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Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Thursday he negotiated a deal with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on an amendment allowing military veterans whose finances go into conservatorship to keep their firearms, a proposal Schumer previously called a “poison pill” to the Senate’s minibus appropriations bill. Kennedy’s effort to get a vote on his amendment had held up the bill funding military construction and the departments of Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development. Now, the Louisiana senator said he expects to get a vote on his proposal after he agreed to modify the language. As a result,...

President Biden spoke on the need for humanitarian aid and said though “Israel has been badly victimized” they have an opportunity to help those who are suffering in Israel and Gaza. He briefly spoke about this to reporters aboard Air Force One on his way back to the United States from his visit to Israel amid the country’s war with Hamas

High school students in several San Francisco Bay Area high schools staged a walkout on Wednesday in solidarity with the Palestinians — and with the Hamas terrorist group that attacked Israel on October 7, murdering over 1,400 Israelis. Video of the protest shows students chanting, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which is a call for the destruction of Israel and the genocide of its Jewish population. And here’s a video from Balboa High School students in San Francisco… pic.twitter.com/rtF4eTSmpZ — Zack Haber (@ZZZZZZZZZZZack) October 18, 2023 Some chanted Islamist slogans as they demonstrated, vowing to...

A man with a metal detector searching a freshly plowed carrot field in Switzerland found a large ornate jewelry set dating to the Bronze Age — as well as other surprising items including a bear's tooth, a beaver's tooth and a fossilized shark's tooth, local officials said this week. Franz Zahn made the unusual discovery in August while he was "out and about in a freshly harvested carrot field" in Güttingen, about 50 miles northeast of Zurich, officials from Thurgau Canton said in a Monday news release. Zahn initially found a bronze disc, and immediately realized it was an "extraordinary...

Paxton: Two Legislators Made Colony Ridge Possible Attorney General Ken Paxton says Republican lawmakers Ernest Bailes and Robert Nichols are responsible for the creation of the illegal alien housing development. Known nationally as a housing development for illegal aliens, Colony Ridge’s explosive expansion was made possible by a seemingly innocuous piece of legislation pushed quietly through the Texas Legislature in 2017. As part of the current special session called by Gov. Greg Abbott, lawmakers are being asked to pass “Legislation concerning public safety, security, environmental quality, and property ownership in areas like the Colony Ridge development in Liberty County, Texas.”...

Many are asking if Hamas is in the Bible. Is this an omen or sign? Some even suggest futuristic consequences or prophetic signs and wonders related to Hamas and the modern Israel nation. Well, yes, Hamas is in the Bible, but perhaps not in the way you may expect. Also, let’s hope history repeats itself and Hamas is ended. “Hamas,” the Arabic terrorist group acronym moniker of Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (Islamic Resistance Movement), is also a chilling homophone in the Bible: violence. Genesis 6:11 says, “Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight, and the earth was filled with violence...

The United States is warning citizens to "exercise increased caution" when travelling overseas with the State Department citing "increased tensions" in various parts of the world. In a "worldwide caution" advisory issued on Thursday, the government said in addition to increased tensions, there were concerns over the potential for terrorist attacks, demonstrations or violent actions against citizens or U.S. interests. The advisory was made a day after the U.S. also warned its citizens against all travel to Lebanon amid fears the Israel-Hamas conflict could spread throughout that region.

U.S. to send Israel artillery shells initially designated for Ukraine, per Axios

MPs adopted in the first reading draft Law No. 8371, which provides for a ban on the UOC. On October 19, 2023, the Verkhovna Rada adopted in the first reading government bill No. 8371, which provides for the ban on the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. MP Artem Dmytruk shared this news with the UOJ. 267 MPs voted for the corresponding decision, another 15 voted against, 2 MPs abstained. Let us remind you that human rights activist Oleg Denisov said that the ban on the UOC cannot be implemented in practice. As the UOJ reported, according to the Ukrainian MP, Ukraine's allies...

