lifesitenews--2020-12-11--World’s biggest vaccine company sues COVID shot volunteer who spoke about negative side effects

CHENNAI , India , December 11 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) —A 40-year-old Indian businessman who suffered a “ neurological and psychological ” breakdown after taking a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca is being sued by the Serum Institute of India ( SII ) , the world ’ s largest vaccine producer , for defamation .
The man ’ s wife told local media that he began vomiting and complaining of a pounding headache ten days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Oct. 1st , RT reported .
His wife says that he experienced confusion so severe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family members .
“ He spent 15 days in hospital , including 8 days in intensive care , suffering from acute neuro-encephalopathy ( an altered mental state ) that left him “ totally disoriented , ” so much so that he could no longer recognize close relatives , ” his wife told reporters , according to Science Magazine .
The man has asked for trials to be immediately halted , and is suing for $ 676,000 in damages from SII .
“ The lawsuit also demands that SII , AstraZeneca and the Oxford @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which some 1,600 volunteers are currently enrolled , ” reported RT .
In response , SII is suing the man for $ 13.5 million , calling his allegations “ malicious ” and complaining of damage to their reputation .
SII stated that the man was “ specifically informed by the medical team that the complications he suffered were independent of the vaccine trial he underwent.
” Straits Times has reportedly seen a copy of the man ’ s discharge summary , and said that it lists as potential causes of his symptoms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tablet the man has taken for a year , but not the trial vaccine dose he got 10 days prior to falling ill. ” Serum Institute said in its statement , `` The COVISHIELD vaccine is safe and immunogenic .
The incident with the Chennai volunteer though highly unfortunate was in no way induced by the vaccine and Serum Institute of India is sympathetic with the volunteer 's medical condition.
” The man ’ s wife explained that although he is doing “ much better ” than before , considerable cognitive impairment has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even simple tasks .
“ Even after two weeks , simple things like online payments ... he asks me to do .
He never does that .
He got a good project during the pandemic ; it was an American project that started on October 1 .
Apparently he has lost that .
Because of his condition the clients have moved back .
They wanted their work to be done quickly , ” she told NDTV .
“ My husband has lost his creativity and confidence after he was given the vaccine .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ought to know about this.
” “ Our question was , why did n't they halt the trial when such an adverse reaction was seen ?
At least until they were 100 per cent sure ?
How could they administer vaccine again to volunteers before informing them , ” his wife continued .
Such trial pauses are not uncommon , noted Science Magazine .
AstraZeneca had previously paused one of their own trials “ after a suspected serious adverse reaction occurred.
” However , according to analysts , “ [ SII ] does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s phase III testing protocol , reported the Pulitzer Center .
SII has made “ an agreement to produce the vaccine on a massive scale—tens of millions of doses per month— with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi , the Vaccine Alliance , ” Science Magazine pointed out .
“ The collaboration between Gavi , SII , and the Gates Foundation supports the efforts of the ACT Accelerator 's vaccines pillar , also known as COVAX , co-led by Gavi , CEPI and the World Health Organization ( WHO @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 vaccines and ensure rapid , global access to them , ” the SII website states .
One critic of SII ’ s decision to sue the vaccine trial volunteer , an independent expert in evidence-based medicine , Hilda Bastian , stated , “ Maybe there ’ s a worse way to handle this , but I find it hard to imagine one .
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The man’s wife told local media that he began vomiting and complaining of a pounding headache ten days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine
CHENNAI, India, December 11, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) —A 40-year-old Indian businessman who suffered a “neurological and psychological” breakdown after taking a COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca is being sued by the Serum Institute of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine producer, for defamation.
The man’s wife told local media that he began vomiting and complaining of a pounding headache ten days after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine on Oct. 1st, RT reported. His wife says that he experienced confusion so severe, he couldn’t identify close family members.
“He spent 15 days in hospital, including 8 days in intensive care, suffering from acute neuro-encephalopathy (an altered mental state) that left him “totally disoriented,” so much so that he could no longer recognize close relatives,” his wife told reporters, according to Science Magazine.
The man has asked for trials to be immediately halted, and is suing for $676,000 in damages from SII. “The lawsuit also demands that SII, AstraZeneca and the Oxford Vaccine Group immediately halt vaccine trials, in which some 1,600 volunteers are currently enrolled,” reported RT.
In response, SII is suing the man for $13.5 million, calling his allegations “malicious” and complaining of damage to their reputation.
SII stated that the man was “specifically informed by the medical team that the complications he suffered were independent of the vaccine trial he underwent.”
Straits Times has reportedly seen a copy of the man’s discharge summary, and said that it lists as potential causes of his symptoms “existing gastroenteric issues and a hair-loss tablet the man has taken for a year, but not the trial vaccine dose he got 10 days prior to falling ill.”
Serum Institute said in its statement, “The COVISHIELD vaccine is safe and immunogenic. The incident with the Chennai volunteer though highly unfortunate was in no way induced by the vaccine and Serum Institute of India is sympathetic with the volunteer's medical condition.”
The man’s wife explained that although he is doing “much better” than before, considerable cognitive impairment has lingered, affecting his ability to do even simple tasks.
“Even after two weeks, simple things like online payments… he asks me to do. He never does that. He got a good project during the pandemic; it was an American project that started on October 1. Apparently he has lost that. Because of his condition the clients have moved back. They wanted their work to be done quickly,” she told NDTV.
— 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
“My husband has lost his creativity and confidence after he was given the vaccine. Our aim is not compensation. Public ought to know about this.”
“Our question was, why didn't they halt the trial when such an adverse reaction was seen? At least until they were 100 per cent sure? How could they administer vaccine again to volunteers before informing them,” his wife continued.
Such trial pauses are not uncommon, noted Science Magazine. AstraZeneca had previously paused one of their own trials “after a suspected serious adverse reaction occurred.”
However, according to analysts, “[SII] does not appear to be using AstraZeneca’s phase III testing protocol, reported the Pulitzer Center.
SII has made “an agreement to produce the vaccine on a massive scale—tens of millions of doses per month— with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance,” Science Magazine pointed out.
“The collaboration between Gavi, SII, and the Gates Foundation supports the efforts of the ACT Accelerator's vaccines pillar, also known as COVAX, co-led by Gavi, CEPI and the World Health Organization (WHO), to accelerate the development of COVID-19 vaccines and ensure rapid, global access to them,” the SII website states.
One critic of SII’s decision to sue the vaccine trial volunteer, an independent expert in evidence-based medicine, Hilda Bastian, stated,“Maybe there’s a worse way to handle this, but I find it hard to imagine one.”
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lifesitenews--2020-12-13--Forcing citizens to take COVID vaccine ‘entirely unlawful,’ says Irish doctor

December 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — An Irish biomedical doctor and expert in immunology has joined other voices warning of the adverse effects of a COVID-19 vaccine .
“ If someone gave me a million or two million or ten million dollars , I would not take that vaccine , ” Dr. Dolores Cahill declared at a fall summit on the coronavirus crisis .
Head of the World Doctors Alliance and vice president of the newly formed World Freedom Alliance , Cahill also said the state has no right to coerce citizens to be take a COVID-19 vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ natural rights to natural law , and freedom to think , of speech , freedom of assembly , freedom to practice religion , but most importantly , bodily integrity , ” Cahill said at the Truth Over Fear Summit organized by Catholic broadcaster Patrick Coffin .
