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LYSYCHANSK, Ukraine (Tribune News Service) — The first shell was the worst, mostly because it came as a surprise. But then the soldiers thought it was OK to get up, dust themselves off. That's when the second one landed, and it was the worst. The third one is when they understood they were being hunted and somehow that shelling was now the worst. Their commander, a breezily confident 31-year-old named Levan, gathered his squad and waited for the bang of outgoing artillery. He made a dash around the corner to the next block, taking cover beneath the trees before sprinting...

Dr. Simone Gold, a leading figure in the anti-vaccine moment, was sentenced to prison Thursday for storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. The founder of America's Frontline Doctors, Gold and her coalition of physicians have pushed conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 vaccine and promoted disproven treatments like ivermectin. She pleaded guilty in March to a misdemeanor charge of unlawfully entering and remaining in a restricted area of the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6 attack. Christopher Cooper, U.S. district judge for the District of Columbia, sentenced Gold on Thursday to a 60-day prison term followed by 12 months...

The baby hydra started as an ideological animal, but it's growing into something far beyond that. In Part I of this essay, Planet Pennywise Hatches the Hydra, we set the stage - a world turned infernal circus, its peoples' minds raped and desecrated by a demented demon clown - and watched as Something Awful was hatched in an unlikely corner of the internet, gestating in obscurity, feeding on the splinters inserted into the mass mind by generations of propaganda. Our baby monster, a cybernetic hydra composed of millions of young men fueled by rage, despair, and the joy and camaraderie...

Rep. Bill Pascrell (D-N.J.) called on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign on Thursday after news that his wife, Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, emailed with conservative lawyer John Eastman, who was central in former President Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election. In a statement on Thursday, Pascrell said Thomas “cannot possibly be seen as a neutral actor,” labeling him “a corrupt jurist.”

Marxist ideology and practices are coming to Minnesota schools disguised as new teacher licensing rules. The Minnesota teacher licensing board is called the Professional Educators Licensing and Standards Board or PELSB. Each board member was appointed by Gov. Walz and PELSB is fast tracking new teacher licensing requirements.The new standards will embed basic Marxist principles and practices such as critical race theory (CRT), fluid sexual identity, and gender politics into all Minnesota schools.Standard Marxist practices and dogma divide people into opposing groups so that students and teachers must view themselves not as individuals, but as members of groups—oppressor groups or...

@ColumbiaBugle Pathetic. This is what Senator Cornyn thinks of you, Texas.

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is suing Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the Jan. 6 committee. Top Democrats and a few anti-Trump Republicans continue their witch hunt known as the Jan. 6 committee.

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UNITED NATIONS, June 17 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned against a "global mental health crisis," while launching a report on mental health. "We are living through a global mental health crisis," the top UN official said in his video message to launch the World Mental Health Report 2022: Transforming Mental Health For All. Guterres said that nearly 1 billion people around the world, including millions of children and young people, "have a mental health condition," adding that most of them lack access to treatment.

USA Today has removed 23 news stories from its website following an internal audit which found that a reporter who wrote them had misattributed quotes and may have made up interviews and sources. Gabriela Miranda who was the newspaper's 'breaking news reporter' has since resigned from her post. ... 'The audit revealed that some individuals quoted were not affiliated with the organizations claimed and appeared to be fabricated,' the newspaper explained in a statement. 'The existence of other individuals quoted could not be independently verified. In addition, some stories included quotes that should have been credited to others.' USA Today...

An Illinois in-home daycare worker is behind bars after she allegedly caused fatal injuries to an infant by shaking her and then Googled "shaken baby syndrome." According to WAND-TV, citing police, 24-year-old Taylor Burris told authorities she was caring for 7-week-old Maren Gallagher on May 17, when she was hit in the head with a ball thrown by another child. Following the alleged injury at her Forsyth, Ill., home, Burris then reportedly put Maren down for a nap. Ninety minutes later, she proceeded to feed her a bottle, which Maren vomited back up, police said. The infant was then reportedly...

