(AFP) — Russians who refuse to take down online information that has been judged “false” by a court could be sentenced to up to a year in prison under a bill approved by MPs Tuesday in a key second reading. Deputies in parliament’s lower house voted to approve the measure that would apply to individuals […]
In what may be the highest level for the Democrats’ anti-Trump ‘resist’ movement to reach, former Secretary of State John Kerry has admitted meeting with Iranians who sponsor worldwide terror – without permission from the current presidential administration. Or even the Trump administration’s knowledge. And now at least one U.S. senator says an investigation is […]
(STUDY FINDS) — From mischievous behavior to flu outbreaks to bad grades in school, do you find yourself constantly worrying about your kids? If so, you’re far from alone. A new survey finds that parents spend a whopping 37 hours a week stressing over their children. Broken down by the day, that means moms and […]
(STUDY FINDS) — Is the human psyche pre-wired to be naturally forgiving of others? A new study suggests that people are inherently open to giving second chances (and more) after being wronged, perhaps explaining why so many opt to stay in troubled relationships. Psychologists at Yale University, the University of Oxford, the University College London, […]
(NEWS.COM.AU) — DECADES of speculation over two of Sesame Street’s most famous characters — Bert and Ernie — is over. One of the iconic show’s writers has revealed that they were indeed written as a gay couple. Joining the Sesame Street team in 1984, Mark Saltzman told Queerty the two beloved characters reflected his own […]
(USA Today) SAN FRANCISCO — Employers are using Facebook to target job ads to men only, excluding women and anyone who identifies as another gender from employment opportunities, according to a complaint filed Tuesday with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The complaint, the first step before filing a discrimination lawsuit, is being brought against Facebook […]
James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas released a video Tuesday of a member of the anti-Trump “deep state,” a career civil servant who says on camera he is there to work not for American taxpayers but the Democratic Socialists of America. His task? “Resist everything. … Every level.” And he adds he’s there to “f— s— up.” The video: […]
(Forbes) A new study from Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health finds that kids and teens who are raised with religious or spiritual practices tend to have better health and mental health as they age. But not to worry if you’re not a service-attender. The research, published last week in the American Journal of […]
(Washington Times) President Trump on Monday announced new tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese imports, ratcheting up pressure on Beijing to stop unfair trade practices. He said he would not abide retaliation from Beijing. “If China takes retaliatory action against our farmers or other industries, we will immediately pursue phase three, which is tariffs on […]
(Washington Times) The Trump administration said it will admit no more than 30,000 refugees next year, the lowest cap in history, making good on a presidential promise and enraging immigrant rights activists, who said the U.S. is shirking its global duty. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo cast the level — one-third lower than the 2018 […]
(JERRYNEWCOMBE.COM) — WorldNetDaily (WND) describes itself as “the original pioneer in independent news 21 years ago.” When the internet was relatively new, wnd.com was providing an alternative to the mainstream media. Joseph Farah is the founder and director of WND. But lately, because of the systematic censorship of conservative and Christian content practiced by the […]
(FOX) — The 70th Annual Emmy Awards kicked off with a slew of political jokes and jabs as expected. But one remark from co-host Michael Che left many viewers upset. During Che’s opening monologue with his fellow “Saturday Night Live” star Colin Jost, Che explained that his mother would not be watching the show on […]
John Langdon was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in 1741 and grew up as a member of the North Congregational Church, where his distant relative, future Harvard President Rev. Samuel Langdon was pastor from 1747-1774. Other notable individuals who had worshiped at North Congregational Church include: William Whipple – Signer of Declaration of Independence Daniel […]
Four more states and a number of individuals have been added as defendants to a lawsuit originally against the federal government over its decision to renege on an agreement regarind the sharing of 3-D firearms printing technology. WND reported last month the Second Amendment Foundation and Defense Distributed were pursuing a federal lawsuit against New […]
A bill that targets the problem of “radicalization” by creating a national terrorist registry passed the House of Representatives. It would help the United States track dozens of convicted terrorists whose prison terms are nearing completion, points out Patrick Dunleavy, a former deputy inspector general for the New York State Department of Corrections. The Terrorist […]
Nearly two years after losing to Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton is calling for an amendment to the Constitution that would change how presidents are elected. When she made her concession speech, she said in an essay for the Atlantic published Monday, she had hoped that that “my fears for our future were overblown.” “They were […]
A retraction is needed, activists claim. After all, an investigation already is under way into the “anti-feminism” and “transphobia” of a university professor. All because he said there are biological differences between men and women. RT.com reported professor Germund Hesslow of the neurophysiology department at Lund University in Sweden was accused by a student of making […]
(USA TODAY) — “The Apprentice” producer Mark Burnett and actor Tom Arnold are accusing each other of physical attacks following an apparent scuffle at the Evening Before the Emmys party Sunday night. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Arnold’s lawyer called the altercation an “unprovoked attack” by Burnett. He also claimed Arnold had a “witness” to corroborate […]
(LOS ANGELES TIMES) — As the mandatory evacuation deadline for her neighborhood in Fayetteville neared Sunday, Patricia McGirt scanned her small apartment near the rising Cape Fear River one last time. McGirt had already put clothes in plastic white trash bags. She lifted her most prized possession, her father’s framed poem of “Jesus’ Grocery Store,” […]
(KANSAS CITY STAR) — The national Sunspot Solar Observatory in an isolated, mountainous region of New Mexico was set to reopen Monday after it was shut down on Sept. 6 with little explanation. The group that manages the facility announced on the observatory’s Facebook page Sunday that it had been “cooperating with an on-going law […]
(CAMPUS REFORM) — A recent study conducted by professors at Baylor University in Waco, Texas suggests there is no “significant statistical evidence” that chief diversity officer positions on college campuses result in their intended effect at all. “We are unable to find significant statistical evidence that preexisting growth in diversity for underrepresented racial/ethnic minority groups […]
(MEDIAITE) — Sean Penn offered some criticisms of the #MeToo movement in a Today show interview on Monday, calling the movement divisive. Penn was appearing on NBC alongside Natascha McElhone, his co-star in a new Hulu series The First, about a space expedition to Mars. NBC interviewer Natalie Morales asked the pair if the strong […]
(Washington Examiner) Judge Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, called a decades-old allegation of sexual misconduct “completely false” and offered to speak with the Senate Judiciary Committee about the claim. Kavanaugh’s Monday morning statement refuting the allegation comes after his accuser, Christine Blasey Ford, spoke on the record with the Washington Post […]
(NBC New York) As if Bills coach Sean McDermott didn’t have enough to worry about in trailing the Los Angeles Chargers 28-6 at halftime on Sunday. He had to contend with veteran cornerback Vontae Davis quitting on the team. “Pulled himself out of the game. He communicated to us that he was done,” McDermott revealed […]
(American Mirror) Mad Maxine Waters is a leader worthy of honor, according to the National Newspaper Publishers Association.
