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Nearly five months into its senseless war against Ukraine, Russia has concocted a wild new explanation for why the Kremlin’s plans for a quick takeover fell apart so spectacularly—because Ukrainian troops were turned into superhuman killing machines during “secret experiments” in American-run biolabs, of course. Never mind the myriad reports of Russian troops refusing to fight by the thousands, sabotaging their own shoddy equipment and even deliberately wounding themselves to abandon the war, Russian lawmakers claim the real setback for Moscow was “drugged up” Ukrainian soldiers. That claim was made Monday by two Russian lawmakers heading up a commission to...

The United States has established the $100 million Agriculture Resilience Initiative (AGRI) to help the Ukrainian agricultural sector amid the worsening of the global food crisis exacerbated by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The initiative takes place with the participation of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It will be aimed at ensuring the continuous production of agricultural products in Ukraine until 2023 and solving urgent issues with its export, according to the website of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food. "Over the past four and a half months, the maximum efforts of the president of Ukraine,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The White House held an emergency press conference after Biden's COVID diagnosis to assure the nation that whoever is actually running the country right now is still completely healthy."Yes, the President has COVID but the person running the country — Bob? I think Bob is in charge today — is in perfect health at the moment," said gay black Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. "Don't worry everyone! Bob's got everything under control!"The press room erupted into a flurry of questions wanting to know who "Bob" was, but Jean-Pierre ignored them to flip through her notebook for several minutes...

Former Trump Advisor Steve Bannon blasts Bennie Thompson and establishment after his court appearanceAfter the first day of his trial, Steve Bannon unloaded on the establishment and the crooked January 6th Committee outside of the courthouse.The former Trump advisor was charged by the January 6th Committee with contempt of Congress after claiming executive privilege and refusing to “cooperate” with them and their sham trial. Now, he faces a trial of his own as they move forward with the charges.Day one of the trial consisted of opening statements from both the prosecution and the defense, as well as the questioning of...

A customer at a QuikTrip convenience store in St. Charles, Missouri, killed an armed robber Saturday after the man had allegedly held a knife to the store clerk’s throat during a robbery spree. The dead man, later identified as 26-year-old Lance Bush — a homeless man from St. Louis — began his robbery spree at about 3 a.m. Saturday by carrying out an armed robbery at a Mobile on The Run convenience store on 1401 S. Fifth St. in St. Charles, according to KMOV-TV in St. Louis. According to KTVI-TV, the man stole from the store’s cash drawers by holding...

TALLAHASSEE, FL — Due to the influx of new residents from Liberal states, DeSantis has signed an order outlawing man-buns before they can infect the proud and masculine culture of Florida. The legal consequences of having a man-bun will include forfeiting the right to vote and having the bun cut off in a public demonstration of justice. "Just as we will not have our school textbooks replaced with Marxist propaganda, we will not have our mullets replaced with hippie-dippie man buns," said DeSantis to the press. "The legacy of Florida as free, fair, and man-bun free will live on!" Brett...

EXCLUSIVE BREAKING News from 100 Percent Fed Up and the Gateway Pundit– During an exclusive call, True the Vote founder Catherine Engelbrecht and leader investigator Gregg Phillips have revealed that by utilizing the same geolocation tracking data they used to identify over 200o mules in the ‘2000 Mules’ movie, they have now identified out-of-state residents who they consider “important individuals” who may have been key players in the Detroit election. The individuals they have identified are North Carolina residents and were in Detroit, specifically in critical areas around the TCF Center, where absentee ballots from the November 2020 election were...

Corey DeAngelis, senior fellow at American Federation for Children, weighs in after American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten's poll backfires, suggests voters trust Republicans on education.

The United States is perilously close to falling into a recession, despite the reassurances of Federal Reserve officials, Wall Street economists and financial journalists. That’s not just an idle opinion; it’s what the data say. Contrary to what you’ve heard, a recession — at least in the U.S. — is not defined by two straight quarters of falling gross domestic product (GDP). It’s more nuanced than that. In practice, the NBER looks primarily at six monthly coincident indicators to judge whether the economy is expanding or contracting, whether a slump meets the test of depth, diffusion and duration. The most...

