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Clandestine 20 hrS ago For those that don’t understand why it had to be this way, think about the optics in 2017 juxtaposed to 2022. I think many of you forgot what it was like in 2017. Trying to wake up normies was a tough business. My friends and family looked at me like I was an eight-headed monster when I told them that a global Deep State entity infiltrated the US government to include the White House, nearly all of Congress, the highest echelons of the DOJ, FBI, CIA, DNI, State Dept, the mainstream media, big tech, social media,...

President Biden will attend the Gulf Cooperation Council meeting in Saudi Arabia next month, with the explicit goal of convincing the GCC — that is, the Saudis — to increase production of crude oil as a tool with which reduce gasoline prices in the U.S. From a recent press conference: Q: And my question on Saudi Arabia: Why not have the President go there and just not meet with the Crown Prince? MR. KIRBY: The President is going to Saudi for the GCC — the GCC+3, to be honest. It’s nine states in the region. There’s a big agenda there,...

John Durham and Bill Barr finally ran out of the clock on Spygate. Why are you surprised? It’s the summer of 2022 — and where are all those Durham indictments you were promised? And where's that much-discussed Durham report? Do you know that you’ve been played for a fool yet — or are you still watching Fox News? Maybe you need another year to figure out the entire game. Maybe you still believe Bill Barr! Didn’t that legendary windbag tell us that the wheels of justice grind very slow but justice is coming? Let’s turn back the clock two years...

GOP Representative Mary Miller has thanked Donald Trump for 'the historic victory for white life' after the Supreme Court's bombshell Roe v Wade ruling. Miller said 'on behalf of all the MAGA patriots in America' she wanted to praise the former president for his role in reversing the 49-year-old law. She also said she appreciated his endorsement for the upcoming primary on Tuesday during the rally in Mendon, Illinois, on Saturday night. But she appeared to trip up over her words as she thanked him for 'the historic victory for white life' while on stage before continuing with the rest...

Russia was poised to default on its foreign debt for the first time since 1918, pushed into delinquency not for lack of money but because of punishing Western sanctions over its invasion of Ukraine. Russia was likely to miss payments on two foreign-currency bonds late Sunday, according to holders of the bonds who had yet to see funds deposited. The day marks the elapse of a 30-day grace period since the country was due to pay the equivalent of $100 million in dollars and euros to bondholders.

TThe U.S. Space Force announced that the service’s new intelligence agency, the National Space Intelligence Center, will see its first day in operation on Friday, according to the center’s deputy director. The newly-formed Space Delta 18, named in reference to the NSIC’s status as the 18th U.S. intelligence agency, will operate the center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, according to a statement released Wednesday. Col. Marqus Randall will oversee the NSIC’s mandate to track foreign capabilities and threats in space. “It has been a long time coming but after two decades of trials and tribulations, June 24th will see...

Generation Drag follows five teens and their families as they anticipate their biggest drag performance at Dragutante, a drag show designed as a platform for LGBTQ+ teens to express themselves

Women are threatening not to have sex with men in protest of the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Pro-choice supporters continued to rally through the weekend, now with calls on women to withhold sex from men 'until abortion rights are federal law' as calls for a nationwide sex strike also gain momentum on social media. Protests erupted on Friday following the court's ruling to overturn women's federal right to abortions, with 26 states expected to further restrict or outright ban abortions. 'Women of America: Take the pledge. Because SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade, we cannot take the...

G7 leaders mocked Vladimir Putin as they sat down to lunch 'We have to show that we're tougher than Putin,' British PM Boris Johnson said Canadian PM Justin Trudeau then added: 'We're going to get the bare chested horseback riding display' Johnson can then be heard on footage saying: 'We've got to show them our pecs' Laughter came as Biden tries to hold allies firm in opposition to Putin Biden earlier slammed Russia for its bombing of Kyiv 'It's more of their barbarism,' he said Ursula von der Leyen's pecs?

The body of software entrepreneur John McAfee remains in a Spanish morgue a year after his death as a legal case lodged by his family to demand further checks is yet to be resolved, authorities and his lawyer said. McAfee, who launched the world's first commercial anti-virus software in 1987, was found dead, aged 75, on June 23 last year in his prison cell a few hours after Spain's high court authorised his extradition to the United States on tax evasion charges.

