As the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) debates whether or not President Joe Biden should be barred from receiving Holy Communion, a new poll from CatholicVote shows that roughly three-quarters of Catholics agree that pro-abortion politicians should not be allowed to receive Holy Communion.
“Catholic politicians who advocate for policies considered ‘gravely immoral’ create confusion and discord among believers,” CatholicVote President Brian Burch said in a <a href="https://catholicvote.org/poll-strong-majority-of-church-going-catholics-believe-public-officials-who-oppose-church-teachings-create-confusion-and-disunity/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">statement</a>. “Catholics’ concern about the flouting of Catholic social teaching by public leaders is less about politics and more about the integrity of the faith, along with reverence and respect due the Holy Eucharist.”
“This polling data should bolster the confidence of Catholic bishops as they prepare to discuss how to recover an understanding of the beauty and richness of the sacrament – among all Catholics,” he added. “The data is very clear: Bishops have an obligation to act.”
As CatholicVote <a href="https://catholicvote.org/poll-strong-majority-of-church-going-catholics-believe-public-officials-who-oppose-church-teachings-create-confusion-and-disunity/">noted</a>, the poll comes &#8220;just days before the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Spring General Assembly where they are expected to discuss a proposal to create a teaching document on &#8216;eucharistic coherence.’”
&#8220;Part of that discussion is expected to include whether Catholic politicians who support abortion and other substantive policies contrary to Catholic teaching should receive communion,&#8221; reported the outlet. &#8220;It also comes as President Joe Biden, who openly advocates for unlimited abortion at taxpayers’ expense, visits Pope Francis at the Vatican. Seventy-two percent of Catholics in the pews surveyed agreed that this discussion among the bishops should take place.”
Though reports indicate that the Vatican has privately urged the bishops to withhold on discussing the topic of Holy Communion for Joe Biden, USCCB President Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles said that the discussion will proceed. Earlier this week, sources close to the Vatican told Catholic News Agency (CNA) that a scheduled morning Mass between President Joe Biden and Pope Francis was reportedly nixed from the two leaders&#8217; June 15 meeting.
“President Biden, who is in Europe for several high level meetings, is taking off the morning of June 15 to meet Pope Francis as President of the United States for the first time,” reported CNA. “The President’s entourage had originally requested for Biden to attend Mass with the Pope early in the morning, but the proposal was nixed by the Vatican after considering the impact that President Biden receiving Holy Communion from the Pope would have on the discussions the USCCB is planning to have during their meeting starting Wednesday, June 16. The US Bishops are slated to vote on creating a committee that would draft a document about Eucharistic Coherence.”
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm">abortion is a grave moral evil</a> that cannot be approved or tolerated in any circumstance. In 2019, a Catholic priest in South Carolina <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-joe-biden-denied-holy-communion-at-catholic-church-over-abortion-support">reportedly enforced</a> the church’s code of canon law by denying the then-former vice president the sacrament of Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion.
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“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” Father Robert E. Morey of Saint Anthony Catholic Church told reporters. “Holy Communion signifies we are one with God, each other, and the Church. Our actions should reflect that. Any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of Church teaching.”
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-morning-mass-nixed-from-joe-bidens-upcoming-meeting-with-pope-francis">REPORT: Morning Mass Nixed From Joe Biden’s Upcoming Meeting With Pope Francis</a>
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On Tuesday, the shoplifting epidemic in San Francisco took center stage in the national conversation after a video went viral showing a shoplifter at one of the city&#8217;s Walgreens stealing various items off the shelf while a security guard and other customers helplessly watched the theft in progress.
&#8220;A reporter with San Francisco’s ABC affiliated posted the video to Twitter, tagging the city’s progressive district attorney, Chesa Boudin, whose office has shifted focus from petty crime to focus &#8216;only on stopping serious, repeat offenders, especially violent ones,&#8217; according to an interview a deputy district attorney did with <a href="https://www.davisvanguard.org/2021/03/san-francisco-das-office-addresses-rampant-shoplifting-at-walgreens/">the Davis Vanguard</a>, a news outlet near San Francisco,&#8221; The Daily Wire reported. &#8220;The video is also tagged, &#8216;No Consequences.'&#8221;
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This just happened at the <a href="https://twitter.com/Walgreens?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Walgreens</a> on Gough &amp; Fell Streets in San Francisco. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NoConsequences?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NoConsequences</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/chesaboudin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chesaboudin</a> <a href="https://t.co/uSbnTQQk4J">pic.twitter.com/uSbnTQQk4J</a>
&mdash; Lyanne Melendez (@LyanneMelendez) <a href="https://twitter.com/LyanneMelendez/status/1404574079156318210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 14, 2021</a></blockquote>
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During a segment on CBS &#8220;This Morning&#8221; on Wednesday, anchor Tony Dokoupil mused that perhaps the shoplifter was just in the throes of desperation and was stealing something of importance.
&#8220;So crime is never justified, of course,&#8221; <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2021/06/16/cbss-shocking-spin-shoplifting-crime-wave-act-desperation-not">said Dokoupil.</a>
&#8220;That reads as an act of desperation. You&#8217;re not getting rich off what you take from a Walgreens. You&#8217;re getting probably something you need. I don&#8217;t know the details of that particular case,&#8221; he later added after his colleagues discussed the extent of the security guard&#8217;s responsibility.
Even Dokoupil’s colleagues were not exactly convinced of the thief&#8217;s desperation, given what he was stealing.
