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It really shouldn't surprise anyone, but the Jay Jones scandal has now escalated far beyond the realm of "tacky texts." It's about a man who openly and shamelessly fantasized about people dying if it helped advance his politics. Despite the Democrat Media Complex's best effort, most in the political world were already aware of the shocking texts Jones sent, advocating for the assassination of then-House Speaker Todd Gilbert. If he wasn't a Democrat office-seeker, that alone would have ended his candidacy. But now, Republican Delegate Carrie Coyner has revealed that those texts weren't some isolated lapse in judgment. It's a...

It’s all a lie. The Oct 7 massacres were not carried out to create a ‘Palestinian’ state, to break out of an ‘open air prison’ in Gaza or any of the lies the media has systemically deluged us with. They did it to capture Jerusalem. That’s why Hamas named the operation ‘Al-Aqsa Flood’ after the victory mosque formerly planted by Muslim invaders on the site of the Jewish Temple. That’s why Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh began his Oct 7 invasion speech with complaints about Jewish presence prayers at the Temple site near the Al-Aqsa mosque. That’s why the Hamas emblem...

This beetle likely fed on fungi that grew in the Cretaceous forest. Credit: Enrique Peñalver ========================================================================== Amber from Ecuador has revealed 112-million-year-old insects and plants, offering a rare glimpse into Gondwana’s ancient forests. Researchers have reported the first discovery of amber deposits in South America that contain preserved insects. Found in a quarry in Ecuador, the samples are described in Communications Earth & Environment. This discovery captures a moment in time from a forest that existed 112 million years ago on the ancient supercontinent Gondwana, offering scientists a rare chance to investigate an ecosystem that has remained largely unknown. Amber...

You’d have to be pretty out of touch, or really committed to the bit, not to have noticed how trans people have been at the center of recent episodes of political violence. Prosecutors have said that Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, was in a relationship with “a biological male who was transitioning genders.” Minneapolis school shooter Robin Westman (born Robert) posted a manifesto in which he claimed he was “tired of being trans.” Police said Audrey Hale, who killed three children and three adults at a Nashville, Tenn., school in March 2023, was transgender. As journalists often say, one...

“The day after October 7 [2023], I saw the people celebrating in Birmingham on Library [Centenary] Square,” says Gordon Biggerstaff, 61, a nurse from North Wales. “They were dancing and they were singing. I have never been so ashamed of my country.” Biggerstaff says it was at that moment he felt the overwhelming need to help his “Jewish brothers”. “The police and the government did nothing about it and they have done nothing since. I thought, ‘These people don’t represent me’, and I needed to do something about it myself.” He immediately looked into volunteering in Israel and found an...

Then-Vice President Joe Biden’s team intervened in February 2016 to prevent the CIA from disseminating an intelligence report to policymakers about the perceptions senior Ukrainian officials held about his son’s business dealings, newly declassified memos show. The request that the intelligence community withhold the report from others in the U.S. government by Biden’s national security advisor was “extremely rare and unusual,” a senior CIA official told Just the News. “I just spoke with VP/NSA and he would strongly prefer the report not/not be disseminated,” the vice president’s Presidential Daily Brief briefer told the CIA. “Thanks for understanding.” The report, reviewed...

Police in Vic, Catalonia, dismantled schemes involving falsified documents and marriages of convenience that helped illegal migrants obtain residency papers The Spanish National Police has announced the arrest of 12 people in Vic for orchestrating fraudulent partnerships between Spaniards and illegal immigrants, part of a growing Europe-wide problem involving forged documents, sham marriages, and black markets for residency permits. According to police, the network operating from the Catalonian town specialized in manufacturing fake family links to secure residence permits reserved for relatives of EU citizens. As reported by 20 Minutos, the investigation began in November 2024, when authorities noticed a...

Desperate to stay relevant, climate activists now claim they can trace individual heat waves to specific oil companies—just as Washington steps away from their agenda. In the wake of a federal government no longer serving as its obedient lapdog, the desperate lengths to which the climate cult goes to maintain its standing are increasingly imaginative. Case in point: CNN recently reported that “for the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of extreme weather event research in multiple surprising ways.” In...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(10/7/25)[Prayer]Water, Rivers, and Streams in the BibleHabakkuk 3:1515 You trampled the sea with your horses, churning the great waters.Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.________________________

An unlucky man purchased a Tesla from a used car dealership only to learn that it was nearly impossible to charge the electric vehicle after driving it off the lot. When the first charger didn’t work, Boycott sought out a few more stations. When none of them worked, he turned to the Illinois dealership and Tesla. A Tesla representative eventually got back to Boycott and let him know that “the car is currently unsupported for supercharging and warranties are voided due to [it being a] salvaged vehicle.” Tesla does offer an inspection option for customers trying to get their Tesla...

