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Donald Trump has expressed concern that the Supreme Court could back attempts by Colorado and Maine to block him from the Republican primary ballot, according to reports. Both states have moved to exclude Trump over his role in the January 6, 2021, attack by his supporters on the Capitol. The states have accepted legal challenges to Trump's nomination that cite Section 3 of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, which says office holders cannot 'have engaged in insurrection or rebellion'. Trump has privately expressed concerns that the Supreme Court, to which he appointed three conservative justices while president, may side...

"If there was a free, public domain audio book written by Joseph McCarthy, would you be interested in listening to it?" Just as the question states. Senator Joseph McCarthy wrote several books, what if one or many of them were recorded as open source public domain audio books and given away for/to everybody? Would you be interested in listening and learning from them? Would you share it with others? I'm just curious what people say to this.

The Smoking Gun.....Scary stuff.

Murders and shootings dropped in New York City in 2023 — but the number of assaults continue a troubling upward trend, according to a year-end review of NYPD data. Overall crime in the five boroughs squeaked through the year on a high note — down .5% through Dec. 24 when compared to the same period last year, NYPD data show. Murders declined 11%, with 380 so far this year compared to 429 in 2022. Shootings plunged 24%, with 967 so far this year vs. 1,277 in the same span last year.

If one needs any evidence of American society falling apart, look no further than the newest tradecraft of America's domestic enemies, ‘swatting’; where such enemies exploit the time honored practice of emergency response measures, and turn it into a weapon. Like cross burnings of the past, it is meant to intimidate, produce fear, and in worse cases provoke victims to take actions that could prove fatal. It is in fact, the definition of modern day terrorism. Its continued use will rise exponentially unless Real Americans decide to take action against it.CNN recently defined swatting as “...a prank call made to...

South Africa has filed an application at the International Court of Justice to begin proceedings over allegations of genocide against Israel for its war against Hamas in Gaza, the court said on Friday. South Africa accuses Israel of being “in violation of its obligations under the Genocide Convention” in its application and argues that “acts and omissions by Israel … are genocidal in character, as they are committed with the requisite specific intent … to destroy Palestinians in Gaza,” according to the ICJ.

Was it the jabs? We won't be told unless they definitively prove otherwise. Like so many stories over the past three years, this will be dropped in the memory hole forever... It's almost 2024. Thousands of young and otherwise healthy athletes have died suddenly from either "unknown" causes or "mysterious" heart-related ailments. Numerous tracking groups and researchers have noted the unambiguous correlation between the rise in unexplained deaths and the introduction of the Covid jabs. Some have even implied direct causation. Despite many if not most right-leaning Americans being at least suspicious of the vaccines, not to mention a growing...

Blessings: A pastoral development anchored in traditionItalian Professor Rocco Buttiglione, a member of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, describes the Declaration Fiducia supplicans of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith as almost revolutionary and a return to the Church's origins and the missionary presence of Christ in human history.The Declaration “Fiducia supplicans” on the pastoral meaning of blessings of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith marks an authentic pastoral development solidly anchored in Church tradition and its moral theology. The Dicastery's Cardinal Prefect, Víctor Manuel Fernández, wisely prefaces the Declaration with a brief presentation in...

..... Speaking during a visit to the Ramat David Airbase, Gallant said, "The action of the Air Force in all sectors is very impressive, and it is appropriate that the roar of the jets drown out the unnecessary chatter and allow the IDF soldiers to carry out their mission quietly and safely." Bennett, in his op-ed, mentioned that during his term as Prime Minister, Israel destroyed a UAV base on Iranian soil, thwarted an attempted Iranian terror attack on Israeli tourists in Turkey, and shortly afterwards "the commander of that very unit was assassinated in the center of Tehran." Responding...

Did Chinese agents run a hotel at Meiringen military air base for years with the aim of finding out the secrets of the US F-35 fighter jet? There is no direct proof of this. But the evidence was apparently enough for the Bern cantonal police to evacuate the hotel in a discreet operation in late summer. Because of suspicions of Chinese espionage, authorities have also become active elsewhere in recent years. For example, on the campus of the University and ETH Lausanne, where a group of Chinese installed themselves in the publicly accessible library of the Swiss Institute for Comparative...

Journalism schools may someday point to 2023 as the year of a final moral collapse for the corporate media – a point of no return ultimately reached after years of ethical decline and loss of credibility with the public. This year, perhaps more than any other in history, America’s once lionized major news organizations proved they were not about “the news” at all, but about the protection of those in power and partisan politicians they favored. In doing so, they toppled the ethical pillars that once stood as the greatest traditions of American journalism—principles such as: - Expose and relentlessly...

