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Republican Rep. Paul Cook (Calif.) will retire from Congress at the end of this term and run for a seat on the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday. He is the 17th House Republican lawmaker to announce they will not seek reelection in 2020. Cook was first elected to his House seat in California's 8th Congressional District in 2012, and sits on both the House Armed Services Committee and Natural Resources Committee. SNIP

New York City Parks is unable to corroborate the Warren campaign’s claim of 20,000 people attending the presidential candidate’s Monday rally in Washington Square Park, with a spokeswoman telling Breitbart News that NYC Parks permitted Warren’s event for an audience of 8,000 – 10,000. The Warren campaign is touting Monday’s rally in Washington Square Park as the candidate’s biggest rally to date, with over 20,000 people in attendance. The campaign told the Hill that it stopped counting individuals pouring in once Warren started speaking. 20,000 showed up for an @ewarren rally in New York tonight. It's her largest rally to...

Tuesday on “Good Morning America,” the “Jeopardy!” host said he “was doing so well” and his medical reports had approached normal levels after his first round of chemo for stage 4 pancreatic cancer. But he suddenly began losing weight. “I lost about 12 pounds in a week,” Trebek said. “And my numbers went sky high, much higher than they were when I was first diagnosed. So, the doctors have decided that I have to undergo chemo again, and that’s what I’m doing.” “Early on, I was down on myself. I didn’t realize how fallible each of us is in his...

The New York Times co-authors of the book, The Education of Brett Kavanaugh: An Investigation made a stunning revelation to Lawrence O'Donnell on MSNBC on Monday. Robin Pogrebin and Kate Kelly revealed that their essay included the all important admission by the supposed victim that she did not remember the incident in question and that information was removed by the Times editors. Here are the admissions by the co-authors which has caused many to  brand the New York Times article as Fake News:

The corruption of the best yields the worst. The most obvious example is Satan, once Lucifer, once first among the angels. A mighty person or institution, if turned to evil, does vastly more harm. A rampant, stampeding elephant outweighs an angry ferret. But what if all the rage and destruction of a maddened pachyderm could be squeezed down into that ferret? Could creep among us unseen, unnoticed? Perhaps even gull us into adopting it as a pet? Then as we grew fond of it, it slowly grew in size. It imperceptibly gained power. Until at last the monster we’d...

Despite media reports that try to minimize our progress, household income in the United States has risen sharply since 2014. Back then, inflation-adjusted median household income stood at $55,913. In 2018, it was $63,179. This $7,266 increase amounts to a 13 percent hike in income over the past four years. Liberal and Democratic contentions that the Trump economy only benefits the wealthy fall flat in the face of the data. Put this increase in incomes into perspective. TRENDING: It Sounds Like Lindsey Graham Now Has Some Damning Dirt on Christopher Steele In the past 20 years, since 1999, median household...

A young and beautiful conservative woman, Deanna Lorraine, is challenging Nancy Pelosi for her California House seat. Ms. Deanna Lorraine is challenging Nancy Pelosi for the House. Lorraine states at the website – This was never my goal in life to become a “Politician.” But I AM a passionate and concerned American. And I care so damn much about this country that I will not sit idly by and watch my beloved country go down in flames. I believe God is calling myself and all of you to stand up and fight, and I commend you for taking that call...

The United States Air Force has just disclosed its official name and designation for its new jet trainer—the T-7A "Red Hawk." The announcement came at the Air Force Association's symposium that opened today outside of Washington, D.C. Acting Air Force Secretary Matt Donovan disclosed the jet's official moniker while standing with one of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, Colonel Charles McGee—a highly decorated veteran with a whopping 409 combat missions spread across WWII, Korea, and Vietnam—by his side. McGee and his Red Hawk squadronmates not only bombed and strafed the Nazis with amazing acumen, they also did the same to...

VIDEO Did the performance of Kamala Harris at the last debate seem a bit...odd? Perhaps she had a bit too much liquid refreshment which led to her outbreaks of laughter.

On Saturday, following an appearance on The Daily Show by teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg, supposed comedienne and genuine leftist Sarah Silverman decided that Thunberg was the reincarnation of someone from long ago: Jesus Christ.

Summer is ending, school is starting back and former First Lady Michelle Obama is reflecting on the value of her own education — and what it means that tens of millions of girls around the world still aren’t getting one. To mark the International Day of Charity on Thursday, Obama, 55, shared a sweet throwback photo on Instagram from her own early school days — complete with bangs and a toothy grin — and encouraged her followers to do the same. But she also urged them to go further: “It’s so easy for us to take our education for granted,...

