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Sex abuse victims and clerical suicide – A study of the toxic legacy of clerical molestation
Randy Engel |
April 29, 2019
Fighting for injured workers' rights
RENEWAMERICA STAFF — In Utah, unethical "insurance medical examiners" hired to deprive injured workers of guaranteed Workers Compensation medical and other benefits are protected by "state policy" from any liability for harm resulting from their fraudulent examinations.... (more)
April 29, 2019
Alan Keyes targets 'the false guise of global citizenship'
ALAN KEYES — The spectacle of Mexican armed forces disarming American soldiers on U.S. soil demonstrates the folly of forgetting the Constitution's imperative decree affecting the purpose of the Armed Forces of the United States:... (more)
April 29, 2019
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, beset from all sides with criticism over his role in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential race, is resigning. Rosenstein submitted his resignation letter to President Trump on Monday, effective May 11, the Wall Street Journal reported. Rosenstein's designated successor, Jeffrey Rosen, a favorite of Attorney General William Barr, is awaiting a likely confirmation by the Senate.... (more)
April 28, 2019
Says in graduation speech he is proud to be a 'gay son of God'
WORLDNETDAILY — A valedictorian at the leading Mormon academic institution, Brigham Young University, announced during his graduation speech he is a "gay son of God." Matt Easton's speech Friday to BYU's College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences as the political science valedictorian was met with applause and cheers, reported KUTV-TV in Salt Lake City.... (more)
April 28, 2019
THE MORNING CALL — The deadly shooting attack at a synagogue in Poway on Saturday underscores concerns about rising incidents of anti-Jewish hate across the nation. Authorities have not provided many details about the alleged shooter. But the mayor of Poway said the attack, which killed one person and left three others wounded, appears to be motivated by hate.... (more)
April 28, 2019
JERUSALEM POST — Condemnations of the New York Times increased over the weekend after the paper's international edition published an antisemitic cartoon. The offensive image was of a blind U.S. President Donald Trump wearing a yarmulke, being walked by a dog with the face of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wearing a Star of David collar. Despite the paper calling it an "error of judgment" to publish it, congressmen and Jewish organizations joined the chorus of outrage.... (more)
April 28, 2019
NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama nudged Joe Biden not to run for the White House in 2016, believing Hillary Clinton had a better shot and that his grieving vice president wasn't in the right state of mind, the New York Times reported.... (more)
April 28, 2019
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Cosmetic doctors are certain that former Vice President Joe Biden's full head of hair, smooth forehead, and Cheshire Cat grin are the result of plastic surgery and other procedures.... (more)
April 27, 2019
FOX NEWS — President Trump announced Friday that his administration is withdrawing the U.S. signature from the UN Arms Trade Treaty, in response to concerns from gun rights activists that it could impinge on Americans' right to bear arms... (more)
April 27, 2019
BYRON YORK — Trump-Russia special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed May 17, 2017. Twenty-two months later, on March 22, 2019, Mueller sent his report to the Justice Department.... (more)
April 27, 2019
Charges officials failed to address Russian interference
WORLDNETDAILY — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is scheduled to leave his post in two months, long has been criticized by conservative Republicans. Amid what has been described as an attempted coup, he allegedly offered to wear a wire to record President Trump after the president's controversial firing of FBI director James Comey in May 2017.... (more)
April 27, 2019
'Much, much more' coming due to completion of Mueller probe
WORLDNETDAILY — President Trump promised Thursday to declassify records related to the Obama administration's investigation and surveillance of his 2016 campaign. The president told the Fox News Channel's Sean Hannity he wanted to wait until after the completion of Robert Mueller's special counsel investigation of Russian interference.... (more)
April 27, 2019
Concerned about 'disclosures of surveillance efforts and other classified information'
WORLDNETDAILY — Attorney General William Barr recently stunned senators in a hearing by declaring he believes the Obama administration spied on the 2016 Trump campaign and is investigating the matter. Now, two top GOP senators are asking for a briefing on the investigation.... (more)
April 27, 2019
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — Veterans of the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu have slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar's, D-Minn., for accusing them of killing "thousands" of Somalis and ignoring the fact they were engaged in a United Nations mission designed to protect civilians from a murderous warlord following a devastating famine and civil war.... (more)
April 25, 2019
NATIONAL REVIEW — A Cook County judge recently castigated State's Attorney Kim Foxx for upholding a double standard by prosecuting an anonymous woman for filing a false police report after dropping all charges against Empire actor Jussie Smollett, who was indicted for the same offense.... (more)
April 25, 2019
VICTOR DAVIS HANSON — Special counsel Robert Mueller's two-year, $30 million, 448-page report did not find collusion between Donald Trump and Russia. Despite compiling private allegations of loud and obnoxious Trump behavior, Mueller also concluded that there was not any actionable case of obstruction of justice by the president. It would have been hard in any case to find that Trump obstructed Mueller's investigation of an alleged crime.... (more)
April 25, 2019
Pat Buchanan sees today's politics increasingly bringing disunity
PATRICK J. BUCHANAN — President Donald Trump has decided to cease cooperating with what he sees, not incorrectly, as a Beltway conspiracy that is out to destroy him. "We're fighting all the subpoenas," Trump said Wednesday. "These aren't, like, impartial people. The Democrats are out to win in 2020."... (more)
April 25, 2019
DAILY WIRE — Green New Deal proponents, including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), have long claimed that the GND, an expansive, costly, and dramatic change in the American economy (and in American infrastructure), would be worth it if it such extreme measures would in the long run lessen our impact on climate.... (more)
April 25, 2019
'Maybe make smelling the hair an additional $50'
WORLDNETDAILY — Longtime politician Joe Biden, vice president under Barack Obama, on Thursday added his name to the long list of Democrats seeking their party's nomination for president in 2020. So talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh immediately offered him a solution to the still-developing scandal over women who have accused him of hugging or touching them inappropriately and sniffing their hair.... (more)
April 24, 2019
NEWSMAX — In the wake of federal raids at the homes and City Hall offices of embattled Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh, one report asserted she has skipped town. The first-term Democratic mayor slipped out of sight April 1, citing deteriorating health, just as Gov. Larry Hogan called on the state prosecutor to investigate allegations of "self-dealing." She has not been heard from since.... (more)
April 24, 2019
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — College students in Los Angeles will now be quarantined if they cannot prove they have received the measles vaccine after being exposed to a confirmed case of the viral infection. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced a partnership on Thursday with the University of California, Los Angeles, and California State University Los Angeles.... (more)
April 24, 2019
AP NEWS — As the death toll from the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka rose to 321 on Tuesday, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility and released images that purported to show the attackers, while the country's prime minister warned that several suspects armed with explosives are still at large.... (more)
April 24, 2019
WASHINGTON EXAMINER — A massive caravan of approximately 10,000 migrants traveling through Mexico in hopes of reaching the United States is expected to arrive in Mexico City this week, according to local media reports on the group's movements.... (more)
April 24, 2019
NATIONAL REVIEW — The two Nigerian brothers who claim to have helped Jussie Smollett perpetrate a fake hate crime earlier this year said Smollett "directed every aspect of the attack" in a defamation suit filed Tuesday against the Empire actor's attorneys.... (more)
April 23, 2019
YOUTUBE — An 8-year-old girl does a spot-on impersonation of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez... (more)
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