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House Republicans took action this week to reverse an Obama administration policy that critics claim prioritizes diversity over skills for hiring air traffic controllers and could be “risking passengers’ lives to advance their woke agenda.” In passing the $4 billion Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill Thursday, the House included a provision to eliminate the “biographical assessment.” Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, sponsored the amendment. The assessment reportedly gives more points to applicants who have not been employed for the last three years than to an applicant who answers that he has been a pilot or a veteran with an air traffic...

Vice President Kamala Harris was blasted on social media over a claim that most Americans would go "bankrupt" from an unexpected $400 expense while she was lamenting how difficult it is for women in America to get abortions. While speaking at a moderated discussion on "reproductive rights" in Iowa on Friday, Harris spoke at length about how women in Iowa will endure economic hardship traveling to other states for a legal abortion post-Roe v. Wade if a court allows a state abortion bill to take effect. "If she is a single parent, she's going to have to be able to...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign has continued pushing campaign cash to a Chinese foreign agent, filings reviewed by Fox News Digital show. The New York Democrat's campaign paid $442 to Sing Tao Newspapers May 25 for print advertisements, according to her campaign's records. While a small expense, Ocasio-Cortez's committee appears to be the only one to place advertisements in the paper during the second quarter. Her campaign previously sent $5,000 to the company for the same purpose. Sing Tao U.S. is a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based Sing Tao News Corporation Ltd. In August 2021, the Justice Department required the Chinese-owned...

Nearly every lease and permit issued in Wyoming since 2021 has faced litigation from various anti-fossil fuel groups. As a result, 2 million acres are languishing in a holding pattern awaiting court decisions that will take years. ... The Bureau of Land Management is withholding oil and gas drilling permits on leased acres on public land, if the leased acres are in litigation. Pete Obermueller, president of the Petroleum Association of Wyoming, said the agency is doing this by its own choice. Nearly every lease and permit issued in Wyoming since 2021 has faced litigation from various anti-fossil fuel groups,...

Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA is asking that question on Twitter, it seems like a good one. It seems to me most people are probably intimidated by the results of the election protest on Jan 6, 2021. It also seems likely that the 'powers that be' are monitoring our communications amongst ourselves, I'm sure they are all over this site. So how would we protest the arrest of Trump? What should we do and what do you think we will do? The left will go into demonstrations of celebration should the worst occur. We should start seriously thinking about...

Their inability to plan was totally not her emergency. A traveler is being lauded online for her response to a mother who tried to take away her dream seat in first class — just so she could sit closer to her teen. Sabra, a Seattle pharmacist and influencer who posts on TikTok as @lifewithdrsabra, posted a short clip from a recent Air France flight from the Pacific Northwest to Paris, detailing the situation and how she dealt with it. The 6-second video, captioned “POV: Flight agent asks me if I want to give up my 1A seat so a child...

Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff was blasted by conservatives on social media Wednesday after implying that Republicans want to impeach President Biden without any evidence. "The Republican desire to impeach someone, anyone, no matter whether there’s any evidence, just shows how they have descended into chaos," Schiff, D-Calif., told FOX Business on Wednesday. He was responding to rumblings from members of the GOP that impeaching President Biden over his alleged ties to his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings and alleged pay schemes is on the table. But Schiff, the lead House impeachment manager against President Donald Trump, was widely mocked on...

Count Vlad does a special take on "Cars" by Gary Numan. This version and his "Are Friends Electric" video have an ending that fits in with typical film noir movies. If you enjoy the music please subscribe.

President Biden is speaking out publicly for the first time about his granddaughter, Navy Joan Roberts, the estranged daughter of his son Hunter Biden who he had previously not acknowledged. "Our son Hunter and Navy’s mother, Lunden, are working together to foster a relationship that is in the best interests of their daughter, preserving her privacy as much as possible going forward," Biden said in a statement to Fox News Digital. "This is not a political issue, it’s a family matter," he added. "Jill and I only want what is best for all of our grandchildren, including Navy." Biden and...