“ So it is entirely unlawful for anyone to do that.
” American lawyer Alan Dershowitz “ says the police have the power to take your shirt sleeves up and jab you , ” and that “ forced vaccines are coming , ” Coffin pointed out to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ That ’ s a misinterpretation of the law , ” rejoined Cahill , who was asked in June to resign from the European Union ’ s Scientific Committee of the Innovative Medicines Initiative over her views on the coronavirus crisis .
“ So , we have inalienable natural rights of bodily integrity , and just because lawyers might say something doesn ’ t make it true.
” The World Freedom Alliance , which announced its formation in early November and which represents some 35 countries , has “ a lot of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added .
In the United Kingdom , the “ government can now have people come into your home and take away your children forcibly , ” and in the state of Victoria , Australia , the law allows state agents to “ come and forcibly vaccinate you , ” Cahill said .
She is working with a number of veterans in the United Kingdom .
“ And we are encouraging the military and retired police to contact us , ” she added .
“ We are working with former military and police to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that you could have , you know , 12 or 20 families that you could text in an emergency where the police are unlawfully invading your home , ” Cahill said .
“ So , I think it ’ s not about the virus anymore .
It ’ s about an infringement of our rights and privacy , ” she told Coffin .
“ And what we ’ ve seen insidiously is in the last 20 years , they have brought in so-called laws about infectious diseases ” that are being used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ freedom .
And in a way , we have to thank COVID-19 because it ’ s a wake-up call for all of us to say these laws have gone too far , ” Cahill observed .
“ We will develop courses to educate people that what the police and the state are doing is unlawful , we will have coordination of lawyers to hold individual police to account because they are engaged in unlawful and criminal behavior , ” she told Coffin .
“ And if we can take a number of them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the best jurisdictions with those strongest laws that we will then initiate class actions that people can sue if the same thing has happened to them.
” Since Cahill made her remarks , six countries have approved a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine produced by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech : the United Kingdom , Canada , Saudi Arabia , Bahrain , Mexico , and the United States , where the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the vaccine on December 11 .
No coronavirus vaccine made because of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for adverse effects of a vaccine for COVID-19 , which is an RNA virus , that is , it has RNA ( ribonucleic acid ) as its genetic material .
Cahill , who has been researching “ the immune response in auto-immune diseases and cancer and also looking at the antibody repertoire , ” explained the phenomenon of “ immune-related adverse events.
” This occurs when patients “ get one treatment of an immunotherapy , and then the immune system reacts negatively , and the patients can have significant adverse events , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to affect cancer patients and those with auto-immune diseases , which are “ very common ” and “ affect one in six people in the population , she said .
“ And often these immune-related adverse events can actually present very similar to an auto-immune disease , ” with “ quite vague symptoms ” such as “ issues like chronic fatigue , ” she said .
However , with vaccines , “ the adverse events are known as viral interference , ” and the viral interference “ that we see associated with vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sepsis .
Greg Wolff published a “ very rigorous study ” in May 2020 on the effect of the influenza vaccine on American military personnel , which found that “ vaccine-derived viral interference was significantly associated with coronavirus , and this was because coronaviruses were in the influenza vaccine , ” she said .
The “ adverse event rate was around 36 percent of the American military personnel used in the study , ” or “ one in three , ” Cahill said .
“ This phenomenon of viral interference was known with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and because of this viral interference ” and the “ significant ” adverse events , “ no vaccines have ever been licensed for coronaviruses , ” she added .
“ And this is because there was significant concern for this immuno-pathogenic reaction that ’ s happened in the animal models .
When they were initially vaccinated , they were fine , but when there was a circulating coronavirus , or if the animals in the animal study were challenged with an additional coronavirus , then there were significant safety issues , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 2012 research article ( Immunization with SARS-coronavirus vaccine leads to pulmonary immunopathology on challenge with the SARS virus ) that confirmed a coronavirus vaccine can increase virulence .
The article referred to a 1969 study to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus ( RSV ) that used 35 human infants ; 80 percent were hospitalized and two died after being exposed to the virus following their vaccination in what is called “ a challenge.
” Some of the COVID-19 vaccines “ may actually contain coronaviruses , ” and this could lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sepsis-like symptoms , ” Cahill said .
The 2012 study was also referenced by Robert F. Kennedy , Jr. , an environmental attorney and founder of Children ’ s Health Defense , and James Lyons-Weiler in a recent article that referred to the phenomenon Cahill described as “ pathogenic priming , ” which enhances the virulence of the disease .
They reiterated that the phenomenon is particular to vaccines developed for coronaviruses like SARS-COV-1 and MERS and triggers a “ hyper-immune response ” when vaccinated subjects are exposed to the virus , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially in the lungs .
A December 2020 FDA briefing document on the Pfizer vaccine noted “ disturbing indications that might be a safety signal on pathogenic priming , especially in older adults , ” including a 10-fold increase of serious adverse events on the second dose in the latter , compared to 3.6-fold for those under 55 , wrote Kennedy and Lyons-Weiler .
The Pfizer vaccine uses messenger RNA technology and must be stored at -60 to -80 degrees Celsius .
It is shipped in special containers packed in dry ice .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ also under review by the FDA and could soon be cleared for emergency use , The New York Times reported .
In the United States , the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was created in 1986 and protects pharmaceutical companies from lawsuits related to vaccine injuries or deaths .
At the same time , Pfizer , along with GlaxoSmithKline , Sanofi , Pfizer , Merck , are “ convicted serial felon ( s ) ” with a record of incurring criminal penalties for their products , Kennedy said in a July debate .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was developed with or may contain fetal cells from an aborted baby .
The Pfizer vaccine was tested — that is , the laboratory phase which verifies the quality of the vaccine on cell tissues — using such a cell line derived from an aborted baby .
LifeSiteNews has produced an extensive COVID-19 vaccines resources page .
View it here .
For more information on Truth Over Fear Summit , go here .
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Former Pfizer VP : ‘ No need for vaccines @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over ’ Experts speak out against ‘ criminal ’ lockdowns tied to global ‘ Great Reset ’ plan

‘If someone gave me … ten million dollars, I would not take that vaccine,’ Dr. Dolores Cahill said at the Truth Over Fear Summit.
December 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — An Irish biomedical doctor and expert in immunology has joined other voices warning of the adverse effects of a COVID-19 vaccine.
“If someone gave me a million or two million or ten million dollars, I would not take that vaccine,” Dr. Dolores Cahill declared at a fall summit on the coronavirus crisis.
Head of the World Doctors Alliance and vice president of the newly formed World Freedom Alliance, Cahill also said the state has no right to coerce citizens to be take a COVID-19 vaccine.
“People of the world have natural rights to natural law, and freedom to think, of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom to practice religion, but most importantly, bodily integrity,” Cahill said at the Truth Over Fear Summit organized by Catholic broadcaster Patrick Coffin. “So it is entirely unlawful for anyone to do that.”
American lawyer Alan Dershowitz “says the police have the power to take your shirt sleeves up and jab you,” and that “forced vaccines are coming,” Coffin pointed out to Cahill in a virtual Q&A.
“That’s a misinterpretation of the law,” rejoined Cahill, who was asked in June to resign from the European Union’s Scientific Committee of the Innovative Medicines Initiative over her views on the coronavirus crisis.
“So, we have inalienable natural rights of bodily integrity, and just because lawyers might say something doesn’t make it true.”
