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President Joe Biden reportedly cancelled his Christmas plans in Delaware and returned to the White House on the same day when VP Kamala Harris announced she will not be travelling to California. The former, accompanied by First Lady Jill Biden, was seen swiftly leaving with his motorcade late on Thursday night. .... Some users on X, platform formerly known as Twitter, speculated that there is a White House emergency that Biden and Harris need to attend to. "Kamala Harris just abruptly cancelled her planned trip to California and “raced to the White House,” per reporters Biden also just returned to...

In the weeks before the 2016 Trump Electoral College victory, Donald Trump was polling between 35 and 40 percent. He would average only about 41% approval over his tumultuous four-year tenure. No one knows what lies ahead over the next four years. But for now, Trump already polls well over 50% approval. His inauguration in a few weeks will likely not resemble Trump's 2016 ceremony. In the 2016-7 transition, Democratic-affiliated interests ran commercials urging electors to become "faithless," and thus illegally to reject their states' popular votes and instead elect the loser, Hillary Clinton. Massive demonstrations met Trump on Inauguration...

Russian President Vladimir Putin uses antisemitic rhetoric during his lengthy end-of-year press conference, accusing people including “ethnic Jews” of tearing apart the Russian Orthodox Church. “These people that are attacking the church, they are not atheists,” Putin says, addressing a question posed at the press conference. “They are absolutely faithless people, Godless people. Well, ethnically, many of them are Jews, but you haven’t seen them visit any synagogue.” -snip- The Russian Orthodox Church is widely criticized by international watchdogs for its close relationship with the Russian government. The Council of Europe recently labeled the church a propaganda tool of the...

Luigi Mangione is now in New York to face charges over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4. Mangione has been formally charged in the murder, where he reportedly shot and killed Thompson in the early morning hours outside of the New York Hilton Midtown before an investor’s meeting. Thompson was shot multiple times with a suppressed, mostly 3D-printed firearm. He’s facing over a dozen state and federal charges regarding this crime. The latest federal charges make him eligible for the death penalty if convicted

Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (12/20/24)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Spirit of Life) Romans 8:22 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

A mass grave containing the bodies of at least 100,000 people tortured and killed under the brutal dictatorship of ousted President Bashar al-Assad was discovered outside Damascus, according to the head of a US-based Syrian advocacy group — who said the corpses were squished by bulldozers to “fit them in.” Mouaz Moustafa, the executive director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF), said the regime’s victims were found in al-Qutayfah, about 25 miles north of the capital. ... “One hundred thousand is the most conservative estimate,” Moustafa told Reuters of the amount of bodies he believed were dumped at the...

Tis the season for revenge! For President Joe Biden is spending the remaining weeks of his presidency settling scores. Between organizing this year's White House Christmas decorations, staff holiday parties and a string of final goodbyes, the president and First Lady Jill Biden have been quietly sharpening the metaphorical carving knives, with their sights set firmly on the one-time allies they perceive as having wronged them. Biden infuriated many senior members of the Democratic Party with his shocking U-turn and pardon of his son Hunter a fortnight ago, after months of publicly vowing he wouldn't make such a move. The...

Deposed Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad fled to Russia less than two weeks ago, but his escape may have been facilitated by the Israelis in exchange for bombshell information. Literally. First, though, Assad is enjoying his rest in Moscow, where he and his family have been granted asylum... But not all is well for Assad ... terms of Assad's asylum: Bashar is strictly prohibited from engaging in political activity or leaving Moscow without prior approval from Russian authorities. Asma al-Assad filed for divorce through a Russian court and requested permission to leave Moscow for London; her request is still under review....

