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THIS WEEKS NEWS

After just 17 frenetic days, Trump has already delivered most of his agenda

https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/17-days-term-trump-has-delivered-80-his-agenda

Trump revokes Joe Biden’s security clearance, citing cognitive decline

https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-revokes-bidens-security-clearance-citing-cognitive-decline

President Trump's plan for the "largest tax cut in history for middle-class working Americans":-No tax on tips -No tax on seniors' social security -No tax on overtime pay

https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/1887585824218509380

Trump to purge Kennedy Center board of trustees and make himself chairman

https://nypost.com/2025/02/07/us-news/trump-to-purge-kennedy-center-board-of-trustees-and-make-himself-chairman/

Trump’s DOD Kicks out CNN, WaPo, Others from Workspaces to make room for Conservative Outlets

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/07/pentagon-boots-cnn-washington-post-others-workspaces-make-room-conservative-outlets/

All this winning:   Bondi Spikes Sanctuary City Funding

https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/02/05/bondi-spikes-sanctuary-city-funding-n3799533

Army Hits Best Recruitment Month in 15 Years Under President Trump

https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2025/02/05/army-hits-best-recruitment-month-15-years-president-donald-trump/

CIA offers sweeping buyouts to entire workforce as Trump pushes to downsize government agencies

https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/us-news/cia-offers-sweeping-buyouts-to-entire-workforce-as-trump-pushes-to-downsize-government-agencies-report/

Trump to Sign Executive Order Banning Trans Athletes from Women's Sports

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2025/02/04/trump-sign-executive-order-banning-trans-athletes-womens-sports/

Hegseth cancels Black History Month celebrations across military

https://www.expressnews.com/news/texas/article/hegseth-cancels-black-history-month-military-bases-20145063.php

Trump Signs Executive Order To Protect Second Amendment Rights

https://www.tampafp.com/trump-signs-executive-order-to-protect-second-amendment-rights/

Trump Launches Task Force to Root Out Anti-Christian Bias

https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/trump-announces-doj-task-force-to-eradicate-anti-christian-bias-5805416

JAPAN TO ELEVATE U.S. INVESTMENT TO $1 TRILLION UNDER TRUMP

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1888150240701669434

 

President Trump: "Billions Have Been Stolen at USAID and Other Agencies - This Could be the Biggest Scandal of Them All….”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/president-trump-billions-have-been-stolen-usaid-other/

Ending the Taxpayer-Funded Blue Pipeline

https://pjmedia.com/benshapiro/2025/02/05/ending-the-taxpayer-funded-blue-pipeline-n4936703

Feds Gave Millions To Left-Wing Media Including Politico, NYT

https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/06/follow-the-money-feds-gave-millions-to-left-wing-media-outlets-including-politico-the-new-york-times/

Before it was shuttered, USAID routed funds to Soros-aligned causes, terrorists and drag queens

https://justthenews.com/accountability/political-ethics/it-was-shuttered-usaid-routed-funds-soros-causes-terrorists-and

Only 294 Out of 14,000 USAID Personnel Identified as Actually Essential.

https://thenationalpulse.com/2025/02/06/only-294-out-of-14000-usaid-personnel-identified-as-actually-essential/

Wait, USAID Paid for a Radical Islamic Terrorist's College Tuition?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/02/09/usaid-paid-for-a-terrorists-college-tuition-n2651919

Wait, USAID Was Involved in Donald Trump's Impeachment?

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/02/06/wait-usaid-was-involved-in-the-2019-impeachment-of-donald-trump-n2651759

The US Treasury Spent HOW MUCH Illegally? Now You Know Why the Left Wants to Stop DOGE.

https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/02/08/the-us-treasury-spent-how-much-illegally-now-you-know-why-the-left-wants-to-stop-doge-n2185365

The Musk-eteers Reveal You’ve Been Living in a Simulated Reality

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/the_musk_eteers_reveal_you_ve_been_living_in_a_simulated_reality.html

Did USAID Really Spend Over $1 Million on Pillow Fluffing Initiative?

https://www.uniquenewsonline.com/usaid-1-million-pillow-fluffing/

How Is Elon Finding Despicable Gov't Waste So Quickly? He Has a Secret Weapon—AI

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/02/07/how-is-elon-finding-despicable-govt-waste-so-quickly-he-has-a-secret-weaponand-its-intelligent-n2185309

The Department of Agriculture spends $361,000 teaching "queer," "trans," "pansexual," "non-binary," and "two-spirit" people how to farm.

