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Homan says they will “lose their job, their pension, and they're going to go to jail.”

On Monday, President Trump signed a slew of new executive orders in the Oval Office. Among them, he imposed sweeping tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. He also spoke on the recent developments in the Israel-Hamas war and the ongoing ceasefire.

President Trump has pardoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was convicted of corruption-related crimes, including trying to sell a U.S. Senate seat vacated by former President Barack Obama. Blagojevich served as the state's governor from 2003-'09. It was a political saga toward the end of his time in office. In 2008, federal prosecutors accused Blagojevich of turning Illinois' government into a moneymaking operation for himself by trying to, among other things, shake down a children's hospital and racetrack owners. When prosecutors charged Blagojevich with corruption over the Senate seat, they presented as evidence a profanity-filled telephone conversation he had...

ALBANY — Democrats in the state Legislature on Monday abruptly killed legislation that would have changed the rules for scheduling special elections in New York — a move that Republicans had alleged was being considered to try and weaken the GOP’s thin majority in Congress.

A federal judge temporarily reinstalled the head of the Office of the Special Counsel, allowing Hampton Dellinger to return to his post after he was fired Friday by President Trump. The order from Judge Amy Berman Jackson temporarily rebuffs Dellinger’s firing, allowing him to return to work through the end of the day Thursday. Dellinger sued Monday after he said he was fired from his post “in a one-sentence email,” removing him from an office that helps protect whistleblowers. Dellinger, a Biden appointee, said the move violates his appointment to a five-year term in the office.

Emerging evidence suggests that lycopene—a natural plant extract—may have antidepressant properties. New research reveals the mechanisms behind its antidepressant effects. In mice with depressive-like behaviors, brain analyses revealed impairments in the hippocampus. Lycopene treatment lessened these impairments and reversed the animals' depressive-like traits. Lycopene treatment boosted the expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a protein with roles in many aspects of brain function. Experiments indicated that a signaling pathway involving BDNF (called the BDNF-TrkB pathway, which helps regulate learning, memory, and communication between neurons) is inhibited in mice with depression, and that lycopene treatment alleviates this inhibition. The study "offers...

I was told to rat or I wouldn't see my family again. (Part 1)

SNIP What is a Crip walk? The earliest videos of the dance known as a ‘Crip walk’ is from Henry ‘Crip’ Heard, a Harlem dance legend who lost an arm and a leg in a car accident. This was later adopted by The Crips, an alliance of California street gangs who are often defined by their deadly rivalry with The Bloods. Crip walking is an elaborate set of footwork which in many cases sees the dancer spelling out C-R-I-P with their feet. It was originally created by Crip members to communicate with one another but, over the years, has seeped...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said the league "will continue to work with Roc Nation," the entertainment company founded by rapper Jay-Z, to "produce the Super Bowl halftime show." Goodell said, "It’s been a mutually positive relationship."Roc Nation and the NFL struck a deal in 2019 that was valued at $25M over five years, according to ESPN. It’s "unclear how much the new one is worth and how long it will go." Rapper Kendrick Lamar will take the stage at the next Super Bowl in New Orleans...

Patient gets denied health care.

The Trump administration plans to push European allies to buy more American weapons for Ukraine ahead of potential peace talks with Moscow, said two people with knowledge of the matter, a move that could improve Kyiv's negotiating position. -snip- In an interview on Monday with Reuters, Kellogg declined to confirm the plan but said, "The U.S. always likes selling weapons made in America because it strengthens our economy. "There are a lot of options out there. Everything is in play right now," Kellogg said, adding that the shipments previously approved by former President Joe Biden still were flowing into Ukraine....

A private jet owned by Motley Crue member Vince Neil veered off the runway at Scottsdale Airport in Arizona and crashed into another plane - leaving one person dead and several others injured. The Motley Crue front man 'was NOT on the plane that crashed in Scottsdale, although it was his plane,' a spokesperson for Neil told Arizona-based AZFamily news anchor Derek Staahl, who shared the news on X/Twitter Monday. 'Mr. Neil’s thoughts and prayers go out to everyone involved, and he is grateful for the critical aid of all first responders assisting today,' Neil's lawyer told AZFamily Monday evening....

...less than an hour after we brought attention to it. MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT ADMINISTRATION IN HISTORY! Thank you Trump and Elon!

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says it will fire the individual—or individuals—responsible for paying $59 million to New York City for illegal immigrant housing in contravention of an executive order issued by President Donald J. Trump. According to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), which revealed the illegal payments on Monday, one of the hotels receiving the FEMA money is the Roosevelt Hotel, which the Pakistani government owns through the state-run Pakistani Airlines.

I looked at hostages that came in. They're emaciated. It looked like something from the 1930s. It's an absolute disgrace. I think they saw as the world viewed it, and they're looking for a reason not to send more. They're all...you look at it.. it looks like it was a concentration camp, which essentially it was. It looks like it came out of the Holocaust. What a sad thing... Those people have been badly hurt, both mentally and physically, I'm talking about the young women also that came out previously. And I think one of the reasons they're probably doing...

Speaking from the Oval Office, President Trump threatened to pull support for Israel's cease-fire deal with Hamas if all hostages weren't returned by this Saturday.

@oversightpr obtained a copy of a secret pact between 22 blue states, DC, and San Francisco which was signed just 3 days after Trump’s landslide victory, to resist his plan to end birthright citizenship. Instead of fixing gas prices, groceries, or public safety, Democrats’ top priority was ensuring that children of illegal aliens from the Biden Border Crisis could become future voters.

In just a few hours, 17,000 South Africans have contacted the South African Chamber of Commerce USA after President Trump signed an Executive Order granting Afrikaners refugee status. Many Afrikaners are calling for help to protect their 400-year-old community in South Africa. Elon Musk called to declare “Kill the Boer” singer Julius Malema “an international criminal.” ... Several tribal regions within South Africa have achieved independence, such as the Kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland. Under the Apartheid regime, Homeland areas such as Ciskei, Transkei, KwaZulu, Bophuthatswana, Venda and others functioned as autonomous regions with generous self-rule. With the failure of...