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Andrew Bailey, the Missouri attorney general, has dispatched to the Planned Parenthood abortion business a cease-and-desist order instructing the abortion corporation to stop performing chemical abortions in the state.

Bailey delivered to Planned Parenthood Great Rivers-Missouri an order that instructed the company under penalty of law "not to perform any chemical abortions in Missouri," or possibly face felony charges.

"An investigation has revealed that you are not in compliance with § 188.021.2, which requires you to have a valid plan to treat complications from chemically induced abortions. As the FDA has recognized, up to 4.6% of women who receive chemical abortions are forced to seek emergency medical attention," the letter said.

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The chief of the nation's Federal Bureau of Investigation warns criminals and wannabes that "swatting" "will not be tolerated."

Swatting is when someone calls police with a fake report that there's some sort of violence crime occurring at a specific address.

Police department SWAT teams show up, expecting to confront violent criminals. But in swatting cases, they find only innocent people who are unaware their addresses have been targeted by the criminals.

Kash Patel, FBI chief, said, "I want to address the alarming rise in 'Swatting' incidents targeting media figures. The FBI is aware of this dangerous trend, and my team and I are already taking action to investigate and hold those responsible accountable. This isn't about politics—weaponizing law enforcement against ANY American is not only morally reprehensible but also endangers lives, including those of our officers. That will not be tolerated. We are fully committed to working with local law enforcement to crack down on these crimes. More updates to come."

The comments follow a long list of swatting attacks in recent days, including on conservative personalities Gunther Eaglement, Nick Soretor and Shawn Farash.

And it's just a week after Infowars journalist Jamie White was brutally murdered in Austin.

According to a report in Newsweek, radio show host Joe Pagliarulo and Infowars' Chase Geiser also have been targeted.

Eagle said on social media someone called in a "fake hostage situation," and Geiser shared on X he had been swatted for the second time in 12 hours.

And Catturd, a popular pro-Trump social media account with more than 3.4 million X followers, wrote Friday morning that he was "swatted again for the fourth time" at his home, reported the Gateway Pundit.

The Pundit also reported that independent journalist Breanna Morello has "discovered an important clue: the individuals swatting conservative influencers are sending pizza delivery orders to their homes before placing the distress call to 9-1-1. Specifically, the orders are coming from Domino's and Papa John's."

The report advised, "Unless you specifically ordered pizzas from those locations, do not eat the food and contact authorities immediately."

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'Virtually any joke or off-putting remark could result in the speaker being forced to navigate the investigative process'

A leftist university's apparent campaign to suppress speech with which it disagrees has gotten it sued.

Student Zoe Johnson, a leader for Young Americans for Freedom, of the University of Colorado at Boulder has filed an action, through the Gessler Blue and Dhillon law firms, seeking a judgment that declares the institution's "Anti-discrimination policy" violates the First and 14th Amendments, a permanent injunction against it, monetary damages and lawyers' fees.

The fight is over Johnson's expression of her beliefs, and the school's "reporting" system for such comments that, the lawsuit charges, "chills expression."

"Because the university defines 'experiences of bias' to encompass behavior, speech, or expression that 'has a negative impact,' virtually any joke or off-putting remark could result in the speaker being forced to navigate the university's investigative process or 'an educational resolution process,'" Ross Marchand of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression said, according to a report at the College Fix.

"While cutting jokes and demeaning comments can be hurtful, the Supreme Court has repeatedly and clearly held that meaningful freedom of speech must protect expression others find offensive or even hateful."

He explained the "complicated, bureaucratic processes explicitly intended to 'stop the behavior' flies in the face of the First Amendment by chilling protected speech."

"UC Boulder needs to make clear that, in order to be reportable, offenses need to violate the law or university policy," Marchand said.

The school's "equity and compliance" bureaucracy now is called the "Office of Collaboration," and it enforces the so-called "nondiscrimination" rules.

"The report said she has been "investigated" because of her criticism of identity politics, and a question about a piece of clothing.

She was not formally punished under the bureaucracy, but now "lives in constant fear that anything she says could be considered 'unwelcome conduct," the report said.

The legal action cites the school's decision to threaten her with investigation for her comments about protected classes.

She said, according to the report, "Why do we need two months of this? Didn't we do this back in June?" regarding a choir class about LGBT ideologies.