The Most Radical Tool Against Global Warming Abortion is a global issue. A survey of The World’s Abortion Laws shows significant disagreement about it.A few countries, like Egypt, prohibit it. Others, like Brazil, allow it only when the mother’s life is in danger. In the United States, laws vary from state to state. But the Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision makes it difficult to restrict it significantly.Advocates for abortion frequently argue for a woman’s right to choose. But some now, like Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, promote it to curtail global warming.How would abortion do that?The argument is that...

Former U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry, argued at a conference in Melbourne that economic and environmental benefits stem from investments in renewable energy, but climate crisis deniers in power risk running humanity off a cliff, as the Guardian reported. In his keynote address to the Global Table today — a food and agriculture conference — Kerry took indirect umbrage with the Australian government's inertia on a climate and energy policy while also weighing in on the government's support for the Adani coal mine in Queensland. "We just can't sit on our asses and leave the political process to neanderthals...

On Monday Melania Trump joined President Donald Trump at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony at the White House. The President awarded former New York Yankees baseball pitcher, Mariano Rivera, with the honour for his contribution to baseball. For the occasion, Melania sported a chic white suit by Dior, which featured wide-leg trousers and a single breasted blazer, which the 49-year-old wore unbuttoned. The minimal two-set was paired with a dusty pink jumper by Ralph Lauren and coordinated heels by one of her favourite shoe brands, Manolo Blahnik.

Who needs a “Plus” or a “Max” when you can use the plumage of a colorful bird? Such is the thinking at NBCUniversal, which announced on Tuesday that its new streaming service would be named Peacock... When Peacock makes its debut in April, it will join the growing list of new streaming services, including Apple TV Plus (Nov. 1), Disney Plus (Nov. 12) and HBO Max, which is also to start in April... To compete, Peacock intends to have 15,000 hours of content from its vast library available on both its ad-supported and subscription-based services. Highlights will include complete seasons...

A Hong Kong legislator and pro-democracy activist went to the U.N.’s top human rights body in Geneva this week to appeal for action in the face of alleged police brutality, only to be reprimanded by the presiding officer. Human Rights Council vice president Carlos Mario Foradori told Tanya Chan that her statement did not fall within the parameters of the agenda item being discussed – “Promotion and protection of all human rights.” In her statement, delivered during a segment of the session devoted to non-governmental organization (NGO) representatives, Chan accused Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed authorities of endorsing “police abuse” against pro-democracy...

Kanye West sounded a lot like a preacher testifying about Jesus during his most recent Sunday service held in an Atlanta, Ga., megachurch. Regular attendees at New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, where Dr. Jamal Harrison Bryant pastors, were treated Sunday morning to a 10-minute sermon by the hip-hop artist, FOX 5 reported. Among the hundreds of worshippers were rappers T.I., Chris Tucker and 2 Chainz. "Jesus, let's be specific," West shared, starting off singing and then speaking. "Because the road to hell is paved with, 'Oh, I'm just a good person.'" The audience cheered as the "Jesus Walks" rapper sang...

Today’s Cryptogram Courtesy of The Arkansas Gazette EVKYD YK LTPEZFO, LTPEZFO YK WXPGXDBYZF, WXPGXDBYZF YK ZVP HPXTE, TFH ZVP HPXTE YK LXTRXF. –LXFPO GPXHXPYD TEYXQ You can find this little fun word game, to combat early dementia and senility in us baby boomers, in several daily publications. The way it works is a letter stands for another letter. For example: AXYDLBAAXR is LONGFELLOW (does not apply to today's cryptogram). Beware, the game is very addictive. If this is your first time, don't be intimidated. PLEASE DO NOT post the answer in general comments, but DO post your time and any...

[Catholic Caucus] Viganò Speaks: the “Infiltration” Is Real Jonah began his journey through the city, and when he had gone only a single day’s walk announcing, “Forty days more and Nineveh shall be overthrown,” the people of Nineveh believed God; they proclaimed a fast and all of them, great and small, put on sackcloth.  When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. (Jonah 3:4-6)A year after his bombshell testimony on the cover-up for Theodore McCarrick, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò remains a prophet in exile,...

Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) launched a profane attack on President Donald Trump’s foreign policy on Monday evening, denouncing the idea of defending Saudi Arabia: “We are not your prostitutes. You are not our pimp.