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"We must firmly resist this racist, anti-communist witch hunt and remain committed to building an international peace movement," said Code Pink and ANSWER Coalition. On Monday, anti-war organizations across the United States issued an open letter to reject a trend that targets China and to call on people to reject what they call the "new McCarthyism." "From The New York Times to Fox News, there's a resurgence of the Red Scare that once shattered many lives and threatened movements for change and social justice," said the letter titled "McCarthyism is back: Together we can stop it." It warned the new...

Former Vice President Mike Pence's ex-National Security Advisor Keith Kellogg said Monday that the 2024 hopeful is 'unworthy' of the presidency and threw his support behind Donald Trump. Kellogg issued a blistering statement on Trump's Truth Social network, explaining that he was disappointed in some of Pence's recent actions.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy isn't ruling out a House impeachment of President Joe Biden, and is demanding Biden family members come forward to prove their innocence. Appearing on Fox News opinion host Sean Hannity's program Monday night, McCarthy called on Biden to 'give us his bank statements,' days after former Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer testified about their international business dealings. 'I think there's enough proof out there that this Biden family needs to come forward and show there wasn't a pay to play,' McCarthy said, echoing corruption charges being leveled by House Oversight Committee Chairman Rep. James Comer...

Latest World Bank statistics….updated as reported, usually in arrears. Take away, since the Sanctions, an uptick. Sorry Joe. View World Bank data.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has gently nudged his Republican counterparts in the House of Representatives to pump the brakes on chatter of impeaching President Biden. “I said two years ago, when we had not one but two impeachments, that once we go down this path it incentivizes the other side to do the same thing,” McConnell told the New York Times in an interview published Tuesday. “Impeachment ought to be rare,” he added. “This is not good for the country.” A growing number of House Republicans have called for Biden’s impeachment, with most of them citing the border...

The plaintiff saw David Renner die while she was sitting aboard the airplane. SAN ANTONIO — An airplane passenger who witnessed a ground crew worker as he was fatally ingested into a jet engine is suing the company that employed him after she experienced post-traumatic stress over the incident. David Renner died June 23 at the San Antonio International Airport. His death was ruled a suicide. The plaintiff in the lawsuit had boarded Delta Airlines Flight 1111 and was seated on the same side of the plane as the jet engine where Renner's death took place. She was looking out...

CORUSCANT — Controversial former U.S. women's soccer player Megan Rapinoe was not unemployed for long, as the Galactic Empire reportedly recruited the recently retired athlete to train its stormtroopers to shoot. "She's the perfect fit for the job," said General Cassio Tagge of the move. "The Empire has carried on a long tradition of poor marksmanship. It is one of the bedrocks of everything we have built in the galaxy. Bringing Megan Rapinoe on staff to train new troops will ensure that tradition continues. If anyone knows about missing important shots, it's this dude with the funny-colored hair." Imperial leadership...

[Catholic Caucus] Meet the ‘Shreveport Martyrs’ - the five potential saints on the USCCB agenda this weekAt their plenary assembly this week, the U.S. bishops will hold a consultative vote on whether to advance the beatification cause of five priests who died during the 1873 Yellow Fever epidemic in Shreveport, Louisiana.The five priests died in a three-week span while ministering to the sick and dying in what would become one of the worst Yellow Fever outbreaks in U.S. history.In December 2020, the beatification cause was opened for Servants of God Isidore Quémerais, Jean Pierre, Jean Marie Biler, Louis Gergaud, and...

On a bright Saturday afternoon, State Trooper Al Loney witnessed a motorcycle travel 205 mph. You read that right.

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Police in Democrat-run Oakland, California, are urging residents to use airhorns as a way of sounding an alarm when criminals strike amid a surge in crime. Crime has risen to a point where police are not only advising the purchase of airhorns but also the placement of “security bars to…doors and windows,” CNN noted. Burglaries in the city are up 41 percent “and robberies by more than 20 percent.” Oakland resident Toni Bird indicated that she followed the advice of police and now has three airhorns. Bird said, “The types of crime that we’re seeing feel much more violent and...

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"In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. "Remember Lot's wife." "Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book." Luke, Chapter 17 1 Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe unto him, through whom they come! 2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he...

A record 82 treason cases were opened so far this year, a Russian outlet claimed But the actual number is likely to be 'many times higher', the outlet has alleged Paranoid Vladimir Putin's security forces have massively increased the number of suspected 'traitors' they have arrested for treason. Now literally everyone can be accused of treason,' said the report. 'Even likes on Instagram and subscriptions on Telegram [messenger service] can lead to a criminal case.' Lawyer Yevgeny Smirnov, from human rights project Department One, said: 'Do not forget that the very content of the state secret is a state secret....

Explanation: What's that below the Moon? Jupiter -- and its largest moons. Many skygazers across planet Earth enjoyed the close conjunction of Earth's Moon passing nearly in front of Jupiter in mid-June. The featured image is a single exposure of the event taken from Morón de la Frontera, Spain. The sunlit lunar crescent on the left is overexposed, while the Moon's night side, on the right, is only faintly illuminated by Earthshine. Lined up diagonally below the Moon, left to right, are Jupiter's bright Galilean satellites: Callisto, Ganymede, Io (hard to see as it is very near to Jupiter), and...

EXCLUSIVE new statement from @MAGAIncWarRoom spox @kleavittnh : “Ron DeSantis has already delivered a political hat trick today and it’s not even lunch time. The only problem? All three goals were scored on himself. His New Hampshire campaign free fall has left him tied with Chris Christie in single digits, he fired his campaign manager after singing her praises at a recent event, and the FEC sent a notice to the DeSantis campaign that it improperly designated $2.6 million of donations as primary funds. That means that DeSantis actually started the quarter with $6.4 million to spend on the primary...

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Democratic Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of emergency Tuesday over the flood of migrants pouring into her deep blue state and straining emergency resources. Healey urged the federal government to step up support for the crisis, which she claims has caused a “severe lack of shelter availability.” “I am declaring a state of emergency in Massachusetts and urging my partners in the federal government to take the action we need to address this crisis by streamlining the work authorization process and passing comprehensive immigration reform,” she said in a statement. According to commonwealth officials, there are currently around...

President Joe Biden will sit down for a rare one-on-one interview Tuesday, but he is not expected to address the more recent developments regarding his son Hunter Biden and Hunter’s former business partner Devon Archer. Biden has managed to avoid doing major press conferences and in-person interviews for most of his tenure in the White House – and the Press Corps has taken notice, complaining regularly about the lack of access to Biden and his administration. Despite that, the president’s Tuesday interview, set to air on Wednesday, is expected to be all about climate — and will air on The...

In a recent ruling, a judge in Pennsylvania declared that an election worker is unable to file a lawsuit against former President Trump for his statements that cast doubt on the 2020 election results. The judge, Michael Erdos, determined that these statements are protected by “presidential immunity.” Specifically, Trump’s immunity covered a tweet he posted and comments he made from the White House during a Pennsylvania state Senate committee hearing in November 2020. Trump alleged voter fraud in the election that occurred in Pennsylvania. “Other legal proceedings may examine the propriety of his statements and actions while he was the...