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New Insightful Report on Key Healthcare Policy Lessons from the COVID-19 Fiasco
By John Droz, Jr. One of the most significant health events of our lifetime Although it has not yet received much publicity, a very detailed Report was just published by 37 MDs and related experts about their takeaways from the COVID-19 matter. I was thoughtfully sent a copy by the lead author. Based on four (4) relevant […]
The Dr. Rich Swier Report for July 17, 2025
By Editorial Board – DrRichSwier.com The Dr. Rich Swier Report for July 17, 2025 View this email in your browser 100% of 2025 Job Growth Went to Americans Thanks to Mass Deportations ‘You Can’t Use This Feature Right Now’ — How Meta’s Facebook Censors Americans using the ‘Spam Scam’ ‘Woke,’ ‘Weak,’ and ‘Out of Touch’: […]
EXCLUSIVE: Epstein-Funded MIT Lab Hosted Panel On Giving Pedos Child Sex Robots
By The Daily Caller A Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) lab previously funded in part by Jeffrey Epstein hosted a panel where attendees openly discussed the idea of using “child-size sex robots” to treat pedophiles. The MIT Media Lab’s July 2016 conference on research questions without “social and moral constraints” included a panel discussion arguing […]
Thinking vs Critical Thinking
By John Droz, Jr. It’s important to know the difference… I had a nice chat the other day with a friend, and the subject came up: what is the difference between normal thinking and Critical Thinking? I thought we must have covered this before here, but I couldn’t find it. My apologies… Briefly, Critical Thinking = normal thinking + more thoroughness + […]
AI Industry Needs Standards To Protect Against Bad Actors
By Middle East Media Research Institute MEMRI Daily Brief No. 805 The following is an op-ed for the Forbes Nonprofit Council by MEMRI Executive Director Steve Stalinsky, Ph.D. Titled “AI Industry Needs Standards To Protect Against Bad Actors,” it was published June 18, 2025 by Forbes.[1] Exemplifying the legitimate fears among many who study AI and warn […]
Trump’s EPA chief clears the air on chemtrails and geoengineering, in the interest of ‘total transparency’
By Leo Hohmann After an exhaustive investigation published on EPA websites, Director Lee Zeldin says Americans now know everything he knows about those mysterious ‘streaks in the sky’, which apparently isn’t much! There have long been claims about the exhaust trails from commercial and military jets traveling over the United States. You’ve all seen them. […]
Republicans Hit the Accelerator on the Next Wave of Trump’s To-Do List
By Family Research Council Passing the Big Beautiful Bill was tough, but not as tough as what faces Republicans now: selling it. Getting Americans on board with the idea when both barrels of the Democratic Party’s guns are pointed at the president’s law is becoming a full-time job for the GOP. “The test will be […]
EXCLUSIVE: USAID Quietly Sent Thousands Of Viruses To Chinese Military-Linked Biolab
By The Daily Caller The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) shipped thousands of viral samples to a lab in Wuhan over the course of a 10-year program even though it had no formal agreement with the lab in place, according to previously unreported documents. The documents show that USAID funded the exportation of 11,000 samples from Yunnan […]
VIDEO: The “Golden Dome” Defense Program for the U.S. Takes Off
By NEWSRAEL Telling the Israeli Story Congress unveils an innovative framework to protect U.S. airspace, combining breakthrough technologies with international cooperation in response to evolving global threats. Last month, Donald Trump announced an innovative initiative aimed at protecting the United States from aerial and missile threats through the “Golden Dome” program. WATCH: Golden Dome for […]
Pedophilia and Politics
By Linda Goudsmit In an important recap of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) revelations, journalist Margaret Flavin reports on an audit of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as discussed in a recent interview with Vice President JD Vance. Flavin’s article, “Vice President Vance Underscores Reports of Massive Waste and Corruption in […]
Major Life Questions — Part 2
By John Droz, Jr. Do we spend enough time to give these sufficient thought? This is a follow-up to Part 1. I’ll start out by repeating the beginning of that piece… Due to incessant bombardment of information, plus our being fully immersed in everyday concerns, we rarely step back to see things in perspective. Please give each […]
House Passes BBB as Conservatives Win ‘Significant Commitments’ on Life, Transgenderism
By Family Research Council Congress has delivered President Donald Trump’s signature legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill, but not without hours of mean-spirited Democratic delay and principled conservative negotiations that secured “major” commitments of executive action and future legislation to promote the pro-life, pro-family cause. The House of Representatives passed President Trump’s One Big Beautiful […]
The 3 Most Important Votes of the ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ Vote-a-Rama
By Family Research Council President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” moved closer to adoption overnight, as Senate Democrats attempted to load the bill with poison pill amendments in the “vote-a-rama.” During the lengthy amendment process, which began at 9 a.m. Monday morning and continues as of this writing, anyone may offer amendments to the […]
Obey … or be Punished
By Karen Schoen “Science can be described as a process of discovering things. It’s a systematic and organized way of acquiring knowledge about the natural world through observation, experimentation, and analysis.” Did you know there are multiple ways to reach the same conclusion, Just like there are multiple roads to get you to the same […]
‘Outright Massacre’: Senate GOP Takes Sledgehammer To Biden’s Green Energy Subsidies
By The Daily Caller The Senate dealt a series of blows to solar and wind energy in the latest version of President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful” bill — taking a page out of House Republicans’ playbook to crack down on green energy tax credits enacted under former President Joe Biden. The Senate’s new proposal would move […]
Summary of the K-12 Education System: Part 2
