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Democrats filed a lawsuit on Thursday to allow Wisconsin voters to return absentee ballots in drop boxes, moving to overturn a decision from the previous conservative-controlled state Supreme Court last year. The suit was filed against the Wisconsin Elections Commission by the national firm Elias Law Group, which leans Democrat. Attorneys argue the ban “burdens the right to vote”, and forces voters to depend on the United States Postal Service’s “unsecured mailboxes.” The Democrats are challenging the state Supreme Court’s ruling to bar the use of absentee ballot drop boxes after former President Donald Trump alleged absentee voting contained fraudulent...

Explanation: What do the famous Eagle Nebula star pillars look like in X-ray light? To find out, NASA's orbiting Chandra X-ray Observatory peered in and through these interstellar mountains of star formation. It was found that in M16 the dust pillars themselves do not emit many X-rays, but a lot of small-but-bright X-ray sources became evident. These sources are shown as bright dots on the featured image which is a composite of exposures from Chandra (X-rays), XMM (X-rays), JWST (infrared), Spitzer (infrared), Hubble (visible), and the VLT (visible). What stars produce these X-rays remains a topic of research, but some...

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence shot to the highest level in two years this month as inflationary pressures eased and the American economy continued to show resilience in the face of dramatically higher interest rates. The Conference Board, a business research group, said its consumer confidence index rose to 117 in July from a revised 110.1 in June. The gauge beat the 110.5 that economists had expected and was the highest since July 2021. The index measures both Americans’ assessment of current economic conditions and their outlook for the next six months. Both improved in July. The future expectations...

A panel of international experts investigating the 2014 abduction of 43 students in southern Mexico said on Tuesday that it was ending its inquiry after being repeatedly lied to and misled by the Mexican armed forces about their role in the crime. Members of the Mexican military misrepresented their whereabouts during the crime, denied access to key documents and withheld details about their involvement in the disappearance and its subsequent cover-up, the experts said in a report released on Tuesday, their sixth and final assessment of a notorious event that remains shrouded in mystery. ---- “It’s all lies, one after...

THE SYSTEM OF ocean currents that bring warm water to the north Atlantic Ocean is likely to collapse by the middle of the century if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced, a new study has found. Researchers in Denmark studying the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) expect it to collapse this century under current projections of future emissions. The study, published today in scientific journal Nature, expects that the AMOC will collapse some time between 2025 and 2095, with “high confidence” that it will happen as soon as the middle of the century. The AMOC regulates how heat moves from...

The White House is blasting a popular Fox News host for his commentary on the Holocaust this week. During an episode Monday of the network’s top-watched table talk program “The Five,” the panel discussed the state of Florida’s new controversial standards for teaching Black history, which direct teachers to include instruction on “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.” After a liberal member of the show’s panel asked if the same standard could be applied to Jews who were captured and tortured during the Holocaust, Greg Gutfeld chimed in. The late night...

Over the years, we’ve learned that Biden is a mean, vicious man… I am a dog person. I adore dogs and consider both dogs and humans incredibly lucky that, about 40,000 years ago, they made a pact to look out for each other. Interestingly, when you match humans to their dogs, they tend to take on each other’s traits. This isn’t just in looks but also in personality. Friendly people usually have friendly dogs, while nasty people have nasty dogs. And that brings me to the White House dogs. It’s amazing how often dogs and their owners look and act...

Cops have pulled whatever evidence they could from the “very cluttered” Long Island property of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann — and his family is welcome to move back in, officials said Tuesday. It’s still unclear whether Heuermann killed any of his victims in the ramshackle Massapequa Park home, where he lived with his wife and adult daughter and stepson, authorities said. “The evidence doesn’t point one way or the other,” Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told reporters at a press briefing at the scene. “Nothing of note” was found when police dug up Heuermann’s backyard “as...

Paul Sperry @paulsperry_ NEW: Special Counsel Jack Smith has spent $5.4 million investigating President Trump, while Special Counsel Robert Hur has spent $600,000 investigating President Biden

Nearly 5,000 Afghan migrants have been deported within 24 hours through the Milak border crossing in Sistan and Baluchistan province.According to an Iranian border commander, 4,767 “illegal” Afghan immigrants have reportedly been sent back to Afghanistan at the Milak border crossing in the province of Sistan and Baluchistan in the past 24 hours. Immigration officials cited “illegal entry, stay, and passport expiration” as the main reasons for deporting the migrants. According to Parviz Ghasemzada, Iran’s border commander for the area, Foreigners must enter, remain and leave Iran legally, Tasnim News Agency reported. He warned that anyone trying to enter Iran...

