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In case anyone had any doubt where this gerrymandering fight is going: And here’s California Democrat Rep. Zoe Lofgren with absolutely no shame, confirming that wholesale Republican voter disenfranchisement is exactly where the party is going: Just put aside the Texas Republicans for a moment, even though their cause is righteous. Put them aside, because even though they are the reason California’s Ms. Lofgren and her fellow travelers are up in arms, we don’t need them to make the point that the gerrymandering is already insanely lopsided!Eight blue states have zero Republican representation. Zero. That’s fully 16% of our 50...

AbleChild has recently obtained a copy of the much sought after autopsy results of alleged attempted assassin, Thomas Matthew Crooks. In a word, the autopsy leaves a lot to be desired and, frankly, even with the autopsy, the public still has not been provided physical evidence to, once and for all, indict Thomas Matthew Crooks as the shooter. First, the autopsy of the alleged shooter was only made public when the Headline USA reporter, Kenneth Silva, filed suit with the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) to obtain “the medical examiner case information summary, as well as all lab analysis...

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Cracker Barrel is done. Woke executives killed it, wrapped the corpse in a rainbow flag, and then made it do a little puppet show in New York City for the entertainment of all their woke little friends.Cracker Barrel’s new logo — and its miserable attempt to reinvent itself — is obviously a complete disaster, whether in terms of customer backlash or the company’s stock price. But the real reason Cracker Barrel has been struggling is that its service and food quality nosedived after Covid, and instead of fixing that, the company and its woke executives decided to go full Bud...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/video-kamala-harris-announces-international-tour-sell-book/Twice-failed Presidential candidate Kamala Harris will hit the trail again at home and abroad this fall, not to campaign (officially) but to sell her upcoming memoir and speak to supporters in liberal cities across the nation.While she will visit a few red states, Harris’s events will only be in cities that supported her in the 2024 election.If you want to attend and potentially meet Kamala Harris, tickets will be available here.Harris announced the tour with a video on social media.WATCH:“107 Days is my candid and personal account of the shortest presidential campaign in modern history,” Harris said on X.“Over the...

Russian President Vladimir Putin believes it's his destiny to recreate the Russian empire and won't back down in Ukraine, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in an interview with "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan." Gates said Putin's aims can be unclear, even in one-on-one meetings. "I'm not sure even in a face to face that you can judge Putin's intention," said Gates, who served as defense secretary under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama. "My own view, having dealt with him and having spent most of my life working on Russia and the Soviet Union, is Putin feels...

He was born December 19, 1928, in New York City, to George A. Shumway and Orpha Johnson Shumway He grew up in Manhasset, N.Y. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in geology from Middlebury College in 1950 and a Masters degree in geophysics from M.I.T. in 1951.

Summary Researchers and 16 US states challenged NIH grant cuts Cuts involve billions of dollars in research support Trump targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts The U.S. Supreme Court let President Donald Trump's administration on Thursday proceed with sweeping cuts to National Institutes of Health grants for research related to racial minorities or LGBT people, part of his crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and transgender identity.The justices, in a 5-4 decision, granted the Justice Department's request to lift Boston-based U.S. District Judge William Young's decision in June that the grant terminations violated federal law, while a legal challenge...

The Trump administration on Thursday canceled a grant for sexual education to California since the state “refused to remove radical gender ideology from the federally funded education program.” The grant is worth $12 million, according to multiple media reports. The California Personal Responsibility Education Program serves youths ages 10 to 19, teaching abstinence and contraception to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. The program focuses on vulnerable groups, including children who are homeless, in foster care, or living in areas with high teen birth rates. LGBTQ teens are among the targeted populations. The curriculum is offered in schools, juvenile justice...

As President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine headed into a high-stakes meeting in the Oval Office this week, Vice President JD Vance warned him to “behave.” “Mr. President, so long as you behave, I won’t say anything,” Mr. Vance recounted to Fox News in an interview broadcast on Wednesday, adding that the Ukrainian leader chuckled in response. It was not the first time that Mr. Vance had addressed Mr. Zelensky during a critical diplomatic summit with words more commonly spoken to toddlers than heads of state. In February, during a highly contentious Oval Office meeting with President Trump, Mr. Vance blasted...

