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Two more top Iranian officials have been killed this week in separate mysterious incidents, just days after a top Iranian commander was gunned down outside his home and an Iranian drone manufacturing site came under attack by suicide drones. Colonel Ali Esmailzadeh of the Revolutionary Guards’ elite Quds Force reportedly died during an incident at his residence in the city of Karaj. Iranian media said that he died after falling from his roof. Opponents of the Islamic Republic, however, claimed that Esmailzadeh was killed by the state because they suspected him of being a spy involved in the death of...

Firearm purchases by minority groups in America have soared over the past few years and the debate surrounding gun control following a deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, late last month has seemingly renewed their support for the Second Amendment. Retailer surveys released by the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSFF) found that between 2019 and 2020 there was a 58% increase in African Americans buying firearms, a 49% increase in Hispanic Americans buying firearms, and a 43% increase in Asian Americans buying firearms. In January, NSFF stated the numbers among first-time firearm buyers in minority groups remained largely "unchanged" and...

South Carolina June 14, 2022 Republican Primary CandidatesSouth Carolina Election Commission https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/voterinquiry/VoterInformationRequest.aspx?PageMode=VoterInfoGet My Sample Ballot https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/voterinquiry/VoterInformationRequest.aspx?PageMode=VoterInfo Early Voting for 2022 Primaries has Started https://www.scvotes.gov/early-votingGovernor https://governor.sc.gov/ Henry McMaster (5 Year Incumbent) https://henrymcmaster.com/ Pamela Evette Lieutenant Governor (4 Year Incumbent) https://governor.sc.gov/lieutenant-governor * Harrison "Trucker Bob" Musselwhite https://www.votetruckerbob.com/ * Zoe Warren Lieutenant Governor https://www.facebook.com/zoe4sc/(In South Carolina the Lt Governor candidate IS NOT elected separately, but is on the same ticket as the candidate for Governor. Citizens DO NOT vote directly for Lieutenant Governor candidates.) Secretary of State https://sos.sc.gov/ Mark Hammond (20 Year Incumbent) (Could not locate a 2022 campaign website) https://sos.sc.gov/about-us/secretarys-biography * Keith...

I was chatting with a horrified Swedish visitor who described a visit to Nevada. “There was this grandmother, an elderly lady, and she took out a gun from her purse,” he told me, shaking his head. We were having this conversation in a city which had racked up 77 shootings in just one month. Few New Yorkers legally own guns. The NYPD has issued around 40,000 handgun permits in a city of over 8 million. That’s around one handgun for every two-hundred New Yorkers. Don’t assume that the parts of the city with the most guns are the most dangerous....

The White House COVID-19 coordinator issued a dire warning Thursday about the nation’s ability to battle a potential pandemic surge this fall if Congress fails to provide billions more dollars to brace for the next wave. Speaking at the White House briefing, Dr. Ashish Jha said the government purchased a large amount of both vaccines and therapeutics that will get the country through the summer, even with rising case numbers. But he warned, those tools will begin to run out by the fall and winter, a time when some models show there could be “a sizeable wave of infections.” “That’s...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is pushing to allow military vets and ROTC instructors to carry guns on school campuses for classroom defense. Graham tweeted on June 3, “It is time to mobilize our retired and former service members who are willing to help secure our schools. Our schools are soft targets. They contain our most valuable possession — our children, the future of our country — and must be protected.”

Pope Francis’ new cardinal pick has a horrifying record on homosexuality and abortionAn in-depth look at the shocking background of ultra-liberal San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy, Francis’ latest US cardinal pick – and his most egregious one yet. (LifeSiteNews) – Pope Francis shocked the Church on Sunday with his announcement of 21 new cardinals, including 16 cardinal electors, to be installed at a consistory on August 27.The appointments unsurprisingly include several overt liberals, like pro-LGBT Brazilian Archbishop Leonardo Ulrich Steiner and anti-Latin Mass Vatican liturgy chief Archbishop Arthur Roche.But the Pope’s most radical pick is Bishop Robert McElroy of San...

NBA commissioner Adam Silver told reporters this week that China’s response to former Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey expressing his support for anti-government Hong Kong protesters in 2019 cost the league hundreds of millions of dollars. Morey, who is now general manager of the Philadelphia 76ers, tweeted in October 2019 an image that read, “Fight for Freedom. Stand with Hong Kong.” Morey would later delete the tweet and explain that he did not intend to offend Rockets fans or his friends in China. Demonstrators were protesting against China’s control of Hong Kong at the time. China first pulled games...

Researchers have invented a new analytical method that sheds light on an enduring mystery regarding type 2 diabetes: Why some obese patients develop the disease and others don't. For some patients, their body does not properly respond to insulin—it resists the effects of insulin, the hormone produced by the pancreas that opens the door for sugar to enter cells. In the later disease stages, when the pancreas is exhausted, patients don't produce enough insulin to maintain normal glucose levels. In either case, sugar builds up in the bloodstream and impairs many major organs, sometimes to disabling or life-threatening degrees. A...

