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The defense team for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old accused of assassinating conservative icon Charlie Kirk, has filed a motion requesting that he appear in civilian clothing without restraints during court proceedings and that cameras be banned from the courtroom. Robinson is charged with aggravated murder and other felonies for the September 10 shooting death of Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, during a speech at Utah Valley University. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, citing the presence of children at the event and the political nature of the crime. In a 20-page filing submitted on Wednesday, defense attorneys, including...

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned of rising Jew-hatred on the right during a speech at Hagee Ministries’ 45th Annual Night to Honor Israel at Cornerstone Church in San Antonio on Sunday evening. The senator accused Democrats of harboring a “pro-Hamas contingent” and said the rest of the party is “terrified” of them. But in his remarks at the event, he highlighted Jew-hatred on his own side of the aisle. Cruz described a recent conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which the latter attributed online, right-wing antisemitism to funding from Qatar and Iran. Cruz disagreed. “These are real human...

“‘There is another who testifies of Me, and I know that the testimony which He gives about Me is true. . . . And the Father who sent Me, He has testified of Me. You have neither heard His voice at any time nor seen His form. You do not have His word abiding in you, for you do not believe Him whom He sent’” (John 5:32, 37–38). Of infinitely greater importance than any human testimony is that the Father who sent Jesus has testified about Him. The gospels record two specific instances in which the Father gave verbal testimony...

“‘But the testimony which I have is greater than the testimony of John; for the works which the Father has given Me to accomplish—the very works that I do—testify about Me, that the Father has sent Me’” (John 5:36). John the Baptist’s testimony carried considerable weight; after all, he was the greatest man who had ever lived up to this time (Luke 7:28). But the testimony Jesus was about to introduce was far “greater than the testimony of John.” More convincing than the greatest prophet’s testimony to Christ were “the very works that” He did. Throughout His ministry the Lord...

Disgraced former FBI Director James Comey filed a motion on Monday to dismiss the charges of lying to Congress brought by District Attorney Lindsey Halligan in the Eastern District of Virginia. Comey, however, has retained yet another one of his former leak recipients as a defense attorney, raising the question: Is there anyone on Comey’s defense team that he wasn’t leaking to?According to a 2019 Office of Inspector General report, in May 2017, James Comey sent four confidential FBI memos to his personal lawyer Patrick Fitzgerald, along with instructions to share the documents with two other lawyers: Daniel Richman and...

VIDEOThe famous Dom Luis bridge in Porto over the Douro River felt like a magical experience while we were walking on it. Built in 1886, the arched bridge has two levels. The lower level for vehicular traffic and the upper level, where we were, is for light rail and pedestrian traffic. The elements of the lighting from a perfect sunset, the music in the distance from a festival, electric train cars gliding past us, the variety of people, both locals and tourists, including the eccentric English Fox hunters, all blended to create that magical unforgettable ambiance. I hope this video...

“The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting,” G.K. Chesterton noted in 1910. “It has been found difficult; and left untried.” Perhaps this helps explain why Christian adherence is in decline in the United Sates. On the other hand, whether or not Islam is found difficult, one thing is for sure.It’s being tried — with zeal.The former reality has inspired glee among Christophobes; the latter, alarm among Christians (and others). An example of this alarm is the recent Daily Mail feature, “Experts: Islam will be the dominant religion in America.” There’s an issue, however:This isn’t really what “experts”...

The entitled son of top lawyer has been arrested after he tried to evade police by mowing down two officers with his white Mercedes G-Wagen in Pennsylvania. Dalton Janiczek, 21, was charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer, aggravated assault, fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer and was arraigned on Saturday. The drama unfolded on October 24, when a sergeant attempted to stop Janiczek's car - but the vehicle sped away, driving erratically at a high speed while crossing over a concrete median, police said. Police tracked the car down to a parking lot near the...

JPMorgan Chase is seeking to get out of its legal obligation to pay a staggering $115 million in attorney fees racked up by two former business partners who were convicted of scamming the banking giant out of $175 million. The nation’s largest lender filed legal papers in Delaware on Friday demanding that a judge reverse an earlier ruling that required it to pay the lawyers for Charlie Javice and her convicted co-conspirator Olivier Amar. According to the filing, Javice’s team of lawyers across five law firms have billed JPMorgan approximately $60.1 million in legal fees and expenses, while Amar’s lawyers...

Conservatives and Republicans should stop viewing Democrats as crazy, out of touch, or going through a phase before they find themselves. This is not a phase, and they are not crazy. They have a plan. As they lose more and more ground among ordinary Americans, Democrats remain committed to making socialism acceptable in America, whether through pretty words or hardcore violence.Currently, Democrats are crouched in a defensive posture. They lost the last presidential race, dropping 2,559 counties out of 3,112. That’s the dagger at their throats. The Electoral College decides presidential races, and with continued population loss in Blue states,...