Four ways to fight soaring teacher burnout “Even though teachers are very stressed, about two thirds of the teachers who reported experiencing frequent job-related stress said that they were coping pretty well with that job-related stress,” said Elizabeth D. Steiner, lead author of the RAND Corporation’s new State of the American Teacher survey. By Adam Barnes an empty school classroom and chalkboard Istock Story at a glance Teachers are facing stressors that range from disrupted student learning, to managing student behavior to dealing with staff shortages to addressing students’ mental health. A myriad of solutions, including shortened work weeks, increased...

While the Biden administration and congressional Democrats scramble to blame inflation on anyone but them ahead of midterms, a scheme to pour gasoline on the fire in the forms of fuel rebate cards has already been derailed by the ongoing chip shortage, according to the Washington Post. Biden: “OK, hear me out — What if we tried to solve the inflation crisis with … more inflation!?” https://t.co/qCEIqG5G53 pic.twitter.com/6o9wxXIMVU — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) June 17, 2022 Some White House officials also expressed concern that there would be no way to prevent people from using the cards for purchases other than gasoline....

As the Jan. 6 committee continues to lay out its evidence surrounding the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge on Thursday ruled that a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion -- a voting machine company at the heart of a number of "Big Lie" conspiracy theories -- against far-right news outlet Newsmax is allowed to proceed. Judge Eric M. Davis denied Newsmax's motion to dismiss the $1.6 billion civil suit. In the original complaint filed in August, Dominion said Newsmax "helped create and cultivate an alternate reality where up is down, pigs have wings, and Dominion engaged...

Abbas’ Fatah party praises Muslim hitting a religious Jew: ‘May your hands be blessed, hero’ JUN 17, 2022 4:00 PM BY ROBERT SPENCER Biden’s handlers will send the “Palestinians” a few billion, and then they’ll want peace. Won’t they? “Fatah applauds Arab hitting religious Jew: ‘May your hands be blessed, hero,'” by Nan Jacques Zilberdik, Palestinian Media Watch, June 15, 2022: Abbas’ Fatah party posted a video on Facebook of an Arab hitting a religious Jew in Jerusalem. Text on the video, which was produced by the digital media department of the Fatah-run Awdah TV station, said: ”May your hands...

Sotomayor spoke Thursday to the American Constitution Society, a liberal legal group led by former Sen. Russ Feingold, and didn't bring up the leaked draft, but told the audience she believed the court can help people 'regain the public's confidence' in government institutions. 'Institutions are made up by humans. Because we are human, by necessity we make mistakes. It is the nature of the human enterprise,' Sotomayor said. Sotomayor, who has served on the court since 2009, spoke of the importance of believing that when people do 'wrong things' it does not mean they are 'bad people.' 'There are days...

According To UN Report, Afghan Taliban Continues To Sponsor Al-Qaeda And Other Foreign Jihadi Organizations Such As Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), And East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM); French Justice Inbox MEMRI memri@memri.org via mta-bbcspool.convio.net 3:10 PM (13 minutes ago) to me Having trouble with this message? View it online. memri_CUBEd Arabic1.jpg The Middle East Media Research Institute Like Us on Facebook Follow Us on Twitter YouTube vimeo image.JPG vimeo image.JPG TikTok icon.png The MEMRI Daily: June 17, 2022 According To UN Report, Afghan Taliban Continues To Sponsor Al-Qaeda And Other Foreign Jihadi Organizations Such As Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan...

@JackPosobiec BREAKING: Entire crowd of Texas Republicans boos John Cornyn for pushing red flag laws Clip... [11 secs]

I’m searching … I feel like it’s been scrubbed off the net. I’ve seen here but still can’t find it. Anyone know a link. Tyvm.

The explosion in retail demand for gold has made headlines, but retail investors aren’t the only ones steadily stockpiling the yellow metal. Central banks around the world are stockpiling gold in a big way – and appear poised to do so even more. According to a recent central bank survey conducted by the World Gold Council, gold remains a favorable reserve asset globally.