Free Republic

A former press secretary for Jill Biden who resigned following her humiliating “breakfast taco” speech poked his head up from obscurity last weekend to take a shot at top DeSantis aide Christina Pushaw–and it didn’t end well for him. Michael Larosa resigned from the First Lady’s staff in 2022, two weeks after apologizing on her behalf for a speech in which she said Latinos were as “unique” as “the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio.” On Sunday, he tried to defend his old bosses from a report that the Biden family had disowned the four-year-old daughter of Hunter Biden, who...

An election software company based in Michigan sued an election integrity watchdog group and its leaders last year for defamation over claims it had conspired with the Chinese Communist Party and subverted American elections. After months of denial and litigation, the company has withdrawn it suit. Konnech is an election software company based in Michigan. It licenses election software utilized by various municipalities and counties across America. TheBlaze previously reported that Eugene Yu, the founder and CEO of Konnech, was arrested on Oct. 4 and charged on suspicion of data theft, having allegedly stored "critical information that [U.S. election] workers...

Ancient Deer Tooth Pendant - The pierced deer tooth pendant. (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology) A pendant made from a deer's tooth has turned out to be a veritable locket of genetic information left by an ancient woman who lived in Siberia some 20,000 years ago. Evolutionary anthropologists at the Max Planck Institute in Germany found a way to safely probe ancient artifacts for environmental DNA without destroying them, and applied it to a piece of jewelery found in the famous Denisova Cave in Russia in 2019. Other than the fragments of her chromosomes, no trace of the woman...

Chemical Elements in a Distant Gas Cloud This artist’s impression shows a distant gas cloud that contains different chemical elements, illustrated here with schematic representations of various atoms. Using ESO’s Very Large Telescope, astronomers have detected three distant gas clouds whose chemical composition matches what we expect from the explosions of the first stars that appeared in the Universe. These early stars can be studied indirectly by analyzing the chemical elements they dispersed into the surrounding environment after they died in supernova explosions. The three distant gas clouds detected in this study are rich in carbon, oxygen, and magnesium, but...

Its tips and meal plans reveal everything wrong with internet nutrition.Content warning: This story discusses disordered eating and weight loss diets.ChatGPT stole yet another one of Google’s jobs. Since its launch last year, the AI-powered chatbot has been quietly shaping the way we search for advice on diet and nutrition. Kind of disturbingly, people are turning to ChatGPT for custom meal plans. On TikTok, one user says she asked the bot for seven days’ worth of “endometriosis-friendly” food ideas that could help balance her hormones and manage her complicated condition. The jury is out on whether diet has any impact...

Seifert: Francis' Monstrosities Destroy Faith And MoralsFrancis is destroying the foundations of faith and morals, writes Austrian philosopher Josef Seifert, who currently teaches at Munich University, in an Open Letter to the Cardinals sent on 2 May (English text below).Seifert does not understand how all the cardinals except the Dubia cardinals simply remain silent on the problem of Francis. Seifert's examples:- his assertion that God positively wills the diversity of religions (Abu Dhabi Declaration);- his support of homosex concubinates;- his denial of the existence of acts that are always and everywhere evil, e.g. adultery (Amoris Laetitia);- his false teaching on...

CLAIM The spike protein induced by COVID-19 vaccines is toxic and causes diseases and deaths; nattokinase can counter these effects VERDICT SOURCE: Peter McCullough, X22 Report, 22 Apr. 2023 DETAILS Incorrect: COVID-19 vaccines haven’t been shown to be toxic. “Detox” practices are unnecessary and their alleged effectiveness isn’t supported by scientific evidence. Factually inaccurate: Large-scale trials show that COVID-19 vaccines don’t increase the risk of negative pregnancy outcomes and instead reduce pregnancy complications due to COVID-19. Inadequate support: No evidence suggests a link between COVID-19 vaccines and a rise in deaths and medical conditions. Robust clinical trials showed no benefit...

In an exclusive interview with Brexit leader Nigel Farage on Wednesday, former President Donald Trump questioned if Joe Biden’s age was the reason for his “disrespectful” snub of the Coronation of King Charles III this week, joking that the 80-year-old Democrat will probably be “sleeping” during the historic occasion. Speaking to Nigel Farage on GB News from the prestigious Turnberry Golf course in Aberdeen, Scotland, which the Trump Organization purchased in 2014, the 45th President of the United States questioned the fitness of his successor, 80-year-old Democrat Joe Biden. When asked by his longtime political ally and personal friend if...

(KTLA) – The state of California is one step closer to paying reparations to Black residents whose ancestry goes back to the American slave trade. The California Reparations Task Force released estimates, as well as breakdowns of the methodology used to determine the amounts, on Monday ahead of a critical vote that will take place later this week. The possible payments reflect the work of economists who advised the task force and who were asked to estimate the total financial losses suffered by Black Californians impacted by slavery and institutional racism. As outlined by the San Francisco Chronicle, an eligible...

By Cole Waterman | Cole_Waterman@mlive.com JEROME TWP, MI — Despite a woman’s 911 call, police have confirmed there is not in fact a mythological creature roaming Midland County. About 9:45 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 1, a 40-year-old woman called 911 to say a Chupacabra and a capybara were inside and outside her apartment in the 1900 block of West Saginaw Road in Jerome Township, said Sheriff Myron Greene. “She’s reporting an animal out back. She believes possibly it could be a Chupacabra,” says a dispatcher in a Midland County Central Dispatch recording of the call. “What’s the animal?” an officer...

