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Hundreds of anti-Israel protesters descended on Bryant Park Thursday afternoon and later occupied the lobby of the New York Times building as they called for the elimination of the Jewish state and accused President Biden of backing “genocide.” The crowds of demonstrators labeled Israel a “terrorist state” while chanting “From river to the sea, Palestine will be free” – a phrase known to call for the eradication of Israel — as they marched through midtown on Thursday evening. The large rally is the latest in a series of fiery protests to engulf the Big Apple since the Oct. 7 Hamas...

An international campaign — funded in large part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation — to inject tens of millions of young girls with the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is drawing fire from critics who allege the vaccine will cause far more harm than good. Claiming the initiative will avert “over 1.4 million future deaths,” Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance announced it is investing more than $600 million to reach its goal of vaccinating 86 million girls in low- and middle-income countries by 2025. The Gates Foundation co-founded Gavi and is one of its four permanent board members. UNICEF, the...

NBC brought in 6.86 million total viewers and 1.3 million viewers in the key 25-54 age demographic during the 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. debate, according to Nielsen. The first debate this cycle, hosted by Fox News in late August scored some 12.8 million total viewers and 2.8 million viewers in the demo. The second debate hosted by Fox Business Network in late September brought in 9.3 million total viewers and 1.89 million demo viewers.

Welcoming thousands of children to the Vatican on Monday, Pope Francis fielded selected questions and heavily focused on imparting his support for “climate change” talking points to them. In a meeting organized by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Culture and Education, Pope Francis hosted around 7,000 children in the Paul VI Audience Hall for an encounter on the theme “Let’s Learn from Boys and Girls.” The pinnacle of the event was Francis’ presence in the Audience Hall with the children, where he fielded a series of pre-approved questions, and read back his answers. Yet while the event was themed “Let’s Learn...

Distinguishing whether someone is a millennial or Gen Z is no small feet, but a podcast host believes she has a sure-fire way to tell. Phoebe Parsons, the millennial host of the FIT(ish) podcast, claimed all she has to do to figure out a women’s generation is looking at their feet for a certain “controversial” fashion trend. “Gen Z exclusively wears their socks up and millennials still wear ankle socks,” Parsons explained in a video posted to TikTok. The pilates and barre instructor then showed that she, a millennial, was wearing ankle socks while recording the video. For a while,...

Jew Hatred is not a new phenomenon. It is ancient and never seems to die a permanent death. The hysterical demonstrations are not new either. Hitler perfected a strategy which kept German crowds riled up from the 1930s until the shocking murders of six million Jews burst into the open in 1945 at the end of World War II. The Third Reich’s massive lies laced with unrelenting emotion-filled slander worked. Hitleresque strategies included refusals to admit any wrong, a detailed set of lies about Jewish motives and character, and a depth of narcissistic racial prejudice that deformed the thinking of...

The Washington Post quickly removed a cartoon of a Hamas terrorist following backlash from some readers branding it 'racist.' The political cartoon, titled 'Human Shields', depicted a large-nosed Hamas extremist with infants, children and women tied to him, as he questioned: 'How dare Israel attack civilians...'

Prominent anti-Israel figures like Rashida Tlaib and Marc Lamont Hill try to claim ‘From the river to the sea’ isn’t a call for genocide. Their own histories prove otherwise. On October 7, the Hamas terrorist organization committed the worst massacre of the Jewish people since the Nazi Holocaust. More than 1,400 people in southern Israel were butchered, the vast majority of whom were civilians. Babies were burned alive, shot in the head, and beheaded. The Hamas terrorists gleefully filmed their acts of barbarism and posted the videos online. Throughout the world, antisemites rejoiced. On the streets of New York, London,...

Former Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby has been convicted on two counts of perjury by a federal jury. The federal jury reached the verdict Thursday, finding Mosby guilty of perjury after she falsely claimed financial hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic in order to withdraw money from the city's retirement fund, prosecutors announced. "We respect the jury’s verdict and remain steadfastly committed to our mission to uphold the rule of law, keep our country safe, protect the civil rights of all Americans, and safeguard public property," U.S. Attorney Erek L. Barron said. Mosby faces a maximum sentence of five years...

