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An illegal migrant from Guatemala is facing a manslaughter charge after a Florida sheriff’s deputy suffered a fatal heart attack during a May struggle with the 18-year-old in St. Augustine. Stakes in the legally complex case escalated this week after Virgilio Aguilar-Mendez retained a civil rights attorney who claims he was wrongfully stopped before the encounter which led to St. Johns County Sergeant Michael Kunovich’s death.

Governor Chris Sununu (R-NH) said Friday on Fox News Channel’s “Your World” that former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC) is going to be the Republican Party’s 2024 presidential nominee Sununu said, “It’s the connection she has with voters. When she’s in New Hampshire, and she’s doing the town halls and all that, she’s not just telling you where she is. She does that. But she’s allowing folks to ask questions. She’s earning trust. And that’s why her numbers were soaring before I even got involved because folks are galvanizing around that. And then you have the international experience, which none of...

Dutch Jewish aid worker (A)Lex Aronson was hanged on this date in 1975 in Iraq. Aronson (English Wikipedia entry | Dutch) had survived Bergen-Belsen as a child* — his grandfather was not so fortunate — and gone on to a peripatetic career in global relief work that took him to Israel, Syria, Gabon, Nigeria, India, Bangladesh, and points beyond. The last point beyond was Kurdish northern Iraq, during the terrible Iraqi-Kurdish war there of 1974-1975. By the accounts of his friends, Aronson was a free spirit, a man of idealism and wanderlust. By the account of the Iraqi government that...

The stock market is currently experiencing its most overbought conditions since the early days of the pandemic, with traders displaying a fervent appetite for bullish options contracts. This surge in bullish sentiment is reminiscent of the situation leading up to the 2008-09 recession, raising concerns among seasoned analysts. A striking comparison can be drawn between the current market state and the situation in December 2021, particularly in the context of "Min vol." Despite a similar move, this time it took half the duration as volatility rapidly collapsed. The prevailing sentiment suggests that, post-options expiration (OpEx), markets are poised to surge...

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During his recent listening party, Ye performed with Ty Dolla Sign and revealed more anti-Semitic lyrics from their upcoming collaborative album Vultures, including the line: 'I still keep some Jews with me / Management? Nah / I only let ’em do my jewelry.' He previously revealed the offensive line, 'How am I anti-Semitic? I just f***ed a Jewish b****,' from the title single on the upcoming album. In a video of the rant obtained by TMZ, West falsely claims: 'It’s 60 million of us in America, 60 million Jews in the world.' It's unclear who the 'us' in the statement...

[H/T Mewzilla for finding the truth despite the chaff- “The responsibility to be vaccinated is not absolute.”]The availability of COVID-19 vaccines under an Emergency Use Authorization from the FDA brings into sharp relief the question whether physicians have an ethical responsibility to accept vaccination. Guidance in the AMA Code of Medical Ethics indicates that they do. COVID-19 vaccine developmentGet reliable information on developments in the authorization, distribution and administration of COVID-19 vaccines.Learn More Opinion 8.7, “Routine Universal Immunization of Physicians,” provides that in general when a safe, effective vaccine is available physicians have a responsibility to accept immunization in the...

LAX Airport Police setting up a blockade up ahead as protesters approach the front of LAX from the ramp.

CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Friday on his show “The Lead” that former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani engaged in “in the worst kind of racist sleaze imaginable” when accusing two election workers in Georgia of moving “dope.” Tapper said, “To remind folks, I want to play what Rudy Giuliani said, just a piece of what he said about Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman, remember, they’re mother and daughter, way back in 2020, to the Georgia State House, some of the defamatory comments he said. Remember, they’re behavior, their conduct, Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman has been vouched for not only...

IBM is in hot water due to its discriminatory hiring practices. No, they’re not discriminating against blacks or Hispanics; they’re taking part in the popular new craze of treating whites and Asians like second-class citizens and denying them basic rights based on the color of their skin. This is the United States, and these actions are supposed to be illegal here. That’s why America First Legal, a group started by Trump loyalist Stephen Miller, is now suing IBM for racially discriminating against white and Asian Americans and for promising to fire, demote, or deny bonuses to corporate executives who fail...

