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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine’s new leader to work with Rudy Giuliani and the U.S. attorney general to investigate Democratic political rival Joe Biden, according to a rough transcript summarizing the call released Wednesday. In the call, Trump raised unsubstantiated allegations that Biden sought to interfere with a Ukrainian prosecutor’s investigation of the former vice president’s son Hunter. “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that,” Trump said to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

Many Christians in the United States are “practical universalists” who believe that many if not all religions will lead a person to Heaven, according to the son of famed evangelist Luis Palau.Kevin Palau, president and CEO of the Luis Palau Association, was interviewed on a recent episode of the Dallas Theological Seminary podcast “The Table” about a Barna Group report indicating that half of Millennial-aged Christians think it is wrong to evangelize.Darrell Bock, executive director for cultural engagement at DTS and host of the podcast, commented that he felt that such a conclusion was peculiar given the respondents’ self-identification.“If you...

It’s a strange campaign season, loaded with fantastical promises of government handouts for health care, college and even a guaranteed national income. But Sen. Elizabeth Warren ’s Social Security plan takes the cake. With trillion-dollar federal budget deficits and Social Security heading for bankruptcy, Ms. Warren proposes to give every current and future Social Security recipient an additional $2,400 a year. She plans to finance her proposal, which would cost more than $150 billion annually, with a 14.8% tax on high-income individuals. If Franklin D. Roosevelt were alive, he’d surely wonder why anyone calling herself a Democrat would want to...

“Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame. Debate thy cause with thy neighbour himself; and discover not a secret to another” (Proverbs 25:8-9).

Iran appeared to offer a key concession overnight in its standoff with the West, but just how meaningful is anyone’s guess. A day or so after France, Germany, and the UK all publicly agreed that Iran launched the missile attack on Saudi Arabia, a government spokesperson said that the regime is now willing to renegotiate terms of the 2015 nuclear deal that Donald Trump scotched. Iran was willing to accept “small changes” in the original JCPOA to satisfy the US, as long as sanctions were dropped during the negotiations — a significant change in their posture.One key point —...

EXCLUSIVE: A senior Trump administration official told Fox News late Tuesday that the administration will release a document showing the intelligence community inspector general found the whistleblower who leveled an explosive accusation against President Trump concerning his talks with Ukraine had indications of “political bias” in favor of “a rival candidate” of the president. The official did not identify the name of the rival candidate. Separately, a senior administration official told Fox News the White House has been working as quickly as it can to release to Congress the whistleblower complaint involving President Trump's conversations with the leader of Ukraine,...

The rich and very rich in America include the corporate chiefs, particularly in the tech industry where personal fortunes have exploded. Then there are the Hollywood figures and sports stars whose paychecks sometimes run in the millions. And many members of Congress, whose fortunes frequently surge when they are elected and even more after they leave office. These are the people who should take notice of the segment of the American population that views itself as liberal or very liberal, a new poll indicates. Rich people "might want to watch their backs," writes Brad Polumbo for the Washington Examiner, spotlighting...

Hillary Clinton demands Donald Trump is impeached like her husband, calling the president who beat her in 2016 ‘a reckless, corrupt human tornado who cares only about himself’ Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that she supports impeaching President Donald Trump Clinton calls the president 'a reckless, corrupt human tornado' Her support comes after a whistleblower's claims accusing Trump of pressuring Ukranian president to dig up damaging information about Joe Biden's family Democrats are formalizing impeachment proceedings against the President On Monday, Trump said that he delayed aid to Ukraine ahead of a phone call with the Ukraine...

If politics were regulated the way that consumer goods are, Nancy Pelosi might be charged by the FTC with deceptive packaging for her ridiculous announcement yesterday that an “official” impeachment inquiry is underway. It is pure theatre,  designed to appease the radicals like Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, who two days ago denouncned the failure to impeach as worse than Trump’s “crimes.” With radical primary challengers and a San Francisco constituency given to backing lunatic schemes and politicians, she fears for her political career. The only way that impeachment begins with a floor vote of the House, after which time subpoenas can...

