexual unions. The common good requires that laws recognize, promote and protect marriage as the basis of the family, the primary unit of society. Legal recognition of homosexual unions or placing them on the same level as marriage would mean not only the approval of deviant behaviour, with the consequence of making it a model in present-day society, but would also obscure basic values which belong to the common inheritance of humanity. The Church cannot fail to defend these values, for the good of men and women and for the good of society itself."
It could not be more clear: the Church is calling people to repentance, not to be left to indulge in grave sin.
Since becoming public, several senior prelates as well as other notable Catholic figures have voiced their opposition to these remarks attributed to the Pontiff.
Cardinal Raymond Burke stated: "It is a source of deepest sadness and pressing pastoral concern that the private opinions reported with so much emphasis by the press and attributed to Pope Francis do not correspond to the constant teaching of the Church, as it is expressed in Sacred Scripture and Sacred Tradition."
Cardinal Gerhard Müller commented: "Where there is tension between the plain and obvious Word of God and the infallible interpretation on the one hand, and private expressions of opinion even by the highest church authorities on the other, the principle always applies: in dubio pro DEO [When in doubt, be in favor of God]."
And, Catholic theologian and apologist Scott Hahn, without directly quoting Pope Francis, shared on Facebook the 'Letter to the Bishops of the Catholic Church on the Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons,' published by the CDF in 1986, with the statement: "Holy Father, respectfully and humbly, I beg to differ... if that is indeed what you said. In any case, please clarify and rectify your statement, especially in view of the official teaching of our Lord through the magisterium of His Church."
But, the silence from the Vatican has been deafening, with no clarification forthcoming.
We must, therefore, ask the Pope for clarification in this serious matter.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition which asks Pope Francis to clarify and rectify remarks attributed to him in support of homosexual civil unions.
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'Cardinal says Catholics ‘can and should’ disagree with Pope’s ‘opinion’ on gay civil unions' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/cdl.mueller-popes-words-on-gay-civil-unions-purely-private-expression-of-opinion-which-every-catholic-can-and-should-freely-contradict
'Archbishop Vigano, Bishops Tobin and Strickland respond to Pope’s approval of homosexual civil unions' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/archbishop-vigano-and-bishops-tobin-strickland-respond-to-popes-approval-of-homosexual-civil-unions
'Pope’s comments on gay civil unions cause shockwaves around the world' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/deepest-sadness-cardinal-burke-condemns-pope-franciss-remarks-supporting-civil-unions


lifesitenews--2020-12-10--The false prophet of the Apocalypse

The false prophet of the Apocalypse

December 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — There is a prophecy of St. Francis of Assisi in an authentic and renowned source , in which he speaks of the appearance of an apostatic antipope in the time of tribulation ( “ futurae tribulationis ” ) .
[ 1 ] It says “ that someone who is not canonically elected and is infected with heretical wickedness , at the turning point of that tribulation raised to the papacy , would make a refined effort to give many the death of his error to drink ” ( “ quod aliquis , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , in articulo tribulationis illius ad papatum assumptus , multis mortem sui erroris sagaciter propinare moliretur ” ) .
[ 2 ] St. Francis of Assisi predicted that this figure “ tyrannically usurps the papacy ” ( “ papatum usurpare tyrannice ” ) .
[ 3 ] It is in this sense that in our time St. Padre Pio has entrusted to his spiritual son , the famous exorcist Don Gabriele Amorth , the following dramatic words : “ It is satan who has entered the womb of the Church , and within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over a false church.
” [ 4 ] St. Padre Pio knew the Third Secret of Fatima — it had actually been revealed to him four years before the little shepherds .
[ 5 ] The well-known Spanish journalist José María Zavala asked Don Gabriele Amorth about it in more detail , and summarized the conclusion of the dialog as follows : “ There were two recurring and interrelated themes : the great apostasy in the Church from its apex — in accordance with the testimony of Cardinal Ciappi — and the introduction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Church by means of a pope under the control of satan.
” [ 6 ] In this context , Zavala referred to the exact correspondence of these words to the statement of Frère Michel , a great expert on the message of Fatima and author of a trilogy on the subject .
He stated : “ It will be the time of the decisive battle between the Virgin and the devil .
A flood of diabolical confusion will spread throughout the world .
Satan will penetrate the highest levels of the Church @ @ @ @ @ @ @ announced for the last days , [ … ] the ‘ false prophet ’ who betrays the Church in favor of the ‘ beast , ’ according to the prophecy of the Apocalypse.
” [ 7 ] In fact , as Sr. Lucia herself pointed out [ 8 ] , the secret is revealed in the last book of Holy Scripture .
In that book , there is talk of the fiery red dragon ( cf .
Apoc 12:3 ) , which is manifest in atheistic communism , and of the black beast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which represents freemasonry .
Then it says : “ Another beast came up out of the earth .
It had two horns like a lamb , but it spoke like a dragon .
It exercised all the power of the first beast before its eyes .
It made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast ” ( Apoc 13:11-12 ) .
The beast , which looks like a lamb , represents the ecclesiastical freemasonry that has penetrated into the interior of the temple — especially into the hierarchy .
Its goal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within .
It wants and achieves for a short time the creation of an idol — a false christ and a false church .
[ 9 ] The reference to the hierarchy of the Church is crucial , in which the mitre — with two horns — indicates the fullness of the priesthood .
The beast that comes up out of the earth looks like a servant of Christ , the Lamb , but is a servant of satan , the dragon .
Thus , if the second beast is ecclesiastical freemasonry , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the summit in the false prophet at its head [ 10 ] , who is expressly designated as such in three passages of the Apocalypse ( Apoc 16:13 ; 19:20 ; 20:10 ) .
He is the pseudo-religious leader of the anti-church .
Through grave heresies and despicable sacrileges he advances the great apostasy from the top .
He deceives and cheats the inhabitants of the earth ( cf .
Apoc 13:14 ) and wants to lead people to worship the antichrist , whose direct forerunner he is ( cf .
Apoc 13:12 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the exegete of the New Testament Prof. Dr. Dr. Eduard Schick , has also pointed out this dimension in his work on the Apocalypse : “ The second beast ’ s mission is the unlimited seizure of power by the first ; for this purpose it is ordered and equipped by the first ; it is to lead people to recognize the first as what it claims to be , namely God himself .
All his propaganda aims at this in words and deeds [ … ] It is a matter of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ antichrist and getting mankind to pay him cultic veneration in turn.
” Bishop Schick accordingly speaks of a satanic trinity .
It consists of the dragon and the two beasts .
The first beast , which represents freemasonry , is personified in the antichrist , and the second , which represents ecclesiastical freemasonry , in the false prophet .
[ 12 ] Their goal is the unrestricted rule of the world , the kingdom of the devil on earth .
“ The rulers of the world , who had placed themselves in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ believe that the favorable opportunity has come to lead together the final destructive strike against the Church of Christ on earth .
The satanic triad doubles its propaganda for this purpose.
” [ 13 ] Archbishop Dr. Dr. Fulton J. Sheen made it clear in this context that this agenda is marked by the establishment of a counter-church : “ It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church , but in reverse and emptied of its divine content .
There will be a mystical body of the antichrist , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Mystical Body of Christ.
” [ 14 ] Accordingly , an anti-church at its head necessarily needs an anti-pope , who is the false prophet of the Apocalypse .
The hostile aspiration wants to seduce people to “ accept a new religion without the cross , a liturgy without the hereafter , a religion to destroy religion , or a politics that is a religion.
” [ 15 ] Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerich , the great German mystic , has seen and described the rise of the pernicious anti-church .
She “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ church arose in Rome.
” [ 16 ] In doing so , she used a drastic term that clearly demonstrates the apocalyptic extent of the event : “ But the whole house was dark and black , and all that happened in it was darkness and gloom [ … ] I also saw how very bad the consequences of this after-church would be .
I saw it grow , I saw many heretics of all ranks go to the city.
