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As more facts about the law-enforcement response at the Robb Elementary School massacre become available, confidence in relying on police to save lives is being eroded. It seems that the pattern in police responses to school shootings that is frequently exhibited is reluctance to risk getting shot. A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman argued that “harsh as it may seem to the parents of children being killed by gunmen invading their schools, a rational risk/reward assessment must take precedence over an emotional expectation from untrained civilians. Despite more than a dozen desperate 911 calls coming from students trapped inside...

This was a big week for the globalists. They feel it’s their time, go time, to launch the most difficult phase of the Great Reset so they can get on with what they call the Fourth Industrial Revolution. The Fourth Industrial Revolution, as explained by World Economic Forum guru Klaus Schwab, will lead to a “fusion” of every human being’s physical, biological and digital identities. It’s basically the dawning of a new era based on transhumanism and technocracy, something akin to what was laid out in the novel Brave New World. But they can’t get there until they reset everything....

The surprise electoral surge of a man dubbed Colombia’s Donald Trump could scupper the left’s hopes of a historic takeover of the presidency in a race now between two anti-establishment candidates, analysts say. Maverick millionnaire Rodolfo Hernandez, 77, finished second in presidential elections Sunday with 28 percent of votes cast. He denied the frontrunner, leftist Gustavo Petro, an outright first-round victory and eliminated right-wing establishment candidate Federico “Fico” Gutierrez, whom most opinion polls had placed in clear second place.

“I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service.” So said Princess Elizabeth in a speech to the Commonwealth, broadcast on the radio from Cape Town as she marked her 21st birthday in 1947. A mere five years later, she ascended the throne following the death of her father, King George VI, and the young Queen promptly set about making good on her promise. In November 1953, she embarked on a Commonwealth tour that covered 44,000 miles, spanned the West Indies, Australasia, Asia and Africa, and lasted until...

As violent crime increases in Minneapolis, community activists are getting creative to keep guns out of the hands of young people. Faded Barbershop located in Uptown is sending out a clear message to the community to stop the violence in Minneapolis. They’re hoping to make a difference one haircut at a time. “Trying to do something good for the community to let them know that there’s some good that can happen in our city,” Edward Davis, Faded Barbershop owner, said. If you sit in Davis’ chair at the Faded Barbershop, you get a package deal: a haircut and conversation. “How...

if a person believes that an attorney has acted unethically, that person may file a complaint against the lawyer simply by submitting a signed, written statement setting forth a clear, concise statement of the facts and circumstances of the alleged misconduct. No special legal knowledge is needed to file one. The complainant should provide copies of any documentary evidence that supports the claim and include the names and addresses of any witnesses who can support the allegations of the complaint. Complaints against attorneys cannot be made anonymously. They must be in writing and be signed by the complainant. They may...

Fox News pundits Arthel Neville and Judy Miller used their supposedly right-wing platform to smear Republicans and demand gun control on Sunday. Borrowing from the Democrats’ talking points, Miller referred to Republicans as the “party of egregious mass shootings and uncontrolled guns” after calling for outright gun confiscation similar to Australia. “If New Zealand and Australia can do it after their mass shooting, why can’t we?” Miller asked. “I think it really depends on the Republicans now — they must stop being the party of egregious mass shootings and uncontrolled guns. That has to stop. It’s up to them. And...

Uvalde cops did know children were still alive inside the Texas elementary school during a shooting last week, damning new footage reveals. Video originally shared on Facebook Live shows the chaotic scene outside Robb Elementary school as Customs and Border Protection agents spoke to a to an injured child during the massacre. 'Are you injured?' the agent asked the child, according to CNN who made the clip public on Tuesday. The child answered: 'I got shot!' 'A kid got shot? A Kid?' an adult is heard saying as the child's voice cuts out. In addition, ABC News released footage Monday...

Patron the Jack Russell has become a billboard worthy war hero as his bomb disposal skills have helped the team find over 200 Russian landmines and unexploded bombs Russian special forces Belgian Malinois dog switches sides after it was found abandoned and close to death by Ukrainian soldiers -Belgian Malinois Max, 3, was found starving by Ukrainians in the Mykolaiv region -He has been redeployed as a mine clearer after being Ukrainian commands -Ukrainian troops said could not understand why the Russians left Max behind An abandoned Russian war dog has swapped sides - and is now saving Ukrainian soldiers...