https://x.com/realchrisrufo/status/1887334084957098393

Last year, $10 million in taxpayer funds was spent creating transgender mice, rats, and monkeys. An additional  $2.5 million to study the fertility of transgender mice.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/10m-taxpayer-funds-spent-creating-transgender-animals-last-year-nancy-mace

CHINESE LAB TORTURING 300 BEAGLES A WEEK WITH OUR MONEY

https://blog.whitecoatwaste.org/2025/01/28/wcw-investigation-chinese-lab-torturing-300-cute-beagles-a-week-with-our-money/

 

Obama coalition flips to Trump as youths and parents back 47

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/washington-secrets/3312757/obama-coalition-flips-to-trump-as-youths-and-parents-back-47/

Nevada Has More Registered Republicans Than Democrats For The First Time In 18 Years

https://wokespy.com/nevada-has-more-registered-republicans-than-democrats-for-the-first-time-in-18-years/

Polls Show Americans Overwhelmingly Support Voter ID Laws

https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/05/americans-overwhelmingly-support-voter-id-laws-dems-want-to-squash/

Parents Move Right, Pundits Panic, While Trump Delivers on Education

https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2025/02/07/parents_move_right_pundits_panic_while_trump_delivers_on_education_1090009.html

 

You Won't Believe How Many FBI Employees Were Investigating Trump Supporters. (5,000?)

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/02/04/how-many-fbi-agents-were-tasked-with-investigating-j6-holy-crap-n4936670

 

Wealthy NY Elites Panic, Fear ICE Will Deport Their Illegal Alien Maids, Gardeners and Nannies

https://www.formerlawman.com/2025/02/wealthy-ny-elites-panic-fear-ice-will-deport-their-illegal-alien-maids-gardeners-and-nannies/

Doctor Says Democrats Suffering 'Real Crisis' After Trump's Win

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/02/07/doctor-says-democrats-suffering-real-crisis-after-trumps-win-depression-insomnia-grief-genuine-fear-panic/

 

So, That's Who Was Running the Country After Joe's Disastrous CNN Debate (Hunter!)

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/02/08/dem-donor-after-disastrous-cnn-debate-hunter-commandeered-the-white-house-n2651894

 

Dems suffering from Musk Derangement Syndrome

https://nypost.com/2025/02/07/opinion/dems-suffering-from-musk-derangement-syndrome/

 

Google Becomes Latest US Company to Abandon DEI Goals

https://www.theepochtimes.com/business/google-becomes-latest-us-company-to-abandon-dei-goals-5805300

 

Republicans Aim To Send Ranked-Choice Voting Into Extinction

https://thefederalist.com/2025/02/05/after-2024-victories-republicans-aim-to-send-disastrous-ranked-choice-voting-into-extinction/

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OPINION COLUMNS THIS WEEK

Trump’s ‘Revolution Of Common Sense’ Brings Out The Worst In Democrats

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/02/06/trumps-revolution-of-common-sense-brings-out-the-worst-in-democrats/

 

DOGE May Turn Out to Be Most Important 'Department' in US History

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/04/doge-may-turn-out-to-be-most-important-department-in-us-history-n3799468

 

“Wait, You Mean There’s Corruption In Washington?”

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/02/07/wait-you-mean-theres-corruption-in-washington/

 

“While career bureaucrats prepared orientation packets and welcome memos, DOGE's team was already deep inside the payment systems. No committees. No approvals. No red tape. Just four coders with unprecedented access and algorithms ready to run. "The beautiful thing about payment systems," noted a transition official watching their screens, "is that they don't lie. You can spin policy all day long, but money leaves a trail."  That trail led to staggering discoveries.

https://eko.substack.com/p/override

 

Explaining to Liberals Why Everything Can’t Be Free

https://www.culturcidal.com/p/explaining-to-liberals-why-everything

 

Kurt:   The Biggest Threat to Trump Is RINO and squish Republicans

https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2025/02/05/the-biggest-threat-to-trump-is-other-republicans-n2651616

 

VDH:   Are Trump's Tariffs Really Tariffs?

https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2025/02/07/are-trumps-tariffs-really-tariffs-n2651832

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PROGRESSIVE WATCH

WaPo Columnist Latest Piece Shows the Libs Still Don't Get It

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/02/08/wapo-columnist-latest-piece-shows-the-libs-still-dont-get-it-n2651861

 