” [ 17 ] Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerich saw the closure of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catholic communities everywhere .
[ 18 ] She described the spread of the “ dark after-church ” as an implementation of the antichristian decisive struggle : “ The sect receives its signature from the apocalyptic beast which , risen from the sea , dwells with it and drives it to fight against the flock of Christ.
” [ 19 ] Against the background of this apocalyptic period , the famous message of La Salette echoes like a loud and insistent warning : “ Rome will lose faith and become the seat of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 9 ] Cf .
also Rudolf Graber , Athanasius und die Kirche unserer Zeit [ St. Athanasius and the Church of Our Time ] , Abensberg 1987 ( 11th ed . )
, p. 38 .
[ 10 ] Cf .
also Augustin Arndt ( ed . )
, Die Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testamentes .
Mit dem Texte der Vulgata [ The Holy Scripture of the Old and the New Testament .
With the Texts of the Vulgata ] , Regensburg .
Rom & New York 1901 , 3 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
[ 14 ] Fulton J. Sheen , Der Kommunismus und das Gewissen der westlichen Welt [ Communism and the Conscience of the West ] , Berlin 1950 , p. 12 .
[ 20 ] Johannes Maria Höcht , Die Große Botschaft von La Salette [ The Great Message of La Salette ] , Stein am Rhein 2004 ( 8th ed . )
, p. 161 .

The first beast of the Apocalypse, which represents freemasonry, is personified in the antichrist, and the second, which represents ecclesiastical freemasonry, in the false prophet.
December 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — There is a prophecy of St. Francis of Assisi in an authentic and renowned source, in which he speaks of the appearance of an apostatic antipope in the time of tribulation (“futurae tribulationis”).[1]
It says “that someone who is not canonically elected and is infected with heretical wickedness, at the turning point of that tribulation raised to the papacy, would make a refined effort to give many the death of his error to drink” (“quod aliquis, non canonice electus et haeretica pravitate infectus, in articulo tribulationis illius ad papatum assumptus, multis mortem sui erroris sagaciter propinare moliretur”).[2] St. Francis of Assisi predicted that this figure “tyrannically usurps the papacy” (“papatum usurpare tyrannice”).[3]
It is in this sense that in our time St. Padre Pio has entrusted to his spiritual son, the famous exorcist Don Gabriele Amorth, the following dramatic words: “It is satan who has entered the womb of the Church, and within a short while, he will rule over a false church.”[4]
St. Padre Pio knew the Third Secret of Fatima — it had actually been revealed to him four years before the little shepherds.[5]
The well-known Spanish journalist José María Zavala asked Don Gabriele Amorth about it in more detail, and summarized the conclusion of the dialog as follows: “There were two recurring and interrelated themes: the great apostasy in the Church from its apex — in accordance with the testimony of Cardinal Ciappi — and the introduction of the devil to the head of the Church by means of a pope under the control of satan.”[6]
In this context, Zavala referred to the exact correspondence of these words to the statement of Frère Michel, a great expert on the message of Fatima and author of a trilogy on the subject. He stated: “It will be the time of the decisive battle between the Virgin and the devil. A flood of diabolical confusion will spread throughout the world. Satan will penetrate the highest levels of the Church. This will be the great apostasy announced for the last days, […] the ‘false prophet’ who betrays the Church in favor of the ‘beast,’ according to the prophecy of the Apocalypse.”[7]
In fact, as Sr. Lucia herself pointed out[8], the secret is revealed in the last book of Holy Scripture.
In that book, there is talk of the fiery red dragon (cf. Apoc 12:3), which is manifest in atheistic communism, and of the black beast (cf. Apoc 13:1-2), which represents freemasonry.
Then it says: “Another beast came up out of the earth. It had two horns like a lamb, but it spoke like a dragon. It exercised all the power of the first beast before its eyes. It made the earth and its inhabitants worship the first beast” (Apoc 13:11-12).
The beast, which looks like a lamb, represents the ecclesiastical freemasonry that has penetrated into the interior of the temple — especially into the hierarchy. Its goal is to overcome the Catholic Church from within. It wants and achieves for a short time the creation of an idol — a false christ and a false church.[9]
The reference to the hierarchy of the Church is crucial, in which the mitre — with two horns — indicates the fullness of the priesthood. The beast that comes up out of the earth looks like a servant of Christ, the Lamb, but is a servant of satan, the dragon.
Thus, if the second beast is ecclesiastical freemasonry, it is personified and literally elevated to the summit in the false prophet at its head[10], who is expressly designated as such in three passages of the Apocalypse (Apoc 16:13; 19:20; 20:10).
He is the pseudo-religious leader of the anti-church. Through grave heresies and despicable sacrileges he advances the great apostasy from the top. He deceives and cheats the inhabitants of the earth (cf. Apoc 13:14) and wants to lead people to worship the antichrist, whose direct forerunner he is (cf. Apoc 13:12).
The former Bishop of Fulda, the exegete of the New Testament Prof. Dr. Eduard Schick, has also pointed out this dimension in his work on the Apocalypse: “The second beast’s mission is the unlimited seizure of power by the first; for this purpose it is ordered and equipped by the first; it is to lead people to recognize the first as what it claims to be, namely God himself. All his propaganda aims at this in words and deeds […] It is a matter of religiously transfiguring the world power of the antichrist and getting mankind to pay him cultic veneration in turn.”
Bishop Schick accordingly speaks of a satanic trinity. It consists of the dragon and the two beasts.
The first beast, which represents freemasonry, is personified in the antichrist, and the second, which represents ecclesiastical freemasonry, in the false prophet.[12] Their goal is the unrestricted rule of the world, the kingdom of the devil on earth.
“The rulers of the world, who had placed themselves in the service of the ‘satanic trinity,’ believe that the favorable opportunity has come to lead together the final destructive strike against the Church of Christ on earth. The satanic triad doubles its propaganda for this purpose.”[13]
Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen made it clear in this context that this agenda is marked by the establishment of a counter-church: “It will have all the notes and characteristics of the Church, but in reverse and emptied of its divine content. There will be a mystical body of the antichrist, which will resemble in all its externals the Mystical Body of Christ.”[14] Accordingly, an anti-church at its head necessarily needs an anti-pope, who is the false prophet of the Apocalypse.
The hostile aspiration wants to seduce people to “accept a new religion without the cross, a liturgy without the hereafter, a religion to destroy religion, or a politics that is a religion.”[15]
Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerich, the great German mystic, has seen and described the rise of the pernicious anti-church. She “saw how […] another dark church arose in Rome.”[16] In doing so, she used a drastic term that clearly demonstrates the apocalyptic extent of the event: “But the whole house was dark and black, and all that happened in it was darkness and gloom […] I also saw how very bad the consequences of this after-church would be. I saw it grow, I saw many heretics of all ranks go to the city.”[17]
Blessed Anna Katharina Emmerich saw the closure of the churches and the great distress of the Catholic communities everywhere.[18] She described the spread of the “dark after-church” as an implementation of the antichristian decisive struggle: “The sect receives its signature from the apocalyptic beast which, risen from the sea, dwells with it and drives it to fight against the flock of Christ.”[19]
Against the background of this apocalyptic period, the famous message of La Salette echoes like a loud and insistent warning: “Rome will lose faith and become the seat of the antichrist”[20].
November 30, 2020
St. Andrew, Apostle, brother of St. Peter
Fr. Frank Unterhalt
Translation by LifeSite’s Martin Bürger
__________
[1] Bartolomeo da Pisa, De conformitate vitae Beati Francisci ad vitam Domini Iesu, Liber II, Fruct. VI, Pars II, 3, in: Analecta Franciscana sive Chronica aliaque varia documenta ad historiam Fratrum Minorum spectantia, Edita a Patribus Collegii S. Bonaventurae, Romae 1912, Tomus V, p. 167.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] José María Zavala, El secreto mejor guardado de Fátima, Spanish edition, Planeta Publishing 2017, p. 231.
