Church Attendance Still Not Back to Pre-COVID Lockdown Levels: Survey

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Churches in the United States are struggling to return to attendance levels seen prior to COVID lockdowns shutting their doors and forcing online services, according to a new Lifeway Research poll.

The survey, released last week, was conducted with 1,000 Protestant pastors from September 6-30 from a random sample of Protestant churches. The survey revealed that despite churches failing to return to pre-lockdown levels, the majority had resumed in-person worship services.

“While there are a handful of exceptions, we can definitively say that churches in the U.S. have reopened,” said Lifeway Research executive director Scott McConnell. “While masks began to rapidly disappear in many settings in 2022, churchgoers have not reappeared quite as fast.”

Nearly 100% of churches met in person in August 2022, according to the report. That number is up from 75% in July 2020 and 98% in August of last year. In April 2020, around the time the lockdowns began in the United States, the number of churches meeting in person dropped as low as 10%, according to Lifeway Research. (Read more from “Church Attendance Still Not Back to Pre-COVID Lockdown Levels: Survey” HERE)

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Trump Files Lawsuit to Avoid Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena

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Former President Donald Trump is suing the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to block a subpoena requiring him to testify.

The suit contends that, while former presidents have voluntarily agreed to provide testimony or documents in response to congressional subpoenas in the past, “no president or former president has ever been compelled to do so.”

“Long-held precedent and practice maintain that separation of powers prohibits Congress from compelling a President to testify before it,” Trump attorney David A. Warrington said in a statement announcing Trump’s intentions.

He said Trump had “engaged with the Committee in a good faith effort to resolve these concerns consistent with Executive Branch prerogatives and separation of powers,” but said the panel “insists on pursuing a political path, leaving President Trump with no choice but to involve the third branch, the judicial branch, in this dispute between the executive and legislative branches.”

The suit likely dooms the prospect of Trump ever having to testify, given that the committee is expected to disband at the end of the legislative session in January. The committee did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the suit. (Read more from “Trump Files Lawsuit to Avoid Jan. 6 Committee Subpoena” HERE)

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INSANITY: Biden to Extend COVID-19 Health Emergency

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The Biden administration is set to extend the COVID-19 public health emergency through at least next April.

The public health emergency, which was set to expire on Jan. 11, will remain in place through the first quarter of 2022 to allow the government more time to offload responsibility for COVID-19 vaccines, tests, antiviral treatment, and other COVID-19 pharmaceuticals to the private sector — all have been provided free by the government during the health emergency, a Biden administration official told Reuters.

The emergency declaration was initially declared in January 2020 and has been extended in increments of 90 days since.

The Biden administration signaled earlier this year that it would begin figuring out how to transfer key tasks to the private sector, meeting with drugmakers, pharmacies, and other stakeholders in the healthcare industry in late August to discuss how to begin the commercialization process, though the transition has been slow to get off its feet.

Despite the extension, the administration is running on a time crunch to begin the process as federal COVID-19 funding runs low. Dawn O’Connell, the assistant secretary for preparedness and response, said in August that the administration anticipates running out of runs to purchase or distribute vaccines by “as early as January 2023.” (Read more from “Biden to Extend COVID-19 Health Emergency: Report” HERE)

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Survey: Corporate Diversity Drives Discrimination Against White Americans

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Hiring managers face top-level corporate pressure to reject white job candidates in favor of non-white applicants, says a survey of 1,000 managers by a job-finding firm.

The company, ResumeBuilder.com, surveyed 1,000 hiring managers across the United States in November “to find out how many believe “reverse discrimination” is really an issue affecting their workplace,” the company said on November 7:

Key findings include:

52% believe their company practices “reverse discrimination” in hiring

1 in 6 have been asked to deprioritize hiring white men

48% have been asked to prioritize diversity over qualifications

53% believe their job will be in danger if they don’t hire enough diverse employees

70% believe their company has DEI initiatives for appearances’ sake

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Twitter Manager Vomited After Elon Musk Ordered Him to Fire Employees: Report; Twitter Exec Who Censored the Post’s Hunter Biden Exposés Quits in Latest Mass Exodus

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By New York Post. A Twitter manager threw up in a trash can after new CEO Elon Musk directed him to fire hundreds of employees as part of the company’s decision to slash its workforce in half, according to a new report.

