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(Video at Source) CNN host S.E. Cupp made an emotional plea for gun control legislation in the open to her show Saturday, saying “we must do something about guns.” “For years I’ve made the case for the Second Amendment, the right to bear arms, I’ve defended the NRA and its members, law abiding gun owners like me who have nothing to do with gun shootings. I’m a gun owner and a gun rights advocate. I believed it was true. I’m no longer an NRA member,” Cupp said. “Being right no longer feels righteous because in the wake of more mass...

Attorney General Bill Barr has called for possibly multiple federal investigations into the death of accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.The circumstances surrounding the death of history’s (perhaps) most well known serial sex abuser of children wreak of a coordination and organized hit at worst, or just general stupidity and malfeasance at best. Since he was in the custody of the feds it is appropriate and just for the top federal law enforcement officer to get to the bottom of things. Hence it is likely the FBI is already investigating, and just in case the bureau might get “Strzoked,” he also formally empowered...

Some Hollywood figures let the Russia and Trump conspiracy theories fly on the news that convicted pedophile and accused child sex-trafficker Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his Metropolitan Correctional Center prison cell on Saturday morning, after he had reportedly been taken off of suicide watch. “Vlad” said actor Ron Perlman, a clear reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin. Showtime’s Billions creator Brian Koppelman wasn’t as coy as Perlman, writing “Epstein suicide. Sure. Seems likely. Probably what happened. Hey, folks, we’re Russia now. Enjoy it.”

FULL TITLE: Trump retweets conspiracy theory saying the Clintons were involved in Jeffrey Epstein's death - and that Bill visited the pedophile's Caribbean island - but does not make a statement about the suicide of his one-time friend President Trump has retweeted conspiracy theories linking Bill and Hillary Clinton to Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide while remaining silent on the death of his former friend. Trump’s Twitter feed includes a link to a breaking news site which claims that unsealed court documents revealed ‘top Democrats, including Bill Clinton, took private trips to Jeffrey Epstein’s “pedophilia island”.’ The president also retweeted a post...

A couple of years ago, the US Food and Drug Administration sent a “Warning Letter” to Nashoba Brook Bakery, advising its owners that listing “love” as an ingredient in their granola violated the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. The product was “misbranded,” because “love” is “not a common or usual name of an ingredient,” FDA said. Such deceptive labeling practices could mislead consumers and are not allowed. FDA has also warned and cited companies that make “unfounded,” “unproven” or “unsubstantiated” claims about their products. FDA is committed to “protecting the public health by taking action as needed against companies that deceive...

MANILA, Philippines — Malacañang is open to seeking help from the United States to monitor Chinese vessels in the Philippines' exclusive economic zone in the wake of concerns over the reported passage of two Chinese warships through Sibutu Strait without clearance. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo noted that the Philippines has a defense treaty with the US, its traditional ally. "There's nothing wrong with that. I think we are doing something so we can have our own satellite resources. While we do not have one, that's part of a treaty. There is a treaty between America and the Philippines," Panelo said...

FULL TITLE: Jeffrey Epstein's guards 'did NOT check his cell according to procedure' the night he hanged himself - as pictures show his body being wheeled into hospital amid outrage he has escaped justice Guards at Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan jail did not follow procedure and check on prisoners every 30 minutes the night the pedophile took his own life, a source has revealed. The former financier, 66, was found hanging in his prison cell shortly before 7am and was rushed to nearby New York Presbyterian-Lower Manhattan hospital where he was pronounced dead. A photo has emerged of the pedophile's body...

Our gospel tune today is Someone To Care by Red Foley. The song is on his 1958 album Beyond The Sunset. The Westerner http://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

Legal watchdog group Judicial Watch has filed suit against California on behalf of three taxpayers over the state’s effort to dictate the gender makeup of corporate boards, arguing that lawmakers have no authority to make such determinations for a private business. The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court last week, seeks to halt implementation of Senate Bill 826, which requires publicly held corporations headquartered in the state to have at least one director “who self-identifies her gender as a woman.” Depending on the size of the board, the law would mandate as many as three self-identifying women. The suit,...

