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At the House Judiciary Committee hearing, Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) slammed Republican attacks on sanctuary cities, followed by a response by Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) before he spoke to Angel parents.

WASHINGTON — Forget covering protests — some reporters think they should be the ones making the ruckus. A group of over 250 journalists implored members of the Beltway press corps to “forcefully demonstrate opposition” to President Trump at the ritzy White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday. Trump, 79, is set to attend the swanky dinner for the first time in his presidency. But the group of 250 reporters is demanding that the White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) ensure he doesn’t feel welcome. “We believe the White House Correspondents Association should take stronger action by issuing — from the podium —...

"Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God" (Matt. 5:9). God’s peace cushions the soul during difficult times. I remember reading about what is called "the cushion of the sea." The ocean surface is often greatly agitated, but as you descend, the water becomes increasingly calm. At its greatest depths the ocean is virtually still. Oceanographers dredging ocean bottoms have found animal and plant remains that appear to have been undisturbed for hundreds of years. Similarly, Christians can experience a cushion of peace in their souls regardless of their troubled surroundings. That's because they belong to...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei arrives at Hell's bureaucratic reception for his final "admissions interview." A smug demon admissions officer, BeelzeBob, reviews his lifetime "achievements" in a twisted, ironic style — leading to a shocking punchline twist about who he really served. Unique AI-generated reconstruction highlights the suffering of the Iranian people under decades of theocratic rule: mass repression, proxy wars, morality police terror, forced hijab, rigged elections, brutal crackdowns on protests, and the human cost of endless conflict. Blending dark humor, hellish bureaucracy aesthetics, and political commentary — perfect for fans of history, Iranian politics, Middle East conflicts, regime change discussions,...

Here's Nasty Pelosi: https://www.capitoltrades.com/politicians/P000197

Daily Readings from the USCCBThe crowd said to Jesus: “What sign can you do, that we may see and believe in you? What can you do? Our ancestors ate manna in the desert, as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”<> John 6:30–31Today’s Gospel begins the beautiful Bread of Life Discourse, which we read at Mass for the rest of the week. In this discourse, we read the conversation Jesus had with some of the crowd who, the previous day, were among the more than 5,000 who were miraculously fed by the multiplication of the loaves...

We were newlyweds. We still walked around holding hands, even if we were just going to the store. I would say to him, "I love you." But I didn't know then how much. I had no idea… We lived in the dormitory of the fire station where he worked. There were three other young couples; we all shared a kitchen. On the ground floor they kept the trucks, the red fire trucks. That was his job. One night I heard a noise. I looked out the window. He saw me. "Close the window and go back to sleep. There's a...

We heard a lot from the Democrats and media when the Trump administration launched Operation Epic Fury, arguing that there was no real threat. Now, there's a story from "60 Minutes" that actually points to how real the threat was because of the concern about the highly enriched uranium (HEU).It’s believed Iran has enough highly enriched uranium to make at least 10 nuclear bombs. What would it take for the U.S. to secure it? Sunday, 60 Minutes reports on a past covert mission code-named Project Sapphire that could be a blueprint for a similar operation in Iran.… pic.twitter.com/9qYUCnlXQJ— 60 Minutes...

As RedState previously reported, the latest media hit piece against a member of the Trump administration dropped on Friday. Not surprisingly, it was from The Atlantic, the same left-leaning "news" site that ran with the infamous 2020 "suckers and losers" hoax that was debunked in part by people who were and are not exactly fond of President Trump (to put it mildly), like former National Security Adviser John Bolton.The focus this time around was on Kash Patel, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). The allegations in the piece, as we noted, centered around claims that Patel was...

Europe must have its own defense system against ballistic weapons, and Ukraine is already ‌holding talks with several countries on its creation, ‌Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday. Defense against ballistic missiles is one of ​Ukraine's biggest challenges in the war with Russia, since only certain types of missiles used by the American Patriot system are capable of intercepting Russian ballistic missiles. Russia uses ballistic missiles to ‌attack Ukraine's energy ⁠infrastructure, destroying thermal power generation and electricity transmission systems. "I believe, and my idea is that we ⁠should have a European anti-ballistic missile defense system. We are in talks...

On April 10, something happened in Cuba that hasn't happened in a decade: a U.S. government plane touched down outside of Guantánamo Bay. We have confirmation of this from the Cuban regime via their official Communist Party propaganda newspaper, Granma. Several media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, and the Miami Herald, are also confirming it, based on statements from unnamed senior State Department officials. The State Department delegation — supposedly made up of assistant or deputy-level officials but not Marco Rubio himself — reportedly warned the Cuban regime that it has a very short window in which to make a...

