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  • SIGNER OF THE TIMES

    05/09/2024 10:28:22 PM PDT · by Nervous Tick · 4 replies
    POWERLINE ^ | 5/9/24 | Lloyd Billingsley
    Joe Biden has been called as a waxworks effigy of a president, sock puppet, bobblehead and so forth. Those descriptions are all valid, but there’s a better way to view the Delaware Democrat now occupying the White House. Consider the experience of the composite character president David Garrow charted in Rising Star: The Making of Barack Obama. During Obama’s eulogy of Nelson Mandela on December 10, 2013, South African interpreter Thamsanqa Jantjie, only a few feet away, was signing “nonsense” and “gibberish.” Bruno Druchen, director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa (DFSA) told reporters the man was a “fake,”...
  • Title IX Ruling Protects Homeschool from Federal Overreach

    05/09/2024 9:40:40 PM PDT · by george76 · 3 replies
    HSLDA ^ | May 07, 2024 | Darren Jones
    Officials tried to use a novel interpretation of tax law to expand the reach of Title IX regulations. This ruling put a stop to that. . A federal court of appeals ruling last month protects nonprofits (including private schools and homeschools) from federal overreach in the context of Title IX regulations. Schools that receive government money have to abide by Title IX, but the court found that having 501(c)(3) status is not enough to put a private school into that category. The ruling means private schools cannot be subject to Title IX solely because of their status with the IRS....
  • 101-year-old Bay Area dairy farm closes after lawsuit puts it $300K in debt

    05/09/2024 9:23:15 PM PDT · by artichokegrower · 16 replies
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 8, 2024 | Madeleine Wells
    In October, Sonoma County family farm Mulas Dairy closed after 101 years. But the farm’s president, Mike Mulas, kept the news quiet until recently, when he spoke with the Press Democrat.
  • Communist Activists Using Pro-Palestinian Protests to Foment ‘Real Revolution’

    05/09/2024 7:15:12 PM PDT · by Chad C. Mulligan · 23 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | 5/9/2024 Updated: 5/9/2024 | By Enrico Trigoso
    Communist organizations are promoting physical revolution and escalation of conflict in pamphlets given out en masse during the pro-Palestinian protests in New York City. Multiple groups met on May 7 at Revolution Books in the Harlem neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City and discussed “gathering forces for revolution.” “Nobody is an outsider, when it comes to fighting injustice, everybody has a right and responsibility to do that. And we need to bring to them the way out of this mess, where it’s coming from, and why it can be ended. And how it can be ended to...
  • Report: Miss Israel Threatened, Harassed in NYC for Identifying Herself as IDF

    05/09/2024 6:09:09 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 36 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/09/2024 | EMMA-JO MORRIS
    Miss Israel was called a “war criminal,” a “little Zionist,” and threatened with a knife after identifying herself as a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in New York City on Monday, according to reports. Miss Israel Noa Cochva was berated and threatened on the streets of the Big Apple while carrying a poster that read, “I am an IDF soldier. Ask me anything,” the Daily Mail reported.
  • Biden Tells a Lie a Minute During CNN Interview

    05/09/2024 6:00:39 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 16 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 9, 2024
    The White House rarely allows President Biden to sit down for interviews, and Wednesday’s chat with CNN’s Erin Burnett shows why. In a brief 17 minutes, Biden told 15 lies — nearly a lie a minute. From whoppers about the economy to prevarications on Israel, Biden spun a Fantasyland of a presidency that voters know is false. LIE 1: “I’ve created over 15 million jobs since I’ve been president.”
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Mother's Day Just Hangin' Cafe ~ 10 May 2024

    05/09/2024 6:00:02 PM PDT · by beachn4fun · 60 replies
    May 9, 2024 | Ma's Kiddies
    FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. We serve coffee, tea, conversation and music. Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin' Cafe. Grab a chair, put your feet up, grab some popcorn and a drink, and start a conversation. You never know...
  • Inside the Campus Playbook To Build a Nationwide ‘Unity Intifada’ in Support of Hamas

