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Russia's defence ministry said early on Tuesday that it had thwarted another major offensive by Ukrainian forces in Donetsk, inflicting huge personnel losses and destroying eight main battle Leopard tanks as Kyiv forces pressed on. "Having suffered heavy losses the day before, the Kiev regime reorganized the remnants of the 23rd and 31st mechanized brigades into separate consolidated units, which continued offensive operations," the ministry said on its Telegram channel. "A complex fire defeat was inflicted by army forces, assault and operational-tactical aviation, missile forces and artillery, as well as heavy flamethrower systems."

@ggreenwald Tonight on @SystemUpdate_, live at 7pm ET: The NYT admits there is a heavy presence of Nazis, Nazi symbols, and Nazi ideology in Ukraine's military -- which the US is arming with advanced weaponry.

She's credited with carefully managing his public image. Even changing how he pronounces his name. He used to say Dee-Santis. But she persuaded him to soften the first syllable to De-Santis.

[Catholic Caucus] Open Letter to Bishop Michael Olson, Fort Worth diocese – by attorney Matthew Bobo – representing persecuted Carmelite sisters in Arlington, TexasOpen Letter to Bishop Michael Olson on the case of Carmelite nuns of the Most Holy Trinity and its Reverend MotherYour Excellency: You have repeatedly and publicly accused the Reverend Mother Superior Teresa Agnes Gerlach of violating her vow of chastity with a priest. What is the specific allegation you have found the Reverend Mother guilty of? Because you have defamed Mother Superior publicly now on multiple occasions, please do provide the specifics.What specific proof do you...

During a Monday conversation with Elon Musk, Democrat presidential hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the Second Amendment is settled and that a Kennedy administration will not be trying to take away guns. Dr. Benjamin Braddock quoted RFK Jr. saying, “My position on gun control is that I’m not going to take away anybody’s guns. I’m a constitutional maximalist and the issue has been settled by the Supreme Court.”

During an interview with CNN Pentagon Correspondent Oren Liebermann on Monday aired on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley stated that there is certainly a competition between the U.S. and China, “and arguably, we’re in confrontation. But we’re not yet in a conflict.” And he doesn’t view a war between the two as inevitable. Milley said, “Both countries are significant powers, great powers — if you want to call it that — in the world today. Both countries have significant amounts of nuclear weapons. They’ve got large and capable militaries....

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted tweets in Hebrew and English on Monday stating that he had spoken to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk about the potential of artificial intelligence technology. The prime minister had major praise for Musk, who has come in for major criticism for invoking antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories targeting the Jewish billionaire George Soros. In an English-language tweet, Netanyahu wrote that he had "an insightful talk" on artificial intelligence with Musk, "whose genius & impact on humanity are formidable. I will soon assemble experts to develop a national AI strategy for Israel. Just as we turned Israel...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Michael (Norah) Horwitz, 34, is facing charges in connection with the deadly stabbing of a prominent Virginia Beach dentist, her father. Officials say it happened just before 9 a.m. Saturday on the 1300 block of Wren Place. Officers found Dr. Abbey Horwitz, 68, suffering from multiple stab wounds. Dr. Horwitz was pronounced dead by EMS at 9:13 a.m. Horwitz is being held at the Virginia Beach Jail on charges of second degree murder and stabbing in the commission of a felony. The Virginia Beach Sheriff’s Office confirmed Horwitz is on suicide watch, on the male...

Despite the specifics of his recent illness being kept private, Jamie Foxx has become the figurehead for an anti-vax movement after a rumor went viral online. The actor was suffering from "medical complications," according to his daughter Corinne Foxx, and the family were spotted visiting him in a Chicago physical rehabilitation facility in May. With just that information and an unsubstantiated rumor started by a notable gossip columnist, some people are saying Foxx suffered a stroke brought on by a blood clot caused by a COVID vaccination. Foxx's current condition is unknown, although the actor did thank his fans for...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis suspended North Miami Beach Mayor Anthony DeFillipo II on Monday after the mayor was arrested on felony charges related to voting irregularities. In an executive order, the Republican governor said Mr. DeFillipo “is prohibited from performing any official act, duty, or function of public office; from receiving any pay or allowance,” effective immediately. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said Mr. DeFillipo, a Democrat, cast ballots in August, October and November 2022 in elections for a North Miami Beach district in which he was not legally qualified to vote.