Jen Psaki Declares a 'Hostile Takeover of the U.S. Government' in Hilarious MSNBC Meltdown

https://redstate.com/bonchie/2025/02/05/jen-psaki-declares-a-hostile-takeover-of-the-us-government-in-msnbc-meltdown-n2185232

 

The Downfall of Ibram X. Kendi

https://www.city-journal.org/article/ibram-x-kendi-boston-university-antiracist-center

 

Brown Medical School Gives DEI More Weight Than ‘Clinical Skills’ in Promotion Criteria for Faculty

https://freebeacon.com/campus/brown-medical-school-gives-dei-more-weight-than-clinical-skills-in-promotion-criteria-for-faculty/

 

Welcome news:  Michigan Rep. Laurie Pohutsky opts for 'voluntarily sterilization' to avoid pregnancy in 'Donald Trump's America'

https://www.themidwesterner.news/2025/02/michigan-rep-laurie-pohutsky-opts-for-voluntarily-sterilization-to-avoid-pregnancy-in-donald-trumps-america/

 

Soros Poured $36.8 Million into Apparatus Controlling His Prosecutors

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2025/02/07/revealed-george-soros-poured-368-million-apparatus

 

Anti-Elon Musk Rally Filled With Angry Lesbians, Deranged Libs, and Overall Strangeness

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/02/05/dems-go-wild-at-protest-over-elon-doge-slashing-all-their-pork-projects-n2651675

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COVID

Czech Republic data: vaccinated women are 66% less likely to give birth compared to unvaccinated women

https://kirschsubstack.com/p/czech-republic-data-vaccinated-women

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ARTICLES

President Trump’s Three Home Runs - Newt Gingrich

https://gingrich360.com/2025/02/06/president-trumps-three-home-runs/

 

President Trump: “It is my pleasure to nominate Joe Kent as the Director of the National Counter Terrorism Center. As a Soldier, Green Beret, and CIA Officer, Joe has hunted down terrorists and criminals his entire adult life. Above all, Joe knows the terrible cost of terrorism, losing his wonderful wife, Shannon, a Great American Hero, who was killed in the fight against ISIS. Joe continues to honor her legacy by staying in the fight. Joe will help us keep America safe by eradicating all terrorism, from the jihadists around the World, to the cartels in our backyard.”

https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/113942595408214881

 

Tulsi Gabbard, the Smear Machine, and the Battle for America’s Intelligence Integrity

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/tulsi_gabbard_the_smear_machine_and_the_battle_for_america_s_intelligence_integrity.html

 

Reynolds:   “Smashing the 'rice bowls' — how elites are lashing out at Trump and Musk's reforms”

https://nypost.com/2025/02/04/opinion/smashing-the-rice-bowls-how-elites-are-lashing-out-at-trump-and-musks-reforms/

 

Carl’s Jr brings back iconic bikini Super Bowl commercials. Femininity is back in Trump's America.

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1888118694984773974

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BABYLON BEE

Democrats Assure Americans The Millions In USAID They Gave Hamas Was Just For Gay Stuff

https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-assure-americans-the-millions-in-usaid-they-gave-hamas-was-just-for-gay-stuff

op ed review 2/2

THIS WEEKS NEWS

Cost Of Illegal Immigration Equivalent To 36th Largest Economy In The World

https://wokespy.com/cost-of-illegal-immigration-equivalent-to-36th-largest-economy-in-the-world/

How US taxpayers funded the largest illegal migration in history

https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/opinion/how-us-taxpayers-funded-the-largest-illegal-migration-in-history/

Under President Trump, Border Patrol agents’ encounters with illegal immigrants at the southern border (a proxy for overall crossings) have dropped by 92.9%.

https://thepopulisttimes.com/border-encounters-plummeting-under-trump/

Border czar Tom Homan calls MSNBC's Joy Reid 'dumber than a box of rocks'

https://nypost.com/2025/01/29/us-news/border-czar-tom-homan-calls-msnbcs-joy-reid-dumber-than-a-box-of-rocks/

Trump DHS Planning to Reverse Biden Admin. Policy That Allowed Over 500K 'Refugees' to Be Flown Into US

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/01/trump-administration-planning-to-revoke-legal-status-of-refugees-from-haiti-cuba-nicaragua-n2185079

 

Trump Was Right: FAA Turned Away Qualified Controllers Over Race

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/01/31/trump-was-right-faa-turned-away-qualified-controllers-over-race-n4936558

FAA embroiled in lawsuit alleging it turned away 1,000 applicants based on race

https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/faa-embroiled-in-lawsuit-alleging-it-turned-away-1000-applicants-based-on-race/

