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A new large cohort study revealed that people who received the COVID-19 injections were up to 3.5 times more likely to suffer from visual impairment than the unvaccinated. The study, published in the renowned British scientific journal Nature, found that the overall “risk of retinal vascular occlusion in the vaccinated cohort” was significantly higher than in the unvaccinated. Retinal vascular occlusion is a prevalent cause of visual impairment. One common type of retinal vascular occlusion is Retinal Vein Occlusion (RVO), where “the flow of blood from the retina [blood vessels inside the eye]” to the heart is blocked “often because...

The United Kingdom has seen its first baby born using the DNA of three parents, using a process that carries grave ethical ramifications. The BBC reports that the anonymous child was born to two parents with the aid of DNA from a female donor, which comprised 0.1 percent of the baby’s genetic material. The child is believed to be one of fewer than five to have been conceived in this manner worldwide since 2016. Mitochondrial Replacement Technology (MRT), meant to prevent children from being born with mitochondrial diseases, uses in vitro fertilization (IVF) to replace the unhealthy mitochondrial DNA from...

Israeli construction workers were fixing a large water pipe near Jerusalem’s Temple Mount when they noticed mysterious ancient steps. They called on some archaeologists for help, namely Ronny Reich and Eli Shukron. The two proceeded to excavate the site and found one of the most significant archaeological affirmations of the Bible. The steps led down to a 225 feet long pool, the Pool of Siloam. What they discovered matched the exact location of the Bible’s description of the pool. It was next to Hezekiah’s tunnel and near the Temple of the Mount. According to The Bible, King Hezekiah first constructed...

Yevgeny Prigozhin is fuming — again. This time he was triggered by the French parliament designating his Wagner Group of mercenaries as a terrorist organization — and on Wednesday he threatened French President Emmanuel Macron directly. Responding to a question from Russian journalists, Prigozhin claimed that Wagner was saving people in Central Africa — where Wagner has gained a strong foothold and squeezed France’s presence in the region — from French soldiers, who “simply mocked them.” “We can pull out rotten teeth from those bad mouths with pliers,” Prigozhin added. “We can pull out Macron’s teeth and, generally, everyone’s teeth...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Physicians Freedom of Speech bill, Senate Bill 1580, on Thursday in addition to three other pieces of legislation the governor’s office says will provide “permanent protections for Floridians from the ‘Biomedical Security State.”‘ SB 1580 allows health care providers and health care payors to have the right to opt out of participation or payment for certain health care services on the basis of conscience-based objections. The bill defines conscience-based objections with respect to “governing documents; any published ethical, moral, or religious guidelines or directives; mission statements; constitutions; articles of incorporation; bylaws; policies; or...

Former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny turned himself in to New York City police on Friday in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. [I thought Free Republic might be interested in this headline. Jordan Neely has been promoted from "Mentally Ill Criminal" to "Subway Rider." Not clear if ABC wrote the headline or MSN.com. The article was not posted on ABCNews.com when I posted this.]

A movement of ordinary Chicago citizens filed a lawsuit to stop the city government from placing 500 migrants in a southside neighborhood school.“I was placed on a waitlist [for city housing], but I was told that the immigrants were taking priority,” said one speaker:

"I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter; "The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches." "Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that...

A U.S. Army officer says a squatter moved into her DeKalb County home while she was serving on active duty, and now she can’t have him evicted. She told Channel 2 Consumer Investigator Justin Gray that she found out when her real estate agent was making final preparations to sell the house. “He’s not a tenant. He’s a squatter,” Lt. Colonel Dahlia Daure said. There are ‘beware of dog’ signs in some windows and cardboard covering others at her Ellenwood home in DeKalb County. Daure says someone she’s never met moved in without her knowledge or permission, and now won’t...

U.S. — A new USA Today poll has found that an overwhelming majority of Democrats are in favor of welcoming immigrants from Central and South America into other people's neighborhoods. The study showed that Democrats are very pro-immigration as long as the immigration is to areas very far away from themselves. "We found that 92% of liberal Americans are 'strongly in favor' of as many immigrants as possible moving into the country, as long as they never have to see them or deal with them in person," said the study's lead researcher, Dr. Henry Bollickson. "When we posed the question...

