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I admit, I didn’t know a lot about Los Angeles Republican mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt. I have never seen the MTV show that made him famous, The Hills, and frankly, I assumed that a reality star was not a serious candidate to be the chief executive of the second most populous city in the nation. I fully remember, however, a grade teacher exhorting me back in the day, “Do not assume.” You make an “ass” out of “u” and “me.” I wholeheartedly admit that my bias was misplaced, because as I’ve now seen in numerous bombshell ads and interviews, Pratt...

7 May 2026 Thursday of the 5th week of Eastertide St. Rose Venerini Thursday Morning Mass May 7, 2020 in Catholic Church of St. Stephen, Martyr, Chesapeake, Virginia Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).First readingActs 15:7-21I rule that we do not make things more difficult for the pagans who turn to GodAfter the discussion had gone on a long time, Peter stood up and addressed the apostles and the elders. ‘My brothers,’ he said ‘you know perfectly well that in the early days God made his choice among you: the pagans were to learn the Good News from...

New Jersey resident Yehuda Miller, Check My Vote founder Phani Mantravadi, and Patty McMurray of The Gateway Pundit have joined forces with over 100 incredibly dedicated volunteers in one of the largest citizen-led election integrity investigations in American history. Our incredible team of volunteers and election experts is currently reviewing nearly one million documents from Detroit and Wayne County’s November 2020 election — the same records a judge finally forced the City of Detroit to turn over after they repeatedly denied Yehuda Miller’s FOIA requests. This is long, grueling, and often tedious work. Many of the documents arrived in completely...

A suspect in a mass shooting at Arcadia Lake on Sunday night has been taken into custody, according to an arrest warrant. EDMOND, Okla. — A suspect in a mass shooting at Arcadia Lake on Sunday night was arrested Wednesday and is now facing a murder charge. What we know At about 9 p.m. Sunday, May 3, a mass shooting happened during a party at Arcadia Lake in Edmond, Oklahoma 18-year-old Jaylan Davis was arrested in connection to the shooting. At least one other suspect is believed to be outstanding One person died, and 22 others were injured by gunfire...

Scientists in Germany have developed a new silicon-germanium chip that achieves the world’s highest combined sampling rate and bandwidth in a track-and-hold circuit, a key component in ultra-fast signal processing. The advance could improve how data is handled in communication systems, artificial intelligence, and cloud infrastructure.The work comes from the Heinz Nixdorf Institute at Paderborn University as part of the PACE project. Researchers say the new chip achieves the highest combination of sampling rate and bandwidth ever demonstrated in a track-and-hold circuit, a core component in converting analog signals into digital data.In simple terms, the chip captures extremely fast-changing signals...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem 🇮🇱(5/7/26)[Prayer]A New Study For A New Year: PersonalitiesNumbers 33:1-2 33 These are the journeys of the children of Israel, which went forth out of the land of Egypt with their armies under the hand of Moses and Aaron. 2 And Moses wrote their goings out according to their journeys by the commandment of the Lord: and these are their journeys according to their goings out.These two verses are followed by a detailed itinerary of the 40-year journey. (Note is mine.)( The King James Version)________________________

Long-standing regulations mean the United States may not be able to compete with Chinese critical mineral production despite the recent discovery of 328 years’ worth of lithium stretching across the Appalachian Mountains. In April, the United States Geological Survey estimated 2.33 million metric tons of extractable lithium lay underneath multiple Appalachian states. Red tape and lacking infrastructure could thwart the find’s promised economic potential, analysts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. Lithium is a critical resource essential for rechargeable batteries, including those used in electric vehicles, portable electronics such as laptops and phones, and electrical grid storage. Chinese companies presently...

Unruly teens violently overwhelmed a New Jersey community carnival, sparking several fights and cursing out police officers, forcing organizers to prematurely shutter the beloved annual event. A large gathering of “unsupervised juveniles” descended on the Maple Shade Tigers Youth Football Carnival at JFK Memorial Field in Maple Shade, NJ, on May 1, inundating the yearly gathering that raises funds for the youth sports organization, according to township officials. “Officers on scene, along with event organizers, directed those involved and other unruly individuals to leave the carnival grounds in an attempt to restore order and maintain public safety,” Maple Shade officials...

When a judge offers an apology to a man accused of attempting to assassinate the president, you know something needs to change. Last week, a federal magistrate judge in Washington, D.C. offered an apology to the man charged with trying to assassinate President Donald Trump in the middle of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner. Cole Tomas Allen, the 31-year-old California man who allegedly stormed a security checkpoint armed with a shotgun and knives on April 25, 2026, had been placed on suicide watch in the D.C. jail. His lawyers complained that it was “demeaning” and amounted to “functionally solitary...

