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For a man who handed Joe Biden $5million for his 2020 election run, it might seem an impossible ask. But with an appeal against his 25-year prison term off to a shaky start, Sam Bankman-Fried's current language is a message he's ready to bend the knee to Biden's successor for a presidential pardon. The mop-haired crypto crook, who also dished out another $40million to Democratic candidates in the 2022 mid-terms, has always been a gambler. Even so, few who watched his spectacular downfall that year amid the $8billion collapse of his FTX crypto exchange might have predicted his latest spin...

After a few seconds, Metcalf reached up, threw a punch at the fan with his closed right hand and walked away. Because there was no flag thrown during the incident with the fan, the NFL cannot weigh in on a disqualification, which is why Metcalf could continue playing.

ERIE COUNTY, N.Y. (WIVB) — On the heels of a statewide mandate requiring all school bus purchases in New York State be electric by 2027, parents in the Lake Shore Central School District are speaking out, claiming some bus drivers are turning the heat down, or off completely, in an attempt to conserve battery life on their electric school buses. WIVB News 4 has received several calls from concerned parents in the school district, which covers parts of Angola, Brant, and Derby, regarding their child’s bus trips to and from school, claiming they’re coming in freezing when they get home...

VIDEO at link........................... LANDOVER, Md. -- Coach Nick Sirianni said the Philadelphia Eagles weren't trying to run up the score against the Washington Commanders with a 2-point conversion late in Saturday night's game that gave them a 19-point lead. But as the play ended, an on-field fight broke out, resulting in three players being ejected: Eagles offensive lineman Tyler Steen and Commanders defensive end Javon Kinlaw and safety Quan Martin. Washington players appeared to be less upset about the 2-point conversion than about what transpired after the play. The conversion gave the Eagles a 29-10 lead with 4 minutes, 26...

Wild video shows a deranged gym member leaping over a counter to repeatedly beat a Planet Fitness employee in Miami — all because he made a simple request, cops say. The crazed woman, identified by cops as 35-year-old Kiara Bryant, now faces two misdemeanor charges after the attack on Dec 12. Cops were called to Planet Fitness in Little Havana, Miami, after a woman was reportedly seen running around the gym without clothing, according to NBC News. When the police arrived, they found Bryant in the parking lot yelling profanities and “attempting to fight everyone,” authorities said. Bryant’s went off...

[Catholic Caucus] This Miracle on 66th Street Includes an Adorable Nativity PageantDozens of children, a room full of gratitude, and the quiet heroism of the Sisters of Life turn a parish gym into Bethlehem and remind New York where Christmas really lives.There’s no place on earth like New York City at Christmas.The sidewalks in Herald Square feel like a slow-moving river of scarves and shopping bags. Rockefeller Center’s tree draws crowds who gaze with awe upon its lights. St. Patrick’s Cathedral gets dressed for the season with garland and wreaths, and there is also that familiar hush that somehow survives...

I wrote this several years ago and finally u/l to Youtube for your enjoyment. I found an old book that had some wonderful illustration to use with it. I hope you enjoy it!

Podcaster Tucker Carlson was named “Antisemite of the Year” by a prominent Jewish civil rights group for offering platforms to Jew haters and bashers on his show. Carlson’s dubious distinction from StopAntisemitism comes as fallout continues from a friendly October interview with white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who has pushed conspiracy theories about “Jewish control” of US politics, media and finance; denied the Holocaust; and called for what he described as a “holy war” against Jews. “By an overwhelming vote margin, Tucker Carlson has been named StopAntisemitism’s 2025 Antisemite of the Year,” StopAntisemitism founder and executive director Liora Rez told The...

Former FBI agent and Navy SEAL Jonathan Gilliam says Trump should name a “Justice Czar” to coordinate both prosecutions and policy fixes. "This would be a slam dunk case for any US Attorney," he said. Aretired FBI agent who assembled major crime cases for years says Attorney General Pam Bondi has a “slam dunk” conspiracy case to prosecute former federal agents and prosecutors for election meddling for relentlessly pursuing Donald Trump for political purposes while protecting prominent Democrats like Hillary Clinton in the face of damning evidence. Jonathan Gilliam, a retired FBI agent and Navy SEAL, told the Just the...

Department says image was flagged by prosecutors before determining it posed no risk to survivors of late sex offenderThe US justice department said on Sunday it had restored an image it had removed a day earlier from the public release of investigative files related to Jeffrey Epstein after concluding that the photograph, which included within it a photo of Donald Trump, posed no risk of public exposure to victims of the late convicted sex offender.The justice department said the image had been flagged by federal prosecutors in New York for potentially exposing victims of Epstein. Its unexplained removal on Saturday...

