Pope Francis Rewrites Catholicism… and the Bible

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Last week, the Vatican announced that Pope Francis had changed the Catholic catechism. After 2,000 years of teaching that a moral use of capital punishment for murder is consistent with Catholic teaching, the pope announced that the catechism, the church fathers and St. Thomas Aquinas, among the other great Catholic theologians, were all wrong.

And God and the Bible? They’re wrong, too.

Pope Francis, the product of Latin American liberation theology — along with many other Catholic religious and lay leaders — is remaking Catholicism in the image of leftism, just as mainstream Protestant leaders have been rendering much of mainstream Protestantism a branch of leftism, and non-Orthodox Jewish clergy and lay leaders have been rendering most non-Orthodox synagogues and lay institutions left-wing organizations.

The notion that it is immoral to execute any murderer — no matter how heinous the murder, no matter how many innocents he has murdered, no matter how incontrovertible the proof of guilt — is an expression of emotion, not of reason or natural law or Christian theology or biblical theology. . .

But the Bible makes it clear capital punishment for murder is applicable to all of humanity. It is the first law God gives Noah after the flood, after commanding him to be fruitful and multiply. Putting murderers to death is therefore the first moral law God gives the world. Why this draconian penalty for murder? Because the penalty is a statement about the seriousness of a crime, and the God of the Bible deems the wrongful, deliberate taking of a human life the pinnacle of injustice. Allowing all murderers to keep their own lives diminishes the evil of murder and thereby cheapens the worth of the human being. In God’s words, “Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed, for God made man in his own image” (Genesis 9:6). (Read more from “Pope Francis Rewrites Catholicism… and the Bible” HERE)

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Venezuela: Where Inflation Is so Bad That $1 Can Buy You 3.5 Million Liters of Gasoline

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Venezuela is a total disaster. Inflation is through the roof. Medical supplies are low. Basic commodities, like toilet paper, are in short supply. Readily available medicines, which we take for granted, are not around. Crime has risen. Economic destitution abounds—and yet democratic socialists in America want to exportthat misery here. The people are starving. It’s become so bad that people are eating out of garbage cans. In some cases, Venezuelan doctors, teachers, and even childrenare not prostituting for food. Zoo animals, dogs, cats, and birds have been targeted for food. In the meantime, waiting in line at the supermarket could land you in legal trouble with the police. With food so scarce, people wait overnight to try and get something for their families, an illegal activity in the country. So, how bad is Venezuela’s inflation problem?

The International Monetary Fund says the rate could hit 1 million percent. No, that’s not a joke. It’s on that projected path. Right now, French news agency AFP reported that one U.S. dollar could buy you 3.5 million liters of gasoline:

In Venezuela’s inflation-hit economy, a single US dollar can buy 3.5 million liters of gasoline– an absurdity that the government says it will tackle with a hike in the cost of state-subsidized fuel. . .

Maduro announced on July 29 plans to adjust the price of gasoline and regulate sales based on the so-called “fatherland card,” an electronic card that provides access to subsidies. As a first step the government began a census of motor vehicles, set to end on Sunday.

A liter of 91-octane gasoline currently costs one bolivar, while 95-octane gas costs six. By contrast, a single egg in Venezuela’s hyperinflation ravaged economy — estimated by the IMF at one million percent in 2018 — costs 200,000 bolivars.

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Trump Admits Russia Collusion Is Completely Real, but Not in the Way You’d Expect

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Almost from the moment he shockingly defeated failed Democrat nominee Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, many on the left have insisted — with no substantial evidence — that President Donald Trump “colluded” and conspired with the Russian government to “steal” the election away from its rightful winner, Clinton.

Trump has of course denied such a thing ever occurred and has consistently pushed back on the incessant liberal media narrative of such and the Robert Mueller special counsel probe that is investigating the liberal conspiracy theory, and did so again with a couple of tweets on Monday, according to Newsmax.

The tweets from Trump, which cited quotes from conservative pundit Dan Bongino, acknowledged the existence of actual Russian collusion as being “very real,” but asserted the collusion was “100%” on the part of Clinton and the Democrats, not his own campaign.

Trump tweeted, “’Collusion with Russia was very real. Hillary Clinton and her team 100% colluded with the Russians, and so did Adam Schiff who is on tape trying to collude with what he thought was Russians to obtain compromising material on DJT. We also know that Hillary Clinton paid through….”

