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A New Zealand baby born at 23 weeks is now 9 months old and has left the hospital. Declan Colquhoun, along with his brother Riley, was born in March at just 23 weeks gestation. He was so small, weighing only 400g, that his aunt’s wedding ring would have fitted around his arm. Over the next two weeks, Riley sadly lost his life, but 8 months later, Declan is getting stronger every day. He now weighs 7kg. At 22 weeks gestation, the twins’ mother Kathryn Hutchinson was diagnosed with pre-eclampsia and had to have an emergency caesarean. The twins were born...

UPDATE (KGET 12/11) — House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has added his name to the Texas lawsuit.

On Thursday a far-left-wing activist posted to Twitter a “proposed map” of two new countries, the United States of Canada and Jesusland. Shortly thereafter, she deleted the map from her Twitter feed and apologized once she realized what she’d done. The mistake left-wing activist Amy Siskind made was assuming that conservatives would take offense to be separated into their own country. It turns out, in fact, that conservatives would absolutely love and adore the idea. Below is a screenshot of Siskind’s original tweet: In Siskind’s fantasy world, horribly-run far-left states such as California, Oregon, and New York would be annexed...

Beijing’s claim over the region overlaps with those of six other countries and is rejected by the United States. On Sunday the USS Makin Island and USS Somerset entered the contested area according to the South China Sea Probing Initiative (SCSPI).The SCSPI is a Beijing based think tank which tracks western military movements in the South China Sea. Graphics produced by the group show the former arrived south of Taiwan whilst the later came via the Philippines. Shortly after Chinese warships conducted an “unscripted” live-fire training exercise, using long-range weapons, according to js7tv, a news site affiliated to Beijing’s military....

Flight attendants on Chinese flights were advised to start wearing disposable diapers as a protective measure against COVID-19. CNN Travel reports that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) announced late in November new guidelines for COVID-19 protocol among airlines traveling to high-risk areas. The guidelines list the usual protective measures such as medical masks and gloves; some items even list goggles and disposable shoe covers. But it was the mention of the disposable diapers that inspired the most chatter. The document states, “It is recommended that cabin crew members wear disposable diapers and avoid using the lavatories barring special...

JUNEAU, Alaska (KTUU) - The state of Alaska has joined 19 other states in supporting Texas’ challenge to presidential election results in the Supreme Court. The Texas attorney general filed the lawsuit on Tuesday, seeking to overturn the results in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin that saw President-elect Joe Biden win the Nov. 3 election. The Department of Law says that the state of Alaska signed on in support of a brief on Thursday. The New York Times writes that the attorneys general from those four battleground states filed court documents, strongly denouncing the attempts to overturn the presidential election...

U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton believes the probe of Hunter Biden’s taxes is likely the “least damaging” part of the grand jury investigation into his foreign business dealings. The Arkansas Republican discussed the “far-reaching” federal investigation of Democrat Joe Biden’s 50-year-old son and his foreign business affairs during a Fox News appearance on Thursday. Cotton suggested that a special counsel should be appointed to continue the probe if the former vice president is declared the winner of the 2020 presidential race and assumes office in January. 1:06 “The Biden campaign released details of a tax fraud investigation in Wilmington. I think...

To All: Merry Christmas to all of you here, our Free Republic family... No matter what happens next year, I'd like to say, always remember we are - and have been - part of the greatest place, the most exceptional society, and the most compassionate and generous people on the Earth. We're all put here for a reason, and it's up to each of us to find that reason. It may take a lifetime of searching; but the journey is the important thing. To the families of all the souls we've lost this year, I want to tell you that...

De Blassio of New York city is telling everyone to wear masks, social distancing, stay home and cancel your plans until vaccine is here. https://twitter.com/BreitbartNews/status/1337479112714227712

Will anyone in media, Big Tech, or the expert class be held accountable for claiming the Biden family investigations were a fantasy Russian disinformation plot? So now that it is overwhelmingly evident the New York Post’s initial Hunter and Jim Biden story wasn’t based on hacked material, wasn’t Russian misinformation, is clearly something people deserved to know before voting, and that big tech and America’s corporate media tried to make sure that didn’t happen – and that once again rather than alter their behavior or ask for forgiveness, they’re going to instead attempt to gaslight you about all of it...

A former Osama bin Laden henchman convicted in two deadly 1998 bombings is free and living in the UK this week after being released early — thanks to a Manhattan federal judge who agreed the terrorist was way too obese to survive the coronavirus behind bars.Adel Abdel Bary, 60, had spent 21 years in a New Jersey prison for his role in the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of two US embassies in Africa that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.“Defendant’s obesity and somewhat advanced age make COVID-19 significantly more risky to him than to the average person,” US District Judge...

