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San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie’s police security team was attacked Thursday evening near the edge of the Tenderloin — leaving an officer bleeding from the back of his head after a chaotic street confrontation. The mayor was not hurt in the incident, which unfolded just before 6 p.m. near Cedar Street, according to Mission Local. One San Francisco Police Department officer assigned to Lurie’s security detail was left panting and bleeding after he slammed his head during a struggle with a suspect. The mayor had been riding in a black SUV with the officer and a driver — also a...

California Democrats need to address the affordability crisis to help struggling residents, but their plan to accomplish this goal seems rather tone-deaf. To raise money for the upcoming midterm elections, the California Democratic Party and Senate Pro Tem Monique Limón are hosting a two-day golf and spa retreat for lobbyists and special interests at an elite luxury resort — and the staggering price tag climbs as high as $100,000, according to an invitation obtained by The Post. The whopping cost and weird optics of the “Pro Tem Cup 2026,” which will take place March 20 to 22 at the Omni...

A father who was ordered to pay compensation to a cyclist for filming him as he knocked over his young daughter has finally won his legal battle. The footage was filmed and posted to social media by five-year-old Neia's dad, Patrick Mpasa, during their family walk in a nature reserve in Baraque Michel, Belgium, on Christmas Day, 2020. The cyclist, who was only identified as Jacques D, was originally taken to court in Verviers for kneeing the little girl, only to be given a suspended sentence because he had been criticised enough on social media. Jacques then sued Mr Mpasa...

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Former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz, a pro-life champion who led the Fighting Irish to the 1988 national college football championship, has passed away. Holtz was a vocal advocate for the pro-life cause. He spoke at the annual spring banquet of Right to Life of Southwest Indiana in Evansville, an event attended by about 1,700 pro-life activists and described as the largest pro-life banquet in the country. He urged the crowd to “fight, fight, fight” for the lives of unborn babies and emphasized that their mission was noble, telling them they must be the hope of the unborn. “One...

Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus said to the chief priests and the elders of the people: “Hear another parable. There was a landowner who planted a vineyard, put a hedge around it, dug a wine press in it, and built a tower. Then he leased it to tenants and went on a journey. When vintage time drew near, he sent his servants to the tenants to obtain his produce. But the tenants seized the servants and one they beat, another they killed, and a third they stoned…” Matthew 21:33–34Jesus addressed this parable to the chief priests and elders of the...

long-time U.S. Supreme Court reporter for the New York Times, Linda Greenhouse, recently wrote a surprisingly candid description of how U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts added “gratuitous” language into his opinion on the recent tariff case, personally criticizing the president on record. Greenhouse conveniently frames the justice’s indulgence, however, as a legitimate “warning” to both the president and “the waiting world.” She states that Roberts “is losing patience with Trump.” Apparently, the chief justice is thought to be entitled to act as a shadow president. Greenhouse admits that Roberts’s personal opinion of the president, made by a judge who is...

Mr. Putin is also grappling with the arrival of a new world of unbridled American power under President Trump, which is checking Russia’s global influence and ripping up Moscow’s playbook for partnerships abroad. For years, Mr. Putin supported anti-American authoritarian governments in Iran, Venezuela and Cuba, with little worry that Washington would use its overwhelming military power to kill, capture or push out their leaders. That has now changed, as Mr. Trump has demonstrated a willingness to disregard international norms and engage in foreign adventurism by fully exploiting Washington’s might. The last two months have brought the U.S.-Israeli killing of...

AwakenedOutlaw⚒️ repostedGood Lawgic@goodlawgicI have been asked why I give Trump latitude on the Iranian military engagement. Here is why: The trust is because Trump got in and got out of Iran last summer without loss of a single American life.The trust is because he killed Solemaini and Baghdadi finishing ISIS without loss of a single American.The trust is because he got Maduro without losing a single American.The trust is because there are over a dozen foreign nations who said "Trump got us out of [x] war." Again, without loss of a single American.The trust is because of the Abraham Accords.The...

https://x.com/WallStreetApes/status/2029775841522229672 Wall Street Apes@WallStreetApes·40mRep Anna Paulina Luna comes out and says it. She says the American People hate Congress for how corrupt they areAfter both parties blocked disclosing slush funds using tax dollars to pay off their sexual assault charges, she loses it“That's why the American people hate us”“We know that members of Congress are using taxpayer dollars to pay off sexual harassment. We just had a member of Congress literally sexually harass a woman that then lit herself on fire and you guys all protected him.”

