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'The more a party makes inflammatory statements about this case … the greater the urgency will be that we proceed to trial quickly.’ U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan warned Donald Trump and his attorney Friday that repeated “inflammatory” statements about his latest criminal prosecution would force her to speed his trial on charges related to his bid to subvert the 2020 election. “I caution you and your client to take special care in your public statements about this case,” Chutkan told Trump lawyer John Lauro during a hearing. “I will take whatever measures are necessary to safeguard the integrity of...

13 August 2023 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Church of San Ponziano, in Rome Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: A(I).First reading1 Kings 19:9,11-13 ©The Lord was not in the wind, or the earthquake, or the fireWhen Elijah reached Horeb, the mountain of God, he went into the cave and spent the night in it. Then he was told, ‘Go out and stand on the mountain before the Lord.’ Then the Lord himself went by. There came a mighty wind, so strong it tore the mountains and shattered the rocks before the Lord. But the Lord was not in the...

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 Judge Chutkan rolled her eyes and put her face in her hands yesterday when Trump’s lawyers pointed out the political nature of the case and the fact the sitting president’s DOJ is criminally charging his presumptive 2024 opponent:

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko has reportedly kicked the Wagner PMC out of Belarus, after refusing to finance the Russian mercenaries. (snip) But reports have now emerged suggesting Lukashenko has refused to finance their stay in the country and the mercenaries are being 'bussed' back to Russia for a “vacation.” According to the VChK-OGPU Telegram channel, operations to remove all Wagner Group men began earlier in the month, with a second phase to remove the rest going into effect this weekend. Wagner’s services don’t come cheap. Putin recently admitted that the Kremlin has spent around $1bn on the private military company...

Former National Review columnist and unhinged Never-Trumper Jonah Goldberg recently claimed that small donors in the Republican primary were a problem “for democracy” and are “just venting their spleen” rather than acting strategically. The pompous neocon told “Inside Politics” host Dana Bash, “Small donors in Iowa are more important as an indicator of grassroots support than anything else. But I also think we’re dealing with a time where there’s a lot of people, there’s a lot of cheering and self-congratulations about the rise of small donors a decade ago.” He then added, “Now small donors are one of the biggest...

They Still Don't Get ItWe were watching the Tucker Carlson interview with the head of Capitol Police on January 6th. Here is a link. Worth your time whether you absolutely detest Trump or like him.I think to this day the card-carrying elites and the Deep State along with Democrats who aren’t card-carrying elites have nary a clue why Trump came to power.Watch the actions of people around the actions of January 6th compared to the riots in 2020. Watch the way you are treated under the law compared to Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul, or Hunter Biden, or Hillary Clinton. When...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Members of Ethiopia’s LGBTQ+ community say they face a wave of online harassment and physical attacks and blame much of it on the social media platform TikTok, which they say is failing to take down posts calling for homosexual and transgender people to be whipped, stabbed and killed. A local LGBTQ+ support group, House of Guramayle, said that some TikTok users are also outing Ethiopians by sharing their names, photographs and online profiles on one of the country’s most popular social media platforms. In Ethiopia, homosexual acts are punishable by up to 15 years in prison....

After months of inching through minefields, villages and open steppes in grueling combat, Ukrainian forces are making somewhat bigger advances along two major lines of attack, according to analysts, Ukrainian officials and Russian military bloggers. Although Ukraine has not advanced more than 10 to 12 miles on either vector of attack, its gains are important in that it is compelling Moscow to divert forces from other parts of the front line, military analysts say. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based think tank, called the advances “tactically significant,” saying Moscow’s redeployment would most “likely further weaken Russian defensive...

We are a group called Unify Oregon and running a campaign for the helping of those injured financially, spiritually, and medically by the Covid mandates. This was an abuse of power by our state and federal govts and deserve to pay for what they did. These are some very brave attorneys willing to risk everything in their fight for justice for people damaged by this misuse of power. Please watch this 20-minute video of what it means to stand up and be an American.

Article Dig In The Southern Poverty Law Center is reporting a record low number of hate groups this year but is inflating the dots on its infamous "Hate Map" by redefining political policy and parents groups an anti-government organizations worthy of scrutiny. The SPLC recorded 523 hate groups in its 2022 annual report. That is the fewest number of hate groups recorded since the SPLC started publishing its annual Hate Map in 2000. The organization doesn't mention this accomplishment in its annual report and instead focuses on hate they it alleges is being pushed by right-wing figures. Rather than reflecting...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled that drug users shouldn’t automatically be banned from having guns, marking the latest sign of upheaval in the nation’s firearm legal landscape and raising questions about a law cited in the case against Hunter Biden. The opinion overturns the conviction of a Mississippi man, Patrick D. Daniels of Gulfport, who had two guns found in his car during a traffic stop last year and acknowledged using marijuana regularly but wasn’t accused of driving under the influence. The appeals court cited the 2022 U.S. Supreme Court decision known as New York State...

