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ASHINGTON (TND) — The U.S. Supreme Court is set to begin issuing opinions Thursday morning. It’s expected that among them will be a ruling on the vaccine mandate for large employers and healthcare workers. In a special session this past Friday to hear the case, Chief Justice John Roberts remarked that the federal government has never imposed a mandate like this on private companies. The rest of the court's conservative majority also appeared to be leaning towards opposing it. However, they seemed to be more understanding of the requirement for healthcare workers, saying that the government can impose conditions when...

The Office of Special Counsel (OSC) exonerated National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Dr. Anthony Fauci earlier this month in a “close call” case of a Hatch Act violation. In June, the government transparency non-profit Protect the Public’s Trust filed a complaint against Fauci over an October 2020 interview with the Washington Post. Published days before the election, the White House medical adviser branded then-candidate Joe Biden as taking the novel Wuhan coronavirus more seriously. In the article, headlined “A whole lot of hurt: Fauci warns of COVID-19 surge, offers blunt assessment of Trump’s response,” Fauci told...

The mainstream media has resorted to shaming and insulting unvaccinated Americans as the ongoing COVID pandemic surges, but medical professionals don’t think the "substandard" tactic is appropriate unless the ultimate goal is to further divide the nation. A Washington Post columnist on Tuesday praised French President Emmanuel Macron for a series of discouraging remarks he made about the unvaccinated, urging readers globally to make life a "living hell" for those who choose to forego the vaccine. The opinion column titled "Macron is right: It’s time to make life a living hell for anti-vaxxers," was the latest example of liberal journalists...

With more than two-thirds of the CUS$650 billion (US$511 billion) in goods traded annually between Canada and the United States travelling on roads, the trucking industry is key.The Canadian Trucking Alliance had estimated the government mandate could force some 16,000 cross-border drivers – 10 per cent of them – off the roads.The mandate was the first policy measure taken since the pandemic began that could limit cross-border trucking traffic. Trucks crossed the border freely when the border was closed for 20 months because they were considered essential to keep supply chains open. Supply chain disruptions drove Canada’s headline inflation to...

WASHINGTON, Sunday, Jan. 12. THE PENSACOLA SAFELY DOWN THE POTOMAC. The steamship Pensacola which left her anchorage off Alexandria yesterday morning, proceeded to Indian Head, about twenty-seven miles from Washington, where she remained until between 5 and 6 o'clock this morning, and then proceeded to run the blockade, which she did with safety. Twenty-two shots were fired at her, but none struck. She did not return the fire. She was heavily laden with cannon and other appliances of war, and fully prepared for hostile service. The safe departure of the Pensacola is a general subject of congratulation, as it is...

On Tuesday January 11, 2022 America's national debt hit the staggering total combined amount of $29.79 trillion.Since President Joe Biden was inaugurated into office a little less than a year ago, the democrats in congress have increased the total combined national debt by more than $2 trillion:Date Debt Held by the Public Intragovernmental Holdings Total Public Debt Outstanding01/20/2021 21,636,823,777,934.20 6,115,072,458,480.57 27,751,896,236,414.7701/11/2022 23,297,954,520,520.72 6,500,731,900,538.69 29,798,686,421,059.41In this time period, the debt has increased precisely $2,046,790,184,644.64, and worst of all, almost all of this increase is debt held by the public which has been borrowed from foreign governments like the communist Chinese, and...

On Tuesday, Joe Biden and his cackling sidekick (who he reportedly hates, and she hates him back) shuffled off to Atlanta, GA, where the unpopular duo proceeded to push their (phony) Federalized Election bill.

This is the text of a speech by the author on November 20, 2019 at an event of the same name, hosted by the Gray Republican Committee and over fifty conservative leaders and groups, including the Maine GOP. 25 minute read. Table of Contents Socialism Starts with a Faulty Premise and an Incorrect Compass Heading The Socialist View of the Human Condition The Reality of the Human Condition Definitions of Socialism and Capitalism The Jaundiced Views of Socialists Immoral Theft and Hypocrisy Who Are the “Have-Nots”? Many of the So-Called “Haves” Help Billions of People Capitalism and Free Enterprise Have...

