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A Navajo Nation man charged by federal prosecutors with running a vast illegal cannabis cultivation and distribution ring pleaded guilty Tuesday to 15 felony crimes and faces up to life in prison, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Dineh Benally, 48, admitted in his federal plea agreement that he operated more than 30 farms covering some 400 acres on land obtained from Navajo Nation members. He also admitted hiring illegal Chinese workers to grow cannabis on his farms. Benally entered the plea on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque before U.S. Magistrate Judge John F. Robbenhaar. Benally also admitted that...

GROK’ED AND LOADED: President Trump and Elon Musk are teaming up again — this time to bring Grok 4 and Grok 4 Fast to his administration, aiming to revolutionize and supercharge AI innovation across all government agencies.

Sir Keir Starmer is expected to announce plans for a compulsory UK-wide digital ID scheme in a speech on Friday. The prime minister believes it would help crack down on illegal working and modernise the state, according to senior figures in government. The practicalities of the scheme will be subject to a consultation, which will also look at how to make it work for those without a smartphone or passport. The previous Labour government's attempt to introduce ID cards was ultimately blocked by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition. But earlier this month, Sir Keir said in an interview he thought the...

VIDEOThe SAME question to Abigail Spanberger (She/Her/CIA) the Democrat candidate for Virginia governor has AGAIN caused her to go into Word Salad mode. Asked about if she supported transgender women (aka biological men) into women's sports and locker rooms in public schools she again went into a state of total incoherence. She had several days to think up a more coherent answer to the same question she was asked previously which yielded panicked incoherence at the time and this was the best she could do? It will be interesting if Spanberger (She/Her/CIA) can think up a better answer to that...

Fool's Ball, Week Four Your home for all things Fool's Ball! In Memoriam Danny Lee (BENDER2)

… Multiple War Department officials confirmed to Fox News that top military commanders had been asked to fly to Virginia for a meeting next week, though the topic of the discussion is unclear. The lack of details surrounding the gathering has some fearing a looming purge. War Secretary Pete Hegseth has previously said he wants to cut 20% of senior generals and admirals. The order, first reported by the Washington Post, applies to senior officers with the rank of brigadier general or above or their Navy equivalent and their top enlisted advisers. It comes as administration officials have been preparing...

Man arrested after allegedly taking gun to UNC campus weeks after jail release By: Natalie Chuck , Joe VaccarelliSep 24, 2025 GREELEY, Colo. — A man who was recently released from jail after he was found incompetent to stand trial — sparking a war of words between Colorado’s governor and Weld County’s district attorney — was allegedly seen Tuesday on the University of Northern Colorado’s campus with a firearm. UNC campus police sent out a safety alert early Wednesday morning stating that Debisa Ephraim, 21, was seen at the Arlington Apartments on campus and had an AR-15-style rifle, according to...

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I think if Luther had seen this video, it's entirely possible that he might have kept his 99 problems with the Catholic church to himself. BEHOLD: When you're too woke for Jesus: At the 2025 ELCA Churchwide Assembly, a woman lists all the biblical texts that "say things about women and girls that we now recognize as harmful" and which advance "sexism and the patriarchy." Last 40 seconds especially #ELCA #Lutherans pic.twitter.com/gUIZP28Gof— Protestia (@Protestia) September 25, 2025In the ... ELCA, we believe all people are created equally in the image of God. God intends for everyone to flourish. But because...

Money talks: Why Cupich may be honoring pro-abortion Sen. DurbinCupich has a long and friendly history with Durbin, who has pulled the federal purse strings for the Chicago archdiocese. Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich is doubling down in the face of backlash to his decision to honor pro-abort Sen. Dick Durbin. Durbin is a Catholic who lives in Chicago, with a long track record of voting in favor of abortion.“Recently some have criticized the decision of the Archdiocese of Chicago to recognize Senator Dick Durbin at our annual fundraiser for our immigration ministry, Keep Hope Alive,” he wrote in a Sept....

The U.S. Treasury announced on Wednesday it will grant a full-on bailout for Argentina, which includes the purchase of the country’s USD bonds, a stand-by credit line, and a US$20 billion swap with the Central Bank. “The Trump Administration is resolute in our support for allies of the United States, and President Trump has given President Milei a rare endorsement of a foreign official, showing his confidence in his government’s economic plans and the geopolitical strategic importance of the relationship between the United States and Argentina,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on X.

