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The saga of Donald Trump's threats to take over Canada escalated as an Ontario politician floated a counteroffer to buy two U.S. states. While Trump's idea of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state is largely seen as a major troll, the president-elect seems to be getting more and more serious about the idea. After Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday he is resigning as the country's leader, Trump credited himself with the move and noted people in Canada 'love' the idea of being a state. In response to Trump's threats, Ontario Premier Doug Ford suggested that Canada should...

With the new Republican-led Congress in place -- and with President-elect Trump's 2024 victory formally certified -- the election season is officially over. Governance and results will be the order of the day, especially in 2025. Over the weekend, there was a fair amount of chatter about Trump pushing for 'one big, beautiful bill' to push through major elements of his agenda. This would be legislation passed using the budgetary tool known as 'reconciliation,' which is immune from a Senate filibuster, so long as its provisions are germane to the budget and meet certain requirements. (The Senate filibuster, I should...

A Warsaw memorial recognizing the more than 300,000 souls who died at the Nazis’ Treblinka extermination camp was defaced with graffiti equating the Holocaust with the war in Gaza. The Umschlagplatz monument is only the latest Holocaust memorial to recently be defaced in the Polish capital.

Travellers from the United States, Canada and dozens of other countries who do not require visas to enter the United Kingdom will now need to apply for digital authorisation in order to visit or transit through the country. The electronic travel authorisation, called ETA and linked to a traveller’s passport, costs 10 pounds (S$17) and lasts two years. The requirement was introduced around 2024 for nationals of Qatar, Saudi Arabia and four other Gulf nations and will extend to more than 40 visa-exempt countries starting Jan 8. It will eventually apply to all visa-exempt travellers wishing to visit the United...

Nigel Farage says he wants to "mend fences" with Elon Musk, after the billionaire Trump adviser called for him to be replaced as Reform UK party leader. Just before Christmas, Farage told journalists his party was in "negotiations" with Mr Musk, the world's richest man, about a potential donation. But come the new year, the relationship had soured, with Tesla boss Mr Musk saying Farage "did not have what it takes" to lead the party. Farage suggested the snub was over a disagreement about Mr Musk's support for the jailed far-right activist Tommy Robinson. Speaking on LBC, Farage said he...

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday he sympathized with the Russian position that Ukraine should not be part of NATO, and he lamented that he will not meet Russian President Vladimir Putin before his inauguration. Speaking at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago club, Trump also blamed outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden for allegedly changing the U.S. position on NATO membership for Ukraine. "A big part of the problem is, Russia - for many, many years, long before Putin - said, 'You could never have NATO involved with Ukraine.' Now, they've said that. That's been, like, written in stone," Trump...

Four years later, it’s clear that the federal government’s response to Jan. 6 is far worse than anything that happened that day.Monday marked the four-year anniversary of Jan. 6, 2021, when tens of thousands of peaceful Trump supporters demonstrated outside the U.S. Capitol and a small number of them clashed with police before entering the Capitol itself. For Democrats and the left, Jan. 6 is the events that vindicates their hatred of Donald Trump and his supporters. They would have us believe it was among the darkest days in our nation’s history, when democracy itself hung in the balance and...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Two dogs are deceased after being electrocuted in a D.C. neighborhood, according to police.The Metropolitan Police Department continues to investigate after receiving a report of two dogs being electrocuted in a Northwest, D.C. neighborhood. Police say around 7:33 p.m. on Monday night it was reported that a dog was shocked to death on a sidewalk. Pepco was notified of the incident.

A warrant has been issued and executed for disturbing “child pornography” images being displayed as “art” at the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. The exhibition features work from a photographer clearly focused on naked children and LGBTQ themes, weaving a tapestry of degeneracy.Even the censored images, which were shared by the Dallas Express, are disturbing enough that Revolver has opted not to share them.Suffice it to say, the left is still actively targeting our children. Once again, we’re seeing a deeply disturbing connection between the LGBTQ movement and child abuse.Dallas Express:The Dallas Express has been notified that a...

A massive foreign worker scandal is brewing at Apple. The company reportedly fired nearly 200 Indian employees after uncovering their involvement in a major scam—stealing charitable contributions. And of course, hardly anybody is covering the story.Typical, right?Now, the big question is this: are these the “best and brightest” workers we’ve been endlessly told about, ad nauseam?NO WAY! HAHA, you can't make it up. 185 Apple employees — explicitly Telegu (Indian) — were fired today due to their involvement in a scam related to Apple's matching grants program.These foreign workers know our system is a convoluted joke. They understand that as...

