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Scientists finally re-analyzed the study and found that it was riddled with errors—but that didn’t matter then because it furthered the narrative. In America, an inordinate number of so-called “scientific” studies are subject to what’s called the “replication (or reproducibility) crisis.” If someone publishes a study that feeds into leftist shibboleths, no matter how poorly done the study is (small sampling, foolish assumptions, bad math, etc.), the results are widely trumpeted and become embedded in the popular consciousness. That the study cannot be replicated (run again from scratch) or reproduced (subject to a new analysis of the study’s data)—and often...

Deputies sign handcuffs used in take down, give them to Trump PALM BEACH, Fla. — The Martin County deputies who helped arrest a man suspected in Sunday's attempted assassination of Donald Trump had an opportunity to meet the former president at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. Sheriff William Snyder also attended the meeting along with Chief Deputy John Budensiek.... "I'm still here," Trump said to them. During the visit, all of the deputies who apprehended Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii, signed the handcuffs and gave them to Trump....The deputies were also invited to stay to have lunch... [video clip and still photo...

The pioneering DNA testing firm 23andMe is in turmoil. Seven independent members of the company’s eight-person board resigned Tuesday, concluding that despite co-founder and CEO Anne Wojcicki’s expressed intention to take the company private, “no such proposal is forthcoming.” They also cited a difference on the “strategic direction” of the company. 23andMe’s revenue has shriveled over the past year and its share price has sunk to about 30 cents, jeopardizing its ability to remain listed on the Nasdaq index. … 23andMe has amassed a vast trove of DNA from its popular test kits and pioneered using genetic information to determine...

The Uniparty hates change. Is that progressive? In fact, Democrats and those in the Deep State will lie, cheat, steal… and kill… to prevent things from changing. They love the status quo because it empowers them. They own it. Is that progressive? Trump is a threat to them precisely because he is the change agent, he wants to transform the entrenched bureaucracy, in Washington, D.C. and elsewhere. He wants to clean house, the White House and the ”People’s House” (Capitol Building) included. He wants to transform government and return power to the people. That is progressive. The Clintons, the Obamas,...

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JERUSALEM — The complex, multistage attack that caused thousands of Hezbollah pagers and handheld radios to explode across Lebanon over the last two days appears to have been meticulously mapped out. Israel, which rarely comments on its intelligence operations abroad, has neither claimed nor denied responsibility for the attack, which continued into a second day Wednesday as more devices exploded across Lebanon. The Israelis did not inform the United States about the specifics of the attack before it took place but told Washington afterward through intelligence channels, according to two U.S. officials. Like others in this story, they spoke on...

If it were up to Larry Ellison, the exorbitantly rich cofounder of software outfit Oracle, all of us will soon be smiling for the camera — constantly. Not for a cheery photograph, but to appease our super-invasive, if not totally omnipresent, algorithmic overseers. As Business Insider reports, the tech centibillionaire glibly predicts that the wonders of AI will bring about a new paradigm of supercharged surveillance, guaranteeing that the proles — excuse us, "citizens" — all behave and stay in line. "We're going to have supervision," Ellison said this week at an Oracle financial analysts meeting, per BI. "Every police...

Years of extremely inflammatory rhetoric from the mainstream media and from many of our leaders have brought us to the brink of a societal nightmare. The numbers that I am about to share with you are horrifying, but it is so important for us to understand what is ahead of us. In an article that I posted yesterday, I discussed the recent attempt on Trump’s life and I stated that “there are some that truly wish that he had been killed”. Unfortunately, that was a tremendous understatement. According to a survey that was conducted after the most recent attempt on...

A 73-year-old Jewish man was smuggled into the Iran Islamic Republic from Turkey twice for meetings with intelligence officials who tried to task him with working on assassinations, plus other Iranian missions

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Progressive “Squad” member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whined about the pager attack targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah terrorists — and accused Israel of “unequivocally” violating international law. Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) demanded a “full accounting of the attack” Wednesday, including a probe into whether the US was involved, after a highly-coordinated operation detonated thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah militants in Lebanon. The blasts killed at least 12 people, including two young children, and wounded nearly 3,000, according to Lebanese authorities. The majority of those hit were members or linked to members of Hezbollah. “Israel’s pager attack in Lebanon detonated thousands of handheld devices across...

