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Nigel Farage won Clacton by-election with 22,239 votes to Count Binface's 9,455. Farage triggered the by-election by resigning amid financial scrutiny; major parties boycotted the vote. Farage returns to WestminsterNigel Farage regained his parliamentary seat in Clacton-on-Sea after a by-election he triggered by resigning his post last month, besting Count Binface in a race boycotted by the United Kingdom’s main political parties. Farage received 22,239 votes compared with 9,455 for Binface, who wears a rubbish can on his head and calls himself an “intergalactic space warrior,” in results announced after polls closed at 10 p.m. local time. The contest was...

The son of former Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador sent a rage-filled letter to U.S. President Donald Trump claiming that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Deputy SOS Christopher Landau had acted in a Hitlerian manner by revoking his tourist visa as part of a political witch hunt aimed at targeting his father and Mexico’s ruling party MORENA. The letter by Andres Manuel Lopez Beltran, AMLO’s son, adds him to a list of more than 50 Mexican political figures, most from the MORENA party, who have had their visas revoked by the U.S. government. The U.S. government has not...

Behind the march: Jake Lang, Pastor Lorenzo Sewell call for ‘stop to Islamification’DEARBORN, Mich. – Dearborn is preparing for a heightened police presence at Tuesday’s city council meeting after social media posts about a planned pro-Christian protest began circulating online.Conservative activist Jake Lang and Detroit Pastor Lorenzo Sewell are listed as organizers behind what is being called a “Christian Crusader March on Dearborn.”City, police coordinate for safety Sewell claims as many as 50,000 people could show up to the protest. In response, the Dearborn Police Department says it is working with local, state, and federal partners.“We have an operations plan...

A New Jersey thief who bilked investors out of more than $650 million has been named one of the FBI’s Most Wanted Fraudsters — the first Garden State resident to make the dubious list. Fugitive Rey E. Grabato II is accused of participating in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded some 2,000 investors, hundreds of whom were located in New Jersey, out of more than $650 million between February 2018 and January 2022, according to the FBI. The agency is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information that leads to Grabato’s arrest and conviction. Federal authorities issued an arrest...

The organization of the 87th Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta Jogos Santa Casa deeply regrets to announce the death of British cyclist Finlay Tarling, from NSN Development Team, following a serious accident that occurred during the 8th stage of the race, between Melgaço and Fafe. At this time of profound grief, the organization of the Volta a Portugal and the Portuguese Cycling Federation extend their deepest condolences to Finlay Tarling’s family, his teammates, NSN Development Team, and all his friends and loved ones. In light of this tragic event, the race will be neutralized until the finish in Fafe and,...

The leadership of the “Student Intifada,” the National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP), has escalated its war against normalcy and decency in academia. Its incrementalist approach to taking over every campus (as it has haughtily claimed is inevitable) began with targeting students, moved on to targeting faculty, and has now put university presidents and trustees in its cross hairs. The following cases represent only a subset of their recent activities. Cornell University President Targeted The post-October 7 attacks against Jewish students are well-known and widely-documented. So too are efforts to isolate and stigmatize Jewish and Zionist faculty members. Only...

Benjamin Netanyahu has labelled the UK the 'Islamic Republic of Britain' in an explosive interview. Speaking to Avi Harush, a former military officer whose son died fighting Hamas in Gaza, on his podcast, the Israeli leader also reflected on meeting Winston Churchill's grandson. He said Churchill's grandson, whose name is also Winston, was a 'nice man' and a 'lover of Israel' who saw the Six-Day War – the 1967 conflict that saw the country capture and occupy the West Bank – as a 'positive'. Mr Netanyahu said: 'Just try to find that kind of attitude in Britain now – or...

I swear Rod Liddle was smiling down on me last week, as I found myself tussling with an editor. I’d written a sentence containing the word “Chinamen.” She wanted me to remove it, because, she said, “Chinaman” is widely acknowledged to be a racial slur. In my view, words have no single intrinsic meaning. Within limits, they can mean a variety of things, differing according to context – not least the tone of voice in which they’re delivered. Even “Yes” can mean “No,” when said by an Englishman trained in the subtle art of oblique speech. Sure, “Chinaman,” given a...

[Catholic Caucus] Leo XIV Backs Liturgical Program after 'Traditionis Custodes' Leo XIV has sent a message to Cardinal Arthur Roche, Prefect of the Dicastery for Divine Worship. The occasion is a meeting at Mount Angel Abbey in Oregon devoted to liturgical formation. Dated June 29, the brief message was published today in the Vatican bulletin. The text appears to reinforce Cardinal Roche’s recent statement that Leo XIV does not intend to abolish Traditionis Custodes. Leo XIV calls for respect for “the rites promulgated by Pope Saint Paul VI and Pope Saint John Paul II.” He adds that this respect must...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis visited the Port of Pensacola on Wednesday to award $9 million from the Florida Job Growth Grant Fund to the City of Pensacola, supporting the establishment of Birdon America Inc.’s Southeastern headquarters and creating 2,000 new jobs. The grant funding will aid in public infrastructure enhancements and capacity building to support the construction of two shipbuilding facilities totaling approximately 400,000 square feet of manufacturing space at the Port of Pensacola. The new facilities will expand Florida’s maritime manufacturing capacity, allowing the port to produce complex Navy ship modules for submarines and surface vessels up to 400...

