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ESPN personality Stephen A. Smith is blasting President Joe Biden for engaging in “racial tropes” by having a fried chicken dinner with a black family in North Carolina while on the campaign trail. Smith is referencing a YouTube video posted weeks ago by the Biden campaign in which he and North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper(D) picked up fried chicken from a chain restaurant called Cook Out. After getting the food, Biden traveled to the home of Eric Fitts and his two sons. Where the four share a fried chicken dinner. Stephen A. Smith was troubled by the video. “First of...

The “Bolivarian Revolution” of Venezuela is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its rise to power. On February 2, 1999 — 25 years ago — I was a naive 11-year-old, devoid of any political thought. Today, just as the socialists celebrate a quarter of a century in power, I am barely starting anew, having been finally able to flee from socialism with my brother, who is under my care due to his mental condition. As they celebrate, cheer, rejoice — I am here, having left everything behind: my home, remaining family, neighbors, and friends, carrying nothing but three pieces of luggage;...

Shocking body camera footage has shown the moment Ohio police found an emaciated 3-year-old girl inside a filthy, cockroach-infested apartment. Fairborn police were called to the apartment complex on January 8 on a report that a young child was struggling to breath, reported the Dayton Daily News. When officers entered the building, one could be heard gasping 'Oh my God' as they waded through the garbage infested home, according to body camera footage obtained by Law&Crime. As they entered the child's bedroom, they found her unresponsive huddled in the corner of the room next to a soiled mattress covered in...

Sarah Everard's killer Wayne Couzens should never have been a police officer and opportunities were missed to stop him, an inquiry has said. A radical overhaul of police vetting and recruitment is needed now, the independent review found. Couzens abducted, raped and murdered Ms Everard while off duty in March 2021. Ms Everard's family said warning signs were "overlooked" throughout Couzens' policing career - which spanned nearly 20 years. Police "repeatedly failed" to spot warning signs about his unsuitability to be an officer, the inquiry said, and it identified at least five incidents which were not reported to police. The...

I posted this on Twitter. It is driving the atheists crazy

The errors of leftist politics, socialism and communism, come home to roost. Extreme Democrats and big-government Republicans have had free rein for years. We see the results of excessive government spending (inflation), lax law enforcement (Antifa and BLM riots, the Biden Crime Family), weaponizing Administrative State bureaucracies (DOJ, IRS), and absurd border policy (inviting invasion). The thing is that citizens have straightforward solutions to all these man-made problems. The Constitution was forged to apply to acts of the federal government, to restrict federal power and control over citizens. We are a constitutional republic, a self-governing republic based on the Rule...

Cernovich @Cernovich SCOTUS most likely to rule against Trump while upholding presidential immunity generally. J6 will be outside of scope of immunity.

Ukraine needs $3 bln in financial aid per month to survive the war in 2024. This was shared by the Ukrainian Finance Minister. Till now, Ukraine has received more than $73 billion in financial aid from its western partners but now the inflow of funds and weapons has slowed down. What are Ukraine's options? Are European nations in danger as Russia gains ground in Ukraine? Watch WION's Shivan Chanana have an in-depth discussion with Dr. Gilbert Doctorow, international affairs analyst, author, and historian from Brussels.

KYIV — President Zelenskyy was devastated today to learn that come November, Senator Mitch McConnell's retirement will deprive Ukraine of owning the top Republican seat in the United States Senate. "It's a huge blow," said Zelenskyy. "No one has worked harder for the Ukrainian people than Mitch McConnell. Speaking on behalf of myself, Ukrainian soldiers, and the billionaire Ukrainian oligarchy, McConnell will be dearly missed." After a lengthy career holding Republican party leadership, McConnell announced today that he would step down from that role in November, although he would finish out his Senate term. "The time has come....................... ...........................................................that I...

A top House Republican lawmaker is preparing to circumvent Speaker Mike Johnson, R– La., to force a vote on a bill related to Ukraine aid and U.S. border security. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa., co-chair of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, said that he was preparing the legislative maneuver as a fail-safe in the event Johnson does not bring a Ukraine aid bill to the floor. "It’s existential, it’s time-sensitive. Whether it’s our [bill] or somebody else’s, we’ve just got to get the money out the door," Fitzpatrick told reporters on Thursday morning.

