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  • Los Angeles mayor lifts curfew after protests ease, cites success in preventing crime

    06/18/2025 3:40:47 AM PDT · by LouAvul · 25 replies
    Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lifted the nighttime curfew she imposed last week on the city’s downtown area to prevent crime prompted by protests, which began in the wake of raids on undocumented migrants in the city. Bass said arrests and confrontations with the police had declined since this past weekend’s demonstrations. In a statement, Bass said the seven-day curfew was a success in helping ease tensions, protect stores, restaurant and residents from “bad actors who do not care about the immigrant community.” “My priority will continue to be ensuring safety, stability and support in the downtown neighborhoods,” Bass said,...
  • Iran's Reza Pahlavi says 100-day transition plan in place if Khamenei falls

    06/18/2025 3:34:02 AM PDT · by Mr. Mojo · 49 replies
    Jerusalem Post ^ | JUNE 18, 2025 | JERUSALEM POST STAFF
    Reza Pahlavi, the eldest son of the last Shah of Iran and the former crown prince, said that plans are in place for a 100-day transitional period if the Islamic Republic regime falls in war with Israel. In a Tuesday video statement in Farsi, Pahlavi sought to reassure Iranians that opposition forces have a plan for the country's future. "Iran will not descend into civil war or instability," he said. "We are prepared for the first hundred days after the fall, for the transitional period, and for the establishment of a national and democratic government - by the Iranian people...
  • Sign in 'There's hope:' ALS researcher discusses Eric Dane's diagnosis

    06/18/2025 3:32:50 AM PDT · by UMCRevMom@aol.com · 6 replies
    Youtube ^ | 6-17-2025 11:30 a.m. EDT | Good Morning America
    In an exclusive interview with Diane Sawyer, the actor discusses his ALS diagnosis, the challenges ahead and why he remains hopeful.
  • Meet the new Shah of Iran?

    06/18/2025 3:24:24 AM PDT · by RandFan · 52 replies
    X ^ | June 18 | PahlaviReza
    @PahlaviReza The Islamic Republic has come to its end and is collapsing. What has begun is irreversible. The future is bright, and together we will turn the page of history. Now is the time to stand up; the time to reclaim Iran. May I be with you soon.
  • Today's Cryptogram

    06/18/2025 3:12:56 AM PDT · by Lonesome in Massachussets · 8 replies
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  • Lindsey Graham Hit With Devastating Re-Election Update

    06/18/2025 3:04:48 AM PDT · by cotton1706 · 46 replies
    Trending Politics News ^ | 6/17/25 | Cullen McCue
    Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is facing an uphill re-election battle due to declining favorability numbers among Republican primary voters, a new survey from one of the most accurate pollsters found. The new poll, which was conducted by Quantus Insights, surveyed 600 registered voters in the Palmetto State between June 10-13. In terms of overall approval among all voters, Graham finds himself in the red, with 41 percent of respondents voicing approval and 46 percent voicing disapproval. An additional 13 percent of respondents remain undecided. Among Republican respondents, 22 percent said they will “definitely” be backing a challenger to the longtime...
  • Texas man discovers ex-fiancée married him without his knowledge after finding package at home — days after breakup

    06/18/2025 2:42:40 AM PDT · by Libloather · 33 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/18/25 | Jacki Thrapp
    I do … not. A 42-year-old Texas man discovered he was married to his ex-fiancée without his knowledge when the marriage certificate arrived at his home — just days after the pair broke up. Kristin Marie Spearman, 36, is accused of sending her ex a gift bag from Bath & Body Works that contained some “products” and a copy of an officiated marriage license with their names on June 13, according to Fox 44. Spearman allegedly also included a photo of herself holding up the document that legally recognized their relationship. The spooked victim, who is not being named by...
  • Ruthless armed Tren de Aragua gangbangers menace residents in Colorado apartment complex, chilling video shows

    06/18/2025 2:36:54 AM PDT · by Libloather · 17 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/17/25 | Anna Young
    A gun-toting crew of nine suspected Tren de Aragua gangbangers unleashed chaos at a Colorado apartment complex — just one year after the notorious Venezuelan gang seized properties across the state and sparked a wave of violent crime. Chilling doorbell footage captured the disturbing moment the violent thugs brandished firearms and repeatedly knocked on the door of a Potomac Street apartment in Aurora on June 9, Aurora Police Chief Todd Chamberlain shared during a news conference Tuesday afternoon. The heavily armed group pestered the complex for about a minute before they left, the footage showed. “There is, without question, gang...
  • Flashback to 2001: Rafsanjani Says Muslims Should Use Nuclear Weapon Against Israel

    06/18/2025 2:24:51 AM PDT · by Words Matter · 5 replies
    IPS ^ | Dec 2001
    TEHRAN 14 Dec. (IPS) One of Iran’s most influential ruling cleric called Friday on the Muslim states to use nuclear weapon against Israel, assuring them that while such an attack would annihilate Israel, it would cost them "damages only". Also on FR
  • North Korea plans to send military construction workers and deminers to Russia

    06/18/2025 2:21:50 AM PDT · by Apparatchik · 21 replies
    NBC Spews ^ | June 18, 2025 | The Associated Press
    SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and deminers to support reconstruction work in Russia’s Kursk region, a top Russian official said Tuesday, the latest sign of expanding cooperation between the nations. North Korea has already supplied thousands of combat troops and a vast amount of conventional weapons to back Russia’s war against Ukraine. In April, Pyongyang and Moscow said that their soldiers fought together to repel a Ukrainian incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region, though Ukraine has insisted it still has troops present there. Wrapping up a one-day visit to Pyongyang, Russian Security...
  • ‘They strike, we dance’ — Iranians damn the regime amid Israeli barrage