The Supreme Court, in a 5-4 ruling Thursday, enabled the Trump administration to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants linked to diversity initiatives. The decision partially lifts a Boston-based judge’s ruling that declared the cancellations illegal and blocked the administration from moving forward. Five of the court’s six Republican-appointed justices sided with the administration: Justices Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. They said the judge wasn’t following the high court’s emergency decision this spring allowing the administration to cancel education grants. Gorsuch was the most pointed in...

Cracker Barrel shed almost $100 million in market value after its stock plunged Thursday following the release of a new logo. The new design eliminates a longstanding drawing of an overall-clad man leaning against a barrel, in favor of a cleaner logo featuring just the chain's name. Shares of Cracker Barrel fell $4.22, or 7.2%, to $54.80 in Thursday trading, shedding $94 million in market value. The stock had dipped to a low of $50.27 earlier in the day, representing a loss of almost $200 billion in its capitalization. Wall Street's reaction to the logo redesign comes as Cracker Barrel...

Position overview Salary range: The current salary range for the Assistant-level position is $80,800 - $128,700 (9-month academic year salary). However, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions. Anticipated start: July 1, 2026 Application Window Open date: August 15, 2025 Next review date: Monday, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee. Final date: Monday, Sep 15, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Applications will continue to be accepted until this date. Position description The...

SOCAR Oil Terminal Destroyed in Odessa Despite claims from the Trump administration about the success of Monday’s meeting with Zelensky and the European pimp delegation, the prospect for a successful negotiation to end the war in Ukraine is zero. Trump continues to mistakenly believe that he simply needs to get Putin and Zelensky together, who will hammer out a deal. Trump labors under the false assumption that the war in Ukraine was caused in part by a personal tiff between Putin and Zelensky. Putin has been very clear that he will only meet with Zelensky once the details of a...

...According to the group, they have connected a total of 63 injured children with care across the country without funding from governments or businesses... ...There are many countries around the world with great hospitals that should be stepping up to provide assistance, including France, Australia, U.K., and Canada to name a few,” wrote one official. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR, a nonprofit organization advocating for Muslim-American rights, blasted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the agency’s decision to seemingly listen to online influencers....

Labour has lost almost 200,000 members in the past five years, according to the party's latest annual accounts. The party's membership has been steadily falling since Sir Keir Starmer became leader in April 2020, from a peak of 532,046 at the end of 2019. Despite the party's landslide election victory last summer, it shed another 37,215 members over the course of 2024, around 10% of its total membership at the start of the year. However, it is still the largest political party in the UK, with 333,235 members at the end of last year. Labour sources said membership numbers tend...

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/08/watch-live-president-trump-delivers-remarks-patrols-dc/President Trump is speaking to the press after patrolling the streets of Washington, DC, amid his federal takeover of the city. As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, Trump announced that he would join local law enforcement and military personnel on patrol in the nation’s capital this evening, as part of his administration’s ongoing efforts to address rising crime rates in the city.The President is joined by roughly 300 men and women from various agencies, including the DEA, ATF, US Marshals, Homeland Security Investigations, DC Metropolitan Police, FBI, and National Guard at the The United States Park Police Anacostia operations facility.Several...

Military chiefs from the United States and a number of European countries on Thursday presented options to their national security advisers for providing security guarantees to Ukraine, officials said. This followed U.S. President Donald Trump's pledge to help protect the country under any deal to end Russia's 3-1/2-year-old war in Ukraine. A Pentagon statement said U.S. and European planners had developed the military options for "appropriate consideration" by allied national security advisers. Reuters was first to report that the military leaders were preparing the options. The chiefs of defense for the United States, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom and...

A record 111,000 asylum applications were made to the UK during the year to June, but the government is processing cases faster, new Home Office figures show. This is an increase of 14% from the previous year, and it is higher than the peak of 103,000 in 2002. But officials are processing more cases than before the general election, meaning that over the long term there may be fewer people in the system needing housing support. The latest data, which covers Labour's first year in office, comes as the government faces growing pressure over immigration. The figures also showed 71,000...

Villanova University reported an active shooter alert through its Nova Alert system on Thursday, urging students and staff to lock and barricade doors. The university said to move to a secure location and stay clear of Law School Scarpa Hall. The Radnor Township Police Department said it is at the scene and asked all nearby residents and students to shelter in place.