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🚨 CNN is clutching their pearls over the Secret Service doing their job. Anderson Cooper and Kaitlan Collins spent an entire segment shocked — shocked! — that President Trump’s team used decoy planes, lowered window shades, and even a catering truck to move him after a serious Iranian threat on his life. They watched him board one plane. He wasn’t on it. He was already on a different aircraft. Their reaction? “Is there any precedent for this kind of deception?” Yes. It’s called protecting the President of the United States from people who want him dead. They make it sound...

Florida is taking its rivalry with New York straight to Times Square. A massive new billboard in the heart of Manhattan has a message for NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Thanks for the jobs!” The Florida Chamber of Commerce named Mamdani its “Economic Developer of the Year,” saying New York’s progressive tax policies are helping push businesses, wealth and residents toward the Sunshine State. The Chamber says the campaign is about more than a little trolling — it’s meant to make a broader case for lower taxes and free enterprise as Florida continues to attract people and businesses from high-tax states....

The warnings were issued in Florida and Louisiana, where state officials have confirmed at total 23 cases so far. Health officials are urging Gulf Coast beach-goers to take precautions when entering the water during a summer surge of infections from a flesh-eating bacteria that has been attributed to seven deaths. The warnings were issued in Florida and Louisiana, where state officials have confirmed nine cases this year of Vibrio vulnificus infections, including five deaths, according to PBS.com. Louisiana reported an average of seven cases and one death, over the same period over the previous decade. Florida has reported at least...

The discovery of the gold cross is an interesting story in itself, but the story becomes even stranger. 'Tucker's Cross' had been on display at the museum for years. One day, as they were preparing for Queen Elizabeth II's royal visit to the island, it was discovered that at some point, the highly valuable cross had been stolen -- and swapped out for a cheap plastic replica! The loss of the golden cross was a huge blow to Bermuda, especially as it has never been recovered. Its location is still an unsolved mystery to this day.

New research from the University of Leicester has conclusively determined why the famous Ketton mosaic in Rutland -- one of the most remarkable Roman discoveries in Britain for a century -- cannot depict scenes from Homer's Iliad as was initially believed. Instead, it draws on an alternative version of the Trojan War story first popularised by the Greek playwright Aeschylus that has since been lost to history. The mosaic's images combine artistic patterns and designs that had already been circulating for hundreds of years across the ancient Mediterranean, suggesting that craftsmen in Roman Britain were more closely connected to the...

Shake Shack has responded to a viral video showing customers who declined to tip were charged more for their order. The fast food chain spoke out after patron BD Powell shared a video showing the outrageous situation at one of Shake Shack's locations at a Salt Lake City airport. The clip showed how the total cost of Powell's order jumped by $1.50 after he refused to add a tip. The video quickly went viral after it was posted on TikTok on Saturday, clocking up more than four million views and thousands of furious comments. Shake Shack spokesman Corey Gee has...

The more I hear of the WNBA, the more I realize there is no intelligent life here on this planet. Here is a recent headline, one that should be an excellent example of a Babylon Bee headline, but that isn’t a Babylon Bee headline, but a real one from Townhall -- an actual news outlet:AdvertisementWNBA to Hold Meeting to Discuss What the ‘W’ Stands For.The more I hear of the WNBA, the more I realize there is no intelligent life here on this planet. Beam me up, Scotty. Please.AdvertisementThe league is actually going to hold a meeting in an attempt...

Alexandria, a royal Greek city in the land of the Pharaohs. Along the sandy banks of the Nile delta on the African Mediterranean coast, the most powerful metropolis of its time rose from virtually nothing. The Hellenistic culture mingled with the legacy of the Pharaohs and bore the fruits of a glorious new heritage. Alexandria - The City of Sciences [Free with ads] | 52:22 YouTube Movies & TV | 199M subscribers | Release date October 4, 2003

Planned Parenthood just announced a $47 million budget for their midterm election blitz. The ACLU is spending $25 million specifically to push pro-abortion propaganda. And, Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly NARAL) is spending $23.5 million. That’s nearly $100 million, all aimed at one goal: flipping the U.S. Senate for Chuck Schumer, his pals at the DSA (Democratic Socialists of America), and the Abortion Lobby this November. Last week we got proof their plan may be working. A new poll out of Texas shows Democrat James Talarico jumping to a 5-point lead over Attorney General Ken Paxton in the race for...