&#8220;I mean, a bag full, they look like hair products,&#8221; said Vlad Duthiers. &#8220;Which are valuable. He&#8217;s filling his bag. In New York City I&#8217;ve mostly seen off-duty New York City police officers in Walgreens and CVS. Probably bigger deterrents than security.&#8221;
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shoplifting-skyrockets-in-san-francisco-forcing-retailers-to-close-stores">reported</a>, shoplifting has skyrocketed in San Francisco, forcing many stores to close:
<blockquote>Shoplifting has become so rampant in San Francisco that retailers are closing stores.
The San Francisco Chronicle <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/local-politics/article/Out-of-control-Organized-crime-drives-S-F-16175755.php">reported</a> earlier this month that stores like Walgreens and CVS are closing locations in the city due to “out of control” shoplifting. The outlet spoke to 77-year-old John Susoeff, who used to pick up his prescriptions at a Walgreens two blocks from his home until it closed in March. Now he has to walk six blocks to the next nearest pharmacy. Susoeff sometimes requires a cane to walk, and also picks up prescriptions for his neighbors who have mobility issues.</blockquote>
As stores take better security measures, liberals have been defending shoplifters as desperate people in search of necessary items.
“The CVS on my corner has started locking up basic items like clothing detergent. As so many families can’t make ends meet right now, I can’t imagine thinking that the way to solve the problem of people stealing basic necessities out of desperation is to prosecute them,” tweeted &#8220;Sex and the City&#8221; star Cynthia Nixon last month.
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The CVS on my corner has started locking up basic items like clothing detergent. 
As so many families can’t make ends meet right now, I can’t imagine thinking that the way to solve the problem of people stealing basic necessities out of desperation is to prosecute them. <a href="https://t.co/5RsdMTDWqa">https://t.co/5RsdMTDWqa</a>
&mdash; Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) <a href="https://twitter.com/CynthiaNixon/status/1396225485827416064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 22, 2021</a></blockquote>
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On Tuesday, Aubrey O’Day of the pop group Danity Kane said the Walgreens shoplifter was in the throes of desperation.
&#8220;New Walgreens CEO got a 25 mil bonus, the company isn’t hurting. This likely happened bc this man can’t afford basic necessities for his family. &amp; go read a security cop manual, he did what it instructs..if his family lost him today you’d be over there filing your nails, so hush,&#8221; she tweeted.
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new Walgreens CEO got a 25 mil bonus, the company isn’t hurting. This likely happened bc this man can’t afford basic necessities for his family. &amp; go read a security cop manual, he did what it instructs..if his family lost him today you’d be over there filing your nails, so hush. <a href="https://t.co/A76QcupA3z">https://t.co/A76QcupA3z</a>
&mdash; Aubrey O&#39;Day (@AubreyODay) <a href="https://twitter.com/AubreyODay/status/1404869603990278146?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/shoplifting-skyrockets-in-san-francisco-forcing-retailers-to-close-stores">Shoplifting Skyrockets In San Francisco, Forcing Retailers To Close Stores</a>
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CBS Anchor Muses If Famed Walgreens Shoplifter Is ‘Probably Getting Something You Need,’ ‘An Act Of Desperation’

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After a recent poll revealed that 46% of Americans would favor him for president, Dwayne &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Johnson said that he will be listening and learning to discern whether or not he would partake in the &#8220;humbling honor&#8221; of running for president.
Speaking with <a href="https://people.com/politics/dwayne-johnson-says-the-prospect-of-running-for-president-some-day-is-a-humbling-honor/">PEOPLE</a>, Johnson said that he is grateful for the many opportunities that America has afforded him and would run for president as a payment of debt.
“I love our country to my core and I’m endlessly grateful for the opportunities I’ve had here, as a half-Black, half-Samoan kid being able to work my ass off knowing tenacity opens doors,” he <a class="x5l" href="https://people.com/politics/dwayne-johnson-says-the-prospect-of-running-for-president-some-day-is-a-humbling-honor/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">told</a> the magazine. “In a lot of ways, I’m indebted to our great country for it.”
While the actor does not consider himself a politician or someone with &#8220;the patience or resignation to deal with the B.S. that comes with politics and politicians,&#8221; he appreciated that 46% of Americans wanted him for the job.
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&#8220;When 46 percent of Americans say they&#8217;re in favor of me becoming president, that forces me to humbly and respectfully stand up, listen and learn,&#8221; he said.
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&#8220;When I wasn&#8217;t [in Hawaii], I was usually primarily in the South. And at that time growing up, you run into discrimination. You run into discrimination at the workplace,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But I&#8217;ve always been of the mindset that I can&#8217;t change that and I can&#8217;t change the way I look. I was born with this color and who I am and where I&#8217;m from. So the best thing that I could do is control the controllables, put in the work with my own two hands, and if someone then continues to choose to discriminate against me, well, that&#8217;s on them.&#8221;
Going all the way back to 2016, the “Fast &amp; Furious” star has teased possibly running for president. This past February, while speaking with <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2021/02/15/dwayne-johnson-young-rock-shows-family-version-andre-giant-moment/6735837002/">USA Today</a> about “Young Rock,” Johnson echoed his 2017 comments to Ellen DeGeneres that he may run for president.
“I would consider a presidential run in the future if that’s what the people wanted,” he said. “Truly, I mean that, and I’m not flippant in any way with my answer. That would be up to the people…So I would wait, and I would listen. I would have my finger on the pulse, my ear to the ground.”
