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For decades, environmentalists have been bemoaning the fact that Lake Tahoe’s waters were losing their clarity and blaming humans. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection:Between 1968 and 2000, approximately one-third of Lake Tahoe’s unique clarity was lost.The presumption was that humans must fix the problem that we must have caused: To address this issue, NDEP collaborated with the California Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (Lahontan Water Board) to develop the Lake Tahoe Total Maximum Daily Load. the Lake Tahoe TMDL was a robust science-based effort to: better understand the causes of the loss in lake clarity, determine how much...

A former commander of Russian forces in Ukraine has likely returned to the war-torn country as "intense tensions" develop among Russia's top military figures, according to a new assessment. General Colonel Mikhail Teplinsky, who served as the commander of Russia's VDV, the airborne forces branch of the Russian military, was removed from Moscow's operations in Ukraine in January 2023, which Western analysts noted at the time.

The Supreme Court just handed thousands of student loan borrowers a victory. The nation's highest court ruled on Thursday in favor of $6 billion in student debt relief for 200,000 borrowers — a result of a settlement from a years-long lawsuit now known as Sweet v. Cardona. The lawsuit was first filed in 2019 under former President Donald Trump on behalf of borrowers with stalled borrower-defense claims, or claims that borrowers can file if they believe they were defrauded by the school they attended. If approved, their debt would be wiped out.President Joe Biden's Education Department agreed to a settlement...

A new report echoed by Maggie Haberman (the original is by the far-left Financial Times) is claiming that a major donor is dropping plans to back Ron DeSantis in 2024. A closer look reveals that there’s a lot more to the story, though. Haberman, who has long sourced reports directly from the Trump camp, pushed a quote from Thomas Peterffy in which he states that DeSantis has become too extreme on social issues. He cites “book banning” and abortion as the two reasons he’s supposedly backing away. A major donor finally goes on record with what has been a whisper:...

ver the last several years, persecution against Christians in Burkina Faso has been amplified. Muslim extremists have attacked and displaced nearly two million people—many of whom are Christian. Today, the country is home to one of the fastest-growing displacement crises in the world.And Pastor Touwende knows that violence firsthand.

There are countless innocent Americans across the nation who are victims of the unfair, lawless seizure of their of their private property, compliments of the disgraced FBI. This is happening a lot more often than you may realize. So, what exactly is the FBI up to now? Well, one very public incident in Beverly Hills back in 2021 is a perfect example of what the FBI has been engaging in, and how brazen and greedy the are when it comes to other people’s money. Back in 2021, the FBI asked for permission to remove hundreds of safe deposit boxes from...

Last month, former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.), daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, accepted an appointment to serve as a professor at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. The staunch critic of former President Donald Trump was defeated in the Republican primary last year by pro-Trump candidate Harriet Hageman. Liz Cheney had previously suggested that she would consider a presidential run in 2024 – likely as much to ensure Trump couldn’t win as actually to become president. However, it appears those plans could be put on hold.

Dr Mike Yeadon – “The findings that 100% of Covid-19 Vaccine Deaths have been caused by just 5% of the batches produced are unprecedented” BY THE EXPOSÉ ON NOVEMBER 1, 2021 • ( 58 COMMENTS ) Print Friendly, PDF & Email On October 31st we revealed how an investigation of data found in the USA’s Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) has revealed that extremely high numbers of adverse reactions and deaths have been reported against specific lot numbers of the Covid-19 vaccines several times, meaning deadly batches of the experimental injections have now been identified. The investigation uncovered several...

'We have men rapists, men murderers, child rapists, men who have killed women who get put in our rooms,' one inmate said. 'Some of these men are not confused. They’re just manipulating the system.' — A video report by the newly formed O’Keefe Media Group (OMG) reveals the reality of how some male convicts are “manipulating the system” to be housed with women in prison without fear of being reprimanded, leaving female inmates unable to change the dangerous situation. The video interviews two inmates who chose to remain anonymous at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in Washington state....

