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Ever since January 6, 2021, Darren Beattie has been investigating the events of that day with the persistence of a bloodhound on the scent. One of the narratives that’s kept his attention is the story of pipe bombs found at the RNC and DNC headquarters. Intriguingly, while the FBI has managed to use cell phones and videos to capture every grandma from Dubuque who set foot near the Capitol building, it’s been completely unable to catch that pipe bomber. According to Battie, that’s because the government already knows who set the pipe bomb: The government itself.Beattie appeared on Tucker Carlson...

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO — A quiet community was thrown into chaos in the early hours of Wednesday morning, as a tactical team from the Federal Bureau of Investigation staged a pre-dawn raid at the home of 6th-grader Jaiden Rodriguez. Reports indicated the boy's backpack, which has a Gadsden flag patch, was seized in the raid. "We have secured a highly dangerous item," said FBI spokesperson Chad Rookstool. "There was an anonymous tip from a concerned citizen in the area who reported a young man at this residence was in possession of a backpack that posed a threat to democracy itself....

Texas border patrol agents rescued seven endangered baby spider monkeys that were smuggled inside a backpack over the southern border. Video from an arrest in Brownsville on Thursday shows officials opening the bag and finding the monkeys huddled together. “Aw, poor babies,” one of the agents says. The monkeys were seized from a juvenile offender, who stuffed the simians inside a backpack that had holes poked in it to allow them to breathe, officials said. “This case highlights the lengths smugglers will go to maximize profits with no regard for the lives of migrants or animals,” said Gloria Chavez, the...

France is calling him “the backpack hero”, a young Catholic pilgrim on a walking tour of cathedrals who came face to face with the man who stabbed several children in a park in Annecy. Henri, a 24-year-old management and philosophy student, was near the playground in Le Paquier Park when he saw the man attacking children in a stroller as their mother desperately tried to shield them on Thursday. Video footage shows him trying to block the assailant with one of his two backpacks, pursuing the man into the playground, and throwing one of his bags at the attacker. So...

Demand for bulletproof backpacks soars (again) after the elementary school mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas. Over the years, mass shooting incidents at schools have increased sales for companies that manufacture bulletproof gear. Nationwide, the search trend for “bulletproof backpack” is rising after last week’s horrific mass shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Parents are concerned about their children’s safety. A surge in search trends for bulletproof backpacks has occurred after significant shootings in the last ten years. This weekend’s search trend is at a three-year high and back to 2019 levels when there...

On January 6th, 2021, Ashli Babbitt, a 14 year Air Force Veteran, was shot and killed by a Capitol Police Officer. The Capitol Police continue to hid details of her shooting death from the American public. It was the only shooting incident at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. ...... Snip...... The Officer who shot Ashli Babbit reportedly said Ashli’s backpack factored into him killing her. But what was actually inside Ashli’s backpack? Was it a bomb or a weapon of mass destruction? Maybe a chemical weapon or high-capacity firearm?

Call it neuroscience on the go. Scientists have developed a backpack that tracks and stimulates brain activity as people go about their daily lives. The advance could allow researchers to get a sense of how the brain works outside of a laboratory—and how to monitor diseases such as Parkinson’s and post-traumatic stress disorder in real-world settings. The technology is “an inspiring demonstration of what’s possible” with portable neuroscience equipment, says Timothy Spellman, a neurobiologist at Weill Cornell Medicine who was not involved with the work. The backpack and its vast suite of tools, he says, could broaden the landscape for...

Portland police now say that as Best lay helpless, someone apparently made off with his wedding ring and backpack. Police posted images of the suspect on YouTube and Twitter late Thursday, along with a plea for the public's help in locating him. ... Best, 53, an Army veteran and Portland city employee, was on his way home when he and fellow passengers, Taliesin Myrddin Namkai Meche, 23, and Micah David-Cole Fletcher, 21, intervened after a man began yelling slurs at the teens, one of whom wore Muslim head covering. The man then turned his anger on those who tried to...

