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Next week we anticipate that Assembly Bill 291 will get pushed through the Legislature here in Carson City just like Senate Bill 143 was before it. We are concerned that our fellow Nevadans may not be familiar with the full story as to why we are slowing having our Second Amendment rights eroded. New York City has had a major influence on gun policy in Nevada since 2014. That is when former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg began his long-term plan to greatly restrict every Nevadan’s ability to obtain a gun. Rather than addressing the problems in his own...

Remember when activists on the Supreme Court made same-sex marriage in essence the law of the land? Elated, Obama said, “Love wins!” He celebrated the unconstitutional destruction of the God ordained sacred institution of marriage by ordering that the White House be lit in rainbow colors. Leftists decreed that the LGBTQ lifestyle is a “beautiful thing” which Americans had better embrace or suffer severe punishment. Shockingly, Christian churches began embracing same-sex marriage. Ignoring the Bible (Leviticus 18:22), deceived and cowardly pastors said, “Love is love. It's a beautiful thing.” I did an internet search for pictures of gay pride parades....

If projections hold for Scott Morrison, Australia’s prime minister, it would confound expectations that the country’s voters were ready for a change in course after six years of tumultuous conservative leadership. Australia’s national broadcaster has projected a stunning victory for the conservative coalition government. Scott Morrison, Australia’s conservative prime minister, won his first full term in office on Saturday, according to projections from Australia’s national broadcaster. If the results hold, they would confound expectations that the country’s voters were ready for a change in course after six years of tumultuous leadership under his party. The polls had pointed to a...

[Catholic Caucus] German bishop laments ‘shackle’ of Church’s refusal to ordain women May 17, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — Speaking to journalists on 16 May at an annual press meeting of his diocese of Erfurt, German bishop Ulrich Neymeyr made some stunning remarks with regard to female priests. He said female priests in the Catholic Church are theologically conceivable, adding that “some things” still need to be “reflected upon.” For example, he explained, “what does representation [of Christ] mean? How far does it go? And does it need to be related to [biological] sex?” In Germany, he added, there might already be...

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg said Friday that things named after President Thomas Jefferson should be renamed because that’s the “right thing to do.” Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Ind., who became the rising star of the 2020 Democratic primary, echoed the far-left calls to rename buildings or events that carry the names of prominent U.S. figures on the grounds that they were owners of slaves. The mayor was asked during "The Hugh Hewitt Show" on radio whether the name of the annual Indiana Democratic dinner, named the Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, should be renamed as both presidents were holders of...

As the Equality Act (H.R. 5) just passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, I remind you, that this is an all-out assault on parental rights, on the family, and on the millions of people of faith in this country. The legislation goes far beyond just quarantining faith behind the four walls of a house of worship. This act quarantines faith within your mind and says that's where it must stay. It creates a world that punishes those who exercise their freedom to believe and live according to those beliefs. No institution or person of faith, be it a school,...

On Thursday, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio became the 23rd candidate and the third mayor competing for the Democratic presidential nomination. In recent posts, Hans Hassell, Jonathan Bernstein, and Vox’s Dylan Scott and Tara Golshan offer explanations for this rash of candidates. This post is on the next question: How could the Democrats shrink their pool of contenders? I suggest two approaches: party-centered and market-oriented. But first: What’s wrong with 23 candidates? Lost Senate candidates. Party insiders and observers have highlighted the opportunity cost: Several of these candidates (Steve Bullock, John Hickenlooper, Beto O’Rourke, Joaquín Castro) face long...

Because of the Christian views and Bible verses he posted on his social media accounts that were critical of homosexuality and so-called gay marriage, Australian rugby star Israel Folau was fired today by Rugby Australia, which claimed Folau had committed a "high-level breach" of the association's code of conduct. Folau's $4 million contract was terminated. In several Instagram posts over the last year, Folau, who is a Pentecostal Christian, has said that "Hell Awaits" for unrepentant "drunks, homosexuals, adulterers," among other sinners. He also said of making gender optional on birth certificates, "The devil has blinded so many people in...

A White House plan to reform the country’s legal immigration system includes a provision that mandates the use of E-Verify to prevent employers from hiring illegal aliens over American citizens. Mandatory E-Verify, pro-American immigration reformers previously said, was crucial to any immigration plan unveiled by the White House as, currently, American workers are forced to compete against illegal aliens for working class jobs in a majority of states that do not mandate the use of E-Verify. “Even though the plan doesn’t reduce numbers overall, it contains no amnesty or guest worker increases, mandates E-Verify, and addresses the wholesale abuse of...

