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Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden poses with supporters after speaking at the East Las Vegas Community Center about the effects of Covid-19 on Latinos, October 9, 2020, in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden won two-thirds of the Hispanic vote, according to Bloomberg. But just 15 months later, President Joe Biden’s poll numbers are in freefall. A new nationwide poll by Quinnipiac released last week puts Biden’s approval rating among Hispanics at just 26%. “Upon entering office, FiveThirtyEight.com had Biden at 69 percent...

President Biden and others traveling with him will wear a mask on his trip to New Hampshire on Tuesday, despite the federal mask mandate for travel being struck down this week. “During transit on today’s trip, masking will be required in line with CDC guidance,” the White House told The Hill. The president is traveling on Air Force One to Portsmouth, N.H., to visit the port authority at Portsmouth Harbor and deliver remarks on the infrastructure law. He will fly back to Joint Base Andrews to return to the White House on Tuesday evening.

Biden tapped into the US Strategic Oil Reserves in an attempt to bring down oil prices. Now we know that at least one ship, the Suezmax ship Advantage Spring, is sailing for Rotterdam filled with US oil. Zero Hedge reported: Joe Biden’s decision to release 180 million barrels of oil from the US Strategic Petroleum Reserve – one million barrels per day for 180 days, ending just before the midterm elections which the Democrats will lose in an avalanche – was meant to help lower US gasoline prices “because Putin price hike.” Instead, it is heading for Europe. According to...

Minor Revamp for Advanced Bridge Players (Chapter 1) April 14 2022 by Scott MerrellWarning: This is a dual system, employing ones original knowledge of the minors in Bridge in some cases and the new system "Revamp" in others. Therefore it is for Advanced and well matured Intermediate Bridge players only. For instance, the "Revamp" system is off under Strong Bids like 2C, after pre-emptive openings and all overcaller-Advancer overcalls. NOTE: The Minor revamp always starts with a 1 level bid in the minors by Opener and is answered with a minor or the equivalent of a minor for the "Revamp"...

PORTLAND, OR—Local 18-year-old Olivia Hannah Jones had to file her taxes for the first time this year. As she frantically tried to navigate the IRS's obtuse website and fill out the non-user-friendly forms needed for the little bit of income she made working as a graphic designer last summer, Jones muttered to herself that she really wished her teachers had spent less time on polyqueer trans theory and more time on how to fill out a 1099 form. "1099-MISC? What the heck is that?" she muttered, trying to rack her brain for any trace of teaching she'd gotten in...

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay said he had received letters from a number of MPs on the issue. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer, among the letter-writers, requested Sir Lindsay give precedence to consider statements made by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the Commons on gatherings held in Downing Street and Whitehall during the Covid lockdown. He said: “It is not for me to police the ministerial code, I have no jurisdiction over the ministerial code even though a lot of people seem to think I have. It is not the case. “Secondly, it is not for me to determine...

A new decadal survey outlines planetary defense and science goals through 2032. Top of the list: sending spacecraft to Uranus. Uranus in 1986. Uranus, as seen by Voyager 2 in January 1986.Image: NASA/JPL ================================================================== A new report covering the next 10 years of American planetary science and astrobiology concludes that a Uranus Orbiter and Probe should be “the highest priority large mission.” This decadal survey from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine is intended to shape funding and research efforts through 2032. It calls for a spacecraft that will orbit Uranus and map its gravitational and magnetic fields....

SACRAMENTO, CA—The California Department of Education has rejected 100% of biology textbooks from the state's public school curriculum because they perpetuate outdated backward ideas that there are only two genders, said Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday. "Children are the future," said Gov Newsom in a statement to the press. "It is inappropriate that we share these stone-age scientific ideas from radicalized scientists. Everyone knows there are an infinite number of genders. The science is settled." Orders of biology textbooks for grades 7-12 have been canceled. Joining them is a ban on all textbooks for grades 1-6. These books feature...

Steampunks and Atomic Age nuts rejoice! WardsAuto reports that Connecticut-based Laser Power Systems is “getting closer” to developing a prototype electric car which develops its power using the radioactive heavy metal Thorium. According to LPS’s CEO, when thorium is heated by an external source, it becomes so dense its molecules give off considerable heat. Small blocks of thorium generate heat surges that are configured as a thorium-based laser… These create steam from water within mini-turbines, generating electricity to drive a car. A 250 MW unit weighing about 500 lbs. (227 kg) would be small and light enough to drop under...

