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30 Trillion in debt and what do you get? Another day older and deeper in debt. What else do we get? Rising inflation and rising interest rates. Mortgage rates are rising rapidly as The Federal Reserve contemplates 5-7 rate increases over the next year and removing their balance sheet stimulus. And according to Fannie Mae, the share of Americans to say it’s a good time to buy a home hits an all-time low. Yes, I want to see how The Federal Reserve will navigate the rising rate scenario in the face of $30 trillion … and growing … Federal debt...

When the Union was fighting to preserve itself in the Civil War, the France of Napoleon III moved troops into Mexico, overthrew the regime of Benito Juarez, set up a monarchy and put Austrian Archduke Maximilian von Habsburg on the throne as Emperor of Mexico -- one month before Gettysburg. Preoccupied, the Union did nothing. At war's end, in 1865, however, at the urging of Gens. Ulysses S. Grant and William Sherman, the Union sent 40,000 troops to the Mexican border. Secretary of State William Seward dispatched Gen. John Schofield to Paris with the following instructions: "I want you to...

My letter to Senator Marco Rubio, Florida: An amendment to House Resolution 5421, passed on party lines, and Senate bill S626 will amend the Lacy act to prohibit the transportation into or within the US of all live animals of all types. Exceptions are: 1 - farm animals 2 - cats and dogs 3 - any animal that was traded in very large numbers during the calendar year 2021. It should be noted that the pandemic greatly reduced animal shipments during 2021. Senator Rubio, you wrote this legislation and submitted it to the Committee on Environment and Public Works on...

I'm the kind of guy Who never used to cry The world is treatin' me bad Misery-- The Beatles Replacing former President Donald Trump with resident Joe Biden was supposed to bring joy to the land from sea to sea. We were going to be a united people at last. Every problem known to man would get solved by cradle-to-grave government. Biden was even going to save us from the rise of the oceans. But just the opposite: A survey by the University of Chicago found that record percentages of people in 2021 described themselves as "unhappy." For most of...

France will soon lift its Covid test requirement for fully-vaccinated travellers, the country's Europe minister has announced. Europe Minister Clément Beaune told France 2 TV on Tuesday: “We again required tests in December over the Omicron variant. “In the coming days we will announce that tests are no longer needed for vaccinated people. “This week there will probably be a new European protocol for vaccinated people arriving from outside the EU, with eased measures,” he added. At present fully-vaccinated arrivals into France from within the EU and Schengen zone do not require a test, but all travellers – vaccinated or...

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Biden’s Justice Department relies on the Beltway trifecta—partisan federal judges, news outlets, and prospective jurors—to codify its punitive prosecution and criminalize political dissent. he first set of trials for the hundreds of protesters charged in the Justice Department’s sweeping criminal investigation into January 6 begins later this month. Since the Capitol building is considered the scene of the crime, every trial will be held in the District of Columbia—which means the jury pool will be composed solely of residents living in the nation’s capital. To say this is a problem for Trump supporters facing even minor charges is a huge...

PITTSBURGH -- Word travels fast in places like this city's iconic small-business district filled with third- and fourth-generation family-owned businesses, the majority of which are centered on two things: relationships and food. Relationships and food, but not politics. At least not usually, thank goodness. The relationships come not just from the generational loyalty of people repeating what their grandparents and parents did, but they also grow here because of robust word of mouth. Relationships also form when someone you trust recommends a business. And the food here in the Strip District isn't just about the restaurants. It is also the...

8 February 2022 Tuesday of week 5 in Ordinary TimeSt. Gerolamo Emiliani Sanctuary, Somasca, Italy Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green.First reading1 Kings 8:22-23,27-30 ©'Listen to the prayer your servant makes in this place'In the presence of the whole assembly of Israel, Solomon stood before the altar of the Lord and, stretching out his hands towards heaven, said, ‘O Lord, God of Israel, not in heaven above nor on earth beneath is there such a God as you, true to your covenant and your kindness towards your servants when they walk wholeheartedly in your way. Yet will God really live with...

ST. LOUIS, Friday, Feb. 7. The following is announced from Headquarters Fort Henry is ours! The flag of the Union is reestablished on the soil of Tennessee. It will never be removed. By command of Maj.-Gen. HALLECK. W.W. SMITH, Captain and Aid-de-Camp. WASHINGTON, Friday, Feb. 7. Secretary WELLES has received the following dispatch: U.S. FLAG SHIP CINCINNATI, OFF FORT HENRY, TENNESSEE RIVER, Feb. 6, 1862. The gunboats under my command, the Essex, commander PORTER: the Carondelet, Commander WALKE; he Cincinnati, Commander STEMBEL; the St. Louis, Lieut.-Commanding PAULDING; the Conestoga, Lieut.-Commanding PHELPS; the Taylor, Lieut.-Commanding GWINN, and the Lexington, Lieut.-Commanding SHIRK,...

