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Anthony Fauci, longtime director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was apparently well aware that the Chinese government was withholding crucial information about the coronavirus as far back as January 2020. The Epoch Times reports that new documents uncovered by Judicial Watch reveal communications between NIAID and their Chinese counterparts which signal that the American agency actively coordinated with the Chinese leading up to the pandemic, and subsequently covered up the fact that China was withholding information. The 90 pages of communications records, obtained via a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, reveal that the National...

I can’t watch much of a State of the Union Address by any Democratic President, let alone Biden. It’s just too painful. But as a service to readers, I did watch a small portion, and then I skimmed through the transcript when it was released by the White House. Mostly, this exercise is useful be sure one understands the governing philosophy that informs our President and at least the Democrats in Congress. And this speech does inform us of that. Really, there’s nothing complicated about it. The federal government has infinite amounts of free money to hand out to solve...

Famed World War Two general George S. Patton commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Mediterranean and European theaters of World War II. General Patton is best known for leading the U.S. Third Army in France and Germany in the wake of the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944. This article contains stories, quotes, timelines, and other pieces of information on one of the most competent and flamboyant generals in American military history.

President Biden is more worried about Russians crossing their border with Ukraine than he is about the Russians crossing our border with Mexico. The problem with America’s porous southern border and an unfinished wall to serve as a deterrent is the inability to know who has entered into the United States. Other than wanting to get into America without following the legal process, we know nothing about the countless illegals who are already here, including rough estimates that are close to accurate. Most people who cross illegally may be decent and simply want to take care of their families as...

Then Biden added, "One of those soldiers was my son, Major Beau Biden," and then he said, "We don't know for sure if a burn pit was the cause of his brain cancer." No one asks whether Beau was anywhere near burn pits in Iraq. No fact-checkers stir. Heckling a president during the State of the Union (especially a Democrat president) is not polite or politically smart. But the liberal journalists who were scandalized by the heckling never take exception to Biden's very repetitive citations of his son, so much it reeks of exploitation. The president implied his son was...

EMMANUEL MACRON has renewed his calls for a collective EU military force in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The French President has long pushed for a collective EU army, saying back in 2018 that European citizens could not be fully protected without a “true, European army”. The UK has always gone up against such plans, even prior to the Brexit vote. Along with a number of the Baltic states, the UK has argued that an EU army could undermine the efficiency - and infringe on the jurisdiction - of NATO. Speaking on French national television on Wednesday...

"And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them, I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven." "In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Increasing gas prices are steering more drivers toward electric cars. In fact, BMW of Jackson Sales Manager Landon Tucker said they’re selling out before they even get to the store. Tucker said he’s noticed an uptick in electric and hybrid car sales for the last eighteen months but that the war overseas is driving the demand even higher. “I had a friend text me yesterday, and he was never interested in electric vehicles. But he finally said, ‘After seeing what’s happening in Ukraine and the fact that we depend on Russia for so much oil, it...

“Putin thinks he’s the emperor of our times. Power can get you drunk. And the great authoritarian power blinds the eyes and you forget that you are human. It is not possible to cross yourself, pray to God, and at the same time kill children and people in general”.

March 1 (Reuters) - Get ready for the $10 tube of toothpaste. Colgate-Palmolive Co (CL.N) CEO Noel Wallace said last week at an industry conference that the household goods maker sees its new Optic White Pro Series toothpaste as the type of premium product "vital" to its ability to raise prices, which will help drive profit growth this year. His remarks come when many consumer products companies are hiking prices as much as they can to offset their own rising costs, a trend that could continue due to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, whose economic risks include driving up...

Democrats have lost their self-preservation instinct and their will to live. The Democrat Party is on the wrong side of every single issue -- borders, law enforcement, parents vs. teachers, inflation, Critical Race Theory, school choice, cancel culture, lockdowns, masks, individual freedom, gasoline prices, pipelines, wokism, unrestricted abortions, and a president who has dementia, just to name a few. Does the party have a death wish? We have all known persons who are self-destructive. That behavior can afflict groups as well as individuals. The Democrat Party and the left foster self-hatred. They believe that our country is irrevocably racist and...