By John Droz, Jr. The Best Solution by a Long Shot. How bad do things need to get before we not only learn a lesson, but also make productive changes? Since this seems to be difficult for most people to do in their own lives, it’s not surprising that it’s hard for us as citizens to do. 600,000± Americans […]
Kenny Stein Explains Need To Terminate Green Energy Subsidies At Daily Caller Live Event
By The Daily Caller The Daily Caller hosted its first live event Tuesday with ClearPath Action, and leading experts discussed “The Future of American Energy.” Kenny Stein, Vice President for Policy at Institute for Energy Research, discussed the history of renewable energy subsidies with Daily Wire News Foundation Associate Editor Nick Pope. Tuesday’s discussion centered around the origin of renewable […]
Execs from Palantir, Meta, OpenAI being brought into U.S. Army as colonels to turbocharge military’s use of drone warfare, robot soldiers, other high-tech killing machines
By Leo Hohmann Army says it’s part of a plan to tap commercial technology resources that will increase ‘efficiencies’ on the battlefields (i.e. killing fields) of the future. Top executives from tech giants Meta, Palantir, and OpenAI are being sworn into the Army Reserves at the rank of lieutenant colonel. That’s an officer’s rank typically […]
Thune Plows Ahead with Big Beautiful Deadline Despite Question Marks
By Family Research Council Every couple of years, all eyes are suddenly trained on one of Congress’s most under-the-radar jobs: the Senate parliamentarian. For 13 years, Elizabeth MacDonough has equal parts elated and frustrated parties in their attempts to squeeze major legislation through the reconciliation process. The first-ever woman to hold the job, MacDonough has […]
Senate Republicans Lobbying For Green Energy Tax Credits Raked In Donations From Industry
By The Daily Caller Phasing out Biden-era green energy tax credits is dividing Senate Republicans as they push their latest version of the “big beautiful bill,” and some members of the GOP have a financial incentive to keep the credits rolling. The Senate’s draft represents a substantial cut to the existing climate-friendly energy tax credits, but some Republicans […]
Summary of the K-12 Education Situation: Part 1
By John Droz, Jr. The evidence unequivocally indicates that our failing K-12 education system is the single greatest threat that America is facing. Worse is that among the greatest threats we are dealing with, this one is getting the least amount of productive attention. I feel like Paul Revere, desperately trying to awaken citizens to an extremely […]
Israeli Air Force SUCCESSFULLY Struck the Iranian Nuclear Reactor in Arak, Iran
By The Geller Report The IDF struck key sites tied to Iran’s nuclear weapons and missile programs, including: Inactive nuclear reactor in Arak—a key component in plutonium production A nuclear weapons development site near Natanz Ballistic missile & air defense production facilities Radar systems & missile storage sites These facilities fuel Iran’s drive for nuclear […]
EXCLUSIVE: We Found Out How Easy It Is To Order An Abortion Pill. The Results Are Shocking.
By The Daily Caller In as little as five minutes, the Daily Caller News Foundation was able to easily order abortion pills opponents argue are unsafe without a doctor adequately verifying key eligibility requirements. Groups that launched online services after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved mail-order abortions will provide the pill under […]
Boycotts, Sell-Offs, and Burned Nikes: What Actually Works Against Woke Corporations
By Majority Report Patriotic and Bible-believing Americans are tired of being ignored — but are we aiming our firepower in the right direction? If you’ve ever felt like your righteous anger fizzled into nothing more than a crumpled receipt and an angry tweet… you’re not alone. First, corporations offend us with some outrageous policy — […]
Building a Home—What are the limits of human ingenuity?
By John Droz, Jr. I’ve purposefully made the title sound simple enough. In reality this is a video that shows: a) one person building a house from scratch, b) that one person is a woman, and c) she uses no power tools! I also noted how she frequently used the laws of physics (e.g., leverage) to be able to […]
Supreme Court Greenlights Tennessee’s Ban On Sex-Change Procedures For Kids
By The Daily Caller The Supreme Court upheld Tennessee’s law banning child sex change procedures on Wednesday. In a 6-3 ruling, the court held that Tennessee’s law does not violate the Equal Protection clause. “This case carries with it the weight of fierce scientific and policy debates about the safety, efficacy, and propriety of medical […]
Did You Know the Head of the American Federation of Teacher’s Union is a Childless Lesbian?
By Royal A. Brown III Did you know the head of the American Federation of Teacher’s Union Randi Weingarten is a childless lesbian and leftist supporter of the “No Kings” movement? Is there any wonder why the LGBTQ+ agenda has been so prevalent in public education where indoctrination seems more important than education? At a […]
Majority of Dem Voters Disapprove of Congressional Democrats
By Family Research Council For the past several months at the very least, President Donald Trump has dominated headlines. His populist economic and immigration policies, conflicts with federal courts, and interactions with foreign governments have captured the public’s attention for weeks on end. But despite the Democrat-led outrage against the president’s most controversial agenda items, […]
Two Amazing Birds — Critically Thinking about some phenomenas in nature…
By John Droz, Jr. I’m an outdoors person, which is one reason that I’m a Big Fan of the NYS Adirondacks (see this great short video). That said, I’m not an ornithologist, so (like most people) I do not pay sufficient attention to some amazing things going on right under our noses. Here are two simple examples… Northern […]
Critically Thinking about Water Filters
By John Droz, Jr. A major health matter that we often don’t satisfactorily consider… Sufficient clean water is arguably the single most important necessity for good health. That said, we often do not give this adequate attention. For example, most people buy water filters (e.g., for their refrigerator). We are drinking everything that comes through that filter. But where […]