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A Hernando High School teacher and football coach was arrested last week after police say he gave a student Kratom. Kratom is a drug that, in low doses, produces stimulant-like effects like high energy and increased alertness. In high doses, it can act as a sedative. The Hernando County Sheriff’s Office said on May 9, a school resource deputy responded to a classroom where a 17-year-old student was having a medical emergency. The student was unresponsive, had a rapid pulse, shallow breathing and was hot to the touch, the deputy said. He performed a sternum rub on the student, who...

Gov. Newsom of California is determined to see the high-speed rail system completed or at least started, but the bad news just keeps rolling in like a freight train (pun intended). Newsom is in the process of pushing for next fiscal year's budget and as part of that process he has announced a plan to make sure the bullet train project gets money from the state climate fund.California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to tap at least $2.5 billion from the state’s climate fund to pay for state firefighting crews and the long-troubled high-speed rail project.In his budget proposal unveiled last...

[FULL TRANSCRIPT BELOW] “I was as astonished as anyone might be that ivermectin has potential as an anti-cancer agent,” says cancer surgeon Dr. Kathleen Ruddy. She’s observed multiple cases where patients with severe, late stage cancer started to make a turn for the better after taking ivermectin. One patient with stage four prostate cancer tried all the traditional protocols like chemotherapy and radiation before being told that there was nothing left that his doctors could do. He started taking ivermectin as a last resort. In a few short months, he had made a stunning recovery. After observing several cases like...

President Trump let his wife Melania co-sign legislation Monday to outlaw artificial intelligence-generated porn with real people’s faces — moments after claiming that Russian president Vladimir Putin had gushed about the first lady during a high-stakes phone call about the Ukraine war. The Take It Down Act, which spurred the first lady to make a rare trip to Capitol Hill to lobby lawmakers earlier this year, criminalizes the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery — including “revenge porn” that features real images and artificial intelligence-generated photos and videos. After Trump, 78, signed the legislation, he passed the bill and a pen...

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Illegal aliens are being recruited to join sophisticated criminal networks in the United States that stage accidents and injuries to get payouts through the nation’s personal injury system, House Republicans told Attorney General Pam Bondi. In a letter led by Rep. Mike Collins (R-GA), the group of Republicans warned Bondi that personal injury fraud is a growing industry in the U.S. that requires immediate attention from the Department of Justice (DOJ). “These fraudulent schemes pose serious risks to public safety, increase consumer costs, and raise insurance premiums for the motoring public,” the Republicans wrote. “According to the Coalition Against Insurance...

CV NEWS FEED // After a special investigatory commission, Chile’s Chamber of Deputies called for an immediate end to all government programs that promote subjecting children to “gender transitions,” marking the first time a Latin American country has legally confronted gender ideology. The Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) reported May 15 that the investigatory commission found that the state failed children experiencing gender dysphoria or distress on medical, legal, and ethical levels. “It is clear that the current programs, under the guise of accompaniment, have operated as a gateway to irreversible medical and hormonal transition for children, without the necessary scientific,...

One of the most important reasons President Donald Trump won in 2024 was his very convincing case that the Biden family was corrupt. The president should act swiftly and make certain to an already hostile media that Qatar’s gift, the ‘palace in the sky’, is in keeping with ethical standards, argues Victor Davis Hanson on today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words:”

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. — The family of a U.S. airman who was fatally shot by a Florida sheriff’s deputy inside his own home in 2024 filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Tuesday over his killing. The complaint filed in a Pensacola courthouse alleges that Deputy Eddie Duran used excessive and unconstitutional deadly force when he shot Senior Airman Roger Fortson just seconds after the Black 23-year-old opened his apartment door on May 3, 2024. Duran identifies as Hispanic, according to his voter registration. Fortson’s family is represented by Ben Crump, a civil rights attorney who has been involved in...

… “What I want to know is how did Dr. Jill Biden miss stage five metastatic cancer or is this yet another coverup???” Donald Trump Jr….has long mocked the former first lady — who holds a PhD, not a medical degree — for describing herself as a doctor. … MAGA Youtuber Benny Johnson, who boasts millions of followers across his various social media accounts, claimed that the diagnosis was “the Most Dangerous Cover-up in the History of the Presidency.” Johnson — who is not a doctor — claimed that “advanced prostate cancer takes +10 years to develop to the stage...

