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Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser flipped the script on George Floyd-era police reforms Monday by introducing new legislation to address skyrocketing crime in the nation’s capital. Speaking from Ward Four, Bowser, a Democrat, rolled out the proposal deemed the Addressing Crime Trends (ACT) Now Act, which clarifies the distinction between a serious use of force and incidental contact with the neck, ensures officers can review their body-worn camera footage prior to writing their initial police report in certain circumstances, makes permanent clarification of vehicular pursuit and defines what information will be posted publicly related to officer discipline. “MPD continues to...

Mayor Eric Adams says New York City needs more cops after years of officers leaving the department. “We can use more,” Adams said on the “Morning Joe” program on MSNBC Monday. “I’m very clear on that.” “The numbers are down, but based on the numbers, no one does it better than the New York Police Department.” The NYPD has lost more than 2,000 uniformed officers over the last few years as the pandemic and anti-cop sentiment during the Black Lives Matter protests caused many to reconsider the job and resign or retire. Prior to the pandemic, the city had about...

WASHINGTON – Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had sharp words Friday for pro-Palestine protesters who blame Israel for prompting the horrific Oct. 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel. “This is no time for neutrality or for false equivalence, or for excuses for the inexcusable,” Austin told reporters in Tel Aviv. “There is never any justification for terrorism, and that’s especially true after this rampage by Hamas.”

U.S. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., joined the picket line in support of striking auto workers in Michigan on Monday. Fetterman said he drove his late-model Ford Bronco from Braddock, Pennsylvania, to Wayne, Michigan, where it was built, to walk the picket line with the United Auto Workers (UAW). “I always stand for the union way of life,” Fetterman said. “I live across the street, you know, from a steel mill and the steel workers, you know, and I came from Pittsburgh. It’s a union town as well and I always stand for the union.”

Russian President Vladimir Putin knocked the criminal cases against former President Trump on Tuesday, calling them a demonstration of the “rottenness” of the American political system. “As for the prosecution of Trump, for us what is happening in today’s conditions, in my opinion, is good because it shows the rottenness of the American political system, which cannot pretend to teach others democracy,” Putin said during a speech at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia. He argued that “everything that is happening with Trump is the persecution of a political rival for political reasons.” “That’s what it is,” the Putin...

There is an ongoing legal dispute between yacht broker Merle Wood (MWA) and Oceanco. MWA alleges that they are owed a 5% commission on the sale of the yacht Seven Seas to Spielberg. Oceanco denies the existence of such an agreement. The Dutch court in Rotterdam has ruled that MWA has the right to request a preliminary witness hearing to gather evidence and clarify their position. However, Steven Spielberg is not a party in this conflict. The yacht was delivered to Spielberg in July 2023 after accommodating some additional owner requests and guarantee works.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has torn into the migrant crisis crippling the Big Apple - which he warned will 'destroy' the city without urgent action. Speaking to furious residents at a town hall meeting on Wednesday, he admitted he doesn't see a solution to the problem as he slammed the lack of help from Joe Biden. 'Let me tell you something, New Yorkers. Never in my life have I had a problem that I did not see an ending to. I don't see an ending to this,' he conceded. 'This issue will destroy New York City. Destroy New...

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis and the "Clericalized Laity": a Confused CritiquePope Francis has issued an attack on American Catholics, denouncing them as "backwards" and "reactionary" in an interview released Monday. Francis has made similar comments against his perceived "conservative" critics on other occasions. This particular denunciation received much more press coverage not because it was nastier (Francis last summer accused traditionalists of having a "dead faith"), but because of his specification that the Catholics he is targeting are Americans. This embroiled Francis-- who has spent a total of six days in the U.S. as pope-- directly in U.S. political debates....

A Canadian lawmaker has revealed a 'game-plan' is being devised on how to respond if the US becomes a far-right, authoritarian regime, following the presidential election. Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is keeping a close eye on who is going to be America's next leader, the National Post reports. 'We are certainly working on scenarios,' Joly told a Montreal radio station in French during an interview this week. 'In general, there is our game plan, precisely to be able to manage what could be a rather difficult situation. 'I will work with my colleagues and with the mayors,...

As it turns out, US president-elect Joe Biden is quite the petrolhead, with an enviable car collection. Apart from his glorious political run (and being the most important man in America right now), Biden’s also a self-proclaimed ‘car-guy’, and his rides prove it. It’s evident why he would have a taste for more seasoned cars; after all, they were icons from his youth. And they may not be so many, but they’re definitely noteworthy. A deeper dive into Biden’s past tells us that automobiles have played a major role in his upbringing. Biden’s father managed car dealerships in Delaware...

