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POLL: Why did John McCain vote against The Republican "repeal" of Obamamcare? To keep it from harming Americans Not sure To spite President Trump

Derek Harvey was the key figure when it came to the Middle East. He was against the Iran Deal and the funding of Palestinian Authority terror. He called out Islamic Jihad. He tried to force out the Obama holdovers running our foreign policy. And now he's gone. McMaster's purge at the NSC continues. Flynn's people get forced out and replaced with establishment zombies. The Obama holdovers continue to run foreign policy. The swamp is now in full control of the NSC. This one is a really big win for McMaster. And a great loss for America. It will set back...

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WASHINGTON – National Right to Life today joined a chorus of organizations and people worldwide in mourning the death of Charlie Gard, the British boy at the center of a worldwide euthanasia debate. Connie Yates and Chris Gard, the parents of Charlie Gard, announced via social media today that “our beautiful boy” is gone after his life support was turned off. Charlie Gard’s case sparked a worldwide debate about a so-called “quality of life” ethic after courts in the United Kingdom ruled against Charlie’s parents in their struggle to seek experimental treatment for a rare mitochondrial disease. It is believed...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the Weekly Gardening Thread. Planting, Harvest to Table(recipes)preserving, good living - there is no...

Tweet email Oh babies! Kentucky OBGYN Amanda Hess had just put on her hospital gown and settled in at the Frankfort Regional Medical Center over the weekend when she “overheard the nurses preparing for a woman in active labor who needed to deliver immediately because the baby was in distress,” according to an account of events shared on Facebook by Dr. Hala Sabry. “My husband actually said, ‘Is that a woman screaming?” Hess told WKYT-TV. Though the OBGYN had been waiting for her own induction and delivery, she leapt into action to help the other expecting mother. Leah Halliday Johnson...

July 29, 2017 Memorial of Saint Martha Reading 1 Ex 24:3-8When Moses came to the peopleand related all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all answered with one voice,"We will do everything that the LORD has told us."Moses then wrote down all the words of the LORD and,rising early the next day,he erected at the foot of the mountain an altarand twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel. Then, having sent certain young men of the children of Israelto offer burnt offerings and sacrifice young bullsas peace offerings to the LORD,Moses took half of the blood...

The evidence that has emerged from this meeting strongly suggests that this was not an effort to establish a secure back channel for collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign but an influence operation with one simple objective: to undermine the presidential election. Sophisticated Russian intelligence tradecraft that was meant to be kept secret would not have permitted such an insecure opening gambit for establishing continuing communication with the Trump campaign. They would not have used something as insecure as email, or relied on liaison cutouts who could so easily be traced to the Kremlin. Instead, the Russians who attended...

A "beloved local hip hop" artist was robbed of his $89,000 Red camera while making an anti-GOP music video in West Oakland. (Side note: This is the fourth known armed hold up of an Oakland film crew this month.) To illustrate the theme of "lack of opportunity," his actors were wearing Trump, Reagan, Nixon, and Lincoln masks. Sadly, all of the video was lost. No description of the criminals has been released. However, given the subject matter of the video, I suspect pro-Trump perpetrators are likely involved. There is a GoFundMe link if you want to help out.

A North Dakota accounting firm that fired a woman shown in an online video threatening Muslim women in a parking lot isn't commenting on whether she might get her job back. One of the Muslim women told The Forum newspaper in Fargo that she will lobby the Horab & Wentz firm to rehire Amber Hensley, after Hensley reconciled with two of the Muslim women during a Thursday meeting facilitated by police. Accounting firm partner Scott Wentz on Friday declined to comment to The Associated Press on whether the firm would consider Sarah Hassan's request. The video posted on Facebook showed...

Despite strong protests, local Caritas office sponsors Emma Bonino to speak on immigration with the approval of the parish priest while the local bishop chooses to remain silent. In the face of strong opposition, one of Italy’s most notorious pro-abortionists spoke in a Catholic church on Wednesday while pro-life Catholics were locked out, silenced or ejected. Emma Bonino addressed the issue of immigration at the July 26 event, on the feast of St. Anne and St. Joachim, at the church of San Defendente in San Rocco di Cossato in the diocese of Biella, northern Italy (see video here). The church...

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The U.S. Department of Defense says the missile, which launched just before midnight local time, traveled roughly 620 miles — from the country's northern province of Jagang to the Sea of Japan, where it finally splashed into the waters off Japan's west coast. There have been no immediate reports of damage, and Pentagon spokesman Capt. Jeff Davis says the North American Aerospace Defense Command "determined the missile launch from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America." In response to the launch, the Pentagon announced that it had conducted a precision missile firing exercise with South Korea. President...

More than half the continental US is within range of latest North Korean missile test, defense experts say North Korea on Friday tested an intercontinental ballistic missile, which landed in the Sea of Japan. Defense experts say New York City and Boston could now be in range of North Korea's missile. "More of the continental U.S." is at risk, former CIA Korea branch chief Bruce Klingner said. Michael Sheetz | Jeff Daniels North Korea tested an intercontinental ballistic missile Friday, which defense experts say could reach as far as New York or other U.S. East Coast cities. The most recent...

So who were the four folks that were going to be fired by Scaramucci today?

The U.S. Capitol itself follows a sanctuary city policy that protects illegal immigrants from being turned over to deportation agents, a Republican congressman said Friday, announcing new legislation to scrap that policy. Rep. Steve King, Iowa Republican, said Capitol Police don’t have clear permission to handle immigration violations, so they often don’t bother to check the legal status of those they arrest for other offenses in the Capitol complex. That leads to bizarre situations where illegal immigrants proudly proclaim their unauthorized status in the U.S., while protesting or blockading offices. They are processed and released without being turned over to...

On the day of the Baptism of Rus’ and the commemoration of the holy Equal-to-the-Apostles St. Vladimir a religious procession was held to the new Moscow monument to St. Vladimir on Borovitskaya Square, reports the Russian Military-Historical Society. The day began with a Divine Liturgy in Dormition Cathedral in the Moscow Kremlin celebrated by Metropolitan Juvenaly of Krutitsky and Kolomna. After the Liturgy, the procession to the monument to St. Vladimir began, at the foot of which a moleben was held. The prayerful joy was shared by several hundreds of residents and guests of the capital, as well as representatives...

The photo of the officer’s T-shirt was shared in the online post calling for his dismissal by the Law 4 Black Lives DC campaign. (Courtesy Law 4 Black Lives DC) WASHINGTON — A D.C. police officer has been pulled off the streets and an internal investigation is underway after a group of citizens filed a formal complaint about his T-shirt. Law 4 Black Lives DC filed a complaint and posted an online petition demanding the officer be fired after they found a shirt he wore while allegedly on duty and in court “offensive, racist and threatening.” “I don’t think someone...