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On April 19, 1775, the opening shots of the American Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord—later immortalized as “the shot heard around the world”—gave way, almost immediately, to something more consequential than a single day’s fighting. As British regulars retreated into Boston under constant fire from colonial militia, the countryside did not simply quiet. Instead, it closed in. What began as a running battle hardened into a siege—an improvised but determined effort by New England militias to isolate British forces inside the city and challenge imperial authority in a sustained way.Boston, already a focal point of imperial tension, now became...

Okay. It's Friday. Let's end on an absolutely hilarious note. Emmanuel Macron. This twee, tiny tyrant has spent the better part of two days LARPing as if he were someone from a country that meant something a long, long time ago, royally entertaining an equally ineffectual non-entity as himself, all while playing Age of Empires for the cameras at his fancy office. With hugs, kisses, and much clasping of hands, the two main co-conspirators got together to try to take over the world, much as Pinky and the Brain used to do every Saturday. Considering they would have as much...

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Students attending Fairfax County Public Schools, the largest school district in northern Virginia, have the most days off and the fewest five-day school weeks of any other school system in the nation.

A 19-year-old Indiana man is accused of fatally beating a 71-year-old man inside his home, binding the victim and leaving him to die — and after his arrest, allegedly telling police: “I’m done like fried chicken.” Cameion Brown was taken into custody and charged with one count each of murder and auto theft in the slaying of Darryl Miller, court records show.

A glamorous Iranian businesswoman with a US green card was arrested at the Los Angeles International Airport for allegedly trafficking arms on behalf of Tehran. Shamim Mafi, 44, of Woodland Hills, was taken into custody on Saturday night and charged with brokering deals for Iranian drones, bombs, and millions of rounds of ammunition bound for Sudan, according to the office of the US Attorney for the Central District of California. Mafi posted glam pics of herself traveling the world — including posing in front of a $100,000 Mercedes-Benz roadster.

Now that damning details about the 2019 Trump impeachment have underlined that the sanctified whistleblower for the President Trump phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in reality a partisan hack, most mainstream news outlets have been reluctant to report on it due to strong evidence that the impeachment was based on a fraud.It's a highly embarrassing story for CNN, so they tried to massage it, skipping the most important details in their Thursday story cherry-picked by Zachary Cohen, Evan Perez, and Sean Lyngaas in "DNI Tulsi Gabbard sends criminal referral over Trump’s 2019 impeachment to Justice Department."

snip The film is the middle picture in a trilogy that began in 1968 with If.... and would conclude in 1982 with Britannia Hospital. All three films are centered around a character named Mick Travis, played by Malcolm McDowell, and share a cast of actors who, in O Lucky Man!, play multiple roles. But the Mick in all three films is not the same person as much as a type – student rebel in one picture, ambitious young man in another, cynical media professional in the third. The character grew as McDowell's skill as an actor and onscreen persona developed...

[Video at Link] Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas argued that the principles of the Declaration of Independence should be lived, not treated as abstract, intellectualized theories during a lecture this week at the University of Texas, Austin. "Even those who support them too often talk about them as if they were academic playthings. They overcomplicate them, take the spirit out of them, and discuss them in a way that puts us to sleep," he said. "But the principles of the Declaration of Independence, as I encountered them, are a way of life. They are not an abstract theory that you...

The coastal city of Fujisawa in Japan has become the epicenter of a heated national debate. In a series of videos that have since gone viral on social media, thousands of residents took to the streets this week to protest the construction of the city’s first mosque. The demonstration wasn’t just a small neighbourhood gathering. The video, shared by @MeghUpdates showed a massive display of public anxiety. Protesters were seen chanting against the project, raising placards, and voicing concerns that the proposed structure—reportedly much larger than nearby historic Shinto shrines—is an “act of provocation" against Japanese heritage.

