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Candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination Sen. Bernie Sanders (Vt) took direct aim at the prosperity message of the Trump reelection campaign in his bid to become the nation’s next leader. “Wages may be up and unemployment at record lows, but the Trump economy lacks the social cohesion needed for a true human society,” he asserted. “Before capitalism supplanted feudalism there were solid social bonds between lords and serfs. Neither class could renege on its social responsibility to the other. Now employers can simply dismiss employees if they are redundant or unproductive and employees are free to seek other...

"Pray without ceasing on behalf of other men...For cannot he that falls rise again?"~Saint Ignatius of Antioch Ignatius of Antioch is one of the earliest of the Church fathers who left significant writings behind. Born in the mid-First Century AD, it is believed that he, along with Polycarp, were disciples of Saint John the Evangelist. Ecclesiastical historians of the fourth and fifth centuries mention that Ignatius was consecrated bishop of Antioch by Saint Peter himself. His feast day, on the traditional calendar, is February 1. Ignatius was martyred during the reign of Trajan, thus sometime between AD 98 and 117....

Animal rights organization PETA is under fire after claiming the group's Colin Kaepernick-inspired Super Bowl advertisement was rejected by FOX and the NFL because the message was "too daring."

American Airlines removed a passenger who boarded a flight in Dallas on Thursday while wearing a gas mask - causing panic among the other fliers. The incident took place at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, where American Flight 2212 was preparing to depart to Houston in the evening. But passengers grew alarmed at the unusual sight - a man boarded wearing a gas mask over his face and a black beanie covering his head. 'Just FYI flight 2212 to Houston was delayed an hour because you let this guy on the plane wearing a gas mask,' Joseph Say wrote on...

Ted Cruz appeared to mock Nancy Pelosi's infamous handclap on the floor of the Senate Friday after 51 Republicans voted against calling witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial - effectively ending Democrat's attempts to remove him from office. The Texas senator, 49, was seen mimicking the clap as he spoke with other Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, before the vote was called around 5 pm. Last year, Speaker Pelosi 'condescendingly' clapped her hands at President Trump following his State Of The Union address - a move which sparked international headlines and a flurry of memes. On Friday, Cruz's...

Leftist San Diego Bishop to Counsel Catholics on How to Vote Bp. Robert McElroy to deliver lecture on 'Candidates, Consciences' Feb. 6 SAN DIEGO (ChurchMilitant.com) - Bishop Robert McElroy, who once called faithful Catholics opposing homosexual behavior a "cancer" in the Church, will be presenting a lecture on how Catholics should vote. McElroy will present his address, titled "Candidates, Consciences and Faithful Voting" on Thursday, Feb. 6, little more than two weeks after Pope Francis exhorted U.S. bishops to teach Catholic voters how to properly discern how they should vote.  But, with an eye to McElroy's liberal record, faithful San Diego Catholics are bracing...

Linda Munkley began checking her breasts after one of her German shepherds repeatedly sniffed and butted her chest. She later found a lump and doctors diagnosed fast-growing breast cancerA dog lover says she owes her life to her beloved pets after they detected her fast-growing breast cancer. Linda Munkley, 65, started checking her breasts for lumps after unusual behaviour from her alsatians Bea and Enya. “I have four German shepherds including five-year-old Bea and her three-year-old daughter Enya,” said Linda. “One day I was sat on the sofa when Bea jumped up and began intensely sniffing and headbutting my chest...

Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Frank Clark stunned the media by wearing a sweatshirt depicting the "historic" meeting between Kanye West and Donald Trump. When asked about his sweatshirt, Clark wasn’t shy. The NFL star said he felt it depicted a very important moment in our country’s history and that a friend gave him it to him. The picture showed Kanye West meeting then-President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower just days after the 2016 election. The timing was superb as it coincided with the President’s impeachment trial making it even more poignant. This had to burn members of the mainstream...

A Phoenix-area resident, who is alleged to have been the leader of a group of Al-Qaeda terrorists in Al-Fallujah, Iraq, appeared today before a federal magistrate judge in Phoenix, Arizona in connection with proceedings to extradite him to the Republic of Iraq. He is wanted to stand trial in Iraq for two charges of premeditated murder committed in 2006 in Al-Fallujah. The arrest was announced by Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Michael Bailey for the District of Arizona. An Iraqi judge issued a warrant for the arrest of Ali Yousif...

