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Mrs. Anna Morgan LLoyd is a forty nine year old grandmother who drove to Washington, D.C. on January 5, 2021 at the invitation of her hair- dresser and friend Dona Bissey, to hear the President speak. According to F.B.I. reports, Mrs. Lloyd's statements to law enforcement and to the filed Criminal Information, she was present during protests in the Capitol Building. She has plead guilty to Count IV of the Information. Parading, Demonstrating, or Picketing in a Capitol Building, in violation of Title 40, United States Code, Section 5104(e)(2)(G) The parties agree that a sentence of Probation, with 40 hours...

In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called murder hornet found in the state this year, federal and state investigators said Wednesday, June 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson,File) In this Oct. 24, 2020 file photo a Washington State Department of Agriculture worker displays an Asian giant hornet taken from a nest, in Blaine, Wash. Scientists have found a dead Asian giant hornet north of Seattle, the first so-called...

A newly released Swiss-sponsored study reveals that China has not eradicated poverty, a “miracle” that Chinese leader Xi Jinping claims to have achieved.On Feb. 25, the Chinese regime organized an awards ceremony, in which Xi announced China had eradicated poverty, based on China’s poverty standards.“[China] created another miracle in the annals of history,” Xi commented on the eradication of poverty. “[It’s a] major historic achievement.”On April 6, the Chinese regime released a white paper titled “China’s Practice in Human Poverty Reduction.” With this paper, the Beijing authorities want to set China as a role model to the world.“China has not...

Victoria’s Secret has signed soccer World Cup winner Megan Rapinoe and actress Priyanka Chopra Jonas in a desperate bid to rebuild its brand and appeal to a broader market, Page Six has exclusively learned. The beleaguered lingerie giant is relaunching and moving away from its traditionally rail-thin models by introducing The VS Collective with diverse “leading icons” and “changemakers” — including Jonas and Rapinoe — to “shape the future of the brand,” an industry insider told Page Six. But don’t expect to see “White Tiger” star Chopra and Rapinoe — who has been a preeminent voice in the fight for...

New findings from Cleveland Clinic researchers show for the first time that the gut microbiome impacts stroke severity and functional impairment following stroke. The results, published in Cell Host & Microbe, lay the groundwork for potential new interventions to help treat or prevent stroke. The research was led by Weifei Zhu, Ph.D., and Stanley Hazen, M.D., Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute. The study builds on more than a decade of research spearheaded by Dr. Hazen and his team related to the gut microbiome's role in cardiovascular health and disease, including the adverse effects of TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide)—a byproduct...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced key components of the Lone Star state’s plan to build its own barrier along its 1,200-mile border with Mexico at a press conference in Austin on Wednesday, including authorizing $250 million as a down payment to kickstart the process.The Republican governor said that the funds are being drawn from the state budget, which allocates $1.1 billion towards border security—a record for Texas. The down payment will be used to hire a project manager and contractors for the border wall.A letter (pdf) authorizing the transfer of the funds was signed at the press conference by Abbott,...

A couple is suing the East Penn School District for refusing to allow them to exempt their children from lessons seemingly designed to teach the precepts of wokeism in the classroom.Lehigh Valley Live noted that: “Macungie residents Maureen and Christopher Brophy say in their lawsuit that topics discussed in their children’s classrooms such as ‘systematic racism,’ ‘white fragility,’ ‘religion,’ ‘white privilege,’ ‘Black Lives Matter’ and ‘police brutality,’ are unacceptable and will not be tolerated.”The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court on Monday, alleges that the topics being taught are discriminatory against Christianity.East Penn School District Solicitor Marc S. Fisher...

NEWARK, New Jersey (WABC) -- The city of Newark is paying tribute to George Floyd with a new statue in front of City Hall.Mayor Ras Baraka, actor and filmmaker Leon Pickney and artist Stanley Watts unveiled the 700-pound bronze statue on Wednesday afternoon.

Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee hearing featuring Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Michael Gilday involved some fireworks. The subject was Critical Race Theory, and Gilday’s insertion of a blatantly anti-intellectual and racist book, “How to Be an Anti-Racist” by sometime activist and full-time grifter Ibram X. Kendi, onto his official “reading list” for the US Navy.The basic thesis in Kendi’s book is that you can’t be “not racist;” you are either racist or “anti-racist.” To be “anti-racist,” you have to follow Kendi’s sacraments; otherwise, you are a racist. Why the head of any of the military services would endorse...

