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Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty in a New York City court Tuesday after being charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in the first degree. The charges, which are related to hush-money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign, came out of Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's years-long investigation. **SNIP** Bragg is alleging that President Trump falsified New York business records in order to "conceal damaging information and unlawful activity from American voters before and after the 2016 election." "During the election, TRUMP and others employed a ‘catch and kill’ scheme to identify, purchase, and bury...

The indictment of Donald J Trump has not driven a wooden stake through his heart. He has risen, omnipresent and ominous again, overwhelming his rivals, their voices joined into his choir, like the singing January 6 prisoners, proclaiming the wickedness of his prosecution. As he enters the criminal courthouse to pose for his mugshot and to give his fingerprints, evangelicals venerate him as the adulterous King David or the martyred Christ. Trump does not have to raise his hand to signal to the House Republicans to echo his cry of “WITCH-HUNT”. He owns the House like he owns a hotel....

The persecution of former President Donald Trump could be orchestrated by his former presidential foe Hillary Clinton in an all-out scheme to install her as president once and for all, says former Judge Andrew Napolitano. Asked why Democrats are putting Trump through the wringer knowing it’ll galvanize his base and make him stronger, Judge Napolitano told the Alex Jones Show Tuesday the establishment is ensuring Trump becomes the GOP nominee so Biden can beat him in 2024, then Democrats can install Hillary Clinton as vice president. “So that’s my question to you… why would the establishment with all the stuff...

A Russian speeder races at top speed in a car, which appears to be a Subaru Impreza, weaving in and out of traffic. When entering the tunnel he fails to spot the stationary traffic ahead and plows right through it. All caught on Dash cam. Use this video as an educational and learning tool. Obey speed limits and always use your mirrors and signals. Drive safely to ensure the safety of yourself and all others. The accident in this video is completely non-fatal.

Despite the immoral rot that has set into our society, there was one area of popular culture that was long considered a relative haven for conservatives. Country music, with much of its emphasis on God, family and hard work, has been seen as a safe harbor amid the explicit wickedness that now dominates most of American entertainment. Unfortunately, the CMT Music Awards on Sunday night suggest those days might be over. Singer Kelsea Ballerini’s performance of “If You Go Down (I’m Goin’ Down Too)” featured drag queens as backup dancers amid LGBT “pride” rainbow lights. This was apparently a...

Donald Trump is expected to return home to Palm Beach County after Tuesday's arraignment in Manhattan where he will face criminal charges stemming from a hush money payment to a porn actor during his 2016 campaign. The former president is expected to fly back to South Florida sometime Tuesday evening. Trump's campaign said he is then expected to speak at Mar-a-Lago at about 8:15 p.m. Before he arrived at the downtown Manhattan courthouse to surrender to authorities, Trump posted on his Truth Social account that this was a "surreal" experience, and he couldn't "believe this is happening in America." Judge...

If you’re a normal human being you’ve likely had a Bud Light at some point in your life. You probably thought it was crap, but you choked it down anyway because people buy it because it’s cheap and known. It’s the melba toast of beers – non-threatening alcoholic drink that, after you suck down a couple of them, the taste doesn’t matter anymore. But now it has a new title to go along with parent company Budweiser’s “The King of Beers,” because now Bud Light is The Drag Queen of Beers. Dylan Mulvaney, the cross-dressing gay guy pretending to be...

Adult film star Stormy Daniels was in the news quite a bit this week, especially on Tuesday, as former President Donald Trump was formally processed and arraigned in a Manhattan courthouse on 34 charges related to allegedly improper hush money payments to Daniels and another woman during the 2016 presidential campaign. But, in something of a strange twist of fate, Tuesday also put Daniels' name — legally Stephanie Clifford — in the news when the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Daniels and ordered her to reimburse Trump for $121,972.56 worth of legal fees. The 9th Circuit's order explains:...

Senator Anna Caballero of Merced spoke for the first time last week on her bill to grant agricultural workers permanent resident status. In a Fresno Bee webinar, Caballero said California is “different than most of the other states. If you asked us, we’d give them all a green card.” That would enable farmworkers to qualify for all federal benefits.

Self-proclaimed ‘trans angels’ rallied at a Tennessee gun control protest, one week after a trans-identifying mass shooter targeted a Christian school, killing six. The group of “trans angels” gathered in Nashville, Tennessee, at a protest for gun control organized by March for Our Lives, an anti-gun organization. The protest occurred just one week after a mass shooter, who identified as transgender, killed three children and three adults in a targeted attack on the Covenant School, a Christian school. Police have recovered a manifesto but have not released it to the public. One pro-trans demonstrator held a sign that read “trans...

