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CHICAGO – One question facing nonprofit organizations like Project H.O.O.D. is whether to accept government funding or to raise funds solely through private donors. The danger of relying on government funding is that it puts nonprofits at the mercy of fickle politicians with the power to ax funding as well as the mercy of unforeseeable crises like the 2008 financial collapse. That is part of the reason why Project H.O.O.D. opted to pursue the far more difficult path of raising private funds. If successful, their footing will be stable for the years to come. Another part of the reason why...

We are approaching the second anniversary of when the Democrats forged a strategic partnership with the coronavirus with the goal of wreaking havoc on an unsuspecting and — at that time — great nation. Sadly, the partnership has been thriving. Back in the Cold War days, American Democrats had a thinly veiled admiration for all things Soviet Union. In fact, the Democrats never thought ill of the Russians at all until the 2016 presidential election, when they needed someone to blame for the fact that their precious Granny Maojackets lost to Donald Trump. While the Biden Democrats might dislike the...

Police return fuel to Truckers, found contaminated.

[Photo above: Pages 136 and 137 of the Salinas Union High School District Ethnic Studies Curriculum. Credit: Kelly Schenkoske]. The good news is that California education authorities have agreed to drop part of the Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) that encouraged public school students to pray to bloodthirsty Aztec deities. The quaint religious practices of Mesoamericans about 700 years ago included slicing out human hearts along with flaying victims and wearing their skin. The ESMC is needed, the devoutest left-wingers insist, to help teach children about the systemic racism that supposedly defines America. “We are reminded daily that racism is...

Thirty-eight Republican lawmakers on Wednesday demanded President Joe Biden take a cognitive test upon fears that he may have Alzheimer’s disease. Noting Biden’s “changes in mood and personality” and “forgetfulness,” the 38 Republican lawmakers sent a demand letter for the president to undergo a transparent cognitive test. Biden took a physical examination in November, but he “either did not have a cognitive test or those results were withheld from the public,” the letter stated:

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism. “I took a pack of Tarot cards. I had found out that they were very superstitious. On arrival at a commune I would ask for their astrological birth signs and tell them mine,” Jillian Becker described her process of investigating the Marxist terrorist Baader-Meinhof Gang. Officially, the Red Army Faction, but popularly known for its two leaders, Andreas Baader and Ulrike Meinhof, the leftist terrorist group had carried out a string of attacks, including the killings...

As U.S. Senator Rob Portman enters his last year of public service in the U.S. Senate, those keeping score would have to agree that his tenure has been remarkably successful by any measure. And his most significant impact may very well be yet to come. Under Portman’s steady leadership, Congress finally appears ready to acknowledge and fix a glaring 35-year-old legislative mistake. The Eliminating a Quantifiably Unjust Application of the Law (EQUAL) Act, which overwhelmingly passed the U.S. House of Representatives, has been championed by Portman in the Senate. The EQUAL Act would end the unjust mandatory minimum sentencing disparity...

Steak Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions and Gruyere Serves 4 Caramelized Onions and Horseradish Sauce 2 tbsp. olive oil 2 large onions (about 1.75 lb. total), thinly sliced 4 sprigs thyme 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped .5 c. finely grated peeled fresh horseradish or prepared horseradish .33 c. mayonnaise .33 c. sour cream Sandwiches 2 10 oz. ribeye steaks 5 tbsp. olive oil Curtis Stone Butcher’s Salt 8 slices multigrain bread 8 oz. Gruyère cheese, grated 4 c. (not packed) baby arugula To caramelize the onions, bring pot to medium-high heat. Add oil, then add onions and thyme; sauté 15 minutes,...

DETROIT (AP) — Tesla is recalling nearly 579,000 vehicles in the U.S. because a “Boombox” function can play sounds over an external speaker and obscure audible warnings for pedestrians. It is the fourth Tesla recall made public in the last two weeks as U.S. safety regulators increase scrutiny of the nation’s largest electric vehicle maker. In two of the recalls, Tesla made decisions that violate federal motor vehicle safety standards, while the others are software errors. A message was left Thursday seeking comment from Tesla, which has disbanded its media relations department. The company is not aware of any crashes...

CAMP VERDE, Ariz. - Authorities are searching for a suspect after an Arizona police officer was shot Wednesday night north of Phoenix. The Yavapai-Apache Nation says its officers responded to reports of shots fired at around 7:45 p.m. near State Route 260 and Cherry Creek Road in Camp Verde. Once at the scene, a suspect got out of a car, ran away on foot, and began shooting. One officer was shot. He was taken to HonorHealth Hospital in Deer Valley and is in critical, but stable condition. Police are continuing to search for the suspect, who is considered to be...

