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https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-unveils-giant-cannon-for-faster-more-entertaining-deportationsWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump delighted the nation this week, unveiling plans for a giant cannon that he hopes will facilitate faster, more entertaining deportations. "We've got to make our country safe again, and the best way to do that is with a giant cannon capable of firing them out of the country," said Trump. "I want a circus one. Just tremendous what those circus freaks can do. Can you believe they have a man who tames lions? I told them there's no way you can tame a lion, but he did it. Anyway, cannons. We're gonna have so many...

President Donald Trump has ordered the creation of new federal and military “specialized units,” framed as a move to ensure public safety in Washington, D.C., and beyond. In the order signed on Monday, he directed federal agencies and the Pentagon to hire, train, and equip rapid-response forces for deployment in the capital, “other cities,” and, potentially, “nationwide.”The order, titled “Additional Measures to Address the Crime Emergency in the District of Columbia,” builds on Executive Order 14333 of August 11, which first declared a “crime emergency.”Trump justified the latest move by claiming that “rampant violence and disorder” threaten the federal government...

Nearly 80% of US neurologists prescribing drugs for multiple sclerosis (MS) received at least one pharma industry payment, with higher volume prescribers more likely to be beneficiaries, finds a 5 year analysis of Medicare database payments, published in the open access journal BMJ Open. And those in receipt of these payments were more likely to prescribe that company’s drugs, especially if the sums involved were larger, sustained, and recent, the findings indicate. Because of the lifelong nature of MS, effective therapies are usually continued indefinitely unless a patient’s clinical response changes, explain the researchers. And MS drug prescriptions are Medicare’s...

James Burnham began his intellectual odyssey as a disciple of Leon Trotsky, but he became disillusioned with Marxism in the late 1930s. The Soviet invasion of Poland in 1939 especially drew Burnham’s ire. Trotsky rationalized the invasion using Marxist ideology: Soviet socialism was spreading; therefore, it must be good. Burnham disagreed, arguing that the invasion was simply Soviet imperialism — a confiscation of land by Stalin. After seven years as one of its leading American thinkers, Burnham left the Marxist movement. Burnham’s experiences with Marxism scarred him. He began to recognize that “only by renouncing all ideology can we begin...

Small local organizations called Active Clubs have spread widely across the U.S. and internationally, using fitness as a cover for a much more alarming mission. These groups are a new and harder-to-detect form of white supremacist organizing that merges extremist ideology with fitness and combat sports culture. Active Clubs frame themselves as innocuous workout groups on digital platforms and decentralized networks to recruit, radicalize and prepare members for racist violence. The clubs commonly use encrypted messaging apps such as Telegram, Wire and Matrix to coordinate internally. For broader propaganda and outreach they rely on alternative social media platforms such as...

Cracker Barrel caved Tuesday after receiving massive backlash, announcing it would bring back its classic logo, according to Fox’s Bret Baier. In a post to X on Tuesday evening, the company stated that the new logo would be “going away.” “We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel. We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our ‘Old Timer’ will remain,” the statement read. “At Cracker Barrel, it’s always been – and always will be – about serving up delicious food, warm welcomes, and the kind of country...

A new project pro-abortion activist billionaire Bill Gates is funding raises pro-life concerns. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is funding a new project that involves embalming deceased newborn babies to harvest tissues and organs for artificial intelligence research, according to a report by Modernity News. The initiative, which focuses on using the remains of infants who die in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs), could spark outrage among those who view it as a disturbing exploitation of vulnerable lives. The project, detailed in the report, is a collaboration between the Gates Foundation and various research institutions. It aims to develop...

Adam Sandler is setting the record straight on the meaning behind a scathing lyric in his “SNL:50” song. During the 50th anniversary special of “Saturday Night Live,” the comedian, 58, sang an original track titled “50 Years.” Sandler co-wrote “50 Years” alongside “SNL” writer Dan Bulla. In the track, the “Happy Gilmore” star belted out: “50 years of finding out your favorite musician is antisemitic.” During an interview with Vulture, Sandler was asked if he had a certain musician in mind when writing the line.

Today, August 25, Tennessee Right to Life and pro-life Tennesseans are celebrating three years of the Human Life Protection Act being in effect. The law was passed in 2019 in anticipation of the overturning of Roe v Wade, saying that if/when Roe was overturned then Tennessee’s pre 1973 protections would be restored, and aborting children would once again be against the law. On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court did just that in the Dobbs decision and returned the responsibility of protecting unborn children back to the states. Tennessee was ready and the law took effect August 25, 2022. “Before...

