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During a North Carolina House committee hearing on public safety, Sheriff McFadden admitted he didn’t know there were three branches of government and wrongly placed his office in the judicial branch instead of the executive. The moment came amid tough scrutiny over 21 inmate deaths in his jails, his office’s stance on ICE detainers, and […] The post North Carolina Sheriff Doesn’t Know What Branch of Government He Works for appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

It’s been seven years (and counting) since the NFL allowed a white person to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. And when you’re talking about a sport where the fan base is roughly 70% white, there’s only one way to understand that decision. It’s a deliberate effort by the NFL (and Jay-Z, whose company Roc Nation has run the halftime show since 2019) to exclude whites from participating in the single most-watched musical performance of the year.  In previous decades, you’d have Prince perform one year, and Tom Petty the next. You’d have Aerosmith and The Who, and then you’d have the Black Eyed Peas. But starting precisely the same year Jay-Z took over the halftime show, in 2019, whites have been banned from headlining. And they’ve been replaced, in many cases, by non-white rappers who can barely speak English. They sexualize the whole thing. And in general, they reduce what used to be a significant American cultural event to a trashy, unwatchable display. In some of these performances, they’re fairly explicit about their goal. We’re not talking about subtle messaging. In fact, with each passing year, the subtlety has increasingly gone out the window. They did the “Hamilton” thing last year, when they trotted out Samuel L Jackson to play Uncle Sam. And they beat you over the head with the message that, of course, white Americans are keeping blacks down. Every few minutes, Samuel L. Jackson would just appear on-screen, to really subvert your expectations. But even with this recent history in mind, no NFL Super Bowl halftime show, to this point, has been anywhere near as overt — or as disgraceful — as the gigantic middle finger to all Americans that aired last night. The NFL chose to conduct the halftime show for the biggest game of the year in a language that almost none of their lifelong fans can understand, while waving the flags of countries that none of them are from. It was, without exaggeration, the biggest f— you that I’ve ever seen a corporation give to its own consumers.  Watch: Bad Bunny ended his halftime show with people holding flags of tons of countries and spiking a ball. Sending a message of togetherness, this halftime show was great ❤️

Singing the National Anthem at the Super Bowl is an honor for artists. It’s also a moment when all eyes are on the singer, and the critics just love to give their opinions. There have been some very good performances over the years, and some that weren’t so great. Whitney Houston’s powerful 1991 rendition set the gold standard. This year, Charlie Puth took the stage and gave the people just what they wanted. He sang while playing the piano, bringing many to tears.   View this post on Instagram A post shared by NFL (@nfl) Charlie Puth Nailed the National Anthem Charlie Puth sang his heart and soul into The Star-Spangled Banner, and it paid off. He didn’t go for flashy; instead, Charlie paid homage in a more traditional way. A group of musicians joined him on the field to accompany him with beautiful music. The performance leaned into Americana, with a beautiful flyover by a joint Navy and Air Force aircraft that finished out the show. Fans erupted in the stands as the National Football League officially started Super Bowl LX. The comment section lauded Charlie Puth’s stunning performance. “One of the most gentle, peaceful national anthems I’ve heard. Beautiful. Bravo,” someone wrote. Others thought Charlie’s National Anthem rivaled Whitney’s. “This is the best national anthem performance I’ve seen. No joke,” a fan shared. “Alright this was dope. You know he arranged all them harmonies and backing instruments too,” another fan agreed. Seeing Charlie Puth perform made many Americans proud. “A solemn and beautiful expression of our deep love for this country and our need for it be better,” one wrote. In a classy move, Charlie thanked the NFL for the amazing opportunity. Thank you for having me, it was an honor. -Charlie This story’s featured image is by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images.

Super Bowl LX is over, and the Seattle Seahawks took home the championship. Some of us were there for the game, and others were in it for the laughs, and maybe a few tears. Super Bowl advertising brings in millions of dollars each year. Brands compete to be the best and pull out all the stops to garner a win. This year, we laughed a lot and had a moment or two in our feels. The creative minds behind these Super Bowl ads should be commended. Their talent and vision came together to create some of the best commercials we’ve seen in a long time. Out of the more than 50 spots, these are our top five. 1. Budweiser – American Icons 2. State Farm 3. Pepsi 4. Dunkin’ 5. Uber Eats This story’s featured image is by Kevin Carter/Getty Images.

