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While some Americans might be aware of the early December letter sent by six Republican U.S. senators to the National Institutes of Health demanding the agency provide Congress with information related to a controversial taxpayer-funded study on transgender children; what they may not know is the study’s cost has grown to nearly $10 million and was funded through Fauci’s NIH to administer puberty blockers to two cohorts of children, one older and one younger, to study the physical and psychosocial impact of puberty blockers. Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, one of the researchers working on the project, recently admitted to withholding the results of the younger cohort’s results because she believed it
would be weaponized to advocate against the use of puberty blockers.

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US shuts down its ‘propaganda and censorship’ agency but still controls the stories you read in the press through other means

The Global Engagement Center was described by Elon Musk as a “threat to democracy”

The US State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC) has shut down after the Continuing Resolution to fund government removed funding to keep the center open. The agency was responsible for spreading propaganda abroad and, according to conservatives, censoring dissident at home.

The GEC announced on December 23rd that it would cease operations by the end of that day. “The State Department has consulted with Congress regarding next steps,” the statement added.

The organization employed around 120 people and had an annual budget of $61 million. Estab lished in 2016, its stated goal was to “recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts.”

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By William F. Holland, Jr.
WI Christian News

It’s a spiritual revelation to comprehend that words have tremendous power but where there is privilege there is also accountability.

Communication not only shapes our views while influencing our behavior, but words also expose who we really are as we can learn a great deal about a person’s views when we hear them speak. This is a wonderful prayer to begin each day, “Set a guard, O Lord, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips.” (Psalm 141:3).
Yes, we have much to pray about, and this petition is crucial if we are to live a holy life of integrity, respect, and love. Encouraging words are worth much, and cost little, and since what we say is what we think, it would be wise to monitor our thoughts and what we believe.

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January 24th marks the fourth month anniversary Helene crippled major parts of western North Carolina and eastern Tennessee. Homes and entire towns were flattened, slammed by mudslides and simply washed away, leaving absolute and total destruction behind. it was ten days before FEMA had any presence in the area, and then the absolute ineptness of our federal government was on full display. Hundreds of people whose homes were destroyed are still living in campers and tents amid cold temperatures. As a long hard winter sets in, many residents are still struggling to gain some forward momentum.

Read the complete article: NC Hurricane Helene Relief

By Dave Johnson
What is in a name? A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet, William Shakespeare famously said. In the world of political organizations, names matter. They convey authority, legitimacy, and often, historical continuity.

When a Republican County Central Committee Chairman and another Republican County Central Committee State Committeewoman with over 17 years dedicated to helping the MT GOP, chose to use create a group to help central committees and named it the “Montana Association of Republican Central Committees” (MARCCO), the move sparked controversy, especially within the ranks of the Montana Republican Party (MT GOP). The MTGOP didn’t call up their members and ask for details. Instead the MT GOP served them with papers and filed a lawsuit against MARCCO over their use of the term “Republican.” The suit is likely to cost each side over $120,000 to defend.

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FEA Press Release June 18, 2024
Washington – The Justice Department an
nounced a 10-count superseding indictment
charging Los Angeles-based associates of Mex
ico’s Sinaloa drug cartel with conspiring with
money-laundering groups linked to Chinese
underground banking to launder drug traffick
ing proceeds. During the conspiracy, more than
$50 million in drug proceeds flowed between
the Sinaloa Cartel associates and Chinese un
derground money exchanges.
Following close coordination with the Justice
Department, Chinese and Mexican law enforce
ment informed United States authorities that those
countries recently arrested fugitives named in the
superseding indictment who fled the United States
after they were initially charged last year.

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