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Major League Soccer’s new policy that bans political displays at matches is stirring controversy in the Pacific Northwest, where supporters’ culture is often intertwined with politics and social issues. The Seattle Sounders and the Portland Timbers have banned signs and flags with the "Iron Front" symbol, which they say has become appropriated by some in the loosely structured antifa movement, at times in the context of violence.

US Attorney General William Barr said he’s “appalled” that Jeffrey Epstein was able to kill himself while in federal custody, as the FBI announced Saturday that it would be probing the convicted pedophile’s death. “Mr. Epstein’s death raises serious questions that must be answered,” Barr said. “In addition to the FBI’s investigation, I have consulted with the Inspector General who is opening an investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Epstein’s death,” Barr added.

August 11 2019 Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Wis 18:6-9 The night of the passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oaths in which they put their faith, they might have courage. Your people awaited the salvation of the just and the destruction of their foes. For when you punished our adversaries, in this you glorified us whom you had summoned. For in secret the holy children of the good were offering sacrifice and putting into effect with one accord the divine institution. Responsorial Psalm Ps 33:1, 12, 18-19, 20-22 R....

Pope Francis again warns against nationalism, says recent speeches sound like ‘Hitler in 1934’ Pope Francis called for a united Europe in an interview published by Italian daily La Stampa on Friday, saying recent political rhetoric has echoed that of Nazi Germany.“I am concerned because we hear speeches that resemble those of Hitler in 1934,” he said. “ 'Us first. We … We … ’ These are frightening thoughts.”It is not the first time the pontiff has made such remarks, but his comments published Friday came as Italy’s populist government appeared to be on the verge of collapse.

So, how many heads are going to roll in September? Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz is supposed to release his long-awaited report on Obama-era FISA abuses.

“Fear Not, Little Flock” (Luke 12:22-34) “Fear not,” the Lord tells Abram in our Old Testament Reading for today. “Fear not,” Jesus tells his disciples in the Holy Gospel. “Fear not.” “Fear not.” Do these “fear nots” have you tied up in knots? Are you worried that you’re not good enough of a Christian, because you do have fears, you do have worries? Well, instead of being tied up in knots, realize today that these “fear nots” come with promises attached. And that makes all the difference. And so our theme this morning: “Fear Not, Little Flock.” What are your...

A polar bear at the San Diego Zoo has apologized to black bears, brown bears, and all other mammals of color for his "problematic whiteness." The bear "got woke" after a leftist protesting the zoo for keeping animals in captivity bravely leaped into the bear's exhibit. After eating the protester, the polar bear picked up the book on critical race theory the woman had in her pocket and devoured it, first figuratively, then literally. "Wow," he said. "I never realized how problematic my existence was before. I really need to think about this." Shortly after reading the book, the polar...

Do y'all have three public Figures you can reliably depend on to tell you truth? I rely on Rush Limbaugh, Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch and recently, Mark Levin. Of course, I trust the reporting of Sara Carter and John Soloman. Greg Jarrett is another solid guy, along with Andrew McCarthy. Mollie Hemingway is A-1 and totally trustworthy. Of those solidly on our side, Sean Hannity for certain, but Rush is too, Tom Fitton, too, and, Mark Levin is too. In fact, President Trump has gained the respect and support of almost all, if not all, the major conservative...

A campaigning Mayor Bill de Blasio called for a boycott of Walmart Saturday in the wake of last week’s mass shooting in El Paso — and also took aim at President Trump and his “tiny little hands.” “I’ve got a little message for President Trump,” he said to polite applause at an Iowa gun-control forum Saturday. “Mr. President, it’s not Hollywood. It’s not video games … It’s the guns that are the problem.” “Take those tiny little hands of yours, pick up the phone, call Mitch McConnell, and say the Senate has to vote for gun safety measures right now,”...

In the wake of two mass shootings last weekend, 2020 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson is calling to renew a ban on assault weapons. “The president has said that there's ... no political will or appetite for a ban on the assault weapons,” Williamson told Yahoo Finance’s Adam Shapiro in an interview this week. “This is clearly untrue. 70% of all Americans want to renew the ban on the assault weapons,” she added, apparently referring to a new POLITICO/Morning Consult poll out this week. The two shootings from last weekend both used military-style assault rifles, which can be used to fire...

The Manhattan U.S. Attorney has released the following statement about the suspicious custodial death of Jeffrey Epstein: Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: “Earlier this morning, the Manhattan Correctional Center confirmed that Jeffrey Epstein, who faced charges brought by this Office of engaging in the sex trafficking of minors, had been found unresponsive in his cell and was pronounced dead shortly thereafter of an apparent suicide. Today’s events are disturbing, and we are deeply aware of their potential to present yet another hurdle to giving Epstein’s many victims their day in Court. To those brave young women who have...

SAN LUIS — The first section of President Trump’s border wall in Arizona is rising near Yuma. After years of crowds shouting “build the wall” at political rallies and countless condemnations of the wall as xenophobic or a “vanity project” for Trump, the wall has taken the shape of square, metal poles jutting 30 feet up from the ground in San Luis, a border town south of Yuma. As early as this month, similar poles could rise along the Cabeza Prieta National Wildlife Refuge, Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument and across the San Pedro River. Despite the wall being the...

(Video at Source)On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Trish Regan Primetime,” host Trish Regan argued that gun control “could be this president’s Nixon in China moment.” Regan said, “You don’t want people who are mentally ill having guns or access to guns. The funny thing about all this, not that there’s anything funny about it.........Because who would have thought that a conservative, endorsed by the NRA, would actually be out there looking at so many common sense measures and reforms. I’ll tell you, this could be this president’s Nixon in China moment.”

Even before the trade war, President Xi Jinping's plan to turn China into one of the world's most advanced economies by 2050 was ambitious. His grand vision is now looking more aspirational by the day. As mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump adds to a slew of structural challenges facing China's US$14 trillion (S$19 trillion) economy - including record debt levels, rampant pollution, and an ageing population - the risk is that the country gets stuck in a "middle-income trap", stagnating before it reaches rich-world levels of development. Economists say Mr Xi's government can avoid that fate by boosting...

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...