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Georgia prosecutors investigating Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results in the state are in possession of text messages and other communications that directly tie members of the former president’s legal team –including Rudy Giuliani — to a Jan. 7, 2021 voting systems breach, according to a Sunday report. The messages could play a central part in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ grand jury presentation this week in connection with her election fraud case against the 77-year-old current GOP presidential frontrunner, who has already faced three criminal indictment this years. “Just landed back in DC with the...

Mob of 30 robbers loots Nordstrom in Los Angeles, California 'Flash mob' ransacks Topanga Mall Nordstrom A group of between 20—50 people looted a Nordstrom at the Topanga Mall. It's the second 'flash mob' robbery in LA County this week, but police don't know if they're connected. https://www.foxla.com/video/1263169.amp

The fire in Lahaina is now the deadliest American wildfire in more than 100 years, with more than 5,000 struck turned being damaged or destroyed. Of the affected buildings, nearly 90% have been reported as being residential structures.

Rishi Sunak is under intense pressure to do more to tackle the small boats crisis following the “appalling and preventable” tragedy which saw the deaths of six people when a vessel sank off the coast of France. Fresh calls for action come as it emerged that another 509 people crossed the English Channel in 10 small boats on Saturday, despite the perilous crossing, bringing the total for the year so far to 16,679. Senior Conservatives joined Labour in attacking “dysfunctional” Home Office for failing to tackle the “out of control” asylum system – but some Tory MPs appeared to blame...

First the praise, then the prayer request. 2 weeks ago I had been feeling short of breath, and my primary care DR referred me to a cardiologist. I got tired of waiting, and went to the er, and I am glad I did, heart and lungs were both clear, but for some reason when they did the ct on the lungs they decided to do the whole abdomen and found multiple lesions on the liver and some on the pancreas. I am praising G-d because had I not gone I would never have known. now the prayer request, I am...

The Biden administration is out promoting religion through the State Department door to the locals in other countries, on our taxpayer dime. That right there is illegal, because the First Amendment states that there is to be no state sponsorship of anybody's religion. What religion is it? Why, the religion of Democrats, which generally speaking, is atheism. According to Susan Crabtree at RealClearPolitics: "Rep. Mike McCaul, a Texas Republican who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Chris Smith, a New Jersey Republican who heads the panel’s human rights subcommittee, are reviving a nearly year-long inquiry into a 2021...

<p>OPEKA — Marion County police on Saturday defended their unprecedented raid on a newspaper office and the publisher’s home by pointing to a loophole in federal law that protects journalists from searches and seizures.</p><p>Law enforcement raided the Marion County Record on Friday, seizing computers and reporters’ personal cellphones as part of an investigation into alleged identity theft of a restaurant operator who feuded with the newspaper. Officers also raided the home of publisher Eric Meyer, who lived with his 98-year-old mother, Joan.</p>

Archaeologists From the Eurasian National University (Enu) Have Uncovered a Pyramidal Structure at the Kyrykungir Archaeological Site. Kyrykungir is a funerary complex near the village of Toktamys, located in the Abay region of Kazakhstan.Previous excavations since 2014 have identified clusters of burial mounds from the Hun and Saka periods, containing funerary deposits of ceramic vessels, food offerings, and bronze beads.In a press announcement by the Eurasian National University, archaeologists have uncovered evidence of a hexagonal pyramidal that dates from the early Bronze Age around 2,000 BC...According to the researchers, the structure is hexagonal in shape, with each of the six...

Fox News has been called out for apparently threatening legal action against unaffiliated media outlets that reuse more than three minutes of excerpts from an upcoming GOP debate in the seven days following its broadcast.In an advisory circulating on social media—which Newsweek has yet to independently verify—the network reportedly set out stringent redistribution policies and warned that failure to comply "will be regarded as a violation of our rights and may subject violators to liability under applicable laws."

Scripture makes clear that sexual immorality is an offense to God and harmful to those who engage in it. “Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?” asked Paul of the church in Corinth. “Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God” (I Cor. 6:9-10).