No 1/CANCEL your Cable(starve the BEASTS) No 2/Cancel your local(if you haven't already) your local "newspaper"! No 3/If you are Active(or Reserve) Military GOT OUT NOW. Biden and his Cronies will get you killed for NOTHING! No 4/Learn how to SHOOT and obtain Firearms and LOTS of AMMO! No 5/Re-Learn ALL Great Depression Skills we WILL Need them SOON No 6/Use your 5th Amendment Rights for ALL interactions with ANY "police/Sheriff" agency-NONE of them are our friends now. SAY NOTHING! No 7/Look at your Finances and GET OUT OF DEBT! No 8 look at you Tax Withholdings and make it...

A young man attacked two municipal police officers this Wednesday morning in Bollène (Vaucluse). In his 20s, he was armed with two knives and shouted "Allah Akbar". He was arrested by the gendarmerie and the judicial police were seized. Two municipal police officers from Bollène were targeted this Wednesday morning around 9.15 a.m. while they were intervening in an attempted assault. A resident alerted them. A young man had entered his garden and was trying to break down the front door with a planter. Aged in his twenties, the assailant took out two knives when the police arrived, shouting "...

China and Pakistan have signed an agreement to deepen defence cooperation between the all-weather allies amid rising tensions with India. China’s Defence Minister Gen Wei Fenghe on Monday held talks with Pakistan Army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa and discussed regional security issues. Both “exchanged in-depth views on the international and regional situations, the relations between the two countries and militaries, the equipment and technology cooperation and other issues”, a report in China’s official media said. While details of the new MoU were not immediately available, it follows another agreement signed last year, when China’s Vice Chairman of the Central...

In the Coronado National Memorial — where conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado entered what is now Arizona — contractors are pulverizing the wilderness in a rush to put up as many miles of border wall as possible before the Trump administration vacates Washington. They're dynamiting mountainsides and bulldozing pristine desert for a barrier the incoming Biden administration is expected to cancel... This is one of 29 construction projects being performed by 13 different contractors from San Diego to Brownsville, Texas. In Arizona, contractors have added shifts — they're working all night long under light towers to meet Trump's goal of...

China intends to “deepen” its partnership with Russia as a bulwark against the United States over the next year, according to a top diplomat in Beijing.

Michigan state Rep. Cynthia Johnson declared that the “Biden-Harris administration owes the city of Detroit” in a newly-posted video message. The Democrat posted another head-scratching rant on social media as she continues to hold her seat in the state government despite facing backlash over her behavior. Johnson was stripped of her committee seats this week and may face further disciplinary action for controversial videos she had already posted in which she appeared to threaten President Donald Trump’s supporters. Johnson ignited backlash last week after her treatment of witnesses who were speaking with Trump’s legal team and then complained she was...

A suicide bomber 'screaming Allahu Akbar' blew himself up and injured six people today in an attack in southern Russia near FSB headquarters, reports said on Friday. The country's National Anti-Terrorism Committee said an unidentified person tried to break into an area where police were conducting searches. The person then triggered the bomb when officers tried to arrest him, the committee said, adding that 'six officers were lightly injured' in the blast. The unidentified man carrying explosives also died at the scene. The explosion was close to the FSB counterintelligence service's office in Uchkeken village in the volatile mainly-Muslim region...

Michael Flynn and the Department of Justice should not allow Judge Emmet Sullivan’s final irrational and unhinged act of judicial defiance to go unanswered. On Dec. 8, federal Judge Emmet Sullivan dismissed as moot the criminal charge against Michael Flynn following President Trump’s pardon of the retired lieutenant general. Those outraged over the vindicative and unjust targeting of President Trump’s former national security advisor by the Obama-Biden administration and then the special counsel’s office celebrated the conclusion of the case. Yet Judge Sullivan’s dismissal came in the form of a vindictive, unconstitutional advisory opinion, designed to convict Flynn of a...

Federal agents on Thursday raided one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of ghost-gun parts, a sign that federal law enforcement is cracking down on kits that allow people to make weapons at home. The raid target, Nevada-based Polymer80, is suspected of illegally manufacturing and distributing firearms, failing to pay taxes, shipping guns across state lines and failing to conduct background investigations, according to an application for a search warrant unsealed Thursday after the raid took place. The probe focuses on Polymer80’s “Buy Build Shoot Kit,” which includes the parts to build a “ghost” handgun. The kit, which Polymer80 sells online,...