U.S. — With President Donald Trump's approval ratings showing signs of decline, former Vice President Kamala Harris dutifully stepped forward to launch a speaking tour to remind the nation why Trump was elected president. Harris embarked on a media tour this week to simultaneously promote her new memoir, 107 Days, and help voters across the country remember why they voted for Donald Trump instead of her. "It's important for people to remember why they made this decision," Harris said during one interview. "Remembering is important because of how important it is to remember. And by remembering, we are reminded of...

Every living former chair of the Federal Reserve, as well as a slew of ex-Treasury secretaries and former White House economic advisors, urged the Supreme Court not to allow President Donald Trump to fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook as her lawsuit challenging her removal is pending. Signers included ex-Fed chairs Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, Janet Yellen; ex-Treasury secretaries Robert Rubin, Larry Summers, Hank Paulson, Jack Lew, and Timothy Geithner; and ex-CEA chairs Glenn Hubbard, Greg Mankiw, Christina Romer, Cecilia Rouse, Jared Bernstein, and Jason Furman.

Thomas Lozano was an undergraduate student at Sacramento State in the early 2000s and felt alone. He was a Native American student, a citizen of the Enterprise Rancheria Estom Yumeka Maidu. As Lozano walked the campus, he could not see many of his peers who looked like him. He said he felt isolated.

It has been a while since we have checked in on polar ice. I’m sure you remember the hysteria of a few years ago–Arctic sea ice is melting! Al Gore predicted, in 2009, that the Arctic would be “completely ice-free” by 2014. Far from having disappeared, there are still 1.8 million square miles of ice floating in the Arctic Ocean. The annual Arctic sea ice minimum has arrived once again, and as usual, it provides far less drama than the media headlines would suggest. According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), Arctic sea ice extent bottomed out...

WallStreetApes (@Wall Street Apes) posted: 🚨 Pregnant liberal took so much Tylenol after hearing Donald Trump say it causes autism she’s now in the ICU and is going to die Executive Director of American Frontline Nurses got a “very frantic call at 4am from a husband whose wife is now dying of liver failure on a https://x.com/wallstreetapes/status/1971019653624496521?s=51&t=yNiWoDi0tvToM6O99Zj31Q

Greta Thunberg and the members of her freedom flotilla have been blasted by Abba on repeat after radios on board the vessels were hijacked. The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which believes the incident to be the work of an Israeli attack, were subjected to hours of relentless playing of ‘Lay All Your Love On Me’ by the Swedish pop band – in a possible nod to Ms Thunberg’s nationality.

After three and a half years, President Vladimir Putin is having to lean more and more on ordinary Russians to pay for his war in Ukraine. The Russian Finance Ministry on Wednesday said it intends to raise value added tax by two percentage points to 22 percent, part of a three-year plan that aims to plug a rapidly expanding hole in public finances. VAT accounted for more than 15 percent of total government revenue last year. After raising personal income taxes sharply at the start of the year, Putin had pledged there would be no more big changes to the...

Daily Readings from the USCCBHerod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, and he was greatly perplexed because some were saying, “John has been raised from the dead”; others were saying, “Elijah has appeared”; still others, “One of the ancient prophets has arisen.” Luke 9:7–8Herod the tetrarch, also known as Herod Antipas, ruled the Jews of Galilee for some forty-two years. He began his reign in 2 BC and continued to reign until he was exiled by the Roman Emperor in 37 AD. During his reign, he spent much time in Tiberias, one of the main cities on the...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — U.S. Rep. James Clyburn, one of 58 Democrats who didn't vote on a resolution to honor Charlie Kirk following his murder in Utah, said Tuesday that he would not vote to esteem Kirk's legacy. Clyburn's comments came while he appeared on CNN, with the long-time member of Congress claiming that honoring the life of someone is different than honoring their legacy. Clyburn lamented Kirk's death while also saying he could not support Kirk's comments regarding race and the conservative activist's long-held opposition to affirmative action. "His life is one thing," Clyburn said while on "NewsNight with...