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Update from Ukraine | Is it the start of the Ukrainian Counterattack? New Achievements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmjkEsz-5ew *** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner group of mercenaries has captured a Russian commander, as the notorious leader further escalates his feud with the regular army. In a video posted on Prigozhin’s social media channels, Lt Col Roman Venevitin, the commander of Russia’s 72nd Brigade, tells an interrogator that, while drunk, he had ordered his troops to fire on a Wagner convoy. In the footage, which resembled clips of prisoner of war soldiers, Venevitin said he acted because of his “personal dislike” for Wagner and then apologised. Last week, Prigozhin accused the Russian army of trying to blow up his men as they...

A group of young women who play or played professionally on the notoriously-woke U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team (USWNT) were full of braggadocio ahead of a match last week. That is, until they played a bunch of mostly retired men in their 40s from the U.K.After the game, though, suddenly the women were not quite as arrogant about their prowess on the grass. As it happens, the group of retired, older men from the U.K. totally destroyed the team of younger U.S. women with a 12 to 0 final at an independent soccer tournament in North Carolina last Thursday. The...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams proposed Monday that New Yorkers accept illegal immigrants into their private homes and get paid for it.“It is my vision to take the next step to this faith-based locales and then move to a private residence,” Mr. Adams, a Democrat, said Monday during a City Hall press conference. “There are residents right now who are suffering because of economic challenges. They have spare rooms.”He said if the city can figure out ways around legal restrictions on such a move, “we can take that $4.2 billion — $4.3 [billion] maybe now — that we anticipate...

Hey @ChristinaPushaw I've been away from Twitter all day, did you guys sort out the policy/platform page? https://t.co/LYM09gVQoa— Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) June 5, 2023Hey @ChristinaPushaw,The website is down again. Look what happens when you try to go to the policy page.Oddly, all of the donation pages work just fine. pic.twitter.com/vYYie9mraO— Brenden Dilley (@WarlordDilley) June 5, 2023

Disney’s The Little Mermaid star Melissa McCarthy had a starring role at Sunday’s West Hollywood Pride Parade where some participants engaged in explicit BDSM sex acts in full view of the public. One report claimed that children were present on the parade route where the BDSM activity took place. On Sunday, Melissa McCarthy wore a headpiece with the words “Say Gay” as she rode her own float during the parade, which took over a large section of Santa Monica Boulevard running through the heart of West Hollywood. Her headpiece was apparently a reference to Florida’s Parental Rights in Education law,...

LEDYARD, Conn. (WTNH) — A Ledyard man is accused of assaulting a woman with a gallon milk jug and then pouring the milk on her. Responding officers said they saw milk covering the entire dining room area in the home. Gregory Startz, 39, was taken into custody and charged with disorderly conduct. He is set to appear in New London Superior Court on Monday.

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Fort Barfoot, VirginiaFort Barfoot is a Virginia Army National Guard installation, located near the town of Blackstone, Virginia. Home of the Army National Guard Maneuver Training Center, Fort Barfoot was originally named for the United States Army officer and Confederate General George Pickett. It was one of the U.S. Army installations named for Confederate soldiers that has been renamed by The Naming Commission. Their recommendation was for the post to be renamed Fort Barfoot, in honor of Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Van T. Barfoot. On 5 January 2023, William A. LaPlante, US...

In Japan, an estimated 1.5 million people — many of them young men — now live in complete isolation. The problem has grown so severe that the Japanese have a term for it: Hikikomori, one who literally withdraws from society. SNIP During a recent interview with Chris Williamson, a British podcaster based in Austin, Texas, the political economist Nicholas Eberstadt discussed the fact that 7 million men of prime working age are currently without employment and not seeking jobs. Many of these men, said Eberstadt, spend inordinate amounts of time indoors, totally withdrawn from society.

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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.