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If you spend any time looking at diet and lifestyle content on social media, you may well have encountered a variety of weight loss "hacks". One of the more recent trends is a home-made drink called ricezempic, made by soaking uncooked rice and then straining it to drink the leftover starchy water. Sounds delicious, right? Its proponents claim it leads to weight loss by making you feel fuller for longer and suppressing your appetite, working in a similar way to the sought-after drug Ozempic – hence the name. So does this drink actually mimic the weight loss effects of Ozempic?...

Kamala Harris just selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate and she could not have picked a more radically pro-abortion activist to join her ticket. Walz signed a bill to allows abortions up to birth. But he also put his signature on allowing infanticide, letting babies die who survive abortions. Babies survive abortions every year, including five in 2021 just in Minnesota. But the state no longer protects their lives. Minnesota Democrats took control of the state legislature in 2023 and quickly passed a series of radical pro-abortion bills. One repealed a state law that required medical providers...

Tropical Storm Debby is moving back over water where it could restrengthen some off the Southeast coast, but its main threat continues to be potentially historic heavy rainfall that could produce catastrophic flooding in parts of the Southeast the next several days. D​ebby's moisture will also fuel a threat of flooding rain in the Northeast U.S. in the days ahead. H​ere's where Debby is now and where it will head next. Debby is centered near Tybee Island, Georgia, as a tropical storm. Its shield of rain extends from southeast Georgia and extreme northeast Florida to much of South Carolina, eastern...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ newly announced running mate — Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — signed a bill in April of 2023 allowing the state to make custody determinations if a child is denied access to sex-change procedures. The “Trans Refuge Bill” allows for “temporary emergency jurisdiction” if a parent denies their child sex-change procedures, according to the bill’s text. The bill defines the interventions, which include sex-changes, hormone replacement and cosmetic surgeries, as “medically necessary” so long as it “respects the gender identity of the patient, as experienced and defined” by the child. “Freedom is on the march in...

The evangelical desire to not “offend” too often leads us to subtly shrink back from what we say we believe when the time comes to show how much we truly believe it. Image The Keswick Convention is the oldest and most prestigious evangelical conference in the UK. I know many who have contributed to and benefited from it over the years. It is known as something of an evangelical bastion, as promoting sound doctrine, holding the line on key issues, etc. Yet sadly, like many evangelical institutions today, it now appears to be "saddened" not by the heinous evil in...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — FBI agents executed a search warrant late last week on Tennessee Congressman Andy Ogles as the first-term Republican faces continuing scrutiny over fraudulent campaign financial reports that he filed, NewsChannel 5 has confirmed. Reached by telephone Tuesday, Ogles’ attorney declined to comment, although he did not deny that his client had been targeted for a search by federal authorities. …… Execution of the search warrant came immediately after Ogles defeated Courtney Johnston in the Republican primary as he seeks a second term in the U.S. Congress. Department of Justice guidelines generally prohibit law enforcement from taking...

Hamas announced Tuesday that it had named Gaza-based leader Yayha Sinwar as its new leader to replace political chief Ismail Haniyeh, who was killed in Tehran, Iran, last week while attending the presidential inauguration there. Sinwar, who is regarded as the architect of the October 7 terror attack in which Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis, is thought to be hiding underground in a tunnel in Gaza, possibly surrounded by Israeli hostages as human shields. The Times of Israel reported: Sinwar was selected by Hamas’s 50-strong Shura Council, a consultative body composed of officials elected by Hamas members in four chapters: Gaza,...

Savage exposes Kamala Harris, a product of the corrupt San Francisco Democrat Machine and the radical Left. He reveals her family ancestry that contradicts her pandering to the black community. What will the Trump team be able to dig up on Harris' political past? Why is the office of Presidency important for shaping the culture…

Keswick Convention, The oldest Christian festival in the UK, is rightly under fire for distancing itself from a pro-life message after the cowardly, spineless, and soft organization said in a statement that they were “saddened” that a group named Brephos showed up at their event with a non-graphic picture of a fetus in the womb. They asked the group to take down the sign and stated they were “delighted” to be working with police over the incident. “We are aware that Brephos, an organisation not affiliated with Keswick Ministries, are taking part in a ‘public education’ event in Keswick town...

CNN appeared eager to console viewers on Tuesday after Vice President Kamala Harris appeared to botch what would be her first governing decision by selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate, surprising observers. The frontrunner had been Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), a moderate governor from a swing state. Expectations had been set when the Harris campaign set the rollout of her running mate for Tuesday evening in Philadelphia. But the party’s anti-Israel, left-wing base had made it clear that it rejected Shapiro, not only because of his pro-Israel views, but also because he is Jewish —...

