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Three federal lawsuits against Illinois’ gun ban made some movement Monday as a federal judge ordered a response from the state to show “each and every item banned.” In the Southern District of Illinois, four cases are pending. One is from the Federal Firearms Licensees of Illinois. Plaintiffs in that case filed a motion for preliminary injunction last week. In three other cases, federal Judge Stephen McGlynn ordered state defendants to provide “illustrative examples of each and every item banned” under state law. Thomas Maag, who brought the state level Crawford County case that was transferred to federal court, said...

Takeaway from the video: The government doesn't know what we're dealing with at this time These objects are not new. They've been around a long time, at least since 2017 ("last week we were told 2019").Here's a quote from transcript at the 4:14 mark at youtube: "What I took away from from the briefing today more than so than the briefing last week is that this has been going on for a long, long time, at at least 2017 and last week we were told 2019, um, that's what I took away from today. Thanks guys appreciate it...LOCK YOUR DOORS...

The following is from the 16 complaints lodged againt James O'Keefe: The truth, from Jack Posobiec's Twitter:

CHARLESTON, SC — Former Governor and Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Hayley announced Tuesday that she has launched her campaign for someone to select her as a running mate in their future presidential bid. "It is my lifelong dream to be Vice President and I will be happy to serve whoever asks me to be their running mate," Hayley said in her announcement video. "Trump or DeSantis. Whatever. I'm not picky." Trump is reportedly confident that Nikki Hayley is just what his ticket needs to defeat Biden and reclaim the presidency. "You gotta' fight fire with fire," Trump said....

HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Immigrants and their advocates are asking lawmakers in Hartford to expand state health care coverage. Right now, only undocumented children aged 12 and younger are eligible for the HUSKY Health program.

Rail crash in Palestine, Ohio, toxic chemicals released, government mis-managed, people getting sick, livestock and fish dying. Buttigieg finally tweeted mention of it.

Monica Crowley @MonicaCrowley · 21h Biden blows up Nord Stream pipeline: 400,000 TONS of gas gushes into the seaIndustrial disaster in Ohio: toxic chemicals spewing into the air & waterWhales dying off the east coastWhere’s the Save the Oceans/Stop Acid Rain/Save the Whales crowd?Al Gore? Greta? Anyone?

Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California announced Tuesday that she will retire at the end of her current term, setting up a major Democratic competition for her coveted seat.

Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel died after he collapsed on the pitch on Saturday moments after saving a penalty for his team. He was 25. Winkel Sport B, who play in the second provincial division of West Brabant in Belgium, were 2-1 up against Westrozebeke when their opponents were awarded a penalty in the second half. According to reports in Belgian media, Espeel saved the spot kick but dropped to the ground afterward. Emergency services rushed to help Espeel and tried to revive him with a defibrillator, but he was pronounced dead shortly after he was taken to a hospital. A...

Ranjeev Puri, the majority leader within the Michigan House, issued a vulgar statement in the wake of the MSU shooting. Last Updated on February 14, 2023 A prominent Democrat representative within the Michigan legislature attacked those who offered “thoughts and prayers” for those affected by the mass shooting at Michigan State University. Ranjeev Puri, the majority leader within the Michigan House, released an inflammatory statement Tuesday morning after a 43-year-old black man carried out a shooting on Michigan State University’s (MSU) campus, killing three students. Puri began his statement by saying, “F**k your thoughts and prayers,” before echoing calls for...

Welp, there it is: the stoopidest thing you’ll read, today. Hopefully, anyway.

Have you seen President Trump's powerful 4 minute video message? Don't miss it!A NATION IN DECLINEQ is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation.Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding 'mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media) to endure...

Tuesday's Morning Joe predictably jumped on the mass shooting at Michigan State to denounce Republicans. Among many such condemnations during the segment, Joe Scarborough said, "there's no other way to put it. It's the Republican party that's allowing this to continue to happen." Beyond that, there was a moment of either utter obtuseness, or shameless hypocrisy, on Scarborough's part when he said: "It's this fetishness that's grown over the past 25 years about all rights, no responsibilities. And I need the most extreme version of whatever right you're handing out, unless, of course, it has to do with a woman's...

Air Moldova announced through its social media accounts Tuesday the country's airspace has been temporarily closed, with some flights being canceled."We are waiting for the resumption of flights. Today's schedule will undergo changes," the company wrote without giving details. Moldovan media outlets have meanwhile said the country's airspace had been breached by one or more drones earlier in the day, which would make the second significant airspace breach in under a week, after a Russian cruise missile fired from the Black Sea briefly briefly entered Moldovan air space days ago.Some reports have indicated "a large number of drones" were observed...

Climate Czar John Kerry is headed to a tropical location in the dead of winter for the sake of fighting climate change. "Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry will travel to Nassau, The Bahamas, from February 14-16 and Munich, Germany from February 17-18. In Nassau, Secretary Kerry will continue efforts to advance international cooperation among nations particularly vulnerable to the climate crisis at the 44th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)," the State Department released in a statement Monday night. "In Munich, he’ll participate in the Munich Security Conference to engage...

Two students who were killed when a gunman opened fire on the campus of Michigan State University on Monday night have identified. Alexandria Verner, a 2020 graduate of Clawson High School, was killed in the shooting, according to an email sent by CPS school officials. Brian Fraser, 20, who graduated from Grosse Pointe South, was identified as another victim of the massacre, according to the university's police department. Flavor of Love star Deelishis who had posted to social media on Monday night that niece was missing has now posted and 'RIP baby girl.' The third victim has not been identified....

The European Union has included Russia into the list of countries viewed as tax havens, the EU Council said in its statement released on Tuesday. "The EU continues to promote fair tax competition and address harmful tax practices. The Council today decided to add British Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Marshall Islands and Russia to the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes," the EC Council said. "Russia is listed after the code of conduct group screened Russia’s new legislation adopted in 2022 against the good tax governance criteria of the code and found that Russia had not fulfilled its...

A staggering 30% of high school girls in the United States who were surveyed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they had "seriously considered attempting suicide" in 2021, up from (a still shocking) 19% in 2011.Panning back, almost 60% of high school girls surveyed said they felt 'persistent sadness or hopelessness' in 2021, an increase of roughly 60% over the same time period.Though both high-school girls and boys reported experiencing mental-health challenges, girls reported record high levels of violence, sadness and suicide risk, the CDC said. In 2021, 57% of high-school girls reported experiencing persistent feelings of...

A document reportedly linked to black students at numerous universities refers to white people as “maggots,” “vermin” and “roaches.” Altogether the document contains hundreds of derogatory names for white people, with some listed as a “favorite.” One of the listed favorites was “decomposing form of humanity.” Other names referred to white people as “pigs” and “rats.” Auburn University student Jaden Heard, who is not in the campus Black Student Union, provided the document to Turning Point USA on behalf of a member of the group. TPUSA first reported the story on Feb. 3, but Auburn University told The College Fix...

Hoplites are probably one of the first things that come to mind when one thinks of "Ancient Greece". Equipped with a bronze spear and wearing bronze armor or a linothorax, and hefting the aspis—the hoplite’s bronze shield—they fought in phalanxes. The classic mode of fighting in this formation was the "othismos", the push, with the aim being to disrupt the enemy phalanx and break their formation. But, over the past few decades, views on hoplite warfare have been called into question and seriously revised, because there are problems in the source material. So, what are these problems, and how do...