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VIDEO Pick Me! PICK MEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! Most political endorsements consists of one politician praising another and giving some reasons why that person deserves your vote. End of story. However, Elizabeth Warren took it to the extreme in the form of a warm, tongue bathing, overlong slick commercial which was supposedly an endorsement of Sleepy Joe Biden but in reality was her laughably pathetic plea begging to be picked as his running mate. Enjoy the comedy entertainment of Warren on her knees begging (in the form of of a an incredibly pandering endorsement) for Joe to place her on the Democrat...

Joe Biden: start measuring those Oval Office curtains today! It's all over but the shouting, folks. The election's done and dusted, and Ol' Joe has won! That is, if you believe MSNBC's Donny Deutsch. Deutsch accused President Trump of behaving like a "political moron," claimed he "will not recover" from his handling of the coronavirus, and concluded that the virus "will be his Waterloo in spades."Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott discussed reopening the Lone Star state up for business during an online church service from Dallas on Sunday, the same service President Trump had tweeted he would be watching. Jack Graham, the pastor of Prestonwood Baptist Church, spoke remotely to the Republican governor about opening businesses and churches following the coronavirus-related shutdowns. "Texas wants to lead the way in opening our state back up," Abbott said, adding that the state will have a phase-in plan that will be fully developed by May.

The obverse (heads) design features the familiar image of George Washington by John Flanagan, used on the quarter since 1932. It has been restored to bring out subtle details and the beauty of the original. The reverse (tails) design depicts a Samoan fruit bat mother hanging in a tree with her pup. The image evokes the remarkable care and energy that this species puts into their offspring. The design is intended to promote awareness to the species’ threatened status due to habitat loss and commercial hunting. The National Park of American Samoa is the only park in the United States...

In the latest of a wave of protests that have spread across the U.S., lawmakers and protesters who say Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf's stay-at-home order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus is too strict are staging a drive-in protest in Harrisburg on Monday, following other states like Michigan, North Carolina and others that have seen similar events. The demonstration, planned for noon on Monday, comes after state Republican lawmakers passed a bill last week that would mandate the state follow federal guidelines offered by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on which workers should be considered "essential," rather...

EXCLUSIVE: After spending weeks diving into coronavirus issues over video conferencing, a bipartisan group of 50 House members has crafted a plan for what's needed to reopen the economy safely and help businesses recover from crippling mandatory shutdowns. Fox News got an exclusive first look at the Problem Solvers Caucus plan that outlines specific public health, economic recovery and long-term stimulus plans the group wants Congress and President Trump to embrace as the nation tries to emerge from weekslong quarantines and growing mass layoffs. "The bottom line is people I think are eager for a checklist. They want to understand...

The state of New York is now allowing marriage ceremonies to take place on video conferencing platforms like FaceTime, with an executive order enabling couples to get married via a video link while maintaining social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. NEW: I am issuing an Executive Order allowing New Yorkers to obtain a marriage license remotely and allowing clerks to perform ceremonies via video conference. — Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) April 18, 2020

The Washington Post's so-called "Fact-Checker" omitted critical facts from his article criticizing President Donald Trump's condemnation of the World Health Organization. On April 17, 2020, Glenn Kessler's "Analysis: Trump's false claim that the WHO said the coronavirus was 'not communicable'" gave President Trump three out of four "Pinocchios" for the allegedly deceptive statement that the WHO "publicly endorsed the idea that there was not human-to-human transmission happening" and that the WHO said it was "not communicable."

The Washington Post report last week saying that U.S. Embassy officials in China warned the State Department in Washington as early as January 19, 2018, about inadequate safety at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) lab, in addition to scientists conducting risky research on coronavirus from bats. The U.S. embassy in Beijing had sent U.S. science diplomats to the WIV lab, which had distinguished itself in 2015 as “China’s first laboratory to achieve the highest level of international bio-research safety (known as BSL-4). WIV issued a news release in English about the last of these visits, which occurred on March...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem (Music in The Bible) Hebrew Worship Words Zammar Psalm 66:2Sing the glory of his name;     make his praise glorious. Psalm 71:22 I will praise you with the harp     for your faithfulness, my God; I will sing praise to you with the lyre,     Holy One of Israel.. Psalm 144:9 I will sing a new song to you, my God;     on the ten-stringed lyre I will make music to you, New International Version (NIV)(End of Scripture Passage) . "Zammar", means to play a stringed instrument in praise to the Lord. Strong's Concordance 2167 zamar: to...

