"During the course of administration, and in order to disturb it, the artillery of the press has been leveled against us, charged with whatsoever its licentiousness could devise or dare. These abuses of an institution so important to freedom and science are deeply to be regretted, inasmuch as they tend to lessen its usefulness and to sap its safety." —Thomas Jefferson (1805) Мы, русские, любим президента Дональда Трампа!
Illinois judge BLOCKS assault weapons ban An Illinois judge blocked an impending ban on assault weapons within a suburb outside of Chicago just hours before it was set to go into effect. The Deerfield Village Board voted unanimously in April in favor of an amendment to its gun ordinance to restrict some semi-automatic firearms. Current or retired law enforcement personnel
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PowerLine -> Six-year-old, “absolutely crushed” a game-winning homer at a local tee-ball game – Monday in Pictures: G-7 Photoshop Edition Daily Digest Loose Ends (39) A Climate Change Free Lunch? Unsolved killlings, what do they tell us? Monday in Pictures: G-7 Photoshop Edition Senator Grassley requests (again) Loose Ends (39) Posted: 11 Jun 2018 02:45 PM PDT (Steven Hayward)• I see
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FoxNews First -> North Korean leader commits to ‘complete denuclearization’ Tuesday, June 12, 2018 Welcome to FOX News First. Not signed up yet? Click here. Developing now, Tuesday, June 12, 2018 President Trump and Kim Jong Un sign a ‘comprehensive document’ where the North Korean leader commits to ‘complete denuclearization’ of the Korean Peninsula during their groundbreaking summit in Singapore. Trump hopes to start
» Read moreAxios AM -> President Trump a message of peace Axios AM By Mike Allen ·Jun 12, 2018 Good Tuesday morning. President George H.W. Bush is 94 today. Situational awareness: Primaries are being held today Tuesday in Maine, Nevada, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia, bringing the number of states that have held 2018 primaries to 21. 1 big thing: Trump’s “message of peace,” but
» Read moreTenCount -> Meeting with North Korean Leader – Court to rule on the ban citizens of several majority-Muslim countries A highly selective view of events in the week ahead with important financial, legislative and political implications, put together by your friends at Sphere Consulting. Good morning, Singapore! Well, actually, it’s nighttime there, but in just a few hours, President Trump
» Read moreSchool Board Fights to Preserve Bathroom Policy After Judge OKs Trans Student’s Lawsuit Kevin Daley / June 04, 2018 A Virginia public school district will pursue an appeal after a federal judge ruled that a transgender student can challenge the district’s bathroom access policies under federal civil rights law and the Constitution. Gloucester County Public Schools asked U.S. District Court Judge Arenda
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I’m reminded of that old saying, “The Christian life is not difficult. It’s impossible!” Only the Holy Spirit can produce it in us as we depend — through faith — upon Him. But we humans seem to always have the feeling that, given enough time and the right circumstances, we can handle anything ourselves. This is such a subtle trap that the Lord has provided a special kind of training to teach us how to depend only upon the Spirit, and not our human abilities. Both Moses and Paul had to be broken of self-confidence and taught God-confidence. I refer to that course of instruction as the “B. D. Degree.” Which simply means the “Backside of the Desert Degree.”
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Ilhan Omar is a Somali-American who serves in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Scott has written about her here a number of times. She apparently entered into a bigamous marriage with her brother in order to facilitate immigration fraud, but the facts are murky and she refuses to clarify them.
Keith Ellison is resigning from the House to run for Attorney General of Minnesota, so the rush is on to succeed him. The DFL party will have a special nominating convention in just a few days, but at the moment, the front-runner is none other than Ms. Omar, who has been endorsed by Governor Mark Dayton.
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A U.S. official, who was not authorized to speak but was familiar with the summit plans, told Fox News Trump is set to meet with Kim at the beginning of the summit. They will be joined only by translators and will spend a couple of hours before admitting their close advisers to the meeting.
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PowerLine -> John Hinderaker – Wishful Thinking at the Associated Press + A narrow ruling in the Colorado cake baker case Daily Digest A narrow ruling in the Colorado cake baker case Give Him the Boot: The Derangement of Never-Trumpers Does anybody really know what time it is? (Minnesota DFL edition) Wishful Thinking at the Associated Press [Updated] Today’s Gratuitous
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