It’s not Ronald Reagan’s GOP anymore. The Republican Party’s shift from Russia hawk to something softer is straining the GOP at a crucial juncture, highlighting the ascendency of former President Trump’s “America First” approach and exasperating old-guard conservatives who long for a return to the assertive foreign policy championed by the party through generations prior. It’s created nothing short of an identity crisis for those Republicans who still identify with the party of former President Reagan, a Cold War president long lionized within the GOP ranks for his aggressive confrontations with the Soviet Union. “Ronald Reagan would not recognize today’s...

Democrats acting disgracefully, without dignity, or decorum exude hatred and vindictiveness toward our former President like a gushing broken sewer line – and they call that politics. Millions of “asylum seekers” pour across our borders having just paid a small fortune to a coyote or fixer of some kind. They arrive looking plump, well fed, and clothed, then they are handed a credit card, a phone, a bus ticket, and a big smile from the mayor of some sanctuary city – all at the expense of John Q Taxpayer.

The collapse of the Ukrainian army following the battle of Avdeyevka, and its disorganized retreat, have accelerated Russian military thinking of how far westward the NATO allies will decide that the Ukrainian statelet can be defended against the expected Russian advance – and how fast new NATO defences can be created without the protection of ground-to-air missile batteries like Patriot, long-range artillery like the M777, and mobile armour like the Abrams, Bradley, and Caesar: all of them have already been defeated in the east. In short, there is no longer a NATO-command line of fortification east of the Polish border...

A Pacific Grove man was rescued on Tuesday after driving his car off a Big Sur cliffside and falling 400 feet. The man, who crashed while driving home from his job in Big Sur, was first reported missing after not returning home on Sunday night. According to the California Highway Patrol's Coastal Division Air Operations, a Pacific Grove police dispatch asked them to search the coastline from Big Sur to Carmel. Twenty minutes later, the driver was found waving to the search team next to the wreckage of his car. The victim told rescuers that he was on his way...

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced changes on Wednesday to the city's strategy when it comes to migrants who have made their way to the Mile High City. The strategy surrounding assistance will focus on helping those NEWCOMERS find stable, sustainable lives instead of living in shelters... Now, the City of Denver is focusing on getting more migrants work authorization. So far, at least 600 have been helped and the goal is to help at least 700 more in the next two weeks. "This allows us to deliver people high-quality dignified services and also reduce the cost we spend to make...

Many cancer drugs approved by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 1995 and 2020 lack proof of added benefit, particularly those approved through expedited ("fast track") pathways, finds a study published by The BMJ. Despite pharmaceutical industry claims that high drug prices are needed to offset research and development (R&D) costs, the results show that more than half of these drugs, including those with minimal or no added benefit, recover R&D expenses within three years. As such, the researchers call for better alignment between regulatory and reimbursement processes, particularly for drugs approved through expedited pathways, to promote development of the...

Police charged Google worker after he was seen kicking a tiny, 5-pound rescue dog during a dispute with its owner on the Upper West Side, sources said. Eric Morrison, 34, was slapped with the violation on Feb. 23 for kicking Jen Floyd’s Chihuahua named Knox — but Morrison maintains the dog owner was the aggressor, according to a police source. Morrison, who studied at Yale and Oxford, according to a since-deleted social media profile, is accused of violating New York’s Agriculture and Markets law, the sources said.

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FBI agents hit the Bronx home of a top aide to Mayor Eric Adams Thursday morning, a law enforcement source confirmed to The Post. Agents were spotted at the Pelham Bay home of Winnie Greco, who is already under probe by the city Department of Investigation over allegations she improperly used her government position to get perks. It wasn’t immediately clear if Thursday’s law enforcement action, first reported by News 12 Bronx, was connected to that investigation. The source also could not immediately say whether a search warrant had been executed.

29 February 2024 Thursday of the 2nd week of Lent Crypt of Worcester Cathedral (11th century) Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet. Year: B(II).First readingJeremiah 17:5-10 ©A curse on the man who puts his trust in man and turns from the LordThe Lord says this:‘A curse on the man who puts his trust in man,who relies on things of flesh,whose heart turns from the Lord.He is like dry scrub in the wastelands:if good comes, he has no eyes for it,he settles in the parched places of the wilderness,a salt land, uninhabited.‘A blessing on the man who puts his trust in...