The graphic detail was revealed in a sweeping New York Times report published Friday that painted a grim picture of Twitter’s overhaul as it faces executive resignations, fleeing advertisers and revenue struggles.

The Times spoke with 36 current and former Twitter employees since Musk’s $44 billion takeover of the social media giant, some of whom told the newspaper many staffers learned about the mass layoffs via an internal Slack channel where HR and legal teams discussed the impending move two days before they began on Nov. 4.

One widely-shared message on Slack indicated as many as 3,738 workers could be laid off. Employees immediately began saying their goodbyes and exchanging information, The Times reported.

“One engineering manager was approached by Mr. Musk’s advisers — or ‘goons,’ as Twitter employees called them — with a list of hundreds of people he had to let go. He vomited into a trash can near his feet,” The Times wrote. (Read more from “Twitter Manager Vomited After Elon Musk Ordered Him to Fire Employees: Report” HERE)

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Yoel Roth, the Twitter Exec Who Censored the Post’s Hunter Biden Exposés, Quits in Latest Mass Exodus

By New York Post. The Twitter exec who censored The Post’s reporting on Hunter Biden — and brazenly likened members of the Trump administration to Nazis — has quit just days after getting public support from new boss Elon Musk.

Yoel Roth, 35, until Wednesday had continued pushing the site’s shifting policies on trolling and hateful conduct — and appeared alongside new owner Musk, 51, in defending the platform in a crunch meeting with advertisers that same day.

But Twitter staffers were told on Slack on Thursday that Roth was the latest key exec to have resigned, according to employees.

Roth also confirmed his exit by changing his bio on the site he’d worked at for seven years to “Former Head of Trust & Safety at @Twitter.”

The long-contentious exec was just one of the latest key figures to join the exodus during the unprecedented crisis that Musk this week admitted could end in bankruptcy. (Read more from “Yoel Roth, the Twitter Exec Who Censored the Post’s Hunter Biden Exposés, Quits in Latest Mass Exodus” HERE)

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WH Refuses To Say Why Biden Has A List Of Pre-Selected Reporters To Call On

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Throughout President Joe Biden’s time in office, he has been known for having a list of pre-approved reporters that he is allowed to call on during press conferences.

The list made an appearance once again for his first press conference post-Tuesday night’s midterm elections.

During Wednesday’s press conference, Biden admitted to having a pre-selected list of 10 reporters he was told to take questions from.

“Now, I’ve been given a list of 10 people that I’m supposed to call on and you’re all supposed to ask me one question, but I’m sure you’ll ask me more. So let me start with the list I’ve been given,” Biden said.

However, the White House refused to give up the jig, saying that they will not share information about why Biden uses a list. (Read more from “WH Refuses To Say Why Biden Has A List Of Pre-Selected Reporters To Call On” HERE)

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Texas Man Accused of Drugging Wife’s Drinks to Induce Abortion

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A Houston man is accused of trying to induce an abortion in his wife by putting drugs in her drinks, a felony offense under the state’s new abortion laws.

Harris County prosecutors recently charged Mason Herring, 38, with the new crime of “assault – forced induction to have an abortion” and with the assault of a pregnant person, according to KTRK-TV.

Authorities said that Mr. Herring put Misoprostol, a drug commonly used for medical abortions, in his wife’s drinks.

“It’s manipulative,” Assistant District Attorney Anthony Osso told KTRK, the Houston ABC affiliate.

