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resident Joe Biden tore into Donald Trump over his record on race on Wednesday, targeting the former president for his past comments before a crowd of Black voters in Philadelphia. “What would’ve happened if Black Americans had stormed the Capitol? I don’t think he’d be talking about pardons,” Biden said. “This is the same guy who wanted to tear gas you as you peacefully protested George Floyd’s murder. It’s the same guy who still calls the ‘Central Park Five’ guilty, even though they were exonerated. He’s that landlord who denies housing applications because of the color of your skin. He’s...

The Australian Parliament rejected the Green Party's proposal to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The Green Party's proposal was rejected by a large majority of 80 members of parliament who opposed it, as opposed to only 5 members who supported it.. Adam Bandt, leader of the Green Party, claimed that recognizing a Palestinian state would be "a concrete step towards peace." "It's not just a symbolic move, it's a critical step towards peace and towards ending the slaughter we're seeing with the invasion of Gaza at the moment," he told parliament. ....

NEW YORK — In May 2018, a U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee staffer asked a State Department official how many Americans were “posted” in the American embassy in Egypt, but with a cryptic condition: “Don’t ask why I’m asking.” The official, Tiernen Miller, emailed the staffer back saying that they would have to ask for the information — and that “someone is going to ask why.” “Menendez is asking,” the committee staffer replied, referring to New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez — then the top Democrat on the powerful Senate panel. The email exchange was just one slice of hundreds of...

Join four-term Congresswoman and 2020 Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard for her inaugural appearance with the Nixon Library. Tulsi Gabbard is a combat veteran and Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve, author, and keynote speaker. She was elected to the Hawaii Legislature at the age of twenty-one, served on three deployments to the Middle East and Africa, represented Hawaii’s 2nd Congressional District from 2013 to 2021, and was Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee. She left the Democrat Party in 2022. The Congresswoman’s military service, whirlwind political career, and love of country have made her one of the most...

Two of the most awesome scenes ever to hit the big screen. Links to follow in #2 to avoid fail.

A congressional probe into President Biden’s suspended special envoy to Iran, Robert Malley, has uncovered evidence that the State Department official may have shared classified material with people outside the US government. The evidence found by Republican lawmakers indicates that Malley, who was quietly placed on unpaid leave last June and had his security clearance suspended two months prior, disseminated sensitive documents with allies of his in order to “advance his diplomatic efforts” related to Tehran, people briefed on the investigation told Semafor. GOP lawmakers have learned that Malley transferred about a dozen documents, including some marked “sensitive” and “classified,”...

Lillian Zhang wasn’t even out of college before she started planning for retirement. Zhang was 20 years old when she opened her first retirement account, a Roth IRA, after learning about them from personal finance Youtube channels. She maxed it out for two years using money from her savings and summer internships, and when she got a job after college, switched her focus to maxing out her 401(k). Zhang, now 24, now has six figures stashed across three different retirement funds. (She recently opened a Simplified Employee Pension, or SEP, IRA for her side hustle as a content creator.) And...

A former mayor of a South Dakota town has been charged with murder after a triple-slaying Monday night in the community he once oversaw, according to the state’s attorney general. Jay Ostrem, 64, was being held in the Minnehaha County Jail on $1 million cash bond on three counts of first-degree murder, Attorney General Marty Jackley said in a statement Tuesday. “There is no further threat to the public," Jackley said after he announced the arrest in the fatal shootings. The names of the victims have not been released because their relatives have not been notified, authorities said. Ostrem is...

A woman was shocked to discover that the sick dog she took to be euthanized was back at the shelter and up for adoption a year later. Kristie Pereira, 32, was heartbroken when she was told that the most humane thing she could do for her beloved pet Beau was to put him down. The digital marketer said she paid $450 to adopt her pup from the Lost Dog & Cat Rescue Foundation in 2022 while working from home in Maryland. The dog’s veterinarian, the clinic’s lead doctor and an animal emergency room vet eventually all agreed that the poop...

CNN still using notorious anti-Israel Cobb-Smith (linked to anti-Israel group, and as exposed by CAMERA in the past) as a supposed simple-"expert" I refer to the latter part. But instead of highlighting the fact that it could not have ignited such a large fire by using this high precision small weapon, this Israelophobe still manages to hurl accusation. Moreover, Jeremy Diamond on CNN was eager to add that Israel didn't offer evidence to the theory that Palestinian munitions caused the fire which broke our far from the elimination of two senior Hamas terrorists. Worst part is, CNN present the case...

Having an epidural during labor is associated with a marked reduction in serious complications in the first few weeks after giving birth, finds a study. Doctors refer to these complications as severe maternal morbidity (SMM), which can include heart attack, heart failure, sepsis, and hysterectomy. To address this, a team set out to determine the effect of labor epidural on SMM and explore whether this was greater in women with a medical indication for epidural in labor, or those in preterm labor. Their findings are based on Scottish National Health Service data for 567,216 mothers in labor (average age 29,...