Israel has suspended its multimillion dollar contribution to a number of United Nations bodies and is reevaluating its relationship with the organization, after the UN Security Council passed a resolution on Israeli settlement construction. “I instructed the Foreign Ministry to complete within a month a re-evaluation of all our contacts with the United Nations, including the Israeli funding of UN institutions and the presence of UN representatives in Israel,” Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu said on Saturday while addressing the nation. “I have already instructed to stop about 30 million shekels ($7.8 million) in funding to five UN institutions, five bodies,...

A fascinating new map has offered an insight into the collective psyche of residents in each of America's fifty states. The map uses Google data to reveal the burning questions on the minds of American's in a state-by-state analysis. Google Trends has regularly offered a strangely illuminating glimpse into what is on Americans' minds, and the data from 2016 is no exception. The housing app Estately dug into the data and analyzed what individuals in each state across the U.S. disproportionately typed into Google's search bar, compared to their counterparts in other states. The resulting map is not a measure...

Donald Trump has narrowed his search for energy secretary to four people, with former Texas Governor Rick Perry the leading candidate. People familiar with the president-elect’s selection process said two Democratic senators from energy-producing states -- Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia -- are also in the mix, along with Ray Washburne, a Dallas investor and former chairman of the Republican National Committee. If Trump picks any of the four he’ll break with recent tradition of putting scientists at the top of the Energy Department. Among other things, the agency is responsible for policies on...

This was posted on Wednesday, December 7, 2016 by Rodney Ho on his Radio & TV Talk blog. Former and current black CNN employees on Tuesday filed a class action lawsuit against Atlanta-based CNN, Turner Broadcasting and New York based parent company Time Warner for racial discrimination. “As a result of the current discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of DeWayne Walker vs. CNN, Time Warner & Turner, we have uncovered stories involving abuse of power, nepotism, revenge, retaliation and discrimination” said Daniel Meachum said in a press release. The press release provided a photo of DeWayne Walker, a CNN producer...

Mitt Romney and Donald Trump will meet this weekend, a senior Republican source tells CNN.

The media is completely in the tank for Hillary. That’s no secret. Remember the WikiLeaks email that exposed the DNC working with CNN to get town hall questions beforehand? They had a hard time explaining that… Now Donald Trump is making a bold claim about last night’s debate that links directly back to that controversy. "Why didn't Hillary Clinton announce that she was inappropriately given the debate questions – she secretly used them! Crooked Hillary." — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 20, 2016

The Twittersphere is claiming Hilary Clinton has changed her hairstyle to accommodate a potential hidden earpiece. And what's this huge jacket she's wearing on a warm day? Is she the Grand Chancellor of Neptune?

If presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton slips into a coughing fit or any other medical crisis during Monday's high-stakes debate, she will have to power through, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned! "There are no commercial breaks," a commission source explains. "Period." Debate moderator Lester Holt does not have the authority to cut away from the stage during the epic 90-minute showdown. And microphone audio for either of the candidates is not to be manipulated. Clinton has experienced severe coughing episodes throughout the election year. During a Labor Day campaign stop she suffered a 4-minute choking marathon. Monday's throwdown could top out...

Bad News For Hillary's African American Vote: 50% Of Blacks Say Nothing To Lose With Trump, 75% Say Nothing To Gain With Clinton.

The father of a Muslim middle school student says a teacher asked his daughter if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack. Abdirizak Aden said the teacher at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County, Georgia, stopped his 13-year-old daughter, who wears a hijab, and asked if she had a bomb. ...

A Muslim parent is upset after his eighth-grade daughter was asked by a teacher if she was carrying a bomb in her backpack. Abdirazik Aden, who was born in Somalia, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that his daughter was heading to class at Shiloh Middle School in Gwinnett County, Georgia when a teacher stopped her to ask what she had in her backpack Monday. Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3356630/Georgia-teacher-asks-Muslim-student-10-bomb-backpack.html#ixzz3u3pn5fM8 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook

TULSA, Oklahoma - Police closed streets around the federal courthouse in downtown Tulsa Thursday morning. Tulsa Police told News On 6 crime reporter Lori Fullbright, three Middle Eastern men parked a car near the federal courthouse at 3rd and Denver and ran off. Police said they found a backpack in the car and are treating it as a possible bomb. Police say the backpack is in the backseat of a gold BMW. The department's bomb squad is on scene and bomb techs are not examining the backpack. Police tell Lori Fullbright the men who ran have been located and are...