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A former Ukrainian prosecutor general is speaking out after Vice President Joe Biden forced him out of his job. Speaking to ABC News, former Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin said he has “no doubt” Biden wanted him gone to help protect Hunter Biden’s employer. At the time, Shokin was investigating Burisma Holdings while Biden’s son Hunter was on the board earning as much as $50,000 a month. “Biden was acting not like a U.S. vice president, but as an individual,” he said to ABC News, “like the individual interested in having me removed — having me gone so that I did...

The term “useful idiot,” often credited to Vladimir Lenin, applies to people supporting a cause or movement injurious to their own self-interest. Nowhere is this more relevant these days than in Silicon Valley ...seem to have the social and political acuity of middle schoolers, as evidenced by their strong support for progressive Democrats poised to destroy the underpinnings of their businesses. California governor Gavin Newsom is expected to sign the recently passed Assembly Bill 5, which will effectively turn many contractors into employees. AB5 codifies the California Supreme Court’s unanimous May 2018 ruling in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior...

A total of 106 demonstrators were arrested at “yellow vest” and climate protests in Paris by 1 pm Saturday as more than 7,000 police were deployed to quell any violence by the movement and its radical, anarchist “black blocs”. […] Several hundred protesters were in the streets of the French capital around 11 am (09:00 GMT) on Saturday. By then, police had arrested 39 of them, police headquarters said, adding that some protesters had been found to carry hammers or petrol canisters. By 1:00 pm (11:00 GMT), police had arrested 106 demonstrators, police headquarters said, adding that some had been...

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is non-political, although you will find that most here are conservative folks. No matter what, you won’t be flamed and the only dumb question is the one...

On 10 September 2019, Colorado Congressman Ken Buck (R-CO) offered an amendment to the proposed bill to create federal grants for  “Red Flag” bills in the House of Representative. The amendment was offered in the Judiciary Committee.  Representative Ken Buck's introduction of the amendment occurs in the first minute and ten seconds of the video on C-Span. “Red Flag” bills allow police to confiscate guns from people with a mere accusation they may pose a threat. In Red Flag bills, there is little due process. An accusation is sufficient. No court appearance by the accused, or confrontation of witnesses,...

May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. 2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV If there were any question the Democrat Party is a cult this past week proved it with their confession of sins against the earth. A newspaper asked its readers to write in confessions to trees of what they had done in the past week of earth sins as a symbol of their impurity to Gaia. Every week we see them slipping deeper and deeper into their secular humanism and many would say...

A leading proponent of building bridges between churches and LGBTQ Christians will speak Tuesday at Baylor University, where debates over sexuality and faith have come to the forefront. The Baylor School of Social Work is hosting a discussion with Justin Lee, a nationally known author and founder of the Gay Christian Network. Lee will speak at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday on the fifth floor of the Cashion Academic Center. The event is free and open to the public. ... In his Baylor appearance he aims to discuss the way the Christian churches have handled LGBTQ issues in the past and how...

[Catholic Caucus] The rector of D.C.’s Basilica has stepped aside from Catholic University’s board amid a church investigation The rector of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, the country’s largest Catholic church, has stepped aside from his role on Catholic University’s board amid an ongoing church investigation, a spokeswoman for the basilica told The Washington Post on Friday.Monsignor Walter Rossi, who has served on CUA’s board since his appointment as rector of the basilica in 2005, requested a leave of absence on Aug. 27 until an investigation into him is finished. However, Rossi remains in active ministry, according to...

If Democrats were serious about using red flag laws to keep guns out if the hands of people who might use them to senselessly murder others and therefore are danger to society, and not just as a gun-control tool to disarm law-abiding citizens, then why did they kill an attempt to use compiled lists of known gang members, which many police departments and law enforcement agencies possess? Why did they kill a measure to red flag gang members? And if Beto O’Rourke is going to come and take our guns, particularly our AR-15s, is he going to start on the...

