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A super PAC that has closely aligned itself with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has begun preparations for the 2024 presidential race by adding Sen. Ted Cruz's (R-TX) former campaign manager to its ranks, a report revealed Wednesday. Although DeSantis has yet to make an announcement on a presidential bid, discussions surrounding his possible candidacy have been going on for months. A move to secure Jeff Roe, who ran Cruz's 2016 presidential campaign, for a seat on the super PAC, is another signal that an announcement could come this summer. Roe has signed on to be an adviser to the super...

North Korea bans Bolton from talks By - The Washington Times - Monday, August 4, 2003 SEOUL — Pyongyang, calling a senior American official “human scum” for criticizing North Korea’s leader, banned him from U.S.-proposed multilateral talks on its suspected development of nuclear weapons. North Korea said that it won’t deal with U.S. Undersecretary of State John Bolton because he described communist leader Kim Jong Il as a “tyrannical dictator” and said “life is a hellish nightmare” for many North Koreans. Mr. Bolton made the remarks during a visit to South Korea last week. “Such human scum and bloodsucker is...

A former NASCAR truck series driver was busted in Florida after being caught in a sting trying to meet with a 12-year-old girl for sex, authorities say. Rick Crawford, 59, was charged with attempted enticement of a minor after speaking with an undercover Florida officer who pretended to be the girl’s father.

There is a disturbing report out this morning about a U.S. Marine who was reportedly attacked by a group of black teenagers at a McDonalds near downtown Washington D.C.According to the Daily Caller, U.S. Marine and Iraq war veteran Christopher Marquez was quietly eating a hamburger in the corner when he was approached, called a racist and allegedly assaulted.  He was also robbed and his credit cards were used to purchase items at a variety of stores and restaurant locations in the city. A former Marine became the target of an alleged assault in a McDonald's Friday night, as a...

No Jews Allowed Democrats have a Jewish problem: US Embassy in Tel Aviv Severely Restricts Visas for Israelis Tourist visa process cancelled until further notice, embassy announces. From the Obama State Dept: “Due to the current security situation in Tel Aviv, U.S. Embassy Tel Aviv remains open but is operating at reduced staffing until further notice, and has canceled routine visa application processing and American Citizen services,” the statement says. “Emergencies involving an American citizen and visa applications will be considered on a case by case basis.”

I got this in an email today and was hoping someone with more knowledge on the subject than me could verify if this account of her visit to a POW camp is true. If true, then Hanoi Hilton alumni should do the Swift Boat thing on Hanoi Jane. Snip> Jane Fonda is being honored as one of the "100 Women of the Century." BY BARBRA WALTERS Unfortunately, many have forgotten and still countless others have never known how Ms. Fonda betrayed not only the idea of our country, but specific men who served and sacrificed during Vietnam. The first part...

The story seemed too righteous to be true. Man kills four people. Man takes hostage and threatens to kill her. Hostage uses faith and the power of prayer to win her release and achieve a peaceful ending to a hopelessly violent situation. Only Ashley Smith, the Atlanta kidnap victim who captivated a nation with a stirring story of spiritual victory over physical adversity, left out one crucial detail.

Bolton Nomination Fight Expected to Get Ugly Susan Jones Morning Editor (CNSNews.com) - Supporters of John Bolton are bracing for a "big and ugly" confirmation battle over his nomination as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. Move America Forward, a group that wants to evict the United Nations from U.S. soil, is trying to counteract a "stop Bolton" campaign by going in the opposite direction -- urging Americans to express their "strong and enthusiastic support" for Bolton's nomination. "Americans have had enough of the fraud, corruption and anti-Americanism that has overrun the United Nations," said Melanie Morgan, co-chair of Move...

Bush makes a foxy pick By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - In a breathtaking victory for right-wing hawks, US President George W Bush has nominated Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton to become his next ambassador to the United Nations. Bolton, widely considered the most unilateralist and least diplomatic of senior US officials during Bush's first term, will have to be confirmed by the US Senate, where some Democrats, a few of whom were said to be stunned by the nomination, are expected to put up a fight. One aide called the nomination "incredible", particularly...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Antwerp will dim the bright new lights along the Belgian port city's waterfront after prostitutes complained they were putting off potential clients. "We had some remarks from the prostitutes that there was too much light, both for them and the clients," city council spokesman Jorn Verbeeck said. "We are investigating the possibility of lowering the light there." Prostitutes complained to city and police officials that the lights installed in December did not give them enough privacy and hurt business, he said. The port, which tolerates prostitutes in a select few streets near the waterfront, will next week...

the North American Man/Boy Love Association has a NEW website, they are BACK ONLINE after an absence of the last few years sicn the FEDS took down thier last one. what can be done to remove this scum from cyberspace? what can be done to have these people prosecuted for the promotion of the very illegal pedophilia they Promote? "Freedom is indivisible. The liberation of children, women, boy-lovers,  and homosexuals in general, can occur only as  complementary facets of the same dream.   — David Thorstad " INDEED this disease demands a cure http://www.NAMBLA.org/