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The FBI has arrested a member of the right-wing extremist Proud Boys who disappeared days before he was set to be sentenced for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Christopher Worrell, 52, is in custody after the FBI served a warrant at his Naples, Fla., residence Thursday, according to a spokesperson for the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, which assisted in the arrest. Worrell was found unconscious on his kitchen floor and transported to a hospital for further treatment, according to his arrest report, obtained by The Hill.

The front line in Ukraine changed little in the winter. Russia aimed to capture the entirety of the Donbas, but it only inched forward. Ukraine has made minimal gains in its counteroffensive. Dense Russian minefields and fortifications have made every attack extremely costly. Despite nine months of bloody fighting, less than 500 square miles of territory have changed hands since the start of the year. A prolonged stalemate could weaken Western support for Ukraine. Both sides started the year with lofty ambitions: Russia wanted to capture the eastern Donbas region, while Ukraine aimed to split Russian forces with an attack...

The excitement begins when three friends go on a trip together and receive a letter from the fourth member who stayed at home. In it she announces that she will run away with the husband of one of the three. But with which one? In episodic flashbacks, the three now review their marriages. Starring three Hollywood goddesses of their time: Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell and AnnSothernThe young Kirk Douglas can be seen in one of his first roles as Sothern's husband.

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), one of the candidates running to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 2024, paid tribute to the groundbreaking California Democrat after her death was announced Friday morning. “Today, the nation has truly lost a giant of the U.S. Senate, California has lost its trail-blazing leader, and I lost a real friend and mentor,” Schiff’s statement said. “Senator Dianne Feinstein was one of the finest legislators we have ever seen, and her accomplishments made our country and world a better place.” Feinstein served three decades as a California senator before dying at the age of 90, making her...

Sept. 29 (UPI) -- The Rolling Stones have teamed up with Lady Gaga and Stevie Wonder on a new song.The British rock band released the song "Sweet Sounds of Heaven" featuring Gaga and Wonder on Friday."Sweet Sounds of Heaven" appears on the Rolling Stones' forthcoming album, Hackney Diamonds.In a post on Instagram, Gaga said she was in the studio preparing for her film Joker: Folie à Deux when Rolling Stones frontman invited her to join the band, Wonder and music producer Andrew Watt at a studio down the hall."We hung out for a bit listening to music and catching up....

Portland business owners and retail workers joined the organization “Enough is Enough” to release a video Thursday drawing attention to the growing crime and violence in the city’s homeless encampments. “Enough is Enough” is a Portland-based Ballot Question Committee that launched in 2022 in opposition to several citizen initiatives led by the Maine Democratic Socialists of America (MDSA). “Untold stories of assaults, harassment, hard drug use, human waste, and discarded needles plague the area while the city council ignores pleas for assistance,” Enough is Enough wrote in a Thursday press release. “Many retail workers declined to speak publicly about the...

President Joe Biden issued blunt new warnings about ongoing existential threats to US democracy in a major address Thursday, sharpening the central argument in his potential rematch with Donald Trump and asking voters to prioritize the health of American institutions. “There’s something dangerous happening in America now,” Biden said during his speech in Arizona, where he was also honoring his friend, the late Republican Sen. John McCain. “There’s an extremist movement that does not share the basic beliefs of our democracy: The MAGA movement.” “There’s no question that today’s Republican Party is driven and intimidated by MAGA Republican extremists,” he...

"I REALIZE IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN OVERNIGHT, BUT THE LITTLE THINGS — REACHING UP TO MY CHIN, BEING ABLE TO TOUCH MY OTHER HAND, RUB MY CHEEK WHEN I HAVE TO. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It was a Sunday afternoon," Keith Thomas, a 45-year-old Long Island native, told us of his accident. "I dove into the wrong side of the pool, and I blacked out." The next thing he knew, Thomas says, he was being airlifted to a nearby hospital; it was July 2020, just a few months into the pandemic, and he'd badly broken his neck at the C4 and C5...

VIDEOWhat better place to kick off a presidential campaign and show his solidarity with workers than at an airport? That is why Chunk Yogurt, aka Cenk Uygur, of The Young Turks went to the airport to show his solidarity with airline workers. Watch as Chunk goes on a charm offensive with the workers as Mr. Progressive shows appreciation for their labor on his road to his imaginary White House.Yes, he Kicked Off his Chunk 2024 presidential campaign by getting Kicked Off an airline flight.