[5] Cf. ibid., p. 20.
[6] Ibid., p. 267.
[7] Ibid., pp. 83–84.
[8] Cf. ibid., p. 271.
[9] Cf. also Rudolf Graber, Athanasius und die Kirche unserer Zeit [St. Athanasius and the Church of Our Time], Abensberg 1987 (11th ed.), p. 38.
[10] Cf. also Augustin Arndt (ed.), Die Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testamentes. Mit dem Texte der Vulgata [The Holy Scripture of the Old and the New Testament. With the Texts of the Vulgata], Regensburg. Rom & New York 1901, 3. vol., p. 979, footnote 18.
[11] Eduard Schick, Geistliche Schriftlesung. Die Apokalypse [A Spiritual Reading of Scripture: the Apocalypse], Düsseldorf 1971, pp. 149–150.
[12] Cf. also ibid., pp. 141–142.148–149.
[13] Ibid., p. 175.
[14] Fulton J. Sheen, Der Kommunismus und das Gewissen der westlichen Welt [Communism and the Conscience of the West], Berlin 1950, p. 12.
[15] Ibid., S. 11.
[16] Karl Erhard Schmöger, Das Leben der gottseligen Anna Katharina Emmerich, 2. vol., Freiburg im Breisgau 1870, p. 492.
[17] Ibid., p. 493.
[18] Cf. ibid., p. 494.
[19] Ibid., p. 501.
[20] Johannes Maria Höcht, Die Große Botschaft von La Salette [The Great Message of La Salette], Stein am Rhein 2004 (8th ed.), p. 161.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-10--2021 March for Life Chicago will be pro-life tour of Midwest

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December 10 , 2020 ( Pregnancy Help News ) — Note from Pregnancy Help News : This year the March for Life Chicago will transform into a Midwest tour .
The March will span five states , stopping at seven separate locations through the month of January .
At each stop , speakers will address the affliction of abortion and the destruction it causes for unborn children and their families .
Participants will also hear inspiring stories and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ throughout the Midwest in actively defending life .
Spanning three weeks in January and covering five states , pro-life advocates from around the Midwest will gather in multiple locations leading up the March for Life Chicago .
The march , an annual event , draws thousands from across the Midwest to celebrate all human life from conception through natural death .
Overseen by weDignify and dozens of local organizations , this year ’ s March for Life Chicago will lead the Midwest pro-life movement in voicing its support for life in a new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a multicity tour with stops in Des Moines , IA ; Indianapolis , IN ; Omaha , NE ; Madison , WI ; Mundelein , IL ; and Fort Wayne , IN in the weeks leading up to the March for Life Chicago downtown in the Chicago loop .
“ Over 130,000 lives are lost in the Midwest each year to the tragedy of abortion , ” stated March for Life Chicago Executive Director Kevin Grillot .
“ Each one of us has the opportunity to stand up against the biggest human @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2021 , we are bringing the March for Life Chicago to individual cities , giving people the chance to mourn the many lives lost in their communities and to advocate for a life-giving future for unborn babies and for their parents.
” The tour will span five states , stopping at seven separate locations .
At each tour stop , speakers will address the affliction of abortion and the destruction reaped upon families , killing unborn babies and harming their parents .
Participants will also hear inspiring stories and a rallying cry to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in actively defending life .
Marches and car rallies will take place at designated times and locations , where together with local co-sponsoring organizations , the March for Life Chicago will welcome thousands of individuals , families , and groups , to advocate for mothers and their babies and voice opposition to Roe v. Wade and anti-life legislation .
The local tour stops will build up momentum that will culminate in the major event on January 23 — the March for Life Chicago .
As in past years , diverse groups united by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in downtown Chicago .
Careful attention will be paid to the logistics to ensure that pro-life voices are heard , local regulations are honored , and all marchers are kept safe .
March for Life Chicago 2020 and the Moving the Movement Tour dates January 2 through 23 , 2021 include : • January 2 : Madison , WI ( cohosted by Pro-Life Wisconsin , Wisconsin Right to Life , Wisconsin Catholic Conference , and Wisconsin Family Action ) • January 10 : Omaha , NE ( cohosted by the Catholic Archdiocese of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wayne , IN ( cohosted by the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod and Right to Life of Northeast Indiana ) • January 17 : Mundelein , IL ( cohosted by Lake County Right to Life of IL , the Archdiocese of Chicago , and Orthodox Christians for Life ) • January 22 : Indianapolis , IN ( cohosted by Right to Life of Indianapolis ) • January 23 : March for Life Chicago , Downtown Chicago , IL ( cohosted by Moody Radio , Illinois Right to Life , CatholicVote , Southside Pregnancy Center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Church ) Note from Pregnancy Help News : The article was provided by March for Life Chicago partner TC Public Relations .
The March for Life Chicago is an annual public event that marks the tragedy of legalized abortion in the United States , along with the devastating social , moral and legal consequences that have followed .
weDignify oversees the March for Life Chicago in leading the Midwest pro-life movement and mentors college students into skilled , virtuous pro-life leaders .
Published with permission from Pregnancy Help News .

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And, across the U.S., “Choose Life” vehicle license plates (or tags) have raised more than $28 million for pro-life pregnancy centers, maternity homes, safe havens, and adoption centers, varying with each state.
The potential for expanding the “Choose Life” license plate program to new states and new members is incredible – but only if citizens are allowed to have the plates!
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Cuomo has blocked the approval of “Choose Life” license plates in NY, despite widespread support for these truly positive messages of love and life. A headline in the New York Post declared, “The DMV Acts Like We Live in Pyongyang.”
And, in nearby New Jersey and Connecticut, similar hurdles were faced.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-11--COVID-19 ‘warp speed’ vaccines likely not safe and not needed, medical expert says

December 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – A medical expert with over 30 years ' experience in the field of commercial biotechnology has said that COVID-19 vaccines developed at “ warp speed ” are likely not safe and not necessary .
In an interview published on YouTube on Tuesday , Patrick Coffin , Catholic commentator and podcaster , spoke to Dr. Theresa Deisher about “ the coming COVID-19 vaccine , ” where she explained that “ [ t ] his virus today has less than a 0.03 % fatality rate and most of those people , I believe 92 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ problems.
” Dr. Theresa Deisher , who made the comments , is the founder and chief scientist of the Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute , a non-profit dedicated to “ end human trafficking and exploitation for the purposes of biomedical research and commercial products.
” Deisher herself has a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Physiology from Stamford University .
During the hour-long interview many of the hot-button issues surrounding COVID-19 , including the efficacy of masks , the speed at which a vaccination ought to be researched and produced , as well as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ began by explaining briefly how vaccinations work , in theory : “ the concept behind a vaccine is that if you expose someone to a virus that is less dangerous than the wild type virus , you will get immunity not only to the less dangerous virus you expose them to , but also to the wild type.
” Deisher questioned the lack of transparency shared by COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers at the various stages of production , raising concerns over the data and the reports of negative side effects in test groups .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ data to the public , ” she said .
“ I think that the side effects in cherry-picked healthy individuals are very concerning and when you get out there into the wild , where people are n't cherry-picked , the side effects will just get worse .
It 's very concerning.
” As part of the concerns over transparency , many have remarked about the speedy timeframe within which new vaccinations have been produced .
When asked about the typical length of time it takes to bring a vaccine from research and development @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replied “ it would not be uncommon for it to be at least ten years.
” Commenting on the need for a vaccine , Deisher laid out that “ this virus to date has less than a 0.03 % fatality rate and most of those people , I believe it 's 92 % or above , have other health problems ; we 're making a vaccine at warp speed for a virus that does n't look like it 's going to need a vaccine.
” She added that “ [ i ] t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t believe it is desirable , nor do I believe that it ’ s safe , ” with as much as “ 15 % of the very healthy young volunteers [ experiencing ] significant side effects.
” The plight of the vaccine-injured Deisher and Coffin went on to discuss the 1986 Child Injury Act , a little-known law which prevents the vaccine-injured or their relatives from suing vaccine companies .
