Watch: SWAT Team’s Vegas Shooting Body Cam Footage Finally Released

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. . .It took a nine-month legal battle that went all the way to the Nevada Supreme Court, but Americans are getting their first looks at what actually happened the night of the Las Vegas massacre last October . . .

Videos taken from body cams worn by Las Vegas police responding to the Oct. 1 mass shooting, released Wednesday thanks to a lawsuit by several media organizations, illustrate just how confused the law enforcement response really was.

One segment, taken by a K-9 officer shortly after police entered the room where gunman Stephen Paddock lay dead, shows officers encountering the kind of preparations Paddock made before the killing.

“He has an intricate camera system set up, out to this,” the officer wearing the camera tells the others. “So he knew when officers were coming down the hallway.” . . .

For one thing, the first officer into Paddock’s room did not have his body cam activated. That could be a normal mistake by an individual in a stressful situation, or it could be something else. The bottom line is the public will never have a view of what happened in the first few seconds after officers entered the suite on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. (Read more from “Watch: Swat Team’s Vegas Shooting Body Cam Footage Finally Released” HERE)

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Trump Gets Massive Nobel Prize News

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By Conservative Tribune. . .As amazing news from the Korean peninsula continues to break, it looks increasingly possible that the decades-long hostilities between North and South Korea may finally be resolved in a peaceful manner … and Donald Trump played a major role in the process . . .

“We, the undersigned members of the United States Congress, respectfully nominate President Donald J. Trump to receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean Peninsula, and bring peace to the region,” states a letter signed by 18 lawmakers.

“Since taking office, President Trump has worked tirelessly to apply maximum pressure on North Korea to end its illicit weapons program and bring peace to the region,” the official nomination letter continues.

“His Administration successfully united the international community, including China, to impose one of the most successful international sanctions regimes in history.”

Almost nobody predicted that talks in Korea would move as fast as they did, and events have moved so quickly that there is still some doubt about whether or not North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is actually serious about keeping his word. (Read more from “Trump Gets Massive Nobel Prize News” HERE)

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House Republicans Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

By The Guardian. Eighteen House Republicans have nominated Donald Trump for the 2019 Nobel peace prize.

In a letter spearheaded by the Indiana Republican Luke Messer and sent to the Norwegian Nobel committee, the lawmakers claim that Trump should “receive the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his work to end the Korean War, denuclearize the Korean peninsula and bring peace to the region”.

The rules for a Nobel prize nomination are relatively loose. Nominations can only be made by people who belong to a handful of categories, including members of a national legislation body, university professors and former winners of the prize – but there are no other restrictions. In 2018, there were 330 nominees to win the award, which will be announced in December. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons was the 2017 winner.

The Nobel committee operates under aegis of the government of Norway, but a 2009 justice department memo says the prize and accompanying $1.4m award does not qualify as a “emolument” from a foreign power, as the committee is independent from the government. Trump has previously faced criticism over foreign government spending at his hotels, which scholars have argued is an emolument. The Trump Organization has said that it has given all profits from foreign governments to the US treasury. (Read more from “House Republicans Nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize” HERE)

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Former Trump Campaign Consultant Explodes on Dem Senate Aides

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By Daily Mail. A former campaign communications adviser to Donald Trump blew up at Democratic U.S. Senate aides on Tuesday at the end of a behind-the-scenes grilling connected to their wide-ranging Russia investigation.

New York-based political consultant Michael Caputo said he has spent $125,000 on attorneys to help him navigate the committee’s demands for documents and testimony, ruining his children’s economic future and forcing him to sell his family home.

Calling the probe a ‘witch hunt,’ Caputo demanded to know who is funding a secretive effort to continue digging into unsubstantiated allegations that Trump has ties with the Kremlin.

‘What America needs is an investigation of the investigators,’ he said. ‘I want to know: Who is paying for the spies’ work and coordinating this attack on President Donald Trump?’

‘I want to know who cost us so much money, who crushed our kids, who forced us out of our home, all because you lost an election. I want to know because [G-d] Damn you to Hell.’

