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Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 31, 2022 / 16:05 pm A group of Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday condemning what they described as the Department of Justice’s inaction over the steady rise of anti-Catholic attacks and hate crimes. The letter, authored by Rep. Lisa McClain of Michigan, who is Catholic, and co-signed by 19 other GOP members, called out Garland’s failure to respond to the increase in vandalism and other attacks on Catholic churches and institutions since May 2020. “Millions of Christians are under assault for merely exercising their constitutional right to freely practice...

A man and a child walk through an almost empty Red Square in Moscow, umbrella in hand, snow on the ground. It looks extremely cold - a good day to be inside eating lunch with your family. As dramatic music plays, the advert cuts to close-up shots of the pair - a troubled-looking man in a black overcoat and cap, and his smiling granddaughter. Within seconds they reach their destination: a Pizza Hut restaurant located directly in Red Square - the central plaza where so much of Soviet and Russian history is reflected. But why, 24 years on, is this...

If there’s a candidate for elected office more honest, ethical, and authentic than Joe O’Dea, we’d be surprised.Indeed, national journalists have called O’Dea one of the best candidates anywhere in the country. O’Dea’s an American success story, who is a rare blend of candor, decency and strength.The campaign by [Democrats] to smear the good name of Joe O’Dea — an honest man trying to do good for a country that badly needs balanced leadership — is misleading and wrong. ... Even traditional mainstream media at the New York Times, the Washington Post and NBC News have loudly condemned the smear...

The 'Deuce Bigalow' star tells Glenn Beck why he 'had' to become a Republican“Saturday Night Live” is now a de facto arm of the Democratic Party. The same isn’t true for those who graduate from the venerable sketch series. “SNL” alums are increasingly embracing the Right. Victoria Jackson did just that a while ago, as did “Weekend Update” standout Dennis Miller. Jon Lovitz needed to run his own business to realize the Right might be friendlier to his entrepreneurial dreams. David Spade doesn’t wear his politics on his sleeve, but he speaks out early and often against the Left’s cudgel,...

On September 1, Joe Biden headed to Independence Hall in Philadelphia – where the Continental Congress met, where the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were created – and instead of rising to the heights deserved by the rooftop that once held the Liberty Bell, he sank below the gutters outside, and delivered a rant worthy of the lowest shop steward, the most guttural petty mobster. In an insult-laden speech, Joe Biden kicked off his part of the midterm election season by insulting America’s voters and slandering the conservative movement. None of this should be surprising,...

Grassroots conservatives pulled off a stunning takeover of the powerful Nebraska Republican Party, ousting establishment types who had dominated it, and in this interview with The New American magazine's Alex Newman, one of the key GOP leaders of the effort breaks down how it was done. Speaking at the Moment of Truth Summit hosted by Mike Lindell, rocket scientist and Nebraska Voter Accuracy Project spokesman Larry Ortega said the whole process began with grassroots concerns about election fraud in the state. Refusing to accept the fraud or the GOP establishment's denials, Ortega and other activists got to work. The Air...

***GOP Senate-nominee Blake Masters, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, trails incumbent Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. .... by just 3.3 points ….In the governor's race, Trump-endorsed Kari Lake (46.5%) is leading Democrat Katie Hobbs (45.8%) by just a fraction of a point …The close races are notable just days after the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a super PAC tied to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., pulled about $8 million worth of television, radio, and digital spending in Arizona throughout September."We're leaving the door wide open in Arizona but we want to move additional resources to other offensive opportunities that...

Arizona Secretary of State and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Katie Hobbs campaign sent a letter to Arizona Citizens Clean Elections proposing a different format for a televised debate against Republican nominee Kari Lake. Hobbs team would agree to a 30-minute interview with each candidate individually, as opposed to a one-on-one debate on air with Arizona PBS Host Ted Simons hosting.

Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Director Kelly Susewind has authorized the killing of one wolf because of cattle attacks in northeast Washington. The Smackout wolf pack has attacked cattle on private and public land in Stevens and Pend Oreille counties, the Capital Press reported. The agency said non-lethal deterrents employed by several ranchers have not stopped the predations. The wolf pack crossed the line for the department to consider lethal control when it killed two calves and injured two others during the last two weeks in August.

Before we start discussing crimes against humanity, let’s take a trip back in time.The year was 1976 when we saw a nationwide campaign to vaccinate every American against the swine flu. At that time, we had about 220 million Americans, and about of quarter of them were vaccinated against the disease. But after 25 deaths and 550 cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a form of ascending paralysis, the program was shut down.SubscribeThe deaths ultimately rose to 53. Apologies were given, and reparations were paid, but the point of the story is that back then, and many years afterward, it was viewed...

