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Fulton County Prosecutor Fani Willis will reportedly refuse to step down after allegations surfaced in recent weeks of corruption surrounding her probe into former President Donald Trump. If Willis resigns or recuses herself from the case, it could effectively end the county’s prosecution of Trump or potentially delay the proceedings until after the presidential election. Republicans accuse Willis of interfering in the presidential election. Sources familiar with Willis’ thinking told CNN that she will not step down, but will continue her prosecution despite the allegations. Willis has until Friday to respond to the allegations filed by co-defendant Mike Roman, who...

On Thursday, NBC's Law & Order: Special Victims Unit premiered an episode in which a white rape victim agonizes over prosecuting her rapist because he's black. In the episode, "Truth Embargo," the rape occurs during a mass smash-n-grab robbery of a high-end store. One of the masked looters spots a shopper in a bathing suit near the dressing room and attacks her. At the hospital, the victim, Natalie (Romina D'Ugo), falsely claims she did not see the rapist because he was wearing a mask. Video store cameras later show he took off his mask before entering the dressing area. Natalie's...

I recently did a Q&A chat with an artificial intelligence Chatbot called CLAUDE.AI . Here is my question: In which country’s or cities in in the world’s municipal elections are non-citizens allowed to vote?I got the following response… you can check if the information provided is true… 👇👇 Here are some examples of countries and cities outside the United States that allow certain non-citizens to vote in municipal or local elections: - United Kingdom - Resident foreign nationals can vote in local elections in the UK, but not national elections. This includes cities like London, Manchester, Birmingham. - Ireland -...

President Joe Biden was expected to issue an executive order Thursday to punish Israeli settlers who have been attacking Palestinians in the West Bank, Politico reported. Citing documents and a U.S. official, Politico reported that the president will impose financial sanctions on Israelis who have killed or forced displacement of Palestinians from the occupied territory. The Biden administration in December imposed travel bans on dozens of settlers and their families over the attacks. "We have underscored to the Israeli government the need to do more to hold accountable extremist settlers who have committed violent attacks against Palestinians in the West...

Our Christian NationChristopher Dawson was an English historian in the middle of the last century, one of those intellectuals prominent in his own day—T. S. Eliot called him “the most powerful intellectual influence in England”—but mostly overlooked in ours. Which is the usual treatment posterity gives to intellectuals, and usually for the best. But as to Dawson, it’s a shame. At this troubled juncture in American history, he is worth recalling. His lifelong subject was the study of religion and culture. And his lifelong thesis was this: Every great culture in the history of mankind has depended on “a common...

Winter is my third seasonal time-lapse film and the second collaboration with composer Jim Perkins. It is the culmination of 5 years of shooting across New York State and Montreal, Canada.

Some of us older folks grew up in a time of normality when chaos was not the rule and weird, life-changing things didn’t happen. The stakes were not that high when we were growing up, except for the whole imminent nuclear war thing, but now we are regularly beset by flocks of black swan events, events so significant and life-changing that they send our society and our politics off in strange new tangents. And they now happen all the time. 9/11, the Wall Street meltdown, Trump’s election, COVID, Ben Shapiro getting a No. 1 rap hit … the black swans...

This country is such a mess under Joe Biden. It’s hard to even believe what’s happening is real. How can this many things be going wrong at once? It seems like fiction. Or a nightmare. The borders are open and millions of foreign migrants, murderers, terrorists, rapists and dangerous military-age males from Hamas, Hezbollah, MS-13, and our mortal enemy China are pouring in. Crime is out of control. In Washington DC, a former Trump administration official was just carjacked and almost killed on a busy street just blocks from the White House. In New York City, a mob of illegal...

Let’s face it: income inequality in our country has gotten out of hand. I know that these words sound like a Marxists slogan. Marxists will always grab at a shred of truth to push their destructive economic policies in the name of fairness. We all know (those of us with functioning brains) that there is no fairness in the world, and there never has been, and there never will be. That does not excuse us from being wary of the extreme divisions arising from unhealthy income inequality. There does exist a point where we cannot ignore the issue as libertarians...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — State investigators are searching a Jacksonville funeral home looking for evidence of mishandled remains, and money. The Department of Financial Services has an arrest warrant out for a Jacksonville funeral home director Elliot Maurice Graham who works at Marion Graham Mortuaries on the Northside. Two families who spoke off-camera said that they had bad experiences with the funeral home. One of them said it’s no surprise to see there’s an investigation underway. The second family said they were the ones who filed the complaint. Action News Jax Law and Safety expert Dale Carson has decades of law...

