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A Ukrainian couple stole $34million from a millionaire Democratic donor which they used to buy a private jet, a gold bullion and guns, according to authorities.[Snip] McCormack, an heir to a banking fortune, is the publisher of the progressive magazine The New Republic, owns Oregon’s Tin House book publishing company and is a prolific donor to the Democrat party. The couple, who were arrested on Tuesday, allegedly used their limousine service company to make unauthorized and inflated charges to the tycoon's American Express card, as reported by Oregon Live.
Majority of Chicago Residents Disapprove
of Far-Left Mayor Brandon Johnson’s
Performance, Poll Finds replies
of Far-Left Mayor Brandon Johnson’s
Performance, Poll Finds replies
At least 70 percent of registered Chicago voters say they do not approve of far-left mayor Brandon Johnson’s performance after his first eight months in office, according to a new poll.
The poll, conducted for the education-reform advocacy group Stand for Children, was designed to measure Chicagoans’ opinions on school-choice policy. However, the poll also contained generalized questions about the performance of local politicians. Voters were asked “how you feel each of the following is performing” in response to a list of names that included “Brandon Johnson as Chicago Mayor,” according to poll results obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.
Stand for Children has not publicly released its poll data on local politicians.
Turley Explains Which Party Has ‘Upper
Hand’ In Texas-Biden Showdown. It Comes
Down To One Word replies
Hand’ In Texas-Biden Showdown. It Comes
Down To One Word replies
Fox News contributor and George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley argued Friday that the federal government has the “upper hand” in the ongoing showdown between Texas and the Biden administration. [Snip] The ruling does not require Texas to take any action to remove the wire fencing at the behest of the Supreme Court. Rather, the ruling states that federal border patrol agents have the right to remove the fencing if it impedes their ability to carry out the Biden Administration’s orders. [Snip] “The problem is that federal courts are unlikely to agree that this is the ‘invasion’ referenced in the Constitution.
Jury says Donald Trump must pay an additional
$83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case replies
$83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll in defamation case replies
NEW YORK — A jury has awarded an additional $83.3 million to former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll, who says former President Donald Trump damaged her reputation by calling her a liar after she accused him of sexual assault.
Friday’s verdict was the second time in nine months that a jury addressed Carroll’s claim that Trump assaulted her in a New York City department store in 1996. Another jury last May found Trump liable for sexual abuse and ordered him to pay $5 million. This defamation trial was over things Trump said about Carroll while he was president. Trump continues to insist he was falsely accused.
The verdict was
Two major exhibition halls and several other display cabinets at the American Museum of Natural History were empty and covered up on Friday morning as the museum shuttered all Native American-related displays to comply with new federal regulations, shocking new photos showed.
The glass cabinets in the museum’s halls dedicated to the Eastern Woodlands and the Great Plains looked eerily abandoned, just hours after museum director Sean Decatur announced the changes in a letter to staff Friday morning. “The halls we are closing are artifacts of an era when museums such as ours did not respect the values, perspectives and indeed shared humanity of Indigenous peoples,”
Georgia Senate Approves Investigation
of DA Willis amid Accusations of ‘Unprofessional Relationship’ replies
of DA Willis amid Accusations of ‘Unprofessional Relationship’ replies
The Georgia Senate voted on Friday to form a special committee to investigate Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis amid allegations she had an “unprofessional relationship” with a subordinate lawyer prosecuting the election-fraud case involving former president Donald Trump.
Thirty senators voted to form the investigative committee, while 19 were opposed, according to a Fox News report.
Willis is leading the prosecution of the 2020 election-fraud case against Trump and 18 other defendants in Georgia. In August, she indicted Trump and 18 other defendants under Georgia’s version of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations statute, or RICO, for their alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election in Georgia.
Footage reveals the moment pro-Palestinian protestors harass attendees of a memorial service held for Henry Kissinger at a Temple in New York City.
In a video obtained by FreedomNewsTV, individuals wearing keffiyehs can be seen heckling and harassing people on the street in front of Temple Emanu-El on Thursday.
The mob is seen targeting one individual, blowing smoke in his face and making fun of his Israeli flag pin.
As they approached the man standing alone on the sidewalk wearing what appeared to be a minuscule Israeli flag pin on his shirt, one person remarked, 'Oh, is that an Israeli flag?' before calling him a 'Zionist coward piece of s***.'
President Donald Trump released a fiery statement on his Truth Social platform on Friday.
