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The Dollar-For-Dollar Deficit Reduction Act proposed by elected Republicans is a sham. It requires the executive branch to propose spending reductions over a ten-year period for the same amount the debt ceiling is raised. Let’s consider some cases for a minute. The deficit spending in 2022 was almost $1.4 trillion. In the first case, let’s assume the debt ceiling is raised by $1.4 trillion. This means the administration needs to have no spending reductions. And we continue to add to the debt by at least the $1.4 trillion. In the second case, let’s assume the debt ceiling is raised by...

Prostate artery embolization (PAE) provides long-term effectiveness in treating urinary symptoms from an enlarged prostate gland, according to new research. In the largest long-term North American study, 1,000 patients who underwent PAE reported significant sustained relief, up to six years, from lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) or urinary retention due to benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH). Said Shivank Bhatia, M.D.: "Many avoid all treatments because of the widely known risks of surgery. PAE avoids these risks while achieving long-term positive clinical outcomes." With PAE, interventional radiologists inject tiny particles into arteries that feed the prostate gland, reducing its blood supply, thereby...

Constitutional lawyer Robert Barnes joins Owen Shroyer live in studio to discuss his ongoing court proceedings in Texas against Pfizer--- a monumental and historic battle. Video.. [30 mins]

Cruz, Pence, Sununu make their cases to top GOP donors at a major 2024 cattle call [cut] Asked if he’ll stay take sides and back a candidate in the GOP presidential primaries, Cruz told Fox News "they’ll be plenty of time for that. I suspect we’ll have several more people get in the race and I’m confident it will be wild and wooly. I suspect they’ll be some insults, some nicknames." Former Vice President Mike Pence, who’s seriously mulling a White House run, also addressed the donors on Friday. "Republicans and conservatives cannot abandon our commitment to fiscal responsibility and...

EcoHealth Alliance — the nonprofit that infamously funneled taxpayer funds into the Wuhan Institute of Virology for bat-based coronavirus research — was given a shocking loophole in Congress’s omnibus spending package to receive money for research in China supported by the country’s communist leadership. Why? Our government won’t tell us. Back in December, Congress inserted a clause in its omnibus appropriations act that finally defunded the Wuhan Institute of Virology and appeared to defund other similar research in China, but the latter section appears to be hollow. While EcoHealth has been barred from feeding tax dollars directly into the Wuhan...

Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway and husband George are reportedly calling their marriage quits after 22 years together. That’s according to Page Six, which cited unnamed sources late Friday to claim the pair tried to fix issues in their marriage, but are now preparing for a divorce. Both have now hired lawyers, according to Page Six. Married since 2001, the couple’s relationship frequently made headlines during Kellyanne’s time in the White House, when her husband routinely blasted Trump publicly even as she talked him up. In her 2022 memoir, Kellyanne herself hinted at some friction in the marriage due to...

When parts of the liver are removed, the body can replace the missing tissue. A team of researchers has now discovered that the success of this process depends to a large extent on gut bacteria. The results of the study could help to improve the prognosis after liver surgery in case of liver cancer and other diseases. A healthy gut microbiome consists of many types of bacteria. They play an active role in digestion. Some break down carbohydrates into short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), for example. "Liver cells need these fatty acids to grow and divide," says Prof. Klaus-Peter Janssen ....

Fox News host Tucker Carlson argues Democrats don't care who occupies elected office as long they can have power on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.'

Sludge freakout against DeSantis, again! HEADLINES, BIG FONTS, BOLD COLORS, END-TIMES! Utter nitwittery. https://t.co/01q9n9xaYA— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) March 3, 2023

Pakistan is set to receive a $1.3 billion financing boost from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd (ICBC) in the coming days, according to the country’s Finance Minister, Ishaq Dar. Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad on March 3, Dar confirmed that all formalities had been completed and that documentation for the process was now complete. The fund will be used to help shore up Pakistan’s foreign exchange reserves as the country faces challenging economic conditions. Dar confirmed that it was possible that $500 million could be received by Monday or Tuesday of next week, with a...

