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Vogue, the world's fashion bible, has placed Jill Biden on her cover as the epitome of fashion. She's a "goddess," they explain.Which is a stretch, given that the first lady has sported getups like this loud red zebra print dress, or these huge-print patterned pantyhose worn with elfin spike heel ankle boots.It goes to show that its whole schtick is politics, not fashion. After all, the big fashion bible for the world's stylish somehow managed to overlook the nation's truly stylish first lady, Melania Trump, a former super-model, who not only was quite beautiful, but age-appropriate and elegant in her...

The dead and wounded have not even been found or cleared from the rubble of the terrible Surfside condo collapse in Florida, and already leftists are trying to use the tragedy to blame global warming.The latest instance: Michigan's former Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who's now serving as Joe Biden's energy secretary:"Given what we know about the changing climate, given that you've seen an increase in so called extraordinary tides, and the impact that that can have in areas like south Florida, do you think that climate would have played a role in that building's collapse?" [CNN] anchor Erica Hill asked. The...

Nearly half 49 percent of people who support QAnon said they agree with an old antisemitic theory that the rise of liberalism has "equipped Jews to destroy institutions, and in turn gain control of the world," according to a survey. A poll conducted by Morning Consult, and published Monday, found that 49 percent of QAnon supporters agreed with the claims in The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the notorious hoax document created in Russia in the early 20th century which helped spread the falsehood about a Jewish conspiracy to control the world. The survey also found that 78 percent...

WASHINGTON, Saturday, June 29. A painful alarm was created yesterday morning in the United States General Hospital at Georgetown. A frame building in the rear of the hospital was discovered to be in flames, and in less than a half hour was a sheet of fire. Nothing but a board fence and a barn separated the burning building and the hospital, which contains one hundred and sixty patients. The roof caught fire in three places. Dr. INGRAHAM, one of the surgeons in charge, mounted the ledge of the slanting roof in his stocking feet, and by his incessant exertions in...

Dr. Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins Hospital surgeon, Fox News medical contributor, and one of the few talking heads these days displaying any sanity at all on the topic of all things COVID-19, lent a heavy dose of reality to the ongoing "fearmongering" about the Delta variant. The newest scarient, first discovered in India, is currently on a fast track to becoming the dominant coronavirus strain in the world. It's also becoming the latest excuse for the powers-that-be to try to keep people masked-up, in their homes, and frightened out of their wits. Except, while Delta is indeed more transmissible,...

Recent reports claim that a second data breach at Microsoft-owned LinkedIn has exposed the personal data of 700 million users, which is more than 92 percent of the platform’s total 756 million users. 9to5Mac reports that a second LinkedIn data breach has reportedly exposed the data of 700 million users and the database is currently for sale on the dark web. The user information reportedly includes phone numbers, physical addresses, geolocation data, and inferred salaries.

Video at the link. A smoothly paced presentation with calm background music and very effective graphics delivered by a woman with a Netherlands accent with extremely good English. (But some news quotes are in Nederlands, not English.)

As much as Revolver admires President Trump’s work on behalf of this country, he was not perfect, and his greatest mistake was probably the enormous deference he gave generals as a matter of course. It was an understandable mistake, though. When Donald Trump was a boy, America had never lost a single war. The country’s World War 2 commanders were living legends who in less than four years built the U.S. military into the mightiest fighting force to ever exist and crushed powerful foes on the far side of two vast oceans. Sadly, the generals of Iraq, Afghanistan, and Syria...

The Concierge of DeclineThe Biden Administration serves up complacency in the face of deterioration. Joe Biden’s handlers and media friends continue to delude nobody but themselves that his legacy will land him in the history books alongside FDR and LBJ as a beloved, era-defining Progressive hero. His supposedly moderate priorities—infrastructure, family policy, and voting “rights”—have readily been exposed as deceitful partisanship and wasteful graft, and laden with power grabs so objectionable a senator of his own party had to distance himself to save face.Further complicating his aspirational legacy, Biden is beholden to an eye-popping amount of dark money from leftist...

WASHINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - New York prosecutors investigating former U.S. President Donald Trump's business practices are likely to issue one or more criminal indictments this week – but not against Trump himself, according to people involved in the case. Ronald Fischetti, an attorney representing Trump, said on Monday that based on discussions with prosecutors he expects “no charges” will be brought against Trump in the initial round of indictments. Others familiar with the case said prosecutors are preparing criminal charges against Allen Weisselberg, longtime chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, and also are considering criminal charges against the...

