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“Frankly, it’s time for a new generation of leaders,” Romney, 76, said in a video posted to X, formerly Twitter.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced she will not seek re-election as leader of the House Democratic Conference after nearly 20 years at the helm, after her party narrowly lost the majority in the chamber in the midterm elections. "With great confidence in our caucus, I will not seek re-election to Democratic leadership in the next Congress," said Pelosi. "For me the hour has come for a new generation to lead the Democratic caucus that I so deeply respect, and I'm grateful that so many are ready and willing to shoulder this awesome responsibility."

RUSH LIMBAUGH left his show in a HURRAY at 1:15pm today...with NO REASON GIVEN except that he had people speaking to him in his ear piece

Last summer I posted about my prostate cancer predicament. Opted for radical prostatectomy (robotic) and found a good surgeon in the North Dallas/Irving area. Three month follow up PSA: 0.04, just below “undetectable” Six month follow up PSA: >0.02, lower limit of “undetectable” Praise God! I was really having a hard year because of this. Now almost completely continent, and “It” is coming back :) Thanks to FReepers who’ve been praying and counseling me on this trial.

US Customs and Border Protection imposed the new 25 percent duty on affected US-bound cargoes leaving China after 12.01am on Friday The hike comes in the midst of two days of talks between top US and Chinese negotiators to trying to rescue a faltering deal to end a 10-month trade war China's commerce ministry said 'necessary countermeasures' would be taken Mike Pence said the administration is working 'hour by hour' to reach agreement Economists and industry consultants have said it may take three or four months for American shoppers to feel the pinch from the tariff hike They say...

A Harford County Circuit Court judge Monday dismissed wiretapping charges against Anthony Graber, a motorcyclist who was jailed briefly after he taped a Maryland state trooper who stopped him for speeding on I-95. Graber used a camera mounted on his helmet, then posted the video on YouTube. Judge Emory A. Pitt Jr. had to decide whether police performing their duties have an expectation of privacy in public space. Pitt ruled that police can have no such expectation in their public, on-the-job communications. Pitt wrote: "Those of us who are public officials and are entrusted with the power of the state...

In the first 36 hours after the Israeli offensive against Gaza started, Hamas militants fired only 150 rockets, some with a range of about 22 miles, toward Israeli towns. That is below their capacity of up to 200 a day, an estimate by Israeli military sources. "They are keeping their heads down," says a senior military intelligence officer. "Their accuracy is very low right now because of the dense aerial presence by Israeli planes. They know that the chances that they are being spotted by Israel surveillance and intelligence forces is very high." The officer adds, "The clear skies above...

It better be good. The GOP has a lot of making up to do and it NEEDS to present a strong conservative message especially in the areas of limited government and drilling. And McCain had better pick a good VP. I don't know what emotion I'd call it, but I'm definitely ready to watch this convention.

THE POOR West African nation Guinea-Bissau wants Whoopi Goldberg to become their Angelina Jolie. Shed light on its troubles. Maybe adopt it. The G-B government targeted Whoopi after learning her DNA test showed her ancestors hailed from there. They're hoping maybe Whoopi could help the country's image. So they decided to write her a letter on official stationery embossed with the country's seal. It was hand-delivered to the U.S. Embassy, which passed it on to the State Department with instructions for delivery to Whoopi. "It is with great euphoria that the government of Guinea-Bissau... learned of your ancestral origins," the...

Second Iraqi cleric assassinated Tuesday 23 November 2004, 13:31 Makka Time, 10:31 GMT The AMS and other bodies have called for a poll boycott. A group of armed men have killed a Muslim cleric in the town of Miqdadiya, the second assassination of an Association of Muslim Scholars' member in Iraq in two days, witnesses and hospital officials say. It is not clear whether Shaikh Ghalib al-Zuhair's killing has any connection with the death of Shaikh Faidh Muhammad Amin al-Faidhi, brother of the association's official spokesman. Shaikh Faidh was killed in a drive-by shooting in the northern city of Mosul...

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