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The Biden administration is still seizing land along the U.S. southern border for Donald Trump’s border wall despite announcing that he was not going to finish it. The administration insists they’re in the midst of a “review of federal resources to build the wall” and are allowing Trump-era court cases to proceed, including land seizure cases. That review was supposed to be concluded 60 days after Biden’s inauguration — March 20. The president made the announcement of the wall cancellation with great fanfare and publicity. And yet land has continued to be seized. “I’m … very, very disappointed in Joe...

Pandemics ~ Data & Analytics (PANDA), co-founded by Nick Hudson, is using live data and open science to empower the public to exercise freedom of choice and preserve free societiesHudson explains the ugly truth about COVID-19, which is that the world is being needlessly crippled by fear due to a false narrativeThe pandemic response has created “homosapienophobia” — the idea that everyone is dangerous until proven healthyData compiled by PANDA found no relationship between lockdowns and COVID-19 deaths per million people; the disease followed a trajectory of linear decline regardless of whether or not lockdowns were imposedWith looming vaccine passports,...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 264,499,715 (17,641,150 J&J) Administered: 205,871,913 (7,902,746 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 129,494,179 Fully Vaccinated: 82,471,151

The Queen “put her foot down” at Prince Andrew’s desire to appear at his father’s funeral in an admiral’s uniform. The monarch decreed that none of the royal guests would be in military dress after her middle son caused a stir by ordering his tailor to prepare his uniform for a rank he technically never attained, the Daily Mail reported.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) is fighting gun crime in his state by calling for a database of ammunition purchasers and banning .50 caliber rifles. ABC7 notes that Murphy also wants to require “gun safety training” as part of the process for obtaining a firearm ID card, enact gun storage obligations, mandate registration of out-of-state firearms, and relaunch the “smart gun commission” and a microstamping requirement, among other things. Murphy’s ideas are already enacted–and failing–in other states. For example, California already has ammunition gun control, yet South Los Angeles witnessed a 742 percent spike in shooting victims during the...

No joke. This is her actual explanation for why buying up properties around L.A., including a “mini-compound” in Topanga Canyon, isn’t inconsistent with Marxism: “I see my money as not my own. I see it as my family’s money as well.” If Marxism means making bank and sharing the riches with your kids and siblings, then you know what? I guess I’m okay with Marxism. As Marx himself said, “From each according to his abilities, to each according to whether they’re kin to a politburo member and have their eye on a four-bedroom.” As others have noted today about this...

Isaiah 1:18 Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as woolWWII U.S. Army Officer and California Berkeley professor emeritus Irving Janis spent 50 years studying why groups of intelligent, knowledgeable people sometimes make very poor decisions. He coined the term, Groupthink: a detrimental psychological condition and practice of reasoning / decision-making that afflicts groups. It is characterized by uncritical acceptance or conformity to prevailing points of view where members of the group suspend reasoning faculties...

The international community must draw "clear red lines" with Russia, French President Emmanuel Macron said, including implementing sanctions after any "unacceptable behavior" by Russian President Vladimir Putin. He said, however, that sanctions alone are not sufficient. In an interview with "Face The Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, Macron said he "fully" shares Mr. Biden's desire to open dialogue with Russia. However, he said it was important to be clear with Putin "when we are not aligned."

Prediction: If Derek Chauvin is found guilty by the Minneapolis jury, there will be riots anyway, like we sometimes see in a city that wins the Super Bowl or World Series. Dust off Edward Banfield’s chapter on “Rioting Mostly for Fun and Profit” in The Unheavenly City. Which I may just talk about on our podcast this week. In the meantime. . .

About 15 years ago I began using the term ‘ideofascism’ to define a cultural movement I saw spreading throughout society which reminded me of the popular mass moment which swept across Europe, most particularly in Germany, from the early 1930s and into the 40s culminating in a world war. Although the masses of that era who embraced the Fascist Party were largely disillusioned with the collapse of the Axis powers, the people themselves who remained through and after the war were essentially the same and the only thing that really changed was they were now void of an ideology. They...

Over 1,200 Christian leaders in the UK have written to Prime Minister Boris Johnson to express their opposition to the government’s proposal to introduce COVID-19-status certification for domestic use. In an open letter, the church leaders, who are from various denominations, said they are “wholly opposed” to the scheme. They said the introduction of vaccine passports “would constitute an unethical form of coercion and violation of the principle of informed consent.” “People may have various reasons for being unable or unwilling to receive vaccines currently available including, for some Christians, serious issues of conscience related to the ethics of vaccine...

