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‘The American people overwhelmingly rejected these soft-on-crime, defund-the-police policies in the last election because they undermined the safety and security of their communities.’ Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, released a report “exposing the disastrous consequences” of Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) awarding millions in taxpayer-funded grants to two non-governmental organizations with “radical” agendas. The report showcases how, as Grassley noted in a statement, the tax dollars Biden’s DOJ gave to the Vera Institute of Justice (Vera) and Impact Justice funded “left-leaning agendas that ultimately put lives at risk.” “This is just a small sampling of the grant programs...

Despite the advantages of a larger recruitment base and defense industrial capacity, the Russian military has not been able to decisively defeat the Ukrainian Armed Forces (UAF) since Russia’s February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.As of April 2025, U.S. officials estimate Russia has suffered over 790,000 killed and wounded. Other estimates place Russian casualties as high as 900,000. These rates arguably reflect Russia’s continued use of high-casualty tactics—including a reliance on massed personnel attacks and massed artillery fire—and limited operational-level flexibility.Russian law prohibits the combat deployment of conscripts, leading the Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) to prioritize recruitment of contract soldiers....

Two brothers who were among 35 people deported from Ireland this week were described as “really popular” and fully integrated into their Dublin primary school. Thirty-five people, including five children, were deported from Ireland to Nigeria on Wednesday night. The 21 men, nine women and five children were refused International Protection and left on a chartered flight which departed Dublin Airport for Lagos. Principal of St. James’ Primary School, Ciarán Cronin, said the boys’ mother had an immigration appointment scheduled for next month. “So, for this to be sprung on them, if they thought that they were awaiting a further...

“‘The eye is the lamp of the body; so then if your eye is clear, your whole body will be full of light. But if your eye is bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light that is in you is darkness, how great is the darkness!’” (Matthew 6:22–23). Expanding on the previous three verses, Jesus uses the eye as an illustration of the heart. The lamp, or lens, of the body is the eye; that’s how we receive light. The heart is the eye of the soul, and it is through our hearts that...

Kash Patel Tells Joe That Epstein Killed Himself On YouTube

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Former President Joe Biden only signed one pardon by hand during his final weeks in office, and it was his most controversial one. The Justice Department is reviewing the list of people granted pardons by Biden amid new concerns about his use of an autopen to automatically sign documents and concerns about his state of mind and mental acuity in his final months in office. Biden used his final weeks as commander in chief to grant clemency and pardon more than 1,500 people in what his White House described as the largest single-day act of clemency by a U.S. president....

Over 700 members of the Muslim community have gathered in Dublin to celebrate Eid al-Adha. The feast of the sacrifice is regarded as the holiest festival in the Muslim calendar and was celebrated indoors at Croke Park. A group protested outside the venue as attendees arrived. Shaykh Dr. Umar Al-Qadri, of the Irish Muslim Council, went out and wished them a good morning. Inside, as the call to prayer began, a woman stood up holding a rosary beads and began to recite the Hail Mary. She shouted “shame” as she was escorted away by security. There was no reaction from...

This is the shocking moment a mass brawl broke out among hundreds of high schoolers at a popular New York beach. Around three hundred teenagers had gathered on Jones Beach, on Thursday afternoon when the fighting kicked off. Officials told News12 Long Island the gathering was an unsanctioned 'Senior Cut Day' in Nassau County and Queens County. Footage shared to social media shows a police helicopter hovering low over the crowds. Revelers were seen running back to the nearby boardwalk due to the sand being kicked up by the blades of the chopper. Some students who spoke with the outlet...

One of the biggest lies ever told in the history of the world is that the Democrat Party is the party of "love" and "compassion." In fact, one of the reasons I completed my conversion to the dark side (conservatism) all those years ago and never looked back was the realization that there was nothing "loving and compassionate," for example, about advocating for the "right" to terminate innocent, unborn life at any stage of pregnancy. So, like many on our side of the aisle, whenever I hear such claims coming from Democrats and their allies in the press, I just...

*** Driving the news: In a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel first obtained by Axios, Reps. Stephen Lynch (D-Mass.) and Robert Garcia (D-Calif.) asked that they "immediately clarify whether this allegation is true." The lawmakers asked for a timeline of the DOJ's declassification and publication of the Epstein files, an explanation for why they haven't turned over any new documents since February. And they requested a description of Trump's role in reviewing the files, a list of personnel involved in their release and an answer for why files previously released to Congress contained "significant...

