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I have calloused hands and never hide my pride in my blue-collar, non-pretending, life. I can say with certainty, the rustbelt is forever lost to the professional Republican Party. The GOP club, like the DNC club, is dead in the wake of the great MAGA insurgency. Politicians representing the high-minded and pontificating professional Republican class will never again win an election in the rustbelt.The collapse of the Republican Party in the rustbelt is entirely due to the professionally Republican politicians aligning with economic policies that destroyed the middle class within the region. This is MAGA country now; a place where...

New polling indicates that most Americans don’t believe that the endless prosecutions of Trump will hurt his election chances in 2024.The Democrats have completely overplayed their hand on this. They have gone after Trump so many times that the public has become numb to all of it.Despite their repeated attempts to claim that this is all about ‘our democracy’ no one is buying it.Just the News reports:Most voters don’t think prosecutions targeting Trump will harm 2024 chances: pollMost voters do not think that former President Donald Trump’s chances of winning the 2024 election will be hurt by the multiple criminal...

Lynne Patton, a senior adviser to former President Donald Trump, appeared on Breitbart News Saturday, where she discussed Trump’s commitment to combatting child trafficking on the heels of the recent viewing of the blockbuster film Sound of Freedom at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. Patton told host Matthew Boyle, Breitbart News’s Washington bureau chief, that Trump intends to reinstate Title 42 on day one, with the aim of combatting child trafficking if he returns to the Oval Office. The Biden administration allowed the program to expire in May. “On day one when Trump gets back in office in...

Scientists discovered a female microscopic roundworm that has been stuck deep in Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years, The Washington Post reported. When they revived it, the worm started having babies via a process called parthenogenesis, which doesn't require a mate. According to a press release, the worm spent thousands of years in a type of dormancy called cryptobiosis. In that state, which can last almost indefinitely, all metabolic processes pause, including "reproduction, development, and repair," the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa reported. In a study published Thursday in the journal PLOS Genetics, scientists reported that after sequencing the worm's genome,...

Seven Republican presidential candidates appear to have qualified for the first debate in four weeks while others are still working to clear the thresholds set by the party. Among those on the outside looking in is former Vice President Mike Pence.

Actress Inga Swenson has passed away at the age of 90. The screen star died on Saturday, July 22, 2023 of natural causes, according to TMZ. Inga’s son Mark announced the news on Friday via the outlet. Her husband Lowell Harris, whom she married in 1953, was by her side at a “board and care facility” when she died, her son said. Inga became a household name playing the character Gretchen Kraus on the hit ABC sitcom Benson, which aired from 1979 until 1986. …

Two people are in the hospital and one person is dead after a shootout erupted at a popular mall when a Texas man tracked down alleged thieves accused of stealing his truck. A shopper at the South Park Mall in San Antonio reportedly noticed his Ford truck had been stolen on Thursday afternoon. The owner tracked down his truck to another side of the South Park Mall, according to the San Antonio Police Department. There were allegedly two people sitting inside the stolen vehicle — a man in the driver's seat and a woman in the passenger's seat. Police said...

Ukraine shows off a sea drone that can wipe out Russian ships and is 'faster than anything in the Black Sea' Ukraine has unveiled its new sea drone to the public for the first time, CNN reported. The quick, deadly drone is packed with explosives and is hunting Russia's Black Sea Fleet. "Russia's equipment is from the 20th Century, and ours is from the 21st," the developer told CNN. Ukraine has publicly unveiled its new sea drone for the first time as it seeks to limit the Russian fleet's operations in the Black Sea, CNN reported. The outlet got an...

Concerns about the potential impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the entertainment industry have played a significant role in the ongoing Hollywood strike by actors and writers. That hasn’t stopped companies with studios from staffing up with AI specialists. While the strike by actors and writers reflects a broader set of concerns beyond the impact of AI on the entertainment industry, including pay and benefits, the threat posed by the emerging and increasingly sophisticated technology has raised alarm. Actors have expressed fears about AI being used to replicate an actor’s image and likeness without the actor’s consent, while writers have...

On the day that Hunter Biden was scheduled to go to court, the U.S. government conveniently decided to hold a big congressional extravaganza on UFOs, complete with sketchy “whistleblowers” who claim the government is hiding dead aliens. Of course, many folks on the right saw this as nothing more than a coordinated distraction maneuver, similar to how they “re-arrest” President Trump every time Joe has a scandal pop up. Although, overall, the feeling from a lot of Americans was rather “meh.” Check out the overwhelming vibe on TikTok:

Governor J.B. Pritzker (D-IL) signed a bill on Friday that will allow foreign nationals in the state to become police officers. The bill, which was opposed by some police groups, including the Fraternal Order of Police, was one of 130 bills Pritzker signed on Friday. Effective immediately, foreign nationals will now be able to become police officers in the state. The law, HB3751, says that foreign nationals who “are legally authorized under federal law to work in the United States” or any foreign national who “is an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and...