Julie Mikela Winters, real name Christopher M. Hudson, brandished a machete at federal agents after allegedly trying to light the building on fire. PORTLAND, Ore. — A violent Portland leftist activist who was federally charged in June over a knife attack on federal agents has been re-arrested and ordered held in jail after violating release conditions. Julie Mikela Winters, formerly known as Christopher Hudson, was arrested June 24 during an Antifa riot outside the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in southwest Portland. Video showed Winters brandishing a long-bladed weapon at DHS agents guarding the facility before hurling it...

Family and friends of slain South Carolina 16-year-old Trey Wright blame his “queen bee” cheerleader girlfriend for orchestrating a fight that led to his shooting death, according to a report. Ashley Lindsey revealed her son Trey had only been dating Gianna Kistenmacher, 17, for a few weeks, but was head over heels for the girl who allegedly set him up to die in a June 24 ambush. “He told me just two days before he was killed that being with Gianna felt like a dream come true,” Lindsey told The Daily Mail, describing the girl as a “queen bee.” “He...

https://babylonbee.com/news/british-authorities-arrest-st-george-for-brandishing-bladed-weapon-at-dragonAMBLESIDE, ENGLAND — British authorities have arrested a man calling himself Saint George after he brandished a dangerous bladed weapon at a local dragon, which was merely minding its own business of terrorizing the local populace. According to reports, the winged, fire-breathing dragon took up residence in Windermere, England's largest lake, and began terrorizing the inhabitants of the nearby town of Ambleside. The dragon poisoned the land and demanded first animal and then human sacrifices to appease its wrath. But when someone calling themselves Saint George took up an arming sword to threaten the foul beast, that is when authorities...

Cracker Barrel said Tuesday that after listening to its customers, it will scrap its new logo and keep the "Old Timer" in place. "We thank your guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel," the restaurant chain said in a statement to FOX Business. "We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our ‘Old Timer’ will remain. At Cracker Barrel, it’s always been – and always will be – about serving up delicious food, warm welcomes, and the kind of country hospitality that feels like family." "As a proud American institution,...

@docrich Black People Are Standing Up To Defend Trump They Can't Argue With This demoRATS, liberTARDS, sososocilists, woke fellow travelers, BLMer's For the last seven days their have been no black lives lost?

“Two blind men followed Him, crying out, ‘Have mercy on us, Son of David!’” (Matthew 9:27). That the blind men called Jesus the “Son of David” means they recognized Him as the Christ. Son of David was one of the most common Jewish titles for Messiah. It was also a royal title indicating that Messiah would come from the family of King David and have a right to rule over the promised divine kingdom. God first promised that the Deliverer for His people would be a man, the seed of a woman (cf. Gen. 3:15). Later in the Old Testament,...

BREAKING: A federal judge has just ruled Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan, who helped an illegal EVADE ICE, does NOT have immunity, and can be prosecuted Dugan now faces multiple charges including a felony, and SIX YEARS in prison NOBODY’S ABOVE THE LAW! RT 1:25

SARASOTA, Fla., Aug. 26, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trump Media and Technology Group Corp. (Nasdaq, NYSE Texas: DJT) ("Trump Media"), operator of the social media platform Truth Social, the streaming platform Truth+, and the FinTech brand Truth.Fi, announced today it has signed a mutual cooperation agreement and a purchase agreement creating a strategic partnership with Crypto.com. According to the mutual cooperation agreement, Trump Media will introduce a rewards system on the Truth Social and Truth+ platforms that uses the Crypto.com digital wallet infrastructure and that adopts the Cronos (CRO) digital currency as a utility token. Cronos is a high performance,...

A nomination hearing for Trump's pick to fill a vacant Fed board seat is expected next week.Key Republican lawmakers have long warned against any move to encroach on the Fed’s independence from the executive branch. The Cook firing, which is almost certain to spark a landmark legal fight, could complicate the path forward for Miran — and provide an avenue for any concerned Republicans to dissent from the president’s campaign against the central bank.“Now it’s like a political stand and a referendum on Trump,” a GOP congressional aide who was granted anonymity to speak candidly said of the Miran nomination....

Longtime Republican operative Karl Rove said on Tuesday that crime is a “big problem” for the Democratic Party and warned that some within the party, including New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, don’t understand how their posture on the issue hurts the party’s “label.” “This is a big problem for the Democrats. The Democrats don’t seem to understand — certain Democrats, like the socialist running for mayor of New York — do not seem to understand the problems that this represents for their party, and their party’s label. They only need to look to recent history to see how...

There was a 16% decrease in the number of immigrants arriving in Ireland in the 12 months to April 2025 as 125,300 came to live in the State, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. It was the fourth successive year when there were more than 100,000 people coming to live in the country. It means net migration, the number of people arriving less those leaving, was 59,700, a drop of almost 20,000 on the previous year. Of the immigrants, 31,500 were returning Irish citizens, 25,300 were other EU citizens, 4,900 were UK citizens and the remaining...