Explanation: Galaxies are fascinating. In galaxies, gravity alone holds together massive collections of stars, dust, interstellar gas, stellar remnants and dark matter. Pictured is NGC 5128, better known as Centaurus A. Cen A is the fifth brightest galaxy on the sky and is located at a distance of about 12 million light years from Earth. The warped shape of Cen A is the result of a merger between an elliptical and a spiral galaxy. Its active galactic nucleus harbors a supermassive black hole that is about 55 million times more massive than our Sun. This central black hole ejects a...

Residents of the city are seriously concerned about the situation around the facility where rocket fuel is stored. It turned out that the state stopped financing the program of its disposal. The remnants of ballistic missiles, according to Leonid Shyman, general director of the plant, could explode, causing a man-made and environmental disaster in this and four neighboring regions. Svitlana Shaperenko has been living in Pavlohrad for 44 years...is sure: the city is on the verge of existence and actual death. "If we already have a strategic facility in a city with a large amount of explosive fuel, then in...

Rudy Lazo’s son and daughter were inconsolable after learning the news of their father’s death. They say their father would often make trips from his home in San Bernardino to deliver toys and basic necessities to families in Tijuana.A 79-year-old San Bernardino man was killed while delivering donations to families in need in Tijuana, his family said Friday. Rudy Lazo’s son and daughter were inconsolable after learning the news of their father’s death. They say their father would often make trips from his home in San Bernardino to deliver toys and basic necessities to families in Tijuana. "He was always...

Senate Budget Committee ranking member Sen. Chuck Grassley and House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer sent letters Wednesday to the FBI, calling on the bureau to produce an unclassified record of an alleged criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The document in question is an FBI-generated FD-1023 form that allegedly shows an arrangement exchanging money for policy decisions. Comer issued a subpoena Wednesday after “legally protected disclosures” to Grassley’s office. “We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the United States....

U.S.A. — In the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Judge Stephen P. McGlynn has issued a well-reasoned and argued opinion covering several challenges to the “Protect Illinois Communities Act” (PICA). The opinion puts in place a temporary injunction against the enforcement of PICA.PICA bans the ownership of over 190 models of firearms and criminalizes the possession of magazines that hold over 10 rounds, among other things. Judge McGlynn filed the opinion on April 28, 2023. The opinion is straightforward. In the fifth paragraph, after describing the events...

One of California’s newest millionaires was homeless just six years ago. Lucia Forseth recently bought a California 2023 Scratchers ticket at a Walmart in Pittsburg while getting an oil change when she scratched the top prize, lottery officials announced Wednesday. “I only bought one ticket,” Forseth told the California Lottery. “I closed my eyes and picked that one, and it won! I first thought I’d won a free ticket, but I checked, and it said I won $5 million!” Mega Millions drawing tips offered by lottery expert Back in 2017, Forseth said she was homeless. This year she said she...

RUSSIA has deployed its new T-14 Armata ‘robo-tanks’ to the frontline in the Ukraine war ahead of an expected blitz by Kyiv’s forces. The tank has an unmanned turret which is equipped with a powerful gun that has a five-mile range it's been claimed could reduce cities to rubble "in minutes". The Russians also claim it has a special stealth coating to make it invisible to enemy radar. It comes ahead of a widely anticipated Spring counter-offensive by the Ukrainians. The attack is expected to be a key moment in the Ukraine war and experts believe Ukraine could seek to...

Politicians attack social media for spreading conspiracies and so-called misinformation. But what about when social media helps someone become an NBA star?When Joel Embiid arrived in the United States from Cameroon as a gangly 16-year-old back in 2011, he already possessed many of the physical traits—height, athleticism, massive wingspan—that he'd one day employ to become a superstar in the NBA. One thing he didn't really know much about, however, was how to actually shoot a basketball. Until he was 15, Embiid hardly played hoops at all. He'd been on track to become a professional volleyballer before being spotted by a...

House and Senate GOP investigators said Wednesday they have learned the FBI possesses a document alleging a pay-to-play bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and have subpoenaed it in an explosive new twist in their long running corruption probe of the first family. Senate Budget Committee ranking member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) said they learned of the document, known as FD-1023, from a whistleblower. "We believe the FBI possesses an unclassified internal document that includes very serious and detailed allegations implicating the current President of the...

The Atlanta Police Department identified 24-year-old Deion Patterson as the suspect in Wednesday’s shooting at Atlanta’s Northside Hospital. At 1:06 p.m. ET the Atlanta PD released a BOLO (Be on the Lookout) for the shooting suspect, along with photographs: BOLO – Suspect is still at large. pic.twitter.com/M8GkXa8dmM — Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) May 3, 2023 At 2:46 p.m. ET they updated the BOLO: BOLO – Deion Patterson – As of 2:46pm still at large. pic.twitter.com/NAnOr6t0Gu — Atlanta Police Department (@Atlanta_Police) May 3, 2023 Breitbart News reported that one person was killed and three injured in the shooting that occurred mid-day...