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Daily Caller – by Thomas Catenacci
A former Trump administration official suggested that President Joe Biden’s recent release of 180 million barrels of oil from emergency stockpiles is unlawful. Continue reading “Is Biden’s Mass Release From The Strategic Oil Reserves Even Legal?”
In what his lawyers have described as a “brief but significant moment in the case,” a British magistrates’ court has signed off on Julian Assange’s extradition to the United States, bringing the WikiLeaks founder one step closer to a US trial under the Espionage Act which threatens press freedoms worldwide. Continue reading “The US Cries About War Crimes While Imprisoning A Journalist For Exposing Its War Crimes”
LifeSiteNews – by Pierre Boralevi
BOLOGNA, Italy (LifeSiteNews) – A new app recently released in Italy presents striking similarities with China’s social credit system by rewarding some citizens for their behavior through a point system.
“Smart Citizen Wallet” was presented at a March 29 press conference on digital innovation in Bologna, where mayor Matteo Lepore, and Massimo Bugani, director of the city’s “Digital Agenda,” discussed the project. Continue reading “New social credit app to reward Italian citizens for ‘virtuous behavior’”
President Joe Biden announced a new program on Thursday to help immigration advocates and corporate donors import tens of thousands of Ukrainian workers and consumers from safe European countries.
The migrants will be brought into the United States via the “parole” side door in the border that was created to help individual foreigners in emergencies. Continue reading “Biden Imports More Ukrainian Migrants for Investors”
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey declared a state of emergency on Thursday due to the massive wind-fueled wildfire burning in Coconino County.
The Tunnel Fire, burning roughly 14 miles north of Flagstaff, has grown to over 20,000 acres as firefighters brace for increasingly windy conditions expected Friday. Continue reading “State of emergency declared as Arizona wildfire continues to grow”
US Incorporated – by Allan Wall
The Biden Border Rush continues.
Let’s look at some statistics to see just how bad the situation is. Continue reading “The Sorry State of the Biden Border – and How It Looks to Get Even Worse”
April 19, 2022
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued its final rule for added fluoride levels in bottled water titled Beverages: Bottled Water. This final rule amends the allowable level for fluoride in domestically packaged and imported bottled water to which fluoride is added to 0.7 milligrams per liter (mg/L). The proposed rule published in April 2019. Continue reading “FDA Releases Final Rule for Added Fluoride Levels in Bottled Water”
Gateway Pundit – by Cristina Laila
Dr. Fauci insisted the CDC is above federal courts during an interview with CNN’s Kasie Hunt. Continue reading ““This is a CDC Issue, It Should Not Have Been a Court Issue” – Fauci Insists the CDC Should be Above Federal Courts and Law”
Reclaim the Net – by Tom Parker
Twitter took down a tweet quoting English playwright William Shakespeare’s well-known “let’s kill all the lawyers” line from Henry VI Part 2 for violating its “abuse and harassment” rules.
Peter Kirwan, an associate professor at the University of Nottingham, tweeted out the quote as part of a message of support to the Nottingham Shakespeare Rebels acting group. Continue reading “Famous Shakespeare quote removed by Twitter for “abuse and harassment””
Children’s Health Defense – by Dr. Joseph Mercola
More than 769 athletes have collapsed on the field during a game from March 2021 to March 2022. The shocking statistic was revealed by One America News Network (OAN), which also found the average age of the athletes who suffered cardiac arrest is just 23 years old. Continue reading “769 Athletes Collapsed This Year During Competition. What’s Going On?”
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Three Knox County area senators voted in favor of a Tennessee bill that would effectively criminalize homelessness. Those senators include Richard Briggs (R – Knoxville), who said he thinks unhoused people simply shouldn’t be sleeping outside in poor conditions.
It is already illegal to sleep or camp on state-owned property. The bill would expand that prohibition to any property owned by local governments, making it a felony. However, it lets authorities choose not the pursue charges. Continue reading “State senators voted to pass a bill that would criminalize unhoused people sleeping outside”
Reclaim the Net – by Christina Mass
In Austin, Texas, Whole Foods shoppers can now pay using their palm. The pay-by-palm service is enabled by the Amazon One devices, which link a user’s palm signature to their debit or credit card. Continue reading “Amazon palm scanning payments arrive in Austin, Texas”
Farmers in China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Vietnam — the largest rice-producing countries could experience reduced output due to soaring fertilizer prices.
The International Rice Research Institute warns that harvests could plunge as much as 10% in the next season, equating to about 36 million tons of rice, or enough food to feed a half billion people, according to Bloomberg. Continue reading “Global Rice Production Set To Plunge 10%, Threatening Half Of Humanity”
Mining for ingredients needed to make electric vehicles (EV) and other technology has environmental (see 1, 2) and humanitarian consequences (see 1, 2). That’s why these ingredients are sometimes referred to as “Conflict Minerals” (see 1, 2, 3, 4). In Nevada, residents continue to fight against a lithium mine being developed in their county. Continue reading “Indigenous Tribes, Environmental Groups, and Ranchers Take Legal Action against Proposed Lithium Mine”
Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist
As food uncertainly lingers on the horizon thanks to US sanctions and government decimation of the economy during the past two years, there is another factor contributing to the problem. Since the beginning of the year, there have been several very large food processing facilities that have exploded or burned to the ground across the U.S. Continue reading “Multiple Large Food Processing & Distribution Plants in US Have Recently Exploded or Burned Down”
RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (KVEO) — People could be fined for not voting in general elections if a bill recently introduced into Congress becomes law.
The Civic Duty to Vote Act was introduced to the House of Representatives on Monday. The bill is written by Rep. John Larson (CT-1). Continue reading “New bill would require Americans to vote in elections or face penalty”
Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million package of military assistance to Ukraine as Russian forces continue their military campaign to seize the country’s east. This follows the $800 million he donated last week. Continue reading “Joe Biden Announces Yet Another $800 Million in Heavy Artillery to Ukraine and $500 Million to Corrupt Government”
The wishlist for a pandemic treaty is long, and there are formidable obstacles to achieving it. Maike Voss (German Alliance on Climate Change and Health, KLUG), Clare Wenham (LSE), Mark Eccleston-Turner (Kings College London), Rithika Sangameshwaran and Bianka Detering (KLUG) look at the challenges involved. Continue reading “A new pandemic treaty: what the World Health Organization needs to do next”
For the first time since the Russian invasion began, the Pentagon on Tuesday issued cryptic confirmation that Ukraine has received fighter planes. In a press briefing spokesman John Kirby was careful to say it wasn’t the Untied States who sent them, however.
He also didn’t specify what types of aircraft were sent, only that Ukrainian forces “right now have available to them more fixed-wing fighter aircraft than they did two weeks ago.” Kirby described, “Without getting into what other nations are providing, they (Ukrainian forces) have received additional platforms and parts to be able to increase their fleet size.” Continue reading “Ukraine Has Received Fighter Jets From Unnamed US Ally: Pentagon”
WASHINGTON – Capitol Hill was evacuated Wednesday evening after a scare was caused by parachutists from the Army Golden Knights jumping into Nationals Park.
The Army parachutists flew into restricted airspace, causing the Capitol Police to issue the initial alert, which cited an “aircraft that poses a probable threat,” at about 6:30 p.m. Continue reading “Army parachute demo at Nats Park causes brief Capitol evacuation”