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The Trump-Russia probe should never have been launched, according to Special Counsel John Durham’s report; “the FBI failed to uphold their mission of strict fidelity to the law in connection with certain events and activities described in this report,” Durham wrote.Former President and 2024 candidate Donald Trump spoke with Fox News Digital about the bombshell report.“I, and much more importantly, the American public have been victims of this long-running and treasonous charade started by the Democrats — started by Comey,” Trump told Fox News Digital. “There must be a heavy price to pay for putting our country through this.”From Fox...

Target (TGT) has become a target for major thefts, and it's taking a huge chunk out of profits. The retailer estimated in its earnings release Wednesday that inventory shrinkage — mostly the theft of merchandise — would clip profits by a whopping $500 million this year. Factoring in an about $700 million profit hit from inventory shrinkage in 2022, Target is on pace to see $1.2 billion in profits go up in smoke, due primarily to organized retail crime. Target Chairman and CEO Brian Cornell says the problem is getting worse, is nationwide, and across various merchandise departments. "The unfortunate...

On Wednesday, Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene is expected to introduce the impeachment articles against United States Attorney General Merrick Garland. “Merrick Garland has weaponized the DOJ against Joe Biden’s political enemies,” said Greene. “He’s targeted parents who are concerned about their children’s education, targeted Christians and pro-life activists & raided the home of a President,” adding, “He must be impeached.” According to the resolution, Attorney General abused his position and facilitated “the weaponization and politicization of the United States justice system against the American people.” “In his conduct as Attorney General of the United States, in violation of his constitutional...

In the real-world, the costs are all we know for sure and profits remain elusive and contingent.No one knows how the flood of AI products will play out, but we do know it's unleashed a corporate frenzy to "get our own AI up and running." Corporate fads are one of the least discussed but most obvious dynamics in the economy. Corporations follow fads as avidly as any other heedless consumer, rushing headlong into whatever everyone else is doing.Globalization is a recent example. Back in the early 2000s, I sat next to corporate employees on flights to China and other Asian...

A pastor and podcaster recently provided valuable advice to Christians searching for a new church, cautioning them about specific warning signs that indicate a church might be embracing "woke" ideology.Pastor Lucas Miles is the author of the book Woke Jesus: The False Messiah Destroying Christianity, which is scheduled for release next month. In a May 4 episode of the "Politely Rude With Abby Johnson" podcast, Miles shared tips for Christians on how to discern the red flags when church hunting. It's crucial for believers to be aware of these red flags and exercise discernment when evaluating potential churches, he said.Miles...

Their plan is roll out bottles with camo-print and pictures of the “Folds of Honor” program, which gives children and spouses of those who lost their lives in service an opportunity with educational scholarships.

The California Legislature is proposing a program to provide unemployment benefits to illegal immigrants coming to and residing in the state. Senate Bill 277 by State Senator Maria Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) proposes income assistance to unemployed “excluded workers” who are not eligible for regular state or federal unemployment insurance benefits due to their immigration status.

When Slate is reporting on this kind of Democratic embarrassment, you know it's bad: When [a] reporter asked her what the response from her colleagues had been like since her return, though, the conversation took an odd turn. "No, I haven't been gone," she said. OK. "You should follow the — I haven't been gone. I've been working." When asked whether she meant that she'd been working from home, she turned feisty. "No, I've been here. I've been voting," she said. "Please. You either know or don't know." Cannot imagine what it was like being in that elevator and witnessing...

Prince Harry and Meghan and her mother were involved in a "near catastrophic car chase" involving paparazzi photographers, a spokesperson for the prince has said. The incident lasted over two hours and resulted in multiple near collisions, the spokesperson said. “This relentless pursuit, lasting over two hours, resulted in multiple near collisions involving other drivers on the road, pedestrians and two NYPD (New York Police Department) officers,” they added. “While being a public figure comes with a level of interest from the public, it should never come at the cost of anyone's safety. “Dissemination of these images, given the ways...

Biden should reach out to Canada and Australia’s leaders and learn from their experiences in dealing with the CCP’s political interference.Canada expelled a Chinese diplomat early this week, and China retaliated by expelling a Canadian diplomat. The allegation of China’s aggressive political interference in Canada is at the center of this tension.On May 1, The Globe and Mail, a Canadian media outlet, disclosed a 2021 top-secret assessment by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS), the nation’s top spy agency. The CSIS warned that Beijing is the “foremost perpetrator” of foreign interference in Canada and that Chinese Communist Party (CCP) operatives...

The recently released Durham Report found, “Neither U.S. law enforcement nor the Intelligence Community appears to have possessed any actual evidence of collusion in their holdings at the commencement of the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.” Nonetheless, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the former Chairman of the House Select Committee on Intelligence, still insists Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election from Hillary Clinton. “If you read Mr. Durham’s report, what he said is that there wasn’t evidence of collusion before they began the investigation. That’s obviously a very important distinction,” Schiff told The Epoch Times when he was asked about...