Two phony DoorDash drivers allegedly zip-tied a Houston mother in front of her terrified young children during a brazen home invasion – then shot an officer in the leg when police came to the rescue, authorities said. The frightening ordeal began Tuesday morning when two men wearing surgical masks and carrying a red DoorDash bag knocked on the front door of the family home, the woman’s father said. When the mom, identified only as Nicole, answered the door to tell them they had the wrong address, the brutes barged through the door and ransacked the house, the dad explained.

A remarkable Bay Area girl is on a mission to reduce the stigma surrounding the disease alopecia while raising money in hopes of finding a cure. September is Alopecia Awareness Month. The autoimmune disease is most known for causing hair loss. Brynn Borisoff, an 11-year-old cross-country runner who just started middle school, is finding inspiration in an upcoming walk for alopecia awareness and support. "I want to meet other people who have it and I want to just really help and give back to the community who helped me when I was going through it," Brynn said. At 8 years...

According to Mercouris, illusions and fantasies about the war continue to circulate about it. And there are other fantasies connected to it, primarily held by people in Europe. One of the major misconceptions about the military side of the conflict is the discussion about a war conducted between two equivalent armies. That is not the case, it might have been true in some periods of the autumn and late summer of 2022, and maybe something people could believe in 2023. But it's not the case now.Events proceed at a steadily accelerating pace - they point to a Ukrainian military collapse...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — Wednesday evening in Springfield, community members gathered in peaceful protest of the false claims about Haitians. On Park Road in Springfield, there was a parade of residents showing that hate has no home in the city. Signs displayed messages to the Haitian community that they have support. “Especially us as Haitians… we need unity here. We need a Springfield united. So this sends out a big message. For those who have been spreading false information, now they can see we are not bad people,” said Jacob Payen, Haitian Community Alliance spokesperson. That support is reaching the...

A UK man accidentally stabbed himself to death while trying to separate two frozen burgers with a knife in a freakish accident that initially left cops baffled, a court hearing into his bizarre death was told. Barry Griffiths, 57, died after he accidentally plunged the blade into his stomach at his home in Powys, Wales, in July last year, the Western Telegraph reported.

Vice President Kamala Harris edges former President Trump in a head-to-head matchup, as more voters see Harris as the candidate who will help the middle class, and Hispanics and independents swing in her direction. The new Fox News national survey finds a 3 percentage-point shift among registered voters in the 2024 presidential contest since mid-August. Trump had a 1-point advantage last month, while Harris is ahead by 2 points today: 50%-48%. For reference, in July, Trump was ahead by 1 point over President Biden. Each of those differences falls within the margin of error. This marks the first time Harris...

Earlier this month, four Venezuelan members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua gang who were arrested in Colorado were confirmed as illegal aliens, according to a statement made by an ICE spokesperson to Fox News. The Venezuelan nationals were in the age ranges of 19 through 24, and they all crossed the southern border via Texas illegally in 2022 and 2023, under the Biden regime’s watch. Aurora police arrested all four of them and ice placed detainer requests on two of the Venezuela nationals. The four Venezuelan nationals were arrested following a shooting which took place close to Nome Street...

In an effort to "sow discord and shape the outcome of U.S. elections", Iranian cyber actors sent messages during the summer to people involved in President Biden's then re-election campaign containing stolen material from former President Trump's campaign, U.S. agencies said. "Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden’s campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump’s campaign as text in the emails," the FBI, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and Office of the Director of National Intelligence said in a joint...

Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday criticized Republican Donald Trump’s promise to deport millions of people who are in the United States illegally, questioning whether he would rely on massive raids and detention camps to carry it out. Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, told the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s annual leadership conference that the nation can find both a pathway to citizenship for those who want to come and at the same time secure the border. “We can do both, and we must do both,” she said. Trump, for his part, leaned heavily on his alarmist message on immigration as...