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In an 8-1 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has the authority to defend the state's law against live-dismemberment abortions. The ruling reversed a 6th Circuit Court decision that "a State Attorney General lacks the authority to take action counter to the wishes of the current Governor." Writing for the majority, Justice Alito said that "defending the state's laws is an independent function of the state's Attorney General. The fact that the current governor disagrees with a law enacted prior to his administration is not a valid reason for trying to negate its defense...

Ukrainian nationalist forces have committed a new and "extremely dangerous provocation," attacking a substation and the power lines which provide the Chernobyl nuclear power plant with electricity, Russian deputy defence minister Nikolai Pankov has said.

I was really worried for the People's Convoy. I had a dream, a nightmare, that a righteous cause would be subverted, undermined, made to look foolish by forces of the Swamp as the breathtaking truckers caravan arrived in the D.C. area last weekend. It would have been easy – if they were not ALL of the right heart. The truckers were suppressed, beyond question. The media ignored them, even – dare I say it – Fox News. The fake news didn't know what to do with them. Some of them lied about the convoy. They excoriated the truckers as dangerous...

Automakers including VW, Toyota, Ford and Hyundai have shut downs factories in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine A senior member of Russia's ruling party has proposed nationalizing foreign-owned factories that shut down operations in the country over what the Kremlin calls a special military operation in Ukraine. Automakers including Volkswagen, Toyota, Ford and Hyundai have announced temporary shutdowns of factories in Russia after its invasion of Ukraine and as their supply chains are disrupted. Stay Up To Date Click here for a roundup of how Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is impacting the auto industry. In a statement published on...

Here's a link to the official government form where you can report misinformation spreaders like the CDC, FDA, NIH, your doctor, the mainstream media, etc. This is your chance to make a difference.Steve Kirsch13 hr ago The official US government form to report misinformation spreaders (see this article for a relatively complete list) can be found here (note the screenshot below has been creatively altered by me to show how an honest government would frame the problem):Video walkthrough (3 minutes)I have also created a short video showing how to fill out the form that I hope everyone will watch; you’ll...

Question: I’d like to obtain advice on tackling student loan debt. I do not have private loans, and I owe approximately $96,000. I’m so confused because initially my loans were less than $30,000, but I think the rest of it comes from interest. I’m not sure what I am looking at with my loans. My loans have been in forbearance, and I want to investigate loan forgiveness options. I am a school nurse and support my family, so my income is limited. Can you provide direction? It would be greatly appreciated.

We have access to 150 documents to date. Here's a first-cut analysis of what we found.Steve Kirsch9 hr ago CAUTION: This document is still being edited and fact checked and is likely to contain errors. Use at your own risk. It has NOT been pushed to my subscribers. If you find a mistake, let me know in the comments. For example, Point #5 is not right since immunity isn’t correlated to this and patients were given different doses.I am writing this article with Kyle Beattie. Kyle was the author of the 145 country study that nobody was able to refute...

Offbeat 10-Year-Old's Prank Causes Hijacking Scare On Alaska Airlines Flight By Binitha Jacob 03/08/22 AT 6:40 AM Pause Mute Current Time?0:27 Duration?0:49 QualityHD Fullscreen 'Drunk' American arrested after assaulting staff and passengers on flight from Japan KEY POINTS The Alaska Airlines flight from Seattle was held for an hour at the Orlando airport Passengers saw cops surrounding the plane with guns as a family was led off the aircraft Officials realized the threat was caused by a 10-year-old's prank on a fellow passenger Hijacking fears gripped officials and passengers aboard an Alaska Airlines flight following which the plane was held...

PepsiCo’s ex-CEO privately called Vladimir Putin a “great leader” at a high-level meeting in Switzerland shortly after Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 — rankling fellow business leaders even as she cultivated unusually cozy ties with the Russian president, The Post has learned. Indra Nooyi — who ran the Purchase, NY-based soda-and-snacks giant from 2006 to 2018 — raised eyebrows more than once as she aggressively sought to build ties with Putin’s Russia. Her bold investments began to unravel on Tuesday as the company, along with archrival Coca-Cola, said it was suspending soda sales and advertising in Russia. Pepsi shares dipped...

73 year old veteran John Murphy is disgusted with the corruption of politicians in Australia. The clarity and power of his to people to reject fear and embrace freedom is glorious. He is revered in the freedom movement here. "Elderly digger's emotional speech to Melbourne protesters saying he's fighting oppression" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10227719/amp/Elderly-diggers-emotional-speech-Melbourne-protesters-saying-hes-fighting-oppression.html

The number of job openings in the U.S. rose to what would have been a record level in January–if not for the upward revision to an all-time high for December. There were 11.3 million jobs posted at the end of January, exceeding the consensus forecast of 10.9 million and the prior month’s preliminary estimate of 10.925 million, Department of Labor data showed Monday.

