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A Grammy-nominated musician was struck and killed by a driver with more than 100 arrests and dozens of traffic violations in Rhode Island, police said. Roderick Macleod, 70, was a member of the band Roomful of Blues in the 1980s and received a Grammy nomination for his work with them. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Music Hall of Fame in 2014, according to local media reports. Macleod was walking his dogs when he was hit by a car on Saturday, the Hopkinton Police Department said in a news release. The alleged driver was identified by police as as...

BREAKING: The Department of Homeland Security has just signed a $140 million deal to buy a FLEET of Boeing 737s to RAMP UP ICE’s deportation flights LFG! 🔥 ICE had previously been forced to rely on chartered flights, but now with dedicated planes, illegals can be shipped out MUCH quicker. No First Class seats on these planes!

President Donald Trump has unveiled his long-awaited 'gold card' - offering legal status and a pathway to US citizenship for customers willing to pay the $1 million price tag. The visa is on offer for individuals who can stump up the full amount, while corporations will have to fork out up to twice the amount per foreign-born employee. A website accepting applications went live as Trump kicked off the program surrounded by business leaders in the White House on Wednesday... Trump's program will eventually include a separate 'platinum card,' also costing $5million, plus $15,000 in processing fees. The platinum edition...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has finally released its hotly-anticipated “gold card” allowing deep-pocketed foreigners to purchase US visas. Trump told reporters at the White House that it would function “somewhat like a green card” letting foreigners become instantly eligible for permanent residency status to work in America. Individuals have to pay $1 million to US Treasury coffers, while companies will have to fork over $2 million to keep employees. The Department of Homeland Security will conduct a background check on all applicants to make sure they are qualified. After five years, any gold card-carrying permanent resident can apply for...

In an age of moral confusion and cultural uncertainty, people are drawn to those who actually believe what they say—who live as if their core convictions are real and unshakable. This may explain the quiet shift unfolding in England. For the first time in centuries, the Catholic Church surpasses CoE in active attendance. Among young people, Catholics outnumber Anglicans. In London, the shift is even more pronounced. The tide is turning—and it’s not turning toward trendy liturgies or progressive theology but toward clarity, continuity, and conviction. Every Anglican worldwide, and every Episcopalian in the U.S., knows that even after 500...

A pregnant Somali immigrant was fired from a Wendy's for not wearing shoes. She said her feet were swelled from pregnancy and could do her job. Wendy's said she had to wear shoes as part of safety and when she would not comply they fired her. Video said it was "somewhere in the midwest".

Researchers have discovered there was an anomaly in Earth's gravitational field between 2006 and 2008, potentially caused by a mineral shift deep within Earth's mantle...The large gravitational anomaly lasted for about two years over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It peaked in January 2007, the same month Steve Jobs announced the first iPhone (though, of course, there was no connection between the two events).Researchers recently discovered the signal while analyzing data collected by the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites between 2003 and 2015. The gravitational anomaly happened around the same time as a geomagnetic "jerk" -- an abrupt change...

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The American Capitalist Party is beginning preparations for its first national convention. As part of general planning for 2026, the organization is also looking at establishing a state affiliate in Georgia. In its December newsletter, the party stated that it is looking to hold its national convention September 18–20 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, though details are still tentative. It would be the first national convention held by the organization since it announced its formation at LibertyCon earlier in 2025. The party plans to release additional information in the coming months. The email also outlined the agenda for the party’s December 20...

A new multi-site study shows that people with cystic fibrosis (CF) who start the triple-drug therapy elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor (ETI) can safely reduce many of their daily lung treatments while maintaining good health for years. "This is incredibly meaningful for individuals and families living with CF," said lead author Scott Sagel, MD, Ph.D. "For decades, people with CF have spent hours every day managing their disease. Our findings show that many have stepped back from some of those time-consuming therapies thanks to ETI." ETI helps the malfunctioning protein that causes CF work more effectively, allowing the lungs to function better from the...

Where moonbats have been allowed to dominate it, education is not about education; it is about moonbattery. This includes introducing prepubescent children to sexual depravity: A Maryland middle school presented a slideshow to 6th graders celebrating “Transgender Awareness Week” where the children were given a lesson that included “advice for coming out” and “8 tips for being nonbinary.” This time it isn’t Baltimore but Bethesda. Westland Middle School is a public school financed by taxpayers. Indoctrination included “a video that was produced by the LGBT educational resource provider Pop’n’Olly.” In no sane world would an “LGBT educational resource provider” be...

