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Leftist outlet MS NOW aired a segment featuring three Texas women who identified themselves as Republicans and vowed to cross over for James Talarico — but records show at least some of them have voted in Democratic primaries and donated to liberal candidates and causes. Talarico, who has sparked backlash for his fringe views on Christianity, affection for transgender children, and disdain for the American flag, is banking on Republican crossover support to become the first Texas Democrat elected statewide in decades. “Republicans for Talarico is as real as the six genders that Talarico claims exist, but has yet to...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday boasted the U.S. has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz, despite what the “FAKE NEWS” may report to the contrary, before praising Allah for the nation’s stranglehold on the critical shipping passage. “I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT!” Trump posted on Truth Social. “Our Naval Blockade is being called, by everyone, ‘A WALL OF STEEL,’ and there is nothing Iran can do about it.” The president repeated claims that Iran’s military had been decimated: "They have no Navy, they have no Air Force, their remaining soldiers are unpaid, the IRGC is decimated and fleeing,...

BOSTON, MA — Governor Maura Healey signed into law House Bill 5595 this morning, legalizing abortion in the state of Massachusetts up until a child enters Kindergarten.The new statute would allow mothers five years to bond with their baby before deciding if they would like to murder them."It's a great day for women's healthcare," said Governor Healey. "The decision to murder your toddler is back where it should be: between the mother and her doctor. No longer will the government force its way into these conversations where it doesn't belong, saying things like, 'Hey, you can't dismember your own four-year-old.'...

Iran knew remarkably specific details about Trump's stay in Ankara during the NATO summit, including where he was staying and even which floor of the building he was on, according to two U.S. officials. U.S. intelligence picked up multiple streams of information on July 8, including a specific threat against whichever aircraft was carrying the president and a report that someone near the summit had been spotted with a shoulder-fired missile. Air Force One departed separately with senior administration officials, government employees, military personnel, and JOURNALISTS aboard.

A Milwaukee County judge has sentenced a 28-year-old woman to 24 years in prison for setting a fire that killed her boyfriend's elderly neighbor last year. Rashamba Claybrooks was sentenced this month for her role in the fatal April 2025 apartment fire near 30th and Capitol that left 71-year-old Sam Nash dead after he was found unconscious inside his unit.

[Catholic Caucus] Francis-appointed cardinal praises Japan’s new pro-LGBT campaignJapan remains one of a handful of countries in the developed world that have not legalized homosexual 'marriage.'The cardinal-archbishop of Tokyo welcomed the Japanese government’s recently announced plan to promote education about LGBT-identifying people.Cardinal Isao Kikuchi, archbishop of Tokyo, told UCA News that it was “meaningful that the Japanese government had clearly articulated a policy aimed at deepening understanding of sexual minorities.”The plan, which was greenlighted June 16, stems from the 2023 LGBT Understanding Promotion Act and reportedly “aims to establish core guidelines for governments, schools, and businesses.”Kikuchi seemed to distinguish between...

hen you review all the data on mifepristone (the abortion pill), from those who support it and those who condemn it, the tragic truth is revealed: both viable babies’ and women’s lives are threatened. The most recent horrific situation just took place in North Carolina: A couple in Durham is facing charges for harming a newborn after the woman allegedly took abortion pills in her 3rd trimester.

This video starts with a brief history of Taiwan, and the geological makeup of the island, and then dives into why this tiny little island became an extremely important nation, against all odds with their chip & semiconductors manufacturing.

NBC’s reaction to finding out 5 USB sticks in Milwaukee were MISSING RESULTS of the Election at midnight is priceless.Steve Kornacki was speechless… pic.twitter.com/Laix1S2CBF— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 12, 2026

Donald Trump has created a way for Wall Street to pay to win. Trump Media & Technology Group’s premium data product released its new subscription service for earlier access to Truth Social posts for $100,000 a month... five Wall Street firms have already signed up for the service, gaining access to Truth Social posts milliseconds before the general public. “I’ll be blunt,” Gian Luca Clementi, an economics professor at NYU Stern School of Business, told Fortune. “This is insider trading by definition.” Because Trump owns roughly 41% of the company’s shares, he stands to directly profit from the new recurring...

Colorado has been using taxpayer dollars to groom children into believing they are “transgender” and point them to mutilation surgeries, emphasizing that many do not need parental consent. According to a new report from Do No Harm, Colorado spends millions of dollars on government programs, social media influencer campaigns, and medical school curriculums all aimed at convincing children they are a different gender, pointing them toward medicalization, and bullying the parents who do not want to destroy their children. Colorado even paid “queer” children ages 12-18 to participate in virtual meetings about “transition” resources, the report stated. “Something unsettling...

