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Yet another dingbat democrat lawmaker gets up on Fox News to lament "We are the only industrialized nation on earth that does not have [socialist] government healthcare." Yeah, and not just coincidentally we're also now the only remaining superpower on earth. We are the freest, wealthiest and most powerful nation on earth. And that is thanks to God, thanks to our Founders, thanks to our Constitution, thanks to our fighting men and women in uniform, and thanks to our statesmen who continue defending our Constitution, our nation, and our individual rights from being encroached upon by statist and socialist politicians....

Ogg adds 10 to staff investigating botched Harding Street raid By Aaron Barker - Senior Digital Editor Posted: 10:56 AM, July 31, 2019 Updated: 10:56 AM, July 31, 2019 KPRC HOUSTON - Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg is adding 10 people to her staff investigating the deadly botched Harding Street raid. Ogg made the announcement Wednesday after a 5-0 vote by the Harris County Commissioners Court that approved funding for the additional staff in the DA’s Civil Rights Division. The seven prosecutors and three investigators, which Ogg said in June would cost about $2 million, will more than double...

A study from the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows 89 percent of mass shootings between 1998 and June 2019 occurred in gun-free zones. CPRC reports 21st mass shooters are not typically religious, “80 percent are at least 21 years of age,” and the majority of them–56 percent–views handguns as the weapon of choice for an attack. Rifles alone have only been used in 13 percent of 21st century mass shootings. Shotguns alone have only been used in four percent.

The National Archives released tape of a controversial 1971 phone call between then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan and President Richard Nixon. “To see those monkeys from those African countries — damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes!” the future two-term POTUS said, at which Nixon laughed. The conversation came the day after the United Nations — including delegates from African countries — voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China over Taiwan.

The book features gay marriage, hits out at slavery and imperialism and predicts the climate crisis – 200 years after the birth of its author, Herman Melville, it has never been more important Thursday marks the 200th birthday of Herman Melville – the author of the greatest unread novel in the English language. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve seen eyes glaze over when I ask people if they have conquered Moby-Dick. It is the Mount Everest of literature: huge and apparently insurmountable, its snowy peak as elusive as the tail of the great white whale himself.

Progressive Prince Harry has said that people expressing “racist” behaviour do so because of their upbringing, but may not know they are acting in a racist way because they “don’t understand” their “unconscious biases”. The Duke of Sussex made the comments whilst he was interviewing famed anthropologist Dr Jane Goodall for September’s issue of Vogue magazine, which is being guest-edited by his wife, American former TV actress Meghan Markle. Speaking of the “stigma” which is “handed down from generation to generation”, Prince Harry said that “unconscious bias” is “something which so many people don’t understand”.

The early art of Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610), a seminal Italian Baroque painter. This video covers the years 1591-1598, before his work took on a particularly violent and gory cast. Caravaggio is known for his use of light and shade - chiaroscuro - which also became known as tenebrism . This style, and his return to realism after the excesses of the Mannerists, has led some to consider him a father of modern painting. He was a substantial influence on Peter Paul Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Rembrandt. Music by Anthony Holborne (1545-1602) - first two...

CNN’s Don Lemon, the dumbest man on television, insinuated last night while asking a debate “question” that I was a racist, when in fact I am “the least racist person in the world.” Perhaps someone should explain to Don that he is supposed to be neutral, unbiased & fair,..... ....or is he too dumb (stupid} to understand that. No wonder CNN’s ratings (MSNBC’s also) have gone down the tubes - and will stay there until they bring credibility back to the newsroom. Don’t hold your breath!

Fox News contributor Katie Pavlich on the identity politics and anti-capitalist potentially included in curriculums in California's educational system.

Is it worth recalling how we got here? The date of July 30, 2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the first representative legislative assembly in the Western Hemisphere at Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English colony in North America. This first General Assembly meeting took place at a church in Jamestown and laid the foundation for American representative government. It didn't get much press coverage, but the events of yesterday were part of a yearlong commemoration meant to honor the state's colonial history. Special events open to the public were planned around Jamestown. Lawmakers and other guests gathered at historic...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financier Jeffrey Epstein could go to trial on charges of sex trafficking involving dozens of underage girls as early as next June, though his lawyers told a court on Wednesday they may need more time.At a hearing in Manhattan federal court, prosecutors sought a June 2020 trial date, while a lawyer for Epstein asked that it wait another three months. The lawyer, Martin Weinberg, said Epstein and his legal team needed more time to review evidence, expected to total more than 1 million pages.

