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Following World War II, with things heating up in Korea, the U.S. furnished some 89,000 M1 Garand rifles to South Korea to protect their side of the 38th Parallel with America’s help during the Korean War. After the ceasefire on 7 June 1953, the South Koreans began putting the M1s they had issued (along with many more they had not issued) into storage, as they sought to adopt more modern rifles for their military. A half-century later, a movement to have the “South Korean” M1 Garands returned to America began. A bidding process started, with two commercial U.S. companies competing...

The White House blocked an Associated Press reporter from an event in the Oval Office on Tuesday after demanding the news agency alter its style on the Gulf of Mexico, which President Donald Trump has ordered renamed the Gulf of America. The reporter, whom the AP would not identify, tried to enter the White House event as usual Tuesday afternoon and was turned away. Later, a second AP reporter was barred from a late-evening event in the White House Diplomatic Room. The highly unusual ban, which Trump administration officials had threatened earlier Tuesday unless the AP changed the style on...

Democrats have no choice but to face the billionaires head on and break their power. The short-term dangers of Elon Musk’s power grab in the new Trump administration increase by the day. Already his loyalists at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency have seized access to the government’s payment system — for decades the province of nonpolitical civil servants — and helped push unilateral shutdowns of congressionally authorized agencies. Unvetted engineers from his and his friends’ companies are pulling on purse strings at everything from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to the State Department. And the use of...

Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Saturday, Feb. 11. The latest Richmond papers, just received, contain an announcement of the capture of Branchville. The possession of this important point isolates both Augusta and Charleston, and will necessitate the immediate evacuation of the latter place. Richmond papers of the same date also admit the complete success of GRANT'S recent movement. CONFIRMATION VIA PHILADELPHIA. PHILADELPHIA, Saturday, Feb. 11. A special dispatch to the Bulletin, dated Washington, to-day, says: "Richmond papers of yesterday announce, unofficially, the capture of Branchville, S.C., by Gen. SHERMAN's forces." REBEL REPORTS. From the Richmond Whig, Feb. 9....

🇼🇸🇮🇱Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem (2/12/25)[Prayer]Names and Titles of God the Holy Spirit (Irresistable) Acts 7:5151 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.King James Version________________________God Bless America.ML/LTOS

CIRITH UNGOL — The One Ring must be returned to its rightful owner, The Dark Lord Sauron, a Sauron-appointed judge ruled this week.

Trump’s focus on America First is leading to a review of our participation in the United Nations programs like UNESCO and what we are paying for them…and getting in return. Trump Claws Back $4 Billion That Was Headed to Ludicrous UN Climate Fund Trump’s focus on America First is leading to a review of our participation in the United Nations programs like UNESCO and what we are paying for them…and getting in return. Posted by Leslie Eastman Sunday, February 9, 2025 at 12:00pm 35 Comments PrintFacebookTwitterTelegramLinkedInWhatsAppEmail https://twitter.com/MarioArgenta/status/1303040186360758276 One of the best aspects of President Donald Trump is how much he...

SUNUNU: You’re talking about the FEMA money that was abused for migrants. That was FEMA money for migrants. That’s ok now? COOPER: No, I’m not saying it’s ok. Don’t put words in my mouth. SUNUNU: So, would you stop that? Would you stop that process? COOPER: Don’t be a d***.

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As he prepared to go to Washington this week, India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, spoke of building on the warm relations he shared with President Trump during his first term in the White House. One major focus is trade. Indian officials have said that domestic companies are in talks to increase purchases of American energy supplies, particularly liquefied natural gas. The two leaders are also expected to discuss expanded spending on U.S. defense equipment and potentially announce new deals. In addition, Mr. Modi can point to recent reductions in Indian tariffs on high-end American motorcycles — namely Harley-Davidsons —...

Officials revealed the cause of the Arizona plane crash that killed a pilot onboard a private jet owned by Mötley Crüe lead singer Vince Neil and injured three others Monday. A landing gear failure on the Learjet 35A owned by the rock star caused the aircraft to ram into a parked Gulfstream 200 after touching down at Scottsdale Airport, officials said in a release from the City of Scottsdale. “According to initial reports, the Learjet’s left main landing gear failed upon landing, leading to the collision,” the statement reads.

