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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday that Russian forces are prevailing in what he said was a "righteous battle" in Ukraine. "Our fighters and commanders go on the attack, and the entire country, all of Russia, is waging this righteous battle and working hard," Putin said in a video published on the Kremlin's website. "Together we are defending our love for the Motherland and the unity of our historical destiny, we are fighting and we are prevailing."

[Catholic Caucus] Charlotte bishop says new Latin Mass chapel is not meant to fit everyone who wants to attendBishop Michael Martin is telling Latin Mass-goers in the Diocese of Charlotte to consider waiting to go to the new chapel due to limited space.Bishop Michael Martin, OFM has shared that the new chapel substituting for the previous four traditional Latin Masses of the Diocese of Charlotte is not meant to fit all of those who have attended the TLM.Martin made the clarification in a Friday letter announcing the diocese’s official merger of its Latin Masses into one chapel, effective October 5....

Want to play Windows games on your Linux system but not sure where to begin? Heard that some Linux distros are better optimized for gaming but don’t know which ones to pick? Don’t worry, here’s a guide to the five best Linux distros that make running Windows games smooth and hassle-free.The good news is that gaming on Linux has improved dramatically in recent years. Besides the many native Linux titles already available, you can also play a huge selection of Windows-only games using compatibility tools like Proton (built into Steam) and Wine. In fact, nearly 80% of the most popular...

The left is great at throwing words around like “FASCIST”. What is wrong with the Trump administration referring to them as SEDITIONISTS? That is precisely what they are engaging in and what they are. “A seditionist is a person guilty of sedition, which is conduct or speech that incites people to violently rebel against the authority of the government or its established institutions. Essentially, a seditionist is someone who instigates or participates in rebellion against the government, its processes, or the rule of law, often through force or the threat of force.”

Joanne Chesimard brutally murdered New Jersey State Trooper Foerster on May 3, 1973 after a routine traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike and was given immunity from serving her life sentence by Cuba’s dictator Fidel Castro. The failure to extradite this fugitive domestic terrorist denied justice to Trooper Foerster’s wife and family and to his New Jersey State Police family. Justice was delayed for half a century— now forever denied—by the failure to secure Chesimard’s extradition to serve her life sentence in New Jersey for the murder of Trooper Werner Foerster. Chesimard is an inexcusable example of allowing a...

Google executives were eager to keep their settlement smaller than the one paid by rival Meta, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump’s share of the settlement—$22 million—will go to the nonprofit Trust for the National Mall, earmarked for the construction of a Mar-a-Lago-style ballroom Trump is building at the White House, according to the court documents. The White House has said the ballroom, expected to cost $200 million, would be funded by donations from Trump and “other patriot donors.” YouTube agreed to pay President Trump a $24.5 million settlement in his lawsuit against the tech giant for banning...

The world’s highest bridge opened in China on Sunday, taking the crown from another bridge in the same province. The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge soars about 2,050 feet above a river and gorge in the southern Chinese province of Guizhou. It is more than twice as high as the Royal Gorge Bridge, which is suspended 956 feet above the Arkansas River in Colorado and is the highest in the United States. According to Chinese state media, the new Guizhou bridge also sets a record as the world’s longest bridge in a mountainous region, spanning 4,600 feet across. Hailed as China’s...

OLD BRIDGE, May 2—The straight‐marked furrows in the vegetable garden behind a cluster of houses on Marlboro Road here today awaited the young plants that were to have been placed there. But the man who was to plant them could not do so because he was dead. State Trooper Werner Foerster, whose garden it was, died in a gunfight on the New Jersey Turnpike at East Brunswick this morning. The 34‐year‐old trooper lived here with his wife, Rosa Charlotte Heider Foerster, and their 3‐year‐old son, Eric. Their home is a trim two‐story white and brown mansard‐roofed structure with a sparkling...

Leftists effectively run public education through teachers unions, which maintain power by funneling members’ money into the Democratic Party. They are leftists in the full sense of the term; that is, they are evil: X image on link Rest in peace, Trooper Werner Foerster.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta has agreed to pay $25 million to settle a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump against the company after it suspended his accounts following the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to three people familiar with the matter.