It is a mystery that has haunted New Mexico detectives for 40 years. On August 5, 1982, a beloved priest was summoned from the Saint Francis Cathedral in Santa Fe to deliver last rites. It was the last time anyone would see Father Reynaldo Rivera alive. “The murder of Father Rivera was one of the biggest crime stories,” said Steve Terrell, a former reporter at the Santa Fe New Mexican. Father Rivera was a beloved priest who had a gift for serving others. He was born in 1948 in Santa Fe. He served his entire priestly career in New Mexico....

Arizona Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters charged that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has voted for “the most extreme abortion laws” in the country.Masters, who hopes to oust Kelly during the 2022 midterm elections, said that Kelly has voted for some of the “most extreme abortion laws in the country.”The Arizona populist released a video explaining how Kelly is lying about his views on abortion. Masters said, “Mark Kelly is lying about my views on abortion — the Democrats have to do that because their own position (no limits of any kind, ever) is so extreme. Here’s the truth:”***“Mark Kelly votes...

Brazen thieves were caught cutting security wires off designer handbags and walking out with a basket of shoes from an Arizona Ross store. A video - posted by PPV-Tahoe on Instagram - showed an unidentified man and woman stealing a load of designer purses and a basket full of shoes. In the video, alarm bells can be heard going off as a man in a white shirt can be seen languidly browsing through the rack of purses before he casually walks off with what appears to be a few Michael Kors bags. A woman, who is with him, can be...

LOS ANGELES - The leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has been accused by former colleagues of stealing more than $10 million in donations from the organization for his own personal use, according to a lawsuit filed in court this week. Shalomyah Bowers was called out in the court filing as a “rogue administrator, a middle man turned usurper” who syphoned contributions to the nonprofit activist group to use as his own “personal piggy bank,” according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Thursday. “His actions have lead (sic) (Black Lives Matter Global...

Sparta is a warrior society in ancient Greece known for its harsh military training. Classicist Dr. Michael Scott travels across Greece to experience Spartan food and clothes to discover the best warriors' secrets to fitness. Video at the site.

German art dealer Johann König responded Friday to a Die Zeit report that revealed allegations of sexual misconduct from 10 women. The women claimed that König had inappropriately touched them and made sexual comments to them. One woman alleged that König had forcibly kissed her. Some of the allegations concerned König’s behavior in settings like a restaurant and nightclubs several years ago. König had previously denied the accusations, some of which were made by women who were not named by Die Zeit, but he had only done so in the form of a short statement provided by his gallery. In...

Hebrews 4:12 says, For the word of God is quick(alive), and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. When God releases the word He releases the power. And the natural/physical realm can't resist the power of the word, you see that in Genesis chapter 1. Everything God said He saw because when He said He released the power. And when you understand that the word of God can do whatever it says...

A man arrested on suspicion of murdering a convicted paedophile in Gloucestershire has been bailed.The 64-year-old man, from Stroud, was released while enquiries continue into the death of John Coxon, Gloucestershire Constabulary said. Coxon died in March - two months after suffering a head injury at his house in Park Lane, Stonehouse. The 77-year-old had several convictions for child sexual offences and was jailed for a year in 2016.

Boris Johnson and his allies have launched a legal fightback against a Commons inquiry into claims he lied to parliament about partygate. The government has commissioned legal advice from a top QC, Lord Pannick, which the PM's supporters claim undermines the legitimacy of the inquiry. Lord Pannick is a crossbench peer who has previously acted against the government for anti-Brexit campaigner Gina Miller and Shamima Begum over the removal of her British citizenship. The inquiry into Mr Johnson, by the all-party Privileges Committee, has been denounced as "a witch-hunt" and "a kangaroo court" by his allies after the committee announced...

(machine translation, emphasis added) The Russian Defense Ministry said that the APU lost more than 1,200 people in an attempt to attack The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), while trying to conduct an offensive in Mykolaiv-Krivoy Rog and other directions, suffered heavy losses, more than 1,200 soldiers were destroyed. This was reported to journalists by the Ministry of Defense of Russia. According to the ministry, Russian troops destroyed 48 tanks, 46 infantry fighting vehicles, 37 other armored combat vehicles, 8 pickups with heavy machine guns. In addition, while repelling the enemy’s offensive, the Russian military defeated the units of the...