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The hashtag #goodriddance is among the top trends Sunday on Twitter as anti-Trump host Chris Wallace announced he is leaving "Fox News Sunday" for CNN's streaming service. "He'll be controlled by the radical left," then-President Donald Trump said about the prospect of facing Wallace as moderator in the one and only 2020 presidential debate. "They control him." Former Trump adviser Steve Cortes tweeted his testy exchange with Wallace after that debate, where Wallace was blasted for "haranguing" Trump and "his incredibly biased performance as debate moderator."

An attempted robbery in South Los Angeles quickly went sideways when three men in their 20s pulled up in a vehicle and tried to rob a man in his 50s, only to have one of them drop his handgun, allowing the victim to shoot dead one of the perpetrators, authorities said Saturday.

A top adviser to Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing calls to recuse herself from the Justice Department's investigation of the Trump-Russia probe, which has looked into the actions of her husband, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan. Margaret Goodlander serves as counsel to Garland, who oversees Special Counsel John Durham's investigation. Garland has oversight of Durham's budget, the scope of the investigation, and the release of a report Durham is believed to be writing. Sullivan, who married Goodlander in 2015, has been referenced in Durham's indictment of a cybersecurity lawyer who worked for the Clinton campaign. While there is no...

The commission believes criminals should not be given stronger sentences if they commit more crimes while on probation or parole, or even if they’ve escaped custody. That will mean lower sentences for criminals who commit murder, rape, assault, robbery and felony DWI! Worse yet, sex offenders currently receive double points for their custody status, so eliminating this part of the grid will disproportionally benefit the worst criminals in our system.

‘He is treating the British public like he has his previous relationships and it’s not an edifying sight’ Boris Johnson is unlikely to raise a glass of champagne to mark the two-year anniversary of his decisive general election victory tomorrow. It is not just that he once again has a newborn baby to look after. It is because this week has been a vivid reminder of the two factors that have repeatedly stopped him from delivering on many of the promises made ahead of that election: the ravages of the pandemic, and the unforced errors in No 10 which some...

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace, one of the few high-profile news personalities who retained a reputation of integrity as the channel he worked for leaned hard into right-wing and conspiratorial programming, announced Sunday that he is departing the network and joining CNN+ to host a weekday show. Wallace made the stunning announcement of his departure from Fox News at the end of "Fox News Sunday," the channel's flagship weekly program that he has moderated since 2003. "After 18 years — this is my final 'Fox News Sunday.' It is the last time, and I say this with real sadness, we...

The “othering” of conservative Americans by the radical left continues.This won’t end well.Saturday Night Live ran a skit last night joking about taking turns on Roger Stone’s 75-year-old wife who has cancer.Saturday Night Live: Trump advisor Roger Stone who draws his glasses on with a Sharpie (joke – haha) refused to cooperate with the committee investigating the January 6th attacks, though Stone said he would be open to sitting in a corner and watching the committee take turns on his wife.It’s now “funny” on the left to joke about gang-raping the wife of a prominent conservative with cancer.(Warning on language...

Table of Contents: 1. Non-Practicing Christians Are On The Rise 2. Regular Church Attendance Declines 3. Prayer Is Still Important 4. Church Attendance By Generation 5. Tithing Numbers Still Low 6. Faith Remains Strong During COVID-19 7. Live Streaming Leads To Growth 8. Sermons Matter Most 9. Community Matters Too 10. Live Streaming Increases Online Tithing 11. Online Attendance Is Higher Than In-Person 12. Initial Tithing Effects Of COVID-19 13. Church Attendance Still Reeling From COVID 14. Hybrid Church Services Could Be The New Norm 15. Members Somewhat Confident Churches Are Safe 16. In-Person Attendance Slowly Growing 17. Christians Experiment...

The Liangzhu excavation site, on the Yangtze River Delta, southwest of Shanghai in China, is home to the remains of a 5,300-year-old civilisation. Liangzhu City was once an advanced culture, with hydraulic infrastructure including dams, reservoirs and canals. Despite not having metals, the Neolithic people of Liangzhu operated a complex water system that allowed agriculture to flourish. There is still much to learn about Liangzhu, which was only declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2019. It was inhabited for 1,000 years, but it’s still not entirely clear what caused the city’s downfall, which was thought to be abrupt... Moisture...

When two-time Olympic gold medal-winning skier David Wise started talking publicly about a passion he pursued in his free time, his agent warned him against it. His sponsors balked. Then, a few dropped him. Instead of responding by hiding his hobby in the woods, however, Wise amplified it. He went on hunting podcasts, and started an Instagram page highlighting the “off the grid” activities he pursues with his wife and two children, including growing vegetables, raising chickens and hunting. “If something has to die to feed my family I choose to take on the responsibility of killing it myself,” Wise...

