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House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) fired an opening shot Tuesday in the coming battle between GOP lawmakers and President Joe Biden over raising the debt ceiling. In a letter to Biden, McCarthy laid out the basics of what House Republicans want in exchange for voting to raise the nation’s borrowing limit. So far, however, the White House appears uninterested in engaging with Republicans. Here are five takeaways from the GOP proposal. MILITARY FUNDING ISN’T ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK — FOR NOW McCarthy wrote in his letter that House Republicans will prioritize “reducing excessive non-defense government spending,” but neither the letter...

A radical leftist biochemist has been charged in connection with the May 2022 firebombing of anti-abortion group Wisconsin Family Action's office in Madison. Hridindu Sankar Roychowdhury, 29, was arrested at Boston Logan Airport on Tuesday as he prepared to board a one-way flight to Guatemala City. During the incident in question, two Molotov cocktails were thrown into the office, and graffiti was spray-painted on the side of the building stating, "If abortions aren't safe then you aren't either." Far-left pro-abortion group Jane's Revenge took responsibility for the attack, claiming that it was "only a warning," and threatening to destroy the...

Fox News journalist and commentator Kassy Dillon has completed the process of converting to Judaism. The journalist took to Twitter to announce the exciting development with a simple picture of her wearing a Star of David necklace overlaid with her new Hebrew name: Devorah Rut. She later added in a comment: "Thank you, everyone. It’s been a very long journey with a lot of ups and downs. I hope to share the story soon. And for those asking: Yes, I converted orthodox." Later, she explained that although she could trace her lineage back to Jews who were expelled from Spain,...

Julie Su, President Joe Biden’s pick to head the Department of Labor, is slated to testify before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on April 20. In the meantime, workers across the country might check out how other Biden nominees have fared. Phillip Washington, Biden’s pick to head the Federal Aviation Administration, has withdrawn his name from nomination. The White House official attributed the action to “an onslaught of unfounded Republican attacks.” Those who watched his March 1 hearing have cause to wonder. Washington, who was part of the Biden transition team, was unable to answer basic aviation...

Officials have confirmed the existence of recent footage showing UAPs being shot down over North America. Earlier this year, there was a spate of incidents involving unidentified objects being sighted (and subsequently shot down) in and around the United States. The first, which was described as a 'Chinese spy balloon', was downed on February 4th. Then, over the following weeks, three more objects of unknown nature and origins were downed over Alaska, Canada and the Great Lakes. Now according to the Pentagon, actual footage exists of these objects being shot down, but none of it can be released to the...

In Washington DC homicides were up 19%, larceny up 27%, and motor vehicle theft up 108% since U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves took office. A possible contributing factor in this crime wave may have been Graves' refusal to prosecute 67% of the suspects the Metropolitan Police arrested during 2022. Graves insists that "by being selective in the cases I pursue I am being efficient. By only moving forward with 'slam-dunk' and 'air tight' prosecutions I have saved the District the expense of going to trial and failing to get a conviction." Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee said "Graves' self-serving pursuit of...

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Explanation: It was noticed hundreds of years ago by stargazers who could not understand its unusual shape. It looked like a ring on the sky. Except for the rings of Saturn, the Ring Nebula (M57) may be the most famous celestial circle. We now know what it is, and that its iconic shape is due to our lucky perspective. The recent mapping of the expanding nebula's 3-D structure, based in part on this clear Hubble image,indicates that the nebula is a relatively dense, donut-like ring wrapped around the middle of an (American) football-shaped cloud of glowing gas. Our view from...

The future of the dollar and other US/Euro news from Palki Sharma - Indian journalist on geopolitics

A New York man was sentenced Friday to 22 years in prison for the fatal beating of a 61-year-old Chinese immigrant who was collecting cans for money. Jarrod Powell, 51, pleaded guilty in January to manslaughter as a hate crime in the 2021 death of Yao Pan Ma, part of a wave of crimes targeting people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent in New York and around the country. Ma, who came to the United States with his wife in 2018, was attacked from behind as he was collecting cans in East Harlem on April 23, 2021. He was knocked...

