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Israeli media revealed Sunday that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has begun secret talks with the Russian government on ending the ongoing war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists. Although Hezbollah is armed and funded by Iran, the terrorist group uses many Russian weapons. Moreover, Russia has relied on Iran for drones in its ongoing war in Ukraine, and is thought to hold some sway with the Iranian regime.

EXCLUSIVE — A report from earlier this week showed that a FEMA supervisor advised her team to “avoid” Florida homes “advertising Trump.” That supervisor, Marn’i Washington, says she is a “patsy” and that FEMA made her a “scapegoat.” Washington told the Washington Examiner that not only did she and her teams canvas houses with Trump signage, “we’ve registered and provided resources to Trump supporters.” The language in the leaked screenshot was “shorthand,” according to Washington. She explained the full context: Washington let her supervisors “know specific streets we could not do because of hostile political encounters,” and according to communications...

CINCINNATI, Wednesday, Nov. 8[?]. Yesterday's Indianapolis Journal says: "Officers from Chattanooga report that SHERMAN returned to Atlanta early last week with fire corps of his army, leaving two corps in Tennessee under THOMAS to watch HOOD. He destroyed the railroad from Chattanooga to Atlanta, and is sending the iron to the former place. Atlanta is burned, and SHERMAN is marching directly for Charleston, S.C." WASHINGTON, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 1864. The news concerning SHERMAN's programme in Georgia, which has been telegraphed to the country from a Western-paper, will startle the public. Some of the facts had been known in this city....

https://universalis.com/usa/20241110/mass.htm32nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeSide Altar of The Theatine Saint, Andrew Avellino, Church of Saint Cajetan, Salzburg, AustriaReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First reading1 Kings 17:10-16'Jar of meal shall not be spent, jug of oil shall not be emptied'Elijah the Prophet went off to Sidon. And when he reached the city gate, there was a widow gathering sticks; addressing her he said, ‘Please bring me a little water in a vessel for me to drink.’ She was setting off to bring it when he called after her. ‘Please’ he said ‘bring me a scrap of bread in your hand.’...

Nearly all gains made by dems are in states with sketchy or zero ID requirements that just keep counting and dropping more ballots. This happens every election now, and dems win every close race. The new normal - states with a fraction of Florida's population hold our nation's election process hostage. It's some THIRD WORLD BS that needs to stop. The only way Trump overcame it was with huge margins.

Millions of Americans both friend and foe, are offering their congratulations to Donald Trump for his historic win just days ago. The entire battle of the campaigns was without doubt an American saga, an epic, and a true revelation of how the will of the people is the perfect demonstration of this thing we call democracy. Kamala ended her dash for the Whitehouse with a late and dark concession speech. She spoke of defending everyone’s liberty and dignity. That of course did not include the millions of unborn children that were counted as superfluous waste and an interference. They had...

The Democratic Party is in a state of self-destruction. That’s no exaggeration. Party leaders aren’t just reeling from Donald Trump’s stunning victory earlier this week—they’re turning on each other, casting blame in a way that signals a deepening internal divide. With accusations flying and no clear direction forward, it’s clear that an intraparty civil war may be brewing. And frankly, I’m experiencing a bit of schadenfreude watching it unfold. Trust me, it's about to get really ugly. Honestly, I don't think this is garden variety post-defeat introspection. For starters, there are Democrats who blame Kamala Harris for running a terrible...

Ukrainian officials expect a counteroffensive in western Russia to begin in the coming days as North Korea’s troops train with Russian forces. -snip- The Russian military has assembled a force of 50,000 soldiers, including North Korean troops, as it prepares to begin an assault aimed at reclaiming territory seized by Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia, according to U.S. and Ukrainian officials. -snip- North Korea has sent more than 10,000 troops to fight with Russia in Kursk, American officials say. The troops are wearing Russian uniforms and have been equipped by Moscow, but they will probably fight in their...

The incoming president and his foreign policy players will soon confront a world on fire. There is a land war in Ukraine, which Trump has promised to end even before taking the oath of office. The president-elect has also vowed to bring peace to the Middle East by bringing the Israel-Gaza conflict to a close. Across the globe, meanwhile, an increasingly aggressive China threatens Western interests. Dealing with those challenges will begin by naming a top diplomat to take over the State Department, which Lee described in an interview with RealClearPolitics as a bureaucratic “can of worms.” Grenell is particularly...

