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If there’s one issue that is sure to get normiecons revved up, it’s gun control. And generally speaking, they are right to oppose it and their instincts regarding civilian disarmament and the dangers to the people that are involved with it are spot on. I do think, however, that their understanding of what drives the push for gun control is still a bit deficient and will require normiecons to accept some things they won’t want to accept if they’re to fully grasp what is going on. The problem lies in that we have generations of conservatives who grew up in...

WASHINGTON, Monday, Feb. 23. Gen. HOOKER has been in the city, and was to-day in consultation with the President and Secretary of War. Late accounts from the Army of the Potomac indicate greatly improved discipline, and give promise of a state of efficiency never before known there. Expeditions are making successful forays against the enemy, capturing supplies and gaining valuable information, and the business of smuggling goods into the rebel lines is nearly terminated. Desertion is becoming a serious enterprise, and is rapidly diminishing, and the frequent captures of mails going to Richmond bids fair to destroy that heretofore flourishing...

Shocking video from the scene of a crash in Texas shows the moments a Good Samaritan chased down a drunk driver - who ran a red light and slammed into a vehicle, killing an off-duty police officer. In the newly released video, Dylan Molina, 26, is seen attempting to flee the scene after he smashed into cop Alex Cervantes and his family.

A 17-year-old student at Matanzas High School in Palm Coast, Florida was arrested Tuesday after he shoved a teacher’s aide so hard she flew in the air several feet. He then pounded her head into the floor, all because she took his Nintendo Switch away from him during class, according to police. He later spit on the victim and said when he comes back he would kill her, police said.

24 February 2023Friday after Ash Wednesday St. Matthias the Apostle Catholic Church, Magnolia, TX Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: A(I).First readingIsaiah 58:1-9 ©The sort of fast that pleases meThus says the Lord:Shout for all you are worth, raise your voice like a trumpet.Proclaim their faults to my people, their sins to the House of Jacob.They seek me day after day, they long to know my ways,like a nation that wants to act with integrity and not ignore the law of its God.They ask me for laws that are just, they long for God to draw near:‘Why should we fast...

The US will provide additional economic assistance of $10 billion to Ukraine in the coming days, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Thursday. At a media briefing held on the sidelines of the first G-20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ (FMCBG) Meet, she said that the United States had already provided 46 billion dollars in security, economic and humanitarian aid.

In his historic State of the Union address Feb. 18, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán called for a cease fire and peace talks in the Ukraine war. Orbán fondly remembered the pro-peace Presidency of Donald Trump and looked forward to the return of “our Republican friends” 2024. (snip) Orbán called Hungary’s NATO membership “vital”, while stressing that NATO is a “defense alliance”: “NATO is not a war alliance. NATO is not a war coalition. Membership of NATO does not imply any obligation beyond joint defence, nor can member countries expect any other member to jointly attack a third country for...

"Billionaire private equity financier Thomas H. Lee was found dead in his Fifth Avenue Manhattan office on Thursday, an apparent suicide from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. *** After Hillary flamed out in the 2008 primary against Barack Obama, she and Bill went to stay at Lee’s East Hampton estate. He was a political donor and bundler for Hillary Clinton including during her 2016 run." I wrote earlier in the week about the unusual news from the police report on former special advisor to Bill Clinton Mark Middleton who was found to have committed suicide last year. The report showed that...

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Ukraine is not misusing the tens of billions of dollars in direct financial assistance it is receiving courtesy of U.S. taxpayers according to a top Biden administration official. Samantha Power, the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), gave the public affirmation during a CNN live town hall on Thursday evening. Her assurances came just hours ahead of the White House revealing it would give another $2 billion in military aid to Ukraine as its war with Russia officially hits the one-year mark, bringing the total amount of American military assistance to over $30 billion in one year.

We Are a Nation of Spies, They Think "USMC recruit discharged, harassed, and barred from service after refusing to become an FBI informant for $250,000" Parris Island, SC – A White US Marine recruit was lured into a false interrogation by federal agents. When they failed to groom him into a confidential informant to be used against pro-White activist groups—even offering him a quarter of a million dollars to do so—he was terminated from his job and sent back home right before his boot camp graduation. Federal agents, including three members of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and two...