Last September, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-backs-biden-in-first-ever-endorsement-calls-kamala-harris-certified-badass">Johnson labeled himself</a> a “centrist” as he endorsed Joe Biden, clarifying that he has voted for both parties while hailing Kamala Harris as a “certified badass.”
“As a political independent &amp; centrist, I’ve voted for both parties in the past,” Johnson tweeted. “In this critical presidential election, I’m endorsing [Joe Biden] &amp; [Kamala Harris]. Progress takes courage, humanity, empathy, strength, KINDNESS &amp; RESPECT. We must ALL VOTE[.]”
Upon Biden’s election, Johnson admitted to crying “manly tears” over the prospect of Harris being vice president.
“I wanted to shoot this yesterday, when the news broke, but I got a little emotional, admittedly so, I got a little emotional yesterday, manly tears of course, I may have cried a tear or two, or ten, but they were all very manly. All my tears are manly,” he said.
Johnson went on to say that he got emotional because of what he felt his vote “represented.”
“My vote represented humanity. My vote represented decency,” he continued. “It represented the values and the principles of which we teach our little girls. My vote also, for me, represented the importance of just being a good, decent human being.”
Most recently, comedian Bill Maher criticized Johnson and other celebrities for the &#8220;narcissism&#8221; of wanting to jump into politics.
&#8220;Let me put it bluntly to you and all the other showbiz candidates. You’re not good enough, you’re not smart enough, and doggone it, it completely doesn’t matter that people like you. They like you now because you’re an entertainer and, thus, largely uncontroversial. Governing is the opposite,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2021/05/bill-maher-the-rock-caitlyn-jenner-matthew-mcconaughey-high-office-1234766438/">said Maher</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/howard-stern-warns-the-rock-matthew-mcconaughey-about-getting-into-politics">Howard Stern Warns The Rock, Matthew McConaughey About Getting Into Politics</a>
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The Titan Games – Season 2

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Says He Will ‘Listen And Learn’ After 46% Favor Him For President

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Academy Award-winning actor J.K. Simmons praised Elliot Page (formerly Ellen), who played alongside him in the hit movie &#8220;Juno.&#8221;
Speaking with <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jk-simmons-elliot-page-support-juno-dad-transgender-rights-iconic-in-new-way-213808648.html">Yahoo Entertainment</a>, Simmons commended Page for being &#8220;iconic in a new way.&#8221;
“I had an awesome time working on Juno, Elliot’s been one of my favorite actors to watch since then, and a wonderful actor to work with,” Simmons said.
Page came out as transgender and non-binary in early December 2020, roughly six years after coming out as a lesbian.
“Hi friends, I want to share with you that I am trans, my pronouns are he/they and my name is Elliot,” Page said in a statement posted to Twitter. “I feel lucky to be writing this. To be here. To have arrived at this place in my life. I feel overwhelming gratitude for the incredible people who have supported me along this journey. I can’t begin to express how remarkable it feels to finally love who I am enough to pursue my authentic self.”
Regarding Page&#8217;s transition, Simmons said, “It’s been great to watch that happen,” while emphasizing that Page has become &#8220;iconic in a new way&#8221; and &#8220;a positive influence for a lot of people.&#8221;
During her coming out post on Instagram in December, Page denounced “the political leaders” who “want to criminalize trans health care and deny our right to exist.”
“The statistics are staggering. The discrimination towards trans people is rife, insidious and cruel, resulting in horrific consequences. In 2020 alone it has been reported that at least 40 transgender people have been murdered, the majority of which were Black and Latinx trans women,” Page asserted.
“[Y]ou have blood on your hands. You unleash a fury of vile and demeaning rage that lands on the shoulders of the trans community, a community in which 40% of trans adults report attempting suicide. Enough is enough. You aren’t being ‘cancelled,’ you are hiring people. I am one of those people and we won’t be silent in the face of your attacks,” Page added.
Later, during an interview with <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/04/elliot-page-finally-feels-able-to-just-exist">Vanity Fair</a>, Page condemned the recent wave of transgender legislation as potentially devastating to the trans movement.
“The backlash right now is so intense. But the rhetoric coming from anti-trans activists and anti-LGBTQ activists—it’s devastating. These bills are going to be responsible for the death of children. It is that simple,” Page said.
“It just felt like, Okay, the GOP basically wants to destroy the lives of trans kids and stop the Equality Act. How do you not use this platform?” added Page.
Page attested to feeling like a boy even as a toddler.
“I knew I was a boy when I was a toddler,” said Page. “I was writing fake love letters and signing them ‘Jason.’ Every little aspect of my life, that is who I was, who I am, and who I knew myself to be. I just couldn’t understand when I’d be told, ‘No, you’re not. No, you can’t be that when you’re older.’ Now I’m finally getting myself back to feeling like who I am, and it’s so beautiful and extraordinary, and there’s a grief to it in a way.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/elliot-page-formerly-ellen-transgender-laws-will-be-the-death-of-children">Elliot Page (Formerly Ellen): Transgender Laws Will Be The ‘Death Of Children’</a>
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J.K. Simmons Praises ‘Juno’ Co-Star Elliot Page (Formerly Ellen): ‘Iconic In A New Way’

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After denouncing cancel culture, comedian Kevin Hart blasted critics who call him unfunny.
