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On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” New York Times columnist David Brooks stated that while there is inflation taking place everywhere in the world, America’s inflation numbers are “significantly higher” than the numbers in most of the other comparable countries and this is due to both Federal Reserve policy and “our extremely expansionary fiscal policy, federal spending.”

It’s April 2022, this is video number 308 and the shocking news is that the Great Reset is no longer just a nightmare for us, and an aspiration in the toxic minds of a bunch of the most evil conspirators ever known. The Great Reset is now frighteningly close to the scary conclusion we’ve all been dreading. We are already living within an oppressive, restrictive faux-communist society based on digital control and progressing rapidly towards a complete lack of individuality and freedom. Anyone who denies this is either very, very ignorant, very very stupid or bought and paid for and...

While we cannot say with total certainty whether the Russian cruiser Moskva was sunk due to a Ukrainian anti-ship missile or just a fire that crews were unable to control, we know that it is lost. Soon we will find out what happened, but regardless of if it was an unfortunate series of events or enemy action, what we do know is the Russian navy is about as big of a joke as the Bad News Bears baseball team from the 1970s movie. The Russians have admitted that the flagship of their Black Sea Fleet — the ship that was...

Dem Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is one of the biggest liars in Congress. He was the main pusher of the anti-Trump Russiagate hoax. Now, Schiff has higher aspirations. According to a new report, Schiff wants to be Speaker of the House after Nancy Pelosi. Breitbart reported: TRENDING: Here's What Happened Yesterday When J6 Defendant Dustin Thompson Was Found Guilty in a DC Court With rumors of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) retiring amid devastating midterm polling, Schiff, a conspiracy theorist and chairman of the Select Committee on Intelligence, is making furious moves to transplant Pelosi as House leader if she...

Growing up, I would catch scenes from the show “Barney Miller,” a sitcom centered around a New York City police precinct. I was too young to understand most of the jokes but my parents loved it (my dad was a cop). In four decades, I hadn’t seen a scene from the show since they originally aired. When the video below was sent to me, I figured it would be another loose connection between what we’re seeing today with a mention of “The New World Order” or something. As it turned out, the predictions (predictive programming?) were striking. Replace the bad...

Even Americans in Kamala Harris' home state of California aren't happy with the job she is doing as vice president with nearly half disapproving of her time in office. Only 35 percent of California voters approve of Harris' performance while 45 percent disapprove, according to a UC Berkeley/Los Angeles Times poll. The numbers this month are an even further dip from the figures in February that showed the vice president at 38 percent approval and 46 percent disapproval. Those with no opinion on the matter increased 5 percent in two months – from 15 percent in February to 21 percent...

Chicago officials launched a fundraising campaign to support the city's largest ever gun buyback program, with the goal of raising $1 million to entice people to turn in guns during two large events this year. Mayor Lori Lightfoot called it a "bold new initiative" and said it would get "guns out of the hands of dangerous people." Chicago and other cities have been running these programs for decades, often trading gift cards of $100 or so for guns and some lesser amount for replica guns. Chicago officials annually take in. But decades of research shows such programs don't reduce gun...

Russia confirms that Maj Gen Vladimir Frolov, deputy commander of the 8th Army, was killed in combat in Ukraine.

Every time gas prices spike, the same questions get asked: Why are gas prices so high? Who’s to blame? What will bring them down? These aren’t terrible questions, and they’re logical in a country where the majority of people are car owners. But the fact that we keep having these questions, decade after decade, suggests they’re also insufficient. A better question may be: Why does gas price volatility have the power to cause so much pain? The answer, of course, is parked in America’s driveways. What this tells us is when it comes to costs, gas isn’t the crux of...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he is tired of Western leaders repeatedly asking him for a wishlist of weapons for Ukraine. In an interview published Friday with The Atlantic, Zelenskyy said he is often frustrated by repetitive questions asked of him by Western leaders. "It's not interesting to answer the questions you already heard," Zelenskyy said, according to The Atlantic.

