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A witness to the first ever US prisoner to be executed by ‘painless’ nitrogen gas says Kenneth Eugene Smith writhed in agony as he suffered a ‘horrific’ death. The killer-for-hire, 58, was fitted with a gas mask which was pumped full of 100% nitrogen gas at the execution chamber at the William C. Holman prison in Atmore, Alabama. State authorities had predicted unconsciousness within seconds and death within minutes. But instead Smith took 22 minutes to die, convulsing in his chair and tugging against his restraints for several minutes before losing consciousness. At one point as the killer thrashed against...

About 100 churches have been vandalized, torched, or desecrated over the last two-and-a-half years—not in Egypt or Nigeria, but in Canada (mapped and listed here). While this phenomenon received a bit of media attention, after some 30 churches were initially torched in the summer of 2021, that number has significantly grown to 96, with the authorities doing little, aside from offering implicit approval for these anti-Christian terror attacks. Background: According to Canadian “mainstream” media—all of which are left of Left—unmarked graves of natives were recently discovered in residential boarding schools, and the Catholic Church is being accused of sadistically killing...

A substitute teacher has been fired for washing out the mouth of a girl with Down syndrome, accusing the 13-year-old of cursing at her. The incident occurred on Tuesday at the Cambridge School in Texas, a school that caters to students with special needs. LaShae Celestine, the mother of the 13-year-old Harmony, who has Down syndrome and a speech impediment, said that the teacher demanded Harmoney to wash her mouth and placed a paper towel full of soap into her mouth. The heartbroken mother, who reviewed surveillance camera footage capturing the incident, has filed reports with child protective services and...

Twenty-two minutes. That's how long it might take you to run a few miles. To prepare a meal. To call a loved one. It's also how long it took Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, to die. As he convulsed and writhed in the tight black straps of his gurney, his wife Deanna began to sob. The slogan on her shirt - 'Never Alone' - reflected in the low light off the thick, dull glass viewing window that separated her in the witness room from her husband in the execution chamber. In Alabama's William C. Holman prison on Thursday night, soon after...

HILLARY Clinton was spotted with her husband Bill on Thursday and in an all-black outfit that made it look as if she were in mourning.(snip) The former Secretary of State had on an all-black ensemble as she wore a black coat with matching pants and shirt, paired with a black scarf and purse. For her makeup, Clinton donned orange eyeshadow, which made her blue eyes pop, along with dark lipstick. She accessorized with black earrings, a necklace, and a black headband. Despite being all smiles, with Bill walking behind her in a gray suit and blue tie, it looked as...

Democrat President Joe Biden has just canceled serval massive natural gas projects amid pressure from climate activists. On Friday, the White House announced that pending decisions on exports of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to non-FTA countries have been halted until the Department of Energy could update the underlying analyses for authorizations. Following pressure from the climate mob, federal officials will now conduct a rigorous environmental review assessing the projects’ “carbon emissions.” The reviews, however, could take more than a year to complete. Projects involving billions of dollars will be disrupted over the move which has put over 70,000 jobs at...

WASHINGTON — A key Biden family business associate appeared at the Capitol Friday for questioning in the impeachment inquiry into alleged corruption by President Biden. Rob Walker signaled in a prepared opening statement that he intended to claim that Biden, 81, did nothing wrong in connection to the foreign ventures of first son Hunter Biden and first brother James Biden — but Republicans came armed with detailed questions about his inner knowledge of those ventures.

In November, Orsted nixed two major wind farm projects planned off the coast of New Jersey, citing the same problems that the company cited for the Skipjack Wind project.. Danish wind developer Orsted has canceled another contract on a planned offshore wind farm in the Atlantic Ocean. The company said the 966-megawatt Skipjack Wind project, planned to be constructed off the coasts of Delaware and Maryland, would no longer be commercially viable at the contract prices due to inflation, high interest rates and supply chain issues. “Today’s announcement affirms our commitment to developing value creating projects and represents an opportunity...

He got iced. Starbucks fired a barista who was toiling to pay for paramedic school after he helped subdue two robbers who pistol-whipped him. Michael Harrison, 20, told The Post he was manning the drive-thru last month when two masked men entered his downtown St. Louis location around noon and told everyone to get on the ground. With one of the invaders waving what appeared to be a gun, the roughly ten employees and one customer present got on their stomachs in terror. Many of them, the aspiring EMT said, were crying in fear.

