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Turning Point USA’s Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens kicked off their first 2019 Campus Clash event at Utah Valley University on Monday. The duo was greeted by protesters who draped a banner over a balcony that read, “End White Supremacy,” an odd choice of message, given that Owens is black. “People said, when we first started Turning Point USA, that this sort of organizing is not possible,” said Kirk to an room filled with conservative students on Monday night, “My best advice to you is that it absolutely is possible, and I’ll go a step further, it’s necessary.” “If you...

NBC’s comedy pilot Sunnyside (formerly Untitled Kal Penn/Matt Murray) has cast the seven co-leads opposite Kal Penn. Kiran Deol, Moses Storm, Diana Maria Riva, Samba Schutte, Poppy Liu, Joel Kim Booster and Tudor Petrut will co-star in the single-camera comedy executive produced by Penn, writer-producer Matt Murray, The Good Place creator/executive producer Michael Schur and Universal TV. Co-written by Penn and Murray, Sunnyside is named after the neighborhood in the historically diverse Queens borough of New York where the show is set. (The photo above shows Penn spending time in Sunnyside last weekend.) It centers on former New York City...

The most senior figure in the Roman Catholic church in France was convicted yesterday of failing to report alleged child sexual abuse by a priest and given a six-month suspended sentence.Cardinal Philippe Barbarin, Archbishop of Lyons, said that he would offer his resignation to the Pope after a surprise verdict that was hailed as a turning point by campaigners.The court in Lyons ruled that between mid-2014 and mid-2015, the archbishop, 58, covered up allegations that Bernard Preynat, a priest in the diocese, had abused boy scouts. The alleged acts took place in the 1980s and early 1990s. Father Preynat...

A lawsuit by adult film star Stormy Daniels against President Donald Trump over a non-disparagement agreement has been tossed out of federal court. US District Judge James Otero says the suit, which sought to invalidate the $130,000 agreement that kept Daniels from speaking publicly about her allegations of an affair with Trump ahead of the 2016 election, should be sent back to California Superior Court. In his ruling, Otero says the suit "lacks subject matter jurisdiction." By remanding the case back to where it was first filed, Otero made it clear the case is over.

prepared text, including passages in English and French, of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's opening statement to reporters in Ottawa on Thursday, March 7, 2019: ...I know you've all been wanting to hear from me directly on the SNC Lavalin issue. ...However, I now understand that she saw it differently...I was not aware of that erosion of trust..In Ms. Wilson-Raybould's case, she did not come to me, and I wish she had...

A group called MA 4 Trump was supposed to hold a get-together for supporters at JW's in Winthrop, but the restaurant canceled the meeting yesterday. In a Facebook post, the restaurant wrote: It has been brought to our attention that the event scheduled for tomorrow evening, which we have canceled, has caused divisiveness within our community. We had no knowledge of what the event organizers intentions were other than being a fundraiser. It was never our intention to be embroiled in any controversy, and for that we are regretful. The restaurant then added: JW's is a community restaurant, a Winthrop...

Paul Manafort was sentenced Thursday to just under four years in prison for a massive fraud scheme tied to his work as a political consultant for Ukraine’s pro-Russian government, according to reports from the Virginia courthouse. The 47-month sentence imposed by federal Judge T.S. Ellis III was far below sentencing guidelines of 19-1/2 to 24 years, which Ellis called “excessive.”

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) sent out an email on Thursday seeking to raise money off the anti-Semitism scandal that has engulfed the Democratic Party, claiming that a pro-Israel group was "coming after" her, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI). "It's official -- AIPAC is coming after Alexandria, Ilhan, and Rashida," the email said. "Rashida, Ilhan, and Alexandria have at times dared to question our foreign policy, and the influence of money in our political system. And now, lobbying groups across the board are working to punish them for it." Ocasio-Cortez then compared the bipartisan consensus on...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s state TV has aired a documentary glorifying leader Kim Jong Un’s recent visit to Vietnam that omitted the failed nuclear negotiations with President Donald Trump. The footage’s release Wednesday came amid reports that North Korea is restoring some facilities at its long-range rocket launch site that it dismantled last year as part of disarmament steps.