<p>Nearly all eggs sold in Michigan starting before the New Year must come from cage-free birds, even as egg prices continue to climb.</p><p>Michigan lawmakers modified the Animal Industry Act in 2019, requiring shell eggs from chickens, ducks and other fowl, sold in the state to be from cage-free housing systems, starting Dec. 31, 2024.</p>

Federal agents nabbed a migrant Tren de Aragua gang crew holed up in a Bronx apartment — after tracking one of their ankle monitors to the hideout, sources told The Post. The Dec. 5 raid at an apartment building on the edge of Crotona Park landed seven alleged gangbangers in handcuffs, including a troublesome 28-year-old Venezuelan national who was wearing a court-ordered monitoring device that led the feds to the crew. “Better late than never,” quipped a law enforcement source who wondered why Jarwin Valero-Calderon was free despite at least three busts, a Nassau County conviction and a federal deportation...

“God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow . . . and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord” (Philippians 2:9-11). Christ’s name shows Him to be sovereign ruler. The name “Lord” is a New Testament synonym for Old Testament descriptions of Yahweh (the Old Testament name of God), which show God as sovereign ruler. It signifies rulership based on power and authority. Though it was always evident that Christ was the living Lord, it was in His exaltation that...

After the Napoleonic Wars, Prussian general Carl von Clausewitz wrote his seminal treatise, On War. Published in 1832, On War was not immediately recognized as the authoritative work it is today. SNIP I do not know if President Trump has ever read Clausewitz or heard of “center of gravity,” but he seems to instinctively understand the criticality of economy. He has pledged to bring the budget in line, create a better environment for business, and ensure America’s access to inexpensive energy. In this, he faces a Herculean task. The Democrats will fight savagely to stop him from achieving these goals....

Diaspora Minister Amichai Chikli wrote to the Pope to demand an explanation of the Pope's support for the Palestinian narrative. "It is a well-known fact that Jesus was born to a Jewish mother, lived as a Jew, and died as a Jew. It is also a well-known fact that the term “Jew” originates from Judah, the fourth son of Leah, from whom the Tribe of Judah descended.

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@MarioNawfal ELON: ENTRENCHED INTERESTS SUCKING AWAY TAXPAYER MONEY WILL FIGHT TOOTH AND NAIL “There's certainly a lot of work for a Department of Government Efficiency. There will be immense opposition, obviously, to making government more efficient from entrenched interests that currently benefit from sucking away vast amounts of taxpayer money. They will not like the fact that they're not getting it anymore. They will fight tooth and nail. It's got to be done. We're going to aim to reduce government spending, get government out of people's lives as much as possible, and restore freedom and liberty.”

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A Chinese national, Donghui Liao, has admitted guilt in a case involving access device fraud in Ocala, Florida. *snip* The plea agreement outlines an organized scheme targeting a large retail store. Individuals involved in the scheme would steal gift cards from the store and obtain account information from them. These altered cards were then resealed and placed back on shelves at different store locations for unsuspecting customers to purchase. Once purchased and loaded with funds by customers, the fraudsters accessed these funds without customer knowledge.

Indiana got crushed by #2 Ohio State, at Ohio State, on 23 November, 38-15....Notre Dame lost at home to unranked Northern Illinois, on 10 September, 16-14...The other three Playoff games are scheduled on Saturday, 21 December.

Unsettled by Russia’s expansionism and emboldened by its recent accession to NATO, Finland is rallying to strengthen its national self-defense beyond its traditional military capabilities. The popularity of weapons training in the Nordic country has soared in recent months. Few places tell the story of the rise in Finnish affinity for self-defense more than shooting ranges that are riding a boom of interest. Russian President Vladimir Putin’s order for a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine — another big Russian neighbor — in February 2022 continues to resonate in many Finnish minds, and partially explains the ballistics binge. The Vantaa Reservist...

In a surprise announcement, the Defense Department disclosed Thursday that U.S. officials have doubled the number of American troops in Syria to support the fight ISIS, an increase that predates the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime this month.The Pentagon press secretary, Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder, said at the Pentagon briefing that the U.S. has roughly 2,000 troops deployed in Syria, even though the U.S. military and U.S. Central Command have consistently reported having only 900 troops there.Ryder did not say when the number of U.S. personnel had increased. He said he had learned Thursday that the number has been significantly...