VIDEOThe ILLEGAL January 6 Committee Chairman, Benny Thompson, supported the REAL insurrectionists of the secessionist group the Republic of New Afrika which wanted to set up its own country in the Deep South in 1971. As you can see, the INSURRECTIONISTS of the Republic of New Afrika were hardly peaceful and armed members of that group took over a farm near Jackson, MS. Among their defenders was one Benny Thompson.Hopefully the next Congress will form a LEGALLY constituted January 6 Committee next year to find out what really happened including unearthing the testimony of Ray Epps which Benny Thompson says...

Nile Rodgers took fans behind-the-scenes of the the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Party on Saturday. The 69-year-old musician is set to take to the stage at Buckingham Palace's star-studded concert alongside the likes of Sir Rod Stewart, Sir Elton John and Diana Ross to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee on Saturday night. Nile took to his Instagram to share a video of him walking through the set outside the Palace as he rehearsed for the big show.

Joe Biden’s handlers postponed his trip to Israel and Saudi Arabia on Friday. Biden was expected to visit the two countries to push the insane Iranian nuclear deal that both nations oppose. No reason was given for the delate. NBC News reported: President Joe Biden’s planned visits to Saudi Arabia and Israel later this month have been postponed until July, several officials told NBC News on Friday.

In the wake of the deadly Uvalde school shooting that left 19 kids and two adults dead, the heated debate of whether to arm teachers or not has been a major topic between both parties. In the midst of all the gun control talk, Ohio may soon allow teachers to be armed in classrooms. HB 99, which passed by a 23-9 vote in the State Senate and a 56-34 vote in the State House, was fast-tracked through the legislature, allowing teachers and other school staff to carry guns on school premises requiring only 24 hours of training. It would mandate...

Lake Mead is a reservoir is Nevada and Arizona, relied upon for example by the city of Las Vegas for drinking water. Last year, its water level was significantly lower than previous years. This year, it’s even lower. This is dramatic… If the trend does continue for the next two decades as it has been going on for the past two, it seems like things aren’t looking optimal for the Colorado river, the largest water reservoir by capacty in the US, and the Hoover Dam hydroelectric power plant. Lake Mead fell about 7 feet in May. I expect June will...

Uvalde Students inside were calling 911 and begging for help, but police officers stayed outside for almost an hour during the mass shooting. Why? This is where conspiracy theory comes from, and why it exists, because there are times when the “truth” that is being put forward just doesn’t make any sense at all. For example, it is obvious that Lee Harvey Oswald did not kill JFK, that the Warren Commission Report was a sham, with its “magic bullet” hypothesis total nonsense. It is obvious that planes did not bring down the World Trade Towers, and neither could they or...

A 17-year-old boy was found dead in the parking lot of LeBron James’ I Promise School after a fight, Ohio police say. The teenager, Ethan Liming, died of blunt force trauma to the head, Gary Guenther, chief investigator at the Summit County Medical Examiner’s Office, told McClatchy News. Liming was a student at Firestone Community Learning Center, a public high school in Akron, Ohio, Akron police Lt. Michael Miller told McClatchy. Akron is about 40 miles south of Cleveland. None of the people involved in the June 2 incident are believed to be students at the I Promise School, Miller...

[Catholic Caucus] Vatican Asks for Suspension of Ordinations in French DioceseThe prostration of the ordinands takes place during the Litany of the Saints at the Fraternity of St. Peter's Roman parish, Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, June 22, 2013.The Vatican has asked a diocese in southern France to suspend its ordinations of priests and deacons scheduled for this month after a “fraternal visit” of the diocese.Bishop Dominique Rey of Fréjus-Toulon announced June 2 that the suspension was requested due to “questions that certain Roman dicasteries were asking about the restructuring of the seminary and the policy of welcoming people to the...

For Christians, Jesus Christ is “the truth, the way and the life.” (John 14:6). Many in the corporate, political and social media game believe they can create truth by influencing others to believe what they want them to believe. Kyle Rittenhouse knows this all too well. People were practically lining up to media outlets to trash the poor kid before the facts were in regarding his role in the 2020 riot in Kenosha, WI. Rittenhouse was charged with two counts of homicide and one attempted homicide, among other things, after fatally shooting two men and wounding another during the riot....

As the United States is engulfed in a mid-term election year, Jack Hibbs, Senior Pastor and Founder of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, and congressional candidate for California’s 49th district, Josiah O’Neil, teamed up to urge pastors to break their silence on politics from the pulpit. In a powerful interview, Hibbs and O’Neil called on the pulpits to “wake up and get engaged” by Biblically addressing both candidates and cultural issues within their churches. “People are looking for leadership and inspiration, and frankly, it shouldn’t come from a politician; it should come from the pulpits,” O’Neil underscored. Unfortunately, self-censoring pulpits have...

Russia could be just two weeks away from achieving one of its stated aims in the conflict in Ukraine, with its troops close to taking over the entire Luhansk region in the east. The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Russia is now achieving tactical success in the industrial Donbas, comprised of Luhansk and Donetsk, which would give Moscow a high-profile victory. “Russian forces have generated and maintained momentum and currently appear to hold the initiative over Ukrainian opposition,” the MoD tweeted on Friday in its latest intelligence briefing.