Protocol

The Federal Reserve released a long-awaited review of the potential for creating a central bank digital currency Thursday, after months of delays. Ahead of making a decision, the Fed has asked the public to submit answers on 22 questions posed in the report.

“The introduction of a CBDC would represent a highly significant innovation in American money,” the authors said in the report. “This paper is the first step in a public discussion between the Federal Reserve and stakeholders about CBDC.” Continue reading “The Fed may create a US digital currency and wants your input”

KSNT

TOPEKA (KSNT) – It appears soldiers are being used to help with a rise in coronavirus cases. The state said more information would be released Friday.

The Sherman County Health Department posted on Facebook Thursday that the Kansas National Guard had been deployed to multiple counties “due to the increase in COVID-19 cases and high demand for testing.” Continue reading “Kansas soldiers deployed in COVID fight, information suggests”

The Fire – by Sabrina Conza

Two months after Duke’s student government denied recognition to a pro-Israel club based on disagreement with one of the club’s social media posts, Duke’s Students Supporting Israel chapter remains unrecognized by the university. This week, however, Kentucky Sen. — and Duke alumnus — Rand Paul has joined the calls of FIRE and other civil liberties organizations, writing to his alma mater to encourage Duke to grant SSI official recognition.  Continue reading “Sen. Rand Paul joins calls urging Duke to recognize pro-Israel club”

Washington Examiner – by Luke Gentile

The statue of former President Theodore Roosevelt, which had stood in front of Manhattan’s American Museum of Natural History for more than 80 years, was removed Thursday after years of controversy.

The primary piece of the 26th president’s bronze effigy was removed by crane early Thursday morning, just after midnight, according to a report.  Continue reading “NYC spends $2 million to remove Roosevelt statue”

Patriot Rising

Joe Biden is quickly becoming known as ‘The Inflation President’ as prices rise on just about everything that Americans need to survive, including food.

And what’s more, prices are not expected to drop anytime soon because this administration is simply not competent. Continue reading “Here it comes: Food prices set to skyrocket throughout 2022 as rising costs hit small-to-medium-sized farms”

Washington Examiner – by Paul Bedard

The nation’s Second Amendment rights groups are readying for a new attack by longtime gun control advocate President Joe Biden now that the key elements of his domestic agenda have been shelved in a series of Senate rejections.

The gun-making industry and advocacy groups were put on warning last week when Biden slipped in anti-gun comments in his impromptu statement on the Texas synagogue hostage situation. The suspect, who was killed by police, was seen with a gun that he apparently purchased illegally.  Continue reading “Gun groups brace for Biden shift to bans and confiscation”

Daily Mail

Scientists have developed a groundbreaking Covid diagnosis test using X-rays that are able to give a result within minutes and are 98 per cent accurate.

Experts at the University of the West of Scotland (UWS) pioneered the Artificial Intelligence programme to help healthcare staff during times ‘when PCR tests are not readily available’.  Continue reading “X RAYS could replace PCR tests for Covid”

The Sun

COUCH potatoes are a third more likely to develop deadly blood clots, a study has found.

Binge-watching TV for four hours or more increases the risk by 35 per cent — even for fit and healthy people.

When people sit still, blood collects in the limbs.  Continue reading “Binge-watching TV for over four hours increases risk of deadly blood clots by a THIRD, study warns”

The Hill

Candy is about to get more “inclusive,” with the maker of M&M’s announcing its famed characters are getting modern makeovers and will have more “nuanced personalities.”

Mars, Incorporated, the company behind the colorful, candy-coated chocolates, announced Thursday a “global commitment to creating a world where everyone feels they belong and society is inclusive.”  Continue reading “M&Ms characters to become more inclusive”

AP

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is the first state in the nation to ask National Guard troops to serve as substitute teachers as preschools and K-12 public schools struggle to keep classrooms open amid surging COVID-19 infections.

Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced Wednesday the unprecedented effort to reopen classrooms in the capital city of Santa Fe and shore up staffing across the state.  Continue reading “New Mexico asks Guard to sub for sick teachers amid omicron”

Gateway Pundit – by Julian Conradson

On Wednesday, Joe Biden held his first press conference in several months, and, unsurprisingly, it was a complete trainwreck.

