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The Haley Voters for Harris group has vowed not to step down after being sent a cease and desist letter from former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. The group, formerly Haley Voters for Biden, is seeking to poach primary voters who voted for Haley over former President Donald Trump. Haley, who has thrown her support behind Trump, sent the group a cease-and-desist letter, with her campaign warning that it will alert the Department of Justice and FBI if they don’t change their name. The letter demanded the end of “Any use by you of Ambassador Haley’s name, image, or likeness...

One of the world's biggest drug lords, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, leader of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, has been arrested by US federal agents in El Paso, Texas. Zambada, 76, founded the criminal organisation with Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who is currently jailed in the US. Arrested with Zambada on Thursday was Guzman's son, Joaquin Guzman Lopez, said the US justice department. In February, Zambada was charged by US prosecutors with a conspiracy to make and distribute fentanyl, a drug more powerful than heroin that has been blamed for the US opioid crisis. In a written statement on Thursday evening, US...

ransomnote: TRANSCRIPT of 2 minute x.com video clip below the White House image. Related links at the bottom.The Dems now want the American People to believe it was actually Trump and the Republicans who blocked securing the border.This comes after the Dems blocked every attempt to build a wall, and refused to allocate $5 billion for our own border, but sent $200+ billion to Ukraine.During Trump’s first term, they claimed that there was no crisis at the border whatsoever. Now they admit there is a crisis, but it’s somehow it’s actually Trump’s fault.There is no limit to their lies and...

Anumber of conservative women have criticized Donald Trump's running mate, Senator JD Vance, after his "childless cat ladies" comment reemerged.

GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign team backed out of a debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, saying it wouldn’t commit to debate details until the Democratic Party chooses its nominee. “Given the continued political chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and the Democrat Party, general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their nominee,” the former president’s campaign spokesman, Steven Cheung, said in a statement on Thursday.

People who drink cranberry juice are 54% less likely to develop urinary tract infections (UTIs), according to a study. It has long been suspected that cranberries contain compounds that help prevent bacteria from adhering to the walls of the urinary tract, reducing the risk of infection. However the effectiveness of cranberry juice has been confirmed by the network meta-analysis that amalgamated the results of 20 studies involving 3,091 participants worldwide. Lead researcher Dr. Christian Moro said the findings could help reduce the use of antibiotics to treat UTIs. "More than half of women experience UTIs and antibiotics are a go-to...

New research shows that inflammation outside the brain, such as that caused by common infections such as colds and urine infections, is linked to the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS). The Systemic Inflammation in Multiple Sclerosis (SIMS) study followed 50 people living with progressive forms of MS for two and a half years. Researchers measured inflammation in the body by looking at a weekly urine sample. This inflammation can be caused by a number of factors, including infections, other medical conditions, trauma and an unhealthy lifestyle. Research in animals has shown that inflammation outside the brain can exacerbate this process,...

Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective. “I think that the rules that we put out are good ones,” Kagan said at a judicial conference in Sacramento. “I think that the thing that can be criticized is, you know, rules usually have enforcement mechanisms attached to them. And this one, this set of rules does not.” ... Kagan’s criticism of the court on Thursday was not limited to its new code of conduct....

Rumors of Trump suffering buyer's remorse after choosing Vance as his 2024 running mate have been rampant since President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the likely Democratic presidential nominee. While Trump has publicly insisted that he is happy with Vance, saying the senator is "doing a fantastic job" and has been "very well received" by the public during a Fox News interview on Thursday, worries remain about whether the Ohio senator could be a liability for Republicans in November. Paul Begala, who served as White House adviser and chief strategist during...

If you thought Joe Biden's electric vehicle mandates were unpopular (and they are) just wait until you see the even more aggressive plans that Kamala Harris has in store if she manages to be elected to the White House. Rather than giving in to a popular lack of demand, Harris intends to double down, accelerating the schedule for converting the American fleet of vehicles at an even more rapid pace wherever possible. The Democrats still aren't quite crazy enough to try to make possession of a gas-powered vehicle illegal, but they will bully the automakers to ensure that a full...

Kalina, who seldom appears in public, was photographed with her husband, Antonio José “Kitín” Muñoz, and son, Simeon Hassan Munoz, in Sofia, the capital of the southeastern European country. After the photos became public, people began commenting on the princess’ incredibly muscular arms. The 52-year-old has devoted herself to training these past years, but her arm muscles were not always so pronounced, as per the Sloboden Pečat. The photos were reportedly taken at the funeral ceremony of Tsar Ferdinand I on May 29. The remains of the first tsar of Bulgaria after five centuries of Ottoman rule were repatriated to...