Almost 450 extremists from various nationalities arrive to Idlib to fight against Russian troops, after leaving Syria and passing through Turkey.Close to 450 extremist Arab and foreign nationals have arrived in Ukraine from Idlib to fight against Russia's forces, less than only three days after they left Syria, passing through Turkey.Relatives of extremists that have arrived in Ukraine told Sputnik that senior fighters from terrorist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (the rebranded version of Jabhat Al-Nusra, i.e Al-Qaeda) have held a number of meetings with senior leaders in the Turkistan Islamic Party group and Ansar Al-Tawhid and Hurras al-Din groups, and...

Zurich (AFP) – The World Economic Forum said Wednesday it was freezing all relations with Russian entities, and would not allow anyone on the sanctions list to take part in the annual high-powered meeting in Davos. "Following its condemnation of Russia's ongoing attack on Ukraine, the forum is complying with the evolving international sanctions and following the rapidly-developing situation," the WEF said. “Therefore the forum freezes all its relations with Russian entities, and will not engage with any sanctioned individual or institution in any of our activities, inclusive the annual meeting" in Davos, it added. The WEF usually hosts its...

AGreensboro man faces federal charges in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded at least 25 people out of about $6.8 million since 2014, authorities said. David Schamens, 64, was charged Monday with wire fraud, securities fraud and money laundering, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of New Jersey. He is accused of using some of the money to repay earlier investors in the manner of a Ponzi scheme and to pay for his personal expenses, including a house and luxury car, according to the release. Authorities accuse Schamens of fraudulently soliciting investments in various...

A Florida special needs teacher who suffered serious injuries when she was attacked by a five-year-old, had been hospitalized by the same child several time before, her teacher's union claimed, Last week Trishia Meadows, 43, a teacher at Pines Lakes Elementary in Pembroke Pines, needed to be stretchered out of her classroom after allegedly being attacked by the five-year-old special needs student. According to a police report, the incident began when the troublesome child and a four-year-old student were throwing objects and flipping chairs in a pre-K classroom. Meadows, whos is mom to a young daughter, took the rowdy five-year-old...

Mike Gibbons and Josh Mandel lead the Ohio GOP Senate primary field as Republicans battle for the chance to run for the seat being vacated by Sen. Rob Portman (R), according to a poll released Tuesday. The Fox News poll shows Gibbons, an investment banker, leading the field with 22 percent support among GOP primary voters. Mandel, a former state treasurer, trails just behind with 20 percent, a difference that falls within the survey's margin of error. "Hillbilly Elegy" author JD Vance is in third with 11 percent, followed by former Ohio GOP Chair Jane Timken at 9 percent and...

TRAPPIST-1 Webb Space Telescope During its first operating cycle, the James Webb Space Telescope will set its sights on the TRAPPIST-1 system, an incredible collection of seven rocky exoplanets 41 light years away from Earth. Astrobiologists like Dr. Giada Arney from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center are excited about this system because TRAPPIST-1 is a perfect laboratory for studying habitability! It consists of seven rocky planets, distributed across the system’s habitable zone, or the area around a star where it is not too hot and not too cold for liquid water to exist on the surface of surrounding planets....

Tuesday on FNC’s “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) argued the Biden administration should have taken a more hawkish approach to deal with Russia in the lead up to its invasion of Ukraine. Graham told host Jesse Watters he was underwhelmed by President Joe Biden, who he said made former U.K. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, who took a dovish approach in dealing with Adolf Hitler’s advance on Europe, look like his successor, former U.K. Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who led the British along with Allies to victory in World War II.

NASCAR's David Gilliland Racing (DGR) suffered an unspeakable tragedy on Tuesday when the driver of one of its team transport trucks was killed in a highway accident. Steven Stotts was driving team hauler to Phoenix Raceway

You paying more (and more) at the pump just means Biden gets one step closer to his anti-oil agenda. Don’t think he isn’t happy about it.Gas prices in the United States hit a new all-time high under President Joe Biden’s watch on Tuesday, clocking in at an average of $4.17 per gallon, surpassing the previous record of $4.11 set in 2008.A friend told me he recently saw prices jump 50 cents from the time he drove to work to the time he drove home. A gas station in Florida I stopped at last month had two “I did that” stickers...