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sprawling web of violence across America, which has left at least six dead, has been linked to a fringe group of radical Berkeley pseudo-intellectuals known as the Zizians. Investigators across the country are piecing together connections between the double homicide of a wealthy married couple in Pennsylvania, a deadly shootout in Vermont and two brutal knife attacks on a landlord in Vallejo. Four people who are allegedly Zizian cult members are in custody facing homicide charges, despite multiple escape attempts. Three members of the fringe group are missing and wanted, including the leader, Jack “Ziz” LaSota, who faked their death...

A recent study conducted by Microsoft in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University has raised concerns about the potential cognitive impacts of overreliance on AI tools such as Microsoft's Copilot and OpenAI's ChatGPT. The research suggests that while these generative AI assistants can enhance productivity by handling routine tasks, excessive dependence on them may lead to a decline in users' critical thinking abilities. The study highlights a key irony of automation: by mechanizing routine tasks and leaving exception-handling to the human user, individuals are deprived of regular opportunities to practice judgment and strengthen cognitive skills. This lack of engagement can result...

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US Congressman, Scott Perry says USAID funded Boko Haram, which carried out terror attacks in Nigeria, Cameroon, Niger and Chad.

A federal judge has blocked a Maine law requiring a three-day waiting period to buy a firearm in response to a legal challenge filed by gun dealers who argue the restrictions are unconstitutional. The ruling Thursday by U.S. District Judge Lance Walker sided with the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, Gun Owners of Maine and several gun sellers who filed a lawsuit last year alleging the law requiring people to wait 72 hours to acquire a firearm — even if they pass a required criminal background check. Walker's ruling temporarily blocks the law while he considers the legal challenge. "Citizens wishing...

Sir Keir Starmer is poised to join European Union leaders at an emergency summit on Monday, after the United States urged them to come up with “ideas” or be frozen out of talks over peace plans for Ukraine.

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Some need to win a coin flip to use a desk. Others say they’re killing time when workstations aren’t available.As the Federal Emergency Management Agency prepared for its full workforce to report in person this month, it faced a situation many agencies are confronting as they scramble to comply with President Donald Trump’s return-to-office mandate: There weren’t enough workspaces for everyone.As a result, employees would have to “share workstations on a rotating basis,” the agency announced in guidance shared with employees last week. The guidance, obtained by The Washington Post, stated: “Supervisors will resolve workplace availability conflicts using the following...

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Senator Richard Blumenthal condemned Hegseth’s message, calling it a "surrender & betrayal" of Ukraine. Blumenthal, who has made six visits to Ukraine during its fight against Russia, argued that the message amounted to abandoning Ukraine and undermining the security of European allies. .. Senator Adam B. Schiff, Democrat of California, wrote: "Today, President Trump called our enemy, Russia, before calling our ally, Ukraine."

Illegal immigrants and other students protest in support of in-state tuition for "migrants." If you want to know why academia is foursquare behind illegal migration, yes, follow the ideology. But you can also, perhaps, even more easily follow the money. In fact, there are currently a staggering 408,000 illegal aliens enrolled in American higher-ed institutions, according to The College Fix. And lest you think academia is doing this out of the goodness of its woke little heart, think again. Colleges and universities cash in, collecting taxpayer money for enrolling the foreigners. Just as outrageously, 25 states offer these aliens in-state...

The Council’s Origins: Heaven or Hell?As reported by Catholic News Agency (CNA), Catholic University of Valencia recently gave an honorary doctorate to Cardinal Kurt Koch, Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Christian Lunacy.This is the department that is charged with carrying out the conciliar church’s ecumenical operation, specifically, by propagating and implementing Unitatis Redintegratio of Vatican II.In his acceptance speech, Koch said:For the Council, fidelity to its origins and conformity to the times were not opposed to each other. Rather, the council wanted to proclaim the Catholic faith in a way that was both faithful to its origins and appropriate...

Kevyn Major Howard, the actor famous for his role as Rafterman in Full Metal Jacket, has passed away at 69. Howard died Friday at a hospital in Las Vegas, as confirmed by his family to TMZ. The exact cause of his death remains unclear, but his family noted that he had been battling respiratory issues for several weeks before being hospitalized. Born on January 27, 1956, in Montreal, Quebec, Kevyn eventually moved to Los Angeles after completing his college education, thanks to his dual citizenship, in order to pursue a career in acting. In Stanley Kubrick's iconic 1987 war film...

"Democracy and free speech are certainly under challenge in many European countries.. The challenge is not coming from governments" "These criticisms are pretty rich coming from a President who is quite uniquely authoritarian" "Democracy and free speech are under challenge in a much bigger way in the United States, and his boss, Donald Trump, is the man who is mainly responsible for that"

A trans migrant wanted by ICE has been arrested after allegedly stalking and raping a 14-year-old boy in New York City this week. Nicol Suarez, 30, allegedly followed the boy into a bathroom at Thomas Jefferson Park in East Harlem on Tuesday at around midday, police told DailyMail.com. The boy reportedly left the bathroom and flagged down witnesses, who called the police, according to a source the New York Post reported. Suarez was arrested on Wednesday and charged with first-degree rape and stalking, according to police. Originally from Colombia, Suarez was also wanted in New Jersey and Massachusetts and US...

Canada on Saturday rejected US President Donald Trump's proposal to reinstate Russia in the G7, with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly saying this will not happen. "I’m telling the position of Canada, no way this will happen," Joly said, following a G7 meeting on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany. Her remarks came amid ongoing discussions about Russia's role on the global stage, with Trump proposing its reintegration into the G7 and saying expelling Moscow "was a mistake." However, Joly stressed that the G7’s stance is unified and resolute, particularly in light of Russia’s "illegal invasion" of...

More than a dozen immigration judges were fired on Friday, coinciding with President Donald Trump's promise to trim the federal workforce. A union official told the Associated Press that 13 judges who were set to be sworn in, and five assistant chief immigration judges, were fired on Friday without warning. The move comes after two other judges were dismissed this week, the AP reported. No replacements have been announced. Fox News Digital previously reported the U.S. immigration court backlog surpassed three million pending cases. Immigration judges currently average 4,500 pending cases each, according to Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse.

Peter Strzok just wiped his X account. Reminder. Here’s a video of Strzok testifying under oath that the entire 7th floor Brass at the FBI is guilty of sedition. From Comey to McCabe to Strzok. None were pardoned by Biden. It’s time for Justice.

I'm infuriated, and I don't even live in California. The federal government should freeze all funding for California until they comply with federal immigration laws. Picking illegals over citizens is treason.

The IRS will lay off thousands of probationary workers in the middle of tax season, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans, and cuts could come as soon as next week This comes as the Trump administration intensified sweeping efforts to shrink the size of the federal workforce, by ordering agencies to lay off nearly all probationary employees who had not yet gained civil service protection. It's unclear how many IRS workers will be affected. Previously, the administration announced a plan to offer buyouts to almost all federal employees through a “deferred resignation program” to quickly reduce the...