According to a Phys.org report, Weronika Tomczyk of Dartmouth College and her colleagues examined more than 300 dog bones recovered from the site of El Castillo de Huarmey in northern Peru, where a royal tomb of the Wari Empire was uncovered. "Only some remains were found in undisturbed contexts, while most came from the fill disturbed by the looters' activity in the 1980s," Tomczyk said. She and her colleagues focused their study on mandibles or tibias in an effort to avoid sampling the same dog more than once, resulting in a group of at least 20 individuals of various ages,...

Democratic House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott's campaign is on the defensive after a resurfaced video showed her recounting her role in the marriage of a pair of satanists while serving as a minister-in-training. Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister running in a battleground House district in November’s midterm election, participated in the wedding of a satanist couple in 2006 while serving as an intern pastor in a West Virginia parish. Trone Garriott is vying to unseat Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, for a "toss-up" congressional seat in the southwestern part of the state. Throughout the campaign, she has been criticized for expressing...

According to a Mexico News Daily report, 16 paintings and petroglyphs have been discovered on cliffs near the Tula River and the La Requena Dam, at central Mexico's El Venado site, which is named for the depictions of deer on rock faces there. Archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History investigated the area prior to construction of a passenger train route. The oldest of the newly found artworks has been dated to 4,000 years ago, while the later images were made between about A.D. 900 and the arrival of the Spanish in the early sixteenth century. The rock...

The YouTube video titled "76 Americans Fled Trump — ALL Of Them Are Now TRAPPED In Refugee Camps With Fences And Tents" (from channel context implying a conservative or commentary-style outlet) highlights a group of 76 Americans who left the U.S. after Donald Trump's election/victory, claiming political persecution. Key points: They applied for refugee status in the Netherlands. All 76 claims were denied by Dutch authorities. The Netherlands officially recognizes the United States as a safe country, making asylum/refugee claims from Americans invalid on those grounds. As a result, the individuals are now stuck in Dutch refugee camps (described as...

...and I had this little debate at my kitchen table with my husband this week, and I was saying Trump is historically unpopular. And my husband actually pointed out and was accurate in the fact that he's historically unpopular for this point in his second term, but presidents have been more unpopular. George W. Bush, Harry Truman, Nixon, George HW Bush, all got into the 20s. Trump's at about 37... So on the one hand, I think the argument that the MAGA base is fleeing in droves is a little overstated. But on the flip side, 37% is not winning...

In addition to Elon Musk, former X CEO Linda Yaccarino was called in for questioningPARIS, April 20. /TASS/. American entrepreneur Elon Musk chose not to show up at the Paris prosecutor's office for questioning regarding his social platform X as per a relevant summons, Le Canard Enchaine newspaper reported. "The billionaire owner of social network X ignored a summons to the Paris prosecutor's office, where he was supposed to appear on April 20," the newspaper notes. In addition to Musk, former X CEO Linda Yaccarino was called in for questioning. "By noon, no one showed up," the newspaper added. Earlier,...

Satire site the Onion says that it has — after 17 months legal wrangling — successfully landed a deal allowing it take over Infowars, the right-wing conspiracy-fueled site run by Alex Jones. Ben Collins, CEO of the Onion, confirmed to Variety details of the company’s new plan to assume control of Infowars under a deal with Gregory Milligan, who was appointed by a bankruptcy court to manage the Infowars site. Under the terms of the agreement, the Onion’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, would pay $81,000 per month to license the infowars.com domain name and associated intellectual property including its name,...

A police sergeant thought her spine may have 'shattered' and feared being 'paralysed' after a Palestine Action activist hit her in the back with a sledgehammer, a court has heard. Sergeant Kate Evans was allegedly hit by an activist who broke into a defence firm's factory in 2024 while she tried to arrest another trespasser. Six activists entered the UK site of Israel-based defence firm Elbit Systems near Bristol on August 6, 2024, destroying property and clashing with security guards and police, it is alleged. Prosecutors said Samuel Corner hit Sergeant Evans while she was on her knees trying to...

Over one in every four people in Germany, or nearly 22 million, now have an “immigration history”, according to the country’s national statistician. A report from the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) has found that the proportion of people living in Germany with an immigration history rose by 0.5 per cent last year to a record 26.3 per cent. The category is defined as someone who has either immigrated to Germany since 1950 or who has two parents that came to the country as migrants. This is significantly stricter than the previously used category of “migration background”, which is defined in...