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A politician in Northern Ireland has pointed out that the new law legalizing same-sex “marriage” in the region will not allow civil registrars, hoteliers, florists, and wedding photographers to refuse their services for homosexual “weddings.” The Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019, the same piece of legislation that introduced new abortion laws into the region, has also legalized same-sex “marriage,” effective from January 13 of this year. Same-sex “marriage” has been legal in the rest of the U.K. since 2013, but until last month had not been imposed on Northern Ireland. On January 20 the Northern Ireland Office (NIO),...

President Trump kicked off a Thursday night rally by mocking Mike Bloomberg — who he called “Mini Mike” — and Sen. Amy Klobuchar for their performances at the Democratic debate on Wednesday, saying both the candidates “choked” on the stage in Las Vegas. “I don’t know if anyone watched last night’s debates,” Trump told the crowd in Colorado Springs. “It got very big ratings — and you know mini Mike Bloomberg didn’t do well last night.” Trump claimed he was going to send Bloomberg a note, “saying it’s not easy what I do.” “Mike didn’t do well, he went way...

The Justice Department unleashed a legal assault on sanctuary jurisdictions across the country this week, filing a new round of civil lawsuits asking judges to overturn the policies, and warning state and city officials they could soon face their own criminal charges for harboring illegal immigrants. Lawsuits were filed against California, New Jersey and King County, in Washington, each of which has adopted novel ways of interfering with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s ability to arrest, detain and deport illegal immigrants. Attorney General William P. Barr also said his department is taking a look at state and local prosecutors who...

Acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney told a crowd at a private gathering in England on Wednesday night that the Trump administration “needs more immigrants”... ... “We are desperate — desperate — for more people,” Mulvaney said. “We are running out of people to fuel the economic growth that we’ve had in our nation over the last four years. We need more immigrants.” [In a recording shared with Washington Post] ... Mulvaney’s remarks appear in contrast to the public position of several top figures in Trump’s White House — especially that of senior policy adviser Stephen Miller —...

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) vehemently denied fake news mainstream media reports claiming Attorney General (AG) William Barr is considering quitting his position over the president’s tweeting habits. Several left-leaning news outlets, including the Washington Post and the Associated Press (AP), are trying to push the notion that there are irreconcilable differences between U.S. President Donald Trump and Barr. DOJ, however, pushed against those allegations with Kerry Kupec, a top spokeswoman at the department, writing on Twitter Wednesday, “Addressing Beltway rumors: The Attorney General has no plans to resign.” Addressing Beltway rumors: The Attorney General has no plans to...

The tech giant is transferring control of UK Google accounts to the US and out of the jurisdiction of EU privacy regulators. But the GDPR will still apply. The accounts of Google users in the UK will be controlled out of the US now that the country has left the European Union, according to Reuters. This means that the data belonging to British citizens will no longer fall under the control of European privacy regulation, even though they are still protected by the GDPR. Google accounts of European citizens are controlled through Ireland, the site of the tech giant's regional...

President Trump’s reelection campaign has purchased the advertising space on YouTube’s homepage for Election Day. The campaign purchased the website’s masthead on Nov. 3 nationwide, a person familiar with the deal told Bloomberg. While the specifics of the ad buy were not disclosed, the cost of such advertising is estimated from hundreds of thousands of dollars to over $1 million a day. “In the past, campaigns, PACS and political groups have run various types of ads leading up to Election Day,” a spokesperson for the company told Bloomberg. “All advertisers follow the same process and are welcome to purchase the...

Imagine, in the waning days of World War II, any American publication — let alone the New York Times — publishing an opinion piece by one of Hitler’s deputies, running this identifier (with an honorific, always an honorific): “Mr. Himmler devised the very first concentration camp for Nazi Germany.” Sounds like something out of The Onion, right? But this, in effect, is what the Times did on Thursday, publishing an op-ed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, describing him as “the deputy leader of the Taliban,” rather than what he is: an unrepentant terrorist. In a column politely titled “What We, the Taliban,...

