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Fox News host Laura Ingraham recently said Americans might be ready “to turn the page” on President Trump as he decides whether to run for president a third time. Ingraham said the following during an appearance on Lisa Boothe’s podcast."The country I think is so exhausted. They’re exhausted by the battle, the constant battle, that they may believe that, well, maybe it’s time to turn the page if we can get someone who has all Trump’s policies, who’s not Trump.”The mainstream media, which is a mouthpiece for the Democrats, carried this news with glee, claiming that Ingraham was turning on...

The energy crisis is getting worse, piling pressure on commodities industries that provide the building blocks of the global economy. Energy-intensive sectors such as steel, fertilizers and aluminum — the most widely used base metal — are being forced to close factories or pass on soaring costs. Materials crucial for electric-car batteries and generating solar power are feeling the pinch, too. SIGN UP FOR THE IRON ORE DIGEST The tumult risks further squeezing households struggling with the worst cost-of-living crisis in decades and pushing economies into recession. If things aren’t bad enough now, they could get much worse this winter,...

The CDC said Monkeypox is closely related to the virus that causes smallpox, and smallpox vaccines can provide some protection against Monkeypox. CHARLOTTE, N.C. — With monkeypox cases climbing across the U.S. and in the Carolinas, many people who were vaccinated for smallpox have been asking if that vaccine will protect them from monkeypox. WCNC Charlotte's VERIFY team got this question from viewer Lynda O.: "Does the smallpox vaccine given to children prior to 1972 confer immunity to Monkeypox?" OUR SOURCES: South Carolina State Epidemiologist Dr. Lynda Bell The CDC The CDC said monkeypox is closely related to the virus...

43 ships have already passed through "grain corridor" - Turkish Ministry of Defense News Censor.NET War in Ukraine корабель Since August 1, 43 ships have passed through the "grain corridors": 25 of them left Ukrainian ports, 18 - entered. A total of 622 thousand tons of grain have been exported. This was reported by the Ministry of National Defense of Turkey, reports Censor.NЕТ with reference to Ukrinform. "Since August 1, 43 ships have departed, 25 of which have left Ukrainian ports. For shipment of grain 18 vessels entered Ukrainian ports. At present more than 622 thousand tons of grain have...

A Florida man allegedly texted someone about buying an eight-ball of cocaine. Except the person on the other end of the phone was a politician, not a buyer. Jack Edward Fisher, 18, was arrested Monday and charged with felony possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and unlawful use of a two-way communications device, according to the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office. It’s unclear who Fisher’s text was meant for, but it instead went to Flagler County Commissioner Joe Mullins, who reported him immediately to the police. Officers then had Mullins keep texting with Fisher and arrange a meeting, where he...

Two lady frogs were at a bar discussing recent romances. The first frog said, “My date hugged me so tight I just wanted to croak." The second frog said her date was really great, but his one quirk was he always had to have a midnight snack. It turned out he was a fly-by-night kind of guy. — Vernon Newby, Hayden Lake, Idaho

The monkeypox outbreak in the US is spreading, but there are vaccines and other treatments available. Why it matters Because the outbreak is ongoing, more people will be diagnosed with or exposed to monkeypox in the coming weeks. What it means for you Most people with monkeypox don't require medical treatment outside the home. If you get monkeypox or think you were exposed, there are steps you can take to reduce your risk of giving it someone else. Do you think you could have monkeypox or might've been recently exposed? Take a deep breath: It's normal to feel uneasy or...

An alligator bit a man’s face while he was swimming in a lake near Tampa. It happened last Thursday at Lake Thonotosassa which is in Hillsborough County. Fire rescue took the 34-year-old man to the hospital after the alligator bit his face, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which dispatched a contracted trapper to the lake and is continuing to investigate the incident.

Concerned that the name "monkeypox" may stigmatize and humiliate its unfortunate victims, the World Health Organization (WHO) is determined to choose a different name for the disease. WHO Director Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus argued that "the current name conveys a demeaning insinuation of improper conduct between man and monkey. Victims of this painful and annoying ailment deserve better." The Doctor suggested that "in my opinion, a more fitting name would be 'homopox.' Ninety-eight percent of the sufferers are men who have sex with other men. I think the disease ought to be named after the victims. This would be a...

It's just me in the business so I can help a friend who is a building contractor. 5-10 hours a week. So I don't want to pay large setup or annual fees. I just don't want 87,000 heavily armed IRS agents battering my door down. I'm in North Carolina if that matters.

