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It was the issue that swung the election for many of the 81 per cent of white evangelicals who voted for him. Donald Trump's vow to pack the Supreme Court with conservative judges was crucial to his popularity with Christians who might otherwise be reluctant to support a man with such a dubious moral background. Wayne Grudem, Franklin Graham, Eric Metaxas, Jerry Falwell and James Dobson all cited the court in justifying their support for Trump.

Linda Sarsour, a national co-chair of the Women’s March on Washington – whose stated mission is “to send a bold message…that women’s rights are human rights” – is also an outspoken advocate of Islamic Sharia Law that restricts the rights of women, claiming Sharia is “reasonable” and has simply been “misunderstood.” “We will not rest until women have parity and equity at all levels of leadership in society. We work peacefully while recognizing there is no true peace without justice and equity for all,” the Women’s March mission statement says, in part. {.. snip ..}

The club crest of Spanish soccer team Real Madrid will not feature the traditional Christian cross on clothing sold in some Middle East countries under a regional deal. Marka MARKA.DU, a retailing group in the United Arab Emirates, has been granted exclusive rights to "manufacture, distribute and sell Real Madrid products" in the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. But Marka Vice Chairman Khaled al-Mheiri told Reuters by phone Real Madrid has two versions of the crest for the Middle East market and that Marka would use the one without...

Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg struck a defiant tone Wednesday against an executive order signed by President Donald Trump seeking to block federal aid to local governments that do not cooperate with federal authorities to track and report undocumented immigrants. The Sacramento City Council passed an ordinance in 1985 prohibiting city police and other employees from asking about individuals’ immigration status. Steinberg said the city will not reverse course and will remain what is known as a “sanctuary city,” even under the threat of missing out on federal aid. He said the city will begin assessing how much federal revenue is...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ SUPER CLEANING Sailors clean an F/A-18F Super Hornet on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis near the Korean peninsula, March 23, 2016. The Super Hornet is assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 41. The Stennis is on a regularly scheduled deployment to the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andre T. Richard Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before....

Mary Tyler Moore was not what most people would call a conservative. But what may surprise many television fans mourning her passing at age 80 Wednesday is that the actress also didn’t consider herself a liberal. In the 2013 PBS series “Pioneers of Television: Funny Ladies,” Moore explained that despite her TV character’s image on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” as a never-married working woman who became a feminist icon, she turned down Gloria Steinem’s invitation to join the feminist movement. “I believed, and still do, that women have a very major role to play as mothers,” said Moore. “It’s...

Mayor Ed Lee said Wednesday that San Francisco will not allow its immigrant residents “to live in fear” and affirmed the city’s 27-year-old sanctuary city policy, one hour after President Trump announced a crackdown on immigrants living in the country without permission and promising to cut federal funding to sanctuary cities.

A Democratic National Committee candidate forum showed a party united in one theme: white people need to shut up.A white female chair hopeful ventured forth to state her very job was to keep to her fellow Caucasians in their proper place at the Monday night event. “My job is to shut other white people down when they want to say, ‘oh, no, I’m not prejudiced; I’m a Democrat; I’m accepting,'” Sally Boynton Brown, Idaho Democratic Committee chairwoman and DNC chair candidate, declared.She further said that she would shut white people down when they try to interrupt minorities, make sure that...

Have we found out the name of this leftist who held up a plane and attacked a conservative? People like this need to be called out. No I am not going to be nice about it. Who is she? What airline? Does she work? Is she retired? Who are her peeps? This woman needs a big dose of shaming!

Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said Wednesday she is prepared to "register as Muslim" in solidarity amid reports that President Trump plans to take executive action affecting immigrants to the U.S. "I was raised Catholic, became Episcopalian & found out later my family was Jewish. I stand ready to register as Muslim in #solidarity," Albright tweeted.

RUSH: Now, I want to share something here with you I just became aware of from John Podhoretz, affectionately known as JPod, writes a column for the New York Post. He is a columnist, and may be an editor at Commentary. He is the son of Norman Podhoretz, and he was involved with Bill Kristol at the Weekly Standard when it was founded up and running and has done I think an occasional appearance at Fox over the years. He has a piece here that I want to share some highlights with you, get your reaction, get your thoughts. Headline...

