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“Denial is not just a river in Africa.” Those sage words from SNL character Stuart Smalley seemed prophetic this week as ex-MSNBC boss Phil Griffin and ex-CNN boss Jeff Zucker were confronted about their burying of the Hunter Biden story. Their tortured and transparent rationalizations caused an immediate response from some of us who have written about the scandal since its inception. That included Griffin’s almost laughable claim that their approach before the election was justified because “he was never arrested.” Zucker and Griffin were in full spin mode in explaining why they did not believe that it was simply...

Video of the late Senator John McCain (R-AZ) saying that Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) was working for Russian President Vladimir Putin has garnered renewed attention online after Paul single-handedly blocked a vote on a new aid package to Ukraine on Thursday. A C-SPAN video of McCain's remarks in 2017 was shared to Twitter on Thursday by patient advocate Peter Morley, Democratic strategist Adam Parkhomenko and other social media users. "So I repeat again - the senator from Kentucky is now working for Vladimir Putin," the late senator said in the short video. In the clip, McCain was discussing NATO membership...

I asked Republican candidate for California Governor Brian Dahle: 1. How would you solve the crime problem in California?"By getting rid of the revolving door in California. When there's no punishment of criminals, crime skyrockets. This is not really surprising.” He added, “We were sold Proposition 47 as "the Safe Schools and Neighborhood Act.” But releasing criminals early did not make neighborhoods safer. “We have seen a 40% increase in murder in California in two years, since the release mandated by Proposition 47.” 2. What is the solution to California's water problem?“There's plenty of Water in California, but we don't...

JPMorgan Chase & Co has canceled the account of the National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF). While giving no specific reason for its action, the bank said it would reconsider its decision if NCRF provides its donor list, and a list of political candidates it intends to support. NCRF's founder Sam Brownback said "we started the organization in January of this year to defend religious freedom by providing a critically needed political response to the ongoing attacks, in law and culture, on America's First Freedom. The recent action by Chase illustrates why an organization like ours is needed now more...

Activists poured milk out in a grocery store in Edinburgh, Scotland, and other locations across the United Kingdom, on Saturday, October 15, as a part of a climate protest organized by the Animal Rebellion group. The environmental organization, with the goal of “transitioning to a plant-based food system,” said that “dairy, like all forms of animal farming, is an incredibly wasteful and destructive industry, and a major contributor to the climate crisis that is currently threatening all life on Earth.” Video filmed by Animal Rebellion on Saturday shows people dumping bottles of milk onto the floor in an Edinburgh Waitrose...

The Russian military continues to lose ground in Kherson. Damage to the Crimean Bridge turns out to be more extensive than initially reported. Russia is also getting very creative and desperate to find Russian men to mobilize, including lawyers and musicians.

As we march fearfully into a woke future, if a man can also be a woman, why can’t a human also be an animal? What began as a sexual fetish subculture in the U.S. in the 19070s and 80s is now moving mainstream. After all, if you can choose your gender, or choose none at all, despite being born male or female, why wouldn’t you be able to choose to live as something other than human? According to newspaper reports in Australia and a German video from AUF 1 Productions, the furry fetish is picking up steam in the mainstream...

Incoming medical students at the University of Minnesota were forced to give a pledge vowing to 'honor all Indigenous ways of healing,' including those that have been 'historically marginalized by Western medicine.' The students also pledged to fight 'white supremacy, colonialism [and] the gender binary' at the school's white coat ceremony on August 19. In a video from the ceremony, Dr Robert Englander — the associate dean for undergraduate education — could be heard reading the pledge to the new students, donning their new doctor's coats.

In 1978, John Todd testified to an audience at the Elkton Maryland Baptist Church about six letters he had read which had been couriered from London. The letters were sealed and delivered to a meeting of the Grand Druids he hosted in 1972 in San Antonio. In one of those letters was a chart – an 8-year plan for a step-by-step world takeover. I have not seen one thing fail or be delayed on that time chart, he said. But “I’m not saying that it won’t be delayed.” What he exposed of the chart during this testimony may have relevance...