The World Freedom Alliance, which announced its formation in early November and which represents some 35 countries, has “a lot of police supporting us now,” she added.
In the United Kingdom, the “government can now have people come into your home and take away your children forcibly,” and in the state of Victoria, Australia, the law allows state agents to “come and forcibly vaccinate you,” Cahill said.
She is working with a number of veterans in the United Kingdom. “And we are encouraging the military and retired police to contact us,” she added.
“We are working with former military and police to form local neighborhood defenses of the home, that you could have, you know, 12 or 20 families that you could text in an emergency where the police are unlawfully invading your home,” Cahill said.
“So, I think it’s not about the virus anymore. It’s about an infringement of our rights and privacy,” she told Coffin.
“And what we’ve seen insidiously is in the last 20 years, they have brought in so-called laws about infectious diseases” that are being used by governments “to curtail their fundamental freedom. And in a way, we have to thank COVID-19 because it’s a wake-up call for all of us to say these laws have gone too far,” Cahill observed.
“We will develop courses to educate people that what the police and the state are doing is unlawful, we will have coordination of lawyers to hold individual police to account because they are engaged in unlawful and criminal behavior,” she told Coffin.
“And if we can take a number of them to court, we will choose worldwide the best jurisdictions with those strongest laws that we will then initiate class actions that people can sue if the same thing has happened to them.”
— 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
Since Cahill made her remarks, six countries have approved a two-dose COVID-19 vaccine produced by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech: the United Kingdom, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Mexico, and the United States, where the FDA issued an Emergency Use Authorization for the vaccine on December 11.
No coronavirus vaccine made because of “adverse events”
Cahill outlined the potential for adverse effects of a vaccine for COVID-19, which is an RNA virus, that is, it has RNA (ribonucleic acid) as its genetic material.
(Diseases caused by RNA viruses include the common cold, influenza, SARS, MERS, COVID-19, Dengue Virus, hepatitis C, hepatitis E, West Nile fever, Ebola virus disease, rabies, polio and measles.)
Cahill, who has been researching “the immune response in auto-immune diseases and cancer and also looking at the antibody repertoire,” explained the phenomenon of “immune-related adverse events.”
This occurs when patients “get one treatment of an immunotherapy, and then the immune system reacts negatively, and the patients can have significant adverse events,” she said.
This phenomenon is known to affect cancer patients and those with auto-immune diseases, which are “very common” and “affect one in six people in the population, she said.
“And often these immune-related adverse events can actually present very similar to an auto-immune disease,” with “quite vague symptoms” such as “issues like chronic fatigue,” she said.
However, with vaccines, “the adverse events are known as viral interference,” and the viral interference “that we see associated with vaccines that contain RNA viruses” can include sepsis.
Greg Wolff published a “very rigorous study” in May 2020 on the effect of the influenza vaccine on American military personnel, which found that “vaccine-derived viral interference was significantly associated with coronavirus, and this was because coronaviruses were in the influenza vaccine,” she said.
The “adverse event rate was around 36 percent of the American military personnel used in the study,” or “one in three,” Cahill said.
“This phenomenon of viral interference was known with the previous vaccines for the SARS coronavirus, and because of this viral interference” and the “significant” adverse events, “no vaccines have ever been licensed for coronaviruses,” she added.
“And this is because there was significant concern for this immuno-pathogenic reaction that’s happened in the animal models. When they were initially vaccinated, they were fine, but when there was a circulating coronavirus, or if the animals in the animal study were challenged with an additional coronavirus, then there were significant safety issues,” she said.
Cahill also pointed to a 2012 research article (Immunization with SARS-coronavirus vaccine leads to pulmonary immunopathology on challenge with the SARS virus) that confirmed a coronavirus vaccine can increase virulence.
The article referred to a 1969 study to develop a vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that used 35 human infants; 80 percent were hospitalized and two died after being exposed to the virus following their vaccination in what is called “a challenge.”
Some of the COVID-19 vaccines “may actually contain coronaviruses,” and this could lead to “adverse events, which include sepsis-like symptoms,” Cahill said.
Other warnings on “pathogenic priming”
The 2012 study was also referenced by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., an environmental attorney and founder of Children’s Health Defense, and James Lyons-Weiler in a recent article that referred to the phenomenon Cahill described as “pathogenic priming,” which enhances the virulence of the disease.
They reiterated that the phenomenon is particular to vaccines developed for coronaviruses like SARS-COV-1 and MERS and triggers a “hyper-immune response” when vaccinated subjects are exposed to the virus, which could include inflammation throughout the body and especially in the lungs.
A December 2020 FDA briefing document on the Pfizer vaccine noted “disturbing indications that might be a safety signal on pathogenic priming, especially in older adults,” including a 10-fold increase of serious adverse events on the second dose in the latter, compared to 3.6-fold for those under 55, wrote Kennedy and Lyons-Weiler.
The Pfizer vaccine uses messenger RNA technology and must be stored at -60 to -80 degrees Celsius. It is shipped in special containers packed in dry ice. A similar vaccine developed by Moderna is also under review by the FDA and could soon be cleared for emergency use, The New York Times reported.
In the United States, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was created in 1986 and protects pharmaceutical companies from lawsuits related to vaccine injuries or deaths.
At the same time, Pfizer, along with GlaxoSmithKline, Sanofi, Pfizer, Merck, are “convicted serial felon(s)” with a record of incurring criminal penalties for their products, Kennedy said in a July debate.
According to Children of God for Life, the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine was developed with or may contain fetal cells from an aborted baby. The Pfizer vaccine was tested — that is, the laboratory phase which verifies the quality of the vaccine on cell tissues — using such a cell line derived from an aborted baby.
LifeSiteNews has produced an extensive COVID-19 vaccines resources page. View it here.
For more information on Truth Over Fear Summit, go here. Premium passes are still available.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-12--Fr. Frank Pavone explains why the battle for the election is far from over

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December 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — Renowned pro-life priest and former Trump campaign advisor Fr .
Frank Pavone explained during an online broadcast why the fight for the 2020 election is not over , despite the Supreme Court ’ s dismissal of the election fraud case submitted by the state of Texas .
The nation ’ s highest court yesterday rejected a lawsuit brought by Texas and several other Republican-led states against Georgia , Michigan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sought to prevent the four states ostensibly won by former Vice President Joe Biden from certifying their vote counts or voting in the electoral college , citing unconstitutional changes to election law .
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton had argued that “ government officials in the defendant states … usurped their legislatures ’ authority and unconstitutionally revised their state ’ s election statutes.
” “ They accomplished these statutory revisions through executive fiat or friendly lawsuits , thereby weakening ballot integrity , ” he added , leading to “ significant and unconstitutional irregularities.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court didn ’ t just dismiss that line of argument.
” He pointed to the Supreme Court ’ s two paragraph order , which simply states that the case “ is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution.
” It reads , “ Texas has not demonstrated a judicially cognizable interest in the manner in which another State conducts its elections , ” although Justices Alito and Thomas argued in favor of taking the case .
“ The court did not state that those elections were carried out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Priests for Life , added .
“ It ’ s a procedural matter .
Is anything in that statement saying anything about how the elections were conducted in these other states ?
” “ The merits of the case remain unaddressed by the court , ” he said .
In fact , Supreme Court justices previously signaled their opposition to election law changes at issue in the Texas case , for instance the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ’ s unilateral amendment of the state ’ s mail-in ballot deadline .
