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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The top U.N. court said Friday that Israel’s presence in the Palestinian occupied territories is “unlawful” and called on it to end and for settlement construction to stop immediately, issuing an unprecedented, sweeping condemnation of Israel’s rule over the lands it captured 57 years ago. In a non-binding opinion, the International Court of Justice pointed to a wide list of policies, including the building and expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, use of the area’s natural resources, the annexation and imposition of permanent control over lands and discriminatory policies against...

Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein will help lead an inaugural conversation for Workers Strike Back!, an initiative of Socialist Alternative, which will focus on building a strong anti-war movement and demanding an end to ongoing conflicts in Gaza. The event, titled “No Biden, No Trump! How can we end the genocidal war on Gaza?” will be held remotely via Zoom on July 21 and is open to members of the public who register in advance. Three featured speakers will lead the discussion, including the Green Party’s Jill Stein, former Seattle City Councilor Kshama Sawant, and Revolutionary Blackout Network...

VIDEOAre the true perpetrators of the attempted Trump assassination hiding in plain sight as seemed to be the case in 1963 with the JFK assassination. Back then the Warren Commission investigation was led by Allen Dulles who HATED Kennedy because he was fired by JFK as head of the CIA. Will those investigating the attempted Trump assassination be infested by Trump haters who had a strong motive for the beyond evil deed via a 20 year old kid who appeared in a Blackrock (CIA front) commercial and allowed beyond belief easy access to a roof just about 400 feet away...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has made headlines with his recent comments about former President Donald Trump, calling him a “badass” and praising his resilience while also addressing the role of political content on Facebook in the upcoming election. Bloomberg reports that in a recent interview, Meta (formerly Facebook) CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared his thoughts on former President Donald Trump’s response to being shot, describing it as “badass” and “inspiring.” Zuckerberg’s comments, made during a discussion for “The Circuit with Emily Chang,” have drawn attention to the complex relationship between Silicon Valley leaders and political figures. Zuckerberg specifically referred to Trump’s...

The campaign of independent presidential candidate Dr. Cornel West is formally calling for U.S. Secret Service protection following an attempt on the life of former President Donald Trump over this past weekend. The campaign made the push for protection in a press release on Thursday, stating that its plea underscores the need for equitable safety measures for all presidential candidates, regardless of their political affiliations. It additionally referenced several policy views held by West that it says have subjected him to scrutiny and hostility in the media. “Dr. West has consistently voiced critical opinions on U.S. policies, especially those concerning...

Two Oregon brothers have pleaded guilty for their involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection in 2021.On Wednesday, 28-year-old Matthew Leland Klein pleaded guilty to civil disorder and entering or remaining in a restricted building or grounds. His 24-year-old brother, Jonathanpeter Allen Klein, pleaded guilty to civil disorder and assault on certain officers.Court records show that Jonathanpeter contacted his employer in late December 2020 to request several days off in early January, so he and his brother could attend the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington, D.C. According to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the Kleins then...

LONDON (AP) – President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Britain’s new government to help Ukrainian forces attack deeper inside Russia to stop deadly missile strikes on his country, as he gave a rare address by a foreign leader to a U.K. Cabinet meeting. Zelenskyy said “long-range capability” to destroy sites where Russian weapons are concentrated is key to Ukraine’s defense. “I ask you to show your leadership” in lifting restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western weapons, Zelenskyy told Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Russia has deployed devastating firepower as it pursues a summer offensive in eastern Ukraine, reducing villages to rubble and pushing...

Vanity: Massive IT Outage Hits Major U.S. Hospital Chain: Microsoft Crowdstrike Glitch Forces Cancellation of All Elective Surgeries and Medical Procedures....

On Wednesday, radical, left-wing Dallas Mavericks Owner Mark Cuban went all-in for Joe Biden and jumped up to attack X owner Elon Musk for his strong support of Donald Trump. Cuban said he supports Biden’s bid for a second term but will blindly support whoever the party nominates if it replaces him. The NBA owner’s attack came after PayPal founder David Sacks wrote an X post listing the business leaders who have come onboard the Trump train—such as Bill Ackman, Ben Horowitz, Marc Andreessen, Doug Leone, Joe Lonsdale, Peter Thiel, Cameron, Tyler Winklevoss, and Elon Musk—and adding the message, “Come...

Senator Bernie Sanders basically admitted that President Biden is declining, but said he will support him anyway. In an interview with The New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner, the Vermont senior senator confessed Biden “sometimes [gets] confused about names.” “You’re right—sometimes he doesn’t put three sentences together. It is true,” Sanders told Chotiner, before adding a big caveat. “But the reality of the moment is, in my view, he is the best candidate the Democrats have for a variety of reasons, and trying, in an unprecedented way, to take him off the ticket would do a lot more harm than good,” Sanders...

