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WASHINGTON — Call it Flake News. And it was delivered in a sharply worded dispatch. After attending Saturday’s memorial service for Sen. John McCain, his fellow senator from Arizona, Jeff Flake, tweeted a message intended for President Donald Trump, The Arizona Republic reported.

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Sincerity in grieving the more recent aggrieved comes in meaningful prayer not from political theatrics. It’s all over but for the private Annapolis, Maryland burial today, but did anybody bother to pray for the soul of the late Senator John McCain during the public memorial service, or was it just-poor-taste theatrics all the way through? Until the progressive-left moved in to politicize them, memorials were held to pray over the dead, asking God Almighty to show mercy on their souls.

John McCain is being laid to rest at the U.S. Naval Academy after a five-day procession that served as a final call to arms for a nation he warned could lose its civility and sense of shared purpose. The private ceremony in Annapolis, Maryland, was as carefully planned as the rest of McCain's farewell tour, which began in Arizona after he died Aug. 25 from brain cancer and stretched to Washington.

...."in his memoir "The Restless Wave". published last May, he called for a return to old-fashioned Republican values, pointed to the danger of the information onslaught being waged by Russia, and described how in December 2016 he passed on the dossier compiled by Christopher Steele alleging that Moscow held compromising material on Trump to the FBI...." "The Guardian"August 25, 2018 "Yemen Conflict: Saudi-led coalition admits mistakes in deadly bus strike" "Amsterdam stabbing: Afghan suspect 'had terrorist motive'" "Western countries urge calm after deadly Tripoli clashes" BBC News Headlines of September 1, 2018-The Day of John McCain's Funeral "You Social Democrats,...

...We thought they could withstand anything, even a renegade president* in the pocket of a distant authoritarian goon. We let the customs, manners, norms and institutions weaken through neglect and now we are in open conflict with an elected president and, make no mistake about it, John McCain's funeral was a council of war, and it was a council of war because that's what John McCain meant it to be...Even at the end, John McCain knew what he was doing and he was a fearsome opponent. He wanted a pageant of everything this administration* has trashed and put up for...

John McCain is being hailed by the press as a "genuine war hero." But is he a war hero in the conventional sense like Audie Murphy and John Glenn? Or is his "war hero" status the creation of a very slick publicity campaign that plays on flag, duty, honor and country? For sure, McCain has the fruit salad - a Silver Star, a Legion of Merit for Valor, a Distinguished Flying Cross, three Bronze Stars, two Commendation medals plus two Purple Hearts and a dozen service gongs. On a purely medal-count basis, he outweighs Murphy and Glenn, who both for...

John McCain is finally getting his due respect from President Trump -- his body is being flown to Washington D.C. on an aircraft that had to be approved by POTUS. The late Arizona senator's casket was loaded onto one of the jets known as Air Force 2 -- which is often designated for the VP or First Lady's travel. As you know, 45 will not be attending McCain's service in D.C. ... reportedly because McCain wanted it that way. Still, Trump announced earlier this week he had greenlit military transport for McCain, saying, "At the request of the McCain family,...

For the clusters of onlookers, besuited power players and three former presidents who had all traveled to Washington National Cathedral, the muggy day was a historic opportunity to memorialize the life of Senator John McCain, who was remembered as a deeply patriotic war hero, a former Republican presidential candidate and a scrappy, humanly flawed, ultimately idealistic lawmaker. For President Trump, it was Saturday. In the many discussions about how to mark his life that Mr. McCain had with his staff and family before he died, he had made clear he did not want Mr. Trump to participate in anything they...

Americans were outraged Saturday after John McCain’s funeral turned into a Trump bashing session. Speaker after speaker, from Meghan McCain, to George W. Bush, to Barack Obama took turns to rip President Trump in words of anger.Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were in attendance.They looked sad and embarrassed at the nonstop abuse.Meghan McCain took the occasion of her father’s death to slam President Trump numerous times Saturday in Washington DC.What a sad and petty woman.It’s no secret to Americans why the third most unpopular US senator is being hailed as a hero. He hated Trump.Meghan McCain spoke at her father’s funeral...