President Trump Announces First Post-Presidency Rally On June 26 In Ohio 45th President Donald Trump is in the process of announcing new Make Ameirca Great Again rallies, the first rally-style events he has held since leaving the White House earlier this year. Since leaving the White House, President Trump has made a series of media appearances, but only two major events: His speech at CPAC 2021 and, more recently, his speech before the North Carolina Republican Party “President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, will hold a major rally in Wellington, Ohio on Saturday, June...

A woman in Pinellas County, Florida, was arrested late Sunday after she allegedly punched her girlfriend in the face for "talking in her sleep about an ex," documents showed. Officers responded around 10:39 p.m. to a neighbor's report of a fight happening at a residence in the city of Dunedin and encountered the alleged 21-year-old victim, The Smoking Gun reported, citing an arrest affidavit. According to the police report, the unnamed woman said she was asleep at the apartment she shares with her 23-year-old girlfriend Alexis Talley when the latter woke her up because she allegedly started "talking in her...

"The purpose here is not for communicating information. It's to break the consensus of reality so that people can be manipulated and radicalized. It is incredibly dangerous. And it is working,” says @chrislhayes of right-wing media’s "propaganda" about the attack on democracy. Clip...

Putin summed up results of the first summit with Biden: ▪️ parties agreed to return ambassadors ▪️ parties will begin consultations on cybersecurity ▪️ mentioned the possibility of mutual recognition of vaccines against coronavirus ▪️ talked about the exchange of convicts, the compromises are possible - the State Department and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will work on this ▪️ discussed Ukraine, the Arctic, media-foreign agents ▪️ Putin said that Biden called him after his harsh remarks about him, and explained them, the explanations of the American president satisfied him The two leaders also adopted a joint document - a...

“The Council and the Eclipse of God” Part XI “How the Council jettisoned true Catholic Evangelisation for shallow Ecumenism” by Don Pietro LeoneIn the first section on the relations between the Church and the non-Catholic Christians Don Pietro examined Ecumenism in theory; in the second section which we publish to-day, he examines it in practice. He shows how the Council jettisoned Evangelisation and justified indifferentist religious and liturgical assemblies by hetericizing obscurantism, using the terms ‘Ecumenism’ ‘Christian’ and ‘Christian unity’in two different senses, one Catholic and the other not; by historical falsification; and by an appeal to a shallow, sentimental,...

The left exploits the Green Revolution to further its ecological agenda of destroying the present economic system. Its special target has long been Big Oil, which plays a dominant role in the global economy. Bolstered by the support of Big Media, Green activists are trying hard to bring the present system down. The Greens’ relentless war on oil and gas usually involves a battle of data and reports. For decades, the left has presented the inconvenient truth of dire hockey-stick-graph predictions that are constantly pushed back when doomsday fails to arrive. The oil companies defend themselves by pointing to their...

@reason Today @youtube deleted solid @reason journalism about DIY vaccine biohackers in the name of preventing "medical misinformation"

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

Teaser 2… now with Q This teaser trailer has actual footage from season two, including our first look at John de Lancie as Q.

Former President Donald Trump gave his successor a harsh review of his performance at his first G-7 summit.Trump described President Joe Biden's actions at the meeting of global leaders "a little bit frightening to watch, frankly." Trump and Biden have accused each other of not doing what's best for the country regarding diplomatic relations with Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin.BIDEN GEARS UP FOR SHOWDOWN WITH 'KILLER' PUTIN“They’re stealing our country. He’s going into deals that are a disaster, costing us trillions of dollars, and we have to rebuild our own bridges and our own roads. He wants to rebuild...

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have sought medical care for post-COVID health problems that they had not been diagnosed with before becoming infected with the coronavirus, according to the largest study to date of long-term symptoms in COVID-19 patients. The study, tracking the health insurance records of nearly 2 million people in the United States who contracted the coronavirus last year, found that one month or more after their infection, almost one-quarter — 23% — of them sought medical treatment for new conditions.