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It’s in the ballots. Now the printers of the ballots are in the hot seat. They better lawyer up. It appears that ballots in Republican areas were printed differently than in Democrat areas which caused more Republican ballots to go to adjudication and potentially be recorded as Biden votes. We reported in December that inventor and data expert, Jovan Hutton Pulitzer identified a pattern in Georgia where Republican district ballots were printed differently than Democrat district ballots. The Republican areas’ ballots were set up where a large percentage would go to adjudication. This allowed unknown individuals to record all the...

.... social justice advocates were surprised this summer when Austin became one of the only cities in the nation to successfully begin reallocating significant funding from its police department to other city programs. In August, the council voted unanimously to eliminate upcoming cadet classes in the troubled police academy, diverting $20 million to programs that address homelessness, mental health, and family violence prevention. Over the course of the year following the budget vote, another $80 million will be reallocated from the department by placing some functions, such as forensics and 911 dispatch, within other parts of the city’s government. The...

Beginning in the fall, the Austin Independent School District will be significantly scaling back the way it disciplines children who act up. The goal is to reduce racial disparities, which show Black and brown students are being disproportionately punished compared to their white classmates. According to data compiled by the district, Black children at AISD were nearly five times more likely than their white peers to receive disciplinary action, include suspensions, being placed at a disciplinary campus or being expelled.

Yesterday I visited a small manufacturing business in my area (work-related), noting that there was a sign on the door advising employees "fully-vaccinated employees may be mask-free with proof of vaccination;" I made a mental note, as this was only the 2nd business I'd seen with such a notice. I went about my business and engaged in chit-chat with the gal in the office while I was working. I was focused on the problem and hardly being attentive to the conversation while she was griping about the lack of supervisors, apologizing for not wearing her mask. I told her I...

A gang of grab-and-run thieves descended on the Louis Vuitton store at Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto this week and stole an estimated $100,000+ in pricey handbags. In the second such incident at the mall in less, than a month, a group of 11 suspects came to the store and stole 36 Louis Vuitton bags, each of which can cost thousands of dollars. The suspects then fled in five waiting vehicles, and while they were seen on camera leaving the scene, they were all wearing facial coverings and hoodies — much like a gaggle of thieves who hit the...

Pierce County Sheriff’s in the state of Washington are asking for its Twitter followers to take a good look at these catalytic converter thieves who hit a family’s Ford F-250, taking the emissions control device in less than 30 seconds. A dealership in Texas lost 20 catalytic converters in a matter of minutes earlier this week : a driver and the sawzall operator. They shimmied under the car and snatched up the part in seconds.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson kicked off the 47th G7 summit in England on Friday with a request for his fellow world leaders to ensure their recovery from the Wuhan coronavirus pandemic is "greener" and "more feminine." Following the family photo of member country leaders on a beach in Cornwall, the heads of state from around the world sat down to begin their annual discussions. "It is vital that we don't repeat the mistake of the last great crisis—the last great economic recession—in 2008 when the recovery was not uniform across all parts of society," Johnson explained. "I think what's...

The first video shows him wandering into a cafeteria for the public instead of the special accommodations reserved for the G-7 leaders. Notice that the crowd guffaws as someone throws out a flip question, which he has to ask her to repeat. When he gives a dullard's answer, the laughter roars harder. It's an obvious mockery of a lost old fool looking for the buffet table at the senior citizens' home, or maybe the right bingo hall on a Thursday. Nobody applauds Biden's entry as if he were there to see him, nor do they indicate terror and awe or...

Amazon Sidewalk launched Tuesday, and those who have privacy concerns about their internet connection should opt out immediately. Sidewalk uses Ring security cameras, along with Amazon Echo devices, to create a shared wireless network, The Washington Post reported. Devices that qualify automatically connect to the system, which would essentially create low bandwidth communal access to the internet, as it would use a part of any available bandwidth on neighbors’ WiFi. But there are obviously serious security concerns, even though Amazon says it will be using “three layers of encryption to ensure data is visible only to the intended party.” However,...

It wasn’t long after Matthew Reed shoplifted a $63 set of sheets from a Target in upstate New York that the coronavirus pandemic brought the world to a standstill. You can see where this article is going.

On this date in 1956, the Argentine military junta crushed a Peronist revolt with the summary execution of its leader, Juan Jose Valle. Gen. Pedro Eugenio Aramburu had overthrown the populist Juan Peron government in 1955, and now ruled Argentina as President. General Valle was shouldered out for his affiliations with the former regime: throughout the months following the coup, the Peron party was systematically proscribed and its leaders barred from politics. In exile, Peron urged radical action by these disenfranchised followers, and Valle attempted to mount a revolt in June 1956.* This operation was well-scouted by the government, and...