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

Before the COVID pandemic, Dr. Paul Marik became well-known for his development of a highly effective sepsis protocol using intravenous vitamin C, which resulted in a dramatic reduction in mortality rates. Then, in 2020, he cofounded the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance (FLCCC) and subsequently published one of the most comprehensive and effective protocols for treating COVID-19. Despite a stellar career up to that point, the sin of insisting on early treatment for COVID-19, and sharing that information with the public, resulted in him being vilified, discredited and ultimately forced to resign. I’m a veteran of this too, so...

Former CDC Director Robert Redfield's biggest fear for a future pandemic is a genetically manipulated bird flu, given that NIH-funded scientists in 2012 published instructions for making such a pathogen cross the "species barrier" to humans, a highly unlikely result from viral evolution. "I didn't think we needed to give terrorists a recipe" for modifying a bird flu to kill 5%-50% of people it infects, Dr. Redfield told "Just the News, No Noise," recalling his argument to then-National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci — his future antagonist on COVID origins and gain-of-function research — against publishing...

Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that he did not like a federal judge’s ruling to suspend Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of the abortion pill mifepristone.

"From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs" Following the words of Karl Marx, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs”, California’s corrupt power monopolies are going full Commie. Three major utility companies in California are looking to restructure customer billing, and part of that means customers could be charged based on how much money they make. Sure, why not? Charging people based on what they use, rather than the tier they occupy in the social justice human pyramid is too capitalist anyway. Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and...

There is One Issue that Could Transform the 2024 Race – President Joe Biden is up for reelection and his only real hope is to go up against a GOP nominee that’s as damaged as he is. If Biden must go up against anyone other than former President Donald J. Trump in 2024, he will likely lose. At least that’s according to some new polls that were released this last week—and these polls are giving the Democratic Party’s powerbrokers real heartburn. Because the closer that we move toward the election, the harder it will be for the Democrats to find...

Last year in Portland, 47 Black Portlanders were murdered, 11 Latino Portlanders, and 2 Asian Portlanders. Sixty out of 101 homicides in Portland – the whitest big city in the country – were of people of color. In almost every neighborhood or business around town you can find a “Black Lives Matter” sign. But do Black lives really matter in Portland, or is it just a slogan that makes people feel good? We need mental health professionals, businesses, police, the district attorney, faith leaders, and street level outreach workers to name a few to come discuss what is working and...

A leap in donations since the announcement of criminal charges against Donald Trump has boosted his 2024 White House ambitions.AP reports Trump has raised more than $34 million already this year with the total received after the March 30 New York indictment approaching what he garnered over the previous three months.Trump’s latest fundraising report was due Saturday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) reportedly showing he raised more than $18.8 million between his main campaign account and a joint fundraising account over the the first three months of the year, the campaign said.Of that total for the Jan. 1-March 31...

While speaking at the NRA’s Leadership Forum Friday, former president and current presidential candidate Donald Trump said he will ask Congress to send national reciprocity to his desk during his second term.Trump said, “I will ask Congress to send a bill to my desk…[for] national concealed carry reciprocity.”He added, “Just like your driver’s license or your marriage license, your Second Amendment must apply across state lines. It will. We’ll get it done pretty quickly, too.”BREAKING: Donald Trump calls for national concealed carry reciprocity at the NRA Convention: “Just like your driver's license or your marriage license, your Second Amendment must...

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday said Georgia Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s praise for the 21-year-old Air National Guardsman who was arrested last week for leaking classified military documents was “one of the most irresponsible statements she could make.”“If you’re a member of the military intelligence community and you disagree with American policy and you think you’re going to be okay when it comes to leaking classified information, you’re going to go to jail,” Graham said on ABC’s “This Week” on Sunday. “It’s one of the most irresponsible statements she could make.”Hours after the arrest of Air National Guardsman...

16 April 2023Divine Mercy Sunday (2nd Sunday of Easter) St Benedict Joseph Labre Church, Brooklyn Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(I).First readingActs 2:42-47 ©The faithful all lived together and owned everything in commonThe whole community remained faithful to the teaching of the apostles, to the brotherhood, to the breaking of bread and to the prayers. The many miracles and signs worked through the apostles made a deep impression on everyone. The faithful all lived together and owned everything in common; they sold their goods and possessions and shared out the proceeds among themselves according to what each one needed....