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Eminent Catholic historian: ‘The Church triumphs when her faithful members fight for her’ Christus Vincit: Christ’s Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age 14 October 2019 – Palazzo Cardinal Cesi, Rome  Prof. Roberto de Mattei It is a great honor for me to participate alongside Cardinal Burke and Bishop Schneider, in the presentation of Diane Montagna’s book-interview with the same Msgr. Athanasius Schneider, entitled: Christus Vincit: Christ’s Triumph Over the Darkness of the Age. The interview with Bishop Schneider is very beautiful and I congratulate not only the bishop, but also the journalist, who in her questions touched on every...

I’m excited to announce a new chapter in The Buck Sexton Show. Starting today, you can watch me on The First, a new network available for FREE on Pluto TV channel 248. The First is all about free speech and big ideas. It’s a home for people who don’t blindly trust the New York Times, NPR, or CNN — a unique platform for people who are skeptical of the mainstream media and interested in going deeper than the talking points. The First launches today in preview mode so you can get an early look and provide your feedback. Check it...

LeBron James is facing accusations of hypocrisy on both sides of the Pacific for characterizing Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey as 'misinformed' after the NBA team executive ignited an international dispute between the league and China by tweeting out his support for pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong last week. Around 200 demonstrators in the city burned James's jersey at a playground on Tuesday amid signs reading, 'Stand with HK; Stand with Morey.' Many of the activists were seen wearing the replica jerseys of other NBA players. Some protesters posted pictures of James holding oversized Chinese currency, referencing his vast...

Her gun control, made public in August on Medium, shows Warren believes the current ten percent excise tax on firearms is too low. She wants to raise that tax to 30 percent while increasing the tax on ammunition to 50 percent. Because excise taxes are paid directly by the consumer–the taxes are added to the price of the goods–this means a $500 gun would immediately cost $515 and the price for a $20 box of ammo would immediately rise to $30.

We’re Wallowing in Our Own Backwardness The Lebanese TV host Joumana Haddad said in a September 19, 2019 monologue on Al-Hurra TV (U.S.), a station supported by the American government, that the Arabs are a racist people. She criticized the Arab nation for looking down, she said, upon other races and nationalities and for not seeing anything shameful about its racism. She said that Arab countries legally condone racism and forms of human trafficking, slavery, and systematic humiliation, and that the Arab countries are “wallowing” in their backward past. In addition, Haddad said that it is human advancement, interest...

Broadcast-TV ratings may again be on the decline — as they have been since… well, for a while! — but that does not mean ABC, CBS et al are about to close up shop and leave your Zenith with nothing but test patterns. And here is the important reason why. Money. “But,” you argue, “ratings are down! You typed it right up above! I see it with my own eyes!” And the short retort to that is: Remember what your high school economics teacher told you about supply and demand…. The longer answer, for those interested enough to stick around:...

On Monday, ABC News got caught lying about having a video allegedly showing Turkish troops slaughtering Kurdish civilians in northern Syria, when, in fact, it was video from a gun range in Kentucky. Seemingly thinking a pair of weak apologies on Twitter were enough, the liberal broadcast network refused to correct the record and inform viewers on their journalistic malpractice during that evening’s World News Tonight. As NewsBusters’s Kristine Marsh reported, Sunday’s World News Tonight teed up the contents of the video as being a product of President Trump’s foreign policy, declaring, “This video right here appearing to be showing...

October 14, 2019 Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Pursuant to the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), I hereby report that I have issued an Executive Order (the “order”) declaring a national emergency due to the situation in and in relation to Syria, and in particular the recent actions by the Government of Turkey to conduct a military offensive into northeast Syria. I have taken this action because recent actions by the Government of Turkey undermine the campaign to defeat the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, endangers civilians, and further threatens...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) said Tuesday he plans to introduce legislation that would make threats and attacks against news organizations a federal crime. “What we have to address is the continuing threat of physical violence, whether by guns or other means, against the press that may intimidate them in their vital newsgathering operation,” Blumenthal said at a press conference. “It is a priority for me to protect newsgathering operations no matter what their form and the act that we’re proposing would in fact establish a federal crime when someone threatens or attacks anyone doing f act-gathering or news operations. That...

