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With the 2022 midterm elections around the corner, scrutiny of the 2020 election continues to raise questions about election integrity, including a newly identified anomaly in Maricopa County, Arizona.Arizona Law requires that, to be considered valid, ballots must be received by the county no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day.But newly uncovered records documenting the Maricopa County 2020 general election show that while more than 20,000 ballots were transported from the U.S. Postal Service after Election Day, Maricopa County only rejected 934 late ballots in its “Early Voting Rejections Summary” document.This means more than 19,000 late, invalid ballots should...

Four members of the same South Carolina family face charges in the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Linwood Alan Robinson Sr., 59, Linwood Alan Robinson Jr. and Brittany Nicole Robinson were arraigned Thursday morning in federal court in Columbia before Magistrate Judge Shiva Hodges. Linwood Alan Robinson Jr., 39, and Brittany Nicole Robinson, 29, are married. A fourth family member, Benjamin Scott Robinson, a son who lives in North Carolina, accompanied the three South Carolina residents in the Capitol. He was arrested Thursday and arraigned in federal court in Charlotte, according to federal records. A fifth...

A cadet at South Carolina’s military college The Citadel and his alleged accomplice have been given a Jan. 3, 2023, trial date in the case brought against them by the federal government in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot. On Wednesday, U.S. Judge Tanya Chutkan gave Elias Irizarry, of York County, a chance to finish his junior year fall semester, which ends in December. Irizarry had put off a decision on whether to go to trial or plead guilty numerous times, delays that allowed him to complete his sophomore year. Chutkan indicated it would be a trial by jury. Irizarry,...

Stuttgart, Germany, Jun 1, 2022 / 02:45 am A Muslim politician and at least one Protestant politician have received Communion at Masses celebrated by bishops during a multi-day Catholic event in Germany. The same event, held on May 25-29, reportedly barred organizers of the German March for Life from having a stall. Muhterem Aras, a Turkish-born Muslim and prominent state parliamentarian of Germany’s environmentalist Greens, received Communion at the opening Mass in Stuttgart, southern Germany, celebrated by local Bishop Gebhard Fürst, reported CNA Deutsch, CNA’s German-language news partner. While Aras received the Eucharist, Sabine Foth, president of the Protestant state...

Shrine of Mother of Thai Binh will serve as a pilgrimage center for the faithful in Co Viet Parish Women in traditional costumes dance and offer flowers and candles in front of the Marian statue in Co Viet Parish in Thai Binh province on May 23. (Photo: giaophanthaibinh.org)A diocese in northern Vietnam has set up a new Marian shrine at a centuries-old parish on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady Help of Christians. Bishop Peter Nguyen Van De of Thai Binh founded the shrine in Co Viet Parish in Vu Thu district on May 24. A special Mass...

The Russian Orthodox Church considers the appointment of Karin Jean-Pierre, representing the lesbian community, as the White House press secretary as a sign of the degradation of American society. "We definitely do not welcome the activities of this community, and I believe that the appointment of representatives of this community to such public positions once again testifies to the moral degradation of society in those countries where this happens," - Metropolitan Hilarion, head of the Department for External Church Relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, said on the air of the Russian state TV channel. He said that he does...

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Joe Biden’s Secretary of State Antony Blinken last year authorized U.S. embassies to fly the LGBT flag on the same pole as the American flag.ROME (LifeSiteNews) – The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See has once again snubbed the Catholic Church’s stance on sexuality and displayed the LGBT rainbow flag to kick off so-called “pride month.” “The U.S. Embassy to the Holy See celebrates #PrideMonth with the Pride flag on display during the month of June,” the embassy said in a tweet reiterating the Biden administration’s support of “LGBTQI+ rights.” The embassy similarly flew the rainbow flag for “pride month”...

I realize that it’s risky to post this, but in the interest of the very real warfare in which every conservative should be engaged, I want to propose a strategy to at least stymie the ubiquitous presence of “trans” nuts on various media. What gave me this idea is that I myself was ousted from a fake FaceBook account used to troll leftists when someone reported me as fake. FaceBook tries to verify all reports of false identities on accounts even going so far as to request copies of ID (the irony abounds.) Well, we should double down on this...

Former Attorney General William Barr defended special counsel John Durham after a federal jury acquitted prominent Democratic attorney Michael Sussmann, saying that despite the failure of his flagship prosecution, Durham “did an exceptionally able job.” Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Barr in an interview on Wednesday if he was disappointed in Durham or if he felt “any way responsible for how this Durham situation’s unfolding,” as he appointed the special prosecutor.

