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ABEL OVERHAULS PORTFOLIO Notable positions cut, Alphabet more than tripled, Delta is back Berkshire Hathaway’s equity portfolio got one of its biggest renovations ever during Greg Abel’s first three months as the company’s CEO, according to a new SEC filing. Two new names, Delta Air Lines and Macy’s , have been added to the list, along with increases for four holdings. Google parent Alphabet got the biggest boost as Berkshire increased the number of shares it owns by 224% in the first quarter. Given its size, the increase is almost certainly an Abel move that was either endorsed, or possibly...

17 May 2026 The Ascension of the Lord SolemnityChurch of Santa Restituta, Lakko Ameno, ItalyReadings at MassLiturgical Colour: White. Year: A(II).These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.These readings are for the day of the feast itself.These readings are for the Vigil Mass on the evening before the feast.First readingActs 1:1-11Jesus was lifted up while they looked onIn my earlier work, Theophilus, I dealt with everything Jesus had done and taught from the beginning until the day he gave his instructions to the apostles he had chosen through the Holy Spirit, and was taken...

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SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Sarasota, Florida, woman has been sentenced to over a year in federal prison after being found guilty of making threats against MAGA supporters on social media, the Department of Justice said on Monday. Desiree Segari, 41, was indicted in September 2025 after posting a TikTok the month prior, calling for supporters of President Donald Trump’s agenda to be “shot on sight,” according to evidence presented at trial. She was found guilty of interstate communication of a threat to injure on Jan. 13, 2026. The DOJ quoted Segari’s video, “MAGA people deserve to be terrified and...

Kristofnacht; UPDATE: Israel RespondsDavid Strom 12:00 PM | May 12, 2026 AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, FileI have been seething since yesterday, and have been trying to wrap my head around the single-worst piece of 'journalism' I have seen in The New York Times. That's a very high bar. This is the newspaper that has two Pulitzer Prizes hanging on its walls for publishing pure, unadulterated propaganda. One for denying the Holodomor in Ukraine, covering up the mass murder of millions by Stalin, and the other for pushing the Russia collusion hoax. This is the paper that is proud of the Pulitzer...

Rachel Dolezal is once again drawing attention after revealing a new career direction, saying she is working toward becoming a certified sex coach following her previous stint on OnlyFans, TMZ reports. Dolezal, who goes by the name Nkechi Diallo, told the Daily Mail she is nearing completion of her certification, claiming she has logged nearly 300 hours of training. She said her goal is to focus on helping single mothers and busy parents improve their sex lives. Her comments come years after she became a controversial public figure following revelations that she had presented herself as Black while serving as...

1. Voted against NDAA provisions for indefinite detention without trial. 2. Opposed FISA Section 702 reauthorizations lacking warrant requirements. 3. Sponsored amendments to defund NSA warrantless surveillance programs. 4. Cosponsored legislation to end bulk phone record collection by NSA. 5. Voted against Cyber Intelligence Sharing bills expanding corporate data sharing with government. 6. Introduced Surveillance Accountability Act requiring warrants for many searches. 7. Pushed for warrants on backdoor searches of Americans’ data. 8. Opposed weakening encryption standards for surveillance. 9. Cosponsored LIBERT-E Act for FISA court transparency. 10. Voted against Patriot Act extensions. 11. Sponsored bill to repeal parts of...

President Trump took a victory lap late Saturday after a prominent international climate change panel backed off using some of the most aggressive doomsday estimates after determining that they were not the most plausible outcomes. The United Nations-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) had quietly adjusted its modeling framework of a 4–5°C warming by 2100 last month. That framework had underpinned a myriad of other analyses predicting terrifying consequences for greenhouse gas emissions. “GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that ‘Climate Change’ is going to destroy the Planet, the United Nations TOP Climate Committee just admitted that...

Nineteen-thirty-six seemed like a turning point in America after seven years of the Great Depression. The stock market recovered to its 1929 levels, for which voters rewarded Franklin Delano Roosevelt with a second term, which unfortunately began with the country slipping back into recession in the spring of 1937. With that kind of good news you can forgive Hollywood for imagining, if only tentatively, that America had turned a corner. In the first scene of the 1936 screwball classic My Man Godfrey, we find William Powell's Godfrey in shabby surroundings, living in a shack in a garbage dump on the...

The Tisza leader campaigned as ‘Orbán 2.0,’ but days into office, he launched a Tusk-style parliamentary coup, purging conservatives, shutting down state media, and surrendering to Brussels on migration and foreign policy. Hungary’s new Prime Minister Peter Magyar stands next to Anita Orban, incoming Minister of Foreign Affairs, during the swearing-in ceremony for the cabinet at the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on May 12, 2026. Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP. How do you win electorally having lost culturally? For Brussels, when it came to Hungary, that was the challenge. For years, now-former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán proved quite the maverick—at...