The government on Monday will begin allowing pharmacies and big-box stores to sell hearing aids without prescriptions, a move that is expected to shake up an industry that has long been dominated by a handful of manufacturers under a model of care that critics said raised costs and stifled innovation. Backers of the change say the move to over-the-counter hearing aid sales will usher in a revolution of lower prices and new technologies, and expand access for millions of people with untreated hearing loss. But while the shift holds the promise of improving the lives of millions of people who...

Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) said Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that he did not accept the Biden administration and Democrats in Congress spending as a reason for inflation. Anchor Chuck Todd said, “Do you accept the criticism the American Rescue Plan in 2021 contributed to inflation issue we’re dealing with right now.” Sanders said, “No, I don’t. Inflation, I’m sure you know, Chuck is an international problem. In Germany, it is 10%. U.K., it is 10%. Canada it is 7% inflation globally is caused by the pandemic and the break in supply chains. It is caused by, in my...

Russian Guards unit in major revolt as Putin faces catastrophic collapse in army morale Members of the brigade published a video to social media on October 13, in which they complained about suffering from fatigue and a lack of vital military hardware. consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Vladimir Putin is facing another military revolt, after an army guards unit publicly complained about a lack of critical military equipment and of suffering from exhaustion. The 126th Coastal Defence Brigade is believed to be currently on military duties in the Kherson region. The area has seen intense fighting...

Portland area voters strongly believe 2020′s racial justice protests that often devolved into raucous melees sullied the city’s reputation and didn’t do much to improve race relations, polling commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive shows. The protests over more than 100 nights did more harm than good to Portland’s image, according to 81% of 600 likely voters polled in the tri-county area. DHM Research conducted the poll from Oct. 5 through Monday. Portland police used force more than 6,000 times over the course of the protests. Some protesters set fires, threw fireworks and other projectiles at police and broke windows of businesses...

I’ve had to wear glasses since I was in grade school and while I always hated wearing them, getting my eyes checked was never a big deal until LensCrafters wouldn’t let me do my eye tests without a mask. I’m a medical freedom guy. I don’t believe in forced vaccinations or vaccinations as a condition of employment. I’ve worn a mask when I had no choice but to wear one. I’m not a fan of masks, and I don’t think they work well. If someone wants to do nothing about COVID, that’s their business. Conversely, If a person wants to...

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney reacted to the closure of two Wawa convenience stores struggling with crime by denying that the move is a “bad omen.” Wawa, which has locations in multiple states along the East Coast, announced on Thursday that the company would close two locations in Center City, the main business district in Philadelphia and home to City Hall. Both stores had been contracting private security services due to an increase in thefts.

Transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that President Joe Biden had so many accomplishments it was hard to talk about them all. Anchor George Stephanopoulos said, “You didn’t mention one of the first achievement, those direct payments to American families in the wake of the pandemic, the expansion of the child tax credit. A lot of Democrats think that your candidate should be speaking more about those accomplishments from last year.”

Outgoing National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases director Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that for people to think he is political is “completely crazy.” Anchor Jon Karl said, “Fauci became the subject of bizarre conspiracy theories and received countless death threats as he was vilified by the right. So what’s the biggest misconception about you?” Fauci said, “You know, I don’t know, Jon. I think the misconception is I was misleading people. You know, to say that I, who have been adviser to seven presidents and have never ever veered one way or the other...

It is a left-wing lobbying operation subversive of the faith.Sister Carol Keehan, who famously lobbied for Obamacare, received over a $1 million in salary as head of the Catholic Health Association. Her successor, Sister Mary Haddad, started off in 2019 at $758,146. As nuns, they can’t take these salaries. Instead, the salaries go to their religious orders. Keehan belongs to the Daughters of Charity. Haddad belongs to the Sisters of Mercy. These orders have handsomely profited off the left-wing lobbying of Keehan and Haddad.Vatican News recently lionized the habit-less nun: “Sr. Mary Haddad: Following in the steps of great women...

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More residents of San Francisco are looking to relocate within the next year than people in any other major metropolitan area, according to U.S. Census data. Results of the most recent American Housing Survey conducted by the Census Bureau show that about 8% of the city's population plan on moving to a different city, The San Francisco Chronicle reported, while about 18% of residents in the SF metro area plan on moving from their home in the next year. At 7.2%, the Seattle area was the only metro comparable to San Francisco in terms of people thinking of moving away....