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With Trump picking JD Vance as his running mate, speculation rises about Vance's Senate replacement. Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah: “Who else wants JD Vance’s Senate seat to be filled by Vivek Ramaswamy?” Vivek: “I have rock-solid conviction that JD will be an outstanding VP for President Trump. The only negative is this leaves our side missing one of our best fighters in the Senate. If asked to serve, I would strongly consider the position and would discuss with President Trump which path makes the most sense for our country.” Source: Fox News

For decades, parents of vaccine-injured children, vaccine-injured adults and others contested the claims that vaccines are the world’s most thoroughly safety-tested products in the world only to be shunned and attacked by the medical community and health agencies.Now a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in the first week of July admits vaccines are not properly studied. “But let me provide context so nobody is fooled by what they are clearly up to,” Aaron Siri writes.By Aaron SiriWow. After decades of Dr. Stanley Plotkin and his vaccinologist disciples insisting vaccines are the most well-studied products on the...

Star Wars actor Mark Hamill mocked former President Donald Trump during the first night of the Republican National Convention on Monday, joking about the ear bandage Trump was seen wearing over the wound he sustained following Saturday’s assassination attempt. Mark Hamill made the tasteless comment in an X post, describing the bandage as “ludicrously oversized.” He also suggested that the bandage was just for show, saying it was “apparently not needed prior to tonight.” 1st APPEARANCE of ludicrously oversized ear bandage, apparently not needed prior to tonight. 👂 pic.twitter.com/Fkc83h3jBN — Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) July 16, 2024

Former Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R-AR) said Tuesday on CNN’s “New Central” that former President Donald Trump’s vice presidential pick, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), did not support “America’s global leadership.” When asked about his reaction to the pick, Hutchinson said, “He brings the youth mix to the table but lacks executive experience. But the question is, the Nikki Haley supporters, the independent voters out there, how are they going to react to it? And right now, he really doesn’t have the national profile as many others. So, it is almost a blank slate in some ways. His speech this week will...

There’s no other way to say it: Ingrid Andress—the country singer you may or may not know from songs like “More Hearts Than Mine” and “Wishful Drinking”—gave a god awful performance of The Star Spangled Banner last night. It might not have been Fergie bad (feel free to debate that one in the comments), but it certainly joins the un-hallowed halls of performances like Carl Lewis’ and Roseanne Barr’s.

Sheridan hockey coach Patrick Mudd died over the weekend, after he was allegedly "sucker punched" in a parking lot outside of the Sheridan WYO rodeo. The hockey community laid their sticks outside his home in mourning. =============================================================== A Sheridan man faces up to 20 years in prison, accused of punching a man so hard he died after a parking argument. Cody Joseph McCalla, 33, was charged with involuntary manslaughter Monday in Sheridan Circuit Court. The charge follows a fight Friday outside the local rodeo in Sheridan, in which McCalla punched local hockey coach and player Patrick Mudd so hard, Mudd...

STANTON COUNTY, Iowa (KCAU) — A South Dakota man was cited after driving 118 mph in a 65 mph zone in northeast Nebraska. On Sunday afternoon just after 1 p.m., a deputy for the Stanton County Sheriff’s Office clocked a car going 118 mph in a 65 mph zone, according to a Stanton County Sheriff’s Office press release. The incident happened on Highway 57 about 12 miles south of Stanton. Authorities reported the driver, Ariz Zarate-Gonzalez, 19, of Arlington, S.D., told the deputy that stopped him that he was in a hurry to get home, but first needed to make...

From the beginning of recorded history, humans have made monumental decisions based upon the needs of their children. Some parents would move far away from the land in which they themselves were born and raised, because they wanted their children to have a better chance in the world.The Pilgrims, who left England, and many who followed them, came to America both for religious freedom, and a better future for their children. Many may remember the television series based upon Laura Ingalls Wilders’ novel, Little House on The Prairie. It’s the story of a man who moved west so his...

