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As his trial brought by New York Democrat Attorney General Letitia James before Democrat Judge Arthur Engoron comes to an expected close this week, former President Donald Trump declared Sunday he will not be testifying Monday as has been previously expected. "The fact that our unassailable final expert witness has been so strong and irrefutable in his testimony, which will conclude on Tuesday, & that I have already testified to everything & have nothing more to say other than that this is a complete & total election interference (Biden campaign!) witch hunt, that will do nothing but keep businesses out...

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'Congress alone has the authority' to breach federal dams, lawmakers write in letter to White House.. The Biden administration is quietly discussing a potentially far-reaching settlement with environmental groups that advocate for tearing down four hydroelectric dams in Washington... ... In the filings, jointly submitted by the federal government and eco groups... However, the filing failed to detail exactly what conditions were included in the secretive package .... We find it necessary to remind you Congress alone has the authority not only to order the breach of the Lower Snake River Dams, but also exclusive authority to direct the study...

[Catholic Caucus] Bishop Schneider launches worldwide prayer campaign asking God’s help for the ChurchThe Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima is launching a 'spiritual crusade' consisting of a daily Rosary and the practice of the Five First Saturdays in response to the 'tremendous crisis now afflicting the Catholic Church.'Bishop Athanasius Schneider launched Friday a worldwide prayer campaign to “implore divine intervention for the crisis of the Church,” as the website of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Fatima announced. Bishop Schneider kindly sent LifeSite this information.“In the face of the tremendous crisis now afflicting the Catholic Church,” Schneider and the...

In August 2021, Fox News’ “Gutfeld!,” a late-night comedy-talk show hosted by right-wing pundit Greg Gutfeld, overtook “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” in overall ratings.Surprised?We weren’t. As media and comedy scholars, we’ve been tracking the recent ascension of right-wing comedy, which has flourished thanks to shifts in media industry economics and political ideologies.Gutfeld’s success might come as a shock because it punctures long-standing assumptions about what comedy is, who can produce it and who will enjoy it. These prejudices obscure an important truth: Right-wing comedy has become both a viable business strategy and a crucial element of conservative politics.Yes,...

President Joe Biden’s immigration crisis is hitting home in an all-new way. For border state residents, of course, the long, national nightmare has been ongoing since before Biden took office. More recently, Democratic-run cities like New York and Chicago have felt the pain. Now, upscale homes in what used to be considered safe neighborhoods are getting a taste, too. And one dangerous piece of technology is playing a role.

Former chief medical advisor to the Biden White House and National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci continuously lied to the public, president, and Congress during the COVID pandemic and destroyed a massive number of lives, including those of schoolchildren. His pronouncements and government edicts about COVID and calls to lockdowns were treated as gospel. They kept people out of church to pretend they could stop a virus, and many churches have not recovered. Think of how many businesses and individuals were destroyed because of dictatorial edicts he suggested. Politicians throughout the country falsely said all...

Former President Donald Trump has several viable avenues to have the Supreme Court throw out federal charges he’s facing for his efforts to challenge the results of the 2020 election, several lawyers and Constitution experts told The Epoch Times.His best case is that the charges encroach on his First Amendment rights, but he might also successfully assert presidential immunity or argue the law was impermissibly stretched by prosecutors, the experts said.President Trump was charged by Special Counsel Jack Smith on Aug. 1 with obstructing electoral vote counting by Congress on Jan. 6 and conspiring to do so in order to...

The Biden administration has proposed a new rule that would allow federal authorities to seize the patents of costly drugs that were developed using taxpayer dollars and to let third parties use those patents to make the drugs available more cheaply.The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, on Dec. 7 published a set of draft guidelines for government agencies to evaluate when it might be appropriate to invoke what are known as "march-in" rights under the legal framework of the Bayh-Dole Act.The Bayh-Dole Act, which is shorthand for the University and...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration could not provide information on a confirmed side effect of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, according to a newly disclosed document.FDA staffers said in the document, from 2021, that one of the agency's top surveillance systems was unable to provide details on heart inflammation after Pfizer vaccination.The FDA's Sentinel program was described in the document as "NOT sufficient to identify the outcomes of myocarditis and pericarditis due to reasons identified." Pericarditis is inflammation of the pericardium, or the membrane around the heart.There weren't enough people in the program to assess the risk for 12- to...

