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French authorities have launched an investigation after a spectator interfered in stage one of the Tour de France on Saturday, causing a massive pileup with less than 30 miles until the finish line. The French Gendarmerie said in a statement posted to Facebook that they are actively looking for the woman who held out a cardboard sign into the road causing the crash that resulted in several riders sustaining serious injuries. Authorities said the suspect, dressed in blue jeans, a red and white striped shirt and a yellow raincoat, fled the scene before anyone could reach her. Several videos posted...

The Texas Supreme Court is on a roll. Yesterday I wrote about a groundbreaking decision made by the court that Facebook can be held liable for sex traffickers who use the social media platform to recruit and prey on children. Today there is a “landmark” decision to be heralded from the court. A retail sports chain cannot be held responsible for selling a gun used in a massing shooting. The mass shooting at the First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs in 2017 resulted in the deaths of 25 innocent churchgoers and 20 injured. A madman entered the church during Sunday...

President (still) Donald J. Trump is a Top Gun, in his F-15.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said Hungary "must leave" the European Union (EU) or reverse a new bill banning content that advocates LGBTQ for anyone under 18-years-old. Earlier this month, Hungary's parliament passed legislation forbidding all educational materials and programs for children that promoted homosexuality and gender reassignment. Viktor Orban, the Hungarian prime minister, said the measure was about "defending the rights of the kids and the parents," MSN reports. Even though the EU cannot force a country to leave, taking a "step by step" approach could produce the intended effect, Rutte told reporters. "My goal is to bring Hungary...

Washington Post reporter Hannah Dreier has been accused of misleading people on Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’ response to the recent residential building collapse in his state. On Saturday, Dreier posted on her Twitter an account of FEMA’s response to the recent building collapse that occurred early Thursday morning in Surfside, Florida. From FEMA’s statement, she concluded that DeSantis had waited over a crucial twenty–four hours to provide emergency relief for victims. "There's a saying in emergency management: The first 24 hours are the only 24 hours," she tweeted. "FEMA was ready to deploy to the condo collapse almost immediately,...

Scientific American found itself taking heat this month after the scholarly, 176-year-old magazine published an opinion piece titled “Health Care Workers Call for Support of Palestinians.” The screechy diatribe accused Israel of “vaccine apartheid” and “war crimes” among other alleged abuses. The piece blasted “Israeli settler colonial rule” and called on US healthcare and academic institutions to condemn “long-standing oppression” against the Palestinians and adopt the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions campaign against the country. The piece was written by Harvard University research fellows Osaid H. K. Alser and Asmaa Rimawi; Seattle Children’s Hospital Dr. Sabreen Akhter; Mayo Clinic Dr. Nusheen...

Justice Samuel Alito has drawn attention for his fiery criticism of Supreme Court rulings, with some court watchers especially struck by the degree of barely concealed hostility he directed at fellow conservative justices. Alito voiced opposition last week as the court, now with six conservative justices and three liberals, handed a narrow win to a Catholic charity and spared ObamaCare from a GOP challenge. The two decisions signaled the court may not be moving as far or as fast to the right as some expected. “My guess is that he's frustrated with what appear to be political compromises to reach...

Democrats and the fake news media are clearly in a panic over the push to audit the results of the 2020 election. Why is that? .... Snip.... On Sunday a clearly PANICKED Al Gore went on CNN to attack the Arizona Audit. This comes as the IT specialists behind the audit prepare the release of a preliminary evaluation of their results this week. Gore calls the audit an “alternate reality.”

A professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington who openly called for members of the Republican Party to be blown up appears to be on track to keep his job. Dan Johnson, an associate professor at UNCW’s School of Health and Applied Human Sciences, posted “Blow Up Republicans” on Facebook on May 17, prompting several students to complain before the post was taken down, according to Campus Reform. A spokeswoman for the university, Andrea Monroe Weaver, told Campus Reform that “the university was made aware of the post and has appropriately addressed it," later confirming to the outlet that...

Secret British military papers have been found at a bus stop in the south of England, revealing plans for a warship’s controversial voyage off Crimea last week and a prolonged presence in Afghanistan. The 50 pages of documents were found in a rain-soaked heap behind a bus stop in Kent early last Tuesday morning, according to the BBC, which said the Ministry of Defence had begun an investigation. While some of the papers are categorized as “official sensitive,” a relatively low level of classification, one on Britain’s future plans in Afghanistan was marked “Secret UK Eyes Only,” and was addressed...

“Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” said that he expected Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) would support the bipartisan infrastructure deal. On the deal he helped negotiate, Cassidy said, “It is going to provide the infrastructure that the American people want that they need. That’ll make our country prosperous for all Americans.”

This morning Romney was on with Jake Tapper on CNN and he looked so calm as he belittled and slandered President Trump and the 75 million + who voted for the President and his agenda of putting America first. In response to the ever gloomy Jake Tapper Romney said: TRENDING: President Trump Opens a Verified Account on RUMBLE -- Picks Up 45,000 New Followers in an Hour! “I think, frankly, Jake, a growing recognition in the U.S. this is like WWF. That it’s entertaining, but it’s not real. I know people want to say, yeah, they believe in the big...

The letter cites numerous concerns about lack of data and the lack of a preliminary safety assessment for the FAA to review. “The FAA will not approve any aircraft unless it meets our safety and certification standards,” the agency said in a statement Sunday.

ransomnote: (h/t melancholy and her daughter). Many good twitter video clips showing the size of the resistance to toxic vaccines and lockdowns. Prayers up for all who resist what is wrong and evil!Massive crowds took to the streets of London today to protest against COVID tyranny.Video footage from the air and on the ground show massive crowds.> SmlPplAgstBigGov on Twitter: "London, England right now!! 500,000 people on the streets protesting the new world order. #antiLockdown #NWO #PoliceState #LondonProtest #Rona #GreatReset https://t.co/8ODNQGAIx6" / TwitterGerard on Twitter: "#londonprotest What an amazing day today in London. It felt like the biggest march yet,...

The Biden campaign exerted pressure on Facebook to restrict President Trump before the 2020 election, according to a damning cache of emails uncovered by CNN. CNN, however, is actually using this revelation to argue for ADDITIONAL restrictions, while presenting it as a failure on Facebook’s part. Following a barrage of public and private complaints from members of Biden’s team and other Democrats, a former Biden campaign aide claimed that Facebook “basically did nothing.” (LAUGH) The focus was mostly on Team Trump’s official account, with Biden officials enraged that Facebook didn’t remove enough videos warning of impending electoral fraud. The focus...

Today I was walking into the public high school in my town and noticed that that Flag was at full mast. It seems these days that it is at half mast so much that I only notice when it is up high. Then it occurred to me that we had a major catastrophe happen a few days ago that killed about 100 people in Miami? Seems like a tragedy worth honoring, if there ever was one.

A new Jan. 6 video has surfaced from Bobby Powell, who hosts the “The Truth Is Viral” podcast, that appears to show black-clad rioters breaking out windows and defacing the Capitol after DC police were ordered to leave. During an interview with OANN, Powell suggested that the two men in black who busted out windows and reportedly attempted to push protesters inside may have been FBI informants. He witnessed the incident as he was on the east side of the building on Jan. 6 and commented on what he saw that day. “Two men I saw attacking the building, breaking...

--(snip) "If Biden is serious about wanting to reduce gun deaths in the country, however, there is a reasonable proposal he supports that should garner support from people on both sides of the aisle: voluntary gun buybacks. This isn’t the mandatory gun buyback idea from former Rep. Beto O’Rourke, a Texas Democrat, that resulted in him getting a ton of downvotes on Reddit. That’s a horrible idea that many Democrats don’t support either. Rather, the federal government could create a program that provides grants and resources for states, cities, and towns that want to hold voluntary gun buyback programs. Costs...

A temporary improvement in Illinois' finances just hit a brick wall...Illinois' Temporary ImprovementThanks to Congressional handouts passed in reconciliation with zero Republican votes, Illinois will receive $13.2 billion in federal funding it can spend over the next three fiscal years.Supposedly the money was for pandemic-related expenses, but money is fungible. Illinois can use that money for anything, including pension bailouts. In addition to the free money, Illinois passed tax hikes estimated to bring in $666 million in revenue annually.Finally, Illinois borrowed billions from the Fed to pay down its backlog on unpaid claims. The 3% rate to the Fed is...

Bruce Springsteen’s Broadway show, Springsteen On Broadway, faced an organized protest when it re-opened in the Big Apple this weekend as fans revealed their disgust that producers banned the unvaccinated from attending. A group of demonstrators held up signs reading “Bruce Springsteen is for segregation on Broadway”; “We demand Equal Rights”; “Vaccine Mandates violate Bodily Autonomy”; and “My Body My Choice,” according to Fox News. When the show re-opened after going on hiatus over the coronavirus, audience members were faced with a new requirement. To enter the St. James Theater, fans are now required to present proof that they have...