China Poised to Cut Off U.S. Military From Key Mineral as America’s Own Reserves Lay Buried Under Red Tape

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China is planning to restrict exports of a key mineral needed to make weapons while a U.S. company that could be reducing America’s reliance on foreign suppliers is languishing in red tape, energy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

The Chinese government announced on August 15 that it will restrict exports of antimony, a critical mineral that dominates the production of weapons globally and is essential for producing equipment like munitions, night vision goggles and bullets that are essential to national security, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Perpetua Resources, an American mining company, has been navigating red tape for years to develop a mine in Valley County, Idaho, that could decrease reliance on the Chinese supply of antimony, but the slow permitting process is getting in the way, energy experts told the DCNF.

It can take years to secure all the necessary approvals and permits to develop a mine like the one Perpetua Resources is trying to operate. One of the key permitting laws in place is the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which also applies to federal land management actions and the construction of certain public infrastructure projects like highways.

“After six years of planning and early engagement, we began the [NEPA] permitting process in 2016. We are now eight years into NEPA,” a Perpetua Resources spokesperson told the DCNF. The company is hoping to extract antimony from the largest known deposit in the U.S., and Perpetua Resources’ development could also produce millions of ounces of gold as well. (Read more from “China Poised to Cut Off U.S. Military From Key Mineral as America’s Own Reserves Lay Buried Under Red Tape” HERE)

Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Rescue Astronauts Stranded in Space

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX will rescue two astronauts who have been stranded in space since June after their Boeing Starliner spacecraft encountered problems.

NASA administrator Bill Nelson announced at a press conference on Saturday that astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunita Williams will return to Earth in February of next year on the SpaceX Crew-9 mission.

Wilmore and Williams have been stranded aboard the International Space Station (ISS) since their Starliner spacecraft experienced five thruster malfunctions and five helium leaks.

“NASA has decided that Butch and Sunni will return with Crew-9 next February, and that Starliner will return uncrewed,” Nelson explained.

The astronauts blasted off from Florida on June 5, and they were initially slated to return to Earth on June 13. However, NASA later announced on June 18 that they were looking to bring the astronauts home on June 26. (Read more from “Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Rescue Astronauts Stranded in Space” HERE)

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Suspends Campaign, Backs Trump for President in Battleground States; Trump Vows to Release JFK Assassination Docs as RFK Jr. Makes Rally Debut (VIDEO)

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By The Blaze. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has stated he is suspending his campaign but not ending it, urging residents of blue states to vote for him but throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump in battleground states.

Democrat-turned-Independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to endorse former President Donald Trump for president on Friday in Arizona, according to a report by the Associated Press.

Kennedy, the son of the late Democratic Party icon Robert F. Kennedy, built a career as an environmental lawyer. He has embraced unlikely causes throughout his life, gaining notoriety for questioning the efficacy of some vaccines. He launched his campaign as an anti-establishment mission to shake Washington free from the grip of establishment elites. Unlike many Democrats, he did not demonize Trump or Trump supporters.

He ran as a Democrat at first, but left the party after he concluded that Democrats were arranging their primary to make it impossible for any insurgent campaign against President Joe Biden to succeed. (Read more from “Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Suspends Campaign, Backs Trump for President in Battleground States (VIDEO)” HERE)

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Trump Vows to Release JFK Assassination Docs as RFK Jr. Makes Rally Debut Hours After Endorsing GOP Nominee

By New York Post. Former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made his first appearance at a rally for former President Donald Trump Friday hours after ending his campaign and endorsing the Republican nominee.

Trump, 78, described the 70-year-old scion of the Kennedy political dynasty as an “incredible champion” for American values and a “highly respected” and “great person” before bringing him out as a surprise guest at the Desert Diamond Arena in Glendale, Ariz.

“Bobby! Bobby! Bobby!” Trump supporters in the packed arena chanted as he walked out on stage. . .

“His candidacy has inspired millions and millions of Americans, raised critical issues that have been too long ignored in this country and brought together people from across the political spectrum in a positive campaign grounded in the American values of his father, Robert Kennedy, a great man, and his uncle, President John F Kennedy,” the former president continued.