Dershowitz has long denied Giuffre’s allegations that he had sex with her. In the unsealed court documents, Giuffre once again claims that she had intercourse with Dershowitz at several of Epstein’s mansions, and says that she once gave him oral sex in the back of a limousine on the way to his house in Massachusetts while Epstein and another young woman watched. Giuffre’s father, Sky Roberts, was named as Mar-a-Lago’s “most valuable employee” in a letter signed by Donald Trump in April 2000. Roberts worked on the Trump club’s maintenance crew and was relocating to Colorado for a new job....

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang said if he won the White House, he’d turn Tax Day into a party. “I would turn Tax Day into revenue day. I would make it a national holiday and we would celebrate the fact that we had another awesome year, hundreds of billions in new revenue, and we’d have a party and we’d have it a national party,” Yang told Iowans who stopped to listen to his 20-minute pitch Friday at the Iowa State Fair. “There would be a thank you video from Oprah and The Rock and Tom Hanks saying thank you America...

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Another bad week for Democrats. After the latest debates “No candidate received a polling bump,” according to Morning Consult analyst Anthony Patterson, and the inestimable Michael Barone analyzes the various constituencies -- often conflicting -- that make up the present Democratic party. It appears that Joe Biden still is far ahead of the pack. He’s added to his memorable gaffe list, this week referring supporters to a website which doesn’t exist, again calling Theresa May “Margaret Thatcher” and saying that poor kids were just as talented and intelligent as “white kids.” He capped it off with saying there were “three...

Today's Quotefall Puzzle features a quote by Socrates. Click puzzle (or click here) for full size rendition, then use your browser's print command to print puzzle. Socrates was a Greek philosopher and as the first acknowledged moral Western philosopher, would be considered the Dennis Prager of his age. 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 white squares on the...

“Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.” Former President Richard Nixon, in a 1977 interview with David Frost describing the most important thing he had learned from the Watergate experience. It has been 45 years (this week) since Richard Nixon resigned the presidency. President Nixon was as complicated as he was brilliant. Even Bill Clinton, who spoke at his funeral, came to value his insight. Today we see a party and their activists elevating hate to an art form. The media, which used to serve as a regulator, has largely joined in...

According to right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter, there is more to the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking conspiracy charges than meets the eye. According to Coulter, Epstein had a “state sponsor” for a “blackmailing” operation, meant to entrap powerful men so that some higher entity could control them with threats of their dirty deeds being exposed. Coulter noted that she has long been making this claim, and cited Epstein’s light sentence on state charges for soliciting an underage prostitute in 2007 as evidence. The light charges and prison sentence allowed Epstein to roam free until he was arrested again Saturday. “Epstein, according...

Hello they think we are so stupid in reality this is an epicfail of justice and the intelligence system. Yet, somehow it all plays out like a very bad movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zrc-8_Bsk 

In light of Jeffrey Epstein’s Saturday morning death, author and right-wing firebrand Ann Coulter spoke to The Rundown News. Coulter has been following and reporting on the Epstein scandal since 2006. “Whomever/whatever was behind the sexpot/pedophile ring has already been big enough to thwart a state prosecution, a federal prosecution and now we have a fake suicide of the main actor,” Coulter said by email. The news of Epstein’s death has an ominous implication for the individuals who were finally going to get their day in court – some of whom have been waiting for more than 20 years. “Look...

President Trump lashed out at Anthony Scaramucci in a series of tweets, claiming his “incapable” former White House communications director​ only appears as a pundit on television because of his association with the president. ​”Anthony Scaramucci, who was quickly terminated (11 days) from a position that he was totally incapable of handling, now seems to do nothing but television as the all time expert on ​’​President Trump​,'” Trump posted late Saturday. “Like many other so-called television experts, he knows very little about me​ ​other than the fact that this Administration has probably done more than any other Administration in its...

“Algae? But... isn’t that gross?” That’s what Rebecca White commonly hears from surprised people at her booth at trade shows, after the unsuspecting visitors find out the snack bar they just ate, and actually really liked, contains algae. White is a research scientist at iWi, a nutrition company that runs one of the largest algae farms. She isn’t offering snacks filled with algae just to show people that the mossy greens can be added to food without making it taste or smell like pond water. The real mission is to discuss algae’s potential as a solution for a much bigger...