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It has recently been revealed that the fake Steele dossier was actually created as an insurance policy to use against Trump If he did, in fact, beat Hillary. This has never been attempted in history, so why now? Never in history have so many become emboldened against a President. The Dems thought they had the Presidency wrapped up in a neat little package to hand over to the New World Order. Hillary was the Golden Girl who would make that happen – now it is Nancy Pelosi. In fact, that is what President Trump has fought against, and that is...

The trader sold 19,000 put options on the S&P 500 Index obligating him or her to buy the market benchmark at 2,100 on Dec. 18, 2020, data from New York-based options analytics firm Trade Alert showed. As long as the index doesn't drop more than 22 percent from its current level of 2,582 by that date, the bet will earn the trader roughly $175 million in premiums. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway sold billions of dollars in stock index options between 2004 and 2008, betting that markets would rise over the next 15 to 20 years. Although the trades were made anonymously,...

In February 1992, less than three months into his first stint as the federal government’s top lawyer, Attorney General William Barr told a gathering of more than 100 law enforcement officials in San Diego that under his leadership, the U.S. Department of Justice would finally solve the looming immigration crisis at the border. Barr’s proposed solution was, in its way, decades ahead of its time: the construction of a heavily armored steel fence along the U.S.-Mexico border immediately south of San Diego, complete with lighting, motion sensors, and the addition of hundreds of Border Patrol agents. So convinced was Barr...

(COMMENT AND ANALYSIS) "I think there's now a genuine danger that we may end up having a second referendum on the EU. Huge forces are working on this, and will try to get their way in the weeks to come. Prepare for an ambush" Peter Hitchens-"Mail On Sunday" Column 1/12/2019 "I think what they're going to do to us is they're going to extend Article 50. I think in time they will be able to force a second referendum upon us. I'm not certain of that, but they may. And we have two. I have two, you have two choices....

The harsh language of President Emmanuel Macron calling Yellow Vests racists and anti-Semites and homophobes in essence by calling them the forces of "hate" and his call for order "without compromise" aroused feeling in their own right Monday night when he spoke them on New Year's Eve.......

As other world leaders continue to push for globalism, steering the world down the path to a single global government, US President Donald Trump remains defiant.

President Trump urging action Friday to provide border wall funding as the old Congress reaches its last days.... On Friday police in Bakersfield, California arrested the suspect in the murder of a Stanislaus County, California Sheriff's officer early Wednesday..... In Syria Friday announcements from various sides that they were marching towards or taking control of the city of Manbij at the western edge of the Kurdish part of Syria...... The United Arab Emirates annnounced Thursday the re-opening of its embassy in Damascus, a sign of return to normalcy in relations after support for the Syrian government's enemies in the last...

McClatchy reported on Thursday that unidentified sources (“people with knowledge of the matter”) say there is evidence placing Michael Cohen’s cell phone in or near Prague in “late summer” 2016. The story must be scrutinized because it has some significant holes. ... This must be read carefully and not overinterpreted. Advocates for the Steele dossier assuredly want it to be overinterpreted. But what is actually being said here doesn’t tell us anything definitive. First, to cut to the chase, the case I made in April 2018 applies here. This information cannot be from the source you immediately imagine — i.e.,...

The call is out for protesters to gather tomorrow (Saturday December 29th) in cities across France with limited numbers expressing their support on social media. Lille, Lyon, Toulouse and Paris are listed as site for protest tomorrow with prominent figures in the Yellow Vests movement joining a protest in Marseille. But there is greater interest in a gathering on the Champs-Elysees on New Years Eve for a "festive and non violent" Yellow Vests event. The city of Paris is going ahead with its planned light shows on New Year's Eve with lights projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. Police intend...

The popularity rating of France's Emmnanuel Macron remains at its lowest. 23% is his approval rating in the December polling from IFOP. For this poll its two percent lower than November's 25%. The disapproval rating for December in this poll is 76%, up from 73% in November. Some opinion polls have placed Macron's popularity even lower than this one does at 23%. The IFOP poll also asked about a potential presidential contest among French voters between December 11th and 13th........