The Simpsons fans are convinced that the show predicted Coronavirus, and no one can deal. Yes, seriously. The news has been filled with news of the virus spreading around the world, with more than 200 people dying in China over the outbreak – and patients now being treated in the UK. And some fans on social media have suggested that the Simpsons creator Matt Groening predicted this all the way back in the 1990s. If you cast your mind back to Marge In Chains, from 1993, everyone in Springfield gets on the juicing hype, and get about ordering fancy blenders....

Chiefs offensive linemen Stefen Wisniewski shared his faith in Jesus while talking to Jason Romano from Sports Spectrum. When asked about what the Lord has been doing in his life this year, Wisniewski didn’t hesitate to elaborate. “It was really humbling being fired, being on the couch,” he began, referencing his time in between jobs after the Eagles let him go. “I really think God was testing me and trying to teach me humility, just to depend on Him...At the end of the day, my football success is only because God has given it to me. I love Job 1:21,...

"There was nothing but horrible signs of death under the snow," Shakila recalls. "My 11-month-old daughter was on one side of me, and the dead body of my sister-in-law on the other." Shakila's village, Surgun, was the worst hit in a series of deadly avalanches which killed more than 75 people in the Neelum valley in Pakistani-administered Kashmir in January. Dozens of others were injured and hundreds lost their homes. It was the remote valley's heaviest snowfall in a century. Shakila spent more than six hours buried under snow - there was little warning the avalanche was coming. "It was...

Enjoy a sweet scoop, not too long after sunrise, and help out a great cause at Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams.An older sibling might have told you some fanciful fibs back when you were kids, like the sun sometimes travels from west to east or there's a moon behind the moon. But one whopper that actually holds water, er, cream? Sometimes, grown-ups actually do eat ice cream for breakfast. That is really happening on Saturday, Feb. 1 at your local Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, and the proceeds, no fibbing, are helping out a most excellent organization. DoSomething.org, "a digital platform that...

The nation’s most prominent elected Democrat said Friday her party must resist the temptation to chase progressive dreams, such as Medicare for All, if it wants to win the 2020 elections. The key to victory, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said, is policies that appeal to the political mainstream. “I just say to all of our friends, you know, you want to go to the left? You want to win the election, let’s make a decision to win the election. And when you make a decision to win the election, you have to make every decision in favor of winning,” Pelosi...

A local Middle Tennessee Talk Radio and the Tennessee Star Report have been addressing the issue of Refugee Resettlement for the last several months. The crux of the issue is how Bill Lee, the new RINO Governor of Tennessee, has said yes to bringing in refugees who are – reportedly – from primarily the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Myanmar (Burma); real Republican Governors in Texas and Florida, for example, have said no to the resettlement. This is a national issue as all states supposedly have a say in the resettling of refugees. According to the discussion, in 1980...

So, I am thinking about the upcoming primaries, and what the most strategically effective way to approach them is. I live and vote in Washington State, which in recent years has had our long established voting procedures radically altered by Team Donkey, the progressives and the Washington Grange (acting as useful idiots for the Democrats) We've gone to a "Jungle Primary" for all state and national races, except the Presidential race. I know many other states are being (or have been) pushed in this direction. The Democrat goal is to have general elections that feature only two candidates, both Democrats....

We haven’t been seeing nearly as many migrant caravan stories in the news this winter as compared to the same time one year ago. And there’s a reason for that. It’s because there haven’t been as many migrant caravans, and the ones that did manage to form up haven’t made it very far past Mexico’s southern border. When asked to comment on this trend yesterday, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) predicted that there would almost certainly be more caravans, but he sees them growing smaller and less frequent. (Associated Press) President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that...

Former FBI Director James Comey said America has weathered dark times in the past, which proves it can survive President Trump being acquitted by the Senate. “When I was a little kid, the United States seemed to be coming apart,” Comey, 59, wrote in an opinion piece for the Washington Post. Comey cited the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy, as well as the protests against the Vietnam War and desegregation. “War and death and disorder dominated the news,” he wrote. “There is a natural human tendency to think we live...

Tariffs were once a mainstay in U.S. trade policy. Constituting the main source of federal revenue from 1790-1914, and at one point providing over 90% of government income, they were a pivotal component of U.S. fiscal and foreign policy. Their main motivation in those times: protect U.S. industry from foreign opposition. It wasn’t until colossal industrial growth coupled with the introduction of the income tax rendered them less critical to the government balance sheet, and their use declined. Post-World War II, tariffs took on the negative connotation you see today. The West largely eschewed them in favor of free trade...

Can President Trump petition the Supreme Court to expunge his unconstitutional impeachment?