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Remember when we had an entire impeachment because the last president supposedly tried to use the official capacity of his office to push for an investigation of Biden family corruption? Well, the current president, who just so happens to be Joe Biden, has taken things a step further, using the official capacity of his office to push for the prosecution of Donald Trump.So, when does the impeachment start?That’s a rhetorical question, of course, but there is a new report confirming what I’m sure many suspected: Biden wants the DOJ to criminally charge Trump for something related to January 6th.Biden has...

During an arrest operation in Jenin, three Islamic Jihad terrorists were eliminated. The IDF, Border Police's Yamam unit, and Israel Security Agency (Shabak) carried out a joint arrest operation, during which a shootout developed, leaving Chief Superintendent S. severely injured, and three other fighters lightly and moderately injured. Around 1:00a.m. Saturday morning, information was received from Shabak regarding the whereabouts of the cell, which at the time was traveling by car from Jenin to Tulkarem. According to one estimate, the cell intended to carry out a large terror attack, possibly similar to the massacre in Itamar in 2011. Around 1:30,...

Chicago businessman and philanthropist Dr. Willie Wilson, who recently gave away $1.2 million in gas to area residents, has dismissed a new plan unveiled by Mayor Lori Lightfoot to provide $12.5 million in prepaid gas and transit cards as a “political stunt.” Wilson, who will announce in April whether or not he will challenge Lightfoot in the 2023 Chicago mayoral election, released a statement Thursday arguing that the gas card giveaway will not do enough to help city residents deal with soaring gas prices, and called on state officials to waive taxes on fuel. “This plan is tone deaf and...

The Biden administration announced on April 1 it is raising requirements for fuel efficiency, reversing a rollback by the Trump administration.New vehicles sold in the United States will have to travel an average of at least 49 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2026 under the new federal rules. The requirement would have been at 32 mpg if going by rules under the Trump administration.Specifically, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said fuel efficiency requirements will increase by 8 percent annually for 2024 and 2025 model years, and 10 percent annually for model year 2026.The Trump administration had in...

“Universal Basic Income” has gotten quite the prominent press over the past few years. Yet, full communism eludes us.Still, some are giving it a shot:Running low on cash? Try asking Andrew Yang for an advance on the Universal Basic Income. pic.twitter.com/ihkYLXeeMX— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) November 4, 2021According to The Sun, just over 20 American cities are dabbling in the idea, and West Hollywood now joins them.As reported by WeHo.com, the town is launching a guaranteed income pilot program:The city will give $1,000 each month from April 2022 through September 2023 — a total of $17,000 over 17 months — to 25...

Whether it's Biden’s push for vaccine mandates or his massive spending programmes, we have never seen a President like it. To discuss the past, present and future of American politics Steven Edginton is joined by the historian Victor Davis Hanson in the latest Off Script podcast. .....

Russia is suspending its cooperation on the International Space Station (ISS), according to Dmitry Rogozin, head of Russian space agency Roscosmos. The country will also suspend its partnership with NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Rogozin said. Newsweek and others first reported the story. In a series of tweets written in Russian on Saturday, Rogozin said: "I believe that the restoration of normal relations between partners in the International Space Station and other joint projects is possible only with the complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions." Rogozin said he sent a letter to...

This is not a war between Ukraine and Russia. It is a war between the USA and Russia, in which both sides are cynically using Ukraine as a battering ram. The people of Ukraine will gain nothing and lose much from being treated in this way. They fight and die or lose their homes and flee. We pour in more weapons and shout encouragement from a safe distance. Russia wrecks the joint. ... I am sorry to say that there are people in the USA who will not be sad if this war drags on. A ‘senior diplomat’ was quoted...

The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Episode 70 We often hear that Woke Marxism is a new ideology in the world. I've even said so. Well, it isn't. It's just an old one repackaged in various ways without any essential changes made to it at all. Critical Race Theory is Race Marxism in the same way as what we usually call Marxism is Class Marxism. Radical Feminism is Sex Marxism. Gender ideology and Queer Theory are Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Marxism, or just Gender Marxism or Sexual Marxism to be more concise. Fat studies is Fat Marxism. Disability studies...

Gov. Mike DeWine showed up at the Cuyahoga County Republican Party endorsement meeting Saturday expecting a victory. Instead, challenger Jim Renacci grabbed the GOP endorsement. “Our campaign to deliver accountable conservative leadership to Ohio continues to surge and we are thrilled to have the support of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party,” Renacci told The Ohio Press Network (OPN). DeWine entered the Independence Civic Center to cheers from members of his welcoming committee—people who are part of the DeWine reelection campaign who attended to whip support. The mood quickly changed, however, when the governor entered the event space where members of...