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Lawmaker Slips Up, Admits ‘We Have to Regulate Every Aspect of People’s Lives’

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You should remember the name Jesse Dominguez. He lives in Santa Barbara where he is a city councilman.

The reason you should care about this particular councilman in Santa Barbara is because he holds a surprising view of personal freedom and liberty. Dominguez recently said in a public meeting: “Unfortunately, common sense is just not common. We have to regulate every aspect of people’s lives.” . . .

The answer to that is probably not, because after Dominguez blurted out those blatantly progressive words, the backlash ensued and an apology followed.

“I just wanted to apologize,” Dominguez said at the beginning of the meeting, according to Santa Barbara’s Noozhawk. “A few weeks ago I made a string of words in a rhetorical fashion about regulation and they were not taken as rhetorical and that’s my fault so I want to apologize.” . . .

Unfortunately for Dominguez, what happens in Santa Barbara doesn’t necessarily stay in Santa Barbara. When word spread about the councilman’s lack of confidence his constituents’ intelligence, social media weighed in.

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DOJ Slapped With Lawsuit After Refusing to Give up Records on Comey’s Leaker

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The Daily Caller News Foundation is suing the Department of Justice for failing to produce records regarding the Columbia University professor who received four memos from former FBI Director James Comey, one of which was leaked to The New York Times.

Cause of Action Institute, a conservative nonprofit watchdog, filed the lawsuit on behalf of TheDCNF Monday after the Justice Department and the FBI failed to produce any records related to Daniel Richman in response to the news organization’s April 25 Freedom of Information Act request.

Richman is a long-time friend and confidante of Comey and obtained at least four of the former FBI director’s memos about his conversations with President Donald Trump, two of which contained classified information, according to news reports. He leaked at least one Comey memo to The New York Times.

Meanwhile, Comey, in a July 5, 2016 press conference, absolved then-Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of any criminal activity in using her private server for government business while she served as secretary of state, saying that she was “extremely careless,” but not grossly negligent in using a private server for official government business. Gross negligence would constitute a federal offense tied to the mishandling of classified government secrets.

Comey hired Richman as a special government employee, or SGE, to conduct an assortment of personal duties for him, including the task of developing “talking points” about the bureau’s investigation of Clinton’s use of a private email server. (Read more from “DOJ Slapped With Lawsuit After Refusing to Give up Records on Comey’s Leaker” HERE)

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CNN Analyst Admits Something MAJOR About Trump Tower Meeting

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By The Daily Caller. CNN legal analyst Ross Garber said on Monday that Donald Trump Jr.’s Trump Tower meeting with Russians was probably not illegal.

Some analysts have argued the Trump Tower meeting is a violation of election law, which prevents campaigns from accepting any “thing of value” from a foreign national.

“I think there’s actually a fairly good argument that it’s not illegal, that information would not be considered by the courts to be a ‘thing of value,’ largely because of the First Amendment,” Garber explained.

Garber also compared the meeting to the Clinton campaign paying for the infamous Steele dossier, which was at least in part compiled with the help of Russian nationals.

“Then the other thing the president points out, fairly, is if information is a thing of value, well then what about the information that came from Russian nationals and to the Clinton campaign and the DNC through Steele?That’s a fair point,” Garber asserted. (Read more from “CNN Analyst Admits Something Major About Trump Tower Meeting” HERE)

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What We Know About the Trump Tower Meeting

By ABC News. Michael Cohen says Trump knew about the New York City meeting before it happened, multiple sources have told ABC News.

Cohen’s attorney, Lanny Davis, has declined to comment to ABC News, other than to deny he was the source of that information reported earlier by CNN.

Trump took to Twitter Friday to again deny knowledge of the meeting while questioning Cohen’s credibility. . .

In a statement on behalf of Donald Trump Jr., Trump Organization attorney Alan Futerfas said, “Donald Trump Jr. has been professional and responsible throughout the Mueller and Congressional investigations. We are very confident of the accuracy and reliability of the information that has been provided by Mr. Trump, Jr., and on his behalf.”

The news comes as federal investigators have subpoenaed one of the Trump Organization’s top executives, chief financial officer Allen Weisselberg, as part of the investigation into Cohen. (Read more from “What We Know About the Trump Tower Meeting” HERE)

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Iraqi Refugee Charged With Attempted Murder of a Cop Was Set for Deportation Before Court Ruling

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An Iraqi refugee facing attempted murder charges in Colorado for shooting a police officer was set for deportation in 2016 until a court ruling freed him.