Four deaths have already been reported in the exchange of fire in the al-Burg refugee camp in Lebanon. Hamas accuses Fatah members (like the one in the video) of opening fire. One of the bloodiest events for Palestinians in Lebanon in recent years, since the fighting with ISIS supporters in the camps. pic.twitter.com/wuQsa368MH— Nurit Yohanan (@nurityohanan) December 12, 2021

Yesterday in the Australian police state of Victoria, I heard the Dean of St Paul's Anglican cathedral, talk about his own church as the illegitimate occupiers of traditional Wurrundjeri lands. But he didn't offer the title deed to the land to the aboriginal elder who helped deliver the service. Perhaps the Dean didn't actually tHink that the standards of The Word (Logos, truth, rationality, consistency) actually applied to his virtue signalling pronouncements about the cultural treasure he manages. I believe a significant part (3%) of the Australian continent should be returned to the aboriginal people who are now 3 %...

Lawyers for a Michigan high school student injured in a deadly mass shooting are accusing the district of destroying evidence pertinent to the case. Four people were killed last month and seven injured after Ethan Crumbley, a 15-year-old sophomore, allegedly opened fire at Oxford High School. The Oxford School District is currently facing a $100 million lawsuit from a student who was shot in the neck, and her sister, who witnessed the attack. Lawyers say the district has scrubbed the school website of administrators. “Not only did defendants fail to take necessary steps to preserve the evidence, but they willfully...

Rising as high as 20 feet, ancient stone monoliths in southern Ethiopia are 1,000 years older than scientists previously thought, according to a new study in the Journal of African Archaeology. A Washington State University research team used advanced radiocarbon dating to determine the often phallic-shaped monoliths, or stelae, at the Sakaro Sodo archeological site in Ethiopia’s Gedeo zone were likely created sometime during the first century A.D. The only other attempt to determine the age of the more than 10,000 stele monoliths located at various sites in the Gedeo zone was conducted by French scientists in the 1990s. It...

How can Bible prophecy be interpreted in light of modern events? What are the ‘last days’ and how does Scripture describe them? How does the book of Daniel, written millennia ago, factor into expecting the world as we know it to end in the future? Is time running out? What is the purpose of the Tribulation? What does the Bible mean when it speaks of “the age” and how does it foretell of its ending? John Hagee: Dispensationalism is a series of defined periods, or ages, in history where God’s purpose and assigned stewardship for mankind is found. There are...

Newsom pledged on Saturday to empower private citizens to enforce a ban on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in the state •He cited he would use the same authority claimed by conservative lawmakers in Texas to outlaw most abortions once a heartbeat is detected •'If states can now shield their laws from review by the federal courts... then California will use that authority to protect people's lives, where Texas used it to put women in harm's way,' Newsom said •Texas Republicans passed a banning abortions around six weeks into pregnancy •Law allows private citizens to enforce the ban...

omingo García, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, the nation's oldest Latino civil rights organization, has instructed staff and board members to drop the word "Latinx" from the group's official communications. García sent the directive out in an email Wednesday night, addressed to Sindy Benavides, the league's CEO; David Cruz, its communications director; and the LULAC board. "Let's stop using Latinx in all official communications," García said, adding that it's "very unliked" by almost all Latinos. The email included a link to a Miami Herald editorial with the headline: "The 'Latinx community' doesn't want to be called...

A Viking sword found at a burial site in Orkney is a rare, exciting and complex artefact, say archaeologists.The find, made in 2015 on the northeast coast of Papa Westray, is being carefully examined as part of post-excavation work.Archaeologists have now identified it as a type of heavy sword associated with the 9th Century.The relic is heavily corroded, but x-rays have revealed the sword's guards to be highly decorated.Contrasting metals are thought to have been used to create a honey comb-like pattern.The remains of a scabbard, a sheath for the blade, was also found...The excavations at Mayback revealed a number...

It's time to take out the competition, as House of Gucci star Lady Gaga has added another pre-Oscars award to her crowded collection of awards season accolades. For her work as convicted murder-for-hire mastermind Patrizia Reggiani in the Ridley Scott-directed drama, Gaga will receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Icon Award — which has recently gone to Oscar-nominated performances like Glenn Close's work in The Wife, Robert Duvall's performance in The Judge, and Meryl Streep's turn in August: Osage County. Gaga receives the award after making strides in the Oscar race in recent days, as she was named the...

In understanding why progressivism and liberalism are not the same thing and even moreso, why progressivism hates liberalism, there are two inescapable facts: 1) During the progressive era, progressives were everywhere. 2) Today, progressives are everywhere. Well, what's in the middle? For some reason, no matter where I go there is an extreme resistance on the part of conservatives to admit (out loud or even perhaps even to themselves) that progressives re-labeled themselves as liberal and are now wearing camoflage. Why is this? I don't know. Every now and then you see someone attempt to dig it out and they...