Donald Trump: I Might Have Made a Mistake by Endorsing Luther Strange

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President Donald Trump admitted to Alabama voters Friday that he might have made a mistake by endorsing appointed Alabama Sen. Luther Strange in the Republican primary.

“We have to be loyal in life,” Trump said. “There is something called loyalty, and I might have made a mistake and I’ll be honest, I might have made a mistake.”

Trump appeared in Alabama for a campaign rally for Strange, despite polling showing him still lagging behind his primary challenger conservative Judge Roy Moore.

Trump predicted that if Strange lost, his political opponents and the media would cite it as a big loss for Trump, but that he wanted to repay the appointed senator for his loyal support in the Senate. (Read more from “Donald Trump: I Might Have Made a Mistake by Endorsing Luther Strange” HERE)

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Report: Abortionist Dead in Jail of Suicide

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A man named in a 30-felony indictment for allegedly doing underground abortions has been found dead in his jail cell, according to a team of pro-life advocates.

Rick Van Thiel, 54, was found hanged in an apparent suicide, Operation Rescue said.

He was being held at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas at the time.

“Van Thiel was arrested and jailed in September, 2015, for conducting abortions and other quack medical treatments out of a grimy trailer in his junk-cluttered back yard. A local news reporter dubbed it the ‘Trailer of Terror,’” Operation Rescue said.

The organization that monitors the abortion industry and advocates for strict limits, explained Van Thiel “was never formally educated, trained, or licensed in the field of medicine.” (Read more from “Report: Abortionist Dead in Jail Died of Suicide” HERE)

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McCain Again Refuses to Support Obamacare Overhaul

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By Christina Wilkie. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., on Friday said he “cannot in good conscience vote” for the latest GOP Obamacare repeal plan.

McCain is one of four Republican senators who have been undecided on the proposal, known as the Graham-Cassidy bill, and his opposition dealt the bill’s chances a significant blow. Health care stocks jumped on the news.

In a statement, McCain said his opposition stemmed in large part from how rapidly the bill, nicknamed for Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, was being pushed through the Senate in order to meet a September 30 procedural deadline.

McCain said he cannot vote for the bill without knowing how it will affect premiums, how much it will cost, and how many people it would help or hurt.

“Without a full CBO score, which won’t be available by the end of the month, we won’t have reliable answers to any of those questions.” he said. (Read more from “McCain Again Refuses to Support Obamacare Overhaul” HERE)

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Is Obamacare Finally Safe?

By Politico. Obamacare has endured more than seven years of political attacks, dozens of congressional repeal votes and four Supreme Court challenges. But as of today, the Democrats’ universal health care law is as secure as it’s ever been.

Sen. John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) opposition to the latest repeal effort sponsored by his closest friend in the Senate likely doomed the bill — and with it, the hope that Republicans could fulfill their campaign pledge to undo Barack Obama’s signature domestic policy achievement before a Sept. 30 deadline.

On top of that, the insurance markets are alive and, despite skyrocketing premiums and dwindling competition, face no threat of immediate collapse.

While the GOP repeal effort may not be over, it took a severe hit with McCain’s opposition just days before a Sept. 30 deadline. The 52-member Republican conference can afford to lose no more than two members. McCain joined Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) as public “no” votes. In addition, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine is widely viewed as a “no” — she trashed the bill to her local paper on Friday — and Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is skeptical; both opposed the Senate repeal effort in July. (Read more from “Is Obamacare Finally Safe?” HERE)

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Surveillance Footage Reveals Murder-Suicide in Illinois House Fire

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When Pamela Ringenberg awoke to the frightening sound of a smoke alarm in her Bloomington, Illinois home, she had no idea the horror that awaited her.

According to a statement by police, Ringenberg “frantically searched for her family members but was unable to find them.” She then fled to get help from her neighbors.

It wasn’t until later, when home surveillance camera footage was viewed, that the true horror was apparent: Her husband, Eric Ringenberg, 33, had allegedly been the culprit.

According to police, the 33-year-old father of two hid the family cellphones in the kitchen cabinets, returned to the basement where he had been with his sons, and murdered them.

He then hanged himself, setting the house on fire immediately beforehand. Firefighters found all three bodies as they rushed into the home Tuesday morning.

It was later confirmed through an autopsy that Eric Ringenberg’s death was from suicide and that both boys had been strangled. Pamela Ringenberg was hospitalized for smoke inhalation.

After such an extreme loss, she issued a statement to her friends and family on Facebook, asking for prayers and that they “refrain from judgement and understand this is a very difficult time.”

This is a difficult time that far too many parents go through.

By definition, filicide is the killing of one or more children by a parent, stepparent or other parental figure.

A study in the Forensic Science International journal published over three decades worth of data regarding this crime, reporting devastating results: The average number of kids killed by their parents every year totaled 500.

In 72 percent of recorded cases, the children were six years old or younger. One-third of the victims were under one year of age.

The study’s objective is to generate research that “may help identify at-risk populations and improve prevention and treatment.”

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Pro-Life Senate Candidate: ‘Abortion, sodomy, Sexual Perversion Sweep Our Land’

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U.S. Senate candidate and former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore blasted the “immorality, abortion, sodomy,” and “sexual perversion” that “sweep our land” in a debate last night.

“I wanna see virtue and morality return to our country,” said Moore. “God is the only source of our law, liberty, and government. You know our first president said that virtue and morality was a necessary spring of popular government. He said who that is a sincere friend to it can look with indifference on attempts to shake the foundation of the fabric. Our foundation has been shaken.”

