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President Trump has declared “total victory” after an appeals court Thursday threw out Judge Arthur Engoron’s egregious multimillion penalty in the New York civil fraud case. A five-judge panel of New York’s Appellate Division unanimously ruled that the fine—originally set at $355 million plus interest—was “excessive” and unconstitutional under the Eighth Amendment. According to Trump, the penalty with interest had surged to over $550 million. “TOTAL VICTORY in the FAKE New York State Attorney General Letitia James Case!” Trump said in a statement posted on Truth Social. “I greatly respect the fact that the Court had the Courage to throw...

Welcome to ... Minnesota? VIDEO AT LINK................... The chyron down at the bottom doesn't help. 👇 The last line may help you to decipher that this is Omar Fateh, the Somalian socialist who is running for mayor of Minneapolis. In this clip, there is some anger that the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (the state's branch of the Democratic Party) retracted its endorsement of Fateh. More from the Minnesota Star-Tribune: Fateh, a democratic socialist challenging Mayor Jacob Frey, won the endorsement at the end of a raucous July convention that prompted dozens of challenges amid delays and miscounted votes. The state party's Constitution,...

...the state party found that the convention's electronic voting system was "substantially flawed" and "produced a highly inaccurate tabulation of the first vote."...

The federal takeover is being blamed for fewer people coming out to clubs and bars in Northwest. Several owners say they’ve lost thousands of dollars because people stayed home or went somewhere else to avoid the intimidating sight. The problems started Wednesday night with traffic stops on 14th Street just a block north of Crush Dance Bar. Co-owner Stephen Rutgers said it deterred people from coming out last week into the weekend. ... Perruzza even had a drag queen who didn’t want to come to work.

If you’re just waking up, wipe the sleep from your eyes and pour yourself a strong cup of coffee, because we’ve got a big one for you. The Deep State’s biggest warmonger and most famous mustache, John Bolton, just had his home raided at 7:00 a.m. As videos and tweets flood social media, everyone’s asking the same thing: what’s really going on? Thanks to Catherine Herridge, we’ve got the inside scoop. Developing: I understand that @FBIDirectorKash has reopened a high profile National Security case involving former national security adviser John Bolton that was shut down by the Biden administration. I’m...

There’s a new term to describe the heightened sense of ennui workers are going through right now: “quiet cracking.” “Quiet cracking” is what happens when you feel backed up against the wall with no other options but to work at an unsatisfying job. In a recent TalentLMS survey of 1,000 employees, over half of them said they experienced the symptoms of “quiet cracking,” or a persistent feeling of workplace unhappiness that led to disengagement, poor performance and a strong desire to quit. To understand why Americans feel so trapped and disillusioned, simply look at what’s happening with the job economy....

New York: Indians working in the United States on H-1B or L-1 visas are reconsidering their long-term plans in the wake of rising uncertainties. A recent Blind poll, conducted anonymously for verified professionals, found that 45% would return to India if job loss forced them to leave the United States. Another 26% said they would move to a different country, while 29% remain undecided. Pay cuts and quality-of-life concerns top the list of worries for those contemplating a return. About 25% cited lower pay as a deterrent, 24% mentioned a dip in living standards, 13% highlighted cultural or family adjustments...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(8/22/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleRevelation 14:2-32 And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of rushing waters and like a loud peal of thunder. The sound I heard was like that of harpists playing their harps. 3 And they sang a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved...

Looking inside the plasma jet cone of the blazar PKS 1424+240 with a radio telescope of the Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA). Credit: NSF/AUI/NRAO/B. Saxton/Y.Y. Kovalev et al. ==================================================================================== A cosmic jet aimed at Earth reveals how blazars hurl particles to extreme energies, solving a long-standing mystery. Key Points * A glimpse into a galaxy’s core: Astronomers have captured a detailed image of the birthplace of a powerful cosmic jet. With its artificial colors, the view strikingly resembles the legendary “Eye of Sauron.” * The neutrino puzzle: PKS 1424+240 stands out as the brightest known source of neutrinos of its...

New research indicates that caffeine consumption is associated with subsequent increases in positive affect, and this association is strongest within the first 2.5 hours after awakening (i.e., in the morning).Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant that is used by approximately 80% of the world’s population and consumed in a wide variety of forms, including beverages like coffee, tea, soda (e.g., coke), and energy drinks, but also in food items such as chocolate,” said Bielefeld University researcher Justin Hachenberger and his colleagues. “Positive expectations related to caffeine consumption include reduced tiredness and fatigue, enhanced cognitive and physical performance, and a...