Deisher noted that “ our government sees vaccines as an issue of national security and they 're concerned with [ biological ] warfare.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ diphtheria , tetanus , and pertussis vaccine , produced in the U.S. in the 1980 ’ s .
Deisher said the vaccine “ was so harmful that companies were losing so much money in lawsuits [ … ] that they were threatening to stop.
” According to Deisher , “ the government did not want vaccines to go away and they want these companies ready if we need a rapid vaccine in the case of [ biological ] warfare and that is why carte blanche immunity was granted.
” Instead a program for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program ( NVICP ) .
According to Children ’ s Health Defense , the introduction of legal indemnity for vaccine manufacturers , and the subsequent compensation initiative , “ failed miserably as a litigious , broken system where the injured are up against a government vaccine program , government owned vaccine patents , government health officials who administer the program and government paid attorneys from the Department of Justice.
” The odds are stacked against claimants , for whom there is “ no judge , no jury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Deisher agrees , stating that “ it was not obviously the right decision and families [ with ] children have been harmed , grievously harmed.
” She added that there is no other situation in which healthy people are coerced “ because of our education policies ” to take something which can damage them and leave them with “ no recourse [ … ] it 's really an atrocity.
” Increased danger of vaccinating following lockdowns and widespread mask use With the information that is now available to the government regarding the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suggests that “ public health officials [ should ] take an honest , objective look at data and change our policy.
” She asserts that “ we know a lot about this disease now and the hype and the passion over it is wildly out of proportion.
” And yet the government continue to impose harsh restrictions that impact on “ children , mental health , suicide , domestic abuse , ” Deisher observed .
She decried the government ’ s response to the data , saying : “ now we know there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doing and instead [ the government ] just do more : ‘ oh that did n't work let 's do more ’ .
I mean , yeah , that 's not rational.
” “ All the control is no longer about COVID-19 anymore , ” Coffin suggested .
“ Now it 's about [ the ] oligarchic ability to inflame the masses with irrational fear .
You know , a populace that 's full of fear is very easy to manage.
” In response Deisher explained that “ [ if ] you are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and cortisol kills your immune cells , so fear is bad for a healthy immune system.
” “ If you isolate , if you lock down and you 're not exposed to bacteria or pathogens or viruses , your immune system takes a break , and if you wear a mask you also can hinder [ the ] functioning of your immune system , ” she continued .
Exasperated at the effect mask wearing has on healthy people , Deisher observed that “ we have people wearing masks , I mean I see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in sight , walking their dogs : they 're terrified , they 're wearing masks and they 're locked down.
” Rather grimly , she added that “ when they come out , they 're not going to have immune systems.
” When asked about the effectiveness of masks against catching the virus , Deishner said “ no , masks do not work .
87 % of new [ COVID-19 ] cases in the U.S. almost always wear a mask , so it looks like the masks increase your risk of getting infected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mandates having suppressed people ’ s immune systems , Deisher stated : “ [ t ] o think about mass vaccination of populations whose immune systems are not working well because of how this has been handled : I do n't know what will happen , I think that 's frightening.
” She continued , saying “ 50 % of our population is immunocompromised so I think it 's going to be frightening to see what happens as they go vaccinate.
” In contradiction to locking down and masking up , experts have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contributes to building a strong immune system .
Moreover , numerous studies show that , by supplementing your vitamin D intake and maintaining a balanced diet , one can reduce the severity of any symptoms , should they contract COVID .
Deisher said that she would not take either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines , referencing that an mRNA vaccine has never been authorized before and that “ the potential dangers and side effects from those vaccines are quite high and quite plausible.
” While Deisher said she would consider taking either the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ confirmed that in her opinion a rational person be on solid ground to eschew any COVID-19 vaccine .
LifeSiteNews has produced an extensive COVID-19 vaccines resources page .
View it here .
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'We're making a vaccine at warp speed for a virus that doesn't look like it's going to need a vaccine...I don’t believe it is desirable, nor do I believe that it’s safe'
December 11, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – A medical expert with over 30 years' experience in the field of commercial biotechnology has said that COVID-19 vaccines developed at “warp speed” are likely not safe and not necessary.
In an interview published on YouTube on Tuesday, Patrick Coffin, Catholic commentator and podcaster, spoke to Dr. Theresa Deisher about “the coming COVID-19 vaccine,” where she explained that “[t]his virus today has less than a 0.03% fatality rate and most of those people, I believe 92% or above, have other health problems.”
Dr. Theresa Deisher, who made the comments, is the founder and chief scientist of the Sound Choice Pharmaceutical Institute, a non-profit dedicated to “end human trafficking and exploitation for the purposes of biomedical research and commercial products.” Deisher herself has a Ph.D. in Molecular and Cellular Physiology from Stamford University.
During the hour-long interview many of the hot-button issues surrounding COVID-19, including the efficacy of masks, the speed at which a vaccination ought to be researched and produced, as well as the ethical issues, were raised.
Deisher began by explaining briefly how vaccinations work, in theory: “the concept behind a vaccine is that if you expose someone to a virus that is less dangerous than the wild type virus, you will get immunity not only to the less dangerous virus you expose them to, but also to the wild type.”
Deisher questioned the lack of transparency shared by COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers at the various stages of production, raising concerns over the data and the reports of negative side effects in test groups. “Vaccine companies are not releasing the data to the public,” she said. “I think that the side effects in cherry-picked healthy individuals are very concerning and when you get out there into the wild, where people aren't cherry-picked, the side effects will just get worse. It's very concerning.”
As part of the concerns over transparency, many have remarked about the speedy timeframe within which new vaccinations have been produced. When asked about the typical length of time it takes to bring a vaccine from research and development through to rolling it out, Deisher replied “it would not be uncommon for it to be at least ten years.”
Commenting on the need for a vaccine, Deisher laid out that “this virus to date has less than a 0.03% fatality rate and most of those people, I believe it's 92% or above, have other health problems; we're making a vaccine at warp speed for a virus that doesn't look like it's going to need a vaccine.” She added that “[i]t is possible, but I don’t believe it is desirable, nor do I believe that it’s safe,” with as much as “15% of the very healthy young volunteers [experiencing] significant side effects.”
The plight of the vaccine-injured
— Article continues below Petition — PETITION: No to government and corporate penalties for refusing COVID-19 vaccine Show Petition Text 103183 have signed the petition. Let's get to 125000 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition **Photo credit: Shutterstock.com Mainstream media sources are promoting offensive suggestions by some doctors that people who refuse a vaccine for COVID-19 should be "punished" by the government and by business - effectively coercing them into taking the vaccine. One group of doctors writing in 'USA Today' suggested that the government impose special taxes (i.e., fines) on people who refuse the vaccination and that business simply refuse to serve them. [see story below]
Another doctor writing in an online publication called 'The Conversation' shamelessly suggested that people who refuse a vaccine should be given a psychoactive drug to induce compliance. [see story below] But, these suggestions are plain political posturing, and have nothing to do with science or with the recent trends of the disease. And, in case they haven't noticed, we live in a democracy not a medical dictatorship! Please SIGN this urgent petition which asks policy-makers and business people, at all levels, to pledge to respect the rights of those who, in good conscience, decide not to vaccinate themselves or their children. People should not have to live in fear of governmental or corporate retribution for refusing a vaccine which is being rushed to market by Big Pharma and their fellow-travelers in NGOs, like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It would be intolerable and immoral for the government or business to coerce someone, and their family, to take a COVID vaccine against their will to avoid a fine, or just so they can do their weekly grocery shopping. Medical freedom must be respected in principle and also in practice. So, it is now time that our policy-makers listen to all voices involved in this vital conversation, and start to represent those who will not tolerate being punished for refusing a vaccine. Simply put, legislatures must begin to act as legislatures again. Questions must be asked. Hearings and investigations must be held. And, the legislatures of each state and country must return to the business of representing the people who voted for them, assuming their rightful place as the originator of legislation. We can no longer accept the dictates of executive branches without question, especially now that, statistically speaking, the initial brunt of the COVID crisis has passed. Neither can we accept the dictates of doctors who seem detached from reality and from science, and who only seem to be attached to the idea of promoting ideas which contribute to the agrandizement of power and control of political interests, and wealth of those who stand to make a lot of money from the sale of a COVID vaccine. Please SIGN this urgent petition which asks government and business leaders to pledge to respect the rights of those who refuse a COVID vaccine, and not seek to punish them for doing so. FOR MORE INFORMATION: 'Doctors lay out plan to ‘punish’ people who refuse coronavirus vaccine: ‘There is no alternative’' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/doctors-lay-out-plan-to-punish-people-who-refuse-coronavirus-vaccine-there-is-no-alternative 'US professor: ‘Psychoactive pill’ should be covertly administered to ensure lockdown compliance' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-professor-ensure-lockdown-compliance-by-drugging-dissenters-with-psychoactive-pill Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
Deisher and Coffin went on to discuss the 1986 Child Injury Act, a little-known law which prevents the vaccine-injured or their relatives from suing vaccine companies.