My friends I can see it coming. Saudi Arabia is attacked. Iran's has domestic trouble and the rest of the world turns to the U.S. for more production. The price hikes will exempt the American consumer. So the oil companies calmly take advantage at our expense. Sarah arranged a payout for all Alaskans-north slope oil. Will we be lied to(again)?

Two years after leaving office, Joe Biden couldn’t resist the temptation last year to brag to an audience of foreign policy specialists about the time as vice president that he strong-armed Ukraine into firing its top prosecutor. In his own words, with video cameras rolling, Biden described how he threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn’t immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin. “I said, ‘You’re not getting the billion.’ I’m going to be leaving here in, I...

Two Muslim men from Texas say American Airlines profiled them and canceled their flight after crew members said they “didn’t feel comfortable” flying with the pair. Abderraoof Alkhawaldeh and Issam Abdallah said they filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation against the Fort Worth-based airline, asking the federal agency to investigate the incident. The men say American Airlines discriminated against them Saturday for appearing Muslim and Middle Eastern during a flight from Birmingham, Alabama, that was headed to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The pair says flight attendants reported them because a crew member noticed Abdallah flush the toilet...

Trump just tweeted a video that nuked Biden's campaign. MUST WATCH!

If you say Islam Is RIGHT About Women then you are guilty of hate speech. On the other hand, if you say Islam Is WRONG About Women then you are guilty of hate speech. Go figure.

WINCHESTER, Mass. - A slew of controversial signs posted across one local town has been drawing more confusion than outrage. In Winchester, signs that read "Islam was RIGHT about women" has residents scratching their heads to figure out exactly what the poster meant by those words. Winchester Police and upset residents spent a good part of their Wednesday afternoon removing signs from several poles across the town.

The American depository receipts of Tata Motors Ltd. (TTM) have gained over 10% on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday, after the government of India cut its corporate tax rate and set other measures to boost growth. At 12:25 p.m. ET, Tata Motors ADRs had gained 10.24% to trade at $9.69. Volume was heavy, with over 2.2 million ADRs trading, above the 65-day average volume of some 1.6 million. Local companies in India will now pay a 22% corporate tax, a reduction of 8 percentage points, and new companies who begin manufacturing operations in the next four years will...

This is a book review of the book Spying on the South by Tony Horwitz. This is a book filled with leftist hate and elitist presuppositions: "Thus, Horwitz’s Narrative demonstrates the left’s tendency to portray the “deplorables” backing Trump as extremist Klansmen and neo-Nazis on a violent rampage, rather than the hospitable, friendly, and courteous folk he admits to encountering on his journeys. Further examples of the mirror-world of The Narrative: Trump is supposedly a fascist who plans to suppress free speech, while Silicon Valley totalitarians censor conservatives from the Internet in the name of combating “hate.” Alleged foreign interference...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Old Testament) Daniel 11 11 1 And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him.) The Kings of the South and the North 2 “Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece. 3 Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great power and do as he pleases. 4 After...

It is impossible to separate the latest attack on Justice Brett Kavanaugh from the political strategy of the Democratic Party. On September 16, two days after the New York Times "Sunday Review" section told of another allegation of sexual misconduct during Kavanaugh's college years, "Axios AM" described Democratic plans "to portray President Trump, Justice Brett Kavanaugh and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as the three villains defining the three branches of government for the 2020 campaign." The reasoning: "Each of these white men, they will argue, symbolizes Republican corruption and rule-bending.” Because opinions of Trump do not change, the Democrats...

“It’s clearly not my time,” said the mayor (who polled a huge zero and couldnt raise enough small money to make the debate stage.) “I’m going to continue my work as mayor” (said the man who installed the 7 hour per month work schedule in City Hall). Predictably, the de Blasio campaign couldn’t break into single digits in the polls — zero is only technically a number, after all — and the wonder of it is that he even tried. The effort presented new opportunities for those with business before City Hall to show their affection for the mayor in...