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At least 13 mayors have been arrested for sexual crimes against children since 2021, according to a review of news articles and police reports. College Park, Maryland, Mayor Patrick Wojahn is the most recent mayor to be charged with child sex crimes and has been arrested for 56 counts of possession and distribution of child pornography, according to NBC Washington; Wojahn submitted his letter of resignation Thursday. On February 17, Prince George’s County Police Department (PCPD) was notified that someone in the county was uploading child pornography. The images and videos were traced back to Wojahn, ... However, Wojahn is...

Tate is currently under investigation for suspected rape and human trafficking in Romania - matters he deniesTeachers in Wales say Andrew Tate is having a toxic effect on boys that is spilling into the classroom. The influencer, who has millions of followers on social media, once said women should “bear some responsibility” for their own rape. The 36 year-old British-American former kickboxer, 36, is notorious for promoting his ultra-masculine, luxurious lifestyle online. Tate is currently behind bars in Romania under investigation for suspected rape and human trafficking - matters he denies . Banned from Instagram, where he had 4.6...

Overdose deaths from synthetic opioids soared during the time Donald Trump was president, raising questions about efforts to blame the Biden administration’s border policies for drug overdose deaths. Data show the Trump administration’s decision to close U.S. ports of entry to nonessential traffic during the Covid-19 pandemic in March 2020 had the consequence of accelerating drug traffickers’ shift to fentanyl, a more potent drug than heroin, which helped lead to an increase in drug overdose deaths.

Before considering a pet Bobcat, you may want to know if it is legal in your state. While it is legal to own a pet bobcat in a few states without a permit, many states do require a permit or registration. In other states, it is totally illegal to keep a Bobcat as a pet. So if you are considering a pet Bobcat, you'll find out in this article whether or not it is legal in your state.

USA Powerlifting is being forced to include biological men who identify as women in the women’s divisions of their competitions after losing an anti-discrimination lawsuit last week. A Minnesota state court ruled the organization must revise its policy within two weeks and allow trans-identifying men to compete in the women’s categories, per Fox News. They are being called to “cease and desist from all unfair discriminatory practices,” which in this case means limiting inclusion based on gender identity. “The harm is in making a person pretend to be something different, the implicit message being that who they are is less...

For years, the Department of Homeland Security has run a virtually unknown program gathering domestic intelligence, one of many revelations in a wide-ranging tranche of internal documents reviewed by POLITICO. Those documents also reveal that a significant number of employees in DHS’s intelligence office have raised concerns that the work they are doing could be illegal.

The founder of Russia's Wagner mercenary force has said his troops now tightening their grip on the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut are being deprived of ammunition and that, if they are forced to retreat, the entire front will collapse. Yevgeny Prigozhin had said on Friday that his units had "practically surrounded Bakhmut," where fighting has intensified in the past week after months of attritional warfare, with Russian forces attacking from three sides. Wagner often appears to operate autonomously from the regular army, or even in competition with it, and in a video published over the weekend, Prigozhin complained that the...

U.S. — A new study has found that everyone at the gym is, in fact, watching you and laughing at your little sissy dumbbells. "Our study concluded that the feeling you get of being watched at the gym is because everyone is snickering at how weak you are," said lead researcher Dr. Graham Hadwin. "People are actually mocking you so much more than you ever thought possible." Men who lift weights have long sensed that all the other gym-goers were secretly laughing at their pathetic muscles and terrible form. "Just as I suspected," said local man Dan McMillan, upon hearing...

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary ripped leftist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for her role in hamstringing the tax-obsessed state of New York from being able to effectively produce jobs. O’Leary called leftist-run states like New York, California, Massachusetts and New Jersey “uninvestable,” on the Mar. 3 edition of CNN This Morning. Turning to New York, O’Leary quipped that “the policy here is insane — the taxes are too high.” He noted having to move businesses out of New York because of the state's wild, punitive taxing and regulatory apparatuses. He later put AOC on blast: “She’s great at killing jobs....

Democratic leaders are publicly rallying behind Joe Biden to be their guy for the 2024 presidential election — potentially setting up a rematch with Donald Trump — but it is reportedly a different story behind the scenes. According to a recent Politico article, Biden faces doubt from some "high-level Democrats" who may only support the president because they fear what a Biden-less ticket could look like. "High-level Democrats are rallying to President Biden’s reelection, not because they think it’s in the best interest of the country to have an 82-year-old start a second term but because they fear the potential...