“It’s premeditated. What we are alleging (he) did, which we believe the evidence supports, is a pretty heinous act. To do that to someone who trusts you, it’s taking advantage of that trust,” he said. (Read more from “Texas Man Accused of Drugging Wife’s Drinks to Induce Abortion” HERE)

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Judge Finds Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program Unconstitutional, Blocks It for All Borrowers

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A judge in Fort Worth, Texas, found that President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program was unconstitutional and ended it for all borrowers.

District Court Judge Mark Pittman said that the program usurped the powers invested in Congress to create law.

The Biden administration claimed that the HEROES Act of 2003, which provided loan assistance to military personnel, had given the president the power to expand loan forgiveness to student borrowers. While originally enacted after the 911 terrorist attacks, the act also allowed for expansion of government power in other national emergencies, like a pandemic.

Even some supporters of the plan have admitted that the legal justification for the policy was dubious. (Read more from “Judge Finds Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Program Unconstitutional, Blocks It for All Borrowers” HERE)

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Mission Accomplished: Biden Claims Victory on Inflation… as Prices Continue to Rise; Kamala Cheers: ‘You Did It Joe!’

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By Breitbart. President Joe Biden on Thursday defended his economic policies as data showed consumer prices continued to climb in October.

“It will take time to get inflation back to normal levels – and we could see setbacks along the way – but we will keep at it and help families with the cost of living,” Biden said in a statement.

The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose by 0.4 percent from September. The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is up 7.7 percent year-over-year. . .

Biden spun the news as positive, declaring the it was “a much-needed break in inflation at the grocery store as we head into the holidays.”

He urged patience, declaring that “we are seeing progress in getting inflation under control.” (Read more from “Mission Accomplished: Biden Claims Victory on Inflation… as Prices Continue to Rise” HERE)

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Kamala Harris Flatters Joe Biden After Midterm Elections: ‘You Did It Joe!’

By Breitbart. Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated Democrats’ strong performance in the midterm elections, despite their likely losing the majority in the House of Representatives.

Harris traveled to an event in Washington, DC, with Biden and first lady Jill Biden to thank volunteers and supporters for their efforts during the election.

The Vice President began her speech gushing over “our one and only President Joe Biden” praising his efforts during the election.

“You did it, Joe!” she said, bursting into laughter, presumably referring to the popular internet meme featuring the Vice President congratulating Biden on the results of the 2020 election. (Read more from “Kamala Harris Flatters Joe Biden After Midterm Elections: ‘You Did It Joe!’” HERE)

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Joe Biden: American Women ‘Showed up and Beat the Hell Out of’ Republicans

By Breitbart. President Joe Biden boasted Thursday that American women who supported abortion “beat the hell out of” Republicans in the midterm elections.

“As I said, women in America made their voices heard, man,” Biden said during a rally in Washington, DC, referring to the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.

He also referred to Justice Samuel Alito who wrote in his opinion that “women are not without electoral or political power” and said that women on both sides of the abortion issue could use the democratic process to change abortion policies.

“Well guess what?” Biden bragged. “You showed up and beat the hell out of them.” (Read more from “Joe Biden: American Women ‘Showed up and Beat the Hell Out of’ Republicans” HERE)

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Ballots Go Missing in New Jersey County After Voting Machines Failure

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Ballots were reported missing in one New Jersey county after they were shuttled between locations amid problems with several voting machines.

Four voting districts’ ballots, which have vanished, were last accounted for being shuttled from the voting place to the election board, according to the New Jersey Globe. Records show that 4,046 voters are spread across the four districts. Paper ballots had to be used after a software glitch rendered the Dominion electronic voting machines unusable. Authorities are assuring the public that they are doing everything in their power to remedy the situation.

“We’re working with the county, which is in charge of our elections, but please know we will not rest until we get to the bottom of this unconscionable mishap, and we will not consider the 2022 election over in Robbinsville until every single ballot is counted and done so securely,” said Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried. (Read more from “Ballots Go Missing in New Jersey County After Voting Machines Failure” HERE)

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