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EXCLUSIVE: After being ousted from the Democratic Party over a disagreement about the push to defund the police, Maud Maron, a former progressive turned conservative Republican, is running to unseat Alvin Bragg as Manhattan district attorney. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Maron, an attorney and mother of four, said that under Democratic rule, crime in New York City has spiraled out of control to the point that the city is facing a serious "public safety crisis." She described a situation in which a criminal slashed police officers in the neck and face inside a Manhattan courthouse. In any...

A federal judge in Boston on Monday blocked the portion of the One Big Beautiful Bill that President Trump signs that defunds Planned Parenthood. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani, an Obama appointee, issued the temporary nationwide restraining order days after the Supreme Court issued a ruling putting limits on the nationwide injunctions that rouge liberal judges can issue. “The true design of the Defund Provision is simply to express disapproval of, attack, and punish Planned Parenthood, which plays a particularly prominent role in the public debate over abortion,” Planned Parenthood argued in its lawsuit against the defunding measure. A leading...

On July 4 President Trump signed what everyone is now calling the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.” (Doesn’t it cease being a “Bill” when it becomes an “Act”? Not this one, apparently.). The Act is a compendium of dozens of provisions relating to all aspects of the federal budget and taxation. As a result, many summaries that you may have read focus on things like income tax rates and deductions, and other such matters directly relevant to individuals. That leaves some other important subjects of the Act getting short shrift, particularly the provisions dealing with various aspects of the ongoing...

8 July 2025 Tuesday of week 14 in Ordinary Time St. Kilian's Church, Heilbronn, GermanyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: C(I).First readingGenesis 32:23-33Jacob wrestles with GodJacob rose, and taking his two wives and his two slave-girls and his eleven children he crossed the ford of the Jabbok. He took them and sent them across the stream and sent all his possessions over too. And Jacob was left alone. And there was one that wrestled with him until daybreak who, seeing that he could not master him, struck him in the socket of his hip, and Jacob’s hip was dislocated...

The Internal Revenue sends their auditor to audit a synagogue. The auditor is doing all the checks and then turns to the Rabbi and says, "I noticed that you buy a lot of candles." "Yes," answered the Rabbi. "Well, Rabbi, what do you do with the candle drippings?" he asked. "A good question," noted the Rabbi. "We save them up when we have enough, we send them back to the candle maker, and now and then, they send us a free box of candles." "Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his question had a practical answer. So he thought...

‘They attack us without provocation’: West Bank town mourns its dead after settler raid Sense of helplessness pervades Kafr Malik where IDF killed three Palestinians after locals resisted masked marauders Julian Borger and Sufian Taha in Kafr Malik The men from Fatah arrived on Thursday morning, hours after the attack on Kafr Malik, to put out more flags along the main streets, adding bright primary colours to a mournful scene, but they did nothing to relieve the all-encompassing sense of helplessness. Three men from this central West Bank town, one a teenager, lay dead and several others were still in...

Crazed Left-wing activists throughout the country are reportedly demanding that Democrat members of Congress “break the rules, fight dirty” and even resort to violence to stop President Trump from implementing his agenda. According to Axios, House Democrats are facing “growing anger” among their extremist base at district town halls and in meetings with their voters, pressuring them to become more militant in their tactics. Axios reporter Andrew Solender spoke to more than two dozen House Democrats, most of whom requested anonymity in order to speak frankly about their interactions with their radical constituents. The lawmakers told Solender that that the...

A massive uprising of anti-american rioters in a prominent mexican city has resulted in the destruction of multiple businesses and apartments, and calls for Americans to self deport. They want all American Gringos gone in Mexico city.

“At the finish line I was upset. I said ‘I did not want to race against a man,’” Peterson said, -snip Peterson came in second place to transgender opponent, Kate “KJ” Phillips – born a biological male – who took the gold medal last Tuesday at the Lyons Masters National Championships in Wisconsin. She is one of multiple veteran female cyclists who are speaking out against USA Cycling after they claim the organization failed to disclose the participation of a transgender athlete in a recent race. Peterson recalled the final sprint of the race where Debbie Milne was the only...

