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Misery loves company. And unfortunately for America, the merchants of misery will be in charge for a long time. My daughter’s college graduation last weekend was the first convocation held at the university since 2019. Although everyone was grateful for a return to normalcy, the pandemic still clouded the ceremonies; professors recounted the ways in which the students’ lives had been upended, commending them for soldiering on despite the unprecedented disruption. Their praise only acted as a cruel reminder of the time, friendships, and experiences needlessly and irretrievably lost. Campus, of course, never really returned to anything close to normal....

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, recently made a stunning admission: he’ll be voting Republican for the first time ever. "I have voted overwhelmingly for Democrats, historically – overwhelmingly. Like I'm not sure, I might never have voted for a Republican, just to be clear," the Tesla CEO told the All-In Podcast. "Now this election, I will." In a follow-up tweet, Musk elaborated more on his decision. “In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party,” tweeted the billionaire. “But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them...

IPray For The Peace of JerusalemGenesis 4Cain and Abel 4 Adam[a] made love to his wife Eve, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Cain.[b] She said, “With the help of the Lord I have brought forth[c] a man.” 2 Later she gave birth to his brother Abel. Now Abel kept flocks, and Cain worked the soil. 3 In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. 4 And Abel also brought an offering—fat portions from some of the firstborn of his flock. The Lord looked with favor...

A 2020 report by a think tank funded by liberal billionaire George Soros raised questions about whether it had any hand in the creation of President Joe Biden’s “Ministry of Truth.” The Department of Homeland Security’s Disinformation Governance Board “may have originated from an under-the-radar think tank report that called on the department to change its focus,” Just the News reported. The 2020 report, published by the establishment Atlantic Council, called on the DHS to begin “prioritizing ‘nonmilitary threats,’ such as white supremacism and disinformation,” according to Just the News’ article. The report was headlined, “Future of DHS Project: Key...

Witness testimony and videos obtained by The New York Times show how Russian paratroopers executed at least eight Ukrainian men in a Kyiv suburb on March 4, a potential war crime.

A suspect is in custody after two people were killed and eight others wounded in a mass shooting in downtown Chicago late Thursday night. Police said it happened just after 10:40 p.m. outside a McDonald's. One of its windows was shattered during the shooting. Police confirmed to CBS Chicago that a suspect was in custody and a handgun was recovered at the scene. Authorities didn't immediately release the names and ages of the victims or the conditions of the wounded.

President Joe Biden plans to meet with the head of South Korean automaker Hyundai on Sunday to praise its decision to invest billions to build a new factory in Georgia, during a trip to Asia where he will champion direct foreign investment in the U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said Biden would thank the CEO for Hyundai's planned investment in Georgia – in a move that coincides with his own push to keep job creation going while showing an effort to tackle inflation. The timing could also play to the benefit of Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who is...

In the two years since George Floyd’s accidental fentanyl overdose death, multiple intelligence agencies and other national security apparatuses have focused on hiring more minorities, claiming that diversity is a top national security issue. According to the Associated Press, multiple employees of various intelligence agencies used the accidental death of George Floyd, which sparked violent race riots and acts of domestic terrorism all across the country, as an excuse to complain about alleged discrimination in the workplace. Staff calls were held at several agencies in the summer of 2020, including the National Security Agency (NSA), where General Paul Nakasone listened...

Already 1,908 nationalists have surrendered in Azovstal, before that 1,387 marines laid down their arms there, Shoigu said. Civilians who were held there by Ukrainian nationalists were also evacuated from the plant - 177 people were rescued, including 85 women and 47 children, the minister said at the collegium of the Ministry of Defense.

During congressional testimony on Thursday, two witnesses called by Democratic members of Congress testified that biological men are capable of getting pregnant and having abortions, while refusing to give a concrete definition of the word “woman.” As reported by Fox News, Aimee Arrambide, executive director of the radical pro-abortion group Avow Texas, was asked about both subjects of Congressman Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) during a hearing titled “Revoking your Rights.” When asked to define what “a woman is,” Arrambide refused to answer the question, instead responding with “I believe that everyone can identify for themselves.” Bishop then moved on to the...