Thank you. Turning Point USA, you can do it! Thank you. It is great to see the future of America here this evening. America is going to do all right, I can tell you that, because the future leaders of America are here tonight. All right, I just heard that Candace Owens has proof that the Venezuelan boats were blown up by the Zionist state of Israel. And it is true, because Candace had a dream about it. All of Candace's dreams come true, especially the dream she had when she was a little girl about one day becoming the...

Mass migration has caused one city in Massachusetts to resemble a foreign nation, as even its own mayor seems unable to speak or understand a word of English. As The Eagle-Tribune reported, Lawrence Mayor Brian DePena testified earlier this month during a hearing in support of former acting police chief William Castro’s appeal against revoked credentials from a 2024 traffic incident. According to WCVB, Castro “engaged in a motor-vehicle pursuit in violation of the policies of the Lawrence Police Department.” Moreover, he was “untruthful” regarding the chase while he and his superiors failed to investigate the incident independently. Video has...

Asking Grok: Who is the editor on Wikipedia that added the Yuval Abraham/TheGuardian silly idea and false conclusion, that since only 8,900 terrorists were named, everyone else (in Hamas’ MoH’ offered list of casualties) “must be” a “civilian?Grok answers: The Wikipedia editor who added the content referencing Yuval Abraham and The Guardian’s reporting on the 8,900 named combatants (implying the remainder of casualties reported by the Gaza Ministry of Health were civilians) is Iskandar323. This aligns with their history of actively editing Israel-Palestine conflict pages, including the “Casualties of the Gaza war” article, and incorporating sources like The Guardian. _...

At least six career staff were placed on leave after DHS opened an investigation into whether they misled the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, into taking the test. At least six career staffers at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency were suspended with pay this summer after organizing a polygraph test that the agency’s acting director, Madhu Gottumukkala, failed. The Department of Homeland Security opened an investigation into whether the staff provided “false information” about the need for the test — which was scheduled after Gottumukkala sought access to certain highly sensitive cyber intelligence shared with the agency. This article...

Former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters addressed a judge for more than 40 minutes before being sentenced to 8.5 years in prison in an election computer breach.

Meanwhile, in the Democrat hellhole of Seattle… A 75-year-old woman lost her eye after she was brutally attacked by a serial assaulter who has a history of punching and stabbing people. 42-year-old Fale Vaigalepa Pea hit Jeanette Marken in the face with a wooden club with a screw through the end of the plank as she was standing on a street corner in downtown Seattle after picking up a food order earlier this month. Close up photo of wooden board with screw in Seattle attack / screen image police bodycam Surveillance footage shows Pea approached Marken and swung the wooden...

Any election in Ukraine can not be held in Russia-occupied parts of the country, President Volodymyr Zelensky says, adding that the voting process can only take place if security is ensured. He adds that Ukraine’s foreign minister had started the initial work on the infrastructure needed to make voting possible for Ukrainians living abroad...

A paper published today in the journal Cell Reports Medicine offers new hope for an Alzheimer’s drug that doesn’t just slow cognitive decline but may reverse it. The study, by researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz, found that Leukine or GM-CSF, a drug long-approved to treat other conditions, was able to stop brain cells from dying in Alzheimer’s patients when measured in a blood test. Brain cell death is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease. “The main thing that we found…is that the people who were treated with Leukine or GM-CSF actually lost the ability to kill their nerve cells…to...

Clueless leftist “comedian” Whoopi Goldberg was forced to apologize and issue a correction just minutes after falsely claiming President Donald Trump did not comment on the Brown University shooting. As a reminder, Trump offered his condolences less than two hours after the campus tragedy, which left two students dead and nine others injured. On Monday’s episode of “The View,” Goldberg attacked Trump, claiming he had said nothing about the Dec. 13 Brown shooting or the Dec. 14 mass shooting in Sydney, Australia. At the time, Goldberg was fuming over a Truth Social post Trump issued on Sunday following the shocking...

Turning Point USA President Erika Kirk brought the house down on Sunday when she introduced rapper Nicki Minaj on the stage at AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona. Erika Kirk sat down with Minaj on the stage, saying that she wanted to honor Charlie’s tradition of always having a surprise for the AmFest crowd. She started off with Minaj reading out loud some of her “mean tweets” directed at Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) to thunderous applause. “Dear Newscum, we don’t have a problem cleaning up the scum if we have to. Please tread lightly,” Minaj said her current message to “Gavvy-Pooh” would...