[Catholic Caucus] The plotting to find the next PopeThe Hollywood adaptation of Conclave, Robert Harris’s thriller about a conspiracy to rig a papal election, won’t be in cinemas until November. But judging by the trailer released last week, its starry cast, crafty plot and spectacular cinematography – jets of smoke scattering cardinals as an explosion shatters the Sistine Chapel – will instantly erase memories of The Two Popes, Netflix’s risible Oscar-nominated fantasy in which Benedict XVI secretly chooses Cardinal Bergoglio as his successor.Perhaps only four cardinal-electors are conservative Latin Mass ritualists, and none stands a chanceHarris’s novel was published in...

Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps First Grand Prix1950 Number of Laps44 Circuit Length7.004 kmRace Distance308.052 kmLap Record1:46.286Valtteri Bottas (2018)NEED TO KNOW:

E​arth just had its two warmest days in over 80 years, topping a record set just one year ago. T​he back-to-back records: On Sunday, globally averaged temperatures over the planet's oceans and land masses reached 17.09 degrees Celsius (62.76 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the European Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). T​hat was 0.01 degrees Celsius above the previous warmest day for the planet set on July 6, 2023, in the ERA5 dataset dating to 1940, according to C3S. T​hen Monday, the planet's average temperature ticked up to 17.15 degrees Celsius, leapfrogging Sunday's record.

A new Rasmussen poll taken before the assassination attempt on President Trump and the resignation from the 2024 Democrat ticket by Joe Biden shows a shocking result. The poll shows the top issues still remain the economy (27%) and the border (20%). However, the demographic polled is interesting. Rasmussen also asked 2,466 the typical questions in an election year poll, however, they also asked about citizenship status. Respondents either answered “Yes,” “No,” or “Not sure.” Out of 2,466 respondents, 131 responded with “No” and 91 responded “Not sure” regarding their citizenship. This accounts for just over 9% of those polled...

This is the summer of media discontent. Ever since the debate debacle, which exposed Joe Biden as the shell of a man the press had been shielding from public exposure, journalists have been struggling. Beyond failed attempts to extricate themselves from that culpability quagmire, there was the way they covered the Trump assassination attempt, dealing with the GOP convention, Biden’s COVID disappearance, the turmoil in the Democratic Party, and then the ultimate departure of President Silveralert from the ticket.This week, as they were eager to elevate Kamala Harris into the political stratosphere, we saw yet another attempt by the news...

Vice President Kamala Harris—or maybe we should refer to her as the co-president now that Joe Biden has quit his reelection campaign and is a lame duck—met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday after pointedly skipping his Wednesday speech to Congress.She put on her "serious face" as they shook hands and could barely work up a smile:The White House spent DAYS hyping up Kamala Harris’ meeting with Netanyahu, then kicked the press out after *literally* 14 secondsTrump never did this BS. pic.twitter.com/0tzZiZKxfO— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) July 25, 2024Although she claimed that Israel has the full support of the United...

The press seems to be preoccupied with how the assassination attempt happened, given security measures. Valid question. I’m surprised that no one has focused on the background and character of the would-be assassin. “Bullied a lot. A lot,” a classmate said. Is it no surprise that someone who was severely bullied might have reason to assassinate the Big Bully himself? Never an excuse to kill. Trump might want to look in the mirror and ask why a young adult would hate him so much. Dear Trump, do you dare to reference the U.S. government site, stopbullying.gov? My only disagreement with...

The judge who found Donald Trump liable for fraud and ordered the former president to pay $454 million said he will not recuse himself from the case. Trump asked Judge Arthur Engoron to step aside from the case, which is on appeal, alleging he engaged in “prohibited communications” with a real estate lawyer about the case before his decision was rendered earlier this year. “I am supremely confident in my ability to continue to serve, as I always have, impartially,” Engoron wrote in an order Thursday. The judge said that over three years into the litigation, his recusal would result...

With President Joe Biden bowing out of the 2024 presidential race following intense pressure from within his own party, Vice President Kamala Harris is the likely Democratic nominee to face former president Donald Trump in November’s general election. Harris was raised by a Christian father and a Hindu mother and attended both Hindu and Christian services as a child. As an adult, Harris was a member of a Black Baptist church. Her husband, Douglas Emhoff, is Jewish and attended a Reform Synagogue growing up. Throughout her career — as vice president, senator, and attorney general of California — Harris has...