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Elites have always gotten away with things you and I never could have. Two-tier systems of justice are the norm, not the exception in all societies. But some societies are much worse than others, and one of the reasons the West has been so successful compared to most places is that our system of justice has been on the whole reasonably fair, at least until recently. Hardly perfect, but overall most people most of the time have enough faith in the system that they retain trust. ... Teddy Kennedy’s manslaughter of Mary Jo Kopechne, a campaign volunteer and target for...

WASHINGTON- Tribal lands preparing for the impact of the climate crisis are receiving help from the Department of the Interior as $120 million is being provided through the Bureau of Indian Affairs' Tribal Climate Annual Awards Program. The money is set to be used proactively in planning measures including climate adaptation, drought and wildland fire mitigation. For local tribes like the Yakama Nation, most of the funds will used to address one of the many issues caused by the climate crisis. The funding is one of the largest amounts distributed by the Awards Program and includes money from the Bipartisan...

The investment world has seen no bigger widow-maker trade this last decade than shorting the US dollar. Yet recent volatility in the reserve currency has punters once again asking whether the great dollar reckoning is finally afoot? No one knows, of course. The dollar’s sudden and sharp drop in recent days, though, has the whiff of exactly the sort of foreign-exchange shock for which markets have been bracing. As investors wait to see if things unravel, finally, it’s worth exploring how bad things might get. For now, the dollar’s stumble can easily be explained by shifting considerations of interest rate...

Victim: Moderate Republican governors in Democratic-leaning states. Time of death: 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, July 19, 2023. Cause: Donald Trump. This brand of moderate Republican governor has been edging ever-closer to extinction for some time. Larry Hogan was term-limited out in Maryland last year. Charlie Baker opted for a $3 million-per-year paycheck over a brutal primary against a Donald Trump-endorsed candidate in Massachusetts. Now Chris Sununu is calling it quits in New Hampshire. Fiscally conservative but more socially moderate Republican governors have long defied electoral odds in blue and purple states. That’s proved particularly true in the liberal bastion of New...

Minneapolis leaders want to increase fees on residential and business electric and natural gas bills to help pay for the city's plan to reduce its contribution to climate change. The envisioned fee hikes would generate between $8 million and $10 million annually to pay for weatherizing homes, installing solar panels and other programs — resulting in a tripling of the city's current spending on those items, Mayor Jacob Frey and a host of officials announced Wednesday. The plan would hike the city's franchise fee, found on every gas and electric bill as a percentage of the bill. The City Council...

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Russia's latest military aviation project. While "ukraine" scours the world for leftover P38s, F16s and other semi-flying museum pieces....

My name is Prisha Mosley and I’m a 25-year-old woman and detransitioner. Since childhood, I have struggled with my mental health. As is the case for many girls, my teen years were particularly difficult. Tragically, at age 14, I suffered from a sexual assault. At age 15, I was hospitalized for depression. By age 16, I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, and an eating disorder. I engaged in self-harm by cutting myself, which became so serious that I was taken to the emergency room. Starting when I was 16 years old, and continuing into my teen and...

The governor of Massachusetts is calling on citizens to open their homes to illegal aliens. Governor Maura Healey – a Democrat – is asking folks in the commonwealth to provide a room or an apartment for just a few days.

After finding legal loopholes around the Supreme Court’s student loan decision, one personal finance expert unveiled what the Biden administration isn’t broadcasting about its new repayment plan. "They're really pulling the wool over people's eyes because they go, 'oh, there's forgiveness here, I don't have to pay my loan,'" Jade Warshaw, "The Ramsey Show" co-host, said Wednesday on FOX Business' "Mornings with Maria." "But what they're not saying is how many years it takes to actually get this forgiveness." President Biden announced the new student loan handout legislation - dubbed the Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) plan - which...

“The kings of the earth…and the rulers take counsel together against the Lord and against His Anointed, saying Let us burst bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.” (Psalm 2: 2,3)The Progressive Satanic revolt is war against the Holy Trinity…the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, which in Bakunin’s words are the “cursed and fatal principle of authority.” Thus it proclaims the reign of nothingness, though nothingness nevertheless pregnant with the expectation of fulfillment in the revelation, and finally the actual presence of evil personified…the dark god of this world. It is this dark god (Beelzebul/Baal/Baphomet) and his evil...

