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The MAGA-friendly federal judge who keeps siding with Donald Trump in his Mar-a-Lago classified records case has forced prosecutors to make a stark choice: allow jurors to see a huge trove of national secrets or let him go. U.S. District Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s ultimatum Monday night came as a surprise twist in what could have been a simple order; one merely asking federal prosecutors and Trump’s lawyers for proposed jury instructions at the upcoming trial. But as she has done repeatedly, Cannon used this otherwise innocuous legal step as yet another way to swing the case wildly in favor...

A dissatisfied US reader, Neil Johnson, wrote the other day to chide me for "constant bitching about the legal system (which is accurate but so what?)" So what? Well, it's costing you your country, that's what. And don't start prancing around waving that constitution at me. A constitution is meaningless in a land without law: ask the Soviets about all their pretty-sounding paperwork. Politics is meaningless: cable pundits and radio hosts can yak about polls and policies all they want, but Democrats are pre-litigating the election because they're pretty confident it'll work for them. As I wrote a month ago,...

Congressional Republicans are getting serious about one potential solution to the monthslong fight over Ukraine aid: packaging at least some of it as a loan. The notion has been floating around for weeks, inspired by former president Donald Trump's recent statements that all U.S. foreign aid — not just to Ukraine — ought to be loaned, not given outright. But the possibility is now being taken a lot more seriously. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) hinted at the new strategy Monday, posting online that he floated the prospect of a “no-interest, waivable loan” during a meeting in Kyiv with Ukrainian President...

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has hailed the "return" of Crimea to Russia at a concert marking the 10th anniversary of the illegal annexation of the territory from Ukraine. He said Crimea had "returned to its home harbour" and that it would move forwards with Russia "hand in hand". ... On Monday, Mr Putin said the "return" of those four Ukrainian regions to Russia had turned out to be "much more grave and tragic" than Crimea. "But in the end we did it. It is a big event in the history of our country," he said, describing the occupied territories as...

I cannot attest to the accuracy of this recreation and I don't know the source. But I found it interesting and thought it might be worth sharing from a purely historical perspective.If anyone knows this recreation to be a fake or if the mods find it inappropriate, I am sure the mods will pull it.

@PpollingNumbers #NEW GOP Senate Primary Poll - Ohio Dolan 31% (+2) Moreno 29% LaRose 19% Florida Atlantic U #85 - 387 LV - 3/13 @PpollingNumbers #NEW GOP Senate Primary Poll - Ohio Dolan 33% (+2) Moreno 31% LaRose 23% 3/11

CLAYSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) -- A massive fire broke out at a lumber yard in Blair County on Monday night. The fire started at U.S. Lumber, a lumber yard and distribution center in Claysburg, around 20 miles south of Altoona. We're told that everyone got out safely. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

A trans woman who tried 'chestfeeding' had to give up after a fortnight, according to a case report that challenges claims biological men can breastfeed successfully. The unidentified 37-year-old, from the Netherlands, failed to produce enough liquid to feed her newborn. She was only making 7ml a day, 100 time less than what the NHS says is needed by that point. Medics in Amsterdam, who treated her, documented how she wanted to breastfeed in tandem with her partner to help with 'bonding' and share the workload. The trans woman – who froze her sperm before transitioning – conceived her child...

The average American 65 years of age and up earns an annual pre-tax income of $55,335, and that same group spends $52,141 yearly, or $4,345 a month, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). That income doesn’t leave a lot of extra cash for unexpected expenses or emergencies. The average American aged 65-69 has about $200,000 in retirement savings, according to an analysis of Federal Reserve data, and might still need to work even when they reach retirement age. High expenses often play a role. These four categories of spending tend to eat into monthly expenses — here’s how...

