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Cynthia Rollins doesn’t hate California — far from it. The sun-drenched shores of San Diego, the vibrant desert oasis of Palm Springs and the hustle of San Francisco all held special places in the California native’s life story. But in 2020 — at the height of the pandemic — Rollins’ typically serene Ocean Beach neighborhood became crowded with people desperate for an outdoor place to congregate. She couldn’t leave her 650-square-foot apartment without worrying about finding a parking spot when she got home. She was isolated working a remote job for a tech company, but still overwhelmed by the sheer...

A Texas housing developer was forced to deny that a new community being built in the Dallas area will be exclusively for Indian-Americans. Sankalp Developer became infamous for the now-viral tweet that claimed they were building 'a development by INDIANS for the right INDIANS.' The tweet reads: 'INDIA FIRST!' The post does not specify where the supposed development would be located, however, Sanklap is based in Frisco - a wealthy suburb of Dallas. In recent years, Frisco and neighboring communities like Plano, Prosper and Celina have been flooded by Southeast Asians, in what used to be majority white parts of...

According to police, officers from the 35th District responded to a report of a shooting on the 1700 block of West Olney Avenue on Thursday, Aug. 14, at 12:55 a.m. A 43-year-old man was walking up a hill when he encountered a woman with three dogs. One of the dogs was on a leash, while the other two were not. Police say the man announced that he was going to pass by the woman, who then called for her dogs. However, the two dogs that were off-leash ran toward the man. He began yelling for the owner to retrieve them,...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed DEA Administrator Terry Cole as the "emergency police commissioner" of the Metropolitan Police Department.WASHINGTON — Brian Schwalb, the attorney general for the District of Columbia, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Washington on Friday challenging the Trump administration's takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department.The lawsuit challenges Trump's Monday order as well as Attorney General Pam Bondi's Thursday order claiming federal control of the D.C. police force. Schwalb's office argued that the orders exceed the limits on requesting services from D.C., which it says can only be done on a temporary basis under emergency...

Champion bodybuilder Hayley McNeff has passed away at the age of 37, becoming the seventh notable bodybuilder to pass away within the past six months. McNeff, a native of Concord, Massachusetts, passed away on August 8 - but tributes didn't start pouring in until Wednesday. Her cause of death has not yet been disclosed. McNeff's obituary says her passing was 'unexpected but peaceful'. Funeral services for McNeff have been planned for this coming Sunday. Growing up, McNeff was active in many sports - including skiing and diving - while becoming an accomplished equestrian, according to an obituary posted to Boston.com....

Concerns came to a head during the pandemic, when carjackings surged and many of those arrested were children. Carjackings and other crimes have declined considerably.The arrest of two 15-year-olds after a government worker was attacked last week on a Washington, D.C., street was going to attract attention in a city where violent crimes committed by young people have long gripped the public consciousness.But the man who was assaulted in what he said was an attempted carjacking was not just any government worker — he was a high-profile Trump administration employee. And in the days that followed, the president lashed out,...

As President Trump seeks to gauge Putin's intentions, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy remains excluded from critical discussions about the war in Ukraine.U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, on Friday for a high-stakes discussion over the future of the war in Ukraine. Notably, the conversation will not include Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who has insisted that Ukraine must be involved in any ceasefire agreements. President Trump stated that his ultimate goal is to end the fighting between Ukraine and Russia. According to the Council on Foreign Relations, 3.7 million people in Ukraine have been...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of its police department in court on Friday, hours after his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.Washington’s police department chief said Trump’s move would threaten law and order by upending the command structure. “In my nearly three decades in law enforcement, I have never seen a single government action that would cause a greater threat to law and order than this dangerous directive,” Police Chief Pamela Smith said in a court...

A California postal worker allegedly stole credit cards, debit cards and checks to fuel a lavish lifestyle that included luxurious tropical vacations and Rolex watches that she flaunted on social media Mary Ann Magdamit, 31, a former letter carrier at the Torrance Main Post Office, admitted Monday to stealing mail containing checks, personal identifying information, and debit and credit cards from her job between 2022 and July 2025, according to the US Attorney’s Office. She would then activate the cards online and use them to make costly purchases. The alleged mail thief also allegedly sold some of the cards to...