Chicago — Prosecutors say a Chicago man shot and killed his friend while the victim was on Instagram Live, then bent over with a gun in his hand to end the live stream. DeAndre Adams, 25, began streaming on Instagram around 9 a.m. on February 7 and continued while walking to his mother’s house to do laundry. His friend, Edwin Sims, 24, met him at his mother’s house and walked with him back to Adams’ apartment as the live stream continued, according to prosecutor Anne McCord. ... Judge William Fahy granted the state’s motion to hold Sims without bail.

During a town hall on CNN on Thursday, White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan stated that President Joe Biden was advised by the military that the Abrams tanks the U.S. agreed to send to Ukraine wouldn’t “make sense” for that war, Germany said it wouldn’t provide the tanks that would make sense “unless you, the United States, provide your tanks. And President Biden said, if me providing Abrams tanks, even if it’s not the most sensible military move, will help unlock German tanks to get to the front lines and also will sustain alliance unity, I will do it.”

Technocrats appear keen to preclude the masses from eating real meat in hopes of combatting the specter of climate change and making more money. While there is a significant push under way for people to surrender steaks, burgers, and hot dogs and instead eat bugs and algae, climate alarmists and elites alike are also hyping so-called synthetic "meat." snip A recent Bloomberg report noted that for decades, "companies such as Pfizer Inc. and Johnson & Johnson have cultured large volumes of cells to produce vaccines, monoclonal antibodies and other biotherapeutics. Now the idea is that we might as well eat...

By Mary Weller for truthXchange The documentary Dead Name grips your heart from its first minutes as it tells the stories of three parents and their struggle to fight for their children, caught by the full-force push of radical gender ideology throughout our culture. Devoid of sensationalism, politicization, or manipulation this well-produced movie allows you to meet Helen, Bill, and Amy, each of whom have a son or daughter who has identified as transgender. Viewers are shown the resulting devastation this has caused them and their families. Though each story is unique, what binds the three together is the clear...

Universities adopt Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) plans with a host of promises. Advocates pledge, for instance, that, through reforms, the university will come to approximate the racial composition of the local community or state. Yet “equity” has proven to be an elusive goal, selectively pursued. It is sought only when it advantages supposedly underrepresented minorities. There are no “Men in Elementary Education” programs and few dedicated to “Men in Nursing.” The inconsistency between the stated goals of equity and its implementation reveals that equity is about disrupting and dismantling more than achieving any kind of parity. If equity is...

The 2023 Grammys made a huge splash, while horrifying Christians with its blatant satanic imagery and pagan religious overtones. But this is not so new! As I sat to write an article about the 2023 event, I remembered my reaction to the 2014 Grammy Awards. I wrote the following account:In 1971, Don McLean sang “Bye-bye, Miss American Pie,” and asked: “…do you have faith in God above, if the Bible tells you so, [or] do you believe in rock and roll, can music save your mortal soul?” Back then there were still options. Asking these two questions in a pop...

White House deputy press secretary Andrew Bates found himself in hot water Wednesday after sharing a video from an account mocking President Joe Biden. Bates shared a video of White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that had been posted by Greg Price, the senior digital strategist at XStrategies LLC and a former Daily Caller social media coordinator. Before Bates shared the clip, Price had temporarily changed his account name to “Joe Biden Showered With His Daughter,” causing the moniker to show up under Bates’ post. Bates also retweeted Price’s original tweet containing the video, apparently without noticing Price’s account name....

(Reuters) – A record number of women and minorities hold seats this year on the boards of the Federal Reserve’s 12 regional banks, providing perhaps the most diverse range of input ever as those banks’ presidents – alongside Fed governors in Washington – wrestle with how to slow inflation without tanking the economy. Fed bank directors generally stay out of the limelight, but many U.S. central bankers view them as a critical resource. Indeed, some argue prospects for a best-case outcome to their policy-tightening campaign are heightened by the advice from such a wide spectrum of voices. “I think the...

Buttigieg appeared on MSNBC's 'The ReidOut' with Joy Reid to defend his visit.. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg appeared to blame former President Trump and Republicans like Sen. Marco Rubio’s, R-Fla., for the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, Thursday after facing intense backlash for his own performance. [cut] Reid continued to harp on Republican criticism of Buttigieg, remarking on Rubio's call for him to resign. "You mentioned political silly season. I mean, it is. It’s a campaign season. One of the people who have taken a lot of the blame and taken a lot of the bricks is you. Senator...