In an opinion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ joined by Justices Thomas and Gorsuch , declared that “ there is a strong likelihood that the State Supreme Court decision violates the Federal Constitution.
” Justice Kavanaugh evidenced similar reasoning elsewhere .
Pavone also pointed out that the “ two key battlegrounds ” of the judiciary and state legislatures “ are still arenas that are active , ” noting ongoing lawsuits in Georgia , for example .
“ The underlying issues haven ’ t been addressed and if they are not addressed by the courts , they can be addressed by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electors to the Electoral College vote on Monday , Pavone said .
“ The electoral college is not predetermined , ” he reminded listeners .
“ Electors themselves can raise objections.
” Moreover , “ [ t ] he date of ultimate significance is January 6 , because even though the electoral college votes on Monday , it ’ s January 6 that the Congress meets in order to tally those votes and officially certify the results , ” he said .
“ Even when that happens , ” those “ who can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Pavone continued .
125 Republican members of Congress signed onto a brief in support of the Texas lawsuit .
The majority of Pennsylvania ’ s Republican state representatives , including the Speaker of the House , did so as well , most of whom asked Congress to reject Pennsylvania electors for Biden .
Indeed , “ substantive constitutional arguments ” are “ not simply being made by one person , President Trump , but … by expert attorneys all over the country , by attorneys general of multiple states , by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , by U.S. senators — arguments that are being made , that the Supreme Court today did not say were wrong , ” Fr .
Pavone stated .
“ We need to be communicating with our state legislators , we need to [ communicate ] with our federal representative and our two US senators , to say would you please look at the evidence , look at the objections and do the right thing , ” he added .
“ And ultimately , we the people have to decide , ” Fr .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ decide at this point whether we ’ re going to insist that our elections be legal and constitutional or not.
” Readers are encouraged to contact their state and federal representatives HERE .

PETITION UPDATE (1/15/2021) -
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.
'Trump: ‘Our election system is now under assault and siege’ and as president I must defend it'
'Tens of thousands 2020 election votes illegally scanned in Detroit, says Dominion IT contractor'
'Trump campaign files lawsuit demanding ‘a new statewide election for president’ in Georgia'
'Experts flag over 500k ballots in PA with new evidence of major 2020 election voter fraud'
''Smoking gun'? Pennsylvania vote fraud hearing gets gasps from audience'
'FBI and Justice Department have dragged their feet investigating 2020 vote fraud'
''CNN top brass in leaked tape: We won't give Trump 'too much of a platform on his not conceding'
'Twitter censored Trump 63 times over Thanksgiving holiday, Biden untouched'
LifeSite supports President Trump with this petition because we believe he is trying to defend the Constitution, ensuring that electoral fraud does not taint the result of the 2020 general election.
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.
Thank you for continuing to SIGN and SHARE all our election-related petitions.
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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.
Americans not only have a right to know, but should demand that every legitimate means be used to discover the truth about these elections!
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.
This fact should lead us to question how some allegations of voter fraud can be so easily dismissed by state election authorities.
We demand to know the truth, and, for the sake of our democracy, we demand that President Trump keep fighting to learn the truth.
Thank you for SIGNING and SHARING this petition today!
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lifesitenews--2020-12-12--20 states back Kentucky in asking Supreme Court to uphold dismemberment abortion ban

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December 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — A coalition of twenty states is asking the Supreme Court to side with Kentucky in its bid to have the United States Supreme Court uphold its ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure infamous for dismembering babies in the womb .
In 2018 , former Kentucky Republican Gov .
Matt Bevin signed HB 454 into law , which bans the dilation and evacuation ( D & E ) abortion procedure .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ as “ dismemberment abortions ” because they function by tearing a preborn baby apart limb by limb .
The left-wing American Civil Liberties Union ( ACLU ) quickly sued , and U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley sided with them last May .
This summer , the U.S .
Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed , claiming that HB 454 “ imposes an undue burden ” on “ all of the individuals it restricts ” and denying Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron ’ s request to defend the law after Secretary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Services ( CHFS ) Eric Friedlander chose not to appeal the case .
Now Cameron wants to take the case to the nation ’ s highest court , and his counterparts in twenty other states — Arizona , Alabama , Alaska , Arkansas , Georgia , Indiana , Kansas , Louisiana , Mississippi , Missouri , Montana , Nebraska , Ohio , Oklahoma , South Carolina , South Dakota , Tennessee , Texas , Utah , and West Virginia — have signed onto an amicus brief supporting him , WYMT reports .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ particularly acute in this case , ” the brief argues .
“ The Sixth Circuit panel majority deprived the Commonwealth of Kentucky from seeking complete appellate review of the District Court ’ s injunction invalidating one of its duly enacted laws .
And it did so on purely procedural grounds , holding that the Kentucky Attorney General could not intervene to vindicate state law on appeal because a single state officer had decided to abandon defense of a law passed by both houses of its Legislature and signed into law by its Governor.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the laws of all states are threatened by the possibility that their democratic processes will be circumvented by strategic surrenders , ” the brief continues .
“ It is one thing to have state laws invalidated when they are found unconstitutional after full litigation of the constitutional merits … But it is quite another to permit federal courts to be used as the contrivance to circumvent state democratic processes and empower single officials to repeal disfavored laws through the simple expedient of capitulation in litigation.
” Pro-abortion activists have objected to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ misleading , but the abortion industry itself has effectively admitted its accuracy .
The National Abortion Federation ’ s own instructional materials describe dismemberment abortions as “ grasping a fetal part , ” then “ withdraw [ ing ] the forceps while gently rotating it ” to achieve “ separation.
” Defenders also claim dismemberment abortions are the safest second-trimester procedure available ( for the mother ) , but pro-lifers suspect abortionists actually prefer D & E abortions because they can fit more into their schedule , and therefore make more money .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the law , supporters note that in 2000 ’ s Stenberg v. Carhart , the pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens admitted that partial-birth abortion and dismemberment abortion were “ equally gruesome , ” and that it was “ simply irrational ” to conclude that one was “ more akin to infanticide than the other.
” Stenberg struck down the federal partial-birth abortion ban , but Gonzales v. Carhart ultimately upheld it in 2007 .

The National Abortion Federation’s own instructional materials describe dismemberment abortions as 'grasping a fetal part,' then 'withdraw[ing] the forceps while gently rotating it' to achieve 'separation.'
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December 12, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) — A coalition of twenty states is asking the Supreme Court to side with Kentucky in its bid to have the United States Supreme Court uphold its ban on a second-trimester abortion procedure infamous for dismembering babies in the womb.
In 2018, former Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin signed HB 454 into law, which bans the dilation and evacuation (D&E) abortion procedure. D&Es are more commonly known as “dismemberment abortions” because they function by tearing a preborn baby apart limb by limb.
The left-wing American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) quickly sued, and U.S. District Judge Joseph McKinley sided with them last May. This summer, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit agreed, claiming that HB 454 “imposes an undue burden” on “all of the individuals it restricts” and denying Republican Attorney General Daniel Cameron’s request to defend the law after Secretary of the Cabinet for Health and Family Services (CHFS) Eric Friedlander chose not to appeal the case.
Now Cameron wants to take the case to the nation’s highest court, and his counterparts in twenty other states — Arizona, Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma,South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,Utah, and West Virginia — have signed onto an amicus brief supporting him, WYMT reports.
