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Attorneys for alleged members of kidnapping team are claiming FBI deceit and entrapment of innocent people When the Michigan government announced the foiling of a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in October of 2020, many applauded the law enforcement agency working the case. Attorneys for the alleged members of the kidnapping plot, however, are claiming Federal Bureau of Investigation deceit and entrapment of innocent people. Mlive reported Michael Hills, an attorney for Brandon Caserta, one of six men indicted, claimed an FBI special agent told a paid confidential informant identified as “Dan” to lie, delete messages between them, and...

Video PhiladelphiaThis video depicts the depravation currently taking place in Philadelphia. The government has almost lost control. Note the closed shops and the laughable "No Tents" signs Video Los AngelesThis video depicts mile after mile of squatters encamped on public lands. Shops are closed and shuttered. What was once a city is now dead

By now, most people know that a large part of the western United States is blazingwith forest fires. There are actually 100 large fires burning in 14 states, with dozens more blazing in western Canada. Phys.org reported that, "The roughly 21,000 federal firefighters working on the ground is more than double the number of firefighters sent to contain forest fires at this time a year ago, and the agency is facing 'critical resources limitations,' said Anthony Scardina, a deputy forester for the agency's Pacific Southwest region." An estimated 6,170 firefighters alone are battling the Dixie Fire in Northern California, right...

Afghanistan was calmer on Tuesday after chaotic scenes played out the day before at the country's main airport, but fear was still widespread as Afghans and the world waited to see what kind of country the Taliban intend to run after storming back to power. A senior Taliban official announced a nationwide amnesty on Monday and called for women to join the new government. Earlier the group vowed not only to leave diplomats and aid workers alone, but to ensure them a safe work environment. Senior spokesmen have also said that female medics will be allowed to continue their work,...

As the situation on the ground deteriorates rapidly, the Biden administration’s reason for leaving appears to be transforming from “the Afghanis are ready to lead” to “the Afghanis will never be ready to lead.” - NRGood grief. According to WH talking points – aka “spinning points” show“The administration knew there was a distinct possibility that Kabul would fall to the Taliban.”The President continued to maintain that “it was not an inevitability,” it was a “possibility.” Apparently one they prepared for:“The administration planned for every possibility. We had contingency plans in place for any eventuality – including a quick fall of...

‘Elite schools shamelessly educating the enemy.’ MAYBE Yale isn’t the only elite university with a “Taliban Man” problem. Yale is taking flak for making a student out of an ex-Taliban spokesman. Sayed Rahmatullah Hashemi once toured America defending the hideous regime that pulled out women’s fingernails for the “crime” of wearing nail polish. The Taliban also barred girls from school, banned women from working, stoned adulterers to death and used its soccer stadium for mass executions. ... Yale has declined to admit Afghan women who were Taliban victims: It snubbed a request from the Initiative to Educate Afghan Women (IEAW.org),...

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll, sponsored by The ANTIFA by Jack Posobiec, for Tuesday shows that 45% of Likely U.S. Voters approve of President Biden’s job performance. Fifty-three percent (54%) disapprove. The latest figures include 27% who Strongly Approve of the job Biden is doing and 45% who Strongly Disapprove. This gives him a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18. (see trends)

DENVILLE – Phil Murphy is the “master of death.” So said Chris Christie Monday night to a group of Republicans attending state Sen. Anthony M. Bucco’s annual golf outing. Now that the former governor had the attention of the 200 or so people at the Rockaway River Country Club, he talked about the many jobs the governor has killed through his lockdown directives. But it was more than jobs. Christie pointed out that the number of COVID fatalities in New Jersey per capita is the highest in the nation. Egged on by some in the crowd, Christie also talked about...

Just a year ago, Dr. Anthony Fauci was widely regarded as a wise, warm, grandfatherly medical expert whom Americans could trust to guide them safely through a frightening pandemic. Today, we know that besides ushering in the catastrophic long-term national lockdown based on absurdly flawed computer modeling, changing his positions on almost everything, and increasingly flat-out lying, Fauci ignored the U.S. government’s own ban on funding dangerous “gain of function” research and recklessly sent American taxpayers’ hard-earned money to the Wuhan Institute of Virology to fund Frankenstein-type experiments to make bat coronaviruses more dangerous to humans. That is literally true....

Former Central Intelligence Agency analyst Matt Zeller appears on MSNBC as Brian Williams was singing the praises of Dear Leader Joe Biden for his magnificent words and exceptional work on Afghanistan. Unfortunately for MSNBC, Mr. Zeller stunned the Baghdad Bob network by saying: “I was appalled” by President Joe Biden’s Afghanistan speech, it was a lie.” WATCH:MSNBC has a case of the sads now.

