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The Rhode Island representative refused to yield his time during the outburst, while discussing legislation related to “red flag” laws, that would allow the government and law enforcement to confiscate firearms from anyone deemed to be a danger to themselves or others. Florida congressman Matt Gaetz attempted to insert an amendment to the legislation stating “Congress disfavors the enactment of laws that authorize a court to issue an extreme risk protection order, also known as Red Flag laws, in the States because such laws trample on an individual’s due process and Second Amendment rights.” That prompted Cicilline to call the...

USA: Francis Names Only McCarricks Accomplices as CardinalsAccomplices. The selection of the cardinals appointed by Francis on Sunday shows a further politicisation of the College of Cardinals, and the appointment of the San Diego homosexualist McElroy has shaken the Church. Crisis magazine's editor-in-chief Eric Sammons notes a similarity between the five US cardinals appointed by Francis - Cupich, Farrell, Tobin, Gregory and now McElroy. They are all accomplices of disgraced Cardinal McCarrick.Yet God Has Forbidden HomosexOutlandish. McElroy himself told AmericaMagazine on Tuesday that the synodical process should not exclude certain positions just because they go against a very long-standing discipline...

The first full-color images and other data, coming July 12, 2022, will showcase Webb's capabilities and kick off its science mission.

As an observer of human behavior I can't help but look daily at the folks getting arrested. Most have loser written all over them. Then there are the hot babes whose arrests make it in the news outside the county. Why? It's because the real news is all the guys who take one look at the mugshot and propose marriage. Really funny. So this hot babe gets a 2nd DUI while her license is suspended-previous one. Didn't look too ashamed or embarrassed. Btw-she's on Facebook.

Before President Biden lectures Americans about responsible gun ownership, some self-reflection is warranted. President Joe Biden is on a full-blown crusade to regulate or repeal the Second Amendment out of existence. While Democrats are often not honest about their intentions, this has always been their true agenda. Biden’s son, Hunter, who appeared to purchase a gun illegally in 2018, could be among those hardest hit. On Thursday night, the president went on a nearly 20-minute tirade on the need to ban “assault weapons,” whatever that means. “Why in God’s name should an ordinary citizen be able to purchase an assault...

Some times this stuff just doesn’t make any sense at all. I mean, a deer helping a rabbit get away from a hawk sounds like the plot of a Disney movie, really. But, what doesn’t necessarily make sense usually makes for something cool. I mean, if it’s not common, it is more intriguing. For this rabbit in Wisconsin, that was the case. “Kris Miller was trimming trees around Nordic Mountain country park, Wisconsin, USA, earlier this month when he spotted a red tailed hawk dead on the ground. After checking CCTV from June 11, the 29-year-old operations manager was ‘astonished’...

Russia's failure to pay $1.9 million in accrued interest on a dollar bond will trigger payouts potentially worth billions of dollars, a panel of investors determined on Wednesday, as the country teeters on its first major external debt default in over a century.

The European Union (EU) took to Twitter to announce Europe’s future will be “Queer.” They urge Europeans to follow the EU’s #TheFutureisQueer hashtag on social media and be “proud” of their LGBTQ future.Below are several of the EU’s social media channels and their anti-heterosexual propaganda.European YouthThe European Union’s information center for “young people” announced on Twitter that “The Future is Queer”…

After enjoying years of taxpayer-funded protection from agencies and departments, many of which avail themselves of AR-15 rifles, Hillary Clinton tweeted Friday, “No one actually needs an AR-15.” This is not the first time Clinton has a taken a position against guns that runs totally counter to the fact she has spent many years of her life living with the peace of mind that comes from being protected by good guys with guns. Following the December 2, 2015, San Bernardino attack that killed 14, Clinton said, “Guns, in and of themselves…will not make Americans safer.”

Friday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” network contributor Claire McCaskill suggested putting up photographs of mass shooting victims on public display to prevent future shootings. McCaskill, formerly a senator for Missouri, noted the act of putting up pictures of victims on public display was “horrific” but said it would help connect “the facts with the reality of the violence that happened.”

