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The Federal Bureau of Investigation was once one of the most trusted institutions in the nation. FBI agents had the image of being honest, upright, patriotic, and not only not corrupt, but not corruptible. Beginning late in the Obama administration and accelerating sharply during the misrule of Old Joe Biden, however, the FBI took its sterling reputation, stomped on it with muddy shoes, tossed it in the dumpster, took it out and set fire to it, and threw the smoldering remainder into a vat of raw sewage. The survey site Statista reported in August 2022 that “Where 57 percent of...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) — A woman says she tried to warn the Memphis Police Department about an officer now charged in the death of Tyre Nichols. Kadejah Townes said she was at the Walgreens on Knight Arnold on February 21, 2021, when Memphis police got a false shooting call. “We were returning a Redbox and getting another Redbox,” she said. Townes said they were about to leave when a male officer approached her asking if she heard gunfire. “I told him no. He told us we could go ahead and leave,” she said. She put the car into reverse when...

The persecution and betrayal of the pro-life causeWhile early indications reflect a decline in the number of abortions in the months following the US Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v Wade,1 a backlash to the decision has contributed to a significant worsening of the situation in Europe. In France, a consensus is emerging across the political spectrum aimed at guaranteeing access to abortion under the constitution.2 In January, the Italian Chamber of Deputies, dominated by the coalition Government of Georgia Meloni, voted with virtual unanimity to prohibit the adoption of any measure that would restrict access to abortion even indirectly.3...

The on-air audience for the State of the Union address fell considerably from a year ago. President Joe Biden’s second State of the Union averaged 24.17 million viewers across the four main broadcast networks (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) and three largest cable news channels (CNN, Fox News and MSNBC). That’s down by about 29 percent from 33.83 million who watched the State of the Union on those seven outlets in 2022. The 2022 State of the Union, the first official one of Biden’s term, brought in 38.2 million viewers across 16 outlets. Fox News had the largest for the...

The FBI Doubles Down on Christians and White Supremacy in 2023The FBI’s Richmond Division would like to protect Virginians from the threat of “white supremacy,” which it believes has found a home within Catholics who prefer the Latin Mass. An intelligence analyst within the Richmond Field Office of the FBI released in a new finished intelligence product dated January 23, 2023, on Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremists (RMVE) and their interests in “Radical-Traditionalist Catholics” or RTCs. The document assesses with “high confidence” the FBI can mitigate the threat of Radical-Traditionalist Catholics by recruiting sources within the Catholic Church.The acronym,...

But in a twist, the proposal would encourage Americans to choose low-return majors, providing larger taxpayer subsidies to students who choose gender studies while requiring engineers to repay their loans in full.

Depression can drain a person's energy. In the elderly, depression has been linked with the deterioration of the tiny power plants in our cells. These power plants are the mitochondria, tiny structures within our cells that handle several important tasks. The most critical is producing the molecules our cells use for energy. When mitochondria don't function well, it causes all kinds of problems for us. Mitochondrial diseases such as Alper's disease and Barth syndrome are the best known and usually become obvious in infancy or childhood. But researchers are now finding other effects. Major depression, for example. Researchers report that...

FIRST ON FOX: Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is teasing an expected announcement of a 2024 White House bid next week in a new video being released Wednesday -- which highlights her past as a fighter at the U.N. and in South Carolina, and hints at new battles against President Biden. "Where will you stand?" asks the video, obtained by Fox News Digital, with a date of 2/15/23, which is when Haley is expected to announce a presidential run. The teaser begins with former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick’s famous speech to the Republican National Convention in 1984 in which the...

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China's central bank said on Tuesday that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on setting up yuan clearing arrangements in Brazil with the Central Bank of Brazil. The establishment of yuan clearing arrangements in Brazil will help Chinese and Brazilian firms and financial institutions with cross-border transactions using the yuan, further facilitating bilateral trade and investment, the People's Bank of China (PBC), the country's central bank, said in a concise statement on its website. The latest yuan clearing plan followed a slew of similar arrangements as the Chinese currency takes on a bigger role in the global foreign...

Solovyov made the comment during a program he hosts on Russia-1, a Russian state-owned television channel..."And in the 21st century the dream of the great thinker, Academician Sakharov, will come true," Solovyov said, likely referring to Andrei Sakharov, a Russian scientist who played a role in creating the first Soviet hydrogen bomb. "Yes, and on the territory of the United States there will be a strait in the name of Comrade Stalin," Solovyov added.

