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New York Rep. Dan Goldman tried to turn the tables Wednesday to accuse “conservatives in the South” of hoisting swastikas at rallies in an effort to avoid criticizing fellow Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan for her refusal to condemn Saturday’s terrorist attacks on Israel. Goldman was sitting for an interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends” on Wednesday when host Lawrence Jones began trying to get the New York congressman to condemn certain members of his party who had not yet spoken out against the horrendous acts of terror committed by Palestinians against on women, children and old people...

Elad Simchayoff (Oct 12, 2023) @Elad_Si: Thousands of posters now across London. Don’t look away. X Elad Simchayoff @Elad_Si: "This is for Palestine," she said.XScreenshot

Week 7Friday, Oct. 13Tulane at Memphis | 7 p.m. | ESPN Fresno State at Utah State | 8 p.m. | CBSSN Stanford at Colorado | 10 p.m. | ESPNSaturday, Oct. 14No. 1 Georgia at Vanderbilt | 12 p.m. | CBS Indiana at No. 2 Michigan | 12 p.m. | FOX No. 3 Ohio State at Purdue | 12 p.m. | Peacock Syracuse at No. 4 Florida State | 12 p.m. | ABC Arkansas at No. 11 Alabama | 12 p.m. | ESPN Michigan State at Rutgers | 12 p.m. | Big Ten Network Iowa State at Cincinnati | 12 p.m....

WASHINGTON — North Korea has delivered thousands of weapons and other military equipment to Russia for use in Moscow’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, US officials said Friday. “Our information indicates that in recent weeks, North Korea has provided Russia with more than 1,000 containers of military equipment and munitions,” National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters on a call. It’s unclear exactly how much materiel and munitions each container holds, but photos released Friday indicate the vessels are full-sized shipping containers of the type often seen on rail cars or cargo ships.

@RepThomasMassie Incredible news: Jim Jordan just won the GOP conference nomination for Speaker of the House! He received 152 votes on the secret ballot but he will need 217 votes on the floor of the House next week to become Speaker. Please encourage your congressman to vote for Jim Jordan!

Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdulrahman al-Thani said on Friday that his country is committed to fulfilling an agreement with Iran and the U.S. an $6 billion in Iranian funds parked in a Qatar bank. The $6 billion will be used in accordance with the agreement struck with United States and Iran, he added at a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

In a video posted by Pat Condell almost a decade ago, his warning about never-ending resurgences of violence in the Israel-Gaza region has proven to be remarkably prophetic. Perhaps more importantly because he is one of the very few that dares mention the motive, Islam. Which Hamas wrote into their charter as their justification for eternal enmity of the Jews. He emphatically predicted that Hamas would once again initiate bloody attacks on Israel, ultimately causing harm to both the people of Gaza and Israel. Today, his foresight and warnings stand as a stark reminder of the ongoing tensions and violence...

Biden says Hamas makes ‘al Qaeda look pure’ President Biden on Friday said the terrorist group Hamas, which brutally attacked Israel last weekend, is worse than al Qaeda, the organization behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. “The more we learned about the attack, the more horrifying it becomes. More than 1,000 — 1,000 innocent lives lost, including at least 27 Americans. These guys make, they make al Qaeda look pure. They’re pure evil,” Biden said during remarks in Philadelphia on Friday

Has anyone heard from Clayton & Natali Morris (hosts of Redacted)? Last I heard there were to take a few days off. Saw one post from Clayton in Egypt, but their show (with over 2 million subs) seems to have vanished off the internet.

As Israel escalates its attacks on Gaza, the State Department is discouraging diplomats working on Middle East issues from making public statements suggesting the U.S. wants to see less violence, according to internal emails viewed by HuffPost. In messages circulated on Friday, State Department staff wrote that high-level officials do not want press materials to include three specific phrases: “de-escalation/ceasefire,” “end to violence/bloodshed” and “restoring calm.” The revelation provides a stunning signal about the Biden administration’s reluctance to push for Israeli restraint as the close U.S. partner expands the offensive it launched after Hamas ― which rules Gaza ― attacked...

