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Tony Bennett, the legendary pop, jazz, and big-band vocalist, has died. He was 96. Publicist Sylvia Weiner confirmed Bennett’s death to the Associated Press, saying he passed away in his hometown of New York. His cause of death — just two weeks shy of his 97th birthday — has not yet been announced. “I come from good Italian stock — but I’ve tried to stay fit through the years,” Bennett told me nearly 20 years ago. At the time he was a spry 72, meeting and greeting concertgoers with swagger before a benefit performance in the blazing hot Sonoran Desert...

A recent study has found that the level of sinful lust generated by Victoria's Secret mailers has plummeted a staggering 800% in recent years. Experts are now attributing this significant decline to one simple, yet profound reason: the once-sexy magazine just isn't as seductive as it used to be. "We were absolutely flabbergasted by the results," admitted Dr. Albert Jones, lead researcher of the study. "Apparently replacing beautiful, in-shape babes with obese women and hairy dudes in lingerie causes the lust factor to plummet drastically for some reason." According to sources, many participants in the study reported feeling a different...

WASHINGTON — A senior FBI official told Twitter that Hunter Biden’s laptop was legitimate on the same day The Post published the first article in its bombshell reporting series on documents linking President Biden to his son’s foreign business deals, according to deposition testimony released Thursday by the House Judiciary Committee. That confirmation was not shared with voters ahead of the 2020 election as dozens of former intelligence officials and then-presidential candidate Joe Biden falsely suggested that incriminating documents were Russian disinformation. “Somebody from Twitter essentially asked whether the laptop was real. And one of the FBI folks who was...

An Alabama attorney believes Carlee Russell should be in jail after information revealed on Wednesday disputed last week’s supposed kidnapping of the Alabama woman. Eric Guster, a former criminal defense attorney turned personal injury lawyer, was captivated by the national news of Russell disappearing that occurred near his home, but has since changed his opinion in the matter when police released more information over the last three days. “She said she was kidnapped, and a kidnapping didn’t happen. Our citizens are safe, there’s not a kidnapper out there,” Guster told WVTM 13. “So they use every other synonym for lie...

Pray For The Peace of JerusalemLuke 22 The Guards Mock Jesus 63 The men who were guarding Jesus began mocking and beating him. 64 They blindfolded him and demanded, “Prophesy! Who hit you?” 65 And they said many other insulting things to him. _______________________________________________________New International Version (NIV) Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.God Bless America.ML/LTOS

The U.S. women's national team are set to square off against Vietnam Friday at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand in their World Cup opener. The match is the first of three group games for USA as they begin the journey to a fifth World Cup title. No team has ever achieved a three-peat of cups and the USWNT are in prime position to be the first to do so. They'll have to get through the group, where all games take place in New Zealand, and they include a 2019 final rematch against the Netherlands. Matchday one is the first-ever...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley released an unclassified document Thursday that Republicans claim is significant in their investigation of Hunter Biden as they delve into the financial affairs of the president and his son, and revive previously debunked claims of wrongdoing. While lawmakers on the Oversight Committee have already been able to partly review the information, this is the first time the full document — which contains raw, unverified information — is being made public. Called an FD-1023 form, it involves claims a confidential informant made in 2020 about Hunter Biden’s alleged business dealings when he served on...

Sen. Chuck Grassley on Thursday released a confidential FBI informant's unverified claim that, years ago, the Biden family "pushed" a Ukrainian oligarch to pay them $10 million. The exceedingly rare step by Grassley, R-Iowa, further promulgates an allegation that Democratic critics warned against accepting at face value and which the White House continues to deny, saying it has been investigated under the Trump administration and "debunked." Details of the unclassified document, known as an FD-1023, have emerged in recent months as Republicans search for any evidence that President Joe Biden engaged in the controversial overseas business dealings of his son...

"Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His great mercy has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to obtain an inheritance which is imperishable and undefiled and will not fade away, reserved in heaven for you" (1 Pet. 1:3-4). Victory over present circumstances comes when you focus on your eternal inheritance and praise God for it. One amazing privilege you have as a Christian is to be the beneficiary of a rich and exciting spiritual inheritance. Jesus gave us a...

The FBI form documenting the agency’s conversations with an informant contains damning allegations for President Joe Biden. The unclassified form — which Republican members of Congress fought to obtain from the FBI — was released Thursday evening by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA). 🚨BREAKING🚨 The FD-1023 form alleging then-Vice President JOE BIDEN was involved in a $5,000,000 bribery scheme with a Burisma executive has been released by @ChuckGrassley. Read 👇 pic.twitter.com/Mc6dVIwdsG — Oversight Committee (@GOPoversight) July 20, 2023 It memorializes several conversations with the informant (called a “confidential human source,” or CHS, throughout the document), who is discussing conversations that the...

