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With New York City’s municipal elections moving into the rearview mirror, the bill for the city has come due, with Gotham taxpayers on the hook for more than $109 million, records from the city Campaign Finance Board show. The nine-figure payout is a result of the city’s incredibly generous system of public matching funds for those who run for mayor, comptroller, public advocate, borough president and City Council. Leading the pack with their hands out were the city’s Democratic mayoral hopefuls, who were offered $8 for every dollar contributed by a donor up to their first $250. That means a...

D.C. attorney H. Heather Shaner says that books and movies about the uglier parts of American history are “a revelation” for some of her Capitol attack clients. Capitol defendant Anna Morgan Lloyd told the judge that she watched "Burning Tulsa" on the History Channel. This week, Morgan-Lloyd will become the first of nearly 500 defendants arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol to face sentencing. She wants a judge to know she’s changed, and her book report-style filings are meant to illustrate that growth. “I’ve lived a sheltered life and truly haven’t experienced life the...

New York's City's Washington Square Park which has been the scene of a number of late night brawls and scuffles with police over last few weeks has now become host to fighting of a different kind - unlicensed boxing matches complete with a referee and time keeper. The Manhattan park appeared more like Madison Square Garden as boxing matches took place in front of hundreds of people, all of which was all caught on camera. At least five matches took place close to the famous arch in Greenwich Village with participants paying five dollars to take part. One fighter ended...

ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before; Christ, the royal Master, leads against the foe; Forward into battle see His banners go. Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before. At the sign of triumph Satan's host doth flee; On then, Christian soldiers, on to victory. Hell's foundations quiver at the shout of praise; Brothers lift your voices proud your anthems raise. Like a mighty army moves the church of God; Brothers, we are treading where the saints have trod; We...

Food prices are surging in grocery stores and restaurants, hitting small businesses very hard. “They haven’t gone up. They’ve almost doubled,” said Nick Rando, owner of an Italian restaurant in Natick, Massachusetts. Rando said that in January, red meat and steak cost him $7.35 a pound. “Last week, it was $13.20 a pound.” People in Massachusetts have been complaining about the rising costs of other food products like produce, meat and prepared foods. But this phenomenon isn’t just happening in one state. According to the National Bureau of Labor Statistics, the price of cereal and bakery items have risen by...

Pray For the Peace of Jerusalem Psalm 107BOOK V Psalms 107–150 Psalm 107 1 Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. 2 Let the redeemed of the Lord tell their story— those he redeemed from the hand of the foe, 3 those he gathered from the lands, from east and west, from north and south.[a] 4 Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle. 5 They were hungry and thirsty, and their lives ebbed away. 6 Then they cried out to the Lord in their trouble, and...

An emergency stockpile can greatly increase your chance of survival if SHTF. But creating a stockpile can easily drain your grocery budget if you’re not careful. Luckily, some of the best foods for stockpiling are extremely cheap, so you can buy them in quantities enough to last you several months. Here are some examples of cheap foods to stockpile: Rice – Rice is a staple food worldwide. It is also a versatile ingredient as it can be paired with various foods or cooked with various ingredients. When stored in an airtight container, rice keeps for six months. Rice is also...

Explanation: These two panels, composed of video frames made with a safe solar telescope and hydrogen alpha filter, show remarkably sharp details on the solar disk and giant prominences along the Sun's edge on June 6 (top) and June 18. Taken from Beijing, China, they also show a transit of the International Space Station and China's new Tiangong Space Station in silhouette against the bright Sun. The International Space Station is near center in the bottom panel, crossing the solar disk left of bright active region AR2833 and below a large looping solar filament. China's space station is below solar...

The first description of mare sporco, or “dirty sea,” in Italian dates back to 1729. But in the early 2000s, marine mucilage started breaking out pretty much every year, which scientists, in a 2009 paper, linked to climate change. (Huge swaths of marine mucilage have also turned up near Turkey at least once before, in 2007.) You might think of the snot as a symptom of “ocean flu,” says Antonio Pusceddu, a marine ecologist at the University of Cagliari, in Italy, who co-authored that paper: The snot’s appearance is a sign of deeper sickness in the sea, caused by climate...