Russian Orthodox Priests are facing persecution by their church for calling for peace in Ukraine while Moscow’s war rages on. At least 30 Orthodox priests have faced pressure by religious or state authorities for speaking out against the war, said Natallia Vasilevich, the coordinator for the human rights group Christians Against War. There may be even more cases, according to Vasilevich, who said some priests are afraid to discuss repercussions for fear of further retaliation. One of those priests, Rev. Ioann Koval, was defrocked after he prayed for peace in Ukraine following orders from Moscow Patriarch Kirill, the leader of...

On April 27, 2023, Governor Jared S. Polis of Colorado signed Senate Bill 23-169 into law. The bill increased the required legal age of a person to purchase firearms from 18 to 21, preventing people under 21 from legally purchasing firearms. Exceptions were provided for people in the United States armed forces or peace officers. The bill was challenged by the Rocky Mountain Gun Owners (RMGO) with two individuals plaintiffs in April, then amended in May. The RMGO and other plaintiffs asked for a preliminary injunction to prevent enforcement of the statute while the case is undergoing adjudication on July...

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This should be something that shocks and surprises us. Instead, it reminds us that the rules don’t apply to that very protected politician, Joe Biden. Currently, Joe Biden’s creepy, handsy, sniffing behavior is limited to the little children who get too close to him. And this conduct is newsworthy because it’s disgusting, especially when the head of the American state engages in it. However, it’s worth remembering that Biden has been credibly accused of sexual assault and has a decades-long reputation for grabbing grown women. Now, former Massachusetts Senator Scott Brown has reminded us that he once had to threaten...

The Talk Shows August 13th, 2023 Guests to be interviewed today on major television talk shows:FACE THE NATION (CBS): Margaret Brennan anchors: Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee; CBS News election law contributor David Becker, co-author of "The Big Truth: Upholding Democracy in the Age of 'The Big Lie.’ (a book about election deniers STARTING with Trump, but not including such notables as Algore, Hillary! And Stacy Abrams, because Orange man bad).FOX NEWS SUNDAY (Fox Network): Anchor Shannon Bream: Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), ranking Democrat...

GENICHESK, August 13. /TASS/. The armed forces of Ukraine are sustaining heavy losses during their so-called counteroffensive and are urgently recruiting residents of Kherson and Nikolayev, the head of the Ukraine-controlled Snigirevka district Yuri Barbashov has told TASS. "According to information obtained from the opposite [Ukrainian] side, the total losses sustained during the counteroffensive are estimated in private conversations at 48,000 people for the entire frontline," Barbashov said. "The likelihood of surviving at least three days on the frontline is estimated as minimal."

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemJohn 5The Healing at the Pool 5 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda[a] and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. [4] [b] 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he had been in this condition for a...

"Love is patient" (1 Cor. 13:4). Love does not retaliate. We usually think of patience as the ability to wait or endure without complaint—whether it's with people or circumstances. But the Greek word translated "patience" in 1 Corinthians 13:4 refers specifically to patience with people. It literally means "to be long tempered," and speaks of one who could easily retaliate when wronged but chooses not to. That kind of patience is a spiritual virtue reflective of God Himself (cf. Gal 5:22). It can't be duplicated on a purely human level. But for Christians, it's to be a way of life....

Most of us have trouble thinking to the end of the month. This can be demonstrated by the fact that 64% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck. Actually, most are permanently in debt, what with credit card balances, car payments, student loan debt, and the rest. The point is that it's human nature not to look ahead, not to prepare. As long as we have the essentials, it's difficult to project into next week, next month, or next year. That fact explains many things, including the public's lack of concern about a $33-trillion federal debt. Another striking example is the...

Inmates inside the prison where disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is to be held during his trial have previously been stuck in freezing cells with limited power for a week. The Metropolitan Detention Center houses more than 1,600 inmates and is situated near the waterfront in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. As well as new inmate Bankman-Fried, the prison had previously held high profile individuals including R. Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell and Martin Shkreli. Other inmates have been linked to high-profile drug trafficking and terrorism cases, while others are comparatively anonymous New Yorkers awaiting trial. In 2019, the prison made headlines after inmates...