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Ron DeSantis and his team do not really believe the narrative they have constructed against Donald Trump around COVID, with one of his top financial backers telling the media the ruse is just “politics”.“No one believes he actually believes any of the stuff about the vaccine,” said one “megadonor” on the condition of anonymity, adding: “If you talk to the non-crazy people he’s got working for him, they don’t believe it, either. It’s politics.”The donor didn’t say who the crazies or non-crazies were, in their estimation, but told Rolling Stone they now have doubts about the DeSantis campaign having been...

Starting in 2020, airlines did two insanely stupid things: They forced a generation of their most experienced pilots into early retirement, then committed to new race-based hiring rules. A wagon train sounds more appealing to me right now than setting foot on a plane with a pilot more trained in detecting microaggressions at work than changes in airspeed and altitude. I hate flying. My poor husband still has a sore arm from where I grabbed him every time the plane hit turbulence on our last flight. I didn’t always hate it — I used to fly across the country to...

Carlee Russell researched the movie 'Taken' and whether she was too old for an Amber alert before she vanished last week then reappeared two days later claiming she'd been abducted. Carlee, 25, told police she was taken by a white man with 'orange hair' who appeared from the trees on the side of I-459 after she saw a 'baby boy in a diaper' walking along the road. Her disappearance sparked a frantic police and volunteer hunt which generated $62,000 in donations. She reappeared at her parents' house on Saturday night, 49 hours after vanishing. At a press conference, Hoover Police...

LAS VEGAS — The infamous unsolved murder of rapper Tupac Shakur on the streets of Las Vegas, once thought to be a hit by the Southside Crips, is now believed to be the work of none other than former President Donald J. Trump, who authorities believe acted alone. Trump has been indicted for the murder. A charge of murder in the first degree was brought by Special Counsel Jack Smith. "Tupac was murdered on Flamingo Road, less than two miles from where Trump Hotel later opened in 2017," he said. "Coincidence? I think not!" Authorities now believe Trump fired a...

A man who lost his right eye in an accident over 50 years ago has been given a new one by a tattooist in Sevilla. At the age of 25, Florencio lost his eye after being kicked by a horse in the stable where he worked. Finally, at the age of 80 he decided to have an eye tattooed on his eyelid, writes Nuis Diario, Wednesday, July 19. Florencio was only 25 years old and worked in a stable in a village in Sevilla when he was so badly hit in the face by a horse that he ended up...

The Kremlin’s move to seize the Russian assets of Carlsberg and Danone is Moscow’s most brazen attack yet on foreign firms operating in Russia, and is likely to trigger fresh concern among businesses that have continued operating in the country, experts said. President Vladimir Putin is handing control of the Russian subsidiaries of French food maker Danone and Danish brewer Carlsberg to regime loyalists, according to local media reports and government corporate registries, in a move that amounts to an expropriation of assets valued at well over $1 billion. Both companies have huge operations in Russia and had publicly said...

A doorbell camera captured the moment a motorist's car literally flew into an occupied home while speeding down a residential street - killing the elderly driver instantly and narrowly missing a three-year-old child inside the home. The fatal crash happened in St. Louis, Missouri, Tuesday, and left a literal hole in the occupied home on Kingston Drive. Veronica Schoettle, said her three-year-old nephew was on a bed near that wall when the car struck the home at frightening speeds that appeared to be around 100mph, and even pushed the bed along with the child several feet, NBC 4 reported. Schoettle,...

MOSCOW/LONDON (Reuters) - Russia warned that from Thursday any ships traveling to Ukraine's Black Sea ports will be seen as possibly carrying military cargoes after Ukraine said it was setting up a temporary shipping route to try and continue its grain exports.The moves by both countries on Wednesday came just days after Russia quit a deal - brokered by the United Nations and Turkey - that allowed the safe Black Sea export of Ukraine grain for the past year, and revoked its guarantees of safe navigation.Ukraine has made clear that it wants to try and continue its Black Sea grain...

More than two dozen Senate Democrats Wednesday sent a letter to leaders at UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters pledging not to intervene in the event of a strike. “We are hopeful that both sides can negotiate in good faith and reach a consensus agreement that addresses basic human needs and allows workers to do their jobs safely and with dignity,” 28 Democrats said in the letter. “However, in the event a fair and equitable collective bargaining agreement cannot be reached, we commit to respect our constituents’ statutory and constitutional rights to withhold their labor and initiate and participate...

For the first time, her ballet classmate and fling Peter Kentes, now 72, is sharing his story about his relationship with the “flirty” global icon — which even included a naked shower together. He is also revealing rarely-before-seen, intimate images and video of her from their college days — circa 1978 — as she currently battles a shocking health crisis that delayed her much-anticipated world tour. The photos are a far cry from the superstar image she built over her four-decade career, with her latest feat — a self-congratulatory tour nodding to her body of work, aptly called “Celebration” —...

