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I feel like I am in the movie “Silent Hill” under Biden and Janet Yellen. But call it “Silent Economy.” The conference board’s US Leasding Index model shrunk by -12.% in March, marking the 12th consecutive month of decline. The townspeople from Silent Hill are running the Federal government under Obama/Biden.

President Trump issued a solemn warning this week when it came to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s potential presidential ambitions, noting that a 2024 presidential campaign from the popular conservative leader would “hurt and somewhat divide the Republican Party.”Trump explained in a new video, “Ron DeSantis is a young man who is not doing well against me in the polls, to put it mildly. I believe that if he decides to run for president, which will only hurt and somewhat divide the Republican Party – which we don’t need – he will lose the cherished and massive MAGA vote, and never...

The French public has been treated to enough sacred neoliberal Diversity™ for the moment, as expressed via recent polling on transnational non-European immigration. Via Remix:When asked “if we should stop non-European immigration to France,” more than six out of 10 French people (64%) answer “yes,” according to a poll for CNEWS by Consumer Science & Analytics (CSA) published on Wednesday, April 12.According to the same survey, 36% of respondents answered “no,” thus opposing this idea.The latest poll generally aligns with previous polls on the topic of immigration in France, which show the French are overwhelmingly opposed to mass immigration. Fascinatingly,...

Is the Chinese Communist Party already sending an invasion force across the wide-open southern U.S. border? I reported for PJ Media in February on the big spike in Chinese illegal migrants entering the U.S. thanks to the Biden administration’s disastrous open border policies. I said that almost certainly there were plants from the mass murdering Chinese Communist Party (CCP) among the migrants and that it was the start of what could be a military invasion. Unfortunately, that seems to have been an even more accurate analysis than I realized at the time. Fox News reported on April 19 on the...

A man and a woman whose brutal beating in downtown Chicago went viral over the weekend is sharing their story, along with the citizen who came to their aid.

SEOUL, South Korea — Moon Bin, a singer from South Korean boyband Astro, was found dead at his home in Seoul, his management agency said Thursday. The 25-year-old was reportedly found by his manager who went to the singer’s home Wednesday evening because he wasn’t responding to contacts. Police are investigating his death but have so far found no signs of foul play, according to South Korea’s Yonhap news agency. Officials at Seoul’s Gangnam district police station did not respond to calls for comment. Moon Bin’s management agency, Fantagio, confirmed his death in a statement, saying that he “suddenly left...

Fox News has ended its relationship with Dan Bongino, who hosted the Saturday night show Unfiltered with Dan Bongino. Bongino’s Canceled in the USA streamed on Fox’s streaming service, Fox Nation, will end as well. In a statement, Fox News said, “We thank Dan for his contributions and wish him success in his future endeavors.” The last episode of Bongino’s Saturday night program aired on April 15th. Bongino addressed the decision on his podcast The Dan Bongino Show, saying “it’s tough,” but said “we couldn’t come to terms on an extension” of his arrangement with the network. “It’s a sad...

IMHO deep respect for motherhood (and fatherhood) is at the very heart of what makes Catholicism special. Leonardo's Uffizi image of The Virgin Mary is wonderful, beautiful innocence. Female beauty is an irreplaceable element of the overall power of motherhood in the human realm. Mother Mary Angelica Of The Annunciation rose from poverty to build a massive television empire to protect and extend the reach of her faith. She maintained long standing Western values which the modern world destroys. For instance : “The woman is a gentle, loving bond who encourages, consoles, builds, reconciles, and makes all things new and...

These folks are not woke!

In this Candid Camera classic from 1965, they introduce students to a very attractive teacher and then film their reactions when the teacher has to suddenly leave the room. First they test the girls, then the boys.

Elon Musk's SpaceX's Starship exploded into a ball of fire on 4/20 during its second failed orbital launch in a week. The world's largest and most powerful rocket – which was unmanned - lifted off in South Texas and successfully cleared the launchpad, its first milestone. But the craft was sent into a tailspin when the booster - called Super Heavy - failed to separate from the rocket in mid-air. The mission ended at around four minutes when the failure sent both stages crashing toward Earth, imploding mid-descent over the Gulf of Mexico. Despite the failed launch, the team at...

