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Rudy Hired to Negotiate Graceful Exit — for the Establishment

RUSH: The New York Post: “Rudy Giuliani Joins Trump Legal Team, Hopes to End Russia Probe in ‘A Week or Two.'” He said that. Now, full disclosure, I know Rudy Giuliani. I play golf with Rudy Giuliani. We sometimes talk politics while playing golf. No, he’s never sent me a bill. I’ve never asked Rudy for legal advice.

In fact, we did meet one time at the Havana Club in Manhattan when he was thinking about running for president, and he was asking me what I thought would be important in his agenda for reaching out beyond the Northeast. And I told him. But he did not send a bill. I did not send a bill. I’m telling people this ’cause I know Rudy.

I’ve attended water volleyball games with Rudy Giuliani. I have known Rudy for many, many moons. And I have played golf. I have given Rudy cigar lighters. I have given Rudy a cigar holder for the golf cart. I’m not making excuses because...

Keith Ellison: ‘Women Are Dying’ because Democrats Are Losing Elections

Representative Keith Ellison made a plea to Democratic voters this week, saying “Women are dying because we are losing elections” at an event hosted by the Progressive Change Campaign Committee.

“We don’t have the right to lose a election. We have to win. We have to win,” the DNC vice chairman said at the event, adding that maternal mortality is rising in states such as Texas and Missouri.

The Minnesota Democrat, a proponent of single-payer healthcare, was apparently talking about GOP efforts to chip away at Obamacare. Republicans in December eliminated the individual insurance mandate, an unpopular part of the law that required individuals to pay a fine if they chose to opt out of purchasing health insurance.

Rest of the article is at the link: Keith Ellison: 'Women Are Dying' Because Democrats Lose Elections | National Review...

Hillary Clinton claimed 'they were never going to let me be president,' new book says


According to the book, during one conversation on the subject, Clinton reportedly said, “You know, I am getting pretty tired of hearing about how nobody likes me.”

And on election night in November, The Daily Beast said Chozick wrote that when Mook was allegedly tasked with notifying Clinton of the results, she reportedly replied: “I knew it. I knew this would happen to me …” the Daily Beast said.

“They were never going to let me be president,” Clinton was reportedly quoted as saying.

The book will be released on Tuesday.
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Hillary Clinton claimed 'they were never going to let me be president,' new book says | Fox News...

The second-phase operational testing of the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) system is completed.


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How do I remove a person from an established PM?

Strong's concordance is an excellent resource when used as intended - however when it's use is stretched beyond that intention it can actually become somewhat dangerous - and using strongs concordance to determine the meaning of a word is one such danger - and sister (I am sorry if this sounds condescending) but anyone with even a basic knowledge of languages understands the difference between a concordance and a lexicon - the following article is a little technical in places but it a good explanation of the danger relating to how Strong's concordance is used nowadays:...

Where do IFB, KJV only churches usually stand on this matter? The pastor of the church I have attended for years sometimes sounds very sympathetic towards Calvinism except on Limited Atonement doctrine....

†. Rev 14:6-7 . . And I saw another angel fly in the midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth, and to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, announcing with a loud voice: Fear God, and give glory to him; for the hour of his judgment is come: and worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters.

The everlasting gospel is very elementary. Pretty much all it says is:

1• There's a supreme being.

2• He deserves respect.

3• There's a frightful reckoning looming on the horizon, and

4• The cosmos-- all of its forms of life, matter, and energy --is the product of intelligent design.

Of particular interest to me is the inclusion of water in the everlasting gospel. Scientists theorize the origin of the earth's amazing quantity of water without really knowing exactly where it came from, nor how it got here. Well;...

There lacks a universal consensus regarding the nature of Jesus Christ's resurrection.

Some believe that his dead body was restored to life as it was to begin with.

Others believe that his dead body was restored to life as a glorified body.

Still others believe that Christ's dead body is still dead, and its remains squirreled away somewhere on earth in a condition and a location known only to God so that Jesus could return to life as a spirit being disguised in a fully functioning human avatar; scars and all-- plus the capability to eat common foods.

Gen. Robert Neller, commandant of the Marine Corps, told the Senate Armed Services Committee that some of his commanders have said there are no problems at all. Others, he said, say they're spending "a lot of time" with transgender individuals as they work through medical requirements involving the transition from birth gender to preferred gender.

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San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral will hold a special mass on April 25 where parishioners can come and sing their “Beyonce favorites.”



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The California Assembly approved a bill that would made “conversion therapy” subject to the state’s consumer protection laws.



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A bill quickly moving through the California state legislature may threaten the religious freedom of those who object to homosexuality.

