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Then-Vice President Joe Biden apparently used a pseudonym to exchange more than 50 emails with one of Hunter Biden’s business associates, newly released emails show. Joe Biden sent 54 private emails to Hunter Biden’s close business associate and accountant, Eric Schwerin, by using the “Robin Ware” alias, according to an email search released Tuesday by the House Ways and Means Committee. The email data was provided to the committee by IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler, who testified Tuesday behind closed doors alongside IRS whistleblower Gary Shapley. SEE THE EMAIL EXHIBIT: Joe Biden Emails Schwerin by James Lynch on Scribd https://www.scribd.com/document/690088893/Joe-Biden-Emails-Schwerin#from_embed Many...

It is in this spirit that I have decided to depart the House at the end of this year to serve America in new ways. I know my work is only getting started. I will continue to recruit our country’s best and brightest to run for elected office. The Republican Party is expanding every day, and I am committed to lending my experience to support the next generation of leaders.

The presidents of three prominent universities dropped an antisemetic bombshell Tuesday on Capitol Hill. Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) asked the presidents of Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania whether calls for the genocide of jews would violate their codes of conduct. The answer stunned the nation. “It is a context-dependent decision,” Penn President Liz Magill replied. Stefanik was dumbfounded. “Calling for the genocide of Jews is dependent on the context? That is not bullying or harassment? This is the easiest question to answer ‘yes,’ Ms. Magill,” the congresswoman said. Harvard President Claudine Gay said, “When speech crosses into conduct,...

The grieving groom whose bride was killed by an accused drunk driver on their wedding night is now embroiled in a bitter fight over her estate with his mother-in-law — who is even challenging the validity of the marriage. Aric Hutchinson had assumed control of Samantha Miller’s estate after his 34-year-old bride was killed in April when their golf cart was rear-ended as they left their wedding reception in South Carolina, leaving him also needing multiple surgeries for broken bones. But the dead bride’s mom, Lisa Miller, has filed a petition to remove him as the personal representative, citing “issues...

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Wednesday on his show “Morning Joe” that some supporters of former President Donald Trump have a “sickness” because they want authoritarianism. Tuesday, during a Fox News Channel town hall, host Sean Hannity asked, “Under no circumstances, you are promising America tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody?” Trump said, “Except for day one.”

The Israeli defensive action in Gaza has become, we are told, a massive humanitarian crisis, and it must stop. All the most trustworthy people in the world tell us so. “The United States is unequivocal; international humanitarian law must be respected. Too many innocent Palestinians have been killed,” declared putative Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday. “Frankly, the scale of civilian suffering and the images and videos coming from Gaza are devastating.” Then on Monday, the Associated Press, with a fine regard for journalistic objectivity, reported that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Soviet Union) and what it called “a robust group of...

Just this summer, the nation's pharmaceutical shortage reached a ten-year high, but the problem since then has only gotten worse — and in more ways than one. The shortage was already "extremely concerning" for cancer patients, with oncologist Dr. Ajay Bhatnagar saying, "Hopefully, it can be rectified soon, but currently it’s a concern of how we figure out how to formulate an adequate treatment for these patients without having to ration or delay treatment."That was in July. This week, "Drug shortages hit record highs," according to a DC News Now report on a Senate Finance Committee hearing. (Don't click the...

VIDEORemember when Al Gore, the self-professed "inventor of the internet" was hyping the free flow of information via the "information superhighway?" Hyperbole aside who back then was against free flowing information? It seemed like nobody could be against that. Well, that was before liberals such as Gore discovered that the "wrong" type of information could be a threat to their narrative. So what to do? Well, simply label information that you disagree with as "misinformation" and BAN it as we now have seen being done on a yuuuuge scale.

There is an obvious explanation as to why college students engage in “atrocity denialism” at pro-Palestinian marches. They are (well) clueless, and devoid of all rational thinking. The students aren’t shy about expressing their blissfully ignorant critique of Hamas as “liberators,” and their creepy foray into painting the dark side of evil -- the slaughter and torture of innocent civilians in Israel -- as “necessary.” Parents don’t have to wonder what’s happening with their kids’ expensive education, they can watch the academic dumpster fire on social media. There isn’t a shortage of embarrassing outtakes of the privileged millennials who are...

Something is rotten in the imperial court of Chairman Xi Jinping. While the world is distracted by war in the Middle East and Ukraine, a Stalin-like purge is sweeping through China’s ultra-secretive political system, with profound implications for the global economy and even the prospects for peace in the region.The signals emanating from Beijing are unmistakable, even as China’s security services have ramped up repression to totalitarian levels, making it almost impossible to know what is really happening inside the country.The unexplained disappearance and removal of China’s foreign and defense ministers — both Xi loyalists who were handpicked and elevated...

