Activist Post – by BN Frank

Most people seem to be aware that electric vehicle (EV) batteries have been catching fire and exploding – sometimes while being charged – and that there have been numerous recalls to address this issue (see 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7).  Additionally, earlier this month, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced it had started investigating safety defects in EV batteries.  Unfortunately, batteries for electric bikes (E-bikes), scooters, and other micro-mobility devices have been catching fire and exploding too.  Continue reading “Electric Bike Batteries Have Been Exploding, Causing Property Damage, Injuring and Killing People”

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”

Fox News

FBI Director Christpher Wray addressed the skyrocketing rate of murders against police officers Sunday, saying the surge is far outpacing general violent crime.

Wray made the comments during a “60 Minutes” interview on Sunday, saying murders of police officers rose 59% in 2021. The total murder rate rose 29% last year, and the U.S. lost 73 police officers to such attacks in 2021. Continue reading “FBI director says violence directed at police officers unlike anything he’s seen before”

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”

Zero Hedge – by Michael Shellenbverger, Substack

California Gov. Gavin Newsom this week claimed he was taking major action to address the drought affecting California and the West. More than 90% of California is in severe drought, up from 65% just one year ago. He said he had created an agreement that was a win-win-win for residents, farmers, and conservationists. Continue reading “Why Gavin Newsom Is Creating A Water & Energy Disaster”

Dr. Joseph Mercola

In 2021, McKinsey & Company, one of the largest consultants to corporations and governments worldwide, settled a lawsuit brought by 47 state attorneys general over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis. The firm agreed to pay $573 million in fines1 for driving up sales of Purdue Pharma’s OxyContin painkiller, even as Americans were dying in droves.  Continue reading “Another Layer of Corruption in the Opioid Scandal Revealed”

Wall Street On Parade – by Pam Martens and Russ Martens

Under just three of the emergency bailout programs offered by the Fed to Wall Street, units of the megabank JPMorgan Chase tapped over $6 trillion in cumulative (term-adjusted) loans from September 17, 2019 through the first quarter of 2020. That figure will definitely go higher as the Fed is releasing the names of the banks and the amounts they borrowed on a quarterly basis for its repo loan program. Continue reading “While JPMorgan Chase Was Getting Trillions of Dollars in Loans at Almost Zero Percent Interest from the Fed, It Was Charging Americans Hit by the Pandemic 17 Percent on their Credit Cards”

MedPage Today – by Jennifer Henderson

A Houston-based physician and conservative activist is facing serious criminal charges following a 2020 incident tied to a botched voter fraud probe.

A grand jury handed down an indictment to Steven Hotze, MD, this week on felony charges of unlawful restraint and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to records from Harris County District Court. The charges stem from Hotze’s alleged involvement in an air-conditioning repairman being held at gunpoint during a search for hundreds of thousands of fraudulent mail ballots that actually didn’t exist. Continue reading “Texas Doc Charged in Incident Related to Fabricated Voter Fraud”

The Verge – by Andrew J Hawkins

A video was posted on Reddit Thursday that appears to show a Tesla vehicle slowly crashing into a $3.5 million private jet after being “summoned” by its owner using the automaker’s automatic parking feature.

The Reddit user (who did not immediately respond to a request for comment) said the incident took place at an event sponsored by aircraft manufacturer Cirrus at Felts Field in Spokane, Washington. Continue reading “A Tesla vehicle using ‘Smart Summon’ appears to crash into a $3.5 million private jet”

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”

Dakota News Now

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) – High winds in South Dakota are making it difficult for drivers today, especially on the interstate and highways. This video was submitted by a viewer, it was taken near Beresford this afternoon.

See video here: https://www.dakotanewsnow.com/2022/04/23/strong-winds-impacting-drivers-south-dakota/

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”

Washington Examiner – by Jenny Goldsberry

Milk-lovers may soon be able to drink cow’s milk and hold the cow, thanks to a startup that is successfully producing the beverage with just the animal’s cells.

Boston startup Brown Foods has created “UnReal Milk,” a cow-free alternative with the same nutritional profile, taste, and texture as milk produced from the mammary glands of cows. Continue reading “Don’t have a cow: Boston startup developing cow-free ‘UnReal Milk’”

Reclaim the Net – by Cindy Harper

In a speech delivered at Stanford University, President Barack Obama called for more censorship of social media speech. He argued that without regulation, social media will have “frightening implications.”

“People are dying because of misinformation,” Obama said. Continue reading “Obama calls for internet speech regulation”