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President-elect Trump’s nomination for labor secretary is a “toxic” anti-conservative RINO with cozy ties to unions, outraged critics told The Post Saturday. During her single term on the Hill, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.) has backed a laundry list of boiler-plate liberal policies at odds with longstanding Republican orthodoxies, including strengthening unions’ efforts to organize the private sector, amnesty for illegal immigrants, and championing expanding government employee unions. “The signaling effect alone from this nomination would be that the Trump administration is not serious about deregulation or economic growth,” Ken Girardin, labor expert at the conservative Empire Center for Public Policy,...

So I get a call from my son at about 7:30 am. He’s freaking out wondering of something happened here since (according to him) I made 2 calls at approximately 1:28 am. He assumed something must have been wrong for me to be calling so late, but we chalked it up to an infamous ‘butt dial’. But wait: I was pretty sure I was in bed before then, and made that pretty clear. I then after checking my phone history I said, “can you check the number that actually called you, since I have no record of it on my...

Stock trading is such a huge part of congress. It shouldn’t be. I can’t wait to tell all these stories of corruption, treason and betrayal. Coming soon.

MSNBC claimed that “Laken Riley’s killer never stood a chance” in the murder trial, sparking immediate backlash. It has since revised its headline to cushion the language — though it is equally twisted. “Laken Riley’s killer never stood a chance,” reads the original headline.“The guilt of Laken Riley’s killer was never in doubt,” reads the new headline. Apparently, MSNBC hopes readers will give the outlet a pass for repeatedly defending Riley’s savage murderer, Jose Ibarra.Ibarra attacked Riley, a 22-year-old student at the Augusta University College of Nursing, while she was jogging in February. He tried to rape her, but she...

1) My windows 10 or now 11 did a windows update last night and somehow it completely lost Realtek audio so I no longer have sound. Tried downloading Realtek but no luck myself or a computer guy. Any suggestions, please. 2) Bought a new windows 11 and can't remember how to do anything. How do I put links to my favorite sites in a bar across the top of the screen so I don't have to search for them every time. There is no bar currently on the new computer. 3) I understand there is a way to get the...

The American man who died after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has been identified. James Louis Hutson, 57, was found dead inside his room at the Nana Backpacker Hotel in Vang Viang on November 13. According to the Vientiane Times, workers at the hostel had entered his room after realizing he had not left all day and found him unconscious. The outlet reported that he was taken to hospital, with police finding four empty bottles of beer and two empty bottles of vodka in his room. Hutson is one of six who have died in the suspected mass methanol poisoning...

Let us first look at Sacred Scripture to get a view of the Heavenly War: And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars:

~ GIVING THANKS ~ Psalm 92:1 - 5 1 It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: 2 To shew forth thy loving kindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, 3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. 4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 5 O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep." Psalm 95:1 -...

This New York Times “gotcha” is about as sharp as a soggy bowl of breakfast cereal. The Times was relentlessly mocked over the weekend for appearing to unintentionally make Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s case in a recent article that tried to poke holes in his anti-processed-food crusade. Kennedy, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, has long pushed for purging artificial ingredients from the food supply, routinely calling such additives “poison.” The Times on Friday ran a story positing that the Kennedy scion’s stance while potentially leading the agency could put him on a...

The heartless crook accused of stealing a gold-plated rose from a 9/11 memorial at a Midtown Catholic church was arrested Friday for the unholy crime, according to the NYPD. Deikel Alcantara, 21, was turned over to police by his father and charged with grand larceny for allegedly pilfering a $3,000 rose — forged of metal from Ground Zero and plated in gold — from a shrine inside the Church of St. Francis of Assisi on Wednesday, police and sources said. The memorial at the West 31st Street house of worship honors all the lives lost in the terrorist attacks on...

Ireland is set to become the next country to face a major threat to its power grid due to the rapid expansion of artificial intelligence. Dublin has emerged as the heart of Europe’s data center hub, and hyperscale cloud providers have quickly become a pillar of the country’s economy. But powering the data centers that house the cloud has become a monumental task with the runaway growth of AI.Artificial intelligence requires a stunning amount of energy to train and power its complex computation systems. Currently, the approximate amount of energy needed to sustain the sector’s growth is doubling every 100...

The Pentagon is facing a difficult decision regarding the F-35’s chronic, crippling problems with overheating brought on by its insufficient cooling capacity.Should the U.S. taxpayers pay for a costly upgrade to the stealth fighter’s cooling that will handle its immediate needs, or should U.S. taxpayers pay for a far more expensive upgrade that theoretically could handle increased future cooling needs?Before we briefly address the two options facing the Pentagon, let’s look at why cooling capacity is so important for the F-35 and why the most expensive weapons system program in world history produced a plane that was destined to have...

