Same Sex Couple Blessings & TN Sues Blackrock | Afternoon Update | 12.18.23


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I'm Georgia Howe with Daily Wire editor in chief John Bickley. It's Monday, December 18, and this is your morning wire afternoon update.


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Several northeastern states are facing heavy rains, flooding and high winds as a result of a major storm system traveling up the coast. At least 700,000 people were without power in Connecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maine on Monday. Wind advisories have been issued from North Carolina to Maine.


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Oil giant BP announced Monday it will pause shipping its tankers through the Red Sea for safety reasons. Since October 7, armed houthi terrorists have targeted vessels passing through the Suez Canal, causing a string of major companies to pause their shipments through the region. Global oil prices jumped Monday in response to the news.


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A newly released document from the Vatican on the subject of blessings for individuals in same sex relationships is making headlines. Here with more is Dailywire culture reporter Megan Bashin.


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The new document, signed by Pope Francis, seemed to cause widespread confusion about the Catholic Church's position on same sex relationships. Many major media outlets reported on Monday that the fiducia supplicans, as the document is called, marks a groundbreaking shift in allowing blessings on gay couples. But many Catholics are pointing out that such blessings were always allowed, and the document does not actually change church teaching or practice. The document confirms that priests are allowed to offer spontaneous blessings to individuals in same sex relationships who recognize themselves to be destitute and in need of God's help. But the blessings do not, quote, validate their relationships. The document stresses that the church still defines marriage as the exclusive union between a man and a woman.


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Two chinese balloons were reported about 110 nautical miles north of Taiwan on Sunday over the contentious Taiwan Strait. Another balloon crossed to the southwest of the port city of Kilung on December 7. Taiwan's defense ministry declined to comment on whether the balloons are suspected of being used for spying.


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The Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday that they have discovered the largest ever Hamas tunnel inside Gaza and that it was only a few hundred yards from a humanitarian crossing. The Arez humanitarian crossing allows thousands of Palestinians to cross into Israel for work as well as to receive medical treatment, the IDF said in a statement Sunday. Quote, this massive tunnel system splits into branches of tunnels, spans well over 4, reaches only 400 meters from the Arez crossing.


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Authorities seized more than $10 million worth of methamphetamine and cocaine in San Diego last week, hidden in a shipment of jalapeno paste. The packages, containing 3000 pounds of methamphetamine and more than 500 pounds of cocaine, were being transported in a tractor trailer. The narcotics were identified by canine officers working with customs and border protection.


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Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skirmedi filed a lawsuit on Monday against BlackRock, the world's largest asset manager. The lawsuit alleges that the firm violated consumer protection laws by misleading consumers about its attempt to pursue leftist social and environmental goals through its ESG initiatives. The AG said, quote, we allege that BlackRock's inconsistent statements about its investment strategies deprived consumers of the ability to make.


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An informed choice and two space tomatoes have been found after being lost for eight months on board the International Space Station. The tomatoes were part of an experiment to grow food in space using hydroponic and aeroponic techniques. NASA astronaut Frank Rubio, who conducted the experiment in 2022, had accidentally lost track of the tomatoes while harvesting.


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I was pretty confident that I velcroed it where I was supposed to velcro it, and then I came back and it was gone. And I mean, I spent probably eight to 20 hours of my own time looking for that tomato. A lot of people were like, he probably ate the tomato. And I wanted to find it multi so I could prove like, I did not eat the tomato. So I never found it.


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Rubio has had his name cleared. After the two rogue tomatoes were found by other teammates this month, we might.


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Have found something that someone had been looking for quite a while. Our good friend Frank Rubio, who headed home, has been blamed for quite a while for eating the tomato. But we can exonerate him. We found the tomatoes.


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All right. Those are your drive home updates this afternoon. To learn more about these stories, go to Dailywire.com. And for more in depth discussion of the biggest stories out the day, listen to the latest full episode of Morningwire. Every morning.

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