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It's been 24-hours since Hunter Biden entered a Delaware courtroom expecting to walk away without jail time and a codification of his sweetheart plea deal offered by the Department of Justice -- wiping away felony tax fraud and a felony gun charge with minor misdemeanors and a diversion program. “As he entered the courtroom, Mr. Biden drew a deep breath and plunged forward to greet the prosecutors who investigated him for five years with handshakes and a smile,” the New York Times reported about the scene. But after asking just a few simple questions, U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreikam...

Late last week, a bulldozer toppled a minaret that has watched over the city of Basra, Iraq, for nearly three centuries, leaving local residents dismayed.Minarets like this one serve as the beacons from which Muslims are called to prayer five times each day. At roughly 36 feet tall, this particular minaret has stood since 1727. Cultural officials say that the initial plan had been to preserve and relocate the Siraji Mosque's minaret, which was reportedly contributing to traffic jams, according to Reuters.Officials from the Sunni Endowment Office, which oversees Sunni religious sites, say they had no knowledge of the impending...

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Hunter Biden’s lawyer, Chris Clark, admitted in court Wednesday the president’s son received $664,000 from CEFC China Energy Co. in 2017, contradicting President Joe Biden’s claim Hunter Biden never received money from a Chinese entity. During a hearing before U.S. District Judge Maryellen Noreika, Clark revealed Hunter made over one million dollars in foreign business transactions, including $664,000 from CEFC, a company linked to the CCP and Chinese intelligence. “During calendar year 2017, Biden earned substantial income, including: just under $1 million from a company he formed with the CEO of a Chinese business conglomerate [BHR Partners]; $666,666 from his...

Explanation: Large galaxies grow by eating small ones. Even our own galaxy engages in a sort of galactic cannibalism, absorbing small galaxies that are too close and are captured by the Milky Way's gravity. In fact, the practice is common in the universe and illustrated by this striking pair of interacting galaxies from the banks of the southern constellation Eridanus, The River. Located over 50 million light years away, the large, distorted spiral NGC 1532 is seen locked in a gravitational struggle with dwarf galaxy NGC 1531, a struggle the smaller galaxy will eventually lose. Seen nearly edge-on, spiral NGC...

July is set to be the hottest month on record. That’s according to data released Thursday that was collected by Copernicus, the Earth observation component of the European Union’s space program, and supported by the World Meteorological Organization, the United Nation’s agency for weather, climate and water. The first three weeks of July have been the hottest three-week period on record, according to a joint statement published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the World Meteorological Organization. This month’s record-breaking heat surpasses July 2019, the previous hottest month, and comes on the heels of June setting the record for...

We all know Hunter Biden's laptop from hell was a treasure trove of illicit and icky emails, photos, and more that provided a picture into the troubled life and wild extracurriculars of the son of Senator-turned-VP-turned-President of the United States Joe Biden. But new emails — not obtained from Hunter's laptop — reported by Insider show that the First Kid's practice of using his proximity and access to then-VP Biden for supposedly personal business was an apparently lucrative pay-for-power scheme. In two previously unreported emails "sent by business contacts of Hunter Biden" unearthed by Insider, the younger Biden "requested an...

Gross domestic product (GDP) levels came in hot in the second quarter, growing at a 2.4 percent rate that marked the fourth straight quarter of positive growth and underlined the resilience of the U.S. economy. Economists polled by Bloomberg had been expecting GDP growth of around 1.8 percent, meaning the 2.4 percent growth was a pleasant surprise — especially with other recent data indicating slowing inflation. The numbers from the Commerce Department are the latest sign of strength in the U.S. economy, and they come a day after the Federal Reserve reversed its March prediction of a “mild recession” to...

“Even those places that are used to extreme heat have never seen it as hot as it is now for as long as it's been,'' Biden said. “Even those who deny that we’re in the midst of a climate crisis can’t deny the impact of extreme heat is having on Americans.'' Biden's bid to address the immediate effects of climate change come as he faces pressure from fellow Democrats and environmental groups to declare a climate "emergency,'' a step he has so far resisted. The steps announced Thursday supplement his long-term agenda for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and deploying clean...

Wernher von Braun (1912-1977), one of Nazi Germany’s leading rocket scientists, became a pioneer in America’s space program following World War II. But it was von Braun’s conversion to Christ that captured the attention of Assemblies of God radio preacher C. M. Ward. Ward interviewed the scientist in 1966, during which von Braun described the relationship between his newfound faith and his lifework in science.Von Braun’s interest in rocket science had been sparked by a desire to explore space, but he came to regret that his work was being used to cause tremendous destruction of human life. He had developed...

