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@RepThomasMassie Congress has voted for ten bills now that will draw us further into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, put US citizens at greater risk, prolong the war, waste tax-payer money, and increase domestic food and energy prices. I voted against ALL of them.

Don't think this wasn't planned from the beginning of last year. It is the perfect crime, almost. Ever since rumors of Breyer's retirement announcement, leftists have been licking their chops to cheat on the highest court of the land. And Breyer is in on it. Consider that the Dems began the confirmation process in haste while Breyer was still seated. Jackson was ultimately confirmed by the slimmest of margins, and Biden then SIGNED HER SUPREME COURT COMMISSION. It is not beyong possibility that she may be allowed to participate in voting in this case. A 5-5 tie would result in...

The Phoenix Suns announced that they will honor Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner with a No. 42 decal on their home floor at Footprint Center for the remainder of the NBA playoffs. Griner is still detained in Russia after being taken into custody in February. Customs officials alleged they found vape cartridges that contained cannabis oil in her possession as she went through security at a Moscow-area airport. In March, a Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported that Griner was expected to remain in custody until at least May 19. ESPN's T.J. Quinn also reported that month that Griner faces...

The U.S. government has reportedly opened an investigation into Elon Musk’s business dealings surrounding his recent $44 billion purchase of Twitter. “The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing Mr. Musk’s tardy submission of a public form that investors must file when they buy more than 5% of a company’s shares,” The Wall Street Journal reported. “The disclosure functions as an early sign to shareholders and companies that a significant investor could seek to control or influence a company.” The report said that Musk’s April 4 disclosure filing was at least 10 days late, a move that is believed to have...

A volunteer counsellor claims she has been sacked from the Australian Breastfeeding Association for 'hate speech' after she repeatedly using the word 'mother' instead of the transgender inclusive term 'parent'. Jasmine Sussex said she lost her role because she 'excessively' used the word mother in social media posts, after the association partnered with Rainbow Families NSW to promote the use of gender neutral language. The move has divided members of the nation's peak breastfeeding group, which has previously introduced course material for counsellors encouraging them to advise transgender women, who were born men, that they can induce lactation. However, despite...

The head of major supermarket Tesco has warned that people in the UK are facing “real food poverty for the first time in a generation”. The warning of “real food poverty” comes as many in the country struggle with the increasing costs of food and fuel due to inflation, with a former chief economist for the Bank of England warning that such inflationary conditions inflicting pain on everyday people could continue for years. According to a report by The Times, the head of the supermarket giant Tesco, John Allan, has said that many of those who visit his stores are...

@RepGosar Calling us names is not a logical position. I have no principle to follow but the path of peace and non-intervention. My grown children have known nothing except American war and intervention for naught. RE: @marklevinshow 1. For the Putin ass-kissers out there who say why don’t we focus on the baby formula crisis rather than Ukraine, the baby formula problem pre-dates the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And it’s not about federal funding but government incompetence. Damn fools.

Kathy Barnette is not a MAGA Republicanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBr-Qluuh_U

Researchers led by UC's Robert Krikorian, Ph.D., found that adding blueberries to the daily diets of certain middle-aged populations may lower the chances of developing late-life dementia. Krikorian explained that about 50% of individuals in the U.S. develop insulin resistance, commonly referred to as prediabetes, around middle age. Prediabetes has been shown to be a factor in chronic diseases, he said. "We had observed cognitive benefits with blueberries in prior studies with older adults and thought they might be effective in younger individuals with insulin resistance," said Krikorian. "Alzheimer's disease, like all chronic diseases of aging, develops over a period...

The leaked draft of Justice Samuel Alito’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which has sent shock waves across the United States, indicates that a majority of Supreme Court justices will likely overturn the constitutional right to an abortion granted in Roe v. Wade. Employing unusually harsh language, Alito declared that “Roe and Planned Parenthood v.Casey must be overruled” because of the decisions’ “abuse of judicial authority.” “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start,” Alito wrote, and its “reasoning was exceptionally weak.” He also asserted that neither abortion nor privacy is mentioned in the text of the Constitution,...

It’s been pretty obvious over the last few days that President Joe Biden and his administration are trying to make “ultra-MAGA” a thing. Biden’s arch-nemesis isn’t the Republicans, but the ultra-MAGA Republicans and their ultra-MAGA agenda. (Team Trump didn’t waste any time in adding “Ultra MAGA” T-shirts to its online shop.) In any case, so much for the unity president. Speaking at a convention Wednesday, Biden referred to former President Donald Trump not as ultra-MAGA but rather “the great MAGA king.” Biden refers to Trump as "the great MAGA king." pic.twitter.com/tkONV6dbxf — Greg Price (@greg_price11) May 11, 2022 This is...

America was supposedly founded on the principle that power must be accountable if it is not to be tyrannical. Yet, the recent debate over abortion rights has illustrated once again that too many Americans in positions of power would prefer a populace that acquiesced silently to even monstrous abuses. Over the weekend, protesters organized a vigil outside Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s house in Chevy Chase, Maryland, to protest the threatened repeal of Roe v. Wade.

@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...