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Michael Bloomberg on Thursday defended his covert surveillance of New York City Muslims as mayor in the wake of 9/11 as he faces mounting criticism for the policy. Under Bloomberg’s backing, the NYPD spent at least six years cataloging information on Muslim communities, surveilling Muslim-owned businesses, mosques and other schools and organizations linked to the faith — which advocates have described as racist and baseless religious profiling. But Bloomberg said it was what authorities were “supposed to do” following the terror attacks during an appearance on PBS Newshour.

An Arkansas judge has nixed Hunter Biden‘s bid to put off his child support deposition until after most of the key Democratic primaries are over, according to a news report. “He needs to make himself available unless his hair is on fire,” Circuit Court Judge Holly Meyer fired back at Biden’s lawyers during a conference call Wednesday, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “He needs to be in Arkansas and he needs to be in a deposition.” Biden, 50, the son of former vice president and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden, had asked Meyer to postpone his deposition until April.

She’s running — a podcast. Hillary Clinton is planning to launch her own podcast in the late spring after being inspired by her appearances on programs from Conan O’Brien and Howard Stern, Politico reported Thursday. The 2016 presidential candidate and former first lady still hasn’t settled on a title for her show, but it will reportedly be co-produced by iHeartMedia.

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Farrakhan says “Trump killed my brother Qassem Soleimani,” claims to be messenger promised in Qur’an FEB 27, 2020 5:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER “Mr. Trump killed my brother Qassem Soleimani. Mrs. Clinton killed my other brother Muammar Qaddafi.” “Let me tell you something brothers, the Quran asks a question – Do you wonder that a man born from among you has been selected by God, to be a messenger of His to the people, and a warner to the world and the nations? Yeah, that’s who I am. You may know me as Louis Farrakhan.” Remember, this traitor has the...

The results of the Iowa caucus remain unchanged even after a recount by the Iowa Democratic Party (IDP), which was requested by the two Democratic front-runners, former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt. “The recount process resulted in no change to National Delegate allocation,” the IDP said in a statement Thursday. Buttigieg remained the winner in the state, with a marginally higher delegate count than Sanders: Buttigieg had 562.954 and Sanders had 562.021.

Michael Bloomberg's campaign called on his 2020 Democratic rival Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., to release further information on his heart health, after Bloomberg's campaign made public on Thursday doctor's letters attesting that the former New York City mayor's "outstanding health" enables him to run for office. Bloomberg's last annual health exam was on July 25 and the 78-year-old billionaire underwent an annual cardiac stress test at the Johns Hopkins Hospital, according to a letter from his internist, Dr. Stephen Sisson. According to test results, Bloomberg had "normal" left ventricular cavity size, function and ejection at 60-65 percent. He also had...

"They need to investigate this. They have no other alternative..." A Ukrainian court forced the opening of an investigation into claims that former Vide President Joe Biden pressured the resignation of a special prosecutor in order to benefit his son Hunter Biden. Ditch the fake news ==> Click here to get news you can trust sent right to your inbox. It's free! The Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations confirmed the investigation into Biden's motivation to press for the 2016 dismissal of prosecutor general Viktor Shokin, according to a report from the Washington Post. The investigation mirrors the demand made by...

“Life, Liberty & Levin” host Mark Levin gave a fired-up answer Thursday to criticism of President Trump's response to the coronavirus outbreak by Democratic leaders, most notably House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. "I watch this and I realize there's a lot of stupid people on TV," Levin told "Hannity." "The last people I want playing doctor with me or the American people are Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi." Reading off a fact sheet, Levin named a series of actions taken by Trump and his administration since the outbreak began, even as Democrats accused...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Northern California school districts said they have been notified by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, urging their sites to prepare for possible novel coronavirus outbreaks. The CDC on Wednesday confirmed a case in Northern California that is possibly the first instance in the U.S. of community spread of COVID-19. The Solano County patient “had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known infected individual,” according to the California Department of Public Health. Travis Unified School District and Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District said they were contacted by the CDC. “While...

