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TIJUANA, Mexico -- For refugees like Francel Celestin, the removal of Title 42 cannot come quickly enough. The husband and father of three said he first left Haiti in 2016.

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History has a way of repeating itself. Or maybe it's that people cling to defunct beliefs, stubbornly refusing to learn from experience. Such stubbornness is on display when pundits, legislators and President Joe Biden blame inflation on corporate "greed." The fix, they claim, is price controls. But such controls would only bring further economic calamity. To explain hikes in the prices of meat, poultry and energy, many politicians and pundits say we must look no further than cold-hearted corporate CEOs padding their bottom lines at the expense of ordinary Americans. Companies today are allegedly so greedy that they use the...

My British friend, Andrew Roberts, the Churchill biographer, spoke at a conference of conservatives in Brussels recently, and his remarks were reprinted in The Wall Street Journal over the weekend. He reminded the assembled that there are times when conservatives are duty-bound to stand out and speak up. Roberts was disappointed in his remarks by people like David Stockman, the budget director under President Ronald Reagan, who, by the way, had a spotty career with the Old Cowboy. In his own words, Reagan "took him to the woodshed" on at least one occasion. It is time for Stockman to return...

It all began with a Tweet about Vice President Kamala Harris’s sartorial choices during the State of the Union address Conservative commentator Amber Athey tweeted the following: "Kamala looks like a UPS employee — what can brown do for you? Nothing good, apparently."

In four weeks of combat, Russia may have lost 25 percent of its initial attacking force. These casualties are not on the scale of World War II but are large compared with the relatively small size of the Russian military today. Although reinforcements and replacements can offset some of these casualties, the loss of trained troops will impair military operations and eventually have a political effect. Russian losses to date are high. NATO estimates that Russia has lost between 7,000 and 15,000 soldiers. Wounded who cannot rapidly return to duty generally number about twice the number of dead. That would...

“There is gonna be a new world order out there and we’ve gotta lead it! And we gotta unite the rest of the world in doing it!” That is what Biden proclaimed in a recent speech. But since Biden has a tendency to get his speeches wrong, what he meant to say was: “There is gonna be a new world DIS-order out there and we’ve gotta lead it! Sadly, as the world has heard in many speeches by the US president, he hasn’t got a clue that his “empire” is collapsing around him. But regrettably for Biden, the US isn’t...

A majority of German lawmakers voted against vaccination requirements for those over the age of 60. Most Germans support making COVID-19 vaccination mandatory. Germany's Bundestag rejected a proposal to impose a vaccine mandate on those older than 60, which was supported by Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Health Minister Karl Lauterbach. The plan, however, had been opposed by members of Scholz's own governing coalition, the smaller neoliberal FDP. A simple majority was required for the bill's passage. Of 674 Bundestag MPs, some 378 voted against the vaccine mandate, while 296 supported it. "Today is the decision day," Lauterbach said ahead...

With the Biden administration planning to scuttle the Title 42 immigration order next month, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is taking what he calls “unprecedented” actions to handle the tidal wave on illegal aliens that are crossing the U.S-Mexico border into his state. Biden’s Centers for Disease Control (CDC) plans to end the Trump era policy—which largely shut down immigration in 2020 in the interest of protecting the nation from the spread of COVID-19—on May 23. Abbott announced on Wednesday that he has ordered state troopers to begin stopping and inspecting vehicles coming across the border, and will charter buses to...

About three weeks before the 2020 election, the New York Post published a bombshell, election-changing story about presidential candidate Joe Biden's son, Hunter, that, if true, derailed Joe Biden's claim to know nothing about his son's multimillion-dollar influence peddling. The Post claimed: "Hunter Biden introduced his father, then-Vice President Joe Biden, to a top executive at a Ukrainian energy firm less than a year before the elder Biden pressured government officials in Ukraine into firing a prosecutor who was investigating the company, according to emails obtained by The Post. "The never-before-revealed meeting is mentioned in a message of appreciation that...

The Navy that once wanted smaller, speedy warships to chase down pirates has made a speedy pivot to Russia and China — and many of those recently built ships could be retired. The U.S. Navy wants to decommission nine ships in the Freedom-class of littoral combat ships — warships that cost about $4.5 billion to build. The Navy contends in its budget proposal that the move would free up $50 million per ship annually for other priorities. But it would also reduce the size of the fleet that’s already surpassed by China in sheer numbers, something that could cause members...

