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Military students from Saudi Arabia have resumed flight training at U.S. bases, nearly three months after a Saudi trainee shot and killed three U.S. Navy sailors at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida. The U.S. Navy said in a statement that flight training for the Saudi students resumed Tuesday. The training for about 850 Saudis at multiple U.S. bases was suspended December 10, four days after the deadly shooting. Operational training, such as flying and other non-classroom instruction, was allowed to restart once additional safety restrictions were put in place. The Navy said new policies prohibit the possession of personally...

Members of the Reddit subforum r/The_Donald are claiming that Reddit officials are staging a coup against their community. The controversial subreddit has been quarantined since last year due to “repeated misbehavior.” According to a notice on the r/The_Donald homepage, this means the subreddit is “restricted due to significant issues with reporting and addressing violations of Reddit’s rules against violence and other aspects of the Content Policy.” Users have to confirm they want to view the content behind this wall. Now, longtime moderators of r/The_Donald say they’re losing administrative powers, and they’re questioning Reddit’s intentions. “In the last 24 hours Reddit...

A coronavirus patient in Japan who had been discharged from hospital after recovering has again tested positive, officials said on Thursday, as the country grappled with rising unhappiness over the slow pace of virus testing. The woman, a tour guide in her 40s, had been treated at a hospital in Osaka prefecture and left early in February, NHK reported. She was on a bus carrying tourists from Wuhan, China, where the coronavirus outbreak originated last December. The woman tested positive on January 29 and was discharged after being confirmed to be virus-free on February 6, NHK World reported. But on...

Just got a call from a LLEO that MD Frederick Co Sheriff Chuck Jenkins will be on Laura Ingraham at 10 EST.

More Republican groups hoping to meddle in the state’s Democratic presidential primary on Saturday have decided who will get their vote. The Greenville Tea Party has chosen to support for Vermont U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, as he has risen in the polls and has won the popular vote in the Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada contests. Former Vice President Joe Biden has consistently led in the South Carolina polls, but the lead over Sanders has shrunk in recent weeks. Stephen Brown, the former chairman of the Greenville Tea Party, said a few thousand votes may tip the scales of Saturday’s...

↑ Click Above To View The Video On YouTube ↑ Coronavirus (COVID-19) is now a pandemic. I explain why in this video. COVID-19, which is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, is a PANDEMIC. It might not be an official declaration by the WHO, but, there is no question, that this is a pandemic. The WHO already has a credibility problem with a lot of people, and that’s only going to get worse the longer they delay calling COVID-19 a pandemic. This reason this is a pandemic is that the endemic is now spreading in different continents. Specifically, there is...

 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security offers tips for planning for a possible pandemic in relation to the Coronavirus on a preparedness website. Ready.gov now contains a topic titled, “Human Coronavirus — Know the facts about Coronavirus. Public health is everyone’s responsibility.” That website redirects to recommendations for how to prepare for a possible pandemic. DHS recommends storing a two-week supply of water and food. Officials also urge Americans to make sure they have all needed prescription medications filled for that time period. Specifically, DHS recommends: Before a Pandemic •Store a two week supply of water and food. •Periodically...

Meghan Markle believes she and Prince Harry are being 'picked on' and the restrictions being placed on them are 'payback' for wanting to be independent, she told her close friends, DailyMail.com can exclusively reveal. Meghan grumbled to her inner circle last week over the Queen banning the couple from using the word 'royal' in their 'branding', later issuing an extraordinary statement appearing to complain the palace was treating them differently to other family members. 'Meghan said that [she and Harry] were left with no choice but to make a public statement,' a friend explained. 'She said if anyone should feel...

The former St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in Niagara Falls has been sold for $165,000 to a Buffalo Buddhist temple. The closed church at 5604 Lindbergh Ave. sold for $165,000 to Wat Buddhakunaram Buddhist Temple, according to papers filed this week in State Supreme Court. A judge must sign off on the sale of church property, according to New York State law. The sale contract was signed Sept. 18, according to the court filing, although the deed has not yet been filed. St. Charles Borromeo Church, incorporated in 1944, closed after the Diocese of Buffalo consolidated numerous parishes in 2008....

The UC Davis Medical Center is treating a patient who may be the first person in the country to have contracted the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) from community exposure. The California Department of Public Health reported Wednesday the individual is a resident of Solano County who had no known exposure to the virus through travel or close contact with a known infected individual. An email sent out Wednesday by two UC Davis officials said the patient arrived at the medical center in Sacramento last Wednesday but was only tested for the virus on Sunday despite a request made by med center...

