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(...) Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve read hundreds of studies on the science of medical masks. Based on extensive review and analysis, there is no question in my mind that healthy people should not be wearing surgical or cloth masks. Nor should we be recommending universal masking of all members of the population. That recommendation is not supported by the highest level of scientific evidence. (...)

Mexico has stepped up immigration raids – hauling hundreds of people off trains in recent weeks – to stem an increase in Central American migrants heading for the United States since Joe Biden took office, according to advocates and data from immigration authorities. The crackdown by immigration agents backed by the military and police marks an escalation of Mexico’s efforts to control migration....

The Washington Supreme Court is on a roll. On March 11, it took the unprecedented step of outlawing mandatory sentences of life without parole for people under the age of 21—making Washington the first state in the nation to extend such protections to defendants who, while technically adults at the time of their crime, have greater potential for rehabilitation because of their youth. The previous month, a majority of the court struck down Washington’s drug possession law, effectively legalizing possession of controlled substances while overturning thousands of convictions going back decades. And, in January, the court made it easier for...

(...) Kary Mullis, who won a 1993 Nobel Prize for inventing the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing process later used to diagnose Coronavirus cases, said that Dr. Anthony Fauci lacks knowledge of medicine and is willing to lie on television. Mullis also admitted in another set of videotaped remarks that a PCR test “doesn’t tell you that you’re sick.” (...)

“Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished” (Proverbs 16:5).

Three arrested and one injured by law enforcement outside the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho this morning. The incident starting up when authorities moved to arrest Ammon Bundy and Aaron Schmidt who refused to wear masks in the courthouse. A prosecutor wanted a judge to issue arrest warrants for the them for failure to attend their trial inside the courthouse. The judge issued the warrants. One man ended up on the ground hitting his head. "I know what we're doing is right" Those words spoken outside the courthouse by Ammon Bundy a few minutes before the move to arrest...

It’s one thing if a single news outlet publishes a fraudulent anonymously sourced “scoop.” It’s another thing entirely if multiple newsrooms claim to have independently “confirmed” the fraudulent “scoop” with anonymous sources of their own. The former can reasonably be explained away as a simple error; the latter is not so simple.

Last month the Earth had its coldest February in seven years, thanks to the effect of La Niña. The irregular weather pattern causes abnormally strong winds that make the ocean colder than normal. During February, the average temperature in the contiguous US was 30.6 F, or 3.2°F below the 20th century average.... ...The US was particularly hard hit: The average temperature in the continental U.S. last month was 30.6 degrees F, or 3.2 degrees below the 20th century average. That's the 19th coldest February in the 127 years the agency has kept records, and the coldest February since 1989....

Never seen before video of Dr. Rand Paul questioning Dr. Rachel Levine.

The Worthless Wall Street Journal is banning its reporters from using the terms “illegal immigrant” and “illegal” when referring to illegal aliens living in the US. In an update in ts style guide, the WSJ, which owned by billionaire Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., stated that while it will allow reporters to continue using the term “illegal immigration” to describe the process of illegal aliens arriving and staying in the US, it will no longer allow reporters to describe individuals as “illegal” or “illegal immigrant”. It is, they said, all in an effort to stop “labeling people.”

Join together with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Race and ethnicity can be tricky topics to discuss, especially in the classroom. But the California Department of Education had no idea how heated the debate would get when it set out to draft a model ethnic studies curriculum for high schools statewide.

A Ballot Inspection Hearing was heard today in Atlanta, GA on motions to compel Fulton Co. to “Show Us the Ballots” in a case filed by VoterGA.org. Garland Favorito runs the non-profit fighting for election integrity in Georgia. Attorneys for Fulton County, where the infamous ‘Ruby’ video showing election workings scanning ballots multiple times in the middle of the night after forcing Republican monitors to leave State Farm Arena, declared they had only 29 days to prepare and by law are allowed 30. The incredulous judge gave them until this Monday to be ready to argue why citizens of Georgia...

The younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un fired back at the White House on Monday with a vague warning about what would happen if the Biden administration got off on the wrong foot with Pyongyang. CNN reported that Kim Yo Jong, who officially holds a high-ranking position in North Korea's only political party, issued a statement warning the White House against "causing a stink with its first step," an apparent reference to any attempt by the Biden administration to reverse moves made by President Trump...

A Florida woman accused of posing as a licensed plastic surgeon now faces charges after one of her patients says the nose job she performed left him disfigured. Doral police arrested 56-year-old Alcalira Jimenez De Rodriguez as she operated on another patient Thursday, according to the Miami Herald. Jimenez De Rodriguez had been working at the Millennium Anti-Aging and Surgery Center in Doral, according to police. Police said they received a complaint about Jimenez De Rodriguez in February from Vincenzo Zurlo after the alleged victim in the case underwent a rhinoplasty procedure. Zurlo told WTVJ that he was awake during...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Police announced on Monday they made a second arrest in the homicide case of a 75-year-old Oakland resident who was out on a walk last week. OPD said they arrested Elbert Britton, 56, on Friday. He was charged on Monday by the Alameda County District Attorney's office with special circumstance murder and robbery.

Former Georgia gubernatorial nominee Stacey Abrams (D-GA) said Sunday on CNN’s ”State of the Union” that Republican election proposals in her home state were a “redux of Jim Crow, in a suit and tie.” Anchor Jake Tapper asked, “So Republican state lawmakers in your home state, Georgia, have introduced almost two dozen bills to make it more difficult to vote. They are going to end no excuse mail-in voting, which has been there since 2005. They will reduce voting on Sundays, ask for stricter I.D. requirements, take away drop boxes. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in D.C. — he called...

BOISE, Idaho — Ammon Bundy has once again been arrested, along with two other men, following a Monday morning confrontation outside the Ada County Courthouse. Bundy and another man, Aaron Schmidt, were arrested Monday morning outside of the courthouse after failing to appear for their jury trials, according to a news release from the Ada County Sheriff’s Office. Both men refused to wear masks, which are required to enter the courthouse by order of the Idaho Supreme Court....

It is planned that the film will be shown in California (USA) at the Architecture Design Art Film Festival program in March 2021.A documentary about William Brumfield, a professor of Slavic Studies, who personally took over 150,000 photographs of Russian Orthodox churches, will be shown at the A.V. Shchusev State Museum of Architecture in Moscow on March 13 and 14. The documentary film by Irma Komladze titled “The Treasure of William Brumfield” tells about a professor of Slavic Studies at Tulane University, author of numerous monographs on the history of Russian literature, photographer, member of the Russian Academy of Sciences,...

A judge may unseal absentee ballots in Fulton County so a government watchdog can investigate allegations of voting fraud in the November election. A lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court contends that fraudulent ballots were cast and other irregularities occurred as workers counted ballots at State Farm Arena on election night. Those allegations were investigated and dismissed by the secretary of state’s office. Nonetheless, Henry County Superior Court Judge Brian Amero — who is overseeing the case — said he’s inclined to order the ballots to be unsealed and reviewed by experts hired by Garland Favorito, a voting-integrity advocate....