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What is this attention whoring but making a mockery of American governance and elected office? She did this in front of her son and daughter, teaching them the same contempt for America. These know-nothings haven’t the vaguest idea of the singular greatness of America and what it was our founding fathers achieved. NEWLY ELECTED MISSOURI COUNCIL MEMBER SWORN IN ON DR. SEUSS BOOK INSTEAD OF BIBLE By Daniel Avery, Newsweek, August 21, 2019: A newly elected member of the St. Louis County Council chose to be sworn in with a Dr. Seuss book rather than a Bible. Earlier this month,...

August 23 2019 Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time Reading 1 Ru 1:1, 3-6, 14b-16, 22 Once in the time of the judges there was a famine in the land;so a man from Bethlehem of Judahdeparted with his wife and two sonsto reside on the plateau of Moab.Elimelech, the husband of Naomi, died,and she was left with her two sons, who married Moabite women,one named Orpah, the other Ruth.When they had lived there about ten years,both Mahlon and Chilion died also,and the woman was left with neither her two sons nor her husband.She then made ready to...

French President Emmanuel Macron told Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday that there was not enough time to wholly rewrite Britain’s Brexit divorce deal before an Oct. 31 deadline.

President Trump said last week that “we are all Americans. We all share the same home” and “the same heart.” He warned that “radical Democrats are trying to tear this country apart” with identity politics. Left-wing activists are using the same divisive ideology to hijack our kids’ young minds. Across the country, leftists are demanding public schools teach “ethnic studies.” Many of these courses demonize America, label whites as oppressors and indoctrinate students to become “social justice organizers.” California Democrats are pushing to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement statewide. Their draft curriculum defines ethnic studies as the...

Federal court undercuts progressive efforts to nullify Electoral College, rules electors can vote freely In a major blow to state-by-state progressive efforts to effectively replace the Electoral College with a nationwide popular vote, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that presidential electors in the Electoral College have the absolute right to vote for presidential candidates of their choice. Democrats have increasingly sought to erase the Electoral College's influence by promoting state laws that would force electors to vote for the national popular vote winner -- and those laws were now in jeopardy as a result of the court's ruling,...

To the editor: Women voters are going to make the difference in the 2020 election — just like we did 100 years ago in the 1920 election. A century ago, Iowa women were celebrating their victory in pressuring their state government to ratify the 19th Amendment. It was 99 years ago this week that those same women learned they would have the right to vote in a presidential election for the very first time. Republican women, in particular, took the initiative back then by registering to vote, allowing them to play a key role in giving the GOP landslide election...

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Thu Aug 22, 2019 - 4:28 pm EST Multi-faith committee set up to spread Pope Francis’ claim that God wills ‘diversity of religions’ August 22, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – A multi-faith “higher committee” was announced this week to implement the “Human Fraternity” document signed by Pope Francis and a Grand Imam in February that stated, among other things, that a “pluralism and diversity” of religions is “willed by God.” Prominent members of the committee that has been set up in Abu Dhabi include Pope Francis’ personal secretary Monsignor Yoannis Lahzi Gaid, Bishop Miguel Ángel Ayuso Guixot, President of the Pontifical Council...

President Trump, who sparked controversy with this comments about purchasing Greenland, at one point joked about trading Puerto Rico for the Danish territory, a former White House official told The New York Times. Trump joked about trading the American territory for Greenland last year, according to the former official, who reportedly overheard the president. Trump has frequently sparred with Puerto Rican politicians, calling them "corrupt." Trump has repeatedly made the incorrect claim the island received $92 billion in disaster relief for Hurricane Maria, and Puerto Rican officials have criticized the president for not doing more in the aftermath of the...

Canada: Jihadi Jack’s dad says Canada could “be enlightened world leader” by bringing son “home” AUG 22, 2019 1:00 PM BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS The father of Jack Letts, who has been dubbed “Jihadi Jack” by the British media, is advocating for his son to come home to Canada (he held British and Canadian citizenship, but has been stripped of his British citizenship). Playing Canadians for fools, he stated that “Canada could prove itself an enlightened world leader” if Jihadi Jack is brought back to Canada. Never mind the unspeakable acts that Jihadi Jack has committed and the threat he poses...