Chinese government snoops - hiding behind the guise of fake consulting companies - are actively trying to recruit the thousands upon thousands of US federal employees who have been fired since President Trump took office. Cyber and information warfare experts at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) uncovered five companies they say are part of a larger Chinese intelligence operation that posted ads on LinkedIn, Craigslist, and other smaller job boards and websites targeting former government employees on the hunt for new gigs. One Craigslist ad pitched: "Job Opportunities for Recently Laid-Off US Government Employees." It says: "We understand...

Former President Joe Biden's office announced on Sunday that he was diagnosed with an "aggressive" form of prostate cancer. Biden's office also said the cancer had metastasized, spreading to his bones. Although some people were left wondering why the cancer was caught only after reaching a Gleason score of 9, oncology experts told ABC News that it's not uncommon for older prostate cancer patients to receive a diagnosis after the disease has advanced or spread. "Prostate cancer is something that we always hope screening will identify early, when the cancer is all still inside the prostate," Dr. Alicia Morgans, a...

Some people can't be taught. That brings us to Downieville, a Gold Rush village up in the Sierras where an elderly woman living alone was mauled by a bear who broke into her house and killed her. ... a sheriff’s deputy found Miller’s lifeless body in her kitchen. Her right leg and left arm had been partially gnawed off. On the floor around her were the large paw prints of a bear. ... autopsy determined that Miller had likely been killed by the animal after it broke into her home... fatal bear attack on a human. ... people who live...

While some in the media attempted to portray the bomber of the Palm Springs fertility clinic as a right-wing anti-abortion zealot, the person taking credit for the bombing, Guy Edward Bartkus, 25, of Twentynine Palms, describes himself on X as a “pro-mortalist” which is an ideology that celebrates death and opposes the creation of all new life. Pro-mortalism is the antithesis of the pro-life perspective. Unlike the pro-life viewpoint, which values all life as sacred from conception until natural death, the pro-mortalist believes that it is best for any human being to die as soon as possible. In fact, the...

Bare Minimum, They Knew & Didn't Treat Him Now, MSM Gaslighters Are Using This 'Breaking News' To Distract From The Fact That A Deep State Coup Placed A Democrat Committee In Charge Of The Biden Admin For 4 Years— TOTAL TREASON

As Americans wait for Congress, the Department of Justice (DOJ), and the FBI to advance the America-first agenda mandated by voters on November 5, former interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Ed Martin, now heading to the DOJ as “weaponization czar,” says that accountability will come. But Republicans are undermining the agenda.“The Republican Party is probably more problematic in certain ways than the Democratic Party,” Martin opined in an interview with Tucker Carlson. It’s Trump’s party, but the old guard is pushing back, he added.Tillis TakedownThe conflict between Establishment Republicans in Congress and the president was on full...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Anniston Army Depot, AlabamaAnniston Army Depot (ANAD) is a United States Army facility for the production and repair of ground combat vehicles, overhaul of Small Arms Weapon Systems and the storage of chemical weapons, a.k.a. the Anniston Chemical Activity. The depot is located in Bynum, Alabama. The Department of the Army established the site in 1940, buying 10,640 acres in Calhoun County, where Anniston is the county seat. The site was originally a munitions storage facility, and, later, a disposal facility.ANAD is the only depot capable of performing maintenance on heavy-tracked combat vehicles...

JAKE TAPPER, CNN: Van, I remember how emotional you were in the immediate moments after the June 27, 2024, debate because of what you saw on the stage. And with all this new reporting coming out -- and I should disclose that I gave both of you copies of the book so you would have a little bit more information. Do you feel like you were duped, Van? Like, how do you feel? VAN JONES, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL COMMENTATOR: First, this book is extraordinary. I don't care who you are, left, right, or otherwise. Anybody who cares about this country...

The flight traveled from Houston, Texas, to Honduras and Colombia, according to the agency.The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on May 19 that the first flight of illegal immigrants opting to self-deport was chartered, sending 64 individuals back to Colombia and Honduras.“This was a voluntary charter flight, not an [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] enforcement operation,” DHS said in its announcement, adding that the flight traveled from Houston to Honduras and Colombia.People partaking in the program were “offered the same benefits as any illegal alien who self-deports using the CBP Home App,” according to DHS, which also said that all...

When a former president receives a serious medical diagnosis, the traditional response has been to set aside political differences, offer warm praise and wish the individual a speedy recovery and complete return to health. In many cases, that’s exactly what happened Sunday after former president Joe Biden disclosed that he has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly attacked Biden since taking office, wished Biden “a fast and successful recovery.” But in a reflection of today’s harsh political environment and reignited questions over Biden’s health during his reelection campaign and his inner circle’s handling of...