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A 47-year-old man known as a “human crime wave” was sentenced to life without parole Wednesday for fatally shooting a high-ranking Chicago police officer. A judge ordered the man, Shomari Legghette, to serve a “natural life sentence” in connection with the 2018 murder of Commander Paul R. Bauer, 53, the Cook County State Attorney’s Office said in a statement. “Justice was served today,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot tweeted Wednesday. “But it may be little comfort to the wife and daughter who lost the centerpiece of their lives and mourn Paul Bauer’s absence every day.”

Scenes from the latter portion of the funeral of Hierodeacon Iliodor followed by burial. (Russian Orthodox)

The University of Wisconsin-Madison student government recently approved a resolution that calls for the removal of a statue of Abraham Lincoln on campus. The resolution claims that the statue is a “racist remnant” of “white supremacy.” According to a report by Campus Reform, students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison recently passed a resolution that calls on administrators to remove a statue of Abraham Lincoln. The resolution argues that the statue is a “racist remnant” of “white supremacy.” The resolution, which passed by unanimous consent, was drafted by student Kevin Jacobson. Jacobson argued that the Lincoln statue should be removed because...

Former Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. filed a defamation lawsuit in Virginia on Wednesday, arguing the private evangelical Christian college tarnished his reputation in a series of public statements following his resignation over several sex scandals. The lawsuit filed in Lynchburg Circuit Court on Wednesday includes claims of defamation and breach of contract against the university his late father helped build. It alleges that Liberty officials accepted what Falwell says are false claims about his involvement in an extramarital affair between his wife and the couple's business partner and “moved quickly” to destroy his reputation.

During a hearing before the Senate Commerce Committee yesterday, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey alleged that his platform had never censored President Trump, a claim which is provably false. Yesterday, during a hearing before the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, the CEO’s of Facebook, Twitter, and Google discussed their various platforms and allegations of censorship. During the hearing, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey alleged that his platform had never censored President Donald Trump. “We have not censored the U.S. president,” Dorsey echoed. “We do not take down the tweets but we add context around it.” However, numerous examples of the President...

Joe Biden (D) is expected to have his “busiest” travel day since formally becoming the Democrat Party’s presidential nominee, visiting three states, including a last-minute stop in Minnesota, as Election Day draws closer. Biden’s campaign added a last-minute stop in Minnesota to his schedule on Friday. According to reports, he will hold a drive-in rally in St. Paul, in addition to events in Wisconsin and Iowa. The three-state stops will mark the “busiest travel day on the campaign trail” since becoming his party’s nominee, according to reports:

Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) said Thursday on ABC’s “The View” that New York State’s more than 6,000 nursing home deaths allegedly caused by his order to put patients infected with coronavirus back in facilities was a conspiracy theory. Co-host Sunny Hostin asked, “There has been a lot of confusion about an alleged March 25th order that directed nursing homes to accept in New York, infected COVID patients, possibly leading to the death of more than 6,000 seniors. Now you say in your book that that was a lie, that New York state never demanded or directed that any nursing home...

Given the ongoing nature of the pandemic, it may seem senseless to make a two-hour film that looks back on how the coronavirus ran rampant in the U.S. And yet, Totally Under Control—from the Oscar-winning writer-director Alex Gibney and his co-directors, Ophelia Harutyunyan and Suzanne Hillinger—not only documents the chaos of 2020 with clear-eyed precision, but also successfully argues for its own existence.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is looking for love — but only in New York. The three-term Democrat was grilled about “ghosting” Chelsea Handler on Thursday — a day after the comedian admitted to asking him out but never hearing back. “I’m a big fan of Chelsea’s and she is great and we have fun but on my dating life, you know, I am only dating at this point in-state residents,” Cuomo, 62, said during an appearance on “The View,” presumably referring to the still-raging COVID-19 crisis.

FLINT, Mich - Flint City Council member Maurice Davis spoke before Vice President Mike Pence at Flint Bishop Airport saying he supports President Donald Trump. "Right now the narrative has been spent, President Trump is full of hate. Let me tell you something, the Democrats are full of hate. I have been a democrat all my life, 64 years. The last four years I voted for Hillary Clinton. This year I decided to go with President Trump. I am not a bootlicker, I am not an Uncle Tom," said Maurice Davis...