You may have seen pictures or video of a very large group of illegal aliens outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan. Some were trying to push their way into the hotel, some decided to camp-out on the sidewalk outside. It wasn’t a good look. Sobering video shows migrants sleeping on cardboard outside iconic NYC hotel as shelter hits capacity https://t.co/qIYVki8LNs pic.twitter.com/UjTRBYhGpR— New York Post (@nypost) July 31, 2023Some are sleeping in air-conditioned vans until space in shelters opens up.Hold up. They were also put in airconditioned beautiful vans to sleep in. https://t.co/yvMToGb0St— Tired of being politically correct (@USBornNRaised) July 31,...

I’m not obsessively anti-Trump like he is. I talk about policies," Haley told the outlet. She also provided a contrast to Trump on policies, stating her differing opinions on matter such as the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, the war in Ukraine, and spending. "There are times where we’ve disagreed with Trump. He thought Jan. 6 was a beautiful day. I said it was a terrible day. He went on a spending binge as president. I’ve said our kids are not going to forgive us if we don’t take on this debt and call out Republicans and Democrats in...

Today's sermon digs into the three Mass readings where God speaks to us In ways we should listen as if our lives depended upon it.God Has Spoken; Are You Listening?

Facebook founder and deranged liar Mark Zuckerberg loves to lecture ‘the little people’ about what is good for them.But that doesn’t get in the way of him living his best life.Zuckerberg has donated millions to anti-police organizations, including PolicyLink, the group behind DefundPolice.org, according to investigative reporter Lee Fang shared on his substack.While he may support defunding the police for the rest of us, that doesn’t stop him from lavish spending on his own private security, a cost in excess of $43.4 million over the last three years.

Simon & Schuster EXCLUSIVE: Republican presidential candidate and former Vice President Mike Pence will co-author a new book with his daughter, Charlotte Pence Bond, on the importance of family and faith amid balancing the demands of life. The book, titled "Go Home for Dinner: “straightforward advice and personal storytelling,” he shows readers how to do the same.

One of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s top D.C. fundraisers is a highly paid lobbyist for Big Pharma firm Moderna, and is advertising $1,000 tickets for access to DeSantis at his firm’s office a few blocks from the White House.The Daily Mail broke the story of lobbyist Marc Lampkin, one of the hosts of a DeSantis fundraiser in the swamp, on June 23rd.Lampkin has lobbied for Moderna since February 2021, and worryingly has also represented AbbVie – which makes puberty blocker Lupron targeted at “transgender” children – as well as the Chinese Communist Party-linked Fujian Jinhua – a semi-conductor manufacturer sanctioned...

A lobbyist for vaccine manufacturer Moderna and for the maker of a leading puberty blocker given to transgender children is holding a fundraising event for Ron DeSantis in Washington D.C. this month. It puts the Florida governor in an awkward position as he tries to ride anti-vaxxer sentiment and his record restricting gender-affirming treatment all the way to the White House. The controversy stems from an event to be held at the offices of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, D.C.'s biggest federal lobbying firm, on June 23. DeSantis supporters can buy a place with a $1,000 donation, according to an invitation...

Good Morning America's Ginger Zee talked with Tracy Butler about her #NoNewClothes Campaign. The goal is to use simple techniques to save money and the steps are helping the environment. Ginger's tips are: Clear your emails of the marketing blasts - UNSUBSCRIBE! Our need vs want meter changes immediately. Shop Secondhand Stores, Ginger says "they aren't your grandmas secondhand anymore; sites like the real real have 400 dollar denim for 8 bucks. Enter condition of pristine or excellent to get highest quality." BORROW & RENT: Sharing clothes is not just for teenagers - create a network of sharing among friends,...

“The most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland is white supremacy, and I’m not saying this because I’m at a Black HBCU…” Biden said. ... But who is the white supremacist? Unfortunately, for Joe Biden there is video of Old Joe delivering the eulogy and KKK Kleagle Senator Robert Byrd’s funeral. They were very close.

Francis the Communicator. With a Press Office All His Own, at Santa MartaBound for Budapest on April 28, Francis will certainly not leave out the two highest profile media moments of every trip he takes: the press conference on the flight back to Rome and the conversation with the local Jesuits, held behind closed doors but then transcribed and published by “La Civiltà Cattolica.”In both cases, as always, his remarks will be freewheeling, about what he likes and without any constraints, not even with respect to what he has said before, which he will not be afraid to change or...