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Video LinkThree years ago today, 13 American heroes were killed in the Harris-Biden botched Afghanistan withdrawal. To this day, Kamala Harris has never mentioned these fallen soldiers' names. President Trump will never forget them.

China is planning to restrict exports of a key mineral needed to make weapons while a U.S. company that could be reducing America’s reliance on foreign suppliers is languishing in red tape, energy experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. The Chinese government announced on August 15 that it will restrict exports of antimony, a critical mineral that dominates the production of weapons globally and is essential for producing equipment like munitions, night vision goggles and bullets that are essential to national security, according to the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Perpetua Resources, an American mining company, has...

<p>Democrats are now saying the quiet part out loud: They want Kamala Harris to keep hiding from the press.</p><p>In a Sunday interview with NBC, Democratic pollster Cornell Belcher shut down PBS’s Amna Nawaz’s pleas for Harris to talk to journalists.</p>

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) stated that 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris doesn’t have to visit the border “to know there is a problem at the border that needs to be addressed in general” and “the important thing is that she ought to be addressing the issues at the border, which, by the way, she and President Biden have been, and we’ve seen the effect of that in Chicago.” Pritzker said, “Well, the important thing is that she ought to be addressing the issues at the border, which, by the way,...

A new law protects workers from punishment for refusing to respond to work calls and emails from their employers outside work hours. The new rule, which came into force on Monday, means employees, in most cases, cannot be punished for refusing to read or respond to contacts from their employers outside work hours. Supporters say the law gives workers the confidence to stand up against the steady invasion of their personal lives by work emails, texts and calls, a trend that has accelerated since the Covid-19 pandemic scrambled the division between home and work. To cater for emergencies and jobs...

The U.S. Army Private who ran across the border from South Korea to North Korea is set to plead guilty to desertion and assault and three other charges as part of a deal with Army prosecutors, his attorney says. Travis King was charged with 14 fourteen offenses under the Uniform Code of Military Justice for the July 2023 incident in which he left a tour group and bolted across the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea.

Innovations in manganese-based lithium-ion batteries could lead to more efficient and durable power sources for electric vehicles, offering high energy density and stable performance without voltage decay. =========================================================================== Researchers have developed a sustainable lithium-ion battery using manganese, which could revolutionize the electric vehicle industry. Published in ACS Central Science, the study highlights a breakthrough in using nanostructured LiMnO2 with monoclinic symmetry to improve battery performance and stability without the typical voltage decay. This innovation not only enhances fast-charging capabilities but also addresses the long-standing issue of manganese dissolution. Manganese-Based Li-ion Batteries Lithium-ion (or Li-ion) batteries are heavy hitters when it...

The alleged arrest came a day after Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced on his Instagram profile that he had met with lawyer Nemanja Beric, who was arrested by Croatian authorities for recording with Serbian pro-Chetnik singer Baja Mali Knindza. Vucic said he was only arrested “because he is Serbian” The arrest in Belgrade is said to be the result of several months of intensive operational work by the BIA. This operation aims to suppress what the agency claims are espionage and subversive activities orchestrated by the Croatian intelligence service, SOA. The timing and details of the arrest have fueled speculation...

Former Democratic campaign worker speaks out after attending the DNC

Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) had been groomed by the Chinese Communist Party. .... Peter Schweizer ... goes back to the exchange program that he ran and brought hundreds of students from the United States to China. In the early press accounts, Tim Walz describes it as unique and unusual and different, a program that nobody else has. And at the same time that he’s bringing those students there, by the students’ accounting, Tim Walz is saying things like, well, in China, nobody is poor because everybody shares in China as if sort of a compulsive arm of the CCP is...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., has voiced sharp criticism against the DNC for excluding Palestinian American perspectives during the event, emphasizing the feelings of neglect The Hill reported.

1st Gear: Ford’s New EV Plan Means More Hybrids Last week, we reported that Ford was canceling its plans for a three-row electric crossover as part of an adjustment to its electric strategy because of cooling demand for EVs. Now we are getting a better look at just how much that strategy is changing and what it’ll end up costing The Blue Oval. Chiefly, Ford is expected to take on $1.9 billion in related charges and write-downs. The cancelation of this three-row EV comes after Ford said in the Spring that it would be delaying plans for the model by...

On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby stated that he doesn’t regret saying that he “didn’t see” chaos in Afghanistan from his “perch.” Because even though “there was chaos,” “the question was asking me just a blanket sort of bumper sticker adjective slapped onto the withdrawal,” and “it deeply offends me, as a veteran myself, that we’re just slapping that bumper sticker on the whole withdrawal and I think that does a disservice to all the brave men and women, civilian and military alike, who pulled that withdrawal off.” Host Phil Mattingly...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Dover Air Force Base, DelawareDover Air Force Base or Dover AFB is a United States Air Force base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), located 2 miles southeast of the city of Dover, Delaware. 436th AW is the host wing and run the busiest and largest air freight terminal in the Department of Defense.Dover AFB is home to the 436th Airlift Wing (436 AW) of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), known as the "Eagle Wing", and the AMC-gained 512th Airlift Wing (512 AW) of the Air Force Reserve Command...

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On Saturday, the CEO of the popular messaging app Telegram was arrested at Le Bourget airport in France for refusing to comply with the country’s censorship laws.Pavel Durov, 39, was arrested on the tarmac as he got off his private jet from Azerbaijan.On Saturday evening Mike Benz, the founder and Executive Director of the Foundation for Freedom Online released a video explaining who he believes is behind this arrest – The US State Department.Benz is an authority of the Deep State and the US government operations in Europe and abroad.Mike Benz:SNIPOne of the things they’re talking about in the space...

Tulsi Gabbard, the one-time Democratic presidential hopeful who had hoped to run against Donald Trump in 2020, completed an astonishing reversal Monday by warmly endorsing the former president. Gabbard quit her safe Hawaii House district in 2019 to join the packed 2020 Democratic presidential field. After dropping out of the race, she endorsed Joe Biden as the best man to “heal the divisiveness that has been tearing our country apart.” But on Monday she spoke at a meeting of the National Guard Association in Detroit, Michigan, which was also addressed by Trump—and called for the country to vote for him....

Since Pavel Durov, the Russian-born billionaire and founder of the Telegram messaging app, was arrested on landing in Paris on Saturday evening, there has been more speculation than substance about his fate. The headline in a Russian newspaper summed up the story: “The arrest (or detention) of ‘Russia’s Zuckerberg’, Pavel Durov, is one of the most important, but mysterious global news stories,” declared Nezavisimaya Gazeta. True. Except that "mysterious" is a bit of an understatement. Why did French police detain him? What charges will he face? Has it anything at all to do with his recent visit to Azerbaijan, where...

It currently costs NY about $36 per MWH for energy. But the state demanded wind. Let’s discuss the amazing bottom line results. So Much for So Little The Wall Street Journal asks Why Is New York Paying So Much for Wind Power? New York state signed a contract in June to buy electricity generated by two large wind farms, Empire Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind, off the coast of Long Island. The projects are expected to begin in 2026 and 2027, with power delivered to Brooklyn (Empire) and Long Island (Sunrise). The state will pay $155 and $146 per megawatt-hour,...

My father is in the hospital and won't be coming home, although he's still pretty strong. Stairs are a risk to him now, so we are trying to get him homed in a reasonably nice place. My naïve and gullible sister, haha, allowed a druggie to stay in her house ostensibly to get help and get off the street. He got a hold of my dad's debit and credit cards and he passed a couple of fraudulent cheques for a total of $8,000 that we can offhand calculate. It may be higher when everything is audited. So my question is,...