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Charging that so-called "sanctuary" cities that protect illegal immigrants are jeopardizing domestic security, Attorney General Bill Barr announced a slew of additional sanctions that he called a "significant escalation" against left-wing local and state governments that obstruct the "lawful functioning of our nation's immigration system."

The woman who was widely seen as German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chosen successor will not lead her crisis-racked CDU party into upcoming elections, a party source told AFP on Monday. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer, known as AKK, took over from Merkel as CDU chairwoman and presumed shoo-in for chancellor in 2018 but “has now said she will not be a candidate for the chancellery”, the source said. She made the surprise announcement after telling a crunch CDU meeting that the center-right party had “an unresolved relationship” with the far-right AfD party and the far left. It comes after an election debacle in...

A lot of attention has been given recently to conservative icon and venerable syndicated radio host Rush Limbaugh and his advanced lung cancer diagnosis. President Trump rightfully honored him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during last week’s State of the Union address. Unfortunately, America received more sad news last week. Dan Weber, veteran, husband, father, grandfather, entrepreneur, visionary and giant in the conservative movement, passed away last Monday evening. You say you haven’t heard of Dan Weber? Please let me enlighten you. Dan Weber was born in Brooklyn, NY and grew up no stranger to hard work. He began...

A federal judge on Monday indefinitely postponed the sentencing date for President Trump’s former national security adviser Michael Flynn on charges of lying to the FBI in the Russia investigation. The move by Judge Emmet Sullivan comes a day after federal prosecutors filed a rare Sunday motion to delay a number of approaching deadlines that would ultimately make Flynn’s Feb. 27 sentencing unlikely. The delay also comes weeks after Flynn withdrew his guilty plea. In their filing, prosecutors argued that Flynn’s former attorneys should testify after he claimed to have received ineffective assistance from them. Flynn had previously hired the...

The Oscars drew just 23million viewers on Sunday night, six million fewer than it did last year. A total of 23.6million tuned in to watch the show on ABC and it got a rating of 5.3 rating among adults 18-49, according to The Hollywood Reporter. . . . Brad Pitt complained about the recent impeachment trial and how former national security adviser John Bolton was not allowed to testify at it. Documentary filmmaker Julia Reichert made a Marxist call 'workers of the world' to 'unite'. Jane Fonda made a statement about waste and Sigourney Weaver said 'all women are superheroes'....

Crowd has almost filled the arena - which holds 11,700. President Trump should be speaking NEAR 7 PM EST. Kimberly Gilfoyle is speaking now. VP Pence will be speaking before the President does.

Amazon is quietly canceling its Nazis. Over the past 18 months, the retailer has removed two books by David Duke, a former leader of the Ku Klux Klan, as well as several titles by George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party. Amazon has also prohibited volumes like “The Ruling Elite: The Zionist Seizure of World Power” and “A History of Central Banking and the Enslavement of Mankind.” SNIP “Amazon reserves the right to determine whether content provides an acceptable experience,” said one recent removal notice that the company sent to a bookseller. SNIP “Amazon wants its customers...

Billionaire activist and 2020 Democrat Tom Steyer pledged to push for a $22 minimum wage if he wins the White House in November. Steyer made the pledge while campaigning in Winnsboro, South Carolina, on Sunday. His minimum wage standard is the highest so far of the Democratic presidential primary field. The federal minimum wage has sat at $7.25 for the past decade. Washington, D.C., and 29 states have set higher standards, however. Steyer’s wage floor is set much higher than what most politicians and activists are currently calling for. Former Vice President Joe Biden, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020 A former government contractor was sentenced to 57 months in prison today for his role in carrying out a $3.7 million scheme to defraud at least 35 subcontractors located across the United States.Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott of the Eastern District of California, Special Agent in Charge David A. House of the Department of Interior Office of Inspector General’s (DOI-OIG) Western Region Office of Investigations, Special Agent in Charge Ray Park of the...

The first rule in retail politics is candidates shouldn’t insult potential voters. It should go without saying that candidates should also avoid threatening them with war. This happened. Literally a threat on American citizens with U.S. military might, invoked by a guy who once had access to the nuke codes. Former Vice President Biden did it, though. He told rally-goers in Hudson, N.H., just days before they cast their primary ballots, the government would lay waste to them with total warfare if they deemed to exercise their rights by owning semiautomatic rifles as a defense against a tyrannical government.“The fact...

TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:I am transmitting an alternative plan for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems in January 2021.Title 5, United States Code, authorizes me to implement alternative plans for pay adjustments for civilian Federal employees covered by the General Schedule and certain other pay systems if, because of “national emergency or serious economic conditions affecting the general welfare,” I view the increases that would otherwise take effect as inappropriate.Under current law, locality pay increases averaging 20.67 percent, costing $21 billion in the first year alone, would go into...

The trial may have ended Wednesday, but for some people, the hope lives on and the dream shall never die. Two of these groups are the House Democrat impeachment managers and CNN hosts -- and in an interview that aired Friday, the two had a meeting of the minds (such as they may be) in which the impeachment managers declared Trump really hadn't been acquitted, even though he had been just two days earlier. The seven members of the team sat down with Anderson Cooper on Friday and two arguments for the non-acquittalness of the acquittal: First, the trial hadn't...

State Dining Room11:11 A.M. ESTTHE PRESIDENT:  Wow.  Thank you.  Thank you.  (Applause.)  Thank you very much.  Thank you very much.  Thank you.  Thank you.  It’s a great honor to have you at the White House, a very special place.  Beautiful and so meaningful in so many ways.  And our country has never done better.  You’re all doing really well.  Every state is doing well.  I can say most every state in the room today is setting records.  And we’d like to think that the federal government has been helping you a lot.But it is wonderful being with you.  And we...

If Joe Biden were a 12 year old child, I’d think he had oppositional defiant disorder, because he seems unable to react calmly to any question that confronts him or which he doesn’t like. Biden has had a succession of confrontations with voters or media where he’s been short or nasty with them. He was at it again over the weekend in New Hampshire when questioned by a 21 year old female student, Madison Moore. After a New Hampshire voter asks @JoeBiden why they should trust he can turn his campaign around, he asks if she’s ever been to a...

The Los Angeles Chargers entered the offseason hoping to have a resolution on quarterback Philip Rivers prior to free agency. The team has now made that decision. On Monday, the Chargers announced that their longtime starting quarterback will enter free agency, ending his tenure with the organization after 16 seasons. "After stepping back a bit from last season, we reconnected with Philip and his representatives to look at how 2019 played out, assess our future goals, evaluate the current state of the roster and see if there was a path forward that made sense for both parties," general manager Tom...

New York's so-called "Green Light" law authorizing persons in the US illegally to obtain drivers' licenses has led the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to revoke expedited travel privileges for anyone using these licenses as identification for air travel. Ken Cuccinelli, acting deputy secretary of DHS explained that "the state's efforts to grant sanctuary to illegal immigrants by blocking us from verifying the license holder's identity prevents us from protecting air travelers from potential terrorist attacks carried out by persons having this document. Our only safe option is to deny all New York licensees access to sped up security screening...

“Beware of false prophets , which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.” Matthew 7:15 One of the great tricks the American Left seeks to play is bait and switch. This old con man trick lures the unsuspecting mark with an attractive label or description. Once they sell you the item, you realize that you didn’t get what was advertised. All too often a person deceived in this way ends up paying too much for a shoddy product. The Left’s bait and switch lure is the phrase “democratic socialism” and the trick is nothing new....

I debated posting because I don't have experience observing 79 year old women. I don't know what behavior is normal. I decided to observe House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after noticing an expression on her face that reminded me of the facial expression comic Imogene Coca used when she wanted to appear dopey. As I observed her behavior she seemed at times to behave as if she was unaware of where she was and that millions of people were watching her. I initially thought she might have been affected by alcohol or medication. After she childishly tore up the speech I...

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, February 10, 2020   President’s Request Invests in Department of Justice Criminal Justice Priorities, Including Protecting our National Security, Countering Mass Violence, Reducing Violent Crime, Combatting Illegal Immigration, and Strengthening the Fight Against Illegal Opi President Trump’s FY 2021 Budget proposal totals $31.7 billion for the Department of Justice to support federal law enforcement and criminal justice priorities of our state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners.  The request represents a comprehensive investment in the Justice mission and includes investments to sustain and enhance our vital work to...

"I think we're living in a moment right now like no other," Klobuchar said. "Wherever you were on that impeachment hearing, I got to see some brave things happen. I got to see Mitt Romney take a vote that was really hard for him. And as he said, he couldn't do it any other way because of his oath. And I got to talk about that in Democratic audiences, and everyone would cheer for Mitt Romney in the last few days. And I think it shows how things are kind of upside-down in our country."