‘Petey’ is back in Britain, looking for a vengeance. And so it happens that Lord Peter Mandelson is back to Britain, after getting fired as US ambassador in the wake of the scandal caused by his emails to late pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. Instead of the glory he would have dreamed of, he is facing ignominy. Mandelson and Epstein shopping in the US Virgin Islands. ============================================================================== The leaked emails revealed that Mandelson continued to support Epstein even after a conviction in Florida for ‘procuring a child for prostitution’. Columnist Andrew Pierce, wrote on the Daily Mail: “‘Fight for early release,’ he...

In early May, Emily Waite stood in the center of the cavernous first floor of a concrete bunker of a building. She gestured widely across the expanse of the empty hall toward the barren southern wall. It was where the once and future home of the building’s historic lunch counter had been excavated, piece by piece, bolt by bolt, for restoration. The particle-laden air of a construction site was scored by the clanging of metal rods spilling on the ground. Conversations from hard-hatted workers rose over the hum of idling power tools. Blue wires hung from the ceiling like icicles...

California Governor Gavin Newsom, the man who presided over a mass exodus of businesses, rising homelessness, skyrocketing crime, and record-setting taxes, now says he’s “thinking about” taking his failed leadership nationwide. In a taped interview with CBS News Sunday Morning, Newsom admitted he’d “be lying” if he said he wasn’t considering a presidential run in 2028. The Democrat governor, who has spent more time preening for cameras than addressing California’s crises, told CBS’s Robert Costa that after the 2026 midterms, he’ll give a White House bid “serious thought.” “Yeah, I’d be lying otherwise,” Newsom said. “I’d just be lying. And...

As Maricopa County voters begin casting ballots in the off-year election, Supervisor Debbie Lesko is raising concerns about Proposition 409 — a $898 million bond proposal to fund major upgrades for Valleywise Health, the county’s public hospital system. “I’m not a fan of Prop. 409, the Valleywise Health ballot measure,” Lesko wrote on X. “This is a new tax in addition to their existing tax. If this passes, we’ll be paying for two Valleywise bonds on our property taxes.”

A German court ruled the Trump administration is “openly far-right” with “fascist tendencies” as German police raided several prominent conservative critics for alleged “Hate Speech” last week. Firing back, the US Embassy in Berlin warned of “censorship and oppression of political opponents in Germany”, which is “threatening to ban the opposition”. Notably, President Trump has yet to even nominate an Ambassador to Germany, a diplomatic slight usually reserved for antagonistic countries. A judge at Bonn Circuit Court described the Trump administration as “openly far-right extremist-populist” and claimed it had “fascist tendencies”, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger reported. The Circuit Court 13th Civil Chamber...

Explanation: Follow the handle of the Big Dipper away from the dipper's bowl until you get to the handle's last bright star. Then, just slide your telescope a little south and west and you might find this stunning pair of interacting galaxies, the 51st entry in Charles Messier famous catalog. Perhaps the original spiral nebula, the large galaxy with well defined spiral structure is also cataloged as NGC 5194. Its spiral arms and dust lanes clearly sweep in front of its companion galaxy (right), NGC 5195. The pair are about 31 million light-years distant and officially lie within the angular...

Demonstrations unfolded across the Bay Area on Thursday as activists mobilized against President Donald Trump’s threats of a federal immigration “surge.” Although Trump called off the surge in San Francisco after talking to local tech and political leaders, the rest of the Bay Area was left on edge, and many took to the streets to peacefully voice their dissent. At 5 p.m., about 300 people marched from Oakland’s Fruitvale district toward the intersection of Dennison Street and Embarcadero at Coast Guard Island, where federal agents from Customs and Border Protection were reportedly stationed for an “operation.” At the intersection, protesters...

The push to separate Alberta from the rest of Canada got a big boost this weekend. Thousands turned out for a rally in Edmonton to raise awareness of the movement and a referendum question that would ask citizens if Alberta should be a sovereign country. Sam Samson spoke with some who would vote yes and why.

Possible 2028 presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg tore into former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and gushed over socialist Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani. Buttigieg, who has previously praised Mamdani’s “extraordinary” campaign, stopped short of endorsing the far-left Democrat but commended his efforts to “bring people together.” “I don’t live in New York, but I think he has the capacity to be a great mayor,” Buttigieg exulted to CNN.

The Alberta legislature was awash in blue as thousands of Albertans attended the “I am Alberta” rally on Saturday afternoon to support Alberta sovereignty and independence. Initial estimates suggested around 5,000 attendees, although organizers were waiting on drone footage for further confirmation.Jeffrey Rath, General Counsel for the Alberta Prosperity Project (APP), estimated over 10,000 attended, noting only 15 to 20 counter-protesters were present. Rath commended the Alberta sheriffs for their work.Rath stated that Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s six months of attempting to work with the federal Liberals had failed, and it was time to embrace Alberta independence and “get on...