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This will be a weekly post. Count remains at 112 judges confirmed. 69 District Court judges 41 Circuit Court judges 2 Supreme Court justices

The government of French President Emmanuel Macron is appealing the decision to stop the removal of food and water from quadriplegic hospital patient Vincent Lambert..... In Missouri a judge allowing the states last abortion clinic to remain open while a request for a permanent injunction is considered..... 12 are dead and the shooter killed by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia.... Mohamed Hichem M is the name of the suspect in last Friday's parcel bombing in Lyon, France...... In Morocco Abdessamad Ejjoud is one of three men who pledge allegiance to the Islamic State and is one of 24 men accused...

The story of the French police under investigation for attacking Yellow Vests protesters over the last six months has been in the news this week. One officer being investigated for charging into a 73-year old protester in Nice on March 23rd told investigators that he is: "sincerely sorry" for what happened to the protester. But also noted that his charge into the protesters was: "lawfully ordered" Genevieve Legay suffered fractured ribs, a broken skull and was knocked unconscious for a brief time as a result of the officer's charge.......

I have been working on a knowledge base of topics related to prepping and SHTF situations. It is geared towards making people more self sufficient with topics ranging from unarmed self defense to small space gardening to how to sew your own clothes. I'm one of those types of people who believe that we are going to go out with a whimper, not a bang, so there is a lot of content on how to do your own repairs, build your own stuff and live a more frugal lifestyle. In order to get access you need to send me a...

The Home Secretary would like to see the UK exiting the EU by the current Article 50 deadline of October 31, according to his allies. Mr Javid joins Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, Esther McVey and Andrea Leadsom in wanting to put the no deal option back on the table. The Bromsgrove MP said he believes the results of the European and local elections have made it clear that Parliament would allow a no deal Brexit, according to The Daily Telegraph.However, he said the prospect of a no deal Brexit could only go ahead providing the necessary preparations were made....

Paula Bohovesky, aspiring actress and high school honor student. New York state lawmakers are calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to block the release of a man convicted in the 1980 murder of a 16-year-old girl in a crime so depraved it stunned law enforcement and shook a close-knit community to its core. Paula Bohovesky, an aspiring actress and high school honor student, was beaten, sexually assaulted and stabbed to death as she walked home from a local library in the quiet hamlet of Pearl River, N.Y., a village 40 miles north of New York City. A jury convicted Richard LaBarbera...

Former Special Prosecutor Robert Mueller's statement this week that he "did not have confidence that the president did not commit a crime" violates Rule 3.8(f) of the American Bar Association's code of professional conduct. The rule states that "The prosecutor in a criminal case shall refrain from making extrajudicial comments that have a substantial likelihood of heightening public condemnation of the accused." House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) excused this violation on the grounds that "special circumstances call for unprecedented actions. The 'innocent unless proven guilty' presumption may be a good approach in most cases, but prosecutors, especially Special...

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Federal prosecutors rebuffed a judge’s order to release by Friday highly classified transcripts of discussions that Michael T. Flynn, the president’s former national security adviser, had with the Russian ambassador during the presidential transition. The transcripts between Mr. Flynn and Sergey I. Kislyak, formerly Russia’s top diplomat in the United States, were expected to show that they talked in December 2016 about sanctions that the Obama administration had just imposed on Russia. Mr. Flynn initially denied those exchanges about sanctions both to Trump administration officials and the F.B.I. in the weeks after the discussions. The conversations prompted concerns among senior...

June 1 2019   Memorial of Saint Justin, Martyr Reading 1 Acts 18:23-28 After staying in Antioch some time, Paul left and traveled in orderly sequence through the Galatian country and Phrygia, bringing strength to all the disciples. A Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent speaker, arrived in Ephesus. He was an authority on the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the Way of the Lord and, with ardent spirit, spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, although he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue; but when Priscilla and Aquila...

