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Appeals court denies Donald Trump immunity in DC election case

Jussie Smollett is telling the Illinois Supreme Court a deal's a deal -- specifically, the deal prosecutors made when they dismissed the first indictment for faking an attack -- so he should never have been charged and prosecuted a second time. Smollett just filed legal docs with the highest court in the land of Lincoln, claiming after he was first indicted by a Cook County Grand Jury, the State's Attorney offered him a deal -- do community service, forfeit his bond to the City of Chicago, and the case would not be prosecuted. Jussie points to the prosecutor, who said,...

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson interviewed Russian President Vladimir Putin during his visit to Moscow, according to a report online. -snip- "As far as I understand, Tucker Carlson got what he wanted," posted Venediktov on Tuesday in Russian. The post was shared by The Financial Times' Moscow bureau chief, Max Seddon, who wrote: "Russian journalistic gadfly Alexei Venediktov says Tucker Carlson has indeed interviewed Vladimir Putin while in Moscow." -snip- Carlson was the host of Tucker Carlson Tonight from 2016 to 2023 before he was fired by the network in April 2023 with no official explanation given. He had...

It's a striking example of how Hamas exploits civilian resources for terrorism: a comprehensive manual provides detailed illustrations for use of Hydrogen Peroxide, a substance used in hospitals, in explosive and rocket propellant production. ...The manual consists of materials written in English, Arabic, and another language, likely Norwegian, outlining the distillation process of H202 for the production of explosives. These documents contain intricate schematics for constructing distillation equipment, as well as instructions on assembling homemade rockets and explosive charges.

They didn't know? This is Oct 7th, when Gazans brought kidnapped children, women & men into Gaza in stolen cars. Watch the excitement. Listen to the cheering. How are we expected to believe they didn't know, didn't support it? They knew. They reveled. I can't watch this without… pic.twitter.com/B7fDMtaTeG— Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll (@skjask) February 4, 2024

Among anti-cop legislators, “defund the police” may have lost some currency, but “demoralize the police” is doing just fine. On January 30, the New York City Council passed the How Many Stops Act, over the veto of Mayor Eric Adams. The law requires New York police officers to fill out a form nearly every time they interact with a civilian. If, for example, an officer asks a potential bystander to a shooting if he had witnessed that shooting, the officer will have to complete a form listing the bystander’s race, sex, and age. Are there other potential witnesses in the...

Explosive new evidence adds another terrifying chapter to the incestuous collusion story between President Joe Biden’s administration and Big Tech to censor free speech. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan unleashed a trove of subpoenaed documents on X (formerly Twitter) exposing the Biden admin pressuring leftist tech giant Amazon to censor books that went against government narratives. Amazon — already notorious for how it nuked free speech platform Parler in 2021 from Amazon Web Services for allowing wrongthink to remain uncensored — was ironically disturbed by the White House pressure. “Is the [Biden] Admin asking us to remove books,” asked...

A left-wing Wisconsin Supreme Court justice was endorsed on the campaign trail last year by activists that, around the same time, paid major sums to a Democratic law firm now pressing the court to order new congressional maps ahead of the 2024 election, records show. Republican lawmakers demanded the recusal last week of Badger State justice Janet Protasiewicz from taking up a redistricting motion due to her criticism of Wisconsin’s “rigged” maps while running in 2023. That heavily scrutinized effort to overhaul Wisconsin elections is being led by Democratic superlawyer Marc Elias, whose influential Elias Law Group raked in more...

'Toby Keith passed peacefully last night on February 5th, surrounded by his family. He fought his fight with grace and courage. Please respect the privacy of his family at this time,' a message posted on his social media platforms read. The singer is survived by his wife, Tricia Lucas, and their three children, daughters Shelley Covel Rowland, fellow singer Krystal Keith and son, Stelen. He also had four grandchildren. During his illustrious career, Keith sold over 40 million records. Earlier this month, the singer opened up about his stomach cancer battle in an interview with 9News. The Should've Been a...

Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley could lose the Nevada primary to the "none of these candidates" option, according to a new survey, an outcome that would threaten her hopes of defeating former President Donald Trump. New polling released by Providence, a collaborative effort between Revere Solutions and DecipherAi, showed 59.2% of Nevada Republican primary voters saying they would select "none of these candidates" during the Feb. 6 GOP primary election, compared to 40.8% who would choose Haley.

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Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Monday confirmed reporting that she has applied for Secret Service protection, amid an uptick of threats. “We’ve had multiple issues,” Haley told the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) Monday, after a campaign event in South Carolina. “It’s not going to stop me from doing what I need to do.” Haley, the former governor of South Carolina, had been the target of two “swatting” attempts at her home in the Palmetto State, according to reporting from ABC News. On Monday, the WSJ noted an increase in the number of protestors in recent days at her events,...

The parent company of Snapchat — Snap — is laying off about 10 percent of its workforce as layoffs continue to stalk the tech sector. Snap announced the cut Monday, which will impact more than 500 employees, according to TechCrunch, which noted that as of last year’s third quarter, Snap had 5,367 workers. “In order to best position our business to execute on our highest priorities, and to ensure we have the capacity to invest incrementally to support our growth over time, we have made the difficult decision to restructure our team,” the company said in a Securities and Exchange...

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A crazy figure: military officials claim this evening that about 60% of the aid that entered Gaza - was captured by Hamas. In response, several ministers recommended stopping the aid until a mechanism was established to oversee it. Military officials who spoke in closed discussions with political officials claim that about 60% of the aid that enters the Gaza Strip goes to Hamas. In Rafah, which has not yet been occupied by the IDF, Hamas controls the entire amount of humanitarian aid that enters the city, Yehuda Schlesinger announced in Israel Hayom.

As Republicans in Congress continue to investigate various left-wing schemes to reshape American society, from election interference to collusion between the Deep State and Big Tech on censorship operations, one powerful force with growing influence over our culture which conservatives should not overlook is online news aggregators. Over the course of the last few years, cable news viewership has plummeted, with overall viewership numbers down 50 percent across all networks since 2014. Subscriptions to newspapers and magazines (including digital subscriptions) have also steadily declined. Instead, Americans are increasingly turning to online news aggregators to get their information. Unlike traditional news...

NEWBERN, N.C., Feb. 2, 1864. We are having stirring times in this place just now. The rebels made an attack upon our outposts yesterday morning, with some 15,000 men. The attack commenced about 3 A.M., and was successful in dislodging our garrisons, driving them is. Our loss is not heavy; perhaps a hundred would cover the number of killed, wounded and missing. Lieut.-Col. FELLOWS, of the Seventeenth Massachusetts, with several other officers, have not been heard from. Last night the enemy did a very handsome thing in capturing the gunboat Underwriter, with her officers and crew. She was lying near...

Chicago’s “progressive” Mayor Brandon Johnson blew up on a reporter on Monday when he was asked if he plans to visit the U.S. southern border, and he insisted that he does not have time because he is busy “with a black wife raising three black children on the west side of the city of Chicago.” Johnson notoriously canceled his planned and announced trip to the border in October, and since then, he has claimed he still intends to make the trip to see the mess down there with his own eyes. Instead of going himself as he had planned to,...

On Sunday night, the Senate released its bipartisan immigration bill. GOP legislators — and a few Democrats — quickly railed against the legislation. One Republican said it was the "worst screwing" in the Senate since a recently revealed sex tape. After learning of the contents of the new border bill released Sunday evening by a group of Republican and Democratic senators, several members of Congress rejected the idea entirely, with one representative even comparing it to the recently revealed sex tape in a Senate hearing room. The small bipartisan coalition of senators quietly met for months, tasked with crafting legislation...

6 February 2024 Saints Paul Miki and his Companions, Martyrs on Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary Time Church of Sint-Amandus in Aspelare (Ninove), BelgiumReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Red. Year: B(II).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst reading1 Kings 8:22-23,27-30 ©'Listen to the prayer your servant makes in this place'In the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord and, stretching out his hands towards heaven, said, ‘O Lord, God of Israel, not in heaven above nor on earth beneath is there such a God as you,...