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Many expected Elon Musk to react with outrage about Donald Trump's indictment, even to add his voice to the millions of supporters of the former president. Those supporters consider the charges a political attack by the Democrats, intended to weaken the leading Republican candidate for president. But to everyone's surprise, Musk, the CEO of Tesla and the richest man in the U.S., who has been voting Republican since last year, remained measured. Apart from a few words of humor in response to statements by Twitter users, the billionaire has said little about the legal setbacks of Trump, who on April...

Demonstrators forced their way into the building that houses BlackRock’s office in Paris Thursday, taking their protest against the government’s pension reforms to the world’s biggest money manager. Videos shared on social media showed protesters entering the Centorial office block, located near the Opéra Garnier opera house, holding red flares and firing smoke bombs. About 100 people, including representatives of several labor unions, were on the ground floor of the building for about 10 minutes, chanting anti-reform slogans. BlackRock’s office is located on the third floor. “The meaning of this action is quite simple. We went to the headquarters of...

In case you hadn’t noticed, President Joe Biden has been making a number of appearances lately at manufacturing plants. These trips included a microchip plant in North Carolina and a “green energy” plant in Minnesota. He’s been attempting to show voters how his policies are driving an economic comeback in the manufacturing sector, particularly for projects to save the climate or whatever. But as usual, the real story of American manufacturing is quite different than the one that the White House is trying to sell. As was reported in the Free Beacon on Monday, analysts are keeping a close eye...

As The Fed hikes rates, US GDP has declined in growth to 1.469%, despite trillions of dollars of Federal spending by Biden and Congress. What has all the money gone??

The Chicago Tribune congratulated Mayor-Elect Brandon Johnson Wednesday, but balked at his lack of praise for former President Barack Obama, whose political rise began in their city, despite acknowledging God. The Tribune editorial board hailed "Cook County Commissioner Brandon Johnson" as the incoming 57th mayor of Chicago, noting he is an "inspiring orator" and claiming, "This will be a City Hall first for most Chicagoans." The paper praised his charisma on stage as a "quality that many of Johnson’s predecessors in the office have lacked," but said one aspect of his acceptance speech was noticeably missing. "He found a place...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

A karaoke performance took a dangerous turn in a Florida bar, when the singer whipped out a machete and demanded an encore, according to the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office. It happened Sunday, April 2, at Kennedy’s Lamp Post Tavern in Cape Canaveral, and the machete had an 18-inch blade, WKMG reports. Cape Canaveral is about 55 miles southeast of Orlando. “While karaoke is a fun time for everyone, even those that can’t sing, when your turn is done, you can’t whip out a machete in order to get one more song!” the sheriff’s office said in a news release. “Apparently...

During former President Trump’s speech at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday following his arraignment in a Manhattan courthouse, ABC News blurred out the message written on his podium. “TEXT TRUMP to 88022” was displayed as a way to fundraise for his presidential campaign, but the news organization did not want their viewers to see this in what critics say is a case of “election interference.” ABC News blurs out “TEXT TRUMP to 88022” in its coverage of Trump’s post-arraignment speech as reports suggest the Trump campaign has raised over $10 million since his indictment. pic.twitter.com/nCrE3XzSS5— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 5, 2023Looks like...

Femininity is a treasure to protect and defend, not an object to possess and pervert. Someone who loves Dylan Mulvaney should tell him that. In recent months, a transgender-identifying TikTokker named Dylan Mulvaney has built a profile for himself that is equal parts impressive and repulsive. About a year ago, Mulvaney decided he was a woman and began chronicling his journey into “girlhood” via social media, posting videos that feature him engaging in behaviors he apparently identifies as inherently feminine, such as playing with Barbie dolls, boasting of receiving free tampons from Tampax, and prancing around on a high-heeled nature...

It’s one thing for us to recognize that it is impossible for a man to become a woman or vice versa. But is it ever right to call a trans-identified person by their preferred gender pronouns (PGPs)? Could this be the compassionate, Christlike approach? And what happens when you’re required to give your own PGP? Is it better to conform rather than to rock the boat? Let’s tackle the second question first. Recently a Christian father wrote to me, “My daughter has an internship with college newspaper. They are filming a little commercial/ad thing for students, and they asked all...

