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According to a World Health Organization report, 99% of cases of the monkeypox are detected in men. A total of 42 countries, both endemic and non-endemic, have reported 2,103 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox, since the beginning of the year, according to the WHO. The WHO, which is a “global health body” has decided to drop the distinction between “endemic” and “non-endemic” countries now that the monkeypox is becoming more widespread. “We are removing the distinction between endemic and non-endemic countries, reporting on countries together where possible, to reflect the unified response that is needed,” the WHO said in a statement....

The Second Amendment is killing us so the gun industry can rake in massive profits — we can’t keep interpreting it as an absolute right for every single citizen to own a gun. In the week following the May 24 massacre in Uvalde, Texas, the Sioux City Bandits, a professional indoor football team from western Iowa, had planned a giveaway of an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle as a “Military Night” promotion, as they had done a year earlier. After widespread criticism, the Sioux City Journal reported that the team’s Missouri-based owner, J.R. Bond, said canceling or postponing the giveaway “didn’t even...

The precise language of Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-TX) gun control package with Senate Democrats is expected to be revealed today. Punchbowl News AM reported, “The bipartisan group of senators working on a gun-control bill – led by Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) – is expected to file the legislative text today. They were expected to file it Monday, however, so we’ll wait and see what happens.” Punchbowl notes that Senate leaders are eager to get the gun control language and pass it this week before the Senate enters its Fourth of July recess. On June 12, 2022,...

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) spoke with Breitbart News about the current push for gun control in the House and warned us to be ready to see gun controllers “go after ammunition and ammunition manufacturers.” Biggs noted a number of gun controls have been passed by the Democrat-controlled House, and even though those controls have not passed the Senate he believes the House will pass even more. He explained, “I expect some additional gun control legislation to come out of the House. I expect there will be an attempt to do an ‘assault weapons’ ban, I think they’re going to continue...

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland jetted into Ukraine on Tuesday in a surprise visit for talks with prosecutors on Russian war crimes.The top U.S. law enforcement official made the unannounced trip to the war-ravaged country to discuss efforts hold Russia accountable for the unprovoked invasion of its neighbor.

The bad news is that the Biden administration’s notorious Disinformation Governance Board, a flagrantly unconstitutional effort to restrict the freedom of speech that was “paused” in May after an avalanche of criticism, is back (although its Orwellian name is still on ice). The good news is that heading up Biden’s handlers’ new foray into authoritarianism is none other than Vice President Kamala Harris. This is good news because Harris has handled the previous jobs she has been given with spectacular ineptitude. If she stays true to form this time, she may end up actually strengthening speech protections, rather than destroying...

Beacon of democracy’ cracks down on dissent.. Ukrainian authorities have banned the country’s main opposition party and seized all its assets, once again undermining the narrative that President Zelensky is presiding over a beacon of democracy. The country’s Ministry of Justice announced the move via Facebook, revealing that the Opposition Platform — For Life had been shut down and its assets, money and property transferred to the state. The party had previously had its operations suspended in March after it was accused of being complicit with Russia and being “anti-Ukrainian.” The ban means that Zelensky’s main political opposition has been...

President Trump released some more Truth messages this morning in response to the far-left and corrupt Democrats’ efforts to associate President Trump with sedition.President Trump shared some more Truths about the corrupt Jan 6 kangaroo court and the ‘crazed’ Democrats in general. The same people that used the corrupt Russia collusion nightmare that we now know was created by Hillary Clinton and the Democrats are after him still. These people are sick from TDS.President Trump praised Texas as the state with the courage to disavow the national vote for Joe Biden as President based on much research and examination of...

Companies said they were recalling 'Freedom Series' items labeled 'Made in USA' and feature guns and eagles Harris Teeter and Kroger are facing backlash for a decision to remove patriotic products after people complained. A customer took to Twitter Monday to complain about Harris Teeter selling some pro-America items — that read "Give me liberty or give me death" and "America, love it or leave it" — saying they were insensitive as mass shooting incidents happen around the country. "Why are you allowing this type of item to be sold at your grocery store in Huntersville NC? Clearly in light...

