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Multiple news outlets have covered the case of Juan Tang, a former University of California Davis researcher who had been charged with visa fraud for lying about her military service in China. All charges have been dropped against Tang, and she has been allowed to return to mainland China. Tang’s defense counsel have defended her as someone who misunderstood the visa forms, she was filling out and was unfairly prosecuted for innocent mistakes. This is untrue. Tang was a spy, and she was here to steal sensitive American technology and secrets and provide them to Beijing. In fact, Tang is...

We have irrefutable forensics from numerous independent examinations; as well as an admission from a former federal agent who admits to the spying; and sworn testimony from a former FBI unit chief and lawyer, and a former NSA forensic specialist. Even with forensics and admissions in hand, we've learned the Dept. of Justice can stall, delay, and run up legal bills to keep the case from getting in front of a jury. To get to a jury, one must be able to name specific federal agents responsible. If top officials are named, it turns out they are generally granted immunity...

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday they have observed "an increasing but modest level of activity online" by people who are calling for violence in response to baseless claims of 2020 election fraud and related to the conspiracy theory that former President Donald Trump will be reinstated. "Some conspiracy theories associated with reinstating former President Trump have included calls for violence if desired outcomes are not realized," according to a DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis bulletin obtained by ABC News. There is no evidence that shows there was widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election.

Camp of the Saints is no longer fiction. The Biden administration has made it reality along the U.S.-Mexico border. Right before our eyes, the government of the United States is deciding that, in fact, the United States doesn’t really exist at all. In Jean Raspail’s 1973 novel, a vast horde of starving Indians commandeers a flotilla of decrepit ships in the harbor of Calcutta. The flotilla sets sail for Europe, and slowly creeps around the Cape of Good Hope, past Sao Tome, through the Strait of Gibraltar, and finally descends upon southern France. As the fleet approaches, French society is...

Many vaccinated people are angry at those who aren't. If you've had your Covid shots, you may agree with Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama, who said recently: "Folks supposed to have common sense, but it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks. It's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down."

So? Those who choose not to submit to a experimental vaccine DO NOT have the right to choose? Yet you liberal women demand the right to end a innocent childs life-and call it right to choose?

Dr. Anthony Fauci, whose “expert” advice to President Trump has resulted in the complete shutdown of the greatest economic engine in world history, has known since 2005 that chloroquine is an effective inhibitor of coronaviruses. How did he know this? Because of research done by the National Institutes of Health, of which he is the director. In connection with the SARS outbreak - caused by a coronavirus dubbed SARS- CoV - the NIH researched chloroquine and concluded that it was effective at stopping the SARS coronavirus in its tracks. The COVID-19 bug is likewise a coronavirus, labeled SARS-CoV-2. While not...

A police officer "ambushed" Ashli Babbitt and fatally shot her during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the Babbitt family attorney. The lawyer, Terry Roberts, is preparing a wrongful death lawsuit seeking more than $10 million in damages against the Capitol Police and the officer who fired the shot that killed Babbitt, RealClear Investigations reported. Roberts told RealClear Investigations he has gathered evidence indicating the Capitol Police plainclothes lieutenant remained silent before shooting Babbitt. That, despite the officer's attorney saying his client screamed warnings for Babbitt to stop before opening fire as she attempted to breach...

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota as more Americans attend large gatherings this year following last year's coronavirus lockdowns. The rally kicked off Friday and will last over 10 days with 700,000 people expected to attend. The event was widely criticized as a "superspreading event" last year amid the pandemic, when about 460,000 people attended. Some state officials have urged caution on the gathering, in light of the delta variant of the virus, but have said the rally can be done "safely" with "proper precautions."

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A cautious optimism pervaded the gubernatorial debate hall at the Richard Nixon Library Wednesday night. One boy is Assemblyman Kevin Kiley, 36, who was just nakedly the brightest candidate on the stage Wednesday night. The only thing that kept him from running away with at least the debate trophy is that the man with solutions to the state with problems enunciates his ideas at an AK-47 clip, making anyone watching distracted by trying to guess whether it was Harvard or Yale Law School where the aspirant governor might have picked up a prolific cocaine habit.