She also allegedly offended students by asking what a "do-rag" was, seeing one on a male student's head, the report said.

When confronted by a choir director, she explained, "I truly never meant to hurt anyone but I believe that students should have the emotional maturity to resolve any issues they have with me on their own."

The choir director had become part of the attack earlier by criticizing her comment about white privilege. She explained, "I don't care about your identity, I care more about what you have to say as a person, more than how you look."

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Claims financial distress because of a plunge in income, lagging sales of his artwork

Hunter Biden, documented by congressional investigators to be among the Biden family recipients of tens of millions of dollars in a years-long influence peddling operation while Joe Biden was vice president, then president, now is claiming financial distress.

The claims appear in his demand to drop a lawsuit that he brought against a former White House aide to President Donald Trump.

A report in the New York Post explains that Hunter Biden, 55, cited plunging sales of his artwork and his book, as well as a California fire that burned a home he was renting.

And "significant debt."

He had sued Garrett Ziegler in 2023 with a long list of claims that he illegally accessed and circulated embarrassing contents of the laptop Biden had abandoned at a repair shop.

Ziegler obtained access to the information in the abandoned computer and published it on his website Marco Polo.

Hunter Biden's legal action accused Ziegler of violating data laws by accessing "tens of thousands of emails, thousands of photos, and dozens of videos and recordings" from the laptop.

In fact, it was the details in that laptop, which have been confirmed as true, that prompted the FBI to interfered in the 2020 presidential election by falsely claiming that the information was "Russian disinformation," when it was not. The bureau told media organizations to suppress the truth, they did, and a subsequent polling showed that likely was a key factor in Joe Biden's election win that year.

"[Hunter] has suffered a significant downturn in his income and has significant debt in the millions of dollars range," his court filing states.

"While I was aware that my financial position had significantly deteriorated over time, it was not until the past month that I realized I had to take drastic actions to alleviate this situation," Hunter Biden charged.

"In the 2 to 3 years prior to December 2023, I sold 27 pieces for art at an average price of $54,481.48, but since then I have only sold 1 piece of art for $36,000. Similarly, for my book sales, in the six month period before the statements (April 1, 2023 through September 30, 2023), based on the September 30, 2023 statement, 3,161 copies of my book were sold, but in the six months after the statements, only approximately 1,100 books were sold."

Even worse, he's not getting invitations, and paychecks, to talk to people.

"Given the positive feedback and reviews of my artwork and memoir, I was expecting to obtain paid speaking engagements and paid appearances, but that has not happened," he said.

He further complained about the work he must to do fto ind another residence, as his rental was torched by the Pacific Palisades fire.

George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley, a popular legal commentator and expert on the Constitution, was one of those who had been threatened by lawyers acting on behalf of Hunter Biden to suppress his own comments.

He explained, "Hunter spent years suggesting that the laptop images and emails might be Russian disinformation (with the help of obliging mainstream media), (but) the contents were found to be authentic by courts and agencies."

He explained, "Years ago, I wrote about how the Biden team had decided to use a scorched earth strategy to target critics. Various people, including myself, were threatened with lawsuits—actions that could drain the targets of hundreds of thousands of dollars and tie them up in court for years. In my case, I received a letter from [Bryan M.] Sullivan that I could face a defamation action if I do not retract (or if I repeat) my criticism of [lawyer Kevin] Morris's representational relationship with Hunter. I responded by immediately revealing the contents of his letter and repeating those allegations. Sullivan and Morris never sued."

Turley pointed out, "Hunter has reportedly received millions not just from alleged influence peddling over the years, but from friends in the forms of loans and support. Throughout those years, he has continued to live a relatively extravagant lifestyle. One line of income was created through his art sales. However, there were reports of a collapse in the value of Hunter's art with the departure of his father from office. With the loss in the value of his influence, there was a telling drop in the demand for his art."

He noted, "What they seem most concerned about is that Ziegler will now seek fees and costs from Hunter. (Previously, Hunter was able to secure such costs from Ziegler for a filing that the court found meritless.) The motion … provides new insights into how Hunter's financial situation has declined due to his father and his family's political influence."

Turley confirmed the filing also notes Hunter Biden may be reviewing other lawsuits "he has brought … against other targets."

