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Will Biden finally secure the border amid threats from China, Russia, Islamic terror, and drugs? Back when he assumed office, resident Biden essentially implemented an open borders policy. It's been a disaster on top of his other disasters, with millions of illegal invaders flooding into the country from around the world in the middle of a pandemic. Day by day, additional threats are emerging that illustrate that he needs to change course before it's too late. In the words of former acting ICE director Tom Homan, Biden's border policies are "killing people." Under President Trump last year, there was a...

Throughout his campaign and the early days of his presidency, resident Biden made grand promises and pledges to the American people of unity and a return to normalcy and civility. He also put forth another related promise on his inauguration day that his aides may need to remind him that he made. During the swearing in ceremony of appointees later that day, President Biden dispensed a promise, accompanied by a frank message to the some 1,000 people that would work for him during his term in office: respect others. But I am not joking when I say this, if you...

When the COVID vaccines received their Emergency Use Authorization in December 2020, I was glad my elderly parents could finally emerge from their home quarantine. Many of my same-age friends had been long awaiting their turn to get the jab. Personally, I felt no urgency. In California, first vaccine priority was given to front-line health care workers (HCW) and nursing home residents — and I observed from the sidelines the rollout process with line-jumping. Walgreens pharmacy staff administered vaccines to staff and residents at nursing homes while hospitals were allocated vaccines to distribute to their HCWs. On the first day...

President Joe Biden said on Tuesday he would consider personal sanctions on President Vladimir Putin if Russia invades Ukraine, as Western leaders stepped up military preparations and made plans to shield Europe from a potential energy supply shock. Following multiple rounds of U.S.-Russia talks over Ukraine that failed to reach a breakthrough, Biden, who has long warned Moscow of economic consequences, upped the ante on Tuesday by saying Putin could personally face sanctions. Direct U.S. sanctions on foreign leaders are rare but not unprecedented. Others who have faced sanctions include Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro, Syria's Bashar al-Assad and Libya's Muammer Gaddafi....

“As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back” (Proverbs 26:1 KJV).

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Former United States Ambassador to the United Nations and former United States National Security Advisor John Bolton joins Newsmax to discuss the Biden administration's handling of the contentious, volatile situation between Russia and Ukraine. ...

A picture of paw prints left in the morning frost at a Texas park has people guessing what creature could have made them – and most are guessing wrong. In their defense, a wide variety of wildlife calls Big Bend National Park home, according to the National Park Service. On Jan. 14, the park shared a picture on Facebook of animal tracks spotted on a nature trail boardwalk, challenging the public to guess which of Big Bend’s many residents left their mark. “Porcupine? Large cat like puma, bobcat?” one person suggested. “The shorter stride would suggest a smaller animal,” said...

It's a good goal to retire with your mortgage paid off so you don't have mortgage payments hanging over your head while you're on a more fixed income in retirement. It can also be very helpful to not have your Social Security benefits taxed. Fully 37 states -- plus the District of Columbia -- don't tax Social Security benefits. See whether your state does -- and if so, if it taxes benefit holders in a meaningful way. SNIP Here are the 37 states that do not tax your Social Security benefits: Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii...

<p>Decatur City Schools is mourning the loss of a staff member.</p><p>Decatur City Schools said Child Nutrition Program Manager Bradley Bowman died suddenly Monday night. Bowman, who had been part of the CNP team since 2017, is being remembered for bringing a creative side to the program and passionately providing for the children and staff he served.</p>

Christina Eyth thought she would find her neighbour's dog on the loose, but instead, she found a mystery creature she could not identify, lurking on the left-hand side of her front door.An unidentified animal rescued by a woman who found it “scared and shivering” near her home has baffled wildlife experts, who can’t decide what it is. Christina Eyth headed out to investigate around her house after discovering paw prints outside of her door earlier this week. The woman from Pennsylvania in the US, thought she would find her neighbour's dog on the loose, but instead, she found a mystery...

"An elderly Asian American man who fell victim to a brutal attack in broad daylight in San Francisco two years ago is launching a federal lawsuit against the city’s District Attorney’s Office for allegedly mishandling his case and mistreating him in the process. Anh Lê, 69, was out for a walk in Chinatown on Nov. 2, 2019, when a father-and-son duo threatened to kill him and repeatedly struck him with a baseball bat. He managed to call 911 after running away as far as he could. Lê said it all started after he politely asked the teenage son, who was...

Visit Inverness Loch Ness launches promotional video to aid area’s Covid-19 recovery.A new video is aiming to entice people to come to Loch Ness in search of its most famous inhabitant. Created by Visit Inverness, the clip shows the wonder of Loch Ness and the surrounding area and is inspired by tales of the legendary Loch Ness Monster. As part of VisitScotland’s Year of Stories, it's hoped the video will encourage visitors to come and spend time in the area and discover its stories, including the legend of Loch Ness, and aid the area’s recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. The...

CARLSBAD, Calif. — Carlsbad native Peter Robbins, the voice actor who brought Charlie Brown to life in the Peanuts cartoons from the 1960s, has died, his family told FOX 5. He was 65. Robbins’ family said he took his own life last week. FOX 5’s Phil Blauer was a close friend of the voice actor over the past 25 years. He says he had closely followed the voice actor’s ups and downs, from interviewing him in jail because of criminal threats he made against several people, including San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore, to speaking with him when he was...

"Democrat-run cities have seen a shocking spike in carjacking cases over the last year, with some cities seeing the highest number of carjackings in decades. According to an NBC report, carjackings are up "55 percent in New York, 63 percent in Minneapolis, and a staggering 85 percent in Philadelphia," though the report does not specify a timeframe. According to police data obtained by CNN, New York City has seen the number of carjackings within the city quadruple in the last four years. The city recorded more than 500 carjackings in 2021, up from 328 in 2020, 132 in 2019, and...

Homes and businesses in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood have been without phone and internet service for five days, and now, CenturyLink says that repairs may take up to three weeks. Are AI cameras in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood start of troubling trend? The outage is being blamed on a pair of vandalism-related incidents from late last week. CenturyLink crews say that it appears as though someone cut through a wooden box running under the Magnolia Bridge that holds fiber-optic cables. Cables and copper wiring were then stolen. After initial repairs, some homes in the area had their service restored on Saturday. But...

"In today’s political and cultural battles, the new governor in Virginia has quickly become a huge speedbump in the collective plan for progressives in the Commonwealth. Using the left’s playbook, Younkin just set up a way for parents to report WOKE teachers trying to force their political views in classrooms. Virginia GOP Governor Glenn Youngkin has established a tip line for parents to report teachers that teach subjects considered “divisive.” ..."

"The latest official data from the New South Wales Government in Australia shows that triple/double vaccinated Australians are over ten times more likely to be infected with the alleged Omicron variant of the Covid-19 virus, than Australians who have not been vaccinated, suggesting they may be developing acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or the early stages of antibody dependent enhancement. ... Or putting it another way 787 cases of Omicron cases in NSW in the first week of this year were in unvaxxed and 160,793 were in the singly or doubly or triply vaccinated. This means that less than half a percent...

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Top consulting firm McKinsey has calculated that the net-zero emissions targets set by global governments and championed by the United Nations would would cost the public a staggering $275 trillion by 2050, or around $30 billion per day for the next 25 years. The number would account for more than the U.S. government currently spends per day, with the targets especially a part of Boris and Carrie Johnson’s green agenda in the United Kingdom. President Biden recently committed America to the same 2050 target, telling the COP26 conference of his regime’s “overall long-term strategy that outlines [and] how we’ll get...