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Russia and China are ‘almost ready’ to strike a deal on building human bases on the Moon, said Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin in an interview. Russia and China are ‘almost ready’ to strike a deal on building human bases on the Moon. According to Russia’s TASS news agency, this revelation was made by Dmitry Rogozin, Director General of the Russian space agency Roscosmos during a TV interview with state-owned Rossiya 24. "We are now almost ready to sign an intergovernmental agreement on creating a lunar research base with China”, Rogozin had said. The Sino-Russian partnership is likely to fuel...

(Natural News) Many people are unaware of this, but the pharmaceutical cocktails that “doctors” are now prescribing to children in order to turn them “transgender” are the same ones that the criminal justice system punishes pedophiles with in order to chemically castrate them. Lupron (leuprolide acetate), a gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist, is one of the drugs of choice for “trans” kids to make them become their “real selves.” We are told that the puberty blocker is safe and effective for this off-label use because it is supposedly “temporary.” The Mayo Clinic says Lupron helps transgender and “gender-diverse” children to achieve their...

Roughly 45 million Americans owe a combined total of $1.7 trillion in student loan debt. If that were distributed evenly among the borrowers, each would owe close to $38,000. Over the past two years, the federal government has paused collection of student loan payments because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, some Americans contend the government should forgive student loan debt outright. But what would canceling a $1.7 trillion bill mean for the American people? “When we talk about this notion of forgiving student loans, what we’re really talking about is benefiting those who don’t necessarily need it,” Betsy DeVos, a...

A week after a pastor at Steadfast Baptist Church called for all homosexuals to be executed, members of the LGBTQ community and their allies showed up at Monday’s Watauga City Council meeting asking for support from city officials to get the church to move out of the city. Around 15 people, both LGBTQ supporters and members of Steadfast Baptist, signed up to speak during the meeting. Hillary Ward of Pantego said a church that spreads hate has no place in the community. “The attacks against the LGBTQ community won’t go unanswered,” she said. Another speaker asked City Council to talk...

An Ohio cupcake saleswoman has been arrested after running a fraud by stealing a dead infant's identity for the last two decades. Ava Virginia Misseldine, 49, was arrested on Thursday in Utah, where she'd moved from Ohio in the last year, according to an affidavit. She was charged with using the dead child's name - Brie Bourgeois - to get a job, a pilot's license, a passport, college admission and $1.5million in COVID-19 bailout cash. During her time in Ohio, she'd been praised for running the Koko Tea Salon & Bakery and was even featured on the Food Network's The...

New York Democrat Rep. Bowman warned that the lives of 'black and brown people' are 'in the balance if these people come back into power,' in reference to the Republican minority in Congress. And the committee that's currently in the process of unveiling the efforts of Trump and his Republican allies to undermine American democracy, Bowman said it would 'cease to exist.' 'The findings would be completely suppressed and will not be admitted into any further investigations while the GOP would be in power,' the left-wing legislator said.

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. ~ 1 Timothy 2:1-2 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind. . . . without faith it is impossible to please [God], for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that...

“‘So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own’” (Matthew 6:34). Making reasonable provisions for the future is sensible, but to “worry about tomorrow” is foolish and unfaithful. God is the God of tomorrow as well as the God of today and eternity. “The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness” (Lam. 3:22–23). People are so committed to worrying that, if they can’t find anything in the present to worry about, they think about possible problems in...

“Fools make a mock at sin: but among the righteous there is favour” (Proverbs 14:9).

Three U.S. Navy leaders, including two serving aboard a destroyer, were ousted late last week, the latest in a recent string of removals by the service. USS Bulkeley commanding officer Cmdr. Devine Johnson and Command Master Chief Earl Sanders were relieved of their duties Friday because of “a loss of confidence in their ability to effectively function as a leadership team,” the Navy said in a Saturday statement. Capt. William Harkin, the deputy commodore of Destroyer Squadron 2, will be temporarily assigned as commanding officer of Bulkeley until a replacement is identified. Master Chief Petty Officer Christy Reed, of the...