Joe Biden issued a blanket pardon for Hunter for anything offense he committed over a period of some 11 years covering the time when Joe Biden was vice president and president.

Hunter Biden had been convicted of gun felonies, and had pleaded guilty to tax felonies.

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One of the major targets of President Donald Trump's Make America Great Again campaign is the Panama Canal.

That asset, he pointed out, was built with American lives and American money, and turned over to Panama to operate.

However, he charged that China had embedded itself in the control functions of the canal, and he said that wouldn't be allowed, suggesting that America could "take it back."

Now that has happened, more or less.

An announcement has confirmed that money manager BlackRock has taken control of key canal ports in a $19 billion deal.

The announcement said, "BlackRock, the world's top money manager, is acquiring two key Panama Canal ports—Balboa and Cristobal—in a $19 billion deal with Hong Kong's CK Hutchison. The acquisition secures control over 40% of the canal's container traffic."

It said, "Trump has long claimed China 'runs' the canal and vowed to 'take it back'" Now, BlackRock's move effectively does it for him. With two-thirds of the canal's cargo linked to the U.S., this deal reshapes control over a critical global trade route."

Business Insider said BlackRock's acquisition brings ports "on both sides of the Panama Canal" under U.S. control and the move "removes them from the control of CK Hutchison Holdings."

The report explained BlackRock is acquiring "a 90% interest in the Panama Ports Company alongside Global Infrastructure Partners and container terminal group Terminal Investment."

Panama's participation in China's "Belt and Road Initiative" in which China takes control of various infrastructure around the world earlier was canceled.

CBS pointed out that the deal transfers control of "43 ports in 23 countries," including Mexico, the Netherlands, Egypt, Australia and Pakistan.

"This agreement is a powerful illustration of BlackRock and GIP's combined platform and our ability to deliver differentiated investments for clients. These world-class ports facilitate global growth," BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said.

The report explained, "U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio visited Panama in early February and told President José Raúl Mulino that Panama had to reduce Chinese influence over the canal or face potential retaliation from the United States. Mulino rejected the idea that China had any control over canal operations."

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Democrat Sen. Chris Murphy publicly has accused President Donald Trump's "special government employee" Elon Musk, charged with running fraud, waste and corruption down and removing it from government spending through the Department of Government Efficiency, of doing "heil Hitler" salutes at a Trump rally.

Murphy is among countless Democrats and other leftist ideologues who have slammed Trump and his associates with such imagery for years already.

But that apparently wasn't working well enough for him, and now he's accusing the president of being an arm of the Kremlin.

In a recent interview, Murphy claimed:

It is absolutely shameful what is happening right now. The White House has become an arm of the Kremlin. Every single day you hear from the national security adviser, from the president of the United States, from his entire national security team, Kremlin talking points."

He was referencing attempts by Trump and his administration to develop a plan to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

"For the last week, the White House has been pretending as if Ukraine started this war. That's essentially saying that Poland invaded Germany at the beginning of World War II. There are still facts in this world and the fact is this Vladimir Putin is a brutal dictator. Russia started this war, and the entire pretext for that meeting yesterday was an attempt to rewrite history in order to sign a deal with Putin that hands Putin Ukraine," Murphy said.

And he said, "That is disastrous for U.S. national security. That means that China will be on the march. Putin may not stop. America may be at war with a nuclear power. And for what? For what? It appears as if America is trying to align itself with dictators that Donald Trump wants us to have our closest relationships with despots all around the world because that makes it easier for him to transition America into a kleptocratic oligarchy where Elon Musk and Donald Trump rule and steal from the American people."

A report at RedState noted the senator's "late-stage" Trump Derangement Syndrome was getting worse.

The report noted Murphy's appearance on CNN to share "his delusional thoughts with equally-TDS-riddled host Dana Bash."

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It's in the headlines every day: How President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency is calling for more government program cuts and employee layoffs.

Many times it's purely logical, as the targets are doing jobs and handling responsibilities that the law doesn't authorize them to run.

And now the agenda is starting to gain traction, as officials at the Social Security Administration have proposed their own buyout program for workers who volunteer to leave.

A report at the Washington Examiner explains that employees are being offered up to $25,000 to resign, just as a warning was issued that "offices that perform functions not mandated by statute may be prioritized for reduction-in-force actions that could include abolishment of organizations and positions, directed reassignments, and reductions in staffing."

