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With impeachment no longer in their arsenal, Democrats are coming to terms with a new reality: they have few, if any, weapons to take on an emboldened President Donald Trump as he openly settles scores with his political adversaries and continues breaching the wall between the Justice Department and Oval Office. Democrats vented outrage Tuesday over Trump's attack on his own DOJ prosecutors and his demand of a lighter sentence for longtime ally Roger Stone. One after another, top Democrats in the House and Senate said Trump's 2 a.m. Twitter intervention further erodes the rule of law. “Coupled with the...

At the Minnesota State Fair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b0ZjM0LTHA

By Karen Lema, Martin Petty and Phil Stewart MANILA/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced the termination of a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States (VFA), delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to U.S. interests. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper called the decision "unfortunate" and said it would be a move in the wrong direction at a time when Washington and its allies were trying to press China to abide by "international rules of order" in Asia.

Andrew Yang plans to announce he is suspending his presidential campaign during a speech Tuesday night in New Hampshire, two sources tell CNN.

There are currently 44,754 confirmed cases worldwide, including 1,112 fatalities. Last update: 11 February 2020 at 5:16 p.m. ET https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/02/the-latest-coronavirus-cases/ == Mainland China 44,276 cases 1,110 deaths 8,230 serious 4,413 recovered 21,675 suspected Region: Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau 77 cases, 1 death International: 401 cases, 1 death

Some things the Dems didn’t want to come out to the public, that’s why they hate President Trump. He is exposing them every day but the lame mainstream media refuse to report and label everything as a conspiracy theory. A few years back a huge scandal burst out but the Dems made a cover-up of everything as always. Steve Kroft reported that members of Congress can legally trade stock based on non-public information from Capitol Hill and the main star of the show was Nancy Pelosi. Pelosi and her husband participated in an initial public offering of Visa in 2008,...

China’s state media continued hectoring the Western world about “overreacting” to the Wuhan coronavirus with a Global Times editorial on Tuesday that accused the United States of fabricating virus horror stories to “tarnish the image of China.” In this latest version of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) coronavirus spin, the Western world is overhyping the threat of the Wuhan virus because it suffers from “some sort of pending-replacement anxiety” as magnificent China rises to become the new global hyperpower. The editorial underplays how serious the Wuhan virus turned out to be, despite the CCP’s early efforts to hide the epidemic,...

President Trump is withdrawing his nomination for former U.S. attorney for D.C. Jessie Liu to serve as the Treasury Department's undersecretary for terrorism and financial crimes, a top position overseeing economic sanctions, according to two sources with direct knowledge. The big picture: Liu was confirmed in September 2017 to lead the largest U.S. attorney's office in the country, overseeing a number of politically charged prosecutions that included the case against Trump associates Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, Paul Manafort and other spinoffs from the Mueller investigation.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1227355093797765120 That was the chance you all were waiting for. For the President (Q+) to disavow the LARPY, koo-koo bird conspiracy theory. He chose not to. Instead; President Trump acknowledged that Qanon exists. Change my mind. #ToldYa #HowYouLikeMeNow

After last night MEGA MAGA rally, my nephew his wife and I decided to hit Bernie's rally... because we can. I'd say a good 1000+ in line outside. Will report as the night goes on. It's pretty cool being Trump spies...he he he

In his 2016 victory speech, Donald Trump talked about “the forgotten men and women of our country,” declaring that they “will be forgotten no longer.” Today, after months of impeachment proceedings, accusations of wrongdoing, and a media that has reported overwhelmingly negative stories about him for three years, his polling numbers are at their highest ever. Why? Because the president kept his promise to remember the forgotten, and he’s continued to push ahead with policies to help them and every American. President Trump’s “forgotten men and women” are the farmer, the factory worker, and the middle-class men and women...

