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FRANKFORT, Ky. – Two men were sentenced today to 21 months in federal prison and 3 years probation with 9 months served in a halfway house, respectively, for orchestrating a multi-year scheme to funnel more than $200,000 in secret, unlawful corporate contributions into a campaign for United States Senate and for causing the concealment of those contributions from the Federal Election Commission (FEC).Gerald G. Lundergan, 73, of Lexington, Kentucky, was sentenced to 21 months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a fine of $150,000. Co-defendant Dale C. Emmons, 67, of Richmond, Kentucky,...

White House official: Trump will prosecute ‘sacrilegious acts’ of vandalism against Catholic churches, statues 'President Trump will always demand law and order in American communities, and ensure the criminals causing these sacrilegious acts will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.' Top: San Gabriel Mission in California / Lower left: Damage to Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala, Florida. A man has been charged with attempted murder / Lower right: A burned statue of the Virgin Mary in Boston, MA WASHINGTON, D.C., July 20, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) ― President Donald Trump has promised to bring those caught vandalizing...

Following Conviction for Racketeering Conspiracy HAMMOND- Luis Colunga, 27, of Hobart, Indiana, was sentenced, on July 17, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Philip P. Simon to 204 months in prison following his guilty plea to conspiracy to participate in racketeering activity as a member of the Latin Dragons Nation street gang, announced U.S. Attorney Kirsch.“A 17 year sentence should send a strong message that gang activity and associated criminal acts will not be tolerated,” said U.S. Attorney Thomas L. Kirsch II.  “Gang members should know that my office will continue to investigate and prosecute criminal gang activity as a...

A man who sexually exploited two children and possessed child pornography was sentenced today to 40 years in federal prison.Aaron Olson, age 36, of Nora Springs, Iowa, received the sentence after a December 6, 2019 guilty plea to two counts of possession of child pornography, including depictions involving prepubescent children.  In a plea agreement, Olson agreed to be sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment.  Evidence at the sentencing hearing established that Olson produced child pornography images of two children.Olson was sentenced in Cedar Rapids by United States District Court Judge C.J. Williams.  Olson was sentenced to 480 months’ imprisonment.  Olson...

Miami, Fl. - Today, U.S. District Judge Darrin P. Gayles, sentenced 44-year-old Lester Lavin to 51 months in federal prison for his role in a computer fraud scheme that he and his co-workers created and used to steal over $5 million from their casino employer, Miccosukee Indian Gaming.  Judge Gayles also sentenced Lavin’s girlfriend, Anisleydi Vergel Hermida, 31, of Miami Beach, to six months’ imprisonment for helping Lavin launder his cut of the stolen money.Ariana Fajardo Orshan, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, FBI, Miami Field Office, and Roland D....

Fort Myers, Florida – U.S. District Judge Sheri Polster Chappell today sentenced Chase A. Davis (20, Alva) to six months in federal prison for making a threat over the internet to kill an individual. The court also sentenced Davis to serve 400 hours of community service, to pay $1,440 in restitution to the American Family Association, and to serve a three-year term of supervised release.Davis had pleaded guilty on November 27, 2019.According to court documents, on May 22, 2019, Davis transmitted two threats over the internet from Pompano Beach, Florida to Tupelo, Mississippi, to the American Family Association’s Facebook...

SAN FRANCISCO – Song Chen has been charged in a criminal complaint with visa fraud in connection with a scheme to lie about her status as an active member of the People’s Republic of China’s military forces while in the United States conducting research at Stanford University, announced United States Attorney David L. Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John L. Bennett.  Song made her initial federal court appearance before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim this morning to face the charge. The allegations describing the crime appear in an affidavit supporting the complaint filed on July...

Ali Wentworth says she "would watch porn" with her teenage daughters in order to teach them about sex. The 55-year-old actress and comedian has daughters Elliott, 17, and Harper, 15, with her husband George Stephanopoulos, and has admitted she would be happy to sit down and watch adult content with her kids, so she can show them that pornography is "performative" rather than realistic. She said: "In porn, women have been conditioned to look and act a certain way. They are performing and it's dangerous to have boys see this as something women want. You can't stop them, so I...