Elon Musk tweeted a milquetoast five-word criticism of George Soros, sending the corporate media into a full-on moral panic about “anti-Semitism.”Soros reminds me of Magneto— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 16, 2023Via The Atlantic:Last night, Elon Musk made two rookie social-media mistakes: He tweeted after 10 p.m., and he echoed paranoid anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists. “George Soros reminds me of Magneto,” he declared, likening the financier to the Marvel supervillain, both of them Jewish Holocaust survivors. In case the meaning was unclear, Musk quickly clarified to another user, “He wants to erode the very fabric of civilization. Soros hates humanity.”George Soros is...

[[Excerpt]] Why are Bud Light and Miller Lite making commercials that alienate their own consumer base? More importantly, why are they wading into controversial matters such as transgenderism, third-wave feminism, and nonbinary gender at all? The primary answer is the rise of environmental, social, and corporate governance, a term coined during a 2004 United Nations initiative (“ Who Cares Wins ”) that grades companies on social performance. ESG was born from the idea that traditional capitalism needs to be replaced with a more caring, socially conscious capitalism that serves other “stakeholders.” And what started as “guidelines and recommendations” have become...

[Catholic Caucus] Synod aims to turn Church upside down so that ‘sheep become the shepherds’: SSPX Superior GeneralFr. Davide Pagliarani declared that the Synod on Synodality shows a revolutionary conception of the Catholic Church in which God reveals Himself through the ‘experience of the people of God’ rather than through Scripture and Tradition.(LifeSiteNews) — The Society of St. Pius X’s (SSPX) Superior General has highlighted “synodal revolution” intended to “profoundly transform” the Church’s structure and “above all” its faith teaching as a top priority of Pope Francis.In an interview with the SSPX’s international news outlet, Father Davide Pagliarani asserted that...

It's not everyday one of New York's most iconic landmarks is up for public auction. And yet, two months after an eye-popping $190 million offer won Jacob Garlick the Flatiron Building in a bidding war outside a Manhattan courthouse, the 121-year-old building is back up for sale. Crain's New York reports the building recognizable by its triangle shape is going up for auction once again on May 23. Garlick shocked the real estate world when he made the winning bid at the March auction, even beating out the current owners who reportedly sought to retain the building. But when it...

The people who say they can control the climate forever if we are forced to buy EVs and give up a lot of other stuff somehow can't figure out how to have AM radio stations without interference from electric vehicles. Look here:AM radios are being phased out of electric vehicles by automakers including BMW, Volkswagen, Mazda, and Tesla due to interference issues from electric engines. Ford, a significant player in the American auto industry, plans to take things a step further and eliminate AM from every one of its vehicles.But of course, they will be able to run them without...

Powered by small business owners and union workers alike, the trucking industry is on a collision course with the Democrat Party over federal and local efforts to phase out diesel rigs and push the shipping industry to electric vehicles. The latest strike came a few weeks ago when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed new tailpipe emissions goals that could require up to two-thirds of new vehciles sold in the U.S. by 2032 to be battery-powered electric vehicles. A top executive of one of the country’s largest trucking companies declared Tuesday that EPA's proposed new regulations on carbon emission are...

AT readers know well the array of dementia signs in the current occupant of the White House. I’m sure most would contend that Biden is not mentally capable of the office. And yet, how many AT essays and comments decry this or that policy of Biden or this or that statement that he manages to utter as if they were his policies and statements? One of Biden’s chief functions for the left is his role as Straw Man in Chief. If you attack him, you’re not attacking them. (Leftist) Mission accomplished. Conservatives/patriots set themselves up here in what will be...

Never in the two and a half centuries of American history has one person concurrently dominated and overshadowed both major political parties as does Donald J. Trump. Trump’s dominance in the Republican Party is an outgrowth of his imperturbable and flamboyant personality, his unprecedented 2016 campaign and his overwhelmingly successful presidency which was derailed in its final months by the Covid-19 pandemic. His stature in the party is such that virtually every Republican candidate for federal office seeks his approbation and endorsement. Despite losing in 2020, his hold on a sizable segment of the Republican base is unparalleled in the...

A United States convoy was reportedly attacked in Nigeria this week, resulting in three people being kidnapped and four others being killed. CNN reported that the attack took place in the southeastern Anambra state and that local officials confirmed to the network that the assailants “murdered two police operatives and two staff of the US consulate and set their bodies and their vehicles ablaze.” The incident reportedly happened approximately 40 miles away from the state capital in the town of Atani, according to a report from the Associated Press. Officials have pinned the blame on separatists who want to start...