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Former First Lady Melania Trump was snapped running around New York City with an extravagant handbag on her arm Tuesday, while her presidential hopeful hubby campaigns more than 1,200 miles away in Wisconsin. Melania, wearing a head-to-toe all-white ensemble, was flanked by Secret Service guards as she ducked into Trump Tower. The former model’s wedding band was on full display as she sported a matching white Hermes Birkin bag — which can fetch as much as $33,000 on the resale market. The fashionista also appeared to be wearing Christian Louboutin flats, which retail for a comparatively reasonable $700.

I Left That Other Site (GOP/USA) 15 years ago today. :-) And I'm glad I did.

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[OFFICIAL.] WASHINGTON, June 18, 1864. WAR DEPARTMENT -- 10 P.M. To Major-Gen. Dix: The following dispatches from Gen. GRANT, dated yesterday, 11 A.M., at City Point, has been received by this Department: The Ninth Corps this morning carried two more redoubts, forming part of the defences of Petersburgh, capturing four hundred and fifty prisoners and four guns. Our successes are being followed up. Our forces drew out from within fifty yards of the enemy's intrenchments at Cold Harbor, made a flank movement of about fifty-five miles' march, crossing the Chickahominy and James River, the latter two thousand feet wide and...

Washington County — The corner of Indian Knolls Drive and Chinook Drive was taped off Tuesday evening as Washington, Washington County, police investigated a fatal shooting. The alleged shooter was still at large, police said. About 7:03 p.m., the Washington Police Department received reports of shots fired at 1039 E. Chinook Dr., Washington Police Lt. Kory Klotz told St. George News at the scene. When officers arrived, they entered the residence as the door was open. "They did find two deceased victims — both adults, one female, one male," he said. "As they cleared the rest of the residence, they...

A family from Florida is sending a stark warning to travelers coming to crime-ridden Oakland, California, where their car was broken into as they dropped their teen off at college.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) responded to a question on whether the Gaza aid pier constructed by the Biden administration has failed due to numerous setbacks combined with the small amount of aid that has come in by stating that “I don’t think people understand just how complicated this is.” And “it’s just more complicated than we would have liked.” Host Wolf Blitzer asked, “I want to get, first, to this story we’ve just been reporting, this U.S. pier off the coast of Gaza has suffered setback after setback and has only delivered a...

Bragg hobnobbed at event with director Spike Lee, who has compared Trump to Hitler A year before former President Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felonies, and a month after Trump was indicted, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg was attending a fundraiser for a group that wants Trump’s name off the ballot alongside a man who has likened Trump to Adolph Hitler. In May 2023, Bragg attended the main fundraiser for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund (LDF), which has been on the front lines of legal efforts to keep Americans from being able to hear from, and vote for, Trump....

The White House has canceled a meeting with Israel to discuss the growing threat from Iran, retaliating against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for his claim Tuesday that the Biden administration was delaying weapons deliveries. Israeli government spokesman David Mencer acknowledged in a briefing Wednesday that the meeting had been canceled, but said that U.S. ambassador to Israel Jack Lew had since reassured Netanyahu that the weapons in question were being delivered, and that Netanyahu had thanked him.

In sword fighting, as in politics, one meets “the feint,” a deceptive move intended to misdirect, cause an overreaction, distraction, opening, false plunge, or parry. In his epic series Dune, Frank Herbert refers to “feints within feints within feints.” The January 6th investigative Committee is giving Herbert a run for his money, “feints within feints within feints.” Now, we know. The US House Administration Committee has an Oversight Subcommittee. That investigative body is chaired by Barry Loudermilk (GA-11), who – having met with him – is a thoughtful, methodical, quintessential investigator. Not Christy’s Poirot, he is unglamorous, yet unremitting in...

The Gateway Pundit has extensively reported on unedited videos showcasing Joe Biden’s worsening dementia, including multiple notable ones in just the last few days. The media and the Biden regime have responded by proclaiming such footage as “fake videos” doctored by conservative outlets. In the words of George Orwell, they are asking you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. Now, some are also trying to suggest that President Trump, not Biden, is actually the one with mental problems. Brian Tyler Cohen, an MSNBC “News” contributor and podcast host of an ironically named show called “No Lie,” decided...