WASHINGTON — Democratic bigwigs are rushing to embrace Michigan Senate hopeful Dr. Abdul El-Sayed and present a united front, with California Gov. Gavin Newsom expected to visit him Monday and former President Barack Obama giving him a call. The Dem powerbrokers are seemingly trying to soothe moderates in the Wolverine State who might have found El-Sayed too extreme during the bruising Senate primary and encourage them to back the progressive in November. Newsom, a long-speculated 2028 aspirant, hailed El-Sayed as a “fighter” and called for Dems to unite due to the “existential” moment the country faces. “House races are important,...

Jason isn’t asking his father for an allowance, a luxury car, or even help with rent. The 38-year-old New York City-based comedian has spent years making what he considers “reasonable requests” with a clear plan and proposal. He wants a shot at the big time — a $600 improv class, a plane ticket to Los Angeles for a gig that will bring exposure and connections, the occasional investment in a career he’s been building while juggling two jobs. Despite his father recently inheriting millions, the answer is almost always no. But Jason, who asked to use a pseudonym, sees things...

Do we really need another social media platform? Web users are intrigued by the persistent rumors that a legacy online platform may be coming back to our devices. We are talking about the potential relaunch of MySpace. While such a move is expected to unleash a wave of nostalgia, no one expects the company to have an easy time competing in the current cut-throat market. The owners of MySpace say they are planning to relaunch the social media platform "We're just waiting for the right time to do it. And if that one doesn't work, we'll do it again" pic.twitter.com/6EXoWILrOH...

Out of the top twenty highest paid U.S. athletes, six are white. FORBES: Total annual combined earnings $1.488 Billion. Salaries, prize money, off field endorsements. Will they be on Al-Sayad’s DSA “tax the rich” hit list? How about Mamdani’s Pied-a-terre tax?

Representational image of a nuclear fusion energy. Commonwealth Fusion Systems A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have looked into the economic challenges of fusion power and built a framework to make it commercially feasible. The framework is technology agnostic and takes into account the physical inputs need to build and operate a fusion power plant which is competitive in energy markets. Nuclear fusion is regarded as the future of energy, which is non-polluting, abundant and cheaply available. In principle, it recreates the reactions that occurs in stars, where hydrogen in a state of high temperature...

2026's El Niño is on course to be the most severe on record, even hotter than the 1997/98 event that caused trillions in damage and thousands of deaths. An El Niño event like nothing we’ve ever seen before is cooking in the Pacific. Its mounting strength is so unprecedented that climate scientists aren't even sure what impact it will have when it hits full tilt, but they say this “uncharted territory” should be a cause for concern. What is El Niño? And why is 2026 so weird? El Niño is a climate phenomenon characterized by warmer ocean temperatures across the...

A Mississippi police officer is being called out after taking an aggressive approach to finding out why a group of Black women was kicked out of a restaurant. Tiffany Wilson and her friends were going to celebrate her mother’s birthday at Sippin Silo Wine Bar in Southaven, Mississippi, on Saturday. “What should have been a simple visit to a local establishment to celebrate my mother’s birthday became one of the most RACIST, humiliating and unacceptable customer service experiences I have encountered,” Wilson said on Facebook. A Seating Issue According to the business, the party tried to reserve a table for...

I was flying out of DCs Reagan airport yesterday and the plane at the gate I was waiting at was flying to Milwaukee. I was waiting for the plane to Omaha to replace it. There were about 20+ veterans from Korea, Vietnam etc. all wearing yellow Honor Flight t-shirts. When they started boarding, everyone by our gate started clapping and the rest of the Southwest terminal after realizing what was going on, gave them a standing ovation and clapped for a good 10-15 minutes until the last one made their way into the tunnel.

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Six Right-Wing Lawmakers Introduced Bill Last Month Women's Groups Protest "Emotional Pressure" In Chile, a bill that would require women seeking an abortion to listen to the fetal heartbeat prior to the procedure has sparked controversy. On the 10th, Yonhap News quoted a report by Argentina's Canal 26 from the previous day, reporting that political circles and women's organizations in Chile are opposing the so-called "Listen to the Fetal Heartbeat (Escucha su corazon)" bill. This bill was jointly submitted on June 25 by six lawmakers, including Cristobal Urruticoechea, a staunch right-wing lawmaker, as well as members of the National Liberal...