<p>As she nears her 40th birthday this year, Gabrielle Cristobal is, by many definitions, the picture of success.</p><p>The Connecticut-based media executive earns close to mid-six figures and no longer worries about paying bills on time. “I have reached a point in my life where if I want to spend $200 on Amazon for no good reason, I can,” Cristobal tells Fortune.</p>

The brother of former first lady Michelle Obama, and his wife are suing the University School of Milwaukee, alleging that administrators expelled their two sons after they complained of racist bias during virtual lessons. Craig and Kelly Robinson filed a lawsuit against the pricey Pre-K-12 school this week after alleging that the private school used words like 'plantation' inappropriately during lessons. They also claim that teachers were inconsiderate to a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds. The complaint alleges that the school retaliated against their family - whose kids are aged nine and 11 - after they submitted reports in January...

BREAKING 🇺🇦— Video emerges of a drunk and (possibly) drugged Zelensky is in his office today. The video was uploaded and deleted.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday he’ll seek to eliminate Disney’s special taxing district when the Legislature meets this week, a move that follows the theme park giant’s criticism of a new state ban on sex education for early elementary grades. Mr. DeSantis told supporters at an event in The Villages that he plans to call on the state Legislature to terminate all special districts enacted in Florida before 1968. State lawmakers are meeting this week to consider the realignment of congressional districts. Mr. DeSantis’ announcement specifically targets Disney’s one-of-a-kind special taxing and governing district. It was approved in 1967...

"My son was found on the barracks floor by a 19-year-old non-medical sailor. Kyle did not die in a hospital as the media continually states inaccurately. Another SEAL candidate was sent to the hospital that day, Feb. 4, 2022, in critical condition. That individual was intubated and treated for severe pneumonia, which is what I believe Kyle also had. The Navy to this date has yet to reveal Kyle’s autopsy results, which is another concerning matter."

The revelations pouring out from John Durham are very enlightening which have confirmed that the Democrats for four years led by Hillary Clinton, set in motion the strategy to constantly attack Trump and thereby prevent him from carrying out his goal to drain the swamp. John Durham has revealed that “A secret Trump server is communicating with a Russian bank” was a total fictitious claim put out by Hillary which had no basis in fact whatsoever. It was just totally made up. In a new filing, Durham revealed that the CIA concluded that cellphone data and Internet traffic provided by...

There's something much worse than losing the House, and possibly the Senate, that's rattling top Democrats who are studying polling and election trends: The big picture: It's the possibility of a re-elected President Trump with a compliant, filibuster-proof Senate majority in January 2025. Why it matters: It's impossible to forecast elections. But you can look at the states with Senate elections in 2024 and see why some Democrats are sounding the alarm. "Democrats are sleepwalking into a Senate disaster," Yale's Simon Bazelon wrote last week on Matt Yglesias' Substack, Slow Boring "The 2024 map is much worse," Bazelon added. A...

Numerous intel briefings from military and scientific experts showed that the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines are bioweapons that deliver payloads for mass genocide and dehumanization. CRISPR technology is being used to alter human genes, and they have graphene oxide as hardware to get inside the body.In a clip from the “Dr. Jane Ruby Show,” the host said people are being injected with hardware and repeated injections are bringing software under the guise of helping people avoid what is essentially the flu.A German researcher said his team is working on a transporter system to deliver payloads supposedly for targeting and delivering...

Republicans should rally around a 2020 proposal backed by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to make it easier to remove presidents for mental incapacity under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution, based on Joe Biden’s recent behavior. On Monday, at a White House Easter egg roll, Biden appeared confused and unsure of what to do or where to go. He stumbled as he attempted to read a children’s book, and was interrupted by a costumed Easter bunny when he attempted to address the media. Apparently the bunny, a press aide, had been assigned to direct the president’s movements...

A thermophotovoltaic (TPV) cell (size 1 cm x 1 cm) mounted on a heat sink designed to measure the TPV cell efficiency. To measure the efficiency, the cell is exposed to an emitter and simultaneous measurements of electric power and heat flow through the device are taken. Credit: Felice Frankel ======================================================================================= Engineers at MIT and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have designed a heat engine with no moving parts. Their new demonstrations show that it converts heat to electricity with over 40 percent efficiency—a performance better than that of traditional steam turbines. The heat engine is a thermophotovoltaic (TPV)...

While many Shanghai residents are scrambling to find food and dying from lack of medical care during the third week of the city’s harsh coronavirus lockdown, others are indulging in a craze for paying shirtless African dancers to record customized cheer-up videos. The South China Morning Post (SCMP) noticed the “video well-wishes” fad includes some productions featuring “Caucasian women, believed to be from Russia or Ukraine,” but the most popular options feature muscular shirtless African men dancing around with signs and goofy festive paraphernalia: The dancers in the videos hold up a blackboard with Chinese characters for specific residential complexes’...