Drug User Cannot Be Barred From Owning Guns, U.S. Court Rules

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that a decades-old law prohibiting users of illegal drugs from owning firearms was unconstitutional as applied to the case of a marijuana user, the latest fallout from a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that expanded gun rights.

A three-judge panel of the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the federal law violated a Mississippi man’s right to “keep and bear arms” under the U.S. Constitution’s Second Amendment.

The man, Patrick Daniels, had been convicted under that law after law enforcement found a pistol and a semi-automatic rifle in his vehicle during a traffic stop along with marijuana cigarette butts.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration did not administer a drug test, though Daniels admitted he sometimes smoked marijuana, which federal law prohibits. He was sentenced to nearly four years in prison.

While his case was pending, the conservative-majority Supreme Court in June 2022 declared for the first time that the Second Amendment protects an individual’s right to carry a handgun in public for self-defense. (Read more from “Drug User Cannot Be Barred From Owning Guns, U.S. Court Rules” HERE)

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Religious Group Blasts FBI Memo: ‘Unconstitutional Effort to Surveil Catholics’

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A Catholic advocacy group tore into the FBI on Wednesday over revelations that an effort from the bureau’s Richmond, Virginia, office to target certain “traditionalist” Catholics may have been more widespread.

CatholicVote referenced a less redacted version of an FBI document released by the House Judiciary Committee that revealed involvement from the bureau’s Portland and Los Angeles offices in an initiative that had initially appeared isolated to the Richmond office.

“The FBI has finally acknowledged what we have long suspected, namely that FBI efforts to spy on Catholic churches went far beyond a single field office and a so-called rogue agent,” CatholicVote President Brian Burch said in a statement.

Burch added, “Further, these new FBI admissions raise even more questions now about the intent, purpose, and scope of this illegal and unconstitutional effort to surveil Catholics inside of churches across America.”

The document, which was first leaked soon after its internal issuance by the FBI’s Richmond field office in January, functioned as a threat assessment of “radical-traditionalist Catholics.” The FBI determined they made up a “small minority of overall Roman Catholic adherents” and that there existed an “increasingly observed interest” of violent extremists within that particular group of Catholics. (Read more from “Religious Group Blasts FBI Memo: ‘Unconstitutional Effort to Surveil Catholics’” HERE)

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Perverters in Chief: Jill Biden Goes on Grotesque New Mission

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First Lady Jill Biden’s campaign role is to go where the 2024 votes are for her octogenarian husband – and for Democrats that means the symbolic “queer” capital of the world, San Francisco, where she posed last week with a bevy of homosexual drag queens.

Mrs. Biden ventured to the LGBT mecca for an event at Manny’s, a community gathering “space” that boasted on Instagram in a post about her visit as being “unapologetically queer and unapologetically political.”

The Manny’s Instagram post shows Jill Biden posing with what appears to be five drag queens, men dressing up as pretend women. Such “queens” usually come off as crude caricatures mocking the fairer sex. The post’s caption reads: “This photo says it all – San Francisco queens meeting the First Lady of the United States of America in a civic meeting space in the Mission District of my fair city of San Francisco.” . . .

Underneath the Manny’s photo with Mrs. Biden in the Libs of TikTok tweet is another photo from a different pro-LGBT Instagram account (“sweetestmilksf”) showing a drag queen posing with a bunch of young children, along with an adult dressed as the Easter Bunny. In the space of just a few years, establishment Democrats have fully embraced the idea that homosexual drag queens – who in their adult “drag show” performances usually revel in crude sexual humor – are appropriate role models for innocent kids. . .

In June, Mrs. Biden held a Democrat fundraiser at Manny’s. Politico reporter Dustin Gardiner quoted her at the event as saying about the 2024 election: “Remember how hard it was last time? This time, it’s going to be even harder… The fight for freedom doesn’t end. This is the most important election of our lives.”

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Biden Rips Reporter’s ‘Lousy Question’ About Speakerphone Calls With Hunter

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President Biden insisted Wednesday that he “never talked business with anybody” after his son Hunter’s former business partner Devon Archer told Congress last week that he was on speakerphone during roughly 20 business meetings and even met his son’s foreign patrons at in-person events.

“There’s this testimony now where one of your son’s former business associates is claiming that you were on speakerphone a lot with them, talking business,” Fox News correspondent Peter Doocy told Biden after a wind-power event in New Mexico.

“I never talked business with anybody. I knew you’d have a lousy question,” Biden scoffed.

“Why is that a lousy question?” Doocy asked.

“Because it’s not true,” the president replied as he walked away. (Read more from “Biden Rips Reporter’s ‘Lousy Question’ About Speakerphone Calls With Hunter” HERE)

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‘Barbie’ Banned in Kuwait, Under Fire in Lebanon for ‘Promoting Homosexuality’

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Though Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” movie has topped $1 billion in global ticket sales, some countries still aren’t on board.

The bubblegum pink flick won’t see a premiere in Kuwait to protect “public ethics and social traditions,” Reuters reported.

Lafi Al-Subaie, chairman of the film censorship committee in Kuwait, has accused “Barbie” of “carrying ideas that encourage unacceptable behavior and distort society’s values,” according to the Hollywood Reporter, which cited local media reports.

And in Lebanon, per Reuters, the film has been accused of “promoting homosexuality.”