Karrar Noaman Al Khammasi left an officer with the Colorado Springs Police Department in critical condition following a shootout Thursday near the U.S. Olympic Training Center. An immigration judge previously ruled in June 2016 Al Khammasi be deported after violating probation terms stemming from a 2015 plea for felony trespassing, reports the Associated Press.

Al Khammasi was released from the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Nov. 7, 2016 after officials cited a ruling from the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that determined certain immigration laws concerning violent crimes are unconstitutionally vague and open defendants up to unfair deportation. . .

It is unclear what prompted the shootout with police Thursday. Al Khammasi, who remains at UCHealth Memorial Hospital Central after being injured in the confrontation, was out on $1,000 bail for a weapons charge before the incident. (Read more from “Iraqi Refugee Charged With Attempted Murder of a Cop Was Set for Deportation Before Court Ruling” HERE)

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Watch: Never-Trumper Who Rejected Trump in 2016 Has Incredible Response After Seeing Trump’s Accomplishments

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By The Blaze. If there’s one thing President Donald Trump accomplished while running for the White House, it was fracturing the Republican Party into two camps: The Trump supporters and the so-called “Never-Trumpers.”

Never-Trumpers are mostly conservatives who could not, in good conscience, support Trump’s candidacy, despite his upwelling of populist support from America’s heartland that looked like it could defeat Hillary Clinton.

Many Never-Trumpers have relented a year and a half into Trump’s presidency, thanks to his action on tax reform and his Supreme Court nominees, Neil Gorsuch — who has since been confirmed to the court — and Brett Kavanaugh, whose confirmation process is heating up. . .

The unidentified man told Fox News reporter Griff Jenkins that he didn’t vote for Trump in 2016 because he didn’t think Trump would be “a good Republican.” But Trump has done a lot to change his mind since. . .

“The best thing he’s done in my opinion is the tax cuts and the Supreme Court pick, and if he keeps doing a good job, I will — so I didn’t vote for anybody in this very last election, but this time around I probably will vote for him,” he explained.

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Trump Says It’s a ‘Complete Fabrication’ He’s Concerned His Son Is in Legal Trouble in Russia Probe

By ABC News. President Trump took to Twitter Sunday to insist he is not concerned about potential legal questions surrounding his son Donald Trump Jr.’s involvement in a 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russians.

The president called it “a complete fabrication” that he is “concerned about the meeting my wonderful son, Donald, had in Trump Tower.”

Trump was apparently responding to reporting from The Washington Post and other outlets that the president has been increasingly brooding in private about the Mueller probe, particularly as it relates to his son’s possible entanglement in the investigation.

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Watch: Video of President Trump Stopping Motorcade, Hopping out to Thank Firefighters Goes Viral

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A video of President Trump stopping his motorcade and climbing out of his limousine to greet a couple dozen flabbergasted firefighters is setting the interwebs on fire.

In the video, when “The Beast” (as Trump’s car is known) suddenly stops, two Secret Service agents walk up to the window. It’s unclear if they’re trying to discourage the president from getting out or simply making a quick plan for his impromptu stop.

One firefighter had been filming the motorcade as it rolled in. As the agents talk with the president, the firefighter says, “No, he’s not…” and laughs nervously. . .

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Lawmaker Under Heavy Fire After Stomach-Churning Nude Photo Scandal Breaks

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In what was easily the most stomach-churning, dispiriting political story of the week, an Illinois state representative has resigned after his ex-girlfriend alleged he used naked photos of her to lure men into explicit, sexually charged online discussions.

According to Politico, first-term Illinois state Rep. Nick Sauer was drummed out after Kate Kelly, his former girlfriend, filed a complaint with the Illinois’ Office of the Legislative Inspector General.

Kelly’s complaint stated Sauer used the pictures on an Instagram account “to catfish other men using my privately shared naked photos. Nick would use this account to direct message men with my photos to engage in graphic conversations of a sexual nature. The men believed they were communicating with me and Nick shared private details of my life.”

The complaint also claims Kelly has filed a complaint with the Chicago Police Department over Sauer’s use of the photos and that law enforcement is conducting “an active investigation” into the allegations. Chicago Police have not yet responded to a Freedom of Information Act request in the matter.

Kelly told Politico that the two started a long-distance relationship on dating app Tinder and that she moved to Chicago in 2017 to be with him. However, the two broke up earlier this year, apparently because Sauer was seeing other women. (Read more from “Lawmaker Under Heavy Fire After Stomach-Churning Nude Photo Scandal Breaks” HERE)

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