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Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva has urged the Board of Supervisors to declare a local state of emergency amid the spiraling homelessness crisis in the county. Villanueva cited exploding crime, struggling businesses, and lack of sanitation.

Beloved; May we truly - with all our being - desire what Almighty God desires for us. May we want to know, possess and exercise the wondrous will of Almighty God; which He has provided for us by the shed blood of His dear Son (Eph. 2:14). As we walk in time, may we - who know the Savior - seek to enjoy our redemptive benefits which have been given to us by our God and Savior (1 Cor. 1:30, Eph. 1:3, 2:1-19, Phil. 4:17, Col. 3:1-4) and the heavenly peace of heart that comes with the fact and reality...

Parliamentarians blacklist pro-lifers worldwide BRUSSELS (ChurchMilitant.com) - A group of European parliamentarians is painting pro-lifers as extremists in an effort to make abortion a human right across the globe. The European Parliamentary Forum for Sexual and Reproductive Rights released this month an investigative report into pro-life funding in Europe. The forum, known as the EPF, published its report, called "Tip of the Iceberg," on June 15, less than two weeks before Thursday's parliamentary vote on sexual and reproductive rights. The EPF's investigation discredits dozens of Christian and human rights organizations, labeling them "anti-gender funding actors active in Europe." The EPF...

While delivering remarks at the Reagan Presidential Library in California, former Vice President Mike Pence said he would “always be proud” that he certified the fraudulent electoral college votes of Joe Biden on January 6, a move that legal experts say was an outright betrayal of President Donald Trump, the Constitution of the United States, and the American people. Speaking to a crowd at the Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California yesterday about the future of a political party that overwhelmingly doesn’t support him, former Vice President Mike Pence doubled down on his support for the actions he took...

What is left to say at this point when it comes to that “Hermit Kingdom” everyone loves to hate? North Korea, or also known as the so-called Democratic People’s Republic, is the ultimate Pandora’s Box and every president’s worst nightmare: A-bombs, chemical toxins, biological weapons, and missiles to lob them all over the world—including now at the continental United States. And Pyongyang knows how to get the news cycle to turn its way—thanks to making Northeast Asia shake with nuclear weapons tests.

ABC News continued its tendency to ignore (or almost ignore) the controversy over Vice President Kamala Harris waiting for more than 90 days to visit the border after being handed the border "issue" by President Biden. On Friday night's newscast, David Muir offered just 13 seconds to the story. It's 43 boring words. Blink, and you might miss it. The word "illegal" is nowhere to be found. The PBS NewsHour disposed of the matter in 58 seconds in its "news wrap." Anchor Judy Woodruff reported "Vice President Harris visited the U.S. Southern border today for the first time since taking...

The City of Austin’s biomass power plant sat idle again, producing no power, during another statewide electricity shortage last week, according to the city’s electric utility Austin Energy... “Last week when ERCOT called for conservation, we started the 24 – 48 hour process to start the plant back up. Upon startup, we discovered an issue that needed repair... Austin’s biomass plant produced no power. The grid alert last week unnerved many Texans, but it registered as a relatively minor inconvenience compared to the winter storm crisis Texas experienced in February. The Nacogdoches plant was powered off during that event as...

Recently, three major summits in the Western world—those of the G-7 (Group of Seven), NATO, and the U.S.–EU—have been held back-to-back, highlighting a significant strategic shift to confront the systemic threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). If 2020 was a year marked by a pandemic ravaging the world and the emergence of a new Cold War between the United States and China, 2021 will be one in which a strategic reorganization is being forged in the West to fight communist China. Since the start of 2021, the CCP has become more bluntly assertive in advancing its global ambitions—by...

VIDEOOkay, so "LatinX" probably isn't a word that Joe Biden would normally use. Most likely it was spoon-fed to him by his handlers so he could sound woke. However, his liberal handlers probably don't know that most Latinos HATE that word and find it offensive.

