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Yo, where do I go to report disinformation these days? The guy who wanted to start a government office to monitor disinformation is spreading disinformation: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ President Biden @POTUS · Follow Twenty-five years ago today, Matthew Shepard lost his life to a brutal act of anti-gay hate and violence simply for being himself. His murder shook the conscience of the American people. And his courageous parents, Judy and Dennis Shepard, turned Matthew’s memory into a movement. As Vice President, I had the honor of helping to enact the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which extended...

Western embassies in Colombia have roundly condemned the graffiti. However, Colombian President, Gustavo Petro, has yet to say anything.

The Hamas terrorist group has called on Muslims around the world to “take to the streets” this week for a global “Day of Jihad” or holy war on Friday 13th. Hamas referred to the day as “Al-Aqsa Flood” Friday, referring to the name of the operation in which it murdered more than 1,200 Israelis, wounded roughly 3,000, and kidnapped over 100. The Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI) reported Hamas as saying: “We declare next Friday, ‘The Friday of the Al-Aqsa Flood,’ as a day of general mobilization in our Arab and Islamic world and among the free people of...

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Comer said classified information contradicts statements made by White House and Biden's personal attorneys. The White House misled Congress and the American people about the discovery and handling of classified documents that were in President Joe Biden's possession at an insecure office at his old university think tank job, the chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee alleged Wednesday, Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., made the allegations and demanded interviews with five White House officials just days after Biden was interviewed by Special Counsel Robert Hur in a criminal investigation of the same documents discovered last year at the University...

An 8-year-old boy, who was featured in a national campaign to promote Covid vaccines for children, has tragically died after suffering a sudden heart attack. Yonatan Moshe Erlichman from Israel died unexpectedly after suffering cardiac arrest while taking a bath. The boy reportedly slipped under the water after his heart suddenly stopped, causing him to drown. He was rushed to Hadassah Hospital in Mount Scopus in serious condition but died a few days later on September 28 after being kept alive on life support. Yonatan Erlichman was the grandson of a respected doctor in Beit El, Dr. Mati Erlichman. Yonatan...

This might be Nikki Haley’s moment. Not her moment to become the Republican presidential front-runner. (Don’t be silly.) Not even her moment to nip at Donald Trump’s heels. But it could be her chance to consolidate the anti-Trump support in the GOP, and to make a solid play for the silver medal and maybe a good speaking slot at the RNC in Milwaukee next summer. The former South Carolina governor and United Nations ambassador has risen, slightly, in recent polls, and is now third in RealClearPolitics’ average of national polls, after Trump and Ron DeSantis. She is consistently coming in...

Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that the death toll of Americans killed by Hamas in Israel on Saturday has risen to 25. The number was 22 on Wednesday, and 14 the day before. White House officials have cautioned that the number would continue to rise. “Tragically, the number of innocent lives claimed by Hamas’s heinous attacks continues to rise. Among those, we now know that at least 25 American citizens were killed,” Blinken said at a press conference in Israel. Blinken did not mention the Americans missing, who number at least 17 so far. The White House said “a...

Haneen Okal, a Palestinian-American who lives in New Jersey, reunited in recent months with family in the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than 10 years, she told ABC News. Now, Okal and her three young children -- two of whom were born and raised in the U.S. -- find themselves caught in the Israel-Hamas war despite pleas to U.S. officials in Israel, Okal said in an interview. "It's very terrifying because we all want to get out of here," Okal said. "Unfortunately, the U.S. embassy is not helping. We feel abandoned." Okal's husband, Abdulla, is at home...

The Biden administration reportedly seeks to tie Israeli aid with more Ukrainian support, reviving hope among establishment lawmakers that Ukraine could receive more taxpayer funds than the previously earmarked $113 billion. The hope of tying the aid together unexpectedly declined Wednesday after key lawmakers signaled opposition to the combined spending packages. “I support both, but I think it’d be a mistake to bundle the two,” Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) told Politico on Wednesday. “But it sounds like the administration wants to put the two together. I think that’d be a mistake.” In turn, Biden administration officials appear to be sweetening...