Alma Ruth, founder, and director of Practice Mercy Foundation said that an estimated 5,000 Russians is waiting south of the Mexican border for their chance to cross over into the United States and claim asylum. Ruth said that in the Mexican town of Reynosa, for example, about 300 Russians are waiting to cross the Rio Grande River into South Texas. “It has slowly grown the amount of Russians that are coming to Mexico to request asylum due to the situation in the region,” Ruth said Wednesday at the foot of the McAllen-Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge.Most Russians who come to Mexico are...

As I suggested a few days ago when writing about this topic, I think people on both sides are sounding a bit too confident. Jon Stewart and others are claiming victory over what is, ultimately, a pretty mild endorsement by one government agency based on evidence that is still classified. Maybe that evidence is really convincing but I don’t personally know that yet.Just to frame where I’m coming from here I’ve written more posts about the lab leak theory than anyone else at Hot Air and I think I was the first to do so back in April 2020. So...

This one, as they say, is a doozy. A state senator in Florida has introduced a bill that would require bloggers who write content about elected officials to register and report their work to the state.State Sen. Jason Brodeur filed SB 1316 earlier this week that would create a program in which bloggers writing about members of the legislature, the governor, lieutenant governor, and other government officials will have to register and file monthly reports with the state “if a blogger posts to a blog about an elected state officer and receives, or will receive, compensation for that post.”The proposed...

Last February the California High-Speed Rail Authority announced that the price for the state’s planned bullet train had gone up from $100 billion to $105 billion. A few months later they clarified it was actually going to be $113 billion. Yesterday there were more reports about delays and price increases.High Speed Rail Authority officials on Thursday could not provide an estimated completion date for the original vision pitched to voters but said the price tag for the entire project is now up to $128 billion, a 13% increase from last year’s projections…Construction is currently focused on a segment in the...

The committee added that the boy is currently undergoing treatment in a hospital in Bryansk MOSCOW, March 3./TASS/. Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigative Committee, has awarded his law enforcement agency's top medal, "For Valor and Courage," to a Bryansk Region boy named Fyodor who saved two girls during an attack by Ukrainian saboteurs in the border area, the Investigative Committee told reporters on Friday... On March 2, Fyodor and two girls, born in 2015 and 2016, respectively, were being driven to school in a car that was suddenly assaulted by armed men. The driver was killed on the...

Voters overwhelmingly support releasing all videos of the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, and a majority think it’s likely that government agents helped provoke the riot. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 80% of Likely U.S. Voters believe it is important that the public be able to view all the videos of the Capitol riot, including 58% who think it’s Very Important. Only 17% don’t think it’s important for the public to be able to see all the riot videos.

Effective April 3, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will end the Secretary of Health Mask Order, which currently requires universal masking in healthcare, long-term care, and adult correctional facilities for people age 5 and older.

WATERTOWN, CT (WFSB) - A woman was arrested on prostitution charges in Watertown. Police said April Pongonis, 42, of Oakville, was charged with two counts of promoting prostitution and two counts of prostitution. The investigation began from citizen complaints of unusual traffic at Pongonis’s apartment on Davis Street. The apartment was in close proximity of Swift Junior High School. Detectives said they were proactively working investigations of online ads promoting prostitution in Watertown/Oakville. Several undercover operations were utilized which culminated in the execution of a search and seizure warrant at Pongonis’s apartment. Pongonis was was held on a $50,000...

Texas’ woke capital, Austin, is in the midst of a policing crisis with over 300 vacancies and cops quitting because they feel disrespected, multiple sources tell The Post. “We’re right there with Portland and Seattle and San Francisco as being one of those places where if you’re at all conservative or in law enforcement, it’s become a hostile place,” Lt. Brian Moon, who retired last month, told The Post of the city he protected for 23 years. Another 77 officers are expected to retire before the end of March — on top of 264 existing vacancies, according to the Austin...

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre lashed out at Republican Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee Friday over a bill he signed into law this week restricting drag shows on public property, in the presence of children, or near schools in the state. Jean-Pierre, who is openly gay, questioned what impact the bill would have on the lives of Americans, and claimed people were more concerned about issues like the economy and healthcare. "The American people are focused on so many issues. We just talked about economy, we just talked about inflation, we're talking about safer communities and schools, and good healthcare...