We should prepare to lose our position as holder of the world's reserve currency. That is happening in slow motion. It's unmistakable. Now, the Biden people seem to have no idea this is going on or maybe they want it to happen. Joe Biden was up there at the State of the Union bragging about how he took 30 points off the Russian ruble in a single day. Hurray. Good for us, but once we stop celebrating our win, the destruction of the Russian economy, they deserve it. You have got to wonder, is there a downside to this? Could...

Tragic video shows dying Cash App founder Bob Lee was ignored by bystanders as he begged for help after being stabbed in San Francisco early Tuesday. Before succumbing to his injuries, the 43-year-old chief product officer of MobileCoin walked up to a parked car that had its hazard flashers on to try to get help, according to surveillance footage obtained by the San Francisco Standard. Footage showed Lee lifted his shirt to show the driver his two stab wounds — but collapsed to the ground as the car drove off. Lee called 911 at 2:34 a.m. and pleaded for help,...

President Trump’s campaign has alleged that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) may be playing games with his constituents as he is reportedly planning on a presidential-like campaign travel schedule over the next month.Per the campaign’s statement:“Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is preparing for a month-long, taxpayer-funded presidential campaign schedule paid for by Florida taxpayers, and residents are asking just how much public money is being spent, on which donor planes DeSanctus is traveling, and if any of it will be reported as campaign expenditures.According to Politico’s Gary Fineout, over the next month DeSantis plans on leaving Florida to campaign in Georgia,...

Just hours after appearing in Manhattan for his scheduled arraignment on Tuesday after a grand jury voted to indict him last week, President Donald Trump delivered remarks at Mar-a-Lago to a crowd of passionate MAGA supporters.“The criminal here is the district attorney…,” he declared, pointing out that Bragg had allegedly allowed the 34 points of indictment to leak from his office “illegally” prior to the arraignment.“This fake case was brought forward only to interfere with the 2024 election, and it should be dropped immediately,” he said.Trump was greeted by chants of “USA” when he took the podium. His children, Donald...

The Social Security program’s annual report admits the economy has permanently shifted into a lower gear on President Biden’s watch.In its budget last month, the White House claimed that “the Administration is committed to protecting and strengthening Social Security.” But the recently released annual report from that program’s trustees portrays a different story.The report demonstrates how the slower economic growth and higher inflation of the Biden years have undermined Social Security’s foundation and accelerated its insolvency. If ever a document illustrated the failures of the Biden administration’s economic policies, and how those failures will harm seniors, this report does it.Slower...

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A few years ago, I posted this riddle on Twitter:What’s easier to roll than an Easter egg?Answer: Donald Trump.Now, I can add:What’s easier to roll than Donald Trump?Answer: Republican voters.Democrats are playing Republicans like a fiddle. The left’s sole objective is to make Trump the Republicans’ 2024 presidential nominee. He’s already lost three election cycles for the GOP — why not make it four?A month ago, things were looking bad for the Democrats.Immediately after Trump announced for president last November, he may as well have gone into the witness protection program. Even Fox News cut away from his announcement speech....

Joe Biden is dethroning King Dollar in real time. The US dollar’s financial dominance is under siege from a uniquely bad combination of foreign and domestic policies, and Americans should be deeply concerned by the fallout if the dollar loses its 80-year reign as the world’s reserve currency. In just the past weeks, China conducted the first major LNG sale in renminbi instead of dollars, struck a major deal with Brazil to conduct trade in their own currencies, and just announced the sale of 65,000 tons of LNG to France denominated in yuan. This dovetails with the Biden administration’s inflationary...

With much sycophantic, slobbering fanfare from corporate media fangirls, the main government proponent of the U.S. COVID-19 lockdowns and vax mandates “retired” late last year. Like a CIA agent, though, does the chief Public Health™ officer ever really retire? What is the cagey federal retiree up to now, aside from collecting $50k speaking fees in addition to his pension as the highest-paid federal employee in history?Via ANSA (translated from original Italian), March 29, 2023:The immunologist Anthony Fauci has accepted to work informally as strategic adviser to Rino Rappuoli, scientific director of the Siena Biotechnopolo, an institution founded by the ministries...

Just trying to update my FR Forum Page to show a different "State" in the sidebar. Does this feature still work for anyone else? Anyone have any recent success in changing to a different state? Everything else on the "My Page Layout" works as advertised just not the "State" field.