[Catholic Caucus] What is the Vatican’s Target?Quoth TC:It belongs to the diocesan bishop, as moderator, promoter, and guardian of the whole liturgical life of the particular Church entrusted to him, to regulate the liturgical celebrations of his diocese. Therefore, it is his exclusive competence to authorize the use of the 1962 Roman Missal in his diocese, according to the guidelines of the Apostolic See.As the document goes on, the only thing firmly stated that needs to be approved by the Apostolic See is permission for priests ordained after July 16, 2021 to say the Latin Mass. When one reads TC...

he historic Perth Mint is facing a potential $9 billion recall of gold bars after selling diluted or "doped" bullion to China and then covering it up, according to a leaked internal report. Four Corners has uncovered documents charting the WA government-owned mint's decision to begin "doping" its gold in 2018, and then how it withheld evidence from its largest client in an effort to protect its reputation. While the gold remained above broader industry standards, the report estimated up to 100 tonnes of gold sent to Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE) potentially did not comply with Shanghai's strict purity standards...

Just days after Tesla executives announced plans to improve affordability of their electric cars, Tesla has marked down prices on two of its top end models. Reuters reported that the most recent price cuts are Tesla’s fifth time adjusting pricing since the start of the year, with the price drops ranging from 4 percent on the performance version of the Model S vehicle to 9 percent on the Model X vehicle. Reuters reported that Tesla dropped prices of both versions of the Model S by $5,000. According to Tesla’s website, the basic version of the Model S now costs $89,990...

NATO @NATO 🗣️ Ukraine is hosting one of the great epics of this century❝We are Harry Potter and William Wallace, the Na’vi and Han Solo. We’re escaping from Shawshank and blowing up the Death Star. We are fighting with the Harkonnens and challenging Thanos.❞ 4:27 AM · Feb 23, 2023 ·

VIDEOHave you wondered what Brian Williams is doing lately after first being tossed off the anchor seat at NBC Nightly News in disgrace for lying about his own "bravery" followed by years in the MSNBC wilderness going full TDS before finally being put out to pasture? Well, apparently he is now shilling shamelessly for cable movies. In this case you can see Blowhard Brian shilling for the horrible' Netflix remake of "All Quiet On the Western Front." There are many many ways in which this remake is horrible but let me just present the ABSURD ending in which with just...

Should American employees be forced to choose between making a living and freely exercising their religious beliefs? That is the question the Supreme Court is considering in Groff v. DeJoy.On Tuesday, a diverse group submitted amicus briefs urging the court to answer that question with a resounding “no.” More than 30 briefs were filed on behalf of Christians, Jews, Hindus, Mormons, Muslims, Seventh-day Adventists, Sikhs, Zionists, religious liberty and employment law scholars, medical professionals, nonprofit organizations, states, and members of Congress, among others.Groff involves United States Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier Gerald Groff, a Christian, who holds uncontested sincere religious...

Residents in Newburyport are demanding that the City Council replace the Massachusetts flag and seal, claiming that the imagery is problematic and helps promote the state’s racist history. According to the Newburyport Daily News, the Council received a resolution on Feb. 27 asking them to support the work of the Special Commission Relative to the Seal and Motto of the Commonwealth. The Commission, in part, recommended replacing the seal and flag to better reflect the diverse residents now living in Massachusetts. That same day, the resolution was referred to the General Government Committee in a 9-2 vote.

The Absolute Truth with @EmeraldRobinson @AbsoluteWithE · Follow It turns out @NICKIMINAJ was right! The MRNA jabs are causing adverse reactions for some men. Some men are suffering from penis injuries after getting the shot, according to the DailyClout. Dr. Naomi Wolf (@naomirwolf) joined @EmeraldRobinson to discuss. 🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨

Trump received 62 percent support in the poll completed by more than 2,000 CPAC attendees, bringing him 40 points higher than the second-place candidate.CPAC’s straw poll results were announced on Saturday just before Trump took the stage to address the conservative crowd at the Gaylord in Fort Washington, Maryland.Here is the CPAC straw poll:Trump at 62% followed by DeSantis at 20%.Somebody named Perry Johnson came in third. pic.twitter.com/EiSfiW0Imp— Greg Price (@greg_price11) March 4, 2023Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) came in second place, receiving 20 percent support in the straw poll. Although he has not officially launched a presidential bid, many...

Paul Manafort, the former chairman of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, has agreed to pay $3.15 million to settle a civil case filed by the Justice Department over undeclared foreign bank accounts. When the civil case was filed in April 2022, prosecutors alleged that Manafort had failed to disclose more than 20 offshore bank accounts he ordered opened in the United Kingdom, Cyprus, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The government sought an order for Manafort to pay fines, penalties and interest, alleging he'd failed to file federal tax documents detailing the accounts and failed to disclose the money on his...