Former President Donald Trump could face a third indictment in connection to a Jan. 6 investigation, but given the response from staunch Trump supporters, many predict another indictment will help the former president win the Republican nomination. On "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., argued that given President Biden's polling numbers, the Justice Department is going to do "whatever they can" to secure a Biden-Trump rematch in 2024. SEN. JOHN KENNEDY: I don't know what the facts are. I haven't seen the indictment yet. I will say in terms of the politics, and this is a cynical...

We are being warned of a new pandemic from CCHF, that is Crimean Congo Hemorrhagic Fever. Experts say cases are already in Europe and it has to do with climate change. Oh, handy because the WHO says that they can grab global powers to deal with climate change and also, guess what, a patent for an antibody treatment is pending in the U.S. Phew!

British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday said that it was in America's best interests to keep backing Ukraine in its war with Russia, and that the U.S. was at its strongest when it when it engaged with the rest of the world. The U.K. has been at the forefront of efforts to shore up Ukraine's armed forces, training soldiers and sending arms, as it fends off the Russian invasion. But officials have privately expressed concern that a growing strand of isolationism among Republicans who back Donald Trump's America First stance could choke off aid from Washington, which has so...

Who did it better - The Bangles or the LWC Crew? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULk8-DGC7Hs

The Dossier has acquired a new Department of Defense (DOD) memo that goes into great detail on the topic of “care of service members who identify as transgender.” The document, which is not classified but has long remained unavailable to Americans, is being published here for the first time for public consumption. The 34 page memo details the enormous perks granted to service members who identify as transgender... Anyway, here’s some of the “highlights” found within the document: Taxpayer funded “care” for transgender service members includes: speech/voice therapy cross-sex hormones, laser hair removal, voice feminization surgery, facialcontouring, body contouring, breast/chest...

Key PointsDisney CEO Bob Iger sat down with CNBC's David Faber at Allen & Co.'s annual conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, on Thursday.Disney announced Wednesday that it was extending Iger's contract by two years through 2026.Iger returned to the helm of Disney late last year. The company has since undergone thousands of layoffs and cut billions of dollars in spending, including from content.Disney CEO Bob Iger opened the door to selling the company's linear TV assets as the business struggles during the media industry's transition to streaming and digital offerings.Iger appeared Thursday on CNBC, the morning after the company announced...

Rents are up nationwide, and that’s a real problem for lots of folks living paycheck-to-paycheck. It’s interesting, as a new article points out, that rents are down in the Austin area while being up in San Jose, when you consider the laws of supply and demand, and the population flows to/from those areas. Now, we see Illinois passing a new law prohibiting landlords from screening their prospective tenants’ immigration status, and you’re liable to see more rent defaults in that state—something that we’ll want to watch for in rental property trends in 2024.But there is more to it than just...

Special Counsel Jack Smith leaked another report to The New York Times on Wednesday night. This comes after the House Oversight Committee produced $17 million in bank receipts and witness testimony in the Biden Family bribery, corruption, and influence peddling schemes with foreign regimes. Jack Smith is likely to use the same Civil War Civil Rights Violation that Merrick Garland and the DOJ have been using to send January 6 protesters to prison for years for non-violent crimes. Again, this leak was reported Wednesday night after the damning testimony from this afternoon.

As we’ve reported, country singer Jason Aldean’s song “Try That in a Small Town” has risen to the top of the charts and has caused liberal heads to explode, with many of them crying racism and claiming the tune is pro-lynching.Despite the Left’s outrage, the song, as of this writing, is #1 on the iTunes “Top Songs” chart. Ha!Read:Jason Aldean’s Rocking Country Song ‘Try That in a Small Town’ Makes Liberal Heads Explode, He Claps BackJason Aldean’s New Anti-BLM Song Hits No. 1, Highlights America’s Building Spite for the LeftJason Aldean and the Conflict of Rural vs. UrbanCountry Music Television...