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Former President Donald Trump took the stand earlier this week in his New York real estate case, and when he attempted to read aloud from an “exonerating document” the presiding judge denied him the opportunity to do so. President Trump told his Truth Social followers that Judge Arthur Engoron struck down his request to read a financial disclaimer that accompanies each set of financial records submitted to banks by the Trump real estate empire. Such disclaimers are common reminders to readers that financial experts are encouraged to reach their own conclusions with the data. “This is the Paper that I...

Ohio is the latest state trounced by pro-abortion activists after the fall of Roe v. Wade last year, with voters choosing to codify the “right” to abortion in their state constitution on Tuesday. After the fall of Roe, which had invented a federal “right” to abortion in the Constitution, abortion was returned to individual states and their elected representatives, changing the nature of the struggle between the pro-life movement and the abortion industry. Pro-abortion organizations and activists, backed by the affiliates of large left-wing organizations like Planned Parenthood and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), have stealthily turned to ballot...

Democrats hit the brakes on plans to subpoena conservative legal scholar Leonard Leo and billionaire Harlan Crow during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, scoring a win for the integrity of the Supreme Court. The move came after Republican Ranking Member Lindsey Graham warned Chairman Dick Durbin and other Democrats that their efforts to intimidate friends and acquaintances of conservative Supreme Court Justices, specifically Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito under the guise of "ethics reform," would backfire. "I promise you, everything that was working well with the committee is now in jeopardy," Graham warned. "You’re going to...

The media landscape continues to face severe challenges, exemplified by The Washington Post's decision to cut 10% of its staff, indicating a substantial financial loss exceeding $100 million this year. The broader trend is evident as over 25% of all U.S. newspapers (daily and weekly) folded in the past 15 years. Newspaper advertising revenue mirrored the decline, plummeting by 25% from 2019 to 2020. A noteworthy shift is the fact that 42 out of the 100 largest U.S. newspapers no longer publish on a daily basis. The decline is pervasive across legacy corporate news media, both digital and print, with...

Mainstream economics portrays inflation — defined as a currency that loses a bit of purchasing power each year — as necessary to lubricate the gears of commerce.What they don’t seem to understand (or would like the rest of us to not understand) is that inflation is also a tool for redistributing wealth from one class to another. It pushes up the price of stocks, bonds, and real estate, enriching the owners of those assets while making day-to-day life a lot harder for people who live paycheck to paycheck.This obviously makes the victims mad. Here’s a 20-something American explaining their situation:And...

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At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) excoriated Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) over his attempts to investigate Supreme Court ethics issues, and announced a slate of subpoenas in response. Fuel your success with Forbes. Gain unlimited access to premium journalism, including breaking news, groundbreaking in-depth reported stories, daily digests and more. Plus, members get a front-row seat at members-only events with leading thinkers and doers, access to premium video that can help you get ahead, an ad-light experience, early access to select products including NFT drops and more:

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After this tweet went viral, a Vancouver-based journalist went to check out what all the hype was about: The Vancouver Art Gallery (which, yes, receives government funding) is charging people $30 to view a hateful, anti-white exhibit called "Conceptions of White." Just imagine the mass protests shutting this thing down if you just changed one word in the title. Lindsay Shepherd, a True North reporter, detailed her experience coming into the exhibit as a white person - and it wasn't pretty. As you walk into the exhibit, you are met with a headshot of a white male with the text,...

Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a deal for a five-day ceasefire with Palestinian militant groups in Gaza in return for the release of some of the hostages held in the territory early in the war, according to sources familiar with the negotiations.

The European Union (EU) is advancing plans to introduce a new “Digital Identity” that will be directly linked to a central bank digital currency (CBDC), a top Euro official has revealed.The plan was exposed Wednesday on social media by Dutch Member of the European Parliament Rob Roos.Roos posted a video on Twitter/X to reveal the outcome of a closed-door meeting between top Eurocrats about the plan to roll out the system to the public.After leaving the meeting, the MEP took to X to warn the public about the “very bad news.”Roos told his followers that one of the unelected bureaucrats...

House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) subpoenaed four Biden family associates on Wednesday and also requested a transcribed interview with an Americore Holdings, LLC trustee regarding “loans” the Bidens received. The subpoenas are the second batch issued in two days, signaling Comer’s initiative to cast a wide net around the Biden family business. The subpoenas and transcribed interview requests include: “Moneyman” Eric Schwerin (Subpoena) Former top CEFC China Energy Co. official Mervyn Yan (Subpoena) Art dealer Georges Bergès (Subpoena) Art buyer Elizabeth Naftali (Subpoena) Trustee, Americore Health, LLC, Carol Fox Associate Joey Langston Ukrainian-American businessman and longtime donor to...

