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If the allegations about the ballot mismanagement in Arizona are credible, the 2022 election was a farce from beginning to end, with a predetermined outcome. Maricopa County is the most populated part of Arizona. When it comes to local government, it’s strongly conservative. However, abruptly and surprisingly, in both 2020 and 2022, Maricopa County suddenly started voting Democrat. The courts shut down 2020 election challenges, but gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake is fighting the good fight for the 2022 election—and today she released bombshell information about voting machine problems and bizarre signature analyses. If a judge accepts this data, it shows...

The voter integrity movement needs to start playing hardball. The big money guys aren't doing it, but we are. If incoming email is any judge, there are large swaths of our citizen friends who want to get involved in fighting voter fraud — "just do something!" Two years ago, most Americans thought phantom voters were comic book characters. Nobody had ever seen one. This week, we reached our 5,000th volunteer request (in 60 days) to help clean voter rolls — and we never asked for a single volunteer. We are just technology guys. Americans are fed up; they get it...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz formally announced Wednesday that after weeks of stalling and frustrating negotiations Berlin has agreed to send two battalions of Leopard 2 A6 tanks to Ukraine. In a statement the government said it would initially send one company of 14 tanks to Kyiv, though its aim is to send up to 88 tanks from its own stockpiles. Scholz said, "This decision follows our well-known line of supporting Ukraine to the best of our ability. We are acting in a closely coordinated manner internationally." Some 15 other EU nations that possess the German-made tanks in their own stocks...

WASHINGTON, Saturday, Jan. 24. Gen. BURNSIDE is again in Washington, working indefatigably with the President, Secretary of War, and Gen. HALLECK. It is stated that the Government is confident of soon receiving good news from Vicksburgh. FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT. WASHINGTON, Saturday Jan. 24. Maj.-Gen. BURNSIDE was in this city to-day and had an interview with President LINCOLN, Secretary STANTON and Maj.-Gen, HALLECK. It is generally believed here that all the reports, that any portion of the Army of the Potomac has recently crossed the Rappahannock are without foundation in fact. A telegram from the Army of the Potomac, received to-night,...

'We need to be doing every five years a comprehensive exercise at both country and regional levels of pandemic preparedness and you need a global group that's scoring everybody.' Mr Gates has promised to donate half of his fortune to good causes and to try and bring equality to the health, energy and education industries. Tech billionaire Bill Gates has warned Australia to be ready for the next pandemic, which could be man-made and far more brutal. Mr Gates told the Lowy Institute think tank in Sydney on Monday that political leaders needed to set aside their differences and work...

Wednesday 25 January 2023The Conversion of Saint Paul, Apostle Feast St. Maurus Roman Catholic Church, Biehle, Missouri Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 22:3-16 ©'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'Paul said to the people, ‘I am a Jew and was born at Tarsus in Cilicia. I was brought up here in this city. I studied under Gamaliel and was taught the exact observance of the Law of our ancestors. In fact, I was as full of duty towards God as you are today. I even persecuted this Way to the death, and sent women as well...

"I pray that . . . you may know what is the hope of [God's] calling" (Eph. 1:18). The hope of your calling is grounded in God’s promises and in Christ’s accomplishments. In Ephesians 1:3-14 Paul proclaims the blessings of our salvation. In verse 18 he prays that we will comprehend those great truths, which he summarizes in the phrase "the hope of His calling." "Calling" here refers to God's effectual calling—the calling that redeems the soul. Scripture speaks of two kinds of calling: the gospel or general call and the effectual or specific call. The gospel call is given...

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Even more startling are reports that Prigozhin may be preparing a coup against Putin to take over as Russia’s leader as a result of the disastrous military campaign still taking place in Ukraine nearly one full year after the “special military operation” was first launched in February 2022. "Prigozhin has 20,000 bloodthirsty, armed and aggressive men," one intelligence official revealed in December. "They’re telling me: ‘We’re wondering if we should just lay down our arms because we’ve been turned into cannon fodder and go to Moscow?’” “That’s in their thought process already,” the source added. If Prigozhin were to execute...

