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Prince William quietly wrote to the girlfriend of Capitol riot cop Brian Sicknick who died from a stroke a day after the insurrection last year, offering his condolences and praising him for 'upholding democracy'. Sicknick's death has been the subject of ferocious political debate. Democrats blamed the rioters for his death and in the immediate aftermath of the riot, it was claimed he died as the result of being hit over the head with a fire extinguisher. A medical examiner last year ruled that he died of natural causes brought on by two massive strokes, but they could not prove...

The race is on for One-Eyed Willy's treasure, as part of the shipwreck of the boat that inspired 'The Goonies' has been found. Marine archaeologists have recovered timbers from the hull of the 17th-century Spanish galleon Santo Cristo de Burgos in sea caves in Oregon, USA.

What's happening Less than two weeks after Abbott Nutrition restarted production of baby formula at its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, flooding forced the facility to close again. Why it matters A massive shortage in infant formula has sent parents nationwide scrambling for months. What's next Abbot says production at the plant will resume in a few weeks. The FDA is confident the amount of formula available now "exceeds" demand. Just weeks after Abbott Nutrition restarted production of baby formula at its plant in Sturgis, Michigan, the company announced Wednesday that massive flooding in the region has forced it to temporarily close...

MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough on Friday reacted to the previous day’s House Select Committee primetime hearings over the January 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Scarborough said then-Vice President Mike Pence’s “life was in danger,” and then-President Donald Trump knew it. The host added that the former president had “been whipping up hatred” against Pence the entire day.

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Carl Dobsky’s brilliant, fiery painting “Birds of Paradise” has been the focus of attention at his recent exhibitions, because it accurately and effectively captures the zeitgeist of contemporary American life. The painting is set in the backyard of a bourgeois Los Angeles home, where a laughing group of partying Angelinos drink red wine from large glasses, snort lines of cocaine, and shoot selfies against the burning backdrop of an uncontrolled wildfire pouring destructive rage over the brush and houses covering the Hollywood Hills. Soon, the flames will scorch the landscape around the pool and turn the home into another tornado...

Police in the Japanese town of Matsudo arrested a 72-year-old man on Wednesday for allegedly attempting to curse Russian leader Vladimir Putin by nailing a straw doll bearing a photo of Putin’s face to a sacred Shinto shrine tree and including a note inside the doll’s breast wishing death to the leader, Kyodo News reported. The Matsudo-Higashi Police Station announced on June 15 that its officers arrested Mitsunobu Hino, 72, on suspicion of “breaking and entering and damaging property” at the local Mikazuki Shrine at approximately 2:10 p.m. on May 19. Security camera footage captured the man as he trespassed...

JUST IN – Fed Chair Powell: "Rapid changes are taking place in the global monetary system that may affect the international role of the dollar." 👀— Bitcoin Magazine (@BitcoinMagazine) June 17, 2022

Two El Monte California police officers were shot and killed on June 14 while responding to a report of a stabbing at a local motel. They were identified as Cpl. Michael Domingo Paredes and Officer Joseph Anthony Santana. Paredes, 42, had served as a full-time officer with the department since July 2000, working several specialized assignments before achieving the rank of corporal, officials said. He started his law enforcement career as a cadet with El Monte police. Paredes leaves behind his wife, a daughter and a son. Santana, 31, initially joined the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department in September 2018...

Statins Cholesterol Lowering Medication According to new research, people who have genetic variations associated with lowering LDL-cholesterol similar to statin medications appear to have an increased risk of developing cataracts and having cataract surgery. Statins, a drug used to lower LDL (“bad cholesterol”) are taken by more than 40 million Americans. In fact, they are the most common drug class of prescriptions in the United States. Some of the most common statins include atorvastatin, lovastatin, pravastatin, fluvastatin, rosuvastatin, simvastatin, and pitavastatin going by brand names like Lipitor, Crestor, Lescol XL, Altoprev, Livalo, Pravachol, Ezallor, Zocor, and Zypitamag. Although effective at...

In this bracing essay, David Horowitz calls out the Left for what it is–criminal, racist, and sometimes fascist. David argues that conservatives need to understand the utter bad faith with which the Left conducts itself, and stand up bravely to defend our country from the ravages of the Left. The crisis currently facing our nation is a crisis of faith – faith in the Constitution that has shaped our destiny, faith in the rule of law, and faith in the principle of equality before the law. The root cause of the lawlessness that is consuming our country is the monopoly...

