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Pope Francis Slams Coronavirus Lockdown Protesters as Egotists ROME — Pope Francis said Sunday those who protest coronavirus lockdowns and loss of personal freedoms are thinking only of themselves.In an exclusive interview with the Serbian daily newspaper Politika, the pontiff compared two attitudes he has observed in reacting to the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing social and economic lockdowns.Those who have peacefully accepted the loss of jobs, travel, mental health, family unity, education, rule of law, public worship, human contact, and personal initiative are selfless heroes — the pope seemed to suggest — while others who have complained of government...

Charlotte Douglas International Airport Charlotte, North Carolina 5:44 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: So, I hope everybody is having a good time. We’re doing our third stop of five. We have great crowds. The first two were extremely cold. But they’re great people, so that warmed it up. We’re doing tremendous numbers. Florida is doing very well. Ohio, as you heard, is doing phenomenally well. I think we’re ahead of Ohio from four years ago, and we won by eight. If you look at North Carolina, we’re doing great. We’re doing — I think we’re doing well all over. Georgia looks...

November 1, 2020 Dear Madam Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) At my direction, on October 30, 2020, United States forces conducted an operation in Nigeria to rescue Mr. Philippe Walton, a United States citizen. Mr. Walton had been kidnapped on the morning of October 27, 2020, from his home in Niger. His captors transported him across the Niger border into Nigeria, demanded a ransom for his release, and threatened to kill him if his family failed to pay that ransom. The operation was undertaken by a small number of combat equipped United States forces after the United States received reliable intelligence...

BINGHAMTON, New York — Folks along both sides of the state line know they’re sitting on a gold mine geologists call the Marcellus Formation, but those to the north have watched helplessly as their Pennsylvania neighbors prospered, an issue that President Trump believes could help him win the critical Keystone State on Tuesday.

Abby Livingston from The Texas Tribune reached out to the RPT today and asked a question about a Biden campaign bus in her attempt to portray conservatives as violent radicals, even though it is leftists from Antifa and BLM who have been assaulting, robbing, and looting fellow citizens and their property. Below is Chairman Allen West’s response: “Three Trump supporters have been executed, one in Portland, one in Denver, and one Milwaukee. A leftist mob attempted to storm the house of the McCloskeys, threatened to burn their house down, rape Mrs. McCloskey, and then kill them both. Where is the...

In the American Revolution, people gave up their lives to secure our system of government. During the women’s suffrage movement, some protested and risked it all so women could participate in elections. And during the civil rights movement, some endured violence and prosecution to secure the right to vote. Americans throughout history have made tremendous sacrifices to safeguard our democratic republic—and with it, the right to vote. We cannot disregard their sacrifice or squander their precious gift to us. Today, the threat to our voting system is election fraud. This is a very real issue, as recognized by the Supreme...

Democratic vice-presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) has started promoting Marxist policies just hours away from Election Day. The California Democrat has been slammed for coming out as a "woke Marxist" less than 48 hours before the election. Joe Biden's running mate released an animated video on Sunday that pushes Communist talking points.

Hey Dad, Our relationship is strained. It feels like it has been for a while. For the last four years, there has been an elephant in the room — I’d joke and call it an orange elephant, but I’m nervous that might end this earnest conversation before it even begins. ... Meanwhile, the U.S., which was built on immigration — grandma being one who fled the ravages of war in Europe for a better life here — is now a bastion of anti-immigrant hysteria. Our relatives on your side fought for the Union in the Civil War. Great-grandpa fought against...

There has been a significant and ongoing amount of violence in this country over the last six months. America has suffered between $1-2 billion in damages, 700 police have been injured and 30 people have been killed in what the left wing media has described as “mostly peaceful” riots. BLM/Antifa, having destroyed much of inner city businesses, now is making their way out to the suburbs with their unique brand of violence and intimidation. Now we are promised more. Much more. Cities across the country are boarding up in anticipation of riots by Biden supporters. From New York and DC to Los Angeles and San Francisco, businesses in...

When comedienne Chelsea Handler noticed a pro-Trump tweet posted by her ex-flame 50 Cent, she became apoplectic and launched a bizarre social media crusade to change his mind. Dripping condescension, she asked if he knew what his race was and insulted his intelligence, saying if he's black he can't vote Trump. In an Instagram post, she addressed him "Hey f-----!," offering to pay his taxes if he changed his mind on Trump. And in an interview with Jimmy Fallon, she even dissolutely proffered renewed intimacy to 50 Cent: "I might be willing to go for another spin, if you know...