As the Russian army barreled toward Kyiv in the early days of Russia's wider war on Ukraine last February, the call went out for volunteers in the besieged capital city. These volunteers—thousands of them—formed a new territorial-defense unit. A year later, that unit—the 241st Territorial Defense Brigade—is in the thick of the fighting in what is, at present, the bloodiest sector of the wider war. The snowy hills and ruined city blocks in and around Bakhmut, 30 miles north of Donetsk, the seat of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic in eastern Ukraine's Donbas region. The Russian army and its allies...

Avideo circulating on social media shows a group of women whose husbands died fighting for Vladimir Putin's forces in Ukraine expressing gratitude for receiving fur coats. This screen grab shows a group of women who reportedly received fur coats after their husbands died fighting for the Kremlin in the war in Ukraine. This screen grab shows a group of women who reportedly received fur coats after their husbands died fighting for the Kremlin in the war in Ukraine. © Via Telegram The clip was shared by the CHTD Telegram news channel which said the women were in Makiivka, in the...

Former President Donald Trump is ahead of his potential 2024 Republican challengers by double digits, a Tuesday Morning Consult survey found. The survey showed Trump leading his closest potential challenger, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), by 18 percent, garnering 49 percent support compared to the governor’s 31 percent. No other potential challenger comes close, as former Vice President Mike Pence falls to third place with just seven percent support. Former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley, who is reportedly slated to announce a presidential bid this month, comes in fourth place with three percent support, followed by former Rep....

The heavy casualties suffered by Russian paratroopers in Ukraine has one Russian expert calling for a rethink of Russia's airborne units. Many of the recent criticisms about the performance of Russia's elite parachute force, known as the VDV, have been voiced about lightly armed airborne units since World War II. The problems range from poorly designed vehicles to parachute drops conducted without first suppressing enemy air defenses. -snip- Russia's huge airborne force, composed of 45,000 paratroopers in four divisions, is actually a separate military branch that serves as shock troops and a rapid-intervention force. Russia's invasion of Ukraine on February...

Seven more Memphis cops are now under investigation in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols last month - bringing the total number up to 13. City of Memphis Chief Legal Officer Jennifer Sink told a heated city council meeting that a statement of charges related to those under investigation could come as soon as this week. The widening of the investigation comes as the national outrage over Nichols' death led five officers who were filmed beating the 29-year-old to be charged with his murder. In total six officers have been fired in connection with the fateful traffic stop. The...

One of the five Memphis police officers charged with brutally beating a black man to death took photos of his bloodied body and sent it to at least six people. Newly released documents revealed the lengths of misconduct the Memphis police officers displayed after they stopped Tyre Nichols for allegedly driving recklessly - a claim for which no proof has been provided - before mercilessly pepper spraying him, tasing him, and then beating him to death when he tried to escape their assaults. The files show that Officer Demetrius Haley - who first forced Nichols out of his car -...

This was a few years ago in Michigan: This was last month, in Iowa: https://notthebee.com/article/this-iowa-woman-was-presumed-dead-sent-to-a-funeral-home-and-then-woke-up And now here's this week, in New York: https://twitter.com/GNewsTrending/status/1623008960226951168/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1623008960226951168%7Ctwgr%5Ea638481ced9fcad48dc6c727c8ccc61800addcd9%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotthebee.com%2Farticle%2Fi-think-we-need-to-shut-down-the-nations-funeral-homes-until-we-can-figure-out-what-the-heck-is-going-on Only three hours after she was pronounced dead, an 82-year-old woman was found to be breathing at a New York funeral home where she had been transported, police said. ... The unnamed woman from Long Island, N.Y., was declared dead at 11:15 a.m. on Sunday at the Water's Edge Rehab and Nursing Center, according to Suffolk County police. She was transferred to OB Davis Funeral Homes in Miller Place, N.Y., at 1:30 p.m. She was discovered...

The Center Square reports that Chief Border Patrol Agent Gloria Chavez held a meeting with local law enforcement in Weslaco, Texas in December. It was taped and secretly given to the publication. It describes the administration’s plan to release illegal foreign nationals into the U.S. en masse when Title 42 ends. Illegal aliens, potential terrorists up 600%. There will never be a way to assimilate these numbers. We can’t assimilate the millions Biden already let in and released. Chavez leads the Rio Grande Valley Sector in Texas, one of the most heavily trafficked areas, with more than 50,000 foreign nationals...

Hartland institute, the worldwide leader in "climate realism" is having conference in Orlando, FL, Feb23-25 Cost $499 per person which covers all meals. Hotel and air extra. Program is full, all leading "deniers" will attend. https://heartland.org/events/15th-international-conference-on-climate-change/ Sign at link https://heartland.org/events/15th-international-conference-on-climate-change/