Many of the weapons being sent to Ukraine will eventually wind up in criminal hands in Europe and beyond, Interpol's chief warned Wednesday, urging countries to start scrutinising arms-tracking databases. "The high availability of weapons during the current conflict will result in the proliferation in illicit arms in the post-conflict phase," Interpol Secretary General Juergen Stock said. That will only empower organised crime groups that have become increasingly global operations, capable of exploiting the chaos created from Russia's bombardments over the past three months. "This will come, I have no doubts... Criminals are already now, here as we speak, focussing...

As a Canadian (Canadian mother and Swiss father) I must say I am not proud at all of my government and its political actions. In three days, Trudeau grounded the unvaxxed in perpetuity, banned handguns across the board, and is set to legalize hard drugs in BC. This man is crazy insane. If he was trying to destroy Canada, what would he be doing different? On May 31st, 2022, members of parliament voted 202-117 to keep the current travel ban against unvaccinated Canadians in place…

Florida art dealer Daniel Elie Bouaziz has been charged with wire fraud, mail fraud, and money laundering for allegedly selling fake works attributed to such big names as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Banksy, Henri Matisse, Keith Haring, and Roy Lichtenstein. News of Bouraziz’s alleged illegal activities first came to light when the FBI raided one of his Palm Beach galleries, Danieli Fine Art, in December. He also owns Galerie Danieli; both businesses are located on Worth Avenue, which has become a hot spot for prestigious international art galleries in the wealthy Florida enclave. Galerie Danieli stood out from its...

On Wednesday’s “CNN Newsroom,” White House Senior Adviser and Infrastructure Implementation Coordinator Mitch Landrieu stated that President Joe Biden has “done everything within his power” to lower gas prices even though releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve didn’t work to bring down prices. Landrieu stated, “[T]he president has already enacted a massive piece of legislation called the Infrastructure Act, which is designed to actually help rebuild the supply chains and to fix the rails and to fix the roads and to fix the air and to fix the water. On top of that, he released product from the Strategic...

The next phase is surveillance going under our skin. Yuval Noah Harari is the lead advisor for Klaus Schwab, the author of The Great Reset and founder of The World Economic Forum. Will you accept the mark? https://youtu.be/mF_fWsLLK-M

Memorial Day boaters captured the scene on video as a massive rockfall crashed into the waters of Lake Powell. The dramatic rockslide happened on the Utah side of the lake – the second largest reservoir in the country – where water levels have continued to plunge due to the unrelenting drought conditions gripping much of the West. Mila Carter, who shot the video, said she was heading to Antelope Point Marina with her husband, Steve Carter, when they noticed rocks and sand falling off the cliff near the entrance of Warm Creek. They stopped the boat and started taking pictures...

<p>ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando police said a fight between two women ended when a 10-year-old child shot one of them.</p><p>Just before midnight Tuesday, officers said they went to a home on Mercy Drive for a shooting call.</p><p>Investigators said a fight between two women, Lashun Rodgers and Lakrisha Isaac, led to a 10-year-old girl shooting a Rodgers.</p>

All across California, residents are being told to scrimp and save water because of historic drought conditions. Meanwhile, state officials are dumping freshwater into the ocean while intentionally depriving rice farmers of the water they need to grow food. Colusa County in Northern California is the top producer of rice in the Sacramento Valley. The area generates more than 150,000 acres of rice in a normal year – but as you can probably tell by now, 2022 is anything but a normal year. Officials there say that only a fraction of the usual rice crop will be grown there this...

Sheryl Sandberg may pursue a career in politics after she leaves Facebook, with some beltway observers highlighting her high profile, a history of business success, a popular book, and a compelling personal story. The veteran Facebook executive said on Wednesday she is stepping down. "I'm not entirely sure what the future will bring - I have learned no-one ever is," she wrote. "But I know it will include focusing more on my foundation and philanthropic work, which is more important to me than ever given how critical this moment is for women." That may be a reference to the Supreme...

Police are investigating two shootings in South Auckland on Wednesday night. One person was hospitalised with moderate injuries after a suspected drive-by shooting in Manukau at 7:50 pm. 1News footage showed several bullet holes in a home's window on Albert Rd. Around ten minutes later, officers were called to an address on Boundary Rd. Opaheke, after shots were reportedly fired. No one was injured in this shooting. There have been a spate of Auckland shootings in recent days and weeks. Last week, seven people were arrested after seven shootings across South Auckland in just two days...