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Representatives of the Taliban terrorist organization ruling Afghanistan landed in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday to attend COP29, the annual United Nations climate alarmism summit, where environmentalists are agitating to secure up to $1 trillion in “climate finance.”

Like Massachusetts, the entire state of California is also deemed a “sanctuary” jurisdiction for statewide policies that forbid cooperation between local law enforcement officials and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Newsom’s office told The Associated Press that the upcoming special session for lawmakers will help “Trump-proof” the state’s laws.

The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought. Instead, they may have oceans, and the moons may even be capable of supporting life, scientists say. Much of what we know about them was gathered by Nasa’s Voyager 2 spacecraft... flew past and sent back sensational pictures of the planet and its five major moons. But what amazed scientists even more was the data Voyager 2 sent back indicating that the Uranian system was even weirder than they thought. The measurements from the spacecraft’s instruments indicated that the planets...

Here are 12 things that have happened since Trump won the election. These are being referred to as the “Trump Effect.”I give credit for most of the list to this video that was posted by the Liberty Daily, but I searched for better sources than what was in the video, and I am posting the best sources that I could find.Credit goes to this video:https://rumble.com/v5o1jnn-the-trump-effect-america-is-already-scoring-massive-wins-and-he-isnt-even-i.html1) Reuters, November 7, 2024: “Palestinians, locked in war with Israel for more than a year, expressed fear at Donald Trump’s return to the White House, while the leaders of the militant group Hamas and the...

A Spirit Airlines plane was raked with gunfire and hit multiple times as it was trying to land in Haiti Monday — leaving at least one flight attendant wounded. The ordeal unfolded at the Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, the Miami Herald reported, citing sources. The flight attendant was grazed by a bullet when the gunfire erupted. Multiple bullet holes could be seen in the overhead bins and a plane door in the aftermath, footage obtained by local outlet Media Libre Haiti showed. The plane, which was en route from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., had to be diverted to an...

I put together a compilation of all the Trump and Son episodes to date that star 'MAD' Maxine Waters. This is a Sanford and Son parody that I make. This compilation of episodes have Donald Trump as Fred G Sanford and Maxine Waters as his Aunt Esther.

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough said Monday on “Morning Joe” that “white progressives” who had been “spouting extreme positions” have been setting up the Democratic Party party to lose. Scarborough said, “It was true in ’17, and it was doubly true in 2024, that these white progressives on the far, far left said, ‘We’re going to save you, black and Hispanic people of America.’ A lot of black and hispanic people of America say, ‘No thanks. you’re kind of wild. You’re too far left. We believe in the American dream. We want to be part of the American dream. Thanks but...

Devon Mostert, the wife of Miami Dolphins running back Raheem Mostert, sounded off on “The View” cohost Sunny Hostin for slamming supporters of President-elect Trump as “uneducated white women.” During Wednesday’s episode, Hostin singled out white female voters that she claimed “voted against their reproductive health freedoms.” “I want to dig further into the demographics because Black women tried to save this country again last night – 92% of Black women voted for the vice president,” Hostin began. “You have Latinas in the 70 percentile voting for the vice president.” “What we did not have is white women, who voted...

Thomas Homan, who President-elect Donald Trump appointed as "border czar" on Sunday night, has a clear message for any Democratic governors who oppose the planned mass deportation operation. "If they're not willing to help, then get the hell out of the way because [Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)] is going to do their job," Homan [told Fox]. ... Homan, a Fox News contributor, suspects some "sanctuary" jurisdictions will work with the administration. "They’re not going to say it, but with all the alien crime and the young women being sexually assaulted and murdered, some sheriffs have been coming forward and...

[Catholic/Anglican Caucus] Did the Synod on “Synodality” End Smoothly?On October 27, the XVI Ordinary Assembly of the Synod of Bishops announced its closing. The Pope immediately approved of the document adopted by the Synod and said he would not write a Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation. All parties found this to be a completely “innovative” approach, but it seems that few have pointed out that this approach was rather problematic. I felt that way, but didn’t dare to raise it publicly. I feared that my pessimistic mindset may have led me to wrong judgments. But, then, after reading three articles, I now...

