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A guy goes into a Barnes and Noble book store. He asks the liberal clerk lady, "do you have Donald Trump's new book on how to get rid of illegal aliens? The sales lady replied, "get the *&#$ out of here, and don't come back!". The guy responded, "Yeah, that's it! And, do you have it in paperback?"

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus sat down opposite the treasury and observed how the crowd put money into the treasury. Many rich people put in large sums. A poor widow also came and put in two small coins worth a few cents. Mark 12:41–42If you were in charge of the Temple treasury, which would you prefer? The rich putting in large sums of money? Or one poor widow putting in two small coins? Of course, an honest answer to that question might be hard to give. Much good can be done with large sums of money, right? Wouldn’t it be...

The NYPD wasn’t playing around with a group of anti-Israel protesters who brought their children Saturday to demonstrate outside Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Brooklyn home. About 60 people gathered for what was billed as a “rage playdate” outside Schumer’s Prospect Park West building, where they had coloring pages about “Zionist bullies” and plead for President-elect Donald Trump to defund the Jewish state. But the NYPD quickly moved the protesters away and blocked off the street because the agitators had not gotten a permit. Parents clashed with officers, calling them “dictators” and yelling “KKK NYPD.” “I will sue the s–t out of...

Yale University chief psychiatry resident Dr. Amanda Calhoun said Friday on MSNBC’s “The ReidOut” that liberals who were devastated by Donald Trump’s presidential re-election should separate from family members who voted for him. Host Joy Reid said, “I wonder if also, are people challenged with the idea of how do you interact with people you know voted for this? If you’re an LGBTQ person and know someone in your family voted essentially against your rights or you’re a woman, knowing this man was calling people the B word. JD Vance was literally calling Kamala Harris the trash. And said we’re...

This is a fascinating phenomenon. Liberals are so unhinged they are cutting long time friends and family out of their life because they voted for Trump. Not just the vehement, Trump flag waving, MAGA hat wearing supporters. Literally ANYONE who they found out voted for Trump. Is this just a one way pathology? Has anyone here cut someone out of their life because they voted for Hillary, Biden or Harris? I can't even imagine doing this to a family member or especially one of my kids.

Paris police said Sunday that 4,000 officers and 1,600 stadium staff will be deployed for a France-Israel football match to ensure security in and around the stadium and on public transportation a week after violence against Israeli fans in Amsterdam. France and Israel are playing in a UEFA Nations League match on Thursday. “There’s a context, tensions that make that match a high-risk event for us,” Paris police chief Laurent Nuñez said on French news broadcaster BFM TV, adding authorities “won’t tolerate” any violence. Nuñez said that 2,500 police officers would be deployed around the Stade de France stadium, north...

Los Angeles County voters have chosen to pass Measure A, which will raise sales taxes by a quarter of a percent to fund homeless services. The referendum, which seemed in doubt until recently, passed with 57% support. CalMatters.org reported (original emphasis): Measure A, which is leading in the ballots counted thus far, would end the county’s existing quarter-cent sales tax for homelessness that was scheduled to expire in 2027 and replace it with a half-cent tax that would begin immediately and continue in perpetuity. That new tax is expected to raise $1 billion a year, and since it has no...

There is a pattern in US Presidential politics that puts the odds very highly that the GOP will not only hold the house but gain seats, and the media and punditry never talk about it. This video we discuss what it is.

The Garden Theatre in Houston is facing national backlash after they staged a mock assassination of President-Elect Donald Trump. The theatre was performing “Assassins,” a show that depicts the assassinations and attempted assassinations of presidents through history. An actor resembling Trump, dressed in a blue suit and wearing a red hat, walks onto the stage. The actors, all armed with guns, fire their weapons. The room turns blood-red and then, the show concludes. Logan Vaden, the company’s founding artistic director, defended the production. “I made the choice in the last 30 seconds of our production to include the assassination attempt...

I honestly can’t tell you the last time I watched “Saturday Night Live.” As a kid in the '90s, it was a weekly ritual. And then it just stopped being funny. The only thing worse than a skit show that isn’t funny is a skit show that isn’t funny and that is blatantly partisan in how it handles politics. And you don’t have to watch SNL to know that it has been rabidly anti-conservative for a long time now. When they do something particularly awful, you hear about it on social media. Eight years ago, SNL reacted to Donald Trump’s...