Deisher noted that “our government sees vaccines as an issue of national security and they're concerned with [biological] warfare.” However, problems began with the diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vaccine, produced in the U.S. in the 1980’s. Deisher said the vaccine “was so harmful that companies were losing so much money in lawsuits […] that they were threatening to stop.” According to Deisher, “the government did not want vaccines to go away and they want these companies ready if we need a rapid vaccine in the case of [biological] warfare and that is why carte blanche immunity was granted.”
Instead a program for compensating victims of vaccine injury was created called The National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP). According to Children’s Health Defense, the introduction of legal indemnity for vaccine manufacturers, and the subsequent compensation initiative, “failed miserably as a litigious, broken system where the injured are up against a government vaccine program, government owned vaccine patents, government health officials who administer the program and government paid attorneys from the Department of Justice.” The odds are stacked against claimants, for whom there is “no judge, no jury of your peers, and no discovery.”
Deisher agrees, stating that “it was not obviously the right decision and families [with] children have been harmed, grievously harmed.” She added that there is no other situation in which healthy people are coerced “because of our education policies” to take something which can damage them and leave them with “no recourse […] it's really an atrocity.”
Increased danger of vaccinating following lockdowns and widespread mask use
With the information that is now available to the government regarding the death rate associated with COVID-19, Deisher suggests that “public health officials [should] take an honest, objective look at data and change our policy.” She asserts that “we know a lot about this disease now and the hype and the passion over it is wildly out of proportion.” And yet the government continue to impose harsh restrictions that impact on “children, mental health, suicide, domestic abuse,” Deisher observed. She decried the government’s response to the data, saying: “now we know there's no justification for what we are doing and instead [the government] just do more: ‘oh that didn't work let's do more’. I mean, yeah, that's not rational.”
“All the control is no longer about COVID-19 anymore,” Coffin suggested. “Now it's about [the] oligarchic ability to inflame the masses with irrational fear. You know, a populace that's full of fear is very easy to manage.”
In response Deisher explained that “[if] you are in fear your cortisol levels go up and cortisol kills your immune cells, so fear is bad for a healthy immune system.”
“If you isolate, if you lock down and you're not exposed to bacteria or pathogens or viruses, your immune system takes a break, and if you wear a mask you also can hinder [the] functioning of your immune system,” she continued.
Exasperated at the effect mask wearing has on healthy people, Deisher observed that “we have people wearing masks, I mean I see them out by themselves, no one in sight, walking their dogs: they're terrified, they're wearing masks and they're locked down.” Rather grimly, she added that “when they come out, they're not going to have immune systems.”
When asked about the effectiveness of masks against catching the virus, Deishner said “no, masks do not work. 87% of new [COVID-19] cases in the U.S. almost always wear a mask, so it looks like the masks increase your risk of getting infected about 12-fold.”
On account of government mandates having suppressed people’s immune systems, Deisher stated: “[t]o think about mass vaccination of populations whose immune systems are not working well because of how this has been handled: I don't know what will happen, I think that's frightening.” She continued, saying “50% of our population is immunocompromised so I think it's going to be frightening to see what happens as they go vaccinate.”
In contradiction to locking down and masking up, experts have shown that getting fresh air and exercise contributes to building a strong immune system. Moreover, numerous studies show that, by supplementing your vitamin D intake and maintaining a balanced diet, one can reduce the severity of any symptoms, should they contract COVID.
Deisher said that she would not take either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, referencing that an mRNA vaccine has never been authorized before and that “the potential dangers and side effects from those vaccines are quite high and quite plausible.”
While Deisher said she would consider taking either the Sanofi or GSK vaccine, she also confirmed that in her opinion a rational person be on solid ground to eschew any COVID-19 vaccine.
LifeSiteNews has produced an extensive COVID-19 vaccines resources page. View it here.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-11--CCP ‘has people at the top of America’s core inner circle of power,’ Chinese professor claims

BEIJING , CHINA , December 11 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — During a recent Chinese television broadcast a local economics professor who teaches in Beijing bragged that the communist nation “ has people at the top of America ’ s core inner circle of power and influence.
” Soon after being uploaded to Chinese social media , the video of these statements was , reportedly , taken down for unexplained reasons .
As reported by Tucker Carlson ( full clip ) , Di Dongsheng , from Renmin University , made several significant remarks while addressing the topics of international @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a “ trade war ” being waged between communist China and the Trump Administration .
The Trump administration is in a trade war with us , so why ca n't we fix the Trump administration ?
Why , between 1992 and 2016 , did China and the U.S. , used to be able to settle all kinds of issues ?
No matter what kind of crises we encountered ... things were solved in no time ... We fixed everything in two months .
What is the reason ?
I 'm going to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explosive here .
It 's just because we have people at the top .
[ laughter ] At the top of America 's core inner circle of power and influence , we have our old friends .
Therefore , according to this professor , the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) has its “ old friends ” at the “ top of America 's core inner circle of power and influence , ” which has been assisting their agenda for decades .
According to Carlson , Di suggested “ [ t ] he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” as “ [ t ] he Chinese had many friends among the Obama people .
The problem came when Donald Trump was elected .
After that , he says , everything changed.
” For the past 30 years , 40 years , we have been utilizing the core power of the United States .
As I said before , since the 1970 ’ s , Wall Street had a very strong influence on the domestic and foreign affairs of the United States .
So , we had a channel to rely on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2008 , the status of Wall Street has declined and more importantly , after 2016 , Wall Street can ’ t fix Trump .
Why ?
It ’ s very awkward .
Trump had a previous soft default issue with Wall Street , so there was a conflict between them , but I won ’ t go into details , I may not have enough time .
So during the US-China trade war , they [ Wall Street ] tried to help .
And I know that , my friends on the US @ @ @ @ @ @ @ help , but they couldn ’ t do much .
While Carlson points out we don ’ t know exactly who all of these Chinese agents are in America ’ s “ inner circle of power , ” whether in the media or government , Di does identify “ Wall Street ” as some of the “ old friends ” of the communist Chinese , their “ channel to rely on ” in successfully influencing American policy .
As he indicates , this arrangement hit a serious roadblock when Donald Trump was elected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with their Wall Street partners , were not able to “ fix Trump.
” In response , Di explains , America ’ s “ elite , ” became very focused on the defeat of the president in 2020 .
But now we ’ re seeing [ Joe ] Biden was elected [ laughter ] , the traditional elite , the political elite , the establishment , they ’ re very close to Wall Street .
So you see that , right ?
Trump has been saying that Biden ’ s son has some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noticed that ?
Who helped him [ Biden ’ s son ] build the foundations ?
Got it ?
There are a lot of deals in all these .
[ laughter , applause ] Then , so , at such a time , we use an appropriate way to express some goodwill .
