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BOMBSHELL Excess Deaths Report – Why Are Young People Suddenly Dropping Dead?!
With Americans continuing to die at alarming rates, even more than before the pandemic, there seems to be no apparent urgency on the part of to get to the bottom of this crisis. And as these deaths cannot be accounted for by COVID, just why are so many Americans dying early?
Sex and the Cities | Full Measure
Like many American cities, New York City is suffering an alarming spike in crime. Some blame lax prosecution, with many offenses going unpunished.
And now the Big Apple is one of numerous cities engaged in a new debate over the crime of prostitution. Will cracking down on the world’s oldest profession improve life for the community at large? Or should authorities ease up and look the other way? Lisa Fletcher reports.
‘Longtime Collaborator’ Of Wuhan Lab Is Now Reconstructing Viruses With 60% Mortality Rate, Using Same Tactics That Likely Spawned COVID-19 Pandemic.
Dr. Baric has been described by the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s top bat coronavirus researcher, whom experts allege played a critical role in the lab birthing COVID-19, Shi Zhengli as a “longtime collaborator.” Senator Rand Paul also confronted Anthony Fauci with Dr. Baric’s work during a heated exchange about whether or not his agency, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID), had funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
“For years, Dr. Ralph Baric, a virologist in the U.S., has been collaborating with Dr. Shi Zhengli of the Wuhan Virology Institute, sharing his discoveries about how to create super viruses. This gain-of-function research has been funded by the NIH.”
Despite this controversy, the NIAID is continuing to fund Dr. Baric’s research, most recently for the study, “Host range, transmissibility and antigenicity of a pangolin coronavirus.”
EXCLUSIVE: 121K Migrants Apprehended in 15 Days Along Southwest Border — 11K more Got Away
Unofficial Border Patrol apprehension reports indicate agents encountered approximately 121,000 migrants along the southwest border during the first 15 days of the month. This brings the Fiscal Year 24 total to approximately 504,000 migrants.
In addition to the 121,000 migrant apprehensions, agents reported an additional 11,000 migrants were documented as got-aways. This number is an estimate of the number of migrants who were observed or detected crossing the border but who could not be apprehended.
This number could be artificially low this month as agents in the Tucson and Del Rio Sectors have largely been pulled from line operations to transporting, processing, and caring for apprehended migrants.
Exclusive: Unstoppable Wave of Migrants in Texas Forces Border Patrol Checkpoint Closures
With no signs of slowing, the latest migrant surge into Texas’ busiest border sector forced the agency to suspend operations at highway checkpoints.
Nearly all Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Border Patrol Sector have been redirected from border enforcement duties to focus on processing, transporting, and providing humanitarian care for more than 7,000 migrants in custody at local facilities and at a temporary outdoor staging site near Eagle Pass, according to a source within CBP.
Second Fort Jackson Drill Sergeant Found Dead on Base This Month
The grim news follows the discovery of the body of 34-year-old Staff Sgt. Allen Burtram, a drill sergeant with 2nd Battalion 13th Infantry Regiment, who was also found dead on base on Dec. 8. A cause of death has not been released by the Army for either fatality.
The two deaths are unrelated and there is no apparent evidence of foul play, Tom Byrd, a spokesperson for the installation, told Military.com. Military chaplains and behavioral health personnel are being provided to support members of the units.
Drill sergeant is broadly considered one of the most grueling assignments in the Army, with those noncommissioned officers working long hours, frequently away from their families for extended periods, and sleep deprived. At the same time, those assignments are typically seen as prestigious in the force and can open up career opportunities
Texas inmate serving life for sexual abuse of child recaptured after his mom allegedly helps him escape prison
Yancy will face felony escape charges. Two others who were believed to have helped Yancy in his escape have also been arrested, according to authorities.
Yancy’s mother, Leonor Priestle, was charged with permit/facilitate an escape and Russell Williams was charged with criminal intent to escape.
Yancy escaped at about 3:38 p.m. Sunday from the Clemens Unit in Brazoria, where he was serving a life sentence without parole for continuous sexual abuse of a child out of Victoria County, authorities said.
