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Robert E. Lee—Mary Custis Lee (1856)
Posted by: Democratic Thinker on April 9, 2015
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- The Battle at The Village: Alabama’s Miniature Bunker Hill
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- Mississippi Enacts Law Defining "Sex" In Biological Terms
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- 18 States Sue EEOC Over Guidance on Transgender Sexual Harassment
- New Report Finds 63% of Americans Support Legalized Abortion
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- Executive Order 6102: A Deep Dive into FDR’s Gold Confiscation Program
- Virtual Home Invasions: We’re Not Safe from Government Peeping Toms
- Beyond the Text: Understanding the Constitution’s Original Meaning
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- Generation Jihad Ep. 168 — The U.S.-Israel impasse
- Generation Jihad Ep. 167 — Rafah red lines
- Iraqi militia threatens Israel with retaliation over strike in Syria
- Syrian fighters belonging to Islamic Jihad killed in southern Lebanon
- Generation Jihad Ep. 165 — Israel’s boiling point (BONUS: Joe goes to a “protest”)
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- Bahraini militia claims drone attack on Israel
- An Assyrian Bard Weaving Tales in Hollywood
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- Crisis in India-based Church: Pope Francis Again Warns of Schism
- Alliance Formed to Advocate for Assyrian Rights in Iraq
- The Invisible Inhabitants of the Arab World
- Assyriologist Solves Archaeological Mystery From 700 BC
- Chaldean Community Council Opens Incubator Business Center in El Cajon
- Sydney Teenager Planned Catastrophic Acts Against Assyrians or Jews
- French Senate Recognizes Assyrian Genocide
- The Lesser Known Genocide of Assyrians
- Mayoral Candidate, Young Girl Among 6 Shot Dead In Mexico
- Gulf Cartel Hitmem Dismembers Two CDN Operatives
- Son Of 'Lupe Tapia' A 'Mayo Zambada' Operator Arrested In Culiacan In 2022 Sentenced To Trial
- Five Men Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison For The Aggravated Kidnapping Of CAAV Film Students: Jalisco
- Carlos Arturo aka El 80 Is Released From Prison
- Mexican Government Failing To Provide Decent Jobs For Vulnerable Youth – Leaving The Door Open To Cartel Recruitment
- Sinaloa Cartel's La Rana Linked to Murder of the Surfers and Other New Information
- Undated Photographs Of Jalisco Cartel - New Generation Regional Commander 'Audias Flores-Silva' Aka 'El Jardinero'
- 11 People Killed During Clashes Between Sinaloa Cartel And CJNG In Chicomuselo
- El Menchito Heads To Trial After Rejecting US Agreement; He Could’ve Avoided Life Imprisonment
- BWC: NYPD cops jump onto subway tracks to save rider as train approaches
- Wash. State Patrol hires first transfer officer class under new law allocating funds to quicken training
- Portland touts efforts to bring down violence after shootings fell to early pandemic levels
- BWC: Ohio officer trapped in car as driver flees traffic stop
- BWC: Fla. PD marine unit officer saves unconscious man in circling boat
- PGA Championship golfer accused of ignoring cop directing traffic, dragging him on median
- Ohio PD officer killed in ambush used last breaths to warn colleagues of danger
- K-9 dies 'a happy boy' after suffering seizure while performing demonstration at elementary school
- BWC: Thieves carrying cash register attempt to shuffle past Seattle officers, are arrested
- BWC: Man drives tractor to college, rams Fla. police cruiser with officer still inside
- Christian Teacher Wins $360,000 Settlement After Opposing School’s Gender Identity Policy
- Benny Hinn Is Not a Christian, Mike Winger Says during Interview with Charisma
- Billy Graham Statue Unveiled at U.S. Capitol, Inviting Visitors to the Gospel
- Carlos and Alexa PenaVega Declare God Is Their Foundation: ‘Our Faith Is Everything’
- US Doctors 'Out of Date' Regarding Trans Interventions for Minors, Says Top UK Pediatrician
- ‘Blessed Beyond Words’: Justin and Hailey Beiber’s Parents Praise God as Couple Expects First Baby
- NFL Star Denounces ‘Dangerous Gender Ideologies’ During Commencement Speech
- Over 1,200 Attend Taylor Swift-Themed Service at Historic German Church
- FBI Joins Investigation into Controversial Death of Pastor’s Wife Mica Miller
- Mica Miller's Pastor Husband Claims He Tried to Resurrect Her Following Suicide
- NFL Sides with Anti-Catholic Bigots