This comes after his abrupt walkout from the New York City courtroom, where the E. Jean Carroll defamation case is being heard.
The case took an unexpected turn when Judge Lewis Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, reportedly threatened Trump’s attorney, Alina Habba, with jail time and denied a request to refute sexual abuse allegations.
The courtroom witnessed tense moments earlier. Judge Kaplan mandated silence, stating, “No interruptions, no audible comments,” following some objections, presumably from Trump’s legal team.
BuzzFeed and Vice Media, two failing left-wing sites, are starting to sell off their parts, reports the Wall Street Journal.
“BuzzFeed … is looking to sell its food sites, Tasty and First We Feast, according to people familiar with the situation,” writes the Wall Street Journal. “Meanwhile, Fortress Investment Group, which took over Vice in bankruptcy last year, is in talks to sell its Refinery29 women’s lifestyle-focused site[.]”
The Wall Street Journal portrays these developments in much too narrow of a way — as “yet another chapter in the demise of these digital-media companies that raised money at sky-high valuations nearly a decade ago only to struggle
Chaos erupted at the E. Jean Carroll defamation trial on Friday when Donald Trump stormed out of court and the judge warned his lawyer Alina Habba she was close to 'spending time in lockup'.
The former president, 77, dramatically walked out when Carroll's lawyer said the jury should punish Trump, claiming 'he thinks the rules don't apply to him,' and asking for damages of at least $24 million.
After Trump left senior U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan said: 'The record will reflect that Mr. Trump just rose and walked out of the courtroom.'
President Joe Biden recently met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and the exchange was incredibly revealing.
While it didn't reveal anything about Israel's resolve to take out Hamas, the terrorist government of Gaza that massacred over a thousand people on October 7th, breaking a long-running ceasefire, what it did do is show where Biden's motivations truly lie. In short, it's not pretty or reassuring. (X) "President Biden last week pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to scale down the Israeli military operation in Gaza, stressing he is not in it for a year of war, two U.S. officials told Axios.
'This Isn't Just Bad Policy, It's Bad
Politics': Biden Blocks Several Huge Natural
Gas Projects replies
Politics': Biden Blocks Several Huge Natural
Gas Projects replies
Let's begin with an either-or question: Does Joe Biden a) honestly believe that natural gas is an existential threat to mankind, as he regularly claims, or is he b) more concerned with appeasing — for political purposes — environmentalist alarmists? Ponder the question if necessary — but I'm gonna go with "b."
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While the professed fossil-fuel-loathing president has hysterically declared war on everything from residential gas furnaces to gas stoves to even gas dishwashers, his quest never ends.
In a Friday morning announcement, the White House and Department of Energy (DOE) revealed their next target — and it's enormous.
The border crisis in Texas is turning into a faceoff between the state and federal governments. (snip) "Representative Mike Collins (R-Ga.) announced that he will introduce the Restricting Administration Zealots from Obliging Raiders (RAZOR) Act," reads a press release from Colins' office. "The legislation would ban the federal government, including the U.S. Border Patrol, from removing or otherwise altering any state-constructed barriers installed to mitigate illegal immigration."
As the Industry Turns Dark, Journalists
Turn a Blind Eye to Their Problems - It's
Getting Worse replies
Turn a Blind Eye to Their Problems - It's
Getting Worse replies
While the media environment in this country has been going through some bad years, it appears things are only becoming worse. This week alone, we have watched the Los Angeles Times gutting over 20 percent of its newsroom, Forbes has announced it will be cutting staff, and Business Insider has come out to say it, too, will be encountering layoffs. There is carnage in the news industry, but what is remarkable is that journalists – allegedly pledged to digging into stories and researching facts – are unwilling to look into what is behind the problems. Reporters have plenty of soapboxes but, surprisingly, very few mirrors. Following the the announced news
On Thursday, the U.S. government sold the Federal Helium Reserve, a massive underground stockpile based in Amarillo, Texas, that supplies up to 30% of the country’s helium. [Snip] Regulatory and logistical issues with the facility threaten a temporary shutdown as it passes from public to private ownership, and hospital supply chain experts worry the sale could have serious consequences for health care down the road--especially when it comes to MRIs. [Snip] The facility spans three states, each with its own laws. The federal government didn’t need to reconcile state-specific rules, but a private buyer would,
The Academy Awards used to be a cultural phenomenon. The Oscars ceremony was the pinnacle of the entertainment world, with glamorous stars jockeying for statuettes. For generations, the most deserving actors, actresses, and films usually won — though not always, and I wrote a series a few years ago about the most undeserving winners.What is it about the Oscars that has traditionally captivated America? It’s largely because Hollywood has dominated the cultural landscape for so long.
