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Jasper is six years old, and we live in Southern California, which meant that in the course of the preceding week he and his twin brother had encountered Sonoran-style tacos, Lebanese kebabs, Vietnamese spring rolls, and several iterations of pizza. It is customary for first-time visitors in Los Angeles to remark on the multicultural multitude of the city’s restaurant landscape, but only when you live here do you realize (as did the late California food critic Jonathan Gold) that the scope of its globe-hopping is immeasurable, that you can roll along miles and miles of boulevards such as Pico and...

@WatcherGuru JUST IN: President Trump says Elon Musk's DOGE may have found fraud in treasuries.

Representative Ilhan Omar (D-MN) said Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposal was “just plain out ethnic cleansing and genocide.” Partial transcript as follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: Right, an allegation we heard earlier in the program. I want to ask you about something President Trump said this week alongside the Israeli Prime Minister. It took many by surprise. Take a listen. DONALD TRUMP: The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We’ll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other...

Went to Mass. Most political homily from the deacon I've ever heard. We've cancelled USAID, we don't help the hungry, we don't welcome the refugee. A dig at Vance, without naming him, in that we are not supposed to have primary duty and love to family, then community, church, country, humanity - subsidiarity. No, the stranger is our family. I approached him after mass, I said his homily was uncharitable to those who in good faith and careful thought had formed different political conclusions. He denied the homily was political, it was about the Gospel. "Read the Gospel." So if...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a brainchild of our newly inaugurated President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, stands as a beacon of hope for those of us who have long clamored for a government that not only adheres to the Constitution but also promotes the financial prudence that our nation desperately requires. Yet there’s a notable absence that needs remedy: that of Ron Paul. For decades, the former congressman has been the unwavering voice of fiscal conservatism, liberty, and government accountability. His influence in the liberty movement is undeniable, and his principles have resonated with millions, myself included. That...

Strikes Hamas’s weapons depot in Syria and eliminates key Hezbollah operatives in Lebanon. Conducts counterterrorism raids in Nablus, destroying explosives and arresting suspects. Meanwhile, hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy, and Ohad Ben Ami have returned home in poor condition after 491 days in captivity. Eli’s tragic story has shaken the nation, as Hamas’s cruel tactics are condemned worldwide. Other Key Updates: Netanyahu sends delegation to Doha to discuss Phase B of the hostage deal. Trump renews maximum pressure on Iran, vowing to block its nuclear ambitions.

Dropping bombshells is always better than dropping literal bombs. But President Donald Trump’s pronouncement that “the U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip” may be too close for comfort. Standing next to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Trump laid out his new plan to take possession of the 140-square-mile strip of land, clear out the tens of millions of tons of debris caused by the 15-month Israel–Hamas war, and economically develop it through nation-building. “We’ll own it. And be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous, unexploded bombs and other weapons on the site. Level the site, and get rid...

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More than a dozen ill-prepared migrants, including five children, were caught trying to illegally cross into Canada in below-freezing weather that could have claimed their lives, officials said. Alberta police intercepted four adults and five children from Venezuela who were trudging their suitcases through the snow in bone-chilling temperatures of minus-22 degrees Fahrenheit, The Guardian reports. Canadian Police Assistant Commissioner Lisa Moreland told reporters the group was found struggling in the snow and “incredibly cold” weather, which put their lives at risk. A second group of migrants — made up of six adults from Jordan, Sudan, Chad, and Mauritius —...

WASHINGTON — A different kind of gridlock is headed to a key section of the nation’s capital. DC Councilman Charles Allen (D-Ward 6) on Sunday warned his constituents in the Navy Yard area to brace for “major congestion” starting Monday, when thousands of naval employees begin returning to in-person work there. “Requiring all in-person work without helping agencies plan = mess,” Allen wrote on X. “16,000+ employees all report in person. Expecting 8-10,000 cars, but have 4,473 parking spots. “Avoid area if you can.” Allen cited data from a memo he apparently received, though it’s not entirely clear from where...

The family of a man who was crushed to death in a freak accident fear they may never find out what caused the pop-up urinal he was working on to drop suddenly. Maintenance engineer Kevin Holding, 60, was killed when working in Soho on 27 January 2023. His inquest heard it took two hours for a crane to arrive to lift the urinal off him. Pop-up loos were introduced in central London in 2002 to discourage street urination. During the day, they are stored below the pavement and at night they rise hydraulically. Mr Holding, from Beckenham in south-east London,...

[Catholic Caucus] Gaga Cardinal: Talking about the Synod Is like "Talking About Sex to A Kid"Homosexual activist Timothy Radcliffe, 79, a Cardinal, giving a talk in Oxford on December 16 about the Synod on Synodality , came up with an apparently broken record in his mind: sex.He said: "The challenge of talking about the Synod is rather like that of talking about sex with somebody who's just getting to puberty."Timothy Radcliffe recalled the time when he was a pupil in a Benedictine school. An elderly monk took him aside to talk informally about "the birds and the bees"."For some reason...

The news for Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and her favorite agency just got worse. NBC News on Saturday night obtained an email sent to CFPB employees in which Vought announced a dozen directives that would go into effect immediately. Here are the details from NBC: [Employees were instructed to “cease all supervision and examination activity,” “cease all stakeholder engagement,” pause all pending investigations, not issue any public communications and pause “enforcement actions.” Vought also told employees not to “approve or issue any proposed or final rules or formal or informal guidance” and to “suspend the effective dates of all final...

Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal 🚨EX-USAID CHIEF SAMANTHA POWER’S NET WORTH SKYROCKETS—FROM $6.7M TO $30M ON A $180K SALARY Samantha Power, Biden’s ex-USAID chief, saw her wealth explode while earning just $180K per year. Where did the extra $23.3M come from? And all of this in just 3 years! USAID oversees billions in global funding—was she cashing in? The public deserves answers. Follow the money. Source: vBulletin, Inside Biden's Basement --- Elon Musk @elonmusk Replying to @amuse How did she accumulate wealth that is 100 times her after tax salary? --- Not a bad gig if you can get it. Her husband,...

Liberals are taking “Trump Derangement Syndrome” to whole new level, according to one doctor. Some patients are reacting to President Trump’s first weeks in office with reports of depression, anxiety, insomnia, chest pains, panic and fear, said Jackson Hole internist Glenn Burnett — who compared the response to how Americans coped with the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. “It has been extremely intense. The last – the week or two after the election was pretty intense. It then calmed down, and now it’s really back up,” Burnett told political analyst Mark Halperin on his “2 Way Tonight” podcast. “We are...

President Donald Trump’s national security adviser said Sunday that top administration officials will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine, nearly three years after Russia launched an all-out invasion. Vice President JD Vance will be in Paris on Monday for an artificial intelligence summit that’s gathering government officials and will head later in the week to the Munich Security Conference, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will lead the battle-weary country’s delegation. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Trump’s special envoy on Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg, will also be...

As The Gateway Pundit reported, a federal judge halted Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing a critical Treasury Department. US District Judge Paul A. Engelmayer, who Barack Obama appointed, cited a risk of “irreparable harm.” The order temporarily stops access to a sensitive payment system that distributes Americans’ tax returns, Social Security benefits, disability payments, and federal employees’ salaries. Moreover, Engelmeyer ordered the destruction of any downloaded information from the payment system by anyone given access to it since January 20, the date Trump was inaugurated. Vance responded to the ongoing travesties on Sunday with a perfect analogy. Drawing...

Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson 🚨BREAKING: The Department of Interior OFFICIALLY renames the “Gulf of Mexico” to the GULF OF AMERICA. 3:47 PM · Feb 9, 2025

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