Angry truckers have lashed out at Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau after members of their convoy protest were arrested and charged with hate crimes during another weekend of unrest in the country's capital city. They have also strongly denied that they have ties to ultra-right-wing groups, insisting they are just 'ordinary truckers.' 'It's intimidation, nothing else,' Freedom Convoy protestor Guy Meister told DailyMail.com on Monday. 'We are just a bunch of hard working truck drivers who are out here protesting the government's covid mandates. We aren't political, we are the working class.' James Doull, 24, a diesel mechanic who is...

There’s a global war taking place, visiting every nation, every state and I believe that we, humans, are on the verge of reordering society for a thousand years, if we can get out of our own way enough to accomplish it. The blitzkrieg warfare of the globalists didn’t work exactly as they had planned. Perhaps the pandemic wasn’t as deadly as they had hoped it would be, or it took too long to manifest and a significant percentage got wise to it early enough to establish resistance. What we do know is that they had to lie to inflate the...

We are ready to follow in our brave Canadian friend's footsteps. Share this page far and wide!!!! ARRIVAL IN DC PLANNED FOR THE 8TH OF FEB! We currently have 2 routes planned: Dallas to DC via i-20 to i-95 Tampa to DC via i-4 to i-95

Progressive control of the U.S. educational system, operating secretly via entrenched bureaucrats and cooperating elected officials, rules the classrooms of America. Progressive control of the U.S. educational system, operating secretly via entrenched bureaucrats and cooperating elected officials, has been exposed by incidents in Loudoun County. In ither words, the deep state rules the classrooms of America. A major factor effecting the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election (and destined to affect the 2022 midterm elections) is the public’s reaction to progressive control of the educational system. This control had been successfully concealed by the major media until an incident at a Loudoun...

Even the laws of physics must be suspended in order for Democrat plans and worldviews to make sense. There isn't a chasm separating Democrats and Republicans, but an alternate universe. Hillary Clinton, who probably believes she is president in an alternate universe, accused Trump of living in an alternate reality. More recently, W.H. press secretary Jen Psaki dismissed concerns about crime as part of an alternate universe. Psaki, well practiced in conjuring her own peculiar reality, actually accused Fox News of being in an alternate universe. Huh? Fox News ratings have dominated for a remarkable twenty years. It is actually...

President Biden's Health and Human Services department is finalizing funding to dole out crack pipes to drug addicts as part of its Harm Reduction Plan. The $30 million grant program will begin doling out money in May to provide funds to nonprofits and local governments to make drug use safer and to advance racial equity. Included in the grant is money to purchase safe smoking kits/supplies. A spokesperson for HHS told the Washington Free Beacon that included in these kits could be pipes for users to smoke substances like crack cocaine and crystal methamphetamine, or any illicit substance. Handing out...

There are few things in America today that are as big of a scam as the so-called “green” movement. When people joke that “Green is the new Red,” as in communist, you laugh because it’s true. Hilariously, the people who have anointed themselves as heroes of the planet also label themselves as social justice warriors fighting for the little guy. Yet, curiously, so much of what they advocate for benefits the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class. I try to keep up with the news everywhere, but where I have family is of particular interest. Michigan,...

Vernon Jones exited the race for the Republican nomination for Georgia governor, leaving former Sen. David Perdue with an unobstructed opportunity to oust Gov. Brian Kemp. The move excited Perdue supporters, who appeared to relish the chance for a one-on-one matchup with Kemp and expressed confidence their candidate would scoop up Jones’s presumably anti-incumbent supporters as the May 24 nominating contest nears. Perdue, endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is running primarily on the former president’s claims that the governor facilitated election fraud in 2020 and delivered Georgia’s electoral votes to President Joe Biden. He has trailed Kemp in recent...

Not only that, it’s using $30 million in taxpayer dollars to follow San Francisco, which turned a public plaza into a vast, open-air shooting gallery and drug market. In times past, the American government stood with productive people and pushed back against the forces of corruption and decay. In Biden’s America, though, the opposite is true. Big cities are becoming concierge services for hard-drug addicts and Biden’s administration is joining in, with a multi-million plan to provide crackpipes for addicts. And here’s the kicker: In the name of equity, the administration will make a special effort to bring these instruments...

Following meeting with Russian leader, French president says ‘upcoming days will be crucial,’ it’s Europe’s duty to find diplomatic solution and rebuild ties with Moscow KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Diplomatic efforts to defuse the tensions around Ukraine continued on Tuesday with French President Emmanuel Macron expected in Kyiv the day after hours of talks with the Russian leader in Moscow yielded no apparent breakthroughs. Macron is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as fears of a possible Russian invasion mount. Moscow has massed over 100,000 troops near Ukraine’s borders, but insists it has no plans to attack Ukraine....