The book and movie “The Big Short” revolved around the 2005-2007 housing bubble driven by lending to borrowers with subprime credit (and little or no underwriting). As we know, Bear Stearns, Lehman Brothers and other investment banks too large positions in subprime asset-backed securities (SABS) that became highly toxic once the demand for high-yield subprime ABS dried up. Fast forward to today. Mortgage originations by credit scores of 620 or less have shriveled while home price growth YoY is even higher than the subprime mortgage crisis of 2005-2007. So, is the US facing another “Big Short” scenario? Yes and no....

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - The Southern Poverty Law Center Mississippi state director, Waikinya Clanton, released a statement condemning Governor Tate Reeves’ proclamation of Confederate Heritage Month. “Despite every effort from the people of Mississippi to pave a new way forward, leaders like Governor Reeves remain fixated on undermining the public’s will for a brighter, better, and more inclusive Mississippi,” said Clanton. The entire statement is shown below. “It is unfortunate that the governor chooses to glorify the Confederacy—a traitorous government that fought against the United States for the right to enslave Blacks. Despite the historical vote to remove the Confederate...

The following is the complete chapter entitled, A detached Account of the Descent into Hell, from The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich. This chapter presents Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich’s visions of the descent of Jesus Christ into Hell (The Limbo of the Fathers) on Holy Saturday. The events of Holy Saturday are also known as the Harrowing of Hell. Chapter 49 from The Dolorous Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ by Blessed Anne Catherine Emmerich: CHAPTER LIX A detached Account of the Descent into Hell. When Jesus, after uttering a loud cry, expired,...

Say what you will about la République française but, unlike America, its election operations are not a rusted malodorous sewer of brazenly corrupt practices. So the election was held, the votes were counted in hours, and the official result was known by 1am Paris time. There are no unmarked vans motoring the Dordogne or the Pas de Calais in the dead of night bearing additional votes sufficient to the need. That speaks well for any nation. Alas, not much else about yesterday does. The Top Three is as follows: Emmanuel Macron 27.6 per cent; Marine Le Pen 23.41 per cent;...

WASHINGTON - White House national climate adviser Gina McCarthy is expected to step down next month, a person familiar with her decision confirmed. McCarthy had initially expected to wrap up her service by the end of February, but she agreed to stay a bit longer, the person said. She is expected to return to her native Boston. In a tweet late Thursday, McCarthy pushed back against the reports. "Reports that I have resigned from my position as President Biden’s National Climate Advisor are simply inaccurate. We’ve made great progress these past 14 months, but we have much more work to...

In Eastern Ukraine, there’s supposed to be a cease-fire, but the fighting starts again every night. For two years, soldiers for the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic -- with the backing of Russia -- have fought the Ukrainian government to gain autonomy. Special correspondent Nick Schifrin reports from the front lines, in partnership with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting.

Police across the country have often been caught using excessive force during arrests and other confrontations. Even when such incidents are captured on video, officers are often able to escape punishment or other consequences. Such appears to be the case yet again. In a controversial ruling, a three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that an officer who admitted to twisting a teenage girl’s arms to cause her pain did not violate the law in his actions. The officer admitted to purposely hurting the teenage girl. _______________________ Martin ended up violently arresting the mother...

I was running a YouTube channel called "Professor 219" throughout 2021. This was 100% me, sitting at my desk at home, ranting into a webcam much like Dan Bongino, Ben Shapiro or Michael Knowles, regarding the stupidity, hypocrisy, corruption and generally unconstitutional behavior of the left, their political party and the media minions who serve them. I do teach in real life, but I'm not a professor. I teach gifted 13- and 14-year-olds for a Catholic diocese in an after-school enrichment program. I'm 62 years old, and I have a pretty strong amount of knowledge regarding a lot of different...

A detailed list of the destroyed and captured vehicles and equipment of both sides can be seen below. This list is constantly updated as additional footage becomes available.

WASHINGTON - In late February we were all preoccupied with events elsewhere in the world - so you would be forgiven for having missed even a very interesting poll about U.S. politics. The poll, from YouGov, asked about the 2024 Democratic presidential primary; only 21% of Democratic-leaning voters said their choice was the incumbent Democratic president, Joe Biden. This is not normal. We've seen some evidence that Democrats aren't sold on nominating Biden for a second term. But lots of Republicans say the same about a repeat run for Donald Trump in 2024. Below are our latest rankings. 10. Alexandria...