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"For the [Russian] authorities and for society as a whole, today it is necessary to put a decisive end to the special military operation. The ideal option is to announce the end of the special military operation, to inform everyone that Russia has achieved the results that it planned, and in a sense we have actually achieved them," Prigozhin wrote in a blog article posted on Telegram on Friday that was shared and translated by Ukrainian news outlet Pravda.

Christian Slater, the former press secretary for Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot's 2019 campaign, (D) was announced today as the new Communications Director for Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D). “I am confident that Mr. Slater’s wide breadth of expertise will be an asset to our growing team,” said Hobbs in a press release. “We are excited for him to get started and continue sharing the vision of this administration all across the state.”(snip) “I’m thrilled to be joining the Hobbs administration and for the opportunity to partner with a team of dedicated and accomplished public servants,” said Slater. “I can’t wait...

BESSEMER, Ala. — Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall held a press conference Wednesday to address raids at 14 illegal bingo facilities in five cities, including unincorporated Jefferson County. The Attorney General’s Office worked with ALEA, FBI, and DEA to shut down the facilities that had more than 2,400 illegal slot machines combined. "If you drive around where these halls are located, you will notice they're raking in tens, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars a month," Marshall said. "They're not lifting these communities up. Nobody's property value has gone up as a result of the illegal facilities, the economies...

Wildlife officials on Central Coast are concerned for the California condor population after an avian outbreak in ArizonaThe death of six California condors from avian flu in Arizona raised concerns for wildlife officials on the Central Coast. "The last thing we need is a population of 88 to be threatened by bird flu with no treatment or vaccine, so that's why we're taking these additional preparations,” said Kelly Sorenson. Sorenson, with Ventana Wildlife Society, leads a team that monitors and protects the condor population locally. In 2022, they reported a low population of the already critically endangered species. They...

Learn the story behind San Jose, CA’s Frontier Village, a Western-themed amusement park that attracted visitors to the great 408 from around the country.It’s about time we talked about one of our city’s most beloved attractions that brought national attention to the great 408. So saddle up, because we’re taking you back in time to San Jose’s long-lost amusement park — Frontier Village. The happiest place in San Jose Following a family trip to Disneyland in 1959, Palo Alto entrepreneur and businessman Joseph Zukin Jr. became inspired to build his own piece of magic in the great 408. After...

A Manhattan federal judge on Thursday allowed attorneys of former President Donald Trump to depose, for questions related to witness credibility, E. Jean Carroll, a writer who accused Trump of sexual assault and defamation. U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan, a Clinton appointee, ordered that Trump’s attorneys, Joseph Tacopina and Alina Habba, can question Carroll on an apparent inconsistency in her sworn testimony in pre-trial depositions about how she funded her defamation lawsuit against Trump. It came after Trump’s attorneys learned days ago that—contrary to Carroll’s sworn statements in an Oct. 14, 2022, deposition that no one else is paying...

Lesley Swick van Ness, a popular former news anchor in Illinois, died suddenly Monday. She was just 42 years old. According to the Muddy River News, Van Ness suddenly fell ill last Thursday while vacationing with her family in Naples, Florida. The cause of her sudden illness remains unknown. No official cause of death has been released. Gray Television executive Jennifer Dale realized this statement following Van Ness’s passing: It is with a very heavy heart that we share some devastating news with you. Lesley Van Ness, who we have been so fortunate to have as part of the Gray...

Donald Trump Jr. says boycotts of Bud Light should end, telling his fans on Rumble the company’s conservative credentials are solid and the outrage over its partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney was unjustified. Bud Light — and its parent company Anheuser-Busch — have faced a firestorm of controversy from many in their core audience after using Mulvaney in its marketing. “We looked into the political giving and lobbying history of Anheuser-Busch. And guess what? They actually support Republicans,” said the former first son on Rumble.

Get the latest from Brian Lilley straight to your inbox Saying 2+2=4 is an example of covert white supremacy, according to a group of influential math teachers in Ontario. Questioning them on their assertion simply means you are an anti-trans, anti-immigrant person who doesn’t like anyone who isn’t white. Welcome to another day in Ontario’s public education system. This latest round of insanity started when Toronto-based writer Ari Blaff published an article in the New York-based National Review. Blaff noted a workshop provided by math teacher Jason To, which dealt with overt and covert white supremacy in math. A slide...

ROBELINE, La. (KSLA) - A man from Florida is facing charges after reportedly leading police on a chase from Sabine Parish into Natchitoches Parish. The Natchitoches Parish Sheriff’s Office says on Tuesday, April 4 around midday, deputies were involved in a chase on Highway 6 West involving a man on a motorcycle. Just before noon, the Sabine Parish Sheriff’s Office requested help chasing the man as he entered Natchitoches Parish. Deputies joined the chase, which continued through Robeline, Hagewood, then onto the I-49 corridor to near Parc Natchitoches. Officials say the driver reached speeds of near 100 mph. He also...