The group honored the California congresswoman with a “National Leadership Award” on Friday, according to Diversity Inc.
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“Done…the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty seven.” This is the last line of the U.S. Constitution. Signer of the Constitution James McHenry noted in a diary entry (published in the American Historical Review, 1906), that after Ben Franklin left the Constitutional Convention, he was […]
(Fox News) A U.S. Border Patrol supervisor accused of killing four Texas women and kidnapping a fifth was jailed Sunday on $2.5 million bond. Juan David Ortiz, 35, was arrested early Saturday after he was found hiding in a truck parked outside a Laredo hotel. He is charged with four counts of murder, as well […]
(Breitbart) A video recorded by Google and sent to Breitbart News revealed the tech giant will continue to push its Chromebooks and other products into schools as they collect personal student data – all with the blessing of the federal education department. In the video released Wednesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai responded to an employee’s […]
(KIRO Radio) Governor Inslee is doing something unbelievably petty. Back in 1903, there was a group that started in our nation called the Civilian Marksmanship Program. They would get together and have shooting competitions. It was for a while under the auspices of the Department of Defense. Here in Washington, they have a couple of […]
(BizPacReview) Buy a book and empower a liberal voice with a substantial platform. Author Stephen King has threatened to “defeat” Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, if she votes to confirm President Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh. Presuming to speak for “most Americans,” King tweeted that people are “angry” over how the conformation “is […]
(FoxNews) More than nine months after the FBI opened its highly classified counterintelligence investigation into alleged coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia, FBI lawyer Lisa Page said investigators still could not say whether there was collusion, according to a transcript of Page’s recent closed-door deposition reviewed by Fox News. “I think this represents that […]
Have you been a victim of censorship? If you are a conservative, it is almost certain Facebook, Google, Twitter or another high tech company put some type of restriction on the information you need. Your posts may be blocked or shadowbanned. Perhaps, important news is hidden from you. It is a matter of freedom or […]
(Japan Times) A Japanese doctor was recognized Thursday with an Ig Nobel prize, which honor comical but practical scientific studies, for devising the most comfortable colonoscopy technique by using himself as a test subject. Akira Horiuchi, a 57-year-old head of the digestive disease center at Showa Inan General Hospital in Nagano Prefecture, received the prize […]
(College Fix) A professor at Rice University believes rising global temperatures are a good thing in that they could assist in alleviating the scourge of racism. Writing at NBC.com, Scott Solomon says as the temperature rises, “massive migrations” will take place with the ultimate outcome a being “blending” of Earth’s races. “These migrations will erode […]
(Newsweek) A Chinese company is planning to take over management of Israel’s Haifa port as Beijing continues to advance its global influence in the form of economic projects and big commercial deals. The Haifa port sits close to the hub of the Israeli navy base that is reportedly home to the country’s nuclear-capable submarine force, […]
(Toronto Star) Canadians will be barred from entering the United States for smoking marijuana legally, for working in Canada’s legal marijuana industry and for investing in legal Canadian marijuana companies, a senior U.S. Customs and Border Protection official says. Todd Owen, who spoke to the U.S. website Politico, said the U.S. does not plan to […]
(South China Morning Post) A government sign outside a Catholic church in central China warns that children are not allowed to attend mass. “Illegal” churches are being bulldozed. Priests are handing over personal information about their flocks to authorities. Roman Catholics in Henan province are running out of space to worship as the atheist Communist […]
(WCVB) A 26-year-old man from Revere died after being attacked by a shark in the waters off Cape Cod on Saturday afternoon, Massachusetts State Police said. The man succumbed to his injuries following the attack in the waters about 300 yards south of Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet just after noon Saturday. First responders performed […]
(Macon Telegraph) A sequence of events that ended in the murders of two Peach County sheriff’s deputies nearly two years ago began with a 20-second roadside encounter on a balmy fall Sunday afternoon. A young man was motoring down a countryside-neighborhood road on a four-wheeler. He was on the outskirts of Byron, following another guy […]
Every single time that you get into a car, you are potentially risking your life. There is a car accident every 30 seconds in the U.S., and drunk driving accounts for the vast majority of crashes. If you think most car accidents are just inconsequential fender benders, think again: In 2012 alone, over 25,000 Americans died from fatal car crashes. Fortunately, you don’t have to let these sobering statistics scare you away from ever getting behind the wheel again.