Green Party presidential candidate Dr. Jill Stein is considering three potential vice presidential picks, the campaign told Al Jazeera over the weekend. She is expected to announce her choice during a livestream this upcoming Thursday. The Stein campaign confirmed to Al Jazeera that its vice presidential shortlist includes Abed Ayoub, Amer Zahr, and Jacqueline Luqman. Ayoub is the Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Zahr is a Palestinian American activist and adjunct professor at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law, and Luqman is a D.C.-based activist and host of the Real News Network. All three are described...

Harris campaign releases video showing Kamala call Tim Walz to ask him to be her running mate

Search Type to Search Search Politics Tim Walz left National Guard battalion ‘hanging,’ ‘slithered out the door’ before Iraq deployment: vets By Caitlin Doornbos and Josh Christenson Published Aug. 6, 2024 Updated Aug. 6, 2024, 2:00 p.m. ET Veterans have accused Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz of “embellishing” his military career and abandoning his National Guard battalion, highlighting that the now-vice presidential pick for the Democrats never served in combat and retired from service ahead of his unit’s 2005 deployment to Iraq. In a letter posted to Facebook in 2018 as he first ran for governor, retired Command Sergeants Major Thomas...

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A Pakistani national with purported ties to Iran was arrested last month on charges he plotted to assassinate former President Donald Trump and multiple other public officials, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday in Brooklyn federal court. While the criminal complaint does not mention Trump by name, multiple sources familiar with the case told ABC News one of the intended targets of the alleged plot was Trump. After spending time in Iran, Asif Merchant flew from Pakistan to the U.S. to recruit hitmen to carry out the alleged plot, according to a detention memo. The person he contacted was...

The Democrat Party was excited about Vice President Kamala Harris choosing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate on Tuesday, but social media users were disgusted. In a social media post on its Facebook page, the Democrat Party shared photos of the two leftists, Harris and Walz, calling them the “Dream team”: Dream team 💙 Posted by Democratic Party on Tuesday, August 6, 2024 Social media users were quick to voice their thoughts about that label. “Nightmares are dreams too I guess,” one individual commented. Another user seemed to think the pairing of Harris and Walz was ridiculous...

The 18650-format potassium-ion battery was launched at the 14th annual Beyond Lithium Conference at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. - Group1 ============================================================================================ The vast majority of our portable electronic gadgets, and the new wave of electric transportation, are powered by lithium batteries. Texas-based startup Group1 has developed a more sustainable alternative, and has now launched the world's first 18650 potassium-ion battery. Group1 was co-founded in 2021 by battery tech veterans, including Leigang Xue who currently serves as Chief Product Officer but previously worked in the lab of 2019 Nobel Laureate and battery pioneer Dr. John Goodenough at University...

Large Fires Burning in Atlanta-Gen. Hood's Purposes Unknown. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Saturday, Aug. 6. A letter dated one mile from Atlanta, on July 31, from a prominent officer there to another here, says: "Fires are now burning in Atlanta. They indicate that Gen. HOOD is destroying a large amount of property; but whether with a view to the evacuation of the place or not is unknown." Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. NEAR ATLANTA, Ga., Friday, July 29. CHASSEZ. A week ago to-day the Army of the Tennessee lost its beloved Commander in the great battle southeast of the walls of the...

Call it preemptive Election Denial. Rep. Nancy Pelosi picked Rep. Jamie Raskin, a supposed “constitutional law” expert in the same way that an arsonist is an expert on house fires, as a ‘manager’ for impeaching President Trump over J6. Since then, Rep. Raskin has been prepping a bill that would abuse the 14th Amendment to block Trump. Raskin, a former member of the Jan. 6 select committee, said he is already crafting the bill, telling Axios, “I’m working on it — today.” Raskin pointed to legislation he introduced with Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) in 2022 creating a pathway for...

Well, it’s finally a race. On Tuesday, Kamala Harris selected progressive Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her running mate in what has become one of the most exciting presidential campaign sprints in modern history. The Harris-Walz campaign now has just 89 days to take its show on the road before voters head to the ballot box on Nov. 5. Harris’ choice also did the impossible, uniting progressive and conservative lawmakers in Washington. Progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) hailed Walz as an “excellent decision” and a leader who “won’t back down under tight odds.” Meanwhile, Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) —...