Investigators in Ukraine have launched a probe into former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden over allegations that he pressured Ukrainian officials to fire the country’s top prosecutor in 2016, according to a report. The Ukrainian probe was launched in response to a court order, after the ousted prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, made an appeal for action in the matter, Shokin’s attorney, Oleksandr Teleshetsky, told The Washington Post. “They need to investigate this. They have no other alternative,” Teleshetsky told the Post. “They are required to do this by the decision of the court. If they don't, then they violate a whole...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. — Three Sacramento-area college students were exposed to a person who has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, according to school officials. One student is enrolled at American River College, one is enrolled at Cosumnes River College and one is at Sacramento City College. All three have been told to stay home and monitor their own health. The students were exposed by working as medical professionals, but it is unknown where exactly the students were exposed. The students from American River College and Cosumnes River College returned to their respective schools after the exposure.

When Volodymyr Zelensky catapulted to Ukraine’s presidency in April 2019, the actor-turned-statesman promised a fresh start, a rejection of politics as usual, and a thorough overhaul of Ukraine’s political and economic system. Parliamentary elections three months later gave Zelensky’s Servant of the People party a majority of 254 out of 424 available seats. With a clear mandate from his country, the wildly popular president put into place a government and inner circle with a reputation for honesty and integrity. He has jump-started reform, scoring a number of impressive legislative achievements. But despite continued foreign and domestic enthusiasm over Ukraine’s new...

A student living in a dormitory at UC Davis has shown “mild symptoms” of coronavirus and has been placed in isolation, along with two other students living in the dorm, Yolo County and university officials said Thursday. The student has a runny nose and a cough after potentially being exposed to someone with coronavirus, officials said. The individual is in isolation at a home off campus. The two other individuals in isolation are the student’s roommates and are not showing signs of the virus. Officials declined to say whether the three are in isolation in Davis. They are isolating “out...

February 28 2020 Friday after Ash Wednesday Reading 1 Is 58:1-9a Thus says the Lord GOD: Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Tell my people their wickedness, and the house of Jacob their sins. They seek me day after day, and desire to know my ways, Like a nation that has done what is just and not abandoned the law of their God; They ask me to declare what is due them, pleased to gain access to God. “Why do we fast, and you do not see it? afflict ourselves, and you...

After leaving office in 2017, former Vice President Joe Biden Bragged about strong-arming the government of Ukraine to fire its top prosecutor Viktor Shokin. Joe Biden made the remarks during a meeting of foreign policy specialists. Biden said he, “Threatened Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2016 that the Obama administration would pull $1 billion in U.S. loan guarantees, sending the former Soviet republic toward insolvency, if it didn’t immediately fire Prosecutor General Viktor Shokin.” Biden suggested during his talk that Barack Obama was in on the threat. In April 2019 John Solomon revealed what Biden did not tell his...

In Cuba, this doctor’s home has running water for only one hour a day Here’s a six minute video on what it’s like to be a doctor in Cuba.At 4:53, when the doctor is at her home with her husband and their daughter, the narrator says:“… they only have running water one hour a day…”If that’s how Cuba treats its doctors, I wonder how they treat the average citizen.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBC5w2O4jVI

The “Donald Trump/Mike Pence Prayer Vigil” and “Heroes and Nation Prayer Thread” have combined to form the AMERICA PRAYER VIGIL prayer thread! Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for our President and Vice President and for AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945 75th Anniversary of the...

The Milwaukee man who killed five co-workers at a beer company’s corporate office is a black Elizabeth Warren supporter, providing a clue as to why the mass shooting disappeared from the discussion so quickly. 51-year-old Anthony Ferrill showed up at the MillerCoors facility from where he had been fired earlier in the day wearing his uniform and carrying a silenced gun. He proceeded to gun down five colleagues before turning the weapon on himself. It subsequently emerged that Ferrill was an African-American Elizabeth Warren supporter (presuming that Ferrill shared the same political beliefs as his wife, who took a selfie...

I was in solitary confinement in Fidel Castro’s tropical gulag — where I spent 22 years for refusing to pledge allegiance to the Communist regime — when I heard a child’s voice whimpering. “Get me out of here! Get me out of here! I want to see my mommy!” I thought my senses were failing me. I could not believe that they had imprisoned a child in those dungeons. Later on, I learned the story of Robertico. He was 12 years old when they arrested him. A captain in the political police had left his gun in his open car....