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New edict affects all of Moscow's historic holdings across three continents, including former imperial colonies in the US. Russia has laid the groundwork for expanding its soft power across North America and Asia with a new decree Vladimir Putin signed last week. The new order provides funds to search, register and provide legal protection to Russian properties abroad – including land and buildings located in former Russian Empire and Soviet Union territories. Among the areas affected by the new decree is Alaska, which was sold to the United States in 1867 and still hosts communities with close links to Russia....

Before a single vote was cast, the 2020 election was baked into the cake. America’s political and media establishment were not going to let what happened to them in 2016 happen again. ... TIME Magazine - “The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election” which describes a vast effort by a network of partisan political operatives, union leaders, and business titans to create a mail ballot “revolution” to oust Trump... a plan hatched by a highly motivated and well-funded few to undermine American democracy as we know it. Yet, it is not well understood exactly what...

Hamas 1st big admission Oct 7 [on] Israel attack. 01.22.24 They had 109 days to prepare a propaganda leaflet of 16 pages..

Paramount Global — the parent company off CBS, Paramount Pictures, Showtime, and numerous other media properties — is reportedly set to lay off “hundreds” of employees across nearly all of its divisions. The impending cuts represent the latest Hollywood bloodbath following layoffs at other corporations, including Disney, NBCUniversal, Amazon MGM Studios, and Universal Music Group. Hollywood is feeling the squeeze on multiple fronts. Households continue to cut the cord by the millions while the advertising market is still in the doldrums due to poor consumer sentiment tied to President Joe Biden’s economic policies. Meanwhile, consumers are cutting back on discretionary...

New York City sea levels could rise more than a foot by the 2030s, according to projections presented by a city climate panel. The nation’s largest city will see as much as 10 percent more precipitation and temperature increases of 2 degrees to 4.7 degrees, the New York City Panel on Climate Change (NPCC) said at a presentation at the Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast. The presentation’s contents were first reported by The City. Further into the century, “we can’t rule out” precipitation increases as high as 30 percent, said NPCC member Radley Horton, a climate professor...

Haley also claimed she was ‘disqualified’ from a beauty pageant because she wasn’t white or black. “If you wanna know what it was like growing up, I was disqualified from a beauty pageant because I wasn't white or black because they didn't know where to put me.” “So look, I know the hardships, the pain that come with racism.”

A Florida therapist who specializes in anger management has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting a man to death as part of an ongoing dispute and then stuffing his body in his car. “We got a couple of eyewitnesses, and I believe … the person right now he’s looking at the road, cleaning up the blood off the ground.” The caller told the 911 dispatcher: “I just saw him drag the body across the road. He put it in his car, and then he left. “And then he came back, and not even 10 minutes ago he started scrubbing...

Details of the Biden immigration plan have been leaked by an anonymous source with knowledge of the details of the plan. The source stated that no new border agents would be hired and that no current policy would be changed. However, recently laid off Subway sandwich makers would be hired to train and assist current border agents in preparing welcome meals for the illegals. Additionally, ex-Walmart greeters and unemployed hospitality workers would be hired to greet and welcome the new Democratic voters to the country. The new voters will be given a welcome packet including: a Medicaid card, New York...

Your personal information may have been leaked in the 'Mother of all Breaches' (MOAB), cybersecurity researchers have warned. Over 26 billion personal records have been exposed, in what researchers believe to be the biggest-ever data leak. Sensitive information from several sites including Twitter, Dropbox, and Linkedin was discovered on an unsecured page. Worryingly, the researchers who found it claim this breach is extremely dangerous and could prompt a tsunami of cybercrime.

President Biden said Monday that women in the U.S. face a cruel reality in the aftermath of Roe v. Wade’s demise, outlining the impact laws in red states that restrict abortion access have on women. Biden is expected to make abortion rights a major part of his reelection argument in the fall. On Monday, the president began remarks at a meeting with the White House reproductive rights task force by talking about women being turned away in emergency rooms and forced to go to court to fight for reproductive care. He told the story of a mother in Texas who...

Joe Biden is a man of contradictions. When it comes to political opponents, he's tough. He pressed his Attorney General to prosecute Donald Trump. He has the FBI targeting Trump supporters. He's having Jan 6 protesters hit with overly harsh sentences. He had Peter Navarro and Roger Stone shackled for defying a Congressional subpoena while Hunter wasn't touched for doing the same. But when it comes to foreign affairs, Biden is wholly different. He is a weak man and he projects weakness. Bob Gates warned us. He said "I think he has been wrong on nearly every major foreign policy...

I can't help but feel deeply frustrated by this recent Supreme Court decision, where a slim 5-4 majority has given the green light to federal agents to cut the razor wire installed by Texas along the US-Mexico border. It's not just about the wire; it's about the fundamental responsibility of those in power to ensure the safety and well-being of American citizens. The decision seems to undermine the very essence of border security, and it leaves me questioning the commitment of our leaders to enforce the laws that are meant to protect us. The border is not just a line...

The Dow industrials finished Monday above 38000 for the first time ever, while the S&P 500 also built on Friday's record close. The benchmark S&P 500 rose after ending last week at its first record high in two years. The blue-chip Dow also rose to a fresh record, its third of 2024. Investors will parse a wave of economic data and earnings this week, including the first reading of fourth-quarter GDP and the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge. Companies including Tesla, Netflix and Procter & Gamble report throughout the week. As of late Monday: U.S. stocks rose. All three leading...

Former President Trump will be joined on stage in New Hampshire Monday night by former opponents, now endorsers Sen. Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy and Gov. Doug Burgum in a "show of force" that the Republican Party is "united and ready to take on Joe Biden," Fox News Digital has learned. Trump is set to hold a rally at 9:00 p.m. in Laconia, New Hampshire, Monday night — just hours before the state’s first-in-the-nation primary. Trump is leading former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley by double digits in recent polling. A Trump campaign official told Fox News Digital that Trump on...

Bombshell divorce documents that could upend the election subversion case against Donald Trump in Georgia are set to be released after being dramatically unsealed by a judge. Fani Willis, the Fulton County District Attorney who charged Trump, faces accusations of an inappropriate relationship with Nathan Wade, the prosecutor she hired to pursue the case against the former president. Unsealing Wade's divorce case means Wills now faces more secrets of her ties to him being spilled.

The Supreme Court on Monday granted the Biden administration.

I really enjoyed making fun of John Fetterman. I mean, I really did enjoy it. It was easy, most of the jokes wrote themselves, but they were still fun to say. But now, he’s not a joke. What he’s become as a United States Senator is nothing short of shocking, and I owe him a (qualified) apology. Senator Fetterman has demonstrated something most people in the political world can’t bring themselves to, or are incapable of – change their position based on new evidence coming to light. There aren’t many Members of Congress who surprise anyone; they wear the uniform...

President Joe Biden has just a single-digit advantage over former President Donald Trump in blue New York, according to a Siena College poll released Monday, which comes after the 45th president told Breitbart News he plans to broaden the 2024 electoral battleground map to include the Empire State. The poll found that Biden leads Trump 46 percent to 37 percent in a hypothetical head-to-head general election race. Trump has surged substantially since June’s Siena College poll, when he was 22 points behind Biden at 28 percent and 50 percent, respectively. By August, Biden’s support dropped to 47 percent while Trump’s...

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