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ATLANTA - At 100 years old, former President Jimmy Carter could make history as the oldest Grammy winner. Carter recently received his 10th Grammy nomination, competing in the category for Best Audio Book, Narration, and Storytelling Recording for his audiobook, Last Sundays in Plains: A Centennial Celebration. This special album features recordings from his final Sunday school lessons at Maranatha Baptist Church in Plains. In addition to Carter's teachings, the album includes heartfelt renditions of classic American songs, including "America the Beautiful" and "Amazing Grace," performed by country stars Darius Rucker and LeAnn Rimes. Released by Virgin Music in August,...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the transition period from the Biden White House to the incoming Trump administration began, congressional Republicans assured the American people that they were already hard at work figuring out how to squander the next two years. With voters giving the GOP full control of the White House and Congress, Republican leaders wanted to make sure their constituents were confident that they were doing everything in their power to make sure nothing is achieved before the 2026 mid-term elections. "The American people can rest assured that we're doing everything we can to mess this up," said Senator...

[Catholic Caucus] Monsignor Nicola Bux: What Happens When the Christian Faith Is No Longer Lived?Monsignor Nicola Bux, 76, a famous Italian theologian and friend of Benedict XVI, spoke at Le Tavole di Assisi. Excerpts.- At the top of the Church, clerics have taken office for whom Christ is just an excuse to talk about something else.- They are creating a "Church in reverse" of what the Lord intended.- We have reached the point where new bishops, installed in dioceses, destroy what their predecessors did.- Since the 1960s, utopias have entered the Magisterium to the point of becoming moral norms.- What...

The military guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is changed in an elaborate ceremony which happens every hour on the hour from October 1 through March 31, and every half hour from April 1 through September 30.

There remain 18 races in the House of Representatives that have yet to be called, and the GOP needs to win just four to secure control over the chamber.

While on a long drive home with my wife the day after the election, I started to list for her the reasons why Joe Biden becoming president in 2020 was ultimately the best possible outcome for Donald Trump, our nation — and even the world. Upon returning home, my wife turned on Fox News. Lara Trump was on “Hannity” alluding to the same point. As an aside, those who hoped and prayed for a Trump victory should know that Republican National Committee co-chair Lara Trump and chairman Michael Whatley are two of the unsung heroes of this election. The RNC...

November 11 could be the final Veterans Day for many of the World War II vets, now well into their 90s. Filmmaker Mel Brooks, 98, is one of them. Actor, comedian, composer and filmmaker Mel Brooks was born Melvin James Kaminsky in 1926. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York. In 1944, he was drafted into the Army. Due to his high scores on his military entrance exam, Brooks was placed in the Army Specialized Training Program at Virginia Military Institute, where he learned combat engineering and other fighting skills. Twelve weeks later, he was sent to basic training at...

I’m surprised by the ease with which I’m taking this. I was far more worried in ’16, but Trump will have far fewer constraints on his worst impulses this time around, and is poised to bring on average a much worse group of people to his admin than during his first term. The main reason this doesn’t seem nearly as dire a prospect is that Trump himself has declined so noticeably in vitality, and so rapidly that he may well already lack the energy to really yeltsin things up. We might even be lucky enough to have this be an...

WASHINGTON — The three NASA astronauts who returned to Earth on the Crew-8 mission declined to discuss the medical issue that prompted a trip to the hospital after their return and, for one of them, an overnight stay. NASA astronauts Michael Barratt, Matthew Dominick and Jeanette Epps, along with Roscosmos cosmonaut Alexander Grebenkin, returned to Earth Oct. 25 on a Crew Dragon spacecraft, concluding the 235-day Crew-8 mission. But later that day NASA said that the four were taken to a Pensacola, Florida, hospital for additional medical evaluations “out of an abundance of caution.” One of the NASA astronauts was...