It has become apparent that the narrative regarding COVID-19 is crumbling quickly. People are not buying what Dr. Anthony Fauci is selling anymore, and they are beginning to realize the entire thing was a scamdemic from the get-go. But the ruling class isn’t taking responsibility for the slaves figuring out they were lied to. They are doubling down, saying had the slaves should have just obeyed and complied and followed the rules “sufficiently.” “Now as their COVID narrative crumbles before their eyes, the near-term PR goal of [Dr. Anthony Fauci] and the whole lockdown crew is to convince you, Joe...

Not only are leftists indoctrinating children with racial incitement, they are erasing the books that teach us to put wisdom in our minds and hearts. Asra Nomani, journalist and parent, testified on March 1st to the House Judiciary Committee on critical race theory in education. She brought children’s books such as Not My Idea to show how radical ideologies appear in kindergarten materials: “Whiteness is a bad deal… it always was,” communicates this book to young minds. This is one of many books that dumb-down decades-old fringe critical theories from academia to present to children as “real” history. The debate...

At 09:00 LT (01:00 UTC) on Thursday, March 3, widespread power outages were affecting Taipei City, Kaohsiung City, Keelung City, New Taipei City, Hualien City, Keelung City, and Tainan City, according to Taiwan News.1 Many intersections have turned into chaotic scenes with traffic police quickly dispatched to direct vehicles, the outlet reported. Firetrucks have been dispatched across the streets of many cities to deal with emergencies such as people being trapped in elevators. Currently, whole districts of Tainan City and Kaohsiung City are suffering power outages, while rolling blackouts are also occurring in the central and northern parts of the...

As soon as Associate Justice Stephen Breyer announced his intent to retire, the Biden-Harris regime reported their plan to fill his seat with a black female replacement. Why announce the sex and skin color of the nominee, weeks in advance of naming the name? Biden's strategy here is not just an effort to protect a party that's bleeding from a loss of conservative blacks, but also an attempt to insulate the nomination from the normal process. Touted first and foremost as a black female, the nominee's "groundbreaking" sex and color are the costume that disguises the actual content of this...

THe battle hardened defenders of Kyiv broke the siege today as they have made an opening in the Russian Front Near the town of Bucha. This has cut off the Russians in Vasylkiv, and we will have to see what tomorrow brings with those developments. This stream goes live around 10 PM EST every night until the war is over. If you want to keep up to date on all the news I have found from across Ukraine make sure to subscribe so you can stay up to date. There is also a link charitable causes to help Ukraine, as...

Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, confirmed in a press conference from Vienna, Austria, that a training facility building at the Zaporizhzhia Power Plant in Ukraine was hit by a Russian projectile and Ukrainian fire fighters extinguished the ensuing fire. “We are fortunate there was no release of radiation and the integrity of the reactors was not compromised,” Gross said in the press conference, but said it’s time for “action. “We need to do something about this.” He said he wants to head to Chernobyl for a meeting so that both sides of the conflict...

Are we ready to face the threats of the 21st Century? For the first time, I’m wondering that as the ‘woke’ mentality has crept into the US Military. It’s an institution that shouldn’t be bombarded or even entertain this left-wing political correctness nonsense for the simple reason that it’s a total waste of time. Who cares about proper pronouns? These people are trained to find and kill our enemies. And yet, the Pentagon is adopting this mindset, and for what? We spend the most on defense than any other nation on Earth and we could have the most combat ineffective...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem1 Timothy 1The Lord’s Grace to Paul 12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength, that he considered me trustworthy, appointing me to his service. 13 Even though I was once a blasphemer and a persecutor and a violent man, I was shown mercy because I acted in ignorance and unbelief. 14 The grace of our Lord was poured out on me abundantly, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus. 15 Here is a trustworthy saying that deserves full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to...

Russian staff at independent television channel TV Rain (Dozhd) ended their final broadcast by walking out of the studio in a silent protest live on-air after being ordered to close by authorities due to the broadcaster's coverage of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. The leading independent broadcaster was blocked by Russia's telecommunications regulator earlier this week following pressure over its coverage of the Ukraine crisis. Russian authorities have prohibited media from calling President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine a "war"—state-run media outlets adopt the term "special military operation." The Russian parliament passed a law on Friday that criminalizes the distribution of...