CASPER — Father Chad Ripperger fits a familiar Western mold — up to a point. He fly-fishes. He shoots powerful handguns. He enjoys aged Scotch and expensive cigars. But the familiarity ends there. Ripperger is one of the Roman Catholic Church’s most experienced and well-known exorcists. A native of Casper, Wyoming, he is a founding priest of the Society of the Most Sorrowful Mother, the first Catholic society chartered exclusively for the work of exorcism under the authority of the Archdiocese of Denver. Within what the Church calls “spiritual warfare,” Ripperger’s outfit is something like a SEAL Team 6 —...

Polls opened Thursday for millions of Britons in a series of races set to heap more pressure on beleaguered Prime Minister Keir Starmer and showcase the rise of hard-right and left-wing populist parties, both of which face accusations of antisemitism and bigotry at a time when Jews in the UK are under increasing threat. Voters across Scotland, England and Wales head to the ballot box in Starmer’s biggest electoral test since his July 2024 general election landslide victory ended 14 years of Conservative rule. Opinion polls predict grim results for Labour, which could amplify calls for Starmer, 63, to resign...

The two-tiered system of justice is really starting to grate on the American people. f my dog bites a neighbor, I face legal and financial liability. If I lie on a job application and my employer finds out, I am escorted to the parking lot before lunch. In America, accountability flows downhill, fast and without mercy — unless, of course, you happen to work in Washington. The frustration among ordinary American taxpayers has reached a pitch that no amount of press conferences or oversight hearings can muffle. We follow the rules. We pay our taxes. We accept the consequences of...

Golden Tempo, the first Kentucky Derby winner to be trained by a woman, will not race at next weekend's Preakness. Trainer Cherie DeVaux announced the news Wednesday, explaining that her barn has Golden Tempo focused on the Belmont Stakes, which will be run in her native Saratoga Springs, New York for the third and final time this year. 'We are incredibly appreciative of the excitement and support surrounding the possibility of a Triple Crown run,' DeVaux said in a statement. 'Golden gave us the race of a lifetime in the Kentucky Derby, and we believe the best decision for him...

A lithium-ion battery caught fire at a Daniel couple’s home as they were waking up on Tuesday. “The flames, my God, I couldn’t believe it,” Jack Morey said. “It just blew up and shot flames I’d say about a foot up.” Daniel resident Jack Morey Jr. was still waking up when he thought he smelled something like spilled paint in his living room. “That’s what we thought it was at first,” Morey said. It seemed like a typical morning for Morey and his girlfriend, Diana Gunderson, who were drinking coffee and feeding their animals. They noticed a strange, paint-like chemical...

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As we mark the 81st anniversary of the end of the second world war in Europe this Friday, 8 May, it’s clear that Germany will again be the leading European military power. Already next year its defense spending will be as much as that of France and Britain combined — and it is projected to be significantly larger by 2030. The German government’s declared goal is to have the strongest conventional army in Europe. True, France and Britain have nuclear weapons, but that means less money to spend on the rest of defense. So, the question is not “will this...

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Shell has revealed a surge in quarterly profits on the back of the Middle East conflict but also given an update on costly war damage to its output. The oil and gas firm reported net profits of $6.9bn (£5.1bn) for the first three months of the year. The sum is more than double the result achieved between October and December 2025 and 24% higher on the same period last year. Like rival BP last week, Shell said the main boost to its bottom line came from oil trading, while profits in its chemicals and products business quadrupled. The headline profits...

Families hoping to make memories on a cruise were unknowingly surrounded by alleged child predators working aboard the ships, according to law enforcement officials. U.S. Customs and Border Protection boarded five cruise ships, including a Disney cruise docked in San Diego, between April 23 and 25 as part of ongoing Child Sexual Exploitation Material enforcement operations, a CBP spokesperson told The California Post. “After boarding the vessels and interviewing 26 suspected crew members from the Philippines, one suspected crew member from Portugal, and one from Indonesia, officers confirmed all subjects were involved in either the receipt, possession, transportation, distribution, or...

The Justice Department has launched an investigation into a radical Northern Virginia prosecutor who allegedly discriminated against US citizens by offering preferential treatment “only to illegal alien” criminal defendants. The DOJ notified Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano on Wednesday that it is looking into potential civil rights violations related to his office’s plea bargaining, charging decisions and sentencing policies. “Under my leadership, the Civil Rights Division will not allow local prosecutors to pick and choose winners based on their immigration status,” Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a statement. “This investigation will uncover whether this prosecutor is putting...