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FNC White House correspondent Peter Doocy asked the White House press secretary on Thursday about some details of the $2.6 trillion infrastructure spending bill proposed by the Biden administration. Q: And one of the most colorful examples that the President used yesterday -- he asked if people remembered a bridge going down. But only 5 percent of the spending in this package goes towards roads and bridges, and I'm curious why that number is so low in something that is being sold as an infrastructure package. MS. PSAKI: We're actually selling it as a once-in-a-century or once-in-a-generation investment in partly...

Click here to read the full articlePres­i­dent Biden holds a copy of his dai­ly sched­ule dur­ing his Pitts­burgh speech. 9:45 AM — Pro­ceed to Oval Office12:15 PM — Lunch12:45 PM — Cab­i­net meet­ing prep pic.twitter.com/c3A02JCLUy— Jor­dan Fabi­an (@Jordanfabian) March 31, 2021Here are some of the com­ments about Joe’s schedule:“name & address on his underwear?”“Noth­ing there about hav­ing impor­tant meet­ings or mak­ing many phone calls?”“they have to tell him to pro­ceed to Oval Office?”“Lol cute sched­ule for dement­ed Joe. Got­ta make sure he lines out each one, so he knows what’s next.”“How long are the Democ­rats going to ignore that Biden...

Yesterday, Katelyn Polantz and Evan Perez reported that investigators with Special Counsel John Durham’s office have used grand jury subpoenas “to gather documents in recent months” and “are now arranging witness interviews.” Of course, if you’ve been following along, this isn’t breaking news. There is months-old reporting on Durham’s use of grand juries and Durham isn’t just “now arranging witness interviews.” As then-U.S. Attorney Durham stated in a December 9, 2019 press release response disputing IG Horowitz’s opinions on the predication of Crossfire Hurricane, he had already developed “information from other persons and entities, both in the U.S. and outside...

The U.S. moved closer Thursday toward vaccinating 100 million Americans in a race against an uptick in COVID-19 cases that is fueling fears of another nationwide surge just as the major league baseball season starts and thousands of fans return to stadiums. More than 99 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, and more than 56 million people — 17% of the nation’s population — have been fully vaccinated, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A total of 154 million vaccines had been administered as of Thursday. President Joe Biden’s new...

A top U.S. general called his counterparts in Russia and Ukraine on March 31 amid reports of a buildup of Russian troops along Ukraine’s border and in Crimea, the Pentagon confirmed on March 31. Defense Department spokesman John Kirby confirmed that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley called top military leaders in Russia and Ukraine and said the Pentagon is aware of Ukrainian military reports concerning Russian troop movements near Ukraine’s borders. “Russia’s destabilizing actions undermine the de-escalation intentions that had been achieved through an OSCE-brokered agreement back in July of last year,” Kirby told a...

A life-sized bronze statue of Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg installed at a United Kingdom university has sparked a backlash among students and critics who argue the money could have been better spent. The sculpture -- with a price tag of £24,000 (roughly $33,000) -- was unveiled at the University of Winchester in southern England on Tuesday. The university, in a statement, noted it was a symbol of its "ongoing commitment to sustainability and social justice." The Winchester University and College Union (UCU) branch criticized the statute's high price tag during the coronavirus pandemic and described it as a "vanity...

Proclaiming "an end to a century's worth of frustration and a great day for the schoolchildren of Texas," Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law today (Thursday, April 1) Senate Bill 3236, authorizing the purchase of the entire city of Austin, excepting the Capitol Complex and University of Texas campus, by area Technoking Elon Musk, henceforth to also hold the title of "Iron Mayor." The surprise offer by Musk encountered little resistance from members of the Texas Legislature, which quickly approved the measure by voice vote in both chambers, with only Sen. Sarah Eckhardt, D-Austin, and five Austin-based members of the...

Last May, Baylor Scott & White Health, the largest nonprofit hospital system in Texas, laid off 1,200 employees and furloughed others as it braced for the then-novel coronavirus to spread. The cancellation of lucrative elective procedures as the hospital pivoted to treat a new and less profitable infectious disease presaged financial distress, if not ruin. The federal government rushed $454 million in relief funds to help shore up its operations. But Baylor not only weathered the crisis, it thrived. By the end of 2020, Baylor had accumulated an $815 million surplus, $20 million more than it had in 2019, creating...

A lawyer defending Jeffrey Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell is arguing that she should be treated as well as Harvey Weinstein and other wealthy men who were granted bail after being charged with sex crimes. “The truth is that wealthy men charged with similar or more serious offenses, many of whom have foreign ties, are routinely granted bail so that they can effectively prepare for trial,” lawyer David Oscar Markus said on Thursday in an appeal of US District Court Judge Alison Nathan's denial last month of the British socialite's latest bail request. Markus argued that the 59-year-old Maxwell, who is...