Deadly fentanyl is killing the equivalent of an entire classroom of children every week, staggering figures show. Fentanyl, a highly potent synthetic opioid that's 100 times stronger than morphine, is ravaging America's youth. A recent study found that fentanyl was responsible for the death of 1,557 children in 2021 — the equivalent of 30 children every week.

Couples say hotel reservations canceled days before weddings by Newburgh hotel housing migrants News 12 has learned that the Crossroads hotel is now canceling reservations to honor a contract with New York City to house 60 migrant men. “We weren’t given any formal notice. We have not been treated with any respect and dignity in the situation," said Sean Plunkett, from Queens. Couples say hotel reservations canceled days before weddings by Newburgh hotel housing migrants News 12 has learned that the Crossroads hotel is now canceling reservations to honor a contract with New York City to house 60 migrant men....

President Joe Biden was invited to give the commencement speech to excited graduates at Howard University this weekend. Usually, these speeches are inspirational and uplifting for graduates. Generally, speakers talk of the future, give advice for facing life’s adversities, and generally sending the happy grads off to start their new lives. Never one to even meet the lowest expectations, President Biden chose a different kind of speech, indeed. BIDEN at Howard University: "The most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland is white supremacy, and I'm not saying this because I'm at a Black HBCU..."

From the moment of our independence, the first question as posited by Mercy Warren was “what government consistent with the Declaration of Independence can be designed by men too proud for monarchy, too poor for nobility, and it is to be feared, too selfish and avaricious for a virtuous republic?” Republicanism was in our blood. Despite the efforts of the British Crown all of the states had evolved from quasi-republican colonies. There was no other choice. The challenge was how to secure republican liberty in a society composed of normal, often selfish people. For Mercy Warren, the answer was found...

The crowdfund page for the ex-Marine accused of second-degree manslaughter in the death of Jordan Neely has surpassed $1million Daniel Penny's fundraiser was set up by his lawyers on the page Give Send Go, the page is synonymous with conservative causes such as the Freedom Convoy Penny is charged with second degree manslaughter in Neely's death, he could face up to 15 years in prison if convicted A crowdfunding effort for the ex-Marine charged with second-degree manslaughter over the death of a homeless schizophrenic on a New York City subway has soared past $1million. The fund, set up by Daniel...

A Florida pro-transgender activist is demanding an apology from southern grocery chain Publix after a bakery worker refused to put 'trans people deserve joy' in icing on a cake. Yasmin Flasterstein, 28, was purchasing the cake as part of her work with an Orlando non-profit organization called Peer Support Space, which helps vulnerable people with mental illness, trauma and other problems. In late April, she was working on a membership drive to produce care packages for transgender people and wanted to add a cake to celebrate as part of campaign called 'Spread Trans Joy.' She went to a Publix location...

Democrats have got Feinstein, Fetterman, and Biden all propped up ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’-style — because with a body and an ‘aye,’ the party can go on. Dianne Feinstein is back at her Senate perch and “ready to roll up her sleeves and get to work.” At least that’s what her colleague Chuck Schumer says. “[I]t’s clear she’s back where she wants to be and ready to deliver.”Feinstein doesn’t appear to have gotten that memo. After her months-long absence from Congress with shingles, she’s back… ish. “I’m still experiencing some side effects,” Feinstein said in a statement accompanying her return to...

Future Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino advocated for content moderation and censorship on behalf of advertisers while Musk defended importance of free speech. Twitter CEO Elon Musk joined a marketing convention last month to talk with NBC Universal’s Linda Yaccarino about the future of marketing at Twitter. Musk, who announced this week that Yaccarino would take over as Twitter CEO, had sparred with her in an on-stage interview during the POSSIBLE Miami: Marketing Conference & Expo over free speech and content moderation.In one exchange, Yaccarino asked Musk how far he’d be willing to go to let advertisers “influence” how Twitter curates...

Owen Shroyer and the Infowars team present a special report showing TX National Guard working with Border Patrol and DHS to complete the human smuggling process over the southern border.