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A former associate of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) has reportedly provided investigators years worth of online records as part of their investigation into allegations that Gaetz had sex with a minor and violated sex trafficking laws. Sources close to the matter told ABC News that former Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg has provided prosecutors with a multitude of Venmo and Cash App transactions, thousands of photos and access to social media accounts. In May, Greenberg pleaded guilty to six federal crimes, including sex trafficking a minor. In June, a judge approved a guilty plea deal for Greenberg in exchange...

Barack Obama’s recent Martha’s Vineyard 60th birthday bash boasted an A-list guest list, and according to one author, Meghan Markle is upset she didn’t make the cut.The mother of two — who shares an August 4 birthday with the former president — “desperately wanted” to be among those in attendance, writer Angela Levin told the Sun.

Former President Donald Trump said he told Ashli Babbitt's family members "there must be justice" regarding the shooting death of the Air Force veteran during the Jan. 6 Capitol assault.Babbitt was shot by an unidentified Capitol Police officer as she tried to breach a door leading to the Speaker's Lobby while members of Congress were being evacuated during the attack."I spoke to the wonderful mother and devoted husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was murdered at the hands of someone who should never have pulled the trigger of his gun," Trump said in (statement) on Wednesday.

Irish Health Information and Quality Authority published report in March It informed the Irish government's decision not to mandate masks for under 12s Study says masks inhibit communication learning and cause anxiety Tucker Carlson last night drew attention to report, claiming that the US government had carried out no such research to inform its mask mandates Making children wear masks in the classroom can stunt language skills and exacerbate anxiety, a health report commissioned by the Irish government has found. The Health Information and Quality Authority's report published in March informed Dublin's decision not to mandate masks for children in...

Cardinal Cupich Reportedly ‘Leaning Hard’ on Bioethics Center to Retract Stance on COVID Vaccine ExemptionsThe center’s statement added that the novelty of the coronavirus and its vaccines “leave several medical questions unanswered,” which can impede free and informed consent for some persons.CHICAGO, Ill. — Amid disagreement among Catholic leaders over whether there is a moral obligation to receive a coronavirus vaccine, board members at the National Catholic Bioethics Center have told CNA that Blase Cardinal Cupich has urged that the center retract its guidance against mandated immunization.One board member told CNA that Cardinal Cupich has been “leaning hard” on...

Hackers take $600m in 'biggest' cryptocurrency theft Updated: Poly Network has asked for 'hacked assets' to be returned by attackers - and it has apparently received millions back already. A hacker has apparently exploited a vulnerability to steal $600 million from a blockchain finance platform in what could be one of largest cryptocurrency thefts to date. The makers of Poly Network, a "DeFi" or decentralized finance platform that works across blockchains, said on Tuesday that an attacker stole about $600 million in cryptocurrencies. The team behind Poly Network appealed to the hackers to "return the hacked assets". "The amount of...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas state senator ended a 15-hour filibuster Thursday morning in the Democrats’ latest defiance over a sweeping GOP voting measure, which then passed just minutes after she wearily left the floor. Democrat Carol Alvarado began speaking shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday even though she acknowledged that the filibuster would not block the legislation. She was required to remain standing and speaking, was prohibited from taking bathroom breaks and wore running shoes on the Senate floor, just as former Texas legislator Wendy Davis did in 2013 when she filibustered a sweeping anti-abortion bill. “What’s wrong with...

Sexual harassment allegations cost New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo his job. Now, many want to see him answer for a scandal that cut to the heart of his reputation as a pandemic hero and may have had life-and-death consequences — his administration’s handling of outbreaks in nursing homes. Months before a blistering investigation found Cuomo sexually harassed 11 women, the same attorney general concluded that the administration understated the true death toll in nursing homes by thousands and that fatalities may have been fueled by a state order that forced such homes to accept recovering COVID-19 patients. Whatever action may...

White House and Democrat National Committee (DNC) infighting combined Thursday to shine a light on President Joe Biden’s plans to run in 2024. “People are super frustrated in the trenches around what’s happening with the DNC and the White House’s control of it,” a DNC member told the Hill, speaking “on the condition of anonymity to candidly discuss the internal dynamics at play.”

After Senate Republicans helped pass President Biden’s disastrous infrastructure bill, Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) took a victory lap on Twitter by equating the left-wing cause for “climate justice” with infrastructure. “Care is infrastructure. Climate justice is infrastructure. Housing is infrastructure,” Pressley tweeted on Wednesday. “We can and we must meet the moment,” she added. “What progressives have been clear about since day one, as has President Biden, as has Democratic leadership, is that any vote on the narrow bipartisan infrastructure package must also come with a movement on a massive investment in tandem for workers and families,” she said. “And...

