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Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) said Democrat representatives, not Republicans, are being provided Secret Service protection per Nancy Pelosi’s directives. Tuberville contrasted Washington, DC’s, reaction to unrest on January 6 with dozens of violent and destructive leftist-driven riots in large American cities in 2020. “This is all coming from the other end of the Capitol building, which is the House, Fort Pelosi,” Tuberville remarked. “Nancy Pelosi is in charge of all this. She was in charge of it when it all happened. The chief of police and sergeant-at-arms resigned, and Pelosi should have been right behind them, because she should have...

In Woods v. Seattle's Union Gospel Mission, (WA Sup. Ct., March 4, 2021), the state of Washington's Supreme Court rejected a facial challenge to an exemption in the state's anti-discrimination law for religious and other non-profit corporations. Plaintiff was denied employment by a Christian legal aid program for the homeless because he was in a same-sex relationship. The majority held that because reasonable grounds exist to distinguish non-profit corporations from others, the exemption does not, on its face, violate Article I, §12 of the state constitution that prohibits any law granting privileges or immunities which are not equally available to...

Former president Donald Trump is calling on Herschel Walker, former running back at the University of Georgia and in the NFL, to run for US Senate in 2022. Trump released a statement Wednesday that read: “Wouldn’t it be fantastic if the legendary Herschel Walker ran for the United States Senate in Georgia? He would be unstoppable, just like he was when he played for the Georgia Bulldogs, and in the NFL. He is also a GREAT person. Run Herschel, run!“ There has been chatter online about a Walker Senate run going back to late February, and it seems Trump is...

News of Elizabeth Banks directing a new movie about a bear that consumed 70 pounds of cocaine that was dropped by drug smugglers in 1985 has sent Twitter into a frenzy and even prompted Bette Midler to offer her services as an acting coach. The plot of the movie titled Cocaine Bear is being kept under wraps, but it will be based on a true story. In 1985, authorities reported that a 175-pound black bear died after eating cocaine from a duffel bag it found in a Georgia forest that was dumped in the area by a drug smuggler. Authorities...

Last season wasn’t a banner year for the Texas Rangers, but few have been lately. The team won only 22 games on its pandemic-shortened sixty-game schedule and placed last in the American League West division. It was the team’s fourth consecutive campaign with a losing record. The bright side? At least nobody was there to see it, as COVID-19 restrictions meant that the team spent the year striking out in front of cardboard cutouts of fans. It was far from the sort of inaugural season the team had imagined for its spanking new stadium—for which Arlington taxpayers ponied up $500...

A Chinese retailer’s promotion of a Buddha statue crafted in the likeness of former U.S. President Donald Trump has gone viral on Chinese social media platforms, the Chinese state-run Global Times reported Tuesday. “The statue, with Trump’s contemplative face lowered, and both hands resting in its lap, is labeled by the seller on Taobao as ‘Trump, who knows Buddhism better than anyone,'” according to the newspaper. Taobao is a Chinese online shopping site owned by the Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba. “Make your company great again” A ceramic figurine of former US president Donald Trump as Buddha is trending on China’s...

Gordon College can’t claim a ministerial exception to shield the school from an anti-discrimination lawsuit brought by a former professor of social work, the state’s highest court has ruled. The case may end up at the U.S. Supreme Court, since it touches on unresolved matters concerning a religious-liberty case the high federal court decided last year. The Wenham school, which was founded by a Baptist pastor and identifies as non-denominational Christian, denied tenure in 2017 to Margaret DeWeese-Boyd, who had taught social work there since 1999. The associate professor sued the college and administrators in Essex Superior Court, claiming school...

Oaxaca, Mexico, Mar 8, 2021 / 11:41 am MT (CNA).- A group of feminists taking part in a women’s rights march in Oaxaca City on Sunday attacked Ss. Cosmas and Damian parish, as well as other buildings, both public and private. As part of the protests organized in Mexico for International Women's Day, masked women armed with stout sticks broke open the outer doors of Ss. Cosmas and Damian March 7, smashed the windows of the inner doors, gained entry and stormed inside to tag the interior with graffiti, destroy glass cases, windows, pews, and a confessional. A statue of...