We, the Heads of State and Government of the Russian Federation and African States recognized by the United Nations (UN) (hereinafter also referred to as the Russian Federation and African States), and representatives of the African Union and Africa's leading integration organizations, gathered on 28 July 2023 in Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation) to participate in the Second Russia–Africa Summit,

Sean Kirkpatrick, who leads the Pentagon's UFO office, ripped whistleblower testimony from a Wednesday congressional hearing that claimed to have firsthand knowledge of "nonhuman" technology, calling the proceeding "insulting" in a post on LinkedIn.

Sound of Freedom" continues to surprise, appearing on more than 4,000 screens as the number of theaters showing the hit film continues to climb for the fourth consecutive weekend. Despite its difficult subject matter, the independent film from Angel Studios dominated the summer box office, as total domestic box office revenues surged past $130 million and the movie played in 3,411 theaters entering its fourth weekend. "Everyone in the industry knows that films are generally supposed to lose screens week over week, not add them," Brandon Purdie, Angel Studios' head of theatrical distribution, said in a news release. "And yet,...

NOTE: This thread is a followup to the prior thread about Biden's Metabiota, and assertions Metabiota is among 50 bio warfare labs operating in the Ukraine.ransomnote: Excerpts from the article provided below, linked to the Russian government website, provides an overview of Russia's justification for their request that the United Nations Security Council investigate what it says are US biolabs in the Ukraine.I wanted to investigate the basis for claims made about Biden's Metabiota labs. The text of Russia's petition for an investigation is not on the United Nations website. I couldn't find a copy anywhere so I used Russia's...

Two recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions are victories for anyone dealing with government administrative agencies, say lawyers interested in the cases. One constitutional scholar warns that the decisions are only the first steps in the fight to maintain our form of democracy. “Administrative power is the greatest threat to our constitutional rights,” Phillip Hamburger, a Columbia University School of Law law professor and CEO of the New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA), told The Epoch Times. Mr. Hamburger is the author of “Is Administrative Law Unlawful?” a treatise on the dangers of administrative law. Lawyers interviewed by The Epoch Times believe...

....Demolition has already started at the 1495 N. Ocean Blvd. property, purchased by Lauder from Limbaugh's widow. It's not the first time Lauder has bulldozed his buys to the ground: He tore down homes on two other Palm Beach lots and recently listed the parcels together for a sale price of $200 million, the Wall Street Journal reported earlier this year. Limbaugh's erstwhile two-story, five-bedroom manse, built in 1992, boasted almost 22,000 square feet; the parcel also featured two smaller residences. Although no blueprints have yet been handed over to local officials, word is that Lauder plans on erecting a...

Mass shootings in major metropolitan areas in the United States disproportionately affect Black people, and structural racism may play a role, according to a study published on Wednesday in the journal JAMA Surgery. Researchers at Tulane University analyzed data relating to the 51 largest metropolitan areas, including demographic and income data as well as reports of mass shootings from 2015 to 2019 compiled by the Gun Violence Archive, a non-profit organization that tracks gun violence in the US. CNN and the Gun Violence Archive define a mass shooting as a shooting that injured or killed four or more people, not...

The Chicago Cubs beat the Chicago White Sox Wednesday night in a 10-7 thriller on the South Side. While the action on the field was hot, the happenings in the stands were just as spicy. A group of women got into a violent brawl in the stands that featured a ton of punches thrown. This wasn't the ordinary fan fight where there are a few half-hearted punches before other spectators pull the combatants apart. No, this was a long, sustained fight that featured a lot of violence. Check it out: [video at link] Not only are the women in the...

Anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy has moved to second place in Ohio’s Republican primary race, knocking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to third place, the latest Ohio Northern University poll revealed.The survey asked respondents, “Of the candidates currently running for the Republican Presidential primary, who would you be most likely to vote for at this time?”Former President Donald Trump leads the pack with 64 percent support— 52 points ahead of any of his competitors. Ramaswamy comes in second place with 12 percent support, and DeSantis dropped to third place with nine percent support.Former Vice President Mike Pence came in fourth with six...

SUMMARY: Globalists will use prions to make people allergic to beef first, then pork. They will blame ticks as cover story. Only globalists will be allowed to grow and consume meat. Continuation of their war on farming/food supply. CDC will declare emergency.