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on January 20, 2016 in World News

Contractor Hired to Remove Confederate Monuments Finds $200K Lamborghini Torched

by Warner Todd Huston The man who owns the company contracted to remove the Confederate statues that have stood in New Orleans for decades discovered his $200,000 Lamborghini sports car torched and destroyed, reports say. City authorities announced the hiring of David Mahler, owner of H&O Investments of Baton Rouge, on Thursday, January 14. Only days later Mahler rejected the bid, citing the death threats he and his employees received for taking the contract. Mahler was hired to remove the statue of Robert E. Lee at Lee Circle, along with those of Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard at City Park, the Jefferson… View Article

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on January 20, 2016 in World News

Progressive Anti-Christian Group Attacks First Amendment Defenders

by Austin Ruse A progressive anti-Christian group has produced a report purporting to expose various public interest law firms involved in litigation defending individuals and businesses under attack from homosexual pressure groups and Democratic politicians. Political Research Associates’s report, “When Exception is the Rule: The Religious Freedom Strategy of the Christian Right,” accuses Christians of wanting to use government to “preserve religious homophobia.” The report argues that Christians want to throw pastors in jail who officiate at homosexual weddings. The group describes the “machinations” of Christians to set up a “theocracy.” The report specifically targets mainstream public interest law firms… View Article

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on January 20, 2016 in World News

We Were Told To Stand Down — Truth Shouldn’t Be a Political Football

’13 Hours’ Co-Author: We Were Told To Stand Down — Truth Shouldn’t Be a Political Football by Pam Key Tuesday on CNN’s “The Lead,” former Army ranger and one of the CIA contractors who co-wrote the book “13 Hours” Kris Paronto discussed the film “13 Hours,” which tells the story of the five surviving CIA contractors during the 2012 terror attack in Benghazi and decried how the issue was being used politically. Host Jake Tapper asked, “Let me ask you about the CIA station chief who gave an interview denying there was an order to stand down. The CIA in addition,… View Article

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on January 19, 2016 in World News

Michelle Obama Receives Bad News From Congress Today

David Rufful If Republicans in Congress have their way, Michelle Obama will no longer be determining what our children eat at school lunches. Like Barack, Michelle keeps pushes her ideas into law, despite having no legislative authority. Thankfully, Congress is about to put an end to Michelle Obama’s tax-payer funded pet project called “Hunger-Free Kids Act.” Don’t be fooled by the bill’s title, it’s a deeply unpopular program for stricter school lunch rules… From The Daily Caller: Bipartisan legislation released on Monday by the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee could finally bring a partial end to years of aggravation over what… View Article

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on January 19, 2016 in World News

ISIS confirms ‘Jihadi John’ is dead

Islamic State has confirmed that ‘Jihadi John,’ a British jihadist featured in many of the group’s execution videos, was killed in an airstrike in Syria. TrendsIslamic State The latest issues of IS’ magazine, Dabiq, confirmed that Abu Muharib Al-Muhajir, who “made headlines around the world as Jihadi John” had indeed been killed. His car was targeted in a “strike by an unmanned drone”, which killed the terrorist “instantly.” Jihadi John “finally achieved” what he has “sought for so long” on November 12, 2015, the pamphlet said. In case there was any doubt, new issue of Dabiq (ISIS mag) confirms #JihadiJohn was… View Article

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on January 19, 2016 in World News

Sarah Palin Endorses Donald Trump, Rallying Conservatives

By ALAN RAPPEPORT and MAGGIE HABERMAN Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, endorsed Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, providing Mr. Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state’s caucuses. “Are you ready for the leader to make America great again?” Ms. Palin said with Mr. Trump by her side at a rally at Iowa State University. “Are you ready to stump for Trump? I’m here to support the next president of the United States – Donald Trump.” Her… View Article

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on January 19, 2016 in World News

Alabama Representative Pushes Bill Guaranteeing Concealed Carry on College Campuses

by AWR Hawkins Alabama state Representative Mack Butler (R-Etowah County) has introduced legislation to guarantee concealed carry on college and university campuses. State law currently allows campus carry but leaves college and university administrations the leeway to prohibit it at schools in their various systems. Butler’s bill removes administrations’ ability to disarm law-abiding citizens with concealed carry permits, thereby guaranteeing that the right to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed just because a permit holder is sitting in a classroom instead of a restaurant. According to WKRG, Butler said, “There are just not enough police officers to be everywhere… View Article

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on January 19, 2016 in World News

Gun Store Sign: We Don’t Sell To Terrorists Or Democrats

by AWR Hawkins A gun store in Jackson, Mississippi has a new sign in the window announcing store policy is no gun sales to “Terrorists or Democrats.” The sign contains an explanation that both groups were banned because “it’s too hard to tell the difference” between them. According to WVLT, the sign announcing no sales for “Terrorists or Democrats” at Downrange Sporting Goods sits beside another sign that says, “If you voted for Kenneth Stokes or Barack Obama you’re too stupid to own a gun. Please find another dealer.” Stokes is the Mississippi councilman who called on residents in Jackson… View Article

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on January 19, 2016 in World News

Federal Judge Rejects Obama’s ‘Executive Privilege’ Over Fast And Furious Documents

by Charlie Spiering19 Jan 2016514 President Obama will no longer be able to keep secret the documents related to the botched gun walking operation in Mexico in “Operation Fast and Furious,” thanks to a ruling from a federal judge. U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson rejected Obama’s claim of executive privilege, according to Politico – which was invoked to protect Attorney General Eric Holder from the truth about the operation. Jackson was nominated for the United States District Court for the District of Columbia by Obama. This is the latest step in the ongoing fight for details of the operation… View Article

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on January 19, 2016 in World News

Here’s a list of Bernie Sanders’ $19.6 trillion in tax hikes

By Philip Klein (@philipaklein) Sen. Bernie Sanders’ populist message has put him in the position to potentially win Democratic nomination contests in both Iowa and New Hampshire, shaking the sense of inevitability that has surrounded Hillary Clinton. As the socialist senator from Vermont gains traction in polls, Clinton has more aggressively attacked his policy proposals, forcing Sanders to release details on how he would pay for his ambitious economic and social agenda. Taken together, Sanders is proposing $19.6 trillion in new taxes over a decade, according to an analysis by the Washington Examiner, of which $14 trillion would come from… View Article

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