Trump designates Antifa ‘major terrorist organization’; Trump meets with Starmer to discuss ‘tech prosperity deal’; VP addresses American workers in Michigan; Obama breaks silence on Kirk assassination; FCC Chairman threatens action against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, Disney for ‘malicious lies’; Fed cuts rates by 0.25%, signals more cuts to come; Catholic nun calls on laity to save Church, country; Holy Father renews appeal for Gaza ceasefire; and more —
Trump Designates Antifa Movement as Terrorist Org
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he was designating the anti-fascist movement antifa a “major terrorist organization,” a move that follows last week’s assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk.
Trump posted the declaration on Truth Social while on a state visit to the United Kingdom, hours after attending a state banquet at Windsor Castle.
“I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION,” Trump wrote, adding that he would “strongly recommend that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated in accordance with the highest legal standards and practices.”
Read more at Newsmax
Trump meets with Starmer on U.K. state visit after royal welcome at Windsor
President Donald Trump traded pageantry for politics Thursday as he ended a lavish stay hosted by Britain’s King Charles III at Windsor Castle and met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer at his country residence, Chequers. …
Starmer has lavished Trump with praise and royal pomp in a bid to curry favor with Washington as Britain looks to deepen its economic ties with the U.S., ease tariffs and hold difficult conversations on Israel’s offensive in Gaza and Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The pair are expected to sign a multibillion-dollar “tech prosperity deal” that British officials hope will bring thousands of jobs and sweeping investment to the U.K.
Read more at NBC News
Trump entering Keir Starmer’s country residence
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VP delivers remarks on Trump’s Tax Cuts in Howell, Michigan on Wednesday
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Highlight of Vance’s speech in Howell, Michigan
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Finally: Fed Cuts Rates by a Quarter Percent, Signals Two More Cuts This Year
The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point on Wednesday, lowering the federal funds rate to a range between 4.00 percent and 4.25 percent in response to weakening labor market conditions and easing concerns over inflation, capping one of the most politically charged meetings in the central bank’s recent history. …
Read more at Breitbart
Obama breaks silence on Kirk’s assassination
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JD reacts to Obama’s claim during Jesse Watters interview
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ABC pulls Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely following Charlie Kirk comments
ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show off the air indefinitely on Wednesday after the host said the “MAGA gang” aimed to score political points from conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Nexstar said Wednesday that its “owned and partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ for the foreseeable future, beginning with tonight’s show.”
Kimmel made the remarks in his Monday night monologue. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang trying to characterize this kid who killed Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them,” Kimmel said.
Read more at the Washington Examiner
FCC Chairman threatens action against Jimmy Kimmel, ABC, and Disney for ‘malicious lies’
See @bennyjohnson
Can We Finally Admit The T In LGBT Stands For Terrorism?
The assassination of conservative icon Charlie Kirk proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that the “transgender” movement is, in fact, a serious domestic terror threat to Christian conservatives in this country.
The revelation that the suspect in Kirk’s assassination was romantically involved with a man who identifies as a woman came as both a shock and as an all-too-common addendum to yet another tragedy.
It came as a shock because it’s a seemingly bizarre twist in an already perplexing account of the suspect, his upbringing, and the details of his plot. Yet it also came as an almost expected feature of this tragedy because transgender-identifying people have become a staple in recent high-profile crimes against conservatives. …
Read more at The Federalist
Days After Charlie Kirk Assassination, Randi Weingarten Calls Conservatives ‘Fascists,’ Compares to ‘Nazis’
The head of one of the nation’s largest teachers unions is back to calling conservatives “fascists” and “authoritarians” and making comparisons to “nazis” just days after Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
President of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Randi Weingarten ran an excerpt of her new book “WHY FASCISTS FEAR TEACHERS: Public Education and the Future of Democracy” in Rolling Stone on Tuesday.
The article airs her often trot-out claims painting concerned parents and conservatives as fascists for cracking down on DEI materials, gender ideology indoctrination, and pornography in schools. …
Read more at Breitbart
Education secretary honors Kirk, condemns political violence
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Catholic nun reacts to the death of Charlie Kirk
Watch at Mother Miriam Highlights on YouTube
Homilies across U.S. take stock of Charlie Kirk assassination
Catholic priests around the country have discussed the assassination of Turning Point USA Founder Charlie Kirk during their homilies in the last week. …
“So many times it seems almost surreal how the Gospel passage for the day fits … a situation that we face as Christians in our daily lives,” Father Chris Alar at the National Shrine of the Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, said during his homily on Sept. 11, referencing the day’s reading from the Gospel of Luke, when Jesus instructs his disciples to love their enemies.
“That is what Charlie Kirk did. I was watching some of his videos last night, and he was saying of murderers that they are still children of God, and he prayed for them,” the priest reflected, noting that though Kirk was political, he had not been a politician.
Read more at the Catholic News Agency
Catholic lay leader yearns for spiritual support of US bishops
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Cardinal Müller responds to Charlie Kirk’s assassination
Read @dianemontagna
Papercutter-artist honors Charlie Kirk
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Lila Rose Wins Debate at Yale University, Students Vote Pro-Life by 60-31 Margin
Pro-life activist Lila Rose emerged victorious in an abortion debate at Yale University Tuesday night, as the Yale Political Union voted 60-31 against a pro-abortion resolution affirming “choice over life.”
The surprising vote at a leftist Ivy League university had attendees rejecting abortion in a resounding show of support for the sanctity of unborn children.
The event, held at the union’s headquarters on 53 Wall St., drew a packed crowd of students amid heightened security following the recent assassination of conservative speaker Charlie Kirk.
Read more at LifeNews.com; see also the National Catholic Register
Clip of Charlie Kirk defending babies making rounds on social media
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Open letter for Pope Leo to rescind same-sex blessings, Amoris Laetitia
Prominent Catholic lay organizations are calling on Pope Leo XIV to take direct action on issues of Catholic morality, including asking him to revoke Fiducia Supplicans and to remove Amoris Laetitia from the Church’s Magisterium.
An open letter has been delivered to Pope Leo XIV asking him to intervene on a number of issues which have taken center stage in the Catholic Church over recent years. Passed to the Pope on September 16, the open letter comes from the assembled international organizations linked to the late Brazilian Catholic leader Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira, such as the American TFP, Ireland Needs Fatima, and Luci Sull’Est.
Read more at Per Mariam
Pope renews appeal for Gaza ceasefire: Inviolable human dignity of all must be respected
“I express my deepest sympathy to the Palestinian people in Gaza, who continue to live in fear and survive in unacceptable conditions, forced—once again—from their lands,” Pope Leo XIV said at his General Audience on Wednesday morning.
Israeli forces launched a massive new military offensive against Gaza’s largest population centre, Gaza City, on Tuesday, ordering civilians to flee the city amid the most intense bombardment they have faced in almost two years of war. Hamas has said 350,000 people have fled the eastern part of the city for displacement centres in other parts of Gaza City, while another 175,000 have fled the city altogether.
Invoking “the Almighty Lord, who commanded ‘Thou shalt not kill,’” and “in the presence of all humanity,” Pope Leo on Wednesday declared, “Every person always has an inviolable dignity, to be respected and protected.”
Read more at Vatican News
Spirit Airlines repeatedly ordered to “TURN, TURN, TURN” as it flew dangerously close to Air Force One
Watch @nicksortor
Today Catholics celebrate the feast of St. Joseph of Cupertino, patron of pilots
See @RosaryMum; see also @fr_rmv
