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WICHITA, Kansas – On March 21, 2022, at approximately 11:30 a.m. Inmate Elijah Nehemiah Reed was released from the Detention Facility in error. Reed was in custody on two writs to detain through the Juvenile District Court and a criminal possession of a firearm charge through the Adult District Court. After the adult case was dismissed by the District Court a paperwork error in the Sheriff’s Office was made concerning the sentencing status of the two juvenile cases and Reed was released from custody in error.

The German government has begun prosecuting its citizens for thought crimes, raiding the homes of hundreds of Germans who have allegedly leveled insults against politicians online. In an effort to prosecute”criminal content” contained in over 600 statements posted on the internet, Federal Criminal police raided scores of apartments and houses for incriminating evidence on Tuesday and interrogated 100 people across 13 German states for allegedly posting hateful remarks against elected officials and question the results of the 2021 federal election, the German news publication Der Spiegel reports. “Railing against elected officials is outlawed in Germany and warranted a so-called “joint...

Russia is facing numerous setbacks as its invasion of Ukraine heads into a second month. In the battlefield, Ukrainian forces have managed to push back Russian advances around the west of the capital, Kyiv. And in the Kremlin itself, one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's top advisers has resigned.

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14

Maurer and NASA astronaut Raja Chari began the spacewalk at 8:32 a.m. ET. ...Maurer experienced an issue involving the camera and light assembly on his helmet, which did not pose any threat to his safety, according to NASA. Chari assisted Maurer and they worked on a solution with mission control members on the ground, which involved some wiring. Once it was fixed, the duo began working on their spacewalk activities around 9:44 a.m. ET. The spacewalk concluded at 3:26 p.m. ET, lasting six hours and 54 minutes. Once Maurer and Chari were back inside the air lock, water was identified...

Moscow would like the US to be a state that seeks to solve its numerous domestic problems instead of undermining the development of other countries, Deputy Head of the Russian Security council also noted Moscow, March 23./TASS/. Russia would like to see the United States a strong and smart country rather than a final refuge for those afflicted with dementia, Deputy Head of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote on Telegram. "While the US establishment wants Russia to collapse, Russia wants to see the United States a strong and smart country rather than a final refuge for those who...

As we reported yesterday, the situation in Shanghai, China’s financial capital, is growing increasingly tense, as the local population has grown increasingly restive in the face of the city’s restrictions on movement, and its mass-testing requirements. And as millions fear the yoke of the city’s COVID restrictions may soon be further tightened, perhaps with another full-on lockdown like those that have been implemented in Jilin Province and elsewhere, Shanghaiers are swamping online grocery platforms with orders as citizens panic-buy stockpiles of food for fear that they may soon face a punishing lockdown that will confine them to their residential compounds...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Florida — House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) told Breitbart News exclusively in an interview that House Republicans have sent dozens of “preservation notices” across the federal government to agencies and departments throughout Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration ordering them to preserve documents in anticipation of eventual subpoenas from House Republicans after the 2022 midterm elections. What’s more, McCarthy said he is tasking every House committee with fully engaging in oversight matters — rather than just running everything through the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform — broadening the use of the levers of congressional authority...

“On any given day this year, Customs and Border Patrol may encounter more than 5,400 illegal immigrants making their way into the United States. To give that number some context, it means more people are caught entering America illegally every week than make up the entire population of Panama City, Florida. And that’s not counting the ones who are never caught.”

ROME — Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin has recognized the legitimacy of recourse to arms to repel an unjust aggressor such as in the case of Ukraine in an apparent contradiction of Pope Francis’ rejection of Catholic “just war” doctrine. “The use of weapons is never something desirable, because it always carries a very high risk of taking the life of people or causing serious injury and terrible material damage,” Cardinal Parolin told the Spanish Catholic weekly Vida Nueva when asked whether European nations should be sending weapons to Ukraine. “Nonetheless, the right to defend one’s life, one’s...

The group also called on Biden to end international pre-departure testing.. A group of CEOs from all major U.S. airlines called on resident Joe Biden to lift the federal mask mandate on public transportation. The group -- which includes the heads of American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines -- said current restrictions such as international predeparture testing requirements and the federal mask mandate are "no longer aligned with the realities of the current epidemiological environment." The group cited .. the lifting of such restrictions in other countries as reasons to do away with the COVID-era policies. "It makes...

