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ICYMI: Virginia GOP Gubernatorial Candidate Winsome Earle-Sears Campaign Funded By Known Nazi Sympathizer July 10, 2025 In response to reporting detailing Virginia gubernatorial candidate Winsome Earle-Sears’ campaign receiving donations tied to a known Nazi sympathizer, DNC Deputy Communications Director Abhi Rahman released the following statement: “MAGA extremist Winsome Earle-Sears gladly took the money of a Nazi sympathizer to fund her losing campaign — despite once condemning that very action. The company you keep matters. Working Virginians have a choice this election — a candidate who associates with Nazis or a candidate who will spend every day fighting for working Virginians.”...

Barack Obama spent this week doing what Barack Obama loves to do most — making headlines about Barack Obama talking about what a wonderful guy Barack Obama is. My Townhall colleague Leah Barkoukis had some of the details earlier this week, after Obama lectured Dems to get out of their “fetal positions” and “toughen up,” as the party's approval rating sank to a new all-time low of just 19%. "Remember when we did all that winning when I, Barack Obama, was in charge? Yeah, that was awesome." Then there's this gem from Obama's appearance Wednesday on Michelle Obama and her...

[Catholic Caucus] The Cancelled Interview of Father BuxPublished on the 'Messa in Latino' blog and mainly about his new book, the interview was abruptly taken down by Google along with the blog. The full interview is published here in English.On July 11 Google’s Blogger.com platform removed — without giving any warning or specific reason — the traditional Italian Catholic blog Messa in Latino after Blogger.com had received a complaint about the site. The Messa in Latino blog, the most widely read traditional site of its kind in Italy, was taken down shortly after posting an interview with Father Nicola Bux,...

Back in June 2022, I joined the ranks of the many conservatives who looked at late-night network television, with its tired “clap-ter” and heavy-handed cheerleading for Democratic politicians, and asked just how many people actually enjoyed watching it. Never mind the now-regular softball interviews with Democratic elected officials or the exhausted “aren’t Republicans so dumb and evil” monologue jokes, the whole thing felt stale, rote, and joyless. Viewership has plummeted across the board for network television in the streaming era, and you figure the market for the likes of Stephen Colbert offering variations of the same jokes night after night...

Scientists have discovered that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine may increase the risk of eye damage, leading to vision loss. The new study specifically examined how the vaccine affected patients' corneas, the clear front part of the eye that allows light to enter. In 64 people, scientists in Turkey measured changes in the cornea's inner layer, called the endothelium, before taking the first Pfizer dose and two months after receiving the second. Results revealed that taking both doses of the vaccine led to thicker corneas, fewer endothelial cells in the eye and more variation in size of these specialized cells that form...

Key Points * Visitors to the United States will need to pay a “visa integrity fee,” according to a new law. * The fee will be at least $250, is on top of other visa fees, and may be reimbursable. * However when the fee starts, and how to get a refund, remain unclear. =========================================================================== Visitors to the United States will need to pay a “visa integrity fee,” according to a provision of the Trump administration’s recently enacted One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The fee applies to all visitors who need nonimmigrant visas to enter, and cannot be waived. However...

Ukraine will let foreign arms companies test out their latest weapons on the front line of its war against Russia's invasion, Kyiv's state-backed arms investment and procurement group Brave1 said on Thursday. -snip- "We have a list of priorities. One of the top of those would be air defense, like new air defense capabilities, drone interceptors, AI-guided systems, all the solutions against gliding bombs," he said. Unmanned systems in the water and electronic profile systems on the ground are also on Ukraine's list of priorities, as are advanced fire control systems or AI guidance to make howitzers more accurate. Under...

In A Nutshell Researchers found that dipping mangoes in ozonated water for 10 minutes before refrigeration reduced cold-related fruit damage by over 60%. The treatment extended storage life from the typical 14 days to up to 28 days without affecting taste or quality. This method boosts the fruit’s natural antioxidant defenses, helping it survive cold temperatures better. The technology is simple, chemical-free, and compatible with existing post-harvest washing systems, making it a practical tool to cut food waste and expand market reach. ============================================================================== PERTH, Western Australia — Mango lovers might soon find their favorite tropical fruit staying fresh much longer,...

When Sen. Ted Cruz pitched the president on the most far-reaching federal school choice measure on the books, he encouraged Donald Trump to consider his legacy. “I made the argument to him that there was no provision in this bill that would have a greater legacy than the school choice provision,” Cruz told The Daily Signal in an exclusive interview. The Texas Republican authored an amendment in the One Big, Beautiful Bill Act expanding Section 529 college-savings plans to allow parents to pay for K-12 education expenses up to $20,000 per year. Previously, the distribution cap for the tax-neutral savings...

