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Democrats are fuming mad over Republican proposals to scale back IRS funding and defund the agency’s new free online tax filing system. House Ways and Means Democrats called Republicans’ latest Financial Services and General Government (FSGG) funding bill “disastrous” in a Thursday statement, blasting the GOP for risking another fight over spending that led to the downgrading of U.S. creditworthiness by a major ratings agency last year. “It seems like Republicans’ 2023-2024 appropriations disaster wasn’t enough for their conference. … Just three months after Democrats once again governed from the minority and staved off the worst of Republicans’ chaos and...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Hunter Biden’s sister-in-law-turned-lover Hallie Biden testified Thursday that the first son introduced her to crack cocaine in the summer of 2018 and she was “embarrassed” and regretted “that time of my life.” Hallie, the widow of Hunter’s brother, Beau Biden, told a federal court that she had become romantic with Hunter, now 54, in either late 2015 or early 2016 — and soon found out he used the addictive street drug.“I found it [crack] and Googled it because I didn’t know what it was,” Hallie said of the first time she saw the substance in her Wilmington...

FRANCE — In a solemn and moving ceremony of remembrance on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, President Biden marked the occasion by dropping the first bomb on Normandy in 80 years. "Help me out Jill, I'm having a bit of a D-Day of my own in my Depends here," the President was overheard saying to the first lady as he bent over slowly and deposited a massive load of fecal matter in his pants. "Oh, boy, this is a big one. Get me out of here and help me clean this up before President Macron smells it! Not...

The Department of Justice official who left the Biden administration to work for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against former President Donald Trump took a small pay cut to make the move, records suggest. Matthew Colangelo was the third-highest official at the DOJ, earning an annual salary of $183,100, according to public salary records. He left the job to relocate to New York and be a senior counsel for Bragg, where he now earns a reduced salary of $180,000 a year, the city’s salary database shows.His move from the prestigious post in Washington D.C. to a lower position in...

Gallstones are hardened deposits of digestive fluid that can form in your gallbladder. Your gallbladder is a small, pear-shaped organ on the right side of your abdomen, just beneath your liver. The gallbladder holds a digestive fluid called bile that's released into your small intestine.

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On September 1st, 1939, the course of human history was forever altered when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, prompting Great Britain and France to declare war mere days later. WWII proceeded to be one of the most violent and bloody conflicts ever fought, with a total of 75million people, including both civilians and soldiers, losing their lives from 1939 to 1945. Ever since, nations across the world have vowed that such a conflict can never happen again, with the war causing irreparable damage across Europe, leading to a whole generation of people who struggled with poverty and vast psychological consequences. Thanks...

Making Reparation For the Offenses Against the Sacred Heart of Jesus That Have Grown Progressively Worse Since Vatican IIIn his June 5, 2024 General Audience, Francis announced his intention to publish a document on devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in September:“We are passing through this month dedicated to the Sacred Heart. . . This is why I am pleased to prepare a document that brings together the precious reflections of previous Magisterial texts and a long history that goes back to the Sacred Scriptures, in order to re-propose today, to the whole Church, this devotion imbued with spiritual...

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used the 80th anniversary of D-Day to draw a comparison between Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler and former President Donald Trump, claiming that those who voted against Trump would be doing as much to “protect democracy” as the boys who stormed the Normandy beaches.Clinton appeared to have some idea that her thoughts might not be well-received, as evidenced by the fact that she shut down replies to the post on X.“Eighty years ago today, thousands of brave Americans fought to protect democracy on the shores of Normandy. This November, all we have to do is...

Here we are in an election year, and even though most voters don't have any clue who their representative in Congress is until they see an election ballot -- and they certainly have no idea what he does there -- incumbents are wary of their congressional voting record being used against them in the campaign, and so they often try to "moderate" their record to avoid accusations of extremism. The vast majority of the time, it is Republicans who must be the most wary and who do the most moderating. The liberal media, and of course Democrat candidates and RINOs...

The Supreme Court’s latest term is ending, and the justices are about to hand down their remaining decisions. The court already unanimously slapped down a coordinated Democrat effort to remove the top Republican from the ballot. Other issues related to Democrats’ unprecedented lawfare against Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump and his supporters will also be handed down by the court in the next few weeks.Many left-wing activists are furious with the court, the last functioning institution in America and the only one they do not control. They have launched a scorched-earth attempt to destroy the court ahead of the...