If Christina Pascucci is elected to represent California as a U.S. Senator next year, she may be thanking NFL star Aaron Rodgers for the inspiration in her victory speech. The 38-year-old career journalist and native Angelino quit Fox 11 on Tuesday, just a day after Good Day L.A. aired her last story: Following in Rodgers' footsteps to document a 5-day "darkness retreat" at Sky Cave Retreats in Oregon, where it appears the seed for her political ambition began to sprout. "It's a beautiful day," she said on Day 4 of the darkness therapy experience. "And if I can feel that...

Sidney Powell, the attorney who used that catchphrase for her work to overturn the 2020 presidential election, pleaded guilty today to six misdemeanors in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of a sweeping racketeering case against Donald Trump and 16 others. Under the terms of the deal, Powell admitted she conspired to breach the election systems in Coffee County, Georgia. She recorded a proffer video with prosecutors that described the crimes and she agreed to testify at future cases. She also wrote an apology letter to citizens of Georgia and agreed to pay almost $9,000 in fines. The plea deal appears...

Joe Biden’s dumpster-fire presidency continues to make a mockery of the U.S. Constitution, spotlighting once again that a motley crew of incompetent stooges is running the White House. In the latest abomination, Biden was called out for sneakily inserting a temporary Cabinet-level official into the presidential line of succession. In a scathing statement Wednesday, Republican Sen. Katie Britt of Alabama blasted him for flouting the Constitution by improperly elevating acting Labor Secretary Julie Su to the line of succession. “The Biden Administration continues to attempt to rule by unilateral decree rather than govern with the advice and consent of Congress,”...

The article is about 168,000 pound double trailer ore trucks on the Richardson Highway in Alaska and the hazards they may present. Quote from the article: "Even milder road grades can cause the B-trains to start slowing down. For example, a sustained 3% grade will not be able to go faster than 28 mph." Wow! I am familiar with plate tectonics but a hill going 28 miles per hour would be something to see!

Sweden is a beautiful country. Stockholm is an island city with lovely views. But if you want to enjoy classic Sweden, you best make plans soon. Cultural change is coming, in a big, big bad way. Sweden is going to become an Islamic state sooner than later, thanks to its stupidly tolerant immigration policy. As their numbers increase, "immigrants" are flexing their muscles. As has happened in Minnesota, migrants have brought crime and gangs. Bing AI tells us this about gangs in Sweden: Sweden has a problem with gangs that are mostly composed of immigrants and active in organized crime....

Investor Keith Rabois and his same-sex spouse Jacob Helberg – both strong backers of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis – appear to have defected to the camp of former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley, and will be hosting an “intimate private reception” to raise money for her later this month.“I want to say very clearly that my husband and I are significant supporters of [DeSasntis] and all his policies,” Rabois said as recently as three months ago, adding he and Helberg “think what he’s doing in Florida is the recipe that should be copied in every state – period, without exception.”With the...

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The owner of New York City’s famed 2nd Ave Deli tells Fox News that he is now "afraid of what can happen and what the future holds" after his Jewish eatery was vandalized this week with a swastika. Jeremy Lebewohl told "Fox & Friends" on Thursday that "At first I was just shocked, and I was upset about it, I was angry about it" and "then I was just sad that all of this is happening in my city" when he discovered what was drawn on his business on Monday

Citi has fired one of its personal bankers after she defended Hitler and the holocaust in a vile anti-Semitic post following the Hamas terror attacks. CUNY Brooklyn College graduate Nozima Husainova, 25, sparked outrage with the remark which she posted on her now-deleted Instagram page and she's since lost her job, the bank confirmed Thursday. Responding to a post about the Gaza hospital bombing that Israel has denied, she wrote: 'No wonder why Hitler wanted to get rid of them all,' complete with a smiley face emoji.

CNN legal analyst Elie Honig said Thursday on CNN’s “News Central” that Attorney Sidney Powell’s guilty plea in the Georgia election crimes case could be potentially “devastating for Donald Trump.” Partial transcript as follows: KATE BOLDUAN: Few people pushed it further than Sidney Powell. HONIG: Yeah, that’s right. It’s important to remember who Sidney Powell is, she’s one of Donald Trump’s closest loyalists. She’s somebody who Donald Trump has claimed he relied on her advice to proceed in his effort to try to steal this election. This is a major breakthrough for prosecutors, potentially a devastating development for Donald Trump,...

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