<p>LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles has restored regulations barring people from sleeping at night in vehicles on residential streets or living anytime in vehicles within a block of parks, schools, preschools or daycare facilities.</p> <p>A recent count found more than 9,500 people live in vehicles throughout the city, and safe parking sites currently have room for fewer than 200 vehicles each night, according to the city's Homeless Services Authority.</p>

In its current form, the brain-reading software works only for certain sentences it has been trained on, but scientists believe it is a stepping stone towards a more powerful system that can decode in real time the words a person intends to say. The work, funded by Facebook, was possible thanks to three epilepsy patients who were about to have neurosurgery for their condition. Before their operations went ahead, all three had a small patch of tiny electrodes placed directly on the brain for at least a week to map the origins of their seizures. During their stay in hospital,...

Twenty Democratic presidential candidates will debate Tuesday and Wednesday night. It will be the last time voters will see some of them on a debate stage. The Democratic National Committee's rules for inclusion in early debates -- the first from NBC in late June in Miami, and the second from CNN this week in Detroit -- were quite generous. If Sen. Michael Bennet -- currently polling at 0.2 percent in the RealClearPolitics average of national polls -- got in both, then it's safe to say the rules were not terribly restrictive. But that's over after Detroit. Party rules call for...

FULL TITLE: U.S. Department of Education Wants to Stop “Student Aid Fraud Scheme” Where Parents Give Up Custody Through Dubious Guardianships ======================================================= One day after our reporting, the department’s inspector general said it wants to close financial aid loopholes. Federal and state officials said Tuesday they want to close loopholes that allow families to get need-based financial aid they would not otherwise receive by giving up guardianship of their college-bound children. The move, they said, could end “potential student aid fraud” when parents turn over guardianship of their children in hopes of obtaining a tuition break. A spokeswoman for the...

CNN's broadcast of the Democratic debates on Tuesday night attracted approximately 10 million viewers, according to early numbers in overnight markets compiled by Nielsen Media Research. The first of two debates from Detroit was watched by approximately five million less people than the June 26 debate broadcast by NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo, which attracted 15.3 million viewers for the broadcast from Miami

[Catholic Caucus] Uruguay archbishop waffles on pro-trans law as citizens vote on whether to repeal MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, July 29, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — In advance of balloting in Uruguay to abolish a pro-transgender law, Cardinal Daniel Sturla, archbishop of Montevideo, released a letter lamenting the “suffering” of transgender people and praising the law for “protect[ing]” them, while also encouraging Catholics to vote according to their consciences. Uruguayans will go to the polls on August 4 to decide whether a referendum should be held to abolish the nation’s Integral Law on Trans Persons. On Thursday, Cardinal Sturla released a letter confirming that...

A Montana judge has blocked a Trump administration policy change that stopped nonprofit groups from identifying their big donors on federal disclosure forms. U.S. District Judge Brian Morris ruled Tuesday that the IRS didn't give proper public notice before it stopped requiring social-welfare groups, labor unions and business associations to identify donors contributing more than $5,000. Morris says the IRS changed the 40-year-old rule last year without an opportunity for public comment. He suspended the rule change until the tax agency allows public comment. Montana Gov. Steve Bullock and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal sued over the change.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was on ‘Ebro in the Morning’, and agreed with Ebro Darden that Israel’s government is ‘criminal.’ The hip hop jerk Ebro said there is a collection of corrupt “governments in Israel, the United States, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.” Grouping the US and Israel with Russia and Saudi Arabia is insane. He called Stephen Miller a ‘white supremacist Jew.’ That is also very extreme. These leftists are in the outer zone. Cortez agreed with everything he said like the little Bobbie doll she is. When Ebro said Israel’s actions are “very, very criminal and very very unjust,” the anti-Semitic...

Maryland Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings declined an offer to tour a Baltimore Housing and Urban Development (HUD) facility with HUD secretary Ben Carson on Wednesday. HUD invited Cummings to tour the facility with Carson on Tuesday, however Cummings rejected the invitation, the Daily Caller has learned. When asked about Cummings’ absence at a press conference, Carson said that he did not know why Cummings did not attend the tour but guessed there may have been a scheduling issue. The Daily Caller reported exclusively on Tuesday that Carson would visit Baltimore in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tweets calling the...