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Number of fires rapidly increasing across the US, Canada, and Mexico.This is no accident, 95 fires now burning in the US, distributed across the country and the count is increasing. Unvetted foreign operatives, directed energy, or careless international smokers club meets gone bad? This isn't being reported for the scale and apparently coordinated execution plan in play. Is there enough firefighting capability to counter the situation as it now, or a couple of days from now?To call these wildfires would be naive.

Joe Biden is to host the White House’s largest Pride celebration “in history” as Americans struggle to pay for groceries and mortgage payments as inflation continues to soar, not to mention the billions of dollars being sent to Ukraine. The LGBTQ+ Pride celebration hosted by Biden will be the largest of its kind “in history” for the White House. Biden is also set to announce new measures aimed at pushing transgenderism and other progressive ideology. Reuters reported that Thursday’s event is being billed as a celebration of” LGBTQ+ families” and will see performances from singer Betty Who and DJ Queen...

There is no other like it in the world. Our NJ pizza. It’s got that special something. Some say it’s the water. Some say it’s the way we make our crust. Some say it’s just got that Jersey swag. Whatever that special is, we’ve got the best pizza in the world and we know it. But we also have very strict rules about our pizza. You never fold it. You never eat it with a knife and fork. And there are certain toppings that are just a no-no. There are 10 deadly sins of pizza toppings in New Jersey. Here,...

Update from Ukraine | Counterattack has Started | Why Ukraine Lost Leopards and Bradleys? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQOAj4uz0Lo Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Takes ground on the East | Full forces yet to be used https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifz1QlEVJME The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the last 48 hours, as of 6th June 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-470-summary/ *** Great interactive map with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has accused Russia of causing the collapse of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine, calling it an act of "ecocide." The burst of the huge dam, under Russian control in southern Ukraine's Kherson region, unleashed large floods, forcing thousands of residents to flee and wreaking environmental havoc. Russia and Ukraine have blamed each other for its destruction. "This ecocide as a continuation of Russia's unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine is yet another atrocity which leaves the world lost for words. Our eyes are once again on Russia who must be held accountable for their crimes," Thunberg,...

Each social media platform has developed its own method for filtering out hateful and abusive content. It's a process that can involve human moderators sifting through gruesome material, AI filters using certain trigger words, and systems which let users report problematic posts and videos Violating rules regarding hate speech can also get a creator demonetized, according to a recent move made by Alphabet's (GOOG) - Get Free Report video platform YouTube. The creator-led content platform has been stripping monetization of some problematic videos.Demonetization has been applied to several of Candace Owens' videos that specifically target gender-affirming care for transgender children....

[Catholic Caucus] Pope Francis Names LGBTQ-Positive Members to Council of CardinalsCardinal Jean-Claude HollerichPope Francis has appointed several new members to his Council of Cardinals, his top advisory group, who have LGBTQ-positive records.The Vatican announced changes to the Council’s membership earlier this week, as the term for previous appointments had expired, reported UCA News. The Council’s role is to assist Pope Francis in governance matters. One of its major projects to date is the new apostolic constitution for the Roman Curia, Praedicate Evangelium, released last year which reorganized the Vatican’s departments. Other projects include the Synod, financial reforms, and dealing with...

There appears to be a potentially big development in Ukraine focused on a negotiated deal with Russia. “Ukraine is ready for negotiations and a peace agreement,” Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said – “if Russia changes the previously declared goals of the special military operation.” Okeksiy Reznikov (from Twitter) His statement came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kherson on June 8th to be updated on the ongoing offensive in the Zaphorize region. No doubt Zelensky got news that he did not want to hear: The Ukrainian offensive is not going well and Ukrainian army losses have been heavy. The...

If you didn’t think AI would ever be able to make you hungry, think again. Jet’s Pizza just unveiled their new Ranch Veggie Pizza, which was reportedly developed by artificial intelligence. According to a Jet’s press release, an AI chatbot helped come up with the unique pizza combination. It's topped with ranch sauce, premium mozzarella, feta, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, black olives and tomatoes. Now people can try the AI-developed pizza through July 10. “We’re in the era of AI and Jet’s is continually exploring ways to utilize this technology. As many know, we use AI for ordering and now...

When it comes to the legal affairs of one Donald Trump, the most pressing issues, at the moment, are (1) the 34 class E felonies he was charged with in April in New York and (2) a potential federal indictment over his handling of classified documents, which appears more and more likely by the day. But, of course, those cases do not represent the entirety of the legal peril the former guy is in and, in fact, they don’t even represent all of the legal peril he is in when it comes to special counsel Jack Smith. As a reminder,...

