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On September 14, in an article in The New York Times about backlash to the documentary Naza, correspondent Isabel Kershner wrote that Israelis remained divided over the political and military failures preceding the Hamas invasion of October 7, 2023. She went on to discount the criticism, writing, “But Israelis still largely view themselves as the victims of Oct. 7.” The sentence appeared directly after the article had already stated the plain facts — roughly 1,200 people killed and about 250 taken hostage — which meant the newspaper had the truth on the page and chose, in its very next sentence,...

Australia’s defense minister said Tuesday that F-35 fighter jet parts had been mistakenly diverted to Hong Kong, following reports US lawmakers were investigating the mishap amid concerns about the possibility of China getting access to sensitive US military technology. “We’ve been made aware of this, and we’re obviously working with the United States and Lockheed in terms of how we can assist in this investigation,” Defense Minister Richard Marles told reporters in Adelaide. Politico first reported last week that the F-35 parts shipment bound for the United States for repairs were rerouted in transit from Australia this summer, citing three...

The US-Greenland-Denmark agreement has now been published. I haven’t read it, but Arnaud Bertrand has. This is his analysis of the terms, which appear very favorable to the United States, and well calculated to achieve the goal of preventing undue influence over the Arctic by any hostile power: Full text: Ok, we now have the actual text of the Greenland deal (https://whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/2026/09/agreement-between-the-government-of-the-united-states-of-america-and-the-government-of-the-kingdom-of-denmark-together-with-the-government-of-greenland-to-amend-and-supplement-the-agreement-of-27-apri/), so we can say how it compares to the existing 1951 arrangement and who, between Trump and Denmark, lied the most in their framing of it. Long story short – which may surprise some – the Danes lied...

Connecticut Sun center Brittney Griner’s estranged wife Cherelle responded to her July 30 divorce filing in Fulton County (Ga.) after eight years of marriage, according to TMZ. Cherelle, a 34-year-old lawyer, is asking the court to award her financial support and explained that there is a “substantial disparity” in income — and she reportedly is “unable to meet her reasonable financial needs on a monthly basis without continued support.” Brittney signed a one-year, $1.19 million maximum contract with the Sun for the 2026 season, according to Spotrac. Cherelle listed the separation date as July 24, 2026, as did Brittney in...

Tommy Robinson has said he has been detained at an airport by counter terrorism police. A post on his X account from an account admin on Wednesday afternoon reads: “Tommy has been detained again, at an airport by Counter Terrorism Police. They will never stop trying to destroy this man. Why are they so scared?” This would not be the first time the far-right anti-Islam activist and convicted thug has been stopped by police at an airport. Back in June, Robinson, real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped at Heathrow under counter terrorism laws and had his phones seized.

A shady trio was spotted emerging from a manhole just steps from the hotel where Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to stay during the United Nations General Assembly, cops and sources said. The three unidentified men were spotted around 4:35 a.m. climbing out of the underground pit on Park Avenue near East 61st Street on the Upper East Side, authorities said. They fled in two vehicles that headed north on Park Avenue, police said. Netanyahu and other dignitaries are expected to stay at the Loews Regency New York down the block, sources said. It was not immediately clear...

It was a rather dreary October afternoon in 2011 when I turned to my computer to watch a rough cut of Jefferson’s Secret Bible, a documentary for the Smithsonian cable television channel. I was the Under Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and the film was about the conservation of a precious artifact, a book known as the “Jefferson Bible” that would soon go on display at the National Museum of American History. After his retirement to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson had carefully cut out selected passages from Greek, Latin, French and English versions of the Bible, then pasted them in four...

The well-known journalist from Capiate Julio Jara did not hold anything back and told the story of the image that left everyone with their mouths open in the middle of lunch. "The photos are real. I have the original photos," the interviewee began by telling Crónica, assuring that the capture is not an invention or joke. The mysterious postcard was taken on Saturday afternoon by her friend's mother, a respected retired lady from the center of Capiatá. "Because there was a contrast between the dark clouds and the sky, the image was very spectacular... that's why the lady captured the...

