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WASHINGTON, DC: A crowd rental company has reported a 400% surge in inquiries for its services in Washington, DC, following President Donald Trump's move to federalize the city’s police force. Crowds on Demand CEO Adam Swart told Fox News Digital that the company typically sees an uptick in requests during “high-stakes political moments.” Crowds on Demand CEO Adam Swart says ‘vast majority’ of people at political events in DC are paid “Right now, DC inquiries are up roughly 400% compared to the same period in 2024,” Swart said, referring to May–July of last year. “A large share are focused on...

These fins are said to be among the largest aerodynamic control surfaces ever built for a rocket. Grid fin for the next generation Super Heavy booster. SpaceX/X Elon Musk’s SpaceX has redesigned some parts of its colossal Mars-bound Starship to improve its stability and control. The most notable change is the removal of a landing fin from the Super Heavy booster, which will now use three redesigned grid fins that are 50% larger and stronger to improve vehicle control during descent. The announcement was made on Wednesday via a post on X, where SpaceX shared images revealing the complex, honeycomb-like...

EHRC calls for clearer guidance for officers to avoid creating a ‘chilling effect’ on freedom of expression The UK’s official human rights watchdog has written to the government and police expressing concern at a potentially “heavy-handed” approach to protests about Gaza and urging clearer guidance for officers in enforcing the law. In the letter to Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, and Mark Rowley, the head of the Metropolitan police, the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) said the perception that peaceful protest could attract disproportionate police attention “undermines confidence in our human rights protections”. ...

The US Treasury Department is extremely desperate for any morsel it can find to put toward the $36.7 trillion national debt. Is Donald Trump asking Americans to Venmo or PayPal the US government cash to pay down the national debt? Not quite, as the Treasury has a long-standing program called “Gifts to Reduce the Public Debt” that asks Americans to donate their personal funds toward government spending. Trump introduced the option to pay through online platforms such as PayPal or Venmo; however, the program began decades ago in 1996. The Pay.gov website also accepts bank transfers, debit or credit cards....

“It’s funny they call [intel] a ‘community.’ That sounds so benign and beneficial. Everybody likes communities.” —Doug Casey. And so, now, in Alaska, Mr. Trump sits down with Vlad Putin to attempt a settling of Ukraine’s hash. This war has been a three-year bloody grind, millions killed, mostly Ukrainians, provoked underhandedly by US State Dept / CIA neocons, Britain’s MI6 apparatus, and the girl-bosses of the EU, for no good reason, namely, to weaken and possibly break-up Russia so as to get at its vast mineral and energy resources. This has been tried before in history, always to the grief...

The new release by Gabbard is a vindication for Trump, who stood alone in 2018, and strengthens his position ahead of the upcoming summit. =============================================================== Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has released two emails that are significant not only for their content but for their timing, coming just two days before the Trump-Putin summit in Alaska. The emails reveal that in late 2016, then-DNI James Clapper pushed the fraudulent narrative that Russia had hacked the Democratic National Committee (DNC), overriding pointed objections from then-National Security Agency chief Admiral Mike Rogers. The timing matters because this very narrative — the...

Recent comments by America’s Director of National Intelligence have reignited calls for the United States government to reveal what it knows about the UFO phenomenon. Asked whether she had discovered anything relating to UFOs during a recent podcast with News Corp journalist Miranda Devine, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard provided a hint about her own views on the topic. “Nothing that I'm prepared to talk about today… I'm just going to say this: yeah, we're continuing to look for the truth and share that truth with the American people,” she said. Pressed on whether she thought aliens were responsible...

House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has called on U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi to open a full-blown federal investigation into Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and to scrutinize New York Attorney General Letitia James’ complicity in a billion-dollar terrorist financing scandal. House Republican Chairwoman Elise Stefanik’s urgent letter to Bondi comes on the heels of a bombshell Gateway Pundit report into the Standard Chartered Bank sanctions evasion case, now before the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals. That case uncovered at least $9.6 billion in illegal payments by the bank to Iranian and Hezbollah entities—payments that directly violate U.S....