In our day our rulers are corrupt and abusive, just like always. And just like always, they will maintain their corrupt and abusive ways until something stops them. But in the age of Mass Media, we never got to talk back. Then the universe changed, and now, with Two-way Media we have ways of talking back. ... And so, armed with the new communication technologies, the public is no longer forced to follow orders. It has largely stopped listening, and [...] started talking back. But I think there is something bigger than the public talking back. Today, with the internet...

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Director James Gunn revealed that the upcoming "Superman" movie will be "about politics," saying that the iconic superhero is "an immigrant that came from other places." ....... And obviously, there will be jerks out there who are just not kind and will take it as offensive just because it is about kindness. But screw them."

For every silver lining, we must find a cloud! That is, if you're the liberal media, and the Trump administration and Israel have pulled off audacious strikes on Iran, severely damaging its nuclear facilities and eliminating many of its top military leaders and nuclear scientists. Thus it was that on Monday's Morning Joe, Katty Kay introduced a segment on the results of the strikes by proclaiming her intent was "not to throw cold water on any potential optimism" as to how there could be a moment for Israel to find peace with Saudi Arabia and in Gaza. In a discussion...

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More like Sagaponack General Chaos! Page Six hears that huffy Hamptonites are accusing the billionaire owners of a trendy mom and pop shop of grocery misconduct after the spot became such a hit that it’s creating pandemonium in the hamlet. But the owners tell Page Six they’re “actively working with the village” to smooth things out. The Sagaponack General Store, located in the second-wealthiest ZIP code in the country, was founded in 1878 but shut down during COVID. New owners snapped it up, gave it a multi-million dollar makeover and have been doing a roaring trade selling pastries, fresh-cut flowers,...

ALVARADO, Texas - Eleven people face charges after a "planned ambush" on an ICE facility in Alvarado where a group intended "to kill ICE corrections officers," according to law enforcement officials. …. According to court documents, the driver told the sheriff's deputy that he met some people online and took them from Dallas to the detention center to "make some noise". …. Ten people were arrested and charged with three counts of attempted murder of a federal officer. Cameron Arnold of Dallas, Texas Savanna Batten of Fort Worth, Texas Nathan Baumann of College Station, Texas Zachary Evetts of Waxahatchie, Texas...

A comprehensive carcinogenicity study on the world's most used herbicide, glyphosate, involving scientists from Europe and the U.S., has found that low doses of the controversial weed killer cause multiple types of cancer in rats. In this long-term study, glyphosate alone and two commercial glyphosate-based formulations, Roundup BioFlow used in the EU and Ranger Pro used in the U.S., were administered to rats via drinking water beginning in prenatal life, at doses of 0.5, 5, and 50 mg/kg body weight/day for 2 years. These doses are currently considered safe by regulatory agencies and correspond to the EU Acceptable Daily Intake...

Despite medical advances, infectious diseases caused by bacteria and viruses are still among the most common causes of death worldwide. What role could fructose play in such diseases? A research group has now been able to prove for the first time that monocytes, important immune cells in the blood, react more strongly to bacterial toxins after fructose consumption—but not in a positive way. Specifically, the concentration of receptors for certain bacterial toxins increases, making the body more susceptible to inflammation. In two independent randomized studies with healthy adults, the researchers investigated how the consumption of fructose-sweetened beverages affects the immune...

There is a significant positive association between dietary calcium intake and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), according to a study. Hongyuan Chang and colleagues used data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey conducted from 2003 to 2008 to examine the association between dietary calcium intake and the risk of BPH. Data was included for 590 men aged 40 years and older, of whom 138 had BPH. The researchers found that a higher dietary calcium intake was associated with increased risk of BPH after adjustment for all covariates (odds ratio, 1.05). In subgroup analyses, the investigators found that the association...

It turns out that Mexicans are as happy about US citizens legally moving to Mexico as US citizens are about Mexicans illegally crossing the border to live in the United States. Sure, Americans are bringing their money--not asking the government to pick up the tab for their lifestyles--but the influx is apparently raising housing prices and diluting Mexican culture. If you are in the United States illegally and wish to join the next protest in Mexico City, use the CBP Home app to facilitate your departure. https://t.co/P2vKuhbp65— Homeland Security (@DHSgov) July 6, 2025Now that's a twist I bet you didn't...