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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A group of New Mexico Republicans hosted a campaign-style rally in Belen on Saturday – one week after back-to-back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton. Organizers said there are some safeguards that new laws could create but didn’t think background checks are one of them. "Maybe some extra attention given to different areas but in regards to the red flag law and the background check law in New Mexico now, the laws are bad for law abiding citizens,” said Otero County Commissioner Couy Griffin.

James B. McDougal, a former Clinton business partner who had been cooperating with independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr in the Whitewater investigation, died yesterday in a federal prison hospital in Texas. He was 58.

The swamp gets swampier as links to Jeffrey Epstein, the billionaire accused of sex trafficking underage girls, and Washington heavyweights. The newest link to be uncovered is tied to former FBI Director James Comey, but he is far from the only one with links, as CNN reported. “Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, is one of the prosecutors, according to a source with knowledge of the case,” CNN said.

A passenger on a United flight from Chicago to South Bend, Indiana, says the only attendant slurred safety announcements and passed out. Airport police arrested the woman, accusing her of intoxication. By The flight attendant on a morning trip from Chicago to South Bend, Indiana, was intoxicated and didn’t know what city she had landed in when officers escorted her away, prosecutors say. Airport police officers learned the flight attendant was either drunk or having a “medical issue” after the United Express airplane departed O’Hare International Airport on Aug. 2, according to an arrest affidavit. Passenger Aaron Scherb tweeted at...

Well, as the well-thought Christian centrist I believed myself to be, I just managed to offend a Christian gal who was talking, for all the world, like a screaming liberal of the secular persuasion. It was about the prospective end of a refugee program for resettlement in the USA. I tried to tell her that it is a culture issue, not a racial issue, but I might as well have tried to talk to a wall, lol. Such a thing could actually WORK if it was well vetted enough. Donald Trump spoke of the "big, beautiful door" that he wanted...

Music Link: "Suicide Is Painless"-M*A*S*H* Theme" New document revelations related to Jeffrey Epstein the lead story on the News Summary posted earlier today.... But for all of you who didn't know there was a reported suicide attempt by Epstein inside the federal detention facility in Manhattan. The authorities knew he had to be protected. Your infallible federal government that's always right runs the jail. "The Man Who Knew Too Much" who could turn into the "The Man Who Said Too Much" has: "assumed room temperature" Am I ready to let Alex Jones tell me what happened here? The people who...

FULL TITLE: The Clintons are all smiles in Illinois hours after suicide of former president's old pal Jeffrey Epstein and 'XOXO Hillary and Bill' is scrawled outside the pedophile's NYC mansion as conspiracy theorists suggest they were involved in the death Bill and Hillary Clinton were all smiles in Illinois on Saturday, hours after the death of the former president's old friend Jeffrey Epstein and the finger-pointing by conspiracy theorists that followed. Social media users shared images of the beaming couple - Bill in a navy suit and blue tie and his wife in a white button-up blouse and cardigan...

FULL TITLE: FBI launches an investigation and AG Barr announces a DOJ probe after pedophile Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide by hanging himself in prison ahead of his sex trafficking trial Jeffrey Epstein has hanged himself inside his New York City jail cell. The billionaire pedophile was found in cardiac arrest shortly before 7am on Saturday at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan. He was rushed to nearby New York Downtown Hospital where he was pronounced dead. In a statement, Metropolitan Correctional Center told DailyMail.com that the FBI is now launching an investigation into Epstein's death. The former financier, 66,...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Dennis Prager. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Dennis Prager is a conservative though leader. He has produced many videos highlighting the principles of conservatism and American exceptionalism under the moniker Prager University. All hints, along with the answer, are provided in the first reply comment below, using filtered font to prevent accidental spoilers. Please refrain from disclosing the full answer in comments to prevent spoilers.To solve the puzzle: Enter the letters in the top half (letter columns) of the puzzle into the...

The owner of a well-known Michigan restaurant is standing up for himself and his free speech rights after internet trolls couldn't handle the thought of them making political donations to President Trump. “Voted #1 Best Breakfast in Michigan,”Anna’s House has several locations across the state but now people are claiming they won’t eat there after seeing the chain’s Federal Election Commission filing, which details political contributions for the Trump campaign. As WXMI-TV reports: According to the FEC, Anna’s House Corporate, LLC has made two $2,800 donations to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. One contribution is for the primary election,...