The EPA is considering a new label for parts of the Permian Basin that could deter or slow oil and gas drilling in certain parts of the prolific Permian Basin. According to a regulatory notice, the EPA could label parts of the Permian Basin as violating federal air quality standards for ozone. If the EPA does indeed label parts as violating the standards, state regulators would need to find a way to clean up the air quality—and they would have three years to come up with a plan to do that. Their plans could include keeping new industrial facilities from...

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Luke 9:51-62 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus rebukes James and John for their desire for vengeance. We are walking with Jesus and his disciples as they make their way to Jerusalem. As they pass through Samaria, they are refused hospitality, for their destination is Jerusalem, and this annoys the Samaritans. Bothersome? Stupid? Racist? Sure, all of those things. As a result, James and John (the sons of thunder) cry out: "Lord, do you want us to call down fire from heaven to consume them?" Can you hear echoes of this cry up and down the...

<p>OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Before he became a leading voice for conservative causes on Capitol Hill, U.S. Senator James Lankford spent more than a decade as the director of youth programming at the Falls Creek Baptist Conference Center, a sprawling campground about 80 miles south of Oklahoma City that attracts more than 50,000 campers in grades six through 12 each year.</p>

Nike has decided to fully exit Russia three months after suspending operations in the country due to its invasion of Ukraine, the sportswear giant announced Thursday. The company has no announced plans to exit China due to that country’s gross human rights abuses and organized use of slave labor in making Nike products. Nike initially suspended operations in Russia on March 3, a week after Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to invade Ukraine in an attempt to take over the neighboring nation. However, Nike seems to have been motivated to leave the country entirely by the prospect of new criminal...

Ghislaine Maxwell has been placed on suicide watch just days before her sentencing hearing, despite not being suicidal, her attorneys announced. Maxwell, who was convicted of helping ex-lover Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls, is scheduled to have a sentencing hearing on Tuesday. Prosecutors are pushing for a sentence of 30 to 55 years for Maxwell, who is 60, after she was previously found guilty on five of six criminal counts.

President Joe Biden accused the Russian military of torturing Ukrainians using electrocution and other methods in an official statement Sunday. Biden's statement marked the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture. In it Biden accused several nations of using torture on either their own people or the people of nations they were attacking. Biden has in the past called for Russia and Putin to be put on trial for war crimes. "Any instance of torture is one too many, and yet every year countless victims suffer this brutal violation of their human rights and dignity," Biden wrote. "This year...

At least 22 people are reported to have been found dead at a nightclub in South Africa. Emergency services were called in the early hours of Sunday to the Enyobeni Tavern in Scenery Park, on the edge of East London, Eastern Cape province, according to the Daily Dispatch news site. Eastern Cape police spokesperson Brigadier Tembinkosi Kinana told the Newzroom Africa rolling news channel in the country that young people were among the dead. Reuters reported him saying they were aged between 18 and 20, but there are also reports they may have been younger, with AP saying they were...

The Iranian Ministry of Defense has announced that it has launched a second three-stage satellite for research...

BERLIN — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine seemed like an unexpected opportunity for environmentalists, who had struggled to focus the world’s attention on the kind of energy independence that renewable resources can offer. With the West trying to wean itself from Russian oil and gas, the argument for solar and wind power seemed stronger than ever. But four months into the war, the scramble to replace Russian fossil fuels has triggered the exact opposite. As the heads of the Group of 7 industrialized nations gather in the Bavarian Alps for a meeting that was supposed to cement their commitment to the...

THE WHITE HOUSE BRIEFING ROOM Background Press Call on President Biden’s First Day in Germany JUNE 26, 2022 • SPEECHES AND REMARKS Via Teleconference 8:04 A.M. CEST MODERATOR: All right, so in the interest of time, we’re going to go ahead and get started. Thanks for your patience. Just some logistical things we were dealing with this morning. So we’re — thanks for coming. Thanks for joining the background call today. This call is on background, attributable to “senior administration officials.” And it’s to preview day one in Germany today. So for your awareness, not for reporting, the speakers on...