The announce comes just days after the Office of Personnel Management "issued a memorandum earlier this week advising agency heads to have their reorganization plans developed by March 13, including reductions in the workforce as part of the Department of Government Efficiency's efforts to cut waste in the federal government," the report explained.

DOGE, run by Elon Musk, already has called for massive cuts in spending – and staffing – of the government. For example, it essentially said the USAID agency was spending tax money in egregiously wrong ways, including on various social agenda ideologies, and its entire operations should be ended.

Ultimately, a fraction of USAID workers and responsibilities were transferred to the Department of State, with the rest losing their positions.

SSA officials, apparently trying to get ahead of specific mandates from DOGE, announced the realignment of staffing, and said they "may reassign employees from non-mission critical positions to mission-critical direct service positions."

The options being offered include reassignment, early retirement, optional retirement, or voluntary separation incentive payments.

Those payments would be offered through March 14 on a first-come basis and provide workers with a general schedule 8 or lower getting $15,000, GS 9-12 employees getting $20,000, and GS 13 or higher employees getting $25,000.

Already, SSA offices including the Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity and the Office of Transformation were closed down and workers placed on administrative leave for now.

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"Phase One" of the Epstein files are being released today but America still apparently won't have much of the story of the convicted sex offender whose friends included Bill Clinton and Bill Gates, among many others.

That's because Attorney General Pam Bondi, who released that "Phase One" to reporters on today, confirmed to FBI chief Kash Patel that minions in that agency still are withholding documents from her.

The ongoing process to unveil the evil that was behind Epstein and his circle of friends and their behavior toward young girls that Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted of trafficking, however, has convinced an adviser to President Trump that more prosecutions are coming.

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Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.'s running mate before he ended his own presidential bid in 2024 and endorsed now-President Donald Trump, has taken social media by storm, posting online that, "Today, I am a Jew for Jesus."

The prominent tech billionaire released her testimony of becoming of Christian and being baptized.

Her online statement:

Sometimes life has this way of turning down the volume on all the chaos, and in that stillness, we get a clear glimpse of what truly matters. One of these moments occurred in my life last month.

It was a quiet January night, just a few days before the presidential inauguration. I was lying in bed in the middle of the night with my six-year-old, Echo, gently calming her after a night terror had awakened her. As she finally drifted back to sleep, I felt a heaviness settle over me, thick and suffocating, like the air before a storm. It pressed against my chest, not like a weight, but like a presence—something unseen yet undeniable. At that moment, I could only think to bow my head, close my eyes, and offer a silent prayer to God.

The Valley of the Shadow of Death

In September 2024, our family suffered a heart-wrenching loss—one I'm not prepared to speak about in detail yet, but I will when the time is right. Not long after the tragedy, I met an incredible woman named Diane, a bishop, who had prayed with me after my loss and was the first to ask me if I wanted to be saved. (I'm still getting the hang of the lingo. Some say pastor, preacher, or minister, depending on the church—but I know Diane as a deeply faithful soul who helped guide me closer to Jesus. For that, I am forever grateful.)

I first crossed paths with Diane through my masseuse, Ade—pronounced "Ah-day"—a Mayan-Mexican immigrant I got to know after my divorce from Echo's dad. Ade is a kind, quiet Christian who would whisper prayers for me while he worked without ever letting on. It wasn't until months later that he told me about it. To this day, he remembers the first time we met and how worried he was about me. Coming out of my previous marriage, I was thin, fragile, totally worn down, and in anguish.

One day, it finally hit me that his prayers were doing more to heal me than the deep tissue massage ever could. As we were wrapping a session, I asked, "Hey Ade, do you know anyone who can help keep 'bad energy' away from people? Basically an exorcism." Ade looked at me, paused, and simply said, "Yes—when you are ready."

In the weeks following our family's loss, I saw Ade again, and as he had so many times before, he prayed for me. But this time was different. I bowed my head, let the tears fall, and begged God's help. It was then that Ade connected me with Diane.

The Water and the Blood

That next morning in January, I called Diane, who had texted me earlier, "I want to talk with you about getting baptized." This felt like the final confirmation of something I already knew: It was time. I called her then, and we decided that on Sunday (the day before President Trump's inauguration), she and her husband, Peter, would baptize me in my backyard.

