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A rare roofed theatre, markets, warehouses, a river port and other startling discoveries made by a Cambridge-led team of archaeologists challenge major assumptions about the decline of Roman Italy.New findings from Interamna Lirenas, traditionally written off as a failed backwater in Central Italy, change our understanding of Roman history, its excavators believe.Their thirteen-year study – published in the edited volume Roman Urbanism in Italy – shows that the town in Southern Lazio continued to thrive well into the 3rd century AD, bucking what is normally considered Italy's general state of decline in this period.The team's pottery analysis indicates that the...

On Wednesday Stewart Rhodes, the founder and president of the Oath Keepers reached out to The Gateway Pundit. This was the first time we have heard from Stewart in months since his Washington DC show trial. Stewart was on a 90 day phone restriction at the federal prison he is held at in Maryland. (snip) Jim Hoft: …The reason I thought about him is you just said that Kellye SoRelle was sent to a mental hospital and she was your lawyer.Stewart Rhodes: Yes, lawyer for Oath Keepers. And she was also, remember, she was a whistleblower on election night in...

NewsNation continues to put a spotlight on whistleblower testimony and efforts by lawmakers to bring more transparency to the UFO issue. One of those people is retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, who led the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) under former President Donald Trump. Gallaudet said he is convinced the story Grusch is telling is true based on his experience in the military and government. He also told NewsNation correspondent Ross Coulthart there were attempts to cover up UFO sightings by members of the military. ... “We’re being visited by non-human intelligence with technology we really don’t...

Former Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton used a meeting with the families of Israeli hostages Thursday to attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prompting criticism that it was a “revolting, disgusting” thing for her to do. As the Israeli news website Ynet reported: Clinton also urged relatives of the hostages to put pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. According to those present at the meeting, she told the families that Netanyahu is only busy with “politics and personal political survival,” and that Knesset seats are of more interest to this government than the hostages. “As long as the hostages...

GM bought out about half of its 2,000 Buick dealers over the last year as part of the voluntary buyout program ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ General Motors bought out roughly half of Buick dealers across the U.S. due to their reluctance to sell electric vehicles as the automaker looks to transition to EVs. About half of GM’s 2,000 Buick dealers accepted the voluntary buyout. The program remains open so additional dealers may opt to take the buyout instead of making the EV-related investments that GM required for them to continue selling Buicks, as GM is planning for the brand’s vehicles to be 100%...

Wikileaks announced on Tuesday that the High Court of Justice in London has decided to hear what could be Julian Assange’s final appeal against his extradition to the United States with a two-day hearing on February 20-21, 2024. This could be Assange’s last chance to avoid extradition. The Wikileaks founder is an Australian citizen being charged by the US government for leaking classified government documents provided to him by US Army soldier Bradley Manning who later became Chelsea Manning, much of that information revealing gruesome details about the Iraq war. But some US lawmakers in both parties believe the charges...

Archaeologists working to install a lift and restore the ground floor of Split City Museum got more than they bargained for when they unearthed sizeable Roman baths underneath the building's reception. The museum in Croatia's second largest city was founded in 1946 and is held inside the Dominik Papalic palace—the former home of the affluent Papalic family who settled in Split during the 14th century.The baths are in a well-preserved condition and include a pool, mosaic floors, ancient underfloor heating, an oil and grape press, and a furnace. Communal bathing was common across the Roman Empire, and baths acted as...

Enthusiasm is low for President Joe Biden’s 2024 reelection campaign in his hometown of Scranton, Delaware, residents told the far-left Guardian publication on Thursday. Low enthusiasm for Biden in his hometown depicts a microcosm of a growing problem nationwide. Polling numbers show Biden’s popularity is on a downward trajectory: Fox News: 54 percent of Democrat primary voters prefer an alternative to Biden. Pew Research: Biden’s approval rating sinks to just 33 percent, the lowest since he took office. WSJ: Only 23 percent said the same for Biden’s policies. NYT: Biden trails Donald Trump in approval rating among voters 18-29.

The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider has called for the public execution of President Joe Biden, saying the commander in chief should to be “publicly hung” for treason. The actor also called for Hunter Biden to be executed. John Schneider posted the X message in reply to Biden’s recent post in which he called former President Donald Trump a “threat” to democracy.

When Vivek Ramaswamy said that he would drop out of Colorado primary if Trump is removed..Crenshaw said that "Maybe he should just withdraw from all the other states too"Vivek's respons..."Maybe Congressmen shouldn’t be allowed to trade individual stocks."

