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Here are the Senate Republicans, joining all 50 Democrats, who voted to advance President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill Wednesday, according to reporting from Fox News’ Chad Pergram:Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO)Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC)Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA)Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME)Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND)Sen. Mike Crapo (R-ID)Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC)Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA)Sen. John Hoeven (R-ND)Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY)Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH)Sen. James Risch (R-ID)Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT)Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC)Sen. Todd Young (R-IN)

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol heard testimony from four police officers present in the melee.The hearing was often emotional, reflecting on the violence of the day. Officers explained they feared for their lives as they were sprayed with bear spray and brutally beaten with a variety of weapons, detailed the disturbing level of racism espoused by the mob and urged the committee to investigate every aspect of what caused the riot. Here are five takeaways.1. Officers want a thorough investigation of the Capitol attackMetropolitan Police Officer Daniel Hodges said, “I need you guys...

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. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

President Joe Biden vowed on Wednesday to increase accountability for federal agencies to buy products that have a 60 per cent or higher threshold of components made in America, insisting there's 'a new sheriff in town.' Biden said that the hit on 'Buying American' at the federal level is hitting U.S. companies is a 'double whammy' because '55 per cent is not high enough and second, contractors don't have to tell us the total domestic content of their products, they just have to tell us they hit the threshold. And nobody's checking.' 'Well they've got a new sheriff in town,'the...

The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine's protection against symptomatic disease declines after a six month period. Despite the decline, its efficacy is still considered high. According to The Verge, data published by Pfizer shows that the vaccine is 91% effective in general. It is strongest seven days after two months after the second dose, where the efficacy of the vaccine is at 96%. The vaccine protection of the Pfizer vaccine drops to 90% four months after vaccination and then to 84% six months after vaccination.

Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Chairman, Jack Sellers, has unique connections to China and American companies. Jack Sellers is the Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. He has refused or delayed compliance with judge-ordered subpoenas related to the Senate’s audit. He’s supposedly a Republican…so what gives? A look into Sellers’ other roles and those organizations may shed some light. We know he participated in trade missions to China. Trump was tough on China and curbed much of the illegal immigration. Is it possible Jack Seller’s loyalties lie elsewhere? The picture below is Sellers is in Dujiangyan, China meeting...

Draft Impeachment Articles here, draw from information in recent articles

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced Wednesday that it recommends everyone don a mask while indoors regardless of an individual’s vaccination status. [cut] "The Delta variant has caused a sharp increase in hospitalizations and case rates across the state," CDPH Director Dr. Tomás Aragón said Wednesday. "We are recommending masking in indoor public places to slow the spread while we continue efforts to get more Californians vaccinated." The CDPH said that the new statewide measures were being instated because "90 percent" of the state's population reside in high-transmission areas defined by the CDC

The great thing about COVID, I like to quip, is that has abolished death from old age. Also the flu. That malady typically claims 30,000 to 40,000 scalps per annum in the US, many more in a bad year. How many flu deaths were there last season? According to the Scientific American, 700. Find yourself in a motorcycle accident suffering the inconvenience of losing your cerebellum and all that other gooey stuff spread like jam over the interstate? Don’t worry. The medics will find an intact nostril and will determine that you tested ‘positive for COVID’. What remains of you...

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The CDC has issued brand new recommendations regarding the wearing of seat belts. Health experts there are now recommending people wear a seat belt, even when outside the car... When pressed regarding what gives the CDC authority to comment on seat belt usage, they clarified that these were simply recommendations based on the latest scientific research, for the sake of public health. When further asked how exactly a seat belt that's not anchored to anything can protect anyone, they replied with a statement saying "SHUT UP IT'S SCIENCE!" The Federal Government has responded with a nationwide seat belt order for...

A claimed 70 percent of electric car buyers said they would miss the smell of gas when switching to a plug-in vehicle. This is according to Ford, which to promote its upcoming Mach-E GT has created a fragrance intended to smell like petroleum. Yes, you read that correctly and no, today is not the first of April. Ford goes on to say the smell of gasoline ranked as a more popular scent than wine and cheese, and was almost identical to the aroma of used books, according to its own research. Called Mach-Eau (because of course it is) Ford says...

Walt Disney World will again require all guests regardless of vaccination status to wear face masks indoors and other locations beginning Friday, the resort announced late Wednesday. In addition to outdoors, face coverings will be required on Disney buses, the monorail and Disney Skyliner, Disney said.

Good Old USA ranking first to date. Not based on "Total Medal Count" (stupid) but Total Medal Value (count x value) the Good Old Fashioned and Sensible Method) Medal Values: Gold=5 Silver=3 Bronze=1 Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 United States 55 33 9 97 2 China 60 18 9 87 3 Japan 65 12 5 82 4 Russia 35 30 6 71 5 Great Britain 25 18 5 48 6 Australia 30 3 9 42 7 Republic of Korea 20 6 5 31 8 Netherlands 10 18 3 31 9 Italy 5 18 8 31 10 Germany 15...

CNN anchor Don Lemon ripped the man who accosted Tucker Carlson in a Montana fly fishing shop, saying he had no right to invade the Fox News host’s “personal space.” The liberal Lemon offered his surprising take during his CNN program “Don Lemon Tonight” Monday evening, when he devoted an entire segment to addressing the weekend encounter, which he said put him in a position “to maybe somehow have to defend Tucker Carlson.” “Let me tell you this: I don’t like it. I don’t like it when people do that because I would not want it to happen to me,”...

At this point, it’s not quite accurate to say there’s a crisis at the border. The situation is much worse than that. As a result of the policy changes enacted by the Biden administration, combined with an utter lack of planning or foresight about what those policies would produce, the border is now in chaos — and getting worse by the day. Federal border officials in some areas are now so overwhelmed they’re unable even to process the migrants they arrest for illegally crossing the border. Instead, they’re simply releasing them with a notice to report into the nearest Immigrations...

The people of Pennsylvania showed up to greet the installed occupant of the White House, Joe Biden, upon his arrival in Pennsylvania – which he calls his home state. The illegitimate office holder was scheduled to speak at Mack Truck Plant in Macungie, Pennsylvania. Unfortunately for those who are attempting to manage the White House, the jeers, boos and middle finger salutes from the crowd was not exactly what they were looking for. WATCH:

NASHVILLE, TN (WSMV) - A Mount Juliet Pastor who is no stranger to making headlines is once again raising eyebrows for his church's ban on masks. Greg Locke, pastor at the Global Vision Church, has told followers that they will be asked to leave 'the tent' if they show up in masks. "We will escort you to the door," Locke said in a recent video from his RV in Florida. "We are a place of faith, not a place of fear," Locke went on to say. "I'm digging my heels in and I'm not changing my mind."

The Food & Drug Administration issued a class I recall for a defective COVID rapid test that had been the “benchmark” for testing in the United States. It continues an alarming trend of problems with COVID tests in the United States. “The FDA has classified the recall of this test as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall,” the government agency said. “The FDA also has issued a warning letter to Innova Medical Group, Inc.” Innova describes itself as “the world’s largest manufacturer of rapid antigen tests and leader in COVID-19 testing solutions globally.” The FDA states...