Recently we saw just how Islamic the Austrian capital of Vienna — where Muslims now outnumber Christians in the schoolrooms — had become. Hand in hand with this influx of Muslims has been an influx of crimes:Muggings and beatings are becoming commonplace in the historic capital city, with passersby being attacked on almost a daily basis….The Praterstern area, just outside central Vienna, is now controlled by North Africans and is considered the worst area in the city for crime. Despite police increasing their presence in the area it has become riddled with crime. On the other side of the city,...

For the first time in years, the Taliban says it has arrested and imprisoned American citizens, and is hoping to use them in a prisoner swap. The Taliban says that at least two US citizens are being held after violating Afghan laws, while the Washington Examiner has said three are in custody. The detained individuals have been identified as George Glezmann, Mahmood Habibi, and Ryan Corbett – as confirmed also by a State Department statement. A Taliban government spokesperson announced that the “American nationals violated the country’s law, and discussion has been held with the US officials in this regard.”...

RFK Jr apologized for the leak.

Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle noted in a July 15 interview with ABC News that police were in the building from the top of which the would-be assassin fired at Donald Trump. Cheatle told ABC News that the building on which the would-be assassin took his position was supposed to be secured by local law enforcement officers who were working with Secret Service for perimeter control. ABC News reported “local authorities were tasked with securing the building where the alleged shooter fired the shots before being taken out by a Secret Service sniper.” Cheatle also indicated that police were inside...

The criminal trial of rapper Young Thug, which is being prosecuted by the office of Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis, is set to receive a new judge. Willis, best known for pursuing still-pending felony election subversion charges against former President Donald Trump, indicted the Grammy Award-winning rapper, whose real name is Jeffrey Williams, on racketeering, gun and drug charges in Fulton County in May 2022. Williams is one of 28 people accused of violating Georgia's RICO Act for alleged membership of a street gang called "Young Slime Life," or YSL, which shares initials with name of his record...

On Sunday, July 14, 2022, supporters of President Donald Trump staged a rally on his behalf in Huntington Beach, Calif.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson praised President Donald Trump's selection of Senator JD Vance (R-OH) as his running mate.

.....After decades of being patched up on the cheap, London’s rental homes are in a state of comical disrepair. In one flat, my housemate and I spent an entire night trying to stop our sink from flooding the kitchen, which it tended to do whenever we used the washing machine thanks to a creative plumbing job the landlord had done while cramming another bedroom into the flat. I’m 28 now, and there’s a Section 21 notice in my inbox. My current landlord has decided to raise the rent beyond what I can afford, having already bumped it up last year...

As a cold front gains momentum, severe thunderstorms, many packing high wind gusts, will erupt and roll from the eastern Great Lakes, Ohio Valley and middle Mississippi Valley to the Appalachians and Atlantic Seaboard into Wednesday and beyond in some cases, AccuWeather meteorologists warn. The storms can trigger regional power outages and lead to major travel delays as they approach and pass through the major metro areas. Tree and property damage will be likely in some communities. In recent days, severe storms have packed quite a wallop in the Midwest and part of the interior Northeast. During Monday night alone,...

A private call between RFK Jr. and Donald Trump just hours after the assassination attempt was made public, and RFK Jr. is horrified his son is the culprit who posted it. During the call, Trump talked about his phone conversation with President Joe Biden just after the shooting. Trump says Biden was inquisitive as to how he chose to turn his head to the right -- a move that probably saved his life.

Jack Black announced on social media that he’s canceling Tenacious D‘s current tour amid blowback against band partner Kyle Gass, who made a controversial comment at the band’s concert in Australia on July 14 related to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Black presented a cake to Gass on stage to celebrate the latter’s 64th birthday. When Black then asked Gass to make a wish, Gass responded: “Don’t miss Trump next time.” “I was blindsided by what was said at the show on Sunday,” Black wrote in a follow-up statement. “I would never condone hate speech or encourage political violence...

“The one who loves his brother abides in the light and there is no cause for stumbling in him” (1 John 2:10). Loving other Christians gives assurance to your own faith. Loving fellow Christians is instinctive for genuine believers. Paul told the Thessalonians, “Now as to the love of the brethren . . . you yourselves are taught by God to love one another” (1 Thess. 4:9). He further encouraged them to “excel still more” in love (v. 10) because there is always room for believers to love one another more completely. Nevertheless, if we are truly saved we will...