U.S.—A new study has found that many conservatives are deciding not to get the COVID-19 vaccine after they learned that liberals will continue staying away from them for their safety. The Biden administration has been trying to reach out to conservatives to get them to take the vaccine, but the excellent benefits of not getting vaccinated, like being able to be alone all the time and not having to interact with liberals, outweigh the benefits for many Republicans. "You mean they'll intentionally social distance from me, like, forever? Oh yeah, I'm definitely not getting vaccinated!" said one man in Texas....

As the headmaster of the famed Dalton School resigned over controversial race-based curriculum and policies, another storied Manhattan prep school faced a father’s public wrath over the same issue. Dalton School’s Jim Best announced he was leaving Friday to pursue “other exciting and inspiring opportunities” after 16 years at the school. His departure came after months of controversy at the Upper East Side academic bastion over the school’s “anti-racism” focus. At the same time, a father at the equally prestigious, $54,000-a-year Brearley School sent a scathing, nearly 1700-word letter to the institution’s roughly 600 families over Brearley’s “obsession with race.”...

One of the biggest voices in sports will get a chance to host "Jeopardy." Broadcaster Joe Buck will guest host the program, putting himself in contention for the permanent job, according to Andrew Marchand of the New York Post. The program is cycling through guest hosts following the death of long-time host Alex Trebek. A number of celebrities, including Katie Couric, Ken Jennings and Dr. Oz, have taken a shot at the role. It's assumed the program will hire a new full-time host eventually. Buck's episodes will air during the summer, according to the Post. It's unclear how long Buck...

Former President George W. Bush on Friday made a call for what he described as a "gradual" path to legal residency and eventually citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants -- while at the same time claiming that "amnesty" would be "fundamentally unfair." [cut] "The help and respect historically accorded to new arrivals is one reason so many people still aspire and wait to become Americans. So how is it that in a country more generous to new arrivals than any other, immigration policy is the source of so much rancor and ill will?" he asks. Bush lists a number of...

The former chief financial officer of a Middleborough-based shoe company was federally charged Wednesday and agreed to plead guilty to embezzling about $30 million from the company. Since 2015, Hajjar transferred $15 million in funds stolen from the shoe company to Garza and her company, including a $1.1 million co-op apartment in New York City. He also bought her a Mercedez-Benz, a $60,000 diamond bracelet, a $158,000 diamond ring and other luxury goods, the company said in the lawsuit against Garza. According to the complaint, Hajjar purchased two pairs of earrings that totaled nearly $200,000 and two diamond rings that...

The D.C. government has denied a pastor’s request to instate a “COVID-immune section” for fully vaccinated parishioners at Capitol Hill Baptist Church — a church that has been going back and forth with the city over reopening restrictions throughout the pandemic.The church proposed a section of 328 seats in its West Hall that wouldn’t have any social distancing or mask requirements, but D.C. officials denied the request on Wednesday after reviewing DC Health and Centers for Disease Control guidelines. Christopher Rodriguez, director of D.C.’s Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency, wrote a letter to Associate Pastor Jamie Dunlop citing the...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala (WALA) -- As COVID restrictions continue to be loosened, there is a major problem affecting many restaurants in the area. It is a staffing problem. “It seems like nobody wants to work these days,” said Maurice White, Owner of Big White Wings in Prichard. White hired one person recently, but is still searching for six more. “Very frustrating when you know the bills are coming and you’re not making the money to accommodate the bills coming cause the bills are not stopping,” he said. While the signature Stupid Fries and wings continue to draw crowds, White says...

In the wake of the recent defund police calls, we have a surge in videos that surfacing and resurfacing where the police shoot and kills persons of color. In most cases, the shooting is justified but the latest videos from 13-year-old Adam Toledo sparked another set of riots. Today another video from a Hispanic man killed by the police in Cypress, Texas resurfaced when TMZ reported about it. The video shows a knife-wielding man who was fatally shot by two deputies at a Cypress convenience store. TMZ reported that in the previously unseen video which was shot on March 17th,...

VIDEOLurch has returned from the dead and in this incarnation he is a scary leftwing senate candidate, John Fetterman, from the Keystone State. The original Lurch was a lot less frightening but a lot more fun than the current Lurch.