President Donald Trump had South Korea’s new leftist President Lee Jae-myung panicking after his Truth Social post a few hours before meeting in late August. Here’s what Trump wrote: "WHAT IS GOING ON IN SOUTH KOREA? Seems like a Purge or Revolution. We can’t have that and do business there. I am seeing the new President today at the White House. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!" Trump was referring to the Lee administration’s aggressive efforts to punish former President Yoon Suk Yeol and to intimidate conservative opponents, including religious groups. A South Korean government investigative raid on...

If the leftists controlling the justice system in New York would convict Donald Trump on 34 felony charges of not really anything, what would they do to an actual criminal? If the criminal shares their ideology, nothing: Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office has declined to prosecute a woman who left a pro-life activist bloodied during a street interview in New York City earlier this year, according to attorneys from the Thomas More Society. New York police arrested Brianna J. Rivers, 30, in April on one count of second-degree assault after she sucker punched activist Savannah Craven Antao during a...

“Dare to Ukraine” is The Kyiv Independent’s wartime travel series that shows the country beyond the war headlines. In Episode 5 of “Dare to Ukraine: Village,” Masha’s journey reaches its final chapter. Before leaving, she brings everyone together for a shared meal, stories, and moments that reflect her month-long experience. From morning fishing to dinner-table singing at night, this episode captures the warmth, connection, and memories that make rural Ukraine unforgettable.

I'm still not sure exactly what to do with AI, but I am learning that it is a good source of compiling lots of data quickly. It seems to be good to compare products, especially when you're looking at a particular feature, and to look up information without having to go to many individual sources. I like Grok's conversational style and how it remembers the question before and will actually guide you to narrow your information request and results. Anyway, I was talking to it about the new information about Jan 6th, and its first response mentioned " conspiracy theories",...

WASHINGTON — Assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk advised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu how to counter “anti-Israel sentiment” among Gen Z and win the “information war” being waged against the Jewish state, according to a letter obtained by The Post. Kirk wrote to Netanyahu in the May 2 missive that he was alarmed by “anti-Israel and anti-Semitic trends” hitting “record levels on social media” since one of his “greatest joys as a Christian is advocating for Israel and forming alliances with Jews in the fight to protect Judeo-Christian civilization.”“My team and I have spent months analyzing these trends and debating...

Jimmy Kimmel Live! enjoyed a short-lived ratings bonanza after his triumphant post-suspension return to ABC. Kimmel's late night show returned to screens on Tuesday with record-breaking ratings, after he was suspended for five days over remarks he made about Charlie Kirk's assassination. As many as 6.5million people tuned to Kimmel on Tuesday, which was a three times the show's usual audience and the biggest in over a decade. But by Thursday, Kimmel averaged 2.3million - a shocking 64 percent drop since the show's return episode, Fox News reported. Notably, Kimmel lost 73 percent of the viewers in the coveted demographic...

The northern European countries are currently embroiled in a Russian hybrid warfare attempt, a situation that demands immediate and decisive attention. Denmark, a member of both the EU and NATO, is set to host a European Union Summit in Copenhagen this week, with the primary focus on Russian aggression in Ukraine and its hybrid warfare tactics. The Danish transportation ministry has already taken steps to ban all civilian drone flights in Danish airspace, underscoring the urgency of the security situation. Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and other Baltic Sea region countries are currently under threat from drone attacks linked to the Russian...

Sadiq Khan hit back at Donald Trump last night as he made light of the US President’s allegations of Sharia Law in London. Mr Khan had Labour conference goers in stitches at a party in Liverpool last night as he heaped praise on the host city. The London Mayor joked: “I love coming to Liverpool. I love the football. I love the food. I love the people. Plus it means I get to take a break from the Sharia Law in London.” It came after President Trump used his speech at the United Nations General Assembly to attack Khan. He...

Will the new AI character be the death of human performers in movies? Hollywood may soon be filled with falling human stars and rising AI starlets. Film director Alfred Hitchcock, the ‘master of suspense’, once said ‘all actors must be treated like cattle’ – but if you think that’s bad, brace yourselves for the brave new world we’re living in, where actors won’t even exist as such, anymore. The creation of AI ‘actress’ Tilly Norwood has generated a massive wave of backlash over the unsurprising news that ‘talent agents’ were already lining up to sign the ‘digital character’. Tilly Norwood...