Vice President JD Vance publicly thanked Pope Leo XIV after the Pope helped play down reports of a split between Mr. Vance and President Donald Trump over the Iran conflict, a move Vance called “grateful.” This brief exchange matters because it cooled public drama and kept Republican leaders focused on a cohesive approach to a tense international situation. The moment is being framed by Republicans as an example of discipline and message control when geopolitics demand steady hands. Vance’s expression of thanks is a clear signal to Republican voters and allies that unity at the top matters more than headlines....

To help illustrate how ridiculous that is, let me introduce you to Malikica Azizi. Malikica here is an 18-year-old resident of Tyrron. She was recently arrested for protesting the IRGC. And not only was she given the death sentence, but because she's a virgin and under Islam, virgins go straight to heaven, no questions asked. The night before she is executed, she will be raped. That is so the Islamic government can ensure that she goes to hell.

Patriots Day April 19, 1775 the tensions were rising around Boston. soon to boil over into revolution as the United States came into the world... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k6zq_Y_IzA

Rep. Nancy Mace is calling for a reckoning in the halls of Congress after the resignation of Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell. She accused the political establishment of shielding predators to protect their own power and introduced a resolution to stop it. Mace joined "Saturday in America" to discuss the resolution she put forward for the House Ethics Committee to release its records on sexual harassment by lawmakers. "I think there should be an avalanche of resignations," Mace said. "I want every single predator that’s in Congress now to be forced to resign. I don’t care how long it takes. If...

The photo has also sparked endless memes, as well as bringing to mind one of the best Monty Python sketches ever. (Warning: This post is vulgar. There’s no way around it. But it’s also full of funny stuff, for what it’s worth.) I have no idea what photographer Win McNamee and Getty Images were thinking when they went with a photograph of Trump speaking to a gaggle of people from the press, but if they thought to humiliate Trump, they utterly failed. Instead, it’s a post that instantly turned into an epic meme, because it is the living embodiment of...

Greta Thunberg’s freedom flotilla, which set sail from Barcelona Sunday for another anti-Israel voyage to Gaza, has been rocked by scandal after one of its woke leaders was accused of “sexual misconduct” with at least three volunteers. “A senior leader within the flotilla — a member of the steering committee, the highest governing body of the organization — engaged in sexual relations with multiple activists while on the boat heading to Gaza. Not one person. Not two. Three different individuals,” claimed Palestinian group Heart of Falastin in a social media post earlier this week. “To do it on the boat,...

Medal showing Pope St. Pius V struck in honor of the victory of the Holy League at Lepanto. Last week's blow-up between the Roman Catholic Pontiff and the American President generated considerable heat, but not very much light. Every pundit and influencer on every side registered an opinion, and most of them were ill-informed, facile, or just plain wrong. Does the Pope have a right to sound off on political questions, even when his opinions are directly critical of a given country's current policies and actions? Of course he does. Popes have been doing this for centuries, millennia even, sometimes...

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tore into President Donald Trump in Spain on Saturday, calling him "trigger-happy," adding that he has "no exit plan" for the Iran War. "We've got a feeble-minded, trigger-happy president who plunged us into a war where no threat was present, with no clear objectives and no exit plan. We need to call that what it is. That's fascism. Or at least it's fascist curious as they would be," Walz said at the Global Progressive Mobilization event in Barcelona. ...

Editor’s note: This is a lightly edited transcript of today’s edition of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words” from Daily Signal Senior Contributor Victor Davis Hanson. Please note that it was recorded before Friday’s announcement that the Strait of Hormuz is open. Subscribe to Victor Davis Hanson’s own YouTube channel to watch past episodes. Victor Davis Hanson: Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I know a lot of you have been exasperated by the reaction to the Iran war, from the Democratic grandees in the House and Senate, the liberal media, The New York Times,...

What we believe about Israel and its future is of utmost importance. No church is neutral on the matter of Israel’s place in Bible prophecy. Many pastors say that such matters pertaining to the end times are of lesser significance than other more weighty matters of the faith. In my experience, however, they are the most aggressive in promoting the church as the new Israel and the least tolerant of those who disagree with them on this topic.