Many politicians and pundits have offered their analysis of Republicans’ sweeping election victory, but only a few have adequately recognized the significance of Puerto Ricans’ support for President Trump and what it could mean for the future of the island. Speaking on Fox News the day after the election, former Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus pointed out that President Trump “won in Puerto Rican communities in Florida” and said, “This idea that Puerto Rico is just a bunch of Democrats is totally false, and Donald Trump won that in the Puerto Rican community.” He’s exactly right, and his comments...

A New York Appeals court on Tuesday denied Trump’s request to delay Friday’s sentencing in Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s ‘hush money’ case. Trump will be sentenced on Friday after appellate Judge Ellen Gesmer said presidential immunity does not cover presidents-elect. Last week crooked Judge Juan Merchan ordered Trump to be sentenced in Bragg’s hush money case related to Trump’s payments to porn star Stormy Daniels. .....Snip..... Judge Ellen Gesmer rejected Trump’s claim that the case should be delayed because of presidential immunity, after his attorney argued before the court that Trump is covered by presidential immunity that extends to him...

Not Everbody Loves Raymonds Above: St. Raymond and the miracle of the sailing cloak.The last thing you must do is…to convince. It’s not right to convince someone of your faith…. Proselytism is the strongest venom against the path of ecumenism.So Pope Francis reportedly addressed thousands of Lutherans in Rome on October 13th, 2017, ahead of the ecumenical commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation (while standing beside a statue of Martin Luther!). Unfortunately, it seems the case, to quote Bishop Sheen, that “[t]he man who can make up his mind when proofs are presented [and he who presents...

In the most recent SpaceX Starship presentation, Elon Musk stated that the SpaceX Starship can become lower cost than airplanes for long haul cargo delivery. I have some detailed calculations. Starship will double the payload capacity. Full fueling costs are about the same for the 1200 tons of fuel for Starship versus 50,000 gallons of jet fuel for a long-range cargo plane for each flight. However, twice payload means half the cost. Non-fuel costs for the vehicles and the frequency of flights are hugely in Starship favor. Starship should have twice the payload. Starship starts off at half of the...

The highly decorated soldier who exploded a Tesla Cybertruck outside the Trump hotel in Las Vegas used generative AI including ChatGPT to help plan the attack, Las Vegas police said Tuesday. A laptop, cellphone and watch are still under review nearly a week after 37-year-old Matthew Livelsberger fatally shot himself just before the truck blew up. An investigation of Livelsberger’s searches through ChatGPT indicate he was looking for information on explosive targets, the speed at which certain rounds of ammunition would travel and whether fireworks were legal in Arizona.Kevin McMahill, sheriff of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, called the...

The soul singer was 83.Soul singer Brenton Wood, who hit the Billboard charts in 1967 with “Gimme Little Sign” and “The Oogum Boogum Song,” died Jan. 3. He was 83. Manny Gallegos, Wood’s manager, confirmed the singer’s death to Variety. He said that Wood died surrounded by family members at his home in Moreno Valley, California. Born Alfred Jesse Smith in Shreveport, Louisiana, on July 26, 1941, Wood moved with his family to San Pedro, California, during the 1950s, the Los Angeles Times reported. A self-taught pianist, Wood wrote songs and harmonized with his friends, according to Billboard. The Compton...

Horrific video has emerged showing the moment a Las Vegas showgirl was knifed to death in the street in her red feather outfit during a mass stabbing. Maris Mareen DiGiovanni, 30, was killed in the October 2022 rampage along with Brent Hallett, 47. Prosecutors say Yoni Barrios, 34, is responsible for their murder as well as injuring six others, many of them showgirls.

LOS ANGELES, California — The fast-burning wildfire that broke out in the mountains above Pacific Palisades amid extreme high winds on Tuesday morning threatened homes and the local public school, which was evacuated. The fire broke out in the brush near the Paseo Miramar neighborhood, above, Palisades Drive and spread quickly. One witness told Breitbart News that she saw homes and cars burning, and that embers had leapt across the canyon to the neighborhood of Marquez Knolls.

President Joe Biden is signing a proclamation to establish two new national monuments in California, in part to honor two tribes, a person familiar with the decision said Monday. The proclamation will create the Chuckwalla National Monument in Southern California near Joshua Tree National Park and the Sáttítla National Monument in Northern California, said the person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity to discuss the plans that were to be announced Tuesday in California. The declaration bars drilling and mining and other development on the 600,000-acre (2,400-square-kilometer) area in Southern California and roughly 200,000 acres (800...

As the top recipients of H-1Bs, Indians have been incensed by MAGA criticism of the program.KOLKATA, India — The “civil war” among supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over H-1B visas in recent days has sparked sharp reactions and accusations of racism from commentators in India, where these visas for skilled workers are in high demand.Newspaper columns and social media posts decried what they characterized as a “racist” backlash against legal Indian workers in the American high-tech industry, after criticism of the visa program by far-right activists in the United States, such as Laura Loomer. “The rising power, wealth, and visibility...