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While former and potentially future President Donald Trump is the highest profile 2024 contender who has declared, it's only a matter of time before he'll be joined by other big names. Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), who was also Trump's ambassador to the United Nations, is expected to formally announce later this month, as Matt covered. There's another contender who may be getting closer to announcing though, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC). There had been some chatter for the past few weeks, but as Fox News' Paul Steinhauser reported on Wednesday, Scott is officially embarking on "Faith in America," a sort...

First lady Jill Biden will attend the Super Bowl in Arizona later this month, the president announced during a fundraiser in Philadelphia on Friday. Jill Biden, a Philadelphia native, is a devout Eagles fan and has been donning Eagles shirts recently while the team made its way to the Super Bowl. “Jill is out in California campaigning and she told me last week, ‘hope you don’t mind but I’m going to the Eagles game,’” President Biden said, referring to the Super Bowl. The president, an Eagles fan by marriage, joked to the fundraiser that he’s not as obnoxious of a...

Residents in Billings, Montana, reported an 'explosion in the sky' after US officials warned of a Chinese spy balloon flying over the region. Bizarre video of the aftermath shows a trail of smoke in the sky where the balloon was last spotted. Dolly Moore, who took video of the scene, said she 'saw a jet go by so fast and then explosion in the sky. '

Count Vlad is against America's involvement in the war in Ukraine. So he decided to do an anti-war song/video based on Vietnam. The Count's biggest concerns are the treasure spent and the fear of escalation to nuclear war. If you like the music please subscribe.

The UK Government has opened a consultation “to support” digital identification and the sharing of personal data. They are not consulting whether the public agrees with their sinister plan. Neither does the Government’s “consultation” encourage public debate on the matter. They are surveying the public in such a way as to garner support. The list of government departments that would share your data under this proposed plan is extensive and, be warned, not exhaustive – the organisations that will have access to your data, and ultimately control over your life, will grow. Alarmingly your data will also be shared with...

How Stew Peters parlayed conspiracy theories into viral documentaries and a massive following.On January 5, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) tweeted about the unexpected passing of Quentin Williams, a Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives. “Terrible news today of Q Williams sudden death,” he wrote. “I’m sending every good thought I have to his family and friends today.” Most of the replies to Murphy’s tweet echoed the senator’s sentiments; many commented that it was especially sad to lose someone so young—Williams was just 39 when he died. But some of the commenters seemed determined to take the conversation in...

The year 2021 was one of hope and promise for New Zealand, as the world began to recover from the devastating effects of the Covid-19 pandemic. But according to official figures quietly released by the Government of New Zealand, the opposite happened. The island suffered 2,169 excess deaths in 2021 and then a shocking 5,286 excess deaths by week 49 of 2022. These are terrifying figures for a small island with an estimated population of just 5 million. Especially when compared to 2020, when no excess deaths were suffered and 160 fewer deaths were actually recorded than expected at the...

President Biden on Friday evening slammed Republicans at a Democratic National Committee event in Philadelphia that appeared very much like a presidential campaign event, but the president has not officially announced his re-election bid. “I know the Republicans ran on inflation last year, I didn’t know they were trying to make it worse,” the president said in remarks at the Democratic National Committee Winter Meeting. In a speech that looked a lot like a stump speech in front of a “Biden-Harris” backdrop, Biden rallied the room alongside Vice President Harris to chants of “four more years.” He criticized recent proposals...

In 1979, the WHO and the CDC redesigned the International Classification of Diseases coding list and erased any possibility for the world’s coroners to label a cause of death related to vaccination. A coroner has no code to input if he/she believes someone died of a vaccine. For over fifty years, WHO and CDC have been forcing coroners to mislabel vaccination deaths. Beyond the fact it is likely a crime, this suppression means that “informed consent” has been totally corrupt for decades. Contrary to what we have been made to believe, vaccination is neither safe for our children, nor for...

Gov. Gavin Newsom rescinded the statewide emergency declaration for mpox this week, citing that state residents are no longer in "extreme peril" due to the virus. Newsom issued the state of emergency for mpox, initially known as monkeypox, on Aug. 1, 2022. The declaration enabled the state to collaborate more efficiently with local governments to vaccinate at-risk people and quickly stand up vaccination and testing clinics. At that time, the state was receiving paltry dispersals of the Jynneos vaccine for mpox from the federal government. Meanwhile, confirmed and suspected cases were skyrocketing in cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles....

Less than six months ago, mpox was an exploding health crisis. What had been an obscure disease from Africa was ripping through European and U.S. gay communities. Precious doses of an unproven vaccine were in short supply. International officials declared health emergencies. Today, reports of new cases are down to a trickle in the U.S. Health officials are shutting down emergency mobilizations. The threat seems to have virtually disappeared from the public consciousness. “We’re in a remarkably different place,” said Dr. William Schaffner, a Vanderbilt University infectious diseases expert. “It’s really impressive how that peak has come down to very,...