As she pulled into my driveway, I was struck by her presence. Like me, she is a woman of mixed race from Oakland. With piercing blue eyes and curly black hair, she is a grandmother in her 70s with a quiet strength about her. I soon learned she was no ordinary chaplain but, in fact, the lead chaplain at Santa Rita Jail, the fifth-largest jail in the country.

During that meeting, Diane opened her worn and well-loved Bible—filled with highlights, underlines, and Post-it tabs. A book that had been studied and prayed over thousands of times. She moved through it with laser precision, guiding me to verse after verse as I struggled to read through my blurry, tear-filled eyes. The pain of life sometimes can consume your entire reality, and the injustice, the loss, and the extreme nature of it all can feel genuinely unbearable. The weight of the world, perpetuated by greed, lies, and indifference, can often feel hopeless. Diane looked at me and said with absolute certainty that Jesus could save me—that His blood is able to wash away sins and defeat the darkness that haunts the innocent.

I think it took the pain of that moment, the desperate need for hope, and the unwavering intensity in Diane's eyes to finally break through the last, most stubborn skeptic in me. When Diane asked if I wanted to be baptized, I didn't hesitate—I said yes.

The Whole Armor of God

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There's been resistance to President Donald Trump's border security agenda since he took office and ordered that criminal illegal aliens be rounded up and deported.

Some of it has been international, which mostly has disappeared as Trump's plans have moved forward. Some of it has been political, from Democrats who facilitated Joe Biden's open borders scheme for years. Some of it has been, frankly, dangerous, as there were leakers who distributed advance information about raids to the public.

Those people, insiders with details about coming raids, have been identified, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

And they are getting fired.

"We have found some leakers. We are continuing to get more. They will be fired. There will be consequences," Noem said. "When they leak information to the press in order to blow an operation, they are putting law enforcement lives in jeopardy. They are risking their lives and putting their families in the position where they have to live without those individuals any further."

But the resistance, or "insurrection" against legitimate law enforcement activities, continues to find new methods to undermine American security.

A report from Fox News now explains that the newest method is doxxing.

"Flyers showing the names, pictures, and phone numbers of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents have surfaced in a Southern California neighborhood," the report said. "Multiple federal law enforcement sources confirmed to Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin that anti-ICE activists, who have been interfering with ICE operations in the Los Angeles area in recent days, have now started putting up posters featuring the personal information of ICE and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) officers working in the Los Angeles and Southern California area."

The report said the posters, in Spanish, suggest being "CAREFUL WITH THESE FACES."

And the posters charge, "These armed agents work in Southern California. ICE and HSI racially terrorize and criminalize entire communities with their policies. They kidnap people from their homes and from the streets, separating families and fracturing communities. Many people have died while locked up in jails, prisons, and detention centers."

But a DHS official told Fox, "These pathetic activists are putting targets on the backs of our law enforcement as they shield MS-13, Tren De Aragua and other vicious gangs that traffic women and children, kidnap for ransom and poison Americans with lethal drugs. These individuals will be held accountable for obstructing the law and justice. This shouldn't be controversial."

While freedom of speech and assembly are constitutionally protected, "any individual who impedes law enforcement operations, potentially threatening the safety of law enforcement agents and subjects of their investigations, is subject to investigation and potential prosecution by the Department of Justice," the DHS statement said.

Earlier, a Tampa Free Press reported confirmed that those insiders who earlier leaked information about coming raids had been identified.

Noem said those leaking such information were putting at risk the likes of federal agents.

"When they are breaking the law, we are prosecuting and holding them accountable to it. We're not here to play games. This is about America," Noem said.

That scandal erupted Feb. 7 when the Los Angeles Times printed a report based on a leaked internal memo detailing plans for an ICE raid in the area.

The plan, which targeted those convicted of crimes including rape and murder, sparked protests in the "sanctuary" enclave of Los Angeles.

While Noem confirmed some leakers were identified, their numbers and soon-to-be former employers were not identified.

Noem had said polygraph tests and examination of employee emails were being used to identify leakers.

"It's amazing how these bureaucrats who have an agenda to stop the work that we're doing to bring safety to America will sell each other down the river just to protect themselves," she said.