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Former National Institutes of Health (NIH) chief Francis Collins, who was also recently appointed as President Joe Biden’s new science advisor, expressed support for vaccine mandates, emphasizing that people’s employment should be threatened.Leaked audio obtained by The Daily Wire appeared to shatter Collins’ political neutrality, revealing that he not only had a deeply held conviction about the persuasive power of vaccine mandates but also had a particular dislike for former President Donald Trump. The audio originated from an Institute of Politics event on October 26 of last year, which was hosted by Christianity Today theologian Russell Moore at the University...

OPINION: This article contains commentary which may reflect the author's opinionSeveral intelligence reports from the Pentagon and Ukraine indicate that Vladimir Putin is dying in agony from terminal bowel cancer. The puffiness on his face may indicate he is taking chemotherapy or steroids. According to US sources, his unsmiling expression indicates that he is experiencing continuous pain. He could have become more aggressive or he may have attacked Ukraine because he knows he will soon die and wishes to leave a legacy. Currently working at the Pentagon, an ex-military intelligence officer says his colleagues have studied Putin, 69, and are...

A professor was locked out of his classes and email account without warning in apparent retaliation for criticizing his Christian university’s use of “diversity” and “equity” as criteria for selecting its new president, he and several witnesses told The Federalist. The Rev. Dr. Greg Schulz was immediately and indefinitely suspended from his classes at Concordia University Wisconsin and banned from campus by interim college President William Cario on Feb. 18, a Friday. That was not formally conveyed to Schulz, however, until his lawyer obtained the suspension letter on Feb. 22, Schulz’s Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty attorney Dan Lennington...

Even while 1.5 million Ukrainians have fled the country amid the Russian invasion in the past two weeks, more than 100,000 Ukrainians and others have flocked to Ukraine in order to fight Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces, according to Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov. Ukrainians on the ground tell Fox News Digital that volunteers have been turned away from the army because it lacks weapons."More than 140,000 Ukrainians, mostly men, have returned from Europe," Reznikov wrote in a Facebook post Monday. "Tens of thousands joined the Territorial Defense Forces. Of course, there are those who run away. But the whole...

CommentaryThe Russian invasion of Ukraine has sparked a flurry of social media postings, semi-informed news media articles, and much speculation.The Fog of War has extra dimensions to it, but remember some simple home truths about the Russian Army. Notwithstanding our admiration for the courage and determination of the Ukrainians, the issue might not be hanging in the balance.Putin’s key general in this war is Colonel General Alexander Alexandrovich Zhuravlyov, commander of the Western Theatre—which is to say, all of Russia’s military assets being used against Ukraine. With 40 years of experience, General Zhuravlyov is extremely professional. Except during Stalin’s reign...

“Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man. O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things” (Proverbs 8:4-6 KJV).

Florida officials on March 7 said the state would be the first to formally recommend that healthy children shouldn’t get a COVID-19 vaccine.Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the state’s surgeon general, made the announcement during a roundtable discussion titled “The Curtain Close on COVID Theater.”“The Florida Department of Health is going to be the first state [department] to officially recommend against the COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children,” Ladapo said.The planned update didn’t appear to be on the department’s website on March 7, and the agency declined to share more details. COVID-19 vaccines “are the most effective tools to protect your health and...

I’m not sure anyone could have done worse than Joe Biden has done in office so far.I wrote the other day that Biden was very close to a decision in a new Iran deal that, by reports, was a reprehensible deal that could put our safety at risk. We also reported how former State Department official Gabriel Noronha was warning about what was to come in the deal to see if Congress could stop what he called the “capitulation.” Noronha said the deal was “much, much worse than the original.” He said three top diplomats had quit over what the...

Dear Biden Voters:Did you vote for this?Gas prices are exploding but the rise in fuel prices didn’t start last week. They’ve been going up since the moment Joe Biden took office. The legacy media wants us to believe that Russia is our biggest problem when it comes to price spikes, but the data tells us Biden has been the biggest obstacle. All the way back in January of 2021, AAA recorded the biggest jump in the national average price since 2009 (surely it’s purely coincidental that 2009 was the beginning of the previous Democrat administration).WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 19, 2021) –...

