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It made for a good laugh a few months ago when Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), a particularly fierce critic of former President Donald Trump, indicated she wasn't ruling out a run for president in 2024. Her actions as of late have only fueled further speculation that she really is going for it. On Tuesday night she not only publicly railed against Trump before a large audience, but she did so in New Hampshire. As the first primary state, even just stepping foot there can get people talking. Now that she's delivering campaign-style speeches in New Hampshire, which party does Liz...

A US boy born at 21 weeks and a day weighing under a pound has been certified as the world's most premature baby to survive. Curtis Means was delivered in Birmingham, Alabama, last year weighing just 420g (14.8 ounces). Guinness World Records confirmed that Curtis, who is now thriving at 16 months old, set the new record.

Democrats are readying a full court press to sell President Biden’s bipartisan infrastructure package to voters and protect their most vulnerable members in next year’s midterms. On Tuesday, Biden participated in a virtual grassroots event with Democratic National Committee Chairman Jaime Harrison where the two discussed infrastructure legislation. The committee projected images highlighting the infrastructure plan on a hotel in downtown Baltimore ahead of Biden’s visit to the Port of Baltimore on Wednesday. State parties are also getting in on the action, promoting the package and targeting Republicans who voted against it. Wisconsin’s Democratic Party and the state’s labor leaders...

Who is Ronald Mclean? He is a name on the Vietnam War Memorial. He won the Purple Heart and Silver Star. He is the adopted son of an Air Force Reserve General. His mother was a Hollywood actress. His adopted father is quite famous. Who are his parents? Jimmy Stewart and Gloria Hatrick Mclean. Jimmy Stewart married Gloria Mclean (whose maiden name is Gloria Hatrick). Gloria's first marriage was to Edward Beale Mclean Jr. This was why Jimmy Stewart was at the dedication of the Vietnam War memorial. Ronald Mclean was a commissioned Marine officer. He died on June 8,...

I received some bad news today, about a childhood friend. Long story short: He has Covid, and is not doing well at all.And the hospital he is at, is not allowing his family to visit him. They are frantic. Please pray for Vince and his family Thank you.

The early religion of Sikhism was led by a succession of 10 Gurus.* The Mughals executed the ninth of those Gurus on this date in 1674. Guru Tegh Bahadur (the name means “Hero of the Sword” and was earned in youthful battles against those same Mughals) was acclaimed above 20-odd other aspirants after the previous Guru died saying only that the next guy was in the village of Bakala. Guru from 1664, he’s noted for founding the holy city of Anandpur Sahib in Punjab. And it was his lot to lead a minority faith during the reign of the Aurangzeb,...

"Phantom of the Raptor". Filmed in July 2020 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, AK. during a F-22 "Raptor" demonstration by pilot Maj. Joshua "Cabo" Gunderson. All footage was shot on the Phantom Flex4K at 1000FPS out of the open door of a UH-60 "Black Hawk" helicopter hovering at about 3000 feet.

The titans of global capitalism, including Bill Gates, are exploiting the COVID crisis to institute social credit-style digital ID systems across the West. The death by starvation of Etwariya Devi, a 67-year-old widow from the rural Indian state of Jharkhand, might have passed without notice had it not been part of a more widespread trend. Like 1.3 billion of her fellow Indians, Devi had been pushed to enroll in a biometric digital ID system called Aadhaar in order to access public services, including her monthly allotment of 25kg of rice. When her fingerprint failed to register with the shoddy system,...

As Veterans’ Day arrives, it is important for those who have never served to take a moment to understand the solitary world of a vet. Millions of vets are and have been successful in all endeavors. They are doctors, lawyers, business people and a thousand other professions. Not all have PTSD; not all are the troubled, brooding, street corner homeless guy, although they exist and need help desperately. No matter how successful a vet might be materially, more often than not, vets are often alone, mentally and spiritually each day and for the rest of their lives. Vets’ stories are...

A spokesperson for Kyle Rittenhouse discussed the seventh day of the nationally-watched homicide trial in which the defendant took the stand and testified. David Hancock slammed President Joe Biden on "The Ingraham Angle" Tuesday evening for casting Rittenhouse as a White supremacist in a tweet one year ago. "Don't forget the candidate for the U.S. president himself last year prior to the election called Kyle Rittenhouse a White supremacist. Joe Biden called him a White supremacist; that is appalling. I can't even gauge how wrong that is." The spokesperson also blasted the media for getting the facts wrong about the...

Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James mocked alleged Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse over a video showing the 18-year-old crying in court while testifying in his murder trial. "What tears?????" the 17-time All-Star tweeted Wednesday evening after the conclusion of Rittenhouse’s testimony in his unfolding murder trial, where the teen broke down on the stand recounting the August 2020 shooting he was involved in that left two people dead and one injured. "I didn’t see one. Man knock it off! That boy ate some lemon heads before walking into court," James added. The tweet was retweeted thousands of times and liked...

President Trump told radio host and best-selling author Todd Starnes that he is launching a program to boycott businesses that do not support conservative values. Starnes interviewed the president at his home in Mar-a-Lago. A partial transcript of Todd’s interview with the president is below. Click here to read Todd’s book, “Culture Jihad: How to Stop the Left From Killing a Nation.”TRUMP: We’re going to start something now very big program. We’re going to start boycotting businesses and recommending boycotts of businesses. There are more of us than there are of them. And I will tell you that when you...

One of New Jersey's most powerful elected Democrats conceded Wednesday that he lost reelection to a Republican political newcomer, a commercial truck driver who spent only a couple thousand dollars on his campaign. State Sen. President Steve Sweeney's loss to Edward Durr in southern New Jersey shocked state officials and left state Democrats, who control the Legislature, searching for a new leader. “I of course accept the results. I want to congratulate Mr. Durr and wish him the best of luck," Sweeney said during a speech at the statehouse complex Wednesday. Sweeney said his loss to Durr, who spent at...

Capt. Lawrence Chambers was facing a life and death decision. He could save the lives of a family and possibly be court martialed. Or risk losing them all. It was 1975. The ship was heading to South Vietnam to help evacuate United States and South Vietnamese personnel before the country was overrun by North Vietnam. “I can’t let them die. There goes my career,” Lawrence said, ordering the helicopters to be shoved into the sea. South Vietnamese Air Force Major Buang-Ly wasn’t on the list of evacuees, but knew he and his family would be killed if they didn’t leave....

NEW YORK - After several years of back-and-forth battles, a homeless shelter has opened along the so-called Billionaires' Row in Manhattan. The former Park Savoy Hotel on West 58th Street is now a home for around 140 men. It quietly opened last Friday despite repeated and costly efforts by neighbors to block it. Only a handful of men have moved in so far and move-ins will be staggered each week until the shelter is full. The shelter is being run by not-for-profit social service provider WestHab. It will serve those who are either working or actively seeking employment. The people...

HARRISBURG — An order by Pennsylvania’s acting health secretary that requires masks inside K-12 schools and child care facilities was thrown out Wednesday by a state court that said she lacked the authority.Commonwealth Court sided 4-1 with the ranking Republican in the state Senate and others who sued to challenge the masking order that took effect in early September as a result of the coronavirus scamdemic.The judges said Acting Health Secretary Alison Beam’s mandate did not comply with the state’s laws about reviewing and approving regulations and was adopted without an existing disaster emergency declared by the governor.The state’s disease...

15 House R's led by @MikeTurnerOH ask POTUS to consider sending US troops to Ukraine, immediately send intel & weapons support -- as Russian forces stage on border. T saying Russian troops/tanks & aggressive behavior fuels concerns Russia is planning additional incursions. JacquiHeinrich Twitter

Microsoft founder and billionaire Bill Gates spoke about COVID-19 vaccines during an interview last week, in which he admitted that the vaccines do not stop transmission of the virus."We didn't have vaccines that block transmission," said Gates, speaking on the topic of available tools to combat the virus. "We got vaccines that help you with your health, but they only slightly reduce the transmission. We need a new way of doing the vaccines."Despite being one of the largest proponents of presently-available COVID-19 vaccines, Gates admits to the failure of the vaccine industry that he has worked tirelessly to prop up.Gates...

This week, 11 supply chain trade groups joined forces against President Joe Biden’s employer-based COVID-19 vaccine mandate, filing a lawsuit with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The lawsuit is filed on behalf the following petitioners: American Trucking Associations Mississippi Trucking Association, Texas Trucking Association, Louisiana Motor Transport Association, American Trucking Associations, National Association of Wholesale-Distributors, FMI – The Food Industry Association, International Warehouse & Logistics Association, National Association of Convenience Stores, International Foodservices Distributors Association, National Retail Federation. “We believe that the Biden Administration has overstepped its statutory authority in issuing this Emergency Temporary Standard” (ETS),...