Florida’s absent Governor, Ron DeSantis, has dumped ANOTHER one third of his staff in his bid to stop the massive cash hemorrhaging brought about by the profligate spending of donor cash under the stewardship of amateur campaign manager Generra Peck, POLITICO has reported.The news comes a week after the DeSantis team dumped up to a dozen staff in cost-cutting measures, and just days after they spent nearly $100,000 schmoozing donors in Utah, attempting to convince them that a third campaign “reset” would deliver the results they need. The subject matter is covered extensively in The Campaign Trail podcast episode 4:...

ransomnote: Tim Ballard describes some of the attacks against his reputation and mentions the false claims about micro-chipping.Excerpted from linked video:".....you guys, it will never cease to amaze me how far the godless leftist media will go to run interference for human traffickers. They're throwing everything at me right now.I just saw a post that seems to be trending in certain places saying that I am in favor of putting microchips in children so we can track them.That's complete baloney. I've never weighed in on that. I've never said anything, and in fact, I'm very much against anything that would...

San Francisco's response to the COVID-19 crisis resulted in one of the lowest coronavirus-related death tolls among U.S. metropolitan cities, a study has found. According to the study conducted by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers and the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH), the city implemented "one of the most intensive, inclusive and multi-pronged" COVID responses in the U.S., leading to one of the lowest fatality rates among U.S. cities across all ages and ethnicities.

Matthew 20:20-28 Friends, in today’s Gospel, the mother of James and John asks Jesus in their name that they might play leading roles in his kingdom. This Gospel reveals that the brothers are in a bad spiritual place. We have to move from the play that we are writing, directing, and starring into the play that God is directing.To be fair to them, their request makes a certain amount of sense, as the Messiah was expected to be a new David, and David was a man of tremendous power and honor. Power is the capacity to get things done; without...

MTG brings FBI FD-1023 to House Floor, attacks Christopher Wray, Demands Biden Impeachment

A nonprofit group funded by Republican megadonor Peter Thiel appears to have donated $3 million to a group that has financed some left-leaning organizations and aligned with progressive elements of the Democratic Party, according to tax documents first reviewed by CNBC. The Thiel Foundation, a 501(c)(3) which the tech investor founded and funds entirely himself, gave the sum to the New Venture Fund in 2021, according to 990 tax forms. The New Venture Fund is a Washington, D.C.-based 501(c)(3) group that for years has acted as a major funder for some groups aligned with the Democratic Party. It’s also known...

The U.N. atomic watchdog says its monitors at the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant reported seeing anti-personnel mines around the site as Ukraine’s military pursues a counteroffensive against the Kremlin’s entrenched forces after 17 months of war. The International Atomic Energy Agency said its team observed the mines Sunday in a restricted area that is off-limits to the plant’s Ukrainian staff. The agency did not directly attribute the placement of the mines to the Russians but said its experts were told “it is a military decision, and in an area controlled by military.” “Having such explosives on the site is...

While James Brown was seen as the godfather of soul music, for many music critics Johnny Otis was considered the godfather of rhythm and blues. But what his many fans across the U.S.A. did not know was that he was actually a Greek-American. In his long career, Johnny Otis wore many hats, and he was a pioneer in many ways. He was a bandleader, talent scout, singer, drummer, church minister, journalist, television show host, and radio producer. Between 1950 and 1952, Johnny and his band recorded fifteen top 40 R&B hits. He discovered, produced, and promoted legends such as Etta...

In today's episode we go down the rabbit hole on all things dealing with Sound of Freedom, Tim Ballard, Angel Studios, Operation Underground Railroad, and reveal the truth about the FRAUDULANT activities connected to the Sound of Freedom and the people who funded it. We also bring Carlos Slim into the light and weigh all of the information before making the final judgment. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bXc2DpsVNa4 Run Time 12 m 9 s

In the latest sign of rising homophobia in different African countries, a Kenyan opposition MP is leading a campaign for parliament to further criminalise the country's small LGBTQ community.George Peter Kaluma's move comes after neighbouring Uganda adopted a tough new anti-gay law, rejecting threats by US President Joe Biden to impose sanctions and travel restrictions on "anyone involved in serious human rights abuses". When I met Mr Kaluma - a member of veteran Kenyan opposition politician Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement - he was sitting behind his desk at his office in the capital Nairobi, proof-reading and making corrections to...