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---SNIP--- The documents — which were released by the alleged hacker on LeakForum and reviewed by The Daily Pennsylvanian — include internal University talking points, memos about donors and their families, receipts of bank transactions, and personal identifying information. In a message accompanying the data, the group claimed that it gained “full access” to a University employee’s PennKey account and export data on “1.2 million University of Pennsylvania students, alumni, and donors” from University databases

Citing frustrations with persistent crime, a trio of North Carolina lawmakers is urging Democratic Gov. Josh Stein to deploy the National Guard in Charlotte, saying the state of the city has become "increasingly dire." "Recently, the city faced eight homicides in seven days. The murder rate in uptown Charlotte is now 200% higher than it was a year ago," the letter states. "According to the Fraternal Order of Police, aggravated assaults involving knives or guns have risen from 86 in 2024 to 111 in 2025, and personal strong-arm robberies have increased from 26 to 31 in the same period." Rep....

Rapper 50 Cent declared that 'New York is over' after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor and urged locals to flee to the Louisiana city he poured millions into reviving. After Tuesday's election, in which Mamdani assumed his victory over Independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa, Jackson reiterated his discontent with the far-left politician. He shared an image of a tombstone that read, 'RIP NYC,' with the city's death date as 2025. The pro-Trump artist, 50, has been flooding his social media with posts denouncing the Democratic-socialist mayoral elect while prompting like-minded New Yorkers to leave the Big Apple...

[Catholic Caucus] Quis ut Virgo? - Who is like unto Mary? -- Reflections on the Document of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith, by Roberto de MatteiOn October 16, 1793, what was perhaps the most disgusting crime of the French Revolution took place: the execution of the Queen of France, Marie Antoinette, after a sham trial before the Revolutionary Tribunal. Plinio Correa de Oliveira wrote of Marie Antoinette: "There are certain souls who are only great when the winds of misfortune blow upon them. Marie Antoinette, who was futile as a princess and unforgivably frivolous in her life...

Mamdani didn't win a policy debate. He won a personality contest.Two mayoral elections in major cities with two candidates.Both Omar Fateh and Zohran Mamdani followed the familiar AOC playbook of seizing their party’s nomination in low turnout primaries or in Fateh’s case, DFL conventions, against an established candidate.Both were Islamists running on ‘free stuff’ and socialism.Mamdani beat Cuomo in New York City while in Minneapolis, Jacob Frey appears to have defeated Fateh (with not enough of a margin, leading to the election-rigging plague that is ‘ranked choice voting’ which Mamdani also benefited from.)The difference didn’t come down to policies, it...

Congressional Republicans need to do something worthy of voter support, and the party has to sharpen its early-voting ground game. The third time wasn’t the charm for Republican businessman and former New Jersey lawmaker Jack Ciattarelli in Tuesday’s race for the Garden State’s next governor. And Virginia didn’t elect its first black female governor. New Jersey and Virginia remain squarely in the blue state column.But Tuesday’s election, contrary to the left and their corporate media partners, wasn’t an early verdict on Republican President Donald Trump or a bellwether of next year’s midterms. The Democratic National Committee proclaimed far-left Abigail Spanberger’s...

Republicans wasted no time using democratic socialist Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani of New York City as a political cudgel to bash Democrats. As the 34-year-old state lawmaker from New York City was on his way to a roughly 9-point victory in Tuesday's election in the nation's most populous city, the GOP instantly took aim. "Democrats have officially handed New York City over to a self-proclaimed Communist, and hardworking families will be the ones paying the price," Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters claimed in a statement. "His election is proof that the Democrat Party has abandoned common sense and tied...

Earlier today, President Donald Trump delivered a speech at the America Business Forum in Miami, Florida. On the anniversary of President Trump’s historic 2024 election day win, President Trump celebrated with the assembled audience and business leaders. WATCH: President Trump Delivers Remarks to Republican Senators During Breakfast at White House. WATCH:

Nova Scotia MP Chris d'Entremont resigned from the Conservative caucus Tuesday — and he's joining the Liberals. In a statement disseminated by the Liberal Party, d'Entremont said he decided to leave the Conservatives after "serious consideration and thoughtful conversations with constituents." "I came to a clear conclusion: there is a better path forward for our country — and a better path forward for Acadie-Annapolis," he said. D'Entremont won that rural Nova Scotia riding by about one percentage point over his Liberal opponent in the spring federal election.

Russia said on Wednesday that its forces were advancing north inside Pokrovsk in a drive to take full control of the Ukrainian city, but the Ukrainian army said its units were battling hard to try to stop the Russians from gaining new ground. Ukraine has acknowledged that its troops face a difficult position in the strategic eastern city, once an important transport and logistics hub for the Ukrainian army... Russia sees the city as the gateway to its capture of the remaining 10%, or 5,000 square km (1,930 square miles) of Ukraine's eastern industrial Donbas region... The Russian defence ministry...

With Bill Gates retreating from his high-profile climate crusade, the stage has opened for more unconventional actors to step into the planetary arena. Enter Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX and self-styled architect of humanity’s future in space.This week, Musk floated an audacious vision: a vast swarm of orbiting satellites, not merely to beam internet or data, but to harvest solar energy and regulate how much sunlight reaches Earth. On Monday, he wrote on his platform X:A large solar-powered AI satellite constellation would be able to prevent global warming by making tiny adjustments in how much solar energy reached...