Ukraine’s ambassador to London appeared to side with the British government when it said Zelensky would be wise to start showing more gratitude to the Western nations showering the country with tens of billions of equipment and cash, a move that has cost him his position. One of Ukraine’s top ambassadors, Vadym Prystaiko — the point man for communication with one of the country’s most supportive allies in its defensive war against Russia — has been fired, just days after he said President Zelensky’s “sarcasm” towards his Western underwriters wasn’t “healthy”.

As public support for reparations for African Americans remains stubbornly low, a new Yahoo News/YouGov poll reveals one major roadblock: Donald Trump voters believe that racism against white Americans has become a bigger problem than racism against Black Americans. The survey of 1,638 U.S. adults, which was conducted from July 13-17, shows that among 2020 Trump voters, 62% say that racism against Black Americans is a problem today — while 73% say that racism against white Americans is a problem. Asked how much of a problem racism currently is, just 19% of Trump voters describe racism against Black Americans as...

Russian warlord Igor Girkin has been arrested after branding Vladimir Putin a "useless coward". The commander turned military blogger has repeatedly criticised the tyrant - and warned the country would not survive another term under him. Girkin has also been outspoken about the failures of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine. At least eight Russian top brass have been detained or suspended in a mass purge as Putin's defence chief roots out the "bad blood" in the Kremlin. And Girkin's wife Miroslava Reginskaya today announced on Telegram he had been detained on charges of "extremism". She wrote: "Today, at about 11:30, representatives...

The astounding speed with which a delusional fantasy has been imposed on society – that people can become the opposite sex simply by saying so – requires explanation. This obliteration of nature’s (and God’s) most fundamental truth of our lives and the resusltant diminishing of the reproduction of our species clearly vectors toward societal and civilizational collapse. It destroys fertility when surgical and chemical interventions are used, and this dooms the society successfully targeted to decline relative to the rest of the world unaffected by the craze. (Have you heard about transgenderism spreading in Russia and China?) The indoctrination of...

A century ago, Mexico proved concerned parents can stop public schools from grooming their children. Parental involvement with schools is essential to stop kids from being sexually corrupted. Yet, many parents do nothing because they fear being cancelled on social media, called homophobes, or raided by the FBI. Others naïvely believe their kids are immune to the woke indoctrination process. However, there is an example from a century ago in Mexico that proves concerned parents can stop public schools from grooming their children. This virtually unknown incident followed the 1910-1920 Mexican Revolution and provides parents of today some encouragement. This...

Kiel Institute support tracker from downloaded data XLS file. All aid to Ukraine cumulative from 2/22/2022 to 5/31/2023 Country $billion %GDP Australia 0.46 0.03 Austria 2.04 0.43 Belgium 1.90 0.32 Bulgaria 0.48 0.57 Canada 5.73 0.29 Croatia 0.36 0.53 Cyprus 0.06 0.22 Czech Republic 1.57 0.56 Denmark 3.01 0.76 Estonia 0.54 1.46 EU (Commission and Council) 29.84 0.17 Finland 1.97 0.66 France 8.11 0.27 Germany 19.58 0.46 Greece 0.74 0.34 Hungary 0.48 0.27 Iceland 0.03 0.13 Ireland 0.84 0.17 Italy 6.28 0.30 Japan 7.19 0.15 Latvia 0.51 1.28 Lithuania 0.76 1.14 Luxembourg 0.22 0.26 Malta 0.03 0.19 Netherlands 7.24 0.71...

@electpoliticsuk Uxbridge and South Ruislip by-election (special) result: Conservative HOLD

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday approved the deployment of the USS Bataan amphibious readiness group and the 26th Marine Expeditional Unit to the Gulf region, according to US officials. The readiness group consists of three ships, including the Bataan, an amphibious assault ship. An expeditional unit usually consists of about 2,500 Marines. In an announcement, US Central Command said the deployment will provide "even greater flexibility and maritime capability in the region.” The announcement did not name the ships, but US officials detailed the units involved in the deployment on condition of anonymity to discuss troop movements. Along with...

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Wow! This gal, Emma Jo Morris, a politics editor at Breitbart, is just amazing in her testimony about the Hunter laptop from hell and she's apparently been all over the story from the very beginning. This is how she begins: EMMA JO MORRIS: I am a politics editor at Breitbart. I am here because I published a series of stories three years ago in October 2020 about Hunter Biden's now-infamous laptop, also known as the Laptop From Hell, which is seen as some of the most scandalous reporting of the last decade. What was more scandalous than the reporting itself...