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If not for a quick-thinking and armed off-duty corrections officer in New York, there would potentially have been a mass-shooting incident in Queens on Sunday evening. Correction Officer David Donegan was at a memorial event Sunday night when two men pulled out guns and pointed them at the crowd. "Yesterday evening, as a crowd of people were observing an event remembering the passing of a friend, two individuals pulled out weapons and pointed them, firing at the crowd including our Correction Officer, David Donegan. Thankfully, Officer Donegan, who was off duty at the time, immediately pulled out his weapon and...

As Ukraine continues to lose ground in the east, its leaders are inexplicably demanding three-quarters of a trillion dollars to "reconstruct" areas controlled by Russia. Once widely considered the most corrupt country in Europe, Western leaders have already dumped in billions with zero oversight. Will they keep writing checks? Podcast ...

The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks” The international LHCb collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) has observed three never-before-seen particles: a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”, which includes a new type of tetraquark. The findings, presented today at a CERN seminar, add three new exotic members to the growing list of new hadrons found at the LHC. They will help physicists better understand how quarks bind together into these composite particles. Quarks are elementary particles and come in six flavours: up, down, charm, strange, top...

For the final 6 months of 2022, the standard mileage rate for business travel will be 62.5 cents per mile, up 4 cents from the rate effective at the start of the year. The new rate for deductible medical or moving expenses (available for active-duty members of the military) will be 22 cents for the remainder of 2022, up 4 cents from the rate effective at the start of 2022. These new rates become effective July 1, 2022. In recognition of recent gasoline price increases, the IRS made this special adjustment for the final months of 2022. The IRS normally...

Amid the nationwide crime crisis that has arisen out of woke Democrat policies and the so-called "progressive prosecutor" movement, Philadelphia has been especially hard-hit — and its mayor is apparently tired of leading and looking forward to being out of office after overseeing the city's record-setting crime spike. On Independence Day, two law enforcement officers were hit with gunfire at Philly's July Fourth festivities from an unknown suspect or suspects — authorities are still trying to identify those responsible and determine their motive. Thankfully, both officers were discharged after being treated for their wounds. Video of the chaos that followed...

Japan is facing an energy crisis that can severely hurt the world's third-largest economy as it is forced to tackle a combination of a weak local currency, the fallout from the Ukraine war, and a heatwave. Japan already had a significant energy import bill as it depends on foreign oil and gas for 90 percent of its needs. But as the yen fell to the lowest in 20 years, Japan's bill became even bigger, with the price rise in crude oil, which has been some 40 percent in dollar terms since the start of 2022, reaching a whopping 70 percent...

According to a source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Border Patrol agents apprehended just under 192,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry in June. The source told Breitbart Texas that Border Patrol agents are exhausted and overwhelmed while attempting to keep up with the volume of illegal crossings. As agents are tied up with processing these migrants in shelters that are beyond capacity, smugglers are free to move other migrants into the U.S. interior. The tactics used had many tragic results in June. National media attention did not focus on the...

Jump out of a perfectly good airplane, charge a machine gun nest, be stationed at Ft. Irwin – these are just three of the myriad miseries American patriots are willing to endure to defend our country. But today's military is asking too much of our young people, as evidenced by the crashing recruitment rates that threaten to deplete a military already running short of soldiers. Have our young people suddenly turned from heroes to zeros, ne'er-do-well heirs of the brave warriors who confronted the forces of tyrannical gun control at Lexington and Concord? No. The kids are alright. The problems...

Yesterday across the United States we saw evidence of a coordinated attack on our nation, our history, and innocent people. In Highland Park, Illinois a black-clad, skinny jeans-wearing, Kool-Aid haired Marxist opened fire on a crowd of 4th of July revelers in what can only be described as an act of Antifa terrorism. In Washington DC, Portland, Atlantic City, Sacramento, St. Louis, and etc. Antifa and BLM (often the same people) insurgents orchestrated highway blockades to disrupt holiday travelers. That these terrorists were Antifa is clear as they had all the hallmarks of Antifa: umbrellas to block cameras and tear...

Klansmen learn the new rules. Can these racists get with the times and discover all the new ways to be racist? Watch all three episodes here and find out! They end up carrying off old-time liberal to be piloried with the blessing of CRT activists.

