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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi instructed her caucus to come to the impeachment vote Wednesday with a somber bearing, insisting that there be no cheering for the occasion of referring charges against the president of the United States to the Senate. But the congresswoman known for declaring only hours after being sworn into office her intent…

It was only hours after Democrats adopted their partisan impeachment claims against President Trump that it was announced that new articles of impeachment against the next Democrat president are coming. Within days. Why wait, reasoned talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. "Over the Christmas break, I'm gonna be sitting down with Republican leaders and drawing up…

(LONDON INDEPENDENT) A researcher who lost her job after tweeting that men cannot change their biological sex has lost an employment tribunal after her opinions were ruled “absolutist”. The Central London Employment Tribunal upheld the firing of tax expert Maya Forstater, 45, over a series of tweets questioning government plans to allow people to self-identify…

Democrats are finding out that impeachment is paying off -- for the Trump re-election effort. On Wednesday, the same day the Democrats in the House of Representatives disgracefully voted to try to remove President Donald Trump from office, Americans were voting in a different way, with their hard-earned dollars. “@realDonaldTrump has raised over 5M dollars…

House Democrats may never send the articles of impeachment to the Senate to begin President Trump’s trial, according to a top Democratic congressman. Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., the House majority whip, was asked by CNN anchor John Berman on Thursday: "Are you suggesting it's possible you will never transmit the articles of impeachment?" "If it…

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York alleged days before the House voted to impeach President Donald Trump that Republicans, not Democrats, are the ones guilty of trying to delegitimize election results, and that when the GOP wins, it governs with lawless impunity. The Democratic congresswoman told attendees at a town hall in New York on…

For a party that rammed through articles of impeachment via a dog-and-pony show in the House of Representatives — one where the outcome was almost preordained and where sober inquiry was replaced with prepackaged fulmination — the Democrats suddenly seem awfully concerned about how fair the process is going to be to them in the…

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson said he stands “in good conscience” after being one of the only Democratic members to vote against both articles of impeachment. On Wednesday night, House Democrats voted to impeach President Trump on two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The vote was down party…

(Fox News) Several Washington Post reporters were under fire late Wednesday night for celebrating "Impeachmas" following the impeachment of President Trump. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., continued to insist that the impeachment -- just the third in U.S. history -- was a "solemn" occasion for the nation but that did not appear to be the…

Plenty of families experience hard times at some point. They know the pinch of living paycheck to paycheck or not quite knowing where the money for groceries is going to come from. But once people get out of those situations, many never look back. Others do and extend a helping hand to those who need…

As Lanell McGee James and her husband, Lamar, were driving to Dallas following the death of Lamar's brother, they were pulled over by a Texas state trooper. What happened next brought tears to their eyes and is now encouraging thousands of people across social media. James and her husband were travelling from their home north…

(AP) -- FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Police say they are investigating an incident Wednesday at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club, but have not released any specifics. They did not say what happened or what prompted the investigation, which began Wednesday afternoon. Palm Beach police spokesman Michael Ogrodnick said in an afternoon email, “There is an…

The House of Representatives voted Wednesday evening to impeach President Donald Trump, making him just the third U.S. president in history to be impeached. Trump was impeached along overwhelmingly partisan lines, with two Democrats -- Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson and New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, voting against the first article of impeachment. Van Drew…

A company managing federally subsidized apartments in Missouri has banned residents from putting up Christmas lights or other decorations. But the non-profit litigation group Liberty Counsel has informed MACO Management that the ban violates federal laws. "MACO's banning Grandview Estates residents from their longstanding traditions of displaying Christmas or other religious holiday decorations constitutes discrimination…

Former CIA Director John Brennan admitted Tuesday that "there were mistakes" in the applications made to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to surveil former Donald Trump campaign adviser Carter Page. "Well clearly, there were mistakes made based on the inspector general's reports," Brennan told MSNBC's Chris Hayes. "And I know that a lot of people…

Blue-uniformed officers of a so-called Muslim Community Patrol have been driving cars identical to New York Police Department cruisers to enforce Islamic law, or Sharia, in Brooklyn neighborhoods. One week ago, however, a patrol was confronted by members of the notorious Bloods gang in front of a Brooklyn mosque, according to a Clarion Project report…

An official mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist Party published hundreds of propaganda articles designed to look like ordinary news stories in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal and other newspapers without disclosing its purchases, as required by federal law. China Daily's repeated violation of the Foreign Agent Registration Act was reported in…

Many House Republicans have argued their Democratic colleagues have presented articles of impeachment against President Trump based not on any crime but largely on differences over policy. It's not the first time. On Nov. 11, 1983, seven House Democrats introduced a draft resolution to impeach President Ronald Reagan for "ordering the invasion of Grenada in…

The lights, sounds, festivities and joy of this Christmas season is under a black cloud with the Democrats preparing to impeach President Trump. But one group is trying to lightening things up with a Christmas carol – with major edits. The conservative activist group Public Advocate released its project on YouTube: It offers substitutes for…

(AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) -- Hong Kong’s traditional New Year’s Eve fireworks display has been cancelled for the first time in its 10-year history after police – citing a security threat posed by anti-government protests – opposed the showpiece event, adding to a series of hammer blows against city’s ailing economy. Organisers from the Hong Kong Tourism…

The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' ruling that Obamacare's individual mandate is unconstitutional is a good start, according to the Citizens' Council for Health Freedom. The court ruled Wednesday that the individual mandate doesn't meet the requirements of the Constitution. But it did not immediately strike the entire law, sending it back to a…

(AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE) -- MIT engineers have devised a novel way to record a patient’s immunisation history: storing the information in a patterned dye that is invisible to the naked eye and delivered under the skin at the same time as the vaccine. It is designed to bridge the gap that exists in medical records, particularly…

Whatever Nancy Pelosi’s selling, Sarah Sanders isn’t buying it -- and neither is the rest of sane America. The House speaker made a great show on Wednesday of pretending to be “sad” that the House was undertaking to vote on the impeachment of President Donald Trump, but Sanders, the former White House press secretary, saw…

Actor Robert De Niro used his Monday appearance on ABC's "The View" to continue his attacks on President Donald Trump, and this time he criticized Trump's children as well. After a companionable time of joining the show's hosts in attacking the president, the long-time Trump antagonist was asked by co-host Joy Behar about Trump's family.…

(NEW YORK POST) -- A petition to ban a Netflix comedy that depicts Jesus Christ as a gay man has gained more than 2.1 million signatures — and counting. The bubbling backlash against the film “The First Temptation of Christ” — by makers of the Brazilian comedy show “Porta dos Fundos” — led to the…