President-elect Donald Trump has said he intends to cut government spending by reasserting the presidential power of impoundment, a move certain to spark a court battle and one that could redefine presidential power for decades to come. Impoundment occurs when the president chooses not to disburse funds authorized by Congress; instead leaving them unspent in the U.S. Treasury.This power is not mentioned in the Constitution but has been employed by presidents since Thomas Jefferson. Congress enacted limits on the practice 50 years ago.Now, Trump intends to challenge the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (ICA), which he believes is unconstitutional.“I will...

Gov. Josh Shapiro was almost selected as Kamala Harris’s running mate, and he wants to be president more than Phillies fans want to win the World Series. As he reflects on the 2024 election, what does he see? How will the lessons he draws affect his governorship, his budget, and how he leads the state?Donald Trump carried Pennsylvania, all of the “blue wall” states, and a majority of the popular vote. Incumbent Vice President Kamala Harris – with over $1 billion in campaign cash and the open support of most of legacy media and Hollywood – got less votes than...

German coalition government may not survive the night.From trusted sources in Berlin.Fallout from election of Trump, who asking other things is Germany's most famous energy critic.Here is the chance needed to save Germany's nuclear plants.— Mark Nelson (@energybants) November 6, 2024THE WIND DIED ALONG WITH THE GOVERNMENT COALITIONAnd the cold weather came in just as it did. Part of the reason the government fractured? Ruinous green energy policies which exploded the price of electricity thanks to transitioning to unreliable renewables....The Greens are woke on steroids. Some years ago, their parliamentarians even floated the idea of legalizing pedophilia and incest. They...

Illegal immigration activists are already panicked that Donald Trump will keep one of his biggest campaign promises. Trump recently announced that Tom Homan will be his "border czar." Homan isn't a household name, but he's had a long career in government. Homan was the acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement during Trump's first term. He was also ICE's executive associate director of enforcement and removal operations under President Barack Obama. Trump wants him to put those skills to use. "Tom Homan will be in charge of all Deportation of Illegal Aliens back to their Country of Origin," Trump wrote...

Popular podcaster Joe Rogan joined the fun Friday evening, telling Elon Musk whose timeslot he wants should he pull the trigger and purchase MSNBC.As our colleague Nick Arama reported, the network has been enduring considerable upheaval. Comcast, the parent company of NBCUniversal, is looking to restructure, rebrand, or even sell.With that news, Donald Trump Jr. had a lightbulb appear above his head. He shared his idea with the X CEO, gently suggesting that Musk should purchase MSNBC.For his part, Musk didn't dismiss the idea of rescuing the dinosaur media outlet asking, "How much does it cost?"Immediately, you could feel all...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Dr. Marty Makary to be FDA Commissioner. Dr. Makary is a professor of surgery and public policy at Johns Hopkins University.I am very pleased to nominate Marty Makary MD, MPH, FAGS, for FDA Commissioner. FDA has lost the trust of Americans, and has lost sight of its primary goal as a regulator. The Agency needs Dr. Marty Makary, a Highly Respected Johns Hopkins Surgical Oncologist and Health Policy Expert, to course-correct and refocus the Agency. He will work under the leadership of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to, among other things, proper1y evaluate harmful chemicals poisoning...

President-elect Donald Trump announced Brooke Rollins as his pick for agriculture secretary. On Saturday, Trump praised Rollins’s small-town upbringing and commitment to work and support the local farmer. He applauded her promise to protect “American Food Self-Sufficiency and the restoration of Agriculture-dependent American Small Towns." “A proud Graduate of Texas A&M University, Brooke earned a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Agriculture Development, and J.D., with Honors," Trump’s statement read. "From her upbringing in the small and Agriculture-centered town of Glen Rose, Texas, to her years of leadership involvement with Future Farmers of America and 4H, to her generational Family Farming...

The New Zealand Ministry of Health released a long-anticipated report this week, stating that there is limited evidence supporting the use of puberty-blocking drugs for children suffering from gender identity issues.The ministry called for a more cautious approach to their prescription, aligning with a growing global trend towards tightening regulations on what critics had for years argued were experimental practices. The ministry stated in a release there is "a lack of good quality evidence to back the effectiveness and safety of puberty blockers when used for this purpose." The government agency also announced a public consultation process, inviting submissions until...