A significant minority of Russia's 200,000 Ukraine War casualties have been due to non-combat causes, with many linked to alcohol abuse, the United Kingdom Defense Ministry assessed in a Sunday morning intelligence update. The UK Defense Ministry said that Russian sources have indicated a high number of alcohol-linked incidents, crimes and deaths among deployed Russian soldiers. "Russian commanders likely identify pervasive alcohol abuse as particularly detrimental to combat effectiveness," said the UK Defense Ministry. "However, with heavy drinking pervasive across much of Russian society, it has long been seen as a tacitly accepted part of military life, even on combat...

The radical left finally did it – they indicted President Donald Trump. Corrupt Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has decided to abuse the nation's justice and legal system to persecute the Democrats' top political opponent. This corrupt, Soros-backed DA, who was hell-bent on indicting President Trump over some made-up "charges," used their usual strategy...pick a target, then find a "crime." Is America officially a banana republic? Americans are seeing the weaponization of the legal system before their very eyes. This is what happens in third-world countries, not here. The party in power, for the first time in the nation's history, has...

The indictment of Donald Trump brings into sharp focus two great constitutional principles. Great in that they are foundational — without them, whatever edifice one may build above is compromised and will sooner or later collapse. The first of these principles is that voiced now by the legion enemies of Donald Trump. It had been voiced earlier by the legion enemies of Hillary Clinton and today by the legion enemies of Joe Biden. It is the idea, traced quite properly by Fortescue back to Biblical law, that everyone, even the king, is answerable to the law of God. The English...

With palaces, planes, yachts He is universally regarded as one of the richest men on earth. Putin's surge to power - and incomprehensible wealth - began in the early 1990s in the aftermath of the Soviet Union's collapse. He started his career in politics as an advisor to the mayor of St. Petersburg, before moving to Moscow and taking a job in the Kremlin where he rose through the ranks under the wing of President Boris Yeltsin, whom he replaced as President in 2000. Russia was mired in economic turmoil after the Soviet Union fell and the government was in...

The Ku Klux Klan or KKK is deeply rooted in the post Civil War history of the United States. They are three of the most familiar words and letters in almost any language, synonymous with hatred, intimidation and murder. Hosted by Colin D. Heaton. The Forgotten History Channel is a 10th Legion Pictures Production.

An unnamed woman in France is facing a fine of roughly $13,000 for referring to French President Emmanuel Macron “filth” in a Facebook post, according to a report from the AFP news service that cites local prosecutors. The woman was even arrested and reportedly asked police if her arrest was part of some joke. The woman allegedly created a Facebook post on March 21 where she referred to Macron as “this piece of filth,” describing the French President as “filth” at least twice on social media. The post was reportedly about Macron’s controversial attempt to raise the retirement age for...

Woman Explains Benefits and Incentives of Remaining Homeless in Portland: "It's a Piece of Cake"

Japanese company named ALE is sending satellites into space to create the world’s first human-made meteor shower! Named Sky Canvas, this project was initially scheduled for launch in 2020, but a satellite malfunction delayed the show. Now, reports suggest the fireworks could go off as early as 2025. ALE plans to recreate this phenomenon by replacing the natural debris with metal-based artificial particles about 1 cm in size. These grains will be placed in satellites and accurately released from 400 km above Earth, after which they will transform into shooting stars by burning at an altitude of 60-80 km. A...

The electric vehicle market has been experiencing explosive growth, with global sales surpassing $1 trillion (approx. KRW 1,283 trillion) in 2022 and domestic sales exceeding 108,000 units. Inevitably, demand is growing for high-capacity batteries that can extend EV driving range. Recently, a joint team of researchers from POSTECH and Sogang University developed a functional polymeric binder for stable, high-capacity anode material that could increase the current EV range at least 10-fold. A research team led by POSTECH professors Soojin Park (Department of Chemistry) and Youn Soo Kim (Department of Materials Science and Engineering) and Professor Jaegeon Ryu (Department of Chemical...

A New York City parking garage attendant was hit with an attempted murder charge after confronting an armed thief and wrestling the gun away before opening fire on the suspect. Moussa Diarra, 57, is also charged with assault and criminal possession of a weapon in connection with the incident that occurred at around 5:30 a.m. Saturday morning. The attendant had observed a man looking into cars on the second floor of the West 31st Street garage in Manhattan, police said, according to the New York Post. Diarra suspected the man was stealing, so he brought him outside and questioned him...