Alaska Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy on Saturday signed into law a measure that seeks to block state and local officials from closing gun stores during disasters declared by the governor, unless such closures apply to all other businesses. Regarded as a win for Second Amendment supporters and Alaska residents, House Bill 61 - which was championed by Republican House Speaker Cathy Tilton and backed by the NRA - came in response to business closures in Alaska and other states during the coronavirus pandemic and protects a plethora of firearm businesses throughout the state. "Today is a remarkable day for Alaskans,...

Ukrainian forces are planning to enter Russian-occupied Crimea “soon” and have been spotted with North Korean rockets they reportedly seized from Moscow’s forces, according to reports. Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine Maj. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov did not specify when the military would begin their operation, according to Ukrainian news outlet TSN. (snip) Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces have been spotted with North Korean rockets, the Financial Times reported. Ukraine’s defense ministry suggested they captured the weaponry from Russia — despite both Moscow and the hermit kingdom denying that they had been conducting arms transactions. The rockets were shown by Ukrainian...

There you are, sitting across from an elderly, demented man drooling on his oatmeal, when suddenly you begin to wonder: Am I in a nursing home, or in the chambers of the United States Senate?? To help you solve the mystery, look for these nine helpful differences:Nursing Home: Residents call out "Bingo!" to win money Senate: Residents call out "Aye!" to spend your money. Nursing Home: Costs $10,000 per resident per month Senate: Costs $10 billion per resident per second. Nursing Home: Costs $10,000 per resident per month Senate: Costs $10 billion per resident per second

A Guinean diplomat made a very unusual fashion choice as he attended the Russia-Africa summit in St Petersburg this week - opting for a shirt decorated with Vladimir Putin's face. The man, who was named in Russian media as Lama Jacques Sevoba, works in Guinea's embassy in Moscow. His bold shirt had the Russian warmonger's face plastered all over it alongside drawings of diamonds, in an apparent pledge of loyalty to Putin, who he said he 'loves very much'. He also wore a field service cap with the Communist hammer and sickle. Mr Sevoba told the Telegram channel DD Geopolitics:...

Wagner Group mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin voiced support for the ongoing coup in Niger Thursday evening, offering his services to the rebels. Prigozhin, who recently left Belarus after the fallout of his attempted coup against the Russian government, accused Western powers of colonizing African nations and fostering terrorism to keep the countries unstable. "What happened in Niger has been brewing for years," Prigozhin said. "The former colonizers are trying to keep the people of African countries in check. "In order to keep them in check, the former colonizers are filling these countries with terrorists and various bandit formations, thus creating...

There you are, sitting across from an elderly, demented man drooling on his oatmeal, when suddenly you begin to wonder: Am I in a nursing home, or in the chambers of the United States Senate?? To help you solve the mystery, look for these nine helpful differences: 1. Nursing Home: Residents call out "Bingo!" to win money Senate: Residents call out "Aye!" to spend your money 2.Nursing Home: Costs $10,000 per resident per month Senate: Costs $10 billion per resident per second 3. Nursing Home: Residents alert a nurse when they've soiled themselves Senate: Residents wave to camera as if...

The tiny Greek island of Lipsi that banned the creation of swimming pools due to their environmental impact, is expected to reach 100 percent occupancy in August. Loyal to the mission of offering an unspoiled natural paradise to its visitors, Lipsi recently made headlines for making the case against artificial swimming pools, whose construction on the island is rejected and discouraged by the local authorities and tourism professionals, in favor of a more environmentally-aware approach to sea and sun vacations. And holiday-goers seem to be appreciating the effort, judging by the latest data. “The response of tourists to our call...

Standing on a bridge overlooking the road to Odesa’s main port, Nina Sulzhenko surveyed the damage wrought by a recent Russian missile strike: The House of Scientists, one of the Ukrainian city’s best-loved buildings, was in shambles. The mansion’s destroyed gardens spilled down over a ruined residential complex, and burned bricks lay strewn across the sidewalk. “I feel pain, and I want revenge,” said Ms. Sulzhenko, 74. “I don’t have the words to say what we should do to them.” She gestured toward other buildings in various stages of ruin. “Look at the music school! Look at what they did!...

Netizens are questioning news reports that claimed that Tafari Campbell died from a paddleboarding accident. The 45-year-old worked as a personal chef to former US president Barack Obama. He died during his recent trip to Martha’s Vineyard. Internet users are finding it hard to believe that he died due to the water sport considering his proficiency in swimming. Tafari Campbell was visiting Massachusetts Island from his Virginia home. He went missing in the Edgartown Great Pond waters on Sunday. Police endlessly searched for the food connoisseur until they received a call about a male paddleboarder who had reportedly “gone into...