Marred by long pauses, nonsensical babble, and several awkward moments like holding his notes to his chest and rocking back and forth, Biden clearly couldn’t even handle the softball questions from the pre-approved list of reporters.  Continue reading “Biden Begs For “Easy Questions,” Then Completely Butchers His Next Answer; Accidentally Says Republicans Will Trounce Dems in Midterms Before Launching Into a Pause-Riddled Malfunction”

Western Standard

A stunning rise in the number of illegal immigrants forced the feds to book 11 hotels in Quebec to house them, says Blacklock’s Reporter.

There has been a forty-fold increase in illegal crossings to the highest levels since the outbreak of the pandemic.  Continue reading “Feds book 11 hotels to handle fortyfold increase in illegal immigration”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Several federal law enforcement agencies and the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s department are now the subject of a federal lawsuit after they were caught pulling over vehicles from an armored car company and robbing them of their cash. The stops were completely baseless as no crime had been committed and the cash inside the armored cars was from legal businesses — essentially making it literal highway robbery.  Continue reading “Cops Using Civil Forfeiture to Organize Armored Car Heists, Robbing Innocent People of Over $1 Million”

Reclaim the Net – by Ken Macon

The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of the US will require people to submit a facial scan through a third party provider to make payments or file taxes online. The system raises obvious privacy concerns.

Currently, users only require a username and password to log into their IRS accounts. But starting the summer of 2022, users will need to verify their identity through a third-party identity verification company called ID.me. The change was first noticed by Krebs on Security. Continue reading “The IRS will force facial recognition scans on users this summer”

Free Thought Project – by Matt Agorist

Since March of 2020, Americans and the world alike have watched from the sidelines as power hungry politicians have ushered in draconian lockdowns, shutdowns, police state measures, and brought the economy to its knees. While governments around the planet used their central banks to devalue their currencies by printing money to fund their tyranny, the US led the way down this road to fiscal horror. Continue reading “80% of All US Dollars in Existence Have Been Printed in Just the Last Two Years”

RT

The Pentagon has released surveillance videos showing a US air strike that killed 10 civilians in the Afghan capital last year, one of the final American combat missions in the country as Washington ended its two-decade war.

Published by the New York Times on Wednesday, the declassified 25-minute video shows the moment an Afghan aid worker and nine other non-combatants, including seven children, were killed in the US strike, all captured by two drones flying over Kabul during the August 29, 2021 bombing raid. Continue reading “Declassified video shows US drone strike on civilians”

Stars and Stripes – by Rose L. Thayer

The Defense Department has agreed to spend about $52.5 million to operate and maintain observation blimps at the U.S. border with Mexico as part of an ongoing mission in the region.

The original request to support the blimps called for about 1,500 additional troops to deploy to the border mission that supports the Department of Homeland Security and began in 2018, according to Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas.  Continue reading “Pentagon agrees to spend $52M on blimps flying surveillance missions at the U.S.-Mexico border”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

The FBI on Wednesday raided the home and campaign office of Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), a frequent critic of President Joe Biden.

According to the Texas Tribune, FBI spokesperson Rosanne Hughes said authorities were “conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity,” and had appeared to seize evidence from the Democratic lawmaker’s home. Continue reading “FBI Raids Home, Campaign Office Of Democrat Biden Critic Rep. Henry Cuellar”

Zero Hedge – by Tyler Durden

Last week’s eruption of the volcano near the Pacific island nation of Tonga was 600 times more powerful than the nuke dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, in World War II. As a result, the eruption was so loud that many Tongans went deaf after the first explosion.

“The first explosion…our ears were ringing and we couldn’t even hear each other, so all we do is pointing to our families to get up, get ready to run,” Marian Kupu, a journalist on Tonga, told Reuters.  

Continue reading “Volcanic Eruption Was 600 Times More Powerful Than Hiroshima, Many Tongans Went Deaf During Explosion”