Di celebrates that “ the traditional elite , the political elite , the establishment , ” who are “ very close to Wall Street , ” and who are “ old friends ” of the communist Chinese , will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inauguration in January .
He goes on to indicate , that , indeed , China helped Biden ’ s son , Hunter , build a financial foundation as “ an appropriate way to express some goodwill.
” In October , the New York Post exposed evidence of significant financial corruption involving large payoffs from the communist Chinese government to Hunter Biden , while the elite media and big tech networks suppressed the story heading into the November election .
Former business partner of the Bidens , Tony Bobulinski , who came forward with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden family , including their receiving a 5 million dollar “ loan ” from the CCP , provided his personal opinion to Carlson in an October interview that “ Joe Biden and the Biden family are compromised ” by the communist Chinese .
Carlson concluded , “ It looks like Tony Bobulinski was right about that .
And it looks like the Bidens are far from the only ones who have been compromised.
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The events of the past month, and especially the past 10 days, have shaken the faith Americans have in their elected and appoint officials.
We continue to call for investigations to be made into allegations of election fraud. Texas is in the process of prosecuting one political operative for illegal ballot harvesting, and multiple state legislatures have called for investigations, too.
However, the judiciary has severely let down the American electorate.
As we have said all along, the integrity of the election is much bigger than President Trump. Election integrity is at the heart of republican democracy, and if we don't have it, we no longer have a functioning republic.
Therefore, we continue to seek the truth for the election outcome. Perhaps that will only be known in the future when state or federal commissions are established to investigate the instances of election fraud which were witnessed and sworn to, by thousands of Americans of all political persuasions.
In the meantime, you may still sign this petition. Thank you!
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20) -
On Wednesday, President Trump tweeted: "We will be INTERVENING in the Texas (plus many other states) case. This is the big one. Our Country needs a victory!"
He is referring to the lawsuit which the state of Texas has filed against Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Georgia in the Supreme Court over changes those states made to their election rules, claiming they violated the U.S. Constitution in the process.
Here is the central part of the argument: if Texas were to allow possible voter fraud to go unchecked in Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia, it would be akin to committing fraud upon the people of Texas, who cast their ballots within the framework of the law.
Indeed, this would apply equally to all citizens who voted within the framework of the law across the United States!
President Trump also tweeted that this case is, "very strong...ALL CRITERIA MET."
Please continue to SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, now.
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PETITION UPDATE (12/7/20) - Since this petition was launched, President Trump's legal team, as well as other concerned citizens, have discovered what appears to be irrefutable evidence of voter fraud in several of the key battleground states, and have initiated legal challenges in six states.
While the situation continues to evolve, this remains a hugely important petition which we encourage you to SIGN and SHARE.
Below, please WATCH and READ about the mounting evidence of voter fraud and how the mainstream media seem determined to ignore even the most egregious instances of vote tampering. Then, please SIGN and SHARE this petition.
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But, since starting this petition, we have launched a separate petition related to the disputed election outcome, calling on the Department of Justice to 'do their job' and engage in meaningful investigations of the mounting evidence of voter fraud.
We believe that conducting forensic audits of ballots and voting machines, as well as issuing subpoenas to collect more evidence, would be a good start.
Thankfully, some of the state started to demand investigations independent of federal agencies. But we still believe that the DoJ needs to use its enormous fact-finding resources to help resolve allegations of election fraud.
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Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition which calls on all Americans to Stand With President Trump as he uses every legitimate means to find out if voter fraud played any role in the election outcome.
Amid allegations of voter fraud, and at a time when the situation with COVID has been used by many of the states to facilitate the use of mail-in ballots on a massive scale, we need to be very careful in dismissing the possibility of voter fraud.
The fact is, the possibility of wide-spread fraud with mail-in ballots is significant.
But, this is not about Donald Trump or Joe Biden! This about whether or not the sanctity of the ballot box has been tampered with!
Please Stand With President Trump as he attempts to defend the integrity of this election, as well as well as the right to vote itself!
Indeed, this is so important, not so much because one election hangs in the balance, but because our democracy, itself, hangs in the balance.
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Please SIGN this petition and Stand With President Trump to ensure that these elections were conducted freely and fairly!
While most all Americans believe in playing by the rules, we also know that some very devious, politically-motivated operatives have been trying to harm the Trump administration from before he even took the oath of office.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-11--Whistleblower: FDA failed to address ‘biohazard nightmare’ at Merck vaccine plant

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December 10 , 2020 ( Children ’ s Health Defense ) — A former employee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) whose job it was to inspect vaccine manufacturing plants told Vanity Fair last week that when the FDA ignored his allegations of gross safety violations at a Merck vaccine plant , he blew the whistle — only to be ignored .
Coming amid growing concerns over the safety of COVID vaccines , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speed , the newly revealed allegations raise questions about how the FDA will oversee safety at COVID vaccine manufacturing operations .
According to Vanity Fair , “ the unprecedented effort to actually make the more than 300 million doses that a successful national vaccination effort will require has gotten less attention ” than issues related to the safety and efficacy of the actual vaccines themselves .
“ Vital questions about the FDA ’ s inspections of vaccine plants have slipped under the radar , ” the magazine reported .
Vanity Fair , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , focused on concerns related exclusively to the manufacturing process .
The article dismissed concerns about the actual safety of the vaccine .
In an interview after her article was published , reporter Katherine Eba told PBS NewsHour the “ last thing she wanted to do ” was contribute to “ vaccine hesitancy.
” “ You know , the issues we raised in this story have nothing to do with the anti-vaxxer position .
They have to do with whether the FDA is doing the job it is supposed to do , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow good manufacturing practices.
” But many people , including doctors and scientists , have raised a multitude of concerns about the safety of the leading COVID vaccine candidates .
In fact , polls consistently show that more people than not , including healthcare workers , won ’ t sign up , at least not right away , for the vaccines .
Compounding concerns about the safety of the vaccines themselves , are concerns about the FDA ’ s process for emergency authorization — will the agency prioritize public safety over pharmaceutical industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the whistleblower who told his story to Vanity Fair , that ’ s not been his experience with the FDA , at least not when it comes to the safety of vaccine manufacturing .
Menachem — who according to Vanity Fair holds a master ’ s degree in biochemistry and worked for 13 years in quality assurance and compliance at several pharmaceutical companies before joining the FDA in 2014 — was a member of the FDA ’ s Team Biologics .
The “ elite ” team ’ s 14 members were responsible for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and blood products for U.S. patients .
In November 2018 , Menachem filed a whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel after his initial report detailing a host of disturbing safety violations at a Merck vaccine plant was downgraded by FDA officials .
Menachem ’ s report — based in part on information provided to him by whistleblowers within the company — included this , according to Vanity Fair : “ The allegations described a biohazard nightmare .
Workers appeared to be defecating and urinating in their uniforms , and feces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the plant ’ s production area , the letter alleged .
In a sterile manufacturing plant , bathroom breaks can be difficult to take because they require additional time , which could serve as one possible explanation for the events inside the Merck plant .
Ungowning can take 15 minutes , regowning can take 15 minutes , and on a night shift , there may be no one else to cover an essential worker during that time , Menachem said.
” Vanity Fair said the magazine confirmed Menachem ’ s account , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inside Team Biologics , “ through interviews with four current or former FDA employees , including Menachem , a detailed review of documents , and an analysis of Team Biologics inspection data.
” Merck isn ’ t the only drugmaker whose manufacturing operations have been called into question .
As Children ’ s Health Defense previously reported , Eli Lilly , which has been working on a COVID therapeutic drug , recently had a run-in with the FDA over problems with one of its manufacturing plants .
Reuters reported that the FDA had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at an Eli Lilly plant working on an antibody therapy .
A former associate counsel at the FDA told Reuters the violations were “ serious enough and have a significant enough impact on the public health that something needs to be fixed.
” When it comes to COVID vaccines , Dr. Joshua Sharfstein , vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , told Vanity Fair , “ There is not a lot of room for error on a COVID vaccine.
