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South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham told reporters Tuesday he was "amazed at how badly" the first six months of the Biden administration has been for the U.S. "The border is in chaos. Afghanistan is teetering. China is rearing its head. Inflation is growing because we're spending so much money that's not paid for," Graham said. "You see lawlessness in the streets, the cops do not feel supported." Graham said he will be sending a letter to President Biden

"Objects in history may be closer than they appear"--Vlad Tepes. For those of us old to remember, the brutal takedown of the false promise of communism, an ideology so evil it survives despite being constantly discredited.

The elite annual invite-only conference in Sun Valley, Idaho is thrown by investment bank Allen & Company It brings together leaders in the worlds of film, technology, design and sports Already big names such as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Patriots owner Robert Kraft, ViacomCBS's Shari Redstone, Alice + Olivia's Stacey Bendet and Disney's Bob Iger have appeared The event was cancelled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic Attendees this year will have to be vaccinated, and provide proof of a negative Covid-19 test At the conference, movers and shakers discuss, establish and may even unofficially close on deals This...

Speaking at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, on July 23, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo attempted a difficult balancing act. On the one hand, Pompeo repudiated more than four decades of American policy toward China. Pompeo argued that the days of the U.S. holding out hope for political liberalization was over. And he called on free nations around the world to lock arms against the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) various schemes and threats. On the other hand, Pompeo said he did not want to “seem too eager to tear down President Nixon’s legacy.” While...

Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client fatally shot during a Wisconsin protest was a sex offender, saying it supports a defense theory that he attacked Rittenhouse and intended to take his gun because he couldn’t legally possess one. Mark Richards maintained in court filings Thursday that Joseph Rosenbaum was convicted of having sex with a minor in Arizona in 2002 and was prohibited from possessing firearms. Rosenbaum started the altercation with Rittenhouse in hopes of making off with his assault-style rifle, which only bolsters Rittenhouse’s self-defense argument, Richards...

Plant-based meat substitutes taste and chew remarkably similar to real beef, and the 13 items listed on their nutrition labels—vitamins, fats and protein—make them seem essentially equivalent. But a Duke University research team's deeper examination of the nutritional content of plant-based meat alternatives, using a sophisticated tool of the science known as "metabolomics," shows they're as different as plants and animals. Meat-substitute manufacturers have gone to great lengths to make the plant-based product as meaty as possible, including adding leghemoglobin, an iron-carrying molecule from soy, and red beet, berries and carrot extracts to simulate bloodiness. The texture of near-meat is...

[H/T Fractal Trader]Dr. Jane Ruby: 20-year International Health Economist and Pharmaceutical ResearcherSpanish Researchers obtained a sealed vial from law enforcement who say they will provide chain of custody proof. The vial was diluted (Pfizer) to normal injection levels and assessed the ratios of the contents. The research was translated into English and the translation confirmed.Ratio of contents00.1% RNA 6/ul99.103% Graphene Oxide 747 nanogramsIn Dr. Ruby's opinion, the resulting oxidative stress from this formula ("violent inflammatory storm") would account for lung, cardiac and brain tissue and can tie directly to heart attacks, strokes etc.She says this Graphene Oxide is a poison...

A white Ohio police chief has been forced out of his job after he was caught on video putting a Ku Klux Klan sign on a black officer’s desk — in what he claimed was a joke between the two colleagues. Sheffield Lake Police Chief Anthony Campo — a cop for 33 years — was caught on surveillance video taking the KKK sign from a copy machine last Friday, officials said. He then carefully arranges the bright yellow hooded raincoat seemingly to resemble the hood and robe used by the racist hate group. The video, which has no audio, shows...

A former Alabama high school teacher who once claimed it was her constitutional right to have sex with two of her students has been sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Carrie Cabri Witt, 47, will get to serve most of her sentence on probation, after spending 18 months behind bars and another 18 months in a community corrections program, local outlet WAAY reported. Her sentencing on Thursday seemed to put an end to a controversial case that stretched back five years.

State legislation regarding Critical Race Theory and its variants playing out in training and instruction (such as misleadingly-named “antiracism” and “equity”) is a hot political issue. Numerous examples of abusive eduational and workplace trainings that devolve into race-shaming and racial abuse have stoked public anger at CRT as it is practiced. The landscape of state legislation is varied and still developing. Thousands of teachers have pledged to defy any laws restricting their teaching of CRT, and the National Education Association is fully behind the push to expand CRT in K-12. The messaging against opposition to CRT, including legislative action, is...