Civil rights organizations in Texas have filed a formal letter with the United Nations, raising the alarm on a "deteriorating human rights situation" for LGBTQ+ people in the state.
Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas, GLAAD, the Human Rights Campaign, and the University of Texas at Austin School of Law Human Rights Clinic submitted the joint letter.
In a press release, political advocacy organization Equality Texas said the letter, addressed to 17 experts, working groups, and special rapporteurs, is meant to illustrate the ways LGBTQ+ Texans are having their rights to non-discrimination, privacy, health, freedom of expression, and education violated.
The United States has never suffered an invasion of the homeland, yet that is what is happening right now.
That statement seems obvious to anyone paying attention to what is happening on the southern border. The word invasion was initially viewed as too harsh of a word. It might be seen as having military connotations or implying military action. Over the course of President Biden’s term in office, the crisis created by an open border with Mexico has been all but ignored by most media outlets except for one. Fox News Channel reports on the border every day. The cable news network’s reporters are on the border and do live shots
The Bible supports the idea of individuals changing their sex and taking drugs and surgeries to do so, a professor at a Catholic university in Ohio wrote recently.
Professor Esther Brownsmith teaches classes on Scripture at the University of Dayton in Ohio. (snip)
Brownsmith (pictured) claims that Joseph’s “amazing technicolor dreamcoat” was really clothes a princess would wear.
“This is just one of the ways that the Bible indicates that the ‘shapely and beautiful’ Joseph (Genesis 39:6) crossed gender boundaries, and he was not the only one:
Ford CEO Jim Farely confirmed that the V8-powered Mustang will not be discontinued anytime soon, leaving the Blue Oval with what seems like the last standing production V8 muscle car, assuming other modern muscle car manufacturers don’t change their tune.
According to a recently published report from Motor1, Ford isn’t fazed by its rivals moving away from V8 power. This comes as exciting news for muscle car fans as the Chevrolet Camaro makes its exit, and Dodge moves on from the Hemi-powered Challengers and Chargers.
"A lot of our competitors have left," Farley said, also reminding us that both Chevrolet and Dodge
The UN relief agency operating in Gaza said Friday that Israel had accused some of its staff of being involved in the October 7 attacks, and that their contracts would be “immediately” terminated.
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini said Israeli authorities provided the agency “with information” alleging several of its employees participated in Hamas’ murderous rampage into southern Israel, when the militant group killed at least 1,200 people and abducted more than 250 others.
An investigation is being launched into the alleged involvement of the employees and those involved will be held accountable “including through criminal prosecution,”
McPike and Prince William police chief
push bill to allow ‘Dreamers’ to work
in law enforcement replies
push bill to allow ‘Dreamers’ to work
in law enforcement replies
Sen. Jeremy McPike (D) and the Prince William County police chief are pushing legislation that would allow ‘Dreamers’ to become law enforcement officers in Virginia.
Current law allows only United States citizens to qualify for these positions, which include chief of police, police officer, deputy sheriff and jail officer.
“Dreamers,” the federal government’s designation for people who were approved under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, are those who arrived in the U.S. before the age of 16 and who have lived here since June 15, 2007. The designation does not include anyone who was older than 30 when the Department of Homeland Security enacted the policy in 2012.
A Republican National Committee member has withdrawn a draft resolution that would have declared former President Donald Trump the presumptive nominee in 2024 on Thursday following backlash and Trump’s own opposition.
Maryland RNC Committeeman Dave Bossie withdrew his resolution to declare Trump presumptive nominee after his wins in Iowa and New Hampshire and dominance over former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in polls of the remaining states, a source familiar confirmed to the Washington Examiner.
Former President Donald Trump walks out
of court during closing arguments of defamation trial replies
of court during closing arguments of defamation trial replies
Former President Donald Trump abruptly walked out on closing arguments at his defamation trial Friday as a lawyer for writer E. Jean Carroll urged a jury to award her client at least $12 million damages, saying Trump had shattered her reputation and her world by unleashing a flood of hate toward her through his public statements branding her a liar.
Just minutes after attorney Roberta Kaplan began her closing argument in Manhattan federal court, Trump suddenly rose from his seat at the defense table and walked toward the exit, pausing to scan the packed courtroom as members of the Secret Service leaped up to follow him out.