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President Biden held Thanksgiving calls with members of the U.S. military, according to the White House. Biden, alongside his wife, first lady Jill Biden, spoke with units from each branch of the U.S. military stationed around the world. They thanked the armed forces and their family members for their service. The commander in chief talked with soldiers in the Guam National Guard, members of the Marine Corps and the crew of USS Jason Dunham, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer. He also spoke with the Air Force’s 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron, U.S. Space Force service members in Cyprus and the Coast...

President-elect Trump has stated that success will be his revenge. While those of us on the right pray that his next term will be successful, there are distinctions between revenge and justice. Revenge is emotional, personal, vindictive and cyclic, whereas justice is rational, impersonal, and brings about vindication and closure.We’re seeing what happens when people break the law with impunity. Those who commit smash-and-grab burglaries are given a slap on the wrist, when and if they’re apprehended. Stories of public figures committing blatant crimes flash across our screens and then fade into the ether. Millions of illegals are welcomed into...

A Denver Gazette reporter is not entitled to inspect the disciplinary records of Denver school administrators because a state statute protects the confidentiality of educator evaluations and all documents “used in preparing” those reports, the Colorado Court of Appeals decided Wednesday. In a ruling that carves out a major exception to existing case law regarding the disclosure of public employees’ disciplinary files, a three-judge panel of the state’s second-highest court determined that it must construe the language of the Colorado Licensed Personnel Performance Act (CLPPEA) “as drafted.” And that statute “unequivocally bars school districts from disclosing to third parties” the...

Biden Thanksgiving video: realDonaldTrumpX: A Biden Thanksgiving

@PeterSweden7 IT HAS BEGUN Major British supermarkets are now trialing a new chemical being given to milk cows to reduce their climate emissions. The chemical is called 3-NOP and is TOXIC. Guess who has been funding this? None other than Bill Gates...

Iconoclast: Pelosi’s Jan. 6 Narrative Collapsing Jan. 6 was not “an insurrection,” but “a protest that became a riot when a woefully insufficient security plan collapsed,” argues Jonathan Turley at The Hill. Nancy Pelosi’s “House Select Committee to investigate Jan. 6” pushed the narrative that it “ was an attempt to overthrow our democracy by Trump and his supporters,” but “fostered false accounts” and dismissed evidence that “confirmed that Trump did, in fact, offer the deployment of the National Guard in anticipation of the protest.” Now a new report “shows that it was the Defense Department that delayed the eventual...

The Danish mobile network has been large. According to the communications manager of the mobile operator TDC Net, no specific customers or locations are affected. The lack of cellular coverage is arbitrary across the country. »The whole country is sporadically affected «, said Lasse Bjerre Sørensen. Accordingly, it could take time for the network to be back in operation. »We are very sorry that we are currently unable to offer the service that customers need. The administrator of the Danish rail network, Banedanmark, reports errors in the digital signal system in the west of the country. You have therefore ceased...

Chapters: 0:00 The January 6th Aftermath 5:24 What Role Did Liz Cheney Play in the J6 Committee? 12:18 Cassidy Hutchinson’s Pivotal Testimony 32:27Was Hutchinson’s Testimony True? 45:24 How CNN Manufactured the Narrative Against Passantino 53:07 The Intimidation Tactics Used Against Trump’s Lawyers 1:00:28 The Crimes of Liz Cheney 1:11:07 Hutchinson’s Motives 1:20:30 The Destruction of Evidence 1:27:06 How Has Passantino’s Perception of Washington Changed? 1:31:58 Passantino’s Plan to Fight Back 1:37:06 Cheney and Hutchinson Campaigning for Kamala Harris

Scientists have uncovered the shocking truth about 12 severed hands buried in ancient Egyptian burial pits.They determined that the remains — all right hands — were mostly from men, with possibly one female, and may provide evidence of the grisly 'gold of honor' ritual.The discovery offers physical proof of an ancient practice in which Pharaoh's warriors presented the severed right hands of their enemies in exchange for a prestigious reward: a collar of golden beads.Before the unearthing of these cleanly severed hands, the 'gold of honor' ritual was known only through Egyptian tomb inscriptions and temple reliefs dating back to...

