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Hunter Biden touted his family’s political clout to solicit a $5 million investment from China for his U.S.-based financial advisory firm, according to a court filing by a white-collar convict who claims he had an inside view into Biden’s murky foreign business dealings. John Galanis, 77, argues that the younger Biden used his businesses as a "pay-to-play influence peddling operation" by offering access to influential people in Washington, D.C., in exchange for investments. Galanis, who was convicted in 2018 of defrauding investors and the Wakpamni tribal community, states in the affidavit that his son, Jason Galanis, provided him with details...

Before she was on the United States Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg supported a U.S. government racial quota plan when she was on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The mainstream media did not tell the public about it. The Democrats and Republicans in Congress did not tell the public about it. Talk-radio hosts did not tell the public about it. As a Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg continued her approval of racial preferences, aka “affirmative action” as described here, here and here.

Emerald Robinson is the Newsmax White House correspondent @EmeraldRobinson BREAKING: The White House is preparing a shortlist of candidates to replace Christopher Wray as FBI Director. 6:26 pm · 18 Sep 2020

SCIENTISTS have been left confused by a series of incidents in which killer whales have hit sailing boats along the Spanish and Portuguese coasts. In some cases, boats have been damaged and at least one crew member suffered bruising from the impact of the ramming.Two boats also lost parts of their rudders due to the impact of the attacks, according to reports. Incidents have been reported in several locations, including one just off A Coruña, on the northern coast of Spain, on Friday afternoon. Pete Green, managing director of Halcyon Yachts, told The Guardian a boat was being taken to...

The death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg gives Republicans the chance to do the right thing. For a president up for reelection in just six weeks, the right thing to do would be to hold off. It’s widely assumed that the president will soon announce a nominee and urge quick Senate action. But if Trump and his advisers are focused on his reelection, the shrewd choice would be to do the opposite. What would he gain from this option? First, he would avoid a ferocious battle in the Senate that would most likely jeopardize several incumbent Republicans. Second,...

The latest contrived issue to bedevil the left is President Trump’s statement to Bob Woodward in March that he was downplaying the virus to avert panic. Leftists have interpreted this attempt to avert panic as a “lie,” even though they have never shown any ability to discern truth from lies in the past. So this week, the leftists are betting their chips on the Woodward book. Missing from this discussion is any description of the events of March 2020. We all had good reason to want to stop the panic at that time. As news of the virus began to...

From the Washington Post: “Recent polls showing President Trump’s inroads with Latinos have set off a fresh round of frustration and finger-pointing among Democrats, confirming problems some say have simmered for months.” So what do you do? You have Sleepy Joe slow-roll the Macarena or something. “Despacito” sounds close enough to desperado to work? Why not? Slow Joe probably thinks of it as a Corny Pop song. Meanwhile, let’s start out with something just slightly out of format:

Joe Biden’s nomination is the Democrats’ crowning insult. They’re making another go at playing voters for chumps. Democrats, the D.C. establishment, and the left started hoaxing Americans back in 2016. The Russia Hoax was about destroying candidate, and then President, Trump. The conspirators dragged the nation through nearly three years of divisive and costly investigations and hearings. Framing Trump and destroying his presidency was worth stoking enmity. The Russia Hoax morphed into the Impeachment Hoax, wherein vindictive congressional Democrats abused their powers to -- yes -- try to frame the president. The Democrats’ malice knows no bottom. Biden’s nomination is...

[Note: This piece is heavy on video content.] Riot City, USA revs up again. – The Portland riots, which magically disappeared last Saturday after the Democrats read their latest awful polling numbers, magically revved back up again Friday night, following the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. If you don’t think the two events are related, you live in a dream world.

As he was deliberating last year over replacing Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, President Trump told confidants he had big plans for Judge Amy Coney Barrett. "I'm saving her for Ginsburg," Trump said of Barrett, according to three sources familiar with the president's private comments. Trump used that exact line with a number of people, including in a private conversation with an adviser two days before announcing Brett Kavanaugh's nomination. Barrett is a favorite among conservative activists, many of whom wanted her to take Kennedy’s spot. She's young and proudly embraces her Catholic faith. Her past academic writings suggest an...

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday night at home surrounded by family. She was 87-years-old. Republicans control the US Senate and the White House and could nominate and confirm a justice by election day on November 3rd. Low IQ Maxine Waters lost it tonight. The California Representative ordered Democrats to block President Trump’s nominee.

