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Against the latest court filings by John Durham, highlighting the tip of the political surveillance iceberg, I have been asked to re-post the deep dive into the totality of the scale of the iceberg. I will add some of the latest information into the outline to show how it all connects. Barack Obama and Eric Holder did not create a weaponized DOJ and FBI; instead, what they did was take the preexisting system and retool it, so the weapons only targeted one side of the political continuum. Together they recalibrated the domestic surveillance capabilities, the internal spying systems, so that...

Walmart said in a memo today it will no longer require fully vaccinated U.S. employees to wear masks at work. However, those who wish to wear a mask while working are permitted to do so.Driving the news: New COVID cases are plunging and the U.S. appears to be on its way out of this wave of the pandemic after less than two months, Axios' reported. And NIAID director Anthony Fauci this week said the country is headed out of the "full-blown pandemic phase of COVID-19."Details: “Effective immediately, fully vaccinated associates will not be required to wear masks while working in...

Geraldo Rivera tangled with Tomi Lahren on Wednesday’s The Story over the convoy of Canadian truckers who are protesting Covid-related mandates in the country. Some truckers have occupied parts of the capital city of Ottawa, and others have blocked the heavily trafficked Ambassador Bridge connecting the Windsor, Ontario to Detroit, Michigan. Affected residents and businesses have been frustrated with the ensuing traffic jams and truckers honking their horns.

Already treacherous enough in the best of weather, the "Ice River" giant slalom course became downright impossible for a full third of the field in the men's GS.

Joe Biden's dithering withdrawal from Afghanistan has been blamed for worsening the chaos on the ground and putting American lives at risk by a newly-declassified US intelligence report. Newly-released papers compiled in the aftermath of the August withdrawal found that deadly chaos was only made worse due to indecisiveness among officials with the Biden administration officials in Washington D.C. Their reluctance to close down the U.S. embassy in Kabul only added to the confusion and made the mission even more dangerous, according to the damning documents.

The big cats are stealthy predators, but the mountain-climbing ungulates are agile defendersThe animal mascots of the National Football League could fill a small zoo with horses, big cats, bears, dolphins, and assorted birds of prey. Many of these beasts wouldn’t be found together in the wild, but they do occasionally face off on football’s biggest stage. This Sunday, the Los Angeles Rams take on the Cincinnati Bengals in the 56th Super Bowl, and this year’s national championship presents a rare opportunity to speculate on what a showdown might look like between the two species. Although tigers are apex predators...

"And he saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the Christ. And he charged them that they should tell no man of him. And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying openly. And Peter took him, and began to rebuke him. But when he had turned about and looked on his disciples, he rebuked...

The United States Marshals Service goes after some of the worst people in this country. They’re the guys who go after the fugitives and serve federal arrest warrants. They see some of the worst this nation has to offer. So, if gun control proposals worked as advertised, you’d think US Marshals would be those most interested in backing them. And yet, in Maryland, one is taking issue with the proposed ban on unserialized firearms.

Please, someone who has computer skills and connections needs to get a General Strike stared up at the sametime the American Convoy starts up. It can't be gas station or trucks ( restaurants ) stops so they can get to Washington DC. If people would not work who believe in not forcing kids to take this dangerous jab, we might get states like California to stop it.

Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign paid an internet company to “infiltrate” servers at Trump Tower and the White House in order to link Donald Trump to Russia, a bombshell new legal filing alleges. Special Counsel John Durham filed a motion related to potential conflicts of interests in connection with the case of Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussman, who is charged with lying to the feds, according to Fox News. Sussman allegedly told the FBI he was not working on behalf of Clinton when he presented the agency with documents that supposedly linked the Trump Organization to a Kremlin-tied bank two...

“A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence” (Proverbs 13:2 KJV).

Lots of attention on Ottawa and the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor today but this was a day of nationwide protests coast to coast across Canada. In Edmonton media reports said that 700 protested at the seat of Alberta's provincial government. In Atlantic, Canada Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island the site of a Trucker Freedom Convoy protest that drew some 700 people. This Freedom Rally was held in Halifax, Nova Scotia. 11 PM Video Report As Windsor Protest Continues Near The Ambassador Bridge... A large crowd on hand in the provincial capital of New Brunswick Fredericton for the Freedom Convoy protest there...