Baylor lets female professors fool around with students, punishes males for doing the same: lawsuit ETHAN BERMAN - UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN •AUGUST 16, 2019 Christian school hid evidence from accused professor, he says Baylor University created a campus-wide “culture of anti-male bias and intimidation” in response to criticism about its handling of sexual-assault reports, according to a federal lawsuit filed last week. “John Doe,” a former assistant professor of economics, not only claims that the Christian university ignored evidence that contradicted his student accuser, a former lover. He says female professors are tacitly allowed to date students in violation of...

Unbelievable? host Justin Brierley shares why he thinks Christianity makes best sense of human existence, value and purpose.

Congress pumps brakes on Interior push to relocate Bureau of Land Management BY REBECCA BEITSCH - 08/22/19 06:00 AM EDT The Interior Department says it is moving ahead with plans to relocate a Washington-based agency to Colorado after getting the green light from Congress, but lawmakers say no such approval has been granted. The Department of the Interior is preparing to move 27 top officials at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to new headquarters in Grand Junction, Colo., while scattering other D.C.-based employees to existing offices out West. The House Appropriations Committee was given 30 days to submit questions...

Germany’s Merkel demands that EU states resume illegal Muslim migrant naval pickup mission AUG 22, 2019 5:00 PM BY CHRISTINE DOUGLASS-WILLIAMS Earlier this year, German Chancellor Angela Merkel backed out of Operation Sophia, which used naval vessels to rescue migrants in the Mediterranean. Her move was in response “to populist Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini’s policy of keeping ports closed to illegal migrants.” But now Merkel is calling “on members of the European Union (EU) to resume rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean using naval vessels.” Merkel doesn’t seem to think that her country has suffered enough from jihad attacks, the...

Gary Kupferschmid managed to snag the autographs of five presidential candidates in just three hours at the Iowa State Fair this month, adding to a hefty collection that includes Jimmy Carter, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump – the last of whom got his vote in 2016. Now Mr. Kupferschmid is back in his hometown, standing on the dimly lit porch of the Port of Burlington as the Mississippi River flows by, waiting for a signature from the latest candidate to roll through. But Mayor Pete Buttigieg is hard to get to. He is mobbed everywhere...

Navy Facing Billion-Dollar Tab, Years to Get China Lake Fully Operational After Quake By: Gidget Fuentes August 21, 2019 1:11 PM A pair of strong earthquakes that struck the Navy’s key hub for air warfare research, development and testing six weeks ago handed the service a huge bill to replace, rebuild or repair damaged facilities. The Navy estimates more than $2 billion in repairs are needed to repair facilities damaged by a pair of earthquakes six weeks ago at its vital hub for air warfare research, development and testing. China Lake Naval Weapons Station encompasses 1.1 million acres north and...

Exclusive: Former Overstock CEO speaks out on his resignation "The apparatus of Washington is going to grind me into the dust." - Overstock.com CEO, Patrick Byrne Overstock.com CEO, Patrick Byrne, resigned amid some 'deep-state' controversy. He exclusively tells FOX Business' 'Bulls & Bears' why he did that.

(CNN)In the wake of mass shootings around the country, the mayor of one California city wants to require all gun owners to carry liability insurance for their weapons -- or pay a fee to help shoulder the public costs of gun violence. San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo proposed the local ordinance on Monday, and if passed by the city council, it could become the nation's first such requirement. Similar state legislation is also being considered in Massachusetts and New York. The proposal comes just two weeks after a shooting left three people dead and injured more than 12 in Gilroy,...

Patrick Byrne, who just resigned as Overstock’s CEO after revealing a romantic relationship with accused Russian spy Maria Butina, claimed in a wild CNN interview Thursday night that the highest echelons of the FBI directed him to pursue the tryst.

Everything you know about Satanism is wrong.At least that's what a new documentary about the Satanic Temple could be about to prove.Despite the similarity of the name, the Temple is different to The Church of Satan, established in 1966 by chat show circuit celebrity Anton Levey in San Francisco, California.Human sacrifice? Wrong. Blood drinking? Wrong. Black Mass? Well, sort of right.The Temple was founded in 2013 with a mission statement "to encourage benevolence and empathy among all people, reject tyrannical authority, advocate practical common sense and justice, and be directed by the human conscience to undertake noble pursuits guided by...