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Ok, Ms. Bondi, I get it. Yesterday you were snookered by a totally corrupted FBI, who claimed to have given you all the Epstein material, but in fact only gave you a version of what was already out there. Let us leave aside the fact that you should have thoroughly vetted the material, especially from such an unscrupulous outfit as the FBI. I would expect, in response to that humiliation, that you would be going right to SDNY, with Marshals, in force, and seizing the material in person. But I'm hearing nothing as of 11AM EST. Please do not disappoint...

VIDEO Who told Netflix it was a good idea to do a show about Meghan Markle who is almost universally hated for her over the top narcissism and extreme phoniness? A look at the new Netflix trailer reveals that the show is already doomed in the ratings. However, there is a possibility for saving the show by rebranding (Meghan loves "branding") it as a comedy show by adding commentary by President Trump. Therefore here is the Netflix trailer with commentary by President Trump. It seems to work... as comedy. Hey, I might even watch it for the comedic value but...

On January 30, Pocahontas shouted into a microphone that “There is nothing in the Constitution that says ordinary citizens have a right to see what we spend our tax dollars on.” Aside from the frightening implications of such a statement, Senator Warren is so far off base that she’s not even on the field. As an attorney, she should know better. Article I, § 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution says:No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public...

To say yesterday’s “big reveal” of the Epstein files was a bungle is too kind. Ms. Bondi evidently knew late the night before that SDNY (Southern District of New York) had lied to her about the nature and quality of the “files on her desk” yet she a) let the suspense drag out until well after lunch time, and b) sent her hand-chosen messengers out for a photo-op with binders full of… nothing new.She had to know what she did to these people. She made them look like fools. And yet none of them are hacked off at her. Amazingly,...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in the United States on Thursday ahead of talks with US President Donald Trump on an agreement to develop minerals and rare earths, Interfax Ukraine news agency reported. The two world leaders are expected to discuss the rare earths deal, protection from Russia and how European nations can share the burden of the costs of security for Ukraine. “I want to coordinate our position with the American position. The war is in Ukraine, so for me, the Ukrainian position is the priority,” Zelensky said during a press conference in Kyiv Wednesday. The deal will grant...

Vice President JD Vance’s speech to Europe’s leaders at the Munich Security Conference on Feb. 14 underscored how far Europe has fallen away from its reverence of true democracy and freedom, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Vance’s speech slammed the nations of Europe for not adhering to democratic principles such as freedom of speech and fair elections, pointing to examples such as the cancelling of Romanian elections and the UK’s conviction of Adam Smith-Connor for praying outside of an abortion clinic, among many other examples. Foreign policy experts told the DCNF that the speech served to remind Europe...

US President Donald Trump extend for one year certain sanctions introduced against Russia earlier in connection with the situation in Ukraine, the White House said in released documents, APA reports quoting TASS. Restrictions introduced by Washington against Moscow by previous administrations in executive orders in 2014, 2018 and 2022 and pertaining to reunification with Crimea and to Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics are meant. These restrictive measures "must continue in effect beyond March 6, 2025," Trump said. "The actions and policies addressed in these Executive Orders continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign...

Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, sparked a firestorm on social media over comments questioning DOGE chief Elon Musk’s allegiance to the U.S. given that he has been a citizen for "only" 22 years. "Mr. Musk has just been here 22 years," Kaptur said outside the Capitol on Wednesday. "And he’s a citizen of three countries. I always ask myself the question, with the damage he’s doing here, when push comes to shove, which country is his loyalty to? South Africa? Canada? Or the United States? And he’s only been a citizen, I’ll say again, 22 years."

End of the American Dream)—We have a government that is literally fighting against itself. The federal workforce has always been more liberal than the population as a whole, but in recent years things have gotten really bad. Prior to this year, Democrats had been in control of the White House for 12 of the past 16 years. Over time, leftists that were hired for key positions just kept hiring more leftists underneath them. In fact, it got to a point where DEI policies at various agencies essentially institutionalized the systematic hiring of leftists. By the end of the Biden administration,...