” But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , if the FDA , as it ’ s expected to , grants emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine , “ it is not even clear whether the FDA will require full inspections of manufacturing plants ” because transparency has been “ notably absent in Operation Warp Speed , ” the public-private partnership launched by the Trump administration to rapidly develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine .
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'Workers appeared to be defecating and urinating in their uniforms,' among other shocking claims.
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December 10, 2020 (Children’s Health Defense) — A former employee of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) whose job it was to inspect vaccine manufacturing plants told Vanity Fair last week that when the FDA ignored his allegations of gross safety violations at a Merck vaccine plant, he blew the whistle — only to be ignored.
Coming amid growing concerns over the safety of COVID vaccines, which are being rushed to market at unprecedented speed, the newly revealed allegations raise questions about how the FDA will oversee safety at COVID vaccine manufacturing operations.
According to Vanity Fair, “the unprecedented effort to actually make the more than 300 million doses that a successful national vaccination effort will require has gotten less attention” than issues related to the safety and efficacy of the actual vaccines themselves.
— Article continues below Petition — SIGN: Join petition calling for a stop to COVID vaccine testing in Europe Show Petition Text 16601 have signed the petition. Let's get to 17500 ! Thank you for signing this petition! Add your signature: Show Petition Text Country... State... Sign this Petition Concerns over the health and safety of the human test subjects in Pfizer's European COVID vaccine study have caused two eminent doctors to launch a petition calling for an immediate halt to those studies. On December 1, 2020, Dr. Michael Yeadon, an ex chief of research at Pfizer and Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg, a lung specialist and former department head of public health lodged an appeal to the EMA, the European Medicine Agency responsible for approving drugs across the EU, asking them to suspend the ongoing Pfizer/BioNtech COVID vaccine study on BNT162b (EudraCT number 2020-002641-42). LifeSite is joining Drs. Yeadon and Wodarg in their call for an immediate suspension of this study and we are encouraging people to co-sign their petition to the EMA which is to be found in the petition section on this page. Please SIGN and SHARE this important petition, and then please contact the EMA at the address listed below, in the 'For More Information' section. In their application to the EMA, Drs. Yeadon and Wodarg give the following reasons why the Pfizer study could pose dangers to the health and safety of the study participants: First, the doctors say that the study design must be improved as the highly inaccurate PCR test is currently being used to detect the presence of COVID in the study participants. This means that the efficacy of the vaccine is in doubt. The doctors recommend changing from the PCR test to Sanger sequencing.
Second, and more important, the doctors advocate animal testing of the vaccine to exclude the possibility of the risks to the life and health of human participants from known side-effects of other similar studies on corona viruses. These side-effects can include: an exaggerated immune response when the subject comes into contact with the "real world" virus; possible infertility of an "indefinite duration" for women; severe allergic responses to polyethylene glycol which is contained in the mRNA vaccine being tested by Pfizer; and, other latent, serious side effects which, because of the short duration of the study, may only become known well after the conclusion of the study. Because of these unacceptable risks to the life and health of the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID vaccine study participants, we are joining with Drs. Yeadon and Wodarg as co-signers of their petition to the European Medicine Agency, asking for an immediate halt to these studies. Thank you for SIGNING and SHARING, today! And, after you have signed this petition, please send the sample email in the section below to the official European Medicine Agency email: [email protected] FOR MORE INFORMATION: Actual Petition Text (pdf): https://2020news.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Wodarg_Yeadon_EMA_Petition_Pfizer_Trial_FINAL_01DEC2020_EN_unsigned_with_Exhibits.pdf Sample Email: Subject: Please act on the petition of Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon and stay the Phase III clinical trial(s) of BNT162b Dear Sir or Madam, I am hereby co-signing the petition of Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon to support their urgent request to stay the Phase III clinical trial(s) of BNT162b (EudraCT Number 2020-002641-42) and other clinical trials. The full text of the petition of Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon can be found here: https://2020news.de/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Wodarg_Yeadon_EMA_Petition_Pfizer_Trial_FINAL_01DEC2020_EN_unsigned_with_Exhibits.pdf I hereby respectfully request that EMA act on the petition of Dr. Wodarg and Dr. Yeadon immediately. Regards, [Your name] **Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com Hide Petition Text Sign this Petition
“Vital questions about the FDA’s inspections of vaccine plants have slipped under the radar,” the magazine reported.
Vanity Fair, the first to report on the whistleblower complaint, focused on concerns related exclusively to the manufacturing process. The article dismissed concerns about the actual safety of the vaccine.
In an interview after her article was published, reporter Katherine Eba told PBS NewsHour the “last thing she wanted to do” was contribute to “vaccine hesitancy.”
“You know, the issues we raised in this story have nothing to do with the anti-vaxxer position. They have to do with whether the FDA is doing the job it is supposed to do, which is ensuring that all these manufacturing plants follow good manufacturing practices.”
But many people, including doctors and scientists, have raised a multitude of concerns about the safety of the leading COVID vaccine candidates. In fact, polls consistently show that more people than not, including healthcare workers, won’t sign up, at least not right away, for the vaccines.
Compounding concerns about the safety of the vaccines themselves, are concerns about the FDA’s process for emergency authorization — will the agency prioritize public safety over pharmaceutical industry profits?
According to Arie Menachem, the whistleblower who told his story to Vanity Fair, that’s not been his experience with the FDA, at least not when it comes to the safety of vaccine manufacturing.
Menachem — who according to Vanity Fair holds a master’s degree in biochemistry and worked for 13 years in quality assurance and compliance at several pharmaceutical companies before joining the FDA in 2014 — was a member of the FDA’s Team Biologics.
The “elite” team’s 14 members were responsible for inspecting 280 manufacturing plants that make vaccines and blood products for U.S. patients.
In November 2018, Menachem filed a whistleblower complaint with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel after his initial report detailing a host of disturbing safety violations at a Merck vaccine plant was downgraded by FDA officials.
Menachem’s report — based in part on information provided to him by whistleblowers within the company — included this, according to Vanity Fair:
“The allegations described a biohazard nightmare. Workers appeared to be defecating and urinating in their uniforms, and feces had been found smeared on the floor of the plant’s production area, the letter alleged. In a sterile manufacturing plant, bathroom breaks can be difficult to take because they require additional time, which could serve as one possible explanation for the events inside the Merck plant. Ungowning can take 15 minutes, regowning can take 15 minutes, and on a night shift, there may be no one else to cover an essential worker during that time, Menachem said.”
Vanity Fair said the magazine confirmed Menachem’s account, as well as his description of conflict inside Team Biologics, “through interviews with four current or former FDA employees, including Menachem, a detailed review of documents, and an analysis of Team Biologics inspection data.”
Merck isn’t the only drugmaker whose manufacturing operations have been called into question. As Children’s Health Defense previously reported, Eli Lilly, which has been working on a COVID therapeutic drug, recently had a run-in with the FDA over problems with one of its manufacturing plants. Reuters reported that the FDA had cited “serious quality control problems” at an Eli Lilly plant working on an antibody therapy.
A former associate counsel at the FDA told Reuters the violations were “serious enough and have a significant enough impact on the public health that something needs to be fixed.”
When it comes to COVID vaccines, Dr. Joshua Sharfstein, vice dean for public health practice and community engagement at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, told Vanity Fair, “There is not a lot of room for error on a COVID vaccine.”
But as Vanity Fair and Bloomberg pointed out, if the FDA, as it’s expected to, grants emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 vaccine, “it is not even clear whether the FDA will require full inspections of manufacturing plants” because transparency has been “notably absent in Operation Warp Speed,” the public-private partnership launched by the Trump administration to rapidly develop and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-11--U.S. Supreme Court’s new take on emergency powers

December 10 , 2020 ( Children ’ s Health Defense ) — On Nov. 25 , in a 5-4 decision , the U.S. Supreme Court granted an application for injunctive relief to the petitioners Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and Agudath Israel of America .