Donald Trump’s second administration has begun to take shape amid fears over extremist appointments and how far right the US will go while Republicans control the White House and probably both chambers of Congress. The range of names being put forward varies from members of Trump’s inner circle to the world’s richest man, tech mogul Elon Musk. Alongside plutocrats and technocrats are hardline ideologues on immigration and foreign policy and the controversial figure of Robert F Kennedy Jr, a leading vaccine conspiracy theorist. On Thursday, Trump made his first appointment, naming Susie Wiles, a co-campaign chair, White House chief of...

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb is a 1964 satirical film that comments on the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Cold War. The film is about a US Air Force general who goes insane and orders his bombers to destroy the Soviet Union. The film's themes include the possibility of nuclear war, the relationship between the US and the Soviet Union, and the doctrine of mutually assured destruction.

Retribution, not to salve Trump’s ego, but to restore the rule of law and political ethics, is coming. The purpose of the lawfare against Donald Trump, federal, local, criminal and civil, was to so damage him Americans would not vote him into office. The rest was sheer Trump Derangement Syndrome—TDS. It allowed Democrats/socialists/communists (D/s/cs), the self-imaged elite, to express their righteous rage and hatred. Bankrupt the evil Trump, put him in prison. The process is the punishment, particularly if the process, and the laws under which it was initiated, are made up and corrupt. And it all failed, every bit...

One person was killed and several other wounded in a mass shooting at Tuskegee University’s homecoming Saturday night, as videos captured hail of gunfire ringing out across the Alabama HBCU. Gunfire erupted on Tuskegee University’s campus as the streets were filled with students, alumni and community members celebrating the school’s 100th homecoming. Videos shared on social media show rapid-fire shots ringing out as terrified attendees hide crouched on the ground behind cars. Police responded to a shots fired call at 1200 West Montgomery Road, West Commons, one of the school’s apartment complexes. The victim was identified as a “non-university individual,”...

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (11/10/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Healer) Acts 4:87 And when they had set them in the midst, they asked, By what power, or by what name, have ye done this? 8 Then Peter, filled with the Holy Ghost, said unto them, Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, 9 If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole; 10 Be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name...

The Democrat post-defeat circular firing squad was guns ablazin' on Saturday's edition of The Weekend on MSNBC. Co-host Symone Sanders dared to take shots at an erstwhile Dem sacred cow: Nancy Pelosi. Referring to Pelosi's vaunted reputation as a vote counter, Sanders mockingly asked, "where's her calculator now?" An agitated Sanders tore into Pelosi for promoting an open "pri-ma-ry. For what," screamed Sanders, flinging her arms out wide [see screencap]. Sanders also trained her fire on the campaign strategists, accusing them of having "fleeced" Kamala. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Well, in the country with the world's greatest constitution and the world's lousiest election system, it's now five days since the laughably misnamed "Election Day". So how's it going? In California's fourteenth congressional district, they've now managed to count an impressive forty-four per cent of the vote! This is the home turf of Representative Eric Shagdwell, the Chinese asset penetrated by Fang Fang. So one would not have thought the outcome in doubt. But for various reasons they're still going to be counting until next weekend at least. snip And that's just the Dems. The incoming forty-seventh has as much...

A new lawsuit suggests that the bureau has not exactly been respectful of political appointees’ privacy. The FBI’s background investigation (B.I.) process for political nominees has allegedly been corrupted with “improper handling” of sensitive information, according to an investigation by America First Legal (AFL). AFL’s November 7 press release asserts that the mishandling of private information is a “critical” matter” that must be addressed because of the potential to use the B.I. process as a “weapon against future nominees.” It also appears that select staff from the Senate Judiciary Committee “appear to have shared FBI background reports and personal financial...

The moms are not OK. To be more specific, the liberal moms are not OK. Here’s a sampling of social-media posts I’ve seen since the re-election of President Donald Trump. “My six-year-old son kept hugging me this morning and saying ‘don’t worry mama, I won’t let him hurt you.’ ” “I told my 3yo to never have kids… I’ve been sobbing since I woke up.” “I scared my poor 1-year-old son because I was crying so hard.” ... I’ve even seen these absurd posts in groups about backyard chickens. Not kidding: One woman bemoaned, “I just want to go home...

I must admit that I haven’t exactly been an exemplar of Christian virtue over the last few days. I keep telling myself, “I will not take pleasure from all of the videos showing Democrats crying after the election,” but then I find my way right back to another collection of social media meltdowns proving why leftism is a mental illness. What can I say, lefty tears are delicious. My favorite schadenfreudilicious spectacle is this creative production featuring President Trump jamming out on electric guitar and drums to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s “Fortunate Son,” while America’s most prominent Democrats break down in...