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It didn’t take long for two unidentified female activists to interrupt Energy Secretary Rick Perry’s speech at a government-sponsored energy conference in Washington, D.C. Tuesday. Two women twice stood up during Perry’s speech at the Energy Information Administration’s conference in downtown D.C. to call the former Texas governor a “climate denier,” according to conference attendees. “Why are you a climate science denier?” the protesters asked.

The Democratic base is growing increasingly frustrated with former President Barack Obama’s actions after leaving office, including a seemingly endless tour of millionaire and billionaire luxury retreats, according to Democrats and activists contacted by Fox News. Ex-presidents, understandably and un-controversially, go on vacations immediately after leaving office. But the level of luxury the Obamas enjoy on their vacations is unprecedented for a modern-day president, say travel experts. Since leaving office in late January, Obama has visited late actor Marlon Brando’s private island; the Four Seasons in Bali -- where rooms cost upward of $2,000 per night; Indonesia; a Palm Springs...

Courtroom video. Judge eviscerates the couple for fighting over the child and awards joint custody. The woman mouths off to the judge and gets 24 hrs then 48 hrs then 72 hrs at the Durham County Bed and Breakfast before she blows a gasket and the courtroom is flooded with deputies. Video Here.

Try a thought experiment: Consider immigrants in the U.S. from Algeria, Israel and Japan and rank them, from highest to lowest, by educational attainment. Here’s the correct order, according to data from the Census Bureau: Algerians have average schooling of 14.7 years, followed by Israelis with 14.5 years, and Japanese with 14.3. Surprised? Consider an additional fact: Algerians represent about 1 in 2,500 immigrants in the U.S., whereas Israelis are 1 in 350 and Japanese 1 in 100. Here’s another counterintuitive result: The average educational level in Mexico, 8.5 years, is almost twice that of India, 4.4 years. Yet Indian...

you want to know who has privilege in a society and who doesn’t, follow the anger. There are people in this country who can safely express their anger. And those who can’t. If you’re angry that Trump won, your anger is socially acceptable. If you were angry that Obama won, it wasn’t. James Hodgkinson’s rage was socially acceptable. It continued to be socially acceptable until he crossed the line into murder. And he’s not alone. There’s Micah Xavier Johnson, the Black Lives Matter cop-killer in Dallas, and Gavin Long, the Black Lives Matter cop-killer in Baton Rouge. If you’re black...

Howard Jacobson, in his June 24 New York Times op-ed piece, "Why We Must Mock Trump," began by referring to the anti-Trump production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" in New York's Central Park, as proof "that plays retain the power to shock and enrage." Do productions of "Julius Caesar," played straight, generally "shock and enrage"? I don't think so. And this production is not straight Shakespeare – not with reference to President Trump's apartment on "Fifth Avenue." At the end of his column, Jacobson asserted, "Derision is a social necessity." Okay. Imagine, say, Kathy Griffin holding what looks like the severed...

Here are a few questions on Obamacare and the upcoming replacement that reporters don't seem willing to ask – and therefore Democrats don't have to answer: If increased Medicaid spending is the solution to the opioid addiction crisis, why have the addiction and death rates gone up despite already massive increases in Medicaid?  Doesn't that show a negative correlation between increased spending and reductions in addiction? It is a fact that Medicaid spending is not being cut in the replacement bill, only the projected increase, set earlier.  It seems that liberals, including reporters, need a remedial math lesson.  If a...

Justice Neil Gorsuch has been on the Supreme Court for only a couple of months, but he's already made his mark as a strong conservative voice. Gorsuch asserted himself in writing concurring and dissenting opinions, aligning himself most frequently with Justice Clarence Thomas and positioning himself to the right of Chief Justice John Roberts. Washington Times: "The guy's not afraid to write," said Josh Blackman, an associate professor at South Texas College of Law. "He's not afraid to assert himself." Confirmed to the court in April, Justice Gorsuch participated in only a small fraction of the cases this year. But in a year...

BREAKING: Confirmed active shooter at Sparkman Center on @Redstone_AL no details to report yet. Crews enroute.

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. – Officials with Redstone Arsenal have confirmed there is “some sort of situation” near the Sparkman Center, Building 5301. We know there was a planned drill planned for tomorrow morning. We understand that employees have been told to shelter in place. WHNT News 19 has multiple crews headed to Redstone Arsenal to find out exactly what is going on. Please refresh the story for the latest information.