The Swedish Prime Minister announced new tough measures to deal with the ongoing gang crisis in the country. After a brutally violent month in Sweden with shootings and bombings becoming almost a daily occurrence, Sweden has decided to crack down hard on the gangs responsible for the attacks. This isn’t a new thing. Sweden has had problems with gangs for many years now. We have 61 no-go zones, some of which the police describe as “lawless areas”. Things have become so bad that the police warned that the situation hasn’t been this dangerous since 1945. Other police have warned that...

MAGA, or I, will never go for Birdbrain Nikki Haley. No loyalty, plenty of lies! “I will never run against our great President,” she said,“he has done an outstanding job.” To which I responded,“How nice of you to say, Nikki,” knowing full well that her words mean nothing. She even came to Mar-a-Lago with her family, “bearing gifts.” Anyway, Birdbrain doesn’t have the TALENT or TEMPERAMENT to do the job. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. warned on Thursday that the “next step of Ukraine War escalation” is stationing United States military advisers on the ground. He flagged a recent article by Foreign Affairs titled “Why America Should Send Military Advisers to Ukraine: On-the-Ground Help Will Bolster Kyiv Without Risking Escalation.” He posted on X: “Establishment journal Foreign Affairs signals the next step of Ukraine War escalation: stationing U.S. military advisors on the ground. Have they forgotten how we got embroiled in Vietnam?” The article, written by Alexandra Chinchilla, an assistant professor at the Bush School of Government and...

ACLU is mad. BIG mad. They really really really want little kids to be able to mutilate their bodies because the adults around them are mentally ill and need their children to somehow justify their own, warped beliefs about gender for them. It's really a sad and ugly movement when you think about the damage that is being done to children ... for adults. We're so glad they lost. BREAKING: The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected our request to block Tennessee's ban on gender affirming care for transgender youth. This fight is far from over. We'll never stop fighting...

It is important, VERY IMPORTANT, to remember the Club for Growth (CfG) is the Ron DeSantis career financial vehicle. Ever since his first steps into Congress, CfG has been the primary financial sponsor for the now Florida Governor. There is no moment in the political career of DeSantis where CfG does not exist.While the DeSantis SuperPAC Never Back Down is the mechanics of the DeSantis election strategy, CfG is the well invested advising side, and David McIntosh has been the source of DeSantis’ career guidance for a decade. That’s how intrinsically connected Club for Growth is to Ron and Casey...

This is John Galt level government targeting. A New York State judge has arbitrarily ruled, no trial – no jury, that President Trump overvalued his real estate holdings in New York, which means he paid too much in taxes, in order to secure financing and loans. [Ruling PDF HERE]All the banks and lenders did their own due diligence on the financing. All operational loans and business loans were paid back. There were no defaults or banking interests adversely impacted. There are no victims of what the State calls “fraud,” yet the judge is ruling the Trump organization must dissolve all...

SINAI — As they wandered the wilderness, the Israelites brought complaints to Moses about their lack of food, water, and the guy who kept saying, "At least we're getting our steps in!""Isn't this great, guys?" Eldad asked, oblivious to the lament of his fellow Israelites. "I'm topping the leaderboard of all the Fitbit friends I have back in Egypt. Totally smoking those guys!"And the people complained in the hearing of the Lord about their misfortunes, but mostly about Eldad because he was excruciatingly positive."Would that Eldad had been left back in Egypt!" cried out Emma, the maid. "Why did you...

"Producer has an email from Hunter saying he expected all of this 'stuff' to go away when his dad becomes President." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In documents released by the House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday, it was revealed that Hunter Biden expected the IRS investigation into his business dealings to "go away when his dad becomes president." In one email sent on September 22, 2021, an IRS employee revealed that he had been contacted by a CNN producer regarding "Sportsman," the codename given to the Hunter Biden investigation. "Producer has an email from Hunter saying he expected all of this 'stuff'...

WASHINGTON, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Dianne Feinstein, a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from California and gun control advocate who spearheaded the first federal assault weapons ban and documented the CIA's torture of foreign terrorism suspects, has died at 90.

From Fenix Ammo: To celebrate the death of @SenFeinstein , we're offering free shipping on ammunition to California customers today through October 31st. Simply select "Good Riddance, Dianne" at checkout! Evil authoritarians should be mocked in death the same as they are in life. No quarter.

Just 36% of registered Republican voters who got a Covid-19 vaccine say it was worth it, while 57% say it was not, according to new NBC News polling. The survey results highlight deep partisan divisions about how Americans view the vaccines — as public health officials recommend Americans get new booster shots this fall. While more than half of Republicans who received a Covid-19 vaccine believe it wasn’t worth it, that sentiment was shared by just 29% of independents and 5% of Democrats who say they are vaccinated. Of those who say they got a vaccine, 67% of independents and...