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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Two men accused of plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer have asked a judge to acquit them after jurors earlier this month could not reach unanimous verdicts, resulting in mistrials. Barry Croft Jr., 46, of Bear, Delaware, and Adam Fox, 38, of Wyoming, have filed motions for acquittal. Two others, Daniel Harris, 24, of Lake Orion, and Brandon Caserta, 34, of Canton, were acquitted April 8 by a jury in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. Attorneys for Croft and Fox asked Chief U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker to acquit the two. During the trial, the...

And while there are disputes in the EU, Putin decided to kill his own oil and gas industry. Gazprom has already announced a cut – off from gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria, and all EU countries that refuse to pay for blue fuel in rubles in violation of contracts are next in line. Read about how Putin miscalculated and can lead to the rapid collapse of his own budget in the OBOZREVATEL article. Gas is Putin's weapon Russia has two "clubs" – gas and nuclear weapons, Igor Volubaev, a former vice-president of Gazprombank, who fled Russia, said in an...

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Russian invaders seized the City Museum of local lore of Melitopol, which stored Scythian gold. The location of historical relics was handed over to the enemy by local collaborators. This is stated in the message of the Zaporozhye regional military administration. The museum housed relics discovered by archaeologists in the 1950s. "There is information that the Russian military has seized the Melitopol City Museum of local lore," Ilya said in a statement. The place where historical relics are kept was indicated to the enemy by local collaborators. In addition, traditional looting for the invaders is gaining momentum in Melitopol, but...

A father has gone viral for admitting that he recently told his "bratty" 19-year-old daughter that she can either start babysitting her cousin or start paying rent. Posting in Reddit's "Am I The A**hole" (AITA) forum under the username u/FunnyChef7259, the father asked: "AITA for making my eldest daughter babysit even though she is 'child-free?'" The post has received more than 10,000 upvotes and has divided over 3,000 commenters. At the beginning of his post, the father explained that he and his wife have three children—Tina, Jason and Ally. Late last year, after his sister-in-law passed away, the couple also...

This is about 3 weeks old but worth repeating. Hunter Biden's wild spending left him with huge debts to credit card companies and desperate to avoid jail for unpaid taxes, DailyMail.com can reveal Pictures, documents, emails and texts obtained by DailyMail.com from Hunter's laptop reveal he spent thousands of dollars on strippers and prostitutesBiden even threatened to take $20,000 out of his daughter's education savings accountPictures found on the laptop show what appears to be thousands of dollars worth of crack bagged up on a scale, and Hunter naked and in bed with womenThe numerous expenses left him strapped for...

Well...gee I wonder why I havent seen this on CNN or MSNBC? /s Directing the Committee on Foreign Affairs...Financial Services to begin investigations regarding certain business dealings of Robert Hunter Biden during the period in which Joseph R. Biden, Jr. served as Vice President of the United States; whether those business dealings resulted in improper conflicts of interests; and whether Robert Hunter Biden's work affected United States foreign policy or a foreign government or foreign entity's response thereto.

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SportsCenter anchor Sage Steele is suing ESPN for what she claims was illegal retaliation against her for comments she made on Jay Cutler's podcast last year, according to Joe Flint of the Wall Street Journal The comments in question came last September. Among other things, Steele called ESPN's vaccine mandate "sick," said female reporters dressed a certain way share the blame when athletes make inappropriate comments about them and questioned former President Barack Obama identifying himself as Black "considering his Black dad was nowhere to be found but his white mom and grandma raised him." The social media backlash was...

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The Russian authorities have decided to tighten control over the foreign currency cash market, which is rapidly going “into the shadows” after the Central Bank of the Russian Federation banned the sale of dollars and euros to individuals through bank cash desks and “exchangers”, and limited the issuance of “cash” from deposits and accounts to an amount of 10 thousand dollars per person. According to RBC, the Federal Tax Service instructed the territorial authorities, together with the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to identify illegal transactions for the purchase and sale of foreign currency “from hand”, which is carried out through...

