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Responding to Impeachment Skeptics

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It’s difficult to talk about impeachment, but this can help. MORE

LETTUCE PREY: Alabama Company Refuses to Print University’s LGBTQ-inclusive Magazine Because Jesus!

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“After reviewing the subject matter of the 2019 Fall edition of Due South, we must respectfully decline to print this issue of the publication,” Tracey Smith, a spokesperson for Interstate Printing, wrote in an email MORE

Wing Nut Watch: Elise Stefanik, the ‘new Republican Star’

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Elise Stefanik made a name for herself in Wing Nut World by challenging Rep. Adam Schiff during the impeachment hearings. She whined about Schiff silencing her for intentionally breaking the rules; whined that the ‘big MORE

Trump heads to Walter Reed for ‘Quick Exam and Labs’

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President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for what the White House said were medical tests as part of his annual physical. The appointment wasn’t on MORE

Louisiana Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards re-elected

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Despite Trump’s pleas for Louisiana residents to vote for Gov. John Bel Edwards opponent Eddie Rispone, Gov. Edwards won the day. Louisiana Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards narrowly won reelection, CNN projected Saturday night, beating MORE

Kaepernick moves workout, says NFL demanded he sign liability waiver

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This is a follow up: Colin Kaepernick is about to get what he deserves: a chance Colin Kaepernick has arrived in the new location for his NFL workout (via powerhauscreative/Instagram) pic.twitter.com/FuDwJUGYG8 — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) MORE

Ohio lawmakers introduce bill to ban abortion completely except to save a mother’s life

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On Thursday, Ohio lawmakers introduced a bill that would ban abortion completely except to save the pregnant woman’s life. State Rep. Candice Keller, a Republican from Middletown, says the bill’s backers are tired of taking MORE

Trump grants pardons to accused war criminals

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President Donald Trump ignored Pentagon advice Friday to pardon two officers and restore the rank of a third after all faced war crimes allegations. Trump granted a full pardon to Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance and a MORE

Roger Stone found guilty; convicted of lying to Congress

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Roger Stone convicted in federal case over statements to Congress related to WikiLeaks. Stone, a longtime Trump friend and adviser, was on trial in Washington on charges of lying to Congress, witness tampering and obstruction over MORE

Trump releases memo of first phone call with then President-elect Zelenskiy

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The White House releases a memorandum of an April 21 phone call between President Donald Trump and then-Ukrainian President-elect Volodimyr Zelenskiy. Trump touts the call as “more important” than his controversial July 25 call with MORE

As some kid in CA shot up his school, Senator Hyde-Smith blocked a bill on universal background checks

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Earlier today, some kid shot up his school in Santa Clarita, Ca. He killed two of his classmates then turned the gun on himself; he’s still alive at this moment. As this happened, Senator Cindy MORE

Bill Clinton Advises Trump: Ignore Impeachment, Do Your Job

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Former President Bill Clinton had words of advice on Thursday for Trump during a phone interview with CNN. “My message would be, look, you got hired to do a job,” Clinton said during a phone MORE

Matt Bevin Concedes Kentucky Governor’s Race

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Kentucky’s outgoing governor Matt Bevin has conceded defeat on Thursday, to the Democrat Andy Beshear. A recanvass showed Bevin trailed by 5,136 votes. The Republican Bevin told reporters that the recanvass effort did not significantly MORE

Trump administration prepares court filings to loot private land in Texas for ‘The Wall’

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On Friday, Jared Kushner will host a meeting with military and administration officials to discuss the U.S. government take over of private land to build more sections of Trump’s wall. The administration could file documents shortly thereafter; MORE

RNC to host winter meetings at Trump’s Doral resort

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The Republican National Committee will hold its winter meetings at President Trump’s Doral golf course in Florida next year — awarding another of the party’s most lucrative events to the president’s private business, a party MORE

Ohio House passes “Student Religious Liberties Act.”

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The Ohio House advanced HB 164 to the Ohio Senate. HB 164, known as the Ohio Student Religious Liberties Act of 2019 would allow and/or prohibit the following: Requires public schools to give students the MORE

Kentucky man wins case in federal court, allowing his personalized license plate to say ‘I’M GOD’

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In November 2016, Ben Hart filed a lawsuit after he was denied the personalized license plate. Kentucky Division of Motor Vehicle officials, who have approved certain religious personalized plates, refused Hart’s request, initially calling his “IM MORE

Breaking News: School Shooting-Santa Clarita, CA

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Live Coverage: This time, it’s happened at a school located 30 miles north of Los Angeles, CA. At least six people were wounded in a shooting at Saugus High School when a gunman opened fire MORE

Ukraine Minister Says Sondland Did Not Link Aid to Biden

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Today Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Vadym Prystaiko, said that Ambassador Gordon Sondland did not specifically link military aid to the investigation of Joe and Hunter Biden. “Ambassador Sondland did not tell us, and certainly did not MORE

Minnesota school throws out hot lunches of students with over $15 lunch debt; issued an apology

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As many as 40 students in a lunch line had their hot lunches thrown in the trash and replaced with a cold lunch if they had outstanding lunch debts of over $15. KARE 11: A MORE

Erdogan Plays Anti-Kurd Propaganda on i-Pad in Oval Office Meeting

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The Oval Office meeting between Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Trump, along with five Republican senators, turned tense when Erdogan pulled out his iPad to play a propaganda video that depicted the Kurds as MORE

One-in-a-Million Rare 3-Antlered Deer In Michigan

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An amateur photographer in Marquette, Michigan, spotted and photographed a 3-antlered deer, a rare sighting. Steve Lindbergh, a former state Rep, gave up firearm hunting for photographing wildlife, saying he’d rather shoot deer with a MORE

Trump’s name popped up in Roger Stone’s trial; contradicts what he told Mueller

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The deputy manager of Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign pulled back the curtain Tuesday on the campaign’s keen interest in the anti-secrecy organization WikiLeaks and suggested that Trump himself had more knowledge of the matter MORE

Trump Considered Firing the Intel Inspector General for Disloyalty

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The president blames Michael Atkinson, whom he appointed, for finding the anonymous whistle-blower’s complaint on his interactions with Ukraine to be credible. President Trump has discussed dismissing the intelligence community’s inspector general, Michael Atkinson, because Mr. MORE

State Department Mina Chang appears to have embellished resumé

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Deputy assistant secretary in the State Department’s Bureau of Conflict and Stability Operations Mina Chang appears to have embellished her bigly resumé. According to NBC, “Chang inflated her educational achievements — like claiming, falsely, to MORE