This is the shocking moment a boat full of undocumented migrants landed on a beach in San Diego before running into the wealthy La Jolla neighborhood. More than 20 migrants were filmed storming the beach on Wednesday morning and disappearing into the southern California enclave, where homes go for a median price of $2.2million. The footage shows the migrants arriving on the shore on some sort of boat, before they take off running into the neighborhood in San Diego, the largest city on the Mexican border. More than 42,000 asylum seekers were released in San Diego from October through December,...

An Ukrainian couple stole $34million from a millionaire Democratic donor which they used to buy a private jet, a gold bullion and guns, according to authorities. Sergey Lebedenko, 53, and his wife, Galina, 48, are accused of conducting a 'colossal heist' over the seven years they served as chauffeurs for Oregon publisher and activist Win McCormack, 79. McCormack, an heir to a banking fortune, is the publisher of the progressive magazine The New Republic, owns Oregon’s Tin House book publishing company and is a prolific donor to the Democrat party. The couple, who were arrested on Tuesday, allegedly used their...

South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem says her state stands ready to help repel the invading horde of illegal aliens. “If Greg Abbott needs more razor wire, I’ll load it into a pickup myself,” she told Fox News. Watch the video below.

President Joe Biden’s (D) administration announced Friday it is temporarily pausing pending decisions on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports as part of a move to combat so-called “climate change.” In his statement, Biden said there will be a pause but “with the exception of unanticipated and immediate national security emergencies.” He added that officials will probe the “impacts of LNG exports on energy costs, America’s energy security, and our environment. This pause on new LNG approvals sees the climate crisis for what it is: the existential threat of our time.”

President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) launched an initiative on Friday to curb the soaring crime rates in the Democrat-controlled city of Washington, DC, just as the 2024 presidential election cycle swings into focus. The timing of the initiative suggests the Biden administration recognizes soaring crime as a political vulnerability for the Democrat party. Crime in the Democrat-controlled city spiked in 2023, according to police department data: Homicides: Up 35 percent Robberies: Up 67 percent Violent Crime: Up 39 percent Motor Vehicle Theft: Up 82 percent

President Donald Trump is garnering more than 80 percent support in a head-to-head matchup against former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, the latest Morning Consult survey — taken after the New Hampshire primary — found. Morning Consult’s tracking poll, last taken on January 24 among 1,297 potential Republican primary voters, shows Trump leading Haley with 81 percent support. Haley comes 63 points behind with 18 percent support in the GOP primary race.

I’m sure that by now, we’re all aware of what is continuing to take place down in Texas. Far from backing down in his standoff with FedGov over the seizure of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass and subsequent expulsion of federal agents, Gov. Abbott has directed the state’s National Guard to continue interdicting illegal immigrants. Indeed, in response to the recent SCOTUS decision allowing the Feds to dismantle the razor wire Texas installed, they’ve simply installed more, in direct defiance of the wishes of the Regime. The Regime has now responded by giving Abbott and Texas an ultimatum - restore...

MSNBC commentator Donny Deutsch said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that former President Donald Trump wanted “to end democracy.” Deutsch said, “The one thing that Donald Trump always had going for him, and it never made sense because we have spent so much time talking about what a rogue and just disgusting human being he is, he was able to say to voters, I care about you. I’m here for you. When you start to say things like, I’m rooting for a depression or I’m not going to vote for this border bill because it’s not good for me, you...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped defendants, died Thursday at age 97. Connick died peacefully at his home in New Orleans with his wife, Londa, and children — Suzanna and musician and actor Harry Connick Jr. — by his side, according to an obituary distributed by Harry Connick Jr.'s publicist. A cause of death was not provided. Connick dethroned an incumbent prosecutor, Jim Garrison, in a 1973 election. He won reelection four times, and successfully...

In an interview from India, Gov. Greg Abbott says ten other states have sent national guard to the Texas border, and others will follow. Abbott says he is “prepared” for a conflict with federal authorities.

The city of Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a lawsuit from a group of demonstrators injured by police during the 2020 uprising in protest of George Floyd's murder...City Attorney Ann Davison said the settlement "...was the best financial decision for the City..." According to lead plaintiff's attorney Karen Koehler, the protesters "were engaged in...First Amendment speech and activity..."