Today we bring you Spade Cooley & Tex Williams - You Never Miss The Water (Tll The Well Runs Dry). Recorded in 1946 and released in 1947. THE WESTERNER https://thewesterner.blogspot.com/

These days, there isn’t much to laugh about given the Democrat shenanigans coming out of Washington, D.C., but that’s why we love comedian Terrence K. Williams: He brings us the humor we need in these trying times. The funnyman shot a video of himself calling the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to thank her for announcing an impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump on Tuesday.

Rep Mark Meadows: "I've read the transcript and the Democrat spin was wrong... again - President Zelensky initiated the Giuliani convo and asked the WH to send him to Ukraine - ZERO discussion of foreign aid quid pro quo That's it? THAT'S what Democrats are impeaching on? Give me a break."

Leave it to Canada to make genital waxing a political and "legal" issue.  The infamous British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal (BCHRT) is seriously considering a claim of "gender identity" discrimination by a man named Jonathan ("Jessica") Yaniv.  His complaint?  Since he "identifies" as a woman, he says women's salons had no right to refuse to wax his intact male genitals. Since LGBT politics are genital-based, it's not surprising that things have devolved to the point where B.C.'s quasi-judicial human rights apparatus — AKA kangaroo court — is taking this man's complaint seriously.  But since there is no reality to "gender identity," the courts (whether in Canada or the U.S.)...

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders on Tuesday rolled out his plan to levy an “extreme wealth tax” on millionaires and billionaires, which he plans to enforce through the creation of a “national wealth registry.” “Today, the United States has more income and wealth inequality than almost any major country on Earth, and it is worse now than at any time since the 1920s,” Sanders said in his proposal. Sanders’ annual tax on the top 0.1 percent would apply to Americans with a net worth of over $32 million, or about 180,000 households, and would raise approximately $4.35 trillion over...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) – A majority of West Virginia voters says women should have the option of abortion if they think it’s necessary. “It is important for all West Virginians to have access to the full range of reproductive healthcare, including abortion,” comments Rebecca Naser, Senior Vice President of Hart Research. And the majority of West Virginians agree with this statement according to new poll findings conducted by Hart Research and West Virginia Free. Today, legislators were presented with data gathered on registered voters’ attitudes towards full-range reproductive health care, and the findings show they support it. They want it,...

The White House on Wednesday released a transcript of President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky showing him seeking a review of Biden family dealings in the country – but the document does not show Trump leveraging military aid as part of a quid-pro-quo, as Democrats have suggested in pressing forward with impeachment. The transcript, declassified by Trump a day earlier, indicates the call – which Trump made from the White House residence -- took place July 25 from 9:03 a.m. to 9:33 a.m. It begins with the president congratulating Zelensky on his election victory, before Trump...

Memo shows President Trump repeatedly prodded Ukraine president to work with lawyer Rudy Giuliani, AG William Barr to investigate Joe Biden.

President Donald J. Trump has released a declassified, unredacted transcript of his telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy from July 25th, 2019. The transcript can be read HERE.

A few days ago, our small-town mayor in rural Virginia, about 45 minutes from a major nuclear power plant, announced she had received an offer from a company desiring 125 acres of town-owned woodland for a solar farm.  It made little business sense until learning of Executive Order 43, signed on Sep. 16 by Virginia's Gov. Ralph Northam.  EO-43 mandates expansion of solar energy and other renewable energy ideas like those in the Democrats' radical Green New Deal.  Perhaps he had noble intentions, but more likely, it was to regain support from his base after being weakened politically by his alleged blackface photo and...

President Donald Trump asked Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to “look into” former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, during a phone call in July, NBC News’ Pete Williams reported Wednesday. Trump only mentioned Biden once in the July 25 call, which lasted about 30 minutes and produced a five-page transcript, NBC reported. The call with Zelensky is reportedly a central part of the whistleblower complaint that spurred many Democrats to support an impeachment inquiry against Trump.