Minister Mohammad Mortada, who is supported by the powerful political party and militant group Hezbollah, said the movie was found to “promote homosexuality and sexual transformation” and “contradicts values of faith and morality,” as it lessens the “importance of the family unit.” (Read more from “‘Barbie’ Banned in Kuwait, Under Fire in Lebanon for ‘Promoting Homosexuality'” HERE)

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The Biggest Threat to Christianity Isn’t What You Think

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Christianity is unquestionably under assault in our relativistic, befuddled and rabidly flummoxed culture, with multiple forces increasingly placing intense pressure on the traditional beliefs that were once core to the American identity.

With so much disarray and furor dominating society and chipping away at faithful ethics, one might ponder the many powers at work to discern which is the biggest threat to the faith. . .

But there’s one factor we often ignore — and our reluctance on some level to address it is understandable: Christianity is under attack from within.

Confronting this reality requires the difficult task of looking inward, examining our churches and Christian institutions, and acknowledging something truly uncomfortable. This “attack” from within the ranks of churches isn’t coming from progressive leaders or malevolent forces, though these facets certainly play a role in sowing confusion and eroding truth.

The biggest threat to Christianity right now is illiteracy, apathy and disregard of the basic facets of devotion to which faith calls us. (Read more from “The Biggest Threat to Christianity Isn’t What You Think” HERE)

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Biden Admin Secretly Encouraged Overthrow of Leader Who Wasn’t Pro-Ukraine Enough, Leaked Cable Reveals

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President Joe Biden’s administration’s diplomats encouraged Pakistani political leaders to remove former Prime Minister Imran Khan from office after he hesitated to criticize Russia for its war against Ukraine, according to a new report on Wednesday.

Imran Khan was removed from office in April 2022 after a controversial vote of no-confidence by the Pakistani National Assembly. On March 7, 2022, officials from the Department of State met with Pakistan’s then-Ambassador to the United States Asad Majeed Khan and encouraged Imran Khan’s removal from office after he visited Russia shortly after it began hostilities in Ukraine, according to a diplomatic cable that was published by The Intercept.

“I think if the no-confidence vote against the Prime Minister succeeds, all will be forgiven in Washington,” said Donald Lu, the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, according to the cable. “[T]he Russia visit is being looked at as a decision by the Prime Minister.”

Lu claimed that Imran Khan’s visit had damaged the Pakistan-U.S. bilateral relationship and that, absent Khan’s ouster, relations “will be tough going ahead,” the cable shows.

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State Lawmakers Across the Country Are Ditching the Democrats for the GOP: Report

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In multiple states, Democratic legislators are switching their parties to become Republicans, citing the Democratic Party’s left-wing shift and the difficulty to accomplish policy goals, according to several reports.

Since 1994, 173 state legislators have changed their parties mid-term, of which 83 were Democrats who became Republicans, while just 23 shifted the other way, according to research by Politico. Since 2022, at least three legislators in West Virginia, North Carolina and Louisiana, who were elected as Democrats, have joined the Republican benches with significant political consequences.

In West Virginia, first-term state Del. Elliott Pritt became a Republican, joining the House of Delegates’ 88-seat Republican supermajority in a 100-member chamber, according to an announcement reported by West Virginia Public Broadcasting. Pritt attributed his decision to the Democratic Party’s powerlessness in the state legislature and frustration with repeated failures by the party to enact policy.

“Even if I were to run again and win, I would look at another term of never getting another bill passed, never getting anything done. For the time I’m going to be there, I’m not going to sit there and be a lame duck and not get anything,” said Pritt in comments reported by Politico. Pritt was preceded by former state Del. Mick Bates, who switched his party affiliation to Republican during the last session of the legislature, in 2021. (Read more from “State Lawmakers Across the Country Are Ditching the Democrats for the GOP: Report” HERE)

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January 6 Committee Destroyed Records, Videos; Trump’s Rights Violated

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The January 6 Committee defied a demand last year by incoming Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) that it preserve all of its records, evidence, and transcripts, and has destroyed much of what it collected over more than a year of investigation.

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) made that revelation to Fox News Digital on Tuesday, also noting that the committee had not looked into possible security lapses at the Capitol, and that much of the material the committee did preserve was disorganized.

Fox News reported:

The House select committee that investigated the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021 failed to adequately preserve documents, data and video depositions – including communications it had with the Biden White House that are still missing – according to the Republican lawmaker overseeing the GOP investigation into the committee’s work.

The now-disbanded “J6” committee, which was run by Democrats and included only two GOP members, has also failed to provide any evidence that it looked into Capitol Hill security failures on the day of the riot, Rep. Barry Loudermilk, R-Ga., chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight for the Committee on House Administration, told Fox News Digital.

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Trump: I Won’t Sign RNC Pledge to Endorse GOP Nominee

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Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Balance” that he would not sign the Republican National Committee’s pledge to support the GOP nominee to attend the first primary debate on August 23 on Fox News.

Trump said, “I’ve already decided and I’ll be announcing something next week.” . . .

Trump said, “Well, when you’re at 75, 78, 80%, and other guys are 0, 1%, 2%, 3%, you do say, ‘What’s the upside? Am I going to go up one point? But they could go up, you know. They’re not dumb people. They’re senators. They’re governors. They’re intelligent people. You have some very good people.”

Trump said, “I have a problem with the debate for another reason. I wouldn’t sign the pledge. Why would I sign a pledge if there are people on there that I wouldn’t have? I wouldn’t have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse. So, they want you to sign a pledge, but I can name three or four people that I wouldn’t support for president. So there is a problem right there.” . . .

Trump said, “There’s no reason to insult them but there are some people there that a lot of people wouldn’t endorse.” (Read more from “Trump: I Won’t Sign RNC Pledge to Endorse GOP Nominee” HERE)

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