Gov. Kathy Hochul weighed in on efforts to keep former President Donald Trump off presidential primary ballots after Colorado’s highest court declared him ineligible to run under the U.S. Constitution’s insurrection clause. “We’ll see what the Supreme Court does. It’s not something we do, but it’s something I’d watch very closely because that was one of the darkest days in our nation’s history,” Hochul said Wednesday. "Jan. 6 will live in infamy. Shame on us if we forget that. Shame on us what happened to this country when a Capitol that I used to proudly walk in as a member...

VIDEOHas there ever been in American history such a consequential LIAR as the former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper? Again and again he has been caught lying. About Trump-Russia collusion, about NSA collecting data on millions of Americans, and about the Hunter Biden laptop story being a result of Russian Disinformation. How many times does Clapper have to be caught lying before CNN dumps him as their National Security Analyst? Well, CNN is going to face that decision yet again since the Julian Assange Team has just confirmed that the source for the Wikileaks DNC emails story in 2016...

On the bank of a picturesque river in southern France sat a collection of ancient ruins. A buried cellar and empty pools are all that remain of a Roman-era winery.Archaeologists found the ruined winery in Laveyron during excavations for a factory's parking lot, the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) said in a Nov. 30 news release.The large-scale winemaking operation was built in the first century A.D. and probably produced drinks for ancient Romans...On either side of the platform, archaeologists found basins where the grape juice was collected...The basins were in turn linked to two larger rooms that...

Federal, state and city health departments have issued public health alerts about increases of communicable diseases as illegal border crossers arrive in their communities. Earlier this year, the New York City Health Commissioner instructed New York health-care providers to undergo several precautions and tests in light of "an alarming trend" of diseases spreading among illegal foreign nationals in New York City who arrived from the southern border. Dr. Ashwin Vasan expressed alarm about those arriving who hadn't been vaccinated for polio or chickenpox and were coming from countries with high rates of infectious tuberculosis. "Many people who recently arrived in...

Sports commentator Stephen A Smith went nuclear on Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday, calling the Gov. a “racist” for his “inhumane” new rules allowing state and local police to arrest illegal aliens in the Lone Star State. Abbott signed SB4 into law on Monday, making illegal entry into Texas a crime and giving police the authority to arrest those who break that new law. “The goal of these laws is to make sure that when they see somebody crossing over the border, as the National Guard see, as the Texas Department of Public Safety see, they know they’re...

Russians got richer in 2022 even as the war in Ukraine raged on, while the US and Europe lost trillions of dollars, according to UBS.Russia added $600 billion of total wealth, the Swiss bank found in its annual Global Wealth Report, published on August 15.The number of Russian millionaires also rose by about 56,000 to 408,000 in 2022, while the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals — people worth over $50 million — jumped by nearly 4,500.But the US lost more wealth than any other country last year, shedding $5.9 trillion, while North America and Europe combined got $10.9 trillion poorer, UBS...

Egypt values its border security. Egyptian workers recently completed a 8 to 10 meter concrete border wall to keep out Palestinians. A security fence topped with barbed wire stands before the concrete wall. And a series of earthen berms are behind the concrete wall. Egypt is serious about its border security.

Jim Hoft earlier this week dropped a bombshell that 177 of Jeffrey Epstein’s high profile associates are in for a New Year’s surprise as they will be named in court documents set to be released in the first days of 2024. A few of the individuals were apparently identified by the Daily Mail, including housekeepers. The only high profile person identified was Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz. The material is related to a defamation case brought by Prince Andrew’s accuser Virginia Roberts (now Giuffre) in New York against Epstein’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell. Giuffre released a statement yesterday on X taunting...

After several states refused to do so, the Colorado Supreme Court voted 4-3 to remove Donald Trump from the state ballot. All four Justices are democrat-appointed and they voted their party instead of law. Donald Trump has not been charged with insurrection by anyone, let alone convicted, but that was unimportant to Colorado. Nor is it important to left wing media talking heads. CNN's John Avlon argued in favor of the state court unilateral action but CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig shot back: “Due process is not a loophole,” Honig shot back. “Due process is in Section 1 of...

A five-year dig into the side of Rome's Palatine Hill yielded treasure last week when archaeologists discovered a deluxe banquet room dating from around the first or second century BC, featuring a sizable, intact and brightly colored wall mosaic.Estimated to be around 2,300 years old, the work is part of a larger aristocratic mansion, located near the Roman Forum, that has been under excavation since 2018.Almost five meters long (16.4 ft) and featuring depictions of vines, lotus leaves, tridents, trumpets, helmets and mythological marine creatures, the mosaic scene was painstakingly created using mother of pearl, shells, corals, shards of precious...