If the Chicago Bears end up moving to Indiana, the team will not be undergoing any sort of name change. There was some speculation this week that the 106-year-old NFL franchise might change its name to the Indiana Bears if the team decides to move to Hammond, Indiana, but owner George McCaskey shot that down on Thursday. During a press conference, McCaskey was asked point blank if a name change might happen if the team left Illinois and he responded emphatically.

Samotria Matthews, the top deputy and closest ally of Milwaukee County Clerk of Circuit Court Anna Maria Hodges, was arrested Thursday and is currently incarcerated in the Milwaukee County Jail, the Heartland Post has learned exclusively. Sources tell the Heartland Post that Matthews was arrested during a raid at her home and is being held on potential drug charges. She is one of the longest-tenured employees at the Milwaukee County Courthouse and came out of a brief retirement in 2022 to join Hodges’ staff. Ironically, she had been serving as the senior admiinistrator for Milwaukee County Criminal Court. “An individual...

Immigration arrests of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in California increased more than tenfold in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second term, according to a new analysis by the USC Equity Research Institute.

Every flight has a callsign that's used with air traffic control, and for commercial aircraft, that's generally going to be the generic airline callsign plus the flight number. Callsigns are of course unique to a particular flight, because that's the way that air traffic control communicates with pilots. That brings us to what happened very late last night (Thursday, August 13, 2026), in Phoenix. AA2482 is a flight number used by American between Chicago (ORD) and Phoenix (PHX). The flight number is actually used in both directions of travel, which isn't that uncommon, with both flights being operated by Boeing...

Oregon State University requires undergraduate students who enrolled in summer 2025 or later to complete two “Difference, Power & Oppression” (DPO) courses as part of its Core Education curriculum. The university’s core education requirements include “Difference, Power & Oppression Foundations” and “Difference, Power & Oppression Advanced.” Many courses can fulfill each requirement. Professors must complete specialized training to teach DPO courses. In addition to “difference, power, and oppression,” participants in the DPO Academy learn about “feminist and critical pedagogies” and “fundamentals of curriculum transformation.” The description of the Advanced courses explains the reasoning for the requirement. “The inequitable distribution of...

🚨FIVE City officials were just ARRESTED for fraud in Refugio, Texas - mayor - ⁠city secretary - ⁠city councilor - ⁠2 former city councilors They allegedly mishandled HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS of public dollars. THE FRAUD NEVER ENDS

Explanation: On August 12, the Moon's shadow reached out to touch our fair planet. Beginning in the Arctic Ocean, it swept along a narrow track that led the dark lunar umbra across parts of Greenland, Iceland, the Atlantic, Portugal, and northern Spain. And for a moment, denizens of Earth who found themselves with clear skies under the shadow of the Moon could witness a total solar eclipse. After dodging the weather by sea and making a landing along Rype Fjord on the Greenland east coast (at 71.07055N, 27.71252W), this hard-won snapshot was captured at 17:33:26 UTC. That's near the initial...

A federal appeals court just handed DOJ a win in its investigation of a telehealth clinic that prescribes gender-transition treatment, including to minors. QueerDoc, a Washington-based practice, got a HIPAA subpoena from DOJ demanding 15 categories of records: personnel files, billing data, communications with drug manufacturers, and patient medical records and consent forms. DOJ has argued that the clinic's webpages promoting off-label puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones count as unlawful drug "labeling" under the FDCA's misbranding provisions. A district judge quashed the subpoena in its entirety, finding the DOJ issued it to advance the administration's declared goal of ending gender-transition...

President Donald Trump told Fox News on Friday that the U.S. is in firm control of the Strait of Hormuz, touting what he described as a “wall of steel” blockade and warning Iran against further attacks. “We totally control, we own, in the true sense, we own the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump told Fox News’ Alexis McAdams ahead of remarks in Nassau County, New York. “We only allow boats to come in if we want them to come in.” Trump said the blockade is costing Tehran “hundreds of millions of dollars every single day” and argued sweeping U.S. sanctions are...

The high-flying academic at the centre of a Cambridge University plagiarism row has been found dead. Professor Jason Arday was found unresponsive at a London address shortly after 3pm on Friday. It comes after a tumultuous few weeks in which fellow dons had questioned if the 41-year-old academic’s work was original. It had also prompted an examination of his previous academic posts. As questions mounted from academics, journalists and broadcasters, Arday resigned his prestigious role. He had been Cambridge University’s youngest ever black professor, having been appointed a professor of sociology of education in March 2023. But after a succession...