    06/18/2025 1:54:17 AM PDT · by Libloather · 34 replies
    NY Post ^ | 6/17/25 | Janatan Sayeh
    Cries of “death to Khamenei” filled the night air in Tehran on June 15, rising above the thunder of Israeli airstrikes. The same defiant chorus had echoed through the city the night before, as if the people were rehearsing for the fall of the very system they were raised to fear. After five inconclusive rounds of talks between Iran and the United States, Israel launched its military campaign against the Islamic Republic’s leadership last week — and ordinary Iranians are not rallying around the regime. Instead, many are now mocking Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s fundamental miscalculation when he declared during...
  • Today's Toons 6/18/25

    06/18/2025 1:20:52 AM PDT · by pookie18 · 11 replies
    The Right Reasons ^ | 6/18/25 | pookie18
    Click on link
  • Interactive Map: Iran - Real-Time Updates​ (Rising Lion)

    06/18/2025 1:17:48 AM PDT · by Words Matter
    INSS ^ | 06.18.2025
    Search and find targets, etc. Iran assets map
  • What to know about Iran's mysterious leader, Ali Khamenei

    06/18/2025 1:12:07 AM PDT · by RandFan · 5 replies
    BBC [Live Page] ^ | June 18 | BBC [Live Page]
    You may have seen news this week that Israel had planned to assassinate the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, before the US reportedly intervened. Donald Trump also warned on social media he knows "exactly where the so-called 'Supreme Leader' is hiding." But who is Khamenei? And why would Israel target him? Ali Khamenei is Iran's head of state, and has been for more than three decades. His title puts him above the president, Masoud Pezeshkian, as the country's most powerful religious and political leader. Apart from sweeping powers in governing the country, Khamenei also leads the hardline religious...
  • Poll Finds Overwhelming Support for Israeli Strikes—and for Trump's Response—Among MAGA Base

    06/18/2025 12:15:51 AM PDT · by Words Matter · 36 replies
    Free Beacon ^ | 6.17.25
    A GOP official in Congress told the Free Beacon 'there's no Republican divide,' stating that 'Republicans back Israel'
  • Iranian Ex-President Ahmadinejad survives Near-Fatal assassination attempt

    06/17/2025 11:06:26 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 36 replies
    NEW.AZ ^ | 17 June 2025 21:24 | NEW.AZ
    Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad narrowly survived an assassination attempt after his vehicle was reportedly sabotaged, Iranian media reported Wednesday, News.Az informs via Newsweek. The plot was said to involve tampering with Ahmadinejad's car, which his security team discovered just in time to prevent a potentially fatal outcome.On the evening of Monday, July 15, while traveling to Zanjan for the Muharram religious mourning ceremony, the ex-president's chief security officer noticed that the air conditioner in his primary vehicle, a Toyota Land Cruiser, was malfunctioning, the London-based Iran International TV network reported. He then advised the former president to switch to...
  • Reports: Former Iranian President Ahmadinejad Assassinated Point Blank

    06/17/2025 10:31:22 PM PDT · by Governor Dinwiddie · 67 replies
    Geller Report ^ | June 17, 2025 | Pamela Geller
    *Unconfirmed* reports from Tehran that former president Ahmadinejad was assassinated at point-blank. This demon’s nickname was the “poison dwarf.’ This mass murderer lived too long.
  • Family says baby delivered through C-section from Georgia mom who was declared brain dead

    06/17/2025 9:58:57 PM PDT · by Morgana · 9 replies
    WTHR ^ | June 17, 2025 | staff
    ATLANTA — The family of Adriana Smith, a metro Atlanta nurse who was declared brain dead in February while pregnant, said her baby boy has arrived. According to her mother, April Newkirk, the infant, named Chance, was born prematurely Friday, June 13, around 4:41 a.m. by emergency Cesarean section. Newkirk said Chance weighs about 1 pound 13 ounces and is in NICU. "He's expected to be OK," Newkirk said. "He's just fighting. We just want prayers for him. Just keep praying for him. He's here now." She's now preparing to say goodbye to her daughter. Newkirk said the hospital will...
  • FALLOUT: How dumping patients and pushing a lie misled everyone about the abortion pill

    06/17/2025 9:52:56 PM PDT · by Morgana · 3 replies
    Live Action News ^ | June 16, 2025 | Carole Novielli
    Decades of deception deliberately perpetuated by the abortion industry have given women a false sense of security about the alleged safety of the abortion pill (mifepristone). The abortion industry has attempted to downplay the abortion pill’s risks to women for a very long time, but has in recent years taken to accusing women of ‘overreacting’ when they visit emergency rooms (ER) for adverse events resulting from the abortion pill. If significant numbers of women are visiting ERs due to legitimate concerns about their abortion pill complications, who is at fault? KEY TAKEAWAYS: * Decades ago, the abortion industry began encouraging...
  • Clinical trial demonstrates the impact of therapeutic plasma exchange on biological age

    06/17/2025 9:43:22 PM PDT · by ConservativeMind · 16 replies
    A first-of-its-kind clinical trial shows that therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) combined with intravenous immunoglobulin reduced biological age on average by 2.6 years, as measured by multi-omic biomarkers. The results provide early data on the impact of TPE on biological age, supporting its potential for new disease and longevity applications. Therapeutic plasma exchange is a procedure that separates, removes, and replaces a patient's plasma to treat certain diseases. The study investigated how TPE impacts biomarkers associated with biological age, including changes across the epigenome, proteome, metabolome, glycome and immune system, alongside physical measures like balance and strength. Research participants were assigned...