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The following is an except from the Epilog of the book: Le Duan [Party First Secretary] resolved, with Soviet help, to turn all of Vietnam into what he call an “impregnable outpost of the socialist system.” Hanoi forcibly collectivized agriculture in the South, virtually abolished capitalism, nationalized industries, and appointed planners to run it all along strict communist lines. The result was economic disaster. Inflation rose as high at 700 percent a year. People starved. “Nothing was more terrible then those ten years after the war,” Bau Ninh [Vietnamese novelist] remembered. “Our living standard collapsed completely. It was terrible. During...

The image remains one of baseball's most iconic snapshots, as fresh in the minds of New York Yankees and Kansas City Royals fans today as it was in 1983. On July 24, 1983, with two outs in the ninth and U.L. Washington on first base, Kansas City All-Star third baseman George Brett homered off New York closer Goose Gossage, giving the Royals a 5-4 lead. But while Brett celebrated in the Yankee Stadium dugout following his round-tripper, Yankees manager Billy Martin walked to home plate and informed umpire Tim McClelland that Brett's bat was covered with more pine tar than...

NEW YORK, NY — After personally declaring war on the Jewish people, Mayor Zohran Mamdani issued a forceful condemnation of the rise of violence against Jews. In the wake of more Jewish New Yorkers being targeted by a Muslim terrorist, Mamdani stated there was no place for violence against those evil, child-murdering pieces of scum that need to die. "I am appalled by the spike in attacks since I declared war on the Jews," said Mamdani. "These stabbing attacks on elderly Jewish New Yorkers are horrifying. We will not tolerate such violence against the Jews, who, I must reiterate, need...

President Donald Trump insisted Russia and China are “not participating” in the Iran war. The president made the declaration Friday in a Truth Social post. The post included Trump claimed he is doing “very big favors” for Chinese President Xi Jingping: "President Xi, at our recent meeting in Beijing, China, told me that he would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran — And that statement included Chinese Companies. Considering our relationship, I take him at his word and, besides, l am doing him very big favors, also. Likewise, President [Vladimir] Putin, despite...

"If you have a second home in New York City worth more than $5 million, check your mailbox when you’re back in the five boroughs — because you've got mail," Mamdani posted on X, touting the tax on specific second properties introduced by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul that he supported going into effect soon. "Today, we sent notification letters to property owners, letting them know that our new pied-à-terre tax is coming soon," Mamdani continued. "The best city in the world deserves the best parks, libraries, and schools in the world. That's only possible when we all pay our...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ruled that illegal aliens do not have a constitutional right to be released from federal custody while their removal proceedings are pending.The decision overturned a lower court ruling that had ordered bond hearings for three illegal immigrants held by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and stayed those release orders while the case proceeds on appeal. The opinion was led by Chief Judge Jennifer Elrod. Elrod was appointed to the court by President George W. Bush. DOJ Hails Decision Assistant Attorney General Brett A. Shumate of the Department of Justice’s...

On July 20, 2026 the United States Department of Justice sent a letter to the University of California San Diego regarding the UCSD School of Medicine, stating that “[b]ased on its review of San Diego Med’s documents and data” the School of Medicine “has intentionally discriminated against applicants by granting and denying admission based on their race after the Supreme Court’s decision in” Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President & Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (2023) (“SFFA”).

STERLING, Va. (7News) — Federal immigration agents say a truck that crashed into a Virginia townhome during an enforcement operation was occupied by people who fled as officers were trying to make an arrest. The crash happened around 6:46 a.m. July 22 in the 900 block of Sherwood Court in Sterling. In a statement on Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said officers were having a targeted enforcement operation to arrest what the agency described as a "criminal illegal alien." According to ICE, officers tried to pull over a truck occupied by someone matching the description of the target. The...

The 'explosive diarrhea parasite' cyclosporiasis is running rampant across the US, with thousands of additional cases pushing the outbreak to a record high. Some 4,173 laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported across 41 states, the CDC confirmed on Tuesday. However, officials warn the true toll could stretch past 11,000, as more than 7,400 additional reports are still awaiting laboratory confirmation and investigation. Many of the newly reported cases have come from Michigan and Ohio, and local health departments are reporting more than 7,000 in those states alone. At least 308 people have been hospitalized. Despite the spike in cases, Health and...

The WNBA has a historic collective bargaining agreement in hand and is seeing unprecedented growth, but stakeholders in and around the league question whether commissioner Cathy Engelbert is the right person to lead it into the future, according to an ESPN story released Friday. ESPN's Alexa Philippou interviewed more than 20 owners, management executives, players and other industry insiders, conversations that revealed that for as much business growth Engelbert has overseen, she is not the right person to navigate the demands the league faces and what its stakeholders need. "I do think Cathy thinks, well, she's done her job. She...

Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok Zohran Mamdani and AOC just put out a video promoting FREE DAYCARE for illegal aliens... completely in Spanish. Democrats are taking Americans' money and spending it on foreign invaders. https://x.com/libsoftiktok/status/2026397322079273221

@ZiaYusufUK Let me introduce you to 'UzMania Grill, Dessert and Shisha' in Derby. The business was founded in 2021. They sell pizzas, kebabs, wings, and wraps. They hold a certificate to sponsor 'Skilled Worker' visas. In 2023 it was assigned SEVENTY SIX Certificates of Sponsorship. In just a single year. Countless similar businesses – barbers, fast-food shops, and dessert parlours – also held certificates to sponsor so-called skilled workers. Is slicing shawarma what comes to mind when you think of high-skilled labour? The Tories told us they were bringing in the “brightest and best” to fill skills shortages. And make...

Perhaps the biggest obstacle to data centers seems to be water use. I just saw this: "One of the most common questions we get about AI data centers is how much water do they use? Fair question. Older designs cooled servers by evaporating water and people naturally assume ours do too. They don't. IREN's sites are different. Direct-to-chip liquid cooling in a closed loop. Same idea as a car radiator or a fridge. Fill it once and the water just goes round and round.Over the life of a 200MW site, the initial fill plus every top-up averages out to about...

Democrat House leader Hakeem Jeffries claims that Democrats will now fight fraud: “We will hold the crooks accountable…If you have been stealing from the American people, we’re coming after you.” Didn't you vote against condemning fraud against U.S. government?

Weeks after the Obama Presidential Center’s star-studded opening in Chicago, a subcontractor who previously claimed his company was stiffed for nearly $4 million has shut down operations and laid off 25 union workers. Mike Owen, the owner of Chicago-based Adamson Plumbing Contractors, told Fox News Digital that the financial fallout forced the company to abandon about half a dozen other construction jobs and left it on the verge of collapse. Owen described the shutdown as a painful decision he believed was necessary to save the company from bankruptcy. "Laying off close to 30 people is something that no owner in...

Nearly 150,000 California voters had their mail-in ballots rejected for the state’s June primary, a spike from recent elections even as the state attempts to make voting easier with the goal of boosting participation and counting every ballot. California has become notorious for its ponderously slow vote counts that can drag on for weeks and sometimes longer, largely the result of multiple changes over the years that were intended to increase turnout but have done little to achieve that. Among the changes: Every voter receives a mail-in ballot that can arrive at an election office seven days late and still...

A police officer in Madison, Wisconsin, shot and killed a man who had injured him with a knife while resisting arrest, the city's police chief said Wednesday. Police as of Thursday have not identified the man who was killed, saying only that he was in his 30s, but Madison Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway and Madison District 6 Alder Davey Mayer identified him as Corey Ruiz. The Madison Police Department said in a news release that its officers were responding to calls that someone was stealing bicycles and checking vehicle doors in the city's Marquette neighborhood. The man fled from officers on...

The upshot of Wang’s creative fervor is the GD01, which Unitree bills as the world’s first mass-produced, transformable mecha robot. Standing 9 ft. tall and weighing half a ton, it can transport a pilot in its torso-mounted cockpit, walk on either two legs or four, and wield fists powerful enough to knock down walls. Heavy-duty mechanical hinges connect titanium-alloy limbs to a protective casing of carbon fiber, enabling smooth, deliberate strides on brutish red legs.

The United States and the United Kingdom are under attack from within. Consider a small sampling of recent stories that the corporate news media have mostly ignored: Communist commentator Hasan Piker — an America-hating, Muslim anchor baby who grew up in Istanbul — continues to tell his followers that the United States deserved 9/11, while celebrating Antifa domestic terrorism and left-wing assassination culture. After a left-winger allegedly murdered well-known British conservative Ann Widdecombe by bashing her head with a hammer twenty-one times, an Islamic supremacy group called Palestine Action began offering “direct action” training for fellow leftists who wish to...

Disapproval of President Donald Trump’s handling of Iran hit a record high in July. A majority of voters oppose U.S. military action, and nearly two thirds think the conflict will last at least a year. The latest Fox News survey finds 56% oppose U.S. military action against Iran, including 40% who "strongly" oppose. More Democrats oppose the war (84%) than Republicans support it (76%). Voters increasingly expect a long-term commitment. Today, 64% think the war will last a year or more, up 13 percentage points since May. *** There is also doubt the conflict will produce an agreement. About half...