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🇺🇸 Overdose deaths just dropped by over 10,000 in Trump’s first year in office. All drugs -13%, synthetic opioids -20%. The numbers don’t lie. The U.S. is finally turning the corner on this crisis. Source: @ONDCP

War Correspondent@warDaniel47·Jun 17 JANUARY 6 WAS STAGED TO COVER OTHER CRIMES Newly released bodycam audio captures Capitol Police describing how to spot non-uniform officers embedded in the crowd:- “Non-uniform officers will have a candy stripe on the barrel and a wristband.”- Descriptions of plainclothes officers: short guy, dark hair, black vest, thin blue line, black mask, white male.J6 was staged to disrupt official proceedings and cover up alleged crimes from the November 3, 2020 election — the “overthrow of the US government.”FACT!

The Trump Administration has notified South Africa that it is ending the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) after the country failed to protect white South Africans from violence and displacement, the Daily Caller has learned. The State Department told the country that its government failed to do the following six things: provide exemptions or alternatives for US companies to Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment laws and other race-based mandates. have senior government officials unequivocally condemn all race-based incitement to violence, including the “kill the Boer” song, more frequently. prevent the implementation of measures that would allow expropriation without...

The long-delayed and over-budget Obama Presidential Center opened Thursday in Chicago with a stolen land acknowledgment. “We’d also like to take a moment to recognize the original inhabitants of the land upon which we are gathered today,” Valerie Jarrett, chief executive officer of the Obama Foundation, said. “We honor the Anishinaabe, the Council of Three Fires, the Ojibwe, the Odawa, and the Potawatomi nations.” A who’s who of liberal donors and political elites attended the opening ceremony, including former Presidents Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush; their First Ladies; and former Vice President Kamala Harris. Video circulating on...

Hunter Biden has asked Joe Rogan to oversee a 'cage match' between him and Donald Trump Jr. The disbarred former attorney made the request on X on Thursday, after making a similar pitch to YouTuber Andrew Callaghan back in April. The lengthy post first sought to explain why he and other Americans were so 'offended' by Sunday's UFC Freedom 250 event.

Recommendation could pave the way for approval of the mRNA vaccine in adults 50 and upAn FDA advisory panel on Thursday unanimously endorsed the use of Moderna's trivalent flu vaccine candidate, which uses mRNA technology that's come under fire from the nation's top health official. In two 9-0 votes, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee said the benefits of the mRNA vaccine outweigh its risks for preventing the flu in adults 50 to 64 years and in those 65 and up. "I do believe the data presented support that the benefits of the vaccine in both age groups...

On Thursday's CNN This Morning, in a discussion of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, host Audie Cornish tried to corner former Trump White House Communications Director Mike Dubke. After noting some conservatives were "squawking" over the deal, Cornish turned directly to Dubke and declared, “Mike Dubke, your favorite person just posted to Truth Social.” She then read Trump’s post highlighting record stock market highs and falling oil prices before asking whether critics of the MOU were “jealous, bad people, or stupid?” Dubke defended the agreement as only a framework for further negotiations, not a finished deal. He noted Iran’s...

Footage shows the moment an explosion at an oil refinery in Moscow caused a fuel storage lid to fly off. The explosion was caused by a Ukrainian drone attack where one of Moscow’s most important energy facilities was damaged for the second time this week.

Khamenei said that he eventually approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) based only on a series of promises from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the negotiating team. Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said that Iran will not submit to the "excessive demands" of the United States in future negotiations with the US in a series of posts on X/Twitter on Thursday. Khamenei said that he eventually approved the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) based only on a series of promises from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and the negotiating team.

PDF download of the Rape Gang Inquiry Report at bottom of post. Donna-Louise @NoLongerTheFuzz 1/ “All white girls are slags. They don’t obey Allah, so they deserve to be punished. They should be raped as punishment for not obeying Allah.” That was said to a Rotherham girl – now a doctor – by the men who raped her. I read all 219 pages of the Rape Gang Inquiry report. A thread. June 17, 2026 Donna-Louise@NoLongerTheFuzz·Jun 172/ The report’s central finding, in its own words: the victims were “overwhelmingly White British,” abused by “predominantly Muslim Pakistani gangs.”Around 87% of those convicted...