The First, a new premier network featuring bold and unfiltered news for free-thinkers and conservatives, announced today the addition of the top nationally-syndicated female talk radio host Dana Loesch. Loesch's program, "The Dana Show," will air daily on the network. In addition to Loesch, prominent conservative talk show host Mike Slater has begun hosting "True Story with Mike Slater" on weekdays at 12pm ET. Commentary writer Tiana Lowe, former spokesperson for President Donald Trump's Inauguration Madison Gesiotto and decorated military veteran Rob Smith have also joined the network as regular contributors. "The Dana Show" joins a growing list of content...

Who Won The Debate is a parody of the Vegas fiasco. Very funny and spot on! Reminds one of JibJab

This morning one of my really smart lefty friends (someone I have really good arguments with—more people should try for this—who needless to say really hates Trump), sent me this note: Last night was the first Dem debate I tuned into, and it was horrifying. Bernie was an angry uncle. Bloomberg was an arrogant asshole. Warren was a ballbusting bluestocking. Pete was a glib greenhorn. Biden was barely alive. And Klobuchar was a smirking SNL character. . . It’s a f—— catastrophe! I agree with all of this, and this is, of course, why I’m really happy today. There’s been...

“Do you think it is possible to be a Christian and support President Trump?” Burnett asked. “Well, I’m not going to tell other Christians how to be Christians,” Buttigieg replied. “But I will say, I cannot find any compatibility between the way this president conducts himself and anything I find in Scripture. Now I guess that’s my interpretation, but I think that’s a lot of people’s interpretation, and that interpretation deserves a voice.” Everyone Sins — Except Buttigieg ApparentlyButtigieg believes everyone else’s sin is up for discussion — except his own. He cites Trump’s behavior, but what of Pete’s? Scripture...

Why don’t we teach American history anymore? George Washington’s birthday is Feb. 22. Abraham Lincoln’s birthday is Feb. 12. And Ronald Reagan’s birthday is Feb. 6. Instead of honoring Washington and Lincoln on the anniversary of their actual day of births, we combine them all into one holiday called President’s Day. America is an exceptional country. We have become an exceptional country because of great leaders like Washington, Lincoln and Reagan. There are others too — like Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry Truman and John F. Kennedy. Yet, many of our schools gloss over these important leaders, if they even...

Just watched the "Lady in White"movie for the first time.Nice movie.I see shades of Steven King's Salem's Lot in it down to the music. Surprised he was not called out on it.

China’s decadeslong military buildup now poses a threat to U.S. security not just in Asia but also around the globe, and a confrontation with China could emerge at one of several flashpoints, a senior Pentagon official warned Thursday. Chad Sbragia, deputy assistant defense secretary for China, told a congressional commission that Beijing’s buildup of missiles, warships, aircraft, space weaponry and cybercapabilities has accelerated under President Xi Jinping. He described it as “one of the most ambitious military modernization efforts in recent history.” “In most of the potential flashpoints in the Indo-Pacific region — the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea,...

Sweden's national bomb squad were called out to more than 100 blasts last year, a level not seen anywhere else in Europe. The Local speaks with the police commissioner in charge of a new task force cracking down on the spate of criminal bomb attacks.

I told you that Bloomberg’s strategy all along was 3rd Party candidacy. But he had to start Democrat because that's his base. Last night they played right into his strategy. He's got great publicity of how the nut cases pushed him out of the party. It'll force a runoff, a two party race.

A recent study found conservative students self-censor their opinions three times as much as their liberal peers, shedding a light on a free speech issue conservative youth are facing in one of the top universities in American South. The study was conducted by three professors at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill. In spring 2019, they invited all UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduates to complete an email questionnaire, followed by “in-depth focus group interviews” with members from three politically active student organizations. Some 1,200 of more than 20,000 undergraduate students completed the survey. The respondents said, according to the...

Democratic presidential contender Michael Bloomberg said President Donald Trump was the “real winner” of the Democratic primary debate on Wednesday night, saying that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) won’t be able to garner enough support to defeat the president in November. “Look, the real winner in the debate last night was Donald Trump, because I worry that we may be on the way to nominating somebody who cannot win in November,” the former New York City mayor told a crowd in Utah. “If we choose a candidate who appeals to a small base, like Sen. Sanders, it will be a fatal...