Investigators have determined that two things went wrong during the Feb. 10 flight, Andrew Griggs, senior director of mission management and assurance at Astra, wrote in a blog post on Sunday (March 6). First, LV0008's payload fairing — the protective "nose cone" that surrounds satellites during launch — didn't deploy properly. "The separation mechanisms (our fairing has five of these) were fired in an incorrect order, which resulted in off-nominal movement of the fairing that caused an electrical disconnection," Griggs wrote. "Due to the disconnection, the last separation mechanism never received its command to open, which prevented the fairing from...

Canada’s oil could replace American imports of Russian crude, the top officials of the oil-producing province Alberta said this weekend.As talks about banning Russian oil imports in the United States and its European allies intensify, reports have started to emerge that the U.S. Administration could be looking to persuade Saudi Arabia to pump more oil or lift some sanctions on Venezuela to help fill the gap that a Russian oil embargo would open.On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States and its European allies were in “very active discussions” about banning the import of Russian...

The rock appears to be a cosmetic annoyance and not anything that’s currently hindering the rover’s progress. That Perseverance’s 20.7-inch-wide (52.2-centimeter) wheels are able to withstand this unexpected intrusion is not a huge surprise. The rover was fitted with upgraded wheels to prevent the wear-and-tear seen on NASA’s Curiosity rover. Each aluminum wheel is fitted with 48 cleats that improve traction and curved titanium spokes that provide bouncy support. The upgraded wheels are also narrower, with a thicker and more robust thread... Perseverance is currently backtracking toward the Octavia E. Butler landing site, and it’s driving longer distances than at...

“In the Russian-Ukrainian crisis,” the Archbishop writes, “we must clearly recognize and denounce the coup d’état of the deep state worldwide, which has worked to install the New World Order, involving the WEF, NATO, UN, the European Union, the IMF…” I could not agree more with his Excellency, that this is indeed a geo-critical moment and that this discussion must move beyond the realm of Fox News and CNN if we are to bring anything constructive to the de-escalation of this crisis. If this issue is not addressed with integrity and objectivity, Viganò cautions, “there is a real risk that...

Putin's invasion grinds to a halt: Kyiv claims to have destroyed dozens of Russian helicopters overnight, retaken a city, and killed 11,000 troops while Russians have captured no significant territory sparking hopes Ukraine could win the war Ukraine claims to have destroyed dozens of Russian helicopters at an airfield near Kherson overnight Military also said it had recaptured Chuhuiv, near Kharkiv, and killed two commanders in the process Meanwhile units in Odessa claimed to have hit and destroyed a Russian patrol ship off the coast Experts say Russian losses becoming 'unsustainable' with no significant territory captured in recent days

What does Russian President Vladimir Putin believe about God? That’s a fascinating question the world can’t answer “with any certainty,” according to Mark Tooley, president of The Institute on Religion and Democracy. After all, there’s a difference between what Putin says and what he does — and there’s strangely a great deal of uncertainty and confusion intermingled with both. “He had a devoutly Christian mother and has worn a crucifix around his neck for most of his life,” Tooley told Faithwire. “Certainly, he has embraced the patronage of the Russian Orthodox Church and used it to advance his own political...

Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak wore a “Z” on his uniform in apparent support of Russian troops at a competition last week. The 20-year-old from Kaluga, Russia, took home the bronze medal in parallel bars at the Apparatus World Cup in Doha, Qatar — an event in which Ukranian Illia Kovtun won first place — and could be seen with the “Z” on his chest on the podium. “Z” has emerged as a way for Russian politicians, influencers and activists to show support for Vladimir Putin and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Latin insignia has been seen on tanks and other...

"Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." "Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not...

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At a synagogue.. Israeli social worker.. had a flash of historic vertigo.. ancestors had lived in Chisinau more than a century ago, surviving a devastating pogrom in 1903 before emigrating to what became Israel. Now their descendant had returned .. this time not as a victim, but as a rescuer. “It’s like a closure for me,” .. from Jerusalem who had come to help evacuate thousands of Jewish refugees from Ukraine to Israel. “At the time, it was almost a shame to be Jewish.. Now people want to show they are Jewish so they can be evacuated.” Today.. the context...

Canada’s oil could replace American imports of Russian crude, the top officials of the oil-producing province Alberta said this weekend. As talks about banning Russian oil imports in the United States and its European allies intensify, reports have started to emerge that the U.S. Administration could be looking to persuade Saudi Arabia to pump more oil or lift some sanctions on Venezuela to help fill the gap that a Russian oil embargo would open. On Sunday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the United States and its European allies were in “very active discussions” about banning the import...