1. Historically high valuations are bad news To begin with, the widely followed S&P 500 is pricey...really pricey. As of the close on June 7, 2021, the Shiller price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio for the S&P 500 hit 37.5. The Shiller P/E, also known as the cyclically adjusted P/E (CAPE) ratio, is based on inflation-adjusted earnings from the previous 10 years. This reading of 37.5 is well over double the average Shiller P/E ratio of 16.8, which dates back 151 years. 2. History says we're in trouble Looking back 61 years, there have been nine bear markets. In the previous eight bear...

Three ranking Republican members urged President Biden to stop China’s nuclear arms expansion in a joint letter earlier this week, warning that failure to act could lead to “a degree of nuclear parity” between China and the United States by 2030. In the letter, Reps. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) of the House Armed Services Committee, Michael McCaul (R-Texas), of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) of the House Intelligence Committee, noted that China’s rapidly developing nuclear forces pose a growing threat and that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is unwilling to engage in a good-faith arms race and...

FBI Director Christopher Wray told lawmakers at a hearing Friday that the agency has noted “quite a number” of instances of individuals deeply indebted to Mexican criminal organizations entering the United States, adding that there’s “no question” cartel activity is spilling over the border.

Former President Donald Trump will make a special appearance Saturday at “MAGA Frank,” a free speech rally hosted by MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell in New Richmond, Wisconsin. Other guests who will be speaking include, media personalities Diamond & Silk, former Milwaukee Sheriff David Clarke, filmmaker Dinesh D’Souza, and Turning Point USA CEO Charlie Kirk, among many others. Trump will give remarks virtually at the event sometime between 11:30 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. CT on Saturday, June 12. Gates will open at 9:00 a.m. at River’s Edge Apple River Concert Venue. “The President will be visiting with us in real time...

Senator Mike Lee introduces three bills to repeal and reform the Passenger Vessel Services Act. The Passenger Vessel Services Act of 1886 has long been a thorn in the side of the Cruise Industry operating in the United States and has offered neighboring countries the chance to take full advantage. While the law was intended to protect US shipbuilding interests, the law directs increased traffic to countries like Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas, meaning the US is losing millions of dollars every year. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) introduced three bills to repeal and reform the Passenger Vessel Services Act of...

Social media video shows passengers helping get control of the man on Flight 1730 Friday night. A video from the incident on Saturday morning shows passengers scrambling to restrain the man during his attempt to open the cabin door mid-flight. The man had repeatedly shouted that he would “take the plane down” and assaulted two female flight attendants, a spokesperson for Oklahoma City Police Department told Insider. At one point, flight attendants called for able-bodied men on the flight to come help subdue the passenger. “Thanks to the crew and passengers of Delta Flight 1730 (LAX to ATL) who assisted...

An election assessment conducted in a Pennsylvania county months ago and quietly released to the public in recent weeks uncovered five errors, including three linked to Dominion Voting Systems, whose election management system is used in the county, the assessing firm said. Wake Technology Services Inc. (Wake TSI), a Pennsylvania-based firm, conducted the assessment in Fulton County. Workers visited the county’s offices late last year and about a month later, on Feb. 9. The assessment was meant to review the mail-in ballots in the county and explore whether conduct relating to absentee ballot requests, distribution, receipt, and counting were in...

[ransomnote: Good series of Tweets re myocarditis. I don't think she's aware that the CDC has withheld from publishing most of the reports they've received for Covid-19 'vaccines' which means the actual number reported to the CDC is likely 3 to 5 times higher. She does know that the total number of reports to the CDC is usually 1% of actual adverse events experienced by the vaccinated.] Alex Berenson on Twitter: "1/ @cdcgov has now analyzed the VAERS data on #Covid vaccine myocarditis in teens and young adults. It is terrible. Based only on received reports - and remember, most...

First-term Congresswoman Lauren Boebert, who earlier this week trolled Kamala Harris at the border with a cardboard cutout of former Democrat San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s lover, is not taking her foot off of the gas. On Friday, Boebert, who owns Shooters Grill in Colorado and gained prominence for her Second Amendment Rights activism, sent a tweet mocking “cackling Kamala” Harris for her recent statement in which she told illegal aliens, “Do not come.” SNIP In case you missed Lauren Boebert’s cardboard cutout stunt at the border, it’s a very effective one as Kamala Harris — the so-called “border czar”...