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Been in the hospital since Monday. Been diagnosed with Atrial Fibrillation. Leading now to a possible blood clot in my lungs. We’ll find out tomorrow for sure. Naturally, I’ve never gotten the clot shot. But when I did have Covid, I did go in for monoclonal antibodies which made an immediate world of difference. I’ve always wondered if in fact Covid vaccines were included with those MAB infusions. I’ve done my research and experts say no. There were no Covid vaccines with these infusion. Experts say….. Well, we all know experts have been lying to us for years now so...

The jury that will weigh allegations that former President Donald Trump sexually assaulted writer E. Jean Carroll at trial next month in Manhattan will remain anonymous through the duration of the case, a federal judge ruled Thursday. Judge Lewis Kaplan found that if the identities of the jurors were publicly known, they’d likely face intense media scrutiny as well as harassment and threats by supporters of Trump, 76. “Indeed, Mr. Trump himself has made critical statements on social media regarding the grand jury foreperson in Atlanta, Georgia, and the jury foreperson in the Roger Stone criminal case,” he wrote. Kaplan...

If you’ve been in politics you have probably heard about the massive farmer protests that have been going on in The Netherlands and the more recent monster victory of the agrarian Farmer Citizens Movement. And the story has made for nice international headlines. Everyone loves an underdog that sticks it to the elite. From Yellow Vests to the Trucker Convoy. However what I have been noticing with these kinds of topics that go international is that a lot of it tends to suffer from a game of telephone where a lot of the actual context gets lost in translation. For...

In a shocking undercover video released Tuesday, New Mexicans learned why attempts to get education officials to listen to concerns about critical race theory, transgender indoctrination, masking children, and school lockdowns have been such an uphill battle: New Mexico state officials have trained teachers and school boards that parents have no rights when it comes to their kids. “Parental rights end when you decide to send your kids to public school,” claimed attorney, Andrew Sanchez (below), who conducted a recent training session for New Mexico teachers and school board members in Bernalillo County.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres seems not to know that the Academy Awards already happened. He delivered a highly melodramatic and unrealistic speech Wednesday claiming that global warming will cause glaciers to melt, sea levels to rise, and disaster to strike both humanity and the climate. Sure, similar predictions that the Arctic ice would disappear and global warming was in imminent danger of triggering a worldwide apocalypse have been wrong for at least forty years, but why learn from the past?The United Nations (UN) has apparently decided that 2025 will be the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation. Guterres delivered a...

Flight 6013 was destined for Columbus, Ohio, from Las Vegas on Wednesday when a medical emergency broke out mid-flight. One of the pilots urgently required medical attention, leaving only one pilot in a position to fly the plane. But thankfully the off-duty pilot from another airline was on board and ready to step in at a moment's notice. The latest incident follows a string of reports where pilots have been taken ill mid-flight. Aviation watchers have said this was the fifth time in just three weeks. The U.S. Department of Transportation released a safety alert for aircraft operators yesterday, waring...

President Trump has said for years that the entire thing was a lie. Now he somehow obtained a letter from Stormy Daniels showing her signature and stating that she never had a relationship with Donald Trump.

Continuation of Matt Bracken's writings re upcoming events - https://areaocho.com/11039-2/

Continuation of Matt Bracken's writings re upcoming events - https://areaocho.com/11039-2/

Donald Trump’s reported “soft ban” from Fox News is at an end, and he’s getting the band back together for the 2024 Republican presidential primary. Trump will appear on prime-time host Sean Hannity’s show next Monday, the network announced on Wednesday. The interview will mark Trump’s first Fox appearance since September 2022, according to the Media Matters database. Fox weekend host Mark Levin let slip on his radio show the day before that he will also interview Trump the following Sunday. Trump’s return to the network that served as his personal propaganda organ during his presidency follows a stormy month...

NYC DA Bragg may get that Trump indictment yet. Although there seems to be chaos in the DA's office and the Grand Jury being cancelled for a second day in a row, Bragg has a game changer up his sleeve. Bragg is furiously fund raising in the background to provide raises and increased benefits to members of the Grand Jury in addition to necessary Grand Jury rule changes. Bragg attributes the lack of an indictment of Trump to the notoriously low compensation provided, lack of benefits, and the boring environment. In addition to the 15,000% increase to the compensation, he...