Huge discrepancies reported in Chicago Public Schools - There is a public school in Chicago with space for 912 kids. 28 students were enrolled. The school is 97% empty and it spends $93,000 per year per student - The staff-to-student ratio is one-to-one, but there's not a single student that can read - There are over 100 public schools in the state of Illinois that reportedly have zero students proficient in reading or math - There are 20 public schools in Chicago that are basically empty “That's not an exaggeration. Zero students are proficient in reading from that school. Just...

Keir Starmer has said the conflict engulfing the Middle East could continue “for some time” as he insisted the best way forward in the longer term was a negotiated settlement with Iran. The prime minister said the UK was doing “everything we can” to de-escalate the situation, a clear contrast to the US president, who is focused on regime change and has said it was “too late” for Tehran to negotiate. He defended his decision to block initial offensive strikes by the US and Israel at the weekend, saying he stood by his judgment and denying it had damaged the...

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After slapping 25% "penalty" tariffs on India for buying Russian crude — revoked last month — the U.S. on Thursday issued a 30-day waiver to New Delhi for purchasing crude from Moscow as the Iran war upends global supplies. The West Texas Intermediate oil surged 8.51%, or $6.35, to close at $81.01 per barrel on Thursday in the biggest single day gain since May 2020. Global benchmark Brent rose 4.93%, or $4.01, to settle at $85.41 per barrel. The waiver on purchasing Russian oil will help ease supply worries globally, as India is the world's fourth biggest refiner and and...

Families of failed asylum seekers will be paid up to £40,000 to leave Britain under a new Government pilot scheme. Migrants who cooperate with the system and leave the UK within seven days will receive payments of up to £10,000 per person, capped at four per family, as part of the Home Office plan. Some 150 families living in taxpayer-funded hotels were sent messages on Thursday informing them that they can take part in the trial. Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: “This is an insult to the British taxpayer… Offering £40,000 to failed asylum seekers to leave the country...

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s reward came from heaven. Israel used a powerful ballistic missile that flew to the edge of space before plummeting to Earth and blasting Iran’s unsuspecting supreme leader and dozens of his top henchmen last Saturday. The Blue Sparrow, a missile that can fly for 1,240 miles and leaves the Earth’s atmosphere before crashing down, was used by Israel during Operation Epic Fury, killing Khamenei and his cohorts. So intense was the impact that debris was found in western Iraq, according to Israeli sources. The surprise attack came together last week after Israeli officials deliberately gave the impression...

A Fort Worth federal jury got a closer look Tuesday at the alleged "antifa" materials the government says motivated what it's calling a coordinated attack on an immigration detention center July 4. FBI investigators walked the jury Tuesday through “zines,” or homemade booklets, pamphlets, posters and other items they found in the homes and cars of several people on trial. Anti-fascism, anarchy, the abolition of ICE and police, opposition to Israel, noise demonstrations, direct action and animal rights were common messages found throughout the material. A Fort Worth federal jury got a closer look Tuesday at the alleged "antifa" materials...

A Seattle woman who shot and killed a rideshare driver, then stole his car and drove to get her haircut, has pleaded guilty to murder. Ne'Iani Allen-Bailey, 20, faces between 15 and 23 years in prison when she is sentenced later this month for her plea to second-degree murder with a firearm enhancement, according to filings in King County Superior Court. In August 2023, Allen-Bailey killed Amare Geda, 52, as he was parked on 1st Avenue South in the SODO neighborhood. Geda was driving for a rideshare service and had a "Lyft" jacket on at the time he was killed....

There will be changes in the UK government soon. I have little doubt of that, although exactly what those changes will be will, unfortunately, be determined by the feckless and immoral Labour Party in the near term. It's hard to say whether Keir Starmer is toast yet, but I would put a modest bet on the likelihood, if for no other reason than that the Labour Party will soon be in panic mode due to the steady stream of bad news and embarrassments. Starmer has somehow survived up until now, despite being the least popular Prime Minister since...well, nobody has...