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itnesses told officials that 46-year-old Liam John Daly took a diving leap into the water, but was facedown and unresponsive when he resurfaced.A California man died after diving off a boat to catch a football and landing in shallow water in the Florida Keys on Saturday, authorities said. Witnesses told Monroe County Sheriff’s officials that 46-year-old Liam John Daly took a diving leap into the water, but was facedown and unresponsive when he resurfaced.

“When the wicked cometh, then cometh also contempt, and with ignominy reproach” (Proverbs 18:3).

With each new indictment, Special Counsel John Durham is slowly exposing the extent of the 2016 Hillary Clinton campaign’s involvement, and that of other longtime Democrat operatives, in the most destructive political dirty trick in history. The big question that remains is whether the ringleader and masterminds of the Russian collusion hoax will ever be revealed and held accountable. The indictments handed down involve lying to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the FBI. Last year, Kevin Clinesmith, the FBI attorney who falsified a document that was then presented to that court, received a mere slap on the wrist. What...

Lifelong Rehab BOURBON, Mo. (KTVI) – A Missouri mother is recovering from brain damage after a roadside attack that police said stemmed from a road rage incident. Surveillance video obtained by sister station KTVI shows a driver following a woman’s car for about 4 miles on a highway near Bourbon, Missouri. What happened next almost killed Jamie Peters, a young, thriving, and energetic mother of three, as seen in pictures before the attack. (Snip) Peters was on her way to work the morning of Aug. 17 when something happened that led to another driver chasing her. “He followed her about...

A very interesting interview with Chris Spear, president and CEO of the American Trucking Association.During a House Transportation Committee hearing on supply chain issues, CEO Chris Spear shares an internal survey showing that 37% of truck drivers “not only said no, but said hell no” to the Biden vaccine mandates.To give some perspective of the downstream consequence, the ATA President noted that “if just 3.7 percent, not 37 percent, just 3.7 percent” of the drivers left the industry, there would be over a quarter million vacancies resulting in a “catastrophic” collapse of the U.S. supply chain. Mr. Spear also shared...

President Joe Biden’s already-controversial pic to lead an agency that oversees the nation’s banks despite a previous statement indicating she wants to “end banking as we know it” has now become mired in a new controversy: A prior arrest.According to Fox News, Soviet-born Saule Omarova, whom Biden picked to lead the Treasury Department’s Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), was arrested in 1995 for “retail theft,” according to arrest records obtained by the network.Fox News adds:According to the background check, Omarova was arrested by Madison, Wisconsin, police officers on June 2, 1995 and charged with a misdemeanor count...

BOISE (AP) — A bill making it easier for Idaho residents to get worker compensation if they become ill after taking an employee-mandated vaccine sailed through the House and headed for the Senate. The measure passed the House on a 67-3 vote. “If the employer is telling you, you have to do this in order to work here, if they’re doing that, then, by golly, I think our system ought to provide a fair compensation method,” Democrat Rep. John Gannon said. Also heading to the Senate was a bill that would prohibit questioning the sincerity of people claiming religious exemptions...

News AnalysisIn the past, countries allowed Beijing to dictate their relationship with Taiwan, under threat of economic sanctions. Gradually, free democracies are increasing their engagement with the island nation, in spite of the Chinese regime’s bullying.Over the past few years, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has become more and more belligerent, while attempting to dictate the foreign policy of other countries. An increasing number of nations, however, have been defying China’s demands, and voting their conscience, in spite of threats or reprisals from Beijing.Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with the Dalai Lama in 2008, which angered the Chinese regime....

God help us...

An appeals court dominated by Republican-nominated judges was chosen at random Tuesday to deal with the flurry of lawsuits against the Biden administration’s private business COVID-19 vaccine mandate.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit was the winner of a lottery that was triggered by multiple appeals courts receiving challenges to the mandate, which was promulgated at the behest of President Joe Biden and would affect every business with 100 or more workers if it’s allowed to take effect.Thirty-four petitions for review, or suits, were filed against the mandate. At least one petition was filed in every single court...

In a vote reminiscent of the state’s “Live Free Or Die” motto, New Hampshire lawmakers passed a legislative amendment on Nov. 17 that would prohibit any COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the New England state. Reading the measure out loud at a hearing attended by hundreds of people, main sponsor Rep. Rick Ladd (R-NH) stated the amendment provides that “no New Hampshire entity shall compel receipt of a COVID-19 vaccine by anyone who objects to such vaccination for any reason.”Laura Telerski, a New Hampshire Democrat from Nashua opposed to the proposed ban, called it too broad and premature, especially given the...

