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The media falsely accused Donald Trump of breaking a promise to get “food for everyone” at a Cuban restaurant, and had to quietly correct their reports on the subject.Journalists were quick to claim Trump skipped out on a promise to buy supporters food at the Versailles restaurant in Miami shortly after he appeared in court to face federal charges.“It turns out no one got anything. Not even a cafecito to-go,” claimed the Miami New Times, citing a “knowledgeable source”. Business Insider, Salon, and others were quick to repeat the accusation. The claim has since been debunked by Trump’s team, indicating...

Casper’s Banner Health has revoked at least one parent’s access to her child’s medical records online now that the child is 12 years old, according to a tip sent this week to Cowboy State Daily. “Access to your child’s account has been revoked,” reads a screen shot of Banner Health’s message to the parent. “The reason for this is because the child is now between the ages of 12 and 17. Based on state law, a minor child may consent to certain treatments without parental consent.” Records of those treatments are protected, Banner Health’s note continues, “and may not be...

The best laid plans of Sea Island Rats are falling apart, as the DeSantis operation cries desperately for help from the U.S. Dept of Justice and Republican National Committee.According to the latest Harvard-Harris poll of GOP voters {DATA HERE}, since he made his official launch, Ron DeSantis is losing ground. Not surprisingly this was exactly what we predicted would happen once the bloom came off the ruse.[POLLING DATA HERE]Things don’t get any better for Ron DeSantis if all the candidates drop out and leave him and Trump in a head-to-head matchup. President Trump jumps to 67%, and Ron DeSantis holds...

Crypto giant FTX went bankrupt last year, the company losing billions of dollars overnight. FTX owner Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was the second biggest donor to Democrats in the 2022 midterms. In early January Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty to all 8 counts related to the collapse of his crypto Ponzi scheme. SBF pleaded not guilty in New York federal court Tuesday to eight charges related to the collapse of his former crypto exchange FTX and hedge fund Alameda Research. SBF was indicted on eight counts, including charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and securities fraud, individual charges of securities...

Governor DeSantis is joining Nevada Governor Lombardo, Lt. Governor Stavros Anthony, and Adam Laxalt will be at the 8th Annual Basque Fry in Gardnerville today, Saturday, June 17, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Pacific. Not sure if this will be carried by the news channels, but I'll offer some commentary. Anyone else going to be attending?

Among the shortcomings of the Articles of Confederation was the near impossibility of amending them to meet pressing needs regarding taxation and commerce. In 1787-1788, the lower threshold to amend the Constitution per Article V overcame Anti-Federalist reluctance to form a new Union.From the time the federal convention sent the draft Constitution to the Confederation Congress and states, many Anti-Federalists demanded a second convention, preferably before federal elections and the establishment of a new government.Not only the Anti-Federalists, but few Federalists were entirely satisfied with the Constitution as written. The difference was that Federalists were satisfied that Article V was...

Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R-FL) initial presidential campaign tour through the states hosting the first two 2024 GOP contests drew tons of media and lots of voter gazing but did not provide the pop he hoped for.Two new polls out this week show that former President Donald Trump continues to dominate the race despite the attention on DeSantis and the criminal indictment of the 45th president by his successor’s Justice Department.BIDEN STEPS ONTO 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN TRUMP’S SHADOWThe surprising results have buoyed Trump and depressed supporters of DeSantis who had hoped he would revive the lead he once held in...

Major League Baseball has quietly ordered its teams not to wear any Pride uniforms throughout their Pride events. The decision comes amid several companies and organizations facing consumer pushback for promoting LGBT acceptance. News of the MLB directive gained recognition last week when the Tampa Bay Rays reportedly announced its Pride festivities would have a different look, with players not sporting jerseys and hats featuring Pride rainbow patches and logos. The league reportedly announced its decision at an owners meeting in February. The decision follows Rays players declining to wear Pride jerseys in 2022, along with many NHL teams opting...

MELLETTE, S.D.—On their way to attend their niece’s wedding in July 2021, fourth-generation farmer Ed Fischbach of Mellette, South Dakota, and his wife made a quick stop to check the mailbox. His wife reached inside, pulling out a handful of letters. Within the small pile was an envelope from a company she had never heard of—Summit Carbon Solutions. She opened the letter and began reading it. “Dear landowner,” the letter began innocently enough. But as she continued reading, her jaw nearly dropped. “Listen to this,” she told her husband. The Iowa-based company described plans to build a massive carbon capture...

