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Former Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) said Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-SC) questioning of Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson was “awkward.” Guest-host Alex Wagner said, “Claire, what of the drama starring Lindsey Graham, written by Lindsey Graham, lighting and costumes by Lindsey Graham? Lindsey Graham brought the fireworks, the drama, this afternoon when he took his moment to question Judge Jackson to unleash a litany of complaints about how conservatives have been mistreated in hearings and otherwise more broadly in society and stormed out of the hearing. What did you make of that performance

It’s time we confront our leaders with their incompetence. Remember when candidate Joe Biden said, “Anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States of America,” during a 2020 campaign debate? Biden blamed Donald Trump for each of the 220,000 COVID deaths recorded at the time. While the count varies depending on the source, Worldometer indicates the United States is about to cross a total COVID death toll of 1 million. Let’s set aside the question of whether the public should blame the president for each of the COVID deaths. Let’s also...

"Some of the CDC’s deaths don’t appear to be linked to COVID-19. According to an assessment of the death codes, numerous deaths were classified as being caused by drowning, while others were listed as being caused by a gun fire."The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has deleted tens of thousands of deaths associated to COVID-19 from its database, blaming it on a coding error. The database include roughly a quarter of those under the age of 18.On March 15, the health agency secretly updated its data tracker website.According to the CDC’s website, “Data on deaths were adjusted after...

While the world has been obsessively focused on crude oil and gasoline in recent weeks, we instead alerted readers to a far more dire scenario playing out in diesel, a source of energy which is absolutely critical in keeping the “just in time” world running on time. As a reminder, here are some of the articles we have published on the topic in recent weeks, many even before the Ukraine war: Fast-forward to today, when our warning was echoed by the heads of one of the largest commodity trading houses and the biggest independent oil trader who were speaking at...

Japan reacted angrily on Tuesday after Russia withdrew from peace treaty talks with Tokyo and froze joint economic projects related to the disputed Kuril Islands because of sanctions imposed by the Kishida administration over Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Moscow and Tokyo have still not formally ended World War II hostilities because of the stand-off over islands just off Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, known in Russia as the Kurils and in Japan as the Northern Territories. The islands were seized by the Soviet Union at the end of second world war. Japan has imposed sanctions on 76 individuals, seven banks...

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “New Day,” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman and Senate Majority Whip Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) said Democrats could have done a better job handling the timing of the accusations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his nomination to the Supreme Court, but “hindsight is very clear. At that time, we were trying to do the best we could under an extraordinary set of circumstances.”

Six teen girls were killed in a Tuesday car crash in Tishomingo, Oklahoma, police said.The Tishomingo High School students died after their car collided with a semi-truck, KFOR-TV reported. The Johnston County Sheriff's Office told KTEN-TV the accident happened at about 12:30 p.m. local time at a three-way intersection.

128 brigade captured the high-ranking staff of the 58th Russian army. Lieutenant Colonel Rosarmia was dressed in a skirt of underwear and socks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the process of a combat clash with the rosarmia of the 128 separate mountain storm brigade captured the head of the Russian army's information-psychological counterpart group of the 47084 military unit (on one of the photos is a battlefield and destroyed by our fighters ro a sia truck). Here are the data of the prisoner - Koshel Alexander Olegovich, born April 5, 1982, personal number F-905994, military title - lieutenant...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Tuesday that she tested positive for the coronavirus, writing on social media that she is "feeling fine" and has "some mild cold symptoms." "Well, I've tested positive for COVID," Clinton, 74, wrote in a tweet. "I've got some mild cold symptoms but am feeling fine. I'm more grateful than ever for the protection vaccines can provide against serious illness. Please get vaccinated and boosted if you haven't already!"

An Army flight surgeon testified in federal court that she was ordered by high-level command not to discuss the controversy over Department of Defense data indicating a massive spike in serious injuries and illnesses among military personnel when the vaccines were rolled out in 2021.Dr. Theresa Long was testifying March 10 in the case of a Navy SEAL commander who refused to receive a COVID shot. She told Judge Steven Merryday of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in Tampa that she was observing cases of the demyelination of the central nervous system in military personnel.As...

