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Is A Trump-DeSantis Ticket Possible At This Point: Popular Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has been rumored to be considering a 2024 presidential run for some time now, but with the genuine possibility of a third Trump campaign lingering, it’s unclear whether DeSantis is taking the idea seriously? DeSantis is second only to Trump when it comes to smear campaigns from Democrats and the press, making the two men seem like a perfect coupling for some. With the January 6 investigation still ongoing and the recent FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, however, the Florida governor has a lot to think about over...

Vladimir Putin has opened an economic front in his war against Ukraine — intentionally cutting oil and gas supplies to European countries. Parts of Europe may be without heat or power as Russia’s weaponization of energy has sent prices soaring to more than 10 times the average. The risk of citizens freezing to death is a distinct possibility. Putin is gambling that Russia can last longer under sanctions than Europe under winter. That by inflicting enough pain, support for Ukraine will crumble. But how could this even occur, and what, if anything, can America do to help?

In his eagerness to ingratiate himself with mega-podcaster Joe Rogan, Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg inadvertently revealed that the FBI had been more explicit than previously known in its private warning about Russian disinformation shortly before The Post published the Hunter Biden laptop story, which the social media company suppressed before the 2020 election. While Facebook won’t say exactly what the FBI told them, it has told The Post that Hunter Biden was not mentioned. But it refuses to rule out whether Joe Biden or Ukraine were raised in the FBI’s defensive briefing to Facebook weeks before the Oct. 14, 2020,...

It isn’t as if we weren’t warned. Many people have observed for years now that the total exclusion of morality from the public square, and the refusal to declare that any behavior was wrong in itself, would lead to the normalization of all manner of abhorrent behavior. Such warnings seem almost quaint now, with drag queens in primary schools and toddlers being encouraged to undergo radical body mutilation. In this insane environment, it is no surprise whatsoever that the Left is now pushing to make pedophilia as normal as a walk in the park. The assault on traditional values is...

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Paglia case: how to destroy Catholic moralityRecent statements, in Italy, by the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life on abortion have caused scandal and controversy. But these are not extemporaneous remarks, rather there is a precise intention to transform the entire moral doctrine of the Church. Monsignor Paglia is only carrying out the task entrusted to him.In recent days on Italian public television channel Rai 3, Monsignor Vincenzo Paglia, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life, made statements that provoked a heated controversy. Speaking about abortion, and in particular Law 194, which made it legal in Italy in 1978,...

OFFICIAL DISPATCH FROM GEN. POPE. MANASSAS JUNCTION, Aug. 28 -- 10 o'clock P.M. To Major-Gen. H.W. Halleck, General-in-Chief: As soon as I discovered that a large force of the enemy was turning our right toward Manassas, and that the division I had ordered to take post there, two days before, had not yet arrived there from Alexandria, I immediately broke up my camp at Warrenton Junction and Warrenton, and marched rapidly back in three columns. I directed MCDOWELL, with his own and SIGEL's Corps and RENO's Division, to march upon Gainesville, by the Warrenton and Alexandria pike; RENO and one...

Pakistan is in the midst of a huge natural disaster, with flash floods sweeping away whole villages and more than 30 million affected. Richer countries have a "responsibility" to help Pakistan deal with flooding and prevent future disasters because they've caused climate change, its planning minister has said. More than 1,000 people are reported to have died so far and over a million homes have been damaged. Historic monsoon rains have also swept away roads, bridges and crops - and planning minister Ahsan Iqbal said Pakistan was feeling the effects of climate change caused by richer nations and their "irresponsible...

Gruesome video footage shows the moment a protective Sydney, Ohio father guns down his daughter's ex-boyfriend as the man tries to break into the family's home. It was nearly a month ago when James Rayl, 22, tried to shoulder his way through the front door of his former flame Allyson Duckro who lived at 2907 N. Kuther Road. The Ring camera footage recorded on July 31, at 11 a.m. shows the man, wearing a baseball cap, blue hoodie, grey T-shirt and shorts as he stands in front of the door, ring the bell repeatedly.