CCP-tied group is quietly fueling US-based climate initiatives: tax filings
While the Energy Foundation’s financial filings indicate that the group is technically headquartered in San Francisco, a Fox News Digital review determined that the majority of its operations are conducted in China with a staff that boasts extensive ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Its recently filed tax form show the group, which refers to itself as “Energy Foundation China,” contributed $3.8 million to initiatives in the U.S. like phasing out coal and electrifying the transportation sector.
The Energy Foundation sent another $480,000 to the Washington, D.C.-based International Council on Clean Transportation, which advocates for widespread EV adoption and policies decarbonizing the transportation sector broadly. It also wired grants — one to the University of Maryland and another to the Jackson Hole Center for Global Affairs — worth a total of $450,000 and earmarked for projects to phase out coal power reliance.
Pentagon to tear down Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery by week’s end despite protest
Despite significant backlash, it appears no exception will ultimately be made for the Reconciliation Monument in Arlington National Cemetery.
Workers will remove the 109-year-old monument this week, providing revisionists in the nation’s capital with a gift of absence just in time for Christmas.
The memorial was intended as a monument to reconciliation in the aftermath of the Civil War.
World News.
Unseen Crisis | Full Measure
The number of people suffering problems after Covid vaccines continues to grow as researchers learn more about how to diagnose and treat the lingering illnesses.
A new documentary, “The Unseen Crisis,” examines the stories of some who got their shots, doctors vilified when they tried to help, and allegations that the government has long been quietly treating a select few of the injured.
Pope Francis grants approval for priests to bless same-sex couples
Pope Francis has formally approved allowing priests to bless same-sex couples, with a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it.
Syria blames Israel for striking Damascus; U.S. pressures Israel on Gaza – TV7 Israel News 18.12.23
1) Israel persists with its war against the abhorrent Hamas organization in the Gaza Strip, determined to reached achieve its declared objectives, irrespective – albeit tentative – to both foreign and domestic pressure.
2) The United States is seemingly doubling-down on its demands for Israel to “do more” to protect civilian lives – while engaged in war with Hamas.
3) Syria blames Israel for a deadly strike on targets housing Iranian-proxy forces in the vicinity of Damascus.
World of Trouble: Conscription on the Table as European Militaries Dwindle
The British Army is now the smallest it has been in 200 years, as more defence personnel continue to leave than join, while in Germany the military recruitment crisis is so acute the defence minister speaks of bringing back conscription.
Recruitment is a long-term issue for the British military, with deteriorating pay and conditions, and even quality of life issues like a sustained loss of traditions in recent decades running down the factors that help bring in new troops and retain them.
But the United Kingdom is not unique in these challenges in Europe, and Germany continues to struggle with armed forces that lack in both manpower and capability.
Australian troops to be deployed to the Middle East
The government however remains tight-lipped on whether it will send a military ship to the Red Sea.
Last week the US navy requested the deployment of an Australian warship to the region.
Russia and Ukraine Launch Numerous Drone Attacks Targeting a Russian Air Base and Black Sea Coast
At least 35 Ukrainian drones were shot down overnight over three regions in southwestern Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a post on the messaging app Telegram.
A Russian air base hosting bomber aircraft used in the war in Ukraine was among the targets, according to a Russian Telegram channel critical of the Kremlin.
Stepped-up drone attacks over the past month come as both sides are keen to show they aren’t deadlocked as the war approaches the two-year mark. Neither side has gained much ground despite a Ukrainian counteroffensive that began in June.
Ukrainian drone video provides a grim look at casualties as Russian troops advance toward Avdiivka
It’s an apocalyptic scene: In two separate clips, the bodies of about 150 soldiers — most wearing Russian uniforms — lie scattered along tree lines where they sought cover.
The village itself has been reduced to rubble. Rows of trees that used to separate farm fields are burned and disfigured.
The fields are pocked by artillery shells and grenades dropped from drones. The drone unit said it’s possible that some of the dead were Ukrainians.
