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It has been four years since the world was brought to its knees by a virus that many evidence-based reports now indicate leaked from a laboratory in Wuhan, China. You would think the federal government and the “experts” in the public health establishment would have learned their lesson. You would be wrong. Colorado State University (CSU) is moving full steam ahead with a massive, taxpayer-funded “Bat Resource Center.” This new facility, which is bankrolled by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the very same agency that funded dangerous research in Wuhan, will import and breed exotic bats to experiment on...

Mighty Dover Castle commands a view of the shortest sea crossing between Britain and continental Europe, a position of immense strategic importance. But within the walls of the medieval castle stands a much older building, dating from a time when Britain was an outpost of the Roman Empire.Around 2,000 years ago, in the early 2nd century AD, the Romans built a pharos, or lighthouse, here. This would have guided the ships of a Roman fleet into the harbour below.Not only is the Dover pharos the most complete standing Roman building in England, it's also one of only three lighthouses to...

Candace Owens is now pushing that Charlie Kirk was a TIME TRAVELLER - and that he had "AGENTS" (yes, like the Matrix) monitoring him from childhood - and that he was killed because he tried to DISTURB space-time continuum. No, I'm not kidding.

Explanation: These cosmic clouds have blossomed 1,300 light-years away in the fertile starfields of the constellation Cepheus. Called the Iris Nebula, NGC 7023 is not the only nebula to evoke the imagery of flowers. Still, this deep telescopic image shows off the Iris Nebula's range of colors and symmetries embedded in surrounding fields of interstellar dust. Within the Iris itself, dusty nebular material surrounds a hot, young star. The dominant color of the brighter reflection nebula is blue, characteristic of dust grains reflecting starlight. Central filaments of the reflection nebula glow with a faint reddish photoluminescence as some dust grains...

Progressive Researchers Claim They Are 15-20 Years From Finding Out What A Woman Is U.S. — Progressive researchers working with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU ) said they were only a mere 15-20 years away from finding out what a woman is. "We're very close," said Dr. Nina Rangleford, a medical doctor and biology expert. "We've studied hundreds of human bodies and cross-referenced those findings with what people feel. We're confident we'll be able to provide an accurate definition of what a woman is in just 15 years. Twenty, max." Researchers said they have left no stone unturned in...

Gun violence legislation could get a second chance after Democratic Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger is inaugurated on Jan. 17.A bill to ban the sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines is one of several anti-gun violence proposals previously vetoed by Virginia Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that could become law in 2026 under Democratic Gov.-elect Abigail Spanberger.On Jan 7, Democratic Del. Dan Helmer reintroduced a bill in the Virginia House of Delegates to ban large-capacity magazines and prohibit the importation, sale, purchase, or transfer of assault firearms in the commonwealth. Youngkin vetoed similar bills in 2024 and 2025 after they passed in...

Every woman wants a hunky, conservative dude to marry. The hard part is knowing how to attract them. The Babylon Bee is here to help with the following list of beauty tips that will land the based MAGA man of your dreams. Walk into your hair salon and say, "Give me the Trump!": In seven short hours, you'll have the perfect hairstyle for getting a man's attention. Speak fluent Elvish: It sounds beautiful, and he won't know when you're mad at him, which will be great for your relationship. Be sure to match your AR-15 with your purse and...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A pair of boys were arrested on Wednesday in connection with the murder of a 33-year-old Portland convenience store employee last month. The two boys, ages 12 and 15, face murder and robbery and were lodged at the Robert L. Harris Juvenile Justice Center in Vancouver. Santi Ram Rai was shot while he was working at a convenience store in the 1700 block of SE 139th Ave., on Dec,9, 2025. A medical examiner has since confirmed that he died of homicide by gunshot wound. After a month-long investigation, detectives identified that the two suspects lived in...

(I wanted to kick the hornet's nest, to ask a pointed question. I didn't want to rely on a single source, I tried ChatGPT, Grok, Yandex and Co-Pilot. Only two of the sources were reasonably accessible. Here are the results.) Question to Co-Pilot On a video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIU4VO7nCuY titled “The Iran War Almost Started — Here’s What Stopped It | Larry C. Johnson” on the YouTube channel “Lezzet Yöresi”, former CIA analyst Larry C. Johnson commented on the issue of intelligence agencies closely allied with financial power centers projecting currency manipulation as an instrument of economic warfare: “Let's go back...

MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - For five months, Fox 9 has been investigating what appears to be rampant fraud in a massive state program. This fraud is suspected of costing Minnesota taxpayers as much as $100 million a year. The Fox 9 Investigators reporting is based on public records and nearly a dozen government sources who have direct knowledge of what is happening. These sources have a deep fear, and there is evidence to support their concerns, that some of that public money is ending up in the hands of terrorists. SUITCASES FILLED WITH MONEY This story begins at Minneapolis-St. Paul International...

It might surprise you to learn that the Trump administration has restored millions of dollars in funding to pro-abortion groups, including Planned Parenthood. Last spring, federal monies designated for the “Title X Family Planning Program” had been frozen — a move widely celebrated by pro-life advocates. The federal program, which dates to 1970, is a welfare subsidy that ostensibly offers “family planning services” to low-income individuals. Groups who facilitate these offerings include the abortion giant Planned Parenthood. Advocates for the program claim that the federal funds provide critical services for the poor — birth control, sexually transmitted disease testing, cancer...

The most recent abortion statistics released by the Department of Health and Social Care today show that there were 735 abortions where a baby had Down’s syndrome in 2023, an increase of 7.3% from 2019 when there were 656. The statistics also show there were 10 late-term abortions at 24 weeks gestation or over where the baby had Down’s syndrome for residents of England and Wales. There were 3,205 abortions for babies with disabilities in 2023, an increase of 81 (2.59%) from 3,124 in the previous year. The number of late-term abortions at 24 weeks gestation or over where the...

Hillsborough police arrested Priyatharsini Natarajan, 35, on Jan. 13 for allegedly murdering her two sons, ages 5 and 7, in her Hillsborough home, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor's Office.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday delivered an epic rebuke of a leftist reporter after he accused an ICE agent of “recklessly” and “unjustifiably” killing crazed leftist Renee Good when she tried to run the agent over with her vehicle. Good was fatally shot last week by an ICE agent in self-defense, sparking outrage in Minneapolis, Minnesota, when she tried to kill an ICE agent. This sparked nationwide outrage from left-wingers and rioting in Minnesota. President Trump has threatened to invoke the insurrection act, stating on Thursday, “If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don’t obey the law and...

@SenRandPaul I just introduced the End Welfare for Non-Citizens Act to ensure taxpayer-funded benefits are reserved for Americans. This bill ends federal funding for programs like TANF, Medicaid, and SNAP for illegal immigrants, refugees, asylees, and new entrants. A recent massive fraud scheme—estimated by federal prosecutors to reach $9 billion, shows exactly why we must do more to protect American taxpayers from theft and abuse. Safeguarding public funds is more urgent than ever. The fraud involved dozens of individuals—many from Minnesota’s Somali community, who set up businesses and non-profits claiming to provide housing, food, or healthcare assistance, then billed federally...

ICE Chases DoorDasher into Customers House!

Student records teacher screaming at class over Renee Good incident!

As Kathleen Kennedy exits Lucasfilm, she’s pointing to fans as the source of Star Wars’ biggest “lows.” In her Deadline exit interview, when asked about the Star Wars highs and lows, Kennedy responded about the lows and claimed that only a “very, very small percentage” of the Star Wars fanbase caused the backlash that defined much of her tenure. According to Kennedy, these fans simply wanted “the same thing” and were impossible to satisfy if Lucasfilm chose to go in new creative directions. “The lows are that you’ve got a very, very small percentage of the fan base that has...

Every time I write about this subject it has gotten yet a little more ridiculous. The background is that back in 2019 New York, both State and City, set themselves targets for “emissions” reductions and energy transformation that are quite literally impossible as a matter of physics, thermodynamics, and cost. And then, just to show who is the boss here, they made the impossible targets mandatory by statute. In the case of New York State, the statute in question is the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA or Climate Act). Among the many requirements of that statute, the most...

A woman in Florida is under arrest after allegedly assaulting troopers in the state this week. After the incident, Governor Ron DeSantis talked about it during a press briefing and reminded people that Florida is not Minneapolis, and that there are consequences for that kind of behavior. This is the simple sort of thing that Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is seemingly incapable of doing. It’s the sort of basic thing most people learn in childhood. Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed the incident during a press conference, saying, “I do know there was a woman who came out and assaulted one of...