The Liberals may have pulled off a miracle election win and Labor lost the unlosable election. But while Prime Minister Scott Morrison has become an instant Liberal hero, Australians have just voted for three years of chaos and confusion. Morrison will almost certainly need the support of one or two independents – one of them Bob Katter - to form government, and the Coalition will fall way short of a majority in the Senate as well. If Labor wins, it will need even more independents, including a Green, to rule. Firm leadership will become almost impossible. Everything will be compromise,...

Nicolas Maduro, socialist dictator of Venezuela, exhibits three classic traits of a bully: an insatiable appetite for power, an impulse to control the lives of others, and a lack of accountability. Like all bullies, Maduro continues to cling to raw power. He does so in defiance of election results, and despite the starvation and misery his policies have inflicted upon millions of Venezuelans.So, we might reasonably ask: Is there a natural connection between bullying and socialism? After all, socialism requires the centralization of power so that those running the state can control the lives of others.Nevertheless, more Americans seem to...

Emergency room patients increasingly leave California hospitals against medical advice, and experts say crowded ERs are likely to blame.

Every time AOC opens her mouth to speak, more pearls of communist wisdom roll out onto the floor. They spread in all corners of the country and disappear, never to be found again. Her socialist ardent supporters just hear “free, free, free for all.” The New Green Deal proposed by radicals in Congress brought back best-forgotten memories of my life under the “paradise of socialism.” I am too old to live under socialism because I like simple luxuries like soap, detergent, toilet paper, electricity, food, clean water, and comfortable shoes, and being able to express my opinion in public without...

Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as “The Caine Mutiny” and “The Winds of War” whose steady Jewish faith inspired his stories of religious values and secular success, died on Friday at 103. Wouk was just 10 days shy of his 104th birthday and was working on a book until the end, said his literary agent Amy Rennert. Rennert said Wouk died in his sleep at his home in Palm Springs, California, where he settled after spending many years in Washington, D.C. Among the last of the major writers to emerge after World War...

A World War Two veteran who captained a B-17 Flying Fortress has returned to the skies in a 1929 Ford Tri-Motor, the same plane he first flew in at the age of 17. Russel Duane Hilding, 98, was overjoyed at the chance to fly in one of the ultra-rare vintage aircraft on Thursday at Gerald R. Ford International Airport near Grand Rapids, Michigan. 'My first airplane ride was in a Ford Tri-Motor,' Hilding told WXMI-TV. 'The best part of getting old, is trying to not stay old.' Only 18 Trimotors remain in existence, of which only eight are certified airworthy...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib suggesting that her people made way for Jews in “Palestine” is dishonest and whitewashes the historical reality that the leaders of the indigenous Arab population of Ottoman and British controlled Palestine colluded with the Nazis to exterminate the Jews of Europe and Palestine. Her recent remarks beg anyone of decency to call out the lie and state the facts. Tlaib presents a revisionist history and false narrative that the Jewish people have no legitimate claims to the Land of Israel and that Jewish restoration to the Land is not only not our prophetic return, but is an...

This will be a weekly post. Count is now at 106 judges confirmed. 65 District Court judges 41 Circuit Court judges 2 Supreme Court justices The one circuit court confirmation this week was for the 9th circuit. More to come next week!

Can it get any better? The Liberals dump Malcolm Turnbull, the Leftist, and win a miracle election. Scott Morrison's new government will be without Turnbull, Julie Bishop, Christopher Pyne, George Brandis, Craig Laundy and Julia Banks. The dissident and whiteanting Left gone, and the conservatives and anti-warmists triumphant. You may celebrate. And Julie Bishop can now unpack her bags. Labor won't be making her Ambassador to Washington after all.

“The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook” (Proverbs 18:4).

If you watch House of Cards, you might remember this scene from season one. (Warning: it contains the C-bomb, so don’t watch it if you’ll be offended by that!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=28&v=vaDoaCsgj_s The joke is based on an entirely false grammar rule: “Thou shalt not end a sentence with a preposition.” Prepositions, remember, are words that describe the position of one thing in relation to another: at, to, in, of, about, from, above, etc. So you’ll hear people trying to obey this “rule” by saying things like this: To what are you referring? (instead of What are you referring to?) There is...