Jim Daly, the president of Christian ministry Focus on the Family, wrote a blog post alerting Christians to the implications of this bill, which is known as Assembly Bill 2943.

The bill amends California’s “Consumer Legal Remedies Act” to include “sexual orientation change efforts.”

Daly breaks down the implications of this bill and how it could adversely affect Christians.

“For example, a simple monetary transaction – buying a book about overcoming homosexuality, or paying a counselor for help with gender confusion – would trigger AB 2943.”

Thus, those who believe homosexuality is a sin could face legal repercussions from monetary transactions having to do with this belief.

“To put it simply,” writes Daley, “Christian schools, churches and others who...

The Democratic National Committee filed a multimillion-dollar lawsuit Friday against the Russian government, the Trump campaign and the WikiLeaks organization alleging a far-reaching conspiracy to disrupt the 2016 campaign and tilt the election to Donald Trump.

The complaint, filed in federal district court in Manhattan, alleges that top Trump campaign officials conspired with the Russian government and its military spy agency to hurt Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and help Trump by hacking the computer networks of the Democratic Party and disseminating stolen material found there.

“During the 2016 presidential campaign, Russia launched an all-out assault on our democracy, and it found a willing and active partner in Donald Trump’s campaign,” DNC Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement.


“This constituted an act of unprecedented treachery: the campaign of a nominee for President of the United States in league with a hostile...

Here are five news stories and events to start your week, from the editors at Military.com.

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Starbucks is one of the most progressive companies on planet earth. Everybody knows that, mainly because we tout it every chance we get. We’ve always been a bastion of liberal open-mindedness. We’ve bent over backwards to openly celebrate every single cause that has paraded itself under the banner of social justice in the 31 years […]

The post Op-Ed: You Either Die An SJW, Or You Live Long Enough To See Yourself Become A Bigot appeared first on The Babylon Bee.



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Today marks the ninth anniversary of the horrific shooting at Columbine High School in which 15 people, including the perpetrators, lost their lives. The former principal of Columbine High School recently shared how God looked out for him and students he was trying to protect on that fateful day.



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President Trump said that although he's looking ahead to a historic summit meeting with Kim Jong Un he could still pull out.

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†. Col 3:1-4 . . Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on things above, not on earthly things. For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God. When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

That verse says Christ's believing followers are accounted already resurrected, i.e. past tense; but were you to investigate, you'd discover that their current physical status is unchanged. The reason being that their resurrection spoken of in that passage is via joint principles in Christ's resurrection.

The primary advantage of Christ's resurrection is immortality (Rom 6:9).

So, if Col 3:1-4 is true and reliable, then Christ's believing followers have immortality in the bag; i.e. it's a done deal; and that's really good no know because should one of them trip over a rock or something and accidentally...

SARASOTA, FL—After suffering under Pipeline Church’s “redonkulously slow” 3 Mbps internet connection for years, local teen Xander Medford finally got an appointment with Pastor John Wylie, at which the youth passionately argued that upgrading the church’s WiFi is actually a gospel issue. The teenager calls himself a “social activist” who advocates for important gospel-centered causes […]

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I thought it was about time I wrote it. When I became an official member of my local Baptist church several years ago I gave a very censored version and several were quite surprised. ( IFB people who have been brought up in church all their lives find testimonies like mine strange.) I will go into more detail here.

*Catholic upbringing
i was brought up in a Catholic household. My mother was Catholic, father Anglican (non-practising). I went to Catholic schools, attended Mass every Sunday. I had nuns teach me all about religion BEFORE Roman Catholic teaching became more inclusive of non-Catholics. I enjoyed RE classes and even briefly considered geing a nun.

Despite that outward religiousness my mother was interested in numerology and was convinced she had ESP. She was quite convincing about that at times. She also was quite unbalanced for several reasons and as a result my household was constantly over-serious and walking on eggshells all the time. ...

Tammie Jo Shults, one of the first female fighter pilots in the Navy, is being lauded as a hero in an emergency landing.

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A new Hebrew-English Bible with a distinctly Israeli flavor will be published in honor of Israel’s 70th anniversary.



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While some churches are decrying Facebook’s bias against conservatives and Christians, one megachurch is actually partnering with Facebook in an effort to better connect with their congregation and community.



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Hello everyone. I am an Australian, ex-Catholic, ex-Charismatic now Baptist woman. I am married to an atheist man and have atheist sons. I have no Christians in my biological family (nominal Catholics) or in-laws either.

However in my small town God has blessed me with a bible-believing Church. As I got to know the women more I realised that despite our many differences, different upbringing and lifestyles God gave me what I really needed....