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Meta has begun cutting staff and reorganizing teams in an effort to cut costs, according to a new report in The Wall Street Journal. The company apparently doesn’t want to frame the changes as layoffs, but is reportedly “quietly nudging out a significant number of staffers” as it prepares for more significant cuts. It’s not clear how many Meta employees have been affected so far. According to the report. Meta has been allowing staffers to apply for new jobs within the company, but workers only have a 30-day window to do so. The result, according to The Journal, is that...

Vatican Strangles Tradition-Friendly BishopPriest slams Vatican for approving prelates who bless homosexual unionsTOULON, France (ChurchMilitant.com) The Vatican has imposed draconian restrictions on a French bishop who upset Pope Francis by welcoming traditionalist Catholics into his diocese. Bp. Dominique Rey with his priests The bishop of Fréjus–Toulon, Dominique Rey, who was blocked from ordaining six deacons and four priests at the end of June, has revealed that the Vatican's Dicastery for Bishops prohibited him from receiving new priests into the diocese.Henceforth, a presbyteral council, and not the bishop, would make decisions regarding the reception of new priests, Rey told 150 diocesan...

The California trial for the men accused in connection with college student Kristin Smart’s disappearance and presumed death returned to a Monterey County courtroom on Monday after nearly a week hiatus. Jurors on Monday heard from forensic DNA analyst Angela Butler, who first took the stand last week before court went dark. Butler has spent over 20 years in her role and later began focusing her workload on "the most complicated cases submitted to the lab — usually cold cases," she said, according to reports from inside the courtroom. Smart was a 19-year-old college student at California Polytechnic State University...

Ukraine managed to exchange 215 prisoners of war from Russian captivity. The head of Zelenskyy’s Office, Andrii Yermak, said that 108 of them served in the Azov regiment including its commanders, 124 of the freed PoWs are officers. Yermak also told that the five commanders were exchanged for 55 Russian PoWs, 200 PoWs were exchanged for “Putin’s man in Ukraine,” pro-Russian politician Viktor Medvedchuk. The remaining 10 are foreigners who fought on Ukraine’s side.

Tim Allen might be known for his long career in comedy, but his latest joke seems to be a flop on woke social media. On Monday, Allen tweeted after President Biden appeared on the CBS show “60 Minutes.” “Biden was on 60 minutes. I heard he asked how long the show was,” he cracked.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals panel has lifted a judge's hold on the Justice Department's ability to use classified records seized from former President Donald Trump's Florida estate in its ongoing criminal investigation. The ruling from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit is a victory for the Justice Department, clearing the way for it to immediately resume its use of the documents as it evaluates whether to bring criminal charges in its investigation into the presence of top-secret government records held at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left the White House.

A trove of long-hidden FBI files shed light on how slain Gambino boss Frank “Franky Boy” Cali ascended from a family soldier in the 1990s to head of the powerful crime syndicate until his shocking killing in 2019. The heavily redacted files, obtained by The Post through a Freedom of Information Act request, offer to date perhaps the most revealing look into Cali’s rise to power — as the mafia kingpin was known as a “ghost” who kept an extremely low profile to avoid federal prosecution. Cali — who was gunned down outside his Staten Island mansion at 53 —...

After weeks of ducking, getting called “Scaredy Kat” and even having her face photoshopped onto a giant chicken – Gov. Kathy Hochul has finally named a time and place she is willing to debate Republican challenger Lee Zeldin ahead of their Nov. 8 election. The Hochul campaign said Wednesday it is willing to do just one debate against the Long Island congressman – assuming he agrees to meet her at Pace University on Oct. 25 for an hour-long contest hosted by Spectrum News NY1 ahead of the Oct. 29 start of early voting. “Gov. Hochul looks forward to highlighting the...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) is cheering on Democrat investigations into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for flying two planes of illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard. Late last week, DeSantis sent two flights packed with 50 illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard. Less than 48 hours after their arrival, officials on Martha’s Vineyard declared a “humanitarian crisis” and Baker intervened to have the illegal aliens bused off the island to Joint Base Cape Cod.

VIDEOEver since the January 6 Capitol riots took place, speculation has swirled around what role, precisely, the FBI may have played in fomenting and encouraging the assault on the Capitol. Much of that speculation has swirled around a man named Ray Epps, who was captured on video encouraging protesters to invade the Capitol, and who initially was deemed a prime suspect, but who has since been exonerated by authorities and faced no criminal charges. Congressman Thomas Massie recently resurfaced questions about the FBI and January 6 on Twitter, and has yet to receive satisfactory answers.Jimmy and his panel of The...

AVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - A Davenport woman on probation for shooting a man in the emergency room of a local hospital is back behind bars after police say she led police on a chase Monday night. G’sani Natrice Bogan, 22, was booked into the Scott County Jail early Tuesday on charges of eluding, possession of a firearm by a felon, and interference with official acts-dangerous weapon. The charges are all a Class D felony punishable by five years in prison. She also was cited for driving while license suspended, striking fixture upon a highway, open container and failure to provide...