Two Secret Service employees -- an agent and an armed physical security specialist -- in South Korea to prepare for President Joe Biden's impending arrival are being sent home after an alleged alcohol-fueled incident that ended with a report being filed with local police, according to two sources briefed on the situation. The personnel were assigned to help prepare for the presidential visit when they went out for dinner and then stopped at several bars, the sources told ABC News. The agent who allegedly got into the argument with the cab driver is scheduled to be interviewed by local police...

Joe Biden is becoming engulfed in a national energy crisis, and he decided to kill virtually all oil and gas leases in Alaska. He already got the ball rolling on this fiasco when he decided to nix the Keystone Pipeline. It was a bad policy, but one he was forced to make because the environmental Left would have had a coronary. It’s not hard to see gas prices soaring to a national average of $5/gallon by the dog days of summer. This is Joe Biden’s crisis. It’s his fault, and it’s sadistic. These people thought they could ride in and...

If you don’t trust a merchant, will you do business with him? If you don’t trust a lawyer, would you rely on his advice? If you distrust a doctor, would you let him operate on you? Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas said out loud what should by now be obvious to everyone. “I no longer have trust in the institution,” Thomas said of the high court after the leak of a draft decision that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Thomas was appalled by the breach of the court’s tradition of keeping tentative decisions secret until they are released in final...

Next week is the start of the 2022 election season in Georgia with the party primary elections. All the party leaders involved in the controversy over allegations of election fraud in November 2020 are up for reelection. The other hot issue for Georgia’s voters is whether the 2021 election reform law will produce credible election results in 2022 and 2024, results that reflect the will of a majority of lawful voters. The odds are not good that the reform will work. The movie 2000 Mules provides damning evidence of an organized plot to stuff election drop boxes in the 2020...

When Joe Biden became president, the United States was coming out of the worst pandemic in more than a century. The country needed a steady hand who could unify everyone. Biden promised to be that kind of president. But instead of implementing sound policies, Biden trashed the country. He declared open war on the U.S. energy industry on day one. He also pushed plans to print trillions more dollars and pump them into the ailing economy. It doesn’t take Warren Buffet to predict the impact of just those two decisions. It doesn’t take Jeff Bezos to recognize where this would...

In a move described as “historic,” the Egyptian president issued a decision appointing a Christian judge as head of the Supreme Constitutional Court for the first time in history. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi swore in Feb. 9 Judge Boulos Fahmy as head of the Supreme Constitutional Court, based on a presidential decree issued Feb. 7. Fahmy replaces Judge Saeed Marie, who was referred to retirement due to poor health. The appointment is a historic step, as Fahmy will be the first Coptic Christian judge to preside over a court entrusted with monitoring the constitutionality of laws. With his appointment,...

A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR 'Uhlenhaut Coupé', always in possession of the auto maker, sold for $143 million at RM Sotheby's! The auction house's description with many photos - 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR An unbelievable amount of dosh, it puts it in the top 10 of any item sold at auction. O Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz.

The long-running case revolved around practices that the leading U.S. provider of airline fare data to travel agents imposes on nearly all airlines. If the verdict stands, it doesn't make Sabre change, well, anything. Except maybe a smaller tip for a barista Airlines huffed at global distribution services companies like Sabre Corp. for decades. They puffed about how excessive fees and anti-competitive terms imposed by businesses that provide flight schedules, fare discount information, and booking services to travel agents were costing them hundreds of millions of dollars in profits. And on Thursday, a federal court jury in Manhattan blew their...

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said on Thursday that Congress could pass the “transformational” Competes Act before July 4, saying they hope to celebrate its passage before the holiday. The Competes Act of 2022 would approve billions of dollars for programs to accelerate U.S. manufacturing of critical supplies and goods such as semiconductor chips, increasing U.S. might in sectors dominated largely by China. The bill is also intended to address the supply chain disruptions still plaguing the nation, which have helped fuel high inflation. At her weekly press conference, Pelosi said there is currently “a big lobbying effort” in Congress...

Glenn Greenwald tells 'The Ingraham Angle' that unlike the first war on terror, this one is increasingly a war on terror on domestic soil aimed not at foreign nationals, but domestic citizens. House Democrats plus Adam Kinzinger voted to nearly criminalize their political opposition — under the guise of preventing “domestic terrorism.” Segment...