Calls worldwide to pray for the recovery of the lion of Catholic orthodoxyWASHINGTON D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Cardinal Raymond Burke has been placed on a ventilator after contracting COVID-19. The cardinal’s condition is rapidly deteriorating as he has developed severe pneumonia and is not responding to treatment. Calls to prayer have been issued. Cardinal Burke was admitted to the hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19 last week. In a tweet he posted on his twitter account, the 73-year-old cardinal asked the faithful to pray for him and invited them to trust in Divine Providence:. .....SNIP..... Since then, LifeSiteNews has received...

Nearly 70% of likely American voters disapprove of how President Joe Biden is handling the situation in Afghanistan as the Taliban takes control of the country, according to a recently released poll. The Trafalgar Group released a poll on Monday which found that 59.5% of respondents strongly disapproved of Biden’s handling of Afghanistan while 9.8% disapproved, for a combined 69.3% disapproval. By contrast, 12.4% of respondents approved of Biden’s handling of Afghanistan, 10.7% strongly approve, and 7.5% responded that they have no opinion on the issue. The poll was conducted Aug. 14-15 and had a sample of 1,084 “likely general...

The terrible effects of President Joe Biden’s war on fossil fuels are taking a serious toll on the nation as the left-wing media have consistently attempted to defend him from bad press. U.S. Energy Information Administration data revealed that gas prices per gallon were at about $2.42 when former President Donald Trump left office. Under Biden, prices have increased every single month to a discomforting $3.23, a 33.47 percent increase. The gas data follow a hot Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Producer Price Index (PPI), both key inflation indicators released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The New York...

According to new reports, Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is now planning to monitor all social media networks in order to identify Trump supporters and label them “terrorists.” Using the Jan. 6 protests as a justification, the DHS wants commercial companies to assist in the identification of American dissidents so that they might be imprisoned and their voting rights taken away. DHS agent John Cohen is spearheading a strategy to persuade private companies to violate Americans’ civil liberties in order to bolster Biden’s aspirations for a domestic police state in the United States. “What we’re talking about now...

Laura and I have been watching the tragic events unfolding in Afghanistan with deep sadness. Our hearts are heavy for both the Afghan people who have suffered so much and for the Americans and NATO allies who have sacrificed so much. The Afghans now at the greatest risk are the same ones who have been on the forefront of progress inside their nation. President Biden has promised to evacuate these Afghans, along with American citizens and our allies. The United States government has the legal authority to cut the red tape for refugees during urgent humanitarian crises. And we have...

Wisconsin's Fort McCoy is preparing to receive Afghan refugees as the Taliban takes control of the Middle Eastern nation. A Fort McCoy spokesperson said Monday the base is getting ready for any refugees. The defense department says up to 22,000 could come to the United States in the next three to four weeks. Director for Defense Intelligence, Garry Reid, said during a Monday briefing that Camp McCoy as well as Fort Bliss, Texas are temporary sites are under assessment for receiving refugees. Fort McCoy is an army installation that sits on 60,000 acres of land between Tomah and Sparta, in...

Vice Adm Sir Ben Key, who is running the UK evacuation operation, tells the BBC the situation at Kabul airport is "much calmer" today.He says there had been "distressing" scenes at the airport as Afghans faced "huge uncertainty" about their future.About 300 people have already been evacuated, and he believes they could get between 6000-7000 people out.The Taliban are controlling the gates of Kabul airport and are having discussions with local commanders to allow people into the airport, he says.Evacuation efforts will continue for as long as they are needed to meet demand, he says, or until the security situation...

Miami-Dade Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and other school board members held a meeting with a panel of local medical experts to discuss safety measures for the return to school.

The Biden administration’s feckless withdrawal from Afghanistan is sending the worst possible message to our enemies across the world. Our rivals are already convinced of our lack of morale and our fear of the consequences from a response serious enough to concentrate their minds. Twenty years after 9/11, and we still haven’t figured out the nature and aims of those who for decades have in word and bloody deed told us we are an enemy they want to destroy. Instead we cling to our shopworn belief that “diplomatic engagement” can deter and stop a fanatic enemy, hoping words can substitute...

A senior US senator, also a member of US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, on his social media revealed that the US has 30,000 soldiers stationed in China's Taiwan island. If the tweet is correct, it is a military invasion and occupation of China's Taiwan and equivalent to the US declaring war on China. China could immediately activate its Anti-Secession Law to destroy and expel US troops in Taiwan and reunify Taiwan militarily, some experts noted. Some others believe the news leaked by the US senator cannot be true because 30,000 is not some small amount that the US Army...