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By February 2019, Judith had become unbearably anxious. The 28-year-old Pacific coast native’s due date had come and gone. Just two days shy of 45 weeks pregnant, her belly was stretched so far that it shined, her body was swollen, and nearly everything — from her toes to her hair — ached. For women who haven’t gone into labor by 42 weeks, just about every medical and birth professional recommends induction — a jump-start to labor from medicines that ripen the cervix or contract the uterus. But Judith, an artist and freethinker who believes in “all that hippy jazz,” had...

In a speech delivered to crowds at the world’s largest cricket stadium in Ahmedabad city upon his arrival in India, Trump talked about India and the United States defending their “sovereignty and security” together and announced that the two nations would sign a defense deal worth $3 billion on Feb. 25. Addressing a cheering crowd of over 100,000 people, Trump said on Monday: “I am pleased to announce that tomorrow our representatives will sign deals to sell over $3 billion in the absolute finest, state-of-the-art military helicopters and other equipment to the Indian armed forces.” Experts told The Epoch Times...

It looks like the liberal media's panic at the prospect of Bernie Sanders winning the Democrat nomination is leading MSM members to offer some hare-brained analysis about him. The syndrome was on stunning display this morning on both CNN and MSNBC. On CNN's New Day, co-host Alisyn Camerota actually fretted that Sanders is too "nuanced" to take on President Trump. What? Sure, Alisyn. Because nothing says "nuance" like literally preaching "revolution" while thrusting a socialist fist in the air! Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

... If you heard just about any Bernie Sanders speech from 2016, you heard his denouncing millionaires and billionaires and big banks — or, if you prefer to imitate him, it was “thah millionayuhs and thah billionayuhs and thah big banks.” From his opening announcement speech, Sanders made it clear that the growing number of millionaires in the United States was “something profoundly wrong” as long as poverty persisted: “There is something profoundly wrong when, in recent years, we have seen a proliferation of millionaires and billionaires at the same time as millions of Americans work longer hours for lower...

So much has been happening recently in the world that North Korea has all but disappeared from the front pages. The elimination of Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad, the impeachment inquiry farce, the Iowa circus, the COVID-19 threat of a pandemic, have monopolized public attention for weeks. However, North Korea is not going away and President Trump has certainly not forgotten the issue, especially since China, of late, has never been weaker. Hong Kong’s yearlong demonstrations, triggered by an ill-conceived extradition bill, hit China’s “one country, two systems” principle at its heart and the result was immediately reflected by the elections...

A savvy political observer knows perfectly well how the Democratic Party and all of its "very best" candidates got closer to socialism. Strict gun control, economic regulations, open borders, "free" college education and housing, and Medicare for all (including illegal aliens), to name a few, represent a set of classic socialist ideas that has sadly become commonplace for the Democrats. Sure, there are lone voices raising concerns, one of which belongs to the Democratic strategist James Carville, who made news recently when he said, "We're losing our damn minds!" Then there is MSNBC's Chris Matthews, who rips Bernie Sanders as...

The deadly coronavirus that is morphing into a global threat could have infected five to 10 times more people than Chinese officials have acknowledged, a group of U.S. researchers said.The Feb. 18 study, which has not been peer-reviewed, was co-led by Lucia Dunn, economics professor at Ohio State University, and Mai He, pathology professor at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis.Drawing from both official and unofficial data sources, the study suggested the cumulative infections and deaths could be “substantially higher” than officially stated—by a factor of 5 to 10.“So many people are doubting the numbers in China...

The phrase "right-wing extremist" has become part of the national lexicon, yet for some strange reason, we never hear "left-wing extremist" to describe the liberal crazies in Antifa and BAMN, just two examples of what liberal extremism looks like — bloody. Why is that? Why do the media pretend the lunatics on the left don't exist? Remember back in 1998, when Hillary Clinton went on the Today show and defended Bill to Matt Lauer against accusations of infidelity and impropriety as the result of the efforts of a "vast ring-wing conspiracy" that spawned when Bill first announced his candidacy for...

The sixth person to test positive for the new coronavirus died in Italy, authorities said on Monday. The 80-year-old man lived in Milan, state broadcaster RAI reported. Other deaths were also confirmed on Monday, including an 88-year-old man in Caselle Landi in northern Italy, Angelo Borrelli, the chief of the Protezione Civile, announced at a press conference, The Local reported. The fourth death was an 84-year-old man in the town of Bergamo, which is also located in Italy’s Lombardy region. All six patients who died were older than 75. There are now 220 confirmed cases in Italy. “Patient zero has...

The Supreme Court will decide whether Philadelphia is allowed to exclude Catholic services that refused to allow same-sex couples to become foster parents from the city's foster care system. The court announced on Monday that it would hear the lawsuit brought by Catholic Social Services (CSS) and three foster parents against the city in 2018.