North Korea test-fires intercontinental ballistic missile capable of hitting US: report
The projectile, which has the capability of traveling more than 9,300 miles and reaching the mainland U.S., flew 73 minutes before landing in an area west of the Japanese island of Hokkaido, Reuters reported, citing Japan’s Defense Ministry and Parliamentary Vice Minister of Defense Shingo Miyake.
South Korea’s military said the North Korean missile was launched on an elevated angle in an apparent attempt to avoid neighboring countries. Japanese lawmaker Masahisa Sato, citing Japan’s Defense Ministry, also said the missile rose as high as 3,730 miles.
The launch comes after North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile into the sea on Sunday, South Korea said, with Pyongyang blaming the U.S. for escalating military tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Sweden: Muslim migrants who urinated on and gang-raped woman won’t be deported, court says they have ‘integrated’
Mazin Al-Sharash, 36, and Akar Bajorani, 32, were sentenced to six years and five years and three months respectively for aggravated rape of a woman during a 24-hour cruise between Stockholm and Mariehamn on Sept. 10 this year.
The Stockholm District Court heard how the duo had grabbed the woman and ushered her into a cabin before hitting her in the face, pulling her hair, spitting and urinating on her and both raping her during a four-hour assault…
Politics.
Media Lie About This Leftist-Linked Voter Roll ‘Maintenance’ Group To Protect Democrats’ Election Machine
Otherwise known as ERIC, this organization is a widely used voter-roll “management” system founded by Democrat activist David Becker that was “sold to states as a quick and easy way to update their voter rolls.”
In reality, ERIC’s membership agreement places a higher priority on registering new voters than on cleaning up existing voter rolls.
The program inflates voter rolls by requiring member states to contact “eligible but unregistered” residents to encourage them to register to vote.
When a state becomes an ERIC member, it is required to submit “all active and inactive voter files,” “all licensing or identification records contained in the motor vehicles database,” and any state files related to “voter registration functions” to the organization, which then compares this information with that submitted by other member states.
Meet Lawyer Michael Dreeben, The Man Behind Three Major Anti-Trump Operations
“An interesting detail: Michael Dreeben somehow snuck into Jack Smith’s office. He was Mueller’s appellate guy,” enthused Marcy Wheeler, a proponent of the debunked conspiracy theory that Donald Trump stole the 2016 election by colluding with Russia.
Fellow Russia-collusion hoaxer Rachel Maddow of MSNBC ran an entire segment to announce the exciting news that Dreeben is “helming this part of the case,” meaning Smith’s request to the Supreme Court to look at whether American presidents may be prosecuted for actions taken while they are president.
Left-wing legal activist (and, yes, another bitter clinger Russia-collusion hoaxer) Joyce Vance said her “friend” Dreeben had “framed this petition” before the Supreme Court.
Biden’s daughter reportedly owes thousands in income taxes
Former Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker joined ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss the latest on the investigation into the Biden family’s business dealings and a sex tape scandal rocking Congress.
Jack Keane demands action against Iran: ‘This is shameful’
Fox News senior strategic analyst Gen. Jack Keane (Ret.) provides analysis of the growing unrest in the Middle East after a cargo ship in the Red Sea was targeted by Houthi rebels.
We Are Well Beyond Hypocrisy
All of these are the precise arguments many of us cited when Donald Trump was impeached in December 2019 (as his reelection campaign began, and immediately after being cleared of the 22-month, $40-million-special-counsel Russian-collusion hoax).
The Democrats tried to remove an elected president over a phone call without a special counsel’s report. So Trump was impeached only after the 2018 election led to a Democratic House majority, which went from eating up nearly two years of his administration in the Russian-collusion hoax straight into the impeachment farce. There was no concern about the cost to the nation of putting an elected government into a continual state of siege.
There is one difference, though, between the Trump impeachment and the Biden impeachment inquiry.
Commentary.
Senate staffer’s sex tape scandal rocks Democrats
The ‘Outnumbered’ panel discussed their reaction to the incident and the broader issues surrounding the scandal.
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