The 2020 election wasn’t stolen — but it could have been paid for. Mark Zuckerberg’s millions bought lefty activists access to local election offices, allowing them to organize massive get-out-the-vote efforts in Democrat-dominated cities from the inside.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill this week that allows schools to hide information from parents about their child’s gender identity.AB 1955 is the first of its kind in the United States. It prohibits school staff “from enacting or enforcing any policy, rule or administrative regulation that requires an employee or a contractor to disclose any information related to a pupil’s sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression to any other person without the pupil’s consent.”The law—which passed through both chambers of the state’s Democrat-controlled Assembly—means that children can identify by their biological sex at home and a different...

ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC)- Abilene resident Angie Martin is a working mother of 7. She came home Tuesday night to a disturbing scene, her third youngest, 27-year-old Hope Martin nowhere to be found. Hope is diagnosed with Down Syndrome, and her mother has full legal guardianship over her, so when she was notified that a sales person with All-Star Honda had picked up Hope and driven her to the dealership. Martin says she was beside herself as to how it could have happened. “My heart’s beating faster just thinking about it. I got a text from her father, and he was...

Ukrainian troops have lost a hard-won position on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, near the southern city of Kherson, after months of bloody fighting to hold on to a piece of land in what some Ukrainian soldiers and military analysts have described as a futile operation. The Ukrainian military said on Wednesday night that fighting continued on the eastern bank but that most of the main positions in the village of Krynky, where its troops had gained a foothold, “were destroyed by intense, combined and prolonged enemy fire.” The statement came after several Ukrainian news media outlets reported...

Will Pope Francis ever speak honestly about the Muslim persecution of Christians?While Francis acknowledges the severe persecution many Christians face in the Middle East, he never seems to be willing to address the actual cause of this persecution: Islam. Pope Francis recently acknowledged an otherwise widely suppressed topic—the persecution of Christians, especially throughout the Middle East. On June 27, 2024, during a meeting held in the Vatican with members of the Reunion of Aid Agencies for Oriental Churches (ROACO), Francis made some refreshing, because true, remarks: Many Eastern Churches are bearing a heavy cross and have become ‘martyr Churches.’ They...

Conservatism is all about preserving traditions and resisting sudden change. Yet several high-profile right-wing figures sported radically different looks at this year's Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. Kimberly Guilfoyle, Donald Trump Jnr's fiancee, was hit with plastic surgery allegations after looking unrecognizable from her days as a liberal when she was married to democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. Firebrand Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz was also accused of getting Botox and other cosmetic adjustments after sporting a radical facial transformation. One of Gaetz's rival Republicans likened him to a 'blow up doll.' And Donald Trump himself is also rumored to have had...

Some food for thought about Pres Trump's speech, customer service, and planning for contingencies. 1. Last night during his speech Pres Trump pointed out that so far $6.1M had been raised for the three affected families. He also pulled out a physical check (not a personal check) for $1M. He said softly "thanks Dan." I *do* wonder if the Dan of that donation is Dan Bongino. Dan's there at the RNC; he's a personal friend-acquaintance of Mr. Trump with access; and this is the kind of thing Dan can now do due to his success. 2. For years I have...

Democratic strategist David Axelrod said early Friday morning that former President Trump’s speech at the Republican National Committee (RNC) was “the first good thing that’s happened to Democrats in three weeks.” “People, I’m sure, responded very positively to his appeals to unity that were written on the teleprompter, and then he just ripped the bejesus out of everybody… all his political enemies and so on,” Axelrod, also a former Obama adviser said on CNN. “I have to tell you… Chris Wallace said this,” Axelrod said. “This is the first good thing that’s happened to Democrats in the last three weeks.”...

Russia has refuted social media rumors of a nuclear emergency after speculation spread on Friday that a radiation incident had occurred at the Rostov nuclear power plant. "The Rostov nuclear power plant is operating normally, the background radiation is normal, the messages that have appeared about the emergency are fake," Russian state nuclear company Rosenergoatom told state-run news agency RIA Novosti. Rosenergoatom also responded to the rumors on the social media platform VKontakte, asking internet users to "be vigilant." "The units are operating normally, the radiation background is at the natural level!" it said.

CNN anchor Chris Wallace said former President Trump “couldn’t keep up the act” in his speech accepting the GOP nomination at the 2024 Republican National Convention late Thursday. “It seemed as if he couldn’t keep up the act,” Wallace said on CNN in a clip highlighted by Mediaite. “And so, we started hearing about ‘crazy Nancy Pelosi’ and cheating on elections and talking about Biden.” “Frankly, it was a long speech, it was a rambling speech, it was a speech by an older man, and I couldn’t help but think that the people that are gonna be happiest tonight are...