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For the first time since leaving office, former president Donald Trump has started getting specific about what he would do if he wins a second term in the White House. Here are six specific proposals that have recently surfaced in Trump's speeches - and what each plan might look like if he pursued it from the White House. 1. Execute drug dealers 2. Move homeless people to outlying 'tent cities' 3. Deploy federal force against crime, unrest and protests 4. Strip job protections for federal workers 5. Eliminate the Education Department 6. Restrict voting to one day using paper ballots

Given Liz Cheney's overwhelming defeat in yesterday's Wyoming Republican congressional primary, it would be a very uphill slog for her to win a national GOP presidential primary, should that be her goal for 2024. In a mark of just how steep that climb would be, on today's New Day, CNN cast the two legs of Cheney's base of support as . . . Democrats, and the Beltway media! First up was CNN polling maven Harry Enten. Pointing to results showing Cheney with a negative -17 favorability among independents, and a whopping -53 points among Republicans, Enten said: "She does have...

@RandPaul Few people in Washington have been as wrong and damaging on foreign policy as Liz Cheney. Congratulations to @HagemanforWY on her victory tonight. I look forward to working with an advocate for liberty as the next Congresswoman from Wyoming. Bye Liz.

NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) - Traders and fund managers have left crude oil markets in recent months, dropping activity to a seven-year low amid the worst global energy crisis in decades as investors become unwilling to deal with persistently high volatility. The exodus of participants, especially hedge funds and speculators, has made daily price swings far greater than in previous years, making it harder for companies to hedge against physical purchases of oil. The volatility has harmed companies that need energy market stability for their operations, which includes oil-and-gas companies, but also manufacturing and food-and-beverage industries. The high volatility is delaying...

Imagine a stack of $1 bills that reaches nearly 3,000 miles into the sky. That’s how high $44 billion would be. And it’s a pretty good picture of how much money Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A 1.35%) (BRK.B 1.26%) lost in the second quarter of 2022.How did one of the biggest companies on the planet led by one of the most successful investors of all time lose that much money? It was surprisingly easy to do.Only on paperLet’s first be clear on one important point: Berkshire’s loss was only on paper. The company’s businesses generated Q2 revenue of nearly $76.2...

MSNBC “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough on Wednesday accused a large portion of the GOP of wanting “to replace the U.S. government” and “throw away American democracy.” After noting “mainstream” conservatives were talking about “having to stomp out the FBI tyranny,” Scarborough called into question why almost 40% of the GOP electorate supported replacing the government “because a moderate from Delaware won a presidential election.”

Germany is facing a complete collapse of its power grid this winter due to the soaring demand for electric heaters amid growing fears gas supplies could be cut off. Germans are now panic buying electric heaters after firewood supplies and stoves sold out, a desperate backup option to survive the plummeting winter temperatures. But according to the boss of the Stadtwerke Wiesbaden Netz utility company, Peter Lautz, the sheer amount of citizens using electric heaters would put enormous strain on the country’s electricity grid. Electric heaters use between 1,000 and 3,000 watts of energy, so when all are plugged in...

CNN anchor Chris Wallace said Tuesday on “Don Lemon Tonight” that Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) “declared war on Donald Trump” during her concession speech. Wallace said, “What struck me was the reference to Lincoln, and the reference to Grant, and the comparison to the Civil War. And I think she was very explicitly saying that just as our union was in jeopardy, life or death jeopardy, back in the 1860s, that the union is in jeopardy today. That is a pretty stark.”

Peter Strzok defends FBI after Trump Mar-a-Lago raid: 'Trust what the FBI is doing'

“As the war has dragged on, it has become harder to find meaningful ways to penalize Russia,” said Richard Gowan, U.N. director at the independent International Crisis Group.In some cases, Western countries are shying away from some specific moves, fearing tepid support, as rising vote abstentions have signaled a growing unwillingness to publicly oppose Moscow, diplomats and observers said.The European Union mulled a plan in June to appoint a U.N. expert to investigate human rights violations in Russia, according to diplomats, but it shelved the idea over fears nearly half the 47-member U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva might oppose...

