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A staunch ally of President-elect Donald Trump who threatened to put New York Attorney General Letitia James’ “fat ass in prison” clarified Friday that his words did not reflect the once and future commander in chief’s thoughts. “As I have made crystal clear, I do not speak for President Trump or anyone else,” said Mike Davis, who heads up the conservative judicial advocacy group Article III Project, in a statement posted on X. “Like tens of millions of other private citizens, I am outraged by the lawfare and weaponization of our system of justice, including the New York Attorney General’s...

Department of Justice (DOJ) whistleblowers provided Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) FD-1023 form with allegations that the Bidens took bribes, according to a press release. Grassley disclosed the FD-1023 form Thursday and it contains allegations that Joe and Hunter Biden were bribed by Mykola Zlochevsky, the Ukrainian oligarch who founded energy firm Burisma. The firm put Hunter Biden onto its board in 2014 and he left his position in 2019.

...In multiple interviews, Macgregor has confidently predicted that the conflict will end with Russia "annihilating" Ukrainian forces and winning the war. One such interview, with Carlson, was aired on Russia's state-controlled TV. ..."The battle in eastern Ukraine is really almost over, all of the Ukrainian troops there have been largely surrounded and cut off. You have a concentration down in the Southeast of 30 or 40,000 of them, and if they don't surrender in the next 24 hours, I suspect Russia will ultimately annihilate them." Macgregor added that he believed Zelensky needed to "negotiate the best deal he can get,"...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

Arnold Schwarzenegger was involved in a car crash on Friday afternoon in Los Angeles that saw his enormous SUV slam into another car leaving the other driver badly hurt. The former governor, 74, was driving a Yukon SUV about half a mile from his home in Brentwood, when it smashed into a red Prius at 5pm. The airbags deployed as a result of the collision. The SUV then started to roll onto a white Porsche Cayenne that was directly behind Schwarzenegger's. Law enforcement say they believe the accident was the fault of the actor who was attempting to make a...

The firefighter was placed on paid administrative leaveA Los Angeles firefighter is under investigation over his response to the city's vaccine mandate. The unidentified LAFD employee, who was served with a non-compliance letter from the fire department, pulled down his pants and wiped his buttocks with it, before leaving it on the ground.The incident allegedly occurred at Fire Station 69 in Pacific Palisades.The Los Angeles Stentorians, who represents African American firefighters in the city, called the incident a "terminable" offense.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday called Dr. Anthony Fauci “an undeniable asset” despite emails that have exposed his knowledge of and efforts to tamp down the Wuhan “lab leak” theory to explain the COVID-19 pandemic’s origin. President Biden still has confidence in Fauci, who is his chief medical adviser and the government’s top infectious disease expert, Psaki said. “He’s been an undeniable asset in our country’s pandemic response,” Psaki said at her daily press briefing. “But it’s obviously not that advantageous for me to relitigate the substance of emails from 17 months ago.”

Organizers say they’ve collected about 800,000 signatures, more than half of those needed. Political consultants who work on state initiative campaigns, however, say they’ll likely need an extra 500,000 valid signatures to ensure that the recall qualifies for the ballot. With Newsom it’s more personal, and incidents like the French Laundry reinforce the image of Newsom and his wife as Marin County royalty. And there could be an issue about his kids going to private school while (other) kids are stuck learning from home.” Whatever the outcome, Newsom is facing a potentially potent mix of anger, resentment and dissatisfaction just...

It’s always the last place you look. Lousiana police found a loaded concealed handgun inside a suspect’s buttocks during a strip search after he was arrested on other charges. Following a call about “suspicious activity,” Justin Savoie, 24, was taken into custody by Golden Meadow police on Dec. 28, 2019, for possession of a handgun, marijuana and drug paraphernalia. Multiple handguns and “homemade silencers” were also found inside his truck. However, the surprises continued to pile up for investigators. During a follow up strip search at the Lafourche Parish Sheriff’s Office, a 4-inch .25 Titan pistol was found inside his...