A week ago I switched from a combination of Spectrum and Dish Network to Directv Streaming. So far I'm quite happy. I live in a suburb of Birmingham Alabama and also have a small farm in Blount County. I had Spectrum cable, phone and internet in town, and Dish Network in Blount County. I also have Starlink which I use in Blount County as well as in my RV when I travel. Spectrum was reasonably priced when I started, but had creeped up over the years to twice the original price. I had Dish for over 12 years, and the...

71-year-old William Hoesch was out riding his bike in Ranier, Oregon, when he was struck by a vehicle. Luckily, the vehicle that hit him was an ambulance right outside a firehouse. The ambulance driver said that he turned right and heard a thump. He and his coworker got out to see what they had hit. The pair-o'-medics found Hoesch's bike under their tire, and Hoesch in bad shape on the pavement.

Wanda Geter-Pataky found a way to supplement her income while on paid leave from her Bridgeport city job and facing criminal charges for ballot fraud: Bring crews of out-of-state non-citizens to marry as many as 100-plus Americans a month at New Haven City Hall. One recent day, for instance, Geter-Pataky conducted seven such marriages in New Haven City Hall. All seven involved an Indian-born spouse and an American-born spouse. None came from New Haven, according to their marriage licenses. They claimed they live in Houston, Waterbury, Queens, the Bronx, Long Island, Chesapeake, Virginia. As Geter-Pataky accompanied one of the spouses...

In the wake of the election of President Donald Trump to serve a second term in office, along with presumptive Republican majorities in both houses of Congress, many are now asking about what the future will hold for the oddly named Inflation Reduction Act. Trump made it repeatedly clear on the campaign trail that he is not a fan of that law, which was passed on straight party-line votes in both houses of Congress, or of the hundreds of billions of dollars in green energy subsidies contained in it. But a full repeal of the IRA seems unlikely to succeed,...

As we await the final tally of ballots to determine who will have control of the House of Representatives, by all accounts it looks like the Republicans will keep control by 2 or more seats. With, more or less, 10 races left to call. republicans lead in almost all of them. Therefore I hereby request the following. WANTED FOR HIRE: One Fat Lady WHERE: To Stand On The Steps Outside of Congress WHEN: Now JOB: Sing!

Voters in Washington State have approved a referendum known as Initiative 2066, which would block state and local authorities from limiting access to natural gas stoves and appliances, which environmental groups have tried to do. The Seattle Times reported: Washington voters approved Initiative 2066, a measure that explicitly protects access to natural gas in Washington, and also weakens building codes that make it more difficult and costly to add natural gas heating in new construction. The initiative marks a moment when the state, long known for its progressive climate policies, has taken a step in the other direction. It throws...

Donald Trump made a multitude of “day one” promises throughout the campaign to begin work on an array of issues, setting himself up for an extremely busy first day back in office. Many of his promises involve reinstating past Executive Orders that the Biden administration rescinded.

Israeli media revealed Sunday that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun secret talks with the Russian government on ending the ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists. Although Hezbollah is armed and funded by Iran, the terrorist group uses many Russian weapons. Moreover, Russia has relied on Iran for drones in its ongoing war in Ukraine, and is thought to hold some sway with the Iranian regime.

EXCLUSIVE — A report from earlier this week showed that a FEMA supervisor advised her team to “avoid” Florida homes “advertising Trump.” That supervisor, Marn’i Washington, says she is a “patsy” and that FEMA made her a “scapegoat.” Washington told the Washington Examiner that not only did she and her teams canvas houses with Trump signage, “we’ve registered and provided resources to Trump supporters.” The language in the leaked screenshot was “shorthand,” according to Washington. She explained the full context: Washington let her supervisors “know specific streets we could not do because of hostile political encounters,” and according to communications...

CINCINNATI, Wednesday, Nov. 8[?]. Yesterday's Indianapolis Journal says: "Officers from Chattanooga report that SHERMAN returned to Atlanta early last week with fire corps of his army, leaving two corps in Tennessee under THOMAS to watch HOOD. He destroyed the railroad from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and is sending the iron to the former place. Atlanta is burned, and SHERMAN is marching directly for Charleston, S.C." WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1864. The news concerning SHERMAN's programme in Georgia, which has been telegraphed to the country from a Western-paper, will startle the public. Some of the facts had been known in this city....