WASHIR, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun a campaign to eradicate poppy cultivation, aiming to wipe out the country’s massive production of opium and heroin, even as farmers fear their livelihoods will be ruined at a time of growing poverty. ... During their first time in power in the late 1990s, the Taliban also banned poppy cultivation and with a fierce campaign of destroying croplands nearly eradicated production within two years, according to the United Nations. However, after the U.S.-led invasion that ousted the Taliban in 2001, many farmers returned to growing poppies. Over the next nearly 20...

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden plans to offer to Ukraine the General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle, the U.S. Army’s best unmanned aerial vehicle. The possible forthcoming offer, which Reuters first reported, would be subject to approval by the U.S. Congress. But if the president follows through, lawmakers sign off on the deal and the White House can arrange financing—likely via the federal government’s fund for foreign weapons deals—Kyiv’s forces soon could operate one of the world’s best killer drones. But the drone itself—a two-ton, propeller-driven vehicle with a 56-foot wingspan—isn’t the most exciting component of the possible deal...

I told my wife that I was going to write an article about getting rid of all guns. She looked at me, rolled her eyes and said, "You're just going to be sarcastic!" I told her, "You know I am." The Second Amendment of the Constitution seems pretty clear the topic of gun ownership: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." However, I am a reasonable man and would consider getting rid of all guns under certain conditions. Condition 1: Someone...

George Soros is a sick man, he has been manipulating governments for more than 30 years, all in an effort to create a world molded after his image. Ukraine is his Frankenstein’s Monster, the little corrupt state that was supposed to jump start his new world vision, this is not conspiracy theory, it is documented fact. Most Americans are clueless to how important Ukraine is to Soros’ plan to create a new world based on his warped view of humanity. George Soros is not to be laughed at or dismissed, in many ways he is a danger to Western civilization,...

Last night, the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission hosted a debate between two Arizona legislative candidates, Anna Orth and Sherrylyn Young. The moderator touched on a range of topics, and toward the end, he took questions from viewers. The conversation turned to abortion. Neither woman was willing to die on the hill of innocent life — after all, Young spent her career dismembering babies in the womb, and Orth was so incoherent that her true sentiments were hard to gather, yet nothing from her rambling would indicate her to be a person who values the sanctity of precious unborn life.Abortion...

I see a lot of comments about what Biden is screwing up and there are many ways. Let's pretend you have a year, a cooperating Congress, and a mandate to turn the economy around as President, what would you do? (I know, a lot of ifs especially regarding Congress, but work with me here). Better yet, to stave off the "Let's vote Trump in and let him do it" voices, what would Trump have to do to turn the economy around if he were to take charge tomorrow? I also hear a lot of "you just can't turn the oil...

WASHINGTON — President Biden, who as a candidate vowed to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah” in response to the assassination of a prominent dissident, has decided to travel to Riyadh this month to rebuild relations with the oil-rich kingdom at a time when he is seeking to lower gas prices at home and isolate Russia abroad.

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With magnifying glasses, screwdrivers and a delicate touch from a soldering gun, two men from an investigative group that tracks weapons pried open Russian munitions and equipment that had been captured across Ukraine. Over a week’s visit to Ukraine last month, the investigators pulled apart every piece of advanced Russian hardware they could get their hands on, such as small laser range finders and guidance sections of cruise missiles. The researchers, who were invited by the Ukrainian security service to independently analyze advanced Russian gear, found that almost all of it included parts from companies based in the United States...

Election fraud is real. And there was a lot of it in the 2020 election. But the mainstream media in general, and the Washington Post in particular, would have you think that angry, Trump-deranged, radical Democrats, steeped in a "by any means necessary" revolutionary ideology, as well as long-entrenched machine politics, would never dream of such a thing.Unfortunately, (for them) yesterday's news from Arizona tells a different story:Arizona woman admits guilt in ballot collection schemePHOENIX — An Arizona woman accused of illegally collecting early ballots in the 2020 primary election pleaded guilty Thursday in an agreement with state prosecutors that...