I recently visited a Benedictine monastery known for its excellent liturgical life. At Mass on Epiphany, the celebrant said the following in the course of his homily: Frankincense represents the costly spiritual sacrifice that is adoration; frankincense is the vital essence of the tree that produces it; it is, if you will, the lifeblood of the tree. The tree is slashed, and the precious essence bleeds out of it. One who would adore in spirit must be ready to be stripped and slashed, like the frankincense tree, so as to give the blood of one’s very essence in sacrifice. A...

* £200million being set aside for ‘restoration or redress’ to thousands of victims * Bill is more than the annual sum spent running the C of E by its financial arm * It could force sale of some of the Church’s £8billion-worth of historic assetsThe Church of England could be forced to pay £200million to survivors of child sex abuse, its parliament is to be told. The money is being set aside for ‘restoration or redress’ to thousands of victims abused by bishops, clergy and lay helpers. This huge bill is more than the annual sum spent running the C...

There may end up being a startling and some say worrisome consequence of New York’s controversial criminal justice reform laws. CBS2’s Marcia Kramer has learned that Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. is considering dropping some cases over an inability to comply with new evidence rules. Overwhelmed by paperwork and what he calls the “unsustainable hours” required to comply with the new so-called “discovery” rules enacted by state lawmakers as part of the new laws, Vance is considering the drastic step of simply letting some bad guys off the hook, not indicting them. “We are evaluating whether to defer or even...

Father Amadou Kizito Togo, a specialist in Church History, recounts his journey of faith He's a priest and the son of an imam. He was enticed by Christianity, thanks to a booklet a Protestant minister gave him. Meet 53-year-old Father Amadou Kizito Togo. He's a living symbol of interreligious dialogue. And that's a good thing. Because the Cathedral of Mopti in the center of Mali, where he's parish priest, is a region where Islamic jihadists continuously stir up religious and inter-community tensions. The tensions have been recurring in the Dogon country -- as the central plateau region of Mali is...

Bernie Sanders keeps telling young people how he will give them so much free stuff, if only they will go with him, vote for him. Bernie basically stands in front of a windowless van, telling kids to get in, luring them with candy and puppies. Back in my day, I was taught to be wary of people luring me with promises of Utopia. I was taught that if someone offers something for free, I should tell them, "no, thank you, I can't afford it." But those days are gone. At the start of the new millennium, adults have lost sight...

Move comes amid 'false' accusations that the group is aiding communist rebels The Philippine government has frozen the bank accounts of the Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) for "probable cause," saying they are "related to terrorism financing." The government's Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) ordered a 20-day freeze on three RMP accounts with the Bank of the Philippine Islands. In a resolution dated Dec. 26, 2019, the AMLC also ordered the bank to submit details of related bank accounts and proposed the filing of a petition before the Court of Appeals to extend the freeze order to six months. The...

Was Abraham Lincoln a conservative? Some people say right/left distinctions are no longer meaningful. In my own life I was born into a progressive family and absorbed that way of thinking. When I became older, I have learnt quite painfully how important and valuable maintaining western traditions is, when my own rights were trashed by modern misandry, leading me to create this blog: https://freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity.com/2017/11/08/freedom-demokrasi-and-civilised-humanity/ Where I write this it is already President Lincoln’s birthday. Who has ever been to Lincoln's birthplace Sinking Spring Farm in Kentucky? Did you learn anything about the man there which came to you from the...

39 new cases in Japan. They were found on the “Diamond Princess” cruise ship off Yokohama, raising the ship’s total to 174.

The meteoric rise continues for Andrew Brasher, who was confirmed as a federal district court judge for the Middle District of Alabama just nine months ago. Brasher is moving up the judicial ladder with confirmation Tuesday by the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate. He’ll now sit on the bench at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, based in Atlanta. Sen. Richard Shelby, R-AL, praised the young judge from the Senate floor, calling the confirmation “a testament to his vast legal ability and commitment to upholding the rule of law as it is written.” Brasher was nominated for the position...