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ussian President Vladimir Putin has scheduled an operational meeting with members of the Russian Security Council, as rumors swirl that Russia and Belarus are moving toward a unification process. "On Friday, the president will hold an operational meeting with the permanent members of the Security Council in the middle of the day or in the afternoon—it will depend on other events," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Russia's state-run news agency TASS as saying. -snip- Russian political scientist and publicist Andrei Piontkovsky said in an interview with TSN.ua that Putin may, during Friday's meeting, sign a "pact to unite"...

A West Virginia judge was accused of waving a Colt 45 handgun at lawyers in his courtroom during a case over fossil fuel royalties where he mocked the defense's security team for wearing a 'sissy-a** purse' and carrying smaller guns than him. Attorney Lauren Varnado filed a report to the FBI against Circuit Court Judge David Hummel Jr., who oversaw sees cases in New Martinsville, after he allegedly pointed a gun at her and her team on March 12. Varnado - who represented the EQT Production Company against landowners suing over the royalty payments from fossil fuels extraction on their...

Rally being moved to Friday, July 22. Heard from someone associated with Prescott Valley Police Department. They do not know the reason why.

Disgraced actor Armie Hammer may be working as a timeshare salesman in the Cayman Islands after all. After his lawyer denied the claim last week that the 35-year-old actor — who is accused of sexual abuse — ditched the spotlight to work at a resort, a source claimed to Variety that that is indeed what he’s doing because he’s “broke.” “He is working at the resort and selling timeshares. He is working at a cubicle,” the source alleged. “The reality is he’s totally broke and is trying to fill the days and earn money to support his family.”

Unvaccinated Americans were up to eight times more likely to die from COVID-19 this spring than those who received the jab for the virus, data shows. People ages 5 and older in the US who weren’t vaccinated had a six-time greater “risk of dying” in April when compared to those who had at least one primary series of vaccines by Moderna, Pfizer-BioTech and Johnson & Johnson, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data. But the disparity grew even larger among unvaccinated Americans ages 12 and older, who were eight times more likely to die from COVID-19 that month...

Greg Kelly: It's a Biden-run America filled with tragedy, soft mainstream news and self-centered career politicians - a perfect time to remind the world why Trump was like no other..

ABC News mistakenly published a rough draft of its reporting on Ivana Trump’s death Thursday, confusing readers and creating a viral moment on Twitter. Media outlets clamored to quickly get the news out on the passing of Ivana Trump, the first wife of former President Donald Trump, late Thursday. ABC News apparently was so eager that it mistakenly included pre-write notes in its reporting with the headline: “DO NOT PUB Ivana Trump, ex-wife of former President Trump, dies at age 73. In the news business, the words “DO NOT PUB,” indicate that a story is not yet ready to be...

President Biden gave Saudi Arabia’s killer crown prince Mohammed bin Salman a fist-bump Friday as he arrived at a royal palace for meetings — moments after the president shook hands with other Saudi officials at a nearby airport. It was unclear if Biden would shake bin Salman’s hand due to the assessment of US spy agencies that the crown prince had ordered the 2018 operation that murdered Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. The White House reportedly planned for Biden to only give fist-bumps during his two-country Mideast tour as a way to wriggle out of looking too chummy with bin...

(CNN)An Indiana doctor who said she recently helped a 10-year-old rape victim from Ohio get an abortion in her state reported the procedure to Indiana health officials within a required timeframe, documents show, as the state's Republican attorney general has said authorities are investigating the Ob-Gyn for potential failure to report the abortion and child abuse. Dr. Caitlin Bernard, of Indianapolis, reported the abortion procedure to the Indiana Department of Health on July 2 -- two days after it was performed -- as required by the department, documents CNN obtained from the agency show. The young girl was raped in...

The state of Texas sued the federal government Thursday after the Biden administration said federal rules require hospitals to provide abortions if the procedure is necessary to save a mother’s life, even in cases where state law mostly bans the procedure. The lawsuit, which names the Department of Health and Human Services and Secretary Xavier Becerra among its defendants, says the guidance issued by the Biden administration earlier this week is unlawful, and that the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act does not cover abortions. “The Biden Administration seeks to transform every emergency room in the country into a walk-in...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Some hospitals in Texas have reportedly refused to treat patients with major pregnancy complications for fear of violating the state’s abortion ban, the Texas Medical Association said in a letter this week. The association did not name the hospitals but said it’s received complaints that hospitals, administrators and their attorneys may be prohibiting doctors from providing medically appropriate care in some situations, The Dallas Morning News reported. Texas law bans most abortions after about six weeks of a pregnancy. A total ban — that includes exemptions if a woman’s life or health is danger — will...

