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A few years ago, shortly after settling into his new home, TikTok user Adam stumbled upon a delightful surprise - a group of charming chipmunks had made themselves at home on his property. "I would often spot them in my garden and yard," Adam shared with The Dodo. "To my knowledge, I have at least three of them. This is my second year with these little guys." Intrigued by their presence, Adam decided to establish a connection with his newfound neighbors. He began leaving occasional piles of nuts for the chipmunks to feast on, a friendly gesture aimed at ensuring...

A former state employee, backed by pension groups and an organization that represents public workers, is suing to overturn an Oklahoma law banning the state from doing business with financial firms accused of boycotting the fossil fuel industry. Don Keenan worked at the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission as a disabled veterans employment and senior interviewer from 1985 to 1996, and is also the former head of the Oklahoma Public Employees Association. Keenan filed the lawsuit in Oklahoma County District Court on Monday.

The taking of selfies is now considered legitimately dangerous. A review by the University of New South Wales concluded that taking selfies could actually pose a "public health problem." Referencing data from multiple peer-reviewed studies in both the U.S. and Australia since 2011, the review was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research in September of this year.

President Biden did some afternoon Black Friday shopping on Nantucket as international news coverage was dominated by Hamas terrorists releasing a group of 24 hostages — but no Americans — as part of a four-day truce in the Gaza Strip. “Can’t come without going to the bookstore. We’ve got a tradition,” the 81-year-old president told reporters on the Massachusetts island where he and his extended family are vacationing at the home of billionaire David Rubenstein.

Ahead of the highly-anticipated 2024 presidential election, more than 23 million immigrants to the United States who now have naturalized American citizenship are eligible to cast ballots, new analysis reveals. The left-wing American Immigration Council released the analysis recently, giving a glimpse into the electoral power that the nation’s annual importation of more than a million legal immigrants has given to naturalized citizens.

VIDEOWe now have confirmation from a member of the Ukraine parliament, David Arakhamia, who led the Ukrainian delegation at peace talks in Belarus and Istanbul that Russia and his country, in exchange primarily for a pledge not to join NATO, were prepared to end the war in the early stage of that conflict when Boris Johnson arrived in Kiev to nix any peace agreement. They were told by Johnson that Russia was on the verge of collapse due to sanctions. How did that work out? Now Ukraine will have to settle their war on much harsher terms and the destruction...

Nearly 500 tons of humanitarian aid being concealed from the Ukrainian public has been uncovered in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the Regional Governor said at a news conference on Nov. 24. "Tons of food products sent to the Zaporizhzhia Oblast in 2022 have deteriorated due to criminal negligence," said Yurii Malashko, governor of Zaporizhzhia. Authorities discovered a large amount of humanitarian aid, including food products, essential items, and other materials, stored without proper documentation at three different local enterprises in Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Malashko notes that investigations into the illegal storage of aid are ongoing. "We will do everything in our power to...

Pro-Palestinian protests in London were arrested after the demonstration turned violent on Saturday evening. Breakaway groups began attacking the police with flares, the Metropolitan Police announced on X. It was also noted that flares had been shot at police in protests over the previous weeks. In response to the escalating violence, the police have issued a Public Order Act which prevents the continuation of the pro-Palestinian march. Earlier arrests had also been announced as protesters displayed Nazi symbols and wore Hamas-style headbands, which is criminalized under the Terrorism Act.

Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 58,000 in the past four weeks, according to unofficial reports posted on X. This is up from 55,224 encountered during October. Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin posted a series of reports on X showing the continuing increase in the number of migrant apprehensions in his sector. During the past seven days, Modlin reported the apprehension of 15,300 migrants. In addition to the apprehensions, his agents seized 117 pounds of fentanyl and interdicted 14 human smuggling incidents. His agents also carried out 17 migrant rescues. The Tucson Sector continues to lead the...

The Palestinian Hamas terrorist organization balked at the second release of Israeli hostages on Saturday, delaying the transfer for several hours while complaining about alleged Israeli violations of the terms of the agreement. Update: The Israeli military has said that if Hamas does not hand over the second group of hostages by midnight local time (5 p.m. ET), the entire deal is off and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) will resume attacking Hamas targets in Gaza (via Ynet).

