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Does this surprise anyone? Chris Wray’s FBI put agent Jeff Veltri, a rabid Trump-hater, to lead the investigation into the second attempt on the former President’s life in two months. Jeff Veltri, was the subject of an internal “retaliation investigation” for anti-Trump and anti-conservative bias, a whistleblower revealed last year. Veltri was later promoted despite the allegations of his anti-conservative bias. The Gateway Pundit reported on Jeffrey Veltri back in November 2023. FBI whistleblowers stepped forward recently to tell Congress that Chris Wray’s FBI is now targeting agents based on their political beliefs. The whistleblowers allege that FBI brass is...

Conservative Grassroots activist and former Attorney General Candidate in Illinois Tom Devore has been on the inside track and just announce that the NEW ILLINOIS GOP CHAIR WOMAN RHONDA BELFORD NOW WANTS TO GET PAID FOR HER ILLINOIS GOP VOLUNTEER POSITIONS. The Illinois GOP Lose most of their elections. TOM...... I have been on the phone all day discussing the issue of a Code of Ethics for members of the Illinois State Central Committee which would include our new National Committee member Rhonda Belford. For the first time that I can remember, we have a political figure, Rhonda Belford, boldly...

The ban of DJI drones in the US has stalled out in the Senate, at least for for now, as emergency responders came to the rescue. The Senate Armed Services Committee recently released its version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA FY25), and it does not include the Countering CCP Drones Act, which aimed to ban and ground all DJI drones in the US. Whether it be a drone made by a Chinese company, or a trained pigeon, governments around the world are always worried about how other countries can spy on them. Such is the case with DJI...

The execution of a death row inmate whose murder conviction has been doubted by the prosecutors that convicted him has sparked a wave of outrage across the US. Missouri Governor Mike Parson has been branded 'shameful' and 'racist' and the state and federal justice systems accused of being 'flawed' after Marcellus Williams was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday. Williams, 55, was sentenced to death over the 1998 killing of Lisha Gayle, who was stabbed repeatedly during a burglary of her suburban St. Louis home. The St. Louis County prosecutor's office - which originally secured his conviction in...

Kamala Harris was asked point-blank whether she supported sex work being decriminalized. She responded, 'I think so, I do' Prominent Democrats have increasingly been vocalizing their support or voting for decriminalizing prostitution, with some claiming "sex work" is a legitimate career path for women. The prostitution issue was once more closely aligned with members of the radical-left "Squad," but has now gained increasing support in the mainstream Democratic Party, on Capitol Hill and in cities across the country. Even long-time Democrats such as Rep. Jerry Nadler, have come out in 2024 supporting decriminalizing it, while others – such as Senate...

Why is there only one firsthand account of the Vesuvius eruption? How is it possible the Romans had such well-cared-for teeth? After nearly two thousand years, there are still plenty of unanswered questions about the Pompeii eruption.Voiceover By: Tim BenschWhy ignore the warning signs? | 0:00A foggy timeline | 1:42Why didn't a water evacuation work? | 3:08How big was the eruption? | 4:21What's with the nice teeth? | 5:28Did they not understand volcanoes? | 6:24What about the refugees? | 7:28Where are other firsthand accounts? | 8:36Why blame the inhabitants? | 9:49Things That Don't Make Sense About The Disaster Of Pompeii...

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Mass illegal migration has been tough on the finances of small cities and towns throughout the U.S. So, many of these towns are raising property taxes -- through the roof. South Portland, Maine, which has seen a mass influx of illegals flown in by the Harris-Biden administration, has raised its property taxes for residents 25% in the last five years as a result. Some have seen hikes as high as 60%. Spending for illegals and their NGO "services" keeps piling up, always going higher than the previously promised budget for them.

When police pounded on Cheree Peoples's door and placed her in handcuffs she tried to explain that it was all a misunderstanding. Her 11-year-old daughter was disabled and had only missed school because she was in severe pain and needed hospital treatment. 'Go talk to Kamala Harris,' an officer growled back at the woman in pajamas. 'Place your hands behind your back.' Single mom Cheree, 45, was perp-walked, taken to jail and afforded the level of news coverage one might expect in a high-profile murder case. As San Francisco district attorney and later state attorney general, Harris backed a statewide...