One rule for us, another for them.. While British holidaymakers continue to face uncertainty and headaches over returning from foreign vacations, UN globalists arriving for a climate conference in Scotland won’t face the same COVID-19 restrictions. For months, Brits have been hesitant to travel due to onerous quarantine rules which enforce self-isolation upon return from different destinations. This was exacerbated by the government constantly changing which countries were on the green, amber, amber-plus and red lists – leaving many holidaymakers in limbo stranded abroad. UK citizens returning home from red list countries, many of which are located in Asia, Africa,...

1. What kind of exercise do lazy people do? Diddly-squats. 2. What do you call a pony with a cough? A little horse! 3. What is Forrest Gump's password? 1Forrest1. 4. Why did the M&M go to school? He wanted to be a Smartie. 5. What did one traffic light say to the other? Stop looking at me, I'm changing! 6. What do you call bears with no ears? B. 7. What's a foot long and slippery? A slipper! 8. Why do French people eat snails? They don't like fast food! 9. What's red and moves up and down? A...

Bennett reportedly agrees to expand hospital capacity after being presented with numbers showing hospitalizations quadrupling by mid-September; funding for plan unclearIsraeli hospitals have to prepare for an influx of nearly 5,000 coronavirus patients within weeks, half of whom will need acute care to deal with severe bouts of COVID-19, health officials have warned Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, according to reports Wednesday.The dire predictions came during a Tuesday meeting between Bennett and senior health experts amid a major influx of new cases, prompting the premier to back a plan to expand hospital capacity, a signal that the government will look to...

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They only attack those who are over the target. #MikeLindellCyberSymposium #MikeLindell #AuditAll50States #AuditEveryState #AuditPA #MAGA #PatriotsUnite #PatriotWarriors #IMPEACHBIDENHARRIS pic.twitter.com/qa2ymsEru9 — Gina Welch (@GinaRewisWelch) August 12, 2021 Lindell doesn’t mention Antifa. However, Bannon said he (Bannon) was assaulted by Antifa outside his hotel last night. He is speaking now, “I’m okay but it hurts” he says. — RSBN 🇺🇸 (@RSBNetwork) August 12, 2021

The U.S. Embassy in Kabul is urging all Americans to leave Afghanistan "immediately," as the security situation in the country continues to deteriorate due to advances made by the Taliban in key provinces amid the U.S.'s troop withdrawal. The embassy urged all U.S. citizens to vacate the country "using available commercial flight options." It said its ability to assist Americans in Afghanistan is "extremely limited" because of the security conditions and reduced staffing. The embassy is offering repatriation loans to citizens who cannot afford to purchase an airline ticket.

Rising coronavirus cases on Martha’s Vineyard have some businesses taking extra precautions ahead of a busy stretch of late-summer festivals. Covid-19 cases have shot back up on Martha’s Vineyard, with health agents reporting 48 new positive tests during the first week in August, including three case clusters Earlier this week, as word of Saturday’s shindig circulated on the island, many expressed surprise — not because director Steven Spielberg and singer Usher were rumored to be attending, but because COVID-19 cases are on the increase in Massachusetts. Even among fans of the former president, of which there are many on Martha’s...

On Wednesday, MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace said that former President Donald Trump was “inciting violent extremism” by meeting with the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was fatally shot by a police officer during the Capitol riot on January 6. Wallace, a former spokesman for George W. Bush, made her comments on her show “Deadline.” Wallace said Trump was “sympathizing, once again, with the ‘insurrectionists’ about the death of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt and potentially threatening Capitol police officers.”

A suspected drunk driver asked New Mexico police if she could “smoke a cigarette” just moments after she allegedly caused a crash that killed a mother of four, bodycam video shows. Jennifer Munoz, 26, is accused of crashing into and killing 41-year-old Janelle Katesigwa in Albuquerque in May, KRQE reports. According to bodycam video released Wednesday, the first thing Munoz said to police after the fatal crash was: “Can I just smoke a cigarette?” Munoz’s friend could be heard screaming in pain in the passenger seat. “I would not do that right now … Let them try to help your...

At this point, it is clear to anyone paying attention, that the COVID panic narrative pushed by governments and media worldwide has been seriously damaged by the facts. The “experts” are now routinely contradicting themselves, and appearing more and more foolish as days go by, with the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) recently admitting that vaccinated people spread the Delta variant as easily as the unvaccinated. Actually, it may be worse than that. Nobel Prize winner and the man credited with discovering the HIV virus, Prof. Luc Montagnier, has said that, “it is the vaccination that is creating the variants.”...