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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot slammed Cook County’s State Attorney Kim Foxx for not bringing charges in a deadly West Side shooting – and Foxx is hitting back. One person was killed and several others injured on Friday when a shootout broke out among alleged gang members in the Austin neighborhood that was caught on police cameras – but Foxx didn’t charge five suspects saying there was insufficient evidence. Lightfoot said on Monday she and lawmakers sent a letter to Foxx asking to reconsider fearing a lack of accountability could send the city into chaos, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. “It’s...

Before Covid pandemic erupted, group submitted proposals to mix genetic data of related strains and grow completely new sequencesScientists from Wuhan and the US were planning to create new coronaviruses that did not exist in nature by combining the genetic codes of other viruses, proposals show. Documents of a grant application submitted to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), leaked last month, reveal that the international team of scientists planned to mix genetic data of closely related strains and grow completely new viruses. A genetics expert working with the World Health Organisation (WHO), who uncovered the plan after...

President Joe Biden made a bizarre gaffe on Tuesday regarding the Michigan lieutenant governor while introducing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and her deputy. The president visited the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 324 training facility in Howell on Tuesday in an attempt to gain support for a $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill and his larger Build Back Better agenda, which includes a proposed $3.5 trillion reconciliation package. After praising Whitmer for being "one of the best governors in the United States of America," he added a strange comment about Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist. "And her lieutenant governor who covers her...

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds have sprung up around the world—but the U.S. SEC continues to stonewall proposals for a Bitcoin ETF. Since the first application for a U.S. Bitcoin exchange-traded fund was filed in 2013, a Bitcoin ETF has become something of a holy grail for the crypto community. An ETF is a publicly traded investment vehicle that tracks the value of an underlying asset; in the case of a Bitcoin ETF, that asset is Bitcoin. Advocates for a Bitcoin ETF argue that the complexities of exchanges, crypto wallets, and private keys still present a daunting barrier to entry into the...

US and Chinese scientists were planning to create a new coronavirus before the pandemic erupted, leaked proposals show. Last month, a grant application submitted to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa) revealed that an international team of scientists had planned to mix genetic data of similar strains to create a new virus. The grant application was made in 2018 and leaked to Drastic, the pandemic origins analysis group. 'We will compile sequence/RNAseq data from a panel of closely related strains and compare full length genomes, scanning for unique SNPs representing sequencing errors. 'Consensus candidate genomes will be synthesised...

A former nurse for the NHS was jailed for three years, and has been barred from practicing by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) for supplying abortion pills so a friend could force an abortion on a pregnant woman. Robin Christy was working at Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust when his university friend, Kasam Rahman, requested the abortion pill. Rahman passed them on to another friend, Isaac Lyndsay, who force-fed them to his pregnant partner in 2018. Luckily, the baby survived, although born prematurely at 26 weeks. All three men were arrested, and Christy was charged with conspiring to...

Remember, if you are doubly or triplely vaccinated you won't catch the Covid. Right? WRONG!!The latest lefty to succumb to the false assurances from Biden and his team of medical mediocrities is Academy Award winning hair and makeup designer/stylist Marc Elliot Pilcher. The dude was only 53. He was not grotesquely obese, nor, according to the NY Post, afflicted with the co-morbidities that have been fatal to hundreds of thousands. Was it the maskless Emmy Ceremony that he attended recently that did him in (See Christina's post here)? The initial reports of his death by Covid were mute about his...

Join together 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.

A Catholic church in Boulder, Colorado, was attacked by pro-abortion extremists in the middle of the night, seemingly in response to a pro-life display. Sacred Heart of Mary Parish had erected 4,000 small white crosses on its front lawn, to represent the number of preborn children killed in abortion each day in the United States, only for the display to be destroyed and the church vandalized. In the early night of September 29, unknown vandals spray-painted symbols all over the church property, including “Jesus [Loves] Abortion,” “Bans off our bodies,” “No Wire Hangers Ever,” and a symbol combining an “A”...

The brand new P4 facility will provide critical platform for scientists from the world to fight against life-threatening infectious diseases. According to Wuhan Institute of Virology, the P4 Laboratory is a specialized core facility for studies on highly contagious and fatal diseases like Ebola virus disease. Therefore, the facility must provide the biosafety protection to the investigators and environment at the highest standard possible on earth. Only a few developed countries have P4 laboratories, before the inauguration of Wuhan P4 laboratory. China started to build such a facility ever since SARS outbreak. Engineers and workers worked together to have accomplished...

