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The New York Times published The 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones that says the Revolutionary War was fought to preserve slavery. Slavery made the U.S. wealthy. The US original sin was racism. Our culture is built on racism and is an unchangeable part of our society.The 1619 Project is based on CRT, cultural Marxist critical race theory -- only white racism matters and it is systemic in the U.S. It maintains that all blacks are victims (still slaves) and all white people are privileged oppressors (still masters). So there must be monetary and socialized atonement. This theory denigrates the black...

by Samantha FosterKamala Harris' disastrous week once again avoiding the U.S. border, came to a depressing end on Sunday, when her trip to Guatemala and Mexico - the first foreign visit as vice president - was trashed as a deep disappointment by a CNN panel.Harris, tasked by President Joe Biden with working to stem soaring migration levels, found herself mocked for being unable to answer the obvious question as to when she would visit the U.S.-Mexico border. To her visible irritation, she was asked multiple times when she would go and see for herself - and each time, she stumbled...

This month we are marking the centenary of Nelson Riddle, perhaps the greatest of all arrangers of popular song. That's what Frank Sinatra thought, and we cite "I've Got the World on a String", "I've Got You Under My Skin" and "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" as merely the obvious examples. This week's selection is less frequently cited, but is a particular favorite of mine. On March 27th 1929 the Charles B Cochran revue Wake Up And Dream opened at the London Pavilion, with a host of West End talent, including Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale, Tilly Losch...

In a video that went viral on TikTok, an ex-police K9 yields a hilarious reaction, when his owner slips the word “cocaine” into an ordinary sentence to see if the highly trained sniffer dog will notice. In the clip, German shepherd Dante starts off panting away blissfully, chilling with his owner Davey Rutherford—who adopted Dante after he was retired from the force. Without a worry in the world, Dante looks as happy as a clam. But the former K9 officer’s placid contentment is soon shattered when Rutherford reels off a few words, his grocery shopping list—but with a twist.

In Israel today a new government voted in by the Knesset the country's parliament. The vote ends 12 years of leadership by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The vote 60-59 with one abstention.... Naftali Bennett has been sworn in as the new Prime Minister... Congratulations for the new government fro other nations including US President Joe Biden. Mr. Bennett spoke with Biden by phone... A large protest drew tens of thousands onto the streets of Madrid today. Many Spaniards opposed to pardons for Catalan political leaders... The Mayor of Moscow declaring non-working days from June 15th to 19th due to increased...

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by 117 workers at a Texas hospital over its requirement that they be vaccinated against COVID-19 U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes upheld Houston Methodist Hospital's policy mandating the employees be vaccinated Jennifer Bridges, a nurse and the lead plaintiff in the case, had argued that if she was fired for refusing a vaccine, it should be considered wrongful termination She said the vaccines are experimental, dangerous and likened it to Nazis' forced medical experimentation on concentration camp captives during the Holocaust The judge said such proclamations were 'false and otherwise irrelevant'...

The heir to a legal dynasty, who was shot dead along with his mother, is said to have had a drunk alter ego named 'Timmy' and stripped down to his underwear before allegedly causing a boat crash which claimed the life of a 19-year-old in 2019, according to court documents released last week. Paul Murdaugh, 22, and his mom Margaret, 52, were found shot dead at their hunting lodge in Islandton, South Carolina around 10pm on Monday.

In Silicon Valley, 17 years later, another kind of revolution is taking shape. A handful of founders and CEOs—Brian Armstrong of Coinbase, Jason Fried of Basecamp, Shopify’s Tobias Lütke, Medium’s Ev Williams—have said the unsayable. In the face of shop-floor social-justice activism, they’ve decided, business owners should resolve to stick to business. ... In October, a pseudonymous group inspired by Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong came together under the banner “Mission Protocol,” with the aim of getting other companies to start “putting aside activities and conversations” outside the scope of their professional missions. (“Mission focus doesn’t mean being apolitical,” they note. “It...

A federal judge tossed a lawsuit filed by a nurse against Houston Methodist hospital over its requirement that all employees be vaccinated against Covid. 117 employees filed a lawsuit against a Houston-area hospital over its Covid-19 vaccine mandate. Advertisement - story continues below Jennifer Bridges, a registered nurse at the hospital said that doctors are being forced from their practices and ultimately left with no choice but to abandon their patients. The lawsuit argued the vaccine mandate violates the Nuremberg Code and US statutes that allow Americans to refuse “unapproved” treatments. The employees sued The Methodist Hospital, the Methodist Hospital...