Executive Order on Blocking Property and Suspending Entry of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Syria By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) (NEA), section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 (8 U.S.C. 1182(f)), and section 301 of title 3, United States Code, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, find that the situation in and in...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Payback Fall-out from the raid Secular media is confirming Church Militant's report last week that the recent Vatican raid centers on hundreds of millions of dollars misappropriated by the Secretariat of State. The alleged crime took place under Cdl. Angelo Becciu, a papal ally promoted to cardinal last year by Pope Francis. When Becciu worked as deputy Secretary of State, he authorized the purchase of this property on 60 Sloane Avenue in London for a price equalling more than $200 million. The problem? The money was taken from Peter's Pence, the pope's annual collection meant to be used towards the...

BREAKING: #ExposeCNN PART 2 - Network Picks Winners and Losers on Eve of Debate. Full video uploading now.First Cliphttps://twitter.com/JamesOKeefeIII/status/1184140878685888512 

The founder of #MeToo is using the second anniversary of the movement to launch a new effort intended to mobilize voters heading into the 2020 election. The new hashtag #MeTooVoter was unveiled Tuesday, on the same day as the fourth Democratic presidential debate and reflects a frustration among activists that issues of sexual violence and harassment have largely been absent from the debate stage and campaign trail. “You can’t have 12 million people respond to a hashtag in this country and they not be constituents, taxpayers, and voters,” #MeToo founder Tarana Burke said in an interview with The Associated Press....

In a precursor to next week’s special Senate session to decide if Scott Israel should get his job back as Broward County sheriff, parents of the students murdered in the Parkland school shooting on Monday urged and warned state senators not to do it. “His lack of leadership and poor training of his rank and file played a role in the death of Nick and the injury of my other son,” Mitch Dworet said in front of an assembly of news cameras at the Parkland substation of the Broward Sheriff’s Office. “I say to any politician, 'Look to your conscience...

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has hit out at United States senator Josh Hawley for his “irresponsible” remark that Hong Kong is becoming a police state. Hawley, the youngest sitting senator in the US, arrived in the city on Sunday to observe the anti-government protests, which have raged for more than four months. At the end of the visit, he urged demonstrators in Hong Kong to shun violence, but he blamed Hong Kong police for aggravating the crisis, accusing them of ramping up their use of force. He also said the city is in “danger of sliding into...

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign continues to grow behind the scenes, fueled by Democrats trying to impeach the president and the unprecedented level of fundraising. The Republican National Committee continues building the Trump Victory 2020 arm of the campaign, organizing volunteers and supporters of the president. “This is the largest campaign in presidential history,” a senior Trump campaign official said in a call with reporters, looking ahead to their organizational priorities for the 2020 campaign The RNC plans to swell the deployed staff to one and a half times larger than 2016 and to have 2.5 times more volunteers. “Our...

In cases where the police do nothing to stop violent #Antifa thugs, Trump should federalize the state National Guard the way Eisenhower did in Arkansas in 1957. The same response applied to segregationists who violated Constitutional Rights needs to be applied to violent leftists who do the same thing in cases where police refuse to act and help.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday rebuffed an appeal from a Christian former high school student who argued coursework on Islam at her Maryland school violated her First Amendment rights. The dispute involves Caleigh Wood, a student at La Plata High School in Charles County, Maryland, who enrolled in a state-mandated World History course during the 2014-2015 school year. As part of the class, the then-junior was required to complete coursework on “The Muslim World,” in which she learned about Islam. Wood took issue with two parts of the class: a PowerPoint presentation that said most Muslims’ faith “is stronger than...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton does not agree with her daughter Chelsea Clinton on the issue of transgender identity. The two disagreed over whether or not someone with a beard and a penis can identify as a woman during a recent interview with the the Sunday Times of London. Chelsea Clinton answered in the affirmative, saying that "yes," a person with male genitalia and facial hair can identify as a female. The former presidential candidate, however, looked "uneasy," according to journalist Decca Aitkenhead. “Errr," the elder Clinton responded. "I’m just learning about this. It’s a very big generational discussion,...

I explore some of the social problems within the Muslim world and explain their root cause, which is found in the Koran. I also point out the hypocrisy of Muslims who claim they don't deify Muhammad while at the same time proscribing any criticism of his life or actions.