Two more banks have been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee as a result. ------------------------------------------- Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has at least two more FD-1023 forms, which relate to informants, relating to the Biden family’s business ventures. Two more banks have been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee as a result. Greene revealed on Human Events with Jack Posobiec that the discovery came after reviewing the FBI informant document on Thursday, which revealed that Biden during his time as Vice President received $5 million from Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company his son...

Nice Guys, Prime 239 to hold fundraisers for local craft cocktail genius who died suddenly (Only link can be posted, per FR rules.)

The 2024 primary season is well underway. Most of the candidates will have announced by Independence Day; the first debates commence in August, and petition filing for ballot access in the primaries begins mere weeks after that. We have a recent incumbent president, a recent incumbent vice president, and a plethora of sitting and former politicians, not to mention a couple of unelected businessmen in the Trump model, already lined up to crowd our debate stage. Every other op-ed will address the qualifications of the candidates, their strategies and styles, their hopeful paths to victory. But one thing that perhaps...

MEXICO CITY — President Biden kept classified documents about Ukraine and Iran at his former think tank office, a new report revealed Tuesday as the president claimed he had no idea what the papers contained. CNN reported that 10 documents with classified markings and dated between 2013 and 2016 were found mixed in with Biden family papers — including information about the funeral arrangements for the president’s late son, Beau, who died in 2015. Some of the documents were reportedly labeled “top secret,” the highest level of government classification. (snip) Timeframe includes the start of first son Hunter Biden’s association...

As Russia amassed troops on the Ukrainian border, Russian President Vladimir Putin, his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, and other Russian officials repeatedly denied that their country had plans to invade Ukraine. They blamed the U.S., Ukraine and others for the tension, insisting that Russia is a “peaceful country” and that it is “not going to attack anyone.” That, of course, was proven false when Russia launched a full-scale invasion against Ukraine on Feb. 24 — two days after Russian tanks rolled into eastern Ukraine on a “peace-keeping” mission.

New York would create a commission to consider reparations to address the lingering, negative effects of slavery under a bill passed by the state Legislature on Thursday. "We want to make sure we are looking at slavery and its legacies," said state Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages before the floor debate. "This is about beginning the process of healing our communities. There still is generational trauma that people are experiencing. This is just one step forward." The state Assembly passed the bill about three hours after spirited debate on Thursday. The state Senate passed the measure hours later, and the bill will...

Karen Gilbert, a Justice Department prosecutor who is leading the government’s case against former President Donald Trump related to his handling of allegedly classified documents, has a history of corruption and was once reprimanded by a federal judge for secretly recording a defense lawyer and his investigator.Gilbert, who is Special Counsel Jack Smith’s deputy and a federal prosecutor, is “one of the most corrupt prosecutors to ever come out of the Southern District of Miami,” according to Kash Patel, a former top Trump administration official and also a former prosecutor.“The lead prosecutor Karen Gilbert, who is likely to be the...

American taxpayers will foot a more than $135 million bill to cover care, food, and housing costs for border crossers and illegal aliens living in the sanctuary city of New York City, Democrats announced this week. Since the spring of last year, more than 74,000 border crossers and illegal aliens have arrived in New York City — an inflow that Mayor Eric Adams (D) has said “is not sustainable,” though he has not urged President Joe Biden’s administration to reduce overall illegal immigration.

The campaign to win reparations for Black Americans plans to bring broader support for smaller nonprofits advancing the cause, with a new philanthropic funding initiative announced Friday at the “Alight Align Arise” national conference in Atlanta. The Decolonizing Wealth Project, an organization dedicated to creating racial equity through education and “radical reparative giving,” is committing $20 million over five years to boost campaigns for reparations across the country, along with a research collaboration with Boston University to map reparation projects. The project's founder and CEO Edgar Villanueva announced the plans at the Atlanta gathering of advocates, including the writer Ta-Nehisi...

A look back to the recording of a bona fide rock’n’roll classic.Sometimes pop lyrics don’t have to mean much, they just have to feel good, express youthful joy and be easy to sing. That was often true in the early days of rock‘n’roll, and rarely more so than on the classic “Be-Bop-A-Lula,” recorded by Gene Vincent and his Blue Caps on on May 4, 1956. Click to load video The man born Vincent Eugene Craddock, from Norfolk, Virginia, was a newly-signed artist to Capitol Records at the time. He cut a number that had echoes of previously-recorded numbers, such as...