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A middle school in New Jersey has been forced to apologize for teaching its pupils that terrorist group ISIS is a….terrorist group. Children at Schuyler Colfax Middle School in Wayne, New Jersey, were asked to select one answer in a multiple choice test that fits the description, “It is a terrorist organization that commits acts of violence, destroys cultural artifacts, and encourages loss of life in order to achieve its goal of global rule under strict Islamic Sharia law.” The choice of answers was as follows: Islamic State Peru’s The Shining Path Al Qaeda Palestinian Liberation Organisation Of course, the...

Former President Donald Trump has floated green cards for all foreign students who graduate from US universities and junior colleges in a podcast interview — prompting hardline immigration advocacy groups to lash out at what they called a “cockamamie proposal.” “You graduate from a college, I think you should get automatically, as part of your diploma, a green card to be able to stay in this country, and that includes junior colleges too,” Trump, 78, told “The All-In Podcast.” Jason Calacanis, one of several Silicon Valley tech investors who hosts the podcast, prompted the response when asking whether the 45th...

Nvidia Corp.’s meteoric rise makes it not only the third-largest company in the U.S. in terms of market capitalization, but also bigger than most other countries’ economies, based on gross domestic product. The chip maker’s stock closed at $788.17 on Friday, giving it a market value of $1.97 trillion. That figure is greater than the GDP of every nation in the world but 11, beating the likes of Russia, South Korea and Australia, according to February International Monetary Fund data compiled by Forbes. Of course, comparing a single stock’s market cap to a country’s GDP is not a perfect exercise,...

Analysis By The New York Times reveals that support for Joe Biden among women is at a 20 year low for any Democrat.The polling shows that Donald Trump has an eight-point lead over Biden among women. The turnaround is once again insane. Four years ago, Biden led Trump by 13 points among women. Now, Trump has gained 21 points. The figures were gleaned from the Times’s average of more than 30 polls conducted since January.The Times notes “Overall, twice as many women say they were better off financially under Mr. Trump.”It adds that “Young women, a key constituency that Democrats...

Recently, Freddie Mac, a government-sponsored enterprise, sought approval from its oversight agency, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), to purchase and guarantee second mortgages in the United States.While the business case for this proposal is deficient (for an excellent perspective on that, see the article by R. Christopher Whalen), I will discuss the economic and political premises behind this move and its possible consequences.What Does It Mean to “Nationalize Second Mortgages”?Understanding the single-family mortgage market in the US means realizing that there is no market in the real sense of that term. A whopping 70 percent of home mortgages in...

The U.S. Department of Commerce banned Russian company Kaspersky from selling its anti-virus software and other cybersecurity products in the country after determining that the firm posed an “undue or unacceptable risk to national security.”“Kaspersky will generally no longer be able to, among other activities, sell its software within the United States or provide updates to software already in use,” the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) said in a June 20 press release.The prohibition is applicable to Kaspersky Lab, Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab. The company’s operations were deemed to be risky to the...

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 on Thursday that U.S. citizens do not have a constitutional right to guarantee their noncitizen spouse admittance into the country, something President Joe Biden tried to cement in his most recent executive order concerning the ongoing border invasion. American Sandra Muñoz sued the federal government after her husband, Luis Asencio-Cordero, an MS-13 gang member, was denied a visa by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in 2015 due to “unlawful activity” the immigration officer suspected based on a gang affiliation tattoo he spotted on the El Salvador native during the interview.Asencio-Cordero, a noncitizen, eventually “disavowed...

Donald Trump has loudly touted his support for the hundreds of Jan. 6 participants who’ve faced charges, convictions, and imprisonment all year. Now they’re ready for their close-up at the Republican convention — but there’s no indication that it’s coming. The Republican National Committee and Trump campaign aides are keeping their cards close to the vest on any convention decisions. (An RNC official, when asked about possible plans surrounding Jan. 6 and the convention, said in a statement that “speculation on programming and speakers is just that.”) But a lawyer who’s been a key connector between Jan. 6 defendants and...

Well, now we know how they are going to get us to eat ze bugs – and (they hope) take the drugs. They are going to use the excuse of “containing” the bird flu to kill the birds – chickens – and cattle, too. In this way, they’ll have succeeded in reducing the “emissions” of carbon dioxide emanating from the animals we eat – without having to convince us to stop eating meat. There just won’t be any to eat. Not for us, that is. The “elite” – as the agglutinators of power who like to use it to...

It’s a sweltering start to the summer as a heat advisory is in effect for New York City on Friday, sending temperatures soaring into the 90s — with no relief in sight for days. By Sunday, we’ll be close to record heat when the mercury is expected to climb to a high of 94 with real-feel temps reaching 101, according to FOX Weather. Two Staten Island branches of the New York Public Library were closed this week after their air conditioners broke down, preventing the spaces from being used as city-designated "cooling centers," the Gothamist reported. As temperatures soared about...