    05/09/2024 5:38:04 PM PDT · by CFW · 12 replies
    Free Beacon ^ | 5/9/24 | Adam Kredo
    Just a day after Hamas’s Oct. 7 rampage through Israel, the nation’s largest anti-Israel campus group snapped into action, issuing a call for "unity intifada" at colleges across the country and mobilizing its network of pro-Palestinian agitators for a "national day of resistance" that would "normalize" terrorism against Israel, according to a strategy document reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. The materials provide insight into National Students for Justice in Palestine’s (NSJP) campus playbook and suggest the anti-Israel umbrella group anticipated a conflict in the Middle East and was prepared to unleash its army of adherents on college campuses across...
  • Jon Lovitz Slams ‘Self-Loathing Jew’ Bernie Sanders, Says Trump Has ‘Done More for Israel Than Any President’

    05/09/2024 5:07:04 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 35 replies
    New York Post ^ | May 8, 2024
    Actor and legendary comedian Jon Lovitz took aim at Democrats over their pivot against Israel and their handling of the growing antisemitism in the US since Oct. 7.
  • Court: School's refusal for COVID-shot exemptions is 'religious animus'

    05/09/2024 4:16:17 PM PDT · by george76 · 4 replies
    WND News Center ^ | May 9, 2024 | Bob Unruh
    'These heroes were callously tossed aside'.. Multiple times already Colorado, led by homosexual Democrat Gov. Jared Polis, has been cited for its "hostility" to Christianity. It happened in the state's attack on the faith of specialty baker Jack Phillips. Then the same issue arose in a fight involving state censorship of a web designer... Both times the state got slapped hard by the U.S. Supreme Court. Now it's another court, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, and a division of the state, the University of Colorado, That court now has ruled that CU's Anshutz School of Medicine's policies that...
  • Florida man points AR-15 in Uber driver's face, forces him to ground for dropping daughter off: deputies

    05/09/2024 3:35:27 PM PDT · by rod5591 · 109 replies
    FOX 35 Orlando ^ | 05/09/2024 | Aurielle Eady
    MILTON, Fla. - A Florida father was arrested over the weekend after pulling an AR-15 rifle on an Uber driver who dropped his daughter off at his home, according to deputies. Sean Hollonbeck, 54, of Milton, was taken to jail on charges of false imprisonment of a person and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. On May 4, shortly before 11 p.m., an Uber driver arrived at Hollonbeck's home to drop off the suspect's daughter. The young female was still in the vehicle when she saw her father run up to the driver with an AR-15 in hand and force...
  • Norwegian Gender Diversity Activist Who Streamed Genital Mutilation Pornography Sentenced To LIFE In Prison

    05/09/2024 3:19:40 PM PDT · by TigerClaws · 16 replies
    The man behind a lucrative extreme body modification website dedicated to streaming “grisly and gruesome” footage of castrations and limb amputations has been jailed for life with a minimum of 22 years. Marius Gustavson’s Eunuch Maker site, which operated on a pay-per-view subscription basis, had amassed over 22,000 registered users and brought in nearly £300,000 before it was shut down. Court proceedings revealed horrific details of the body modification ring, which profited from explicit videos of men undergoing “dangerous, unnecessary and life-changing surgeries,” including the removal of male genitals. The ringleader, Gustavson, 46, was personally involved in at least 30...
  • Adams’ 60-day shelter cap leaves migrant families without a safety net, comptroller finds

    05/09/2024 2:59:08 PM PDT · by xoxox · 13 replies
    Crain's Leftwing Business ^ | May 09, 2024 01:22 PM | NICK GARBER
    Mayor Eric Adams’ administration says the city has saved money by putting limits on how long migrant families can stay in shelters. But that 60-day cap has come at a humanitarian cost and its consequences have been poorly tracked, according to an investigation by City Comptroller Brad Lander.
  • John Leguizamo Says ‘Build-the-Wall’ Trump Is Swaying Latino Voters Because ‘We Don’t Give a Flying - About Immigration’

    05/09/2024 1:36:43 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 17 replies
    THE WRAP ^ | May 6, 2024 | Sharon Knolle
    John Leguizamo thinks that Democrats take Latino voters “for granted” — and that it could come back to bite them in November’s presidential election between President Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Speculating how Trump, who campaigned in 2016 off a “build the wall” platform along the U.S.-Mexico border, could sway the Latino vote in 2024, the comedian and “Daily Show” guest host admitted Monday that “we don’t give a flying F about immigration.” “It looks like the Democrats are in trouble and you might be thinking, how is this possible Donald Trump is winning Latinos?” Leguizamo said while guest hosting...
  • NYC’s ‘Squad’ members hail Biden’s Israel weapons pause, say ‘protesting is working’

