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Renowned Attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and later Freedom Watch USA, predicted that the crap would hit the fan after Donald Trump was sworn into office. He was correct. Now, Klayman says, “Just in the last few days, we have had Chuck Schumer, Maxine Waters and Hakeem Jefferies, the Minority Leader in the House, threating to go into the streets for violence. We can expect violence, but right now, what they are testing are these federal judges. . . . The Democrats have gone forum shopping in leftist states, I don’t even call them liberal anymore . ....

“OCCRP’s Work is Not Political,” said the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project last week, apparently in response to our story about its involvement in the 2019 impeachment of President Donald Trump. “OCCRP has recently become the target of a conspiracy theory suggesting that we worked with one of our donors, USAID, to undermine President Donald Trump during his first administration. This is simply untrue, and it’s not how OCCRP operates.” But the allegations in our report, that USAID effectively created and oversees OCCRP, are true. Senior managers at USAID and the co-founder of OCCRP confirmed that USAID must sign...

Democratic Oregon Rep. Maxine Dexter screamed out during a rally Monday the party faithful need to “*&*&” President Donald Trump. The Daily Caller reports the obscenity came as the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) gathered on Capitol Hill and rallied “to save the civil service” and oppose Trump’s push to reduce the size of the federal government’s workforce through the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Dexter was seen at the podium addressing protesters before calling out Trump and teasing her supporters to not “tell her children” before she spoke. “I’ve been told I have 30 seconds, so I am...

Recent court orders slowing down or indefinitely blocking President Donald Trump’s policy blitz have raised the specter that the executive branch might openly flout the federal judiciary and prompted questions about how judges would respond. Any decision by the administration to defy federal courts would immediately implicate profound constitutional questions about separation of powers that have kept each branch of the government in check for centuries. That’s in large part because it would test the power of courts to enforce rulings that are supposed to be the final word. Legal experts say there are few options to force compliance with...

Started streaming 65 minutes ago The House Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing, chaired by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), holds its first hearing, entitled, "Hearing: The War on Waste: Stamping Out the Scourge of Improper Payments and Fraud."

A furious woman showed up at a public meeting to read an obscene passage aloud from a book that she claimed is included in a Texas school curriculum. Bonnie Wallace has blasted the decision by Allen Independent School District to include sexually explicit books including a novel called Push by author Sapphire. Speaking at a Board of Trustees meeting last month, Wallace, who does not live in the Allen ISD area, claimed some of the books included in the school board's curriculum have been banned in Texas jails. he Texas Department of Criminal Justice has '10,800 books that they prohibit...

NATIONAL PLUM PUDDING DAY Also known as Christmas pudding, National Plum Pudding Day celebrates a traditional holiday dessert. On February 12th, learn about this tasty treat with an interesting history. #NationalPlumPuddingDay Plum pudding is made by steaming or boiling and the pudding is usually served during the holiday season. Interestingly, many of the recipes don't even contain any plums. One explanation given is that during the 17th century, plums were referred to as raisins or other fruits. The name Christmas pudding is first recorded in 1858 in a novel by Anthony Trollope. Plum pudding is usually made up of nutmeg,...

This time, the giant schnauzer went the full Monty. After coming close in the last two years, Monty the giant schnauzer won the top prize at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show Tuesday night, leaving handler and co-owner Katie Bernardin almost too emotional to speak. "He always tries so hard, and we're just proud of him," she told the crowd at Madison Square Garden. The spirited schnauzer bested six other finalists to become the first of his breed tapped as Westminster's best in show, the most prestigious prize in the U.S. dog show world. The spirited schnauzer won the huge...

Serena Williams made a surprise cameo during Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show, as she was spotted dancing during the performance of "Not Like Us." Making an appearance for that song sparked some debate on social media, especially considering Lamar’s song is a diss track toward the rapper Drake, whom Williams dated in 2011. Many believed it was no coincidence Williams’ time to shine was during this track, and ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith thinks the same. It’s why, during his Monday edition of "First Take," he told his colleagues he would divorce her if he was her husband....

Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s plans for mass deportations of migrants, warning that the forceful removal of people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and “will end badly.” Francis took the remarkable step of addressing the U.S. migrant crackdown in a letter to U.S. bishops in which he appeared to take direct aim at Vice President JD Vance's defense of the deportation program on theological grounds. U.S. border czar Tom Homan immediately pushed back, noting that the Vatican is a city-state surrounded by walls and that Francis should...

State conflict of interest laws ban public officials from any involvement in contracts in which they have a financial interest, including agreements that financially benefit their spouse or groups that pay their spouse. Los Angeles’ top homeless services executive told LAist in December that she stuck to those rules, saying she had been walled off and “completely recused” from business relating to her husband’s employer. Through a public records request, LAist later discovered records that contradict her assertion. The documents show that Va Lecia Adams Kellum, chief executive of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), signed a $2.1 million...

Ayanna Pressley says Democrats are willing to work with anyone who is serious about censoring the American people. These people are truly insane. Do they even hear themselves?

1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled against halting judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to unfreeze federal funding.

Mike Pence has warned Donald Trump that his stance on Ukraine may lead to a Russian invasion of a NATO country and result in a war involving U.S. troops.Speaking on X about Trump's comments on how Ukraine "may be Russia some day," his former vice president said: "If Ukraine falls, it will only be a matter of time until Russia invades a NATO ally our troops will be required to defend."

Carol Rhees is a Democrat lawyer who started Hope for Children in Ethiopia a long-time USAID grant recipient.

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus summoned the crowd again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand. Nothing that enters one from outside can defile that person; but the things that come out from within are what defile.” Mark 7:14–15What is within you? What is in your heart? Today’s Gospel concludes with a list of vices that sadly come from within: “evil thoughts, unchastity, theft, murder, adultery, greed, malice, deceit, licentiousness, envy, blasphemy, arrogance, folly.” Of course, none of these vices are desirable when looked at objectively. They are all quite repulsive. And yet too often they...

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MI5 lied to three courts while defending its handling of a misogynistic neo-Nazi state agent who attacked his girlfriend with a machete, the BBC can reveal. Arguing for secrecy, the Security Service told judges it had stuck to its policy of not confirming or denying informants' identities. In fact, MI5 had disclosed the man's status in phone calls to me, as it tried to persuade me not to investigate the man - known publicly only as agent X. The service aggressively maintained its position until I produced evidence proving it was untrue, including a recording of one of the calls....

-snip- Hegseth continued. "We want a sovereign and prosperous Ukraine. But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic objective. Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering." -snip- "A durable peace for Ukraine must include robust security guarantees to ensure that the war will not begin again," Hegseth said Wednesday. "The United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic outcome of a negotiated settlement. Instead, any security guarantee must be backed by capable European and non-European troops." "If these troops are deployed as...

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