A Pennsylvania billboard has sparked an outcry and accusations of racism — but the man who put it up insists that he’s simply trying to strike up a “conversation” about race. Want daily pop culture news delivered to your inbox? Sign up here for Yahoo’s newsletter. As Pittsburgh’s WPXI reports, the controversial digital billboard stands on Route 422 outside Worthington, Pa. Its changing screen features multiple messages. One reads “whites have rights,” while another features a photo of actor Jussie Smollett, who is being investigated for an alleged hate crime hoax. “Jussie Smollett hangs himself! Sets ‘race’ relations back 100...

not the 20-24 years the Feds wanted

Backers of the measure want Congress to clarify the constitutional right to bear arms (Photo: Chris Eger/Guns.com)A group of Hawaii state legislators wants Congress to repeal the right to bear arms — or at least specify that it is not an individual right. The resolution filed Tuesday in the Hawaiian Senate, SCR42, is backed by freshman state Sen. Stanley Chang, best known for defeating the chamber’s last Republican in 2016. Chang’s measure, which has four co-sponsors, would request Washington discuss either scrapping the Second Amendment altogether or clarifying that it only applies to organizations such as state militias. Chang, a...

Hypocrisy check--compare and contrast this-- The republicans created a resolution condemning republican Steve King in January-- 1. The resolution specifically singled out King. 2. The resolution only mentioned white supremacy and white nationalism no other forms of bigotry. 3. Republicans voted to exclude King from all committees. Contrast that to the dems house resolution issued today- 1. Omar not mentioned, 2. Several forms of bigotry mentioned, and 3. Omar will keep her foreign affairs committee seat.

House Democrats just passed some of the most sweeping and sneaky anti-Second Amendment legislation in decades.H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019, and H.R. 1112, the Enhanced Background Checks Act of 2019, are two Trojan horse bills that seek to impose onerous restrictions on gun sales under the pretense of preventing dangerous criminals from obtaining firearms.National gun registries, endless background screenings, and prohibitive wait times are what these bills are all about. They represent a concerted effort to discourage Americans from buying, selling, or owning a firearm.While neither of these bills would do anything to stop gun violence,...

The family of Tom Seaver announced Thursday that the Hall of Fame pitcher was recently diagnosed with dementia and is retiring from public life. According to the statement, released through the Baseball Hall of Fame, Seaver will continue work in his vineyard in Calistoga in California's wine country. According to MLB.com New York Mets beat writer Anthony DiComo, the team was hoping Seaver could attend a 50th anniversary celebration of the 1969 Miracle Mets but confirmed that in light of Thursday's news, he will not. "We've been in contact with the Seaver family and are aware of his health situation,"...

Critics are slamming U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley’s push to lower the voting age from 18 years old to 16, calling it a “terrible idea.” “It’s simply wrong,” MassGOP chairman Jim Lyons told the Herald. “Almost all 16-year-olds I know I don’t believe should have the privilege or the authority to vote. They simply haven’t matured to the level that they can make those types of decisions.” Lyons added that Democrats have prioritized raising various age requirements “in just about everything,” including for smoking, using tanning beds and the age for juvenile crimes.

David Duke, the former Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan and an open racist and antisemite, is publicly defending Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) in the wake of the freshman Democrat’s series of antisemitic statements that have rankled the Democrat Party nationally.Duke tweeted his praise of Omar on Thursday, calling her the “most important member of the US Congress” now that she has stood up to Democrat Party leadership after making antisemitic statements against Israel:

The Wild Hog Explosion has been called off by the Bandera County Library’s board of directors after a Bandera treatment center backed out of an agreement to operate the annual fundraising event in the face of angry criticism and reportedly threats from an animal rights organization that was protesting the show. John Pearce, the vice president of the library’s board of directors, said the board met on Monday, March 4, and decided unanimously to cancel the Wild Hog Explosion because Warriors Heart had advised it by letter that it was withdrawing from a one-year agreement to host all but one...

FULL TITLE: Utah teacher could face disciplinary action after forcing boy to remove Ash Wednesday cross from his forehead A Utah elementary school teacher may face disciplinary action after she made a fourth-grade boy wipe off the Ash Wednesday cross on his forehead. William McLeod arrived for class at Valley View Elementary School in Bountiful on Wednesday with the traditional Ash cross to commemorate the Christian holy day. But William said he was the only student in his class with the cross on his forehead and that his teacher quickly came up and asked him what it was. 'I was...