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Former President Trump announced his campaign leadership team in Iowa on Monday — a move that comes as the former president has spent recent weeks in other early presidential primary states like New Hampshire and South Carolina. Trump has hired Eric Branstad and state Rep. Bobby Kaufmann (R) as senior advisers and Marshall Moreau as his state director, and named Alex Latcham as his early states director. He’ll head political operations in South Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada and Iowa. Branstad worked on the former president’s last two presidential campaigns in the state in addition to working under the Trump administration...

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: The Earthquake in Turkey and Syria Is a “Small Thing” Compared to Political Issues Like Palestine or American Interference in the Region #Iran #earthquake #EarthquakeTurkeySyria #Khamenei pic.twitter.com/g2ey6bY6mg— MEMRI (@MEMRIReports) February 20, 2023

The court-ordered release of a trove of government photos, videos, maps and other documents involving the FBI’s secretive search for Civil War-era gold has a treasure hunter more convinced than ever of a coverup — and just as determined to prove it. Dennis Parada waged a legal battle to force the FBI to turn over records of its excavation in Dents Run, Pennsylvania, where local lore says an 1863 shipment of Union gold disappeared on its way to the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The FBI, which went to Dents Run after sophisticated testing suggested tons of gold might be buried...

This is a response about FR from the AI site, ChatGPI, I found it interesting and thought I'd share.FreeRepublic is a conservative news forum and website that has been known to spread misleading or false information, and engage in conspiracy theories and hate speech. While it presents itself as a platform for conservative discourse and activism, it has also been criticized for promoting extremist views and rhetoric. One of the main reasons why FreeRepublic can be considered dangerous is its potential to spread misinformation and propaganda. The website is known for its biases and selective reporting, which can create an...

A unique collaboration is transforming the diagnosis and treatment of lipedema, a debilitating, abnormal deposition of fatty tissue that afflicts an estimated 17 million women in the United States. Lipedema is often mistaken for obesity, yet it does not respond to diet or exercise. In women, the accumulation of fat occurs mainly in the legs, causing them "a lot of pain and difficulty with their daily activities," said Aaron Aday, MD, MSc. Lipedema is a disorder of the lymphatic system, which plays a major role in removing excess water (edema) from body tissues. Sodium (salt) plays a major role in...

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), who is currently on a bipartisan congressional trip in Europe, issued a scathing rebuke of President Joe Biden’s visit to Ukraine on Monday, describing the visit as a “strategic failure.” Issa, a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee who has served in Congress for two decades, made the statement while in neighboring Poland. “President Biden was right to make his trip to Ukraine. And we recognize the hundreds of American officials who worked long and hard to make this a secure visit,” Issa said. “But while today was a logistical success, it was a...

"So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen." "But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. "But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant." Matthew, Chapter 20 1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early...

Former president Donald Trump's 2024 campaign criticized former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley (R) after she announced her candidacy for president.Moments after Haley launched her presidential bid in Charleston, South Carolina, the Trump campaign released an email headlined "The Real Nikki Haley."The email listed seven critiques of prior comments that Haley has made, including her statement in April 2021 that she would not run for president if Trump did."I would not run if President Trump ran, and I would talk to him about it. That's something that we will have a conversation about at some point...

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Billy Joe "Red" McCombs, the Texas billionaire who was the onetime owner of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs and Denver Nuggets as well as the NFL's Minnesota Vikings, died Sunday at his home in San Antonio at the age of 95, his family announced Monday in a statement. "Red was a visionary entrepreneur who touched many lives and impacted our community in immeasurable ways. But to us he was always, first and foremost, 'Dad' or 'Poppop,'" the statement read. "We mourn the loss of a Texas icon." He bought the ABA's Dallas Chaparrals and relocated the team -- henceforth known...

OAKWOOD, Ohio — Several people were injured in an explosion and fire at an Oakwood manufacturing plant Monday afternoon, witnesses say.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has reportedly released thousands of hours of video surveillance tapes from the Jan. 6 Capitol breach to Fox News host Tucker Carlson.McCarthy "has given Fox News' Tucker Carlson exclusive access to 41,000 hours of Capitol surveillance footage from the Jan. 6 riot, McCarthy sources tell me," Mike Allen reported Monday for Axios."Carlson TV producers were on Capitol Hill last week to begin digging through the trove, which includes multiple camera angles from all over Capitol grounds," wrote Allen. "Excerpts will begin airing in the coming weeks."Less than two hours after calling for "national divorce" on...

Former President Donald J. Trump unveiled his new plan to stop out-of-control crime and keep all Americans safe. In his first term, President Trump reduced violent crime and stood strongly with America’s law enforcement. “On Joe Biden’s watch, violent crime has skyrocketed and communities have become less safe as he defunded, defamed, and dismantled police forces,” said Trump’s office.

James O'Keefe, the undercover journalist and founder of Project Veritas, posted a video to the website Vimeo on Monday, announcing he would be leaving PV amid a dispute with the nonprofit's board of directors. One America News (OAN) reporter and Veritas-linked journalist Neil McCabe tweeted out the announcement late Monday morning. Exclusive: @JamesOKeefeIII, my friend and former boss at @Project_Veritas just read his resignation letter to his former team and board members at their Mamaroneck, N.Y. headquarters," McCabe wrote. "James will make his own way—as he always has before." Known for his various sting operations and undercover stories investigating lawmakers,...

This President’s Day, The College Fix remembers the presidential victims of cancel culture on college campuses. The Fix has compiled examples of campus cancel culture attacking presidential monuments, statues, building names and supporters. This data was collected from The Fix’s Campus Cancel Culture Database, which “chronicles and quantifies cancel culture’s influence on higher education, tracking its targets and noting its successes and failures.” Mary Grabar, author of “Debunking The 1619 Project,” explained to The Fix that “there has been so much focus on the sins of our past leaders that anyone who comes up short of meeting the woke standards...

Mark 9:14-29 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus drives a demon from a deaf and mute child and heals him.The account demonstrates the role of faith in divine healing. Jesus describes his disciples who could not heal the boy as a “faithless generation.” And when the child’s father wonders if Jesus can heal his son, he says, “Everything is possible to one who has faith.” Then he heals the child by driving out the deaf and mute spirit.We have an adventurous God, and faith is the proper response to such a God. Don’t think of faith so much first in propositional...

President Joe Biden’s top national security aides told reporters on Monday that despite the risks it entailed, the president felt it was “really important” to make the surprise trip to Ukraine. “He was excited about making the trip. I think he felt it was really important to stand up next to President Zelenskyy and speak the way that he did today,” National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said on a conference call with press. “[He] felt he had an important mission to undertake, and he was eager to do it,” he added.

Republicans and Democrats have long been known to disagree, and U.S. House Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene feels it's time the two parties parted ways. Tension has tightened between the two political parties since the 2020 election between President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump. Some Republicans have sided with Trump on his beliefs that the election was stolen, further dividing the parties. Others believe that Democrat policies are hurting America. On Monday, Greene blamed the Democrats for the nation's political struggles by announcing that she felt it was time for a secession. "We need a national divorce," Greene tweeted...

DEVELOPING: ‘Mass Casualty Incident’ reported following explosion at metal manufacturing plant in Bedford, Ohio; massive response underway DEVELOPING: At least 12 people have been severely burned following explosion at I Schumann & Co manufacturing plant; additional ambulances requested to the scene

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