From investigating school board parents to raiding Mar-a-Lago, the FBI is on a rampage! Who will they raid next? It could be you! To help you protect yourself, The Babylon Bee has consulted law enforcement experts to learn the top 10 signs the FBI is about to kick your door down: A windowless van labeled "Fiber Board Installers" has been parked outside your house all week: And there's a satellite dish on the roof. Weird. The bush in your front yard is a foot closer to the house every time you look at it: You could've sworn it was by...

This is a really good question and has piqued my interest since it speaks directly to my doctoral research, rendering me somewhat qualified to answer this question from a behavioural scientific perspective. To understand the psychological outcome of this war, we need to understand what it is that Putin wants and then determine his current mindset with regards to the attainment of those desires or preferences. And here we run into problems, because in spite of the copious amount of ink spilt on the topic, nobody knows exactly - perhaps not even Putin himself - what he wants. The signalling...

<p>NEW YORK – Target reported solid sales for the fiscal second quarter but its profit plunged nearly 90% after it was forced to slash prices to clear unwanted inventories of clothing, home goods and electronics.</p><p>In early June, Target warned that it was canceling orders from suppliers and aggressively cutting prices because of a pronounced spending shift by Americans as the pandemic eased.</p>

A Latvian-American businessman who made his money in Russia before becoming a critic of Putin has been found dead in the US, Russian media has claimed. Dan Rapoport, an investment banker, is said to have killed himself in Washington DC in recent days - with the former editor of Russian Tatler magazine claiming Tuesday that his dog was found in a nearby park with money and a suicide note. But widow Alena, a Ukrainian virologist, has denied he killed himself - saying 'there was no note, no suicide'. She claimed that an investigation has been launched into his death, but...

Streaming service Disney+ has hired a prominent Chicago Area drag queen to appear in a new superhero show aimed at youngsters. 33-year-old Jaren Kyei Merrell, known better by his stage name Shea Couleé, will be a part of the new show Ironheart, a part of Disney’s Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), with the show set to begin streaming next year. Ironheart will focus on a teenage superhero who creates a suit similar to the one in Ironman. Couleé is a former winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, a reality show featuring men dressed as oversexualized women competing for money and prizes such...

... Columbus City Schools, the state’s largest district with some 47,000 students, plans to start the school year remotely using non-union substitute teachers if CEA were to strike if a new contract agreement is not reached before school starts Aug. 24. District spokeswoman Jacqueline Bryant said the district has 600 substitutes who would be given the curriculum to teach remotely, according to information on a district webpage. ...

CHELSEA, NY — Desus Nice and The Kid Mero's pursuit of new "creative endeavors" after their high-profile split unfortunately will force dozens of workers to search for new gigs.The end of Showtime's "Desus & Mero Show" will lead to the permanent layoff of 73 employees starting Aug. 15, according to a dislocated workers notice filed with the state.

WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (Reuters) - Some Black farmers say they are disappointed by a new U.S. agriculture debt relief program that stands to save thousands of farmers from foreclosure, after the plan failed to specifically target minorities as they had hoped. The program, included in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) signed by U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday, follows an earlier debt relief program that provided aid based on race but ended in a web of litigation after white farmers sued to stop payments. The new program, which makes farmers eligible for relief based on economic precariousness rather than race,...

Mass formation-they show a cruelty toward people who do not buy into the narrative. Could this be why people not wearing masks were physically assaulted during the pandemic? It also explains why people have been assaulted and even killed for the simple act of wearing a MAGA hat. Being blinded to the riots, looting, killing, and arson committed across the country last year by BLM and Antifa, while calling for the harshest of punishment for the January 6 demonstrators is a perfect example of mass formation. COVID jab deaths and injuries are simply unrecognized. People will get the vaccine, suffer...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...