France's President Emmanuel Macron faced growing pressure on Tuesday to resign or hold a snap parliamentary election to end political chaos that has forced the resignation of five prime ministers in less than two years. The 47-year-old centrist president has repeatedly said he will see out his second term, which ends in 2027. But resignation calls, long confined to the fringes, have entered the mainstream during one of the worst political crises since the 1958 creation of the Fifth Republic, France's current system of government. On Tuesday, as Macron's outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held last-ditch talks to form a...

They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder. Love him or hate him, that adage did bear true when ABC semi-funnyman Jimmy Kimmel was yanked off airwaves for lying about the Charlie Kirk assassin in mid-September. Kimmel came back from his five-day suspension to an undeniably massive audience: 6.48 million viewers, according to Mediaite. But if absence makes the heart grow fonder, does presence make the heart grow weary? Love him or hate him, that appears to be true about Kimmel, as well. Despite that monstrous viewership for his return, few of them appeared to have stuck around, if...

Prefatory Note:The following essay represents the author’s observations and analysis based on historical, economic, and political research. The perspectives expressed are intended for thoughtful consideration and do not constitute predictions or directives. The analysis reflects a focus on cause-and-effect patterns in governance and society, drawing lessons from past events to illuminate contemporary challenges.France's Current Political LandscapeIn October 2025, France finds itself ensnared in a profound political crisis. The resignation of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu—less than a month into his tenure—has intensified the nation’s instability. This marks the third government collapse since the 2024 legislative elections, underscoring the deep fractures within...

“Instead of winning on issues, the left resorts to melodramas that no one believes in anymore.” —Victor Davis Hanson. Welcome to the first Monday in October. Know what that means? It means, by federal statute (28 U.S.C. § 2), that the Supreme Court convenes for its new term. Thank goodness, because it’s pretty obvious by now that the Party of Chaos seeks to hogtie and paralyze the executive branch of the government in order to promote the chaos that the Party of Chaos has deftly created for our country. Something must be done. Chaos is now the Democrats’ preferred milieu...

China has begun officially issuing the new K-visa to skilled foreign techies, but the knives are already out on social media. One angry user posted: “China belongs to the Chinese people, not just a single government. We firmly oppose the K visa!” Thousands flocked to the website of the National People’s Congress to register their complaint, and the rush forced the authorities to take it offline rather than see it crash. (Screenshot below) More disturbing is how public anger against the K-visa in China is turning against India even though the visa is open to all skilled foreign nationals. Social...

Federal immigration authorities nabbed nearly 100 illegal migrants driving 18-wheelers off a single highway as the Trump administration continues to crack down on migrant commercial drivers. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, working alongside the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, arrested 91 illegal migrants operating a commercial motor vehicle with commercial driver licenses (CDL) during a three-day operation along I-40, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) revealed to the Daily Caller News Foundation. Altogether, deportation officers took 120 illegal migrants into custody for immigration violations. The Trump administration is crediting the 287(g) program, a partnership between local law enforcement and ICE, for...

“Hate speech.” The term calls to mind every sort of vile and disgusting insult and racial and ethnic slur. Who could possibly be in favor of allowing that? Large numbers of people instinctively assume that hateful statements, particularly those based on racial, religious or ethnic categories, must surely be illegal. But here in the U.S., such statements in general are not illegal, and not subject to criminal prosecution. A couple of weeks ago, our Attorney General Pam Bondi was recorded on a podcast saying that “We will absolutely . . . go after you, if you are targeting anyone with...

Potential supplies of these missiles will not be able to change the battlefield situation for the Kiev regime, Dmitry Peskov emphasizedMOSCOW, October 7. /TASS/. Potential supplies of Tomahawk cruise missiles to Kiev will be a serious spiral of escalation, since such weapons can be equipped with nuclear warheads, Russian presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov said. "This will imply a serious spiral of escalation, which, however, will not be able to change the battlefield situation for the Kiev regime. But it is important to bear in mind in this context, putting aside various nuances, that these missiles can be equipped with...

When Qian Zhang boarded a flight from Shanghai to Boston at age 18, she thought she was heading toward the "best version" of her life. It was 2009, during President Barack Obama's first term, when the U.S. economy was rebounding and opportunities for well-educated workers seemed plentiful. She was bound for Dartmouth College, a top choice for many Chinese students, and later found her way to Harvard Business School. Qian embraced the American dream: the promise of equal opportunity, a country that rewards talent and hard work, and a place where global citizens like her could belong. By her early...

Canada may currently have as many as 47,000 international students living in the country illegally, according to the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), as reported by National Post. This was reported at a House of Commons committee meeting and reflects students who entered Canada on study visas but may have violated their visa conditions. Aiesha Zafar, head of migration integrity at IRCC, said that 47,175 individuals are potentially “non-compliant,” meaning they are not attending classes as required under their student visas. When asked if any countries were predominant among these cases, Zafar said, “India is one of the top...