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Spanish state prosecutors have accused Luis Rubiales of sexual assault and coercion for kissing a player on the lips without her consent after the Women’s World Cup final, the country’s prosecutors’ office said Friday. Rubiales, the now-suspended president of the Spanish soccer federation, kissed Jenni Hermoso during the awards ceremony after Spain beat England to win the title on Aug. 20 in Sydney. Prosecutors presented their case for potential criminal charges against Rubiales to Spain’s National Court in Madrid two days after Hermoso formally accused him of sexual assault. FIFA suspended Rubiales from his post on Aug. 27, a day...

A trendy idea among GOP candidates would fail, just as it did in Colombia.Using the U.S. military in Mexico to deal with the fentanyl crisis in the United States is the hot new policy solution for lots of U.S. politicians. The top three Republican presidential candidates have endorsed using the U.S. military to fight Mexican cartels. Similarly, Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw, the newly appointed chair of a congressional task force for countering Mexican cartels, announced recently that “Colombia is the model” for what Washington needs to do in Mexico. Crenshaw is the author of a bill in Congress authorizing the...

BREAKING: The US Office of Special Counsel learned that all machines in Green Bay were ESS machines and were connected to a secret, hidden Wi-Fi access point at the Grand Hyatt hotel, which was the location used by the City of Green Bay on the day of the 2020 Presidential election.

Debate over enforcement comes as the country battles with how to effectively diminish the use of the highly accessible and extremely deadly drugMadison Bernard climbed into bed before dawn with her toddler, Charlotte, who was asleep next to a nightstand strewn with straws, burned tinfoil and a white powder. Hours later, the mother woke and found her daughter struggling to breathe, according to investigators who described the scene in court documents. After being rushed in an ambulance to a hospital, the 15-month-old girl died from a fentanyl overdose. Her mother and father, whom authorities said brought the drugs into their...

The fabric of our society is coming apart at the seams, and you can see it with your own eyes. If you live in a major city, all you have to do is walk around, and you’ll find many signs that our core urban centers are decaying, and just about every sort of evil that you can possibly imagine is exploding all around us. Our so-called leaders continue to make stupid decisions, and now we are all going to reap the consequences. Predators are roaming our streets. American families are collapsing. Traditional moral values have been completely discarded. Young people...

It is highly unlikely that Governor DeSantis will win the GOP nomination. The recent Wall Street Journal poll has cemented this into my head. Yet, I'm sticking with DeSantis until he's out of the race, whether that be on Election Day (unlikely) or he ends his campaign during the primaries (as of now, quite likely). I'm sticking with him because nobody else has the record of conservative accomplishments and stalwart executive leadership that he has repeatedly demonstrated. I look for action, not words. This being said, Governor DeSantis has showed himself to be poor campaigner. He just can't close the...

Mark Meadows' latest court flop increases the pressure facing the co-defendants charged alongside Donald Trump in the Georgia election interference case to flip on the former President and cooperate with the prosecution, one former federal prosecutor told Insider. In a Friday ruling, US District Court Judge Steve Jones denied Meadows' bid to move the prosecution against him to federal court. In his ruling, Jones argued that when Meadows urged Georgia's secretary of state to "find" enough votes to declare Trump the winner of the state in the 2020 election, his behavior fell outside the scope of his official duties of...

A Portland transgender activist faces a slew of charges for allegedly defecating and ransacking a teen girl's car after claiming she was 'transphobic.' Vivian Shemansky, 44, allegedly flew into a frenzy after the 17-year-old, Jade, parked near her tent in a parking lot on August 27. After Shemansky allegedly first threw a stick at her, the teen returned to her car after just 10 minutes to find it covered in human waste with every window smashed. The teen's mother, Lisa Thomasson, told The Post Millenial that her daughter was 'in tears' when she discovered her destroyed car, which was written...

Vivek Ramaswamy, the fast-talking, Ivy League-educated, telegenic political phenom thrills Republican voters, infuriates his presidential primary opponents and styles himself as an entrepreneurial “scientist” with a glittering business background and hundreds of millions of dollars to dump into his out-of-nowhere campaign for the White House. But a review of Ramaswamy’s career – marked by the hyping of a failed Alzheimer's drug, giant payouts when other investors got burned, lawsuits alleging pressure to break securities laws and more – reveals a businessperson whose true liquid net worth is unknown and whose track record as a successful entrepreneur shows limited value creation...

A Washington, D.C., judge has refused to allow pro-life activists to show photos of aborted, preemie-sized babies as evidence in court, as well as a video wherein a D.C. abortionist allegedly describes how he would allow babies to die if they survived his abortions. Her refusal pertains to the case of Lauren Handy and four other pro-life activists, who were convicted by a D.C. jury last month of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act when they sought to prevent the abortions of unborn babies by blocking women from a D.C. abortion clinic, the Washington Surgi-Clinic, in...