Exercises that target certain groups of fat — whether it’s thunder thighs or love handles — might be useless, experts say. In fact, it’s “simply not possible” to lose fat through area-specific workouts — fitness influencers be damned. Dr. Nick Fuller, an author and obesity researcher at the University of Sydney, debunked the viral myth, claiming that science, genetics, gender and age determine how the body stores and burns fat. Writing for the Conversation, Fuller explained that when the body needs energy — think: during a workout — it pulls from the fat stores everywhere in our bodies, making it...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned a meeting on Thursday without holding an expected vote on subpoenas for two conservatives who have helped arrange luxury travel and other benefits for Supreme Court justices. The panel’s Democratic chairman, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, gaveled out after Republicans on the committee made clear they would call for subpoena votes on a raft of Democratic officials and others, a protest of the planned subpoenas for Republican megadonor Harlan Crow and conservative activist Leonard Leo. South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the top Republican on the panel, warned majority Democrats that...

A hilarious video, recently shared on Reddit, captures the priceless reactions of two huskies when they come face-to-face with the Unitree Go2 Robodog. This remarkable canine creation, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the famous Boston Dynamics dog (just saying), had the pleasure of meeting a few of its living counterparts, and let's just say, some of them were less than thrilled.

Mayor Eric Adams is leading a coalition of 62 mayors across the nation in calling for US House Speaker Mike Johnson to pass a ban on assault weapons following the mass shooting in Maine. During a news conference on Thursday, Adams pointed to the massacre in Lewiston, where 18 people were killed, as the latest example of why the federal government needs to revive its former assault weapons ban, which expired in 2004. “Eighteen Mainers were stolen from us by yet another disturbed man, wielding an assault rifle that had no business on our streets,” Adams said. “Mass shooting deaths...

Nearly every US-born baby has blood drawn to check their risk of about 60 rare diseases within hours of coming into the world. What many parents may not know is that these DNA samples can be stored in a government lab indefinitely, allowing law enforcement access to blood for investigations into a child's relative. New Jersey can store samples for up to 23 years, while others like California, Massachusetts and Maine are indefinite.

Sen. Joe Manchin announced Thursday that he wil not vie for re-election next year, making Republicans the favorites to pick up another seat in the upper chamber of Congress. Manchin (D-WV), a perennial thorn in the side of the Biden administration, would have likely faced a fierce battle against popular Republican Gov. Jim Justice had he decided to run. “I’ve made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will not be running for reelection to the United States Senate,” Manchin declared in a video posted to X. The 76-year-old senator was an increasingly isolated Democrat...

• Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia said he will not run for reelection in 2024. • “I have made one of the toughest decisions of my life and decided that I will not be running for reelection to the United States Senate,” Manchin said in a video posted on X. • But he said he will stay active in politics and consider whether there is interest in “a movement to mobilize the middle.”

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wasn’t clear at first why Peter Thiel agreed to talk to me. He is, famously, no friend of the media. But Thiel—co-founder of PayPal and Palantir, avatar of techno-libertarianism, bogeyman of the left—consented to a series of long interviews at his home and office in Los Angeles. He was more open than I expected him to be, and he had a lot to say. But the impetus for these conversations? He wanted me to publish a promise he was going to make, so that he would not be tempted to go back on his word. And what was that thing...

Anyone know what went down in the courtroom today regarding Bannon? I can't find anything on any news sites if he's going to jail or not

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Sarah: ‘The crisis of the Church has entered a new phase’ROME – In a rare intervention, Cardinal Robert Sarah has said that “the crisis of the Church has entered a new phase: the crisis of the Magisterium.” Speaking to a standing-room only crowd on 26 October in Rome, at the launch of Bishop Athanasius Schneider’s new book “Credo: Compendium of the Catholic Faith” (Sophia Press, 2023), the former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments observed that “a true cacophony reigns today in the teachings of pastors.” Bishops and priests “seem...