A Biden-appointed judge dismissed a lawsuit against the Trump administration on Thursday brought by FBI agents who worked on Jan. 6 investigations. Agents’ concerns that the Department of Justice (DOJ) would retaliate and publicly disclose a list of those who worked on Jan. 6 cases are “too speculative,” Judge Jia Cobb, a Biden appointee, wrote in her 32-page opinion finding the agents lack standing to sue. “They do not plausibly allege that Defendants are about to engage in any of the conduct agents are worried about,” she wrote. Agents sued early in February after leadership instructed them to complete a...

Researchers have identified the oldest known glacier ice in the European Alps, originating from the last Ice Age.US-based Desert Research Institute (DRI) conducted a detailed analysis of a 131 feet (40-meter) ice core extracted from Mont Blanc's Dôme du Goûter glacier in the Alps.This ice core provides the oldest known record of aerosols and climate in the European Alps, stretching back at least 12,000 years to the last Ice Age...The ice core showed a 3-degree Celsius temperature disparity between the last Ice Age and the current Holocene Epoch.The phosphorus record in the ice core also unveiled a 12,000-year history of...

The most watched evening news program is David Muir on ABC. I watch it every night I am home, and I am appalled at what they choose not to report while they continually seek to destroy President Trump in the minds of the public. I don’t see all of the reports, but here are some of the things that Muir’s program seemingly avoided entirely: 1. An investigation into the Obama administration, especially the lies of John Brennan and James Comey, revealed how far they went to destroy Trump, yet the media acts like the Justice Department and intelligence agencies were...

The Wall Street Journal embarrassed itself Thursday by hyping a so-called Trump-Epstein “bombshell” that amounted to nothing more than a disputed birthday card from 2003 that they won’t show, and that Trump denies writing and is now suing over. The rest of the story was recycled material long in the public domain. Desperate to revive the left’s failed narrative tying Trump to Epstein, the Journal grasped at straws while ignoring Epstein’s far more substantial connections to powerful Democrats like Bill Clinton, who flew on Epstein’s jet multiple times and visited his island — facts the media still downplays to this...

ABC World News Tonight anchor David Muir has shared a major update regarding President Donald Trump's health, following White House confirmation of a condition leading to blood pooling in his veins. In the latest broadcast, the journalist delved into the state of Trump's well-being after recent photos sparked rumors due to noticeable swelling in his legs and ankles, along with bruising on his hands. David, 51, introduced a segment by fellow journalist Mary Bruce, who shed light on the medical details provided by Trump's doctor

The ‘reporter’ behind the disgusting smear piece produced by one of America’s leading newspapers has a connection to one of the greatest scandals in American political history. As The Gateway Pundit reported, The Wall Street Journal published a hit piece on President Trump on Thursday night involving Jeffrey Epstein. The paper alleged Trump wrote Epstein a “bawdy” letter for his 50th birthday depicting a naked woman. Ghislaine Maxwell allegedly prepared a ‘special gift’ and collected letters from Trump and others. “The letter bearing Trump’s name, which was reviewed by the Journal, is bawdy—like others in the album. It contains several...

There was a deadly explosion at a Sheriff training facility in East Los Angeles on Friday morning. At least three Sheriff’s Deputies were killed, according to Fox News. No other details about the explosion were immediately available. BREAKING: Our LA @FoxNews producer @AlexandriaHrndz is told by multiple law enforcement sources that three people are dead after an explosion at a LA County Sheriff Department’s training facility in East LA this morning. Happened at the Biscailuz training center. — Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) July 18, 2025 The FBI is on scene. The explosion appears to be an accident. The three deaths are...

The Trump administration has made contact with 7,500 unaccompanied minors who were deemed untraceable after they crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone and were released into the United States, according to the White House. Since the start of the year, the government has reached out to more than 7,500 unaccompanied immigrant children through the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Refugee Resettlement, the federal agency that detains and places each child with an adult sponsor in the U.S. after they cross the border, the White House told the Washington Examiner. The Trump administration contacted the children and their sponsors...

Gaza journalist refuses to answer the question "What would be the appropriate/proportional response by Israel to the October 7 massacre by Hamas?".

Republicans can’t stop investigating the Biden staff coup until people go to prison.. The past week finally blew the lid off the worst political corruption scandal of the 21st century. And if you’re not sure what I’m talking about, that means the criminal conspiracy behind it is already winning. The revelations of the last seven days indicate that the coverup and exploitation of former President Joe Biden’s deteriorating health by his inner circle were more treacherous than first suspected. Moreover, we now know for sure that their conspiracy is still active. Exhibit A: Last Wednesday, Joe Biden’s White House Physician,...

America is the biggest consumer market in the world. In 2024, Americans spent >$19 trillion on consumer goods. Over $4 trillion of this was on imports. This means, in nominal terms, that Americans bought more than just about any other country on earth produced. America is the world’s forum, the bazaar, the emporium, the supermarket—the shopping mall. And just like how the biggest store in town can pressure suppliers to cut costs, America’s buying power gives us leverage over prices—leverage that can be translated into profits via tariffs. Essentially, if foreign producers want to sell their goods to American consumers—which...