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— Britain’s King Charles has started a process to strip his brother Andrew of his titles and given him notice to move out of his mansion, Buckingham Palace said Thursday. Andrew, 65, has faced renewed scrutiny over his friendship with the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein following the release of his sexual assault accuser Virginia Giuffre’s posthumous memoir “Nobody’s Girl.” Giuffre – who the prince claims never to have met – said in the memoir that Andrew sexually assaulted her while she was a teenager. Giuffre died by suicide in April at the age of 41. Andrew has repeatedly...

Virginia Giuffre was a "huge Trump fan," according to the woman who helped write her posthumous memoir, Nobody's Girl. Giuffre's ghostwriter, Amy Wallace, spoke with CBS Sunday Morning correspondent Tracy Smith about the book, as well as Giuffre's feelings toward Trump, a former friend of Epstein. "She was a huge Trump fan, because he campaigned on releasing the Epstein files," Wallace revealed in the interview, which was broadcast on Oct. 19. "She was very excited that he had made that one of the main planks of his campaign, and she felt validated by it." Giuffre did not implicate Trump in...

There’s a saying on the conservative internet that “the left can’t meme.” While conservatives have proven adept at churning out punchy, ironic, and relevant memes, both visual and verbal, leftists respond with ponderous diatribes that consist of walls of words and muddy, confusing images. In a world of 3-second attention spans, their messaging fails dismally.It turns out that our White House can meme very well, too. Nothing more perfectly exemplifies this than the official White House website response to the Democrat hysteria regarding the upgrade that President Trump is doing to the East Wing of the White House.James Hoban’s original...

In 2021, Random House published a book by software tycoon Bill Gates titled How to Avoid a Climate Disaster. The message was clear: The world is heading toward a climate catastrophe if humans keep using fossil fuels. Everyone in the world had been hearing that message loud and clear for the previous two decades, and Gates, who’s been moonlighting as a climate expert for just as long, was not only one of the loudest voices to broadcast it, but someone who had put piles of money where his mouth was.But something very interesting happened this week. Sure, he still believes...

House Speaker Mike Johnson is noticeably silent on whether there will be House hearings and impeachment proceedings following bombshell revelations in the Arctic Frost scandal. Senate Republicans revealed Wednesday that the DOJ and FBI under then-President Joe Biden compiled what’s being described as an “enemies list” of Republicans. It was also revealed that the Biden administration wiretapped the phones of several high-ranking Republicans as part of its “get-Trump” lawfare.In particular, Jack Smith “secretly obtained phone record data from at least eight senators and one congressman,” according to Sen. Chuck Grassley. Smith subpoenaed both Verizon and AT&T for records — with...

https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-orders-nuclear-weapons-testing-to-be-carried-out-by-the-guys-from-dude-perfect U.S. — For the first time since 1992, the United States planned to resume nuclear weapons testing. President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to resume tests immediately and to "get the guys from Dude Perfect" to do it. With rival nations like Russia and China making significant strides in their nuclear weapons programs, Trump reportedly determined that the resumption of testing was urgently needed, with the popular YouTube channel being the perfect team to lead the charge. "Because of other countries' testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to get the guys from Dude Perfect to test...

Neoconservative “Never Trumper” Bill Kristol endorsed socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, saying he wishes he was less “against Israel and all that” but calling him “a very impressive politician.”In an October 9 interview with Claremont McKenna College (CMC) student newspaper The Forum, the ex-Republican political commentator described the prospect of former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo becoming mayor as “ridiculous.”##“You know, New York City gets to have a left-wing mayor,” Kristol told the outlet, which noted that he serves as chairman of the CMC center that hosts the student publication.“It’s not the first time, and it’s different...

Saikat Chakrabarti has audacious plans to change American politics.SAN FRANCISCO — Saikat Chakrabarti faces a daunting enough task in trying to oust Nancy Pelosi from Congress. And now here he is, daydreaming about targeting her successor in Democratic leadership.“Imagine if we go after Hakeem Jeffries as our first thing,” he says. “That will raise a ton of money right now, in this moment.”This moment, in Chakrabarti’s mind, is the prospect of a populist uprising on the left that spans the country, and one that he is hoping to ride to victory in his primary challenge against the former speaker. And...

Transwomen who campaign against women’s rights are being elevated above actual women.Since 1999, Glamour magazine has celebrated its Women of the Year Awards – an initiative to honour ‘extraordinary and inspirational’ women from a variety of fields. This year, in a special Women of the Year feature, the UK edition has chosen to honour nine men.Glamour UK gathered nine dolls – transwomen working across fashion, music, publishing and activism’, who it deems to be ‘the community’s most ground-breaking voices’. Among these ‘dolls’ is actor Bel Priestley, model Munroe Bergdorf, as well as various other ‘content creators’ and ‘activists’. The cover-shot...

