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The Biden administration 'froze' the Whitehouse.gov website for prior presidential records. It used to be that when I searched Whitehouse.gov for an EO or something, it went back in time to Obama's records etc. Now when you want to search for a Trump EO, or Obama EO etc. you have to go to a separate 'archives.gov' website.https://www.archives.gov/presidential-libraries/archived-websitesHere's part of the stated reason for creating the archives apart from Whitehouse.gov:In order for the public to easily access the websites, the National Archives has taken an additional step to "freeze" the White House websites and make them available online. Because the archived...

The left-wing district judge in charge of overseeing the Biden administration’s criminal prosecution against former President Donald Trump over his First Amendment right to claim that the 2020 presidential election was stolen confirmed to her court on Friday that the Republican’s third presidential campaign is subject to interference by her and federal prosecutors. Tanya Chutkan, the U.S. District Judge in Washington D.C., not only admitted during proceedings that she finds the pure existence of Trump’s 2024 run a threat to the government’s Jan. 6 case against him but also that she has no issues legally curbing his speech on the...

Kari Lake milked a cow at the Iowa State Fair on Friday and argued the animals prove there are only two genders - because a bull can't be milked. Lake, the Republican who failed in her quest to be elected governor of Arizona last year, was at the annual event to campaign for Donald Trump. She made a stop at the dairy barn to push back against what conservatives call 'woke' ideas, particularly when it comes to a person's gender. Lake, dressed in jeans and boots, pulled up a stool to the cow's side, sat down, and got to work....

[snip] In this episode, Björn Ulvaeus of ABBA delves into their hits, songwriting, avatars and discusses the emerging role of AI in music creation. [snip]

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is still planning on recommending people receive a COVID-19 shot on an annual basis, the agency’s director says. “We are likely to see this as a recommendation for an annual COVID shot, just like we have an annual flu shot,” Dr. Mandy Cohen, the director, said in a podcast episode released on Aug. 9. “And I think that will give more folks clarity about should they get one or not, because the answer is like, ‘Well, did you get one this year? If not, go get the new COVID shot.'” She...

Police in Missouri are asking for the public’s help in identifying two suspects after a video emerged purportedly showing one of them striking a Walgreens employee outside of a store. The Independence Police Department says the assault unfolded last Wednesday in the 3900 Block of South Noland Road. “An employee of the business was assaulted when they attempted to intervene in a shoplift,” the department said in a statement. Video broadcast by Fox4 KC appears to show an employee getting knocked to the ground while engaging in a struggle with a female suspect outside the front of the store.

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Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation appears to be zeroing in on Sidney Powell, a conspiracy-theory-obsessed lawyer who was a key figure in Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. On Monday, Bernie Kerik — a longtime Rudy Giuliani associate and a Trump ally who worked on the Giuliani-led legal team challenging Trump’s 2020 defeat — sat with special counsel investigators for a roughly four-and-a-half-hour interview, according to his lawyer Tim Parlatore. (Parlatore previously served as a top attorney to Trump.) “Based on the contents of their questions, and my understanding of criminal law, the main individual who was discussed...

Ex-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund made explosive allegations of federal misconduct related to the Capitol chaos, raising more questions than answers.x-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund is determined to set the record straight on what happened at the Jan. 6 Capitol riot more than two years ago. After writing a book that challenged the groupthink of corporate media and the partisan Jan. 6 Committee, Sund sat down for an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson. According to Carlson, the interview with Sund was scheduled to air on the network April 24, the same day Fox News announced the anchor’s...

Birthday August 11, 1954 Punk rock and new wave vocalist whose 1982 single "Steppin' Out" became a top 10 hit. Throughout his career he released more than fifteen studio albums and earned five Grammy Award nominations.

John Davidson asks at the Federalist, “Does DeSantis Know What Time It Is? Didn’t Sound Like It In That NBC Interview.” Responding to DeSantis’s assertion that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election and was in large part responsible for allowing Covid-driven rules changes that helped Democrats collect a lot of mail-in votes, this is Davidson’s thesis: "Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis seems to have lost his way, unable to articulate a clear position on the most important issue of the primaries, which is what happened in 2020. . . . No issue is more important for DeSantis (and the entire GOP...