There is never a dull moment when Sean Strickland has a microphone in his handIn yet another example of how CTE can damage your brain, UFC middleweight Sean Strickland came after Tom Brady this time with a homophobic tirade through at a press conference. Strickland is about to fight Paulo Costa in next Saturday's UFC 302 and someone asked him about the Tom Brady comedy roast and how he handled the jokes after the show. Needless to say, an attack like what follow is always expected of a man like Sean Strickland. There is never a dull moment when Sean...

Trump has debuted a new line of attack in his criminal trial. "I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THE CHARGES ARE IN THIS RIGGED CASE," he wrote on Truth Social. Prosecutors charged Trump with 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree over a year ago. The jurors in former President Donald Trump's criminal trial are thinking deeply about the charges. After just a few hours of deliberating Wednesday, they asked the judge to read back four crucial segments of the testimony they heard. They honed in on sections that indicate they could be seeking to understand granular details...

A maniac tried to mow down Orthodox students and a rabbi outside a Brooklyn Jewish school Wednesday while allegedly yelling “I’m gonna kill all the Jews” in a shocking antisemitic attack, sources told The Post. Video footage supplied by the Flatbush Shomrim Safety Patrol shows the crazed driver revving his engine and mounting the curb as he swerved toward Orthodox Jews milling around a Yeshiva in Canarsie at about 11:25 a.m. Police and sources identified the alleged attacker as 58-year-old Asghar Ali, a Pakistani immigrant livery cab driver with a history of mental illness. The NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force...

Orange peels may hold a key to better cardiovascular health, new research shows. Recent research has shown that some gut bacteria help develop cardiovascular disease. When they feed on certain nutrients during digestion, gut bacteria produce trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO). Levels of TMAO can help predict future cardiovascular disease, according to researchers at the Cleveland Clinic. Yu Wang and her team investigated the potential of orange peel extracts—rich in beneficial phytochemicals—to reduce TMAO and trimethylamine (TMA) production. Scientists tested two types of extracts: a polar fraction and a non-polar fraction. To get the polar fractions, scientists used polar and non-polar solvents...

Most states spy. In principle there’s nothing to stop them. But China’s demand for intelligence on the rest of the world goes far beyond anything western intelligence agencies would typically gather. It encompasses masses of commercial data and intellectual property and has been described by Keith Alexander, a former head of the National Security Agency, as “the greatest transfer of wealth in history.” As well as collecting data from government websites, politicians, universities, think tanks and human rights organizations, China also targets Chinese diaspora groups and individuals. Congress has just cracked down on the Chinese-owned TikTok, which has admitted that...

New Caledonia must not become the “Wild West” declared Emmanuel Macron last week during his flying visit to the Pacific island. For two weeks the indigenous people, the Kanaks, have been in revolt against a voting reform they believe will marginalize them. The French president’s visit achieved little. Not long after Macron’s departure an insurgent was shot dead by police. Seven people have been killed in the unrest and the material damage is estimated at more than one billion euros. It is not only France’s overseas territory that is in danger of resembling the Wild West. Mayhem has become a...

The popular dating app Bumble was forced to apologize recently when its anti-celibacy advertisement didn’t land the way that it had hoped. Bumble tried to tap into many women’s frustration with modern dating, telling women who are having trouble finding a significant other that “a vow of celibacy is not the answer.” But whoever is on Bumble’s marketing team failed to realize that many women are opting out of casual sex and hook-ups as they realize they prefer settling into a long-term partnership before they engage in a sexual relationship. Others are taking a break from dating…The popular dating app...

Can someone help me find a short video clip of this idiot saying no one should be in jail for a nonviolent crime? Former Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday declared that he believes “nobody should be in jail for a nonviolent crime.” At the third Democratic primary debate in Houston, Biden offered the response as part of a defense of his criminal justice record, though he appeared to be referring to serving time for nonviolent drug offenses rather than suggesting that white-collar criminals should, too, serve no jail time for their crimes. “The fact of the matter is that...

The Pope is only infallible when he speaks “ex cathedra” — i.e. when pronouncing on doctrinal matters of faith as Pontifex Maximus. So, last week, when Francis privately told a gathering of bishops that he opposed the ordination of homosexual priests because there was too much “frociaggine” — or faggotry — in the priesthood already, he was not speaking formally as the Vicar of Christ. Francis’s remarks inevitably caused anger within the LGBQT communities. Fabrizio Marrazzo, leader of the Italian Gay Party, accused the Pope of “backsliding on gay rights.” The Vatican has duly apologized in a statement. It said:...