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With even nationalist pro-war bloggers criticising Putin’s actions in Ukraine, his desperation and paranoia are growing. May is traditionally a month for public celebration in Russia, with massive public processions on 1 May for Labour Day and military parades on 9 May for Victory Day, a holiday commemorating the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany. Not so in 2023. Russia’s biggest trade union cancelled its traditional Labour Day demonstrations because of the “heightened risk of terrorist activity”, while regions near the Ukrainian border called off Victory Day parades so as to “not provoke” the Ukrainian army. The Russian government has warned...

A bearded man is going viral after taking first place in a women's poker tournament Saturday in Florida. Deltona, Florida, native David Hughes entered the $250 buy-in "Ladies No-limit Hold’em" event at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino and won, according to a report. The event, which had 83 entries, was part of the casino's "Seminole Hard Rock Poker Showdown," and Hughes walked away with $5,555 in winnings, the report noted. Hughes is described as a "70-year-old bearded man," and he was allowed to compete under anti-discrimination rules, which state Florida casinos must allow men to enter women's events.

New polling data from the monthly McLaughlin & Associates national survey is showing former President Donald Trump pulling away from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, his closest rival for the 2024 GOP nomination.Pollster John McLaughlin tells Newsmax that is because voters see him as the candidate who can defeat President Joe Biden."When you consider the trajectory of how much support Donald Trump has gotten since the beginning of the year, one-on-one against Ron DeSantis, Trump was leading him in January by 52-40 [percent]," McLaughlin told Tuesday's "Wake Up America," about the poll, released Tuesday. "It's now 67-26."The same poll of 1,000...

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Retailer Tuesday Morning, a fixture in the home goods market for almost 50 years, is closing all of its stores. The retailer announced the closings on its website. No official closing date was announced. According to the Houston Chronicle, the discount home goods chain filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February. It had previously filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2020 while trying to reorganize. The Chronicle reported that Tuesday Morning was granted a request to allow Hilco Global to sell all of its merchandise, Hilco Global is buying Tuesday Morning for $32 million. Tuesday Morning has stores in...

Investigative independent journalist Lee Fang weighs in on his reporting surrounding Ukrainian intelligence and disinformation

With Mika Brzezinski leading the charge, Morning Joe heaped praise on Kevin McCarthy today for his strong statement to a Russian reporter during his visit to Israel bashing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and in support of aid to Ukraine. In part, McCarthy said "I do not support what your country has done to Ukraine. I do not support your killing of the children either. And I think for one standpoint, you should pull out." Mika acknowledged that she has been a "frequent critic" of McCarthy, but called his statement "amazing," and even, without irony, clapped [see screencap] in a show...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) joined calls by progressives for Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to resign as her prolonged absence hampers Democrats. Feinstein, 89, has been out of the Senate since February, when she contracted shingles, which has prompted a small contingent of progressives in the House to urge her to resign. So far, Feinstein has refused to do so, and allies such as Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have cried sexism

Explanation: Why are there so many flat rocks on Mars? Some views of plains and hills on Mars show many rocks that are unusually flat when compared to rocks on Earth. One reason for this is a process that is common to both Mars and Earth: erosion. The carbon-dioxide wind on Mars can act like sandpaper when it blows around gritty Martian sand. This sand can create differential erosion, smoothing over some rocks, while wearing down the tops of other long-exposed stones. The featured image capturing several hills covered with flat-topped rocks was taken last month by NASA's Curiosity Rover...

Joe Biden recently made a disturbing comment that sounded like a creepy plea for collectivist child raising, further highlighting the role that the United States government plays in violating parental rights and indoctrinating and seizing children. “Rebekah put a teacher’s creed into words when she said, There’s no such thing as someone else’s child. No such thing as someone else’s child. Our nation’s children are all our children,” Joe Biden stated, referring to a Teacher of the Year honoree named Rebekah. At a Teacher of the Year ceremony from 2022, Biden also made a remark indicating his support for a...

The Kremlin is suddenly concerned with saving face ahead of an imminent Ukrainian counteroffensive. After spending the last year reassuring Russians that victory is inevitable in the war against Ukraine, the Kremlin is now frantically working to lower expectations—and rolling out a contingency plan to lessen the impact of a humiliating defeat. A new manual prepared by Russia’s presidential administration and distributed to the Kremlin’s army of propagandists contains some surprising instructions: Do not “underestimate” Ukraine’s impending counter-offensive and do not spread the idea that Kyiv is somehow “not ready” for it. That’s according to the independent news outlet Meduza,...