Today we learned Joe Biden has Covid-19. We don’t know if this will be the catalyst, but it’s a sure bet Kamala is measuring the drapes. Joe Biden can’t last much longer. He was installed with no campaigning via an illegitimate election and has no mandate to govern. He is incapable of governing. But, that’s okay for Barack Obama and the minions pulling the puppet strings behind the scenes. Joe Biden was always just a figurehead while Obama worked his third term. Hussein didn’t move too slow this time. He did everything he could to destroy our nation in two...

You have to hand to the Biden regime. Once they seize upon a theme, they stick with it, logical or not. This unserious regime believes that it is better for the environment for someone else to drill oil halfway around the planet, diesel-truck it to ships, sail those diesel-powered ships around the world to US ports and diesel-truck it to refineries. Somehow, that has less impact on world climate than does drilling for it here and sending it to refineries through clean pipelines. They're applying that same logic to electric vehicles. As long as you don't see where it all...

Image source: AZ Central The Arizona gubernatorial primary has arguably remained one of the most famous statewide races in America today, with tensions flaring high all over the Republican Party. Former Phoenix TV anchor Kari Lake has remained at the top of the race, consistently holding double-digit leads against her others opponents in many polls. Lake proudly touted her endorsement by former President Trump throughout the race, unlike her opponent Karrin Taylor Robson, who earned the support of former Vice President Mike Pence.Robson complimented Pence after his endorsement, saying that “modern politics is full of charlatans and fakes, but...

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Dave Chappelle’s show Wednesday night at the First Avenue theater in Minneapolis was canceled at the last minute following online backlash to the comedian’s stand-up act. The venue announced on social media, "The Dave Chappelle show tonight at First Avenue has been cancelled and is moving to the Varsity Theater. To staff, artists and our community, we hear you, and we are sorry. We know we must hold ourselves to the highest standards, and we know we let you down. We are not just a black box with people in it, and we understand that First Ave is not just...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

The Kremlin said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin was in good health, dismissing what it called false reports he was unwell. "Everything is fine with his health," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in reply to a question at his daily briefing. "You know that Ukrainian information specialists, and American and British ones, have been throwing out various fakes about the state of the president's health in recent months - these are nothing but fakes," he added. Putin coughed during a public appearance on Wednesday, when Interfax news agency quoted him as saying he had caught a slight cold...

Police in Upper Macungie Township, Pennsylvania said an officer shot a man's pet snake after it wrapped itself around his neck and would not let go. Police said they asked the dispatcher to repeat the call because it was so unusual. Nickischer said the snake did not die right away. "It wasn't like it just died. It started to slither away, luckily away from the officers, away from the direction that they were trying to pull this gentleman." Lt. Nickischer said. "They realized it was a matter of life and death with seconds to make that decision. Praise the officers....

A dispute between two families in line at Disney World turned ugly on Wednesday when the altercation escalated into an all-out brawl. Somewhere in Fantasyland between Cinderella's Castle and Peter Pan's Flight, the warring families traded punches and profanity, as onlookers screamed in the background, Fox 35 reported. The fracas continued at the Orlando, Florida theme park for several minutes before park personnel and deputies broke it up. "We came upon it, and it appeared as though it took about two minutes for two security personnel to arrive. Deputies arrived probably about five minutes after that," an eyewitness told the...

Ivana Trump was buried Wednesday next to the first hole along a grassy area at her ex-husband's tony Bedminster Golf Club following the invite-only funeral service. The New York socialite's rose gold casket was lowered into the ground 'not too far from the main club house' at Trump's Bedminster Golf Course Wednesday afternoon, a source in attendance told the New York Post, in a 'private grassy area.' 'It was beautiful,' the unidentified source said of the burial, which was attended by family members and a few close friends. Ivana's three children - Donald Jr., Ivanka and Eric Trump - are...

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