Two days after Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un signed a new defense agreement, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) introduced a bill to declare Russia a state sponsor of terror. Holding up a photo of Kim and Putin to start off the press conference unveiling the bill, Blumenthal said, “Exhibit A. I rest my case.” Blumenthal described the photo of Putin and Kim as depicting “two of the most autocratic, atrocity-committing leaders in the world standing together.” He also said the message sent by the U.S. labeling Russia a state sponsor of...

A basketball tournament set to feature scantily-clad women at a NJ high school has reportedly been scrapped by officials after backlash to an inappropriate promo video. The 'Nuttin But Azz' tournament was scheduled to go ahead at West Side High School in Newark, NJ on July 21, according to an events page. However, according to NJ.com, the event is not going ahead after an advertisement video emerged of women dancing in thongs on the court. School board communications director Nancy J. Deering told the site that 'No school or district official was aware of the video until it was posted...

Former National Security Advisor John Bolton said Thursday on CNN’s “Newsnight” that advocates for a second Trump term were “deceiving people” on his foreign policy. Host Abby Phillip asked, “Former President Trump said in an interview tonight he once again praised Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader. And this comes right after Vladimir Putin and Kim just struck this week a defense deal. I wonder, what does the alliance between Kim and Putin look like if Trump is elected again? He seems to constantly want to butter up this dictator. Bolton said, “Well, the Putin-Kim meeting in Korea was...

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. George Gascón’s reform-minded outlook on juvenile justice seemed made for someone like Denmonne Lee.When he was 16, Lee took part in an Antelope Valley gas station robbery that ended in the death of former Marine John Ruh. Lee, who was acquainted with the victim, had planned the 2018 robbery and provided a weapon to his co-defendant, according to court records. Although Lee wasn’t the shooter, he was charged with murder.But when Gascón took office two years later, as Lee’s case was making its way through the court system, he barred prosecutors from trying juveniles as...

The son of a deli worker is speaking out after his father was brutally attacked by a man in Queens, who community members say has brought them unease in the past. Surveillance video captured the relentless, violent, and brutal attack on a 65-year-old deli worker in Woodside. The video shows a man with green hair bumping into a deli worker. When the worker confronts him, the man snaps. The enraged suspect then starts to wail on the victim with an endless barrage of punches, knocking the victim to the ground. SNIP Residents say they recognize the suspect. "Once you mentioned...

All STIs and STDs are passed sexually, right? Wrong. In addition to transmission through sexual intercourse, there are other ways in which infections can be passed which you should be aware of. Whether an STI is passed sexually or non-sexually, it will have the same consequences if left untreated.

We are reaching all-new lows in American politics, but what do you expect with the likes of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who now may be considered one of the senior members of the Squad? She is calling Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal. Are you surprised? Alexandria Occasio-Cortez (AOC), aka Baby Girl, throws one of her little hissy-fits to get attention by calling Benjamin Netanyahu a war criminal. It’s all over social media, and news organizations are writing about it, so she has apparently reached her goal. Benjamin Netanyahu is invited to speak before Congress next month. AOC throws a tantrum.

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday called the mother of Rachel Morin, a mother of five whom authorities say was murdered by an illegal immigrant.Morin was killed while on a hiking trail in Maryland in August of last year. Earlier this week, authorities charged illegal immigrant Victor Antonio Martinez Hernandez, 23, with her death and rape.Patty Morin, Rachel's mother, expressed appreciation for Trump's call."I am deeply touched by President Trump’s kindness and concern," Morin said, according to the New York Post. "He was genuine and truly wanted to know how our family was coping. He asked about Rachel and showed...

California has become a test case of the suicide of the West. Never before has such a state, so rich in natural resources and endowed with such a bountiful human inheritance, self-destructed so rapidly. How and why did California so utterly consume its unmatched natural and ancestral inheritance and end up as a warning to Western civilization of what might be in store for anyone who followed its nihilism? The symptoms of the state's suicide are indisputable. Governor Gavin Newsom enjoyed a recent $98 billion budget surplus -- gifted from multibillion-dollar federal COVID-19 subsidies, the highest income and gas taxes...

Melinda French Gates has given her first presidential endorsement, and Elon Musk isn't too happy about it. "Might be the downfall of western civilization," Musk said in response to an X post by the Babylon Bee staffer Ashley St. Clair about French Gates' endorsement of President Joe Biden. French Gates endorsed Biden in an X post published Thursday. "I've never endorsed a presidential candidate before," she wrote. "But this year's election stands to be so enormously consequential for women and families that, this time, I can't stay quiet." In March, Musk similarly criticized Jeff Bezos' ex-wife, MacKenzie Scott, for her...