The Gateway Pundit and Cygnal Polling conducted a poll of likely Republican voters in Arizona’s August 2nd gubernatorial and US Senate primary elections.The poll found that Trump-endorsed Kari Lake and Trump-endorsed Blake Masters are both leading their primary competitors by double digits with less than three weeks to go before the Arizona primary elections.Both Trump-endorsed candidates will be tough on the open southern border, inflation, election integrity, and putting America First.The liberal Arizona state media continues to push bogus polls in favor of Kari Lake’s closest trailing opponent, Governor Ducey-endorsed RINO Karrin Taylor Robson. According to the new Gateway Pundit-Cygnal...

Joe Manchin’s decision to kill off sweeping US climate legislation has been called “nothing short of a death sentence” for younger people and a livable climate on Earth, amid an outpouring of anger and despair from activists, scientists and even many of the US Senator’s Democratic colleagues. Manchin, the centrist West Virginia senator who has become a millionaire through his founding of a coal-trading company in his home state, dealt a crushing political blow to Joe Biden’s agenda on Thursday night when he made clear he would not support any spending to curb the climate crisis in a proposed bill....

In this installment of Practical Magic, Lisa Stardust talks about how to hex the patriarchy. Always remember that magic is for believers, but this column can also simply serve as a guide to getting in touch with yourself — magically or not. Throughout history, witches have fought back against the patriarchy. In fact, the humble beginnings of magic focus on standing up and rebelling against governments that suppress the disenfranchised and those who lack power in society. The witch is a strong being who stands up to fight back against oppression, advocating especially for women’s power and rights. In the...

Many leading Republicans and conservatives want someone other than Donald Trump to run for President in 2024. But this judgment requires an assessment of Trump’s vices and virtues in the context of our current political and cultural circumstances, as well as an assessment of other prospective Republican presidential candidates. Tom Klingenstein, Chairman of the Claremont Institute, explains Trump's Virtues.

This is a revised, updated version of a post originally written on April 21, 2015.UCLA Law Professor Eugene Volokh wrote in the Washington Post on April 20, 2015: “Have civilians with permitted concealed handguns stopped such mass shootings before?” We provided Volokh with a list of such cases, which he used.Below, we have collected news stories on more cases of permit holders stopping mass public shootings with their handguns (we separately collect cases where concealed handguns are used to stop other crimes). There is no reason to believe that this list is comprehensive, given how little media coverage is devoted...

ELON Musk's father has claimed he's had a second unplanned child with his 35-year-old stepdaughter in a bombshell interview. Errol Musk, 76, told The Sun he welcomed a daughter with 35-year-old Jana Bezuidenhout three years ago. Errol Musk has claimed he's had a second unplanned child with his stepdaughter 3 Errol Musk has claimed he's had a second unplanned child with his stepdaughterCredit: AFP He welcomed a daughter with 35-year-old Jana Bezuidenhout three years ago 3 He welcomed a daughter with 35-year-old Jana Bezuidenhout three years agoCredit: Instagram/@janaloves_life It emerged in 2018 that Errol had baby Elliot Rush, nicknamed Rushi...

Twitter exploited the death of Ivana Trump, allowing users to take a disgusting potshot at her ex-husband. Following news about the death of former President Donald Trump’s ex-wife, an “In memoriam” item trended on the platform: “Ivana Trump, ex-wife of Donald Trump, dies at 73.” But right underneath the “memoriam” was another item that mocked Ivana’s demise: “Trending with Wrong Trump, Ivana Trump.” Leftists on Twitter pounced on the platform’s “Wrong Trump” trending item to wish death on the former president. Podcast host Jeff Pearlman spewed: “I see ‘Wrong Trump’ trending. Not gonna lie—I'd said that to my fam a...

The U.S. House Judiciary Committee will take up proposed legislation next week that would ban certain assault weapons, the panel said on Friday, citing a string of recent mass shootings across the United States.The committee will meet on Wednesday to mark up the bill, which "would ban the sale, import, manufacture or transfer of certain semi-automatic weapons," it said in a statement.A spate of gun massacres since May at a New York grocery store, a Texas elementary school and an Illinois Independence Day parade have renewed fierce U.S. debate over gun regulations.

On Thursday, correspondent María Vargas Pión for the Spanish language channel Telemundo knocked on the door of the mother of the 10-year-old Ohio rape victim who told the reporter that the girl is “fine” and “everything that they're saying against him [the rapist] is a lie.” Despite this drastic turn in the tragedy surrounding this tragic rape case, all three evening news broadcasts ignored the story and focused instead on the Indiana Attorney General investigating the abortionist who performed an abortion on the 10-year-old girl. On ABC’s World News Tonight, anchor David Muir spent 36 seconds on the Ohio rape...