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There's nothing new in historians claiming that Abraham Lincoln was bisexual or gay. The "theory" took root in the 1970s during the gay awakening and has hung around on the fringes of historical scholarship ever since. Now, a serious documentary purports to "prove" the point using newly unearthed letters, documents, and photographs. Abraham Lincoln slept in the same bed with men — a common practice in 1840s America where a judicial circuit rider like Lincoln would have been forced to share a bed with other travelers while practicing law — and also wrote "passionately" about male friends and acquaintances. What...

Paris? Its streets covered with homeless illegal-migrant encampments?Not for the Olympics, it isn't.According to the New York Times, President Macron has gone the full Potemkin Village ahead of the international television cameras filming Paris for the Olympics, which begin on July 24, sweeping the illegals out.The French government has put thousands of homeless immigrants on buses and sent them out of Paris ahead of the Olympics. The immigrants said they were promised housing elsewhere, only to end up living on unfamiliar streets far from home or flagged for deportation....Around the city over the past year, the police and courts have...

No matter its stated reasons, no matter how misguided its policy, the United States administration, advised by its historically anti-Israel Department of State, is putting severe pressure on Israel to stop fighting Hamas in Gaza, without permitting it first to achieve its war aim of complete destruction of this threat to its existence. They are doing it without regard for the consequences to Israel, its population, and to the Western world. Given the arrogance of the Biden administration’s dictating a suicidal wartime policy to an allied government which must answer to its own people, it is instructive to consider the...

The Daily Caller reports:A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advisory board characterized supporters of former President Donald Trump, as well as those who are in the military and religious people, as posing potential domestic terrorism risks, according to internal documents obtained by America First Legal (AFL).The board, called the “Homeland Intelligence Experts Group,” was created in September 2023 to provide DHS with “expert” analysis on subjects such as terrorism and fentanyl trafficking. The panel included former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, former CIA Director John Brennan and former CIA Operations Officer Paul Kolbe.Do those names ring a bell? They...

“There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud and tyranny.” --Frederick William Robertson On Wednesday, the SAVE Act, Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, was passed by the House despite that fact that 198 Democrats voted against it. The bill would require proof of citizenship to register to vote; it would prevent illegal residents from voting. The Democrats have long made clear their support of the open border, the unlimited importation of ten to fifteen million migrants, from around 170 countries. They are flooding the country with millions of immigrants, dispersing them throughout the nation, in order...

Delta Airlines faced intense backlash after the company’s social media account said it would be “terrified” if flight attendants wore a Palestinian flag pin, forcing it to issue a groveling apology. On Wednesday, an X user posted two photos of Delta flight attendants wearing Palestinian flag pins, which were incorrectly described as “Hamas badges,” during the flights — prompting a response from the airline. “I hear you as I’d be terrified as well, personally,” the airline wrote in a post. “Our employees reflect our culture and we do not take it lightly when our policy is not being followed.” Delta,...

Democratic donors are reportedly freezing $90 million in pledged donations to a Biden super PAC. The donors plan to withhold the cash unless Biden steps aside, sources told the NYT. Already, some megadonors and Hollywood bigwigs have publicly pressured Biden to end his campaign.

CenterPoint’s project would have used the money “to fund high wind and flood mitigation projects.” President Joe Biden’s Department of Energy rejected Houston’s request to strengthen its energy grid in 2023. Houston entered day five of power outages after Hurricane Beryl. Maybe, just maybe, stop concentrating on your fantasy green energy: CenterPoint Energy sought the money from a new $10.5 billion Department of Energy program that is helping utilities, states and local agencies protect the electric grid from the growing threats of extreme weather and climate change. “I don’t understand how the grant application could be rejected,” University of Houston...

2,254,179 views Apr 21, 2024 #CNN #News CNN's Fareed Zakaria sits down with actor Michael Douglas, who plays "Franklin" in the Apple TV+ series, to discuss the series. Zakaria also asks Douglas if he thinks President Biden is too old for a second term. #CNN #News

HOUSTON, Texas -- Federal aid is now available to residents and business owners affected by Hurricane Beryl in 15 Texas counties. The video above is from a previous story on July 10, 2024, before FEMA individual assistance was granted. In a news release, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said individual assistance was added to Texas' federal disaster declaration after officials assessed homes damaged by the storm. Patrick is serving as governor while Gov. Greg Abbott is on a pre-planned trip to Asia.