Pennsylvania voters on Tuesday opted to retain three Democrat justices on the state Supreme Court, preserving a 5-2 liberal majority that pro-life advocates warn will expand abortion access to any reason throughout all nine months of pregnancy. With more than 54% of the vote tallied, 62.3% voted yes to retain Justice Christine Donohue, 62.5% for Justice Kevin Dougherty and 62.4% for Justice David Wecht. The outcome ensures Democrats maintain control of the court, which pro-life groups had urged voters to reject as a direct threat to unborn children. The Pennsylvania Pro-Life Federation, in a pre-election alert, called on voters to...

Zohran Mamdani’s incoming administration began taking shape on Wednesday as the New York City mayor-elect announced a transition team to help enact what he called the city’s most ambitious policy platform in a generation, vowing to get right to work when he takes office on 1 January. Speaking at a morning press conference in Queens, the 34-year-old democratic socialist revealed an all-female transition team led by Elana Leopold as executive director. It also includes co-chairs Maria Torres-Springer, the former first deputy mayor; Lina Khan, the former federal trade commission chair; the United Way’s president and CEO, Grace Bonilla; and the...

Economic issues are emerging as the most important issue for voters across Virginia, New Jersey, and New York City, ABC News exit polls reveal. […] More specifically, almost half of voters identified the economy as the most important issue in the Old Dominion state. “…About 2 in 10 said health care was. Fewer, about 1 in 10, said immigration and education were the most important issues, while less than 1 in 10 said crime,” per ABC News. While most said the economy in the state is either “excellent” or “good,” very few said they were actually “getting ahead” — about...

How should we respond to the unpleasant but expected Blue Wave that washed over the country on Election Day, 2025? The first issue is clearly that the Republican Party has a turnout problem in off-year elections. A lot of the new MAGA Trump voters are centrist or liberal-leaning independents who have joined the GOP. These voters don’t get engaged beyond the presidential elections. Republican activists must concentrate their efforts on getting them to vote more. Better campaign strategies have to invest in more than liking President Trump and wanting to reverse the damage done by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris....

The President of The Heritage Foundation, Kevin Roberts, was getting immense pressure on social media, in legacy media aritcles and elsewhere to condemn or cancel Tucker Carlson for the having Nick Fuentes as a guest. Roberts initially refused. In response, he created a video (linked below) in which he articulated the issue and explained his position. He stated, articulately and quite professionally, that while he disagrees with "and even abhors things Nick Fuentes says..." "canceling him is not the answer either." Kevin suggested the American way; defeating Fuentes with ideas and debate. For the simple act of refusing demands to...

ay Jones is projected to be the next Virginia attorney general, defeating incumbent Republican Jason Miyares, according to several news outlets. “I want to thank every Virginian tonight who placed their trust in me,” Jones told supporters in Richmond, Virginia. Jones emphasized that he is the first black attorney general of the commonwealth, “The weight of that trust is not lost on me at all.” Democrat Abigail Spanberger is also projected to win and be Virginia’s next governor, while Democrat Ghazala Hashmi is projected to be lieutenant governor. “Politics is like a pendulum,” Miyares told supporters in Virginia Beach during...

https://babylonbee.com/news/christians-in-nigeria-disguise-themselves-as-palestinians-so-people-will-care-about-them-being-genocidedYELWATA — In a last-ditch effort to survive, Christians in Nigeria disguised themselves as Palestinians in hopes that people around the world would suddenly care about them being genocided. The oppressed and beleaguered followers of Christ reported that dressing up as Palestinian people was perhaps their last hope to get the attention of protesters, influencers, podcasters, news reporters, and Hollywood celebrities and make them care about their being eradicated by Islamic terrorists. "It would be great if this works," said one Christian man who feared for his life. "We're getting wiped out here, and nobody seems to notice. But we've...

Democratic Rep. Mikie Sherrill, a staunch advocate for unrestricted abortion, won New Jersey’s gubernatorial race Tuesday night, defeating Republican Jack Ciattarelli in a contest that pro-life leaders decried as a setback for vulnerable unborn children. With nearly all votes counted, Sherrill captured 53% of the vote to Ciattarelli’s 46%, according to projections. The victory extends Democratic control of the governor’s mansion for a third consecutive term — the first such streak for the party in New Jersey since 1961 — and positions Sherrill, a former Navy helicopter pilot and federal prosecutor, to succeed pro-abortion Gov. Phil Murphy in January. Sherrill’s...

[Catholic Caucus] Rediscovered book by Cardinal Fernández features graphic erotic passages on ‘spirituality and sensuality’A 1998 book by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández featuring provocative, sexually-charged themes has resurfaced, likely adding further scrutiny to the already embattled prefect of the Vatican’s doctrine office.Titled “Mystical Passion: Spirituality and Sensuality,” the 26-year-old work includes graphic descriptions of human sexual relations and discussion of what the Argentinian theologian describes as “mystical orgasm.”The nearly 100-page-long book also depicts in detail an imaginary erotic encounter with Jesus Christ on the shores of Galilee, which Fernández said was based on a spiritual experience disclosed to him by...