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A global scamming network has robbed ordinary investors of more than a billion dollars. First, you hear a phone ringing. An elderly man answers. The caller introduces himself as "William Grant", from the trading firm Solo Capitals. He says he has a "great promotion" to offer. The elderly man sounds vulnerable and confused. "I'm not interested, I'm not interested," he says. But William Grant is persistent. "I only have one question," he tells the old man. "Are you interested in making money?" Jan Erik, a 75-year-old pensioner in Sweden, is about to get scammed, again. The call was made from...

The politicization of everything is too high a price for the gay-rights advances of the 2010s.I sat in the Washington office of a major airline’s head of government relations, where we were joined by the top lobbyist for one of America’s largest hotel chains. It was 2013, and I was president of the gay conservative group Log Cabin Republicans. I had come to secure corporate support for the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would have banned discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Pressure from leading corporations, I correctly assumed, would push waffling Republicans to vote for the legislation. I sat...

Vatican lying? Pope reportedly ‘arrived unconscious’ at hospital 2 weeks agoPope Francis' reported conversation with details about his hospital admission directly contradicts the Vatican's official statement.VATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — Concerning his recent stay in hospital, Pope Francis reportedly stated he arrived unconscious, thus raising questions about the truth of an incident that the Vatican’s Press Office has consistently tried to whitewash.The Pope’s comments were revealed by Italian media April 11 and were reportedly made by him to a personal confidant. According to Michele Ferri, who spoke with Francis on the phone on Easter Sunday as he regularly does, the Pope...

So .. "national public radio" a news organization started by and funded by the state, (aka state funded radio) claims they are false accused of being what they are, as written on their own platform. This is bias inception. Also, this is about the 100th time this garbage has been posted. Please don't click that link, please don't read any further. Just blow raspberries at me. Thank you for time, DISMISSED

For the first time in decades, education policy has become a major issue in a Republican presidential campaign. Last month, former President Donald Trump, a frequent critic of “radical left indoctrination,” declared that he would cut funding to schools espousing “critical race theory,” “transgender insanity” or “any other inappropriate racial, sexual or political content.” Trump was trying to outbid Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has vowed to curb “woke indoctrination” and the use of tax dollars to teach kids “to hate our country or to hate each other.” South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, another potential Republican presidential contender, calls...

The Department of Justice recommended zero jail time for a transgender individual who vandalized the St. Louise Catholic Church in Bellevue, Wash. Maeve Nota, 31, a male who identifies as a woman, admitted to vandalizing the church last summer, smashing two glass doors and spray-painting a number of profane messages, including “F*** Catholics,” “rot in your fake hell,” “kid groomers,” and “woman haters.” Nota also admitted to destroying a statue of the Virgin Mary, assaulting a church worker, and resisting arrest. According to filings from early March, reviewed by Fox News, the DOJ charged Nota with misdemeanor destruction of religious...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to address her state's severe housing shortage by building more housing. But many of the wealthiest suburban communities around New York City aren't having it. Leaders and activists in towns and villages from Westchester to the Hamptons are denouncing Hochul's plan to boost the housing supply in New York City and its suburbs by 3% over the next decade. Hochul's New York Housing Compact would start to address the state's skyrocketing home prices and rents, aiming to build 800,000 new units and creating density, particularly near train stations, over the next 10 years. The...

The term toxic masculinity is a hot topic these days. But what are considered red flags in a guy? In a video posted on TikTok on March 29, user and YouTuber AimRun took to the streets to find out what Singaporean women had to say on the issue. One woman claimed that there are "many" toxic men in Singapore. When asked why girls date guys who exhibit toxic masculinity, she revealed that she always dates bad guys. "I have dated a nice guy before, but it's very boring," she quipped. In an expanded YouTube version of the video, the woman...

Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) told CBS News in an interview on Tuesday that she believed Republican lawmakers were continuing to put the well-being of the National Rifle Association (NRA) over Americans and their families. Duckworth said, “We can right now today pass universal background checks. We could pass a ban on assault weapon ban. We could pass a ban on high-capacity magazines. Those last two things are the common denominators involved in mass shootings in this country.”

WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed sweeping emissions cuts for new cars and trucks through 2032, a move it says could mean two out of every three new vehicles automakers sell will be electric within a decade. The proposal, if finalized, represents the most aggressive U.S. vehicle emissions reduction plan to date, requiring 13% annual average pollution cuts and a 56% reduction in projected fleet average emissions over 2026 requirements. The EPA is also proposing new stricter emissions standards for medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks through 2032. [FR Note: see also Strictest-ever vehicle...

Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) announced Wednesday that she would seek a third term in battleground Wisconsin. “It’s official: I’m running for reelection! Wisconsin’s working families deserve a Senator who’s going to fight for them — not shady special interests or big corporations,” Baldwin said on Twitter. “We’ve made a lot of progress, but the stakes have never been higher and our work isn’t over yet.”

Federal investigators are asking witnesses whether former President Donald Trump showed off to aides and visitors a map he took with him when he left office that contains sensitive intelligence information, four people with knowledge of the matter said. The map has been just one focus of the broad Justice Department investigation into Trump’s handling of classified documents after he departed the White House. The nature of the map and the information it contained is not clear. But investigators have questioned a number of witnesses about it, according to the people with knowledge of the matter, as the special counsel...

After being correctly labeled as “US state-affiliated media” by Twitter, National Public Radio (NPR) announced on Wednesday its plans to forgo using the social media platform to post its slanted, left-wing “news” coverage. Instead, the company will promote its content on other social media sites such as TikTok, a popular app that effectively operates as Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spyware. “NPR will no longer post fresh content to its 52 official Twitter feeds, becoming the first major news organization to go silent on the social media platform,” the outlet announced in a Wednesday morning article, citing Twitter’s inclusion of a...

The ever-escalating fentanyl crisis in U.S. cities has been particularly acute in the Bay Area. It’s made for some interesting headlines as well, from reports that the head of San Jose’s police union ran an international fentanyl-dealing operation out of her home for years to Elon Musk calling for legalization. Among supporters of harm reduction, who point to the abysmal failure of the War on Drugs to do much beyond swell the U.S. prison population, the term “drug worker” is a suggested replacement for the term “drug dealer.” A Canadian drug-policy expert’s Twitter thread went viral among certain segments of...

If I hear Alvin Bragg say he takes crime seriously in New York because he arrested Trump I am going to lose my ever-loving mind. New York does NOT take crime seriously. Case in point: this man was out on bail after shooting at cops and then was arrested later for an execution-style shooting at a liquor store. Surveillance footage caught the man shooting another man inside of a liquor store in a senseless act of violence and the suspect the police brought in on Tuesday was just there a little while earlier when he was brought in for shooting...

ITV West Country's Annie Knowlson reports on Jude Moore from his funeral as his loved ones bid him a final goodbye after his sudden and unexpected death Hundreds lined the streets of Bristol today to pay their respects to Bristol boxer Jude Moore who died last month. The funeral was held at Bristol Cathedral, with family, friends and loved ones paying tribute to the young man. Mr Moore, who came from the Fishponds area of the city, died suddenly in his sleep on 17 March. The 19-year-old was a two-time National Champion (Schools 2017 and Juniors 2019) and represented the...

A man has died following an incident in Camborne this morning (April 12). Devon and Cornwall Police officers were called to a residential road following reports of concern for the welfare of a man. Ambulances and fire crews were also sent to the address at around 4:50am. Sadly, a male in his 30s was pronounced deceased at the scene. The death is currently being treated as 'unexplained' and a number of road closures remain at the scene. A spokesperson from Devon and Cornwall Police said: "Police were called around 4.50am today, 12 April, following concern for the welfare of a...

Former NHL player Raymond Sawada died after suffering a heart attack at age 38 on Monday, his family announced in a GoFundMe fundraiser. The Canadian winger — who played for the Dallas Stars in the 2008-09 season — was playing a recreational hockey game for the Richmond Cowboys when sustained the medical emergency, according to multiple reports. “It is with deep sadness and heavy hearts that we share the devastating news of the sudden passing of Ray Sawada,” Brianne Sameshima, the organizer of the fundraiser wrote. “At age 38, Ray passed away on the evening of Monday April 10, 2023,...

A Florida man named Patrick Vandermeyden-Miller was recently dubbed “dumb criminal of the week” by the local Sheriff. Vandermeyden-Miller was arrested outside of a Palm Coast Target for allegedly stealing an electric scooter. According to reports Flagler County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a man that walked past the check out lines of a Target store with an electric scooter and never paid for it. When the deputies responded Vandermeyden-Miller was not hard to find…he was assembling the scooter right outside the front door.

General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who once wanted to understand the imaginary “white rage,” will be stepping down this fall. It’s just in time for him as the Biden administration looks to go to war with China, Russia, and their allies with no money, open borders, a mentally challenged president, and a history of failures. Our military is the best, but the leadership is lacking. Appointed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff by President Donald Trump, Milley will be retiring at the age of 65 as the nation’s highest-ranking member of the U.S....