A US biotech startup has created genetically modified trees that can absorb more carbon dioxide, which could make afforestation initiatives more effective. reach Fast Company Magazine. live carbon modified growth enzyme, causing faster growth of trees, which can absorb and store more carbon dioxide than common trees. In addition, the company is slowing down the rate of tree decay by enabling uptakeها copper and nickel, which act as fungicides. The fungus speeds up its decomposition, but with this modification, the tree will take time to decompose and the carbon will remain inside it longer. Trees that do not produce seeds?On...

Rep. Mo Brooks repeatedly labeled Democrats "socialists" during his campaign events. "I am a founding member of the House Freedom Caucus, not the GOP surrender caucus," he said. "As President Trump can vouch, I don’t cut and run. I stand strong when the going gets tough. That is why I have been twice endorsed by President Trump for election. I fought with President Trump for the Make America Great Again agenda and for the wall on our southern border." And in an exclusive interview with Fox News, the congressman emphasized that he has "a very good relationship" with President Trump....

A suspected gunman was killed by police Saturday afternoon in Winthrop, Massachusetts after he allegedly crashed a stolen semi-truck into a building, shot and killed two bystanders, then was gunned down by responding officers, Massachusetts State Police told WFXT, the Fox-affiliated TV station in Boston. People who live near the scene told WBZ-TV that a man leveled a brick building with a truck and gunshots were heard as he ran away from the crash. Two bystanders, a male and a female, were shot and killed after the crash. "We are investigating whether the male may have been trying to engage...

Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has harshly responded to the Department of Justice and the Biden administration over their lawsuit filed against his state’s new voting law. At a news conference yesterday, Kemp said: “Let me be clear: The Department of Justice lawsuit announced today is legally and constitutionally dead wrong. Their faults and baseless accusations are quite honestly disgusting.” Kemp described the DOJ’s lawsuit as a “politically motivated assault on the rule of law.”

The story of the College World Series — the NCAA removing North Carolina State's baseball team from the event for positive COVID tests — broke in the middle of the night, at 1:10 a.m. Saturday. Wolfpack players took a team photo on the field a half-hour later. One of the team's players, relief pitcher Cameron Cotter, was not pleased with the NCAA's decision and shared his frustration on Twitter. Flipping the bird with his right middle finger, Cotter held, in his left hand, an unfolded piece of paper with the words National Committee Against Athletes. "To say that the NCAA...

Touching video. Herman the pigeon looks after puppies. It's your daily dose of cute. :-)

It may not be quite hyperinflation – loosely defined as pricing rising at a double-digit clip or higher – but if former Treasury Secretary and erstwhile democrat Larry Summers is right, it will be halfway there in about six months. One day after Bank of America warned that the coming “hyperinflation” will last at least 2 and as much as 4 years – whether or not one defines that as transitory depends on whether one has a Federal Reserve charge card to fund all purchases in the next 4 years – Larry Summers, who is this close from being excommunicated...

(President Trump's Operation Warp Speed Update) (Vaccinations slow, but back up from yesterday - Over 600,000 Americans have now died from COVID-19 - Cases, Hospitalizations and Deaths very low) Total Vaccine Doses Delivered: 381,276,030 (21,434,300 J&J) Administered: 322,123,103 (12,213,560 J&J) People Vaccinated, At Least One Dose: 178,873,816 Fully Vaccinated: 152,184,243

“The Grace of Giving” (2 Corinthians 8:1-9, 13-15) Today let’s talk about giving. Yes, that’s right, giving--like we do when we put offerings into the offering plate. Usually that’s a subject we like to avoid. People become defensive or uncomfortable if the subject of giving comes up. They’ll make excuses for why they can’t give more. They instinctively reach for their wallets and hold on tight, so that no one can get in there. And they close their ears as well. People don’t like to have someone put pressure on them to put more in the plate, like this is...

Saturday, June 26, 2021: Join the RSBN crew for all day LIVE coverage as President Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America, holds a major rally in Wellington, Ohio on Saturday, June 26, 2021 at 7:00PM EDT.

Watch President Trump's Wellington, Ohio rally Saturday June 26!il Donaldo Trumpo on Twitter: "GET READY!!! https://t.co/nUejTtSgQE" / TwitterQ is the result of the sacrifices and commitment of countless patriots to win back our captured country from the Deep State and achieve the transformation President Trump promised in this campaign video. President Trump has said the awakening of the public is key to this transformation.Q describes this awakening as follows: "The Great Awakening ('Freedom of Thought’), was designed and created not only as a backchannel to the public (away from the longstanding 'mind’ control of the corrupt & heavily biased media)...