A good Samaritan who saved a young couple that was brutally assaulted by an out-of-control mob during Chicago’s “Teen Takeover” has hit out at the city’s outgoing Mayor Lori Lightfoot, accusing her of trying to downplay the violence. “I’m sorry, Lightfoot. I voted for you… but I can’t be involved in any level of sugarcoating what I saw,” Lenora Dennis told Fox News’ Garrett Tenney. “That was mayhem.” Dennis was responding to Lightfoot’s comments arguing that what happened in downtown Chicago last weekend was not “mayhem.” “The mass majority of the young people who came downtown, came downtown because there...

Former President Donald Trump received an endorsement from Representative Lance Gooden just after the Texas Republican held a meeting with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.A press release shared to Gooden's Twitter account on Tuesday said that the congressman had made the decision to endorse Trump "today, after careful consideration and a positive meeting" with the former president's potential 2024 GOP presidential primary rival DeSantis.The Florida governor, who has not officially announced his candidacy but widely believed to be preparing to challenge Trump, was in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday for a "meet-and-greet" event with multiple lawmakers, according to Miami ABC affiliate WPLG."I...

The House on Thursday passed legislation aimed at preventing biological males from competing as transgender athletes in girls’ and women’s sports at schools across the country, after a debate in which several Democrats accused Republicans of "bullying" transgender students by calling up the bill. The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act passed in a 219-203 vote Thursday morning – all the "yes" votes came from Republicans, and all the "no" votes came from Democrats. Republicans defended the bill as an attempt to spare women and girls from having to compete against transgender women and girls – biological males...

[more context in following thread] Oliver Darcy @oliverdarcy MORE: BuzzFeed boss @peretti just sent out a note to staff, announcing the shuttering of BuzzFeed News is part of layoffs where 15% of staffers are being cut across the company. Peretti says, "For BuzzFeed News, we have begun discussions with the News Guild about these actions."

Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) became the latest Florida Republican to endorse former President Donald Trump over Gov. Ron DeSantis in the 2024 GOP presidential primary on Thursday, issuing an exclusive statement to Breitbart News endorsing Trump.-- cut --Then, Waltz explained that he is endorsing Trump for president in 2024—and he focused on national security issues and Trump’s successes in his first term in the White House as the reason why.“Today I am proud to endorse Donald J. Trump for President,” Waltz said. “Under his leadership, President Trump secured our southern border, created seven million jobs with record-low unemployment, brought manufacturing...

Democrat Rep. Daniel Goldman (NY) has made nearly 500 stock trades since entering office in January, despite previously pledging to form a “blind trust” to shield himself from financial conflicts of interest, Raw Story reported. Goldman described himself as a “strong advocate for anti-corruption” and pledged to put his stock portfolio in a blind trust while campaigning to represent New York’s 10th congressional district, an area that encompasses the New York Stock Exchange. Goldman said during an August debate: The fact of the matter is I have spent my entire career in public service, taking down gun traffickers, fighting against...

Story by mguenot@businessinsider.com (Marianne Guenot,Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Kate Duffy) • 13m ago SpaceX launched its new Starship mega-rocket on Thursday after a frozen valve stopped the first attempt. The mega-rocket exploded about three minutes into its flight but managed to clear the pad. Musk previously said he estimated a 50% chance of success. SpaceX launched its new Starship mega-rocket toward space for the first time on Thursday, after canceling its first attempt due to a valve issue. Stacked atop its Super Heavy booster at SpaceX's new launchpad in Boca Chica, Texas, the black-and-silver vehicle was poised to prove itself as the biggest,...

Donald Trump’s indictment makes one wonder if the members of the Democrat party have ever picked up a history book, walked by one in a library, or accidentally heard an episode of the History of Rome podcast. I doubt it because if they had, they’d know that Rome didn’t transition from a republic to an empire overnight, and they’d be familiar with the modern iteration of the George Santayana adage: Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it. By the time Caesar became dictator in 49 BC, the Republic was already gone in everything but name only....

China’s state-run Global Times propaganda newspaper published an editorial on Wednesday dismissing calls by American Secretary of State Antony Blinken for Beijing to return to communications with Washington, stating the Communist Party has “no time” for “insincere people” like Blinken. The Times was apparently responding to remarks Blinken made during his visit to Japan this week, during which he attended a meeting of the top diplomats of G7 member countries. The foreign ministers published a joint communique condemning communist China for, among other provocative behavior, threatening to invade Taiwan and colonizing parts of the South China Sea that belong to...