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@thejackhopkins Putin is dying. Every so slowly, but certainly surely. I managed an oncology floor for a year. I’ve seen this look hundreds of times....

An FBI whistleblower has revealed that ‘dozens’ of investigations into parents voicing their opposition to topics ranging from Critical Race Theory to mask mandates were investigated using a “threat tag” created by the agency’s counterterrorism division – directly contradicting Attorney General Merrick Garland’s 2021 testimony denying that the Department of Justice had been weaponized. According to a letter from Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Mike Johnson (R-LA), “We now have evidence that contrary to your testimony, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has labeled at least dozens of investigations into parents with a threat tag created by the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division...

Lawmakers are slated to send over $5 billion to combat global food insecurity as part of the nearly $40 billion emergency Ukrainian aid bill passed by the House on Tuesday. Russian aggression in Ukraine has drastically curtailed food exports from the country, which is the world’s largest producer of wheat and an essential supplier of corn and other grains, sending prices skyrocketing and threatening food insecurity and famine for many already vulnerable parts of the developing world.

TOKYO – The Japanese yen’s sharp decline may be producing an unexpected loser: the US Treasury Department. One of the most intriguing mysteries of the last three months is this: Why is Japan, the biggest foreign holder of US Treasury securities, placing so many “sell” orders? In three months, Japanese institutional managers have dumped a cool $60 billion of US paper. Granted, that is a drop in the proverbial bucket considering Tokyo holds a $1.3 trillion stack of Washington’s IOUs. But the magnitude of the selling is getting increasingly hard to ignore. The most plausible explanation is the yen’s 13%...

Former Chief Medical Advisor to Presidents Trump and Obama, Rep. Ronny Jackson (@RonnyJacksonTX) says "you don't need to be a doctor anymore" to be able to diagnose that President Biden's health is declining and that he is not fit for office. Clip ...

The restrictions were extended to the end of May, according to a decree from the Vatican’s secretary of state.VATICAN CITY — Cardinal Pietro Parolin has extended the Vatican's COVID-19 restrictions through the end of May, despite the governments of Italy and other European countries lifting most or all measures to contain spread of the virus. In a decree issued May 6, the Vatican secretary of state said the measures would be prolonged as the “current pandemic situation calls for specific extraordinary and exceptional measures to counter it and to ensure the safe conduct of activities, including by way of derogation...

20,000 have arrived from 52 countries. Among them an estimated 50 Britons – including ex-Royal Marine Scott Sibley, killed near Mykolaiv. Andrew Hill, captured in the same area, reading a televised confession of “war crimes”. Aiden Aslin and ex-Royal Anglian Shaun Pinner, both captured in Mariupol, threatened with the death penalty. “You’re out there in trenches, being buzzed with camera drones, and the moment they spot you, they send artillery in. I had three very close encounters just in the first couple of weeks.” Some claim they are being sent on “suicide missions” without adequate weapons or intelligence. Others complain...

Catholic and pro-life leaders are condemning the Chicago’s mayor’s “call to arms” in response to the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion suggesting that justices will overturn Roe v. Wade, which legalized abortion nationwide in 1973. “To my friends in the LGBTQ+ community—the Supreme Court is coming for us next. This moment has to be a call to arms,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot, a Democrat in a same-sex marriage, tweeted on Monday. “We will not surrender our rights without a fight—a fight to victory!” Catholic and pro-life leaders expressed concern with Lightfoot’s wording at a time when abortion activists are threatening Supreme...

Seniors and other people who rely on Social Security benefits could next year see their biggest cost-of-living adjustment since 1981, with an advocacy group for older Americans forecasting an 8.6% hike. The typical monthly Social Security check is about $1,658, which means beneficiaries could see an increase of $142.60 per month in early 2023, bringing the average check to about $1,800, according to a new forecast from the Senior Citizens League.

Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, accused the West of trying to set up hierarchs of various branches of Christianity against Russia. "For Western countries, the 'protection of religious freedom' has long been a routine political instrument of pressure on Russia. It’s particularly appalling, given that in today's Europe, as in the whole of the Anglo-Saxon world, traditional Christian values have gone through catastrophic devaluation. A look into the latest family legislation of these countries would be enough to see what I mean. Therefore, it is Russia that in recent years has been viewed by many as...