A guy named Andrew Brigida, who scored 100% on the air-traffic controller exam, was turned down for the job because he was white

https://danfromsquirrelhill.wordpress.com/2025/02/01/andrew-brigida/

FAA Academy in Oklahoma struggled to fill classrooms due to DEI quotas, Sen. Mullin says

https://www.foxnews.com/media/faa-academy-oklahoma-struggled-fill-classrooms-due-dei-quotas-sen-mullin-says

 

Trump to Follow Through with Tariffs on Canada, Mexico, China

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-to-follow-through-with-tariffs-on-canada-mexico-china/

Trump admin removes transgender references from federal government websites

https://nypost.com/2025/01/31/us-news/trump-admin-removes-transgender-references-from-federal-government-websites/

Chevron calls Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America after Trump order

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/01/31/chevron-calls-gulf-of-mexico-the-gulf-of-america-after-trump-order.html

Trump's Latest Order to Federal Workers Will Surely Trigger Libs: get rid of the pronouns!

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/01/31/trump-to-fed-workers-take-that-pronoun-trash-off-your-emails-by-the-end-of-the-day-n2651464

Trump admin tells senior FBI ranks to resign or be fired

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-issues-unexpected-ultimatum-senior-fbi-ranks

Trump Bans Intel Officials Who Pushed Russian Disinfo Hoax From Federal Buildings

https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-trump-bans-intel-officials-who-pushed-russian-disinfo-hoax-from-federal-buildings

Friday Night Smackdown at the DOJ—Dozens of J6 Prosecutors Sent Packing

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2025/02/01/friday-night-smackdown-at-the-dojdozens-of-j6-prosecutors-sent-packing-n2185073#google_vignette

USDA Inspector General Tried to Defy Trump's Firing Order, Got Hauled Out of the Building by Security

https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2025/01/29/usda-inspector-general-tried-to-defy-trumps-firing-order-got-hauled-out-of-the-building-by-security-n2184956

Hegseth Declares End of 'Cultural Awareness Months' at DOD

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/31/defense-secretary-pete-hegseth-declares-identity-months-dead-department-defense/

Trump Signs Orders Restoring Integrity, Lethality To The Military

https://thefederalist.com/2025/01/28/trump-signs-orders-restoring-integrity-and-lethality-to-americas-military/

President Trump Signs Sweeping School Choice Executive Order

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/30/trump-signs-sweeping-school-choice-order-empowering-parents/

Trump Admin Moves To Toss Out Biden’s Fuel Economy Rules

https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/29/trump-admin-moves-to-toss-biden-fuel-economy-cafe-rules/

Trump bans federal funds for schools teaching CRT and 'gender ideology'

https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5113202-trump-schools-executive-order-crt-gender-ideology/

White House economist teases the ‘biggest’ fiscal reform ‘America has ever seen’

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/white-house-economist-teases-biggest-fiscal-reform-america-has-ever-seen

Trump Signs Executive Order Ending Federal Funding for Medical Mutilation of Minors

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2025/01/28/trump-executive-order-trans-children-surgeries-n2651297

Trump Launches Task Force 250 to Plan an “Extraordinary Celebration” of America in 2026

https://wokespy.com/trump-launches-task-force-250-to-plan-an-extraordinary-celebration-of-america/

11 years after a celebrated opening, a massive solar plant faces a bleak future in the Mojave Desert

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/11-years-after-celebrated-opening-massive-solar-plant-118290949

 

With Gov. Lee’s Signature, Tennessee Will Become 13th State To Enact Universal School Choice

https://www.dailywire.com/news/with-gov-lees-signature-tennessee-will-become-13th-state-to-enact-universal-school-choice

 

Noncitizen voter crackdown led by House GOP ahead of 2026 midterms

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/essential-our-nations-sovereignty-noncitizen-voter-crackdown-led-gop-ahead-2026-midterms

 

Democrat Party’s Popularity Hits Record Lows

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2025/01/31/nolte-democrat-partys-popularity-hits-record-lows/

Democrat Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Under Fire After $339 Million "Disappeared" from State Budget as Hobbs' Budget Director Mysteriously Resigns

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/01/exclusive-democrat-arizona-governor-katie-hobbs-under-fire/

 

The Churches That Oppose Trump on Immigration are Raking in Millions to Bring In Migrants

https://pjmedia.com/robert-spencer/2025/02/01/the-churches-that-oppose-trump-on-immigration-are-raking-in-millions-to-bring-in-migrants-n4936572

 

Test Scores Take Another Dive As Schools Pocket $Billions

https://issuesinsights.com/2025/01/31/test-scores-take-another-dive-will-anyone-be-held-accountable/

 

Exclusive Poll: Voters Trust Donald Trump More than News Media

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2025/01/29/nolte-exclusive-poll-voters-trust-donald-trump-more-than-news-media/

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OPINION COLUMNS THIS WEEK

Colon:  Boy, Did We Dodge a Bullet ...