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allied military and the family members of the above.Honoring those who have served before. FReeper Canteen JUST HANGIN' CAFE Come on in, we're open Need a place just to hang out? This is it. It's casual FRiday here at the Canteen. Pull up a seat and relax. We serve coffee, tea, conversation and music. Our AWESOME military, our AWESOME allies, and their families are welcomed and honored here. Birthday wishes for all of the April babies. No worries in the FReeper Canteen Just Hangin'...

On this date in 1916, German forces occupying Belgium shot Gabrielle Petit at Schaarbeek for espionage. Petit, orphaned as a child, was a 21-year-old Brussels saleswoman and governess when the First World War began. In 1914, she helped her wounded fiance, soldier Maurice Gobert, cross the front lines into the Netherlands to rejoin his unit. This was already a no-no — just the thing, in fact, that would soon get British nurse Edith Cavell shot by the Hun. But Petit went way beyond into outright espionage. Having impressed British officers upon her successful delivery of Maurice by relating everything she...

KEY TAKEAWAYS The beauty of military service is that the uniform and common objective supplants grouping by individual identities of color, class, gender, or religion. Critical race theory would move the military in the wrong direction by undoing decades, even centuries, of work to foster a team-centered culture. When we view people through the lens of race, gender, or religion, we embrace the polar opposite of everything the U.S. military strives for. Sen. Tom Cotton, rightly angered that the Department of Defense is moving to indoctrinate U.S. military personnel in divisive critical race theory, has introduced a bill that would...

Prosecutors played never-before-heard audio of Chauvin speaking with his supervisor after Floyd died •Chauvin was breathless and coughing as he took a call from Minneapolis Police Sergeant David Pleoger •'I was just going to call you come out to our scene we had to hold a guy down he was going crazy, wouldn't go in the back of the squad,' Chauvin said on the call •Testifying in court on Thursday, Pleoger said that Chauvin did not tell him that he had applied his knee to Floyd's neck of that he had held him down for any length of time •'He...

Two bobcat cubs, a brother and a sister, were released back into the wild of Jacks Peak Park in Monterey after nearly a year of rehabilitation. In the Summer of 2020, the SPCA of Monterey County rescued the cubs before they were transferred to the Wildlife Center of Silicon Valley. On March 24, the siblings were set free. According to the SPCA, the cubs were raised together, fed live rodents, and had little to no human contact. All of those steps were taken to make them self-sufficient in the wild and to have a natural fear of humans. Monterey County...

Windfarm opponents are claiming a major victory after Hérault court ruled that the turbines must be demolished as they were built without the correct permission The court ordered that the 93m turbines at Bernagues in the Grands Causses in Hérault must be demolished, even if the owners launch an appeal. They started producing power in 2016 but the next year the Conseil d’Etat, France’s highest administrative court, rejected the planning permission. Rabbits and rodents are drawn to the recently dug sites and this is a fatal attraction for eagles, which fly at the same height as the turbine blades. The...

Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) allegedly showed fellow lawmakers on the House floor photos and videos of naked women he said he had sex with, according to a new report from CNN. The new report is not related to the DOJ investigation. It seems Gaetz’s colleagues in the House are using the opportunity of the scandal to leak details about his alleged behavior as a congressman. The sources, including two people directly shown the material, said Gaetz displayed the images of women on his phone and talked about having sex with them. One of the videos showed a naked woman with...

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Patrick Rooney, Founder of Old School™ (Natural Health / Success / Freedom) discusses the real reason President Trump failed to "drain the swamp," and thus safeguard America. Your comments are welcome. Old School https://oldschoolus.com​ Dr. Fauci's Promotion of Gain of Function Research May Have Contributed to COVID-19 Pandemic https://nationalsecurity.news/2020-06-29-faucis-promotion-of-gain-of-function-research-contributed-to-pandemic.html Trump Torches "self-promoters" Fauci, Birx Over Coronavirus Response https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/mar/29/donald-trump-torches-anthony-fauci-deborah-birx-ov/

Seventy-four years ago, in 1947, the Brooklyn Dodgers signed Major League Baseball’s first African American player in the modern era: Jackie Roosevelt Robinson. This historic moment is celebrated as the formal “integration” of Major League Baseball (MLB). For three decades after Robinson broke the “color line,” there was a steady increase in American-born Black players taking the field. But this year, on opening day, 2021, just 7% of players on MLB rosters are American-born Black athletes. What has happened to the Black American baseball player? ---snip--- At the heart of the matter is money. MLB invests tremendous financial resources into...