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The 104th Air Assault Division was supposed to save the Russian campaign on the left bank of the Dnipro River in southern Ukraine. Instead, the newly-formed division “suffered exceptionally heavy losses and failed to achieve its objectives during its combat debut,” the U.K. Defense Ministry reported. Two months ago, Ukrainian marines from the 35th Brigade motored across the Dnipro and, under the cover of artillery, drones and intensive radio-jamming, secured a bridgehead in the settlement of Krynky on the otherwise Russian-held left bank. It’s a new front in the war—one the Ukrainians hope eventually to exploit in order to push...

Detectives are preparing to speak with Alex Batty about his alleged kidnap and escape from life in a 'nomadic' commune in France, as the teenager wakes up in the UK for the first time in six year The 17-year-old flew from France's Toulouse Blagnac airport to Amsterdam yesterday before finally touching down in Manchester last night, escorted by police officers. The teenager, who vanished when he was 11, was seen walking off the plane with a skateboard tucked under his arm before being whisked away for an emotional reunion with his grandmother, whom it is understood he will live with....

Bill Maher slammed pro-Palestine extremists peddling the 'myth' that Israel could be wiped out in the war with Hamas, arguing that over the course of history, 'things change.' Inflammatory chant 'from the river to the sea' has been heard in protests across the West after the conflict broke out on October 7, with many seeing it as a call to eradicate the nation of Israel entirely. But Maher, 67, who is Jewish but identifies as an atheist, said the chant ignores 'reality', and suggested that Palestinians 'come to an accommodation' to end the decades-long crisis in the Middle East, as...

Harvard received its lowest number of early admission applications in years following a spew of controversies surrounding anti-Semitism and plagiarism. The Ivy League university saw a 17 percent drop in applications from students applying through early admission with 7,921 total candidates, compared to last year's 9,553. The decline doesn't come as a shock to many following the scandals that the prestigious institution has been wrapped up in over the past few months.

As far back as 2019, Hallmark sparked controversy when homosexual activists began a crusade insisting that Hallmark stop trying to instill traditional conservative family values and start promoting sexual aberrancy in their Christmas movie line-up. The Dissenter covered the saga as Hallmark took heat for playing an ad with lesbians kissing and then took more heat when removing the ad.LGBTQ Nation—a pro-sodomy propaganda website—called on the Lifetime and Hallmark channels to produce and run queer romance movies for Christmas as part of a “diversity” campaign this season. After all, these channels even have movies produced for the “black community” and...

Barack Obama is concerned about Joe Biden's prospects for next year's election and 'feels that Democrats very well could lose', according to a report. With Donald Trump edging ahead in polls, and concerns about the president's age, immigration, Israel policy and economic plan denting confidence, a person described by The Wall Street Journal as being familiar with Obama's thinking said the former president was troubled. Trump leads by 2 points in the RealClearPolitics polling average.

I was a partner with AIM founder Reed Irvine for several decades and documented through the AIM Report and several books the “misdeeds” of our Big Media establishment. He taught me a lot. Unfortunately, media bias has gotten worse, not better, and even infects such one-time “conservative” outlets as the Drudge Report. It also infects so-called “business” outlets such as Bloomberg, known for fancy charts and graphs about the economy. I get their emails and never cease to be amazed at the lies the various Bloomberg reporters spew out, as if nobody notices or cares. They must think people take...

At Christmas I think of others and I wanted to think about Kathy Barnette who many of us admired and supported for US Senate in the spring of 2022 right here in Pennsylvania... British Intelligence and the CIA and so on got these civil wars going in Libya and Syria in 2011 using Al Qaeda followers admirers of Bin Laden the kind of folks that perped 9/11. Then Russia and Hezbollah came in to help to prop up the ruler of Syria Bashar al Assad. And then.... ISIS-Daesh Islamic State call them what you will came along... Ukraine Funding is...

An American destroyer on Saturday shot down more than a dozen drones in the Red Sea launched from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen, the U.S. Central Command said. "The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS CARNEY... operating in the Red Sea, successfully engaged 14 unmanned aerial systems launched as a drone wave from Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen," CENTCOM said social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The aerial vehicles were "assessed to be one-way attack drones and were shot down with no damage to ships in the area or reported injuries," according to the statement.