The Biden administration is seeking congressional approval, and funding, for a temporary housing program for migrant families that illegally cross the southern border. It is a plan that is intended to give them more freedom than traditional detention, according to Axios. The administration is asking for the funds as part of a $40 billion emergency funding request to Congress. The request includes nearly $2.7 billion for the Department of Homeland Security's various border efforts. This request comes amid more bad news at the border for the Biden administration. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) recorded more than 130,000 arrests along the...

Ten so-called "alternate electors" for former President Donald Trump and two of the former president's attorneys are facing a civil lawsuit in Wisconsin after a judge rejected a motion to dismiss the case. Two Democratic electors and a voter filed the case seeking $2.4 million from the two attorneys and the alternate GOP electors, arguing that the defendants were part of a pro-Trump conspiracy to overturn his 2020 presidential loss and seeking to disqualify the Republicans from serving as electors again. Dane County Circuit Judge Frank Remington scheduled the case for a jury trial in September 2024, just two months...

"The original cartoon came out in 1937, and very evidently so. There's a big focus on her love story with a guy who literally stalks her. So, we didn't do that this time."

Harvard Law School Professor Emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Just the News that Garland's appointment of U.S. Attorney David Weiss to special counsel will strengthen the congressional investigation of Hunter Biden's foreign business dealingsThe precedent set by the House Jan. 6th Select Committee in obtaining relevant documents as evidence against former President Donald Trump and issuing subpoenas for their investigation could be a boon for Republicans in the congressional probe into the Biden family's overseas business dealings. The Jan. 6 panel demonstrated that it could conduct oversight and gain access to evidence and witnesses even as the Justice Department conducted a...

he American Academy of Pediatrics decided to "reaffirm" its stance on pushing child gender transition operations but ordered a "systematic review" amid a growing number of states outlawing the practice. The AAP's Aug. 4 decision to "reaffirm" its green light for child gender transition procedures is under the microscope as more than 20 states have outlawed the practice and European doctors have taken the opposite approach. UP FOR DEBATE: WHERE TRUMP, DESANTIS, AND REST OF REPUBLICAN 2024 FIELD STAND ON KEY ISSUES The AAP also appears confident the review will justify its current position on allowing children to pursue genital...

A Michelle Obama bid would have destroyed whoever was the GOP’s nominee - even Donald Trump. Michelle Obama’s Possible Presidential Run? – Michelle Obama is a former first lady and very popular. She would be a dynamite presidential candidate for the Democratic Party going into the 2024 Presidential Election. Rumors have abounded for the last two years that the former first lady was considering a run. In fact, I and others were convinced that she would have announced as we approach the 2024 Democratic Party Primary. She would be an unstoppable political force—especially against Donald Trump’s immovable political object. But...

40,629 views Apr 3, 2017 On 30 November 1964, 17 Royal Marine commandos and 3 Officers from 41 Royal Marine Commando took part in an exercise on the 7,000 acre Porton Range designed to investigate the effects of an incapacitating agent on troops engaged in internal security situations. The Range is part of the Ministry of Defence Chemical and Biological Warfare facility at Porton Down, located near Salisbury, Wiltshire. The exercise scenario was that following a political uprising, Porton had been attacked by rebels during the night. They had been repulsed and sought refuge in the open country of Porton’s...

Joy Cho of Simi Valley was hiking with seven other people when she fell off the west side of Teewinot Mountain in the early morning. She died at the scene, and her body was flown from the area by helicopter. National Park Service officials did not say how old Cho was, what caused her to fall or how far she fell.

WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Aug. 12. The following dispatch has been received at the Headquarters of the Army here: HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Aug. 9, 1863. Major-Gen. Halleck, General-in-Chief, Washington: My attention has been called to what purports to be an official dispatch of Gen. R.E. LEE, commanding the Confederate army, to Gen. S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector-General, denying the accuracy of my telegram to you of July 14, announcing the result of the cavalry affair at Falling Waters. I have delayed taking any notice of Gen. LEE's report until the return of Brig.-Gen. KILPATRICK, absent on leave, who...