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Michael Caputo Says ‘It’s Clear’ Mueller Investigators Focused on Russia Collusion

By CNN. After being interviewed by special counsel investigators on Wednesday, former aide to Donald Trump’s presidential campaign Michael Caputo told CNN that Robert Mueller’s team is “focused on Russia collusion.”

“It’s clear they are still really focused on Russia collusion,” Caputo said, adding, “They know more about the Trump campaign than anyone who ever worked there.”

Caputo, who advised the Trump campaign on communications in 2016, has long insisted he has no information about collusion between Trump’s team and Russia. He spoke with Senate intelligence investigators on Tuesday for their Russia probe and outlined the differences between Congress’ inquiries and the special counsel’s . . .

Caputo lived and worked in Russia in the 1990s and later did business with Russian companies, including Gazprom, the Kremlin-controlled energy giant. As a Republican consultant, Caputo worked with Trump adviser Roger Stone and Paul Manafort, the former campaign chairman. He denies any wrongdoing regarding Russia. Caputo is a longtime ally of Stone’s, a close associate of Trump who has come under scrutiny in the Russian investigation because of Stone’s contacts with WikiLeaks during the campaign. (Read more from “Michael Caputo Says ‘It’s Clear’ Mueller Investigators Focused on Russia Collusion” HERE)

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Tech Giants Previously Accused of NSA Collusion Now Slam U.S. Government over Encryption Backdoors

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By ZD Net. A coalition of Silicon Valley tech giants has doubled down on its criticism of encryption backdoors following a proposal that would give law enforcement access to locked and encrypted devices.

The group, which focuses on efforts to reform government surveillance, said in a statement that it continues to advocate for strong encryption, and decried attempts to undermine the technology.

“Recent reports have described new proposals to engineer vulnerabilities into devices and services — but they appear to suffer from the same technical and design concerns that security researchers have identified for years,” the statement read. . .

But security experts and cryptographers say that any kind of backdoor can’t be done without it risking being abused or exploited by hackers — and criticized Ozzie’s plan as flawed . . .

The tech coalition includes Microsoft — Ozzie’s former employer — as well as Apple, Facebook, and Google, and Verizon and Yahoo’s parent company Oath — all of which were hit by allegations of complicity with the government’s surveillance efforts. (Read more from “Tech Giants Previously Accused of NSA Collusion Now Slam U.S. Government over Encryption Backdoors” HERE)

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Judge Keeps Lawsuit Alive Claiming the NSA Spied on Everyone in SLC During the 2002 Olympics

By Fox 13. A federal judge has kept alive a lawsuit alleging the National Security Agency spied on everyone in the Salt Lake City area during the 2002 Winter Olympics.

In an order handed down on Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Shelby formally denied a series of motions by both plaintiffs and the NSA until after evidence in the case had been exchanged. He then said motions to either dismiss the case or rule in the plaintiffs favor could then be reconsidered. (Read more from “Judge Keeps Lawsuit Alive Claiming the NSA Spied on Everyone in SLC During the 2002 Olympics” HERE)

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Trump ‘Gangnam Style’ Celebration Video Is the Most Fun You’ll Have All Day

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Kudos to Solent Greenis Productions for this two minutes of pure fun.

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Nancy Pelosi Thinks She’s Going To Be Speaker Of The House

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By The Daily Caller. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi thinks she’s going to take Speaker of the House Paul Ryan’s job after the mid-term elections this November.

“We will win. I will run for speaker. I feel confident about it. And my members do, too,” Pelosi told The Boston Globe in a Tuesday interview.

“It’s important that it not be five white guys at the table, no offense,” Pelosi said. “I have no intention of walking away from that table.”

If Democrats do retake the House, Pelosi is certain to face resistance from members of her own party who want her to step aside. (Read more from “Nancy Pelosi Thinks She’s Going to Be Speaker of the House” HERE)

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Nancy Pelosi Says She’ll Run for Speaker. Some Democrats Are Running the Other Way.

By CNN. . .Though it was long assumed that Pelosi would run for speaker again, the assurance is both a gift and a curse for the party heading into this year’s critical midterm elections. It gives more potency to a message Republicans have long employed: Vote for the Democrat, get Pelosi as speaker.