One of the fundamental issues we face is finding the proper balance between responsible precautions and inappropriate fears, between trust in Hashem and the requirement for human effort. Fear is psychologically and physically harmful. Those who live with chronic fear believe they are protecting themselves, but they are actually doing just the opposite. It is no coincidence that people who are glued to screens for “fear of missing out” are the ones who miss out the most. It is no coincidence that those who fear social disapproval the most are the ones who tend to find themselves isolated. And...

(CNN) The Department of Homeland Security is warning law enforcement across the country that a convoy of truckers protesting Covid-19 vaccine mandates, similar to recent protests in Ottawa, Canada, could soon begin in the US -- with the potential to affect Sunday's Super Bowl in the Los Angeles area and cause other disruptions. A DHS bulletin issued on Tuesday to state and local officials, obtained by CNN, said the agency "has received reports of truck drivers planning to potentially block roads in major metropolitan cities in the United States in protest of, among other things, vaccine mandates for truck drivers."...

@TomCottonAR Good news. Biden's HHS is no longer funding crack pipes. But make no mistake: yesterday's change in policy is because HHS got caught. Statement...

A newly published study by a team of researchers from the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine of Bar-Ilan University in Safed, Israel and the Galilee Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel suggests a link between vitamin D deficiency and severity of disease from Covid-19 infection. Published in the journal PLOS ONE, the research looked at vitamin D levels in 1,176 patients hospitalized with a positive PCR test result between April 2020 and February 2021 at the Galilee Medical Center. The vitamin D levels were based on testing that had been conducted prior to the hospitalization “either as part of a routine blood...

Eddie Dobbins proposed marriage over text message, from a Las Vegas intensive care unit where he was being treated for COVID-19. “Can you check and see if there is a way for us to get married long distance,” Dobbins, 74, tapped into his cellphone from his room at MountainView Hospital. “Love you baby.” Patricia Hartmann, 75, accepted in all caps: “YES” On Jan. 24, Dobbins popped the question. On Jan. 25, Hartmann entered room 202 of the MountainView ICU as his sweetheart and left as his wife. Dobbins came to MountainView with a combination of COVID, bacterial pneumonia and cancer....

Throughout our ongoing struggles with China, one key battle appears to have already been won by our adversary: the battle for arts and entertainment. Boasting a population of over 1.4 billion people, many of whom have the financial means to pay for and consume a wide variety of forms of entertainment, their market share for television, movies and art rivals that of the actual country that produces the films -- the United States. With a powerful government that has no qualms about restricting both media and the messages that their citizens consume, China has the ability to cut a movie's...

The Holocaust is a 77-year old story. Yet Whoopi Goldberg got in trouble last week for getting a major aspect of it wrong. On January 31’s edition of “The View,” Goldberg said that the Holocaust was not about race. The context was a discussion about the book, Maus, being banned by a Tennessee public school board because of nudity and profanity. Goldberg said: “I’m surprised that’s what made you uncomfortable, the fact that there was some nudity. I mean, it’s about the Holocaust, the killing of six million people, but that didn’t bother you? If you’re going to do this,...

Two Senate Democrats up for reelection proposed a bill on Wednesday to temporarily suspend the federal gas tax through the end of 2022, as millions of Americans grapple with the economic impacts of surging oil prices. The Gas Prices Relief Act from Sens. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., and Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., would suspend the $18.4 cents per gallon federal gas tax through Jan. 1, 2023, according to a summary of the proposal shared with ABC News. The senators, who are both on the ballot in November, released the proposal at a time when gas is roughly $3.45 a gallon nationwide, about...

A school bus driver was shot in the head in Minneapolis Wednesday afternoon just hours after a student was injured in a separate shooting. According to Crime Watch Minneapolis, the 39-year-old male bus driver was shot in the head but is “expected to survive.” The shooting took place around 2:20 p.m. at 37th and Girard Avenue North. Kids were on board the bus at the time.

At the top of the list of accusers is the head of the radical leftist New Democratic Party, Fidel Castro sympathizer Jagmeet Singh, who has attributed the popularity and success of the “Freedom Convoy” to “Trumpism” and “foreign actors,” without evidence. (snip) Writing at the Globe and Mail on Tuesday, columnist Gary Mason adopted Singh’s terminology and branded the Canadian civil rights protesters with the 2016 terminology “alt-right,” describing the entire concept of “freedom” as having been hijacked by extremists and no longer legitimate.