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Chet Hanks (left) has accused his ex-girlfriend Kiana Parker (right) of carrying out a bloody attack on him with a knife in a newly surfaced video amid a messy legal battle after they split

WASHINGTON, Sunday, March 31, 1861. Quite a scene transpired at the President's house yesterday. On Friday Senator BAKER, of Oregon, presented to the President ten or eleven men as representative Californians, who, after he retired, recommended Senator BAKER to the Executive as a proper arbiter of the California appointments. The President then invited "all" Californians to call on him yesterday morning. OUR WASHINGTON DISPATCHES. On Friday night some thirty Californians had an impromptu meeting, at which they appointed a Committee of Five of their number, as proper persons to give any information desired by the President as to the qualifications...

CDC director Rochelle Walensky said data suggests fully vaccinated people don't carry COVID-19. More details in the People mag article here; https://people.com/health/vaccinated-people-do-not-appear-carry-spread-covid-19/

According to reported government estimates regarding the number of migrants expected to cross into the U.S. this year, President Joe Biden’s border crisis is only just beginning. CNN, citing internal government calculations, reported immigration officials expect to encounter an estimated two million people at the border in 2021. Officials also reportedly believe a great many of those people are not expected to be families or unaccompanied minors, either.

AMIENS, France (AP) – As France battles a new virus surge that many believe was avoidable, intensive care nurse Stephanie Sannier manages her stress and sorrow by climbing into her car after a 12-hour shift, blasting music and singing as loud as she can. “It allows me to breathe,” she says, “and to cry.”

Chauvin’s attorney gets prosecution witnesses to admit it is not always possible to know if someone is unconscious during a “blood choke” and will fight again once revived. Also, another prosecution witness admits officers checked Floyd’s pulse several times. You will not read or hear this in the mainstream media - even the putative conservative media. They all seem determined to condemn Derek Chauvin. But defense attorney Eric Nelson had an opportunity to question the prosecution’s witnesses. He discredited them. First, he questioned Donald Williams II, the professional mixed martial artist (MMA), who was at the scene when Derek Chauvin...

President Biden’s infrastructure bill is a shopping cart full of left-wing causes, most of which have nothing to do with infrastructure. There is nothing in principle particularly wrong with omnibus bills covering a number of different policy objectives, but such misnomers as this proposal and the preceding Covid relief bill, 90 percent of which had nothing to do with the coronavirus, are irritating and insulting to the intelligence of the public.

Jane Mayer of The New Yorker strengthens the argument for why H.R. 1 is an awful piece of legislation.In attempting to own conservatives by leaking partial audio of a presentation to Republicans by the director of research at a conservative nonprofit, staff writer Jane Mayer at The New Yorker further illuminates why H.R. 1 is a garbage proposal. Mayer misunderstands the Republican base’s argument completely and produces a straw man.The March 29 report is based on audio from a Jan. 8 phone call in which Kyle McKenzie of Stand Together discusses the “For The People Act,” known as H.R. 1....

The Monthly Fiber Arts Thread is a monthly gathering of people that love yarn and fabric of all kinds. From complete newbies that are looking to start that first project, to experienced fiber artists and beyond, we would love to hear from you. It is impossible to hijack the Monthly Fiber Arts Thread. Knitting, crochet, quilting, weaving, general crafting - there is no telling where it will go, and that is part of the fun and interest. Jump in and join us! Send a Private Message to Diana in Wisconsin if you'd like to be added to our Fiber Arts...

A mass shooting and gun battle Wednesday night in Southern California left at least four people dead and two others injured. According to TV station KNBC, citing the Metro City Fire Authority Dispatch, four people died at the scene, a business park in Orange, and two others were transported to nearby hospitals. Lt. Jennifer Amat, a spokeswoman for the Orange Police Department, said one of the deaths was a child. The Los Angeles Times reported that “officers were fired on as they arrived, and they returned fire.” The gunman was wounded and hospitalized in the gunfight with the police, though...

