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OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush said in an old interview that he preferred not to hire veteran submarine pilots or technicians to keep his team "younger" and "inspirational." Rush, who died in June on board his submersible, the Titan, was speaking with executives from Teledyne Marine, a marine-equipment manufacturer. While the interview was undated, a recording of the video meeting was published by Teledyne in August 2020, according to metadata seen by Insider. The recording has been deleted, but Insider reviewed an archived version. In the video, the Teledyne executive Matt Burdyny told Rush that he accompanied OceanGate on a submersible...

Trump's MAGA vs Biden's MRMA (Make Russia Marxist Again). Trump wants to stop the war in Ukraine to MAGA, Biden wants to continue it to MRMA. INVERSION OF ROLES: After taking control of America, Marxists are using the power of the White House to spread Marxism around the World. Biden is using Ukraine as an excuse to remove Putin and return Marxism to Russia By Ezequiel Doiny Important background information: Please read my article below about the Marxist takeover of America: ARTICLE 1 "Night falls in America: STALINISM in Biden's America. Persecution of Kulaks (white middle class small businesses), brainwashing...

At least 21 people were shot, one of them fatally, at a Juneteenth celebration in gun-controlled Illinois on Sunday morning around 12:30 a.m. CNN reported the shooting occurred “in a parking lot in Willowbrook, about 21 miles west of Chicago.” FOX 32 pointed out two of the wounded remain in critical condition. FOX News noted DuPage County Sheriff’s Deputy Chief Eric Swanson indicated that deputies patrolling the area near the parking lot heard the gunshots and responded. Swanson said, “The motive behind this incident is unclear and this is still an active investigation.”

At least 20 people were injured, one fatally, when gunfire erupted early Sunday at a Juneteenth celebration in suburban Chicago, authorities said. The shooting unfolded about 12:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a strip mall in Willowbrook, about 23 miles west of Chicago, according to the DuPage County Sheriff's Office. The gunfire erupted during a large gathering to commemorate Juneteenth, Battalion Chief Joe Ostrander with the Tri-State Fire Protection District told ABC Chicago station WLS-TV. Victims were taken to multiple area hospital with gunshot wounds, according to the sheriff's office. One person was pronounced dead and at least two...

At least 20 people were injured and one person has died in a shooting overnight at a Juneteenth celebration in Willowbrook, Illinois, police say. -excerpt- Witnesses say the shooting took place around 12:30 a.m. in a parking lot in Willowbrook, about 21 miles west of Chicago. The motive behind the shooting is unclear and it is still an active investigation, Swanson said.

Conservative radio show host and commentator Larry Elder chose Tucker Carlson Tonight as the platform to announce his candidacy for president. He has been talking about entering the race for several months and made his move Thursday night. He told Tucker he is running because he wants to give back to the country that has been so good to him and his family.Elder joins a growing field of Republican candidates. Donald Trump was not the first candidate to declare his candidacy. That was Corey Stapleton, former Montana Secretary of State who announced his run on November 11, 2022. Donald Trump...

Former President Trump on Wednesday took a swing at Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) after the Florida governor knocked him in an interview with Fox News’s Piers Morgan, another clash between the two GOP figures as they prepare for what could be a 2024 presidential primary match-up. In an interview set to air on Fox Nation’s “Piers Morgan Uncensored” Thursday and published in part by The New York Post, DeSantis shifted from his previously veiled stance to more directly addressing the former president’s attacks with jabs of his own toward Trump’s character and leadership. Trump, who is facing a looming indictment...

Former President Trump has made developing nicknames for his GOP rival and potential presidential opponent Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) a priority as his team works on his 2024 campaign, according to a new Bloomberg report. Trump has floated “Ron DisHonest,” “Ron DeEstablishment,” and “Tiny D” as monikers for the Florida governor, but appears to favor “Ron DeSanctimonious,” according to Bloomberg. The former president coined “DeSanctimonious” days ahead of the midterm elections and shortly before launching his own presidential bid in November.

The American presidency is one of the strangest jobs in the world. Politicians aspire to it. The media focuses obsessively on the person who holds it and those who want to win it. Millions of books and articles have been written about it. And yet, most of the people who’ve held the job really weren’t that good. There are a few truly great presidents, some pretty good ones and a handful of complete disasters. But most can be summed up, as the Simpsons famously once did, as the “adequate, forgettable, occasionally regrettable, caretaker presidents of the U.S.A.” In fairness, the...

A man driving a U-Haul "went on a rampage" in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Monday morning, according to a New York City councilman. The New York City Police Department confirmed that a male suspect was taken into custody at Hamilton Ave and Columbia St. The New York City Fire Department said eight people were injured. Councilman Justin Brannan tweeted. "Several people were hit and badly injured. We have no idea of motives at this time, but this wasn't an accident." NYPD's bomb squad is at the scene to check the truck for possible explosives. "I have been briefed on the developing...