Bitcoin tumbled below $23,000 on Monday, hitting its lowest level since December 2020, as investors dump crypto amid a broader sell-off in risk assets. Meanwhile, a crypto lending company called Celsius has paused withdrawals for its customers, sparking fears of contagion into the broader market. [About one hour ago, Bitcoin was trading at $21,300. Since that low it has rallied back up to almost $23,000]

President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has provided near-daily updates of Russia’s invasion on social media; viral video posts have shown the effectiveness of Western weapons in the hands of Ukrainian forces; and the Pentagon has regularly held briefings on developments in the war. But despite the flow of all this news to the public, American intelligence agencies have less information than they would like about Ukraine’s operations and possess a far better picture of Russia’s military, its planned operations and its successes and failures, according to current and former officials. Governments often withhold information from the public for operational security....

Everybody do the Joe Biden Limbo — how low can he go? According to the latest data from Civiqs, Biden has managed to get to his all-time low in job approval, as well as states in which he’s appreciated. His 33/56 is his lowest on approval and ties his highest in disapproval, while only Hawaii and Vermont put him in positive territory.

Thanks to Pioneer 10's pictures, the planet Jupiter and its moons, which were formerly only small circles in a telescope, became large, vibrant worlds in the eyes of scientists. For decades after those images beamed back to Earth, Pioneer 10 kept going. It sent valuable scientific data about the sun and cosmic rays before its signal became too faint for Earthlings to hear. Pioneer 10 also carries a plaque with a message to any intelligent life it might encounter on its journey. The Pioneer plaque includes diagrams of Earth's location and drawings of a man and a woman

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky will visit Alabama to campaign for Congressman Mo Brooks in the Republican primary runoff for U.S. Senate. The Brooks campaign announced that Paul, Republican of Kentucky, will headline two townhall events on Friday in Homewood and Huntsville. Paul in March became the first sitting member of the Senate to endorse Brooks in the race, saying in part, “Mo has proven time and time again he will stand up for liberty and do what he thinks is right.” Brooks’ campaign announced the events on Friday, just hours before former President Donald Trump said he was endorsing...

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed a bill last week that will remove the cap of the size of affordable housing apartment communities built by developers wanting to qualify for a property tax exemption. The bill — HB2610 — allows for more construction of larger apartment communities across the state that will income-eligible tenants can rent, according to a press release. Tom Simplot, the Arizona Department of Housing Director, said in the release that the new law will aid with increasing affordable housing by ridding of any unnecessary barriers to development. By removing this burdensome regulation, non-profits can build...

Ever since the advent of COVID-19 vaccines early in 2021, the Special Olympics organization has been in the forefront of promoting their benefits. The organization created a special page on its website with vaccination information and resources, urging “everyone who has access to the COVID-19 vaccine to get vaccinated.” The page informed users that the vaccine would help protect them from getting COVID, prevent serious illness if they became infected and help protect people around them.

Texts between Sean Hannity and then-WH press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany:

Our nation is SUFFERING. Our economy is in the gutter. Inflation is rampant. Gas prices have reached an all-time high. Ships are unable to unload cargo. Families cannot get needed baby formula. We are an embarrassment around the world. Our withdrawal from Afghanistan was a disaster that cost us precious American blood, and gave $85 billion worth of the best military equipment on earth to our enemy.

The government’s first controversial flight taking asylum seekers to Rwanda is set to go ahead on Tuesday after a legal bid to block it failed. Home Secretary Priti Patel scored a victory in the High Court on Friday when a judge concluded it was in her power to fly asylum seekers to the east African state. A last-ditch challenge was mounted in the Court of Appeal on Monday, as refugee charities, a union, and one of the people to be sent to east Africa argued the policy is unlawful. But three judges ultimately dismissed the bid, and the first flight...