"The most dangerous pronoun discourse has nothing to do with gender identity. It's the undefined 'we' in public policy debates that's the problem." These are the words of Richard Morrison, a research fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Morrison identified "the fallacy of we," and I'm often guilty of committing it. I frequently say things like, "If we increase spending on this or that, it will cause some economic distortions." Who exactly is this "we"? Certainly not me or most of you. Politicians propose and vote for additional spending, and the president signs new spending bills into law. The problem...

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Pray For The Peace of JerusalemActs 10Peter at Cornelius’s House The next day Peter started out with them, and some of the believers from Joppa went along. 24 The following day he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence. 26 But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.” 27 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people. 28 He said to...

The last year has seen a lot of construction making its way around the White House, and after the fountain on the South Lawn was renovated a month or two ago we had a bit of a break. That ended today though as the construction crews moved into the North Lawn and surrounded the fountain with barriers and hoarding in preparation for some new construction at the White House. Construction like this has been ongoing for over a year at the White House, but they generally move in small bits (a little on one side, then the next, then the...

House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Wednesday that he has “concluded to not participate” with Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) January 6 Select Committee. McCarthy cited Pelosi’s “unprecedented action of rejecting the Republican members” he named to serve on the committee as one of the reasons for his decision.

The U.S. Army’s annual unconventional warfare exercise Robin Sage is set to kick off across rural North and South Carolina this month, pitting Special Forces candidates against simulated guerillas fighting for the fictional nation of “Pineland.” The exercise is so realistic and spans such a large area that the U.S. Army has issued notices to local law enforcement agencies warning them not to mistake the exercise for a real insurrection, an error that has cost one soldier his life during a previous Robin Sage event. Robin Sage is conducted annually by the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center...

There’s an old saying that we should invest in land because there’s a limited amount of it, so it won’t lose its value. But when it comes to farmland in the United States, there could be a more pressing reason to invest these days – national security. China has become one of the biggest players in American agriculture. In the decade ending in January 2020, the Chinese snapped up 192,000 acres of America’s 900 million acres of farmland. That may not sound like much, but some experts say China’s influence is much larger but concealed by having American straw owners...

West Australians will need to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to access a wide range of venues and events from January 31, Premier Mark McGowan has announced.Mr McGowan said proof of double-dose vaccination would be required for those aged 16 and older at hospitals, aged care facilities and all hospitality venues, including restaurants, cafes, pubs and bars, taverns, nightclubs and where dine-in fast food is available. The requirement will also extend to indoor entertainment venues including play centres, gaming and gambling venues including Crown Perth, theatres, concert halls, museums, cinemas and live music venues.Bottle shops, gyms, fitness centres, health studios,...

They’ve learned nothing from the disastrous, expert-driven eugenics craze, which began in America and ended at Auschwitz. Less than 100 years ago, the United States of America practiced eugenics. The inventor of Kellogg’s cereal, John Harvey Kellogg, created the Race Betterment Foundation, dedicated to the proposition that bad genes create unworthy human beings. He should have stuck to his corn flakes. Kellogg was joined by many experts. A pedigree register was created. A Eugenics Records Office was opened to track genetic traits. The office found that the people most unfit for reproduction were immigrants, minorities, and those living in poverty....

In an article last February headlined "Do Facebook, Twitter and YouTube censor conservatives? Claims 'not supported by the facts,' new research says," USA Today's Jessica Guynn wrote, "Despite repeated charges of anti-conservative bias from former President Donald Trump and other GOP critics, Facebook, Twitter and Google's YouTube are not slanted against right-leaning users, a new report out of New York University found." Guynn quoted Paul Barrett, deputy director of the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, who said: "Republicans, or more broadly conservatives, have been spreading a form of disinformation on how they're treated on social media. They...

Ok, deleted 4 paragraphs.. We need to bring back the Kitties (Viking Kitties/ZoT).. It is getting 'lax' here on FR, and I have received both Freepmail and email about the currant situation...

History shows revolutions resulting in dictatorships typically eat their children and those who they overthrew alike. To their own peril as well as everyone else, climate alarmists are increasingly embracing authoritarianism. A rump group of the environmental movement has always been wedded to authoritarianism. Going back to the beginnings of the environmental movement, Progressive-era politicians such as President Theodore Roosevelt and Gifford Pinchot, the first head of the newly created U.S. Forest Service, believed democracy and markets were both ill-suited to manage natural resources. Progressives believed natural resources should be controlled, developed, and conserved by elite scientific managers and bureaucrats...