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Columbia Property Trust, a large office landlord controlled by PIMCO, has defaulted on $1.7 billion in loans tied to seven buildings across the country, marking one of largest office defaults since the start of the pandemic. The firm is now working with its lenders — a group that includes Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank — to restructure its portfolio, according to Bloomberg. The loans were all floating rate, meaning Columbia Property Trust started to feel pain after interest rates soared last year. The loans are tied to three office buildings in New York, two in San Francisco, one in...

It seems like all the smart people have made up their minds that the future of automobiles belongs to electric vehicles. In August 2022, California, by regulation, adopted a ban on gasoline-powered cars by 2035; and in September 2022, New York promptly followed with its own ban, also by regulation, and also set for 2035. And at the federal level, in 2021 the Biden Administration ordered that all agencies move toward 100% procurement of electric vehicles, also by 2035. Meanwhile, by means of a thicket of regulations — from vehicle mileage standards to pollution caps and more — the administration...

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis discussed energy, economic and security issues in Bucharest Thursday with his visiting Moldovan counterpart, as the two neighbors seek to boost ties amid Russia’s war in Ukraine. Iohannis' office said the talks with Moldovan President Maia Sandu would aim to bring her country closer to the 27-nation European Union, to which Romania belongs. Afterwards, Sandu said Moldova’s strategic partnership with NATO-member Romania is yielding "concrete benefits." (snip) Sandu’s visit came a week after she claimed Moscow was allegedly plotting to overthrow Moldova’s government, put the nation "at the disposal of Russia," and derail its aspirations to...

The Armstrong family told the Problem Solvers that prosecutors obtained surveillance video and shared it with them to explain the decision not to charge the vehicle owner. Thomas Armstrong said the footage shows a single bullet was fired from the back of the truck first, before the truck owner allegedly unloaded 15 shots into the truck, as one of the three boys inside the truck fired back twice. “And the video, it showed the man with his hand on his gun, running towards them with a real fast speed … you heard one shot, then you just heard him let...

The M1 Abrams tanks that President Biden promised to send to Ukraine amid its ongoing war with Russia may not arrive by the end of this year or potentially the next, a U.S. Army official said Thursday. Last month, President Biden announced the U.S. military would send 31 M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to increase its defensive capabilities against Russia. However, the military does not currently have the available inventory to supply the tanks and Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said Thursday that transporting the vehicles to Ukraine "is not going to be a matter of weeks," according to...

In 1994, Bryan David Range made a serious error. He co-signed on a form requesting food stamps. The form claimed that he and his wife of the time were not making quite as much as he was from his job mowing lawns. On August 8, 1995, he acknowledged the mistake as his responsibility, plead guilty in a plea deal to a misdemeanor, and paid a fine of $100, $288.29 in costs, and paid back $2,458 in restitution to the state. From the appeal: Range’s then-wife prepared an application for public assistance, which she and Range both signed.The application did not...

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Two Air Force veterans say they have testified to the federal government about UFOs that allegedly shot a test missile out of the sky and suddenly disabled 10 nuclear warheads with no explanation. Robert Salas, a former ICBM launch officer, and Robert Jacobs, another former Air Force officer, have recounted those experiences from the 1960s to the government’s new All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office, the Daily Mail reported. *snip* Now AARO has reportedly heard testimony from Salas about an alleged 1967 incident, in which 10 nuclear missiles were inexplicably disabled for several hours at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base after an...

Multiple energy experts blasted Vice resident Kamala Harris after she claimed Wednesday that the Biden administration has successfully reduced home heating and electricity prices. "For working families, we have reduced heating and electricity bills so folks have more money in their pockets to buy things like schools supplies, replace the dishwasher or take a family vacation," the vice resident remarked during a speech in Maryland. However, experts said the comments were inaccurate and noted that utility prices for most Americans have increased since resident Biden and Harris took office in January 2021. They also slammed Harris for being "completely out...

Why is the LGBTQ agenda now proudly affirmed as a valuable lifestyle choice? Why must kindergarten children be taught how gays think and act? Why does Disney risk losing the parents of their young customers by promoting the LGBT agenda in its movies? Why are there huge annual pride parades in so many large cities? Why are Drag Queens reading to children in our public libraries? Why is Baylor University (among other Christian colleges) happy to make its mark on Christian higher education by chartering Prism to create an LGBT student organization on campus?

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre announced the resignations of two "valued members" of the communications office on Wednesday. After discussing the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio and Biden's trip to Ukraine, the Press Secretary shifted gears to announce the "bittersweet" news that Jean-Pierre's Press Assistant Megha Bhattacharya and her Chief of Staff Robbie Dornbush were leaving the White House's press team. "We have another bittersweet day for us, for the White House press team, as this is the last press briefing for Megha and Robbie - to my right here - who are valued members of our team,"...

"the biggest contribution that the U.S. can make to the debt issues outside the country is to act on responsible monetary policies, cope with its own debt problem, and stop sabotaging other countries' active efforts to solve their own debt issues" The Chinese Embassy In Zambia Reacts To US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's Criticism Of China's Debt Terms For African Nations 1/24/2023 "We can't run the world without China" President Richard Nixon Speaks To Political Journalist Theodore White As Quoted In "The Making Of The President 1968" "The capitalist will sell us the rope with which to hang them" Soviet...

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Prayers please. Barefoot and in shorts….. I went out to pickup in the garage to retrieve my I pad . Decided to get handgun also….out of the console between seats. Leaned in and got them. Leaning back out and dropped the gun. Landed on the concrete in garage. One in the chamber, not cocked, on safety, and in a holster. It discharged into my left leg about half way between ankle and knee. Broke both bones. I mean completely. Did not hit an artery. Gun was a 90’s model Springfield 45. It is a P9 series, double/single action, but chambered...

Greg Kelly reacts to former President Donald Trump's visit to East Palestine, Ohio, & forcing the hand of Democrats to visit the area that was devastated by a train derailment that released toxic chemicals. "THIS is leadership," says Kelly. - via. Greg Kelly Reports on NEWSMAX.

...three-quarters of UN member states endorsed a resolution calling for "just and lasting" peace...In all, 141 countries voiced support for the resolution. Seven opposed it — Russia, Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Mali, Eritrea, and Nicaragua. Another 32 countries abstained during the vote. China, India, South Africa, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and much of Africa and Central Asia were among them...The document "reaffirms its commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognized borders, extending to its territorial waters." The measure also "reiterates its demand that the Russian Federation immediately, completely and unconditionally withdraw all of...

San Francisco announced Thursday that it will end its public health emergency for COVID-19 on Feb. 28, just over three years after it was put into place... In an interview Thursday, San Francisco health officer Dr. Susan Philip said that the move is a positive one, signaling that COVID-19 is no longer the “really severe threat” that it was three years ago, but that it does not mean that COVID is over. Instead, she said, it indicates that the tools — including masks, vaccines and treatments — are now in place for people to respond to the virus on an...

Moderna’s fourth-quarter profit tumbled 70% as COVID-19 vaccine sales fell and the drugmaker caught up on a royalty payment. Moderna said Thursday that its cost of sales jumped nearly a billion dollars to $1.9 billion in the final quarter of 2022. That included a $400-million “catch-up” payment to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a new agreement on future royalty sales of the COVID-19 vaccine. In the U.S., COVID-19 vaccines will be sold commercially for the first time later this year when the federal government stops buying the shots.

For the first time in CDOP history, every college campus has been adopted in prayer BEFORE the appointed day. But we can’t stop there. Even though every campus has been adopted, we want to saturate every single campus in America with prayer. We want to see this Generation raised up in revival and awakening.