President Biden signed a piece of legislation into law on Friday urging China to mend ties with Tibet and its leaders. The legislation, named Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, received broad bipartisan support and will encourage China and Tibet to resolve the long-standing dispute over Tibet’s governance. President Biden signed a piece of legislation into law on Friday urging China to mend ties with Tibet and its leaders. The legislation, named Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Dispute Act, received broad bipartisan support and will encourage China and Tibet to resolve the long-standing dispute over Tibet’s governance.

BORDER TOWN, USA — Police in Charlotte, South Carolina, arrested an 18-year-old Honduran migrant for his alleged role in a random shooting spree that left one person dead. The migrant reportedly entered the U.S. illegally by crossing the border from Mexico into Texas, according to a local news report. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department investigators arrested 18-year-old Carlos Roberto Diaz in connection to the alleged murder of a Charlotte resident. WSOC-TV9 reports sources indicating that Roberto Diaz entered the U.S. illegally in 2019 when he crossed the Mexican border into Texas with his father. The source did not explain what happened to...

This is a big victory in Israel's war against Hamas. We're sure the American Left will be mourning, but apparently Muhammad Deif -- the Hamas chief of staff and second in command to Yahya Sinwar -- has been bombed back into the stone age: 🚨 Muhammad Deif eliminated #2 pic.twitter.com/wsF40J0PK2 — Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) July 13, 2024 The music made us chuckle, not gonna lie. Pieces be upon him and various rooftops https://t.co/Xuda9OG4LZ — Holz10: Ho Bot Whisperer (@HolzRevivified) July 13, 2024 THIS made us laugh out loud. Bravo @IDF Go Get "em https://t.co/TL1Sas1ssj — Onwume Okonkwor-Nwaubor (@nwaubor) July 13,...

They are going to hammer us with this "our democracy" crap in the continuing mis-education of the public school initiated DIS-education.I remember "vocabulary words" in elementary and Junior High and they were all English and grammatically/etymologically correct.There is no such thing as "our democracy", just like there is no such thing as our truth or my truth.

Democrats looking to jettison President Joe Biden from the 2024 ticket are going to need to do so very quickly because time is running short, argued NBC News Chief Political Analyst Chuck Todd. On Friday, the former “Meet the Press” host joined Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC, the day after Biden’s “big boy” presser at the NATO 75th anniversary celebration, a high-stakes event for the 81-year-old who is fighting for his political survival. “If they’re going to make a move against Biden though, they’ve got to do it this weekend,” Todd said, urging the mutineers to make their move in the...

VIDEOA pro-Palestine protestor inadvertently revealed what Team Biden and, at least until recently, the news media has been hiding from the public. Namely the pathetically LOW turnout for Joe Biden rallies. The protestor at his Detroit rally in a high school gym performed her accidental public service by forcing at least one camera to turn around to focus in on her while at the same time showing the hilariously LOW turnout. Yes, Biden's rally when focused only on the stage seemed impressive. About 200 people behind Biden giving the impression there could be THOUSANDS in the audience. However, as you...

Old age is clearly taking hold of President Biden and hobbling his run for the presidency, The Post has learned. Even serious accommodations that have been made for the 81-year-old — such as note cards at fundraisers, cheat sheets to keep his thoughts straight and crowds from his inner circle who surround him to distract attention from a stiff gait — fail to hide the deterioration that comes with age. It became all too clear on Thursday night when he referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as his Russian adversary Vladimir Putin and Vice President Kamala Harris as his own...

In 2011, archaeologists uncovered one of the most — if not the most — pristine dinosaur fossils yet: a near-whole ankylosaur, complete with its jagged spikes, most of its limbs, armor coating, and some of its guts and stomach contents. The most amazing detail, though? Its uncannily preserved face and skin.It took Mark Mitchell, a technician at Royal Tyrell Museum, an absurd 7,000 hours and nearly six years to meticulously exhume the fossil by delicately chipping away at the surrounding stone. For his efforts, he had the newly discovered specie of nodosaur — a type of ankylosaur — named after...

Special Dispatches to the New-York Times. PHILADELPHIA, Tuesday, July 12 -- 5 A.M. I have just arrived in this city, bringing with me the Baltimore press dispatches. to 4 P.M. yesterday. The excitement was very great at news of the burning of Gunpowder Bridge, and at the interruption of the telegraph. Two trains left Baltimore yesterday morning, the 9:30 mail and 9:40 express, through for New-York. Gen. WALLACE sent Maj. WM. M. ESTES, bearer of military telegraphic dispatches, round to Havre de Grace, on the little tug Ella. By his kindness the Baltimore Agent of the Associated Press and myself...