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Less than 25 percent of voters strongly believe President Joe Biden is mentally fit, healthy, and stable, a Tuesday Politico/Morning Consult poll revealed. Only 24 percent said they strongly agreed that Biden is mentally fit to serve as president. Thirty-four percent strongly believed Biden is not mentally fit to serve as president, a ten-point spread. Just 18 percent strongly agreed Biden is in good health as commander in chief. Thirty-one percent strongly disagreed with the statement that Biden “is in good health,” a 13-point difference. Moreover, only 23 percent of voters strongly believe the president of the United States is...

Rochester News Police Investigate Racist Graffiti at Mercy High School Mar 8, 2022 The Brighton Police Department is investigating a racist message found in a bathroom at Our Lady of Mercy School for Young Women. School officials say graffiti with the n-word and a message reading, "Get out of else." Police are investigating it as a hate crime. A school spokesman says the building was open all weekend for sports and activities. Police are reviewing the school's security footage. "These types of incidents really don’t have any place let alone in a school setting, it is supposed to be a...

Trump is on the hook for FELONY tax fraud in New York RIGHT NOW. And if he’s convicted, the REAP Act would strip Trump of ALL Presidential perks. This bill is AMAZING. Just take a look: The REAP Act WILL: 1. Strip Trump of his $220,000 annual pension 2. End taxpayer funding for Trump’s staff 3. Take away his taxpayer-funded budget for cushy D.C. office space

WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans are championing President Joe Biden’s decision to ban Russian oil imports to the U.S., a highly anticipated move that could continue to push gas prices to record highs. But in the same breath, GOP leaders — eager to win back the House and Senate this fall — are trying to capitalize by blaming Biden and his energy policies for Americans paying more at the pump. Republicans argue Biden could have it both ways — sanction Russian oil but also keep American prices down by allowing a rampant increase in domestic production, which they argue Biden isn't...

Let Them Eat Lithium. Left-wing CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert, who boasts a reported personal net worth of approximately $75 million, professes to being entirely untroubled by soaring U.S. gas prices, admitting he takes comfort in the fact he drives a Tesla. On Monday night the electric car evangelist laid out just why he travels with a “clean conscience” as he commutes into Manhattan while others outside his elite struggle to fill their tanks just to go to work or carry their family around. “Today, the average gas price in America hit an all-time record high of over $4/gallon. OK,...

In the space of two weeks, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has set off one of the largest and fastest arms transfers in history. By road and rail, the Czech Republic sent 10,000 rocket-propelled grenades to Ukraine’s defenders last week alone. In Poland, the provincial airport of Rzeszow located about 60 miles from the Ukrainian border has been so crowded with military cargo jets that on Saturday some flights were briefly diverted until airfield space became available. On the country’s highways, police vehicles are escorting military transport trucks to the border, with other convoys slipping into Ukraine via snow-covered back roads...

Poland's decision to put all its MiG-29 fighter jets at the disposal of the United States was "a surprise move" by Warsaw, the U.S. State Department's No. 3 diplomat said on Tuesday, after Ukraine asked European countries to provide aircraft to help it fight Russia's invasion. "To my knowledge, it wasn't pre-consulted with us that they planned to give these planes to us," State Department Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland told a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing. "So I think that actually was a surprise move by the Poles," she said. Poland is ready to deploy all...

I doubt Ukraine is funding bioweapons research on their own, especially at multiple locations. Evidently the USA has been funding numerous Bio Weapon Research Facilities in Ukraine. Vicoria Nuland today in a Senate Hearing confirmed the existence of the Labs, the real question is who is funding them...can you spell ANTHONY FAUCI...

In the late fall of 2021, as Russian forces massed at the border of Ukraine, U.S. lawmakers pressed the Pentagon on why the Biden administration wasn’t sending Stinger antiaircraft missiles to help Kyiv. The option wasn’t available, they were told, because the weapons in the U.S. inventory contained classified equipment. Months later, the Pentagon came up with a solution to the problem. By removing several screws, the military was able to withdraw a sensitive item from the missile’s hand-held launcher, opening the way to sending the weapons from U.S. stocks.

President Joe Biden adamantly condemned calls for loosening restrictions on domestic energy prices on Tuesday, arguing it would not help lower gas prices. “Loosening environmental regulations or pulling back clean energy investment won’t — let me expand. Won’t. Will not lower energy prices for families,” he said during a speech at the White House announcing his decision to ban oil imports from Russia to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin for escalating his war in Ukraine. Republicans excoriated the president’s efforts to restrict domestic oil production, as the average cost of gas reached record highs over the weekend. The president argued...

