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For 20-years we have called out the Machievellian nature of Mitch McConnell and his duplicitous agenda to support the UniParty apparatus in Washington DC. Heck, even the name of this site, “The Last Refuge” came from our non-pretending association as to the nature of the root cause of our problems within the Republican apparatus. Mitch McConnell has always been working for the other side. Last night in the confirmation vote for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Mitch McConnell voted no. In an almost identical way to former Senator John McCain refusing to repeal Obamacare, Mitch McConnell ends his time in the...

A California ballot initiative proposing that the state become its own country and secede from the United States has been filed and cleared for signature gathering. If the measure makes it onto the November 2028 ballot, it would ask voters: “Should California leave the United States and become a free and independent country?” local news outlet KCRA3 reported on Friday. The guidelines would require 50 percent of registered voters to participate and a “yes” vote from 55 percent of voters, which would indicate “a vote of no confidence in the United States of America,” according to the report. The measure...

News report about the release of four female IDF hostages. Video of them raising their hands in front of the crowd in Gaza.

Rob Schmitt asked Tom Homan about the Pope’s harsh comments about the US’s planned mass deportation efforts. Mr. Homan told the Pope to concentrate on the Church because it’s a mess. Rob Schmitt: The Pope this week said that it’s a disgrace what we’re now doing with this new government, deporting all of these people we’ve got, you know. Obviously there’s, there’s going to be a lot of media searching for the sad stories here, trying to turn public opinion against this operation. What’s your message to the American people as you got to do this work?

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Saul, my brother, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to you on the way by which you came, that you may regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.” Acts 9:17Saint Paul (who in Hebrew was known as Saul of Tarsus) was a devout Jewish Pharisee who vigorously defended the law. After Jesus’ Ascension into Heaven, the newfound Christian faith began to grow rapidly. As a result, Saul of Tarsus vigorously tried to end this new religion which he perceived as erroneous. He traveled about looking for followers of Jesus to arrest...

The songwriter of the Village People's hit song "Y.M.C.A." spoke out on Monday against the idea that the song is a "gay anthem," and threatened to sue news outlets in January that continue to describe it as such. Willis said he was not offended that it has been labeled as a gay anthem but warned people not to make assumptions. News outlets who do label it a "gay anthem" in January could start facing legal action.

Young kids run along to catch a glimpse of their terrorist idols. This isn’t peace. War will return to Gaza.

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (1/25/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Revealer of Mysteries) Acts 28:25-2725 And when they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, Well spake the Holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers, 26 Saying, Go unto this people, and say, Hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and not perceive: 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with their...

Use some of the same methods the Biden DOJ used against Trump and members of his administration. They collectively came to power in 2021 under dubious electoral circumstances in 2020 and then proceeded to wield that power with all of the care and nuance of napalm. Laws and the Constitution be damned, they thought they were untouchable. And they worked hard to make the people pay dearly for resistance to their authority. Witness the January 6 Select Committee. Comprised of a comically corrupt and deceitful collection of rank partisans from both parties, the J6 Committee had two distinct goals: To...

DRAMATIC footage shows the moment people fled as a huge fireball explosion ripped through a major Russian oil refinery. Ukrainian forces blasted the Rostneft Oil Refinery in Ryazan with long-range kamikaze drones last night in the latest blow for Vladimir Putin. Towering flames and huge plumes of smoke could be seen rising from the site in footage shared on social media. People ran from the scene as the inferno raged. At least 20 drones targeted the Ryazan region, southeast of Moscow, overnight - striking the depot and a power station. Regional governor Pavel Malkov said emergency services were tackling the...

WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Wednesday held top officials at the Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections in civil contempt, after ruling they violated the civil rights of a U.S. Capitol riot defendant by impeding his access to medical care. "It is more than just inept and bureaucratic shuffling of papers," U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth said. "I find that the civil rights of the defendant have been abridged. I don't know if it's because he is a Jan. 6 defendant or not, but I find that this matter should be referred to the attorney general of...

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New Jersey Democrats and immigration activists vowed to fight against President Donald Trump's immigration policies after eight people were detained Thursday in an ICE raid in Newark. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, members of Congress, state officials and migrant activists on Friday spoke at a news conference, where the mayor claimed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) acted without a warrant and detained workers, including a U.S. military veteran. "The problem with this is that none of these people were rapists, or murderers or criminals," Baraka said. "The problem with it is that ICE went in there without a warrant." The...

“The purpose of a pardon is to correct a miscarriage of justice, not to prevent future judicial action.” — Dr. Joseph Sansone. This, as they say, is one of those weeks when decades happen. You realize that under the fiends fronted by “Joe Biden,” the US government became a demon-driven machine for wrecking lives, perverting the law, and demolishing all scaffolds of decent behavior. And now, it all has to be fixed, cleaned up, fumigated, rectified, rehabilitated. Scores of executive orders flew out of the Oval Office, rescinding four years of “Biden” regime lunacy in every direction: Censorship, dead. ....

Beyond providing supplemental income for Mexican households, remittances—funds sent by migrants to friends and families in their home country—provide a stable flow of developmental finance to the poorest subregions of the country, which have not historically benefited from international capital flows, such as development aid or foreign direct investment. Mexico, the world’s second-largest recipient of remittances, has seen a steady increase in the total volume of remittances received, primarily due to the strength of the U.S. labor market and concurrent wage growth among Mexican workers in the United States. Mechanisms to keep remittances secure are not impermeable to criminal organizations,...

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., is urging CBS News not to "cave" to President Donald Trump as the network is reportedly mulling a settlement to end its legal scuffle with the 47th Commander in Chief. In October, Trump filed a $10 billion lawsuit against CBS News alleging election interference over its handling of the "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, accusing the network of aiding his Democratic rival through deceptive editing. The Wall Street Journal reported last week that CBS parent company Paramount Global is considering settling the suit ahead of a planned merger that ultimately must pass muster...

President Trump will hold his first post-inauguration rally to thank supporters in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 25, 2025, at 3:30 pm EST. Watch live on RSBN starting at 10:30 am EST! The start time is subject to change.

Body camera captures Oklahoma State Senator Goodwin arguing with deputy after traffic stop Confrontation ensued after Oklahoma State Senator Regina Goodwin was pulled over by a Tulsa County deputy for running two stop signs. (Tusla County Sheriff's Office)

It’s not going to be fast or easy to eliminate a cancer that has not only been allowed, but encouraged, to spread in the federal government. I’ll not take any credit for predicting federal agencies would do anything to retain their DEI bureaucracies. And why wouldn’t they? Even if their administrators weren’t DEI true believers, and most probably were, DEI gave them unprecedented and totalitarian control over the lives of their employees--more power than they imagined--and unrestrained virtue signaling opportunities. By claiming DEI was essential to their missions, they would be invited to DC cocktail parties and praised by equally...

The Supreme Court will decide if Maryland parents, who object to LGBTQ books in the classroom, have a constitutional right to opt their children out of classes that conflict with their family’s faith. Parents in Montgomery County, Maryland are claiming their children’s schools are violating their religious freedom by not allowing them to opt out of lessons that use books featuring LGBTQ story lines. On Friday, the Supreme Court made the decision they will weigh in on the matter. According to court papers, the district provided the books to teachers and expected them to be incorporated into the classroom by...