Her comments will now surely be featured in the countless ads that will run between now and November, laying the California Democrat — and her policies — at the feet of Democrats who hope to unseat vulnerable Republicans in swing districts. In response, some Democrats backed by the national party are already running away from her, pledging to vote against her if they get the chance or waffling on the question altogether.

“Pelosi is the face of a far-left, progressive agenda that would do great harm to our country if ever enacted,” Jesse Hunt, press secretary of the National Republican Congressional Committee, said when asked about how Pelosi’s announcement will loom in the election. “Expect support for her to be among the most contentious debates in Democratic primaries over the next few months.” (Read more from “Nancy Pelosi Says She’ll Run for Speaker. Some Democrats Are Running the Other Way.” HERE)

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Judge Napolitano Warns What Could Really End the Trump Presidency

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Fox news senior judicial analyst Judge Andrew Napolitano warned President Donald Trump on “Cavuto Coast To Coast” Tuesday to tread lightly when he sits down with Robert Mueller.

“It’s a very dangerous environment for [Trump] because any white lie, even one that is not intentional, can result in indictment,” Napolitano said. “This is a strange environment that the courts have permitted, where the government can lie to you, the government can use trickery and deception and traps. But if you lie to the government, this is a Martha Stewart case, you can be indicted.” . . .

“Mueller could get an indictment and the question is, is anybody going to prosecute [Trump] while he’s a sitting president,” Napolitano added. “Most Justice Department regulations say no. You file the indictment to stop the running of the statute of limitations, but you can’t prosecute until after he leaves office.” (Read more from “Judge Napolitano Warns What Could Really End the Trump Presidency” HERE)

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Victim of Pulse Nightclub Shooting Says He’s Found Christ, Free from Gay Lifestyle

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Luis Javier Ruiz, a survivor of the June 2016 mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, says God saved him from his former lifestyle, and he has now found freedom in Jesus Christ.

Jesus “didn’t just change my life, but exchanged my life for His,” Ruiz said, according PJ Media.

“I should have been number 50!,” Ruiz wrote in an April 27 Facebook post, referring to the 49 people who lost their lives in the attack. “Going through old pictures of the night of Pulse, I remember my struggles of perversion, heavy drinking to drown out everything and having promiscuous sex that led to HIV. My struggles were real! The enemy had its grip, and now God has taken me from that moment and has given me Christ Jesus.”

“I’ve grown to know His love in a deeper level,” he continued. “2 out of the 49 were my close friends and are no longer with us. They lost their life that night. I should have been number 50 but now I have the chance to live in relationship and not religion — not just loving Christ but being in love with Christ and sharing His love. I know who I am and I am not defined with who the enemy says I use to be – but who Christ Jesus says I am.”

Ruiz’s post about his life transformation comes in anticipation of the Freedom March in Washington, D.C. “The worship event will kick off at the National Sylvan Theater at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 5 with speakers sharing their testimonies as they celebrate their freedom from homosexuality thanks to Jesus Christ,” Christianity Today reported.

The march organizers have partnered with “Voice for the Voiceless,” a group who’s mission is “to defend the rights of former homosexuals, individuals with unwanted same-sex attraction, and their families,” according to the organization’s website.

Christopher Doyle, co-founder of Voice of the Voiceless, told NBC News that the event is “about celebrating our lives and not hating the LGBTQ movement.” . . .

The Freedom March also follows proposed legislation in the California Legislature that seeks to ban the sale of books written by former gay individuals and Christians who want to offer help to those looking to leave the gay lifestyle.

“(B)ill AB 2943 aims to ban gay conversion therapy, as well as advertising for these commercial services, deeming it a deceptive business practice under consumer protection laws. California already forbids conversion therapy by mental health professionals on those younger than 18,” the Denver Post reported.

This legislation has received widespread push back, including from those involved in the Freedom March.

“Freedom March organizers want to know why Californians want to silence their choice to share their stories,” PJ Media reported. “Event founder Jeffrey McCall states, ‘Everyone in this country gets to speak their ideals and beliefs freely, so why can’t we tell our stories?’”

Besides Ruiz’s posts about his conversion to Christianity and the Freedom March, he has also publicly forgiven Omar Mateen, the perpetrator of the deadly nightclub shooting, and Mateen’s wife, Noor Salman.