The IMO said that magma - molten rock - was accumulating at a depth of around 5km (3m) northwest of Thorbjorn mountain. The Blue Lagoon is easily visible from the mountain. The owners of the famed turquoise hot springs said they would close the site until 16 November out of concern for employees' welfare. The Met Office said an earthquake of 5.0 magnitude, the largest since the increased activity began, was detected shortly past midnight on Thursday in the Fagradalsfjall volcanic area, around 30km from the capital Reykjavik. Ingibjorg Lilja Omarsdottir of the Icelandic Civil Protection Agency has been posted...

Explanation: The Crab Nebula is cataloged as M1, the first object on Charles Messier's famous 18th century list of things which are not comets. In fact, the Crab is now known to be a supernova remnant, debris from the death explosion of a massive star witnessed by astronomers in the year 1054. This sharp image from the James Webb Space Telescope’s NIRCam (Near-Infrared Camera) and MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) explores the eerie glow and fragmented strands of the still expanding cloud of interstellar debris in infrared light. One of the most exotic objects known to modern astronomers, the Crab Pulsar, a...

Two young men were arrested for tearing down posters of hostages kidnapped in the Israel-Hamas war that were hung up outside a private property in Gramercy Park, police said Thursday. Charlotte Wimer, who uses he/him pronouns, and Gray Segal, both 18, were arrested just after 5 p.m. Wednesday after they were caught ripping down posters of Israeli children and adults kidnapped by the terrorist group on display outside 201 East 23rd Street, cops said. Both Wimer and Segal, who live on the Lower East Side, were charged with criminal mischief, police said. Video taken moments after the incident and shared...

Prospective lawyers no longer need to pass the bar exam to become licensed in Oregon following a decision Tuesday by the state Supreme Court.The Oregon State Bar can now license law school graduates who submit a portfolio of their work practicing law for an independent evaluation as an alternative to the traditional exam, a change the leader of Willamette University’s College of Law has pushed for years. The court unanimously approved the new Supervised Practice Portfolio Examination, which will allow graduates to complete 675 hours of legal work supervised by an experienced attorney. That’s the amount of time most people...

Gazan journalist participated in Hamas massacre, ecstatically displayed soldier’s ID card, helmet and magazine Nan Jacques Zilberdik | Nov 9, 2023 ... Gazan journalist and actor Ali Nasman ecstatically celebrating the abduction or killing... This journalist who participated in the terror attack was subsequently killed by the Israel army in an airstrike. Other journalists also reported live from the invasion and the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office has demanded clarifications from the bureau chiefs of the media organizations that employed them, among them AP, Reuters, CNN and The New York Times. [Israeli GPO, Nov. 9, 2023] Hamas war on Israel October...

In the wake of a massive rise in antisemitism, Gov. Kathy Hochul said she’d be open to plugging a loophole in New York’s bail laws that lets hate crime offenders back on the street after being busted. People charged with “making terroristic threats,” a felony, can’t be held on bail under New York’s 2019 bail reform law, making it unlikely that prosecutors could keep those accused behind bars absent other charges. “I’m willing to look at that,” Hochul said when questioned by a reporter about the issue after speaking in Albany Thursday to a group of law enforcement officials. “I...

Several dozen Jewish Concordia students who had set up a Shabbat remembrance table for the Israeli hostages were surrounded and attacked by a pro-Hamas mob numbering in the hundreds. The mob pushed, shoved and hit the Jewish students and overturned the table and ripped down Israeli flags. At least three people were injured including a Christian supporter of the Jewish students who was pushed down on a counter, had his legs pulled and his glasses broken. A 19-year-old security guard, as well as a 23-year-old student, were also injured during the altercation.

"At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) excoriated Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) over his attempts to investigate Supreme Court ethics issues, and announced a slate of subpoenas in response.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-aHH3bdCds~~~COMPUTER GENERATED TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~thank you Mr chairman I think we allknow what this is about and uh you allhave been after Justice Thomas we arefully aware of this and I I think thatum the whole charade is truly disgustingnow if we go back to the Dos leak andI'm one of those I'd like to know whothe leaker is and I'd like to know whythey did it but since that...