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Meanwhile, Republican digital fundraising could be staring down the barrel of a new hurdle: Trump announcing a 2024 presidential bid before the Nov. 8 midterm elections. Trump is the Republican Party’s best digital pitchman. Candidates, and the GOP’s House and Senate campaign arms, the National Republican Congressional Committee and the National Republican Senatorial Committee, utilize the 45th president’s image and likeness to raise money, as he remains the party’s most appealing figure to grassroots conservatives. But if Trump becomes a declared candidate, legal obstacles barring the NRCC and NRSC from featuring him so prominently in email fundraising appeals might arise....

Mandy Gutierrez, principal of Robb Elementary School in Texas, was suspended with pay Monday, her attorney, Ricardo Cedillo, confirmed to ABC News. A special legislative investigation into the May 24 massacre at the school found that Gutierrez was aware of security problems prior to a shooter accessing the school -- killing 19 students and two teachers -- but she had not had the problems fixed. District officials declined to discuss the suspension or what it means. Gutierrez joins school district police chief Pete Arredondo, still on unpaid administrative leave. The Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District has recommended Arredondo be fired....

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. But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one...

Some Republicans "are very concerned" about Donald Trump potentially launching a 2024 presidential bid before November's midterm races, which could upend contests across the country, Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said Sunday. "We had discussions about that at the Republican Governors Association last week," Hogan told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl of a possible Trump announcement, which Trump has repeatedly teased. "I think most people are very concerned about the damage it does to the party if he announces now," said Hogan, one of Trump's loudest GOP critics. "And it may help in very red states or very red districts....

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Muscle strength is a powerful predictor of mortality that can quickly and inexpensively be assessed by measuring handgrip strength. In a new study, researchers developed cut-off points that apply to the general population, while also considering the correlation of handgrip strength with gender, body height, and aging to be used in medical practice. Most people do not give a second thought to doing things like opening pickle jars or carrying groceries, but handgrip strength is an effective screening tool for different health conditions. The results of the study provide standardized thresholds that directly link handgrip strength to remaining life expectancy,...

Video at link BREAKING: @KariLake calls Mike Pence a liar Lake: “I thought VP Mike Pence was an honorable man and a Christian. He’s a liar.” Reporter: “You didn’t support Clinton?” Lake: “Never. That woman is disgusting and frankly she should be behind bars”

‘A DISTINCT TURNING POINT’: In Ukraine, the signs of a subtle battlefield shift are everywhere as President Volodymyr Zelensky announces the beginning of a counteroffensive in the south and Pentagon officials make plans to continue the flow of weapons for months to come. “We are there for Ukraine for the long haul,” said a senior defense official in the latest Pentagon briefing, who described the Russian advances as stymied by effective Ukrainian tactics and newly arrived HIMARS precision rocket systems, which have forced Russian forces to dig in and hide high-value targets. “They're paying a high price for every inch...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Same hornet, new name. The Entomological Society of America announced Monday that it has adopted a new name for the Asian giant hornet, also known as the murder hornet. The insect, species Vespa mandarinia, will now be known as the northern giant hornet. “Amid a rise in hate crimes and discrimination against people of Asian descent, usage of ‘Asian’ in the name of a pest insect can unintentionally bolster anti-Asian sentiment,” the ESA wrote in a news release. (Snip) “It avoids evoking fear or discrimination,” ESA president Dr. Jessica Ware said.

Ukraine will liberate the city of Kherson from Russian occupation by September, a senior official has predicted, saying a 'turning point' in the war has been reached. Kyiv's army is 'switching from defensive to counteroffensive actions' with the southern city of Kherson as their main target, according to Serhii Khlan, an aide to the region's governor. 'We see that our armed forces are advancing openly,' he said on Sunday, as President Zelensky said almost 40,000 Russian troops have now been killed. 'The war did not break and will not break Ukraine,' Zelensky said. 'We will not obey. We will endure....

Tucker Carlson takes a look at the effects the COVID vaccine is being shown to have on people. (4 minute video at the link. You don't have to be a member to watch it) https://twitter.com/TPostMillennial/status/1551734762259234817

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No Cap Poso 🇺🇸 @JackPosobiec BREAKING: Mike Pence chief of staff Marc Short accuses Matt Gaetz of child sex trafficking 10:00 PM · Jul 25, 2022·T

What is a zettabyte, what is exascale supercomputing, and what could be achieved with that massive amount of computing and storage resources--by entities that the public doesn't even know about? In this post, I’m going to introduce you to some fresh ideas about massive-scale data centers and supercomputing—like the ones used by certain three-letter agencies—and speculate about a possible use case for that enormous scale of storage and computing. Do I know for certain what they use these massive computing resources for? No, I don’t. What I’m going to discuss is (hopefully) just a thought exercise—one that I’ll use to...

Grabien founder Tom Elliott is a biased journalist. Don’t take our word for it; take his: Missing Tweets But despite his bias, he manages to post content at Grabien that can be viewed objectively by people of any political persuasion. At least in theory. Twitter has evidently decided that the public can’t be trusted with coverage that isn’t presented through a liberal filter. Elliott tweeted earlier today that Twitter has suspended Grabien for posting “misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19”: For the second time, @Twitter/@TwitterSupport suspended my media company, @GrabienMedia, for the crime of journalism. Twitter would have...

On his podcast, Joe Rogan strongly defended same-sex marriage, skewering Republicans as "homophobic" and profanely declaring that anyone who calls him a conservative has no idea what they're talking about. On the Saturday episode of "The Joe Rogan Experience," the comedian and massively successful podcast host pushed back against critics who have accused him of being a "secret conservative," citing GOP opposition to gay marriage as one of many reasons he is not, nor has ever been, a Republican. “It’s not just abortion rights, but now they’re going after gay marriage too, which is so strange to me,” Rogan said...

It is no mere coincidence that the once highly regarded FBI has become a malevolent force, a cancer on the body politic. Like any cancer, it needs to be cut out, and destroyed as an institution. Harsh words, but the shameful, partisan conduct of the FBI during the past 7 years conjurers up images of the Soviet’s KGB or East Germany’s Stasi. Let me be clear, especially for any FBI thugs monitoring me, I am calling for the lawful action of Congress to defund the Bureau and create a new, professional Federal police force. This is not a call for...

The lawless Biden regime is planning to hand out ID cards to illegal aliens who invaded the country so that it is easier for them to to access housing, healthcare, transportation and other benefits. The cards will essentially make illegal immigration legal in America. It would allow the illegal aliens to show police that they are already in the system. This would assure their permanent stay in the country. And since most migrants toss their IDs in a ditch before they cross into the US, US authorities would have to trust the illegals to provide the details on their identity....

Below is my column in The Hill on the expiration of the grand jury in Delaware and reports that the Hunter Biden investigation is at a “critical stage.” These lingering questions could have been avoided if Attorney General Merrick Garland had responded to new disclosures with the appointment of a special counsel. In 2021, emails and recordings from the laptop further fueled questions of whether President Joe Biden could have been a beneficiary of some of these dealings and how his early denials of knowledge appear demonstrably false. The failure to appoint a special counsel in this case is a...

Republican gubernatorial nominee Rep. Lee Zeldin just couldn’t catch a break Friday on the campaign trail where he fell into the crosshairs of a so-called Flat Earther less than a day after escaping an attack from an unhinged Army vet. “We’re being lied to. So NASA uses CGI animation. Are you aware of this? So the blue marble that everybody thinks is Earth that was made on a computer,” a man who identified himself as a US Navy veteran, said to Zeldin at a press conference in Watertown in the North Country. The Long Island congressman soon set the apparent...