“Crime, corruption, immorality, abortion, sodomy, sexual perversion sweep our land,” he continued. “When we become one nation under God again, when liberty and justice for all reigns across our land, we will be truly good again.”

Moore promised to fight political correctness in the military, saying, “As a graduate [of] the United States Military Academy at West Point, and a Vietnam veteran, I want … our military strong again. I want it free from political correctness and social experimentation, like transgender troops in our bathrooms and ‘inclusiveness.’” (Read more from “Pro-Life Senate Candidate: ‘Abortion, sodomy, Sexual Perversion Sweep Our Land'” HERE)

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More Than 40 Families Pull Children From School That Forced Transgender Lesson on 5-Year-Olds

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Forty-one families have pulled 73 children from the elite Sacramento-area Rocklin Academy charter schools as the board continues to defend a kindergarten transgender lesson several parents say traumatized their 5-year-olds and that parents weren’t told about beforehand.

A mother who pulled her son from Grade 6 and daughter from Grade 3 at Rocklin Academy Gateway, where the incident took place, has kept a tally of parents who’ve done likewise.

“It was just the tipping point for most families,” the parent, who asked her name not be published, told LifeSiteNews.

Some parents pulled their kids “solely for this,” while other had “multiple reasons, but yes, this was part of everyone’s reason,” she said.

The controversy erupted after a lesson in which the boy appeared in girl’s clothes and was reintroduced to his kindergarten classmates as a girl. (Read more from “More Than 40 Families Pull Children From School That Forced Transgender Lesson on 5-Year-Olds” HERE)

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Mystery in Salt Lake City: Where Have Hundreds of Homeless People Gone?

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The streets around Salt Lake City’s downtown emergency shelter have long been home to hundreds of homeless people. In recent weeks, though, nearly all seem to have vanished following a police operation. Local residents are mystified as to where they’ve gone.

The Salt Lake City police chief, Mike Brown, said he had visited parks and the Jordan river, which threads its way to the Great Salt Lake and has homeless camps dotted along its banks, but he hadn’t seen an influx from downtown. Sgt Brandon Shearer has been up in a police helicopter looking for camps and seemed equally perplexed when asked where the people had gone. “I don’t know,” he said. “That’s a good question.”

Advocates, for their part, fear a humanitarian crisis is brewing.

The unfolding drama is all the more remarkable considering that several years ago, national media reports published claims by Utah that it had “won the war” on homelessness there, at least when it came to housing those who had been outside the longest. Jon Stewart ran a laudatory piece titled “The homeless homed”. But the picture wasn’t quite that simple.

While the country’s most prominent homeless crises are in coastal cities – New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles – the mountain-ringed capital of the Mormon church has also long struggled to house or, in the view of some, has politely ignored its homeless population. The Republican legislature in Utah is fond of the philosophy of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps, and struggling not-for-profit groups pick up the slack when it comes to homelessness funding. (Read more from “Mystery in Salt Lake City: Where Have Hundreds of Homeless People Gone?” HERE)

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The Georgia Tech Riot’s Dark Message to America

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Georgia Tech may be the unlikeliest of places to witness violent riots, but in the current climate of campus insanity it seems no college is immune from student unrest.

On Monday, cop cars burned down and police were pelted with rocks in retaliation for a “non-binary” student shot to death by law enforcement over the weekend. The slain student brandished a knife at officers while demanding that they shoot him . . .

Regardless of the evidence, aggrieved Techies took it as an act of police brutality against the LGBT community and decided upon violence.

Georgia Tech was not the first place to see such aggressive demonstrations on a college campus this year. Riots took over the University of California – Berkeley over a planned Milo Yiannopoulos speech in February, resulting in several people assaulted by leftist demonstrators over the suspicion they may like Milo.

Leftist students took over Evergreen State University in May after a liberal professor suggested it was a bad idea to kick out all white students and faculty for a day of protest. After forcing the offending professor to flee campus, students effectively took most of the faculty and wouldn’t allow to them to even use the restroom unless they agreed to their ridiculous demands. (Read more from “The Georgia Tech Riot’s Dark Message to America” HERE)

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Trump on NFL Anthem Kneelers: ‘Get That Son of a B**** off the Field’

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President Donald Trump declared at his Alabama rally on Friday night that he would love to see an NFL owner fire anyone who disrespects the U.S. flag and national anthem, declaring, “get that son of a bitch off the field!”

“Luther [Strange] and I, and everyone in this arena tonight, are unified by the same great American values,” Trump said at the rally. “We’re proud of our country. We respect our flag.”

“Wouldn’t you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say, ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field right now, he’s fired!” Trump exclaimed. “He’s fired!”

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Frat Banner Probed for Causing ‘Uncomfortable Feelings’

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A university has ended its investigation into a brash banner, characterized by critics as sexual harassment, hung outside a fraternity building at Wichita State fraternity – for all of five minutes one day – because officials have admitted the speech was covered by the First Amendment.

The banner, which faced a neighboring sorority recruitment event, said “New Members Free House Tours!”

The school had launched a Title IX investigation into the incident after a student reported the banner, claiming it caused “uncomfortable feelings.”

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education wrote a letter to the school explaining that the speech was constitutionally protected.

A short time later, the school “affirmed the expression was protected by the First Amendment and dropped its investigation.” (Read more from “Frat Banner Probed for Causing ‘Uncomfortable Feelings'” HERE)

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