Rep. Mullin Strong Favorite in Oklahoma Senate Runoff In the Republican primary that is tantamount to election to the seat of Oklahoma's retiring GOP Sen. Jim Inhofe, the top two vote-getters Tuesday were Rep. Markwayne Mullin and former state House Speaker T.W. Shannon — both stalwart conservatives and strong supporters of former President Donald Trump. But with Mullin drawing 44% of the vote in a 13-candidate race, he remains the strong favorite over Shannon (18%) in the runoff Aug. 23.

Putin announces operational pause after capturing towns in the east Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated the Russian seizure of Lysychansk and the majority of the Luhansk regional border in eastern Ukraine by appearing to direct his military to conduct an “operational pause”, the Institute for the Study of War reported on Monday. Putin and Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu called the recent Russian gains in the Luhansk region as a major victory for Russian forces in Ukraine. The Russian president also stated that the Russian units that participated in the battle for Lysychansk should rest to increase their combat capabilities,...

Joe Biden continues to deflect blame from his own energy policies for the high prices Americans are paying for gas, including by claiming gas station owners are price gouging. “My message to the companies running gas stations and setting prices at the pump is simple: this is a time of war and global peril,” Biden tweeted on Sunday. “Bring down the price you are charging at the pump to reflect the cost you’re paying for the product. And do it now.” The U.S. Oil and Gas Association tweeted back: “Working on it Mr. President,” the association tweeted. “In the meantime...

Travesti parties, Vladimir Lenin advocating sexual freedom, nudist anarchists aboard trams, a nude beach near the cathedral of Christ the Savior… such was Russian life at the beginning of the Soviet state. What could possibly go wrong?“Stark naked people wearing armbands reading “Down With Shame!” have recently appeared in Moscow. A group was seen boarding a tram. The tram stopped, the public was outraged,” Mikhail Bulgakov, the famous Russian writer, wrote in his diary in 1924. Just 15 years prior to that, women could not think of going out in a knee-long dress. But did these changes happen overnight?Pre-revolutionary Russian...

Last Monday, hours after three people were shot and three others stabbed in separate incidents following the Chicago Pride Parade, city officials offered glowing reviews of their performance. Everyone responsible for the shootings and stabbings was in custody, they said. “The next best thing to preventing it is holding the person accountable and making an arrest right away, which is what happened,” CPD Supt. David Brown told reporters Monday afternoon. Police also recovered a gun from the shooting, Brown said. ...

“Feeling a little ambivalent about celebrating America this year?” “The only solution is to swap out all the American flags for pride flags and pledge allegiance to the fight for LGBTQ rights anew” - @lgbtqnation

As the phony January 6th Committee lies away and some RINOs begin to hedge their bets, sources say President Trump is poised to make a big announcementDue to the lying January 6th Committee’s continued unfounded (and unpopular) attack on President Trump, coupled with many RINOs such as Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and former Vice President Mike Pence being rumored to run in 2024, many Republican strategists anticipate President Trump announcing his bid for 2024 early–by November of this year.Although he has not declared his intent yet but instead said only that he is “close” to making a decision, those close...

Iran, Russia, and China are gearing up to run a series of major war drills in Latin America in a show of force meant to signal how these militaries can reach the United States. Venezuela, under the leadership of anti-U.S. socialist president Nicolás Maduro, is scheduled to host the war games in mid-August, according to a report by the Center for a Secure Free Society, a think tank that tracks malign regimes. Along with 10 other nations, Russia, China, and Iran will move their militaries into the Western Hemisphere for war drills that will "preposition forward-deployed military assets in Latin...

In perhaps the biggest setback yet suffered by the transgenderist juggernaut, the International Swimming Federation has sunk the dreams of Olympic gold of Will “Lia” Thomas, the also-ran male swimmer who declared himself a woman and won an NCAA championship. In a shocking spasm of sanity, the ruling body declared that ex-men who had gone through male puberty (from age 12 onward) are ineligible to enter women’s events because of the permanent advantages in size and strength they have gained. It’s hard to lose when you have as much of an ideological tailwind at your back as Thomas has had,...

Alignable's June Rent Report reveals that rent delinquency rates in the U.S. have reached record levels for 2022. This year started with an average national delinquency rate of 26%, but now that rate is up by 9% compared to January, as 35% of small businesses in the U.S. could not pay their rent in full or on time in June. Not only is this rate 2% higher than it was last month, it’s the highest it has been this entire year. Most small business owners attribute this worsening situation to record-breaking inflation, which includes escalating gas, labor, and supply costs....