A Michigan law clerk vomited in court after she was showed horrifying pictures of her emaciated disabled son who she starved to death. Shanda Vander Ark, 44, was on trial for the murder and torture of Timothy Ferguson, 15, who died at their home on July 6, 2022 weighing just 69 pounds. An autopsy found he died from malnourishment and hypothermia. Prosecutor Matt Roberts showed pictures of the teenager's frail body to Vander Ark in court on Thursday afternoon and she began to throw up. She tortured Timothy, who had autism with speech and motor impairment, by feeding him only...

His death comes after was rushed to a hospital for an unspecified illness in late November. Kuwait's ruling emir, the 86-year-old Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, has died after a three-year, low-key reign focused on trying to resolve the tiny, oil-rich nation's internal political disputes. Kuwait state television broke into programming with Quranic verses just before a sombre official made the announcement. “With great sadness and sorrow, we - the Kuwaiti people, the Arab and Islamic nations, and the friendly peoples of the world - mourn the late His Highness the emir, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al...

"Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able." "Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. "I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality." ☰ Luke 13 (Other versions) 1 There were present at that season some that told him of the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that...

NYC - woman caught tearing down Israel/US flag at ‘Hummus Kitchen’, throws soup at employee and gives middle finger when she realizes she’s being recorded. Recognize her? DM us - possible first name ‘Myra’.

Maybe their face is glistening with sweat — on a cold, wintry night. Or they can’t stop licking their lips. Perhaps they’re chattering nonstop, or not speaking much at all. These and other traits could be simple holiday stress — or they might be signs of drug use, according to experts. And drugs that are combined with alcohol at holiday gatherings can be particularly risky. “With alcohol, any of the depressants, any opiates, any barbiturates or benzodiazepines, can be very dangerous,” Emily Skogrand, clinical pharmacist at Oregon Health and Science University, told The Post.

SNIP A flight attendant has revealed the stomach-churning reasons that travelers should never drink airplane coffee. Reacting to a question on Reddit asking about the “dirty little secrets” of cabin crew, the TikToker, who goes by Kevin online, dished that he thinks aircraft coffee is “disgusting.” “The fact that the tanks rarely get cleaned that the water is in should be the least of your concern,” he said in a video with more than 164,000 views. “For me, it’s always been the way that flight attendants have to clean out coffee pots.” Spoiler: they dump out the java into the...

Hamas is stealing all the aid that enters Gaza. Listen to what this Palestinian woman is saying!

The 15-year-old sophomore said she didn’t expect a fight at her Kansas City high school but decided to stand up for herself. Now, she’s scared to return. A 15-year-old girl who was called a racial slur and then suffered a broken nose after being punched by a white male schoolmate said she’s scared to go back to school because she doesn’t know what to expect. On Wednesday, Nov. 15, Brey’anna Brown, a Black sophomore at Shawnee Mission East High School in Kansas City, Missouri, initially confronted a student who used racial slurs, about which Brown had her say, according to...

A single night of binge-drinking is more likely to cause liver disease than a few drinks spread across the week, a study revealed. According to a study done by the University College London, first reported by the London Standard, measuring the pattern of alcohol intake was more accurate than volume for predicting the risk of developing alcohol-related cirrhosis (ARC). According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, ARC is a stage of liver disease where the liver has become significantly scarred and may cause the liver to stop working correctly. The scientists analyzed data from 312,599 active alcoholic drinkers in the United Kingdom...

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The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ' campaign for the White House resigned Saturday night in the latest sign of trouble for the GOP hopeful less than one month before voting begins with Iowa’s kickoff caucuses. Jeff Roe, the top adviser to Never Back Down, is the latest senior staffer to exit Never Back Down, which has been the largest outside group supporting DeSantis’ candidacy. The Associated Press reported earlier this week on growing concern among some within DeSantis’ operation that interactions between his campaign and his network of outside groups were blurring...