Political Insider – by Adam Andrzejewski

When Congress passed its $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill, with House approval in less than 24 hours, they were able to cram 5,000 earmarks totaling $9 billion into the final version of the bill.

According to the New York Times, that $9 billion total includes 3,682 earmarks totaling $5 billion from Democrats, 1,014 earmarks totaling $3.4 billion from Republicans, and 266 earmarks totaling $609 million on a bipartisan basis. Continue reading “Congress Included $9B In Earmarks In Latest Spending Bill”

Zero Hedge – by Global Intel Hub

Currency Central Holdings Inc. — 4/21/2022 — Knoxville, TN —  For the first time since 1971 the US has defaulted on it’s banking obligations and the Petro Dollar system marking ‘peak Dollar.’  While only a handful of public figures have a handle on the situation, we are concerned that the White House is spreading dangerous misinformation on how Currency Markets work so we’d like to explain key points on the nuts and bolts of the soft default and what it means for the future of global currency markets. Continue reading “US Dollar Defaults On Petro Dollar And RU Banking Obligations”

Real Clear Policy – by Adam Andrzejewski

The U.S. State Department will give up to $125,000 to nonprofits in Saudi Arabia to encourage women and youth empowerment through sports, according to a grant notice from the U.S. State Department.

The project should involve women and youth from rural areas of Saudi Arabia, and focus on soccer, basketball, motorsports, American football, “or other sports where Saudi women and youth are traditionally underrepresented.” Continue reading “U.S. Giving $125K to Saudi Arabia for Women’s, Youth Sports”

Daily Mail

Russia‘s top diplomat has warned that NATO is now fighting a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine and there is a ‘very serious’ risk the conflict could turn nuclear.

Sergei Lavrov, speaking on Russian state TV last night, accused western leaders of risking a third world war by supplying heavy weapons to Ukraine with the goal of ‘wearing down the Russian army’ – an aim he described as an ‘illusion’. Continue reading “Russia’s Sergei Lavrov warns of nuclear conflict with the West”

Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft

The World Health Organization is attempting a power grab’ — quietly setting up a single globalized response to all future pandemics

As previously reported at LeoHohmann.com, the deep state predators in the U.S. and Western governments have decided the world needs a centralized pandemic response controlled and run by the United Nations World Health Organization via an international treaty. Continue reading “Threat to national sovereignty set to go down May 22-28 at WHO World Health Assembly”

Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday granted its full approval of the COVID-19 antiviral treatment Veklury (remdesivir) for infants and young children. The treatment was previously under emergency use authorization for children.

According to the news release, FDA would expand the treatment of Remdesivir to include pediatric patients 28 days of age and older weighing at least 3 kilograms (about 7 pounds) with positive results of direct Covid-19 viral testing, and are either hospitalized or at high-risk of severe illness. Continue reading “FDA Approves First and Only Covid-19 Treatment for Pediatric Patients as Young as 28 Days Old”

Gateway Pundit – by Cassandra Fairbanks

Twitter executives are set up to potentially cash in massively on Elon Musk’s purchase of the platform.

If Musk terminates CEO Parag Agrawal, he is looking at a $38.7 million pay package, according to Hollywood Reporter. Continue reading “Jack Dorsey Could Receive $978M and Parag Agrawal $39M in Elon Musk Twitter Purchase”

Gateway Pundit – by Cristina Laila

A Trump-appointed federal judge on Monday granted a temporary restraining order to prevent the Biden Regime from lifting Title 42, a Trump-era order blocking asylum seekers at the US border.

Title 42 was used by President Trump in 2020 to expel migrants seeking asylum during the Covid pandemic. Continue reading “Trump-Appointed Federal Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order Barring Joe Biden From Lifting Title 42”

NewsMax

Google is making a push for “inclusive language” with a new writing feature that is designed to guide users away from words it considers politically incorrect.

Introduced this month, Google Docs users will encounter a pop-up warning if they type in words or phrases deemed noninclusive, such as “landlord,” “mankind,” “policeman,” or “housewife,” the New York Post reports.  Continue reading “Google Makes Push for ‘Inclusive Language’ With Writing Feature”

Breitbart – by Kristina Wong

United States Secretaries of State and Defense visited Kyiv, Ukraine, in a surprise trip on Sunday and announced $713 million in military aid for Ukraine and partner nations assisting Ukraine in its fight against Russia.

