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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that President Donald Trump has the authority to deploy the National Guard to Portland, Oregon, reversing a decision by a district judge earlier this month. It was the second time the Ninth Circuit — despite its reputation as a liberal bastion — overruled lower courts and allowed Trump to exercise his constitutional powers as commander-in-chief; the first case was California. National Public Radio reported: A divided federal appeals court for the 9th Circuit today overturned a temporary restraining order put in place by a federal judge in Portland –...

12-year-old who died while in their care was ‘emaciated,’ Crown tells Milton court The would-be parents in 'happier' times... Seriously?WARNING: This story details allegations of child abuse.A horrific trial underway in Ontario has seen two women plead not guilty to the first-degree murder of a 12-year-old boy they’d planned to adopt. Burlington residents Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber are also charged with confinement, assault with a weapon — zip ties — and failing to provide the necessaries of life to the boy’s younger brother. The boy who died on Dec. 21, 2022, is referred to in court as L.L. as...

The blame game and finger pointing following Sunday’s heist at the Louvre Museum kicked off almost as quickly as the seven-minute robbery itself. France’s far right was quick to assign fault to President Emmanuel Macron and his allies for the brazen, broad-daylight theft of the French crown jewels, accusing them of being soft on crime and failing to sufficiently protect the nation’s heritage. MEP Marion Maréchal proposed eliminating the €200 cultural vouchers offered to French high school students, a measure put in place under Macron, and redirecting those funds toward protecting France’s “national treasures.” She later called France the “laughingstock...

A massive brawl erupted inside a famous Texas fast food joint earlier this month, resulting in several arrests. As KSAT reported, police were dispatched to a Whataburger in San Antonio after 3 a.m. on October 5 to respond to the fight, which happened over an order mix-up. In the video, several people shout as a huge brawl breaks out inside the establishment. The larger part of the brawl happens to the left. A young white man appears to get the worst of the punishment as several Hispanic-looking individuals can be seen pounding him while he’s helplessly lying on the ground....

[Catholic Caucus] By their fruits you shall know them: The Spiritual Fruits of Summorum Pontificum and the Traditional Mass are Astonishing It is not the Rite that divides, but the exclusion:Let us judge it by its fruitsFirst, those who love the traditional Mass are excluded, and then they are accused of excluding. They are set apart, and then that marginalization is used as proof that they are “divisive.” It is a perfect circle of exclusion and blame. But the reality should be precisely the opposite: when the Vetus Ordo coexists with the ordinary form, it does not generate division, but...

Have fun watching the white geriatrics dance in the "No Kings" protest. Is it like "sexually exciting" like Emily Jashinsky suggested in jest? To top it off there was George Conway too trying to rile up the crowd, with little success. A good laugh altogether.

Some Democrats skeptical about their leadership’s hard-line stance against reopening the federal government privately acknowledge that they fear getting “hammered” by their liberal base if they vote for a Republican funding bill. Grassroots Democrats frustrated with the Trump administration have been demanding a fight, and on Saturday millions showed up at “No Kings” demonstrations across the country to protest the president’s government. In that context, Democrats know they will get hit hard by a number of voices on the left if they do not get something for opening the government. “People are going to get hammered” if they vote for...

As mayor, Mamdani would wield power over a $115 billion budget and more than 300,000 employees, run the nation’s largest police force and immediately be tasked with plowing snow and filling potholes. He would also occupy the greatest bully pulpit in the economic capital of the world’s largest economy… “It would be seismic,” said Grace Mausser, co-chair of the city’s chapter of the DSA, which plays a key role in Mamdani’s bid. “Having the largest city in the country have a socialist mayor would send an extremely powerful and hopefully empowering message to other socialists and politicians and groups fighting...

Trump’s decisive 2024 victory exposed the irony of the left’s “No Kings” protests—an anti-democracy tantrum against the most democratic act of all: an election. On November 5, 2024, Donald Trump won the United States presidential election against Kamala Harris. It was a convincing win. Trump snagged victory in the Electoral College, where the contest is officially decided, 312 to 226. He needed only 270 to prevail. He also won the popular vote (a nice but unnecessary distinction), with 77,302,580 votes to 75,017,613, a margin of almost 2 million votes.I mention these well-known facts to underscore the black comedy of the...

In mid-September, UCLA's Race and Equity Director Johnathan Perkins was placed on leave for social media posts he made about the assassination of Charlie Kirk.He did this on Bluesky, which is a hive of Leftists cheering on political violence. Here's just a sample of what he said:And here's more from ABC7 about Perkins' suspension from UCLA:UCLA's director of race and equity has been placed on leave over social media posts he made about the killing of Charlie Kirk, the Los Angeles Times reported Monday.Jonathan Perkins, an official with UCLA's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office, apparently published the remarks on BlueSky....