Biden, humming the theme from Top Gun, just fell off of his big boy bike while riding with his peeps in Rehoboth Beach. According to the lame-stream media, Trump jumped out of the bushes and yelled, "Miss me yet?" Startled, Joe toppled over faster than a fat kid on a wet slip-n-slide. Joe violently kissed the pavement and scuffed his leather aviator jacket with the huge China patch sewn on the back. Angry Joe lashed out and blamed gravity, the wind, and those dastardly Republicans. Inquiring minds want to know: What the hell was Joe doing riding a bike? Seriously,...

Video making the rounds on social media shows a Miami-Dade police officer’s comments to a man during a traffic stop, News 6 partner WPLG reported. The stop took a threatening turn for the driver, who was heading to work. “Give me your driver’s license, registration and insurance,” the officer says in the video.... The MDPD officer then made a very bold statement to the man. “Simple thing, man. This is how you guys get killed out here, man,” the officer said.

The Twitter Board “unanimously” recommended shareholders vote to approve billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of the company. The company said in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday, “Twitter’s Board of Directors, after considering the factors more fully described in the enclosed proxy statement, unanimously: (1) determined that the merger agreement is advisable and the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement are fair to, advisable and in the best interests of Twitter and its stockholders.” It continues, “And (2) adopted and approved the merger agreement, the merger and the other transactions contemplated by the merger agreement.”...

I asked the Holy Spirit to give me a one-paragraph description of faith so that the boys in our Teen Challenge drug center could understand it. I have a book in my library that uses over three hundred pages to define faith, and I never understood it. Frankly, I don’t think the man who wrote it understood faith either. Moses once asked the same questions we ask: “Who am I? Who is God? Describe him.” God answered Moses in two words. “God said to Moses, ‘I AM WHO I AM.’ And he said, ‘Thus you shall say to the children...

“‘Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened’” (Matthew 7:7–8). Our heavenly Father is generous to us and promises we have access to His eternal and unlimited treasure to meet our own needs as well as the needs of others. Even when we have been cleansed of our own sin, we need divine wisdom to know how to help a brother remove the speck from his eye. God’s...

The anecdotal evidence of Democrat crossover voting in last month's State Senate District 27 Republican primary that resulted in a one-vote loss for incumbent State Sen. Tom Whatley (R-Auburn) to Auburn City Councilman Jay Hovey continues to accumulate. In an op-ed published in Monday's edition of The New York Times, Auburn University creative writing professor Anton DiSclafani took credit for Whatley's single-vote loss. "I'm a left-leaning Democrat, but on May 24, I voted on the Republican ballot in Alabama's primary election," DiSclafani wrote.

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana saw another increase in the state gasoline tax amid promises of inflation relief — including a proposal to issue direct payments to Indiana residents later this month. Hoosiers will pay 61 cents per gallon in taxes on gasoline, the state Department of Revenue announced Monday — another jump from June's record-high 56 cents per gallon. Fuel costs were expected to continue to rise in July, elevated largely because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The gas tax increase emerged alongside calls from Indiana Democrats to suspend the tax to aid residents reeling from the worst inflation in 40...

VIDEOInflation is no joke but it has inspired quite a few jokes lately. You have to laugh to keep from crying over an economy destroyed in just a few short months ever since January 2021.

On “The Rubin Report,” BlazeTV host Dave Rubin shared a clip of CNN data analyst Harry Enten making Anderson Cooper’s head explode by showing how important inflation is to voters and why the 2022 midterms may be the biggest red wave ever seen as voters trust Republicans more on the issue of inflation. Enten said President Joe Biden was “doing worse than Jimmy Carter” in disapproval ratings on inflation and predicted that the American people will hold Democrats responsible in upcoming elections. “When you’re doing worse than Jimmy Carter’s doing in the minds of Americans on inflation, you know that...

This case was a challenge to the constitutionality of a Maine program that prohibits tuition for some students to attend private religious schools when their own school district does not operate a public secondary school. The court 6-3, led by Roberts, holds that the Maine program violates the free exercise clause. Because the benefits hinge on whether a school is religious, the Chief writes, the Maine program "effectively penalizes the free exercise" of religion.

Rising energy prices, rising home prices, rising mortgage rates, declining hope. But as The Federal Reserve begins to withdraw it Covid stimulus, existing home sales declined -3.39% in May from April. But like Covid itself, The Fed’s outrageous monetary stimulus is still in place, helping caused median home prices to rise 14.8% YoY. And inventory for sale is rising, but still remains low. Jointly, Treasury Secretary Yellen and Fed Chair Powell are “Mr Freeze.”