These tunnels at the border of England and Wales have been undocumented for centuries.Electrical workers have discovered a network of tunnels near Tintern Abbey. The tunnels are believed to be more than 800 years old, but have not been documented on any map. The discovery was made by workers from Western Power Distribution. BBC reports that the team was digging a trench to run wires to a private residence when they unearthed the tunnels. The team was sure to reseal the entrance to ensure its safety until it is examined. The Welsh historical preservation society, Cadw, has since halted the...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ ARMORED HORIZON An armored vehicle sits on the horizon during Trident Juncture 2015 in Almería, Spain, Oct. 30, 2015. The exercise enabled Reserve Marines to gain experience within their military occupational specialty and demonstrate their readiness with other foreign nationals. The vehicle is assigned to the 4th Marine Division. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Gabrielle Quire Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. VIPER FIRE Marines fire a BGM-71 missile...

On Tuesday, the Albany Times-Union reported that an unnamed female aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo had filed a complaint against him accusing him of touching her inappropriately. On Wednesday, the paper reported the explosive details from the complaint: She says she was groped by Cuomo after she had been summoned to the governor’s residence in late 2020. According to the account, the staff member - whose identity is being withheld by the Times-Union because she is not authorized to speak publicly - was summoned to the executive mansion on the pretext of fixing a minor issue with his cell phone,...

...Kathy Boudin, and the adopted son of two others, Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, is now the elected District Attorney of San Francisco County. It may be reserved to God to visit the sins of the fathers unto the sons.... Chesa Boudin differs from his parents, biological and adoptive, in one respect only: rather than fighting the system to inflict harm, create chaos, and do evil, he puts the system to work toward those ends. It’s not just that Boudin works to make everyday life more awful by refusing to enforce what he dismisses as mere “quality of life” (e.g.,...

Next week, the California Department of Education will vote on a new statewide ethnic studies curriculum that advocates for the “decolonization” of American society and elevates Aztec religious symbolism—all in the service of a left-wing political ideology.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall, along with Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-District 4, and two other Alabama voters have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically the bureau’s use of differential privacy. According to Marshall’s office, the lawsuit was filed over the Department of Commerce’s decision to “manipulate census data that will affect congressional and state legislative redistricting, and delay delivery of census data the States need to complete redistricting.” The Census Bureau is a part of the Department of Commerce. In the lawsuit, Marshall and Aderholt challenge the commerce department and the Census Bureau...

Bible scholar and Christian author Dr. Michael Brown urged Pro-Life evangelicals who voted Biden into office to repent of their blind spots and to seek reconciliation with other pro-Trump evangelicals and Catholics. In response to "Pro-Life Evangelicals for Biden's" open letter stating their disappointments on the Biden administration - particularly on the issue of abortion and the exclusion of Hyde Amendment in COVID-19 relief packages, Dr. Brown pointed that during the electoral campaign, the current President has made his positions clear. On the issue of abortion, Biden said that he's running as a president who won't support pro-life initiatives. As...

The $1.9 trillion federal stimulus package includes a temporary expansion of the child tax credit. Some California experts are likening it to a universal basic income and say it’s urgently needed, especially for California’s families with undocumented parents left out of previous stimulus relief.

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday said that if not for him Americans would likely never receive the COVID-19 vaccine. “I hope everyone remembers when they’re getting the COVID-19 (often referred to as the China Virus) Vaccine, that if I wasn’t President, you wouldn’t be getting that beautiful ‘shot’ for 5 years, at best, and probably wouldn’t be getting it at all,” Trump said in a statement. “I hope everyone remembers!” he continued. A senior adviser to President Biden’s coronavirus response team said on Wednesday that one in four adults in the United States have now received their first shot...

Joe Biden isn’t a hologram. But the relative absence from the public stage of a newly elected U.S. president and leader of the free world is sparking no small amount of speculation and chatter about the brave new world of possibilities offered by technological advancements and the unprecedented control over information on the internet. So far, under Biden, there have been none of the extended press availabilities to which we got accustomed under President Trump. No impromptu sessions with the media where he fields questions and attacks, dealing with dozens of wide-ranging topics. President Biden even skipped the traditional live,...

ALBANY — A female aide to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo alleges he aggressively groped her in a sexually charged manner after she had been summoned to the Executive Mansion late last year, according to a person with direct knowledge of the woman's claims. The staff member, whose identity is being withheld by the Times Union, had been called to the mansion under the apparent pretext of having her assist the governor with a minor technical issue involving his mobile phone. They were alone in Cuomo's private residence on the second floor when he closed the door and allegedly reached under...

For most parents, the demonization of capitalism is the least of it. They say that their children tell them they’re afraid to speak up in class. Most of all, they worry that the school’s new plan to become an “anti-racist institution” — unveiled this July, in a 20-page document — is making their kids fixate on race and attach importance to it in ways that strike them as grotesque.