If you’re considering a move to Texas, join the crowd. According to the US Census Bureau, Texas’ population grew by 9,085,073 between 2000 and 2022, which is more than in any other state. Roughly 29% of Texas’ population growth was due to out-of-state relocations. Why are so many people moving to Texas? There are plenty of reasons so many people move to Texas, not the least of which is lower taxes.Some people move to Texas for low taxes Moving to Texas can come with big tax benefits for people of all ages, and some people in higher-taxed states have taken...

Another “Christian” pastor is once again claiming that killing babies in abortions is Biblical. Rev. Dr. Jacqui Lewis took to Twitter the other day claiming that “abortion access is holy and life-honoring.” Lewis, the senior minister at Middle Collegiate Church, claimed that killing babies is a good thing to stopped “forced births.” “Forcing people to give birth reveals such little respect for life and the wellbeing of everyone involved,” Lewis wrote. And she claims giving birth to unwanted children “harms many children who are born.” “It harms folks who are forced to have a child against their wishes. Not to...

The Biden border crisis is moving north. Illegal aliens are traveling to Canada and attempting to cross into northern border states like New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York. The number of apprehensions in the Swanton sector over the last 11 months has surpassed the last 10 years combined. On Wednesday, Chief Agent Robert Garcia of the Swanton sector of U.S. Customs & Border Protection reported that more than 6,000 apprehensions were reported over the last 11 months, a record number of arrests at northern border crossings. This is not the kind of attention this sector of CBP wants. Illegals are...

You love to see it. The Washington Post editorial board published a piece today arguing that the world she be paying close attention to the failure of Chinese communism:The East is ascendant. The West is in irreversible decline. And China is proving that its centralized, state-led authoritarian system is superior at delivering high economic growth and rapid development, in contrast to messy and fractious democracies.For years, and particularly since Chinese President Xi Jinping cemented his power, this has been the official message underpinning Mr. Xi’s “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.” Rejuvenation — also called revival — has been repeated...

KYIV — In a major breakthrough in the ongoing war with Russia, Ukraine has developed a new weapon powered by one of its most abundant renewable resources — American dollars. The Kunis II Rocket (named in honor of the famous Ukrainian actress who starred with Danny Masterson on "That 70's Show") burns piles of U.S. currency to propel it toward its target. Green energy advocates are especially pleased with the new missile since the fuel it burns is literally green. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with two y's, commented on the weapon saying, "Thanks to this powerful new tool we are...

Tonight the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals with a ruling that the White House, the FBI, the Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control likely violated the First Amendment... Social media company "X Corp" formerly "Twitter" suing California over its "content moderation law"... The unpopularity of French President Emmanuel Macron on display tonight... Out in the Atlantic Ocean well away from land masses... Tonight in southern Morocco an earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter Scale. At least 296 reported killed... The African nation of Burkina Faso says that some of its military units have arrived in Niger... The...

A federal judge in Georgia on Friday denied former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows' bid to move his Fulton County election interference case to federal court. "Having considered the arguments and the evidence, the Court concludes that Meadows has not met his burden," Judge Steve Jones wrote in a 49-page order. Meadows has already filed notice with the court that he intends to appeal the ruling from Judge Jones to the eleventh circuit.

As we’ve been reporting, a radical bill that would require parents to “affirm” the gender identity of their child has been moving its way through the California legislature, and on Friday, the Assembly agreed to some state procedural Senate amendments, meaning that the measure has officially passed and will now be headed to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk. AdvertisementThe divisive governor, who has made gender identity and a war on parents key parts of his platform, is almost certain to sign it. The only thing that might give him pause is that this law may not play so favorably to the...

It's obvious what is unfolding in the world, and who is the strategist that is behind it. Thus, beginning with a link to a 47 minute YouTube video on "History of Xi Jinping," I have begun to compile a reference list of "must reads" to understand the future turmoil. All of Michael Pillsbury's books "Chinese Views of Future Warfare" "The Hundred-Year Marathon: China's Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower" Peter Schweizer's "Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win" Wang Huning's "America against America" Qiao Liang and Wang Xiangsui "Unrestricted Warfare: China's Master Plan to Destroy...

Update from Ukraine | New Counterattack to Donetsk Airport | Ruzzian brigade runs away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NdSgDAkrOU The summary of the situation of Russian re-invasion to Ukraine covering the recent developments on the battlefield, as of 6th September 2023 – 22:00 (Kyiv time). [two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-560-summary/ *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/