Washington D.C., Feb 24, 2020 / 04:01 pm (CNA).- As Democratic primary voters choose which candidate will oppose President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election, the second in a series of landmark polls shows Catholic voters are sharply divided over politics, and over issues of faith and morality. A RealClear Opinion Research poll, sponsored by EWTN News, was released Monday showing Catholics equally divided over whether they will vote for or against Trump in November. “In, kind of, ‘the broad frame,’ the Catholic vote is the American vote,” John Della Volpe, director of polling for RealClearOpinion Research, told EWTN...

On Tuesday Cuba’s official communist paper thanked Bernie Sanders for recognizing Fidel Castro’s great progress in education and healthcare. The article appeared on the front page of the official communist website Granma. Of course, what Bernie is saying is complete horse sh*t. Cuba has two healthcare systems. One for the rich Marxist elites and another for the poverty stricken masses. The Gateway Pundit reported on the Cuban healthcare system back in 2007 — with photos.

Facing the threat of major cuts to federal HHS funds, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra has said the state will not back down from its ban on health insurance plans that exclude abortion, even after federal authorities have sided with Catholic nuns who object to the ban. The attorney general has accused the federal government of interfering in his state’s sovereign duty to protect women’s “reproductive rights.” “Clearly, this is a disappointing response by the attorney general,” Stephen J. Greene, the attorney representing the Missionary Guadalupanas of the Holy Spirit religious sisters said in a statement sent to CNA on...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ LAUNCHER PRACTICE A soldier aims his practice AT-4 rocket launcher during the Army Reserve Drill Sergeant of the Year competition at Fort Jackson, SC, Sept. 7, 2016. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Brian Hamilton Canteen Mission Statement Showing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. INTERIOR CLIMB Navy Seaman Krystal Paquette climbs down the interior of the mast of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower in the Persian Gulf, Sept. 2, 2016....

President Trump accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday of trying to create a panic around the coronavirus outbreak after the California Democrat criticized the White House’s emergency planning as “inadequate.” Trump called Pelosi “incompetent” and accused her of using the virus for a political reason during a press conference where he sought to minimize fears of the virus spreading and announced that Vice President Mike Pence will head up Washington’s response to the outbreak. “She’s trying to create a panic and there is no reason to panic,” Trump said. “All they are trying to is get a political advantage,...

Sanctuary jurisdictions deliberately imperil the safety of the American people by releasing criminal aliens onto city streets – instead of handing them over to Federal authorities. Since taking office, President Trump has made clear that his Administration would not allow these lawless jurisdictions to heartlessly inflict pain and suffering onto our communities. Today’s unanimous decision by the Second Circuit upholds the Department of Justice’s lawful authority to require jurisdictions that receive Federal grant money under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program to obey the law and not impede the removal of criminal aliens. We are pleased by the...

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate:J. Philip Calabrese of Ohio, to serve as Judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.Philip Calabrese currently serves as a Judge on the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas.  Before taking the bench in 2019, Judge Calabrese was a partner at Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP, where he co-chaired the firm’s class action practice.  Judge Calabrese also serves as an adjunct professor at Case Western Reserve University School of Law.  Upon graduation from law school, Judge Calabrese served as a law clerk to Judge...

Today, President Donald J. Trump announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key positions in his Administration:Matthew Donovan of Virginia, to be the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness.Matthew Donovan currently serves as Under Secretary of the Air Force, and was acting Secretary of the Air Force from June to October, 2019.  Previously, Colonel Donovan served as Majority Policy Director and Professional Staff Member for the United States Senate Committee on Armed Services, where his responsibilities included advising the Chairman on regional affairs and legislative policy, as well as oversight of the Department of Defense fixed-wing...

Retired agent says bureau’s Obama-era leaders ignored privacy, cost warnings, may have retained program for ‘political espionage’ The FBI agent who ran the bureau’s warrantless spying program said Wednesday he warned ex-Director James Comey and his deputy, Andrew McCabe that the program was a useless waste of taxpayer money that needlessly infringed Americans’ civil liberties but his bosses refused to take action. Retired Special Agent Bassem Youssef ran the FBI’s Communications Analysis Unit from late 2004 until his retirement in late 2014. He told Just the News he fears the deeply flawed program, which was started in response to the...

Retired federal judge Janice Rogers Brown warned Tuesday about the perils of the mob that views politics as all important and ignores objective truth. President Donald Trump has had to contend with a fired-up “resistance” of political opposition that will not recognize his presidency as legitimate, Brown suggested. “Prior to the 2016 election, America had a cherished tradition of peacefully transferring power. No riots in the streets. No military coups. George Washington himself set the standard,” Brown said. “However, we now know elections have consequences only when the correct candidate is elected.” Brown, who served on the U.S. Court of...