The young woman with long pink hair claimed to be from Washington state. One day during the summer of 2020, she walked into the Chinook Center, a community space for left-wing activists in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and offered to volunteer. “She dressed in a way that was sort of noticeable,” said Samantha Christiansen, a co-founder of the Chinook Center. But no one among the activists found that unusual or alarming; everyone has their own style. They accepted her into the community. The pink-haired woman said her name was Chelsie. She also dropped regular hints about her chosen profession. “She implied...

"And the devil said unto him, If thou be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread. And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God." "And the devil, taking him up into an high mountain, shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time." "And when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame...

DENVER (AP) — A body found in the Colorado woods near an abandoned car was that of a 17-year-old student accused of wounding two administrators in a shooting at his Denver high school, a coroner’s office said. Park County Sheriff Tom McGraw said the body was discovered Wednesday not far from the student’s car in a remote mountain area about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Denver, near the small town of Bailey, in Park County. The town had been ordered to shelter in place while while officers from a number of agencies including the FBI combed the forest. Earlier...

The government in the Proud Boys J6 trial seems to be misleading the defense and the court about the existence of informants or Confidential Human Sources (CHS). A new emergency motion from the defense counsel in the Zachary Rehl case states the government waited until March 22 to tell the court that one of the defense witnesses has been a CHS “since April 2021 through at least January 2023,” or since the beginning of the case through the start of the trial. March 22 happens to be the day before the CHS was scheduled to testify for the defense. According...

The latest polling from the Morning Consult Survey has shown former President and GOP frontrunner Donald J. Trump breaking away from the still undeclared presumptive contender, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.The survey was released following rumors that Trump may be arrested and indicted by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg in connection to $130,000 in payments made to adult film actress Stormy Daniels related to a non-disclosure agreement. Bragg allegedly intends to prosecute Trump on charges related to campaign finance and misclassification of a legal expense, according to Mark Levin.Levin explained,“Let me put this in plain English so everybody can understand what’s...

Fourth Week of Lent John 5:31-47 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus establishes his authority for his words and actions.You will recall that when at the outset of his ministry the Lord spoke in the synagogue at Capernaum, what first got the attention of the crowd was not what he said but the manner in which he said it. What did they notice? “The people were astonished at his teaching, for he taught them as one having authority and not as the scribes.”We might miss this, but the relevant point is that rabbis and scribes taughtultimately to the authority of Moses....

Could his 2024 presidential campaign be over before it even starts? At this stage in the 2024 GOP presidential primary cycle, the fact that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) hasn't officially declared his candidacy for his party's nomination feels more like an administrative afterthought than a sign of genuine electoral reluctance. With his reputation bolstered by a rare good showing during an otherwise disappointing GOP midterm election, DeSantis has spent the early part of 2023 crisscrossing the country with conspicuous stops in presidential primary hubs like Iowa and New Hampshire, hawking his "make America Florida" memoir, and weighing in on...

President Biden declared Thursday he likes “babies better than people” and then picked one up for a cuddle — as White House aides scrambled to correct his gaffe a day earlier when he vowed to disarm “domestic political advisers.” The 80-year-old president drew a line between babyhood and personhood during an East Room event celebrating the 13th anniversary of the ObamaCare health reform law. “It’s OK, it’s all right,” Biden said as an infant wailed during his speech, adding, “In fact, I like babies better than people.” After speaking, Biden held the baby who apparently was the source of the...

Russia laid out conditions on Monday for agreeing to any further extension of the Black Sea grain deal, and President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow could send free grain to African countries if those conditions were not met. -snip- Speaking at a Russia-Africa parliamentary conference in Moscow on Monday, Putin said grain exports under the Black Sea deal had unfairly prioritised "well-fed European markets" rather than African countries, and that the renewal of the deal on Russia's terms was in the continent's interests.