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A call to stock up on food from the Chinese government has fueled rumors about an imminent war over Taiwan.

The Mask Distraction

Meat Prices Continue to Surge With Worker Shortage

Average prices hit $4.68 per gallon today in California, beating out previous records set in 2008 and 2012.

Judge Orders FBI to Stop Search of Project Veritas Founder O’Keefe’s Phone Following Raid

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Right-to-Repair Victory Forces Subaru to Tweak Things in Massachusetts

It doesn’t just work your leg muscles—racing is rough on your intestines, too.

NJ senate president concedes to newcomer Edward Durr, cites ‘red wave’

More Than HALF Of Border Patrol Agents May Be FIRED For Being Unvaccinated

His problem is that nobody thinks there’ll be rioting if he’s convicted.

Germany urges unity as crisis worsens for migrants at Poland-Belarus border

20 Essential Studies that Raise Grave Doubts about COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates

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Is Iran behind cyberattacks on Israeli hospitals?

FBI Raids Project Veritas Writers . . . Over A Missing Biden Diary?

China food security: Beijing assures public vegetable production ‘basically normal’, enough wheat for 18 months

A New Dementia Test Raises More Questions Than Answers

Hundreds of junk-science papers have been retracted from reputable journals after fraudsters used ‘special issues’ to manipulate the publication process. And the problem is growing.

Rittenhouse Trial Day 5: Alleged Victim Gaige Grosskreutz Implodes, Admits Had Glock Pointed At Kyle When Shot, Lied to Police About It

Gas Prices Plunge After Gazprom Says It Starts Sending Gas Into European Storage

“Even If We Have To Try 17 Times, I’m Not Giving Up”

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Apple’s New Screen Repair Trap Could Change the Repair Industry Forever

A Drone Tried to Disrupt the Power Grid. It Won’t Be the Last

GOP to force vaccine mandate vote and put squeeze on centrist Democrats

For Whom Do the Covid “Fact Checkers” Really Work?

Tension in Ethiopia as Tigrayan forces advance

Short-term impact of China’s dual-control policy and port congestions on chemical shipping

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Glenn Youngkin’s top strategists Jeff Roe and Kristin Davison helped pull off one of the great upsets in modern politics. Here’s how they did it.

OSHA Employer Vaccination Mandate is Narrower than Earlier White House Announcement – But Still has Legal Vulnerabilities

Navy Faces Prospect That Crash Will Force USS Connecticut Out Of Service

Indiana school administrator: You’d better believe we teach CRT — and lie to parents about it

Replacement Glass Shortage Adding To Woes Of San Francisco Car Break-Ins Victims

Here’s Why Rapid COVID Tests Are So Expensive and Hard to Find

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White House announces start date for vaccine mandate in US

Braun leads 40 colleagues in officially challenging Biden’s vaccine mandate

Emerging SARS-CoV-2 variant A.30 efficiently evades vaccine-induced immunity

Solar storm from ‘cannibal’ sun eruption may impact power grid and bring auroras as far south as Pennsylvania

Europe ‘back at epicenter,’ says WHO

Liner Delays and Backlogs Spread Across Most Global Trade Routes

This graph which casts doubt on a sugar mono-causal theory of obesity. Yes, it includes corn syrup

How a truck driver spent $153 on his N.J. election campaign to likely dethrone a political kingpin More partisan but updated take here.

Army Attacks Continue in Myanmar’s Most Christian State

America Is Playing With Fire In Syria

Thus the strange tale of the United States pressuring Ukraine to stop a U.S. law firm helping China to take over an Ukrainian engine manufacturer continues.

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Four more suppliers collapse as UK energy crisis shows no signs of improving

In short: expect a further swath of domestic supplier failures between now and the end of next month

Battery Costs Are Soaring Amid A Global Supply Crunch

Democrats’ Freakout: McAuliffe Loses VA Governor Race by Nearly 3 Points; NJ Governor Result Too Close to Call

British Government May Jail Those Accused of Causing ‘Online Psychological Harm’

LNG Prices Soar To New Record In China

THE COMPANY MAN

Why Are Moms Like Me Being Called Domestic Terrorists?

British Medical Journal: “Researcher Blows the Whistle on Data Integrity Issues in Pfizer’s Vaccine Trial”

Unvaccinated? Don’t Count on Leaving Your Family Death Benefits

New study suggests SARS-CoV-2 spreading widely within wild deer population

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First chips, now magnesium: Carmakers grapple with the next supply crisis

For the first time in more than 150 years, archaeologists found large Assyrian rock reliefs in Iraq, but protecting the discoveries unveils new challenges.

Ethiopia declares state of emergency as Tigray forces claim advances

These are the health benefits of showering in cold water

Just in case you did not see it elsewhere. BREAKING: Virginia Election Results Are In