President Donald Trump blasted Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) during his speech in Pennsylvania on Wednesday for “always complaining,” alleging that she married her brother and is in the United States illegally. “I love this Ilhan Omar, whatever the hell her name is, with a little… turban. I love her. She comes in, does nothing but b*****. She’s always complaining,” Trump said. He went on to hammer her country of origin, Somalia, amid evidence of embezzlement, migration fraud, and welfare cheating in Minnesota by Somali migrants. “She comes from her country where, I mean, it’s considered about the worst country in...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) highlighted how he wanted “to see” transgender children, and that there is “no governor that’s done more pro-trans legislation” than he has. During an interview on an episode of The Ezra Klein Show, with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein, Newsom described President Donald Trump as being “One of the most destructive presidents and human beings” in Newsom’s lifetime. […] “We didn’t get into trans sports. That’s an issue no one wants to hear about because 80 percent of the people listening disagree with my position on this,” Newsom shared. “But it comes from my...

A new study has found that collagen production and skin renewal directly respond to the amount of vitamin C we eat. The study shows that skin vitamin C levels are closely tied to levels of the vitamin in the blood (plasma) and can be boosted by increasing fruit intake. Carried out on two dozen healthy adults, the study shows that boosting plasma levels by consuming two vitamin C-rich kiwifruit per day increases the amount of the vitamin in the skin, improving skin thickness (collagen production) and stimulating renewal and regeneration of the outer skin layer. Professor Vissers says, "We are...

Somali Minnesota college student Hasan Mohamed posted a profanity-filled rant against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents that included threats to “pop’ agents the next time they show up in his Owatonna neighborhood. In the video, Mohamed raged, “ICE, I actually heard you guys pulled up to Owatonna, the big O, and you pulled up when I was not there?” “Y’all so ****-ass ****, boy. You’re gonna get popped next time I see you.” “Bring the whole cavalry. Yeah, boy, you guys are scared.” Watch: Though it appears Mohamed removed the original video from TikTok, it has already gone...

No matter how much I try to ignore the Democrats' latest "The Walls Are Closing In" spectacle, it has come to my attention that liberals are hopping mad about our military killing two Venezuelan drug traffickers. Cocaine has killed 100,000 Americans in the last 20 years. Venezuela is a major player in the supply chain that brings it here. But Democrats are concerned with the safety and well-being of the narco-terrorists. Of course, Democrats also root for cop-killers, serial rapists, wife-beaters, drug kingpins, cold-blooded killers and Ana Navarro. Liberals are OK with killing people unless it's good for America. They...

Quick SummaryThe world's five remaining Communist countries are intensifying control over Christian churches.China mandates church registration and financial audits, enforcing strict operational restrictions.Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam impose similar regulations, limiting religious activities and foreign funding.Governments in the world’s five remaining Communist countries are intensifying control over Christian churches, according to an analysis by a persecution watchdog, which says churches are facing growing legal, financial and operational restrictions under regimes in China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea and Vietnam.Authorities in China require churches to register with the state and operate under a system called Sinicization, which mandates that sermons and...

Why should it fall to an American radio and television personality to solve the problems of Canadian socialized medicine? One poor woman in our neighbor up north recently turned to Canada’s MAID program (medical assistance in dying, or assisted suicide) because she could not get a referral for a needed surgery, and the pain had become more than she could bear. Over the past two days, TV and radio star Glenn Beck has been reaching out to assist Jolene Van Alstine of Saskatchewan to assist her. She needs surgery to remove her parathyroid gland. However, there’s no one available to...

Vitamin C may have the potential to protect people against lung disease caused by traffic-related air pollution, bushfires and dust storms, new research finds. Researchers examined the effect of vitamin C in reducing lung inflammation and mitochondrial loss caused by PM2.5—tiny airborne particles commonly found in urban pollution—finding it could be protective. Air pollution is becoming the second-highest preventable risk factor to our health, at a level greater than smoking. In 2019, air pollution contributed to more than 200 million healthy life years lost to premature death or disability. There is no safe level of air pollution caused by PM2.5,...

Democrats want us to believe they care about the little guy, the working class, the average American. Yet. somehow, their policies always seem to hurt the people they claim to help and enrich the elites who fund their campaigns. On the campaign trail last year, President Trump proposed his No Tax on Tips plan, and the left freaked out. Though they claimed it was bad policy, Kamala Harris went on to steal the plan just a couple of months after him. No Tax on Tips became the law of the land with the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill,...