The Supreme Court enjoined New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo from enforcing an executive order restricting houses of worship to 10- and 25-person occupancy limits .
In a red zone , while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons , businesses categorized as “ essential ” may admit as many people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of “ essential ” businesses includes things such as acupuncture facilities , camp grounds , garages , as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be regarded as essential , such as all plants manufacturing chemicals and microelectronics and all transportation facilities .
This decision is an about-face from the court ’ s earlier 2020 South Bay United Pentecostal Church v. Newsom .
“ Rather than apply a nonbinding and expired concurrence from South Bay , courts must resume applying the [ First Amendment ] Free Exercise Clause @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court makes this plain.
” Justice Gorsuch finally knocked Jacobson v. Massachusetts ( 1905 ) , the landmark Supreme Court decision authorizing broad emergency powers , off its perch .
The Supreme Court disagreed , and over the past 115 years , this case was precedent for hundreds of cases that followed .
Until this Supreme Court ruling , Jacobson appeared to put us on a predestined path towards house arrest , aka isolation and quarantine , followed by mandatory vaccination for participation in society .
The Jacobson Court took judicial notice of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While we do not decide and can not decide that vaccination is a preventative of smallpox , we take judicial notice of the fact that this is a common belief of the people of the State … What everybody knows the court must know … ( Justice Harlan ) Under this standard , the court in 1905 could have instructed the jury that any common belief was a true fact .
Since 1905 , Jacobson v. Massachusetts has justified everything from mandatory school vaccination to lockdowns to even forced sterilization in Buck @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gorsuch finds that Jacobson is not a rubber stamp : Here , by contrast , the State has effectively sought to ban all traditional forms of worship in affected “ zones ” whenever the Governor decrees and for as long as he chooses .
Nothing in Jacobson purported to address , let alone approve , such serious and long-lasting intrusions into settled constitutional rights .
In fact , Jacobson explained that the challenged law survived only because it did not “ contravene the Constitution of the United States ” or “ infringe any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Mandatory vaccination combined with lockdowns is the two-headed dragon .
I commend Justice Gorsuch for once again standing up for constitutional liberties : Why have some mistaken this court ’ s modest decision in Jacobson for a towering authority that overshadows the constitution during a pandemic ?
In the end , I can only surmise that much of the answer lies in a particular judicial impulse to stay out of the way in times of crisis .
But if that impulse may be understandable or even admirable in other circumstances , we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Constitution is under attack .
Things never go well when we do .
Justice Gorsuch sees the Constitution as a sleeping giant : “ Even if the Constitution has taken a holiday during this pandemic , it can not become a sabbatical.
” The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Children 's Health Defense .
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PETITION UPDATE (8/27/2020)
Thank you for continuing to SIGN and SHARE this petition, which asks policymakers at all levels of government to reverse mandatory mask orders within their borders.
Facebook has restored the share link for this petition, saying that the decision to block it was a 'mistake...'
Please share with your Facebook friends, but we should all take heed of this warning: when an organization or individuals have to beg, plead and cajole just to express objective truths, it may be time to start looking for other social networking platforms.
Facebook needs to treat its users with respect, no matter their political persuasion. Moreover, Facebook needs to treat objective reality and facts with more respect.
One-size-fits-all oppressive government mask mandates must stop!
Healthy adults and children should not be forced - by the state - to wear masks when the risk of infection is low and the benefit of wearing a mask is highly questionable.
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PETITION UPDATE (8/25/2020)
Facebook is actively censoring this petition, saying that some people find it 'abusive.'
How anyone could find alternate facts about oppressive mask mandates 'abusive' is incredible...that is, impossible to believe.
This is exactly the kind of censorship which Big Tech is getting a bad reputation for.
The fact that Facebook calls differing opinion and objective reality "abusive" says a lot about Facebook and their agenda to silence reason and logic, not just conservatives and Christians.
But, people are more intelligent than Facebook give them credit for.
And, the more this continues, the more reasonable people will look alternate platforms to share their thoughts and connect with their friends and family. The more that happens, the less revenue Facebook will generate.
All of us have a decision to make, and the time is coming where we might have to tell our Facebook friends that we are moving to another platform.
We are encouraging people to continue SIGNING this petition and SHARING it via other platforms such as Parler and Gab, and to share the link below with your family and friends on Whatsapp, Telegram, Threema and Signal.
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One-size-fits-all oppressive government mask mandates must stop!
Healthy adults and children should not be forced - by the state - to wear masks when the risk of infection is low and the benefit of wearing a mask is highly questionable.
Please SIGN this petition which asks policymakers at all levels of government to reverse mandatory mask mandates within their borders.
Public health policies should be based on science and logic, not on the type of political posturing and virtue-signaling which led Joe Biden to recently call for a national mask mandate.
And, public health policies certainly shouldn't lead to a situation where more people could become sick.
But, that is exactly what these mandatory mask mandates are doing.
Here are four inconvenient facts about masks:
1) Masks** are largely ineffective at stopping the transmission of viruses.
The vast majority of masks worn by the public are made from material which cannot filter-out viruses because virus particles are too small to catch or obstruct. Wearing cloth masks to stop a virus is like putting a bee in a bird cage to keep it from flying away.
Wearing a mask for long periods of time ensures that the wearer has a warm and moist receptacle around his or her mouth, on which viruses and bacteria can land and accumulate.
Thus, masks are actually likely to have little effect in stopping the spread of COVID-19 acting as a barrier, but could actually make things worse acting as a receptacle.
2) Mandates which call for masks to be worn outdoors are both absurd and oppressive.
3) There are clearly documented hazards of wearing masks for long periods of time.
4) And, since school is on everyone's mind...
Notwithstanding the above information on the ineffectiveness of most masks against viruses, we don't know if asymptomatic children can even transmit the virus.
But, it was a reported in an article in the July 21, 2020 Uk Times that: "There has been no recorded case of a teacher catching the coronavirus from a pupil anywhere in the world, according to one of the UK government's leading scientific advisers."
And, we also know that children are extremely unlikely to get seriously ill or die from COVID infections. In any case, children cannot possibly be expected to wear a mask properly in a way that would cut transmission.
There are still a lot of unknowns about COVID-19, but we have grown in our understanding of this disease since the beginning of the crisis.
The knowledge we have gained should allow government and health authorities to make more nuanced policies than the current one-size-fits-all mask mandates.
Where are the legislative hearings in county commissions, and state, provincial or federal legislatures before these drastic actions are mandated? Where are the open and transparent debates among experts that provide our representatives with the necessary information to make good policy decisions?
The real pandemic is the panic and the resulting tyranny that is being caused by dictatorial governors, corporate media and the monopolistic Big Tech.
The truth is that COVID-19 is like a bad cold for most people; this is not ebola or the plague.
Of course, the very elderly and those with serious health conditions should take precautions or be quarantined, but the rest of society should begin the long process of returning to normality.
The frenzy to force everyone to wear a mask, at all times, has gone beyond all comprehension, and goes against science and logic.
Please SIGN this petition which asks policymakers at all levels of government to reverse any mandatory mask order within the borders of their county, state, province, or country.
Thank you!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
'Explosion in mandatory masking isn’t driven by science, but fear', PART I - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/explosion-in-mandatory-masking-isnt-driven-by-science-but-fear
'Explosion in mandatory masking isn’t driven by science, but fear', PART II - https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/explosion-in-mandatory-masking-isnt-driven-by-science-but-fear-part-ii
OSHA Document on Surgical Masks and Respirators stating that surgical masks do NOT prevent airborne particles (e.g. viruses) from being inhaled - https://www.osha.gov/Publications/OSHA3219.pdf
'PETER HITCHENS: Face masks turn us into voiceless submissives - and it’s not science forcing us to wear them, it’s politics' - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-8537489/PETER-HITCHENS-Face-masks-turn-voiceless-submissives.html
**Here, we are referring to the masks worn by the vast majority of the public, not to specialist masks or respirator-type masks.
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