In a tweet on Monday, the comedian said that his career speaks volumes about his talent while arguing that all the hate and slander he receives just motivates him to become better.
&#8220;The ‘He’s not funny’ slander is the best&#8230;.this is for you. I have 3 stand up comedy specials that fall in the top 10 highest grossing comedy specials of all time&#8230;.2 of my specials are in the top 3 of all time,&#8221; he tweeted.
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The “He’s not funny” slander is the best&#8230;.this is for you. I have 3 stand up comedy specials that fall in the top 10 highest grossing comedy specials of all time&#8230;.2 of my specials are in the top 3 of all time.
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&#8220;I have been the highest grossing comedian in entertainment for years now,&#8221; Hart said in <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1404824938683547653">another tweet</a>. &#8220;I have also been the highest grossing comedian in the box office with over 4 billion in earnings.&#8221;
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I have been the highest grossing comedian in entertainment for years now&#8230;.I have also been the highest grossing comedian in the box office with over 4 billion in earnings &#8230;.
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&#8220;I have also turned my comedic talent into a place of business and branding and radio and other revenue streams&#8230;.The hate/slander fuels me to do more,&#8221; he <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1404825322491629569">added</a>.
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I have also turned my comedic talent into a place of business and branding and radio and other revenue streams&#8230;.The hate/slander fuels me to do more.
&mdash; Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1404825322491629569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;You guys are what makes this business fun&#8230;.because it’s not about getting to the top&#8230;.it’s about doing your best to stay on top after you get there,&#8221; he said later. &#8220;I rarely talk s**t&#8230;.but I felt the need to today. Stop believing these headlines and read the actual articles&#8230;. you guys fall for the banana in the tailpipe trick every damn time. Cole said it best ‘If ur laughing at a millionaire the jokes on YOU’ …..Now back to ur regularly scheduled program. Live love and laugh!!!!&#8221;
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You guys are what makes this business fun&#8230;.because it’s not about getting to the top&#8230;.it’s about doing your best to stay on top after you get there.
&mdash; Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1404825575374659584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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I rarely talk shit&#8230;.but I felt the need to today. Stop believing these headlines and read the actual articles&#8230;. you guys fall for the banana in the tail pipe trick every damn time.
&mdash; Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1404825953050804230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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J Cole said it best “If ur laughing at a millionaire the jokes on YOU” &#8230;..Now back to ur regularly scheduled program. Live love and laugh!!!!
&mdash; Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) <a href="https://twitter.com/KevinHart4real/status/1404826543696846849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 15, 2021</a></blockquote>
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Speaking with the Sunday Times earlier this week, Kevin Hart denounced cancel culture for its lack of mercy and demand that people be forever perfect.
“If people want to pull up stuff, go back to the same tweets of old, go ahead,” he said. “There is nothing I can do. You’re looking at a younger version of myself. A comedian trying to be funny and, at that attempt, failing. Apologies were made. I understand now how it comes off. I look back and cringe. So it’s growth. It’s about growth.”
“When did we get to a point where life was supposed to be perfect? Where people were supposed to operate perfectly all the time? I don’t understand,” he continued. “I don’t expect perfection from my kids. I don’t expect it from my wife, friends, employees. Because, last I checked, the only way you grow up is from f***ing up. I don’t know a kid who hasn’t f***ed up or done some dumb s***.”
“People get locked up so they can be taught a lesson,” he explained. “When they get out, they are supposed to be better. But if they come out and people go, ‘I’m not giving you a job because you were in jail,’ then what the f*** did I go to jail for? That was my punishment? How do you not give those people a shot? They’re saying that all life should be over because of a mistake? Your life should end and there should be no opportunity to change? What are you talking about?”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kevin-hart-discusses-cancel-culture-when-did-we-get-to-a-point-where-life-was-supposed-to-be-perfect">Kevin Hart Slams Cancel Culture: ‘When Did We Get To A Point Where Life Was Supposed To Be Perfect? ’</a>
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2020 Winter TCA Tour – Day 3

Kevin Hart Blasts His Critics: ‘The Hate/Slander Fuels Me To Do More’

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Nearly two years after &#8220;Bachelorette&#8221; star Hannah Brown defended premarital sex despite her Christian faith, the show took a surprise turn Monday night when contestant Mike Planeta received a round of applause after revealing he&#8217;s a virgin.
During the episode, the contestants were invited to demonstrate to the &#8220;Bachelorette,&#8221; Katie Thurston, why they would be great lovers and were offered a variety of sex toys to illustrate their point. Though Planeta expressed fear about telling Thurston the truth about his virginity and his views on premarital sex, he ultimately resolved to use the moment as a chance to come clean. When the time came, Planeta decided he would read Thurston an excerpt from his journal to his future wife.
&#8220;To my future wife, I&#8217;ve always wondered what you would be like. Would you be sweet? Would you be tender? Or would you be full of fire and passion? I think it&#8217;s that one,&#8221; <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2021/06/15/bachelorette-contestant-wins-sex-positive-group-date-after">he said</a>. &#8220;Would you be funny, or would you be shy? We know you&#8217;re funny. And last, what kind of mother would you be? I&#8217;ve always wanted you to feel so loved and honored and the best way for me to show you this is by saving myself for you. Love is hard. Sometimes figuratively, sometimes literally. But I want you to know is that I would wait another 31 years to have sex if it is what proved to you that I would sacrifice everything for you to feel loved and secure and that is why I would be the greatest lover for you.&#8221;
Even though Katie Thurston has been outspoken in her views about sex, she was undoubtedly charmed by Planeta&#8217;s revelation as he received a round of applause from the other contestants and was eventually awarded first place in the competition.