“The threats to these sovereign interests are particularly acute in this case,” the brief argues. “The Sixth Circuit panel majority deprived the Commonwealth of Kentucky from seeking complete appellate review of the District Court’s injunction invalidating one of its duly enacted laws. And it did so on purely procedural grounds, holding that the Kentucky Attorney General could not intervene to vindicate state law on appeal because a single state officer had decided to abandon defense of a law passed by both houses of its Legislature and signed into law by its Governor.”
“Absent correction by this Court, the laws of all states are threatened by the possibility that their democratic processes will be circumvented by strategic surrenders,” the brief continues. “It is one thing to have state laws invalidated when they are found unconstitutional after full litigation of the constitutional merits … But it is quite another to permit federal courts to be used as the contrivance to circumvent state democratic processes and empower single officials to repeal disfavored laws through the simple expedient of capitulation in litigation.”
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Pro-abortion activists have objected to the “dismemberment” label as inflammatory and misleading, but the abortion industry itself has effectively admitted its accuracy. The National Abortion Federation’s own instructional materials describe dismemberment abortions as “grasping a fetal part,” then “withdraw[ing] the forceps while gently rotating it” to achieve “separation.”
Defenders also claim dismemberment abortions are the safest second-trimester procedure available (for the mother), but pro-lifers suspect abortionists actually prefer D&E abortions because they can fit more into their schedule, and therefore make more money.
As to the merits of the rulings against the law, supporters note that in 2000’s Stenberg v. Carhart, the pro-abortion Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens admitted that partial-birth abortion and dismemberment abortion were “equally gruesome,” and that it was “simply irrational” to conclude that one was “more akin to infanticide than the other.” Stenberg struck down the federal partial-birth abortion ban, but Gonzales v. Carhart ultimately upheld it in 2007.
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lifesitenews--2020-12-12--Twitter temporarily blocks likes, replies for Trump’s response to Supreme Court

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December 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – Twitter once again restricted President Donald Trump ’ s account Saturday for contradicting the website ’ s preferred narrative on the presidential election , temporarily preventing users from liking or replying to a handful of tweets reacting to the U.S. Supreme Court ’ s rejection of Texas ’ s election lawsuit last night .
The suit asked the Supreme Court to void the November election results in Georgia , Michigan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ grounds that the results were “ tainted ” by governors and secretaries of state changing election rules without the consent of their legislatures to allow widespread mail-in ballots without voters having to show a specific need .
On Friday evening , the Court issued a brief statement rejecting the appeal for lack of standing .
Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito issued a statement that they would “ grant the motion to file the bill of complaint but would not grant other relief , and [ we ] express no view on any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president fired off a series of tweets reiterating his conviction that he actually won the election and expressing his indignation at the decision : All the tweets were given Twitter ’ s now-infamous “ disputed claim ” disclaimer , which links not to a rebuttal of Trump ’ s specific comments but a feed simply claiming that “ vote fraud of any kind is exceedingly rare.
” But users also found themselves unable to promote or interact with the tweets in the usual manner : Twitter eventually reversed the restrictions ( while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweets to amass hundreds of thousands of likes and replies in just a few hours .
“ We inadvertently took action to limit engagements on the labeled Tweet , ” a Twitter spokesperson told The Hill .
“ You can now engage with the Tweet , but in line with our Civic Integrity Policy policy it will continue to be labeled in order to give more context for anyone who might see the Tweet .
Throughout the year , we made product changes and policy updates to encourage more thoughtful consideration and reduce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Twitter.
” Twitter ’ s disclaimers and other restrictions to the tweets of Trump and other right-of-center figures , which are generally not applied to false or misleading tweets from a left-wing perspective , are one of the latest and most overt manifestations of the social media giant ’ s liberal bias , and are expected to only intensify should former Vice President Joe Biden take office in January .
Biden won the election according to the official vote totals , but Trump has refused to concede , citing widespread reports of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ call the accuracy of those totals into question .

PETITION UPDATE (12/11/2020)
Right before Thanksgiving, YouTube deleted a LifeSite video of a distinguished Canadian physician protesting the "unfounded public hysteria" over COVID-19 and accused us of spreading "medical misinformation."
Our account was suspended, and we were prohibited from posting videos on our YouTube channel for one week. And, while that may not seem like a big deal, it's a huge deal for a news organization like LifeSite.
Then, earlier this week, YouTube again suspended our account – this time for two weeks – over an episode of The Bishop Strickland Show wherein Bishop Strickland said he would not take an unethical COVID-19 vaccine.
We were able to appeal the suspension, and our request was granted.
This means that in YouTube's three-strikes-and-you're-out content-policing, idea-cleansing scheme, we are back down to one strike. But, we still face the threat of losing our account permanently.
And, we're not the only ones.
In a recent turn of events, YouTube just announced that it will remove videos alleging widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
But, what is YouTube afraid of? The truth???
Thankfully, however, there is a one, big bright spot on the horizon: 48 states filed suit against Facebook just this week.
And, although this seems like a step in the right direction, the draconian measures which YouTube just rolled out, which are already wielded by Twitter, are an assault against free speech.
So, the fight for freedom of speech against Big Tech goes on. And, we must do everything we can to protect it!
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-youtube-reverses-ban-on-lifesitenews?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/youtube-bans-lifesite-over-video-of-bp-strickland-refusing-to-take-corona-vaccine
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/lifesites-channel-was-suspended-by-youtube-heres-how-you-can-still-watch-our-videos
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/youtube-starts-removing-videos-that-contain-allegations-of-mass-voter-fraud
https://tennesseestar.com/2020/12/10/facebook-sued-by-48-states-federal-trade-commission-over-allegations-of-monopolistic-practices/
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PETITION UPDATE (11/18/2020)
Everyone thought the censorship by Big Tech corporations would decrease after the 2020 election, but the truth is that censorship is being felt just as much as it was before the election.
And, given the election outcome, perhaps Big Tech censorship now is even more consequential than it was before the election!
The two biggest social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, and other Big Tech companies, are still censoring and suppressing stories and posts favorable to conservatives, and especially anything that has to do with election fraud.
Here are a few recent examples:
Women for America First organized the March for Trump on November 14, which was shut down by Facebook, MailChimp and Eventbrite. Despite Big Tech’s best efforts to cancel the event, the march went on and gathered a huge crowd.
Twitter has been suppressing a large number of President Trump’s Tweets. Most of his Tweets have been flagged arbitrarily with a warning stating: “This claim about election fraud is disputed."
Please READ this recent article about Big Tech's attempt to choke information conerning the recent Million MAGA March in Washington, DC: '5 things mainstream media won’t tell you about massive DC ‘Stop the Steal’ rally'
Then, please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
PETITION UPDATE (10/15/2020)
In a remarkable development, Republican Senators Ted Cruz and Lindsey Graham have announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will be issuing subpoenas to Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg for their company's suppression of two critical expose news stories about how Hunter Biden and the Biden Family allegedly profited from business deals made because of Joe Biden's position as Vice President.
Please WATCH LifeSite's exclusive video of the announcement by Senator Ted Cruz below.
According to the Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Lindsey Graham, the subpoenas will be issued next Tuesday, for hearings to be held on Friday of next week.
This is a MASSIVE development, and should be welcomed by those who champion freedom of speech.
Again, this is all happening because Twitter and Facebook refuse to allow their members to share stories which would be favorable to conservatives.