1 February 2024 Thursday of week 4 in Ordinary Time Saint Brigid Catholic Parish, Midland, MI Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 2:1-4,10-12 ©David's dying exhortation to SolomonAs David’s life drew to its close he laid this charge on his son Solomon, ‘I am going the way of all the earth. Be strong and show yourself a man. Observe the injunctions of the Lord your God, following his ways and keeping his laws, his commandments, his customs and his decrees, as it stands written in the Law of Moses, that so you may be successful in...

Russia has reduced gasoline exports to non-CIS countries to compensate for unplanned repairs at refineries, the Ministry of Energy said on Wednesday, as the country grappled with the impact of fires and drone attacks on its energy infrastructure. It said gasoline and diesel exports have been reduced in January by 37% and 23% respectively from the same month in 2023. Russia and Ukraine have targeted each other's energy infrastructure in strikes designed to disrupt supply lines and logistics and to demoralise their opponent as they seek the edge in a nearly two-year-old conflict that shows no sign of ending.

Yikes! Bidenomics is a disaster! MBA mortgage purchase applications are down 54% from Pandemic Peak. I was going to play “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” by Gordon Lightfoot and rename it “The Wreck of The US Economy.” Mortgage demand fell to a new 30-year low in January 2024, down 54% from the pandemic peak. Mortgage demand is down 14% over the last year and 40% from pre-pandemic levels. Mortgage applications decreased 7.2 percent from one week earlier, according to data from the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending January 26, 2024. Last week’s...

You are not your brain, and brain death does not equal death. Protect yourself from a false “brain death” diagnosis by refusing to be a registered organ donor. But this is not enough. The 2006 update to the Uniform Anatomical Gift Act (UAGA) now mandates that if a person has no documented refusal to donate (and the family cannot be contacted) the coroner, medical examiner, or hospital administrator can donate your body or organs on your behalf. By documenting your refusal to donate in your advanced directive and electronic medical record and by carrying a “refusal to donate” wallet card,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — After seeing Elmo's incredible knack for connecting with the average American, President Biden has officially announced Elmo as the new White House Press Secretary. "Elmo is so happy to be here! Elmo loves talking about Iran! Hahaha!" said Elmo as he hosted his first press conference. "Elmo loves new friends! Peter, do you want to be Elmo's friend??" According to sources, Biden had been looking for months to replace Karine Jeanne-Pierre. Although the administration realized they could take heat for firing a black lesbian, they felt appointing the first Muppet would overcome any backlash. "People may miss...

Embarking on a narrative journey that transcends time, we unravel the captivating parallels between Nvidia’s meteoric rise and the cautionary tale of Cisco in 2000. If projections hold, Nvidia could transform into a $7.5 trillion behemoth within a year, evoking haunting memories of the Dot Com bubble. March 2000 witnessed a similar saga with Cisco, and as history beckons, we ponder the unheeded warnings of the past. The charts, valuations, and a sense of unstoppable growth—all echo a familiar tune. Is this a prelude to another tech bubble burst?

PHILADELPHIA, Penn. – A woman seen pulling her pants down on a Frontier Airlines flight last year now faces federal charges, according to court records filed on Tuesday. That woman — identified as Dulce Huertas, 60 — was caught on camera flashing her passengers during the flight from Orlando to Philadelphia in November. Footage shared with News 6 by passenger Julie Hartman shows Huertas saying, “Sorry, everybody” before pulling down her pants and squatting in the aisle. In an affidavit filed on Tuesday, an FBI agent said that Huertas had been served two alcoholic drinks during the flight, and she...

London — A judge in London on Thursday threw out a lawsuit by former U.S. President Donald Trump accusing a former British spy of making "shocking and scandalous claims" that were false and harmed his reputation. Judge Karen Steyn said there were "no compelling reasons" to let the case Trump filed against Orbis Business go to trial. The company was founded by Christopher Steele, who created a dossier in 2016 that contained rumors and uncorroborated allegations that caused a political storm just before Trump's inauguration. Steele, who once ran the Russia desk for Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, also known as...

A PBS documentary released this week shows that the January 6 Committee used James Goldston, the former president of ABC News, to create a “miniseries” whose primary purpose was to create primetime propaganda that would reach the American public. The committee was derided by critics as a “show trial” because then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) rejected the nominees of the minority party, for the first time in American history, and appointed anti-Trump Republicans in their place. Every single member of the committee opposed Donald Trump, and testimony was initially held behind closed doors, meaning witnesses were denied due...

Greg Price of the Media Research Center highlights a GMA video of Biden speaking to the parents of a soldier who was killed in Syria.Biden repeats the lie that his son was killed in Iraq. https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1753077595380597246?s=20