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We might not be here if the mainstream media, which loved the Steele Dossier when it seemed to incriminate Donald Trump, had later shown an equal interest in investigating its origins as a partisan fabrication. In his now-famous transcript, Mr. Trump mainly presses Ukraine’s new president for dirt not on the Bidens but on the known unknowns of 2016. “I would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation with Ukraine,” he says. “There are a lot of things that went on, the whole situation.” This is the “favor” he actually seeks from Ukraine’s president. Yes, Mr....

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif) denounced President Trump's suggestion that spying on him by the CIA might be treason. "We should thank our lucky stars that there are people within the federal government who are not intimidated by Trump's election as president," Schiff exclaimed. "The fearless heroes of the CIA and FBI who have diligently worked to undo the tragic results of the 2016 presidential election deserve our thanks and praise. Trump's attempt to portray what they have done in a negative light is despicable." "Clearly, Trump's request to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that his government look...

On Wednesday the Trump Administration released the White House transcript of President Trump’s call with President Zelensky of Ukraine. In the transcript released today President Zelensky brought up Rudy Giuliani and his investigations with President Trump. It was Zelensky who brought up the Biden investigation and NOT PRESIDENT TRUMP! President Trump then asked Zelensky to look into the 2016 election including information on Crowdstrike. The President did not ask President Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden as was widely reported by the lying mainstream media. The transcript sent shock waves through the Democrat Deep State. The transcript revealed President Trump is...

Seeking answers, NBC News commissioned one of the nation's leading cannabis testing facilities to test a sampling of THC cartridges — 18 in all — obtained from legal dispensaries and unlicensed dealers. The findings were deeply troubling. Of the three purchased from legal dispensaries in California, the CannaSafe testing company found no heavy metals, pesticides or residual solvents like Vitamin E. But 13 out of the other 15 samples from black market THC cartridges were found to contain Vitamin E. CannaSafe also tested 10 of the unregulated cartridges for pesticides. All 10 tested positive. The products all contained myclobutanil, a...

What happened to Drudge? In the past, Drudge has been a fairly reliable source of news. However, in the last week, their featured headlines leads the reader to conclude Trump is done for. Thank God for Free Republic!

Andrew Kohut, the founding director of Pew Research Center and its president from 2004 to 2012, was one of the nation’s leading pollsters. He died in 2015. ... Here is one of those articles, originally published on Aug. 8, 2014. Forty years ago today, Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the nation’s highest office, making that decision in the face of almost certain impeachment by the House and plummeting public support, as a majority of Americans called for his removal from office. But it happened in stages. Nixon had won reelection in 1972 by a landslide and began his second...

Folks, this “Ukraine Whistleblower” event was a pre-planned event. As we begin to understand the general outline of how the Schiff Dossier was assembled, we are now starting to get into the specifics. First discovered by researcher Stephen McIntyre, there is now evidence surfacing showing the ICIG recently created an entirely new ‘whistleblower complaint form’ that specifically allowed for the filing of complaints “heard from others“.

Federal records show that the intelligence community secretly revised the formal whistleblower complaint form in August 2019 to eliminate the requirement of direct, first-hand knowledge of wrongdoing. Between May 2018 and August 2019, the intelligence community secretly eliminated a requirement that whistleblowers provide direct, first-hand knowledge of alleged wrongdoings. This raises questions about the intelligence community’s behavior regarding the August submission of a whistleblower complaint against President Donald Trump. The new complaint document no longer requires potential whistleblowers who wish to have their concerns expedited to Congress to have direct, first-hand knowledge of the alleged wrongdoing that they are reporting....

[Catholic Caucus] THE MAN WHO BROKE the STORY: Viganò Journalist Interviewed Archbishop Viganò and journalist Aldo Valli They have called me a traitor, a hypocrite, and false. Obviously, given that these accusations come from the enemies of the Church, I consider all of these accusations like medals of honor in the defense of the Truth." – Aldo Maria Valli “Uprooted: Dialogues on the Liquid Church” (Chorabooks, Hong Kong 2019) was the result of their effort, a passionate book written in the form of a series of dialogues between the two authors on the most pressing and burning issues facing the...