By defying conventional wisdom on the Middle East and China, he reshaped both political partiesOn Sept. 16 the editorial board of the New York Times did the impossible. It said something nice about President Trump. "The normalization of relations between Israel and two Arab states, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, is, on the face of it, a good and beneficial development," the editors wrote. They even went so far as to say that the "Trump administration deserves credit for brokering it." I had to read that sentence twice to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Perhaps the world really is...

For months, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has been performing a political tight-rope walking act, trying to please the far-Left wing of his party while also trying to maintain that he is a middle-of-the road Democrat. To date, Biden has somehow pulled-off this tricky balancing act, mostly due to the fact that his handlers have kept him out of the media spotlight and away from voters as much as possible.However, as the days to the 2020 national election dwindle, it seems that Biden’s far-Left base is becoming more confident they can and will push the former vice president to being...

IN RESPONSE TO ALL THE RECENT E-MAILS ABOUT OUR DOG. I AM SICK AND TIRED OF ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIM, SO HERE ARE ALL OF THE ANSWERS IN ONE RECAP. YES, HE BIT 6 PEOPLE WEARING BIDEN T-SHIRTS... 4 PEOPLE WEARING KAMALA HARRIS T-SHIRTS.. 2 CAR DRIVERS WITH BERNIE SANDERS BUMPER STICKERS... 9 TEENAGERS WITH PANTS HANGING PAST THEIR BUTT CRACK. AND 2 AMERICAN FLAG BURNERS... SO FOR THE LAST TIME THE DOG IS NOT FOR SALE! AND NO, I DO NOT APPROVE OF HIS SMOKING, BUT HE SAYS IT HELPS GET THE "BAD TASTE" OUT OF HIS MOUTH .

<p>The Justice Department explored possible criminal or civil charges against local officials in Portland, Ore., after weeks of clashes between federal law enforcement and violent protesters, spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told Fox News.</p> <p>Kupec declined to comment on whether the department ultimately will bring charges. She said there were no specific charges in mind, rather, DOJ officials were looking at the way Portland officials “were handling, or not handling” the riots and violence.</p>

. FILLING GAPS .ART-WORKS CONTINUALLY SURFACE after-the-fact, pieces not seen earlier when gathering up everything on a given Bible passage. Frequently now I’m finding new sites to explore—well, “finding” should read “being led to”—and often they contain new pearls. So, here are these fresh findings, unrelated to one another and presented chronologically. Viewing them will be rather like walking through a Biblical art museum with dozens of uncategorized offerings: no overarching theme except Christ as Savior and Lord. This is the second of such “retrospectives” in our long journey through Scripture. It seems almost inevitable that there will be more:...

WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday of “complications of metastatic pancreas cancer,” the Supreme Court announced.... Democrats say this is hairsplitting hypocrisy that damages the legitimacy of the court. But they may have little practical power to stop a third Trump nominee after changes in Senate rules on filibusters on nominations. All it takes now is a majority vote to confirm judicial nominees..... During the Obama administration, some liberals urged Justice Ginsburg to step down so that President Barack Obama could name her successor. She rejected the advice. She was critical of Mr. Trump during the 2016...

The Black Lives Matter movement is linked to more than 9 in 10 riots across the country, according to a recent study. US experienced 637 riots between May 26 and September 12, and 91% of those riots were linked to the BLM movement. ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Protesters returned to the streets of Portland, Oregon, following a dayslong pause largely due to poor air quality from wildfires on the West Coast. Police declared an unlawful assembly Friday night in a neighborhood near a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building where protesters had marched, according to a police statement. Demonstrators participated in criminal activity and threw items at officers, police said, leading to 11 arrests. Photos show that smoke was used to clear the crowd, and it appeared that tear gas was deployed. Police initially tweeted that tear gas was on the list of...

Netflix just released a movie titled Cuties. It is anything but cute. Many feel the “film” is an absolute child-exploiting monstrosity and have joined in on the online conversation to #CancelNetflix.Netflix removed a series of zombie movies a few years back after receiving a multitude of complaints. The complaints were warranted. In the zombie movie, a virus was transferred by rape but the outcry never reached the level of outrage we are seeing with Cuties. So, what will Netflix do with the public demands to cancel the streaming network as they parade the sexualization of underage girls?Apparently nothing. “It’s an award-winning film...