State Sen. Angela Paxton finally appears to be weighing in publicly on Ken Paxton’s U.S. Senate run, more than a year after she filed to divorce him “on biblical grounds.” At a gathering for the Texas Federation of Republican Women late last week, she encouraged attendees to vote party line down the ballot, “even if we’re mad at them.” “It’s not the people, it’s the seat,” she said Friday in a video posted on Facebook by one of the group’s deputy regional presidents. “Because we have more control over that seat and the future when we control the seat –...

Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCCChairman, Federal Communications Commission.Washington DC fcc.gov/about/leadersh…Joined July 2014 Brendan Carr@BrendanCarrFCCNEWAs part of our ongoing efforts to crack down on illegal robocalls and text, the FCC has published step-by-step guides that enable consumers to turn on blocking and filtering tools.They are specific to your type of phone and carrier.Find them here: https://fcc.gov/blockitSeptember 22, 2026

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) told a local television news station in Shreveport, Louisiana, this week that President Donald Trump needs to bring the war in Iran “to a resolution.” “It’s been a priority and an objective of every administration, for nearly 50 years, to ensure that Iran didn’t have a nuclear capability. Now that’s done. Operation Epic Fury was an epic success,” Johnson said dutifully, later adding: The world is safer because of it. But now we’ve got to bring that to a resolution. And the Strait of Hormuz not being open affects commerce. It directly affects gas prices...

The University of Michigan plans to exclude first-semester letter grades from students’ transcripts to “curb the mental health crisis.” What would seem like a mundane university-level grading change has become a cultural touchpoint. Early-morning talk shows, national to local outlets—everyone seems to have a reaction. The grading policy is expected to go into effect in fall 2027 in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, the largest school at the university. Freshmen will still know what grades they received internally, but those grades won’t count toward their overall GPA. Everyone will be required to receive pass/no credit because “covering...

She Crashed Out Because Of Bibles🫠😬‼️ Short video of woman going nuts after seeing Bibles in Dentist 🦷 office. She is what you would suspect 😅

They will not say this on a swing-state mailer. They will talk about groceries and “affordability” and holding crooks accountable. Fine. Read the platforms. Read what House Democrats have already promised for Day One if they take the gavel.Then read what the Democratic Socialists of America put in writing this summer and what their national co-chair confirmed on live television. And to those who think the Democratic Socialists are not the "mainstream" Democrat Party, I would encourage you to pay closer attention. The days of Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries are numbered, and will be effectively over if the Democrats...

Dan Osborn, the Nebraska "Independent" Democrat-Party-endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate, just navigated what can only be described as a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week last week, when he was caught on tape reducing Nebraska Trump supporters to people whose lives are miserable and hopeless. Osborn attempted to do damage control on CNN, but apparently he has failed to account for all his recorded statements out there that could get him in trouble. Newsflash: This week is not turning out any better. From our sister site, Townhall: Now, an exclusive video shows Dan Osborn admitting that he's not only...

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Transgender people are murdered at lower rates than the overall US population — and when they are, the killer’s primary motive is usually not bias, according to a pair of researchers. The findings, published by the right-leaning Manhattan Institute’s Vincent Lundgren and Colin Wright earlier this year, seemingly debunk claims by the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and other nonprofit organizations that there is an “epidemic” of deadly violence against the trangender community driven by “transphobia” and even “white supremacy.” snip In the cases where suspects were identified, black suspects accounted for 65% of perpetrators, while white suspects accounted for 18%....

Take heart, we only need to wait approximately 60-days until we see a major price decline in diesel and gasoline prices in the USA. Once the midterm election is over, prices will begin their retreat with the finished collapse mid-January. The non-pretending reality exists within a generally non-western perspective that current “market prices” are not driven by oil supplies, refining capacity or the other various justifications used by the speculators, traders and various regional spot-market control systems. The prices are being controlled in order to influence political outcomes. Once those political influence operations are concluded, the stakeholders in the market...

I periodically listen to a local radio station while running morning errands. They recently switched from CBS to Fox affiliation. The morning host totally trashed Bongino. Evidently, Bongino is back on the air and his podcasts are run overnight before 5 AM. There was no comment about his ratings stinking, only that a few early morning risers don't like him.

More IRGC Leaders killed and more actions in the Strait of Hormuz.