It has been nearly a month since President Biden addressed the nation to announce a ban on Russian oil imports amid Moscow’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. As Biden pointed out during his speech, this moment is “a stark reminder” that the U.S. needs to be energy independent. At the time, the president made clear to the American public that gas prices, already on the rise prior to the invasion, would reach new heights as a result of U.S. sanctions. Today, we are seeing his prediction play out as gas prices have soared 48 percent year-over-year.

HOW BIG IS ONE? As a man walked a desolate beach one cold, gray morning he began to see another figure, far in the distance. Slowly the two approached each other, and he could make out a local native who kept leaning down, picking something up and throwing it out into the water. Time and again he hurled things into the ocean. As the distance between them continued to narrow, the man could see that the native was picking up starfish that had been washed upon the beach and, one at a time, was throwing them back into the...

More than a list of numbers, President Biden's budget documents what he'd most like to accomplish this year, and it offers a glimpse into how his administration plans to confront some of the bracing political realities he faces right now. His $5.8 trillion proposal is coming up against the headwinds of a divided Congress, high inflation, low presidential approval ratings and midterm elections that threaten Democratic majorities in the House and Senate later this year.

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Drivers in Connecticut are getting some relief at the pump as a temporary suspension of the state's gas tax took effect Friday. In Connecticut, the average gas tax is about 25 cents per gallon, but drivers will not have to pay it for the next three months, CBS2's Natalie Duddridge reported. "Couple weeks ago I pay for this car like $55. Now I'm paying $75 for the gas," said Greenwich resident Carlos Sierra, who estimates he'll save about $7 a week.

English archbishop says he has ‘no intention’ of canceling LGBT Mass'I would direct you to Pope Francis’ comment that 'the LGBTQ+ community are at the heart of the church',' said Archbishop McMahon. WIDNES, U.K. (LifeSiteNews) — A Catholic parish in north-west England is set to hold a Mass for the “LGBTQ+ community” April 3, as the local bishop, Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, told LifeSiteNews he has “no intention” of canceling the Mass.Fr. Mark Moran, the parish priest of St. Wilfrid’s parish in Widnes, announced in the parish newsletter March 27 that the church would be holding a Mass specifically for the...

The good news first. The global predators have not won. They are in a pitched battle for our very identities, our souls, and our lives. But they have not won. If they had won, we would already be completely discouraged, enslaved, and isolated. The fact that you are reading this, that you are seeking information about how to protect yourself and uplift yourself and your family and your friends, shows they have not won. In any war, it is vital to understand the enemy’s tactics in order to counter them. The global predators — that elite cabal that wants to...

Online pornography is as dangerous to youngsters as handing them a weapon, the Children’s Commissioner has warned. Dame Rachel de Souza said the nation will one day reflect with horror at the ease with which children can currently access extreme sexual images on the internet. ‘We’ll look back in 20 years and be absolutely stunned that our children were exposed to so much harm online,’ she said. ‘I wouldn’t leave a weapon laying around in the offline world and yet we’re doing something equally as dangerous in the online world.’

- At a media briefing yesterday, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, grasped wildly for all available evidence she should maintain a stranglehold on the lives and livelihoods of area residents despite the continuing decline in hospitalizations and deaths.

In any war, there are units that distinguish themselves and others that become symbolic of failure. The 331st Guards Parachute Regiment had high hopes of being the first, but now represents the disintegration of Russia's plan for a quick war. ... The men in the 331st regarded themselves as the pick of Russia's army. In a video posted online last May, a general tells soldiers of the 331st Parachute Regiment that they are "the best of the best". The unit served in the Balkans, Chechnya, and the 2014 Russian intervention in the Donbas region of Ukraine, and regularly took part...

Adding an anti-inflammatory medication to immunotherapy and standard chemotherapy drugs may provide long-term suppression of aggressive bladder tumor growth, according to a proof-of-concept study. The researchers' previous work, led by Keith Syson Chan, Ph.D. found that the combined use of the chemotherapy drugs gemcitabine and cisplatin is unable to activate a patient's own immune response to cancer. They also found that chemotherapy prompts the overwhelming release of an inhibitory signal, or brake, that suppresses an immune response by counteracting "go" signals. When the investigators added the anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib to gemcitabine to remove the brake, they were able to shift...