Before taking a shot, Ukrainian sniper Andriy buries his face in a foldout mat, breathing slowly and deliberately. “I need to be completely relaxed, to find a place where I will not move the rifle when I pull the trigger,” he says. “I don’t think about anything. It’s a kind of vacuum.” In a semicircle around his head are boxes of bullets, printouts of charts, a heavy-duty stapler and a roll of tape. Strapped to his wrist is a monitor, which is the shape of a jewelry box. It’s a ballistics calculator to factor in the wind and other surrounding...

It's pretty obvious to me that the Biden Student Loan Handout is a midterm Hail Mary. With a 40 percent approval rating, why wouldn't the president throw some free stuff at the gender studies graduate vote? What has he got to lose? Notice that I said: "what has he got to lose." I didn't say: what has the average American got to lose by adding $300 billion to $1 trillion to the national debt? It helps me understand how the Peronistas wrecked Argentina, and the Chávezistas wrecked Venezuela. When your policies have wrecked the economy, why not double down, throw...

Paris (AFP) – The cost-of-living crisis pushing millions of people towards poverty in Europe is driven by fossil fuels, according to a leading Earth systems scientist, who has warned that global heating risks causing runaway climate change. Johan Rockstrom, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and co-author of the new book Earth For All, said that spiralling inflation was in large measure a result of decades of government failures to decarbonise their economies. "I find it very disturbing that our political leaders in Europe are unable to communicate that high living costs right now are caused by...

A former deputy who switched allegiance from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the occupying Russian forces in the southern region of Kherson has been shot dead, Russian investigators said Monday. Alexei Kovalev, "the deputy head of the military and civil administration in the Kherson region was killed by bullets," the investigators said on Telegram. The attack took place in his home on Sunday, they said, adding a young woman who lived with him was also a victim. They did not give any further details. In the past months, several Ukrainian officials named by Russian forces in occupied territory have been...

Ukraine may be outgunned but in the latest sign it is not yet outfoxed, a fleet of decoys resembling advanced U.S. rocket systems has tricked Russian forces into wasting expensive long-range cruise missiles on dummy targets, according to interviews with senior U.S. and Ukrainian officials and photographs of the replicas reviewed by The Washington Post. The Ukrainian decoys are made out of wood but can be indistinguishable from an artillery battery through the lens of Russian drones, which transmit their locations to naval cruise missile carriers in the Black Sea. “When the UAVs see the battery, it’s like a VIP...

A CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a long, long time. So she went to check it out. She went to the Western Wall and there he was, walking slowly up to the holy site. She watched him pray and after about 45 minutes, when he turned to leave, using a cane and moving very slowly, she approached him for an interview. "Pardon me, sir, I'm Rebecca Smith from CNN. What's your name? "Morris Feinberg," he replied. "Sir, how long have...

“Gangster” Vladimir Putin is intimidating Ukraine and Europeans with their actions at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky gave a grim warning on Monday, speaking via video link at the conference “Shelf of the Northern Seas” in Norway, that “Russia is the only terrorist in the world who has managed to turn a nuclear power plant into a battlefield.” Zelensky accused Putin of having a “gangster logic” as he is hell bent on intimidating Ukrainians and Europeans through nuclear and radioactive fear. President Zelensky said, “The goal is the same – to intimidate Ukrainians, to intimidate...

Hungry Italians at the food bank to collect bread and milk in the economic capital of Italy. Milan, 27 August. This is Mario Draghi's Italy. (August 27, Milan).

A woman who was struck by a vehicle and killed Thursday in a Decatur parking lot, in what police say was a deliberate act, is being remembered as “a caring and loving friend to all who knew her.” A graveside service will take place Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Midway Memorial Gardens in Moulton for Sherry Smith Sain, 64, who died Thursday. According to Decatur police, Sain was intentionally struck and killed in the parking lot of Walmart Neighborhood Market, 1203 6th Ave. S.E., at about 9 p.m. Thursday. Sain was dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle...

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For centuries, China’s Yangtze River was a torrent. Now, it’s a mere trickle, according to media reports, which indicate the once roaring river has dried up in the midst of a historic drought and heat wave. “The water would reach street level in previous years,” a 65-year-old resident of Wuhan, China, told Bloomberg News, which said temperatures this summer have exceeded 104 degrees Fahrenheit in some Chinese cities. “This year even the riverbed sand is exposed.” To those who rely on the river for water, energy, and employment, it’s as if Mother Nature suddenly turned the spigot on a hose...