We almost can’t believe how poorly prepared the Joe Biden campaign is. He’s still the front runner, and there was a time when people assumed he, like Hillary, was the chosen one, and all he had to do was announce his candidacy and the nomination was his. But his campaign has been a disaster — he had to post a video explaining away his creepy groping and hair sniffing — and his performance in the debates has been terrible so far, with the old white man getting kneecapped by Kamala Harris, who shot way up in the polls. And then...

In the true confessions department, I on had to spend 45 minutes behind bars in a county lockup. Never you mind just how this happened! (“It was all just a misunderstanding officer! Really, I swear it!”) The intake process involved removing my tie, my belt, shoes, my wristwatch, and—in what struck me as the most unnecessary step—even my wedding ring. There wasn’t even toilet paper in the cell that I could attempt to swallow if I wanted to try to choke myself or throw spitwads at another cell dweller (who were all passed out in any case). If a local...

The following account is from a former inmate of the Metropolitan Correction Center in lower Manhattan, where Jeffrey Epstein was found unresponsive Saturday, and declared dead at a hospital of an apparent suicide. The ex-convict, who spoke to The Post’s Brad Hamilton and Bruce Golding on the condition of anonymity, spent several months in the 9 South special housing unit for high-profile prisoners awaiting trial — like Epstein. There’s no way that man could have killed himself. I’ve done too much time in those units. It’s an impossibility. Between the floor and the ceiling is like eight or nine feet....

        A THANKFUL HEART Do not fret or have any anxiety about anything, but in every circumstance and in everything, by prayer and petition (definite requests), with thanksgiving, continue to make your wants known to God. — Philippians 4:6 Years ago I taught a message saying that when you ask God for something, you should thank Him ahead of time that you are going to get it because that will help release your manifestation. I believe that. I took the scripture above to mean just that, that when I prayed for something, I should start thanking...

Move could result in loss of transparency The political action committee that sustained and supported Andrew Gillum's 2018 campaign for governor of Florida appears to be shifting a significant percentage of its activities to a nonprofit, according to new campaign finance filings. As a consequence, many of the political activities undertaken by him would come under an entity that has fewer requirements for both donors and for expenditures. Forward Florida was a PAC established specifically for Gillum and was initially funded by large checks from megadonors George Soros and Tom Steyer.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) delivered a powerful condemnation of President Donald Trump’s racist rhetoric on Saturday, again linking it to last week’s El Paso, Texas, shooting in which a gunman targeted Mexicans, killing 22 people and injuring dozens more. “People say to me, ‘Did Donald Trump cause those folks to be killed?’ Well, no, of course he didn’t pull the trigger, but he’s certainly been tweeting out the ammunition,” the 2020 hopeful said at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety in Des Moines, Iowa. Trump’s rhetoric has been widely condemned by Democratic candidates after it...

Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide in federal custody is provoking skepticism among online conspiracy theorists and even some officials who question how he could have killed himself in a highly secured part of the jail set aside for high-profile inmates. Epstein had been placed on suicide watch following an incident just over two weeks ago in which he was discovered with bruises on his neck. But he was taken off of suicide watch at the end of July, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Saturday. Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida suggested the possibility that a criminal...

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — There was a moment of silence, friendly candidate-to-candidate photo bombs, even an extended exchange of hugs between candidates. On Friday, the same crowd of 2020 Democrats that ripped each other apart on the national debate stage in Detroit transformed into a paragon of “Iowa nice” at the Wing Ding — making their best pitches to potential Iowa caucus-goers without eviscerating each other. Instead, the 22 candidates unloaded on President Donald Trump in a parade of speeches that framed the fight for the White House as a battle against hate and bigotry. Invoking last weekend's mass shootings,...

Hillary and Chelsea Clinton are writing The Book of Gutsy Women. Presumably, Hillary won’t be included.(snip) According to its description, it’s for “tiny feminists, mini activists and little kids who are ready to take on the world.” In addition to classic heroines such as Harriet Tubman and Helen Keller, the book also includes Communist Clara Lemlich and Republican Margaret Chase Smith. It also includes the unavoidable cameo by Hillary. She doesn't get a mention, but her portrait hangs in a gallery illustration at the front of the book. If you needed evidence that too many children’s books are political, She...

A certain former president and first lady have made their mark in Hollywood. “The Obamas settling into new role as Netflix producers,” said The Hollywood Reporter — referring of course to former President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama, who signed an exclusive production deal with Netflix some 15 months ago, then formed a Los Angeles-based production company called Higher Ground. More significantly, the couple is now readying their first release, a documentary titled “American Factory,” which chronicles the culture clash between Chinese and American workers in a U.S. auto glass factory. It is set to debut on Netflix before 139...