WASHINGTON, Tuesday Aug. 6. The Senate, last night and this morning, completed the confirmation of the military appointments submitted by the President. The Major and Brigadier Generals all went through, as did also Lieutenant-Colonel EMORY. The nomination of Mr. WOODS as Commissioner of Public Buildings, was not acted on. The Committee reported favorably, but the report was referred back by a vote of the Senate, and was not again again taken up. This vacates the office, though the President may, in his discretion, continue to devolve its duties upon Mr. WOODS. The entire list of appointments for new regiments, as...

TAMPA, Fla. - A Tampa Police Reserve Officer says his department-issued service weapon fired without pulling the trigger, seriously injuring him. The 30-year veteran of the force is now suing the company that manufactures the firearm.Last February, Bob Northrop was working an extra duty assignment as a TPD Reserve Officer patrolling Jefferson High School during a baseball game. Northrop says he was standing just feet from students and their families when his hand brushed his holstered service weapon."And the very second I touched the gun, it discharged," Northrop said. "I tried to take another step and I couldn't."The 69-year-old needed...

California is seeing the effects of the West's historic "megadrought," which has cut off critical water resources in multiple states. As heat waves continue to threaten communities, the state has been forced to scrutinize the way it distributes the water that's still accessible.

The union representing San Francisco sheriff’s deputies said Friday a number of its officers will quit or retire early if they are forced to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Under a mandate issued last month, city employees who work in the jails or other high-risk settings are required to be vaccinated by Sept. 15 or risk losing their jobs. The San Francisco Deputy Sheriffs’ Association said on its Facebook page Friday that about 160 of 600 sheriff employees are rejecting the vaccine due to religious or other beliefs, and would rather wear masks or test weekly. About 16% of sheriff’s deputies,...

"This document presents considerations from the perspective of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) for implementing the shielding approach in humanitarian settings as outlined in guidance documents focused on camps, displaced populations and low-resource settings.1,2 This approach has never been documented and has raised questions and concerns among humanitarian partners who support response activities in these settings. The purpose of this document is to highlight potential implementation challenges of the shielding approach from CDC’s perspective and guide thinking around implementation in the absence of empirical data. Considerations are based on current evidence known about the transmission and...

A Dutch family triggered a police intervention after officers discovered them sailing in a car converted into a watercraft on a river in southern Germany. The police were puzzled after they saw a vacationer, his wife and their four children sailing in their amphibious vehicle on the Schwarzer Regen River in Viechtach, Bavaria, about 177 kilometers (110 miles) northeast of Munich. Local media reported that the officers received a call regarding a “strange vessel” that was about to enter Hollensteinsee Lake. They immediately went to evaluate the situation at around 1 p.m. on July 30. After they saw the family...

JACKSON, MI – A sign at a Michigan Burger King restaurant encouraging people to honk if they’re against wearing masks and getting a COVID-19 vaccination is being investigated by the corporation. The sign in front of the building on East Michigan Avenue in Jackson displayed a message Aug. 5 that read, “Honk if you are against forced mask & forced jab.” “We’ve been in communication with the franchisee who is further investigating this incident,” a corporate Burger King spokesperson said in a statement. “Protecting the health and safety of team members and guests has been our top priority since the...

Independent news outlets working to share news from the communist nation of Cuba have reported that mass graves are being dug to dump Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine victims. According to the reporters, the bodies belong to Cubans who may have received the Chinese-made COVID-19 vaccines. Many of the victims did not even test positive for COVID-19 before they passed away. Communist party digging mass graves everywhere In at least one large central city on the island, residents told independent journalists that Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) officials were being overwhelmed by the bodies they needed to dispose of. They are...

WASHINGTON — More than 18 percent of migrant families and 20 percent of unaccompanied minors who recently crossed the U.S. border tested positive for Covid on leaving Border Patrol custody over the past two to three weeks, according to a document prepared this week for a Thursday briefing with President Joe Biden. Some flights scheduled to deport migrants had more than 25 percent of passengers test positive before departure, leading Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove those migrants from the flights for quarantine in the U.S., according to the document. A second DHS document prepared this week for the White...