Kuwait, Bahrain, Afghanistan, Oman, and Iraq reported their first coronavirus cases on Monday, all involving people who had been in Iran. Bahrain confirmed a single case, a citizen who arrived from Iran via Dubai, the health ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Bahrain News Agency. The patient was identified as a school bus driver and had worked Sunday, dropping off children at two schools. “All family members and individuals who have been in contact with the patient were contacted and tested to ensure they are free of the virus, as well as being placed under supervision for...

o say President Trump was welcomed in India is an understatement. While thousands of people lined the streets to greet America’s 45th president, that was just the beginning. Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke in Motera Stadium, the world’s largest cricket stadium, to an electrified crowd. The 110,000-seat arena was completely filled, and many were donning white caps that read “Namaste Trump” with the Indian and American flags on the brim. “The First Lady and I have just traveled 8,000 miles around the globe to deliver a message to every citizen across this nation: America loves India —...

Former Bill Clinton adviser Dick Morris said on 970 AM New York City’s “The Cats Roundtable” that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) “will get massacred” in 2020 by President Donald Trump. Morris said, “Let me be clear: Bernie will get massacred by Trump. We’re not just talking about a minor defeat here. We’re talking about they lose the House. I think in the Senate, they could lose up to 60 seats. They could have up to 60 seat Republican majority, supermajority. I think that Bernie will get destroyed. I think the worst presidential defeat since McGovern.”

#NamasteTrump #USPresident #DonaldTrump is embarking on his maiden two day visit to India from February 24 which will further cement the relations between the two nations. Trump official visit kickstarts with his arrival in the city of Ahmedabad which is the business nerve center of the western state of Gujarat. Soon on his arrival at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport President Trump and Prime Minister #NarendraModi will hold a road show from the airport en route to the Sardar Patel stadium in #Motera. Over 1.2 lakh persons will participate in the participate in the ‘Namaste President Trump’ event on...

In a free society, speech at times can be annoying, obnoxious, unsettling or offensive. Panhandlers and political protesters can approach you on the street. Controversial ideas can be expressed on tee shirts, bumper stickers or license plates. And governments cannot block speech merely because it is irritating or bothersome — unless you are talking about commercial speech, in which case government bureaucrats have been given more deference to restrict speech. For example, the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission determined that Uber and Lyft drivers could not install tablets that would display advertisements or allow passengers to play games...

A proposal from Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer to increase the federal minimum wage to $22 per hour would body-slam the economy, according to a former CEO of one of America's major corporations. Earlier this month, Steyer proposed increasing the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour, to $22 per hour, according to Fox Business. Other major Democratic presidential candidates have lined up behind a $15 minimum wage, according to The Washington Post.

Berkshire Hathaway CEO and Chairman Warren Buffett on Monday reaffirmed his aversion to cryptocurrencies. “Cryptocurrencies basically have no value and they don’t produce anything,” he told CNBC’s Becky Quick in a Squawk Box interview. “In terms of value: Zero.” “I don’t have any cryptocurrency and I never will,” he added. Buffett joined CNBC to discuss the markets just days after he released his annual shareholder letter.

Several people were injured Monday when a car drove into a carnival procession in the central German town of Volkmarsen, police said. "According to first reports, several people have been injured," police said in a statement, adding that the driver of the vehicle had been arrested. The local Waldeckische Zeitung daily cited witnesses as reporting some 15 people injured, "including small children". Volkmarsen is situated in the central state of Hesse, northwest of the city of Kassel. A silver Mercedes station wagon drove into a group of people at around 2:30 pm, according to a report in the Hessenschau.de. The...

For the past 11 months, Robert Hoogland, a father in Surrey, British Columbia, has been forced to watch as his 14 year-old daughter was “destroyed and sterilized” by court-ordered testosterone injections. After losing his legal appeal to stop the process in January, Rob (previously anonymized as “Clark” or “CD”) is making a desperate attempt to bring his case into the courts of public opinion, even though it breaks a court order demanding his silence about the case.“I had a perfectly healthy child a year ago, and that perfectly healthy child has been altered and destroyed for absolutely no good...

True to form, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (“CAIR”) -- also known as an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the largest terrorist funding case in U.S. history, and a designated “terrorist organization” for nations allied to America -- is again protesting my forthcoming appearance to the U.S. Army War College, urging the latter to “reconsider its decision and disinvite Ibrahim,” since my presentation will no doubt be “hypocritical, ahistorical and hateful.” This, of course, is all déjà vu -- a repeat of events from eight months ago. As CAIR itself notes in it new press release, which came out on Feb. 21,...