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Agitators opposing Immigration and Customs Enforcement made quite a ruckus when they invaded a Minnesota church in the middle of a service last month, but they weren’t the first to disrupt Americans during worship. The Justice Department has charged nine people in connection with the interruption of a service at Cities Church in St. Paul last month, notably including former CNN host Don Lemon. According to the indictment, the agitators coopted the service, chanting activist slogans and preventing worshippers from leaving the church building. The agitators said they targeted Cities Church because one of the church’s pastors works with ICE. Now, they face charges under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (which also protects houses of worship), and the Ku Klux Klan Act (which criminalizes attempts to interfere with Americans’ constitutional rights). The Cities Church invasion drew nationwide attention, yet this did not represent the first time agitators disrupted a church service. Examples in American History Church disruptions trace back to colonial America, when Quakers disrupted the services of churches they considered illegitimate, according to the National Catholic Reporter. The Reporter cites examples of black Christians protesting segregation and asserting their equal humanity by staging “kneel-ins” at segregated churches in the 1960s. These “kneel-ins,” however, arguably represent a different kind of disruption from the shouting and blocking at Cities Church. In 1969, James Forman delivered his “Black Manifesto” at Riverside Church in New York, demanding racial reparations from white people and causing an uproar. Even this disruption does not quite echo Cities Church, because Forman had secured the pastor’s approval before reading the manifesto. Perhaps the most analogous historical example came in 1989, when the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, also known as ACT UP, disrupted Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. Agitators shouted, lay down in the aisles, and desecrated a Communion host. They faced minor charges under state law. The Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church has become infamous for protesting at various events, even at the funerals of fallen soldiers. Yet these protesters remained outside sanctuaries, and the Supreme Court has upheld their right to protest. CatholicVote, an organization that tracks violence against churches, condemned church invasions. “The right to protest is real, but so is the right to worship in peace,” Logan Church, the group’s director of political operations, told The Daily Signal in a statement Monday. “Disrupting a Mass isn’t courageous activism, it’s intimidation,” he added. “Churches are sacred spaces, and targeting people in the middle of prayer crosses a basic moral line that no decent society should tolerate. We continue to work with state legislatures in support of their efforts to increase penalties against sacrilege like this.” Here are seven examples of agitators disrupting church services in recent years. Most of the disruptions have involved left-leaning activists, particularly on abortion, but some on the conservative side have also disrupted services. 1. ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Invasion On May 8, 2022, pro-abortion activists dressed as characters from the Hulu show “The Handmaid’s Tale” interrupted Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles, Fox News reported. The interruption came on the first Sunday following Politico’s publication of the leaked Supreme Court opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the case in which the court overturned the abortion precedent Roe v. Wade (1973). The Hulu show, based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name, presents a dystopia where conservative Christians take away women’s rights and systematically rape fertile women in order to produce children. Pro-abortion activists have suggested that if conservatives outlaw abortion, it will lead to more attacks on women’s rights. 2. Lakewood Church Pro-abortion agitators interrupted Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, on June 5, 2022, EWTN News reported. Police detained the agitators and warned that they would face charges if they returned to the church. One of the agitators took off her shirt, and shouted expletives, saying, “It’s my body, my f—ing choice,” video of the incident shows. 3. St. Veronica’s Church A nearly naked female agitator and two others shouted pro-abortion slogans during Mass at St. Veronica’s Church in Eastpointe, Michigan, on June 12, 2022, The Christian Post reported. The woman had dark green leaves covering her private parts and she chanted, “abortion without apology.” 4. St. Joseph Parish, Chicago Two days after the Supreme Court handed down the Dobbs ruling, abortion agitators disrupted St. Joseph Parish in Chicago, the National Catholic Register reported. An agitator interrupted the 11 a.m. Mass on June 26, 2022, reading a statement from the Archbishop of Chicago that celebrated Dobbs. One of the agitators held a sign reading, “The Catholic Church has blood on its hands.” Two of the agitators who identified themselves as part of the disturbance wrote a follow-up post titled “No Peaceful Mass in the Anti-Abortion Church.” They condemned what they called the church’s “long-standing commitment to colonial and patriarchal power structures,” and its opposition to the LGBTQ agenda. View this post on Instagram A post shared by 7?7?3? (@troubleinthechi) 5. Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral Pro-abortion protesters swarmed the streets around Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City, physically blocking a planned pro-life march toward an abortion clinic in July 2022, EWTN News reported. National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez reported that pro-abortion activists physically blocked the pro-life marchers inside the church. Lopez also filmed the Mass, during which protesters’ shouted over the priests. Mass being protested currently pic.twitter.com/UT2F5p1wRQ— Kathryn Jean Lopez (@kathrynlopez) July 2, 2022 6. Trinity Episcopal Church A man reportedly attacked people with smoke bombs and pepper spray as they left a concert at Trinity Episcopal Church in Asbury Park, New Jersey, on Jan. 27, 2023. The man reportedly yelled “white lives matter” while attacking people as they left the concert, which had an anti-racism theme. The New Jersey Attorney General’s office brought charges against the man, Nicholas G. Mucci. Mucci pleaded guilty to aggravated arson and terroristic threats, and received an 8-year sentence. 7. Joy Metropolitan Community Church A group of agitators who support traditional Christian sexuality have also disrupted pro-LGBTQ churches. In March 2025, about six or seven men, with children, entered the sanctuary of Joy Metropolitan Community Church in Orlando. WFTV-9 reported that this marked the fourth such disruption in a pattern targeting pro-LGBTQ churches. The outlet reported that the agitators entered the sanctuary and stood up “to demonstrate midway through a sermon.” The post 7 Church Disruptions Before Don Lemon Entered Cities Church appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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