ABC News reports that the Suspect in shooting of Judge Salas family was found dead of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.A gunman wearing a FedEx driver’s uniform came to the home of a federal judge connected to high-profile cases, one involving Jeffery Epstein, killing her son and leaving her husband in critical condition after they answered the door to the assailant, according to news reports and law enforcement officials.Judge Esther Salas is linked to federal court cases involving Jeffery Epstein, and oversaw cases involving the reality TV couple the “Real Housewives of New Jersey,” as well as very dangerous gangs that...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican senator spoke out Tuesday against President Donald Trump’s use of the Bible “as a political prop” as the president warned protesters he would deploy the U.S. military to end violent protests against police brutality. Police used tear gas to clear peaceful demonstrators from a park Monday night near the White House so Trump could walk to a nearby church and pose with a Bible. “There is no right to riot, no right to destroy others’ property, and no right to throw rocks at police. But there is a fundamental — a Constitutional — right to...

Jeb Bush @JebBush Best Super Bowl half time show ever.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) urged Americans to demand that their representatives ban assault weapons or kick their "a---" out of Congress. "Americans, please stop tolerating the pain, suffering, and prayers of families, friends, neighborhoods & all caring Americans. Demand the Members of Congress get rid of ALL assault weapons or kick our a--- out of Congress!" she tweeted Tuesday.

Just sick. Hasn't been three hours and Kamala starts in the gun control stuff. https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris "Simply horrific. I'm grateful to the first responders who are on the scene in Gilroy, and my thoughts are with that community tonight. Our country has a gun violence epidemic that we cannot tolerate." ***Just the right time for political opportunism.***

nti-Trump crusader and Nebraska GOP Senator Ben Sasse set his sights on Sean Hannity this week; accusing him of “grotesque distortions” in his new book while failing to disclose countless interviews where the Republican widely-agreed with the Fox News host. According to recently released excerpts from Sasse’s latest cash-grab, the Senator lashes-out at Hannity for a full twenty pages; saying he doesn’t “promote a particular conservative agenda, or to encourage American patriotism, or even to offer coherent arguments against liberalism. His core cause is to rage.” “Liberals are evil, you’re a victim, and you should be furious,” he adds. Sasse...

“It is irresponsible for Presidents to take credit for economic success. . . “

The National Football League has rejected a Super Bowl advertisement from American Veterans urging people to stand for the national anthem. The nation's largest veterans service organization had been invited by the NFL to place an ad in the Super Bowl LII program. AMVET's advertisement included a two-word message - "#PleaseStand." Click here to see the ad.

The President today made some very serious allegations, and the informed citizens that a republic requires deserve more information. If there were wiretaps of then-candidate Trump's organization or campaign, then it was either with FISA court authorization or without such authorization. If without, the President [Sasse is talking about Trump here, not his snideness Obama] should explain what sort of wiretap it was and how the knows this. It is possible that he was illegally tapped. On the other hand, if it was with a legal FISA Court order, then an application for surveillance exists that the Court found credible....

Msgr. Charles Pope 12/22/2015 Nativity animals Question: I was told that the animals in the Christmas Nativity scene have a symbolic meaning. Is this so, and if so what?— Jennifer Ladd, Buffalo, New York Answer: Yes, the traditional animals of the Nativity scene are chosen for a reason. The ox and the donkey are a reference to Isaiah 1:3 which says, “An ox knows its owner, and an ass, its master’s manger; But Israel does not know, my people has not understood.”So, it’s actually rather an unflattering self-accusation we make of our own human family that, in effect, declares the...

Yeesh. John Kasich's campaign takes its biggest shot at Donald Trump, featuring a former U.S. prisoner of war, Ret. Col. Thomas Moe, adapting a famous quote about the Nazis, and applying it to Trump. *snip* See what you've done, Governor Kasich? Now you've got me, Trump hater extraordinaire, forced to defend Trump from charges of crypto-Nazism. We still don't know whether Donald Trump really wants Muslims to register with the government. He's never directly proposed it. He's given a half-distracted, loosely-worded affirmative answer to a reporter when it was first brought up by the reporter. Every time he's asked since,...