Skip The latest lie to die is the false claim the feds cleared Lafayette Park of protesters last year so then-President Donald Trump could hold a photo op. Skip Take growing acceptance of the idea the COVID-19 pandemic started with a leak from a virology lab in Wuhan, China. ...your own list of Top Ten Media Lies. On mine, the recent cases involving Lafayette Park and the lab-leak theory are Nos. 8 and 9. No. 1 is the oldest and biggest: Trump colluded with Russia to win in 2016 and might be a Russian agent. Skip Remember Lie No. 2,...

Andy Slavitt, a former senior adviser for the White House coronavirus response team, said on Sunday that the Trump administration committed three "deadly sins" in its handling of the pandemic. Slavitt, during an interview with host John Dickerson on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” criticized former President Trump for denying the existence of the virus and playing into the country's divisions while his aides quashed dissent. Slavitt, who stepped down from his position in the Biden administration last week, said Trump’s power to convince his followers that the virus did not exist or was not as potent as it was made...

Former President Trump trolled Democrats this weekend, releasing a list of claims he says he’s been vindicated over. The statement reads: Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America Have you noticed that they are now admitting I was right about everything they lied about before the election? ◾Hydroxychloroquine works ◾The Virus came from a Chinese lab ◾Hunter Biden’s laptop was real ◾Lafayette Square was not cleared for a photo op ◾The “Russian Bounties” story was fake ◾We did produce vaccines before the end of 2020, in record time ◾Blue state lockdowns didn’t work ◾Schools...

NEW YORK (AP) — Ned Beatty, the indelible character actor whose first film role as a genial vacationer raped by a backwoodsman in 1972's “Deliverance” launched him on a long, prolific and accomplished career, has died. He was 83. Beatty's manager, Deborah Miller, said Beatty died Sunday of natural causes at his home in Los Angeles surrounded by friends and loved ones. After years in regional theater, Beatty was cast in “Deliverance” as Bobby Trippe, the happy-go-lucky member of a male river-boating party terrorized by backwoods thugs. The scene in which Trippe is brutalized became the most memorable in the...

Bob Braxton discusses how Amazon sidewalk creates a mesh network that tracks your location whether or not you opt-in as long as you live in an area where Alexa or Ring doorbells are in use even if you don't have either device. George Orwell on steroids. FREEPER thoughts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccrUAp4GQvY

Sen. Rand Paul visits Grayson County, Kentucky. Video...

SANTIAGO, June 10 (Reuters) - Chilean health authorities announced a blanket lockdown across the capital Santiago on Thursday following some of the worst COVID-19 case numbers since the pandemic began, despite having fully vaccinated more than half its population. The development, which will alarm authorities elsewhere who are debating how fast to reopen as vaccination campaigns gather steam, comes as Chile's confirmed daily caseload surged 17% in the past two weeks nationwide and 25% in the Metropolitan region that includes Santiago and is home to half the country's population. Intensive care beds in the capital region are now at 98%...

Who Can and Can’t Vote in U.S. Elections You must be a U.S. citizen to vote in federal, state, or local elections. ** Who Can Vote? You can vote in U.S. elections if you: Are a U.S. citizen Meet your state’s residency requirements You can be homeless (PDF, Download Adobe Reader) and still meet these requirements. Are 18 years old on or before Election Day In almost every state, you can register to vote before you turn 18 if you will be 18 by Election Day. Are registered to vote by your state’s voter registration deadline. North Dakota does not...

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The Arizona audit moves on and the Democrats are getting very scared knowing what will be uncovered. On Friday, America’s corrupt Attorney General Merrick Garland, threatened anyone who works on audits of the 2020 election: ..... Snip..... Today, President Trump responded to AG Garland’s asinine remarks from Friday: “The Department of Justice (DOJ) is adding more people onto its roles in order to fight against efforts to limit voting and, I assume, other illegal voting acts. Based on that it would seem the DOJ has no choice but to look at the massive voter fraud which took place in certain...

Sioux Falls Police Department versus Sioux Falls Fire Rescue in friendly competition to see who can make the other one laugh.