I haven’t seen a convincing explanation of why the Left went so bat-guano crazy over the recent delivery of a handful of illegal aliens to Martha’s Vineyard. Yes, they don’t want people talking about the border in the run-up to the election, since they’re behind the eight ball on the issue. But that’s not it.And, yes, the hypocrisy of sanctuary cities and “In This House We Believe” posturing has been exposed. That’s getting closer, but the buses to New York, Washington, and Chicago were doing that already; the Left was complaining about it, for sure, they didn’t go all Godwin’s...

During the Great Depression, people valued high-calorie combinations of protein and fat. Meat and dairy were costly, and consuming enough energy could prove challenging. Enter peanut butter and mayonnaise on white bread. The combination became a staple in Southern households in the United States and, in some regions, it was as ubiquitous as peanut butter and jelly. For the next 30 years or so, the PB&M was a favorite in many American kitchens, perhaps because adding mayonnaise to the era’s rustic, coarse nut butter may have been key for spreadability. According to Garden & Gun, newspapers from the 1940s in...

A spokesperson for Starbucks says they will close their popular Canal Street location after nine years due to safety and security concerns. Several other Starbucks locations will remain open in New Orleans and neighboring Canal Street business owners say they have no intention of joining the national chain in evacuating the area. On Oct. 3, the coffee shop will close its doors for good. Without providing details on specific incidents, Starbucks spokesman Sam Jefferies says “challenges to personal safety and security, racism, a growing mental health crisis, and issues magnified by COVID are challenges playing out within our stores.” “I...

"This is already war": Commissioner says online platforms drove citizens out onto the streets during the May 2021 Arab-Jewish riots Israel Police commissioner Kobi Shabtai said that in any future outbreaks of severe civil unrest, social media platforms should be shut down in order to halt the spread of violence. Shabtai asserted in an interview that during Arab-Jewish violence in May 2021, social media platforms helped drive civilians to the streets to participate in riots, and that closing them down for a limited period is a necessary step despite democratic norms. "I am of the opinion that in such circumstances,...

Pennsylvania Democratic Senate nominee John Fetterman failed to preside over 33% of the state's Senate legislative sessions as lieutenant governor, but holds a perfect attendance record as chairman of the state's Board of Pardons. [cut] As for the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, which is chaired by Fetterman, the lieutenant governor has had perfect attendance at the quarterly meetings even after his stroke. According to documents obtained through a public records request that were reviewed by Fox News Digital, Fetterman attended every Board of Pardons meeting from March 2019 through December 2021, and video shows him in the April and August...

Sir Isaac Newton vs. the EC There are plenty of formal peer-reviewed industry papers and articles published in specialized international oil & gas journals regarding theoretical “huge volumes” of supposed European nat-gas “reserves”. Supposedly, such reserves would “solve” the absolutely unnecessary self-inflicted European nat-gas crisis. Furthermore, there are lots of curious back-of-the-envelope ´calculations´ plus added blah blah blah with the very same prognosis in mind. And even some European Commission members are on record describing a highly optimistic outlook on how long ( months ! ) would Europe´s natural gas reserves ´easily´ last after Russia stops delivering its traditional and...

[Catholic Caucus] Archbishop Viganò: Belgian bishops are rejecting the Catholic Faith with homosexual ‘blessings’Archbishop Viganò said the Catholic bishops of Belgium were promoting a 'sacrilegious rite' after they published a document containing a 'blessing' for same-sex couples.(LifeSiteNews) – With great scandal for the salvation of souls and the honor of the Church of Christ, the Bishops’ Conference of Belgium has approved and published a rite for the “blessing” of homosexual unions, brazenly contravening the immutable teaching of the Catholic Magisterium, which considers such unions “intrinsically perverse” and which, as such, not only may not bless them but rather must condemn...

On the subject of Taiwan and China, Biden once again stated that Taiwan would be defended militarily should mainland China stage an invasion to reclaim the island. Before the show was even over, the White House had put out a statement saying that America’s One China policy remains unchanged. Yet most telling was when Pelley accompanied Biden to the Detroit Auto Show, and he took note that the convention was going on without masks or social distancing or vaccine mandates. Pelley asked Biden very directly, “Is the pandemic over?” “The pandemic is over,” Biden responded. “We still have a problem...

California will begin offering the option of human composting after death thanks to a bill recently signed into law that aims to tackle climate change. Human composting, also known as natural organic reduction (NOR), would be an option for residents who don't want to be buried or cremated upon their death - starting in 2027. The process involves placing the body inside a long, reusable steel container along with wood chips and flowers to aerate it - allowing microbes and bacteria to do break down the remains.