A health sciences program offered at The Ohio State University requires those who sign up for the course to take part in an array of discussions and assignments about gender and race, including one that asks students to address their privileges if they are White, heterosexual or able-bodied. ... Three "activities" were listed on the document for students to select from – the "White Privilege Knapsack," the "Heterosexual Privilege Knapsack" and the "Able-Bodied Privilege Knapsack" – though students were given the option to substitute the heterosexual privilege and able-bodied privilege activities for another, more recent knapsack topic from other scholars...

In 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed into law legislation that officially brought the United States government into the business of providing health care. There were two major new programs created. Medicare was an insurance program for all individuals over age of 65, and it would be paid for by paycheck deductions that would be matched by employers. No senior who worked, or his spouse, would lack health care. The genesis of the second program was that America was a great and compassionate country, and we should not turn our back on those who cannot help themselves. We would “aid” them...

The World Health Organization (WHO) is pushing for higher taxes on alcohol and sugary drinks, arguing many countries are not using taxes to encourage healthier habits. The WHO on Tuesday released data showing the global tax rates on products like alcohol and sweetened beverages and claimed such rates are “low.” The U.N. health agency found 108 of its 194 member states are taxing some sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), though such excise taxes — which are applied for certain products — are only about 6.6 percent of the price of soda. At least 148 nations applied excise taxes to alcoholic beverages, but...

6 December 2023 Wednesday of the 1st week of Advent Chancel and altar of Basilica of St. Nicholas (Nicolaaskerk) in Amsterdam Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingIsaiah 25:6-10 ©The Lord will prepare a banquet for every nationOn this mountain,the Lord of hosts will prepare for all peoplesa banquet of rich food, a banquet of fine wines,of food rich and juicy, of fine strained wines.On this mountain he will removethe mourning veil covering all peoples,and the shroud enwrapping all nations,he will destroy Death for ever.The Lord will wipe awaythe tears from every cheek;he will take away his people’s shameeverywhere...

Leaked audio recordings of a meeting between freed Israeli hostages and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have revealed considerable anger at the government’s conduct, as well as the enduring terror of captivity by Hamas in Gaza. Audio of the meeting between the former hostages, relatives of some still being held, and Israel’s war cabinet on Tuesday was leaked, with parts of it published on Israeli news site ynet. It comes amid building pressure on Netanyahu to secure the release of the remaining captives, and scrutiny of Israel’s intensifying military campaign in Gaza. Ynet also reported that Netanyahu’s efforts to respond to...

Countries need to increase their taxes on alcohol and sugar-sweetened beverages, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, saying too few states were using tax to incentivize healthier behaviors. After studying taxation rates, the WHO said the average global tax rate on such "unhealthy products" was low, and hiking taxes could result in healthier populations."WHO recommends that excise tax should apply to all sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and alcoholic beverages," the UN health agency said in a statement.Excise taxes target particular goods and services.The WHO said 2.6 million people a year die from drinking alcohol, while more than eight million die from...

Iris Chaim, mother of Yotam, a hostage in Gaza, disapproves of the conduct at the war cabinet meeting held on Tuesday in Herzliya. "We came to get answers from the war cabinet, and after a minute in the room I realized that I had come to a war, a war well managed by interested parties who are taking advantage of the families and trying to put a rift between us and the state," she said. "People shut me up just because I wanted to express support for the cabinet, they beat people who wanted to express support for the cabinet,"...

Earth’s temperature was off the charts this year, and scientists just confirmed what much of planet already felt coming: 2023 will officially be the hottest year on record. The analysis from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service found this year’s global temperature will be more than 1.4 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels — close to the 1.5-degree threshold in the Paris climate agreement, and beyond which scientists say humans and ecosystems will struggle to adapt. Every month since June has been the hottest such month on record, and November piled on. The month was roughly 1.75 degrees warmer...

Hospital doctors in England plan to strike around Christmas in their longest industrial action in the history of Britain's state-run health service, after pay talks broke down Tuesday.Hospital doctors want better pay and say inflation has not kept up with wagesHospital doctors in England plan to strike around Christmas in their longest industrial action in the history of Britain's state-run health service, after pay talks broke down Tuesday. Junior doctors -- those below consultant level -- have already staged several strikes this year because of deadlock over pay demands sparked by the biggest cost of living crisis in a generation....

The niece of a presidential hopeful, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, was handed down new charges a year after she was kicked off a New Orleans flight during a drunken, drug-induced Thanksgiving Day meltdown that left several people with minor injuries. The Jefferson Parish district attorney filed charges against Shannon Epstein on Monday relating to her being kicked off an early morning Spirit Airlines flight from New Orleans to New Jersey on Nov. 24, 2022, according to NOLA.com.