Talk about skewed perspective. A new series is winning glowing media reviews after the lead character casually justifies an abortion by arguing it’s “not the right baby.” Netflix’s GLOW takes its name from Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, a real life all-female wrestling series televised in the 80s. The fictionalized Netflix comedy, released Friday, stars actress Alison Brie as Ruth Wilder. In the 8th episode, Wilder discovers she’s pregnant after sleeping with her best friend’s husband. Facing a promising career, she decides to end her unborn baby’s life. She asks her director, Sam Sylvia (Marc Maron), to accompany her to the...

Intro Of late many of us have been enthralled with the heavily reported Revelation 12 sign.  As the day nears and the conversations with friends and family grow more pointed and urgent the need for recap and introduction becomes more important.  We intend to have more Left Behind letters on Unsealed, but here is a good primer. There is much in prophecy, in the precision of creation and the precision of the Word that screams that God is who He says He is.  This blog is just a very light sparing overview of a few highlights.  I have provided...

Shortly after the presidential election, the Minneapolis City Council introduced and passed a resolution declaring "solidarity" with their Muslim community. Using the #resist narrative following the election of President Trump, it seems to also have been an attempt to deflect from the mass stabbing at the mall in St. Cloud which garnered national attention and again highlighted the violent tendencies of some Muslims in the population.

The Paradoxes of Evangelization: Why Simply Imitating the Worldly Marketing Schemes May Not Be the Answer Msgr. Charles Pope • June 26, 2017 • J.F. Millet, The SowerIn the Church throughout the world today, we are more focused on evangelization — and rightly so. A huge conference is planned next week in Orlando on the topic. Yes, it is “job one,” and Jesus could not have been clearer: Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything...

It’s one of the longest running congressional investigations of our time: the probe into Fast and Furious. It was the government’s secret operation to watch … as thousands of weapons were trafficked to Mexico’s killer drug cartels. In many respects, the story began when federal agent John Dodson agreed to an interview with investigative journalist Susan Attkisson in March 2011. It was highly unusual, if not unprecedented, for a sitting federal agent to speak out in such a strong way. In the latest episode of “Full Measure,” Attkisson catches up with Dodson six years later. Dodson: Part of my mission...

A producer for CNN admitted in a newly released undercover spy video that President Trump is "probably right" in accusing his opponents of engaging in a witch hunt as it relates to collusion with Russia. The video, published online Monday night by conservative sting activist James O'Keefe's Project Veritas website, shows John Bonifield, a CNN producer who covers medical issues, saying, "I just feel like they really don't have it [proof of collusion] but they want to keep digging." He continued, "And so I think the president is probably right to say, ‘Look, you are witch hunting me.'" Bonifield also...

At what point does a graphic novel become pornographic? The English Departments that assign them don’t seem to care. "For example, Ursinus College assigns the widely acclaimed and controversial Fun Home by Alison Bechdel in undergraduate literature courses,” Shannon Watkins, a policy associate at the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal writes. “Bechdel's graphic novel is written as memoir, and discusses her experiences growing up in a dysfunctional family." "The reader follows Bechdel as she learns about her father’s homosexuality and her lesbianism. Bechdel's graphic novel is written as memoir, and discusses her experiences growing up in a dysfunctional...

26 Jun, 2017 26 Jun, 2017 The shadowy “research” firm that commissioned a dossier on President Donald Trump is the same firm hired by Planned Parenthood to create the narrative that the videos exposing the abortion business’s alleged profiteering from the sales of aborted baby parts were “deceptively edited.” The website for Fusion GPS provides only two paragraphs about the firm and an email address for further contact: advertisement Fusion GPS is based in Washington, DC and provides premium research, strategic intelligence, and due diligence services to corporations, law firms, and investors worldwide..tout-mid-article { margin-bottom: 15px; } We offer a...

1864: After two months of flanking maneuvers, driving Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate Army of Tennessee some 70 miles rearward, Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman launches a frontal assault at Kennesaw Mountain (near Marietta, Ga.). Casualties are heavy on both sides: 3,000 Union soldiers and 1,000 Confederates. Although Sherman's assault was unsuccessful, Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield's successful attack on Johnston's left flank forces the Confederates to withdraw again towards Atlanta. 1942: Gen. Henry H. "Hap" Arnold presents 23 "Doolittle Raiders" with the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony in Washington, D.C.'s Bolling Field. A week later, another three...

We end the show today in Jackson, Mississippi, where just one week from today social justice activist and attorney Chokwe Lumumba will be sworn is as the city’s next mayor. He has vowed to make Jackson the "most radical city on the planet." He is the son of the city’s former mayor, the late Chokwe Lumumba, who was once dubbed "America’s most revolutionary mayor." We air the mayor-elect’s speech at the People’s Summit and speak to him in Jackson about his plans for the city and his father’s legacy. AMY GOODMAN: We end the show today in Jackson, Mississippi, where...