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@mkraju Rep. Don Bacon is still opposed to Jim Jordan as speaker. Told us that he will vote for another candidate tomorrow (wouldn’t say who). @mkraju Mario Diaz-Balart just told us he’s still a NO on Jim Jordan. @MicaSoellnerDC BUCK says he will meet with Jordan tonight and had three big questions on his mind. He doesn’t elaborate on his concerns but says he is a “lean NO” at the moment. @JakeSherman I just caught up with JIM JORDAN on his way into the closed GOP meeting. “On Friday when we left, I said if you have concerns, I’d love...

The Official International Broadcasting Radio Network of Iran, “The Victory of God is near.” https://t.co/40BxlHPNdS— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 16, 2023

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In late 2020, the Pentagon ramped up aerial and naval deployments around Iran amid military tensions in the Persian Gulf. The new deployments began in late November 2020 and continued through 2022. They included several flights of B-52 or B-1 bombers, a nuclear-powered submarine and a carrier strike group led by the USS Nimitz. President Donald Trump also threatened Iran after the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was hit by rockets allegedly fired by an Iraqi militia backed by Iran on Dec. 20, 2020. “We hear chatter of additional attacks against Americans in Iraq,” Trump tweeted on Dec. 23, 2020. “If...

As Massachusetts’ shelter system nears capacity, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday the state can no longer guarantee shelter placement for new arrivals after the end of this month. “I want to assure you that we will continue to engage, assess and serve every family who appeals for help as best we can,” Healey said during a press conference at the State House. The governor said that although families with high needs, including health and safety risks, will be prioritized for shelter placement as winter approaches, “we are entering a new phase of this challenge — we can no longer guarantee...

Childish and Criminally StupidWhile I believe that WWIII has started, the kinetic aspect is poised to topple over the edge of speculation into reality. Consider all that that means. All of the nation’s resources will have to be dedicated to that one purpose, to repel attacks and defend the homeland. This is not a foreign war as such, because this one will be partially fought here, on this soil. Politicians ensured that future with their nonsensical foreign policy of funding terrorist nations with billions both before and after Trump. Internally, the politicians that vote on policies are easily manipulated by...

h4>In the middle of the horrors unfolding throughout the world — horrors supported by Democrats and funded by Barack Obama and Joe Biden — how about some good news? Honestly, does the news get any gooder than that cuck Mitt Romney permanently limping out of public office while limply trying to stop Donald Trump? Better still, this news comes from the Incredible Shrinking Washington Post’s Maeve Reston, a credibly-accused racist who made a project to personally destroy Dr. Ben Carson with lies.Anyway, here’s a clip from today’s episode of Highlander 2: The Cuckening:Alarmed by the dominance of Donald Trump less...

A new rule allows health care providers to be reimbursed for treating homeless people wherever they are, rather than just in hospitals or clinics. The U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began allowing this change for both public and private insurers on Oct. 1, KFF Health News reported. "The Biden-Harris administration has been focused on expanding access to health care across the country," CMS spokesperson Sara Lonardo told KFF Health News, explaining that federal officials created the new reimbursement code at the request of street medicine providers who weren't being paid for their work. Now doctors, nurses and...

The rapper Waka Flocka Flame has endorsed former President Donald Trump’s bid to retake the White House in 2024, posting his endorsement to X on Monday.Waka Flocka Flame let his more than 1 million X followers know in no uncertain terms that he has boarded the Trump train.TRUMP2024— Waka Flocka Flame 🔥 (@WakaFlocka) October 16, 2023The endorsement from Waka Flocka Flame comes as the Biden administration continues to alienate large numbers of black voters — especially in poor, urban areas — by allowing illegal aliens to flood the country and come to their neighborhoods, where they receive taxpayer-funded benefits that...

It seemed crystal clear on Thursday: the IDF counter-invasion of Gaza would start either Friday or Saturday. The IDF had given certain deadlines for Palestinians to evacuate northern Gaza, with the deadlines expiring by midday Friday. ...Yet, now we have arrived at late Monday, and if anything, the signs (which could also be psychological warfare) are that the invasion is further away, and not yet imminent. ... What changed? A number of factors seem to have caused a delay, but sources have told The Jerusalem Post that one factor has been a growing concern that Hezbollah is waiting for the...