Saturday Night Live closed out its 51st season on Saturday night, where Will Ferrell returned to host the long-running sketch comedy series... where he portrayed a ghostly Jeffrey Epstein... “Don’t worry, Donald, it’s me, your best friend, Jeffrey Epstein,” he said. “Jeffrey, I thought you were dead,” Johnson’s Trump replied. “I am, remember? I killed myself. Wink!” “You know me, I keep busy, mahjong every Wednesday with Stalin and John Wayne Gacy. That guy has stories,” Ferrell’s Epstein said... Trump gave him a run-down on his “fun summer plans,” ...“Well, you know, we’ve got the World Cup UFC fight on...

Self-Inflicted Nakba vs the Jewish nakba of Arab racism. **The "Self-Inflicted" Perspective** This displacement was voluntary. Often cited by some historians, the 1948 Palestinian exodus was a direct result of the Arab world's strategic choices. **Main points:** - **Rejection of the Partition Plan:** In 1947, the United Nations proposed splitting Mandatory Palestine into separate Jewish and Arab states. The Arab leadership rejected the plan, preferring instead to go to war to prevent the establishment of a Jewish state. -**Arab pro-Nazism** The direct result of Arab "Palestinian" leadership. Even after Mufti al-Husseini and his entourage was exiled, his leadership attempted a...

Joni Pugh feels like she’s stuck in the middle of a bitter family feud between her president and her congressman. As a loyal Republican, she likes them both – and that is where her predicament begins... “I’m not putting Trump down at all because I’m very much a fan of his, but I’m still going to vote for Thomas. He’s a great guy and is very careful about how he wants our taxpayer money to be spent.” Massie has fought the establishment of both parties since first winning his seat 14 years ago in the tea party era as a...

A statement released by Locorriere's management said: 'It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Dennis Locorriere, who, after a long and courageous battle with kidney disease, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loved ones on May 16, 2026. 'Dennis faced his illness with remarkable strength, dignity, and resilience throughout, and remained deeply cherished by all who knew him. 'He will be remembered for his warmth, love, and the lasting impact he had on those around him. 'We would like to thank everyone who supported Dennis during his journey and ask for privacy for his loved ones...

For too many years, congressional “Republicans” have been voted into office who are really stealth Marxists or Democrats. Local or worldwide Marxists buy a candidate, run him, then plug him into office, where the money determines the agenda. This is what happened with Biden. He had no idea what was going on while the people who bought the election for him just plugged him in, then played him like a thumb drive. Samuel Ronan and Kate Barr in North Carolina are two more recent examples. Ronan, a former Democrat candidate for the DNC chair, ran in the 2026 GOP primary...

A veteran Maldivian diver alleges the five Italians who died trapped in a deep underwater cave didn’t have the required government authorization to undertake such a perilous dive, and would still be alive today if the rules had been followed. A group of five Italian scuba divers died exploring the Alimathaa cave in the Vaavu Atoll Thursday, at a depth of about 160 feet, according to Italy’s Foreign Ministry. Shafraz Naeem, a instructor-trainer with 30 years of technical diving experience and advisor to the Maldives National Defence Force, has done more than 50 dives in the cave where the group...

French officials have openly admitted they have “no solution” to stop the flow of small boats crossing the Channel, dealing a fresh political blow to Keir Starmer after Britain agreed a new £662 million border enforcement package with Paris. The comments came despite Downing Street unveiling plans for expanded joint patrols, increased surveillance and the deployment of at least 50 riot-trained French officers to beaches used by migrant gangs operating along the northern French coastline. Local politicians in the Pas-de-Calais region dismissed the measures as cosmetic and warned the crossings would continue regardless of British funding. Alain Boonefaes, a deputy...

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We just exposed another recent bioagent accident at one of Fauci’s most dangerous animal labs.And it’s the second accident we exposed at this NIH lab just this year!We uncovered documents revealing the NIH quietly admitted that an unspecified deadly pathogen was “released, lost, or stolen” from its Rocky Mountain Lab in Montana in February.In January, we broke the viral news about another NIH lab accident at RML that exposed a staffer to Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever, a deadly foreign virus with a 40% fatality rate.Just last week, we released a shocking whistleblower letter that revealed the alleged details of that dangerous...

The video shows independent journalist Nick Shirley covering a massive London political rally where attendees protested immigration policies, government leadership, and restrictions on free speech.