First Lady Jill Biden’s ex-husband claimed on Wednesday that members of the “Biden crime family” threatened him after their divorce, arguing that they were now targeting former President Donald Trump in the same fashion. Bill Stevenson married Jill Biden in 1970 — their divorce was finalized in 1975 — and he told Newsmax host Greg Kelly that Frankie Biden had been the one to approach him after the divorce, apparently threatening him over a piece of property that Jill wanted to retain. VIDEO AT LINK............. “This is when my problems started,” Stevenson told Kelly during Wednesday’s broadcast. “In 1982, they...

More than 100 New York City public school children have listed their gender as 'X' - instead of male or female - after the district allowed the choice last year. 'X' is meant to encompass any student who identifies as non-binary, gender expansive or gender fluid - and is similarly an available option on birth certificates in the city. The form has been in place for one year - and the data for 2022-23 shows that 108 schoolkids in the NYC public system chose X. It equates to around .01 percent of the district's 1.1million population. The enrolment form has...

Former President Donald Trump is maintaining a dominant lead in the Republican primary race, even in the wake of the news of him being the target of another investigation, the latest Monmouth University survey found.In a crowded 14-candidate field, Trump leads with majority support, garnering 54 percent among Republican voters. As is consistent with other national surveys, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis falls to a distant second, 32 points behind with 22 percent support.Anti-woke businessman Vivek Ramaswamy placed third, 17 points behind DeSantis with five percent support.Three percent chose South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former...

Anheuser-Busch is set to lay off hundreds of employees in the wake of the brand's disastrous Dylan Mulvaney partnership that saw Bud Light - once America's favorite brew - lose its title as top-selling beer to Modelo. The company announced its decision to lay off about 2 percent of its US workforce in a statement released by Anheuser-Busch CEO Brendan Whitworth Wednesday. There are around 19,000 people employed by the company in the US, meaning approximately 380 staff are set to lose their jobs. 'Today we took the very difficult but necessary decision to eliminate a number of positions across...

The media are so desperate for Republicans to nominate Donald Trump that they’ve turned over 96.7 percent of their programming to covering him, with brief interruptions for Emmett Till updates. Like dogs playing a game of fetch for eternity, they never tire of rehashing Trump’s legal troubles, his behavior on Jan. 6 (which has now been more investigated than the Kennedy assassination), his payment to a stripper, his call to election officials in Georgia and on and on and on.It has become clear that the media also plan to make the GOP presidential primaries entirely about Trump. Every Republican running...

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign said it is a “disgrace” that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) office criticized Rep. Byron Donalds’ (R-FL) conservative record after he expressed minor concern with Florida’s education standards that purport to teach students about the “personal benefit” enslaved Americans received under slavery.DeSantis’s campaign has been shrouded in controversy after Florida’s newly released education standards require students to be instructed about “how slaves developed skills which, in some instances, could be applied for their personal benefit.”Florida’s Board of Education’s changes to the social studies curriculum were made possible by Florida’s Stop Wrongs to Our Kids and...

Beverage giant Anheuser-Busch InBev announced it will lay off hundreds of corporate employees as sales of its flagship lager Bud Light falter. In a statement to CNBC on Thursday, a company spokesperson said the job cuts affect less than 2% of U.S. employees. Anheuser-Busch has about 18,000 employees nationwide. The layoffs will include about 350 of those people. The company said it will cut positions across every corporate function. Anheuser-Busch added the changes will “simplify and reduce layers within its organization.” The layoffs will not affect employees such as brewery and warehouse staff, drivers and field salespeople, among others, the...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Members of the Upper House shuffled excitedly down the hall on their way to lunch Thursday after hearing Congressional chefs were prepping something special in addition to their usual meal of strained peas and blended cube steak. "Oooo! I hear it's chocolate pudding!" exclaimed Senator Dianne Feinstein. "I haven't had chocolate smooshsmosh since Otto von Bismarck made his trek across the Delaware and another thing why are the lights in here so bright and where's Dorothy with my whacking stick…." Senator Mitch McConnell was seen padding toward the cafeteria with a sparkle in his eye after hearing...

North Korea continues to advance its nuclear weapons and missile programs despite UN Security Council sanctions and high-level diplomatic efforts. Recent ballistic missile tests and military parades suggest that North Korea is continuing to build a nuclear warfighting capability designed to evade regional ballistic missile defenses. Such an approach likely reinforces a deterrence and coercive diplomacy strategy—lending more credibility as it demonstrates capability—but it also raises questions about crisis stability and escalation control.U.S. policy as well as U.N. resolutions call on North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs. Kim Jong Un has repeatedly rejected “denuclearization” talks. According...

Doug MacGregor: Fops and wankers staring into the abyss.....