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Elon Musk's purchase of Twitter will see substantial changes implemented on the social media platform with everything from longer tweets and paid subscriptions using 'joke' cryptocurrency Dogecoin all within the realm of possibility. He is said to favor temporary 'timeouts' for users who break the new rules, rather than permanent bans such as those given to Donald Trump. . . . Details of his immediate plans are slim, but the Tesla chief portrays himself as a free-speech absolutist. Other mooted changes include blue verification checkmarks for anyone who subscribes to Twitter's premium Blue service, which costs $2.99 a month.Musk is...

Germany's decision to not immediately end Russian oil imports – a move that would deliver a crucial blow to the Kremlin over its war in Ukraine – came at the urgent request of the Biden administration, a senior European official involved in Russian sanctions tells Newsmax. The European official told Newsmax that the Biden administration has also been pushing the Germans to delay cutting off Russian oil until later this year and after the U.S. midterm elections. The White House appears to believe it has a chance to keep the Senate in Democrat hands – but that opportunity could be...

SECOND WEEK OF EASTER JOHN 3:7B-15 Friends, in today’s Gospel, Jesus declares that he must be lifted up to bring eternal life to believers. Why would God’s salvation of the human race have to include something as horrifying as crucifixion? We live in a time when the human predicament is regularly denied, explained away, or ignored. Despite the massive counter-evidence from the moral disasters of the last century, we are still beguiled by the myth of progress: with just enough technical advancement, psychological insight, and personal liberation, we will solve our problems. But with this sort of stupidity and superficiality...

Kamala Harris arrived at Vandenberg Space Force Base where Discoverer-1, the first satellite to enter a polar orbit and America’s bold response to Russia’s Sputnik, was launched to announce that we would be unilaterally surrendering to Russia and China in the growing satellite wars. Last November, Russia had conducted a DA-ASAT or direct-ascent anti-satellite test which demonstrated its ability to take out satellites. The Russians had used their A-235 anti-ballistic missile system to destroy their own Kosmos 1408 satellite. The message was clear: Moscow had the ability to clear out enemy satellites in the event of any conflict. Including ours....

Yale Divinity School, located in New Haven, ConnecticutTwo centuries after its founding, Yale Divinity School marked its first-ever non-Christian service in honor of Earth Day. Around 80 students gathered on April 22 outside the university’s Marquand Chapel to mark the annual observance with singing and non-denominational prayers, according to The Yale Daily News. A student organizer told the independent student newspaper it was the first time a non-Christian service was held at the Yale Divinity School in its nearly 200-year history. Master of divinity student Tasha Brownfield led the event, which she described as “Indigenous- and Black ecology-based with a...

Despite being the world's richest person, much of Musk's wealth is tied up in Tesla stock, meaning he would likely have to borrow against his holdings to fund the deal.

Trump statement: "Truth Social is number ONE in the Apple App Store!" pic.twitter.com/MxNLsJXNEk— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) April 26, 2022

Elon Musk’s successful purchase of Twitter has already made Twitter a better place. Citing Musk’s acquisition of the social media platform, conservative talk show host Mark Levin announced his return to Twitter.“Thanks to new ownership, I’ve decided to come back!” Levin tweeted Monday.Thanks to new ownership, I’ve decided to come back! 😊— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) April 25, 2022It was his first tweet in over a year, as Levin ditched his account in protest of Twitter’s suspension of Donald Trump.I have suspended my own Twitter account in protest against Twitter’s fascism. I ask all my followers to join me now...

With all eyes on Ukraine, few are noticing how Joe Biden is ruining relations with a critical nation next door to us, which is Mexico. Title 42, which permits the U.S. to reject phony asylum-seekers on COVID concerns, was halted by a federal judge yesterday, but it's a temporary halt, so it may return soon. Whether the Biden administration obeys that order is anyone's guess. There are other judicial orders it's simply ignored as it carried on its open borders policy. It doesn't matter to Joe Biden that his fellow Democrats — at least eight of them — are warning...

Carol Burnett born this day in 1933.

Residents of the unrecognized "Transnistrian Moldovan Republic" receive text messages on behalf of the Armed Forces and special services of Ukraine. They contain a warning about a "missile and artillery" strike on the territory of the "Transnistrian region". This was reported in the Telegram by the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Censor.NET reports. "The Security Service of Ukraine strongly recommends the evacuation of civilians to safer regions. We assure you that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not wish harm to civilians, but people who remain in the cities will be perceived as sabotage groups and...