“And I know that they are looking down right now, and they are very, very proud of Bobby. I’m proud of Bobby.” (Read more from “Trump Vows to Release JFK Assassination Docs as RFK Jr. Makes Rally Debut Hours After Endorsing GOP Nominee” HERE)

The DNC Has Just Been One Long Litany of Stupid, Obvious Lies

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It almost goes without saying that what Democrats are putting on at the DNC this week in Chicago is a simulacrum of democracy, a mimicry of the excitement and drama that might have come from a deliberative process of Democrat Party voters choosing their presidential candidate.

None of it is real. The DNC has all the trappings of a major political party convention but without any of the substance. Not a single Democrat voter cast a primary ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris, yet Democrats are going through the motions as if that’s exactly what happened.

They even trotted out President Joe Biden—the putative head of the Democrat Party, whose reelection campaign was abruptly ended by party bosses against his will—late on the first night of the convention. It was a mere formality. Biden delivered a slurred, angry speech, full of lies and distortions, and then they shuffled him off to Santa Barbara for the rest of the week, rendering the sitting president a nonparticipant in his own party’s convention.

But Democrats’ fakery goes deeper than just pantomiming a democratic process after executing a coup against the sitting president. The Harris-Walz campaign branding of “joy”—repeated this week ad nauseum by the propaganda press—is obviously fake and forced. By running a campaign almost completely devoid of policy substance or any real interaction with the news media, consisting mostly of staged videos of Harris and Walz yukking it up on the campaign trail or delivering speeches via teleprompter at highly controlled rallies, Democrat Party leaders are essentially running a psy-op on the American electorate.

A big part of that psy-op is to lie and mislead brazenly about everything. On the opening night of the convention, Biden repeated the infamous “very fine people on both sides” hoax and the “suckers and losers” hoax, both of which anyone can easily look up in 30 seconds. He also claimed that 500,000 new electric vehicle charging stations have been created under his administration (the actual number is seven), among many other blatant falsehoods. (Read more from “The DNC Has Just Been One Long Litany of Stupid, Obvious Lies” HERE)

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Democrat ‘Dark Money’ Network Founder Wants the Names of Conservative Donors for One Reason

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In recent years, the activist left has built a network of left-leaning nonprofits to help tilt elections and ballot initiatives in favor of realizing far-left policy outcomes on abortion, gender identity, and DEI, among others. Politico highlighted the Arabella network’s role in the 2018 midterms, describing “an unprecedented gusher of secret money” that was “fueled by massive anonymous donations.” The New York Times noted how, in 2020, left-of-center nonprofits outspent “groups aligned with Republicans” $514 million to $200 million.

This surge in spending has brought scrutiny from Republicans in Congress and in the states, particularly around the role of foreign donors to candidate and ballot issue campaigns. Conservative media now features a steady drumbeat of coverage about “dark money” supporting various left-of-center causes. On Capitol Hill, Republicans hosted a hearing that highlighted the left’s growing nonprofit activities and the apparent hypocrisy of Democrats who spent much of the previous decade condemning conservative organizations and donors as “dark money.”

All of this raises a question: If “dark money” is so beneficial to Democrats, why do the party’s leaders consistently push for new and expansive donor disclosure laws?

The answer may be simple: Even when the left outspends the right, the value of silencing conservatives far exceeds the value of spending by left-leaning nonprofits.

Eric Kessler, the founder of Arabella Advisors, which serves as the head of the left’s sprawling nonprofit network, recently pledged his support to Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s plan to “end the scourge of dark money.” (Read more from “Democrat ‘Dark Money’ Network Founder Wants the Names of Conservative Donors for One Reason” HERE)

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You’re Probably Cracking Your Eggs Wrong — Which Could Be Hazardous to Your Health

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. . .Whoever coined the phrase “there’s more than one way to crack an egg” was technically correct. But there’s only one way to crack an egg safely, experts say, warning that one of the most popular methods could wind up being hazardous to your health.

Many of us — even Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who famously showed off her one-handed technique in an old baking video that recently went viral — do our cracking on the rim of the mixing bowl or frying pan.

But there’s a better, less risky way, said a pro writing for The Kitchn, a popular cooking site.

There are two reasons to be wary of the edge-of-the-bowl technique, they said — for one, this method will push the shattered shell back into the actual egg; you’re also risking tiny fragments falling into your bowl or pan.