Conservative activist Candace Owens argues Black voters are choosing President Trump over Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden because they believe he will provide more 'opportunities' within the community. https://youtu.be/60AKVAOW2Q4 

Over the nearly five decades that Joe Biden has held elected office — the man has literally been in government for his entire adult professional life — he was never viewed as someone who was particularly wealthy. That is, other members of Congress who have clung to their offices for 20, 30, 40 years come out on the other side of their career multi-millionaires (and we’re supposed to believe they’re just penny pinchers and great with their money; look the other way at the investments, the campaign contributions, etc.). Biden, however, was different insofar as outwardly he did not appear...

Former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign refuses to say whether the candidate will cooperate with an FBI criminal investigation into his son Hunter Biden. On Thursday, Sinclair investigative reporter James Rosen reported the FBI in 2019 opened a criminal investigation of Hunter Biden and his associates focused on money laundering that remains open and active. Breitbart News sent a query to the Biden campaign on Thursday but did not receive a response. The query asked: In light of Sinclair TV’s James Rosen’s reporting on Thursday evening that the FBI opened a criminal investigation in 2019 into “Hunter Biden and...

In a predictable move, the media is gaslighting the likelihood of violence, post-election. No, not from the very same Leftists burning down cities and declaring themselves in open insurrection…oh no. Its coming from you, Right Winger, clutching your God, Guns and Religion, as we’re so told. That’s right. The Civil War coming as a result arrogant and useless ivory tower dwellers, power-drunk Flag Officers having grown too close to their profits and too far from their Countrymen, and an Intelligence Community run amok using their undergrad proxies as cannon fodder is your fault. I was sent a rather uninteresting interview...

Gender diverse youth were more likely than their cisgender peers to report risky sexual behaviors, as well as recent depression and smoking, according to a survey conducted in Minnesota. Among 411 teens presenting to two urban emergency departments (EDs), the proportion of cisgender and gender diverse youth who were sexually active did not significantly differ (20.8% vs 23.3%, P=0.65). However, gender diverse youth who were sexually active were significantly more likely to report using alcohol or drugs before having sex (35.7% vs 4.6%, P<0.01) and to not have discussed sexually transmitted infections (21.4% vs 6.2%, P=0.03) or pregnancy prevention (50%...

Oliver Stone @TheOliverStone · Nov 1 (2/3) @ggreenwald & I don’t support the #Republicans, but we’re sick and tired of the irrational #censorship going on in America. This sordid affair is groundbreaking. Never before has there been this kind of 4-year marriage of #DemocraticParty to the intelligence agencies. 12:48 AM · Nov 1, 2020·Twitter Web App

So, where does this leave us? The Democrats on the state supreme court have effectively stripped Pennsylvania election officials of any practical way to challenge mail-in ballots of whatever provenance before they are counted. Consequently, the outcome of the presidential election will come down to a post-Election Day “knife fight” (to borrow Steve Bannon’s apt metaphor) in which Republicans will be forced to produce evidence to rebut the judicially imposed presumption that any and all mail-in ballots are legitimate. But, when dealing with untold thousands of non-postmarked ballots, what kind of evidence can practically and timely be adduced to prove...

Four freshman city council members in Philadelphia vowed to seek budget cuts to the city police department during a week where more than 200 stores were looted in connection with the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. The four council members — Isaiah Thomas, Katherine Gilmore Richardson, Jamie Gauthier, and Kendra Brooks — pledged their support for cutting funding to the police during an online call with political activists in the area, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

On Friday, the Des Moines Register threw a hand grenade into the entire polling industry. Widely acclaimed as the “gold standard” of polls, the Register had Trump winning Iowa by 7 points—right where the Register had him in 2016. The headlines blared that this was a harbinger in 2016 about other Midwestern states that Trump eventually won, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.And none of the stories mentioned that in 2016 the register . . . was wrong. It was low. Trump won Iowa not by 7, but by 10.Suddenly, over the weekend, many—but not all—other polls showed a rapidly tightening...

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings has today announced a cancellation of all of its voyages within all brands. Voyages onboard Norwegian Cruise Line, Oceania Cruises, and Regent Seven Seas have all been canceled until December 31st, 2020, at least. The announcement comes just days after the announcement from the CDC to lift the No-Sail-Order. Although the company did not give specific details on the cancellations and the reasoning behind it, CEO Frank Del Rio had stated earlier last month that it would take up to 60 days to prepare the vessels for operations. It could also be expected that the protocols...