The FBI recently released its file on deceased Cleveland Browns football legend Jim Brown, revealing that agents monitored Brown’s First Amendment-protected activity as he was funding a film about the black nationalist movement. The FBI’s illegal surveillance of Brown was part of COINTELPRO—its 1960s-era operation where undercover agents infiltrated and subverted American anti-war and civil-rights organizations. COINTELPRO was exposed by in the 1970s by the Church Committee during its investigation into abuse by the FBI, CIA and other federal agencies. According to the FBI documents released Friday, the U.S. government was concerned about a film project Brown was helping fund...

Fend For Yourselves: Harrowing tales emerge about Americans seeking escape from Hamas onslaught and no support from a U.S. government caught with no contingency plan or answers for endangered Americans. Former congressional staffer Yitz Friedman and his newlywed wife were wrapping up their honeymoon in Israel on Saturday with a religious holiday celebration at a synagogue near Jerusalem when the rabbi abruptly halted the service. “In the middle of the prayers, the rabbi got up and he announced to the entire synagogue that anyone who's a reservist had to go home and check their phones, see what their orders were,...

which has been slammed for refusing to refer to Hamas attackers as terrorists during its coverage — has lost 33% of its primetime viewers since the deadly attack on Israel. The cable news channel — home to anchors Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, and Joy Reid — saw its total viewer figures plunge 24% for the four days between Oct. 7 and 10, compared to the same period the previous week. Meanwhile, rival Fox News has gotten a 42% jolt in total viewers, and even ratings-challenged CNN saw a 17% spike as new boss Mark Thompson took the reins this week....

A 15-year-old high school football player in Connecticut suddenly died during his team’s practice on Tuesday after losing consciousness. Police and emergency personnel administered CPR to Elijah-Jay Mariano Rivera, an eleventh-grade student at Windsor High School, but could not revive him. According to the school district, Mariano-Rivera was not participating in any drills or tackling anyone when he lost consciousness. Mariano Rivera was eventually taken to Connecticut Children’s Hospital where he was pronounced dead, according to NBC Connecticut. ”Very nice, a very funny kid and just always brightened up whenever he walked into a room,” Windsor freshman Maria Tostarelli told...

New data shows that criminals break into 55 cars every single day in San Francisco. Viewers sent the latest pictures to the ABC7 I-Team of car burglaries that they spotted or, in some cases, suffered themselves. But, some good news -- the SFPD says the number of car break-ins is down 5% from the same time last year, and they credit the use of bait cars. The I-Team's Dan Noyes has been looking into the first arrest in this latest "bait car" campaign.

Another earthquake has hit western Afghanistan, just days after two large quakes in the same region killed more than 1,000 people.The new 6.3 magnitude quake struck at around 05:10 local time (00:40 GMT) on Wednesday, 28km (17 miles) north of Herat, killing at least one person.More than 100 were injured and taken to hospital, health officials said.Unicef said more than 90% of those who died in this week's earthquakes in Afghanistan were women and children.The wider impact of the latest quake is not yet clear, but many people were sleeping in the open after their homes were destroyed on Saturday.The...

Israel is warning of a "prolonged" war in Gaza as it prepares to launch a ground invasion of the densely populated Palestinian territory. Many of those paying the ultimate price for the brutal weekend terror attack on Israel by Gaza's Hamas rulers are the youngest Palestinians. Hospitals and clinics struggling to keep their lights on since Israel imposed a complete blockade, cutting electricity supplies to the Palestinian enclave, are full of tiny bodies covered in blood and exhausted doctors trying desperately to save their lives. The blockade has amplified the misery of the millions of people who live in the...

The horrific events in the Middle East have repercussions that go beyond Israel and the possibility of a lengthy war with unimaginable bloodshed. They also have an enormous impact on today’s other grisly international conflict, the Russian invasion of Ukraine. As the U.S. rushes vital military aid to the Israelis, there lurks a challenge in Congress for the continuing resupply of vital armaments to Ukraine. On Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) shamelessly used the crisis in Israel and Gaza to advance a pro-Russia agenda, calling for Ukraine funding to be diverted to Israel.

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Israel’s war on Hamas is unlike Ukraine’s war with Russia, according to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, who explained that America’s top ally in the Middle East “shares critical intelligence” with the U.S. and that the Jewish State’s battle has a clear, finite and winnable objective. In a post from Wednesday, popular conservative activist and talk show host Charlie Kirk insisted that “Israel is not Ukraine.” Israel is not Ukraine. The war in Ukraine is an endless war. Ukraine will never defeat Russia — no matter how much money or how many weapons we give them. There is no...