As we continue our journey through the Gospel of Luke in Ordinary Time, Jesus keeps teaching us that his kingdom, the Kingdom of God, reverses many of our expectations and stereotypes. His is a kingdom where the typical markings of “blessing”—health, wealth, prosperity, power—are doomed to woe, and the typical markings of “curse”—weakness, sickness, poverty, humiliation—are signs of happiness and rejoicing. What is going on? Jesus’ teaching “upsets our apple cart” and forces us to think more deeply about who God is and who we are. 1. Our First Reading is from Jeremiah 17:5-8:Thus says the LORD: Cursed is the...

Several non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and others have called on Poland to stop the building of its anti-illegal immigration border barrier along the border with Belarus, claiming it could harm the local environment. A group of 150 NGOs from 25 countries called on Poland to halt the border wall project in a letter sent to the European Union Commission in Poland earlier this week stating their concerns that the border barrier could have a negative environmental impact in the border area. The Polish NGO Grupa Granica, a pro-migrant social movement of activists that monitors the situation along the Polish-Belarus border, claimed...

The woman arrived at a hospital in Peshawar after trying to extract the 5cm (two-inch) nail with pliers. Initially, she told doctors that she had carried out the act herself, but later admitted a faith healer who had claimed he could guarantee she gave birth to a baby boy was responsible. Police began investigating after x-ray images of the injury appeared online. Dr Haider Khan, a staff member at the Lady Reading Hospital, said the woman was "fully conscious, but was in immense pain," when she arrived seeking treatment.

The world has become increasingly more secular in the last few decades. However, as Visual Capitalist's Anshool Deshmukh details below, religion remains an integral part of many people’s lives, and 84% of the world’s population identifies with a religious group.The religious profile of the world is rapidly changing, driven primarily by differences in fertility rates and the size of youth populations among the world’s major religions, as well as by people switching faiths.With the help of data from Pew Research Center, we break down the religious composition of the major religions in countries worldwide.Religious Makeup of the World by Major...

After doing over 350 interviews in my career, I rarely get shaken by a guest. That rare event occurred today when I interviewed Dr. Li-Meng Yan. She told me things from her various sources, many of which are in China with direct knowledge, that blew my mind. Is the CCP developing another bioweapon? The answer to that is almost certainly yes, but Dr. Yan went a step further. She explained that they are already unleashing one onto the world through the Olympic games in Beijing today. Before I get into the details, it’s important to understand that she and her...

California Democrats introduce bill requiring Vaccines for every employee in state SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID vaccine under legislation announced Friday by Democrat state lawmakers that was immediately criticized by Republicans as government overreach. New employees would have to get at least one dose by the time they start work and the second dose within 45 days of being on the job. Assemblywoman Buffy Wicks introduced her bill months after delaying an original proposal last fall. The previous version would have allowed workers to submit...

Remember the Durham probe? It’s a criminal investigation that was launched by then-Attorney General William Barr. It was supposed to get to the origins of the Russian collusion probe. As with any government investigation, it takes time, a lot of time. It also splinters into various off-shoots—which again increases the length of time of the probe. The amount of time has outlasted the Trump administration. To protect the effort and to ensure it would continue after the Trump White House, AG Barr gave former U.S Attorney John Durham special counsel status. It’s been under the radar for months. Now, we...

With his companies miracle drug (vaccine) out for a little over a year, the CEO of Moderna, Stéphane Bancel, has gotten busy selling off his stock shares and then deleted his twitter account. Now that corona virus is defeated, and the twin hero companies of Moderna and Pfizer riding high, some may think this is odd behavior but maybe he just felt like his work here was done, and just wants to move on? This comes shortly after a former Blackrock executive began investigating the death statistics from insurance companies and funeral homes. Overall, he has dumped $400 million in...