New research published in The Journal of Physiology has shown that ketone supplements may be a novel therapeutic strategy for protecting and improving brain health in people with obesity. People with obesity are known to be at a higher risk of developing cognitive impairment and neurodegenerative diseases. This new study found that giving a ketone supplement three times a day for 14 days enhanced blood flow to the brain and improved aspects of cognitive function, like working memory and processing speed, in adults with obesity. Supplements specifically containing the ketone body beta-hydroxybutyrate (B-OHB) that are safe for human consumption are...

The state of Missouri killed a prisoner by lethal injection on Tuesday, ending a lengthy fight by activists to spare the life of a man convicted in a brutal 1994 triple murder. Ernest Johnson, 61, was injected with a lethal dose of pentobarbital at Bonne Terre prison and died at 6:11 p.m. after last-minute pleas for clemency from advocates including Pope Francis. His death came hours after the US Supreme Court took a pass on a long-shot attempt by his lawyers to keep him alive. A two-sentence order Tuesday afternoon from Justice Brett Kavanaugh denied a stay of execution for...

Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec ·1h Taiwan stuff heating up more than people realize This isn't just posturing There are top Chinese generals telling Xi they want the green light

Researchers from the Center for Oceans and Human Health on Climate Change Interactions (OHHC2I) have leveraged their collective expertise in environmental health sciences to reveal additional health concerns posed by the overgrowth of harmful algae blooms. The scientists previously identified an increased risk of gastrointestinal problems for individuals with liver disease who are exposed to these blooms. Now, they have uncovered that those with liver disease (up to 25 percent of the population) are also more likely to experience neurological problems. The culprit is a specific microcystin the blooms produce. This toxin finds its way into source waters (e.g., lakes,...

Bethesda, MD — A Federal medical malpractice case has been filed against nationally known late-term abortionist LeRoy Carhart and his AbortionClinics.org facility in Bethesda, Maryland, after a Virginia woman suffered horrific, near-fatal injuries during a 25-week abortion. The malpractice case was filed on September 23, 2021, on behalf of Ashley P. Norris, who underwent a Dilation and Evacuation (D&E) dismemberment abortion done at Carhart’s facility by Virginia abortionist Elizabeth Swallow on May 12, 2020. Norris’ abortion was the first of two botched abortions that resulted in life-threatening injuries at Carhart’s late-term abortion facility in May of 2020. Aragaw v. Carhart...

The company said it won a $823 million contract to provide the Army with its Gotham platform, which is “an operating system for defense decision making and is specifically designed to connect the dots between disparate sources,” Palantir said in a statement. Palantir said the platform will “support Army Intelligence users worldwide with a globally federated Intelligence data fabric and analytics platform spanning multiple security classifications.”

Forget bedrest, research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has shown exercise may be a key weapon in cancer patients' battle against the disease. Exercise causes muscles to secrete proteins called myokines into our blood—and researchers from ECU's Exercise Medicine Research Institute have learned these myokines can suppress tumor growth and even help actively fight cancerous cells. A clinical trial saw obese prostate cancer patients undergo regular exercise training for 12 weeks, giving blood samples before and after the exercise program. Researchers then took the samples and applied them directly onto living prostate cancer cells. Study supervisor Professor Robert Newton said...

Hunter Biden hosted an art show in Hollywood on Friday for several California elites, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Garcetti was a national co-chairman of President Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign and was nominated by the president to serve as the U.S. ambassador to India. Also in attendance was Shepard Fairey, creator of the Obama/Hope poster, and the musician Moby

President Joe Biden responded to supporters of former President Donald Trump who welcomed the president to Michigan with anti-Biden signs. ..... Snip..... Biden made a pointed remark in reaction to the signs, reminding Trump supporters that he won the 2020 election. “Notwithstanding some of the signs I saw coming in, that’s why 81 million Americans voted for me. The largest number of votes in American history, a clear majority are supporting, when they supported me,” Biden said during his speech. He argued that Americans voted for him because they supported his multi-trillion-dollar spending proposals, such as the massive entitlement spending...