The Left’s media narrative factory is working overtime on its latest and greatest attempt at gaslighting. OK, here it is, here’s the whopper you have to believe to be an ally of “our democracy” in good standing: President Joe Biden is fit as a fiddle, yes siree. All those videos you’ve seen of him staring into space, moving awkwardly, falling, garbling words, shaking hands with the air, forgetting names, describing recent conversations with people who’ve been dead for years, and being led around by handlers like a child? Just fake news. Here’s White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre telling reporters...

Wikipedia editor 'Iskandar323' behind push to ban ADL is heavily "palestine" propagandist. I have my own criticism of ADL in its turning left and often abandoning core values.However it has nothing to do with the other part - its good - reliable info - work in fighting hate. In any case, that editor 'Iskandar323' behind push to ban ADL is heavily "palestine" propagandist. Some of recent contributions: Pro Palestine: Wikipedia editor 'Iskandar323' behind push to ban ADL is heavily "palestine" propagandist. Some of recent contributions: Pro Palestine: * - *Engaged in EditWars: *

The “gender-affirming care” business has always had an aura of madness around it. Wielding the authority of white coats and prestigious degrees, doctors have convinced large swaths of the public that some children are “born in the wrong body.” The solution? Stop puberty, prescribe cross-sex hormones, and then, with the stroke of a knife, remove body parts—most commonly breasts, less frequently genitalia. These medical practices use scientific rhetoric to affirm what is, at bottom, an ideological program. And gender activists have been successful enough at capturing the legitimizing institutions—medical societies, regulatory bodies, and teaching hospitals—to repel most challenges to the...

President Joe Biden experienced another noticeable malfunction while introducing a new executive action aimed at providing legal status to half a million undocumented immigrants. VIDEO AT LINK........ The executive action is a major shift in immigration policy, as the path to legal status could impact individuals living in the U.S. without documentation. During the announcement, Biden became confused with a series of stutters and prolonged pauses. “Thanks to all the members of Congress and Homeland Security Secretary…” Biden said before staring blankly. Biden’s confusion came after White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre claimed videos showing the president looking frail were...

The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) has announced the successful launch of their pioneering nanosatellite experiment program, designed to demonstrate a new type of energy harvesting in space. Weighing in at 1.2 kilograms (2.5 lbs) and expected to be built completely in-house, the custom-made CubeSat will evaluate the effectiveness of an advanced form of energy harvesting method that relies on thermal variances experienced by the satellite during orbit. “The scientific goals of the CubeSat project revolve around demonstrating the technology of an energy harvesting system,” said Olivier Bouton, the LIST team’s project manager, in a press release announcing...

MOSCOW, June 19 (Reuters) - A strategic partnership pact signed by the leaders of Russia and North Korea on Wednesday includes a mutual defence clause under which each country agrees to help the other repel external aggression, Russian President Vladimir Putin said. "The comprehensive partnership agreement signed today provides, among other things, for mutual assistance in the event of aggression against one of the parties to this agreement," Putin said.

NATIONAL GARFIELD THE CAT DAY June 19 is National Garfield the Cat Day to honor the fictional cartoon character, Garfield. Jim Davis created the comic strip Garfield and the title's protagonist, a tabby cat by the same name. The observance celebrates Garfield and the entertainment he brings us. #GarfieldTheCatDay Garfield launched on June 19, 1978. The strip chronicled the life of the lead character, the cat Garfield (named after Jim Davis ’s grandfather). It also introduced Garfield’s owner, Jon Arbuckle and Jon’s dog, Odie. The publication became syndicated in 2013 in roughly 2,580 newspapers and journals and holds the Guinness...

This Wednesday, America will celebrate Juneteenth as a federal holiday for the fourth time. Yet the holiday, born out of bipartisanship, is becoming more divisive each year. The Left has co-opted Juneteenth to push for radical racial policies such as reparations and exclude most Americans from its celebration. As a result, many conservatives now oppose the federal holiday.But in the eyes of this Texas historian, it’s a mistake to abandon a unifying national holiday to the manipulations of the Left. We should instead do what conservatives are best at: Get back to the roots.Until the past four years, Juneteenth was...

A former major fundraiser for former president Barack Obama, who raked in millions for his campaign, has now dumped the Democrats is back backing Donald Trump. Allison Huynh hasn’t just decided to support Trump; she is also selling off her prized collection of Democrat party artifacts, including the original Obama ‘HOPE’ poster.