Summary Trump to greet Putin at around 11 a.m. (1900 GMT) Russian envoy describes pre-summit mood as 'combative' Russian source says it looks as though terms will be agreed Zelenskiy, not invited, says Ukraine is 'counting on America' Trump says the killing must stop ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE/MOSCOW, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Donald Trump said he wanted to see a ceasefire "today" as he headed to Alaska on Friday for a summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin to help end the deadliest war in Europe since World War Two.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who was not invited to the talks, and his...

A DC resident has gone viral after saying she feels “more safe than ever” following President Trump’s crackdown on crime in the nation’s capital. “Finally able to chill at a red light with my windows down, not worried about if one of them young n—as is coming,” beaming TikTok user bigdawglexi said in the video, before sighing contentedly. “Riding through the city, feeling more safe than I ever felt,” she said in the short clip, filmed inside her car at night. In a separate video, she said it had been “real quiet in the city, real livable, real ‘I like...

Scott LoBaido, a patriotic activist in New York City, on Wednesday confronted the man who is most likely to be Gotham’s next mayor, Zohran Mamdani. The Hizzoner-In-Waiting was making a campaign stop on Staten Island, which was a waste of everyone’s time in the first place, as Staten Island is the only part of New York City today where patriots live in large numbers. Mamdani lost Staten Island decisively to Andrew Cuomo in the Democrat Party’s mayoral primary in June and is likely to trail Cuomo there again in November. That’s not because Staten Islanders think highly of Cuomo but...

Clinton said that there are several things Trump needs to get Putin to agree to if he deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. "But maybe this is the opportunity to make it clear that there must be a ceasefire, there will be no exchange of territory, and that, over a period of time, Putin should be actually withdrawing from the territory he seized in order to demonstrate his good faith efforts, let us say, not to threaten European security," she said. The former chief U.S. diplomat said that if Trump could negotiate those conditions, then she’d nominate him, adding, "because my...

I'm leery of AI but this seems to be pretty spot on.

The fake submissions included fabricated quotes from a speech to the state legislature and nonexistent case citations purportedly from the Supreme Court.A senior lawyer in Australia has apologized to a judge for filing submissions in a murder case that included fake quotes and nonexistent case judgments generated by artificial intelligence. The blunder in the Supreme Court of Victoria state is another in a litany of mishaps AI has caused in justice systems around the world. Defense lawyer Rishi Nathwani, who holds the prestigious legal title of King’s Counsel, took “full responsibility” for filing incorrect information in submissions in the case...

New CDC director also backed a new option for infant immunization against RSVHHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. last month quietly endorsed recommendationsopens in a new tab or window from his handpickedopens in a new tab or window vaccine advisors that everyone in the U.S. ages 6 months and older receive a flu shot for the upcoming season. The backdated notice appeared this week on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) recommendationsopens in a new tab or window page without fanfare -- a contrast to Kennedy's July announcementopens in a new tab or window endorsing the removal of thimerosal...

1.5 min interview with Jessica Tarlov https://truthsocial.com/@KarliBonne/115033446837100110

Hidden magma chambers, rising heat, and global climate implications are now under intense scrutiny. The stakes go far beyond the American West — and the timeline may be shorter than expected. Massive Volcanic Eruption. Credit: Shutterstock | The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries Channel =============================================================================== A detailed geophysical study published in Nature in by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has refined our understanding of the Yellowstone supervolcano, uncovering new insights into its subsurface magma dynamics. Concurrently, climatological assessments by researchers such as Markus Stoffel (University of Geneva) have renewed discourse around the global systemic risks posed by a potential super-eruption —...

After the great rebuke of 2024, many Democrats seem to think their party needs to become more moderate. But there’s another theory potent on the American left that believes Donald Trump’s election shows not just that American democracy is in danger, but that it doesn’t really work at all. What the country needs isn’t just a new policy agenda; it might need the kind of constitutional revolution — from adding new states, to packing the Supreme Court — that some Democrats already flirted with under Joe Biden. That’s the kind of argument that my guest today, Osita Nwanevu, makes in...

Doreen St. Félix, a staff writer at the far-left New Yorker, deleted her X account this week after a countless number of racist tweets were uncovered. [snip] Here’s a short list of her greatest hits: April 7, 2015: “tbh whiteness fills me with a lot of hate. can’t really be a prude about it anymore. i’m often angry and hateful about it.” December 24, 2014: “I hate white men. You all are the worst. Go nurse your f------- Oedipal complexes and leave the earth to the browns and the women.” June 4, 2015: “white people, who literally started a plague...