    05/09/2024 1:25:32 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 13 replies
    NY Post ^ | 05/09/2024 | Steven Nelson
    New York City Democrats were largely quiet Thursday after President Biden announced he was pausing some military aid for Israel to deter an offensive against Hamas-held Rafah — with members of the left-wing “Squad” of House members openly celebrating and many others saying nothing publicly. “Protesting is working. Keep fighting for a #CeasefireNow,” tweeted Bronx and Westchester Rep. Jamaal Bowman, who has been an outspoken supporter of anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University and elsewhere Bronx and Queens Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez also celebrated Biden telling CNN “I’m not supplying the weapons” for an offensive on Hamas’ final major stronghold in the...
  • That mouth-watering aroma of fresh food cooking? It may be degrading air quality

    05/09/2024 1:00:21 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 50 replies
    LA Times ^ | Grace Toohey
    It's been known for years that cooking indoors can taint the air in a home and cause health problems, especially when cooking without proper ventilation. But a new study found that emissions from cooking may degrade the air quality outdoors as well. "If you can smell it, there’s a good chance it’s impacting air quality," researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Chemical Sciences Laboratory recently wrote about a new study looking at the "unrecognized and underappreciated sources of urban air pollution."
  • Defense Paints Picture That Stormy Daniels Tried to Get Rich Off Trump

    05/09/2024 12:52:23 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 14 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/09/2024 | NICK GILBERTSON
    Former President Donald Trump’s defense on Thursday seemingly worked to paint the picture that porn actress Stormy Daniels attempted to financially benefit from his wealth and fame, according to reports. Daily Caller courts reporter Katelynn Richardson noted that during the defense’s cross-examination of the porn star, who nearly blew the trial for the prosecution on Tuesday, Trump attorney Susan Necheles was “pushing to show Daniels was motivated by money when she entered into her 2016 NDA [non-disclosure agreement].” Daniels notes she did the 2018 Anderson Cooper interview for free. Necheles: After the interview, you negotiated a book contract for $800,000?...
  • Florida aims at expanding Safe Haven policy to discourage abortion

    05/09/2024 12:38:06 PM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Catholic Vote ^ | May 7, 2024 | McKenna Snow
    CV NEWS FEED // Florida legislators are working to expand current Safe Haven policy in hopes of lowering the number of abortions in the state. All states have a Safe Haven policy that allows for a mother to anonymously surrender her newborn up for adoption at participating hospitals and EMS and fire stations. Barring any signs of abuse or neglect, there will be no questions asked and no criminal charges. The specifics of the policies vary by state. In Florida, the newborn can be surrendered up to seven days after birth. The new legislation would expand the current Safe Haven...
  • Biden Administration: Attacking Hamas in Rafah Would Strengthen Them

    05/09/2024 12:21:21 PM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 46 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 05/09/2024 | JOEL B. POLLAK
    The Biden administration tried to argue Thursday that if Israel launched an ambitious attack on Hamas in Rafah, that would strengthen Hamas, improve Hamas’s leverage in hostage negotiations, and build popular support for Hamas. Israel launched a limited operation in Rafah this week, near the Egyptian border, as it prepares to take on the final four Hamas battalions in a town that is viewed as the last stronghold of the terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip. State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said that an Israeli military campaign in Rafah would “actually weaken … Israel’s security.” He also said that the...
  • Missouri Governor Signs Bill to Defund Planned Parenthood Abortion Biz

    05/09/2024 12:06:57 PM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    Life News ^ | May 9, 2024 | Steven Ertelt
    Missouri Governor Mike Parson signed a bill today that will defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business. The new law would defund the Planned Parenthood abortion business and other companies in the state that kill babies in abortions. Abortion businesses in Missouri can no longer receive Medicaid funding thanks to a bill signed by Gov. Mike Parson today. HB 2634 passed by large margins in the House and the Senate following the release of a video where Planned Parenthood was allegedly caught attempting to traffick a child out of state. Although Missouri is one of the pro-life states where babies are...