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Ukrainian forces obliterated a critical part of Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline overnight — as Kyiv fought back against Moscow’s ramped-up attacks despite ongoing peace deal talks. Ukraine bombed the Unecha oil pumping station in the Bryansk region late Thursday, according to the commander of Ukraine’s unmanned systems forces, Robert Brovdy. Footage posted on Telegram showed a huge inferno raging at a facility with multiple fuel tanks in the wake of the strikes. Bryansk regional Gov. Alexander Bogomaz said Ukraine had fired HIMARS rockets and drones at the region in a combined attack, setting the energy facility ablaze

This morning's sunrise raid on ex-Trump national security adviser John Bolton's DC-area home was first launched years ago — but the Biden administration shut it down “for political reasons,” according to a senior US official. The probe is said to involve classified documents....

Beginning with the Obama administration, Muslims murdered over 125,000 Christians in Nigeria. This revelation in the latest report from the International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law documents a Christian genocide that has been taking place in Africa, enabled by Barack Obama and the State Department, and carried out with the complicity of the media. Even as over 125,000 Christians were murdered, over 1,000 Christian communities shattered and 19,000 churches destroyed, the media has buried the regular massacres, including the latest massacre in which 160 Christian villagers, many of whom were burned alive, were killed, on the...

I must admit that I was a bit disappointed that Trump wasn't doing ride-alongs yesterday. Nevertheless, this'd be a great idea and would gather a worldwide audience. I'd especially like to see him doing busts on Schiff and the like. The pic below is an available AI image (hence the fake label) and is only thing I could find that sorta captures it.

On June 21, 2024, Governor DeSantis of Florida signed HB87, restoring the right of people to protect themselves, their pets, and their homes against aggressive black bears. The law went into effect on July 1, 2024.From July to December 2024, FWC recorded four instances where people killed bears, but were not charged because of the new law. There were seven situations where people were charged with illegal kills. In 2021, during the same period, there were 17 illegal kills recorded; in 2022, there were seven illegal kills recorded during the same period. In 2023, there were seven illegal kills recorded...

Selling Mega Mansions host Camille Anderson took to social media this week to talk about the issue of crime in Los Angeles, after she said she was "body slammed" while being mugged in Beverly Hills. Anderson, best known for hosting the reality show that follows estate agents trying to sell luxury homes, posted a video on Instagram describing the incident earlier this week. "I was thrown to the ground very forcefully, like body slammed to the ground," she said, adding there were multiple "grown adult men that did this." Newsweek reached out to the Beverly Hills Police Department outside of...

DC Superior Court Judge Kendra Briggs, a Biden appointee, released two of the ‘teens’ who attacked former DOGE member Edward Coristine, AKA “Big Balls.” Earlier this month, 19-year-old Edward Coristine was severely beaten in DC after he jumped into action to save his significant other’s life. Trump posted a photo of Coristine after he was beaten bloody by the mob of teens. The President has since federalized DC to crack down on crime. A police report revealed more details about Edward Coristine’s heroic actions defending his girlfriend from a pack of 10 teens during an attempted carjacking early Sunday morning....

"I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN BALLOTS,” President Trump declared Monday in a Truth Social post. Later that day, he promised an executive order “to end mail-in ballots because they are corrupt. You know we are the only country in the world, I believe, I may be wrong, just about, the only country in the world that uses them because of what happened, massive fraud all over the place.” Trump has remained consistent; even before the 2020 election, he warned: “There is a lot of dishonesty going on with mail-in voting.” Trump doesn’t need...

In my career, I’ve rarely seen a more biased policy debate than the reaction to Trump’s trade agenda. Democrats want him to fail. Old-guard Republicans hate tariffs. Almost no one is evaluating the strategy on its own merits. One of my goals in this specific public discussion is to surface alternative scenarios. And there is a plausible path where tariffs—paired with industrial policy—strengthen, rather than weaken, the U.S. economy.What the consensus said (in April 2025, and largely still today): Tariffs will drive up prices Growth will slow Trade partners will retaliate Reshoring won’t happen Long-term damage will be severe But...

Rob Manfred sent the collective heads of baseball traditionalists everywhere spinning Sunday night when he openly discussed the idea of realignment during the ESPN broadcast of the MLB Little League Classic. The idea unquestionably would create one of the biggest shake-ups in baseball and likely end the long-standing American League and National League format that MLB has operated under for more than 100 years. “I think if we expand, it provides us with an opportunity to geographically realign,” Manfred told ESPN. “I think we could save a lot of wear and tear on our players in terms of travel. And...

he FBI has raided the Maryland home of Trump’s former National Security Adviser, John Bolton. On Friday morning, at 7 a.m., FBI agents raided Bolton’s Bethesda, Maryland, home in an investigation that FBI Director Kash Patel is leading. The investigation is reportedly linked to a classified documents probe years ago, but was later shut down under the Biden administration. LOOK: BREAKING: Federal agents are RIGHT NOW in John Bolton’s home “going through things” following an early morning FBI RAID in the DC area over national security concerns. Yes. We did, indeed, vote for this. This is Bolton’s primary residence. “This...

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...