Poland has made its fleet of MIG-29 jets available “immediately and free of charge”, despite calling the move “fake news” just two days ago.

The impact of inflation, particularly in fuel, transportation and food, will increase crime. Criminals will use rising prices as a justification to shoplift, siphon gas, and steal cars. I am willing to bet that leftist cities will continue their trend of not prosecuting crimes. They have basically given permission to that 15 year old inner city kid steal a car after he was just told by his momma that she can't afford to give him a ride. Those food stamps (EBT cards) don't go as far as they used to, and to some that is an open invitation to stuff...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising gas prices pose a fresh election year challenge for President Joe Biden. He’s balancing concerns about costs at the pump in the U.S. against calls from both parties to step up penalties on Russian President Vladimir Putin following his invasion of Ukraine. In announcing a ban on U.S. imports of Russian oil on Tuesday, Biden was blunt in warning that while the move would hurt Putin, “there will be a cost as well here in the United States.” He sought to avoid being blamed for that by dubbing it “Putin’s price hike.” Later, while arriving on...

Actor George Takei took to Twitter on Friday to tell Americans that they “can endure higher prices for food and gas” if it means retaliating against Russian President Vladimir Putin. The actor went on to call the raising prices “a patriotic donation.” “Americans: We can endure higher prices for food and gas if it means putting the screws to Putin. Consider it a patriotic donation in the fight for freedom over tyranny,” Takei wrote. The actor was quickly slammed in the comment section of his post, with one Twitter user proclaiming, “Unnecessary pain/suffering by the middle class isn’t ‘patriotic’ you...

The authors say the arachnids are harmless to people and pets and may even eat pests like stink bugsLast year in Georgia, the non-native Joro spider population exploded. Golden webs draped porches, powerlines and mailboxes across at least 25 counties in the state, per the Hexapod Herald’s Michele Hatcher. “I have several hundred, and they actually make the place look spooky with all the messy webs—like a scene out of 'Arachnophobia,'” entomologist Will Hudson of the University of Georgia Extension told the Herald last fall. The spiders are large and eye-catching, about the size of a human adult’s palm, with...

Lardass Bill Barr was announced as the winner of the coveted Progressive Judas Award. As a result of winning the Judas Award, Barr will receive the "Thirty Pieces of Silver" 5 million dollar book deal. Although the book will probably only sell a couple hundred retail copies, libraries and colleges will be coerced into buying millions of copies. Former 2021 Judas award winner John Bolton was a bit snippy about Barr's win. John said Bill had not exaggerated or created mistruths or lies of a level justifying the award.

On “CNN Newsroom,” White House National Economic Council Director Brian Deese argued that the situation in Ukraine underscores the need for “true energy independence, and that’s about reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.” And that we have to decrease dependence on oil and gas “so that we and our allies, like those in Europe” aren’t as vulnerable to changes in the global price of oil. Deese stated that the ban on importing Russian oil “will have an impact” on gas prices. And “what we’re focused on is trying to make sure that we can bring — in the short term...

Members of the Senate Government Organization Committee declined to advance a bill saying that if employers have vaccine requirements then evidence of natural immunity or antibodies would suffice. The bill was supposed to go for consideration by the Senate Health Committee next. But on a 6-8 vote, members of Senate Government Organization stopped it. Much of the committee’s discussion Monday afternoon focused on whether the bill would actually be workable in real-life situations. Members noted that the bill doesn’t define an appropriate level of antibodies for the range of diseases that might be covered. And it doesn’t define what methods...

The police of the state of Berlin is a very diverse force. Of course, it also offers Turkish citizens professional prospects. And for these people – as for everyone else – freedom of opinion, art and religion applies. Tolga K. also belongs to this diverse force. He is a police officer with the Central Property Protection. A “German” police officer, mind you. Even if you don’t notice it in his YouTube videos and publications on social networks: he prefers to salute the Turkish flag rather than the German one. On the one hand, he took an oath on the Basic...

Prices at the pump have now soared to $4.173 per gallon for regular gasoline, according to Price Information Service (OPIS). This firm collects and calculates US pump prices for American Automobile Association (AAA). On Monday evening, prices surpassed the previous record high set in 2008 and continue marching higher Tuesday. As gasoline prices increase and inflation reaches the highest levels in four decades, times are becoming much harder for the average consumer, experiencing a persistent rise in the prices of many goods and services. Steeper gas and food prices have forced millions of people to rejigger household budgets. The latest...