The Brief New York City is on track for a record-low number of murders, shootings and robberies in 2026. NYPD data shows violent crime dropped nearly 13% across all five boroughs in July, closing out the city's safest first seven months on record. The Bronx continues to see the steepest overall drop in violent crime in 2026, according to the data. New York - 2026 is on pace to be New York City's safest year on record, with the fewest murders, shooting incidents, shooting victims and robberies in recorded history, according to the NYPD. What we know: New data released...

Researchers at Aalto University, together with international partners, have developed the most accurate model yet of how humans read. The new model uses reinforcement learning, a type of AI used in robotics, to explain -- and recreate -- the choices readers make as they move through text... Earlier models learned from large data sets pairing text snippets with eye-tracking data, then mimicked human behavior, but they lacked true understanding of the content and didn't generalize well across languages or contexts, Oulasvirta explains. In contrast, the new model follows the psychological mechanisms readers use to direct attention, revealing how understanding is...

One year after buying a controlling interest in the Los Angeles Lakers from the Buss family, team owner Mark Walter is now selling the historic NBA franchise to American businessmen Josh Kushner and ex-Disney CEP Bob Iger for a record-breaking $12 billion, ESPN is reporting. Multiple sources have confirmed the deal, which would eclipse the $10 billion record sales price Walter paid for the franchise in 2025. Kushner was part of a group of investors that recently tried to buy stakes in the World Cup from FIFA in a since-aborted proposal that has left the group's president, Gianni Infantino, fighting...

Every family has a wine aunt who makes weddings and holidays a chore. Her second glass of Sauvignon Blanc turns her into a lawn sign with legs, and she starts repeating slogans: Why don’t you believe in science? America is a nation of immigrants! Trans women are women! In her day job as an administrator for a nonprofit organization or an associate vice president of human resources, Aunt Madge is an enforcer. She lives to police boundaries. You can’t say that! She has no thoughts. She says the slogans. She is received wisdom, embodied, and she knows that what you...

Key Points Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people in an attack on a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. U.S. forces fired missiles at a container ship attempting to breach Washington’s blockade of Iranian ports in the Gulf of Oman. The twin incidents show how the war is inflicting a toll on two of the world’s most critical shipping lanes. ================================================================== Iran-backed Houthi rebels killed six people aboard a cargo ship in the Bab el-Mandeb Strait on Tuesday, the first reported fatalities from attacks targeting Red Sea shipping in more than a year. Within hours, U.S. forces said they...

Florida is now the safest big state in America. Miami, Orlando and Tampa combined had just 29 murders in the first half of 2026. That’s incredible leadership and police work. Miami had just 8 murders so far in 2026, down 50% from last year. majorcitieschiefs.com/wp-content/upl…

"Love is patient . . . kind . . . not jealous . . . does not brag . . . is not arrogant, does not act unbecomingly . . . does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things" (1 Cor. 13:4-7). Love is difficult to define, but it can be described by the behavior it produces. Paul painted a portrait of the kind of love Jesus wants to produce...

The DOJ Once Sued States to Release Institutionalized Mentally Ill Patients. That Policy Just Ended. In the 1999 Supreme Court case Olmstead v. L.C., Justice Kennedy wrote in his concurrence, "It is careful, and quite correct, to say that it is not 'the ADA's mission to drive States to move institutionalized patients to an inappropriate setting, such as a homeless shelter.'" Yet as the Cicero Institute points out, that's exactly what has happened over the last 20 years. A recent Justice Department directive aims to correct 'unintended consequences' stemming from a misinterpretation of the landmark Olmstead decision –– clearing a...

The Prince Georges County Police Department (PGPD) has arrested six suspects who are accused of leading an alleged retail theft ring. A lengthy investigation revealed a multi-state organization that included Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. Six suspects involved in the ring are currently in custody. They are 30-year-old Daryl Michael Jackson of Washington, D.C., 25-year-old Cyan Rocke of Capitol Heights, 37-year-old Marco Morgan of Washington, D.C., 31-year-old Tia Courtney of Capitol Heights, 26-year-old Chyna Parker of Suitland and 22-year-old Quasaan Parker of Suitland. On Monday morning, PGPD, together with Maryland State Police, the Metropolitan Police Department,...