As the business operations of politics and consultants start their income cycle, several polls have been released in the past several days attempting to capture the attention of an increasingly angst riddled population.Household economics, job losses, wage pressure, destabilized checkbook finance issues and ongoing inflation continue at the forefront of concerns for the majority of voters. In an effort to distract from the core issue(s) of policy, both the republican and democrat corporations are trying to divert attention to more favorable social issues. However, after multiple election cycles, a larger portion of the general population has caught on to the...

A majority of voters believe Secretary of State Anthony Blinken should be impeached for his reported role in helping suppress news about Hunter Biden’s laptop during the 2020 presidential campaign. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 60% of Likely U.S. voters believe Congress should begin impeachment proceedings against Blinken, who was reportedly one of the members of Joe Biden’s campaign team involved in falsely labeling the Hunter Biden laptop story “Russian disinformation.” Twenty-five percent (25%) don’t think Congress should launch an impeachment against Blinken, while 15% are not sure

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) sparked speculation that he may leave the Democrat party ahead of 2024, amid his latest comments about having a close relationship with “No Labels.” The Democrat senator touted his relationship with No Labels, the political group that has been trying to allow all 50 states to vote on a third-party candidate in the presidential elections, and the possibility of a nationwide run. “I’ve been part of No Labels since December of 2010. It’s the only game in town that wants to bring people together and get Democrats and Republicans working together,” Manchin told the Hill.

Pachamama Good, Christ Bad. Or: Tough Guys, Clowns, And CowardsAn Italian Priest has been suspended a divinis for having dared to publish a 1300-Pages mammoth book about Francis’ heresies, with particular reference to Amoris Laetitia. Don Tullio Rotondo, the courageous and, actually, Catholic priest, has been suspended by his own bishop. This means that this was not, say, the CDF suspending Father for being heretical, something which would have been extremely fun to watch. It is, instead, his own pastor suspending him for being Catholic. I wonder how many, certainly, heretical books have been published by religious in the Sixties...

Scientists in India are protesting a decision to remove discussion of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from textbooks used by millions of students in ninth and 10th grades. More than 4000 researchers and others have so far signed an open letter asking officials to restore the material. The removal makes “a travesty of the notion of a well-rounded secondary education,” says evolutionary biologist Amitabh Joshi of the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Other researchers fear it signals a growing embrace of pseudoscience by Indian officials. The Breakthrough Science Society, a nonprofit group, launched the open letter on 20...

July 13, 2012; Lake Orion, MI, USA; Lance Ten Broeck (USA) tees off on the 10th hole during the second round of the U.S. Senior Open at Indianwood Golf and Country Club. Mandatory Credit: Tim Fuller-USA TODAY SportsLance Ten Broeck, one of the more colorful characters on the PGA Tour who became famous for playing and caddying in the same event, died Sunday at St. Mary’s Hospital in West Palm Beach. He was 67.The cause of death was organ failure, his son, Jonathan, said Monday. Ten Broeck, a Singer Island resident, had been dealing with health issues for two years.Nicknamed...

After disagreements on the Russian war against Ukraine, relations between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Vatican were "practically frozen". Now dialogue has been resumed.

I hate to remind you that there is such abject evil in the world, but it's my job to warn you about the monsters that lurk out there among us. Oklahoma police were conducting a search Monday for two missing teen girls, Ivy Webster, 14, and Brittany Brewer, 16, who were last seen at 1:30 a.m. just south of Tulsa in a white Chevy truck belonging to convicted rapist Jesse L. McFadden, supposedly to spend the night at a sleepover with his stepdaughter. When police searched McFadden's rural property, police reported the discovery of 7 bodies. From The New York...

The sight of people standing with their hand over their heart for the National Anthem at a Southern California restaurant appeared to shock and horrify TikTok users. In a viral video posted to the social media platform last week, about a dozen people are shown standing for the Star-Spangled Banner as it plays on a television screen in the bar area of Rainbow Oaks Restaurant in Fallbrook, California. One TikTok user who was dining at the establishment posted the video with the caption, “By far the most dangerous situation I’ve ever been in.” She used the hashtags #godblessamerica. #getout, #illegal,...