Former President Donald Trump, who ripped through the 2016 presidential field with attacks on his rivals, reposted images of a young Ron DeSantis allegedly partying with high school teens and adding his own mocking commentary. 'That's not Ron, is it? He would never do such a thing!' Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The post linked to a Truth Social Account that grabbed a digital image of a young man with a bowl haircut who appears to be DeSantis surrounded by three young women. One of them, who has her arm around the now-Florida governor, is smiling and appears...

They knew: why didn't the unvaccinated do more to warn us? The unvaccinated knew what we didn't. Some of them said too little. Most said nothing at all. A lot of blood is now on their hands.As the world struggles to come to terms with the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, one question that continues to surface is why the unvaccinated didn't do more to warn us about the potential dangers of being injected.While well intending citizens lined up, did the right thing, and received their COVID19 vaccinations -- now seeming to do more harm than good -- their...

The Air Force Academy has been rocked by the loss of Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown, 21, who died on Monday, according to a statement from the academy. “It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness I share with you that we have lost one of our own,” Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul Moga, commandant of cadets, told the cadet wing on Tuesday, according to the statement. “He leaves behind friends, grieving teammates, a grieving cadet wing, and a devastated family.” Hunter, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, reportedly collapsed while on his way from his dormitory to class on cadets’...

Rynn Azerial Willgohs, a 50-year-old transgender woman, has been rapidly researching ways to flee the United States. She’s from the U.S., but with physical attacks against transgender and nonbinary people on the rise and lawmakers targeting transgender people with increasingly draconian legislation that criminalizes their very existence, Willgohs is worried. The national landscape, accompanied by some of her own personal experiences, has made a future in the U.S. feel untenable for Willgohs. In March 2021, when Willgohs had just started her transition, she was traveling across the state for work when she decided to stop at a public bathroom. A...

Australian prelate suffered complications from hip replacementAs reported by The Australian, Cdl. Pell died in a Vatican hospital on Tuesday of cardiac arrest shortly after having a hip replacement. Catholics and others on social media are expressing sorrow at his passing. Pell was born on June 8, 1941. He was an exceptional athlete as a young man. In 1959, he signed a contract to become a professional Australian rules football player, although he later decided to pursue a priestly vocation. He was ordained a priest forever in 1966. In the years that followed, he went on to earn a doctorate...

Visiting the Pantheon, one of Rome’s premier tourist sites, it’s hard not be humbled by the knowledge that this building has lasted 1900 years and still stands as the world’s largest unreinforced concrete dome, while modern concrete structures deteriorate. Take a look at the magnificence of the Pantheon.Photo credit: CC BY-SA 4.0 licensePhoto credit: Macrons CC BY-SA 4.0 licensePhoto credit: Anthony Majanlahti CC BY 2.0 licenseThe Romans’ concrete technology was lost for almost a millennium as the Dark Ages unfolded, and Europe regressed technologically and economically. The discovery of Roman manuscripts on making concrete in 1414 sparked gradual reintroduction of...

In a letter to the Board of Directors for Family Heritage Alliance, Noem asks for Executive Director Norman Woods to be replaced because of his public calls for her to take action on “kid-friendly” drag shows.

Rising MMA star Victoria Lee died at the age of 18 last month, her family have confirmed. No cause of death was given. Lee was one of the world's most promising mixed martial arts artists and had earned the nickname 'The Prodigy'. The Hawaii native came from a strong MMA pedigree with her sister, Angela, holds the ONE Championship atomweight world title while their brother, Christian, is the ONE lightweight champion.

Shooting and killing her unarmed daughter wasn’t enough. The U.S. Capitol Police arrested Ashli Babbitt’s mother, Micki Witthoeft, today, on the anniversary of her daughter’s death. Micki’s crime? Jaywalking. Witthoeft and a few protesters were peacefully walking on the side of a Washington, D.C., street when a police car pulled up and demanded the small group get on the sidewalk. One officer got a little physical with Witthoeft. After being told by a cop there would be “no discussions,” Witthoeft turned around so the officer could cuff her. FACT-O-RAMA! BLM and Antifa burned Washington, D.C., for four nights. I was...

WASHINGTON -- Amid all the division in Washington, Friday marks two years since the deadly January 6 siege on Capitol Hill. There is a new lawsuit from the estate of a Capitol police officer who died during the attack. It was filed by the family of Officer Brian Sicknick, who was from New Jersey. The lawsuit accuses former President Donald Trump of being responsible for Sicknick's death. It also names two men who were charged with assaulting him with a chemical spray. The suit is seeking over $10 million in damages.