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BEHOLD: I'm sensing a theme... 😂 This poll was conducted by Zachary Donnini and Havish Netla of Decision Desk HQ. The poll looked at names in 34 states that had at least 1,500 registrants with a given name. Using this data, they could then calculate which names had the highest affiliation with a given party. In the number one spots, 96% of all people named "Eboni" were registered as Democrat, versus 82% of all people named "Landen" being registered as Republican. Their results look similar to polling from the Washington Post in September of 2024: As WaPo noted, whether a...

Gen. Keane said, " i would be stunned if one of Trump's principle advisors like Rubio., talking to Lavrof, hasn't said, " if your boss doesn't make serious concessions and agree to a peace agreement., I can tell you for a fact that Donald Trump is going to crush your economy. That's the path that you're on end. You're going to have to make a decision.." Keane added, " I'm confident that we have said that."

President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday didn’t yield the ceasefire deal Trump was hoping for, but there was apparently enough progress made that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and top European leaders are meeting with Trump in Washington today to discuss the possibility of peace negotiations and a deal to end to the war for good.What might such a deal look like? Simply put, it would consist of territorial concessions in exchange for security agreements. Ukraine would cede portions of Russian-occupied territory in Crimea and the eastern provinces in exchange for a security alliance...

Tesla owners may soon see their insurance premiums rise due to an unexpected factor: vandalism. Insurance analysts warn that increasing incidents of Teslas being damaged—spray-painted, set on fire, or even shot—are putting pressure on insurers, potentially leading to higher comprehensive coverage costs. Key PointsIncreasing vandalism against Tesla vehicles may lead to higher insurance premiums as insurers adjust rates due to growing claimsReports from the U.S., Germany, and the U.K. detail Tesla cars being set on fire, shot at, and spray-painted with anti-Musk messages, targeting the brand due to CEO Elon Musk’s political involvementTesla's used car values and search interest are...

Almost everyone remembers that fighting in World War II ended on Aug. 15, 1945, and that a formal surrender ceremony was signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB 63) in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2. But between those two dates, an unexpected air action took place. Involved were a well-known Japanese air ace, a little-known four-engine American heavy bomber, and U.S. Army photographer Sgt. Anthony J. Marchione.

The Washington Post is not a serious newspaper: Washington Post If more mothers stay home to care for their children ... Who's going to stay at the office and take care of the corporate profits?! You can feel the visceral terror this strikes in the heart of the author. From the Washington Post article: The share of working mothers ages 25 to 44 with young children has fallen nearly every month this year, dropping by nearly 3 percentage points between January and June, to the lowest level in more than three years, … How bad is it? This bad: The...

-snip- 12 p.m. European leaders are expected to be at the White House by noon EDT at the South Portico, with television crew and photographers allowed to document the arrival. 1 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Zelensky and Trump are set to greet each other an hour after the European leaders arrive, and will shortly after go into a meeting with each other in the Oval Office. Vice President Vance is also expected to attend this meeting. The last time the three met in February, there were fireworks. 2:15 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Trump will greet other European leaders in the...

A group of over 100 bicycles, dirt bikes and motorized scooters were seen riding on and through highways and tunnels in Boston Saturday afternoon, police said. Massachusetts State Police received a report that a group of bikes was riding into the O'Neill Tunnel on Interstate 93 south just after 2 p.m. The group left the highway at Exit 17 but returned to the highway shortly after. One of the dirt bikes, which police later found to be stolen, collided with a state police cruiser after the group encountered troopers near D and Summer streets in Boston. The dirt bike operator...

Former Sen. Sherrod Brown of Ohio announced Monday he is launching a comeback bid, giving Democrats a boost in their longshot campaign to win back control of the Senate. With no serious primary competition, Brown’s announcement effectively kicks off a nearly 15-month general election face-off against Sen. Jon Husted, a Republican appointed earlier this year by Gov. Mike DeWine to fill the seat vacated by JD Vance when he became vice president. Brown, 72, was heavily courted by Democrats who saw him as their only hope to flip a Senate seat in an increasingly out-of-reach red state. Brown has cultivated...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday that Ukraine is prepared to work productively in order to end the war between Kiev and Moscow. "When peace is discussed for one country in Europe, it means peace for all of Europe. We are ready to continue working with maximum effort to end the war and to ensure reliable security. These are the key issues," Zelensky wrote on his X account after an encounter with United States Special Envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg in Washington earlier today, and ahead of the multilateral meeting with US President Donald Trump and European leaders in...