As international pressure grows on Israel to end this war started by our enemy, remember, there is only one victory in Gaza and we must continuously put pressure upon all Jewish organizations as well as all Israeli government officials to understand that. Any other end to this war is unacceptable, since it will allow for the continued threat of the Islamic evil enemy of ours to lash out at us again, any day. There is only one victory in Gaza. We stay in Gaza forever. First with an IDF presence and then with a return of Jewish civilians to the...

A major trend among mainstream media outlets and pundits in 2023 was them attempting to convince Americans the economy has been doing well under President Biden. A majority of Americans consistently tell pollsters that they believe the economy is doing poorly, however, leading to a disconnect of sorts as conditions on the ground don't appear to match with positive economic data like low unemployment and a booming stock market. Several of these outlets have even gone so far as to claim that Americans’ dour outlook on the issue is due to them not seeing things clearly, and clinging to bad...

Is the migrant crisis plaguing the U.S. just the spontaneous movement of the globe's peoples to the U.S. ... or the work of an evil little banana-republic dictator plotting to take down the U.S.? Based on a new report from Agence France-Presse, which ran on the Voice of America's website, it actually looks like the latter: … analysts say that the government of Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, a longtime nemesis of the United States, has deliberately made it easier for migrants to bypass the Darien by flying straight into his country and then heading north overland. Manuel Orozco, a migration...

Europe has laid the groundwork for World War III and the destruction of Europe as a whole, all to save its failed fiscal management of the economy. Using the Ukrainian war that the West instigated by promising democratic elections to the Donbas in BAD FAITH just for being Russian, the European Union Council adopted a 12th sanctions package against Russia. This time, they sealed the fate of the world and Europe by also announcing that the end of this contrived Ukrainian war would not be lifted after the conflict ended. From the very beginning, Europe negotiated in BAD FAITH with...

There’s really something about the Jihad and Ground Zero. He Survived the Trade Center Bombing. ‘I Always Knew They’d Be Back.’ -Thirty years ago today, Tim Lang was injured in the first attack on the twin towers, an ominous but often overlooked prelude to 9/11. He does not forget. We’ve forgotten though and that’s why they’re back. X - Pro-Palestinian activists protest at the World Trade Center in New York- the site of the 9/11 attacks chanting “Free, Free Palestine.” X - 'Free Palestine' Hamas supporters at the 9/11 Memorial in NYC - Am going to throw up.After attacking Christmas...

The White House claims that the current surge of migrants at the border is a "seasonal" surge and nothing to be concerned about. "What we’re seeing here at the border, the increased migration flow, certainly, it ebbs and flows," press secretary Katherine Jean-Pierre said. "And we’re at a time of the year where we’re seeing more at the border. And it’s not unusual. This is an immigration system that has been broken for decades. And the president has taken this very seriously to try to do more. That’s why we have the comprehensive immigration policy legislation that the president put...

Maine's Secretary of State Shenna Bellows (D) ruled that former president Donald Trump cannot appear on the Maine primary election ballot this March. She cited Section 3 of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment as the justification for her decision. This amendment was ratified in 1868. In part, it sought to punish the leaders of the Confederate States of America for starting the insurrection that became the 1861-1865 Civil War in which 700,000 Americans died by barring them from ever holding public office again. "I do not reach this conclusion lightly," Bellows said. "I am mindful that no Secretary of State...

“War is hell,” said General Sherman. That is what is going on. In the case of Gaza, it will continue to go on unless some drastic actions are taken. The Palestinians and the Israelis are diametrically opposed to each other. They are completely different people. Part of the problem is Islam. Islam is a menace. Part of the problem is culture, which is influenced by Islam. Part of the problem is that the Palestinians really do see the Israelis as invaders. Such a thought may ring hollow to a Zionist Jew, but the Arabs really do see the Jews as...

At first glance It doesn't make any sense. Joe Biden is polling miserably. While Wall St is doing well Mr. and Mrs. Main St are still suffering under the weight of Biden policies. It takes an extra $11,200 just to stay even with their standard of living back in January of 2021. Americans support the impeachment inquiry into the Biden mafia and believe Hunter is a corrupt crook. Biden only allows controlled scripted interviews, cannot maintain a discussion without cue cards, and is incapable of holding a real press conference. The US is mired in two conflicts. After refusing a...