- Video: Shots Heard During Live Stream News Conference Promoting Two Genders Campaign
- California Public School Teacher Fired for Her Religious Beliefs Settles with California School District
- Video: Shots Fired During Live Stream News Conference Promoting 2 Genders Campaign
- Biden Administration Weaponizes and Politicizes the Department of Justice Against Peaceful Pro-Life Activities
- Coalition of Christian Leaders Calls on Churches to 'Pray For & Stand With Israel' on Sunday, May 19
- She Leads America/UK Summit at Windsor Castle Welcomes Media Executive Kathleen Cooke
- Christians Must Stop Seeing Politics as 'Evil' Says Former Congressional Candidate
- 'Never Again' Banner to Fly Above the University of Texas Today -- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Meet Our Bratty Revolutionaries
- NYC deputy mayor charges Washington Post with antisemitism after story on Jewish business leaders’ pro-Israel pressure campaign
- Police in Rouen, France, shoot and kill man who set fire to a synagogue
- The Jewish Sport Report: These Jews are dominating the NHL and PWHL playoffs
- LA’s Academy Museum initially excluded Hollywood’s Jewish origins. A new exhibit on Jewish film pioneers fixes that.
- IDF recovers bodies of 3 Nova festival victims, including Shani Louk
- In ‘October 7: In Their Own Words,’ right-wing culture warriors bring Israeli survivors’ accounts to the NY stage
- For Jewish teens critical of Israel, the generation gap is sometimes with their peers
- Nearly 4,000 Jews died at Jungfernhof, a Nazi camp in Latvia. This artist is fighting for a memorial to them.
- Lily Greenberg Call, Jewish staffer who quit Biden administration over Israel policy: ‘There are so many of us who feel this way’
- Police investigating after video shows assault on 2 Jewish children in Brooklyn
- Boots on the Ground Activists
- A CSPII Report: Political Islam and Women
- Leaving Islam
- Interview with an Apostate – Annie Cyrus
- Ask Any Question About Political Islam – June 2022
- Ask Any Question About Political Islam – Part 2
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- The Growth of Political Islam and How to Stop It
- Intercourse with Captive Women
- Political Islam in Kafir Politics
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- Nigeria: Mosque Set On Fire During Morning Prayer
- South Africa: New Police Station Finally Opens in Khayelitsha, Ending a Nearly 20-Year Wait
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- Angola: Angola Journalist William Tonet's Home Invaded By Gunman As Defamation Case Continues
- Sudan: Sudan War - Vital Lifeline Returns to North Kordofan Capital
- Africa: Annual Meetings 2024 / Old Debt Resolution for African Countries - The Cornerstone of Reforming the Global Financial Architecture
- Zambia: United States and Zambia Sign Partnership to Prevent Trafficking in Persons
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- China’s ‘virtual invasion’ of India and the cultural genocide of Tibet
- About 30 Rohingya killed in clashes between Myanmar junta, insurgents
- Indian authorities in Manipur state force Myanmar refugees out of border villagers
- Gas nears US$50 per gallon amid clashes in Kachin state
- Putin talks tech, energy cooperation in China's Harbin
- Mid-May frost damages crops in northern North Korea
- China starts selling ultra-long bonds to raise 1 trillion yuan
- Uyghur rights advocates applaud addition of Chinese companies to US blacklist
- Philippines blasts Beijing’s new trespass rule in contested waters as ‘illegal’
- Talks between Myanmar rebel alliance and junta focus on Chinese interests
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752 Posts.- German intelligence agencies discuss ongoing espionage and hybrid challenges
- Tradecraft observations on the Reichenbach/Fischer espionage case
- Germany arrests sixth alleged spy in less than a month
- Notes on the assassination of Iranian IRGC Commander Hassan Mahdawi
- Poland and Germany charge Russian operatives with assassination, sabotage plots
- Austria: Arrest raises broader questions about counterintelligence capabilities
- Interview reveals state of mind of Israeli intelligence prior to October 7 attack
- Opinion: Fumbling Russian spies fail to stop ISIS-K attack, despite warnings from U.S.
- Book review of “Agent of the Iron Cross” a masterful historical account by Bill Mills
- United States consistently underestimates Cuban intelligence, sources say
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