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Last night, HM The King announced that his brother, until recently HRH The Duke of York KG KCVO, will now be formally stripped of all his titles, styles and dignities and will be reduced to trying to book fashionable London restaurants - or even Pizza Express in Woking - as plain old Mr Andrew Mountbatten Windsor. As longtime readers may recall, I dined at Buckingham Palace, midst princes, dukes, earls, viscounts and knights, as the only mister at the table and rather enjoyed it - although, even at that lowly rank, the sense of remorseless imperial decline down the decades...

Elected officials in L.A. and California relentlessly assault reality, while the people they demean and demonize spend their days running down people who traffic children for sex. Expanding on my last post, here’s another thing The New York Times Magazine didn’t mention in a major story on the child prostitution crisis along Figueroa Street in South Los Angeles. It’s this, and note both the date and the name of the office: So the Times asks, “Can Anyone Rescue the Trafficked Girls of L.A.’s Figueroa Street?” But someone has intervened in that sex trafficking of children on Figueroa, and can go...

Following Sweeney’s appearance, many took to social media to question why the actress was being featured ahead of the game. “Why is Sydney Sweeney narrating the World Series game 4 intro,” one person asked as another one wondered, “sydney sweeney ad for the world series? who invited you.” “Why tf is Sydney Sweeney doing the World Series intro? That was a creepy a$$ tone of voice too,” a third netizen shared via X.

As mayor, Mamdani has pledged to safeguard and expand access to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion and gender-affirming care. His platform calls for doubling funding for both New York City’s Abortion Access Hub and the New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF), ensuring that anyone can access abortion care regardless of income or immigration status. His plans also include an investment of $65 million in public clinics and sexual and reproductive health care providers to expand access to gender-affirming care and confronting private health care institutions that have refused to provide this critical care. Mamdani will also declare...

Republicans in Columbus had one job: draw a congressional map that reflects the voters who elected them. When President Trump called on GOP-led states to fight as hard as Democrats do in redistricting, Ohio was supposed to be part of that charge. Instead, it answered his call with surrender, handing Democrats a "compromise" map they didn't even have to ask for.

A new study from a pair of think tanks has found that massive amounts of money, taxpayer dollars that are meant to combat the ongoing homelessness crisis, are in fact being used to further the left’s political goals. This might explain why the homeless problem seems to get worse each year despite the fact that we throw billions of dollars at efforts to solve it. FOX News reports: A new study just exposed the corruption behind America’s homelessness crisisFor years, Americans have been told that “compassion” for the homeless meant writing ever-larger checks – more money, more programs and far...

Billie Eilish’s acceptance speech at the WSJ Magazine Innovator Awards stayed with the attendees and resonated with the global audience. “I love you all, but there are a few people here with a lot more money than me,” she said. “If you’re a billionaire—why are you a billionaire? No hate, but yeah, give your money away, shorties,” Billie said. Social media got flooded with one looming question: How Much Has Taylor Swift Donated? Swift reportedly donated about $6.5 million to charity in 2025. The total amount, however, is expected to be much higher as many charities didn’t reveal the exact...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office said a man died Thursday afternoon after he was stabbed inside the Anheuser-Busch facility. According to police, the incident occurred around 4:45 p.m. on Busch Drive, and when officers arrived at the scene, they found the man with a single stab wound to his chest. After he was taken to the hospital by medical crews with the Jacksonville Fire Rescue Department, he later died at the hospital, JSO said. The investigation into the matter is ongoing, but police said their detectives have learned that the incident appeared to stem from two contractors, a...

President Javier Milei won a landslide victory in the October 26, 2025, election. This election is a midterm election in Argentina. There are 257 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 72 seats in the Senate. Half of the Chamber of Deputies’ seats were up for election, as were one-third of the Senate’s seats. President Milei’s party scored 41.5% of the vote, increasing its share of seats in the House of Deputies from 37 to 101. Milei’s party increased its number of Senators from 6 to 20. This is a significant increase in power for President Milei. It is likely...

Glamour Magazine has named nine transgender activists as their Women of the Year. The honourees include a mix of relatively unknown models, actors and musicians, with the most famous face being Munroe Bergdorf - a controversial activist who once branded 'all white people racist' and said that the Suffragettes were 'white supremacists'. Last year she was named the first 'UK champion' for UN Women UK and was previously the first ever trans woman to model for L'Oreal.