Of the $713 million, $322 million is earmarked for Ukraine, and the rest will be split among NATO members and other nations supplying Ukraine with weapons, according to the Associated Press. Continue reading “U.S. Secretaries of State and Defense Visit Ukraine, Pledge $713M in Military Aid”

Fox News

The Washington State Legislature recently passed a bill replacing the word “marijuana” with “cannabis” in all state laws, citing the alleged racist origins of the Spanish word.

“The term ‘marijuana’ itself is pejorative and racist,” said Democratic state Rep. Melanie Morgan claimed during 2021 testimony regarding House Bill 1210, which she sponsored, according to local CBS affiliate KIRO 7. Continue reading “Washington state legislature strikes word ‘marijuana’ from state laws, citing racism”

Markets Insider

The world’s top palm-oil producer announced that it would ban exports of the commodity starting on Thursday, sending the prices of edible oils soaring.

Indonesia accounts for about half of the world’s supply of palm oil, the world’s most widely used vegetable oil. Palm oil is used for cooking and for the production of thousands of consumer products, including biscuits, detergents, and lipsticks. Continue reading “Indonesia, the world’s top cooking-oil exporter, says it’s going to ban exports of the oil this week, and it’s sent the global prices of edible oils soaring”

ABC News

JERUSALEM — President Joe Biden has accepted an invitation to visit Israel in the coming months, the two countries announced on Sunday.

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke to Biden on Sunday afternoon, discussing recent Israeli-Palestinian unrest in Jerusalem as well as their shared concerns about Iran, both of their offices said.  Continue reading “Biden accepts invitation to visit Israel in coming months”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Following a January report of a leaked ATF email documenting plans to begin seizing lawfully-owned forced reset and wide-open triggers for AR-15 platforms, Rare Breed Triggers’ vendor was raided by the federal government in late March, according to the company.

A customer attempting to purchase Rare Breed’s Forced Reset Trigger received an email on April 20 from the company’s customer service team explaining the order was canceled because, on March 25, the ATF raided their vendor, which inhibited them from shipping triggers. Continue reading “Rare Breed Triggers Cancels Customers’ Orders After “ATF Raided Vendor””

News Talk 1280

If you buy your produce from Walmart, this recall might affect you. The Tristate is a part of an urgent recall that involves vegetables grown in California sold in 18 other states including Indiana, Kentucky, and Illinois. Continue reading “Indiana, Kentucky and Illinois Included in Urgent Vegetable Recall”

Natural News – by Ethan Huff

Only 32 percent of the winter wheat crop in the United States received a “good” or “excellent” rating from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), new reports show.

While this represents a slight increase of two points compared to a week ago, the figure is far behind 2021’s 53 percent rating, illustrating just how bad America’s wheat crop is due to persistent drought conditions in many areas. Continue reading “USDA: 69% of total U.S. winter wheat production currently in drought zones… sharp decline in yields right around the corner”

Daily Mail

A Florida sheriff is encouraging residents to take gun safety courses after a homeowner frightened a prospective burglar by firing at them – saying that residents of the state are ‘more than welcome’ to shoot and kill intruders and that he would ‘prefer you do, actually.’

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies caught Brandon J. Harris of Milton, 32, after his burglary spree in the town of Pace on Wednesday when he was cornered by officers after fleeing from an armed homeowner, Sheriff Bob Johnson said the next day at the press conference.  Continue reading “Florida sheriff says he ‘prefers’ people shoot home invaders”

Gateway Pundit – by Jim Hoft

Joe Biden has blood on his hands.

A new record 221,203 illegal alien apprehensions were recorded in March.  Continue reading “Missing National Guard Soldier Was Trying to Rescue Two Drug Traffickers When He Drowned in Rio Grande – Search Still Ongoing”

Natural News – by Ethan Huff

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has issued a warning about the future, which looks grim.

If things continue as they are now – and they more than likely will – global food shortages will continue. The result will be supply issues and civil unrest, likely beginning in the Third World and spreading from there. Continue reading “IMF now warning that food supply shortages will create waves of social unrest across the globe”

RT

The top US law enforcement agency has warned of increased cyber attacks on agricultural cooperatives, saying hackers could target large-scale farms and potentially impact the world’s food supply.

The FBI’s Cyber Division issued a notice to private industry earlier this week, pointing to a growing number of ransomware attacks on farming co-ops throughout the fall 2021 harvest and the early months of 2022. Continue reading “FBI warns cyber attacks could impact world food supply”