The return of the Russian battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov, after 26 years in refit, does not signify a significant change in naval capability, but rather symbolizes the decline of industrial capabilities. Its primary role will likely be symbolic “show-the-flag” cruises, not high-end combat. However, its status as a high-profile emblem of Russian power raises a provocative new question: Could it become a target for Ukraine’s daring special operators, similar to past attacks on the Nordstream pipeline or Russian bomber bases?

In Federalist Number 70, one of the most often-cited of the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton famously made his pitch for a strong unitary executive as provided for in the then-proposed Constitution: Energy in the Executive is a leading character in the definition of good government. It is essential to the protection of the community against foreign attacks; it is not less essential to the steady administration of the laws; to the protection of property against those irregular and high-handed combinations which sometimes interrupt the ordinary course of justice; to the security of liberty against the enterprises and assaults of ambition,...

“Virtually everything the administration is doing is pro-crime.” On August 3, someone was shot about five blocks from my house in Washington, DC. Just two nights before, we had called 911 because of gunfire nearby—not an unusual occurrence. A week later, someone was murdered six or seven blocks away, in broad daylight. My neighborhood also has the usual urban scourges: porch pirates, the CVS where everything is under lock and key, the ATV drivers who roar up and down the street doing wheelies and terrorizing motorists and pedestrians alike. President Donald Trump has recently decided he would save us from...

Rep. Riley Moore (R-WV) sent a letter to President Donald Trump Thursday urging him to award Patrick J. Buchanan the Presidential Medal of Freedom, The American Conservative has learned. “Honoring Patrick J. Buchanan with the Presidential Medal of Freedom would recognize his role as one of the truest patriots of the past century,” Moore told TAC in an exclusive statement. “His unrelenting focus on the forgotten men and women of America paved the way for President Trump’s America First Movement. He was right about pretty much everything 20 years before most people realized it and should be honored for defending...

I am a Black man, a Democrat and the youngest person ever elected to the Newark City Council. I am a small-business owner and entrepreneur dedicated to rebuilding urban communities across the country. I stay active in Newark every political cycle, and I am a known and trusted neighborhood organizer within the city where I was born and raised. I have been trying to find a rationale to vote for Mikie Sherrill — and, frankly, as an African American, I just can't do it, and neither can many Blacks in New Jersey

One of my struggles as a self-declared decent person is the tug between my intellectual abhorrence of Islam and my response at a personal level when I see Muslim women walking about with their hair hidden under hijabs. I would never insult or belittle such women to their faces, and I would treat them with courtesy and respect. But I can’t help but think that at some point, there might be so many hijabs walking around that we stand in real danger of being forced to submit to sharia law. We would have to look the other way as Islam’s...

Washington, D.C. denizens are breathing a sigh of relief -- at least those not suffering Trump Derangement Syndrome. Just the other day, Veep Vance, Pete Hegseth, and White House powerhouse Stephen Miller went to Union Station. They thanked National Guardsmen for their part in stopping crime in Washington. A gaggle of usual suspects -- pampered, “progressive” whites -- showed up to protest. But they don’t count. Crime is plummeting in our nation’s capitol. Let’s underscore that: Our nation’s capitol. The District of Columbia belongs to all of us citizens. We have a right to expect the district to be safe....

When the driver arrived, he refused to allow Kobel's 17-pound goldendoodle - a licensed service dog - in the vehicle. Kobel said he then calmly asked to cancel the ride and seconds later, the driver snapped. Security footage shows Uliumdzhiev storming out of his Audi SUV and confronting Kobel before suddenly head-butting him in the face and landing a punch that dropped the CEO cold. Kobel's dog crashed to the ground with him as bystanders watched in horror.

22 August 2025 Our Lady, Mother and Queen on Friday of week 20 in Ordinary Time The Church at Veryan, Cornwall: St. SymphorianReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: C(I).Readings for the feriaReadings for the memorialThese are the readings for the feriaFirst readingRuth 1:1,3-6,14-16,22Ruth the Moabitess is brought to Bethlehem by NaomiIn the days of the Judges famine came to the land and a certain man from Bethlehem of Judah went – he, his wife and his two sons – to live in the country of Moab. Elimelech, Naomi’s husband, died, and she and her two sons were left. These married...

Let’s assume peace in Ukraine—granted, a very big-ticket axiom. In our premise, we may include the speculation that Ukraine has ceded, de facto if not formally, at least some of the territory conquered by Russia in the course of the last three years; those who insist that something like total Ukrainian victory is achievable sound suspiciously similar to those who thought the Afghanistan occupation was indefinitely sustainable, and may be safely disregarded for the sake of the exercise.