&#8220;Mike acknowledged that he knows exactly who I am. Like, I&#8217;m gonna get emotional just talking about it. For him to choose to be here for me, knowing who I am, how I am, that&#8217;s probably what, like, hit me the most,&#8221; she said.
Katie Thurston&#8217;s warm embrace of an avowed virgin is a sharp turn from 2019&#8217;s Hannah Brown, who dismissed the outspoken Christian Luke Parker after revealing his thoughts about pre-marital sex.
“So, let’s talk about sex and how the marriage bed should be kept pure,” said Parker at the time. “I had an encounter with God I was in the shower and God was speaking to me. I realized that I wasn’t the man that I wanted to be. And I’ve been working on being the husband that I want to be for my future wife.”
In response, Brown not only rejected Parker’s views on sin but flaunted her own. “I have had sex, and, honestly, Jesus still loves me,” Brown said.
Later in the episode, Brown even characterized Parker’s stance on pre-marital sex as being reflective of some form of toxic masculinity. “I don’t owe you anything … and, guess what? A man does not control anything I do,” she told Parker in the episode.
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With an op-ed in <a href="https://www.bustle.com/entertainment/hollywood-isnt-out-of-ideas-cruella-reboot" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Bustle</a> last week, journalist Dana Schwartz ignited a debate over whether the current Hollywood trend of remakes, reboots, and spin-offs means the industry has run out of ideas.
According to Schwartz, “Hollywood isn’t out of ideas,” and franchise movies may actually now be the only avenue for artists to showcase their talent.
&#8220;Just because a film is based on a property that already exists doesn’t make the film itself inherently any less creative,” she writes. “Almost all movies are based on something. A book. A short story. A short film from another country. Am I supposed to enjoy You’ve Got Mail less because it’s based on a film that was based on a play? Must every film bro stop talking about The Departed because it’s a remake of a movie from Hong Kong?”
“Hollywood doesn’t work the way random people on Twitter think it does, where there’s an executive sitting in a room with two scripts — one that says GENERIC MARVEL MOVIE and one that says EDGY ORIGINAL STORY — and he’s so busy chomping his cigar that he makes the wrong decision every time,” she added.
Is Hollywood truly &#8220;out of ideas&#8221;? A recent episode of Honest Trailers mocking the Disney reboot &#8220;Cruella&#8221; makes it evidently clear that, yes, Hollywood has truly run out of ideas. In fact, as the episode demonstrates, not only has Hollywood run out of ideas, the industry has now resorted to mining the most insignificant and minuscule of details to create content.
&#8220;Since 1999, we&#8217;ve had quas-redemptive villain origin stories for Darth Vader, the Joker, Maleficent, the Wizard of Oz, Hannibal Lecter, Nurse Ratched, Norman Bates, Magneto, Saul Goodman, Godzilla, the apes from &#8216;Planet of the Apes,&#8217; Venom, and the Minions,&#8221; the narrator in the episode says before highlighting the next insufferable wave of movies that will follow this undying trend.
&#8220;But now, before we get the quas-redemptive origin stories from Gru (&#8220;Despicable Me&#8221;), the Wicked Witch of the West (&#8220;Wicked&#8221;), the Targaryens (&#8220;House of the Dragons&#8221;), the bad guy from &#8216;Robocop,&#8217; the Orphan from the &#8216;Orphan&#8217; movie and Madea,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;Make room in your wallet for one more &#8216;Vilquel,&#8217; cause here comes &#8216;Cruella.'&#8221;
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On the very same day that Honest Trailers lampooned Hollywood&#8217;s obsession with reboots, BoundingIntoComics <a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/06/15/disney-announces-new-beauty-and-the-beast-live-action-prequel-musical-series/">reported</a> Disney&#8217;s latest announcement that it will be creating a &#8220;new &#8216;Beauty and the Beast live-action prequel musical series.&#8221;
&#8220;Disney+ announced that a new live-action Beauty And The Beast prequel series is in development,&#8221; reported the outlet. &#8220;The series, titled Beauty and the Beast, will see Josh Gad and Luke Evans reprise their roles as LeFou and Gaston from the 2017 live-action film. They will be joined by Briana Middleton, who will play Tilly, LeFou’s stepsister.
&#8220;As for what the series will be about, a press release explains, &#8216;Set in the iconic kingdom of “Beauty and the Beast” years before the Beast and Belle’s epic romance, the series will follow Gaston and LeFou as they set off with LeFou’s step-sister, Tilly, after a surprising revelation from her past comes to light, sending the unlikely trio off on an unexpected journey filled with romance, comedy, and adventure,'&#8221; it added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bustle-op-ed-defends-reboots-and-franchises-hollywood-isnt-out-of-ideas">Bustle Op-Ed Defends Reboots And Franchises: ‘Hollywood Isn’t Out Of Ideas’</a>
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Though Marvel&#8217;s &#8220;Falcon and the Winter Soldier&#8221; had enough social justice sermonizing to fill a diversity seminar, actor Anthony Mackie wanted to reference &#8220;Make America Great Again.&#8221;
Speaking via Zoom at a drive-in event at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Saturday night, Mackie said that he wanted his character to reference &#8220;Make America Great Again&#8221; during his final speech in the finale episode, according to <a href="https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/anthony-mackie-falcon-and-winter-soldier-disney-plus-marvel-1234995348/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Variety</a>.