The news about the board of Twitter agreeing to a $44B takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk caused both celebrations and meltdowns all over the world. Musk tweeted the following: 🚀💫♥️ Yesss!!! ♥️💫🚀 pic.twitter.com/0T9HzUHuh6 — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 25, 2022The situation currently on Twitter is such that merely questioning the groupthink can get a user suspended. At times, information is suppressed without the user's knowledge — i.e., the tweet is allowed, but its visibility is restricted. Twitter also allows and promotes trends that are beneficial to the progressive agenda.For conservatives, the hope is that Musk will liberate the...

The Biden administration is closing off almost half of the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPRA) from oil and gas drilling, overturning a Trump-era policy that would have allowed oil development on more than 80 percent of the reserve. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), part of the Department of the Interior, announced the decision on April 25. It marks a return to an Obama administration plan to manage the area that would enable the administration to lease up to 52 percent of the reserve for oil and gas exploration. Meanwhile, the remaining approximately 11 million acres (48 percent)—which...

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is America's most unpopular senator, according to a Morning Consult poll released Monday. Just one-third of Kentuckians, 33%, approve of McConnell's job performance, while 60% disapprove.

Vice President Kamala Harris quickly learned not to come between President Biden and his negotiations with Congress, when the president once snapped at her so harshly even Republican senators in the meeting were shocked. In a meeting last May, Biden tried to persuade Republican lawmakers to support $1 trillion in infrastructure spending. And while Biden was ready for a compromise, Harris thought the bill was skimpy. 'Harris thought that there was something missing from the conversation,' New York Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns wrote in their book, This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s...

A Kansas state lawmaker has come under fire for writing in an email to a constituent that she does not 'appreciate' sharing the Capitol bathroom with a transgender colleague. In the April 23 email replying to a University of Kansas graduate student who expressed their opposition to her bill banning gender reassignment surgery for minors, Rep. Cheryl Helmer wrote: 'Personally, I do not appreciate the huge transgender female who is now in our restrooms in the Capitol.' She later confirmed to the Topeka Capital-Journal that she was referencing fellow Rep. Stephanie Byers, a Democrat from Wichita, who is the first...

Anton Gerashchenko, advisor to the Minister of Internal Affairs, released information about the complete failure of Russia's recruitment of mercenaries for the war in Ukraine. Gerashchenko noted: "Inside. Potential mercenaries refuse to fight for Putin's interests in Ukraine. Knowing the extreme unpopularity of the "special operation", Putin decided not to do mass mobilization yet, but to start recruiting mercenaries. And not in Russia, but in Abkhazia, Transnistria, South Ossetia. That is, where there is no pity for the "meat". According to intelligence information, Transnistria was given a plan - 15,000 mercenaries at a price of 100,000 rubles per month, or...

Russian provocations in Transnistria are a direct threat to Ukraine. Moldova and European democracies must address this issue immediately. "Russia has staged a series of explosions in occupied Transnistria. Russia is apparently creating a pretext for invading Transnistria, according to a plan to seize Ukraine's Black Sea coast, announced on April 22 by Rustam Minnekayev, deputy chief of the Central Military District." Unfortunately, Transnistria has become a center of international terrorism. The Moldovan authorities are obliged to respond to Russian provocations and Russian arsenals in Transnistria, which is a direct threat to Ukraine and assistance to the aggressor during the...

Beijing has rolled out mass Covid testing for nearly 20 million residents in most of the city, as authorities race to contain a fresh Omicron outbreak that has sparked panic buying amid fears of a Shanghai-style lockdown. The Chinese capital started testing all residents of Chaoyang, a bustling district home to the business center and foreign embassies, on Monday morning, in the first of three rounds of testing to be conducted over a five-day period. Residents and office workers formed long lines at makeshift testing centers throughout the day. As of 8 p.m., nearly 3.7 million tests had been carried...

317 officers of rank Jr Lieutenant or above died in Ukraine, Russian paper says Independent journalists analysed local government announcements, newspaper reports and social media posts to arrive at the staggering figure Almost a third of the officer deaths came from senior ranks of major or above Highest-ranking casualties Russia has acknowledged are two Major Generals Russia has lost more than 300 officers fighting in Ukraine, according to new data collected by an independent Russian newspaper. In total, 317 officers of junior lieutenant rank and above have been killed in a little over two months of fighting, analysis by outlet...