The Weekly Gardening Thread is a weekly gathering of folks that love soil, seeds and plants of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first potted plant, to gardeners with some acreage, to Master Gardener level and beyond, we would love to hear from you. If you have specific question about a plant/problem you are having, please remember to state the Growing Zone where you are located. This thread is a non-political respite. No matter what, you won’t be flamed, and the only dumb question is the one that isn’t asked. It is impossible to hijack...

Trump.....the honestly, elected 2020 POTUS is holding a Massive Rally in the great stat of Ohio, this evening..."BE THERE" Thousands of Trump Supporters are already lined up waiting for the gates to open at 2:00 PM, Ohio time...Hundred more are coming every hour.....Be there folks!!! Side Bar: No one attends either the Biden or Harris "Sleep Rallies"....Boring!!!

resident Joe Biden trended on Twitter for what many are calling a "creepy" interaction with the press during a press conference on Thursday. Biden held a press conference at the White House to share his thoughts on the announcement that a bipartisan group of senators came to a tentative deal on an infrastructure bill. Throughout the press conference, he behaved in a bizarre manner, repeatedly leaning over the podium and answered reporters' questions in a whisper. Townhall posted on Twitter a compilation video of Biden's press conference, where he leaned in to whisper his responses to the press. This caused...

For Yemeni fisherman Fares Abdulhakeem and his friends, the day was like any other as they headed out to sea to earn a living in the war-torn country -- until they hit the jackpot in the belly of a whale. Abdulhakeem related how he was among 35 fishermen who stumbled upon a floating sperm whale carcass in February, about 26 kilometres (16 miles) off the coast of the southern city of Aden. He said they dragged the dead mammal back to shore, where they sliced it open and struck "floating gold", or ambergris, a rare substance formed in the whale's...

Vice President Kamala Harris made her first trip to the U.S.-Mexico border Friday. She briefly left the El Paso airport to tour a Border Patrol station but did not make her way to the actual border. Harris's choice of El Paso was already absurd, given the illegal immigration crisis is at its peak in McAllen, which is nearly 800 miles away.

A woman has been arrested for child abandonment after she admitted to detectives that she is the mother of a baby found in a Lynwood park trash can earlier this month, officials announced Friday. The 22-year-old woman told authorities that she...had come to the U.S. illegally from Guatemala two months earlier, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. On June 11, authorities received a call from a passerby who found an infant in the women’s restroom at Yvonne Burke-John D. Ham Park. Deputies responded and located the newborn baby boy in the restroom trash can....

WASHINGTON, Tuesday, June 25. A Committee of New-Yorkers are here to tender to the Government a crack American regiment of riflemen, now ready organized, and ready for the war. Major BEN PERLEY POORE, of the Rifle Battalion of Massachusetts, now Major of the Massachusetts Eighth, has been offered the Colonelcy of this regiment, and holds the offer under consideration. At the Relay House, the Massachusetts Sixth and Eighth are stationed. Their term of enlistment expires the last of July. They will return home at the expiration of their time. A new regiment will be formed out of these two, which...

Just five years after Barack Obama completed two terms as president of the United States, we're supposed to believe America has been overrun by violent white supremacists determined to reinstate segregation, Jim Crow laws, and maybe even slavery.

The NCAA announced early Saturday morning the 1 p.m. College World Series game between Vanderbilt and NC State would be ruled a no-contest due to COVID-19 protocols. "The NCAA and the committee regret that NC State's student-athletes and coaching staff will not be able to continue in the championship in which they earned the right to participate," the NCAA said in a statement.

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Police confirmed multiple fatalities after a mass stabbing in Wurzburg on Friday.. The suspect has been identified as a 24-year-old Somali man living in Wurzburg.. Videos showed pedestrians holding the attacker at bay with chairs and sticks .. A witness reported that the knifeman shouted 'Allahu Akbar' before the attack.. A Somali knifeman yelled 'Allahu Akbar' before killing three people and wounding six more in a street rampage before German police arrested him alive, according to local reports. Police identified the suspect, who was wearing a face mask and is now being questioned in a hospital, as a 24-year-old Somali...