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Another shake-up at ICE as agency lags behind quotas; two more top officials removed

‘Everyone is being screamed at’: Insiders say Stephen Miller irate as deportations lagging

Insiders are saying the Department of Homeland Security's ICE hiring is in "chaos" and Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller is reportedly angry over "lagging" deportation numbers.

A DHS source told The Daily Beast on Monday that President Donald Trump's push to "throw money around" while "panic at the top of government” has unfolded with Miller's disappointment over agents not reaching Trump's goal of 3,000 deportations per day.

Hiring within the agency has also presented other problems — agents joining before badges, system access or guns are available.

"some of them taking home north of $250,000 for office-based shiftwork, per multiple sources who spoke to the Beast," the outlet reports.

Government efficiency at work!
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NBC: Gov. Abbott asks USDA to approve waiver banning junk food purchases with SNAP benefits

My wife and I eat very well and spend about $300 per month on food. We avoid buying processed food since it is so expensive. (Also not as healthy for you.) We could spend less if we tried to, but we like our fancy dinners!
Very nice!
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Protest erupts as bill protecting underage girls from forced marriage passes in Pakistan province

Oh my goodness!

When I saw "protests" in the OP, I assumed it was locals. It was not. It was lawmakers protesting, saying the change was un-Islamic

From the article linked in the OP.....


‘Un-Islamic’

The presentation and passage of the bill triggered heated scenes in the provincial House, with opposition lawmakers shouting slogans and creating a ruckus. During the chaos, opposition members encircled the speaker’s dais and tore copies of the bill, claiming the legislation violated Islamic law.

Speaking on the floor of the House, opposition leader Younus Aziz Zehri criticized the legislation, reiterating that his party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), would not support any law they believe violates Islamic teachings.

“The law has been approved merely to please non-governmental organizations,” he claimed.

Opposition lawmaker Asghar Tareen said that although the bill had been passed, the opposition would challenge it in court. Following their protest, opposition lawmakers staged a walkout while shouting slogans against the newly adopted bill.
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The rise of menace as a mainstream political tool

GOP sends 'menacing texts' to voters ordering them to un-sign petition opposing gerrymandering: report

Missouri is one of a handful of Republican-controlled states that redrew their maps in a demand from Trump. However, voting rights activists responded by gathering signatures for a ballot measure to repeal it. If that measure qualifies, the altered map is automatically suspended until and unless voters approve it.

The text, paid for by the Republican National Committee, stated, “Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins has declared TENS OF THOUSANDS of petition signatures IMPROPERLY COLLECTED. Did you accidentally sign this? Text back or call 417-612-9044 to withdraw your signature before it’s too late.”
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What is God’s ‘Kin-dom’?

In some progressive circles of Christianity in the United States, the term "Kin-dom" has become increasingly used in recent decades as another name for "Kingdom," as in "God's Kin-dom" or "the Kin-dom of Jesus."

At the United Methodist Church General Conference held last year, for example, openly lesbian Bishop Karen Oliveto preached a sermon to delegates that referenced the phrase.

In an article published last month, Presbyterian News Service, the news outlet of the Presbyterian Church (USA), quoted a pastor who spoke of "standing on the kin-dom side of history."

But where does the term come from, and why was it created?

The first confirmed use of the term came from Catholic modernist theologian Ada Maria Isasi Diaz, a theological liberal who spoke of the concept in a 1996 book titled Mujerista Theology: A Theology for the Twenty-first Century.

The phrase has gained popularity among those who seek what they believe is a less patriarchal or imperial description of the Kingdom of God.

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Note: Apparently, Ada Maria Isasi Diaz was a Cuban Catholic involved with Liberation theology. She was controversial because she ministered to her nephew's same-sex wedding at a Unitarian Church and supported the ordination of women in the Catholic Church. She died relatively young at 69. Hmmm.....
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Border Czar Tom Homan caught accepting $50K bribe; investigation shut down under Trump

So, nothing has come of this blatant corruption. What a surprise.
His supporters love it him.
And because they love him, it is okay.

But if anyone else would do it it would be problematic. Defending his children and hounding Hunter....par for the course.
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Trump suggests he’ll release Jeffrey Epstein ‘client list’ if elected: ‘I’d have no problem with it’

Democrats unite the nation (and even Congress)

House votes to approve releasing the Epstein files by a near unanimous margin

The measure passed by a vote of 427 to 1.

"I'm all for it," Trump said from the Oval Office

Trump does not need legislation in order to approve the files for release

[Rep Clay Higgins R-LA was the lone Nay.]

ETA: Passed the Senate with a unanimous consent vote.
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Democrats finally vote to open Government

Obamacare iis a failure ....
Yep, that's why it was so popular among Americans. People were finally able to get life saving operations and treatment, which they couldn't receive before the ACA. Republicans tried to kill Obamacare, over and over, but voters rebelled and Republicans knew they had to keep it.

besides that the CR extends keeping the government for a short period of time .... they can fight the insurance battle then
And Republicans will answer as they did this time. NO, NO, NO. In the mean time, people will be losing their coverage.

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The Lord's Wrath - How will it Happen

So the antiChrist is destroyed with a large mass of sunspot activity? Is this where you want to go?
I made it clear in #11, that the destruction of the AC, is done by Jesus at His Return.
The Lords Day of fiery wrath is years before the Return and it will depopulate the Middle East, also affecting all the world; setting the scene for a One World Government.

A Coronal Mass Ejection is the only natural event that can literally fulfil the many Prophesies describing that terrible Day.
Why deny it? Many scientists warn about a big CME, something which would dramatically change all the earth.
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