WORLD — Global leaders rushed to sign up for Trump's incredible offer to have the U.S. bomb their country for a few weeks and then give them $300 billion. Sources within the White House reported days of jammed phone lines as countries from Mali to Uruguay repeatedly called to see if their country could be next. "Pick me, pick me," said Chilean President Jose Kast. "We are more than happy to hide out for a couple weeks in exchange for $300 billion. How do we get to the top of the list? Do we need to give some cash to...

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration does not have to reinstall the original slavery exhibits at the President's House. Three judges vacated a previous injunction compelling the National Parks Service to restore the panels it stripped from the historic site in January. The panel of justices in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found that the city had not demonstrated the concrete harm it suffered from the removal, and praised the federal government's proposed alternatives. The case concerns a set of displays detailing George Washington's participation in the slave trade, and the nine enslaved people he...

This judge sent a veteran who served in Iraq/Afghanistan to jail for two years over Facebook posts he made in the wake of child murders. She also let rapist, Rees Newman who SA'd a 13 yo girl go free citing "overcrowded prisons." Her name is Judge Tracey Lloyd-Clarke, Cardiff.

Summary Commitments exceed $150 billion across five regions, says source The investment fund vehicle contains no government money New fund is separate from frozen asset talks, says source Fund only becomes operational after final US-Iran deal is signed DUBAI, June 17 (Reuters) - A $300 billion private fund designed to trigger investment into Iran is outlined in the U.S.-Iran framework agreement ​and more than half that sum has already been committed, a source with direct knowledge of the deal told Reuters. The fund's existence has been previously reported but Reuters is revealing for the first time that more than half...

Iran has announced plans to introduce a system of maritime fees in the strait of Hormuz in two months, after the 60-day period of negotiation that has been triggered by the signing of the memorandum of understanding. Tehran, claiming a historic victory over the US, said the strait was under its control and a European plan for a naval mission to escort ships though the strait would not be welcome.

KanekoaTheGreat@KanekoaTheGreat·23hToday the European Parliament voted 418-218 to pass the strictest migration law in EU history.When the result was announced, MEPs started chanting."Send them back."Inside the parliament chamber. On the floor. In 2026.Here's what the law actually does:— Deportation orders now apply across all EU member states. You can't evade removal by crossing a border.— Detention before deportation extended from 6 months to 30 months. Unlimited for security threats.— "Return hubs" in third countries. Migrants can be transferred outside the EU while awaiting deportation — including families with children.— Automatic deportation stays while appeals are pending? Gone. Courts decide case by...

A professional baseball team in Pennsylvania will be forfeiting a game on Thursday that was scheduled to be the team's Pride Night after players refused to wear LGBTQ-themed jerseys, the team announced. The York Revolution of the Atlantic League, the same league where Trevor Bauer currently plays, said the decision "was not reached lightly" in announcing the forfeit to the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs on Wednesday.

A federal judge ordered immigration officials to release the president of Wisconsin's largest mosque from detention Thursday, finding that Salah Sarsour has raised a "substantial" claim that he was being targeted for speaking out in favor of Palestinian rights. Sarsour, a Palestinian-born legal permanent resident of the United States, was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on March 30. The government has claimed he is a foreign policy threat, but Sarsour's attorneys say he was actually targeted for speaking out against Israel. U.S. District Judge James Patrick Hanlon wrote in a decision Thursday that attorneys for...

Well, it's something, I guess. The sheriff in Las Vegas has a plan to end the drag-racing portion of "teen takeovers" in his city, and it just might work. That's quite the deterrent. I mean, yeah, arrests would be nice. Convictions, nicer. Parents being held accountable ... even better. But this is a start. Here's Fox5 in Vegas: The vehicle destructions mark the first use of a new law passed during the last legislative session. Assemblywoman Linda Hunt sponsored the legislation, which allows law enforcement to confiscate vehicles used in street racing and destroy them if they cannot pass a...

A much deeper crisis appears to be taking shape behind the public clash between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, with Israeli officials saying that Trump’s pressure for a withdrawal from southern Lebanon and the Syrian Hermon is far from over and is expected to intensify as the anticipated signing of the memorandum of understanding with Iran approaches on Friday, Maariv reported on Thursday. Israeli officials told Maariv that Trump’s demands are not merely theoretical and that issues concerning Lebanon, Syria, and the Syrian Hermon were raised in recent discussions with Netanyahu, adding that the prime minister made...