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In Addition to being prohibited from attending my son Barron’s High School Graduation, I have just learned that the highly biased Judge in the Soros “appointed” D.A. Alvin Bragg’s Witch Hunt Case, will not allow me to attend the historic PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY argument in front of The United States Supreme Court, on Thursday, April 25th (next week!).

While much of the country is battling astro-turfed anti-Israel protests, Florida is not dealing with road closures. Governor DeSantis passed what NPR called the nations “toughest protest legislation” back in 2021. From NPR: Florida’s governor has signed a law that he called the “strongest anti-rioting, pro-law enforcement measure in the country.” The law was written in response to protests around the country following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. It provides new protections for police and increases the penalties for people who take part in property damage or violence during protests. Florida experienced little of...

العربية عاجل @AlArabiya_Brk رئيس وكالة الطاقة الذرية: إبعاد مفتشي الوكالة عن مواقع المنشآت النووية الإيرانية #العربية_عاجل 12:21 AM · Apr 16, 2024 linkArabic Urgent @AlArabiya_Brk: Head of the Atomic Energy Agency: IAEA inspectors are removed from the sites of Iranian nuclear facilities. #Al-Arabiya_Breaking.

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, CaliforniaMarine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) San Diego is a United States Marine Corps military installation in San Diego, California. It lies between San Diego Bay and Interstate 5, adjacent to San Diego International Airport and the former Naval Training Center San Diego. MCRD San Diego's main mission is the initial training of enlisted recruits living west of the Mississippi River. Over 21,000 recruits are trained each year. The Depot also is the home to the Marine Corps' Recruiter School and Western Recruiting Region's Drill Instructors School.The mission...

The young Iranian woman went viral: "We don't want war". Elica Le Bon is a lawyer of British and Iranian origin who often shares her views on social networks, which do not really match the approach of the extreme Islamist regime in the country. Le Bon is now calling for calm and claims that the Iranian people are not interested in escalation. Digital | Published 19:48 15.04.24 | Updated 01:06 16.04.24 In recent hours, a video of a young woman of Iranian origin who does not hesitate to express her opinion has gone viral. Alika Le Bon, a lawyer of...

I've gotten a few FReepmails asking for email services recommendations and I don't have the technical background to either warn against or recommend such services. One FReeper said Google is soon going to implement facial recognition or thumbprint ID etc. - is there anything out there still 'reasonably' private and not shifting to biometrics...yet? PS: Yes, I'm logged in. ;D

The House of Representatives on Monday passed a Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider H.B. 7888, which passed on Friday to renew FISA 702 and allow warrantless surveillance of innocent Americans. This was a betrayal of Americans. ..... Snip..... The final vote on Section 702 of the Foreign Surveillance Act was 273-147 on Friday, with 126 Republicans in favor of betraying the American people. On Monday, the legislation was brought back to a vote on a motion to reconsider, requested by Rep. Laurel Lee (R-FL) and demanded by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna in a recorded vote. However, 117 Republicans...

About one-third of Generation Z is missing because of abortion. Given that staggering statistic, it’s understandable why nearly 9 out of 10 millennials and Gen Zers have expressed support for limitations on abortion. At the recent National Pro-Life Summit in Washington, hundreds of pro-life student leaders gathered to connect with and educate their peers on the latest initiatives of the movement. Daily Signal staff had the opportunity to speak to various Generation Z pro-life activists, asking them about their views on abortion and the future of the pro-life movement. (snip) [profile on each at link]

Summary Due to high government spending and a series of hot inflation reports, Treasury yields are near 20-year highs, with implications for housing, autos, banks, tech, and the stock market. The potential for much higher yields is supported by theoretical, practical, and historical reasons. We could easily reach 6% for 10-year Treasury yields, 9% for mortgages, and 8% for car loans in 2024. Since late October, large-cap U.S. stocks have seen a furious 25% rally based on the idea that the Fed will soon pivot and dramatically cut interest rates. The move in stocks has been driven almost entirely by...

A mother’s three-year battle to jail the man who systematically enticed her son to make a sex video and perform lewd acts resulted in the first “unlawful grooming and solicitation of a minor” conviction in 2014, and led to a series of laws just passed in Florida. (Thankfully, the man was caught before he was able to make physical contact.) Until now, there have been only two anti-grooming laws on the books: one in Illinois, and one at the federal level. The excuses in other states have been, “grooming is very hard to prove,” “children would be emotionally harmed by...

The United Methodist Church lost one-fourth of its U.S. churches in a recent schism, with conservatives departing over disputes on sexuality and theology. Now, with the approach of its first major legislative gathering in several years, the question is whether the church can avert a similar outcome elsewhere in the world, where about half its members live. The question is particularly acute in Africa, home to the vast majority of United Methodists outside the U.S. Most of its bishops favor staying, but other voices are calling for regional conferences to disaffiliate. At the upcoming General Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina,...

HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — California officials on Monday sued Huntington Beach over a new law that lets the city require voters to provide identification to cast ballots at the polls starting in 2026. State Attorney General Rob Bonta said the measure approved by voters in the Southern California city of nearly 200,000 people stands in conflict with state law and could make it harder for poor, non-white, young, elderly and disabled voters to cast ballots. State officials previously warned that the measure to amend the city's charter would suppress voter participation and are asking a court to block it...

A man who wanted to work at T.J. Maxx has revealed his utter shock after finding out the salary for the role he applied for. The man, who was interviewed for the position at what is believed to be a store in Pennsylvania on April 11, couldn't believe the position came with a salary of just $12 an hour, which was paid weekly. 'Everything went well well but the end he told me that they pay $12 an hour and they get paid every week,' he said on a TikTok under the username, '@sobeatmyass'. 'So I was like "yeah... I'm...

For cancel culture, slavery is the original sin of the United States. It is an eternal and indelible sin for which there can be no forgiveness or redemption. No amount of groveling will lessen the magnitude of the sin. Not even attempting to atone for the sin with affirmative action, Black History Month, civil rights legislation, DIE, Juneteenth, the Martin Luther King holiday, the election of a black president and vice president, and the recent appointments of unqualified black women to the Supreme Court and the presidency of Harvard College reduce or nullify the sin. SNIP A modest suggestion for...

I find this, (https://nypost.com/2024/04/15/us-news/trumps-hush-money-nyc-trial-live-updates-reactions-photos-analysis/) from this morning’s proceedings in Trump’s “hush money” trial, inexplicable: Prosecutor Joshua Steinglass looked for a backdoor way of introducing Donald Trump’s infamous “Access Hollywood” interview into the hush money trial Monday morning, where he recited, word for word, Trump’s “grab ’em by the p—y” speech. Justice Juan M. Merchan had previously ruled that the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office could not play Trump’s interview to a jury because it could be prejudicial. He doubled down on playing the tape — but said prosecutors could introduce the exact words that Trump said, meaning so long as jurors...

Abstract -- Cinnamon (Cinnamomum zeylanicum, and Cinnamon cassia), the eternal tree of tropical medicine, belongs to the Lauraceae family. Cinnamon is one of the most important spices used daily by people all over the world. Cinnamon primarily contains vital oils and other derivatives, such as cinnamaldehyde, cinnamic acid, and cinnamate. In addition to being an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, antimicrobial, anticancer, lipid-lowering, and cardiovascular-disease-lowering compound, cinnamon has also been reported to have activities against neurological disorders, such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases. This review illustrates the pharmacological prospective of cinnamon and its use in daily life.

Parents opted out of vaccines for Louisiana’s kindergartners at the highest rate in at least a decade as several new bills to weaken vaccine requirements continue to advance in the Louisiana Legislature. During the 2022-23 school year, about 2.3% of children entering school requested exemptions, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 0.1% of those were due to medical reasons. That’s around double the year before, when 1.1% of kindergarten students requested nonmedical exemptions. From 2011 to 2017, the average exemption rate was around 0.75%. … “It’s a slippery slope,” said Dr. Mark Kline, physician...

For people in eastern Ukraine, where nightly barrages of drones from Russia outpace the military’s overwhelmed air defenses, the response by Western allies to Iran’s aerial assault against Israel this weekend produced uncomfortable comparisons. The militaries of the United States, Britain, France and others stepped in to help Israel defend against the fusillade of more than 300 Iranian drones and missiles, nearly all of which were intercepted. A similar number of aerial weapons are fired at Ukraine on a weekly basis, its officials say, with many of the drones in those attacks designed by Iran and now produced by Russia....

They said they couldn't be fair or impartial Developments on the first day of Donald Trump's historic criminal case in New York:Dozens of potential jurors dismissed. More than 50 of the 96 potential jurors brought in for a preliminary round of questioning were immediately excused after raising their hands to indicate they couldn't be fair or impartial, reports the New York Times. The fail rate was "surpassingly rare," the Times reports. Before the trial ended for the day, Judge Juan Merchan questioned nine potential jurors, CNN reports. He dismissed a woman who said she had strongly held beliefs about Trump...

Good early evening to you Beloved, Dear Lord Jesus please Bless and Heal in return all who have lifted my dear husband John up in prayer for his healing from this thing that keeps attacking him. IN JESUS NAME, IT WILL STOP! Tomorrow AM he is scheduled for bloodwork, and his doctor will determine what to do from results of that. He is up and about, good spirits. He will not have to fast for the tests, a good help. O thank you so very very much again, my Dear Beloved FRiends in Christ Jesus!