A state trooper assigned to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s security detail got hot and heavy with one of New York’s first daughters — and was soon transferred to a post near the Canadian border, The Post has learned. Trooper Dane Pfeiffer, 35, met Cara Kennedy-Cuomo, 25, through his job as one of her dad’s bodyguards, sources said. They began dating about seven months ago — after she moved into the Executive Mansion in Albany due to the coronavirus pandemic — and Cuomo learned about the relationship a short time later, sources said.

President Trump is the last bastion to stopping the radical left, talk show host Dave Rubin said Thursday as the 2020 presidential election is five days away. “As most of your audience knows, I have been a lifelong Democrat. I have voted for Obama twice, I voted for Gore, I voted for John Kerry, this is the first time I ever voted for a Republican president,” the host of "The Dave Rubin Show" told “Fox & Friends.” “But, I see Trump, basically, as the last bulwark to stop the radical left,” Rubin said.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi projected Thursday that Joe Biden would win the White House and said Democrats are ready to work with him on a transition agenda to tackle the coronavirus pandemic, address the economic fallout and pass an infrastructure agenda. "I feel very confident that Joe Biden will be elected president on Tuesday," Pelosi, D-Calif., said at a news conference at the Capitol, while acknowledging counting votes may continue past Nov. 3. "On Jan. 20, he will be inaugurated president of the United States. So while we don't want to be overconfident or assume anything, we have to be...

Before we get to the meat of this piece, I wanted to share a couple of photos with you. Both President Trump and Traitor Joe Biden are holding rallies in Tampa, Florida today. The first photo below is an aerial shot from the Biden rally, showing the demented candidate speaking to maybe 100 people. Maybe. Image The second shot is from the Trump rally, showing the President speaking to an estimated crowd of 15,000 or more. Image Our corrupt news media and their paid pollsters expect you to believe that the guy who couldn’t draw a crowd of mosquitos in...

President Trump has moved to a three-point lead over Democrat Joe Biden in Arizona just days before Election Day. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey of Likely Voters in Arizona shows Trump leading Biden 48% to 45%. Little over a week ago, the Democrat had a 48% to 46% advantage. Two percent (2%) prefer some other candidate, while four percent (4%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.) Factor in those who haven’t made up their minds yet but are leaning toward one candidate or the other, and Trump gains a point, taking a 49% to...

A federal grand jury has returned an indictment alleging corporate entities conspired to steal technology from a Houston-area oil & gas manufacturer, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick and Assistant Attorney General John C. Demers of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division.Jason Energy Technologies Co. (JET) in Yantai, People’s Republic of China; Jason Oil and Gas Equipment LLC (JOG) USA and Chinese national Lei Gao aka Jason Gao, 45, are charged with conspiracy, theft of trade secrets and attempted theft of trade secrets. Gao previously resided in Houston but is now believed to be in China. A warrant remains outstanding...

Gingrich: Map Of Trump With 326 Electoral Votes Looks Right, "Left Is Going To Be Terribly Shocked" Back to Videos Gingrich: Map Of Trump With 326 Electoral Votes Looks Right, "Left Is Going To Be Terribly Shocked" Posted By Ian Schwartz On Date October 28, 2020 Newt Gingrich said the left is going to be shocked by a Trump victory and said an electoral map showing the incumbent president with 326 electoral votes seems right to him in an interview Wednesday night with FNC's Sean Hannity. "He has a better likelihood than he did at this stage in 2016 when...

A spokesperson for the United Parcel Service (UPS) said Thursday that the company has located the package that Fox News host Tucker Carlson alleged contained damning material on Hunter Biden. “After an extensive search, we have found the contents of the package and are arranging for its return,” the spokesperson told < href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/ups-confirms-mystery-tucker-carlson-package-disappeared-in-its-system">(the Daily Beast.) “UPS will always focus first on our customers, and will never stop working to solve issues and make things right.” Carlson claimed on Tuesday’s show that the package containing “damning” documents regarding (Hunter Biden) had disappeared after they were shipped from California. (Related:)

Today, the Justice Department announced that it will permit state, local, territorial, and tribal task force officers to use body-worn cameras on federal task forces around the nation.  The department’s policy will permit federally deputized officers to activate a body-worn camera while serving arrest warrants, or during other planned arrest operations, and during the execution of search warrants.  The policy is the result of a pilot program launched by the department last October.“After spending a substantial amount of time examining this issue, assessing the results of the pilot program, and taking into account the interests and priorities of all...

Joe Biden is doing everything he can to avoid answering questions about Hunter Biden’s laptop from hell. 77-year-old Joe Biden was able to dodge the media and hop into the vehicle waiting for him after he deplaned in Fort Lauderdale with his granddaughter.