New York CNN — For the last several years, Pride Month was a splashy marketing event for big brands. Stores adorned windows with rainbow flags, displayed LGBTQ-themed t-shirts and coffee mugs at their entrances, changed their logos on social media accounts, and spotlighted donations to LGBTQ rights groups. But this Pride Month, many retail chains and brands are going quiet. Companies are treading lightly, avoiding prominent campaigns and visible public support. Thirty-nine percent say they plan to scale back public Pride Month engagements this year, according to a survey of more than 200 corporate executives by Gravity Research, a risk...

Maine could be the first state to withdraw from the compact aimed at abolishing the Electoral College. In a stunning reversal of last year's misguided attempt to overthrow the Electoral College, Maine’s House of Representatives recently voted to withdraw the state from the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact (NPVIC). Three Democrats and two Independents joined Republicans in the vote for withdrawal. The NPVIC is an agreement among member states and the District of Columbia to award their electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote once states with a majority of electoral votes join. Democrats created...

CNN’s famed war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, is being mocked for claiming she’s terrified of traveling to the US — and even needs burner phones and other prep “as if I was going to North Korea.” The British-born journalist, who has covered war zones extensively throughout her career, revealed that she spoke to CNN security and carried a burner phone when she traveled to the US last month to give an address at Harvard University. “I must say I was afraid. I’m a foreigner. I don’t have a green card. I’m not an American citizen. I’m fairly prominent, and I literally...

[Catholic Caucus] Catholics demand New Jersey church cancel seventh annual ‘Pride Mass’Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church in Hoboken, New Jersey, plans its annual 'Pride Mass' on June 29, celebrating LGBTQ lifestyles.Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church is planning its annual blasphemous “Pride Mass.”On June 29, the feasts of Ss. Peter and Paul, Our Lady of Grace and St. Joseph Catholic churches in Hoboken, New Jersey, will host their seventh annual “Pride Mass,” celebrating lifestyles distinctly condemned by Catholic doctrine.“LGBTQ@Grace is a faith-sharing community of LGBTQ individuals, along with family and friends, that is based at Our Lady of Grace,”...

An Illinois YMCA is hosting an LGBT-themed camp for second graders alongside an activist organization that hands out so-called “gender-affirming” clothing items like “tucking underwear” and chest binders to anyone regardless of age. The Stephens Family YMCA in Champaign will host “Camp Kaleidoscope,” a program designed for “LGBTQ+ youth or youth who are part of LGBTQ+ families.” The camp is offered at a “privately rented residential space” in partnership with Uniting Pride of Champaign County, an activist organization that distributes clothing items meant to alter the physical appearance of people who identify as transgender. Two sessions will be offered: one...

This is awful. Just plain awful. [Warning: Extreme violence] VIDEO AT LINK............................. The worst. This happened on November 12, 2024, in Victoria. Import the third world, expect your country to devolve into a third-world country. This cultural enricher apparently started beating this man's face in after the man tried to engage him in small talk on the train back in November. What's more, after exiting the train, he is said to have beaten another man, this one with a mental disability. What's more: Mhindurwa has been sentenced to six months' jail for unlawful assault and attempted robbery on September 12,...

@freethepeople The fight over President Trump’s big, beautiful bill is boiling over, shattering the White House alliance with @elonmusk Senator @RandPaul warns there are provisions in this bill that could bankrupt America and spark runaway inflation.

American President Donald Trump has once again threatened Russia. He claims that if Russia crosses the line, the United States will respond, Trump made this statement during a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House. Furthermore, Trump recently said that in two weeks, he would know whether Putin is trying to deceive him about ending the war. According to Trump, if the Russian President lies about peace, the US will change its approach. "If i see somebody's out of line. If I see Russia's out of line — you will be amazed. Remember this: they like to...

'Not the Zionists, America, Britain, France, or Germany—only Allah has the right to be feared,' said Mohamed Soliman ... Before carrying out the firebombing attack on peaceful Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado, foreign national Mohamed Soliman filmed himself declaring that "jihad for Allah's sake" is more important than his mother, wife, and children. The 45-year-old Soliman, who was born in Egypt and lived in Kuwait before moving to Colorado and overstaying a visa, made the remarks in an Arabic-language video obtained and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute. "I say to my mother, my wife, my children, my...