Israel will accept refugees from Syria for the first time since the Syrian Civil War began in 2011, the Nanu10 Hebrew news site reported. Interior Minister Aryeh Deri approved a plan under which Israel will accept 100 children who were orphaned in the civil war. According to the emerging outline, the children will be housed during the first three months of their stay in Israel at a boarding school. They will then attend institutions provided by the Education Ministry, and the state will attempt to place them with foster families in Israel. They will remain in Israel under the status...

A Texas radio station is taking all Madonna songs off the air indefinitely after the singer's comments over the weekend. Texarkana's HITS 105, KTTY-FM 105.1, banned Madonna music in the station's local programming after the singer's profane and violent speech at the Women's March in Washington D.C. Saturday. Madonna took the stage Saturday and shared her feelings on the recent election results to the over 1 million protesters there. "Yes, I'm angry. Yes, I am outraged. Yes, I have thought an awful lot about blowing up the White House," said Madonna. Station General Manager Terry Thomas says banning the singer's...

Among the speakers at the Women’s March on Washington was feminist activist Donna Hylton. In 1985, Hylton was convicted in a New York court for her participation in the violent abduction, torture, and murder of Thomas Vigliarolo, a 60-year-old real estate broker. She is in demand on college campuses and elsewhere to speak about life in prison, and on her feminist perspective. Her website does not mention her conviction or the crimes ascribed to her. Four other were convicted as well. -snip According to a 1995 article in Psychology Today, Hylton was part of a gang hired by victim Vigliarolo’s...

RUSH: Grab sound bite 19 real quick. Donald Trump has an interview. I guess it’s a special coming up on ABC News tonight, and they have released a little clip from the special tonight. “President Trump: The First Interview.” And during the interview, David Muir, the anchor for ABC News: “Are you gonna direct U.S. funds to pay for the wall? Will American taxpayers pay for the wall, Mr. Trump?” THE PRESIDENT: Ultimately, it will come out of what’s happening with Mexico. We’re gonna be starting those negotiations relatively soon, and we will be in a form reimbursed by Mexico,...

Carl Edwards remains a hot topic in NASCAR, two weeks after his abrupt retirement as a full-time driver. Terry Smith, a political science professor at Columbia College, speculated in a Wednesday piece for KBIA's Talking Politics that Edwards will challenge U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill in Missouri next year. McCaskill, a Democrat, is in her second term. Edwards didn't exactly rule it out when reached by The Associated Press. He texted: "I believe firmly in the principles that the U.S. was founded upon. If I could help, I definitely would consider it."

“A bad tree cannot bear good fruit. Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.”  Matthew 7:18-19Obamacare, or the Affordable Care Act (ACA), is truly the fruit of a “bad tree.” The roots of this tree are decades old and include moral relativism and socialism with all their offshoots. Obamacare incorporates and perpetuates many of these offshoots thereby sustaining a twofold crisis in healthcare: ethical and economic.The ethical crisis is a direct, albeit largely unrecognized result of the sexual revolution of the 1960’s and its fruits, particularly the two Supreme Court...

Former US President Barack Obama was accepted to the elite Woodmont Country Club, his hostile policies towards Israel notwithstanding and despite opposition by club members. The Washington Post reported Monday that the predominantly Jewish club admitted the former US president after a fight among members over whether to grant Obama membership. Some opposed it, saying they wanted to exclude him because of actions they considered hostile and damaging to Israel. In an email Monday, Woodmont President Barry Forman told club members that after “many hours in recent weeks considering this matter and the views of our members,” the executive committee...

A woman who controlled her victims by claiming to be the voice of God has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for harboring two illegal immigrants from Mexico and forcing them to work for her without pay. She was also ordered to pay $795,000 in restitution to her two victims. Olga Sandra Murra has been in federal custody since her conviction in August on two counts of forced labor and two counts of harboring illegal aliens. The Justice Department announced her sentence this week. ...more...

I along with many other here march with the Tea Party in DC on 9/12/2009 and we remember the huge turnout. We left the place cleaner than when we got there. It's quite a different story with the recent Woman March On DC.