The second reason? Bacteria from those shell fragments could wind up contaminating your food — people who like their eggs over easy or soft scrambled, for example, could be risking illness if the shell exteriors are carrying crud, the Mirror reported. (Read more from “You’re Probably Cracking Your Eggs Wrong — Which Could Be Hazardous to Your Health” HERE)

Theater Officials Admitted to Raping Children in Past: Report

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Officials with a civic theater near Seattle admitted in the past to raping children, KCPQ-TV reported, citing court documents referring to Renton Civic Theatre board president Alan Parsons and art director Bill Huls. Renton is little less than a half hour southeast of Seattle.

A whistleblower working within the theater told KCPQ-TV she went to the theater board about Huls’ child sex abuse admissions but noted her concerns were ignored, so she decided to post the information on Facebook.

“Renton Civic Theater [sic] is a broken organization,” the post from the whistleblower read. “Their artistic director is a registered sex offender and harasses women. He has clearly been at his harassment for many years and has not been stopped because not enough of us have spoken up.”

KCPQ said documents from 1990 it obtained showed Huls, then 22 years old, admitted to sexually assaulting a 7-year-old girl who was the daughter of a family friend. The station said Huls pleaded guilty and was convicted. It isn’t clear what resulted sentencing-wise after that, but KCPQ added that court documents show Huls admitted to having graphic sexual fantasies involving children he personally knew. The station also said Huls admitted to being close in proximity to kids while in his theater group.

The theater’s board of directors included Huls’ wife as well as Alan Parsons, whom KCPQ reported is a convicted child molester. (Read more from “Theater Officials Admitted to Raping Children in Past: Report” HERE)

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Tim Walz’s Coaching History Called Out After Ex-Football Players Hit Dnc Stage: ‘It’s Strange’

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Former members of the Mankato West High School football team took center stage at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Wednesday night in support of their former coach, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, as he formally accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president.

However, social media stirred over the reference to Walz as a football coach who turned a losing team into state champions.

“In Minnesota, we trust a coach who turned a team that was 0-27 into state champions,” Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said in her speech on the third night of the DNC.

Ben Ingman, one of Walz’s former students, who said the governor also coached him in seventh-grade basketball and track at Mankato, echoed that sentiment.

“Coach Walz got us excited about what we might achieve together. He believed in us, and he helped us believe in each other. And his leadership stuck. That track team went on to win a state title, just like the football team.” . . .

“Amy Klobuchar introduces Timothy Walz as a coach who ‘turned’ a team ‘into state champions,’” one person said in a post on X. “He was NEVER a head coach. He didn’t ‘turn’ anyone into state champions.” (Read more from “Tim Walz’s Coaching History Called Out After Ex-Football Players Hit DNC Stage: ‘It’s Strange'” HERE)

Documented: New Evidence That Shroud of Turin Dates to Time of Jesus

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Ateam of Italian researchers have entered the debate over the Shroud of Turin, the linen cloth believed by some to have been Jesus Christ’s burial shroud.

In a study published in the journal Heritage, the authors conducted dating work on a sample from the Shroud, coming to the conclusion that it may be a 2,000-year-old relic.

The Shroud, which has long been the subject of intense scrutiny, features a faint image of man that some believe is the body of Jesus miraculously imprinted onto the cloth. While the latest study does not discuss the question of whether or not the artifact was indeed Jesus’ burial shroud, the authors did find that its age is roughly consistent with his time.

The findings challenge previous research supporting a medieval origin of the Shroud, which is one of the most studied archaeological objects in the world. (Read more from “Documented: New Evidence That Shroud of Turin Dates to Time of Jesus” HERE)

Multiple People Killed, Several Injured in ‘Diversity Festival’ Mass Stabbing

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At least three people were reportedly killed and several others were left in serious condition after a mass stabbing at a “Festival of Diversity” in the German city of Solingen on Friday evening.

. . .Germany’s Bild newspaper has reported that eyewitnesses said that they saw an “Arab-looking man” flee from the scene of the attack. The suspect is still at large at the time of this reporting. The knifeman reportedly targeted the necks of his victims, leading police to suspect terrorism.

Tragedy struck as the city of Solingen celebrated its 650th anniversary with a “Festival of Diversity” as a reported mass stabbing took place as festival goers gathered in the city centre. . .

A witness to the incident told the paper that he was standing in front of the music stage at the event when he saw a “person fall over just one meter next to me”.

The witness said that at first, he thought the other person may have been drunk, but then he saw several pools of blood surrounding the victim. (Read more from “Multiple People Killed, Several Injured in ‘Diversity Festival’ Mass Stabbing” HERE)