Video Link Here's an excerpt from the video...Tucker: We think right now [that] in the face of the mounting evidence it doesn't really seem plausible to suggest these are aircraft from foreign militaries at this point, does it? Lue Elizondo: Look it...we've been looking at this for a long time and if you if anyone seems to suggest that China or Russia back in 1950s had the ability to travel at hypersonic speeds and do 90 degree 90 degree turns in mid-air after doing 8,000 miles an hour then you know you're looking at the greatest intelligence failure this country...

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is sitting on more than $110 million in campaign cash at a time when his party is trying to win control of Congress — and it's starting to irk some in the GOP. They are watching him rake in money from persistent email solicitations to the party's small-donor base and at VIP receptions connected to a full schedule of campaign-style rallies. And they see a man stockpiling a war chest for another presidential run instead of using his prowess to boost the party.

April 7, 2022Thursday of the 5th week of Lent (optional commemoration of Saint John Baptist de la Salle, Priest) Saint John Baptist De La Salle Roman Catholic Church, Staten Island, NY Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingGenesis 17:3-9 ©Abraham, the father of a multitude of nationsAbram bowed to the ground and God said this to him, ‘Here now is my covenant with you: you shall become the father of a multitude of nations. You shall no longer be called Abram; your name shall be Abraham, for I make you father of a multitude of nations. I will make you most...

An illegal alien has been charged with killing a 72-year-old man and injuring three others in a drunk driving crash in Walton County, Florida, Breitbart News has exclusively learned. Jose Virgilio Carcamo Elvir, a 42-year-old illegal alien, was charged with one count of DUI manslaughter, three counts of DUI causing serious bodily injury, driving with an expired license, and driving with open alcohol containers. The Walton County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Elvir is an illegal alien living in the United States and that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency has placed a detainer on him so that, if he...

This is an administration motivated to satisfy the agenda of its radical, anti-borders activist base. The best interests of the country and the majority of its citizens aren’t even on their radar. While big government has long been derided as slow-moving, wasteful, and inefficient, there is a growing belief among American that what we are seeing right now is something more sinister. Yes, our government is still as wasteful and inefficient as ever, but those qualities alone do not bring the kind of fall-of-the-Roman-Empire news and images that have become commonplace today. The only possible conclusion is that a significant...

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D.C., April 5, 1862. D.C. McCALLUM, having been appointed Colonel in the volunteer service, he is assigned to special duty in the War Department, as Military Superintendent of Railroads. AREON STAYER, having been appointed Colonel in the volunteer service, he is assigned to special duty in the War Department, as Military Superintendent of all the telegraph lines in the United States. EDWARDS S. SANFORD, having been appointed Colonel in the volunteer service, he is assigned to special service in the War Department, as Military Supervisor of telegraphic dispatches and army intelligence throughout the United States. They will...

A quote attributed to George Orwell states, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth will be a revolutionary act.” It appears that quote was considerably prescient as Big Tech and the U.S. intelligence apparatus collaborate to retain their narrative.Former U.N. Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter has been suspended from Twitter for questioning the transparently sketchy circumstances around Bucha, Ukraine.Regardless of your position on the Ukraine -vs- Russia conflict, the larger concern is the manipulation of information in an increasingly totalitarian era. The entire premise of democracy, speech and open debate is being undermined by the collaboration of tech platforms...

D.C. District Court Judge Trevor McFadden today delivered a major blow to the Justice Department’s aggressive prosecution of January 6 protesters. Following a bench trial this week for Matthew Martin, a New Mexico man charged with the most common misdemeanors related to the Capitol protest, McFadden found Martin not guilty on all counts. It is the first acquittal in a January 6 case; nearly 800 Americans have been arrested and charged, mostly on petty offenses, for their involvement in the four-hour disturbance that day. Martin was arrested a year ago on four counts: entering and remaining in a restricted building,...

US jet-fuel inventories have fallen to a seventeen-year low. More troubling is that jet-fuel inventories for the US East Coast (PADD 1) have fallen to a 25-year low. Tight fuel supplies ahead of a traditionally busy travel season may suggest ticket prices could jump. U.S. inventories of jet-fuel are at the lowest level for this time of the year in 17 years. For the East coast (PADD 1), they are the lowest seasonal level since 1997. Airline programs suggest a big rise in flights coming in the next 5 months. Jet is going to be very tight #OOTT — Javier...