The Democrats are way out on a limb, determined to impeach President Trump on the basis of an innocent phone call with the President of Ukraine. A little while ago, President Trump tweeted and Instagramed this short video. Its message is, I think, entirely correct. The video illustrates how hard it will be for the Democrats to get anyone (outside their media empire) to take their impeachment charges seriously:

Unlike their Republican counterparts, Democrats have been mostly trusting of the media, with 69 percent of respondents who said they trust the media to report the news “fully, fairly, and accurately.” The survey mostly fell along partisan lines, creating a wide gap between those who trust and those who distrust the media. The latest poll is a four-percent decrease from the year before among every other group surveyed....

Amazon AMZN, -0.08% is building a series of new devices where we can wear Alexa in our ears, over our eyes, around our fingers, and keep her (it?) in our pocket. As a result, Alexa can be affordably plugged into every room in our home, accompany us in our vehicle, become our hi-fi sound system, keep order to our daily meal planning and simplify Wi-Fi around the house. With this expanded offering, we are going to see Alexa adoption grow fast and Amazon’s consumer data grow even faster. Early in 2019, Amazon touted a vague but inspiring number of 100...

Count Vlad dons a cowboy hat and does a song about not wanting to go to the circus. "There's somebody there who reminds me of my fare -- that lonely, ragged, broken- hearted clown." The song is pure, tear jerking country music with great lyrics and melody. If you enjoy the music please subscribe to the channel.

A subway serenade caught on video by an LAPD officer has gotten a lot of attention after the agency posted it on social media Thursday night. A woman with an angelic voice gives the person recording the video an exclusive concert on a solitary subway platform at the Wilshire/Normandie Purple Line Metro station in Koreatown. The woman is seen pulling a cart filled with items and carrying multiple bags while singing the operatic tune. Multiple people told KTLA on Friday that the woman's name is Emily and she is originally from Russia. A retired MTA driver told KTLA that the...

Three sources confirm to CNN that Kurt Volker has resigned from his State Department post. First broken by the State Press, Arizona State University’s school paper:

Car sharing company Car2Go announced that it has decided to end its services in Austin and four other major cities. The decision goes into effect on Oct. 31 in Austin, Calgary, Denver and Portland, and on Dec. 31 in Chicago. According to the Austin American Statesman, the company's North American headquarters resides in Austin and company spokeswoman Kendell Kelton said that Car2Go intends on keeping it there. In an update posted on its website, Car2Go said it underestimated the investment and resources that were necessary to provide a successful service in complex markets. Car2Go said the transportation market had drastically...

The House Committee on Foreign Affairs subpoenaed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for documents related to President Trump’s interactions with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, according to a report. The subpoena, according to Politico, demands that Pompeo provide those documents by October 4.The committee also plans to depose five State Department officials, including Kurt Volker, the administration’s special envoy to Ukraine, who reportedly arranged for Rudy Giuliani to meet with high-level Ukrainian officials. The committee also wants to meet with Marie Yovanovitch, whom Trump removed as U.S. ambassador to Ukraine.House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot Engel (D-NY) and House Intelligence Committee Chairman...

UPDATE: We have now raised almost $15 million in small dollar donations (including 50,000 NEW donors) since @SpeakerPelosi started this impeachment charade 72 hrs ago! Unbelievable numbers!! Keep it going — you and the dems are handing @realDonaldTrump the win in 2020!

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Pope’s proposal for ‘new humanism’ would ‘wipe out Christianity’: Mother Miriam Mother Miriam speaks at Conference of Catholic Families, Dublin, Ireland, Aug. 22–23, 2018. September 25, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) — News of the pope’s just-launched “Global Pact” for “new humanism” has “to do with ruining our society, ruining our culture, and destroying the family,” Mother Miriam said on her live show Monday. On September 12, the Vatican issued a statement inviting religious, humanitarian, and international leaders, and leading politicians, academics, scientists, and athletes, to sign a “Global Pact on Education.”  On her Monday show, Mother Miriam read and reflected on...