It is time for America to begin the recovery of its once-admired system of justiceThe indictment of President Trump effectively announces that the United States, as a society of laws, completes the process of corruption of its legal system that began with the bloodless crucifixion of Richard Nixon. And it arrives at the threshold of completing the deconstruction of its democracy. Fifty-one years after the forced entry at the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate building in Washington, there is still no conclusive evidence that President Nixon committed a crime, though some of his followers did. The articles of impeachment...

The Daniels-Bragg attack on President Donald Trump is an attack on truth, on justice, on men, on family and on democracy. What is happening with Trump's indictment in New York is the tip of an iceberg. It is dangerous. The horrific injustices routinely faced by men lead to male suicide rates three to four times the female suicide rates across the Western World. The words of Aussie Sex Therapist and social commentator Bettina Arndt on Men's Rights in 2017 still ring true: "We live in a time where women's needs and women's wants are given endless priority over men's. We...

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) said in a written statement on Tuesday that Manhattan prosecutor Alvin Bragg is setting a “dangerous precedent” by criminalizing a political opponent. Romney, who is no fan of Trump, said in reaction to the indictment of Trump: I believe President Trump’s character and conduct make him unfit for office. Even so, I believe the New York prosecutor has stretched to reach felony criminal charges in order to fit a political agenda. No one is above the law, not even former presidents, but everyone is entitled to equal treatment under the law. The prosecutor’s overreach sets a...

The move represents the latest manoeuvre in a case that has become something of a legal chess matchThe lawyer for accused convoy leader Chris Barber has withdrawn an “abuse of process” motion, officially abandoning a bid to have all his criminal charges stayed after the Crown mistakenly released thousands of pages of Barber’s private cellphone records during last year’s bail hearings. Barber’s lawyer, Diane Magas, filed the official notice of abandonment last Thursday — the latest manoeuvre in a case that has become something of a legal chess match — and follows last week’s court decision concerning a move for...

Proving that their DeSantis derangement syndrome is incurable, Sunday's "Powerhouse Roundtable" on ABC's This Week went after Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis for wanting to protect public school children from perverted groomers and racial arsonists. ABC contributor and former Democrat National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile lashed out at DeSantis and proclaimed he is "running on a 1950s America, not a 2050 America." Moments later Politico associate editor Alex Burns said with a straight face that President Joe Biden was "always more of a centrist." Going from trashing DeSantis to praising Biden within moments is the kind of contrast that makes...

Canadian soldiers are training Ukrainian military, but a backlog with the Canadian Forces reimbursing the soldiers for food costs is causing financial hardship for families back homeCanadian troops in Poland are having to buy their own food but aren’t being reimbursed, causing hardships for their families back home. The Canadian soldiers are in Poland to train Ukrainian military personnel but since Canada did not send military cooks on the mission, the troops were told to eat at local restaurants. But there is a massive backlog with the Canadian Forces reimbursing the soldiers for those costs, sending some of them thousands...

Mayor Pete Buttguy, sometimes Secretary of Transportation, announced the return of Trans World Airlines (TWA). Mayor Pete arranged the public/private partnership between the Transportation Department and Richard Branson (noted for his failed Virgin Orbit and successful Virgin Group). Mayor Pete brought the idea of a separate airlines just for LGBTQP+++ air travel customer segment to Richard. Richard bought into the idea immediately, with special emphasis on the "trans" crowd. Specialization would include: in-flight child grooming, in-flight drag queen shows, in-flight fashion shows, trans flight crews, and trans tailored meals and drinks. The real sales pitch will be that the Trans...

A transgender pastor from North Dakota has compared the treatment of Nashville shooter Audrey Hale to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ less than a week after the twisted killer murdered six people, including three nine-year-old children. Micah Louwagie, who goes by they/them pronouns, was recently installed as the pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Church in Fargo, and delivered their first Easter-themed sermon to a small congregation on April 2. Officials are yet to release a motive for the slaying of victims Hallie Scruggs, William Kinney, Evelyn Dieckhaus, all 9, and headmistress Dr. Katherine Koonce, 60, substitute teacher Cynthia Peak, 61,...

There have been rumors floating out there for at least a few days that there will be more than 30 charges in the alleged Trump indictment. Now there’s a more formal report out, claiming that there will be 34 charges, and that they’re all felonies. Donald Trump will be placed under arrest on Tuesday and informed that he has been charged with 34 felony counts for falsification of business records, according to a source who has been briefed on the procedures for the arraignment of the former president.A New York City Police arrest report summarizing the charges against Trump will...