“With all of the protests and everything that went on in 2020, there were just as many brown people as black people as white people, as Asian people. Everyone, everyone in this country at this time wants to see a change, and that monologue sums that up a beautiful way,” said Mackie. “One thing I wanted to put at the end of the monologue — and it got shot down — was if we’re going to ‘make America great again,’ it has to be done by Americans. And no matter what your race, creed, color or sexuality is, you’re an American. And that’s what I think the new Captain America captures.”
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-captain-america-says-to-expect-more-social-justice-from-marvel">highlighted</a>, &#8220;Falcon and the Winter Soldier&#8221; went to great lengths to push a woke message by questioning whether it was appropriate for a black man to become Captain America:
<blockquote>Marvel didn’t always see such a conflict of interest between black heroes and the U.S. (a point we’ll return to in a minute), but there’s no question the latest version of Sam is decidedly woke. From a bank denying him a loan, to his sister saying her world “doesn’t matter to America,” to a subplot about a former black super-soldier who now hates his country,” the series is chock-full of suggestions little has changed since segregation. When an antagonist calls Cap’s red, white and blue shield a “monument to a bygone era, a reminder of all the people history left out,” Sam’s expression makes it clear he sympathizes with her views.
There’s some evidence fans aren’t thrilled with the MCU’s new direction. According to a <a href="https://boundingintocomics.com/2021/04/07/new-rumor-claims-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-viewers-turned-off-the-show-after-blm-messaging/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=new-rumor-claims-the-falcon-and-the-winter-soldier-viewers-turned-off-the-show-after-blm-messaging">report</a> from popular YouTube personality and independent entertainment journalist Overlord DVD, viewers tuned out of FATWS “in droves” during one very particular moment — in the second episode when it becomes clear the story will hinge on BLM’s outlook on America.</blockquote>
In June of last year, Anthony Mackie scolded the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) for essentially segregating the movie “Black Panther” to be the only movie with a primarily black crew.
“When ‘The Falcon and the Winter Soldier’ comes out, I’m the lead,” Mackie <a href="https://variety.com/t/falcon-and-the-winter-soldier/">said</a>. “When ‘Snowpiercer’ came out, you’re the lead. We have the power and the ability to ask those questions. It really bothered me that I’ve done seven Marvel movies where every producer, every director, every stunt person, every costume designer, every PA, every single person has been white.”
“We’ve had one black producer; his name was Nate Moore,” Mackie continued. “He produced ‘Black Panther.’ But then when you do ‘Black Panther,’ you have a black director, black producer, a black costume designer, a black stunt choreographer. And I’m like, that’s more racist than anything else. Because if you only can hire the black people for the black movie, are you saying they’re not good enough when you have a mostly white cast?”
Related:<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-captain-america-says-to-expect-more-social-justice-from-marvel"> New Captain America Says to Expect More Social Justice from Marvel</a>
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Actress Kerry Washington (&#8220;Scandal&#8221;) joined the chorus of celebrities denouncing Republican-backed voter-integrity laws, arguing that they disenfranchise minorities and people of color.
In a tweet on Monday, Kerry Washington urged her 5.5 million followers to reach out to Sens. Tim Scott (R-SC), Kyrsten Sinema (R-AZ), Joe Manchin (D-WV), and Rob Portman (R-OH) and demand they vote &#8220;Yes&#8221; in favor of the &#8220;For the People Act.&#8221;
&#8220;Black and Brown voters are being specifically targeted when it comes to voter suppression. PLEASE. <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" role="link" href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CallOutYourSenators?src=hashtag_click" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#CallOutYourSenators</a>. Tell them they need to be on the right side of history when this vote goes down, they need to vote YES. Your voices and your votes need to [be] heard,&#8221; she said. 
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Black and Brown voters are being specifically targeted when it comes to voter suppression. PLEASE. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CallOutYourSenators?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#CallOutYourSenators</a>. Tell them they need to be on the right side of history when this vote goes down, they need to vote YES. Your voices and your votes need to heard. ✊🏾🙏🏾🙌🏾 <a href="https://t.co/dyeMEHTrpI">pic.twitter.com/dyeMEHTrpI</a>
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Despite the Left’s insistence that election integrity laws, such as the one enacted in Georgia, discriminate against minorities, the evidence says otherwise. In fact, some of the proposed requirements, like the voter ID requirement, have majority support among black voters, per reports.
“Nearly 70% of black people living in America support laws that require prospective voters to provide an ID, such as a driver’s license, before being allowed to cast their ballot,” reported <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/if-voter-id-laws-are-so-racist-why-do-70-of-black-people-support-them">The Daily Wire</a>. “It turns out that the vast majority of black people in America — the very individuals Joe Biden assures us are victims of racism under voter ID laws — think it’s perfectly reasonable to require some form of proof that you are who you say you are before voting.”
Kerry Washington&#8217;s tweet came on the same day that actress Jennifer Lawrence released a PSA scolding Republicans for passing voter integrity laws in states like Texas and Georgia.
“Whatever your personal politics are, whatever side of the aisle you find yourself on, you need to know that your vote matters and the outcome of our elections are not maneuvered and manipulated,” <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnB34NSY4W0&amp;t=3s" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">she said in the PSA</a>. “In Texas, Georgia and Florida, and 44 other states, there’s a radical wing of the Republican Party that is actively dismantling America’s right to vote because they don’t have the numbers to win otherwise.”