VIDEOImagine my surprise, okay SHOCK, when I scrolled down to the Politico Playbook Birthday List for May 31 and saw a VERY FAMILIAR name. Of course, as you can see I handled the surprise/SHOCK quite calmly and without any showboating.

A federal agency under the Department of Health and Human Services, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, has displayed commitment to left-wing race politics with a DEI Resources page features works from prominent critical race theorists. The resources page supplements a document that instructs those who work with SOAR, a subdivision of SAMHSA, to incorporate DEI practices into their work practices. The document is titled “Guidance for Improving Staff Engagement” and instructs staff to take an implicit bias test before arguing that “BIPOC staff” are traumatized on a daily basis when people refer to protests as riots or...

Prince Andrew is "seeking to make amends" after his sex abuse scandal, the Archbishop of Canterbury has said. The Archbishop added that society must learn to be "more open and forgiving" moving forward. "We all have to step back a bit, he is seeking to make amends and I think that's a very good thing," he told ITV News. He went on to say: "You can't tell people how they are to respond about this and the issues of the past in the area of abuse are so intensely personal and private for so many people that it's not surprising...

Michael Sussmann has been acquitted.The acquittal is no surprise. This is a DC jury, after all. In the Roger Stone case, for example, we documented how a juror lied to get on the panel. (That judge didn’t care.) Making matters worse, the Sussmann judge wrongly allowed for a woman to remain on the jury, despite the fact that her daughter and Sussmann’s are on the same high school crew team. One can’t help but think that juror had her own daughter’s interests in mind – the cohesion of the crew team – when she reached a decision.On the facts, there...

Bourla the snake oil salesman! Horseshit garbage Bourla, you are talking horseshit drivel and you know it. You know that the waves are caused by your failed vaccine!This idiot Bourla, this duplicitous conman, he called us ‘criminals’ prior, for questioning the fraud vaccines that are ineffective and harmful. He called us skeptics and contrarians ‘criminals’ but it is he who is the criminal because it is his vaccine that is killing people after they take it. It is his vaccine that is causing infections in the vaccinated. It is his vaccine that will damage and subvert the innate immune systems...

Emerson College has a tradition of warmly welcoming racially divisive administrators. Only a few months after promoting a professor who said blacks and whites can’t be friends and divorced her husband because of his race, Emerson College has now nominated Shaya Gregory Poku as the school’s new vice president for equity and social justice. Poku is one of the authors of the manual “9 Tips for Anti-Racist Child Rearing.” In it, she guides parents on how to raise their children within the critical race theory dogma. The manual claims that not judging people by the color of their skin is...

Allies are increasingly divided on further heavy-weapons shipments to KyivCracks are appearing in the Western front against Moscow, with America’s European allies increasingly split over whether to keep shipping more powerful weapons to Ukraine, which some of them fear could prolong the conflict and increase its economic fallout.

Elon Musk has Twitter on fire lol

Patty Quillin, wife of Netflix's CEO, gave $1M to group backing Chesa Boudin against recall efforts A group aimed at overhauling California's criminal justice system that's bankrolled by a handful of wealthy donors, including Patty Quillin, the wife of Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, has poured six figures into efforts to save liberal San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin from his recall election. The Smart Justice California Action Fund, an alliance of left-wing donors targeting criminal justice-related initiatives that also backs progressive politicians in the state, poured $115,000 into Boudin's committee on May 10 to help the controversial DA stave off...

National Economic Council Director Brian Deese on Tuesday argued that the U.S. is in a position of strength to combat high inflation, following President Biden’s release of a three-part plan to lower rising prices. “The economy we have right now is in a transition from this period of historic economic growth to a period that can be more stable, resilient growth. That requires focusing on inflation and doing so from a position of relative strength,” Deese told CNBC.

Michael Sussmann, a lawyer representing Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign, has been found not guilty of a single count of lying to the FBI when he said he was not working on behalf of any client when he alleged a covert communications channel between the Trump Organization and Russia's Alfa Bank. Sussmann was charged under 18 U.S.C. 1001 with lying to the FBI during a meeting with then-FBI general counsel James Baker when he came forward with what he claimed was evidence of possible covert communications between the Trump organization and Alfa, a Russian bank. Sussmann allegedly concealed that he was...