Short Highlight — ‘It’s time to stand up and fight, while you still have your freedoms’

Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain on May 10, 1940. World War II would rage another year and a half before the entrance of Unite States. The situation in Europe was desperate, as two massive Nazi armies were driving back British, French, Dutch, Polish and Belgian troops to the English Channel, bottling them up in the port of Dunkirk. The Belgian army surrendered. If the British forces were destroyed, Britain would be forced to negotiate a surrender. For reasons still debated, Hitler approved an order on May 24 to halt for three days the advance of 800,000 Nazi troop,...

Some thoughts on Joe Biden's description of Islam as a "great confessional faith," and belief that it should be taught in our public schools.

Father Rothrock Is Right Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish in Carmel, Indiana, is part of the Diocese of Lafayette-in-Indiana headed by Bishop Timothy Doherty. On July 2, 2020, Father Ted Rothrock, the parish pastor published his weekly message under the title “The lady (doth) protest too much, methinks.” In it, he described Black Lives Matter and Antifa militants as having a hidden agenda, and explained how “despots and tyrants have always employed accusation and distortion to achieve all manner of mischief… and mold public opinion.”Father Rothrock asked whether black lives really mattered to the community organizers promoting their agenda. He...

Progressives are mourning the loss of popular political commentator Michael Brooks.Brooks, the host of "The Michael Brooks Show" and a contributor to Jacobin Magazine, died unexpectedly, according to an announcement published by his show's Twitter account on Monday.

In the decades prior to the Revolutionary War, tensions arose between the two largest global powers: BRITAIN, led by King George II, and FRANCE, led by King Louis XV. Because of their alliances with other nations, fighting escalated into the first global war -- the Seven Years War, or as it was called in America, the French and Indian War. The conflict included every major power in Europe as well as their colonies from the Caribbean, to India, to the Philippines, and to Africa. Over a million died. It was sparked by the ambush in 1754 of a French detachment...

Explosive: Cdl. Parolin Covered Up for Vatican Abuser German priest was protected by the now-secretary of state Dear friends and enemies of Stilum Curiae, A criminal trial is underway in Germany centered on Msgr. Christoph Kühn, who oversaw the German desk in the Secretariat of State from 2005–2013. In the past few days, the German daily Bild published an article, which we offer you excerpts of here in translation with some brief explicative notes in italics. It is the latest example of how the highest levels of the Church — in spite of declarations, vademecums, exhortations and various documents — tolerate and close their eyes...

Tucker: Last week, the New York Times began working on a story about where my family and I live. ~~~ Chilling. Great segment, from Tucker, tonight. The unhinged leftists are attempting to dox Tucker's home address, for the second time (they've already moved, once). Antifa thugs harrassed his family and spray painted his (previous) home's entry area.

2:45 min- Tucker: Last week, the New York Times began working on a story about where my family and I live.

Robert Goddard, the father of American rocketry, is credited with developing the first liquid fueled rockets, with gyroscope three-axis control providing steerable thrust. NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center is named for him. After World War II, Werner von Braun , and 1,600 German scientists, surrendered to the United States in Operation Paperclip, stating: "I myself, and everybody you see here, have decided to go West ... We knew that we had created a new means of warfare ... We felt that only by surrendering such a weapon to people who are guided by the Bible could such an assurance to...

A death row inmate arrested in Sacramento County in the 1980s has died of complications believed to have stemmed from COVID-19, officials said Monday.

Protesters have drawn national attention after setting a fire inside the Portland Police Association building Saturday night. Portland Police said around 10:45, protesters broke into the PPA’s building and almost immediately started a fire. The building on North Lombard Street is still covered with graffiti and remnants from the fire set Saturday night are still scattered inside. Ash Leabenworth lives a few houses down from the PPA and said while it’s scary to see this happening on his street, he says dramatic action needs to be taken in order for change to happen. “We heard shouting and then after a...