“He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor” (Proverbs 28:8).

The Singapore High Court has granted a stay of execution for Malaysian Datchinamurthy Kataiah, according to rights group Lawyers for Liberty. Datchinamurthy, 36, was supposed to be hanged tomorrow. “There will be no execution tomorrow morning. Datchinamurthy argued the case himself as no Singapore lawyer dared to represent him for fear of reprisal from the state,” LFL adviser N Surendran said in a Twitter post. Meanwhile, human rights lawyer M Ravi said the Singapore court granted the stay of execution pending the outcome of Datchinamurthy’s prison correspondence misconduct legal challenge. The matter will be heard by the court on May...

The reptile slithered across the bonnet with the van travelling at around 70mph but there wasn't a happy endingM.A van driver got a nasty shock when he noticed a unwelcome passenger clinging to his bonnet during a mundane commute. James Bristow was driving down the M5 towards Staffordshire when he spotted a one metre long grass snake slithering along the hood of his vehicle, despite travelling at around 70mph. James' son Charlie, 25, caught the bizarre encounter on camera while the pair looked on in disbelief as the snake slithered across the bonnet and on to the van's wing mirror....

Games that have had their online services shutdown include Rainbow Six Vegas, Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory, and multiple Just Dance titles. Ubisoft has shut down online services for 90 games across multiple platforms. The game's will still remain playable and offline features for each game should still function as normal.

On Wednesday, it was announced that the Department of Homeland Security would be launching a "Disinformation Governance Board," which will be headed by executive director Nina Jankowicz. Jankowicz herself though has been revealed to have spread disinformation on a number of topics. In screenshots of old tweets posted to Twitter, she was seen dismissing the Hunter Biden laptop as Russian misinformation, slamming free speech, and bashed Twitter’s decision to stop taking action against 2020 election posts. Jankowicz has on numerous occasions discredited the Hunter Biden laptop story, saying it's a "fairy tale" and disinformation. In one tweet, she said that...

What are “Positive Rights”? There is much talk regarding “rights” and how they relate to freedom and liberty. If you’re wondering, “what are positive rights,” and why should I care? We’ll explain what they are and some of the fundamental issues that many people have with this ideology. Positive Rights Definition A positive right is one that requires others (namely the government) to provide you with either a good or service. They do so by taking away another individuals’ rights. Positive right issues start to arise when these infringe on the fundamental human rights of others by requiring them to...

WASHINGTON: The US military’s electronic warfare enterprise needs to take a page from SpaceX when it comes to responding to new threats, the Pentagon’s director for electromagnetic warfare said today. After SpaceX sent Starlink terminals to Ukraine in February in an apparent effort to help Ukraine maintain its internet connection amid war with Russia, SpaceX founder Elon Musk claimed that Russia had jammed Starlink terminals in the country for hours at a time. After a software update, Starlink was operating normally, said Musk, who added on March 25 that the constellation had “resisted all hacking & jamming attempts” in Ukraine....

Deep diving into the Hummer EV; a vehicle I’m not sure I’ve ever had such conflicting thoughts about. On one hand, it’s a brilliant vehicle, wildly capable off-road, and genuinely feels like it has the ability to embarrass both the Ford Raptor and Ram TRX in any scenario, but on the other hand, it appeared on the cover of Time Magazine with a quote about “engineering a greener future.”There are three 250 kW electric motors, which combined give you 1,000 horsepower and 1200 lb-ft of torque. So despite weighing over 9,000 lbs, GM claims it’ll reach 60 miles per hour...

Boris Johnson has declared Russia “must fail and be seen to fail” if it invades Ukraine, warning of a bloody and protracted conflict once Russian troops cross the border ..He said: “If dialogue fails and if Russia chooses to use violence against an innocent and peaceful population in Ukraine, and to disregard the norms of civilised behaviour between states, and to disregard the Charter of the United Nations, then we at this conference should be in no doubt that it is in our collective interest that Russia should ultimately fail and be seen to fail.” He added: “I believe that...