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Former President Obama said Monday in a video played on CNN’s “Don Lemon Tonight” that former President Donald Trump violated a core tenet of democracy by not accepting the results of the 2020 presidential election. The video was from a Monday morning fundraising call for the National Democratic Redistricting Committee with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former Attorney General Eric Holder.

He knew it would happen. He let it happen. The man's a freakin' genius. I speak, of course, of our duly elected and beloved President Donald J. Trump. Was the election a fiasco? Yep. He knew it would be and he allowed it to happen because it was the only way to end voter fraud and malfeasance once and for all. Basically it was a sting operation with the Leftists doing all the set-up! Despite the Left's very best shenanigans, Trump easily won the election while the Left was revealing themselves in a sting operation of their own creation. They...

presidential candidate Joe Biden suggested that he would consider former failed Republican presidential candidate Jeb! [sic] Bush as his vice presidential running mate. “That son-of-a-gun Bloomberg ain’t gonna out-loser ol’ Joe Biden,” Mr. Biden told reporters. “He thinks he can show me up by winning this thing even with Hillary on the ticket. Well, Jiminy Cricket, I can win this nomination riding side-saddle with Jeb Bush, fella!” When asked about the many gaffes that Mr. Bush committed on the campaign trail in 2016 when he opposed Donald Trump, Mr. Biden scoffed: “Oh jumpin’ Jehoshaphat, he didn’t mess up as much...

Revised Formula Puts 1 in 6 Americans in Poverty Hope Yen, Associated Press Writer – Oct 20 WASHINGTON – The level of poverty in America is even worse than first believed. A revised formula for calculating medical costs and geographic variations show that approximately 47.4 million Americans last year lived in poverty, 7 million more than the government's official figure. The disparity occurs because of differing formulas the Census Bureau and the National Academy of Science use for calculating the poverty rate. The NAS formula shows the poverty rate to be at 15.8 percent, or nearly 1 in 6 Americans,...

Slight changes in climate may trigger major abrupt ecosystem responses that are not easily reversible. Some of these responses, including insect outbreaks, wildfire, and forest dieback, may adversely affect people as well as ecosystems and their plants and animals. The U.S. Geological Survey led a new assessment of the implications of a warming world on "ecological thresholds" in North America. The report, which was commissioned by the U.S. Climate Change Science Program and authored by a team of federal and academic climate scientists, is based on a synthesis of published scientific literature and addresses what research and steps are needed...

For many years after World War II, there were various instances of Japanese soldiers being discovered on remote Pacific islands. These men, who had been cut off from civilization and communications, were not aware that the conflict was over. Often, they hid in caves to avoid detection from the supposed enemy. They remained armed, guarded and in tense anticipation of battle because of the erroneous belief that hostilities were still on going. In reality, their nation was now at peace. Their energy and efforts were futile.

Dear Reader, The New Republic makes history all the time, important history. Last week was a case in point. The indictment by the special counsel, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney, on five counts--one for obstruction of justice, two for lying to the FBI and two for lying to a grand jury--that could land him 30 years in jail, itself traces the charges to an article in The New Republic two years ago. Click here for the full background on the article's development. It was, according to the indictment, apparently...

In light of the recent events in New Orleans etc. It is interesting to note that over a hundred fifty years ago the American prophet Joseph Smith prophesied that the day would come when the US government would waste itself waging war in foreign lands while at home the nation would collapse with natural disasters and internal amarchy and chaos as a direct result of the wickedness of the US people and the nations rejection of the God of this land, Jesus Christ. Coincedence? A lucky guess?

Recently, in a tête-à-tête with fans, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said he wants to ban all sales of junk food in California schools. He disclosed he wanted vending machines that dispense fresh fruits, vegetables and milk in their place. Radical? Not really. Talk to dieticians, school counsellors, even educationists, and you will find that Schwarzenegger has probably said something very close to their heart. Says Swati Popat, director, Podar Jumbo Kids, Mumbai, "We have a whole generation of kids with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. And the reason for this is largely [the kind of] food [that children eat]." If you...

Trailers for the new Hollywood film White Noise purport to contain genuine, unedited voices from beyond the grave. These so-called EVP do exist, writes Robert Matthews, Science Correspondent. At one point in the new Hollywood chiller White Noise, Jonathan Rivers, a bereaved husband is told that he is not going about communing with the dead in the right way. "You shouldn't be trying to do this by yourself," the nervous psychic tells him. "EVP is not good." The film's makers are certainly hoping that Electronic Voice Phenomena are very good – at least for business. They are doing everything they...

Hostettler mounting campaign to change the name of Interstate 69            By August Wayne, THG NewsJohn Hostettler, the Congressman representing the 8th district of Indiana, has been convinced by local religious groups to introduce legislation in the House that would change the name of an Interstate 69 extension to a more moral sounding number.There are plans to extend the interstate from Indianapolis through southwestern Indiana all the way through Texas into Mexico in the coming years.  While most believe this highway will be good for the state’s economy, religious conservatives believe “I-69” sounds too risqué and want to change the...