The continued failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive after more than two months is still the main topic of conversation among commentators this week. There is no doubt that the Ukrainians still have men and equipment in reserve that they could use to launch limited offensive operations. But some would argue that the Ukrainians should deploy these forces in a defensive role further west. For their part, the Russians are outdoing the Ukrainians with regard to offensive action in the direction of the important logistics hub that is Kupyansk. This advance is the most important development of the week and could...

A three-year-old migrant child died while being transported to Chicago, Illinois, aboard a bus sponsored by the State of Texas. The child died as the bus neared Salem, Illinois, late Thursday. The child, believed to be from Venezuela, was transported from Brownsville, Texas, to Chicago with family members after being released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. According to a report by CBS, the child was taken to a hospital in Salem after suffering a medical emergency in Marion County. According to a statement by the Texas Department of Emergency Management (TDEM), when the child presented with health concerns, the...

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Friday on FNC’s “America Reports” that Attorney General Merrick Garland appointing David Weiss as special counsel in the Hunter Biden investigation was akin to pouring gasoline on a fire. Graham said, “This was a political decision, not a legal decision. They’re trying to put out a fire, and they just poured gasoline on it. Nobody in their right mind believes that making him a special counsel, Mr. Weiss, cleans up the mess that’s been created.”

Graph In June 2023, the United States accepted 129 refugees from Ukraine. In fiscal year 2022 - which ended September 30, 2022 - the U.S. accepted a total of 1,610 Ukrainian refugees. The most Ukrainian refugees arrived in February of 2022, the same month that Ukraine was invaded by Russia. In April 2022, the United States committed itself to welcoming 100,000 Ukrainian citizens and others fleeing Russian aggression in the region, but has so far only accepted 2,402 since the Russian invasion in February last year.

In every situation, every condition, every problem it's good to remember Psalm 33:4 For the word of the Lord is right; and all his works are done in truth. And John 17:17 Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. So, God's word is right and truth which means whatever God says about your situation that's how it is, whether it appears to be or not. And our job is to believe God and agree with his word in spite of how things look. Notice, it says in 2 Corinthians 4:17,18 For our light affliction, which is but for...

Caleb White, an Alabama high school basketball star, has died after he reportedly collapsed during a workout at school. The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at a local hospital Thursday, according to multiple reports. White was a three-star prospect and averaged 20.9 points, 3.1 assists and 3.8 rebounds per game. The cause of death is currently unknown, however AL.com reports an autopsy will be performed Friday to determine it. White was said to have collapsed during a workout with his team at Pinson Valley High School Thursday before he was taken to St. Vincent's East hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. His grandfather...

[Catholic Caucus] WYD Blessed Sacrament Scandal: Woman in White Received No AnswerThe young woman in white who adored the Blessed Sacrament stored in plastic boxes at World Youth Day, has identified herself on social media as Savannah Dudzik, 23, a pro-lifer from Florida.Savannah saw the boxes on the evening of August 5 and was told that “Jesus is in there.” She got angry, “How dare they disrespect our Lord?”Then, she started praying the rosary in reparation. In her post, Dudzik calls the plastic boxes an “absolute disgrace,” “unworthy containers”, “incredible shame”. The priests she spoke to at WYD, agreed with...

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) officials negotiating with President Joe Biden's legal team over his retention of classified materials appear to have abruptly changed course on the eve of the 2022 midterms and informed the president's attorney that the agency would need to seize the materials he had discovered at the Penn-Biden Center in Washington, D.C. "Pat, I believe that Gary will be reaching out to you and/or Bob. Based on some discussions this evening, we need to change our approach," reads a Nov. 7, 2022, email from NARA's William (Jay) Bosanko and Biden attorney Patrick Moore. "I believe...

Throughout the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, one of the biggest and loudest storylines surrounding the United States Women’s National Team had nothing to do with soccer, but whether or not some players on the team sang the national anthem before the matches. But despite the consistent media discourse, there was very little actual conversation about this controversy from those covering the event or the USWNT themselves. And it sounds like that was an intentional decision. United States Women’s National Team beat writer Meg Linehan of The Athletic, revealed that the lack of coverage regarding the national anthem controversy was...