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In a bombshell new video, the Senate Majority Leader in Michigan, Mike Shirkey, is secretly recorded confessing that the January 6 U.S. Capitol takeover was “staged” in order to secure an impeachment against President Trump. He went on to claim that, not only was it “pre-arranged”, but Mitch McConnell was “part of it”. In the video, an unknown individual asks Shirkey about the events that occured in DC on January 6. “Thats been a hoax since day one, that was all pre-arranged,” replied Shirkley.

Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide in federal custody is provoking skepticism among online conspiracy theorists and even some officials who question how he could have killed himself in a highly secured part of the jail set aside for high-profile inmates. Epstein had been placed on suicide watch following an incident just over two weeks ago in which he was discovered with bruises on his neck. But he was taken off of suicide watch at the end of July, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press Saturday. Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida suggested the possibility that a criminal...

Less than a month after he threatened to veto terrifying legislation that would cease constitutional rights as we know it, Obama has revoked his warning and plans to authorize a bill allowing indefinite detention and torture of Americans. After passing in the House of Representatives earlier this year, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 went before the US Senate last week, where it was met with overwhelming approval. In the days before, the Obama administration issued a policy statement on November 17 saying explicitly that the president would veto the bill, as it would challenge “the president’s...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces backed by U.S. advisers have captured an al Qaeda cell leader believed to be behind the kidnap in June of two U.S. soldiers who were found tortured and dead, the U.S. military said on Thursday. A U.S. statement said the man was captured in a raid on Tuesday in Yusifiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad. It said he had recently been seen commenting on a video CD showing the kidnapping of the soldiers that was shown at a mosque. "The terrorist is believed responsible for kidnapping two U.S. soldiers from a checkpoint...

EAGLE - Folks at the Eagle County Justice Center received Kobe Bryant as if he were royalty rather than an accused rapist. Bryant and his posse of lawyers and bodyguards got a king's welcome when they showed up Wednesday for the continuation of a preliminary hearing of Bryant's sexual assault charge. Deputies shooed everyone away from the circular driveway so the professional basketball star and his entourage could pass undisturbed through the front doors. It's hard to imagine any other defendant in this small mountain town getting such a regal reception. But the problem here isn't preferential treatment for a...