NEW: From our photographer on the ground in Lukeville, AZ: another mass illegal crossing overnight, w/ hundreds of men from around the world coming through a breach in the border wall. Most from Africa. This group of smiling men are from Egypt, & they plan to head to Boston. pic.twitter.com/bOkMmvX8pe— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) December 10, 2023

A conservative strategy of withholding intubation is associated with clinical benefit in comatose patients with acute poisoning, according to a study. Yonathan Freund, M.D., Ph.D. and colleagues examined the effect of intubation withholding versus routine practice on clinical outcomes of comatose patients with acute poisoning. The analysis included 225 patients randomly assigned to a conservative airway strategy of intubation withholding (intervention) or routine practice. The researchers observed a significant clinical benefit for a hierarchical composite end point of in-hospital death, length of intensive care unit stay, and length of hospital stay in the intervention group, with a win ratio of...

More than 100 Hamas terrorists reportedly surrendered on Saturday in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Maybe "strip" was also the right word, since the IDF was making them strip to make sure that they didn't have any weapons or bombs on their person. We reported on this before, but now even more terrorists surrendered Saturday, and what those people who raised the white flag are revealing is helping the IDF.N12 News shared the clip of the men standing in line across a rubble-strewn street in Jabaliya as IDF soldiers trained automatic weapons on them and ordered them to...

A study explores the potential adverse effects of arsenic on immune responses in children, which can make them more vulnerable to infectious diseases by reducing vaccine effectiveness. However, the study also suggests that folate—vitamin B9 essential for metabolic processes—might play a role in mitigating these effects. Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that exists at high levels in the groundwater of some countries, including the United States. "People who have chronic exposure to arsenic are more likely to experience various health problems, including cancers and other non-cancerous diseases," said Taehyun Roh, Ph.D. "In addition, arsenic exposure not only increases inflammation,...

Abu Obeida, the masked spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, threatened on Sunday to kill all the remaining hostages taken during the Oct. 7 attacks unless Israel cedes to demands for more aid and prisoner exchanges. Speaking on a recorded broadcast reviewed by the Times of Israel, Obeida called Israel "fascist" and "arrogant":Neither the fascist enemy and its arrogant leadership… nor its supporters… can take their prisoners alive without an exchange and negotiation and meeting the demands of the resistance.Despite the fact that Israel Defense Forces is rapidly gaining ground in Gaza and large numbers of Hamas fighters have been surrendering,...

DUBAI — For 30 years, with temperatures and sea levels rising, global negotiators have managed to discuss the health of the planet without addressing the root cause of the problem. In meeting after meeting, document after document, even in the landmark 2015 Paris agreement, one phrase has been conspicuously absent: any mention of fossil fuels. “This is really difficult stuff. We are talking about the future of humanity, the future of economic structures and geopolitics,” said Hana AlHashimi, the lead negotiator for the United Arab Emirates. U.S. climate envoy John F. Kerry has said that Washington supports language “requiring the...

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2 We should know in the morning whether SCOTUS will hear the first challenge to DOJ's use of 1512(c)(2), obstruction of an official proceeding, in Jan 6 cases. It is one of four counts in Jack Smith's J6 indictment of Donald Trump. 4 of 9 justices must agree to grant cert in a petition filed by 3 defendants charged with the most common J6 felony. Only one judge--Carl Nichols (Trump)--on DC District court dismissed the charge. At least 12 other judges have denied similar motions to dismiss. When Nichols ordered the charge dismissed, DOJ appealed. In April,...

Data could partly explain why a trial of a new drug for diabetes, was recently halted because it was found to be so effective. Importantly, the data also reveals how anti-obesity drugs like Ozempic, actually work, which to date has been a mystery. In early November the FLOW trial of the drug semaglutide on the progression of renal impairment in people with type 2 diabetes and chronic kidney disease was halted ahead of schedule because of the drug's efficacy. Part of the rationale for the cessation of the trial could be explained by research showing that a drug that targets...

Every school child in Colorado is taught about the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864. On a wintry day in November of that year, an untrained and undisciplined territorial militia attacked an Indian camp near the eastern border of the territory leaving 150 to 200 dead. The tragedy has long been the subject of roiling debate about who or what was to blame. When the History Colorado Center opened a new exhibit on the event in 2012, visitors were offered competing perspectives of Indian, soldier, and settler. The exhibit was immediately assailed by native activists for not taking an exclusively “indigenous...

@ElectionWiz BREAKING: President of Argentina, Milei, signs his first executive order, which reduces the Argentine government from 21 ministries to 9