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Drew Joyce, 31, of Bridgend, pocketed £30,000 from his victims, one of which described employing him as "one of the biggest mistakes in my life"A rogue builder carried out shoddy work after pocketing more than £30,000 in cash from his victims who described employing him as "One of the biggest mistakes in my life". When he was questioned about his work by the victims, he claimed he had underpriced the jobs and walked, leaving one of the houses uninhabitable. Drew Joyce, 31, of Bridgend, initially provided attractive quotes to his victims Sian Frowen and Grannia Doherty who paid him to...

Is Opposition to Illegal Immigration a Sin?Not only do nations have the right to enact laws that limit immigration but also nations have as their principal obligation to first assure the common welfare of its own citizens.To quickly answer the question asked by the title of this article: Of course not. But listening to most Church leaders today, a Catholic would think that it is one of those sins that cry out to Heaven for vengeance (pardon that terribly antediluvian reference.) In fact, opposition to it is a mandate of both the virtue of Justice and holy Charity. Before arguing...

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia Hits own Planes and Takes Ships from Sevastopol port | They are Scared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo_q-bZOZy8 The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 23rd September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time).[NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-577-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

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. Loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles 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 a vehicle is captured and then...

Jacksonville police shot a juvenile who they said fired a gun into a crowd leaving the First Coast vs. Ribault high school football game when it was called off in the third quarter Friday night after fights broke out inside the stadium. The youth was taken to the hospital with a bullet graze to the head and a gunshot wound to the lower torso, Alan Parker, Sheriff's Office chief of investigations, said at the scene.

A group of 14 Republican senators wrote a letter Wednesday to Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro asking why the Navy enlisted a 'TikTok drag queen' to beef up recruitment numbers. Sens. Ted Cruz, Rick Scott, Marco Rubio and others told Del Toro that 'we are concerned about both the promotion of a banned app and behavior that many deem inappropriate in a professional workplace.' Their letter follows media coverage this week of how Yeoman 2nd Class Joshua Kelley had been named a 'Digital Ambassador' for the Navy as part of a pilot program that started in November and...

Former President Donald Trump holds a massive 32-point lead over the 2024 Republican presidential primary field, including declared and hypothetical candidates, according to the latest Fox News poll.Trump received 53 percent support among registered Republican primary voters. Trump’s second closest challenger, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), who has not yet declared his candidacy, received 21 percent support. 2024 National Republican Primary Trump — 53% (+32)DeSantis — 21%Pence — 6%Haley — 4%Ramaswamy — 3%Cheney — 2%T. Scott — 2%Abbot — 1%Christie — 1%Sununu — 1%Elder — 1%Since February, Trump is up 10 points, while DeSantis is down 7.Fox News (A-) |...

After his Thursday afternoon speech in New Hampshire, President Trump once again took questions from the crowd. His style of reaching out to Americans personally has earned him the title “The People’s President” from leaders across the nation and strongly contrasts the hide-and-seek attitude the Biden administration currently displays when facing communications with the press or the people. President Trump discussed serious hot-button issues like fair play in women’s sports, supporting the military and law enforcement, as well as the current state of the economy. When asked about the North Korean threat, President Trump discussed how he was able to...

There has been only one president this century who has kept Russia's Vladimir Putin from invading former Soviet Union states, and that is undoubtedly former President Donald Trump, Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, told Newsmax."He projected strength, and that's exactly what President Trump told me," Fallon told Saturday's "The Count," slipping briefly into Trump's voice to tell his story. "He said, you know, 'Vladimir, I don't want to come in and have to have to knock off your iron dome in Moscow.'"And he said to me, 'Pat, he believed me like 5%.'"But he kept him in check. You know, that's the...

As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prepares to jump into the presidential race, a growing number of supporters say he is sorely in need of a change in strategy if he’s to have any chance of defeating Donald Trump for the GOP nomination. They point to his drop in the polls, his lack of outreach to potential supporters who have instead backed Trump and the policy issues he has focused on. He’s spending his time battling one of the largest employers in the state, moving to the right on abortion and cleaning up verbal missteps on the war in Ukraine. That...