“Without Gerrymandering or shutting down hundreds of voting facilities within reach of minorities, and specifically targeting and carving out people of color, they can’t win. But this is cheating and it is not democracy,” she added.
Lawrence then touted the “For the People Act” as a law that will protect democracy and stop billionaires from stealing elections.
“There’s a law in the Senate right now called the For the People Act and it can reverse these anti-voting laws and it can stop billionaires from being able to buy our elections,” she says. ” It even says that all voting machines need to be made here in the U.S. But it’s going to take a lot of pressure from us to get it to pass.”
“Let the politicians bicker and throw tantrums, let’s just make sure they remember who they work for,” she concluded.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jennifer-lawrence-bashes-republicans-in-new-voting-rights-psa">Jennifer Lawrence Bashes Republicans In New Voting Rights PSA</a>
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A scheduled morning Mass involving President Joe Biden and Pope Francis has reportedly been nixed from the June 15 itinerary meeting between the two leaders.
Sources within the Vatican say the morning Mass was canceled because of the potential scandal that could arise if Pope Francis were to give Holy Communion to the stalwartly pro-abortion president, according to <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247997/breaking-morning-mass-nixed-from-june-15-pope-francis-biden-meeting">Catholic News Agency</a> (CNA).
&#8220;President Biden, who is in Europe for several high level meetings, is taking off the morning of June 15 to meet Pope Francis as President of the United States for the first time,&#8221; reported CNA. &#8220;The President&#8217;s entourage had originally requested for Biden to attend Mass with the Pope early in the morning, but the proposal was nixed by the Vatican after considering the impact that President Biden receiving Holy Communion from the Pope would have on the discussions the USCCB is planning to have during their meeting starting Wednesday, June 16. The US Bishops are slated to vote on creating a committee that would draft a document about <a href="https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/247980/eucharistic-coherence-and-the-usccb-spring-meeting-five-questions-you-need-answered" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Eucharistic Coherence</a>.&#8221;
According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, <a href="http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s2c2a5.htm">abortion is a grave moral evil</a> that cannot be approved or tolerated in any circumstance. In 2019, a Catholic priest in South Carolina <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-joe-biden-denied-holy-communion-at-catholic-church-over-abortion-support">reportedly enforced</a> the church’s code of canon law by denying the then-former vice president the sacrament of Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion.
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“Sadly, this past Sunday, I had to refuse Holy Communion to former Vice President Joe Biden,” Father Robert E. Morey of Saint Anthony Catholic Church told reporters. “Holy Communion signifies we are one with God, each other, and the Church. Our actions should reflect that. Any public figure who advocates for abortion places himself or herself outside of Church teaching.”
Speaking with <a href="https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2021/02/13/archbishop-naumann-president-biden-should-stop-defining-himself-as-a-devout-catholic/">Catholic World Report </a>in February, Archbishop Joseph Naumann of Kansas City, who also serves as chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said that Biden “should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic” while acknowledging that his abortion views stand in direct opposition to the Catholic Church.
“Mr. Biden professes to be a devout Catholic, yet is 100% pro-choice on abortion. How do you think America’s bishops ought to respond to this situation?” CWR asked.
“I can tell you how this bishop is responding. The president should stop defining himself as a devout Catholic, and acknowledge that his view on abortion is contrary to Catholic moral teaching. It would be a more honest approach from him to say he disagreed with his Church on this important issue and that he was acting contrary to Church teaching,” Naumann responded. “When he says he is a devout Catholic, we bishops have the responsibility to correct him. Although people have given this president power and authority, he cannot define what it is to be a Catholic and what Catholic moral teaching is.”
“What he is doing now is usurping the role of the bishops and confusing people,” Naumann added. “He’s declaring that he’s Catholic, and is going to force people to support abortion through their tax dollars. The bishops need to correct him, as the president is acting contrary to the Catholic faith.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/archbishop-of-kansas-city-joe-biden-should-stop-defining-himself-as-a-devout-catholic">Archbishop Of Kansas City: Joe Biden ‘Should Stop Defining Himself As A Devout Catholic’</a>
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Leaders of the LGBTQ+ Writers Committee of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) have called on Hollywood to &#8220;dig deeper and do better&#8221; in terms of representation.
“It is present-day Hollywood’s responsibility to make right all the harm caused by Hollywood’s past,” the leaders said in an <a href="https://spark.adobe.com/page/GkSWhiYdsPY7c/">open letter</a>.
According to the letter, WGAW survey last month said up to 25% of people who identify as LGBTQ claim “they have hidden their identity — or felt compelled to do so — in an industry environment.&#8221;
Though modern Hollywood has undoubtedly become more open to LGBTQ talent, the letter stressed that those people are often forced to comply with standard narratives and tropes.