Officials in President Trump’s Justice Department have been scrutinizing crime data in recent months — they’ve found evidence that Democratic politicians have been skewing crime stats for their own benefit ahead of the midterm elections, The Post has learned. Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker — a vocal opponent of Trump’s use of federal troops for both immigration enforcement and fighting big-blue-city crime — has lately touted double-digit declines in Chicago crime rates where “shootings and homicides on our highways are down 60, 70, 80% depending on where you look.” But the number of felonies in Chicago — not to mention...

It’s day 20 of the Schumer Shutdown, and Donald Trump is winning. Don’t take my word for it—CNN is admitting that this Democrat-led fiasco has done nothing to hurt the president’s approval. In fact, Trump’s approval has increased. CNN’s Harry Enten broke down the numbers. In terms of ‘blame,’ even the networks data cruncher said, “it’s a different world’ for the better for the Trump White House. This wasn’t what Democrats wanted. They thought something would cave, which is a ludicrous concept: no way was Trump caving to Chuck Schumer and Temu Obama. Democrats shut down the show to extort...

Aging lefties waste a beautiful Saturday to pretend they are speaking truth to power.It’s difficult to think of a more effective way to illustrate the moral and intellectual emptiness of the American left than to have them march around demanding an end to an institution our founding fathers abolished 250 years ago. This is how the official “No Kings” website described what happened on Saturday: “On October 18, more than seven million of us rose up at more than 2,700 events in all 50 states, DC, and cities worldwide to say: America has no kings, and the power belongs to...

The White House's East Wing was being demolished on Monday to make way for President Donald Trump's gilded $250 million ballroom. Daily Mail photos showed a backhoe ripping into the once-pristine structure that has formed part of the White House complex for more than a century. Banging and crashing were heard throughout the area, as clusters of staffers and journalists watched construction equipment tear lumps out of the walls. When the ballroom project was originally announced, the president and White House officials suggested that at least a portion of the East Wing would stay intact. 'It won't interfere with the...

Weeks after the country learned that he was an illegal immigrant — and that he lived a thousand miles away in Iowa — former Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts’ name remains on Maryland’s voter rolls, according to multiple sources. How Mr. Roberts, who was arrested by ICE late last month, ended up on Maryland’s voter list in the first place has the makings of a scandal.That he remained on the list, and even had multiple absentee ballots printed for the address on file, even though he was long gone in Iowa and under Maryland’s own rules probably should have...

Eight Pacific Palisades properties, including a mansion featured in the HBO show “Succession,” were declared public nuisances for failing to clear toxic fire debris by Oct. 2. All of the owners either opted out of the federal cleanup programs, or were deemed ineligible. Owners must now remove the ash and rubble themselves or prepare for city contractors to come and clear the lots, and then send a bill. A burned-down hilltop mansion once featured in HBO’s “Succession” is one of eight Pacific Palisades properties declared a public nuisance by Los Angeles city officials who alleged the owner still hasn’t removed...

The national body of Students for Justice in Palestine backed Hamas’s grisly public executions of fellow Palestinians in Gaza on Sunday, posting “Death to the Occupation, Death to Collaborators” on Instagram. The call for executions followed the murder of “journalist” Saleh Al-Jafarawi, known to critics as “Mr. FAFO” because he would post complaints about Israeli counterattacks after posting happily about Hamas attacks. Gaza has erupted into internecine violence since the withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to agreed-upon ceasefire lines last Friday. Hamas has been executing members of rival armed groups and armed clans. Often, the executions are...

The president leverages America’s power well and ignores domestic criticism.Ned Price served in the Biden administration as deputy to the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and as a senior adviser and spokesperson in the State Department.President Donald Trump’s brokering of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas has elicited praise from across the political spectrum — and deservedly so. For his critics, this is a rare, perhaps singular, bright spot in a feckless foreign policy otherwise defined by impulse and improvisation.Far from ending Russia’s war against Ukraine on day one of his presidency, Trump has taken nearly every position imaginable...

I have held off on covering this because I wanted to see how things shook out and whether the “research” on this was valid, but now that Glenn Beck is covering it, I want to at least bring it to your attention. Is a Manhattan-sized ALIEN SHIP hurtling towards Earth?! Well, the short answer at this point is possibly so! Allow me to explain why…. Many believe it is shaped with structured geometric formations that don’t occur naturally in nature: It is reportedly made of a never-before-seen metal alloy mixture: Here are a bunch more: In fact, here’s a short...

I spent several hours putting together this 9:22 presentation that spells out how True the Ballot intends to address a deliquence that I have practiced from the time I first voted until now. The background music is Chic Corea's tune, "Friends," with the timing and tone well-suited. While I have had fruitful conversations with citizens and public officials alike, there has been a reported undercurrent behind my back asking, "Who is he to question our integrity?" I am Joe Citizen, who has questioned his own integrity first. Who among us thinks it is wise to participate in civil governance when...