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The Biden administration asked 11 officials appointed by former President Donald Trump to military service academy advisory boards to resign or be dismissed, CNN first reported Wednesday. ***** The dismissals come after The Pentagon reorganized its advisory boards after a purge of former Trump appointees in February. ***** White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the administration asked for the resignations. “The president's objective is what any president's objective is — to ensure you have nominees and people serving on these boards who are qualified to serve on them and who are aligned with your values,” Psaki said at a...

After former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton expressed outrage over the abortion ban in Texas, one of the most vocal critics of the Democrat establishment, Rose McGowan, blasted her on Twitter.Hollywood Star Drops BOMB on Hillary: "I've been in a Hotel Room with Your Husband Bill"

Just watched as a massive crane took down the magnificent and very famous statue of “Robert E. Lee On His Horse” in Richmond, Virginia. It has long been recognized as a beautiful piece of bronze sculpture. To add insult to injury, those who support this “taking” now plan to cut it into three pieces, and throw this work of art into storage prior to its complete desecration. Robert E. Lee is considered by many Generals to be the greatest strategist of them all. President Lincoln wanted him to command the North, in which case the war would have been over...

The U.S. bishops’ conference on Monday launched a new initiative to promote civility amid political polarization, appealing to Pope Francis’ 2020 encyclical Fratelli tutti. “My hope is that this initiative will assist all of us as we seek to ‘become neighbors to all,’ as the Holy Father calls us to do, and take up the challenges of encounter, dialogue, truth-seeking, and creative problem-solving, in order that all Catholics can work together for the common good,” said Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City, chair of the U.S. bishops’ domestic justice and human development committee, on Monday. The bishops’ new campaign “Civilize...

VAERS data released Friday by the CDC showed a total of 650,077 reports of adverse events from all age groups following COVID vaccines, including 13,911 deaths and 85,971 serious injuries between Dec. 14, 2020 and Aug. 27, 2021.The Defender is experiencing censorship on many social channels. Be sure to stay in touch with the news that matters by subscribing to our top news of the day. It's free.Data released Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) showed that between Dec. 14, 2020 and Aug. 27, 2021, a total of 650,077 total adverse events were reported to VAERS,...

The FBI on Wednesday released new footage of the suspect who placed pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC headquarters in DC on January 5. Two pipe bombs were planted at the RNC and DNC DC Headquarters and safely detonated by a bomb squad on January 6. The FBI on Wednesday released new footage of the pipe bomb suspect on a cell phone with timestamps…yet they still cannot identify the individual? The FBI is asking the public for help identifying the suspect.

A month before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the West in March 2020, Amazon pledged to remove products that claimed to cure the coronavirus. However, items that promote misinformation about COVID-19 and vaccines are still appearing in search results on the Amazon storefront, according to Senator Elizabeth Warren. The senator's staff found that searches for terms including “COVID-19,” “COVID,” “vaccine,” “COVID-19 vaccine” and “pandemic” led to results such as books peddling "falsehoods about COVID-19 vaccines and cures," including at least one that Amazon tagged as a best seller. In a letter to Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, which was...

MOUNTAIN HOME, Ark. – Arkansas gubernatorial candidate Sarah Huckabee Sanders made a stop at Buncles Brick Oven and Brews in Mountain Home, Arkansas as part of her 15-stop statewide “Freedom Tour”. VideoThe candidate met a packed house of excited supporters as she made her way to speak. “Honestly we’ve been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support from literally every corner of this state,” said Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “One of the things we really wanted to do across Arkansas and during this tour is spending time with Arkansans talking to them face to face but also showcasing some of the great...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ US Army: Where We Beat Terrorists And Fires Alike! CARIBBEAN SEA - (Aug. 31, 2021) -- U.S. Army Soldiers from the 2-3 Infantry Battalion, 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team, assigned to Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, led by strike team crew boss Ricardo Rubio, a National Interagency Fire Center fire fighter, walk down a vehicle trail as they look to hold and patrol containment lines while deployed in support of the Department of Defense wildland firefighting response operations on the Dixie Fire in Plumas National Forest, California, Sept. 4,...

[Catholic Caucus] PARIS: Traditionis custodes … good news and bad newsThe Archbishop of Paris, Most Rev. Michel Aupetit, issued a letter to priests of that venerable see about Traditionis custodes.Good news and bad news.The good news is that the TLM will continue at Ste Odile (17e), Ste Jeanne de Chantal (16e), St Eugène-Ste Cécile (9e), St Roch (1er), and ND du Lys (15e). However, Aupetit suppressed TLMs at Notre-Dame-du-Travail (14e – South Paris). What a lovely birthday gift for Our Lady.Also suppressed, Saint-Georges-de-la-Villette (19e – East Paris), both in poorer areas. I am told that the miffed reaction was, “No...

