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At the urging of conservative advocacy groups, Republican legislators in more than a dozen states are promoting bills that focus on transgender young people. One batch of bills would bar doctors from providing them certain gender-related medical treatment; another batch would bar trans students from participating on school sports teams of the gender they identify with. The proposed laws, if enacted, “would bring devastating harms to the transgender community,” said Chase Strangio, a transgender-rights lawyer with the American Civil Liberties Union. He warned that the medical bans — now pending in Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Oklahoma, South Carolina and South Dakota...

Lamar Alexander, Susan Collins, Willard Romney, Cory Gardner, Richard Burr, Ben Sass, Lisa Murkowski represent who is on trial. The Republican PartyThe obvious answer is Donald J. Trump. Trump Haters hope that, even when acquitted by the Senate, his reputation will be so tarnished that it will reduce his chances for reelection, and dishonor his legacy. Or, at least, put the patina of failure on his first-term successes and bring him early lame-duck status in a second.

Without even mentioning the word, millions know what Progressives really want for President Trump A dire, but likely conclusion of what will happen now that Progressives masquerading as Democrats have totally capsized everyday reality with high-drama street theatre and surrealism: After frustrating the masses with every day LIVE coverage of the President Donald Trump ‘Impeachment Trial’, poisonous Pelosi will have the president arrested right in the Oval Office after first having him constrained in a strait jacket. The strait jacket would be an added touch because the Democrats want to be able to repeat, “He’s crazy, you know!”

Nancy Pelosi has announced a new creative fundraiser for Dems in 2020: auctioning off limited-edition replicas of the dentures she wore during Trump's impeachment. The dentures have Pelosi's signature emblazoned in gold across the gums. Only 300 sets were made, so you'll need to jump on this opportunity to get this coveted souvenir from Trump's somber impeachment ceremony. The bidding starts at $1,000.00 per pair, with all proceeds going to help Dems campaign on impeachment. Excited Democrats began bidding on the dentures, driving the price up into the tens of thousands of dollars immediately. "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to...

GPS reception may be unavailable or unreliable over a large portion of the southeastern states and the Caribbean during offshore military exercises scheduled between January 16 and 24. The FAA has posted a flight advisory for the exercises that will require jamming of GPS signals for periods of several hours each day of the event. Navigation guidance, ADS-B, and other services associated with GPS could be affected for up to 400 nautical miles at Flight Level 400, down to a radius of 180 nm at 50 feet above the ground. The flight advisory encourages pilots to report any GPS anomalies...

There is a tendency, to censor certain viewpoints because they might "offend" others. The problem is, it is not the inoffensive things that need protecting; it is only the offensive things that do.... Freedom of speech exists precisely to protect the minority from the tyranny of the majority. "[T]he freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter." — US President George Washington, 1783. How come it is all right to publish the original source, prescribing murder, but that it is "hate speech" to point out that quote?

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 respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack the...

Just my two cents, but I think the impeachment delay tactic was necessary to support the premise of the case - Motive, not about anything else like Pens, or fear. As we've been told by the mainstream media "narrative", Trumps actions were not about trying to get truth about the illegal doings in Ukraine and its role in the Russia hoax, but about digging up dirt on Trump's rival. Since there has been no Democrat candidate selected, two things need to happen prior to the formal impeachment hearings to begin. One, Joe Biden needs to be named the DNC candidate,...

"The silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload..." Some of you might remember those lyrics from the song "I Don’t Like Mondays." It was written in 1979 by "sir" Bob Geldof, who was in a new wave band called The Boomtown Rats. Geldof wrote the song after learning about an elementary school shooting that had occurred in a quiet suburb in the city of San Diego, Calif. In January of that year, 16-year-old Brenda Lee Spencer killed the principal and a custodian and wounded eight children and one police officer when she opened fire on the Grover Cleveland...

The House Democrats who will make the case for President Trump’s removal from office face a rapid briefing schedule and uncertain trial rules before squaring off against Trump’s defense team on Tuesday for the first time in their four-month investigation. The seven impeachment managers face multiple challenges as they take their case out of the confines of the House and into the Republican-controlled Senate. For one, they are facing a skeptical, if not openly hostile, jury in the 53-seat GOP majority that will be able to set the rules of engagement for the trial. While Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell...