Morning "That through death he might destroy him that had the power of death." Hebrews 2:14 O child of God, death hath lost its sting, because the devil's power over it is destroyed. Then cease to fear dying. Ask grace from God the Holy Ghost, that by an intimate knowledge and a firm belief of thy Redeemer's death, thou mayst be strengthened for that dread hour. Living near the cross of Calvary thou mayst think of death with pleasure, and welcome it when it comes with intense delight. It is sweet to die in the Lord: it is a covenant-blessing...

Emma Lazarus could not imagine, when writing the 1883 sonnet inscribed on the Statute of Liberty, that the words of lines 10 and 11 -- “Give me your tired, your poor,/ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” -- would bear such relevance to the situation now being endured by American citizens under government lockdown thanks to a global pandemic midwifed by scientists in a Chinese viral research lab in Wuhan. The Wuhan pandemic is a liberal/progressive dream come true. It gives them the recession they have prayed for to oust President Trump. Their reason for getting up in the...

Keeping the U.S. economy indefinitely closed will very literally destroy the country as we know it. We've taken extraordinary measures for more than a month to avoid the worst-case public health scenario, but those steps have resulted in north of an unprecedented 22 million jobless claims. We now have to recalibrate our response and address the economic devastation. Any mention of that fact is greeted by Democrats and liberals in the media as a gleeful invitation to kill a million citizens, but here are the facts: From everything we’ve seen so far, the coronavirus is statistically deadly for a minority...

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma on Sunday announced that the Trump administration would begin requiring nursing homes to report confirmed coronavirus cases to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Speaking at a White House briefing, Verma said that the new guidelines would also mandate that nursing homes communicate with patients and their families when one of their residents tests positive for COVID-19. "It’s important that patients and their families have the information that they need and they need to understand what’s going on in the nursing home," Verma said, adding that the initiative...

He's on-the-air. One of America's very best Talk Radio Show Hosts, IMO: Chris Plante from WMAL in DC. His show is the "prep work" for many other shows. And, unlike the others, he pulls no punches, tells it like it is and doesn't take any guff from liberal, leftist or commie/socialist/fascist callers. He's the guy we'd all like to sit down with and have a cheeseburger and a cold one, while talking about the state of America, and the crazies who are pulling the strings, behind-the-scenes. Get a fresh refill of your favorite coffee, a warm croissant, the Hoppe's Cleaning...

Sacca Protesters from all over the country assembled over the last few days to voice their displeasure to stay-at-home orders as economic conditions deteriorate. Despite decrees from their governors to stay at home, Americans organized protests demanding an end to the coronavirus lockdown. Over the past week, protests have erupted across the country — from California to Colorado to Texas to Michigan to Ohio to New Jersey. Residents from blue states and red states have demonstrated their desire to get out of their homes and return to their jobs.

At Sunday's White House coronavirus task force briefing, CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang asked President Trump why he didn't "warn" people that the virus was spreading while he was holding MAGA rallies. WEIJIA JIANG, CBS NEWS: Since you shared with us something else that you saw on TV today. I have a question about something you said Thursday. You said you were angry because information about the virus should have been told to us earlier and a lot sooner. "People knew it was coming and people did not want to talk about it." Many Americans are saying the...

Rep. Adam Schiff spent months launching secret impeachment hearings, never thinking his conduct would be called into question. He is now caught in the crosshairs of a formidable government agent, Mr. Brendan Carr, Federal Communication Commissioner. The impeachment may be over, but Mr. Carr is formally investigating Rep. Schiff for violating privacy laws -- more like obliterating ethical boundaries -- by setting up his own surveillance state to target the president’s allies. Carr is currently uncovering the diabolical nature of the congressman’s “surveillance state.” At the time, Schiff resorted to such desperate measures because he didn’t have much of an...

It’s just the flu, bro. Lawmakers in DC are putting together a plan to get America back to work. Why do these people feel the need for elaborate planning? I wished they would have declared “Mission accomplished! The curve is has been flattened and hospitals aren’t overrun - everyone back to work!”. They aren’t saving lives. They are wasting money and destroying families and businesses. I saw a study in Massachusetts that they tested 200 random people for antibodies and 33% had the antibodies (but no symptoms). This is almost everywhere and it will be everywhere in the near future....

Fire Tower Bear Attack, 1958 Black-Bear iStock-648818154 It was dark outside the little cabin near the fire tower in the Oregon mountains in 1958. Eight-year-old David Conner and his two younger sisters had gone to bed. He had not yet fallen asleep. It was quiet.His mother's screams sundered the peaceful night.  Time and memories would be divided into two parts. Before the night of the bear, and after.He jumped from the bed and scrambled toward the kitchen. The kitchen light was on. On his left was his mother. On the right was the kitchen window over the sink, with a...