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Soldiers are leaving the Army National Guard at a faster rate than they are enlisting, fueling concerns that in the coming years units around the country may not meet military requirements for overseas and other deployments. For individual states, which rely on their Guard members for a wide range of missions, it means some are falling short of their troop totals this year, while others may fare better. But the losses comes as many are facing an active hurricane season, fires in the West and continued demand for units overseas, including combat tours in Syria and training missions in Europe...

The twists and turns of the Nord Stream 2 (NS2) saga have yielded yet another stunning game-changer. It started with Gazprom revealing that the Line B string of NS2 is intact; not only it escaped Pipeline Terror but may “potentially” be used to pump gas to Germany. That confirms once again that NS2 is an engineering marvel. In fact the whole system: the pipes are so strong they were not broken, but merely punctured. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak followed up, with a caveat: restoration of the whole system, including NS, is possible, and “requires time and…funds”.…. … Subsequently...

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) denounced as “classic anti-Semitism” remarks by the rapper Kanye West, who in a radio interview last week attempted to explain President Obama’s inability to gain momentum on his policy priorities in Washington, D.C. with the outrageous statement that, “Black people don’t have the same level of connections as Jewish people.” “If the comments are true as reported, this is classic anti-Semitism,” said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director. “There it goes again, the age-old canard that Jews are all-powerful and control the levers of power in government. As a celebrity with a wide following, Kanye West...

Democratic Rep. Sean Casten's 17-year-old daughter Gwen passed away earlier this year due to sudden cardiac arrythmia, the family noted in a statement. "In layman's terms, she was fine, and then her heart stopped," the statement explained, noting that the young woman was healthy and that the family does not know the reason the heart issue occurred. "Gwen was a healthy 2022 teenager. She ate well, exercised, got regular check-ups, didn't suffer from any behavioral health issues, and had close relationships with family and friends. She was fully vaccinated, and quarantined after occasional positive, asymptomatic COVID tests during the omicron...

...Federal officials have spent the past year urging Americans to get booster shots to bolster their protection against the coronavirus, which wanes over time....But the campaigns have lagged badly. Only about 105 million U.S. adults — roughly 40 percent — have received the third shot of vaccine initially offered a year ago, according to federal data, a far lower rate than countries like the United Kingdom, where more than 70 percent of adults have gotten a third dose. That figure is also well behind the 200 million U.S. adults who completed their primary series of shots. Early data shows that...

The man charged with fatally stabbing two people and wounding six others during a crazed rampage on the Las Vegas strip was in the United States illegally and has a criminal record, according to a report. The 32-year-old alleged attacker, Yoni Barrios, is a Guatemalan national with a criminal record in California, a source with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed to Fox News

Breaking: The Kerch Bridge, which connects occupied Crimea to Russia, is on fire.

Joe Biden on Friday burned 3,866 lbs of jet fuel to fly 72 miles aboard Air Force One to deliver a speech in Hagerstown, Maryland. Biden’s 40-minute flight to Hagerstown burned about 3,886 lbs of jet fuel as he traveled in a Boeing 757 aircraft, which burns roughly 5,800 lbs of fuel per hour if the aircraft is traveling at the average speed of 598 miles per hour at 35,000 ft, according to Aviation Insider. Biden’s trip to Maryland produced over 12,000 lbs of carbon dioxide (CO2), according to a Daily Caller News Foundation analysis. ... Biden produced CO2 emissions...

Seriously, I didn't give a rat's ass I rarely use Twitter. Anyway, I had replied to a Twitter posting about Fauci in which I replied to someone's posting about Fauci. I said Fauci should be swinging from a rope and that Fauci was the author/inventor of COVID and I ended up in Twitter prison. Has Twitter thrown handcuffs on you yet?

“When Democrats are wrong, like on the border, I call them out on it, because I’m always going to stick up for Arizona,” Kelly claimed, though his record contradicts that statement. “I’ve been focused on the border since day one on this job,” Kelly claimed later in the debate. “I’m down there all the time. I was on the phone this week, just, you know—with Mayor Nicholls of Yuma, Sheriff Dannels of Cochise County—talking about what more we need for Border Patrol and immigration.” Kelly continued, “We’re working to raise Border Patrol pay by 18%, I’ve got legislation to do...

"Some think the war in Ukraine would not have happened if he (Trump) were still in power. I agree with that" Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro speaking... In Ukraine tonight reports of attacks on both sides... Changes in command surrounding the Russian military operations in Ukraine... A judge in Ohio granting a preliminary injunction against the six-week abortion law... An Arizona appeals court overturning a lower court decision... The Pentagon signing off on deliveries of F-35 fighters after the discovery of materials made in China... Gasoline prices moving up in the USA... A dramatic rise in the price of oil in...

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On this date in 1536, Italian nobleman Sebastiano de Montecuccoli was torn apart at the Place de la Grenette in Lyons for poisoning the dauphin Francis, heir to the French throne. Sebastiano de Montecuccoli was a knight from Ferrara who had arrived in France in the train of the Catherine de’ Medici when she was married off to the no. 2 French prince Henri. He was fast friends with the royal princes, but his proximity to the family horribly turned against him when the 18-year-old Francis played a game of tennis, then caught ill and dropped dead. The last thing...

We all know it in our hearts to be true: It’s all down hill from here. Well, at least half of us do anyway. When it comes to the aspiration of upward mobility, 46% of Americans say that it’s harder now to achieve a good standard of living than it was for their parents, according to a study from the University of Chicago and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The consensus among the more than 1,000 adults ages 18 and older was that a good standard of living is still important: Americans generally across the board value...

Barrios reportedly told the group of four showgirl impersonators that he was a chef. The report says that one of the girls felt uncomfortable and began to back away. At that point, the report says Barrios then charged at the girl as she started to run away. Barrios told police that he “thought the women were laughing at him and making fun of his clothing.” He told authorities that he “became angry and stabbed one of the women in the chest after which he began stabbing the other women in the group as they ran away.” According to the report,...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he will call a special session of the state legislature to address the state’s highest-in-the-nation gasoline prices, including a possible new tax on oil industry profits. Speaking to reporters in Sacramento, Mr. Newsom said he will call the special session to start Dec. 5, after new legislators elected in November are seated. “Greed and manipulation, that’s all this is,” Mr. Newsom said of California’s gasoline prices, the only in the nation currently averaging above $6. In cities including Los Angeles, some stations are charging more than $7 for regular unleaded. Speaking of oil companies, he...

On Tuesday, the Council of the District of Columbia approved a bill allowing non-citizens to vote in local elections. The proposed change is set to be voted on a second time in November before being presented to Mayor Muriel Bowser, who will then either veto, or sign it into law

Uvalde school officials on Friday suspended all of the district police department’s activities following the firing of a recently hired district officer who was revealed to have been among the first state troopers to respond to the deadly school shooting in May. Lt. Miguel Hernandez and Ken Mueller were placed on leave, and other officers employed with the department will fill other roles in the district, according to a Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District press release issued Friday. Mueller decided to retire, the release said. The release did not specify why Hernandez and Mueller were placed on leave. A district...

A group of students at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine are calling for their professor to be fired after she said in class only two sexes exist. Christy Hammer, a professor of education, allegedly made the statement during a heated debate about gender identity in her 'Creating a Positive Learning Environment' class, causing an uproar among the graduate students. Only one student agreed with the educator. The rest maintained both biological sexes and social genders are on a spectrum The point was first made during class on September 7, but was repeated a week later after student...

Just what we need, another Marxist in Washington DC ruining our lives. Democrat senatorial candidate Mandela Barnes wants to defund the police and abolish ICE.