Israel intercepted dozens of Hezbollah missiles on Monday as the IDF struck about 280 terrorist sites in Lebanon – the latest escalation that threatens an all-out war in the Middle East. The IDF said Hezbollah fired approximately 40 missiles from Lebanon early Wednesday, with a ballistic missile aimed at the Mossad’s headquarters in Tel Aviv, the first such attack in the conflict that began on Oct. 8. “According to the information I have at the moment, this is the first time in history that Hezbollah fired a rocket or missile toward the city of Tel Aviv,” IDF spokesman Lt. Col....

Grapefruit is weird even among other citrus fruits.The Weird History of Grapefruit | 16:20The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered | 1.36M subscribers | 117,898 views | September 18, 2024

Brian Lozenski, an associate professor of urban and multicultural education at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minn., was appointed by Governor Tim Walz’s state education department to help write the statewide “implementation framework” (similar to a curriculum) for Minnesota’s new “ethnic studies” standards. It now emerges that Lozenski has called for the “overthrow” of the United States. ...he has been the leading voice advocating the addition of a radical version of “ethnic studies” to Minnesota’s social-studies standards (citizenship and government, economics, geography, history, and now ethnic studies). Lozenski is also the key organizer and thought leader for the radical leftist...

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that former President Donald Trump should be extinguished from politics, which she clarified meant “vote him out.” Raimondo said, “Tax policy, you have to work with Congress but if he decides he wants to do something crazy, like a 200% tariff, which will hurt Americans, raise prices and lose jobs, he could do it as president. Which is why honestly why I’m here in my personal capacity. The stakes are so high in this one. We cannot afford to put him back in the White House.” She added, “He’s the...

Seth Harp is the author of a forthcoming book, The Fort Bragg Cartel . The Hamid Karzai government promoted opium poppy farming after the Taliban had banned it. His government was full of drug traffickers . Interesting interview .

The son of the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt in Florida against former President Donald Trump has been arrested on federal charges of possessing child sexual abuse images. Oran Alexander Routh was arrested this week after authorities searched his Greensboro, North Carolina, home "in connection with an investigation unrelated to child exploitation," and found hundreds of files depicting child sexual abuse, an FBI agent said in court papers. Investigators who seized multiple electronic devices found videos sent to Oran Routh in July as well as chats from a messaging application commonly used by people who share child sexual...

A preliminary report on the July 13 assassination attempt on former President Trump from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ripped into newly revealed missteps that went into the Secret Service’s planning and execution of security at the event during which a spectator was killed, two others were seriously wounded and the GOP candidate was struck on the ear. Among the key failures, an agent inexperienced with drone equipment called a toll-free tech support hotline for help after a request ahead of time for additional unmanned assets was denied, according to a preliminary summary of findings made...

One modern tank that was supposed to end the stalemate was the vaunted German Leopard 2 tank. This modern beast has all the goodies that you would expect. It is arguably NATO’s best tank produced by a European member. The Leopard is fast, powerful, and agile, with great armor and a respectable gun. But how has it done in Ukraine? And what does that performance say about the overall future of the tank?

“We’re in the business of sinking ships,” were the memorable words spoken by Air Force Gen. Kevin B. Schneider, commander of Pacific Air Forces. Toward that end, scores of B-2 Spirit long-range stealth bombers that can launch Long-Range Anti-Ship Missiles (LRASMs), B-52 Stratofortresses capable of launching LRASMs as well as AGM-84 Harpoon missiles, and B-1 Lancers have regularly operated in the Indo-Pacific. They are based out of allied facilities such as the Royal Australian Air Force’s Amberley airbase and the massive facility in Darwin, Australia.

In the closely-watched campaign for U.S. Senator in Ohio, one pollster just found Republican challenger Bernie Moreno up two points over incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown, 48 to 46 percent. This poll, conducted by Scott Rasmussen on behalf of Napolitan News Service, surveyed 781 likely voters between September 18-20. Democrats currently hold control over the U.S. Senate with 51 seats. As of today, it looks as though the Republican Party will win control in 2025. Two seats held by Democrats in the red states of Montana and West Virginia are likely turnovers, which will give the GOP a slim majority of...

In a decision that could end the practice of water fluoridation in the U.S., a federal judge late Tuesday ruled that water fluoridation at current U.S. levels poses an “unreasonable risk” of reduced IQ in children. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can no longer ignore that risk, and must take regulatory action, Judge Edward Chen of the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California wrote in the long-awaited landmark decision. More than 200 million Americans drink water treated with fluoride at the “optimal” level of 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L). However, Chen ruled that a preponderance of...