RNS) — Bishop Carlton D. Pearson, a preacher, singer and author who moved from Pentecostalism to what he called “The Gospel of Inclusion,” has died at age 70. Pearson died in hospice care Sunday night (Nov. 19), after a brief battle with a returning cancer, according to a post on his Facebook page. Raised and later ordained in the Church of God in Christ, a predominantly Black denomination, and the onetime leader of a prominent Oklahoma megachurch, Pearson began facing health issues more than two decades ago but suffered a recurrence of cancer in recent months. His family had announced...

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Hamas says it is delaying the handover of hostages on the second day of its truce with Israel as it disputes the amount of aid being delivered and selection of Palestinian prisoners being released. Diplomatic sources close to the negotiations tell CNN they are not aware that the process of Hamas handing over hostages has begun. These sources contradict what a Hamas and Israeli source earlier told CNN, and what Israeli media had been reporting: that the handover of hostages was underway. Soon after CNN initially reported about the process being underway, Hamas issued a statement saying they were delaying...

After the landslide victory for Geert Wilders’ Dutch patriotic Freedom Party PVV Wednesday, the defeated RINO ruling People’s Party VVD has said they will not negotiate with the winners. Wilders warned, “Don’t play games with the will of the people – it will only make us much, much bigger.”Wilders torched the VVD People’s Party for not even considering negotiations, saying “The VVD governed with (Soros-backed pro-Open Borders) D66 for years, which caused the asylum disaster, which now brought the government down, but now they don’t want to govern with the PVV to solve it? The vast majority of VVD voters...

A Spanish modeling agency said it's created the country's first AI influencer, who can earn up to 10,000 euros, or $11,000, a month as a model. Cruz told Euronews he decided to design López after having trouble working with real models and influencers. "We started analyzing how we were working and realized that many projects were being put on hold or canceled due to problems beyond our control. Often it was the fault of the influencer or model and not due to design issues," he said. "We did it so that we could make a better living and not be...

Russia pulls troops back in anticipation of peace deal, West forces ukies to reneg and claims victory....

Current MSNBC talking head and former Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill questioned the premise that "Trump would be just as bad as Hitler was. I think Trump would be worse. Hitler had a very distinct and narrowly focused objective of ridding the world of Jews and imposing a global fascist government. These were limited goals." "Trump, on the other hand, has no philosophy he believes in," she asserted. "All he cares about is selfish self-promotion. He has acquired a substantial following that is right here in America. Members of this following tried to forcibly overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential...

A prominent "lifelong Democrat" scholar and economist who chaired a COVID-19 commission blasted Dr. Anthony Fauci and others for promoting "massive government lying" regarding the coronavirus, and accused Senate Democrats of refusing to investigate the virus' origins. Dr. Jeffrey Sachs, a Columbia University professor who chaired a COVID-19 commission set up by "The Lancet" medical journal, said he has since left the Democratic Party after seeing how government officials have behaved around the origins of the virus. "The sad part of this, not with respect to the vaccine per se, but with respect to the origin of the virus, is...

Former Republican presidential candidate and outgoing Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) said he would vote for a Democrat if former President Donald Trump or political newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy secure the Republican nomination.CBS News host Norah O’Donnell asked the retiring senator for his preference in the 2024 Republican presidential field.“Anybody. I’d be happy to support virtually any one of the Republicans, maybe not Vivek, but the others that are running would be acceptable to me and I’d be happy to vote for them. I’d be happy to vote for a number of the Democrats too. I mean, it would be an upgrade...

Sooooo close. Joe Biden almost saved the world. Yesterday he said that Hamas attacked because he was about to bring peace to the region.Biden: “I cannot prove what I’m about to say,” but Hamas attacked Israel because I was very close to bringing peace to the region. pic.twitter.com/m8IfJvlivL — Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) November 24, 2023He was going to save the world by building a railroad all around the world “You may recall when we did the G20 a little while ago, I was able to get a resolution, a statement passed through there saying we are going to build a...