BREAKING - Tatiana Martinez, an illegal residing in LA who built a career on social media by doxxing ICE agents and directing her followers to harass them and disrupt their arrests, has now been arrested herself. VIDEO: https://x.com/i/status/1956678880477036584

Daily Readings from the USCCB“If you wish to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.” When the young man heard this statement, he went away sad, for he had many possessions. Matthew 19:21–22This is the conclusion to the conversation that Jesus had with a rich young man who came to Him and asked, “Teacher, what good must I do to gain eternal life?” Jesus went on to tell him to keep the commandments. The young man said he has done so from his youth...

A bombshell revelation is brewing in Washington. According to a high-level source inside the Trump administration, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard is now reviewing a secret dossier on the December 6, 2024 coup d’état in Romania—one that points directly to former Biden regime officials. The file reportedly names three top Biden operatives: disgraced Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, his assistant James O’Brien, and U.S. Ambassador to Bucharest Kathleen Kavalec. Their fingerprints, according to the source, are all over Romania’s election annulment. In a scheme that looks eerily familiar, the Biden crew allegedly teamed up with Romanian insiders—including former Foreign...

The shooting is believed to have been gang-related, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said. Three people were killed and another 10 were injured in an overnight shooting involving multiple gunmen at a Brooklyn nightclub, police said Sunday. The dead were identified by the New York Police Department on Sunday night as Marvin St. Louis, 19, of Brooklyn; Amadou Diallo, 27, of Upper Manhattan; and Jamel Childs, 35, of Brooklyn. The shooting took place at the Taste of the City Lounge on Franklin Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference....

Key Points Novo Nordisk said it now offers cash-paying U.S. patients its blockbuster diabetes treatment Ozempic for less than half its monthly list price through multiple platforms. Patients can pay $499 in cash per month for three dose sizes of Ozempic through the drug’s official website, Novo Nordisk’s patient assistance program, the company’s recently launched direct-to-consumer online pharmacy and drug savings company GoodRx, among other platforms. It comes after Trump in July sent separate letters to Novo Nordisk and 16 other drugmakers, calling on them to take steps to lower medication prices in the U.S.

...immigration and Homeland Security agents, along with San Bernardino police, surrounded the family’s home, according to the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice. They remained at the scene until 3:45 p.m., despite never presenting a warrant, “pressuring the individual to come outside and placing the entire family in fear,” the organization said in a statement to CNN. “This is a clear abuse of power. Firing at civilians, detaining families without cause, and silencing community voices is unacceptable and must end,” the organization said....

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is meeting the U.S. special envoy on Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, in Washington ahead of high-stakes talks on peace with President Donald Trump later on Monday, Ukrinform news agency reported.

The National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, Wis. (mini visual tour)

You can say goodbye to MSNBC, at least the name, because the network is separating from NBC news. With this parting comes a new name. Eschewing the common conservative nickname "MSDNC," and ignoring the brilliant Rush Limbaugh's branding of "PMSNBC," the network went a different direction. 👇 MS NOW! "My Source News, Opinion, World" is the latest attempt for the far-left network to shake off the stigma that has come with their brand over the last few decades. So ... the name has changed but nothing else has changed. Stelter has more: You might recall that when Comcast first announced...

LOVELAND, Colo. (KRDO) - Following a 9NEWS investigation, the city of Denver has decided to cut off Loveland's access to Flock license plate camera readers. The investigation found that Loveland police were sharing access to its Flock data with U.S. Border Patrol. According to our Denver news partners, Denver has over 100 Flock cameras around the city. They are used to solve crimes by tracking vehicles through license plate recognition. In April, Denver police blocked federal agents, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), from accessing their Flock data due to concerns it...