New York Republicans chose Mazi Melesa Pilip to succeed George Santos in the US Congress.In an unprecedented move, Congressional Republicans removed Santos from Congress after he was accused of a crime – Something Democrats would never think of doing.Pilip will face former Rep. Tom Suozzi who is the Democrat Party’s candidate.Mazi Pilip has been enrolled as Democrat since 2012 and served in the Israeli Defense Forces as an Ethiopian-born Jew who fled to Israel as a child.

Since the introduction of the COVID vaccine, there’s been a significant change in our way of life, or rather, the lifespan of Americans, as life expectancy has experienced an alarming downturn. We’ve also been seeing injuries related to the vaccine, often downplayed by the media and left-wing groups, and a concerning number of “sudden deaths” among healthy, young Americans. And this isn’t some random speculation or wild conspiracy theory. The alarming increase in young people suffering heart attacks is a real and present issue. Spectrum Local News: If you spend time on social media, you may have seen the hashtag...

Georgia Gov. Kemp’s legal staff has notified Ga Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger that 17,852 invalid 2020 votes were counted in Fulton County, GA, alone. A public meeting will be held next week at the Georgia State Capitol building. Joe Rossi talks on the election fraud and the meeting here: Thanks to X user Rob Cunningham | KUWL.show for the report.

During remarks at the White House this week, President Joe Biden made one of his most disingenuous claims yet against Republicans. “Congress needs to pass the supplemental funding for Ukraine before they break for the holiday recess -- before they give Putin the greatest Christmas gift they could possibly give him. And so -- because we've seen what happens when dictators don't pay the price for the damage and the death and the destruction they cause, and they keep going when no price is paid,” Biden said during a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. In other words,...

Leaked video footage shows a congressional staffer having anal sex with an unknown man on a table in the Senate hearing room, where senators often sit to ask questions during hearings. The amateur pornography filmed in the Senate hearing room featuring gay sex, which appears to be unprotected, was obtained by the Daily Caller.

Making it to the U.S. Congress is often associated with an Ivy League education but it doesn’t have to be that way. While Harvard is the most common undergrad alma mater of currently elected members of the 117th Congress, those alums hardly represent the majority of Congresspeople. In fact, only 51 out of 530 politicians currently serving or elected to Congress went to one of the eight Ivy League schools for their first degree. They represent 14 percent of Senators and only 8.6 percent of Representatives, according to information collected by SoFlo Tutors and available on House.gov. These numbers rise...

Vivek Ramaswamy is tackling the controversial issue of January 6th head-on and very hard. He’s highlighting the obvious setup and outshining other GOP wannabes like Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis, both of whom are struggling to gain support and who have largely avoided this topic like the plague. The reason might be their establishment donors’ reluctance to acknowledge the truth about that day. The mystery of January 6th lingers, and so many questions are still unanswered. However, one thing we do know is that there were undercover FBI agents and informants in the crowd. The exact number of these operatives...

If European nations allow Ukraine into NATO, WWIII will break outAlex Jones breaks down the growing support to include Ukraine in NATO, pushing WW3 to the edge of Russia’s border.

Gen Z's struggles with anxiety are affecting their dining habits with most admitting to dealing with "menu anxiety" in restaurants, a new survey finds. British restaurant chain Prezzo, which serves Italian cuisine, surveyed over 2,000 people in the UK about how at ease they felt when they ate out and it found that 86% of Gen Z had been impacted by "menu anxiety" when dining in restaurants compared to 67% of all respondents. Menu anxiety was largely trigged by the cost of the meal, not being able to find something they like on the menu, and regretting what they ordered....

Federal employees are being asked to rent electric cars when the cost is less or equal to gas-powered cars and where charging is accessible They've also been asked to take trains instead of planes if their journeys are less than 250 miles The White House said on Friday the federal government has acquired over 14,000 zero emission vehicles and installed 5,500 charging ports to date. During Thursday's briefing White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre asked if the most high-profile vehicle in the federal fleet - the so-called Beast, or presidential limo - might become electric in the near future. President...