Nancy Pelosi also claimed that 'once Republicans have dispensed with precedent and privacy in overturning Roe, they will take aim at additional basic human rights.'WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi on Monday extolled the “righteous anger” of pro-abortion activists protesting a potential Supreme Court reversal of Roe v. Wade despite the fact that those protests include descending on the private homes of sitting justices. Last week, Politico published a leaked draft of a majority opinion by conservative Justice Samuel Alito for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which concerns Mississippi’s 15-week abortion ban. The draft...

An undercover journalist with Channel 4 taking part in a documentary infiltrating the “far-right” in Britain ended up getting attacked by masked far-left extremists after just 10 minutes of leafleting while undercover in Rotherham. The scene was hilariously included in the show “The Enemy Within: The Far Right: Dispatches,” which focuses on the Patriotic Alternative party in Britain. Patriotic Alternative describes themselves as “a community building and activism group” which aims to “raise awareness of issues such as the demographic decline of native Britons in the United Kingdom, the environmental impact of mass immigration and the indoctrination and political bias...

Broadway star Patti LuPone went on a profanity-laden rant the other day when a member of the audience at a Broadway event was spotted with their mask not properly affixed to their face.... Put your mask over your nose while you're in the theater! That is the rule! If you don't wanna follow the rule get the f*** out!And the audience applauds for this deranged bat.First off, as we all know now, this girl having her nose uncovered is not endangering anyone.The masks don't work, unless everyone is wearing a N95 or something, which is obviously not the case.Also, and...

In the closing monologue from a recent episode of his HBO talk show, Bill Maher cataloged a series of social conditions that he suggested were hampering stand-up comedy and imperiling free speech: cancel culture, a perceived increase of sensitivity on college campuses, and Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars. Near the end of his remarks, Maher invoked the comedian George Carlin, a personal hero whose iconoclastic spirit, he seemed to believe, could never thrive in such a thin-skinned and overly entitled era. “Oh, George,” he said, “it’s a good thing you’re dead.” Carlin, the cantankerous, longhaired sage who...

<p>The soldier, who was stationed at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, was participating in a training exercise in Eagle River, Anchorage, with a small group of other soldiers, according to a news release. Officials at the base did not say if any other trainees had sustained injuries.</p>

People's Convoy rally live Iowa.

Influential Republicans in Washington and among the nationwide party elite are having a belated "oh s--t" moment over the previously unimaginable prospect that Kathy Barnette could win their party's nomination for the open Senate seat in Pennsylvania. Why it matters: In Barnette, who's been soaring in the polls ahead of Tuesday's primary, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell would be dealing with a general election candidate who'd be an opposition researcher's dream — potentially endangering the GOP effort to take back the Senate.

On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-NH) argued that President Joe Biden and the Biden administration “needed to do more earlier” to combat inflation. She added, “I think, on inflation, the president and the administration needed to do more earlier. That’s why I’ve been pushing for things like suspending the gas tax, making sure that they’re releasing more oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserves. We need to work to lower prescription drug costs and work on things like childcare costs. And I believe the president understands what’s at stake with the Alito draft opinion. And...

~ The FReeper Canteen Presents ~ ~ Remembering Our Troops!! ~ Delivering The Winner’s Cup! Soldiers of the 223rd Military Police Company escort the Winner’s Cup at the 148th Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Louisville, KY, May 8, 2022. The Kentucky National Guard escorts and protects the Winner’s Cup in addition to performing a rope detail to guide media and augmenting local law enforcement every year at the Derby. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc. Brett Hornback)Canteen Mission StatementShowing support and boosting the morale ofour military and our allies' militaryand family members of the above.Honoring those who have...

Joe Biden on Wednesday traveled to Illinois to deliver remarks on inflation and food supply shortages. Biden addressed the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers 40th annual conference at McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago after visiting a family farm in Kankakee, Illinois. Joe Biden began shouting out of blue (dementia) about food shortages caused by Democrat lockdowns during the Covid pandemic. Apparently Biden forgot there is also a food shortage happening under his administration. “Remember those long lines you’d see on the television – people lining up in all kinds of vehicles just to get a box of food in...