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A professor with the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine has said that there is a general dismissal of the fact that more than half of all Americans have developed natural immunity to the coronavirus and that it constitutes “one of the biggest failures of our current medical leadership.”

House Republican Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney is sending a "clear signal' that she doesn't want to remain in her leadership role with her continued push against former President Donald Trump, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Sunday. "I like Liz Cheney, and I think Liz is smart and tough, but I think Liz is doing what she wants to do," Christie, now an ABC News contributor, said about the Wyoming Republican during a panel discussion on the network's "This Week with George Stephanopoulos."

President Trump has now endorsed NY Congresswoman Elise Stefanik to replace Rep. Liz Cheney as Chair of the GOP Caucus in the House.Former President Trump officially endorses Rep. Elise Stefanik for GOP Conference Chair: pic.twitter.com/zfRIB7qvhc— Meridith McGraw (@meridithmcgraw) May 5, 2021Earlier today we reported here that the House GOP Leadership — Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Minority Whip Steve Scalise — had given their endorsement to Rep. Stefanik’s move.The approval from leadership had become a foregone conclusion once word leaked out yesterday that Rep. Stefanik was making calls to other members of the caucus seeking their support for her move...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy went on “Fox and Friends” and acknowledged the issues that Republicans have had with Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY). Cheney has greatly disturbed a lot of the base with some of her past stances including being very anti-Trump and about where the Republican Party should be going in the future.McCarthy made it very clear the concerns with Cheney weren’t about her impeachment vote but about whether or not Cheney, as the person in the third position in the Republican leadership, would be able to carry out the Republican message when she appeared to be so conflicted...

Join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media. This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us. 1 JOHN 5:14 Religion Forum Threads labeled [Prayer] are closed to debate of any kind.

As a young pastor of a booming church, I remember seeking the advice of countless mentors who had walked in my shoes. Wisdom was a resource I couldn’t get enough of. For those of you who relate to that feeling and are looking for counsel and wisdom from experienced pastors who were once facing the same challenges as you, you won’t want to miss the advice of my friend, Gordon MacDonald. Gordon MacDonald grew up as the son of a Baptist pastor in New York and attended the University of Boulder and Denver Seminary. In the past 55 years, he...

I wasn't going to write a second column on the passing of Rush Limbaugh but given the reaction from hostile and snarky individuals -- even from a few self-styled conservatives -- explaining his influence is key to understanding him and more importantly the movement for which he was such a powerful spokesman. As with the former president, Donald Trump, Limbaugh spoke for people who felt disparaged by condescending elites. Established politicians, lobbyists, Washington lawyers and others collectively known as "inside the Beltway" types reacted to him as if these people had trespassed on their territory. Limbaugh's devoted fans believed their...

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will support House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) to remain in her leadership post after the congresswoman voted to impeach former President Donald Trump, according to Punchbowl News. The report comes as House Republicans are set to meet Wednesday regarding Cheney’s future as House Republican Conference chair.

House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-WY) on Wednesday rejected calls to resign from her leadership post — prompted by her support for impeaching President Donald Trump over last week’s riots at the U.S. Capitol. “I’m not going anywhere,” Cheney told Politico reporter Melanie Zanona. “This is a vote of conscience. It’s one where there are different views in our conference.”

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said the Democrat Party needs new leadership — a remark which comes after two years of rumors infighting among establishment Democrats and far-left progressives in the caucus as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) continue to hold a grip on ultimate direction of the party. Ocasio-Cortez made the observation during a Wednesday interview with The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill as they discussed a variety of issues — from President-elect Joe Biden’s “corporate revolving door” transition team to the prospect of shifts in Democrat Party leadership.

Cipolla gave a work of beautiful clarity in his essay on the phenomenon of stupidity and its effects on human survival. These are Cipolla's five fundamental laws of stupidity: 1. Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation. 2. The probability that a certain person (will) be stupid is independent of any other characteristic of that person. 3. A stupid person is a person who causes losses to another person or to a group of persons while himself deriving no gain and even possibly incurring losses. 4. Non-stupid people always underestimate the damaging power of stupid...

Nov. 5 (UPI) — Approval of U.S. leadership in Britain has sunk to an all-time low, according to a Gallup survey on Thursday. The poll shows that just 15% of British citizens approve of President Donald Trump’s leadership, and their approval has steadily eroded since he took office almost four years ago.

Given the pathetic performance of the Democratic Party in Congressional races yesterday will Speaker Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Schumer be challenged by members of their party when leadership posts are chosen?

November 1, 2020 If he doesn't win, it won't be because he didn't try hard enough. "President Donald Trump is spending one of the last days before Election Day engaged in a five-rally blowout across several key states where he is either trailing Joe Biden or running narrowly ahead. After visiting Michigan, Trump will travel to Iowa, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida for events there later Sunday. Meanwhile, Biden is holding a pair of events in Philadelphia" (NBC News). So Biden is traveling about 30 miles from home to give 2 events, while Trump is traveling something like 3,000 miles...

Take your pick among American women in history – Dolley Madison, Harriet Tubman, Clara Barton, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Ida Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Carrie Chapman Catt, Amelia Earhart, Eleanor Roosevelt, Margaret Chase Smith, Barbara Jordan, Coretta Scott King, Jackie Kennedy, Betty Ford, Grace Hopper, Vera Rubin, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg among countless others. With an impartial, astute, and, need I say it, sane press, Amy Coney Barrett would be on her way to be celebrated as a champion of women everywhere. In this era, being a conservative woman, being a Catholic or Christian, or holding a set...

Trump's speech reminded me a lot of this address by Patton to the Third Arm.

Professional athletes, many being minorities, have a unique opportunity to spread a positive message about America as a land of opportunity that, while imperfect, has a calling and destiny unlike any in the world. Such a message would bring hope, healing and encourage a “Yes, we can” mentality to millions of all backgrounds. Instead, LeBron James and other professional athletes have collectively spread a false narrative that our nation is systemically racist and inherently bad. In so doing, they fuel racial tension, perpetuate a victim mentality and perpetuate civil unrest. “By their fruits ye shall know them.” The fruits of...

Editor's note: This column was co-authored by James McCoy. On August 31st self-appointed Socialist Joe Biden came out of his basement bunker to stick his toe in the campaign trail water accompanied by the chorus from Led Zeppelin’s Dazed and Confused--“Been dazed and confused for so long it's not true.” Feeling the pressure of trying to conduct a lackluster virtual campaign from his basement and bowing to intense pressure from his campaign advisors, Biden timidly tried to engage Pennsylvania voters with his talk at a simpatico venue, Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. But the candidate still refused to take any...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) is rushing the pre-election release of a book that will detail his “leadership” during New York’s coronavirus crisis — which is not over, by the way; but let’s not dwell on semantics.

Today, executives everywhere are adapting to the reality of the Covid-19 pandemic. Information is changing daily, solutions are unclear and supplies are often limited, and decisions bear life-or-death consequences. At the same time, with the social justice movement gaining momentum in the United States and Europe, customers and employees are holding companies to a higher standard of social responsibility than ever before. Military leaders have experienced challenges of similar magnitude. For insight we can turn to their lessons: BE DECISIVE: Don’t dwell on your losses. In 1812, after Napoleon invaded Russia, Mikhail Kutuzov, the celebrated field marshal, knew that strategically...