U.S. Air Force Academy cadets reportedly don’t understand what the oath they take to uphold the Constitution even means. Apparently, the U.S. military is so busy implementing pro-LGBTQ initiatives and critical race theory programs that it forgot to teach cadets what their job is as American servicemen and women. The Daily Caller reported on April 12: The Air Force Academy rolled out a new program aimed at reducing perceptions of politicization in the military… Cadets at the academy said they did not understand what their oath to uphold the Constitution actually meant… Administrators and a cadet at the Air Force...

Bud Light has consistently been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons. Roger Goodell's NFL has -- true to form -- joined it there. Despite the Bud Light's inexplicable choice to partner with transgender activist Dylan Mulvaney, the NFL has made the beer company the official sponsor of the NFL Draft. That’s right, on a weekend when the best college football stars will be transitioning to the next phase of their careers, the NFL will be advertising for a company that supports transitioning of the worst kind. It's a match made in progressive heaven! The NFL Draft will...

Nebraska authorities arrested a man accused of vandalizing a Catholic church in Syracuse earlier this month, flipping the altar and destroying a statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. According to 1011 NOW, the Otoe County Sheriff’s Office arrested Travis Ross, 32, of rural Syracuse, on Thursday for the Palm Sunday weekend vandalism at St. Paulinus Catholic Church. Ross is charged with criminal mischief and criminal trespass, according to the sheriff’s office. Authorities said they found the man after reviewing video footage and talking to local residents. The Catholic News Agency reports the Rev. Ryan Salisbury discovered the vandalism April...

And the racist pro-crime Left wants more. Over the last decade, BLM, and assorted leftist and libertarian groups dismantled our criminal justice system. Police forces were defunded, pro-crime prosecutors refused to lock up criminals, federal and state prison systems released tens of thousands of them, and a wave of legislative decriminalization legalized everything from shoplifting, to drug dealing and mugging. The pro-crime policymaking that eliminated public safety and cost over 3,000 lives in 2020 alone was done under the guise of fighting racism. Statistics which showed that black people were more likely to be arrested, imprisoned or shot during criminal...

The fourth branch of government: an unofficial term for the collection of federal regulatory agencies that impose fascist, centralized control over every aspect of our lives. Ryan McMaken of the Mises Institute equates it to the Deep State, and adds a befitting if gory aspect, calling it the “headless” fourth branch of government. In a 2019 Mises Wire article, McMaken quotes Garet Garrett’s book Ex America: These agencies have built up a large body of administrative law which the people are obliged to obey. And not only do they make their own laws; they enforce their own laws, acting as...

A ham and cheese sandwich at Eli Zabar’s E.A.T. on the Upper East Side now costs $31.57 — $29 plus tax — and Gothamites are experiencing intense sticker shock over the cost of what was once a working-class staple. It sparked outrage among eaters when a Reddit thread with a photo of the sandwich captioned “$29 Ham and Cheese sandwich” drew more than 600 comments and 2,000 upvotes on Monday. “The first time I bought that sandwich I was like, ‘Are you serious?’ ” an Upper East Side psychologist who lives in the neighborhood told The Post, declining to give...

In the six months after the Dobbs decision, an average of 5,377 fewer abortions were provided in the U.S. each month, or 32,260 fewer abortions cumulatively. The data comes from a new Society of Family Planning report which sought to comprehensively determine the new legal regime’s material effect. The numbers from July to December 2022 represent a drop of greater than 6 percent compared to the period before the Dobbs decision was released. Top Stories What Is Jim Jordan’s Evidence That the FBI Is Using Undercover Agents to Infiltrate Catholic Congregations? Andrew C. McCarthy NRPLUS U.S. Appeals Court Judge Dismisses...

Opposition to “woke” ESG corporatism is snowballing, as Joe Biden and Larry Fink have found out recently. Fink is the billionaire CEO of BlackRock, the world’s largest asset manager, with $8 trillion under management. He is also one of Biden’s biggest boosters and the most prominent corporate promoter of ESG, the controversial rating system that is pushing companies to adopt “progressive” Soros-style policies rather than carry out their legal and fiduciary responsibilities to their shareholders. ESG, which stands for environmental, social, and corporate governance, is a scheme aimed at pressuring businesses into joining the politically correct stampede on climate change,...

Samantha Power, the current administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), announced in February 2023 that she was in Budapest, Hungary, to support “democratic institutions” and “civil society.” Hungary, a member of the EU and NATO, has a democratically elected government presently spearheaded by conservative and pro-life Prime Minister Viktor Mihály Orbán, who won reelection to an unprecedented fourth term in a 2022 landslide victory. Notably, Orbán’s government has refrained from backing the U.S.-led strategy to exacerbate the Russia-Ukraine crisis since the latter’s onset in 2022. Additionally, Orbán’s government rejects the globalist principles of open immigration, same-sex marriage,...

A former Planned Parenthood director suspected of child pornography crimes was found dead by suicide Tuesday in New Haven, Connecticut, according to local authorities. The Blaze reports Tim Yergeau, 35, of New Haven, reportedly killed himself five days after police raided his apartment as part of a child pornography investigation. Yergeau worked at the abortion chain for approximately four years from 2018 to 2022 as the director of strategic communications for Planned Parenthood of Southern New England. An Instagram profile that The Blaze identified as his shows numerous photos of his pro-abortion advocacy, including wearing a Planned Parenthood T-shirt and...