Corporations and utopians are offering authoritarian solutions to crises only democracy and free markets can solve Deloitte is the largest “professional services network” in the world. Headquartered in London, it is also one of the big four global accounting companies, offering audit, consulting, risk advisory, tax and legal services to corporate clients. With a third of a million professionals operating on those fronts worldwide, and as the third-largest privately owned company in the US, Deloitte is a behemoth with numerous and far-reaching tentacles. In short: it is an entity we should all know about, not least because such enterprises no...

A Florida woman was arrested for making 12,512 phone calls to police precincts this year. Carla Jefferson, 51, "harasses, belittles, swears at, argues with" whoever picks up her incessant calls to the non-emergency lines of the St. Petersburg Police department and the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, according to a court document. Jefferson’s calls account for 10% of incoming phone traffic to the St. Petersburg Department this year, according to officials. Last month, Jefferson called the precinct 512 times in a 24-hour span. The calls were described in the affidavit as "vulgar, threatening, or obscene." Every incoming call made to the...

Most of the time, users can choose to delete the...these new malicious apps trick victims into installing them, only to change their name and icons and even take some extra steps to conceal their presence on the device. Users can still delete them at will, the developers make it more difficult to find them on the affected devices. The 'GPS Locations Maps' app makes it difficult for users to find and uninstall it by changing its icon. Also, on some devices, a few malicious apps even request permission to bypass the battery optimization feature and start foreground services notifications to...

If anyone wants to protest this tyranny, are the home addresses of Wray, Garland and Judge Bruce Reignhart available? Some people might want to exercise their rights and go protest in front of their homes, just like the Democrats have done repeatedly to Supreme Court Justice's like Brett Kavanaugh and others. Would it be unethical to protest in front of the homes of the corrupt?

"I do not find that as a lawful order, we do not see this as reasonable" "We are not going to be implicated by any means as looters, we will not stand this" Video submitted to the Kyiv Independent, who covered this and other controversies raised by foreign legion members in a new article (linked in comments)

Advocates for inmates say the Nevada Department of Corrections is not doing enough to prevent sexual abuse in its prisons after a chaplain was fired and charged with assault of a female prisoner. The American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada filed a lawsuit in Clark County District Court against NDOC on July 29 for failing to prevent staff from carrying out further acts of cruel and unusual punishment. It comes after Donald Burse, 55, was accused of sexually assaulting and seeking sexual favors from an inmate at Florence McClure Women’s Correctional Center in Las Vegas in exchange for supplying contraband....

A Snapping Turtle Hatchling is making it’s way through high grass to it’s destination. A Long Island animal group is alleging that Suffolk County workers "literally mowed down" more than 100 snapping turtle hatchlings and demanding an investigation into what happened. John Di Leonardo, the president and executive director of Humane Long Island, said that a resident made the gruesome discovery of the dead young reptiles earlier in the week at the Meadow Croft Estate in Sayville. On Wednesday, he called on the county parks department and the New York Department of Environmental Protection to look into the matter, and...

In an interview with German online magazine Tichys Einblick, published on Thursday, Orban said he expects the European Union to emerge weaker in the global arena once the fighting in Ukraine is over. The Hungarian leader argued that the West is incapable of winning the conflict militarily, and that the sanctions it has imposed on Moscow have failed to destabilize Russia. To make matters worse, the punitive measures have spectacularly backfired on Europe, he said.

RUSSIAN officials shut down a key bridge to Crimea and fled over fears of an attack, according to Ukrainian reports. The Crimean Bridge, which is also known as the Kerch Bridge, links the Russian mainland to the peninsula, annexed by Moscow in 2014. Some Russians dubbed the road and rail structure "Putin's bridge" as it was designed to link Crimea to Russia’s transport network. Tensions are running high in Crimea which has been the target of a number of attacks in recent weeks with air and military bases targeted. Ukrainian TV channel 24 claimed yesterday (August 16) that Moscow had...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart on Thursday said the affidavit related to the FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate should not be completely sealed, Fox News has learned. Reinhardt has ordered other documents related to the FBI raid to be unsealed today, including the application for the warrant, the motion to seal, and the cover sheet. On the affidavit, the judge found that the entire affidavit should not be sealed. Reinhart has reportedly given the government one week to submit proposed redactions under seal by noon on August 25th. Judge Reinhart will review those redactions and then decide how he...