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'I've got all the time in the world.'Scammers worldwide are making off big. Last year alone, the Federal Trade Commission estimates US consumers lost a record $10 billion due to fraud, a 14% increase from just one year prior. More and more, scammers are targeting older, vulnerable people over the phone. Over than two-thirds of UK residents over the age of 75 surveyed in a recent research paper claimed they had experienced at least one fraud attempt in the past six months. 40% of those respondents faced frequent fraud attempts. Now, an AI-generated UK grandmother named “Daisy” is trying scammers’...

NYC parking garages are refusing to park Tesla Cybertrucks , saying they are too expensive .

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Reports circulated today that President-Elect Donald Trump was worried that large numbers of corrupt government officials would start quitting before he would have the opportunity to tell them, "You're fired." Sources indicated that one of the things Trump had been looking forward to most in his return to the White House was having the opportunity to personally say "You're fired" to record numbers of career bureaucrats and underperforming government employees, an experience that would be denied him if they all quit before January 20, 2025. "It's my catchphrase," Trump reportedly said wistfully with his head in his...

Fierce battles have raged in and around the city since May, when Russian forces launched a surprise attack across the border, opening a new front. -snip- The soldier was injured by a sniper and found himself holed up in the basement of a bombed-out building with other men from his unit, sheltering from persistent drone attacks. The only route to safety was along a 50-metre path under the fire control of Ukraine's army. "Fifty metres, no more say those who managed to cross that distance in our direction," he wrote in his blog. "The path is blocked by debris, construction...

I am so ready for Trump to take office. This is about to get epic. The newest future Border Czar, Tom Homan, talked to the President's son on his podcast and was asked what to expect from border security under his direction. The answer did not disappoint.

Sen. Ron Johnson pushed back on a reporter’s question about the House Ethics Committee report related to attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz, displaying a photograph of Assistant Secretary for Health and Human Services Rachel Levine, who is transgender, and non-binary former Biden Department of Energy official Sam Brinton. Mr. Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, Thursday unfolded a piece of paper and showed reporters a color image of Brinton, who pleaded no contest to misdemeanor theft charges in a stolen-luggage case at Las Vegas airport in Nevada last year and avoided jail time. The photo showed Brinton and Levine posing together in women’s...

Explanation: Put on your red/blue glasses and gaze across the western Ocean of Storms on the surface of the Moon. The 3D anaglyph features Apollo 12 astronaut Pete Conrad visiting the Surveyor 3 spacecraft in November of 1969. Surveyor 3 had landed at the site on the inside slope of a small crater about 2 1/2 years earlier in April of 1967. Visible on the horizon beyond the far crater wall, Apollo 12's Lunar Module Intrepid touched down less than 200 meters (650 feet) away, easy moonwalking distance from the robotic Surveyor spacecraft. This stereo image was carefully created from...

2024’s highly-anticipated event featuring 130 women from around the globe vying for the crown of Miss Universe, selected via events including personal statements, in-depth interviews, evening gown, and swimwear. The evening will culminate with the crowning of the 73rd Miss Universe. This year: No "trans" contestants. 13 mothers participating. Miss Panama was disqualified after visiting her boyfriend's hotel room without permission; Miss South Africa and Miss Kosovo have withdrawn due to health reasons. Iran will debut as "Miss Persia". Also debuting: Cuba, Somalia, UAE, Belarus. The oldest contestant is 40 y/o (Miss Malta).

Trends in child health are in fact worrisome, and scientists welcome a renewed focus on foods and environmental toxins. But vaccines and fluoride are not the cause.Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now President-elect Donald J. Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has for years called attention to what he considers an “epidemic” of chronic disease that has left America’s children among the sickest in the developed world. Mr. Kennedy blames environmental toxins and a broken food system. But he also points to some of the most widely acclaimed advances of the last century: fluoridated water and...

President Joe Biden has imposed another environment-related tax, less than two months before leaving office. The new tax measure targeting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector was part of the Biden administration’s so-called Inflation Reduction Act. It imposes a Waste Emissions Charge of $900 per cubic meter in 2024, which increases to $1,200 in 2025, and $1,500 for 2026 and beyond. However, certain criteria allow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to exempt facilities that comply with the Clean Air Act standards for oil and gas operations. “The agency expects that over time, fewer facilities will face the charge...