It’s probably already too late to change the outcome of the benighted mayoral race in New York City. But I recall a time when Madam President Hillary Clinton seemed inevitable. Nonetheless, the nation — and the world — launched into the Great Meme Wars, and we all laughed our butts off. When Donald Trump won a surprise victory, the memes — and the laughs — merely escalated. Today, the president himself is one of the biggest s**t-posters on the internet. Yet somehow, Zohran Mamdani, the Islamist Socialist about to become mayor of the erstwhile greatest city on Earth, has run...

Vatican document on Mary’s cooperation in salvation expected to address title ‘Co-Redemptrix’The Vatican’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith has announced that it will present a new doctrinal note “referring to Mary’s cooperation in the work of salvation.”The document is titled Mater Populi Fidelis (“Mother of the Faithful People”), with the Italian subtitle Nota dottrinale su alcuni titoli mariani riferiti alla cooperazione di Maria all’opera della salvezza. It will be unveiled from 11.00 to 12.30 in the morning at the Jesuit General Curia, with free entry and a reception to follow. The Vatican Press Office will release the full...

@freethepeople One of the main reasons why the government remains shut down — and why Speaker Johnson (R-La.) is preventing the House of Representatives from convening — is that Massie has the votes to release the Epstein files.

Oct. 30 (UPI) -- A Utah man said a final farewell to the Geo Metro he drove for 35 years by dropping a 1,917-pound pumpkin on it from a height of nearly 14 stories. Millville resident Alan Gebert said his 1991 Geo Metro finally stopped running this year, so he decided to send the vehicle off in style by destroying it with a giant pumpkin.

GYEONGJU — Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China reached a much-needed breakthrough on Thursday, as Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to drop all tariffs after President Donald Trump showed him how to use chopsticks to become a walrus. The two heads of state came face-to-face at a high-stakes summit in South Korea to iron out the ongoing friction between the world's two largest economic powers. Insiders said the conversation remained tense until Trump showed Xi that he could turn himself into a walrus by using chopsticks as tusks. "It's a great trick, everyone says so," Trump was overheard telling...

[Catholic Caucus] Christ the King Procession in Rio de JaneiroChrist the King Procession in Rio de Janeiro This past Sunday, October 26, a procession in honor of Christ the King took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro. This year’s procession marked the centenary of the institution of this celebration by Pope Pius XI, through the encyclical Quas Primas. The event was organized by the Centro Cultural Permanência and the SSPX (Society of Saint Pius X), with structural support from the Centro Dom Bosco.The procession was led by Bishop Bernard Fellay, one of the bishops consecrated by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre...

In the latest document dump related to the Biden Justice Department’s fishing expedition targeting hundreds of conservative activists, donors, organizations, and even senators, Sen. Chuck Grassley on Wednesday released nearly 2,000 pages of subpoenas issued by Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team for their targets’ banking data, communications, and other information.The 197 subpoenas, issued to financial institutions, consulting firms, conservative organizations and PACs, individuals, and technology companies, were part of Smith’s dragnet searching for incriminating evidence to bring down President Donald Trump and his supporters during the 2024 presidential campaign. The DOJ investigators even surveilled Sen. Ted Cruz’s office landline, senators...

A million times worse than Watergate.I called Russiagate a thousand times worse than Watergate. We’re several stages beyond that. The latest revelations about ‘Arctic Frost’, the operation by the Biden administration to target Trump and allies, go way beyond anything even in Russiagate. The witch hunt fronted by Clinton ally Jack Smith targeted conservative groups, even those that didn’t exist during the battle over the election or on Jan 6, the alleged reason for the investigation, and bugged a fifth of the Republican Senate delegation. Sen. Ted Cruz held a press conference to reveal that the targeting of his phone...

Ben Bader was just 23 when he managed to buy his way into one of Florida's most exclusive enclaves — a gated paradise home to millionaires and stars.But the luxury community, dubbed 'one of Florida’s billion‑dollar havens', that the rising social media influencer worked hard to reach became the scene of his sudden and tragic death last week.Bader was found 'not breathing' in the communal clubhouse at Admirals Cove, a private club in Jupiter, 30 minutes north of Palm Beach, by shocked members at 6.30pm last Thursday.His 'extremely sudden' death at 25 rocked the gated community that is home to...

A youth counselor at a juvenile detention facility in Brooklyn pocketed more than $70,000 in bribes to sneak in drugs and weapons, Big Apple investigators said Thursday. Lymek Frazier, 31, is accused of taking payments from relatives and friends of youths locked up at the Crossroads Juvenile Center through cash apps, including over $21,000 in bribes in 48 “transactions” over just six months last year, the New York City Department of Investigation announced. “This defendant was trusted to ensure the safety and well-being of the young people under his supervision as a youth development specialist,” DOI Commissioner Jocelyn Strauber said....

Those desperate to stop Zohran Mamdani becoming New York mayor want a two-horse race. The Republican candidate has stuck his heels in Curtis Sliwa stands little chance of becoming New York’s next mayor. But when asked what it would take for him to drop out of the race, the red beret-wearing Republican left no room for ambiguity. “A Mack truck hits me and I get turned into a speed bump, and they can’t recover me in the ICU. That’s the only way.” Mr Sliwa has been behind in the polls from the outset and those desperate to keep Zohran...