Here's the timeline:
Yesterday, Twitter and Facebook suppressed a NY Post story about how Hunter Biden allegedly profited from introducing a Ukrainian businessman to his then-Vice President father, Joe Biden. The story also alleges that Vice President Biden then subsequently pressured Ukrainian authorities to fire a prosecutor who was investigating the businessman's company.
And, just this morning, Twitter suppressed another expose by the NY Post alleging that the Biden Family improperly profitted from deals made with one of the largest Chinese energy companies because of Vice President Biden's position in government.
But, right after the story broke, Senator Cruz tried to share the latest story on Twitter and was blocked. Twitter says that they are blocking the stories because they claim that the information was obtained illegally. However, Twitter showed no problem allowing illegally obtained information about President Trump's tax returns to be shared.
Please SIGN and SHARE this urgent petition, which calls on the Congress, the president, and governors to defend freedom of speech as Big Tech continues their rampant censorship.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
'GOP senators decry Big Tech censorship of NY Post story exposing Biden corruption' - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/gop-senators-decry-big-tech-censorship-of-ny-post-story-exposing-biden-corruption
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PETITION UPDATE (9/17/2020)
Big Tech is out to kill free speech. LifeSite is out to protect it!
LifeSite has been digging deep into the many claims of liberal bias and selective censorship of pro-life, pro-family, and conservative voices on social media.
And, we are now launching our new series 'Uncensored: Big Tech vs. Free Speech', which will unpack how the actions of Big Tech censors actually affect conservative and Christian organization and individuals.
Please WATCH the first video in our series featuring Brigitte Gabriel, the Founder of ACT For America, one of the nation's premier national security grassroots organizations.
Ms. Gabriel's organization, ACT For America, has been targeted by Big Tech especially in the manipulation of search results.
Big Tech “think[s] they are God and they are exercising their godly power over everybody else,” Gabriel explained. "Because in today's world, anytime you want to find out any information about somebody, what do you do? Google. You go to the internet to find out some information about them. When you research anything about somebody, the first thing that comes up [in the search results] is the Southern Poverty Law Center’s labeling of ‘hate groups.’”
“And who are the ‘hate groups’? Family Research Council is a hate group because they are pro-family. American Family Radio is a hate group…LifeSiteNews is a hate group. My organization is a hate group because we sound the alarm about terrorism and protecting our constitutional freedom. And so they try to character assassinate you. And they control the language.”
LifeSite's research shows that Facebook, Google, YouTube, Twitter, and others have become far too dangerous for democracy.
They can and do sway elections and public opinion in whatever direction they want, primarily by manipulating search results, tracking our online behavior, and by blocking truthful content from their platforms.
Today, LifeSite is starting to fight back, with facts and with stories of conservatives and Christians who are being negatively impacted by Big Tech's liberal bias.
Please continue to follow our 'Big Tech vs. Free Speech' series which aims to launch a new video each week for the next eight weeks.
And, please sign our petition demanding that Big Tech monopolies are broken up. Thank you!
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ORIGINAL PETITION BACKGROUND TEXT:
The outrageous erasing of the White Coat Summit from the internet is only the latest in a long series of brazen acts of censorship against conservatives and all those who support legitimate free speech.
You may agree or disagree with the efficacy of Hydroxychloroquine against the coronavirus, but everyone should agree on this point:
No Big Tech company should have the power to erase from the internet the medical opinions of licensed practicing doctors simply because they do not like what they have to say about the coronavirus or their experience treating it. Americans and other free peoples do not need leftist computer programmers deciding what the best course of medical treatment is for them.
Google/Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and their Big Tech friends want to control what you see, what you read, what you think, and ultimately, how you vote. Not only do they spend hundreds of millions of dollars on lobbying congress and buttering up big Washington DC think tanks, but now they brazenly and directly censor any content they don't want you to see.
Big Tech, like other interest groups, aggressively lobby to help their businesses thrive, but increasingly, Big Tech is using blatant internet censorship to impose its radical world view over those they consider to be "deplorables."
This must stop, but it won't unless we demand it as forcefully as legally possible. We believe that we have reached the point were Big Tech must be broken up if legitimate free speech is going to survive and continue to thrive on the internet.
Please sign our petition to demand real consequences for Big Tech's suppression of legitimate free speech.
In 2016, emails revealed by Fox News' Tucker Carlson proved that Google tried to influence the election by affecting voter turnout. Thankfully they failed. But they didn't give up. Instead, they have been preparing and testing how to manipulate information to continue to abuse their monopolistic power.
In 2018, Google/Youtube et. al. succeeded in manipulating the Irish abortion referendum by blacklisting pro-life videos, manipulating pro-life search terms and results and intentionally withholding pro-life information. Again, this is not an opinion or a conspiracy theory, Project Veritas obtained first hand information proving the intentional censorship by Big Tech.
And the Coronavirus has just made things worse. You see, scared people are more easily manipulated into giving up their freedom of speech. Children are being kept from going to school, tens of millions of Americans are out of work, and rioting has broken out in most major American cities.
Now, more than ever, freedom of speech is necessary to secure all of our freedoms. Freedom of speech is crucial to truly exercise the freedom to vote for the person that best represents one's own views, or the freedom to decide what course of medical treatment to accept - especially the decision to control what vaccines are administered to our children.
Some experts, like Dr. Robert Epstein, a behavioral psychologist who has testified before congress against Big Tech believes that we may already be too late to control Big Tech's tyrannical control over information.
President Trump took a step in the right direction with his Executive Order calling for increased regulation of Big Tech. But much more can be done and needs to be done right now.
In an era where almost everything is polarized, there is an overwhelming support for breaking up the Big Tech monopolies. A recent Pew poll found that 75% of Americans believe that Big Tech companies have too much influence.
It is time to bring serious accountability to Big Tech for their attempts to use their monopolies to kill free speech.
It is time to break up Big Tech.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Google, Facebook, Twitter shut down ‘frontline’ US doctors who promote ‘cure for COVID’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/google-facebook-twitter-shut-down-frontline-us-doctors-who-promote-cure-for-covid?utm_source=featured&utm_campaign=standard
Americans overwhelmingly agree Big Tech has too much power: Pew poll - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll
Leaked Google employee's email reveals effort to boost Latino vote, surprise that some voted for Trump - https://www.foxnews.com/tech/leaked-google-employees-email-reveals-effort-to-boost-latino-vote-surprise-that-some-voted-for-trump
Undercover video proves Google interfered in Irish abortion referendum - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/americans-overwhelmingly-agree-big-tech-has-too-much-power-pew-poll


lifesitenews--2020-12-12--Cardinal sues Democrat DC mayor over “discriminatory” COVID-19 restrictions

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WASHINGTON , D.C. , December 12 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) — With Christmas less than two weeks away , Cardinal Wilton Gregory is suing Democrat Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser and the District of Columbia over their coronavirus restrictions , alleging these are “ arbitrary ” and “ discriminatory ” to churches and will cause “ imminent and irreparable harm.
” The Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty , which filed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States District Court for the District of Columbia , the Daily Caller reported .
“ Under both the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act , the District ’ s arbitrary , unscientific , and discriminatory treatment of religious worship is illegal , ” the lawsuit stated .
The lawsuit is asking the court to declare that the “ 50-person cap on religious gatherings violates the Religious Freedom Restoration Act ; the First Amendment ’ s Free Exercise Clause ; First Amendment ’ s protections for free speech , freedom of assembly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Fifth Amendment ’ s Due Process Clause.