Breadless features sandwiches wrapped in leafy greens like collards, swiss chard, and kale in place of bread. Sometimes you just wanna enjoy a sandwich without the thick bread and extra calories that come along with it. For those moments, there’s Breadless, a new locally-owned sandwich shop that opened in Detroit on Monday. Breadless features sandwiches wrapped in leafy greens like collards, swiss chard, and kale in place of bread. The sandwiches can also be served as a salad bowl, and there are both meat and vegetarian options available (the oyster mushroom club sounds delish). The shop is located at 2761...

Ernesto Di Maio is severely allergic to the yeast in leavened foods. "I have to go somewhere and hide because I will be fully covered with bumps and bubbles on the whole body," he says. "It's really brutal." Di Maio is a materials scientist at the University of Naples Federico II where he studies the formation of bubbles in polymers like polyurethane. He's had to swear off bread and pizza, which can make outings in Italy a touch awkward. "It's quite hard in Naples not to eat pizza," he explains. "People would say, 'Don't you like pizza? Why are you...

Russia would use nuclear weapons if it feels threatened, a Kremlin official said Tuesday. Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov was asked on CNN whether the idea of nuclear warfare was still on the table during the war with Ukraine. Peskov said that only an "existential" threat would be enough to justify the use of nuclear warfare.

Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., told Newsmax on Monday that the mainstream media barely mentioning the now-confirmed Hunter Biden laptop story, which they panned as fake news in 2020, shows how "thoroughly corrupt" they are.(Click to the site to see the video)The comments by Johnson during his appearance on "Eric Bolling The Balance" come amid The New York Times admitting to the authenticity of the laptop more than a year after the New York Post was booted off Twitter for reporting about it before the 2020 presidential election. "People familiar with the investigation said prosecutors had examined emails between Mr. Biden,...

ST. CHARLES (KMOV.com) - US Senator Josh Hawley has made an endorsement in the upcoming US Senate race in Missouri. Saturday, Hawley endorsed Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler in the Missouri GOP primary; the announcement was made at Missouri GOP's Lincoln Days event in St. Charles. Hartzler has represented Missouri's 4th Congressional District since 2011. The district covers an area from near Jefferson City to just south of Kansas City. Hartzler is one of several candidates running to replace retiring US Senator Roy Blunt. Other candidates include Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt and former Governor Eric Greitens.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” CNN Chief Legal Analyst Jeffrey Toobin and CNN Senior Political Correspondent Abby Phillip argued that Sen. Josh Hawley’s (R-MO) questioning of Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was an attempt to appeal to QAnon followers.

Greitens released a written statement Tuesday after her ex-husband, former Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens, alleged she had been working with his political enemies to undermine his campaign for U.S. Senate. The accusations are included in a sworn affidavit she filed as part of an ongoing child custody dispute. “I stand by my sworn statements,” she said. “I did not discuss the contents of my affidavit with anyone other than my counsel and, after the affidavit was filed, my immediate family.” Her only interest, she wrote, was “what’s best for my two children, and for the last four years, I have...

People who consume sugar and other carbohydrates in excess over a long period of time have an increased risk of developing an autoimmune disease. In affected patients, the immune system attacks the body's own tissue. Their work (shows) excessive consumption of glucose directly promotes the pathogenic functions of certain cells of the immune system and that, conversely, that a calorie-reduced diet can have a beneficial effect on immune diseases. Based on these findings, they also identified new targets for therapeutic interventions: A specific blockade of glucose-depended metabolic processes in these immune cells can suppress excessive immune reactions. Martin Väth explains...

Okta, the $25 billion market cap company that handles logins for more than 100 million users, today confirmed it suffered a breach in January via a third party customer support provider. But for some customers who spoke to Forbes, the disclosure was too late and too scant with information. Okta’s admittance came after a hacking crew called LAPSUS$, which extorts its targets after stealing their data and often leaks victims’ information in public forums, claimed it had breached the company. LAPSUS$ had previously claimed to have stolen data from major security companies including NVIDIA and Microsoft, leading both to investigate...

Anyone who cares about the advancement of sports, and women's sports in particular, should celebrate her win.