&#8220;Even in a post-Hays Code landscape, the prevailing narrative has not allowed LGBTQ+ characters the full scope of our humanity,&#8221; the letter said. &#8220;Too often, we are reduced to our collective traumas — coming out, victimization, the AIDS crisis, being murdered for our identities. GLAAD&#8217;s 2021 <a href="https://www.glaad.org/whereweareontv20" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">&#8216;Where We Are in TV&#8217; Report</a> has shown progress, but in film, LGBTQ+ representation is lagging. Of the 118 <a href="https://www.glaad.org/sri/2020" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">films released</a> by the major studios in 2019, a mere 22 — only 18.6% — included a single LGBTQ+ character. Of those, only nine featured an LGBTQ+ character for more than ten minutes of screen time. And, of course, the statistics are far more dire when looking at representation for queer BIPOC and queer disabled characters.&#8221;
&#8220;Last month, in a survey of 158 members of the WGAW&#8217;s LGBTQ+ Committee, a staggering 46% of writers reported that they have hidden their identity — or felt compelled to do so — in an industry environment,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;Even when narrowing focus to the past five years, that number remains at 25%. When asked why, the top three most cited reasons were: fear of discrimination; fear of not getting or losing a job; and not wanting to be stereotyped.&#8221;
Beyond that, the letter called on the industry to better serve the transgender community, lamenting that they are often left out of diversity seminars and not considered an underrepresented group.
&#8220;Although LGBTQ+ people share a culture, a psychology, and a history of political and religious oppression — we are, with rare exception, not considered an underrepresented or marginalized group among Hollywood circles,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;We are left out of diversity reports and fellowship opportunities. Our scripts are often not submitted in response to requests for &#8220;diverse voices&#8221; because our representatives are told that being LGBTQ+ &#8216;does not count.'&#8221;
The letter nearly echoed what transgender activist and “Orange Is The New Black” star Laverne Cox told Variety last week, who argued against “diversity” quotas and mandates that corporations hire transgender workers, saying they can reduce trans people to tokens in a corporation’s diversity campaign. To combat tokenism, Cox suggested a full overhaul of the whole “oppressive” corporate system.
“Checking all these boxes to maintain the same oppressive systems that are there in place doesn’t necessarily change the material conditions of working-class trans people. We are interested in real liberation. If we’re interested in real justice, this system needs to also change,” said Cox.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/laverne-cox-anti-trans-laws-dehumanize-children-conservatives-are-weaponizing-cultural-wars">Laverne Cox: Anti-Trans Laws ‘Dehumanize’ Children, Conservatives Are ‘Weaponizing Cultural Wars’</a>
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Famed North Korean defector Yeonmi Park offered a chilling account of her time at Columbia University, saying that not even North Korea went to the level of brainwashing that she witnessed.
Speaking with <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/north-korean-defector-ivy-league-nuts">Fox News</a>, Park became increasingly dismayed with the cost of an education that amounted to little more than what she described as indoctrination.
&#8220;I expected that I was paying this fortune, all this time and energy, to learn how to think. But they are forcing you to think the way they want you to think,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I realized, wow, this is insane. I thought America was different but I saw so many similarities to what I saw in North Korea that I started worrying.&#8221;
Like in North Korea, Park said she witnessed example after example of anti-Western sentiment and guilt-tripping. During her orientation, for instance, a staff member scolded her for liking classic literature.
&#8220;I said ‘I love those books.’ I thought it was a good thing,&#8221; Park said of her orientation. &#8220;Then she said, &#8216;Did you know those writers had a colonial mindset? They were racists and bigots and are subconsciously brainwashing you.’&#8221;
When it came to gender pronouns and manipulation of the English language, Park was even more confused.
&#8220;English is my third language. I learned it as an adult. I sometimes still say &#8216;he&#8217; or &#8216;she&#8217; by mistake and now they are going to ask me to call them &#8216;they&#8217;? How the heck do I incorporate that into my sentences?&#8221; she remembered asking herself. &#8220;It was chaos. It felt like the regression in civilization.&#8221;
&#8220;Even North Korea is not this nuts,&#8221; she added. &#8220;North Korea was pretty crazy, but not this crazy.&#8221;
Eventually, Park stopped arguing with her professors and &#8220;learned how to just shut up&#8221; so that she could graduate. She reserved her most pointed criticisms for the woke scolds who constantly lament about being oppressed.
&#8220;Because I have seen oppression, I know what it looks like,&#8221; she said. &#8220;These kids keep saying how they’re oppressed, how much injustice they&#8217;ve experienced. They don&#8217;t know how hard it is to be free.&#8221;
&#8220;I literally crossed through the middle of the Gobi Desert to be free. But what I did was nothing, so many people fought harder than me and didn&#8217;t make it,&#8221; she added.
Not being able to think critically has real-world consequences on society, noted Park as she recalled her inability to see that leader Kim Jong Un was the fattest man in the country while the people were starving.
&#8220;In North Korea I literally believed that my Dear Leader [Kim Jong-un] was starving,&#8221; she said. &#8220;He&#8217;s the fattest guy &#8211; how can anyone believe that? And then somebody showed me a photo and said &#8216;Look at him, he&#8217;s the fattest guy. Other people are all thin.&#8217; And I was like, &#8216;Oh my God, why did I not notice that he was fat?&#8217; Because I never learned how to think critically.&#8221;
&#8220;That is what is happening in America,&#8221; she added. &#8220;People see things but they&#8217;ve just completely lost the ability to think critically.&#8221;
Having seen the worst of humanity in North Korea only to witness brainwashing in the United States, Park admitted to feeling quite bitter and hopeless about it all.
&#8220;You guys have lost common sense to degree that I as a North Korean cannot even comprehend,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Where are we going from here? There’s no rule of law, no morality, nothing is good or bad anymore, it&#8217;s complete chaos. I guess that&#8217;s what they want, to destroy every single thing and rebuild into a Communist paradise.&#8221;
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