“When Jesus died for me on the cross for all my sins he forgave me and today I publicly want to say that I forgive these two,” he wrote. “This was very hard but no longer will I give these power over my life! It’s time to let the father in heaven completely heal my heart.”

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Watch: Rudy Giuliani Reveals Trump Paid Cohen $130k for Stormy Daniels in Bombshell Interview

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By The Daily Wire. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who is now a member of President Donald Trump’s legal team, told Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Wednesday that Trump reimbursed his personal attorney Michael Cohen $130,000 for his payment to Stormy Daniels.

“That was money that was paid by his lawyer,” Giuliani told Hannity. “The president reimbursed it over several months.”

“That money was not campaign money,” Giuliani continued. “Sorry — I’m giving you a fact that you don’t know. It’s not campaign money — no campaign finance violation.” (Read more from “Watch: Rudy Giuliani Reveals Trump Paid Cohen $130k for Stormy Daniels in Bombshell Interview” HERE)

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Giuliani Says Trump Paid $130g to Cohen for ‘Expenses’ over Several Months

By Fox News. . .On “Hannity,” Giuliani said Trump repaid Cohen “over several months” by putting him on a “retainer of $35,000 when he was doing no work for the president.”

“I said, ‘That’s how he’s repaying it, with a little profit and a little margin for paying taxes,'” said Giuliani, who added that Trump “didn’t know about the specifics of [the payment], as far as I know, but he did know about the general arrangement that Michael would take care of things like this. Like I take care of things like this for my clients. I don’t burden them with every single thing that comes along.”

Last month, Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he had no knowledge about the payment Cohen made to Daniels. When asked why Cohen sent Daniels the money, the president answered: “You’ll have to ask Michael Cohen – Michael’s my attorney.”

Days later, federal agents raided Cohen’s home, office and hotel room in New York City.

After Giuliani’s appearance on “Hannity,” sources familiar with the matter told Fox News that Trump did in fact repay Cohen the $130,000 Cohen paid to Daniels, over several months. (Read more from “Giuliani Says Trump Paid $130g to Cohen for ‘Expenses’ over Several Months” HERE)

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Doctors Told Mom 20 Times to Abort This Now Miraculously Healthy Baby

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By The Daily Wire. . .While every baby, including and especially ones diagnosed with disabilities in the womb, deserves life from conception until natural death, it is important to highlight cases where doctors predicted a child would have crippling disabilities and advised their mother to abort them based on that diagnosis, only to have the child live on to prove them wrong.

According to LifeNews, Samantha Dukes of Scotland nearly aborted her son, Dexson, when doctors told her he would die immediately after birth from spina bifida, conjoined kidneys and a brain disorder.

For an estimated total of 20 times, the doctors pressured Dukes into aborting her son as a way to speed up the process. She refused and her son is now four years old and functioning.

“But even when I was 33 weeks pregnant, I was still being asked, ‘Are you sure you want to continue? it’s not too late,’” she remembered. “I was asked if I wanted one [an abortion] every time I had an appointment. I was told because he had no cerebellum in his brain he wouldn’t even be able to hold his head up, he’d be a vegetable.” (Read more from “Doctors Told Mom 20 Times to Abort This Now Miraculously Healthy Baby” HERE)

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Doctors Told Mom 20 Times to Abort Baby with No Brain Who Wouldn’t Survive Birth, Now He’s Healthy

By Life Site News. . .On March 24, 2014, she gave birth to Dexson via cesarean section, according to the report. He underwent several surgeries during the first few weeks of life, but his mother said he was a fighter.

Four years later, Dexson can walk short distances on his own, and he attends preschool with other children in the community, his mother said.

His spina bifida does cause pain in his back and legs, and eventually, he will need another surgery on his spinal cord; but Dukes said he does not complain.

“You never hear him complain,” she said. “He’s such a happy little boy and I’m awfully proud to be his mum.

“He’s a wee miracle,” Dukes continued. “To look at him, you’d think there was nothing wrong with him. He’s an inspirational little boy.” (Read more from “Doctors Told Mom 20 Times to Abort Baby with No Brain Who Wouldn’t Survive Birth, Now He’s Healthy” HERE)

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