America’s first black billionaire, Robert Johnson, is pushing hard for the government to pay $14 trillion in reparations — and he wants his check just like everyone else. “Reparations would require the entire country to … admit that the result of slavery has been 200 years of systemic racism,” the Black Entertainment Television (BET) founder told Vice. “And for that reason, black folks have been denied $13-15 trillion of wealth and therefore we as a country now must atone by paying black people of all stripes — the rich ones, the poor ones, and the middle — out of our...

Ever since Meghan Markle married into the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex has claimed that she is the victim of bullying. But Markle has recently been struck down by her own ploy, as allegations arise from palace aides saying that she is the true bully. Buckingham Palace human resources launched an investigation in March to look into the allegations. The inquiry, being conducted by an independent law firm, is ongoing -- but results may not be published until next year. According to the New York Post, complaints were first made by Jason Knauf, the royal couple’s communications secretary, back...

Last week a legally armed Papa John’s employee shot and killed a man who attempted to rob the store. The other suspect is still at large, Clark County Sheriff’s Major Chris Clark told Fox News. “They came running in with weapons and tried to rob us. … One’s shot and wounded on the floor, one of them ran out,” an employee told a 911 dispatcher after the shooting, according to WHIO-TV. “They had weapons, the one had a big crowbar and the other one looked like a knife and they were sprinting toward us.” According to Dayton Daily News, the...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Minneapolis city leader says she is traumatized after protesters held her against her will. City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins says activists held her captive in her car for 90 minutes, while forcing her to agree to their demands. Activist Donald Hooker Jr. — one of the activist seen on video confronting Jenkins — says he asked her about police accountability, defunding police and returning George Floyd Square to the people. “We were having a conversation. I was trying to keep her accountable, and I said, ‘Well, we we’ll just have to show up and do...

In this year alone, we’ve learned that trees are racist, as are fonts. Heck, even not being racist is racist! So, I guess the news that cheese is racist now shouldn’t come as a surprise. Environmentalists in Brighton and Hove in England are trying to get more plant-based school meals, citing not only the environmental impact of animal agriculture and fishing industries, as well the apparent racism of dairy products. “Animal agriculture and fishing industries are leading causes of deforestation, ocean dead zones, water pollution, biodiversity loss and species extinction,” reads the petition started by Alison Plaumer of Extinction Rebellion....

The too-close-to-call Democratic primary race that will likely decide New York’s next mayor was thrown into disarray after election officials admitted they accidentally included “test” results in the vote count, leading to 135,000 extra ballots. The botching of the city’s first ranked-choice election was first flagged by front-runner Eric Adams, who pointed out that preliminary results from the Board of Elections showed that 941,832 votes were cast for the Democratic mayoral nomination, a huge increase from the 799,827 that were counted on primary day last week. The BOE clarified its screwup in a tweet Tuesday night. “It has been determined...

Marijuana legalization has an interesting advocate at the Supreme Court: Justice Clarence Thomas. Today, once again, Justice Thomas indicated his support for cutting back federal laws that criminalize pot. You might think this is good news since Justice Thomas is one of the most conservative Justices on the Court, therefore surely more liberal Justices would agree. But, unfortunately for the movement, his zeal to rethink how this country criminalizes weed has, so far, no other supporters on the Court.The case today involved a medical marijuana dispensary in Colorado that, even though it was operating completely legally within the state of...

In the dark hours this date in 1934, a bargain with the devil was sealed in blood. Months before, even mere hours before, it was still possible for longstanding adherents of the National Socialist Workers’ Party to demand the “Socialist” part of the program. The SA and the SS will not tolerate the German revolution going to sleep and being betrayed at the half-way stage by non-combatants. … It is in fact high time the national revolution stopped and became the National Socialist one. Whether [the bourgeoisie] like it or not, we will continue our struggle — if they understand...

Dozens of people have died in Canada amid an unprecedented heatwave that has smashed temperature records. Police in the Vancouver area have responded to more than 230 sudden deaths within 4 days (Friday-Monday), about 100 more than the average for a four-day period. As of 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, officers had responded to 20 sudden death calls that day alone. Most were elderly or had underlying health conditions, with heat often a contributing factor. Canada broke its temperature record for a third straight day on Tuesday – 49.6°C (121.3°F) in Lytton, British Columbia. The US north-west has also seen record highs...

2:08 Wednesday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci advised that, in general, the United States is “doing very, very well” in combatting the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci attributed the nation’s success to more than 50% of adults having been vaccinated. He warned the “Delta variant” of the virus leaves unvaccinated people “at considerable risk.”