A Colorado judge has rejected an attempt by former President Donald Trump to dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to keep him off the ballot here, ruling that his objections on free-speech grounds did not apply. Trump’s attorneys argued that a Colorado law protecting people from being sued over exercising their free speech rights should shield him from the suit, but Colorado District Judge Sarah Wallace said that law doesn’t apply in this case. The law also conflicted with a state requirement to get the question about Trump's eligibility resolved quickly, ahead of the Jan. 5 deadline for presidential candidates' names...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised calls to the Palestinians to leave the besieged Gaza Strip and head to Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula as “something that could lead to peace”, adding that Gaza is part of the historical land of Palestine. “It is difficult to give assessments. This is the land on which the Palestinians live, and this is their land historically. It was also supposed to be where an independent Palestinian state would be established that would include Gaza. In my opinion, this is not something that can lead to peace,” he said. -snip- “There is a clear plan that...

Jim Jordan has been officially nominated as the Republican’s choice for Speaker, beating out Steve Scalise ally Austin Scott of Georgia.

President Joe Biden stumbled once again while ascending a short flight of stars at an event in Philadelphia Friday. The president appeared to lose his balance while surmounting a trio of metal stairs with a railing just as he was walking to get onstage for his event. He quickly caught his balance and made it up the stairs, which had a railing, and continued on with his event.

On vicious bloody UNRWA The same UNRWA who is OK with Hamas inhumane regime telling Gazans not to listen to humane IDF to evacuate, but even objected IDF's (Oct.12.23 local time) calls to help in reducing non-combatants casualties. UNRWA was always complicit in cruel Palestinian Arab-Islamic 'dead baby strategy.' UNwatchUNRWA schools as human shieldsUNRWA teachers - (Palestinian) HitlerismUNRWA & Anti SemitismUNRWA & terrorismPMW: UNRWA

SACRAMENTO, CA — California lottery officials have provided details regarding the latest Powerball winner. A Hispanic and long-time California resident named Vladimiro Zelensko is reported to have won the whopping $1.7 billion Powerball lottery. "Hola! I am muy happy for this small sum of money," said the very Mexican-looking Zelensko while holding a giant novelty check for photographs. "This may sound weird, but I could use even muy more denaros for, um, charitable works for my poor amigos in war-ravaged Ukraine. Bless their hearts, hombre." Just then, his dark mustache fell off and a child in the audience pointed and...

At first glance, Thursday’s first-ever phone call between Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi might suggest the two predominantly Muslim nations are coming together to support Hamas and its war on Israel. But a closer look shows the two leaders were talking past each other. The Saudi prince, known as MBS, wants peace with Israel and his country’s full integration into the world economy, an agenda that puts him fundamentally at odds with Tehran’s drive to destroy Israel and dominate the Middle East through a network of clients and proxies. According to the Saudi readout...

Standard monthly Medicare Part B premiums will be $174.70 in 2024, up from $164.90 in 2023...Beneficiaries with incomes above $103,000 for individuals and $206,000 for married couples will pay higher monthly rates...The annual deductible for Medicare Part B will be $240 in 2024, a $14 increase from the $226 annual deductible in 2023...In 2024, Social Security benefits will increase by 3.2%, the Social Security Administration announced on Thursday...

Explanation: Gorgeous spiral galaxy Messier 33 seems to have more than its fair share of glowing hydrogen gas. A prominent member of the local group of galaxies, M33 is also known as the Triangulum Galaxy and lies a mere 3 million light-years away. The galaxy's central 30,000 light-years or so are shown in this sharp galaxy portrait. The portrait features M33's reddish ionized hydrogen clouds or HII regions. Sprawling along loose spiral arms that wind toward the core, M33's giant HII regions are some of the largest known stellar nurseries, sites of the formation of short-lived but very massive stars....

Actor Mark Goddard, known as Major Don West on all 84 episodes of the classic TV series "Lost in Space," has died at 87. His wife, Evelyn, wrote on social media, "I’m so sorry to tell you that my wonderful husband passed away on October 10th. Several days after celebrating his 87th birthday [on July 24], he was hospitalized with pneumonia. We were hopeful when he was transferred to a rehabilitation center, but then doctors discovered he was in the final stages of pulmonary fibrosis for which there is no cure." "He received excellent care at the beautiful Pat Roche...