The Department of Justice says it has charged over 535 defendants six months after the Jan. 6 riots at the U.S. Capitol. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said in a statement that 495 defendants have been charged with entering or remaining in a restricted federal building or grounds. It added that nearly 235 defendants were charged with obstructing, influencing, or impeding an official proceeding, or attempting to do so. At least 165 were charged with assaulting, resisting or impeding officers or employees. The FBI released 11 new videos of suspects violently assaulting officers during the Capitol...

Controversy erupted as several players on the U.S. Women’s Soccer team appeared to turn their backs on a 98-year-old veteran of World War II while he played the national anthem on a harmonica. *Update: After footage and pictures went viral, the US Soccer communications team sent out a tweet denying disrespect was taking place and that the players were turning to face the flag. The alleged protest came ahead of a match against Mexico during an Olympic Send-Off competition in East Hartford, Conn., on Saturday, before the team heads to Tokyo next month for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad,...

The Biden administration is launching a new "door-to-door" effort to vaccinate Americans after falling short of its Fourth of July goal of having 70 percent of the adult population with at least one shot of the coronavirus vaccine. Amid the administration's ongoing concerns of a surge of the more contagious Delta variant of the virus, President Biden pitched his plan to boost the vaccinated population during remarks he made on Tuesday. "Now we need to go community by community, neighborhood by neighborhood and often times door-to-door- literally knocking on doors, to get help to the remaining people protected from the...

“What would happen to the entire vaccine enterprise—I’m talking about pediatric vaccines, the fundamental bedrocks of public health—if we basically validate the criticisms of those that have been labeled anti-vaxxers?” In this episode, we sit down with mRNA vaccine pioneer Dr. Robert Malone to discuss questions surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines and repurposed drugs, as well as the bioethics of experimental vaccines.

How do you know when a law enforcement agency is corrupt beyond reprieve? When they are unwilling to accept evidence of major crimes like child pornography due to political considerations. That’s what we have today with the Federal Bureau of Investigations, a federal “law enforcement” group that has no interest in solving actual crimes. During an interview released today by former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, former Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani detailed the raid on his premises by the FBI. They took everything they could with a very conspicuous exception. They wanted nothing to do with Hunter Biden’s hard drives which...

The lack of an EU license for Covishield — the AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in India — is leading to travelers from the UK, India and African to be technically classed as “unvaccinated” under French travel rules. Which vaccine? The AstraZeneca vaccine technically has two names — Vaxzevria, which is produced in Europe, and Covishield, which is produced under license by the Serum Institute in India. It’s produced to the same specifications using the same ingredients, but Covishield doesn’t have a sales license in the EU. The manufacturers presumably didn’t think this was important since their product is used mostly in...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said he was informed by some members of the U.S. military that they would quit if the armed forces mandated COVID-19 vaccine, coming after a report claimed that Army headquarters told commanders to prepare for mandatory vaccinations in September.“I’ve been contacted by members of our voluntary military who say they will quit if the COVID vaccine is mandated. I introduced HR 3860 to prohibit any mandatory requirement that a member of the Armed Forces receive a vaccination against COVID-19. It now has 24 sponsors,” Massie wrote on Twitter. He didn’t provide more details.It isn’t clear how...

Click here to read the full articleJudge Royce Lam­berth on Tues­day denied the release of Jacob Chans­ley, the “Q Shaman” who has been sit­ting in jail for near­ly 6 months for non-vio­lent charges con­nect­ed to the Jan­u­ary 6 Capi­tol riot.Jacob Chans­ley, the horned shaman seen roam­ing around the halls of Con­gress on Jan­u­ary 6th, has been locked up in Wash­ing­ton DC for sev­er­al months — with­out bail.Jacob did not cause any vio­lence, he lis­tened to offi­cers and he was let in the build­ing by Capi­tol Hill police.Chansley’s men­tal health has declined while in jail and he has no tri­al date...

WORCESTER, Mass. — A woman who allegedly stole a pickup truck, rammed a police cruiser and dragged an officer was arrested after placing an order at a Worcester McDonald’s drive-thru. Now, 38-year-old Johanna Gardell is expected to be arraigned in Worcester District Court in connection with the dangerous and destructive drive that lasted for nearly two hours. Police said Gardell stole a pickup truck, belonging to Raymond James Restoration, from a job site on Tuesday morning. Workers were in the process of unloading materials when they realized the truck had vanished.(snip) Simoncini said all of his trucks are equipped with...