Cernovich @Cernovich This was signed into law. Definitely no Democrat prosecutor will use this to indict Trump supporters under the theory that MAGA is a hate slogan. 🙃🙃🙃 news4jax.com Florida legislators support a bill to make hate speech fliers a hate crime 6:49 PM · Apr 29, 2023

Furious Christian groups are attempting to shut down the 'largest Satanic gathering in history' after hundreds of The Satanic Temple's members descended on Boston. The annual SatanCon festival arrived in town on Friday to celebrate the organization's 10-year anniversary, kicking off with a bizarre opening ceremony that saw speakers tear up the bible and perform 'un-baptisms'. But the arrival of the Devil worshippers on the East Coast has sparked backlash from religious groups, with crowds gathering Saturday to stage a series of demonstrations across the city and combat the hellish three-day event with 'intense prayer'. It comes after Dr Jaymz...

Exclusive Sit Down With President Donald J. Trump(Full 1 Hour Interview) https://rumble.com/v2l13is-exclusive-sit-down-with-president-donald-j.-trump.html Highlights below President Trump on Fighting Back against the Deep Statehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyLfL3QLcB8 Great story on Arnold Palmerhttps://rumble.com/v2l0hli-president-trump-advised-the-legendary-arnold-palmer.html https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/full-video-steve-bannon-interviews-president-trump-at-mar-a-lago/

SAVANNAH, Georgia (LifeSiteNews) — The sole Carmelite monastery in the state of Georgia has been ordered to shut down following an Apostolic Visitation in February 2022. “The lesson now for anyone considering a religious vocation in Savannah is that everything can be stripped away from you overnight – your charism, your Latin Mass, your housing, and your vows to God could all go up in smoke,” Amara Derienzo, a gardener at the monastery who recently spent a week there discerning her vocation there, told LifeSiteNews. The monastery sits on prime acres of property that has been home to the Carmelite...

America is in the midst of a teenage mental health crisis, according to official data that suggests a staggering number of children are suicidal. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that in 2021, 10.2 percent of US high school students said they had attempted to kill themselves in the past 12 months, up from around 8 percent in 2019 The CDC also found that 30 percent of high schoolers also said they had poor mental health 'most of the time'. For girls, the figure was even higher — 40 percent.

At this point, Democrats aren't even trying to hide the fact they are out to destroy the country. Oregon proposed a law allowing homeless people to sue municipalities for as much as $1,000 per violation as part of a new initiative to decriminalize homelessness. House Bill 3501, known as the Right to Rest Act, would allow homeless individuals o use public spaces in "the same manner as any other person" without discrimination for their housing status, despite residents expressing frustration over the impending safety and hygienic issue. Homeless people could also be awarded up to $1,000 if they are "harassed"...

Egypt has slammed Netflix for presenting Cleopatra as black in its new docudrama - accusing the streaming giant of 'falsifying Egyptian history'. Netflix had been accused of 'blackwashing' history by casting the black actress as the pharaoh in the new series about the Macedonian-Greek ruler. African Queens: Queen Cleopatra stars 37-year-old English actress Adele James as the titular character.

Despite partisan divides, pretty much everyone agrees that America's leaders made mistakes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a group of more than 30 heavy-hitting experts from the worlds of policy, public health, science, biodefense and patient advocacy has written a book reviewing some of those errors and making suggestions for avoiding similar missteps in the future. The book "Lessons from the COVID War," published Tuesday, is deliberate in its use of military metaphors. COVID-19 should have been attacked like a foreign invasion, but too often the nation's leaders were absent from the battlefield, they argue.

Twelve House Democrats joined Republicans in voting to repeal a Biden administration rule that exempted Chinese-made solar panels from tariffs while the U.S. shores up domestic production. Eight Republicans, including five from New York, voted against the resolution. President Biden announced last year a two-year ban on tariffs on solar panels and components originating in China but imported from Malaysia, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam as the U.S. shores up its mining operations to dig for critical minerals in the panels.

A federal judge in Illinois has granted a temporary injunction blocking the enforcement of a gun law which bans some semiautomatic rifles as well as high-capacity magazines. United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois judge Stephen Patrick McGlynn issued the ruling Friday afternoon, stating that the court "must be mindful of the rights guaranteed by the Constitution." The ban, signed by Democratic Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker in January, includes penalties for individuals who, "Carries or possesses… Manufactures, sells, delivers, imports, or purchases any assault weapon or .50 caliber rifle."