JAN CRAWFORD: Um, what's the status of Huber's investigation in Utah? I think the former Attorney General Sessions had asked him to look at this. WILLIAM BARR: Right, so Huber had originally been asked to take a look at the FISA applications and the electronic surveillance but then he stood back and put that on hold while the Office of Inspector General was conducting its review, which would've been normal for the department. And he was essentially on standby in case Mr. Horowitz referred a matter to him to be handled criminally. So he has not been active on this...

The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) said it condemns any position adopted by an international body that supports prolonging occupation of Palestinian territories, including a U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The OIC summit in Mecca said in its final statement on Saturday that it opposes all illegal Israeli measures aimed at changing facts in occupied Palestinian territories including Jerusalem, and undermining the two-state solution. It urged member countries to take “appropriate measures” against countries that move their embassies to Jerusalem. …

The U.S. blueprint to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, still in draft form after almost two years, is seen by Palestinians, and by some Arab officials and politicians, as a plan to finish off the Palestinian cause. The initiative, driven by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House adviser, was billed by the U.S. president as the “deal of the century”. While its precise outlines have yet to be revealed, Palestinian and Arab sources who have been briefed on the draft plan say Kushner has jettisoned the two-state solution — the long-standing U.S. and international formula...

Join Freepers throughout the world to pray for PRESIDENT TRUMP and VICE-PRESIDENT PENCE and for AMERICA: All Levels of Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, Health Care Systems and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. —1 John 5:14 Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Please join us in prayer for mercy and healing for our nation.

As we get older in life, we discover something very important about every endeavor...work, politics, organizations, school, friendships, athletics, hobbies, you name it. Those who started young, or "a long time ago" always have a position of seniority in the activity. Those who come in later are supposed to "pay their dues". If someone cuts in the line of life, everyone around harbors resentment against that person, if not outright hatred, even if the person has exceptional talent and/or works extremely hard to excel. The rule of life is: You Don't Cut In Line. And, society generally enforces that rule,...

The legal battle over a trashed mansion between NBA Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen and lawyer-turned-stand-up-comic Lindsay Glazer Woloshin isn't over yet. Earlier this month, Pippen amended his lawsuit to accuse an unexpected person of vandalizing his Fort Lauderdale, Fla., mansion: Glazer Woloshin's 5-year-old daughter. The amended lawsuit says the girl defaced his property with crayons and markers and that her vandalizing ways show Glazer Woloshin and Jacob Woloshin failed as parents. It also added negligence and vicarious liability to the original accusations of conversion and breach of lease.

China warned Canada that it needs to be aware of the consequences of aiding the U.S. in an extradition case involving Chinese tech giant Huawei that is believed to have sparked the detentions of two Canadians in China. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang’s comments came after U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for the release of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor. Both were arrested on Dec. 10 after Canada detained a Huawei executive wanted by the United States on fraud charges. […] “We hope that the Canadian side can have a clear understanding of...

A new warning -- and national security concern -- is emerging because of the United States' reliance on China Opens a New Window. for prescription drugs. Rosemary Gibson, the author of "China Rx” told FOX Business on Friday that America has become too dependent on China for medication. “China’s aim is to disrupt, to dominate and displace American companies and harm our ability to make our own medicines,” she said on "After the Bell Opens a New Window. ."

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday in celebration of LGBT Pride Month, which begins in June, and repeated his administration’s call for the international community to decriminalize homosexuality in countries where it is illegal. Trump has frequently been attacked by LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) activists on the left, particularly for his administration’s policies on transgenderism. Trump has barred transgender individuals from serving in the military, and reversed Barack Obama’s policies encouraging public schools to provide for transgender bathrooms. His administration also recently insisted on sticking to a definition of sexual discrimination that refers to biological sex. More broadly, however,...

(CNN)Attorney General William Barr told CBS that he sees "no evidence" that his boss, President Donald Trump, is "shredding our institutions." In fact, Barr argued, it's actually the backlash to Trump that's challenging the country's system of government.That's a creative interpretation from a man who is becoming famous for creative interpretations. Just like Barr's interpretation of special counsel Robert Mueller's report -- no obstruction of justice charges, so case closed -- it lays no blame or culpability at Trump's feet, and completely ignores how the President has invited fights with the other branches of government and repeatedly tested the balance...