” It is seeking temporary , preliminary , and permanent injunctions to prohibit Bowser and the District from “ enforcing their unlawful policies against Plaintiff ’ s religious beliefs and activities.
” The lawsuit also seeks injunctive relief to prevent Bowser and the District from “ discriminating against Plaintiff ’ s religious beliefs and activities ” and “ prohibiting Defendants from practices or engaging in any other conduct that chills Plaintiff ’ s free exercise of religion , rights under RFRA , First Amendment rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Due Process Clause.
” The Catholic archdiocese has worked with the District since the pandemic began to “ protect public health , ” including “ voluntarily suspending public Masses in March , ” the lawsuit stated .
Moreover , since public Masses began again in June , “ the Archdiocese has demonstrated that people can worship God in a safe , responsible , and cooperative way .
This has led to an exemplary safety record : thousands of Masses , with zero known COVID outbreaks linked to the Mass , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fast approaches , the District has imposed arbitrary 50-person caps on Mass attendance — even for masked , socially-distant services , and even when those services are held in churches that can in normal times host over a thousand people , ” the lawsuit pointed out .
These restrictions are both “ unscientific , in that they bear no relation to either the size of the building or the safety of the activity , ” and “ discriminatory , in that they single out religious worship as a disfavored activity , even though @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other activities the District favors , ” the lawsuit said .
“ Indeed , if the Archdiocese were to fill its churches with library books , washing machines , exercise bikes , restaurant tables , or shopping stalls instead of pews , the District would allow many more people to enter and remain for an unlimited amount of time.
” The District imposes “ capacity-based limits ” and not “ hard caps ” on “ public libraries , laundromats , retail stores , restaurants , tattoo parlors , nail salons , fitness centers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it pointed out .
“ For example , there is no hard cap on the number of people who can dine indoors in restaurants , where alcohol is commonly served and patrons do not wear masks during meals.
” Cardinal Gregory echoed this in a December 11 interview with CNN ’ s Christiane Amanpour , noting that the archdiocese has been “ absolutely committed to following all of the health protocols that have been demanded of us.
” “ And we do believe that we should , as religious people , be allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are .
Grocery stores and public venues that have no limits or at least very generous limits , while too often , churches and other houses of worship have more restrictions , ” added Gregory .
“ We here in the Archdiocese of Washington have received no cases , at least none that we know of , where people have been infected by attending church , ” he said .
“ So , we ’ ve asked for at least the possibility of proportional attendance .
We just think we should not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in comparison to other public places for attendance.
” Fr .
Daniel Carson , vicar general and moderator of the curia , said in a message to priests that the archdiocese tried to no avail to negotiate with the District .
The lawsuit is a “ last resort ” to “ seek judicial relief “ from the “ burdensome restrictions ” that “ single out religious worship for harsher treatment than similar secular activities , ” he wrote .
Carson cited the November 25 Supreme Court decision Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn v. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that “ hard caps on worship attendance ‘ effectively bar many from attending religious services ’ and ‘ many other less restrictive rules … could be adopted ’ including percentage-based restrictions the District uses for many different types of businesses and activities.
” The archdiocese ’ s detailed 14-page COVID-19 guidelines for celebrating Mass , updated in October , direct that social distancing must be observed and masks worn at all times inside churches .
Priests are not directed to wear a mask but are allowed to if they so choose .
Those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Place one hand under the other while keeping your fingers together , making ‘ a throne for the King , ’ as St. Cyril of Jerusalem says .
Receive the Host in your hand , then step six feet away from the minister .
Then carefully loosen your facial covering ( or mask by an ear loop ) , consume the Host , and replace the facial covering .
If the minister accidentally touches anyone ’ s hand , he will immediately disinfect his own hands.
” While the archdiocese strongly encourages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hand , it does allow Catholics to receive Holy Communion on the tongue .
It requests that those choosing to do so “ go to a particular minister / wait until the end of Communion / etc.
, ” to be accommodated .
It also requests that the eucharistic minister or priest “ immediately disinfect his hands after each communicant who receives on the tongue , even if no physical contact is made.
” The archdiocese further allows for the use of the “ Rite of Distributing Holy Communion Outside Mass ” when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Francis appointed Gregory as archbishop of Washington in April 2019 , and on November 28 , 2020 , elevated him to the rank of cardinal , making him the first African-American to receive the red hat .
Gregory is known for his “ progressive ” views , and has a long history of heterodoxy , of undermining pro-life efforts , and promoting the views of LGBTQ advocates such as Fr .
James Martin .
He is also a vocal critic of President Trump , notably criticizing the president ’ s long-planned June visit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the nation ’ s capital .

PETITION UPDATE (3/15/21) -
Reports suggest that the U.S. Catholic Bishops' Conference (USCCB) is preparing a vote on what to do about pro-abortion Joe Biden (and, presumably, other abortion-promoting politicians) who continues to present himself (themselves) for Holy Communion.
Public excommunication would be a suitable response for Biden's obstinate, public and grave sin of scandalously promoting abortion.
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PETITION UPDATE (2/4/20)
Since Joe Biden was sworn-in on the 20th of January, he has wasted no time in signing Executive Orders to destroy the protections which former President Trump offered to the unborn and to the innocence and modesty of children of the United States.
In one executive order, Biden rescinded the Mexico City Policy prohibiting the federal government from spending taxpayer monies on abortion and the promotion of abortion.
And, in another executive order, Biden seeks to force girls' athletic programs, restrooms, and locker rooms to accept gender-confused males.
Since the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops was shamefully silent throughout the presidential campaign on the pre-eminent issues of abortion and gender ideology, and what Biden vowed he would do as president, it is cold comfort that their pro-life office is now speaking up about this Administration's wilful disregard for human life and for God's design of human nature (i.e., two biological sexes).
Stated plainly, Joe Biden is as bad as he said he would be, and the bishop, acting in unison (as the USCCB) have an obligation to the Lord (first) and to the faithful (second) to refuse Holy Communion to this grave public sinner.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who continues to use the church as a backdrop for statements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, is now doing everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
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PETITION UPDATE (12/10/20)
Prior to the election on November 3, the U.S. bishops did not address Joe Biden’s anti-Catholic position regarding faith and morals as a unified body.
The USCCB, the organization to which every U.S. bishop belongs and which is staffed and led by bishops, remained disgracefully silent in the run-up to the election.
What were the bishops afraid of, losing their charitable tax status with the IRS, or being deprived of fat checks from the HHS (immigration programs) and USAID (foreign aid programs)?
Or, were they just too cowardly to clearly declare Christ's law to be above man's law and risk the ire of a Joe Biden as president?
Either way, the bishops’ lack of clarity in this regard is a terrible scandal in itself and probably greatly contributed to the possible election of a pro-abortion, anti-Catholic Catholic to the presidency.
Given the fact that exit polling shows Catholics split their vote 50-50 for Trump and Biden, even a slight deviation in the heavily-Catholic swing-states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania could have produced different results.
The bishops could have spoken out against Biden’s pro-abortion stance collectively, but, again, they were overwhelmingly and shamefully silent.
Because of this, they will be at least partly responsible for the policies advanced by a Biden administration, in the event that Biden is sworn into office.
However, the bishops can, even now, mitigate the damage done by their inaction by taking the following steps: 1) Speak with one voice, as the USCCB, and plainly condemn Biden's pro-abortion stance; 2) Publicly advise Biden not to present himself for Holy Communion because of his scandalous position on abortion and homosexual "marriage;" and, 3) Tell Biden to publicly repent of publicly promoting the wilfull murder of the preborn, sins against nature, and diminishing the natural family.