Spyro Gyra has long been known to its peers in the contemporary jazz world as a “well oiled road machine” due to its relentless schedule of 48 years of performing. To date, they have logged more than 10,000 shows on six continents and released 35 albums, garnering platinum and gold records along the way. Spyro Gyra rose from humble beginnings in Buffalo, New York in 1974 to their current international prominence in the jazz world. Every year, they continue to exhibit how to remain among a relative handful of artists who will be able to say that they have worked...

A group called Refuse Fascism is calling on people from all over America to descend on Washington on November 5, 2025. They aren’t organizing a protest. They intend to surround the White House, the Capitol, and the Supreme Court and shut down the government until Donald Trump resigns as President. We call that a coup.“Fascism is not a looming threat. It is upon us now.” “Humanity’s only hope is for the decent people of this country to rise in our millions. We cannot wait for future and rigged elections. We must drive the Trump Fascist Regime from power.” “Beginning November...

Well, someone just had a rude awakening, didn't they? Courtesy of the Walton County Sheriff's Office in Georgia: [Warning: Language] Liberal woman arrested for vandalizing Charlie Kirk memorial LOVE TO SEE IT!!!! 🔥👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/bJudIsJIPg— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) October 30, 2025They don't tell us what the vehicle is, but I can almost guarantee you it's a Subaru. She just ... seems like the type. Megan Bucheger wrote "Racist SYBAU" on a sign at Tire Dock in Logansville, Georgia, which said "In loving memory of Charlie Kirk." (SYBAU stands for "Shut Your B**ch A** Up.") Credit: Walton County Sheriff's Office Megan: Well ......

YouTube TV customers watched ESPN go dark Thursday night as talks between the Google-owned platform and sports network broke down, leading the channel — along with other Disney-operated channels — to disappear from the platform. A deal between the two sides could not be reached, and by late Thursday night, the stations, which include ABC, FX, Disney Jr. and National Geographic, along with ESPN channels, went dark for more than 10 million YouTube TV customers, escalating the prolonged back-and-forth between the two sides. At the heart of the issues is pricing, according to Sports Business Journal, with both sides pointing...

-BHP will begin settling 30% of its iron ore spot trades with Chinese buyers in Yuan starting Q4 2025, marking a historic departure from U.S. dollar pricing. -The move follows pressure from Beijing, signaling China’s strategy to internationalize the RMB and weaken the dollar’s hold over commodity markets. -Australia faces rising concerns over currency risk, trade dependence, and the geopolitical implications of aligning with China’s de-dollarization agenda. In a landmark move that could reshape global commodity markets and impact iron ore prices,...

Türk called for an immediate investigation into the strikes against narco terrorists in what is the first such condemnation of its kind from the globalist organization. AP reports Ravina Shamdasani, a spokeswoman for Türk’s office, relayed his message on Friday at a regular U.N. briefing: These attacks and their mounting human cost are unacceptable. The U.S. must halt such attacks and take all measures necessary to prevent the extrajudicial killing of people aboard these boats. She said Türk believed “airstrikes by the United States of America on boats in the Caribbean and in the Pacific violate international human rights law.”...

A mathematical proof has finally debunked the idea that we live in a simulation, according to a group of international researchers. The theory that the universe could be a computer programme has been championed by Elon Musk and formed the basis for sci-fi classics like The Matrix. But scientists now say that this is not just unlikely, but mathematically impossible. This is because the fundamental nature of reality operates in a way that can never be replicated by pure computation. Thanks to the strangeness of quantum physics, no computer, however powerful, would ever be able to generate what the researchers...

Our society has only recently come to terms with the fact that maybe placating young children by getting them hooked on touchscreen devices with unfettered access to the internet was bad for their brains. Now, with the rise of human-like AI chatbots, a generation of “iPad babies” could seem almost quaint: some parents are now encouraging their kids to talk with AI models, sometimes for hours on end, The Guardian reports. Others are using the soothing voice of a chatbot to put their kids to bed — all evidence of how this experimental technology has become a part of many...

Federal transportation officials have confirmed that more than 7,200 foreign truck drivers have been removed from America’s highways after failing mandatory English proficiency tests — an alarming revelation that raises serious questions about how thousands of non-English-speaking drivers were ever licensed to operate massive commercial vehicles in the first place. According to data obtained by Breitbart News, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has decertified thousands of commercial driver’s licenses (CDLs) after discovering widespread irregularities in the testing process, particularly in states that issued CDLs to foreign nationals. These individuals failed to demonstrate a basic understanding of English —...

Ahead of NY elections.. 70% are non-White, 10% are Muslim. Some 70% are non-White 57% are Christians some 10% are Muslim (immigrant or children of (Arabs, Pakistanis/Bangla), etc.,