Dr. Anthony Fauci is arguably the world’s most famous doctor and best known for guiding the country through the pandemic. But he has also faced right-wing criticism for assessments and recommendations throughout that period and his clashes with former President Trump. Geoff Bennett sat down with Dr. Fauci to discuss his career and new memoir, “On Call: A Doctor’s Journey in Public Service."

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(8/15/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleNehemiah 9:1515 In their hunger you gave them bread from heaven and in their thirst you brought them water from the rock; you told them to go in and take possession of the land you had sworn with uplifted hand to give them.Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.________________________

Does anyone know where to find the facts that Trump solved/ended 6 wars? Even the AI chats are calling him a liar stating things like he stopped it for one day, he had nothing to do with it or it never really ended. Thanks

In a not-so-subtle act of trolling, Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, arrived in Alaska on the eve of the US–Russia summit wearing a sweatshirt emblazoned with “CCCP”, the Russian initials for the USSR. Once seen in western capitals as a pragmatic and skilled diplomat, the 75-year-old has in recent years mirrored the Kremlin’s radicalised politics, adopting an increasingly combative tone and resorting to trolling and mockery. Lavrov’s choice of attire nods to the Kremlin’s long-running narrative: Putin has repeatedly claimed that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people”, denying Ukraine’s legitimacy and territorial integrity while promoting a broader notion of unity...

...NORTHCOAST, Calif. — Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) is set to commence the removal of the Eel River Dam... ....the long run because it wasn't providing power economically...

A staggering $520 million in “suspected fraudulent” pandemic-era unemployment insurance payments have been returned to the state of Maryland with the help of “President Trump’s leadership” over the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), officials said. DOL Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer announced this news on Thursday, sharing that the recovery was the result of a coordinated effort between her department’s Office of Inspector General, the Employment and Training Administration, and Maryland’s Labor Department. The CARES Act of 2020 was a major target for fraudsters during the COVID-19 era as domestic and international criminals perpetrated “a multitude of identity fraud schemes to apply...

In an interview on August 12, 2025, with Sid Rosenberg on "Sid and Friends in the Morning," Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed that the administration is "in the works" on designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a terrorist organization. What’s the background of this statement? The Muslim Brotherhood frequently made headlines during the Obama administration, whether because of its brief takeover of the Egyptian government, its invitation to the White House, or its shadowy ties to longtime Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin. The U.S. advocacy group called CAIR (the Council for American-Islamic Relations) appears closely tied to the Muslim Brotherhood:...

https://x.com/fleshsimulator/status/1955731572206002635 lol someone created a website to let Americans apply to the market surveys for unlisted H1B-earmarked job openings that have already been given to a foreign applicant If any US citizen applies to one of these, they legally can’t issue an H1B for it hahahahahahahahaha Jobs.now

Wild video shows South Carolina Democratic Governor candidate swearing in his underwear Wild, newly released dashcam footage shows the Democrats’ choice to run for governor in South Carolina getting arrested recently in just his underwear — while swearing, using the n-word and referring to himself as both God and Superman. Married father of four William “Mullins” McLeod, 53, is facing calls from his own party to step down from the gubernatorial race that he only formally entered Monday after video emerged a day later of his bizarre arrest just months earlier in May, according to WCBD. The prominent attorney was...

Jay Cashman, 72, poured millions into Mayor Michelle Wu's election in 2021, but became outraged when the new two-lane bike path was erected outside his $19 million mansion on Dartmouth Street last year, according to the Boston Globe. It was just part of Wu's plans to build an an elaborate cycling network around the city, as she doubled the number of dedicated bike lanes in Boston since she took office to 15 miles. Her administration had identified Dartmouth Street 'as a bike corridor project' because it provides direct access to the Charles River Esplanade, which city officials called a 'daily...

The White House revealed on Friday the team that will accompany US President Donald Trump to the Alaska summit on Friday. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Commerce Secretary Howard Luntick, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Ratcliffe are among the top US officials who will join Trump for his highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and his delegation. Additionally, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and Deputy White House Chief of Staff Dan Scavino, among others, are expected to travel with the US president...