Thankfully, some individual bishops have spoken out forcefully on Biden's scandalous behavior, and his standing in the Church.
On November 9, Archbishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas tweeted: “A dark cloud has descended on this nation when the USCCB and Planned Parenthood speak in unison in support of a Biden-Harris administration that supports the slaughter of innocents by abortion for all 9 months of pregnancy.”
Additionally, Archbishop Samuel Aquila of Denver, Colorado and Archbishop Charles Chaput have both declared publicly that Joe Biden “should not receive Holy Communion."
But, to add insult to injury, Cardinal Wilton Gregory of Washington, D.C. has said that he will give Holy Communion to Biden because “it’s a matter of the responsibility that I have as the archbishop to be engaged and to be in dialogue with him, even in those areas where we obviously have some differences.”
And, Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington, Delaware and Bishop McElroy of San Diego also congratulated Biden in statements, but they have not indicated whether or not they would administer Holy Communion to him.
With all due respect to these bishops, they diminish the Holy Eucharist and their high office, as well as cause grave scandal to the faithful, by dialoguing with a man who is promoting mass murder of the unborn against the constant teaching of the Church.
A man who uses the church as a backdrop to make sickening political advertisements about how "Catholic/religious" he is, but, at the same time, says that he will do everything in his power to protect the murder of the innocent, needs to publicly repent before dialogue can begin.
The bishops should not dialogue with or congratulate someone who has publicly betrayed the Church's teaching and who is leading others astray.
It's an embarrassment and a scandal for the bishops to continue to allow him to receive Holy Communion.
Please SIGN and SHARE this petition today!
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/us-bishops-concerned-about-pro-abortion-biden-previously-hailed-him-as-second-catholic-president
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abp-aquila-backs-call-for-pro-abortion-catholic-joe-biden-to-be-denied-holy-communion?utm_source=top_news&utm_campaign=standard
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/former-philly-archbishop-biden-not-in-full-communion-with-the-catholic-church
https://www.thesoutherncross.org/news/bishop-mcelroy-offers-prayers-and-congratulations-to-president-elect-biden/
https://www.ncronline.org/news/politics/us-catholics-weigh-mixed-reaction-biden-win
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PETITION UPDATE (9/29/20)
Cardinal Raymond Burke has stated that Democratic candidate Joe Biden should not receive Holy Communion because of his support for abortion.
In an interview for Thomas McKenna's Catholic Action for Faith and Family podcast, Cardinal Burke states the following (starting around 5:00):
First of all, I would tell him [Biden] not to approach to receive Holy Communion, out of charity toward him, because that would be a sacrilege and endanger the salvation of his own soul.
But, also, he should not approach to receive Holy Communion because he gives scandal to everyone, because if someone says, 'I'm a devout Catholic," and, at the same time is promoting abortion, it gives the impression to others that it's acceptable for a Catholic to be in favor of abortion.
Of course, it's absolutely not acceptable, and never has been, and never will be.
We give thanks for Cardinal Burke's frankness and clarity. And, we call on every U.S. Catholic bishop to follow Cardinal Burke's lead and call out Joe Biden for his bloody-minded hypocrisy on the issue of abortion.
To reiterate: You cannot be a Catholic and support abortion.
Thank you for continuing to sign this urgent petition.
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PETITION UPDATE (8/17/20)
The Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, keeps claiming to be Catholic but has said he will do everything in his power to support abortion.
And, with his pick of California Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate, Biden has just cemented abortion into the Democrats' 2020 presidential ticket.
Indeed, Harris is vehemently pro-abortion.
During her time as attorney general of California, Harris played a key role in defending Planned Parenthood over its sale of aborted baby parts (which violated multiple federal laws, according to undercover video of abortion industry personnel).
And, last year, Harris unveiled a plan to essentially force pro-life states to seek permission from the federal government before pro-life laws can take effect.
Additionally, Harris has dangerous views on religious liberty and freedom of speech.
Harris displayed anti-Catholic bigotry in the confirmation hearings of Judge Brian Buescher. Harris cited his membership in the “all-male society” the Knights of Columbus and its stances against abortion and same-sex “marriage” as grounds for rejecting Buescher for a federal district court in Nebraska.
And, David Daleiden, head of the pro-life investigative group Center for Medical Progress, wrote that from his firsthand experience, he considers Harris the “greatest threat to First Amendment civil rights our country has ever seen.”
Joe Biden has seriously erred by taking on Kamala Harris as his running mate, further distancing himself from the truths of the Catholic Faith, especially that every life is sacred from conception till natural death.
Please CLICK HERE to read an article which details one U.S. bishop's warning about the Biden-Harris ticket.
And, please continue to SIGN and SHARE this petition.
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Of course, these two things are incompatible: you cannot be Catholic and pro-abortion.
And, a "Catholic" politician's responsibility in this regard is absolute: On pain of serious sin, he or she can never promote abortion because abortion is the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings, and also because doing so causes grave scandal to the Church and the faithful.
Please SIGN this urgent petition asking the bishops of the United States to refuse to give Holy Communion to Joe Biden until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
Biden recently promised to “codify Roe v. Wade” as president, adding, "my Justice Department will do everything in its power to stop the rash of state laws that so blatantly violate a woman’s protected, constitutional right to choose."
And, since starting his latest run for the presidency, Biden also flip-flopped against the Hyde Amendment, saying that he would allow federal funds to be spent on abortion - a position he claimed to be against for more than 40 years.
In short, Joe Biden will do everything in his power to enable and defend the wilful murder of innocent preborn human beings.
So, this should not be a hard decision for our U.S. bishops. In fact, in another circumstance, it was already done by an Illinois bishop.
Indeed, Bishop Paprocki, of Springfield, Illinois, invoked Canon 915 of the Code of Canon Law to withdraw Holy Communion from two Illinois state politicians who had worked to enact radical new abortion legislation in 2019.
Canon 915 states: "Those who have been excommunicated or interdicted after the imposition or declaration of the penalty and others obstinately persevering in manifest grave sin are not to be admitted to Holy Communion."
Of course, no-one, least of all the bishops, wants anyone to be deprived of Holy Communion.
A politician who publicly and obstinately advocates for the murder of innocent preborn babies puts himself out-of-communion with the Church and her teaching.
Pro-abortion politicians should not think that they can advocate for the murder of the unborn and receive the Body of Christ at the same time. This would be to defile the Eucharist while giving scandal to the faithful.
Depriving politicians of Holy Communion is not just meant to prevent scandal; it is also designed to bring a grave public sinner to repentance. In this way, such an action is meant to be for the good of their souls, too.
Thank you for SIGNING this urgent petition which calls on the U.S. Catholic bishops to refuse to admit Joe Biden to Holy Communion until he publicly repents from his scandalous promotion of abortion.
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Joe Biden: I support abortion ‘under any circumstance’ - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/joe-biden-i-support-abortion-under-any-circumstance
Catholic priest denies Joe Biden Holy Communion for pro-abortion stance - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/catholic-priest-denies-joe-biden-holy-communion-for-pro-abortion-stance
Cardinal McCarrick and the Concealing of Rome’s Position on Denying Communion - https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/cardinal-mccarrick-and-the-concealing-of-romes-position-on-denying-communio
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