ST. PETERSBURG — As she arrived to speak at the region’s first ever resilience leadership summit, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor came upon a hotel parking lot packed with cars. Hundreds of people from local governments, universities and scientific consulting firms had shown up Tuesday. Valets at the Hilton in Carillon Park double-parked vehicles, choking the entry. The scene summarized the day: a symbol both of the growing interest in climate change in Tampa Bay and the enormous hurdles officials face as they aim to curb emissions (from cars, for instance) contributing to rising seas. **SNIP** Among the first speakers was...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Music in The Bible) Psalm 90 BOOK IV Psalms 90–106 Psalm 90 A prayer of Moses the man of God. 1 Lord, you have been our dwelling place     throughout all generations. 2 Before the mountains were born     or you brought forth the whole world,     from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 3 You turn people back to dust,     saying, “Return to dust, you mortals.” 4 A thousand years in your sight     are like a day that has just gone by,     or like a watch in the night. 5 Yet you sweep people away in the sleep of death—...

The government ID process entails investigation and verification of relevant information and, then, issuance of an ID. It is not, and never has been, a process to provide false, confusing, unverifiable, or deceptive information requested by the applicant to use for whatever purpose the applicant desires, nor for deception of others as to facts which, in an orderly society, need to conform to reality. Inability to rely on the accuracy of the ID information will be of serious, if not critical, concern to most of the population. Examples of those adversely affected by government identification of males as females (and...

"""I’m in Richmond and have just received information from a very reliable source concerning Monday’s rally against the legislature’s gun grabs. Antifa have rented seven buses to bring in their thugs to cause trouble. The report says they will be wearing MAGA hats and wearing NRA garb. They will pretend to be pro gun people. Meanwhile others posing as democrats holding anti gun signs will stand on the side. The Antifa thugs, pretending to be pro gun , will attack the sign holders. Making it look like the pro gun people have started violence. This is the plan. If you...

A new study claims that YouTube is rife with misinformation about climate change and that some major advertisers inadvertently have their ads running alongside these videos. The new report comes from activist organization Avaaz, a relatively new global group that harnesses the power of collective action via campaigns and petitions. The Avaaz study found that not only were a significant number of climate change denial videos surfacing on the platform, but that YouTube's algorithm was sending viewers to even more of those types of videos. Additionally, in a move that might actually cause YouTube to do something about it, Avaaz...

Some 20 years ago, I was invited to a meeting to discuss "human-trafficking." Held at the Salvation Army Center on D.C.'s New York Avenue, only 10–15 D.C. policy analysts were invited — feminists, conservatives, evangelicals, politicos — and none of us had previously heard of the term "trafficking." That meeting, convened by Michael Horowitz, then at the Hudson Institute, opened our eyes to a problem that is now addressed at the national level as well as internationally through cooperation among nations, as a consequence in large measure of the diligent work of those whose eyes were opened that day. Prior...

Catholic laity protest Cdl Marx, call him to repent for leading German church down schismatic ‘synodal path’ 'Cardinal Reinhard Marx you have shown yourself to be a wolf...hear now the words of Christ: Repent, and believe in the Gospel!' MUNICH, Germany, January 18, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – An international coalition of lay Catholics mobilized in Munich today to silently pray in “firm protest against the German Episcopal Conference and its President” Cardinal Marx on account of the prelates’ plan to embark on a “synodal path” that critics say would create a “new church” that departs from Catholic teaching on priestly celibacy,...

If you missed our livestream Clubland Q&A on Friday afternoon, here's the action replay. Simply click above and settle back for an hour-plus of my answers to questions from Mark Steyn Club members around the planet. This latest edition began with impeachment and ended with a consideration of whether "social media" is reconfiguring humanity. In between came a variety of topics from Roger Scruton on dancing to the latest English town's evil cover-up of industrial-scale paedo gang-rape to the Australian horn player whose wife married the 46th in line to the throne. You don't have to be a Mark Steyn...

Join with fellow FREEPERS around the world to pray for our President and Vice President and for AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. PUT JESUS FIRST IN 2020!

In a letter seen by German media, the EU has unveiled cuts in aid to Turkey over illegal gas drilling off Cyprus' coast and military operations in Syria. But Brussels stopped short of ending democracy promotion projects. The EU has cut pre-accession aid to Turkey by 75%, according to a letter sent to the European Parliament by EU foreign affairs commissioner Josep Borrell and seen by the Essen-based Funke Mediengruppe.Turkey will now only receive €168 million ($186 million) of which €150 million will be spent on strengthening democracy and rule of law. The rest is earmarked for rural development.Borrell justified...