By John Hood, RALEIGH — The post of lieutenant governor is a constitutional office in North Carolina, and the only one empowered to exercise both legislative and executive powers. Those powers are rather limited, however — casting a vote in the state senate when there is a tie, “presiding” over that chamber in a titular (but rarely practical) sense, and serving on several boards. Candidates for lieutenant governor — Democratic state Rep. Yvonne Lewis Holley, left, and Republican Mark Robinson, right — debate at the Charlotte Motor Speedway as part of the N.C. Institute of Political Leader ..read more

  By World Tribune- After new evidence emerged that authorities investigating Michael Flynn were out to “get Trump,” Flynn attorney Sidney Powell said President Barack Obama’s fingerprints were “all over” the Flynn investigation. photo from Sidney Powell facebook. In a Friday night interview on Fox Business Network, Powell was asked about Obama’s role in the Flynn investigation. Powell said: “His fingerprints are all over it. There’s the reference in the new text messages about how his briefing went on January 5th (2017). So it was a full-fledged briefing. And, of course, we have Susan Ri ..read more

By Mike Scruggs- On January 31, President Trump declared the Covid-19 coronavirus a U.S. public health emergency and issued a ban on travel between the United States and China. Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden, speaking at an Iowa campaign event, severely criticized Trump’s action, calling it “hysteria and xenophobia.” Wuhan, China. wikipedia photo. It quickly became evident that the coronavirus was extraordinarily contagious and potentially deadly. A special problem has been that its spread is often asymptomatic. In the greatest and quickest successful cooperative national mobiliza ..read more

FPI, Analysis by R. Clinton Ohlers- During the past several weeks, major studies have claimed the drug hydroxychloroquine had no effect on COVID-19 patients. Some even claimed it was harmful. However, major studies out of New York, Spain, Switzerland, Michigan, Belgium and elsewhere have provided compelling evidence that the drug, particularly in combination with azithromycin and zinc, has been saving lives all along. Perhaps most surprising among these is a pivotal study that appeared in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) online on May 11. It reported f ..read more

By Lindsay Marchello, Carolina Journal News Service- RALEIGH — For Tara Deane’s two youngest children, virtual learning has been a nightmare. Deane’s four children attend school in Wake County. Her two youngest are adopted from China and have severe disabilities. They struggle with basics like learning, speaking, and socializing. The teletherapy services provided by the school district aren’t working, Deane said. Her children are regressing. “Remote learning was never and will never be an option for them,” Deane said. “Virtual learning cannot be accomplished when your child can’t verbalize an ..read more

Mike Scruggs- According to U.S. Attorney General William Barr, Antifa’s ultimate goal is world Communism, and their primary immediate goal toward that end is to bring down the Trump presidency. Rose City Antifa Flag. wikipedia photo. Antifa is most active in the United States and Western Europe. Their common initial tactic in the subversion of democratic governments in both the U.S. and Europe is to employ extreme violence and the destruction of public and private property to create political disorder, discredit, the police, and intimidate the public and democratic leaders. They often try to g ..read more

By Mike Scruggs- As a former Air Force intelligence officer, I have always been a dabbler in languages and the cultures surrounding them. I was involved mostly in the more technological aspects of intelligence regarding the USSR and Communist China, but I learned enough Russian to enhance my understanding of Russian culture. Coat of Arms Don Cassock Republic Anti-Communist Republic 1918-1920. One of the most fascinating subcultures of southern Russia and Ukraine are the Cossacks. They are a Slavic people but the origin of their name is said to be related to the shared Turkic and Russian word K ..read more

By Mike Scruggs- On August 13, The Trump Administration announced a major diplomatic peace accord in the Middle East. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) became the third Arab nation, besides Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 1994, to formally normalize diplomatic relations with Israel. The Abraham Accord was achieved as part of a major effort by the U.S. State Department under Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Staff photo Not every nation in the Middle East, however, was happy with the news. It is certainly not good news for Iran, which continually proclaims its intention to destroy Israel and is seeking ..read more

  By WorldTribune- President Donald Trump “may be saving America from a fate you and I don’t want to contemplate,” radio host Rush Limbaugh said. “We don’t want another civil war based on race. We don’t want race wars. We don’t want any of that because it’s not something naturally occurring. The Democrats are trying, they are literally trying to foment hate. And it isn’t working because it’s not who the American people are,” Limbaugh said on his Monday broadcast. “I believe the Democrat Party – Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, whoever – I think they are attempting, and have been for a while, to ..read more

FPI- Data released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) on Aug. 26, which was widely ignored by the major media, show that coronavirus was listed as the sole cause in only 6 percent of all recorded virus deaths in the U.S. wikipedia photo The CDC said that, of the 153,504 deaths recorded from Feb. 1 through Aug. 19, only 9,210 (6 percent) listed covid as the only cause of death. The other 94 percent had, on average, “2.6 additional conditions or causes per death,” the CDC report said. Of those with previous comorbidities “the overwhelming majority” of those who died “were of very advanced ..read more