If you have ever thought you might want, need or find useful a suppressed firearm, there is good news. .22 rifles with threaded barrels are available for very little money.There are several reasons why you might consider buying inexpensive .22 rifles with threaded barrels:Affordability: .22 rifles are generally less expensive than other types of firearms, and a threaded barrel can add versatility without significantly increasing the cost.Versatility: A threaded barrel allows for the attachment of various accessories such as suppressors, compensators, and muzzle brakes.Recoil: .22 caliber firearms have less recoil than larger caliber firearms, making it ideal for beginners and...

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday proposed significant limits on levels of lead in processed baby food that could reduce exposure to the contaminant by as much as 27%. The new draft guidance applies to packaged foods — items sold in jars, pouches, tubs and boxes — intended for babies and children under 2 years old.

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Civil rights attorney Ben Crump is expected to announce his intent to file a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis Wednesday for rejecting an Advanced Placement African American Studies pilot program. According to a media release, Crump and attorney Craig Whisenhunt will join students and elected officials at the Florida capitol building to make the announcement.

Greg Kelly on who can be running the show in the Biden Administration, the main difference between Biden and Trump and more on NEWSMAX's Greg Kelly Reports.

They can fly at more than 1,200mph and are some of the most advanced aircraft in NATO's fleet. Could the F-16 be sent to Ukraine? Could F-16 fighter jets soon be screaming over Kharkiv or breaking the sound barrier as they tear through the skies above Zaporizhzhia? It once seemed impossible, but now? Maybe not. As the Western world looks to Germany for a decision over Leopard 2 tanks, it was from the Netherlands that a possibly more radical idea was floated: sending Western-made fighter planes to Kyiv for use by Ukrainian pilots. The Dutch cabinet said will look into...

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The base level 14-inch M2 MacBook Pro reportedly has a slower SSD than its predecessor, according to tests done by 9to5Mac. In BlackMagic’s Disk Speed Test, the 512GB SSD in Apple’s latest flagship achieved read speed scores of around 2,970 MB/s and write speed scores of around 3,150 MB/s, compared to 4,900 MB/s reads and 3,950 MB/s writes that the M1 Pro with a 512GB SSD was capable of. A previous-generation 14-inch MacBook Pro with a potentially faster SSD than the the latest models. A previous-generation 14-inch MacBook Pro with a potentially faster SSD than the the latest models. ©...

San Francisco residents gathered in anger and frustration Tuesday at a town hall meeting in the Marina District where city officials got an earful about the increase in crime and a decrease in quality of life. District Attorney Brooke Jenkins, Police Chief Bill Scott, Supervisor Catherine Stefani and several hundred riled citizens met at Marina Middle School and they agreed on one thing. “A suspect barricaded on Geary Street with a gun, there was an armed robbery on Chestnut Street. This is unacceptable. This is unacceptable!” said Stefani. The impetus for this meeting was the at least 17 car windows...

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration kept silent Tuesday about whether the president would approve a search of his Senate records at the University of Delaware after even more classified documents were found Friday at his Wilmington home. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) called for the search Monday after the FBI’s Friday hunt through Biden’s home turned up sensitive items dating to his Senate years in addition to even more records from his vice presidency. The Post asked Jean-Pierre at her regular briefing for a response for Cruz’s call to pore over the roughly 1,850 boxes of Biden’s Senate papers and 415...

At a White House press briefing on Monday, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm was asked by Yahoo News to weigh in on the sharp rise in renewable energy projects in Republican-led states like Texas since the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act. According to data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, Texas is poised to overtake California in terms of solar power capacity, and aggressively pursued the construction of new wind, solar and battery storage projects in the second half of 2022. “With respect to Texas, what an opportunity for every state to be able to produce clean energy. And, in...