The Supreme Court announced Wednesday that the justices will return to the courtroom for oral arguments in October. Attendance will be limited to essential personnel, lawyers for the parties and a select group of reporters, according to a press release. The public will not be allowed to attend the arguments. But the announcement marks yet another milestone as the United States slowly returns to its pre-pandemic normal. [snip] Attendance will be limited to essential personnel, lawyers for the parties and a select group of reporters, according to a press release. The public will not be allowed to attend the arguments....

"I'm Getting Sentimental Over You" is a song recorded by Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra. The words were written by Ned Washington and the music was written by George Bassman. It was first performed in 1932. The original copyright is dated 1933 and issued to Lawrence Music Publishers, Inc. The copyright was assigned to Mills Music, Inc. in 1934. Noni Bernardi, a saxophonist with the Dorsey orchestra arranged this song. Dorsey was the featured trombone soloist when his orchestra played it. It was first recorded in September 1935. A second recording on October 18, 1935 is the exact arrangement...

The last time the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, morality police roamed the streets, implementing the group’s austere interpretation of Islamic law — with harsh restrictions on women, strictly enforced prayer times and even bans on kite-flying and chess. Nearly 20 years later, the Ministry for Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice is back. While the Taliban was in power from 1996 until 2001, the ministry enforced a severe interpretation of Islamic law. Religious policing predated Taliban rule. The government of Burhanuddin Rabbani, who served as president between 1992 and 1996, created the vice and virtue ministry. But under the Taliban...

Mr. Sulu, people WANT TO WORK.Your party destroys millions of jobs and then pays people NOT to work.That’s not compassionate; it’s stupid, and deeply harmful. pic.twitter.com/5UAC8GkTBy— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 8, 2021 .@BetteMidler is unhappy with me.🤷🏻‍♂️ https://t.co/hVwPUznzSG— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 8, 2021#Ted "Get a Job" #Cruz has a great job; he sits on his fat ass all day, collects $175,000 a year for doing ZIP but opposing #progress, with staff, office, police escorts, donors & bootlickers galore, and a pension vested after 5 years of "service". He deserves to lose that job.— bettemidler (@BetteMidler) September 7, 2021Dems really...

China's foreign minister Wang Yi said the United States and its allies have more of a duty to supply economic and humanitarian aid to Afghanistan than any other country, according to a statement from the foreign ministry on Wednesday. They should help Afghanistan's positive development while respecting its sovereignty and independence, he said. Wang said China would provide 200 million yuan ($31 million) worth of grain, winter supplies, vaccines and medicine to Afghanistan, adding that it had already decided to donate an initial batch of 3 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the Afghan people.

Former President Donald Trump’s political organization shared a statement Wednesday from the mother of one of the Marines who died in last month’s ISIS terror attack in Afghanistan — in which the woman implored Trump to seek the presidency again in 2024. “President Trump has to run,” said Kathy McCollum, whose son Rylee was one of 13 US service members killed Aug. 26 by a suicide bomber outside the Abbey Gate at Hamid Karzai International Airport, in a message disseminated by Trump’s Save America PAC. McCollum went on to rip President Biden as a “corrupt pseudo president” and claimed that...

Peter Boghossian has taught philosophy at Portland State University for the past decade. In the letter below, sent this morning to the university’s provost, he explains why he is resigning.Dear Provost Susan Jeffords, ​​I’m writing to you today to resign as assistant professor of philosophy at Portland State University. Over the last decade, it has been my privilege to teach at the university. My specialties are critical thinking, ethics and the Socratic method, and I teach classes like Science and Pseudoscience and The Philosophy of Education. But in addition to exploring classic philosophers and traditional texts, I’ve invited a wide...

In honor of the 20-year marker of the 9/11 attacks, I thought I'd run excerpts from a few of my post-9/11 columns. One point I politely refrained from making 20 years ago: Why was the president of the United States reading "The Pet Goat" to a class of second-graders at the moment our nation was attacked? I think the "Attack France" column (Dec. 20, 2001) holds up well, mostly because I'd rather be bringing in hundreds of thousands of Frenchmen right now than hundreds of thousands of Afghans. (Who knew the golden ticket to U.S. citizenship was being the country...

Two young boys in Indiana are being praised for their thoughtfulness, after they stopped riding their bikes to honor a fallen veteran at his funeral. Jacqi Hornbach shared the sweet story about the boys in Facebook post over the weekend, a few days after witnessing their kind gesture. While dog-sitting for a friend last Thursday and enjoying the nice weather, Hornbach said she spotted a funeral procession entering the cemetery across the street. That funeral was for 89-year-old United States Army veteran Charles Everett Yorn, Hornbach told Fox News. Not long after, Hornbach said two boys came down the street...

Residents have been evacuated from homes as emergency services tackle a "significant" industrial blaze. About 20 appliances were at the scene after the fire service was called to Park Street, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, at about 14:50 BST. Police asked people to avoid the area while road closures were put in place. People were being advised to keep doors and windows closed, with a plume of smoke visible across the town. One woman, who lives on Wood Street near to the fire, told BBC Hereford and Worcester she and a number of other people had been evacuated from their homes. She said...