This map visualizes the average credit card debt held by households in each U.S. state and ranks the states where residents pay off the debt the fastest and slowest. Data is sourced from Bankrate (2024) who also used average monthly household income to calculate how long it takes to pay off balances. Households in Alaska and Washington D.C. are carrying more than $7,000 in credit card debt, the highest across the country. However, with average annual household incomes of $109,000 and $149,000, residents in both states can pay off their debt in about 15–20 months. In fact, glancing through the...

A 12 minute video about the next two weeks of weather for the country. Looks like winter is here to stay for about half of us.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Way Too Early,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) stated that the incoming Trump administration’s agenda is “about efficiency and slash and burn and scare,” and wondered, “when are we going to hear the words of caring for people, when are we going to hear about uplifting people? That’s not on the agenda.”

One of the most disturbing scandals of the Hunter Biden saga is the imprisonment without trial of former FBI informant Alexander Smirnov. The Ukrainian-born Israeli-American, who once told his FBI handler about Ukrainian claims of a $10 million bribe to the Bidens, has been languishing in a Los Angeles prison for nine months on charges that he lied to the FBI. Last week, federal prosecutors slapped new tax-evasion charges on Smirnov, 43, which suggests they know their original indictment is too weak for a jury to convict him when he faces trial beginning Jan. 8. Smirnov was one of the...

Lobbying efforts push for negotiations with strongman Nicolás Maduro instead of seeking regime change American oil executives and bond investors are urging President-elect Donald Trump to abandon his first-term policy of maximum pressure on Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro and instead strike a deal: more oil for fewer migrants.The quiet lobbying effort comes as Maduro hardens his authoritarian grip on the country with threats to arrest more opposition activists. They still challenge the July elections, in which Maduro’s regime claimed victory without presenting evidence. Some businessmen such as Harry Sargeant III, a billionaire GOP donor known for playing golf at Trump’s...

They’re parading straight into custody. Anti-Israel protesters tried to ruin the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade for the second year running Thursday, with cops quickly swarming in to gobble up roughly 25 arrests. The firebrands entered the parade route at West 55th Street and Fifth Avenue, stopping the Ronald McDonald balloon in its tracks around 9:25 a.m., police said — and drawing loud jeers from parade-goers screaming at the killjoys to move. Photos showed protesters sitting in the parade’s path, with some unfurling a large banner that read: “Don’t celebrate genocide!” “Get the hell out of here,” a parade-goer yelled amid...

Texas is looking at a plan to ramp up migrant buses again — but instead of sending them to sanctuary cities, officials would ship newly arrived illegal migrants directly to ICE holding centers so they can be processed quickly for deportation, a Lone Star State source told The Post. The proposal, which has not been approved by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, is meant to continue Operation Lone Star, which seeks to deter migrants from crossing into Texas illegally. “We are always gonna be involved in border security so long as we’re a border state,” the source in the Texas government...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday there was no need to panic about the depreciation of the ruble in recent days, saying the Russian currency’s sometimes sharp fluctuations were related to budget payments and seasonal shifts. -snip- Putin was speaking in Astana, Kazakhstan, following a summit with leaders of a security alliance of ex-Soviet countries.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene says subcommittee will look at government programs, contracts, employees ... Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said leaders of sanctuary states and cities should have to explain why they deserve federal dollars to a new congressional subcommittee bent on cutting government waste. Greene, who was tapped to lead a subcommittee working with the Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), laid out how she hopes to cut government spending ... One area Greene said she wants the subcommittee to investigate is tied to the immigration crisis. "I'd like to talk to the governors of sanctuary...

A Jordanian migrant was busted trying to illegally cross the northern border earlier this month — and the feds believe he’s a terrorist. Mohammad Hasan Abdellatif Albana, 41, was booted from the US on Nov. 15 after Border Patrol agents caught him near the northern border in Lynden, Washington, where he was caught sneaking into the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Wednesday. It’s unclear when Albana sneaked in or where.

President Biden said he is thankful for a “peaceful transition” of power, among other things, during his visit to a fire department in Massachusetts on Thanksgiving. The commander in chief said Thursday he was thankful for “my family, the peaceful transition of the presidency, and I’m thankful by the grace of God we were able to make more progress in the Middle East, I’m really thankful for being able to get the first peace done in Lebanon,” when asked about it, according to the pool report. He was referencing the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon that Washington...