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Head of US bishops' conference warns Biden would advance moral evils and threaten human life
Archbishop Gomez said abortion was "also a matter of social justice."

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) issued a stark condemnation of President Biden's abortion agenda on the day of his inauguration, arguing that he would advance "moral evil" on the "preeminent priority" for the faithful.
"I must point out that our new President has pledged to pursue certain policies that would advance moral evils and threaten human life and dignity, most seriously in the areas of abortion, contraception, marriage, and gender," said Los Angeles Archbishop Jose Gomez, who serves as the USCCB's president. "Of deep concern is the liberty of the Church and the freedom of believers to live according to their consciences."
His comments came amid a broader debate about U.S. politicians, like House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., who identify as Catholic but pursue policies that conflict with Church teaching. Biden, during the campaign, reversed his decades-old position on the Hyde Amendment, which blocks most taxpayer funding for abortions. He's also pledged to codify Roe v. Wade, a move that conservatives say would allow abortion up till the moment of birth.

Anti-Biden Antifa attack Portland police officers forcing cops to retreat

Antifa protesters in Portland clashed with authorities Wednesday as they gathered to voice dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden, forcing officers to retreat and taking at least one police bicycle, authorities said.
The Portland Police Bureau said several events were planned in the city just hours after Biden was sworn in and implored the nation to come together. A crowd of up to 150 people gathered at Revolution Hall around 2 p.m. and marched to the headquarters of the Democratic Party of Oregon, Portland police Sgt. Kevin Allen said. 
The so-called J20 protest was a demonstration against Biden and law enforcement.
Some in the group smashed windows and vandalized the building with graffiti. Calls and messages to the party headquarters were not immediately returned.

Justin Trudeau ‘disappointed’ in Biden's decision to cancel Keystone XL pipeline

The controversial Keystone XL pipeline initially proposed more than a decade ago
would sustain about 11,000 U.S. jobs in 2021 and generate $1.6 billion in gross wages

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday said his administration was "disappointed" with President Joe Biden’s decision to revoke the permit for construction on the Keystone XL oil pipeline.
The 1,700-mile pipeline was planned to carry roughly 800,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta to the Texas Gulf Coast, passing through Montana, South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, and Oklahoma.
The move was part of the Biden administration’s broader goal to crack down on fossil fuels. The new president is expected to direct sweeping environmental regulatory changes over the next four years and reverse some Trump-era deregulatory policies in an effort to tackle climate change.

135 civil rights groups speak out against Congress' proposed new domestic terror law

The failure to confront and hold accountable white nationalist violence is not a question of not having appropriate tools to employ, but a failure to use those on hand

135 civil rights organizations signed an open letter to Congress on Tuesday urging them not to expand terrorism-related authority.
The letter, signed on behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, says that white nationalism and far-right militia violence must be addressed without causing further harm to communities that are already "disproportionately impacted by the criminal-legal system."
The signatories noted that the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) already have the resources to go after "white supremacist violence" as well as "hate crimes, organized crime, and violent crimes."
The solution, they said, is not to create more laws to prosecute domestic terrorism, but to use the laws already on the books more effectively.
The signatories said that new federal domestic terrorism laws "would adversely impact civil rights and – as our nation’s long and disturbing history of targeting Black Activists, Muslims, Arabs, and movements for social and racial justice has shown – this new authority could be use to expand racial profiling or be wielded to surveil and investigation communities of color and political opponents in the name of national security."

Basically this means they wanna incarcerate any non leftist movement.

Senate confirms Avril Haines as director of National Intelligence

Haines is the first woman in history to lead the intelligence community

The Senate voted to confirm Avril Haines as director of National Intelligence, making her the first woman in history to lead the intelligence community.
The Senate confirmed Haines 84-10, just hours after President Joe Biden was sworn into office. Haines is the first official to be confirmed to Biden's Cabinet.
Haines had her confirmation hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday and vowed to "set a strategic vision" for the intelligence community to ensure that the U.S. is "well postured to address developing threats and take advantage of new opportunities as they arise."
Haines, under the Obama Administration, served as a principal deputy national security adviser and as a deputy director at the CIA—she was the first woman to hold both positions.
Haines said under her leadership, she would ensure that the intelligence community "has the capacity to understand, warn, protect and defend the United States against the threats we face," and pointed to a number of threats — ranging from "traditional state actors" to "evolving" transnational threats like "climate change, cyber attacks, terrorism, global organized crime and corruption, disinformation campaigns and more."

 Sadly, she already lied to the lawmakers because she doesn't think China is a threat but an adversary in a few key areas.  As if China hasn't been building artificial islands in Asia.