All of the adults who are pictured with Yazan al-Kafarneh look very well fed. Where did they get their food from, and why didn't they give some of it to him? https://huffpost.com/entry/emaciated-palestinian-boy-dies-gaza-famine_n_65e5f01ae4b013678e162d03 #YazanalKafarneh #Gaza #Palestinians #PalestineLivesMatter #Jews #Israel #News #Politics #Trump

The UAW said that auto assembly workers at Volkswagen's Chattanooga plant will hold a vote on unionization The United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced Monday that workers at Volkswagen's assembly plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, will hold a unionization vote after the UAW secured historic contracts for workers at Detroit's Big Three automakers last year. The UAW said a supermajority of eligible Volkswagen workers signed union cards to call for the election at the Chattanooga plant. The facility is Volkswagen's only assembly plant in the U.S. and employs about 4,100 workers who make the Atlas and ID.4. The union added that...

The hype over EV’s is sinking fast, like enthusiasm for COVID jabs. But our government is truly in love with mandates “for the public good” that don’t work. What’s next? One of the ways engineers solve complex problems is by seeking patterns. Design of Experiments or DOE is one of our tools, among many, that we use to reveal patterns among complex variables. Patterns also exist in nature as well as humanity. For example, we all know there is a pattern between plant growth rate versus CO2 concentration, and we are even beginning to understand patterns between human DNA versus...

Patrick Carroll — a once-obscure businessman who seemed to buy his way into the upper reaches of the social elite in a matter of months, only to quickly crash back out — is being investigated by police after gunshots were heard near his ultra-luxury Miami Beach home. Carroll’s free-spending ways won him a shockingly easy embrace from the gatekeepers to the...

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said GOP leadership should have more carefully reviewed the claims in Sen. Katie Britt’s (R-Ala.) response to President Biden’s State of the Union address as she faces criticism for sharing a story of sexual violence from two decades ago as an attack on Biden. Asked by CNN’s Manu Raju about Britt’s decision to share the story in her response, Tuberville said, “Yeah, well, that obviously didn’t go over too well.” “I would think that our leadership would have vetted that a little bit more because I would imagine they helped her with that,” he said Sunday...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (3/19/24)[Prayer]The Names and Titles of God (Almighty God)Isaiah 9:66 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.The King James Version__________________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

Shared testimonies, collective singing, and silent meditation and baptism rituals. These are all activities you might find at a Christian church service on a Sunday morning in the United States. But what would it look like if atheists were gathering to do these rituals instead? Today, almost 30% of adults in the United States say they have no religious affiliation, and only half attend worship services regularly. But not all forms of church are on the decline – including “secular congregations,” or what many call “atheist churches.” As a sociologist of religion who has spent the past 10 years studying...

The situation in Europe is now at its most critical in two years, with the threat of world war growing ever stronger, Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.

Many out there in the Christian blogoshere might be wondering why I am posting on this topic? The thought that might be ringing through people's heads being, "What does Randy Rhoads have to do with biblical Christianity or prophetic events?" Well… my dear friends let me fill you in... and be a little personal. Photo by Tom .C (see below) Randy Rhoads; who was the original guitarist of Quiet Riot in the ’70s and then came to stardom and the height of notoriety as Ozzy’s… yes… Ozzy's guitarist! It is absolutely amazing how time flies. I cannot believe it has...

Joe Biden, or whoever the Democrat nominee may be, cannot win the 2024 election fairly. While all mainstream networks focus on Trump’s alleged negatives, these pale in comparison to those of Biden and his party. The neocon faction of the Republican Party has claimed this election will be a referendum on Trump. However, the real referendum will be on Joe Biden and the Democrat party as a whole. There have been a noteworthy number of “referendum” elections throughout history, where a nominee’s fate was determined by their, or their party’s, poor handling of a significant crisis. In fact, there has...

"Do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others” (Philippians 2:4). The Lord wants us to have a general but sincere concern for the ministry interests of fellow Christians. We live in a world that is preoccupied with special interests. On the national and international levels, interest groups push for public acceptance of their particular agendas. Likewise, on the local level most people care only about their own personal interests. They’re concerned about their jobs, their families, their hobbies, and perhaps their favorite sports team. In addition to those, if you’re a...