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/01/boy_did_we_dodge_a_bullet.html

 

The Terrible Mercy of Bishop Budde

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2025/02/the_terrible_mercy_of_bishop_budde.html

 

 

We Are Entering a New Age of American Supremacy

https://www.newsmax.com/paulduquenoy/donald-trump-colombia-immigrants/2025/01/31/id/1197348/

 

Poll Reveals Amazing Shift in Public Opinion About Direction of the Country Since Inauguration

https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2025/01/31/new-polling-on-country-going-in-the-right-direction-n2185059

 

‘On The Wrong Side Of Public Opinion’: VDH Predicts Further Decline In Dems’ Ratings After DNC Event

https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/31/victor-davis-hanson-democratic-national-committee-rating/

 

Stossel:  Milei, The Chainsaw President!

https://townhall.com/columnists/johnstossel/2025/01/29/the-chainsaw-president-n2651311

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PROGRESSIVE WATCH

Look How Much Money Dems Get From Big Pharma - and Who Takes the Most!  Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Patty Murray near the top of list, collecting $millions$

https://redstate.com/wardclark/2025/02/01/look-how-much-money-dems-take-from-big-pharma-and-who-takes-the-most-n2185087

 

Every DNC Chair Candidate Says ‘Racism, Misogyny Played A Role’ In Kamala’s Defeat

https://www.dailywire.com/news/every-dnc-chair-candidate-says-racism-misogyny-played-a-role-in-kamalas-defeat

 

'No Immigrant Should Be Detained,' Says Left-Wing Nonprofit With $769 Million Federal Immigration Contract

https://freebeacon.com/politics/no-immigrant-should-be-detained-says-left-wing-nonprofit-with-769-million-federal-immigration-contract/

 

Dem Senator Claims $50M in Condoms Needed to "Keep Malnourished Babies Alive in Gaza"

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fact-check-senator-claims-50m-in-condoms-needed-to-keep-malnourished-babies-alive-in-gaza/

 

ABC co-host Sunny Hostin Blames Trump and His Voters for Fatal DC Airliner Collision

https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2025/01/31/sunny-hostin-blames-trump-and-his-voters-fatal-dc-airliner

 

Costco board members donated hundreds of thousands to Democrats in 2024 cycle

https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/costco-board-members-donated-heavily-democrats-2024-election-cycle

 

California's Top Military Commander Displayed 'Gay As F—' Flag in His Office Before Newsom Promoted Him

https://freebeacon.com/california/californias-top-military-commander-displayed-gay-as-f-flag-in-his-office-before-newsom-promoted-him/

 

Trans terror? Trans duo revealed as suspects in killing of a Vermont border patrol officer

https://thepostmillennial.com/andy-ngo-reports-trans-terror-trans-duo-revealed-as-suspects-in-killing-of-a-vermont-border-patrol-officer

 

Just how disgusting were Democrats to RFK, Jr. at his hearing?

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/01/just_how_disgusting_were_democrats_to_rfk_jr_at_his_hearing.html

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ARTICLES

Newt:  The Trump Revolution Continues and Expands

https://gingrich360.com/2025/01/28/the-trump-revolution-continues-and-expands/

 

Michael Goodwin: Why big leftist TV anchors biting the dust is a gain for America

https://nypost.com/2025/02/01/opinion/michael-goodwin-why-big-leftist-tv-anchors-biting-the-dust-is-a-gain-for-america/

 

Regular Marijuana Use Hurts Short-Term Memory

https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/marijuana-cannabis-regular/2025/01/30/id/1197145/

 

“I've taken a cancer vaccine like the one Trump is spearheading... it reversed my stage 4 tumors”

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-14322495/cancer-vaccine-donald-trump-mrna-cure-tumors.html

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BABYLON BEE

Pope Francis Demands God Remove Walls Surrounding Heaven

https://babylonbee.com/news/pope-francis-demands-god-remove-walls-surrounding-heaven