As The Gateway Pundit reported on Tuesday — The New York Times published a hit piece on popular Trump-supporter Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) saying the Florida Congressman was under investigation for dating a 17-year-old girl. The Gateway Pundit later spoke with a source close to Matt Gaetz who told us this report is completely false. Gaetz is not the target of the investigation. We were also told none of the women he was seeing were underage. It’s not a surprise the left is after Gaetz since he is such an effective communicator and staunch Trump supporter. Rep. Gaetz told Axios...

Space is more than “the final frontier,” it represents America’s future -- and Americans are ready to embrace that future. Space is a chance to bring together the public and private sectors toward a noble end and it is fast becoming the psychological bridge between Americans uncertain of the present and future. With space policy direction for the new administration still largely undefined -- space was not a significant issue for the Biden campaign -- we must swiftly recommit to lifting humans -- and our national pride -- back toward the moon, and onto to Mars. If cynics doubt the...

<p>BOSTON (CBS/CNN) — Drugmaker Johnson & Johnson said Wednesday it had found a quality problem at a Baltimore plant helping manufacture its coronavirus vaccine under contract.</p><p>The New York Times reported Wednesday. that workers at Emergent, the Baltimore plant that has been making Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, accidentally mixed up some of the ingredients, ruining as many as 15 million potential doses of vaccine and delaying US Food and Drug Administration authorization of the plant.</p>

During an interview with ESPN aired on Wednesday’s “SportsCenter,” President Joe Biden criticized the Texas Rangers for planning to open their stadium at full capacity for Opening Day with a mask requirement, saying that the decision is mistaken and the Rangers “should listen to Dr. Fauci and the scientists and the experts.”

Nissan sold cars and trucks for decades before entering the U.S. market. In some nations they were marketed as Nissans; here they were badged as Datsuns, a brand the parent company has owned since the ‘30s. When 1970s gas crises sent U.S. sales soaring, Nissan grew uncomfortable with the Datsun label and decided to make a brand transition. In 1981, small “by Nissan” nameplates appeared on Datsun vehicles. Dealerships were sent NISSAN signs to hang under their DATSUN signs. Soon, the NISSAN signs were moved to the upper position. Then the DATSUN signs came down. In four years, rebranding was...

First Lady Jill Biden was mocked and criticized on Wednesday afternoon after a botched attempt to speak Spanish. Video of her failed attempt to speak a foreign language then drew attention to a controversial-looking flag that was behind her. Jill Biden made the remarks during an event speaking to farmworkers on the birthday of Cesar Chavez, a left-wing labor leader and activist who had a history of making bigoted remarks toward immigrants. “It’s ‘Si se puede’ (Yes you/we can) not ‘Si se pwadueh,'” RGA Deputy Communications Director Joanna Rodriguez, who is fluent in Spanish, tweeted. “I can’t even imagine what...

The other day, Liz Peek, writing at Fox News online, said this about the 46th president: Joe Biden woke up on third base and thinks he hit a triple. Someone has told the president that he was elected by the American people to fundamentally change our country. He thinks he has a mandate, and that all that stands between him and success is a few ornery Republicans in the Senate who refuse to get out of the way. Correction. Biden believes that the only thing standing between him and greatness are cranky senators who do not see the United States...

Growing up, I rarely -- if ever -- heard anyone in authority discuss the relationship between Judeo-Christian concepts of morality and health. Instead, morals were cast as somewhat arbitrary rules that had to be followed to avoid being cast into Hell. I can't speak to what may happen in the afterlife. But in my almost six decades on the planet, I have observed that there is a powerful correlation between the foundational principles of morality in Judeo-Christianity and health in this life: physical and spiritual health, emotional and psychological health, and societal health. The Ten Commandments are an excellent starting...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - A critical component of the immune system known as T cells that respond to fight infection from the original version of the novel coronavirus appear to also protect against three of the most concerning new virus variants, according to a U.S. laboratory study released on Tuesday. Several recent studies have shown that certain variants of the novel coronavirus can undermine immune protection from antibodies and vaccines. But antibodies - which block the coronavirus from attaching to human cells - may not tell the whole story, according to the study by researchers at the National Institute of Allergy...