The stock market had a great run during the Trump presidency, and the latest boom might reflect Wall Street’s hope that Donald Trump could get re-elected, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney said in a Tuesday interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.“John Carney, smart guy that you are, why is the stock market booming?” Kudlow asked.Carney identified two possible factors. First, the market on Tuesday might have responded positively to the news that Trump could be facing another indictment from the Biden Department of Justice’s Special Counsel Jack Smith.“People say Trump is getting more likely to get elected every time...

Classified documents may not be the only prized items squirreled away at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort. Ancient ceramic oil lamps belonging to the Israeli government have been stashed at the Palm Beach property for years — despite the Jewish state’s efforts to get them back. The lamps were sent to America in late 2019 on the condition that they be returned within weeks, Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported. They were meant to be briefly put on display in the White House for a Hanukkah candle-lighting event, but that never happened due to “a bureaucratic difficulty raised by the Americans,” the outlet...

WORLD Jane Birkin, actor, singer and fashion icon, dies at 76 JULY 16, 2023 / 4:16 PM / CBS/AP Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her English grace, natural style and social activism, has died at age 76. The London-born star and fashion icon was known for her musical and romantic relationship with French singer Serge Gainsbourg. Their songs notably included the steamy "Je t'aime moi non plus" ("I Love You, Me Neither"). Birkin's ethereal, British-accented singing voice interlaced with his gruff baritone in the 1969 duet that helped make her...

Republicans must come to the realization that former President Trump is going to be the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee, U.S. Senate candidate Bernie Moreno told Breitbart News on Saturday during an exclusive interview at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida.Moreno, who is running for a Senate seat in Ohio, identified himself as someone who is backing former President Trump in the 2024 Republican Primary during a discussion on the war in Ukraine, asserting that Trump is the “one person” who can solve that crisis “really quickly.”When asked about the primary drama between Trump and Florida...

Former President Trump received endorsements from all six members of Michigan’s Republican delegation in the House, his campaign announced Tuesday. The campaign said in a release that GOP Reps. Tim Walberg, Bill Huizenga, John Moolenaar, Jack Bergman, Lisa McClain and John James declared their support for the former president in the 2024 Republican presidential nominating contest. All of them will serve as the leaders of Trump’s Michigan federal leadership team, working to try to help Trump win the state’s electoral votes. Trump previously endorsed all six in their races for their House seats during last year’s midterm elections.The release notes...

Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne announced Wednesday that he would resign from his post after an independent investigation found “serious flaws” in some of the research he oversaw decades earlier. The panel of experts, which formed in January to look into allegations of research misconduct, found that Tessier-Lavigne did not personally engage in any fraud or manipulation of research data, nor did he have any knowledge of the malpractice going on in the lab. Still, the report found that on various occasions, when concerns about his papers emerged, Tessier-Lavigne “failed to decisively and forthrightly correct mistakes in the scientific record.”...

Donald Trump Jr. highlighted the hypocrisy of the swamp during an interview with Breitbart News on Saturday, noting that if he were “within 1,000 miles of D.C.” when cocaine was found in the White House, “it would be a real problem.” When asked how the cocaine incident at the White House would be different if former President Donald Trump were in office, Donald Trump Jr. said it would likely be treated much, much differently. “I have a feeling,” he began during an exclusive interview at the Turning Point Action Conference in West Palm Beach, Florida. “I have a feeling that...

Preparing for a Suspended Magisterium? Response to Dr. Ed Feser Michael Lofton engages the "suspended magisterium" thesis that is being promoted by some in the church today. He considers whether there is a suspense in the magisterium and why some are promoting the thesis.

“I want this to be so huge that they’re forced to look at this,” Caviezel said. “I lost my agents over this. Yep, 17 years, 15 years. I lost my lawyer over this, and now I understand why all these actors didn’t want to do this movie because of this.” “Listen, you do SHINDLER’S LIST 50 years later, you’re a hero. Try doing SCHINDLER’S LIST when the Nazis are right there. Understand how that becomes more dangerous? I don’t understand why people are willing to let children be hurt, but in this time, Hollywood says, ‘No, no, let’s kick that...

Controversial social media personality Andrew Tate has openly called for the Islamisation of Britain. Responding to the news of a Muslim billionaire winning rights to turn the Trocadero, one of London’s most famous landmarks, into a mosque, Tate expressed his happiness and had this to say about Islamic culture: “This building is literally dead centre in the middle of London’s historic centre. Amazing news. The only alternative to Islam for the brits are pride flags as they no longer have any innate culture or patriotisim. Allah is the best of planners and I look forward to seeing The Islamic republic...