First it was Buddy Miles. Then it was Tony Joe White. Now it's War. In each case, curiosity spurred by my personal music library resulted in digging deeper to learn how these artists did under live conditions, and what else they might demonstrate in the way of artistry. Until this evening, my ears never heard this band live. Moreover they were subject to the Top 40 Hits almost entirely, although I recall getting one of their albums through the Columbia House Record Club back in the day. The most distict aspects to their sound are these: the unison harmonica and...

Earlier today, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it would suspend all “activities related to the implementation and enforcement” of the vaccine mandate imposed by Joe Biden’s fiat. It comes after the Fifth Circuit imposed a nationwide moratorium on the implementation and enforcement of the mandate in a blistering decision that stopped about two verbs short of calling the hastily cobbled together rule both stupid and duplicitous (see BREAKING: Federal Appeals Court Denies Biden Admin Request to Lift Stay on Vaccine Mandate).There is no reason for anyone to take a victory lap over this decision for the reasons I...

The Jordan Football Association (JFA) has accused the goalkeeper for the Iran women’s soccer team of being a man. Zohreh Koudaei, 32, has since responded to the JFA’s request for a “gender verification check.” “I will sue the Jordan FA,” Koudaei said according to Turkish newspaper Hurriyet. “I am a woman. This is bullying from Jordan.”

University permanently barred from enforcing vaccine mandate and will have to pay legal fees of four female, Christian student-athletes.Western Michigan University is permanently barred from enforcing its COVID-19 vaccine mandate against student athletes and will pay nearly $35,000 in legal fees under a consent judgment issued Nov. 16 by U.S. District Judge Paul L. Maloney in Kalamazoo, Mich. Under an agreement signed by attorneys for the athletes and the university, Western Michigan agreed that the preliminary injunction upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit will be made permanent, ending the lawsuit brought Aug. 30 by two...

It’s not a secret that many conservatives have qualms about Fox News. That’s not to say their primetime lineup isn’t still largely appealing, specifically Tucker Carlson’s top-rated show, but past editorial and hiring decisions have left some scratching their heads.In that current media environment, conservative alternatives like Newsmax and One American News Network have emerged, with the former gaining the most success recently. Meanwhile, OANN is battling behind the scenes to gain an advantage over Fox News, but they may have pushed things too far, if a new report is any indication.According to The Washington Free Beacon, OANN has been...

As we reported earlier, the jury in the Rittenhouse trial had questions about being able to review video evidence.That prompted a discussion of the drone video, which was part of a motion of mistrial with prejudice made by the defense. The defense argued that they hadn’t gotten a clearer, higher definition version of the drone video until Saturday, after the close of evidence. They argued in their motion to the court that the prosecution had sent them a compressed version and withheld the clearer version.Their position was that constituted withholding evidence and prosecutorial misconduct. This was in addition to the...

It seems I can’t keep up with the latest DOJ or FBI scandal as of late. In the last two weeks, I have penned two pieces at RedState, voicing my displeasure with their continued political targeting and questionable tactics.While some missed my sarcasm regarding the “J. Edgar glory days,” the problems at the FBI and DOJ, along with other federal law enforcement organizations (I’m looking at you, ATF), are nothing new. While this author is going to stop far short of suggesting that the likes of McVeigh and Nichols had justification to do what they did, one can certainly step...

HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra 'told Congress that he values religious freedom and that nothing will change with OCR concerning enforcement,' but 'his actions since then prove that he lied,' Roger Severino says.WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – The Biden administration is considering revoking a federal civil rights agency’s power to review alleged violations of religious liberty by the federal government, according to a draft memo to Secretary of Health & Human Services (HHS) Xavier Becerra obtained by Fox News. Fox reported that the memo concerns a 2017 Trump administration decision that empowered HHS’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) to review federal agencies’...

"Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God." "Our cause is the cause of all mankind…we are fighting for their liberty in defending our own." "From a persuasion that equal liberty was originally the portion, it is still the birthright of all men." "Sell not...liberty to purchase power." "Those who would give up essential liberty, to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." "Every man…is, of common right, and by the laws of God, a freeman, and entitled to the free enjoyment of liberty." "A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats." "Make yourself...