Parents and members of the public demanded the Moreno Valley Unified School District board fire a teacher who insulted Latino Trump votersA southern California school board received a tongue-lashing from Latino parents after a high school teacher went viral for his profane rant in the classroom against Latino voters who supported President-elect Donald Trump. Several students, parents and members of the public showed up to the Moreno Valley Unified School District (MVUSD) board meeting on Tuesday. A few students spoke out in support of the Valley View High School teacher, whom they identified as AP World History teacher Maximiliano Perez,...

Whoopi Goldberg claimed on "The View" that a popular Staten Island bakery refused to serve her because of her political views, but the bakery’s owner has denied the allegations. The bakery held a press conference on Friday where they pushed back on the claims.

The tables have turned against the enemies of Alex Jones in an absolutely stunning turn of events detailed by the man himself during a series of live broadcasts earlier today.According to Alex Jones, President Trump, Elon Musk and all of their lawyers are personally interested in his case. Jones says there is an active federal criminal investigation open in Houston against those conspiring against him. Jones also stated that his enemies called him earlier today and said, in essence, “We didn’t know what we did at auction was illegal; we’ll give you whatever you need.” (snip) Essentially, what happened is...

The biggest fight of the year is Friday in North Texas, and here’s everything you need to know. On November 15, the legendary boxer Mike Tyson will enter the ring to face off with social media star and entrepreneur Jake Paul here in North Texas. The match was supposed to take place on July 20 but was postponed following an injury sustained by Tyson. As a result, the fight was pushed to November. Where is the fight taking place? The Paul-Tyson fight is taking place at the 80,000-seat AT&T Stadium in Arlington. As previously reported by The Dallas Express, the...

[Catholic Caucus] BREAKING: Vatican approves Mayan rite with ritual dance, female incensors and lay leadership of Mass partsThe much anticipated Mayan rite of the Mass will be implemented in certain parts of Mexico, and contains a number of element drawn from pagan, indigenous culture. A draft of the rite seen previously by LifeSite highlights the pagan theology underpinning the actions.Mayan altar on the floor of a churchVATICAN CITY (LifeSiteNews) — The Vatican has approved the Mayan rite of the Mass which will involve ritual dancing, women taking the place of the priest in incensing the altar, and lay leadership of...

The joke is on everyone who fell for the unity nonsense this election season. Senate Republicans are about to screw President Trump…

Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.Boxes of brightly colored breakfast cereals, vivid orange Doritos and dazzling blue M&Ms may find themselves under attack in the new Trump administration.In excoriating such grocery store staples and their mysterious ingredients, Robert F. Kennedy tapped into a zeitgeist of widening appeal for healthy foods to curb obesity and disease that helped propel President-elect Donald J. Trump to select him to oversee the country’s vast health agency.“We are betraying our children by letting these industries poison...

Processed foods are in the cross hairs of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., but battling major companies could collide with President-elect Donald J. Trump’s corporate-friendly goals.Boxes of brightly colored breakfast cereals, vivid orange Doritos and dazzling blue M&Ms may find themselves under attack in the new Trump administration.In excoriating such grocery store staples and their mysterious ingredients, Robert F. Kennedy tapped into a zeitgeist of widening appeal for healthy foods to curb obesity and disease that helped propel President-elect Donald J. Trump to select him to oversee the country’s vast health agency.“We are betraying our children by letting these industries poison...

Oh the weather outside is frightful — enough to kill off Christmas trees. Yuletide firs are dying from a severe drought that’s plagued parts of the Northeast for weeks — with some farmers losing 25% of this year’s crop and predicting a future shortage, according to WBZ-TV. “They’re all yellow on the inside. The needles are falling off,” said Chris Moran, who runs Vandervalk Farm in Mendon, Massachusetts. “Without water we can’t grow anything.” Dry weather killed roughly 500 of his 2,700 Christmas tree seedlings — fragile, 1-foot-tall babies — after they were planted past spring, he said.

Will the Jews keep the Torah and follow it in the Messianic era if Christians say the Law is dead?