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WASHINGTON — U.S. and European officials have begun quietly talking to the Ukrainian government about what possible peace negotiations with Russia might entail to end the war, according to one current senior U.S. official and one former senior U.S. official familiar with the discussions. The conversations have included very broad outlines of what Ukraine might need to give up to reach a deal, the officials said. Some of the talks, which officials described as delicate, took place last month during a meeting of representatives from more than 50 nations supporting Ukraine, including NATO members, known as the Ukraine Defense Contact...

A janitor at a New Jersey elementary school has been arrested over accusations he laced the food in the canteen with bleach, urine, saliva and feces. Giovanni Impellizzeri, 25, has been charged with child endangerment, aggravated assault and tampering with the food at Elizabeth Moore School in the Upper Deerfield School District. School authorities contacted the police on Monday after receiving a tip about posts on social media in which Impellizzeri was allegedly performing sex acts with 'inanimate objects' in the building. Investigators claim he contaminated the food and utensils in the school cafeteria with bodily fluids which included urine,...

Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson is promising to push the House’s H.R. 2 immigration stabilization bill to protect Americans’ right to a secure border, amid open-borders advocacy at the White House and the Senate. The promise was made as the GOP and Democrats draft rival end-of-year spending bills for government migration agencies, for aid to embattled Israel, and for continued war against Russian forces along the Ukraine-Russian border. Democrats “opened up the border under [border chief Alejandro] Mayorkas’s direction and President Biden himself,” Johnson told Fox Business, adding: They allowed for this serious situation that we have, and now, the...

The city of Phoenix has cleared out its largest homeless encampment and displaced thousands of people after a court ruling declared the camp a 'public nuisance'. City officials successfully finished their clean-up of 'The Zone,' a 15-block homeless encampment near downtown, at the cost of $20 million and moved nearly 2,000 people out of the area. The sweep comes after a judge imposed a November 4 deadline to remove tents, trash and makeshift structures and told the city to find alternative housing for people experiencing homelessness. Some of the people who were displaced had lived in the area for years...

A White House fence was vandalized Saturday night with red paint as pro-Palestinian protesters shook the gate to one entrance to the executive mansion as some chanted "F--k Joe Biden," the New York Post reported. The demonstrators also covered the General Marquis de Lafayette Statue in nearby Lafayette Park with graffiti and Palestinian flags, according to social media posts. The protesters were rallying against the Biden administration's support of Israel in the war against Hamas. Some outside the White House were heard chanting "F--k Joe Biden." Demonstrators also canted "Free, free Palestine!" and "Cease-fire now!" The U.S. Secret Service said...

A male high school field hockey player severely injured a female athlete during a recent game in Massachusetts, prompting outcry from women’s sports advocates. Video of the incident was posted to social media, showing, from a distance, one player launching a shot that hit the female player in the face. Teammates and other players can be seen reacting to the shot, which reportedly knocked out several of the female player’s teeth. The female victim can be heard screaming in train after getting hit. The ICONS X account, representing an organization dedicated to protecting women’s sports, posted the video and tagged...

Israel’s got their Hamas. Ignorant college kids have their anti-semitic pro-Palestinian mantras. Rashida Tlaib and Omar Ilhan have their anti-Jewish ethnic cleansing causes. But the White House? For this White House, the war’s on hate. And President Joe Biden has set his trusty-wusty VP Kamala Harris as commander-in-chief of this war.

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Update from Ukraine | Ukraine hit the Kerch Port and the New Ruzzian Ship | Awesome News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRHWebbHg5E Invasion Day 619 – Summary November 5, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-619-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

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Last Sunday President Emmanuel Macron who's been on a conservative "law and order" path for much of this year tried to strike a more progressive tone last Sunday calling for abortion to be enshrined in France's constitution. Prior to his re-election last year, Macron moved the bar for abortion in France from 12 weeks to 14 weeks proclaiming it to be "Pro-Choice". In the United States some states like Mississippi passed slightly more liberal 15-week abortion laws proclaiming them to be "Pro-Life". This weekend marks five years since the Yellow Vests protests first emergeed in November of 2018... Today's Yellow...

As movie enthusiasts, we all know that Hollywood is notorious liberal. We conservatives rarely have our viewpoints represented. But amidst the sea of left-leaning films, there are hidden conservative gems that celebrate our cherished values. I’ve compiled a list of the 30 best conservative films of all time, showcasing themes like personal responsibility, perseverance, and patriotism. So grab your popcorn and let’s dive into these remarkable right-wing treasures that prove Hollywood can get it right . . . sometimes. . The Dark Knight (2008) 2. Gran Torino (2008) 3. The Pursuit of Happyness (2006) 4. Forrest Gump (1994) 5. Braveheart...

some 55 Chinese sailors aboard a submarine designated 093-417 are presumed dead after an accident in the Yellow Sea, off of China’s Shandong Province. British intelligence reports the submariners died after a “catastrophic” failure of the vessel’s oxygen systems on August 21, 2023.

horrifying new video purportedly shows at least a dozen Gaza residents shot dead in the streets by Hamas terrorists as they were attempting to flee from the north to the south of the Hamas-controlled region. In the video posted on X, a man films the carnage as he rides a bicycle down the Al Rasheed beach road, crying out in anguish the camera focuses on the dead bodies, many of them lying in pools of blood. In a separate post, author and journalist Amjad Taha said the victims were among “dozens” killed by Hamas snipers, including women and children, because...

A Broward jury has awarded $800,000 in damages in a lawsuit that alleged hot chicken McNuggets from a local McDonald's franchise left a young girl severely burned. A jury in May delivered a split verdict in the suit, finding fault with McDonald's and the franchise owner for the burns then 4-year-old Olivia Caraballo suffered when she went to the Tamarac fast food restaurant back in 2019. After hearing closing arguments Wednesday, a jury deliberated for just two hours over how much money the family should receive for the child's pain and suffering, and quickly reached the $800,000 amount. Philana Holmes...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Two women are facing charges after one of them climbed through a McDonalds drive-thru window, according to the Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office.Multnomah County Sheriff’s deputies report Frazier got out of the car and approached the drive-thru window yelling and threatening employees. As officers arrived, they say Frazier attempted to crawl through the drive-thru window.

Do the residents of the Gaza Strip support Hamas or suffer from it? Haaretz newspaper promotes a claim that the residents of Gaza are victims of Hamas and not those who give it its power. The data (again) show that the reality is different. Hanan Amior, 31.10.23 Last Friday, an article was published in the 'Haaretz' supplement about the hardships of left-wing activists among the residents of the Otef [Envelope], in view of the new horrific reality. The repeated refrain in their words was the apparent gap between Hamas and the residents of the Gaza Strip. The activist Neta Heiman,...

Ross Abramson, a software engineer and recent New York University graduate, had a fairly conventional news diet until recently. He regularly checked his phone for The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal. And as a Jew with an interest in Israel, he would browse a handful of outlets like The Times of Israel. Then the brutal Hamas-led attack on Israel happened on Oct. 7, and Mr. Abramson found himself turning to an outlet he said he didn’t rely on much before: Fox News. “Did I watch it religiously before? No,” he said, adding that he found Fox’s reporting...