The scandal surrounding the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its abuse of taxpayer dollars to support causes backed by leftist billionaire George Soros continues to get worse. MRC Business has revealed that USAID gave a $1 million grant to Central European University, a grossly anti-American indoctrination giant founded and financed by none other than Soros himself. The grant’s period began in September of FY 2021 and is set to end in September FY 2025, with $238,609 of the total obligated grant being outlayed so far. To illustrate just how invested Soros is in elevating CEU on the global...

A suggestion by the Trump administration’s top negotiator that an Ukraine peace deal would be based on talks conducted in Istanbul nearly three years ago has buoyed Russian officials and spooked Ukraine and its backers. To Kyiv, recent remarks by Steve Witkoff appeared to embrace the Kremlin’s key, and incorrect, talking point over the past three years: that Ukraine and Russia were about to strike a peace deal in Istanbul, and that Kyiv walked away from an agreement under pressure from Western politicians, such as then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly demanded that any future...

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Daily Readings from the USCCBJesus came into the district of Judea and across the Jordan. Again crowds gathered around him and, as was his custom, he again taught them. The Pharisees approached him and asked, “Is it lawful for a husband to divorce his wife?” They were testing him. Mark 10:1–2Notice the contrast above. The crowds gathered around Jesus to listen to Him. Clearly, they were coming to faith. But the Pharisees came to Jesus to test Him. They did not come in faith; they came with jealousy and envy and were already seeking to trap Him. The question they...

Left-wing managers of a Paris theatre occupied by hundreds of homeless African migrants are set to abandon the building because of sex-related violence. They say the crisis at the Gaîté Lyrique – one of the French capital’s most historic arts venues – is now ‘so explosive’ that retreat by this Friday is their only option. Some 200 mainly young men moved in last December when the management gave them free tickets to a ‘Refugees Welcome in France’ conference. But when the conference was finished, the migrants, who mostly come from France's former west African colonies, refused to leave the venue....

..Back in the day, when horse racing was the only legal form of gambling in New York State, 20,000 or more people would jam the stands at Yonkers Raceway, cheering wildly as the horses ran their mile-long course. But on this day, despite the beautiful July weather, just a few dozen spectators hang around, slumped into faded orange seats along a chain-link fence. Even with online betting, the racetrack takes in less than one-fortieth of what it would have at the sport’s peak. So the horses take their two laps, head back down the runway and exit the track to...

Special Dispatches to the New-York Times. WASHINGTON, Monday, Feb. 27. The absence of news from Gen. SHERMAN, and the reticence of the rebel press concerning the movements of their own troops, will naturally tend to breed apprehension in the minds of many in regard to the concentration of forces which the enemy is making in the hope of checking SHERMAN's march. It is well, therefore, to consider what number of troops, aside from LEE's old army, can be brought to resist our advancing columns. I am in possession of some information concerning this matter, which will throw some light on...

Inflation in the Federal Reserve’s preferred price gauge eased in January after making steady increases throughout the fall. The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index increased by 0.3 percent in January, easing to a 2.5-percent annual increase from 2.6 percent in December. The moves were in line with economists’ expectations. “This is about the only inflation indicator this month where the Fed can find some refuge,” Olu Sonola, economist with Fitch Ratings, wrote in an analysis. Concerns about resurgent inflation have been mounting after prices in both the PCE and the broader consumer price index (CPI) increased between September and...

U.S. consumers cut back sharply on spending last month, the most since February 2021, even as inflation declined, though stiff tariffs threatened by the White House could disrupt that progress. Americans cut their spending by 0.2% in January from the previous month, the Commerce Department said Friday, likely in part because of unseasonably cold weather. Yet the retreat may be hinting at more caution by consumers amid rising economic uncertainty. Inflation declined to 2.5% in January compared with a year earlier, down from 2.6% in December, the government said. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices dropped to...

President Trump is planning to sign an executive order that would for the first time make English the official language of the U.S., according to White House officials.

ALBERT LEA, Minn. (KTTC) – The History Center of Freeborn County was visited by the Albert Lea Police Department and St. Paul Police Department’s bomb squad after live grenades were found in an exhibition collection. No one was injured and authorities quickly ensured the grenades wouldn’t pose a danger.