KEY POINTS • Childhood verbal abuse (CVA) is currently categorized under the broad umbrella of “emotional abuse.” • Along with four other child maltreatment subtypes, CVA should be a stand-alone child maltreatment subtype. • Recognizing and defining specific types of CVA is a starting point for preventing it. • A recent systematic review and meta-analysis identifies at least 22 unique types of childhood verbal abuse. In my opinion, the list of unique types of verbal abuse omitted one important one: lying, or malicious untruthfulness to children. I'm thinking here of the spiteful ex-wives who destroy the father's reputation in the...

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird (R) endorsed former President Trump during a campaign rally in Adel, Iowa, on Monday, making her the second statewide elected official in the Hawkeye State to wade into the 2024 GOP primary. “We need a new president in the White House. I am so glad to get to be here today to introduce Donald Trump because he will secure our border. Who supports that?” she said to a crowd of Trump supporters. “He will fight the terrorists. He will fix the economy. He will stand up for agriculture, and he will uphold our Constitution and...

A Cornell University professor was caught on camera telling students Hamas’ terror attack on Israel — which has left more than 1,400 dead — was “exhilarating” and “energizing.” The remarks were made at a pro-Palestine protest by Russell Rickford, an associate professor of history at the top-tier Ithaca, New York, school and posted online Sunday by a student who called them “shameful.” The footage of Rickford’s impassioned speech was also shared with The Post by two other tipsters. They declined to say when and where exactly the rally took place, but both said they were shocked by the brazen remarks....

Hamas’ gruesome terrorist attack against Israel has left the entire world in shock, primarily at the barbarity of Hamas’ actions but also at the monumental intelligence failure on the part of Israel’s vaunted security establishment. The tragic attack has also encouraged some healthy critical reflection on the Biden regime’s Middle East policy. In a colossal blunder worthy of the legendarily inaccurate financial commentator Jim Cramer, Biden’s national security advisor Jake Sullivan just this month bragged that “the Middle East is quieter now than it has been in two decades.” Of course, no one can be expected to predict the future,...

President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken are working overtime to force Israel to open water, electricity and food for Gaza – a move that puts at risk the 199 hostages being held there under dire circumstances. Israel has placed a siege on Gaza following a brutal Hamas’ terror attack that killed over 1,300 Israelis. “We have a long history of dealing this and sieges work,” an Israeli security source told Newsmax.

More than half of Americans earning over $100,000 a year are living paycheck to paycheck, according to new research. A survey by Barron's found that 51 percent of people with an annual salary over $100,000 run out of money on a month-to-month basis. Around 65 percent of all Americans said they frequently live paycheck to paycheck, according to the survey by The Harris Poll. Some 30 percent of households reported that they run out of money at the end of every month, while 35 percent said they do not have money left at the end of most months. Living on...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker has so many fans and friends that he receives a $30 gift at the rate of one every three days, but because of his job he accepts none of them, and rarely even sees them. The second-term Democratic governor and multi-billionaire has been lavished with hundreds of gifts from around the world, ranging from a $950 bottle of Japanese whiskey to 35 cents: a quarter and dime, to be exact. The state’s 25-year-old Gift Ban Act prohibits public employees such as Pritzker from accepting presents, with broad exceptions. Therefore, the high-priced hooch delivered compliments of the...

Confidential Treasury documents reveal President Biden's younger brother is embroiled in an allegedly fraudulent scheme in which he used business loans to pay off personal expenses. James 'Jim' Biden, 74, is named in three Suspicious Activity Reports filed by banks to the Treasury Department and exclusively viewed by DailyMail.com, tying him to the alleged fraud. The documents were uncovered during an investigation of James Biden's former business partner, Michael Lewitt, who has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) with 'misappropriating' $4.7 million from his hedge fund.

The founder of the government watchdog group ‘OpenTheBooks.Com’ says that for the past three years., the Biden Administration has sent hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to the Palestinians after the aid had been blocked during the Trump Administration. One America’s John Hines has more from Washington.

Lara Parker, who played the beautiful but vengeful Angelique Bouchard on the 1960s gothic soap opera “Dark Shadows,” died Thursday. She was 84. Parker died in her sleep at her home in Topanga Canyon, California, her daughter, Caitlin, told The Hollywood Reporter.