Know them by their fruits: Abp. Viganò rebukes LGBT ‘pride’ as Pope praises Fr. Martin Liz Yore and Father James Altman once again join John-Henry Westen on this episode of Faith & Reason, in which the trio discusses the latest news pertaining to LGBT ideology ahead of Friday’s Feast of the Sacred Heart, a Senate report uncovering alleged corruption from the Biden family, and more. Last month, Pope Francis wrote dissident Jesuit priest Father James Martin a letter from his hospital bed supporting the work Martin does with LGBT advocacy. The Pope also sent Martin his blessing for a conference...

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New England lobstermen have won a favorable ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which reversed a lower court decision and has granted relief. In a decision Friday afternoon, Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg – the senior justice – wrote that the court was reversing a summary judgment of the District Court for the National Marine Fisheries Service and awarding a summary judgment to the Maine Lobstermen’s Association and the State of Maine Department of Marine Resources. In the decision, the court ruled that the “federal government went too far” in its regulatory process “when...

Armed Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF) agents raided a gun store in Great Falls, Montana seizing all forms that hold buyer’s information during firearm transactions.According to the Gateway Pundit, the owner of the Highwood Creek Outfitters, Tom Van Hoose, alleged that he has been under surveillance by federal agents for over two years. On Wednesday, 20 heavily armed IRS agents raided his store seizing all Form 4473s in the store.The agents had arrived early Wednesday morning as Hoose was opening for the day.

Presidents use the bully pulpit to pressure private actors to do their will, whether John F. Kennedy to lower steel prices or Joe Biden to stop purported COVID-19 misinformation. Is that policy advocacy or unconstitutional coercion? The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in oral argument Thursday, grappled with the consequences of arguably censoring the executive branch to prevent it from indirectly censoring Twitter users and whether the Department of Health and Human Services could legally remedy whatever actions Twitter takes against users. The three-judge panel, all appointed by Republican presidents, seemed receptive to the argument that Twitter's sanctions against...

President Joe Biden boasted of his executive push for the new Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) AR-pistol stabilizer brace rule and claimed the braces make pistols shoot “higher caliber” bullets during the Safer Communities Summit Friday. Biden talked at length about the gun control Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) helped him pass in mid-summer 2022, then talked about his executive action against guns that the Democrats refer to as “ghost guns.” Breitbart News noted that executive action on “ghost guns” resulted in an ATF rule that reclassified “partially complete pistol frames” so that they are considered “firearms.” Biden...

Female delegates at UN climate talks allege they were bullied, abused and sexually harassed by male negotiators, casting a deeper shadow over this year’s COP28 summit. Delegates at the UN talks in Bonn this month told the Financial Times of several instances where female delegates faced intimidation or harassment from male counterparts, prompting a letter of protest from two dozen countries worried about abusive behaviour. Camila Zepeda, Mexico’s head of delegation, also told the FT that she suffered sexual harassment at COP27 in Egypt last year, which included receiving inappropriate messages from a male delegate. Zepeda did not report it...

Giant flags of the the USSR and the Russian Federation were raised in St. Petersburg today.

President Joe Biden has added twice as much debt in his roughly 2.5 years in the White House, compared to former President Trump over the same period. The national debt surpassed $32 trillion Friday, reaching $32.03 trillion, according to Treasury Department data. The national debt has increased by roughly $4.3 trillion from $27.7 trillion since Biden took office on Jan. 20, 2021. The Democrat president had a Democratic-led House and Senate to work with until January 2023 when the GOP took the House majority. The national debt increased $2.1 trillion from the time Trump was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2017...

Following his indictment for mishandling classified documents, former President Trump visited the Versailles Restaurant in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami where he shouted "food for everyone." Since it was his birthday, the crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to him. Afterward he thanked them for "such a warm welcome on such a SAD DAY for our Country!" Upon being apprised of this incident, Special Persecutor Jack Smith announced he would be "amending the indictment to include two new counts. Publicly calling his indictment a 'sad day for the country' is another act aimed at obstructing justice. Promising free food and not...

Growing numbers of NHS and social care workers have revealed they are abandoning their healthcare roles in favour of selling home-made porn and saucy pictures. Swapping exhausting and poorly paid jobs for OnlyFans, some are making in excess of £1,000 a day thanks to their mountain of subscribers who pay in the region of £10-a-month. Charities said they are receiving 'regular calls from NHS workers – especially nurses' – about the website. Most are mothers, they claimed. But the English Collective of Prostitutes (ECP), a campaign group supporting women in adult work, also warned it was concerned by the increasing...