Two Australian nurses have been suspended after a viral video showed them threatening to kill Israeli patients and boasting about refusing them treatment. The pair face criminal and health prosecutions over their “sickening and shameful” claims. The man and woman – both employees at a Sydney hospital – are now being investigated by NSW state police after their anti-semitic tirade went viral, news.com.au reports. Their actions are the latest in a surge anti-semitic attacks and rhetoric that have roiled Australia as homes, offices and businesses have been vandalised and a school and two synagogues were torched in just over a...

In this op-ed, LGBTQ+ news and culture writer Samantha Riedel discusses Nancy Mace’s use of anti-trans slurs in Congress and questions why the Democratic Party hasn't done more to stop it. Note: This article contains discussion of transphobic slurs and hate speech. Amid the authoritarian typhoon of Donald Trump’s first month in office, the Democratic Party is attempting to position itself as the front line of anti-MAGA resistance. But how are any of us supposed to take Democrats seriously as the party of principled anti-fascism when they can’t even respond to open hate speech in Congress? South Carolina Rep. Nancy...

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to restore pro-gender ideology webpages after they were deleted in the wake of President Trump’s executive order banning government agencies from promoting gender ideology, CBS News reported Tuesday. Trump’s EO, signed on his first day in office, stated that the U.S. recognizes two sexes, male and female, and directed agencies to “remove all statements, policies, regulations, forms, communications, or other internal and external messages that promote or otherwise inculcate gender ideology,” as well...

TULSA, Okla. (KTUL) — It was supposed to be the end of a very long wait, the release of a state audit report on TPS that took two years. Anticipation couldn't be any higher, or so we thought. "The audit is complete and the findings are significant, but you’re not allowed to see them," said State Auditor Cindy Byrd, dropping a bombshell that TPS officials asked for a hold on the report's release. "Attorneys acting on behalf of the Tulsa Superintendent and the Tulsa school board have invoked Oklahoma statute 70 sec 5-127.1. This statute allows school districts the unique...

BACKGROUND HERE (My Earlier Post)Summary Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has asked Keir Starmer why a Gazan family of six was allowed to come to the UK under a scheme intended for Ukrainians "This is not what the scheme was designed to do - this decision is completely wrong," Badenoch says at Prime Minister's Questions Starmer agrees it was the "wrong decision" and says it was taken by the courts under the last government He says the home secretary is looking at the "legal loophole" that he says needs to close Badenoch goes on to ask whether Starmer will make a...

Before the presidential election, many Democrats were puzzled by the seeming disconnect between “economic reality” as reflected in various government statistics and the public’s perceptions of the economy on the ground. Many in Washington bristled at the public’s failure to register how strong the economy really was. They charged that right-wing echo chambers were conning voters into believing entirely preposterous narratives about America’s decline. What they rarely considered was whether something else might be responsible for the disconnect — whether, for instance, government statistics were fundamentally flawed. What if the numbers supporting the case for broad-based prosperity were themselves misrepresentations?...

Members of Tren de Aragua were found living in the suburbs of Middle Tennessee and have been arrested for running a "sex slavery" operation for Tren de Aragua, according to authorities.

CPS profits from family separation, turning child welfare into a billion-dollar industry where courts, agencies, and service providers cash in on every removal. It’s a racket that must end. Child Protective Services (CPS) and its various counterparts—such as the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), the Department of Family Services (DFS), the Department of Children and Families (DCF), and other similarly named agencies—operate under the guise of protecting children. In reality, these agencies have become an industry unto themselves, profiting off the removal of children and the destruction of families. Every child taken from their home represents a payday...

-snip- Fogel was released into the custody of Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, who made an unannounced stop in Moscow on Tuesday to pick him up. The Washington Post said that according to Fox News broadcaster Sean Hannity, Witkoff, a real estate developer and longtime friend of Trump, had a three-and-a-half hour meeting with Putin. Peskov said he had "nothing to say" on that.