A court recently upheld New Jersey’s ban on firearm magazines that hold more than ten rounds, but state officials have steadfastly refused to inform the citizens just how they intend to enforce that law. But the fact that it was upheld and coupled with news in a growing list of other states — not to mention the noise from Washington DC proves that the Democrats intend to make 2019 the year of gun confiscation and ending the Second Amendment in every way without saying it openly. As to New Jersey, Governor Phil Murphy signed the ban on extended magazines in...

Sue Dickson is best known as the creator of Sing, Spell, Read, and Write, one of the most popular phonics programs. Now in her 80s, she is still active as ever, pushing phonics however possible, and refining a new approach. The ups-and-downs in her career tell us a lot about the sad state of American education. In her college’s pre-teacher program, she was taught nothing about phonics. Not only that, when she started to teach first-grade, her superiors constantly emphasized their verdict that phonics is useless and even dangerous. Sue Dickson recalls: “I was told that phonics doesn’t work, that...

As Paris exploded with further protests and riots this weekend over French President Emmanuel Macron's liberal policies, France's so-called leader was hiding behind the majestic walls of his presidential palace as the streets of the capital erupted in fury. As angry citizens battled with authorities over policies pushed by the Macron Administration, the president skulked inside the Elysee Palace, guarded by hundreds of riot police and surrounded by armored cars bearing machine guns and grenade launchers.

The sudden Monday meeting in Brussels between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was widely interpreted as a signal for Israeli military action in Lebanon. Within hours Israeli media are reporting that "Operation Northern Shield" has been launched to destroy cross-border tunnels operated by the Iranian backed Hezbollah movement. Not a lot of information is being publicly released but it appears that the Israeli forces are operating on their side of the border to destroy parts of tunnels that are inside Israel's borders. Israeli farmers are being warned not to approach the border area....

Good morning, its time for solid news instead of political Kool Aid. The US military has attacked Syrian army positions in Eastern Syria with 14 missiles, that's the world from Syria's defense ministry...... To the rising tensions over Brexit in the UK. The opposition Labor Party says the country faces a constitutional crisis if the Prime Minister does not reveal the legal advice she has been given by the Attorney General about Brexit..... Nigel Farage went on his radio show Sunday and he took time out from opposing Mrs. May's Brexit plan to trash the political party of Brexit he...

A Bangladeshi refugee, who raped a 16-year-old high-school girl in France, has been acquitted by the court due to “different cultural norms,” according to reports. The refugee, who attended the same school as his victim in the French city of Saint-Lô, was also charged with sexually assaulting another young girl in 2015. The attorney contended that the defendant possessed “different cultural norms,” which led to a "misunderstanding" of how the girl dressed, her behavior and looks.

Three Ukrainian Navy vessels, two gunboats and a tug, approached a restricted zone in the Sea of Azov Sunday which lies between Russian and Ukrainian territory. Russia blocked the Kerch Strait with a cargo ship and special forces were used to take the Ukrainian ships by force. The vessels were seized at around 8-830pm local time Sunday (12 Noon-1230 pm Eastern US time) Ukraine says six were injured. Russia says three. Russia says all three vessels are being detained. Ukraine is proposing martial law for 60 days. Protesters were outside the Russian Embassy in Kiev Sunday night with some throwing...

On October 24th, leftist lawyer and porn star hobbyist, Michael Avenatti, tweeted out the words “punch back.” While the tweet was sent to Stephen King it seems it may actually have been meant for the woman he was sharing his apartment with. Not long after this tweet, a woman who wasn’t aware that she needed to 'punch back' against the attorney was beaten senseless by the tiny typhoon of temper that Avenatti had become.

President Donald Trump has come under fire from liberals, who are accusing him of racism for honoring Elvis Presley with a Medal of Freedom Award. President Trump is awarding the Presidential honor to seven Americans on Friday, but it's his inclusion of the late rock star that has (un)surprisingly drawn irk from the left.

At least 46 Oregonians have been ordered to surrender their guns under a new type of court order intended to stop suicides and mass shootings, law enforcement and court officials testified to state lawmakers Wednesday. Ten of the cases affect people in Multnomah County, where authorities have seized more than 50 guns from people found to pose a danger to themselves or others, Mike Reese, the county sheriff, told a joint meeting of the Senate and House judiciary committees. Washington County follows with at least eight cases, then Josephine County, with at least seven, according to documents submitted to the...