As the situation in Donbass (East Ukraine) worsens for Ukrainian forces, as reports are now leaking from Kyiv that Ukraine is losing 1,000 troops a day, the State Department has essentially admitted American mercenaries have been captured by Russian forces in-country. Alexander John-Robert Drueke, 39, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Andy Tai Ngoc Huynh, 27, from Hartselle, Alabama are currently “missing” from the battlefield, however, their precise fate is as yet unconfirmed, according to a State Department official, reported Zero Hedge.White House national security spokesman John Kirby didn’t confirm the reports, but strongly hinted that it’s the administration’s belief they were...

NEW YORK — A planned concert by John Hinckley Jr., who shot and wounded President Ronald Reagan in 1981, has been canceled even as Hinckley was freed from federal court oversight, the New York City venue that had booked the performance announced. The Market Hotel in Brooklyn cited “very real and worsening threats and hate” in its announcement on social media Wednesday that it was canceling the July 8 concert. The now 67-year-old Hinckley was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the March 30, 1981, shooting of Reagan in Washington. Reagan was seriously wounded in the assassination attempt,...

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In a surprise move, the Democrat Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, said he would be joining Donald Trump’s social network, Truth Social in a bid to “call out Republican lies.” “I just joined Trump’s Truth Social,” said Newsom in a tweet from his official account. “Going to be on there calling out Republican lies. This could get…interesting.” “Hey everybody, it’s Governor Gavin Newsom, and I know we’re all on this platform in search for the ‘truth,’ but the truth is, I’ve not been able to find a simple explanation for the fact that we have a red state murder problem....

Illustration of the two newly discovered exoplanets. (NASA/JPL-Caltech) Two new worlds of probable rocky mineral goodness have just been found orbiting a star close to our own cosmic neighborhood. The two newly discovered exoplanets are what are known as super-Earths – bigger than Earth, but smaller than an ice giant – orbiting a cool red dwarf star called HD 260655, which is just 33 light-years away. While the worlds are unlikely to be habitable, given our current understanding of life, the star and its exoplanets are among the closest multi-world systems to Earth. This makes it an excellent target for...

Joe Biden’s presidency has been a disaster for Americans.The Dow just tanked below 30,000 – this is the lowest since December 2020.Dow Falls Below 30K – One Day After Fed Announcement$3 trillion in Americans’ retirement funds have been wiped out:Biden’s America: $3 Trillion In Retirement Savings Has Been Wiped Out By Stock Market DropPresident Donald Trump responded by saying it “Doesn’t have to be this way!”From TruthSocial:"Wow, Dow just broke 30,000 on the downside. Many thought this could never happen. This “stuff” is not good news. They rode “Trump” up for the first year, now it’s all coming down. Doesn’t...

President Trump endorsed 13 candidates in Tuesday’s primaries.How did he perform?Trump walked away with a 12-1 record after this week’s elections.ELECTION UPDATE: 12 of Donald Trump's 13 Primary Endorsements Won Their Races in Tuesday's Primaries.— DailyNoah.com (@DailyNoahNews) June 16, 2022As Politico noted, President Trump heavily focused on two congressional races in South Carolina.GOP Reps. Nancy Mace and Tom Rice both blamed Trump for his role in perpetuating the events of Jan. 6. After the riots, Mace called out the then-president, saying he needed to “get off Twitter” to communicate peace, while Rice voted with nine other House Republicans to impeach...

London (CNN)UK Home Secretary Priti Patel has signed an order to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States, where he faces espionage charges, in a decision his organization said marked a "dark day for press freedom."A London court issued a formal extradition order back in April, leaving Patel to rubber-stamp his transfer to the US after a years-long legal battle.

VIDEOAlmost from the moment Joe Biden took office, inflation started skyrocketing. So who are liberals blaming for inflation? REPUBLICANS! Part of their shtick in blaming Republicans is claiming Republicans have no plan for fighting inflation. Actually, there is a plan for reducing inflation but liberals just don't like what they prefer not to hear (such as increasing domestic oil production).