Lahore (Agenzia Fides) - The police in Lahore have accused the young Muslim Muhammad Bilal of blasphemy. He is said to have desecrated the cross of the Pentecostal congregation "One in Christ Church" in Lahore through his actions. According to the First Information Report, the young man was arrested under Article 295/a of Pakistan's Penal Code for desecrating a place of worship with the intent to offend religious sensibilities. On the morning of March 16, around 10 a.m., Muhammad Bilal climbed the approximately 12 meter high cross that stands next to the church and tried to damage it. When this...

Senator Ben. Sasse (R-NE) called out the “jackassery” in the Senate moments after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned President Joe Biden’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee, Ketanji Brown Jackson, about her soft sentences for child sex offenders. Sasse spoke about why cameras should not be allowed in the Supreme Court when he noted that “the jackassery we often see around [the U.S. Senate] is partly because of people looking for short term camera opportunities.”

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Pope Francis to intervene in mediating peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, in the face of ‘evil.’VATICAN CIY (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis has telephoned Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy for a second time, as Zelenskyy called for the Vatican to intervene in the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Zelenskyy announced the call via a tweet from his official social media account Tuesday, saying that he had discussed the “difficult humanitarian situation and the blocking of rescue corridors by Russian troops” with Pope Francis. The president also called for the intervention of the Vatican in resolving...

Question 1– Can you explain to me why you think Russia is winning the war in Ukraine? Larry C. Johnson– Within the first 24 hours of the Russian military operation in Ukraine, all Ukrainian Ground Radar Intercept capabilities were wiped out. Without those radars, the Ukrainian Air Force lost its ability to do air to air intercept. In the intervening three weeks, Russia has established a de facto No Fly Zone over Ukraine. While still vulnerable to shoulder fired Surface to Air Missiles supplied by the U.S. and NATO to the Ukrainians, there is no evidence that Russia has had...

The ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos just donated a record $275 million to the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. AFP reports Mackenzie Scott, whose fortune primarily comes from Amazon, donated the largest one-time gift from a single donor in the history of the billion-dollar abortion chain. “As always our aim has been to support the needs of underrepresented people from groups of all kinds,” Scott wrote Wednesday in a blog post about her charitable giving. “The cause of equity has no sides.” Scott, who is worth about $49 billion, said she donated more than $3.8 billion to nearly 500 organizations...

Covid Rigorism: Vatican Dissolves Cloistered MonasteryThe 15th century Santa Caterina Benedictine monastery in Perugia, Italy, will be closed after an unexpected February Apostolic Visitation. The five nuns, not all of them old, will be transferred to other monasteries. They were expecting a postulant.“The visitor found everything in order, except that we are not vaccinated,” Abbess Mother Catherine, a former scientific researcher, told LaNuovaBQ.it (March 22): “I can confirm that this is the only explanation they gave me at the end of the Apostolic Visitation.”The strictly cloistered nuns ran a bookbinding business. Some time ago, when Mother Catherina visited Perugia Cardinal...

The Justice Department is set to produce a “large volume” of classified materials this week pertaining to the main source for Christopher Steele’s dossier on the 2016 Trump presidential campaign.Special Counsel John Durham in a file photograph. (U.S. Department of Justice via AP)The infamous “Steele dossier”, also known as the Trump–Russia dossier, contained allegations that then-presidential candidate Donald Trump had colluded with Russian intelligence officials to help him win in the 2016 presidential election against Hillary Clinton. Special counsel John Durham has asked a judge in federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia for a deadline extension on the...

Vice President Kamala Harris felt "belittled" and "wounded" by the cover photo of her that Vogue selected for its February 2021 issue and dispatched a top aide to complain to Anna Wintour, a forthcoming book reportedly says. Politico's West Wing Playbook newsletter on Tuesday published excerpts of "This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America's Future" by the New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns, set to be released in May, that detailed Harris' reaction to the controversial Vogue cover.

A groveling Disney CEO Bob Chapek on Monday told employees the company should have condemned Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill that blocked the teaching of sexuality and transgender ideology to students in kindergarten through third grade, speaking 24-hours hours before mutinous staff planned to walk out during a day-long strike. A virtual town hall for employees was used by management to stem internal strife at Disney, as the company’s chief executive continued to apologize and shifted its public statements about the legislation, which critics falsely call the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “We know the moment requires urgency — and...