On any given day, hundreds of birds gather at Baltimore County’s landfill in White Marsh, an unincorporated community just west of aptly named Bird River which drains...eventually the Chesapeake Bay. These massive flocks of birds... are doing what birds do: pooping and eating, then dropping landfill trash in nearby neighborhoods. And that’s not a fun reality for residents, good for environmental water quality, or the sanity of neighbors. So Baltimore County officials are considering hiring some aerial muscle to frighten away the nuisance birds. Early last year, Dan Vitilio, who lives in nearby Kingsville, made a trip to the landfill...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a likely contender in the 2024 presidential race, is coming to Alabama. In a Facebook post, the Alabama Republican Party said DeSantis will be the special guest and keynote speaker at its annual Winter Dinner. The dinner planned for Thursday, March 9 in the Birmingham Sheraton Ballroom. Tickets are $250 per person or $400 per couple. Tickets and sponsorships on sale now at www.algop.org.

Former Vice President Pence is traveling to South Carolina on Monday amid increasing speculation that he’s eyeing a 2024 White House bid and following former President Trump’s visit to the state last month. Pence will visit with local law enforcement officials, including Chief Reggie Burgess, while in North Charleston and participate in a law enforcement roundtable, according to his PAC. He’ll also participate in a meet and greet with Horry County Republican Party members while in Myrtle Beach, in addition to local business and civic leaders. The visit will take place more than a week after Trump visited the state...

As a longtime leader of the Cobb County Democrats, Jacquelyn Bettadapur has become highly attuned to the factors shaping her party’s fortunes in her home state of Georgia: the rise and fall of Stacey Abrams, Democrats’ unexpected surge in 2020, the enduring influence of Donald Trump. Now, Bettadapur is worried about the political prospects of the woman positioned to be President Biden’s heir — Vice President Harris. “People are poised to pounce on anything — any misstep, any gaffe, anything she says — and so she’s probably not getting the benefit of the doubt,” said Bettadapur, who recently stepped down...

The House Subcommittee on Innovation, Data and Commerce hosted a hearing, headlined “Economic Danger Zone: How America Competes to Win the Future Versus China.” The problem? The witnesses consisted of a string of leftist-funded, Big Tech-backed organizations trying to push a dystopian artificial intelligence (AI) and autonomous vehicle (AV) scheme under the pretense of protecting American national security against China. The Feb. 1 subcommittee hearing, headed by subcommittee chairman Rep. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) specifically placed emphasis on beating Communist China in the global race for AI and AV technology while also supposedly stifling the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) attempts to...

Grudging Admission: „Many African Bishops Want To Restore Mass In Latin”Some Africans are being kept in the "old form of Catholicism", Father Stan Chu Ilo, associate professor at Depaul University in Chicago, told AlJazeera.com (1 February).The "old form of Catholicism" includes Scripture, Christ and the apostles, but not Luther, Calvin and Vatican II."There are many African bishops who are very comfortable celebrating Mass in Latin. They want to restore some imaginary past glory of Catholicism in Africa," laments Chu Ilo.He admits, however, that many young people are leaving the Novus Ordo churches and joining Protestant sects - because Protestantism in...

.@RepAOC I have repeatedly asked you to debate me, but you have been a coward and can’t even respond. But you go on @CNN and lie about me. When are you going to be an adult and actually debate me on policy instead of run your mouth like a teenage girl? — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene February 3, 2023 So can you explain why you sickos in NY abused Covid relief funds for things like Drag Queen story time? Was it a good time to brainwash kids and lie to them about gender when your state forced them to stay...

Baby also received four other shots, including a flu jab. ... A disturbing entry appearing in the VAERS database documents the sudden death of a six-month-old baby within days of receiving an assortment of vaccines, including Pfizer’s Covid jab. According to VAERS ID #2479506, the unexpected death of the male baby from Iowa occurred on Aug. 26, 2022, exactly 10 days after he received the Covid shot, in addition to vaccines for pneumococcal disease, rotavirus, flu and DTAP. ... “Unexpected death- taking a nap in the afternoon and found pulseless in crib,” the entry states, listing his age as “0.50.”...

Just like Rose, James Cameron can’t let go. After decades of debate about whether his “Titanic” heroine actually could have enabled Jack to survive in the Oscar-winning blockbuster, the director has finally settled the score. For the staunch believers who are convinced Rose could have spared some room on the floating door for her maritime fling, their hearts might sink when they learn the truth. In the preview for his upcoming celebration of the film with National Geographic, dubbed “Titanic: 25 years Later With James Cameron,” the “Avatar” filmmaker heads a science experiment to determine if there was really enough...