Texas Democratic state lawmakers blocked a Constitutional amendment requiring citizenship to vote in elections from making it out of the legislature and onto the November ballot. A group of over 50 Texas Democratic House lawmakers voted “present” in late May to prevent Texas Senate Joint Resolution 35 from making it out of the chamber. A handful of Democrats joined more than 80 Republicans who supported the legislation after it passed the Texas Senate with near unanimous support. “The Democrats say they do not support non-citizens voting but then given a chance to vote to clearly set that policy in the...

Real/actual wonder weapons....Ukraine needs to surrender....

Last month, U.S. Army Colonel Douglas Macgregor spoke to the Serbian American Voters Alliance at the New Gračanica Monastery in Third Lake, Illinois. I attended the event on behalf of the Thinker and heard Macgregor discuss his experiences in the U.S. Army, America’s fiscal and cultural decay, and his analysis of the Russo-Ukrainian War. Macgregor was heavily involved in the 1990–91 Gulf War and in the conflict between Albanian separatists and Yugolasavia over Kosovo. Under former President Donald Trump, Macgregor served as the senior advisor to the acting secretary of defense. America’s Fading Moral Compass Discussing American national leadership, Macgregor...

President Joe Biden is going to need to replicate his 2020 success with several key voting blocs in order to be elected to a second term. However, he may struggle to do so. Young, Hispanic, and working-class voters are important for the president's reelection chances but also could be his undoing if the lack of enthusiasm among these voting blocs continues. In recent elections, young voters have overwhelmingly supported Democrats, acting as a boost to their candidates. A CNN exit poll from the 2020 election showed Biden won voters ages 18-29 by a 60%-36% margin over then-President Donald Trump, which...

Ukrainian forces mounted attacks at several points along the front line in a sign that Kyiv was stepping up a long-awaited counter offensive.Ukraine did not directly comment on the reports, but the general in command of its ground forces said they “continue to move forward”.The reported assaults follow weeks of probing attacks, including raids and drone strikes on Russia itself, designed to stretch Moscow’s defences ahead of the offensive.But Western officials told The Economist that the attacks “mark the start of the offensive”, adding that Russia’s defensive lines “could be more fragile than thought”.Russian sources also reported seeing Western-supplied Leopard...

A Texas sheriff’s department has recommended that the district attorney in Bexar County bring criminal charges after completing its investigation into the first iteration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ so-called migrant relocation program. Those flights sent 49 asylum seekers, most of them Venezuelans, from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, last September. According to a statement provided to the Miami Herald, the Bexar County Sheriff completed its criminal investigation into the on-the-ground operation that allegedly lured migrants onto the flights with false promises of jobs and opportunities on the other end. “The case filed includes both felony and misdemeanor charges...

Robert Philip Hanssen, who received payments of $1.4 million in cash and diamonds for the information he gave the Soviet Union and Russia, has died at the age of 79, the Federal Bureau of Prisons announced Monday. Hanssen had been in custody at Colorado’s USP Florence ADMAX since July 17, 2002. In 2001, he pleaded guilty to 15 counts of espionage and conspiracy in exchange for the government not seeking the death penalty. He was sentenced to life in prison...

The James Beard awards are considered the Oscars of the foodie world, and given that they are judged by journalists instead of other chefs, that has opened the door to political correctness taking precedence over how the food tastes. (snip) According to the New York Times: The chef Sam Fore received an ominous voice mail message this month from an unknown number. The caller identified himself as a private investigator working for the James Beard Foundation. Later that day, Ms. Fore found herself on a Zoom call, answering questions from him and another man. “They said to me, ‘We have...

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Last Thursday the European Parliament voted overwhelmingly to express its concern over Hungary’s scheduled presidency of the EU Council. The deplorable state of Hungarian democracy is by now widely known. Since 2010, prime minister Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party have systematically undermined the principles and institutions that underpin democratic governance. They have worked to curtail EU values such as academic freedom, gender equality and LGBTI+ rights, most recently in their copy-paste Russian law, which bans the visibility of the LGBTI+ community in public spaces. A core principle of any democracy is free and fair elections. Under Orbán’s leadership, this...