I left off the previous post considering what might have happened if Belisarius had accepted the imperial diadem of the Western Empire when it was offered to him at the end of the first war in Italy in AD 540. Could he have remained on the throne? How would Justinian have reacted? Did Belisarius have the diplomatic and administrative skills to manage the Western Empire? Would his men have remained loyal to him and willing to advance his military goals abroad? In a best-case scenario that's perhaps not too far-fetched, the answer is yes, Belisarius could certainly have ruled...

To absolutely nobody's surprise, noted anti-vaxxer Rob Schneider's performance at a healthcare fundraiser didn't go very well. To say he crashed and burned might even be an understatement, considering attendees reportedly booed him off stage in the middle of his set. The San Francisco-born comedian and frequent Adam Sandler collaborator was — in a massive oversight by the event organizers — hired to headline the Hospitals of Regina Foundation's (HRF) fundraiser for local healthcare facilities at the Conexus Arts Centre. According to eventgoers who've since spoken out online, Schneider went on tangents about "vaccines, women's rights, how white men are...

Doctors across the US are reporting an alarming health trend in the wake of the pandemic. Since about 2021, they are noticing rare and unusual cancers in patients who shouldn't fit the bill - many of them young and without family history of disease. Cancers that typically affect seniors in their 70s, and 80s are now striking people in their 40s, including bile duct and rare blood cancers. The pandemic forced people to isolate and put off preventative care measures that would screen for various types of cancers, out of fear of being infected. But doctors do not believe this...

Bannon was sentenced in October 2022, to four months behind bars. A federal court in Washington, D.C., ordered former Trump White House aide Steve Bannon to prison, ending bid and appeals process that he started after being sentenced in October 2022.Bannon will seve a fourth-month sentence after being found guilty in July 2022 for defying subpoenas from the Democrat-led House Jan. 6 Committee.Bannon's sentence was put on hold pending appeal, and his lawyers made their case to a three-judge federal appeals court panel in November 2023.The appeals court in May upheld Bannon's conviction, and federal prosecutors soon filed a motion...

The French penchant for bureaucracy has been roundly mocked after British paratroopers were met by clipboard-carrying officials as they landed in Normandy for the 80th anniversary of D-Day. Footage shows troops being forced to join a Kafkaesque queue in a farmer’s field to show passports and documents to waiting customs officers as soon as they touched down. Politicians and the public pointed out the absurdity of British soldiers being made to show their papers on the 80th anniversary of the day they launched the liberation of France from the Nazis. Former cabinet minister David Jones told MailOnline that France only...

Guatemalan police on Sunday transferred more than 200 gang members from a prison where they operated a call center for criminal purposes, raised chickens and looked out on a crocodile-filled lake. Some 400 police were involved in the operation to move 225 members of the Barrio 18 gang out of the prison nicknamed “El Infiernito” or Little Hell, where they enjoyed access to such luxuries as TV sets and fridges, even raising chickens, officials said. “The prison once again belongs to the country,” Interior Minister Francisco Jimenez announced on X. He vowed the facility would be stripped down and rebuilt...

Biden being weird at today's D-Day ceremony.

On May 19, 1944, two and a half weeks before the 'Operation Overlord' landings took place, Princess Elizabeth spent the day with her parents inspecting airborne troops in the North of England. The presence of the Heiress Presumptive with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth guaranteed blanket media coverage. The event included one of the biggest glider landings ever made in Britain. By the time the display had finished the aerodrome was crowded with hundreds of the small aircraft. Earlier in the day, the royal party watched as several hundred parachutists dropped from the sky in formation. What readers did...

As the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation commemorates the 20th anniversary of the former president's death, both the pressing challenges facing Americans in 2024 and the milestone 80th anniversary of D-Day are front of mind for foundation leaders. "It's valuable to reflect on the tremendous successes of the Reagan presidency and to draw lessons for today," foundation President David Trulio told Fox News Digital in an interview. "So, it's important to recall that President Reagan won the Cold War. He unleashed an enormous economic boom. He helped restore America's pride in itself, and he restored and earned the respect that other...