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On Sunday morning’s Meet the Press, NBC News hack Kristen Welker pressed newly sworn-in Attorney General Todd Blanche to “pledge that the Justice Department will always act independently of the White House.” The fake “journalist” performed this bit of moralizing theater with her “very serious” face, as if to suggest that the nation’s survival depended upon Blanche’s answer. Blanche calmly swatted Welker’s solicitation away, while pointing out that no competent, law-abiding attorney general should ever make such an absurd pledge. It was another ridiculous moment in “journalism” and reminded viewers that the biggest names in corporate news are stupid, partisan,...

A voluntary recall of frozen organic blueberries has been elevated to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s most serious risk category after evidence linked the products to a potentially life-threatening bacterial contamination. According to a report from the Daily Mail, the FDA has reclassified the recall of GreenWise Organic frozen blueberries as Class I. That designation applies when there is a “reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.” The original recall was initiated last month by Chile-based Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur SA after testing detected a...

The Trump administration is changing the nonprofit landscape. A recent report from Granted AI found that federal grants to “everyday” charities that are not hospitals or universities dropped more than 40 percent when comparing the months from February to September 2025 with the same period a year earlier. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has sounded the alarm, noting, “Nonprofits have long relied on federal funding to help them provide vital services to their communities.” And since this funding was “often viewed as more reliable than funding from grant makers, which can shift priorities,” the loss of federal money has “upended finances...

"Remove St. John' Passion from Lectionary" - Jewish Woman New President of Catholic Biblical Association On July 20, at Loyola University Maryland in Baltimore, the 88th Annual Meeting of the Catholic Biblical Association (CBA) elected Amy-Jill Levine, 70, as president for 2026–2027.She is the first Jewish president in the CBA’s history.Founded in 1936, the CBA is an independent association with longstanding institutional ties to the U.S. bishops. Its constitution says it pursues biblical scholarship “in conformity with the teaching of the magisterium of the Catholic Church.”Levine is a New Testament scholar and is a longtime member of the CBA. In...

Two student athletes were killed and seven others injured, some critically, when a driver struck members of a Tennessee university cycling team during a training ride, authorities said Wednesday. The driver now faces multiple charges, including vehicular homicide by recklessness, officials said. The crash involving the vehicle and cyclists occurred Wednesday morning on a highway in Carter County, in the northeastern part of the state, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol. The cycling team is from Milligan University, a private Christian institution in Elizabethton, school officials said. Eleven students were on the training ride at the time, according to Milligan...

Stockton City Council candidate Desiree Lynch was arrested on multiple felony counts that allege she filed as a candidate within a district that she did not live in, prosecutors said on Wednesday. The San Joaquin County District Attorney's Office said she was arrested on five felony counts, including three counts of perjury, causing or allowing false voter registration, and filing a false nomination or declaration of candidacy. Prosecutors said an investigation determined that Lynch was living in Lodi and North Stockton, which are within District 1 boundaries. Lynch, a mother and a nurse, said she is running for Stockton's District...

Breaking Ngo Comment report: A trans-identifying leader of a cult in the "764" satanic network has been sentenced to 77 years in federal prison. Kyle Spitze groomed underage victims for s—xual abuse, torture and gruesome satanic blood rituals. Dozens of members of the 764 child-grooming network have been arrested around the world. There are many more who have yet to be identified by the FBI. ngocomment.com/p/trans-leader…

Northwestern University economist Chuck Manski studies decision-making amid uncertainty. That prepared him better than many other cancer patients to decide whether to stay on an immunotherapy treatment that was making him very ill. For six months in 2022, Manski received monthly infusions of nivolumab to fight advanced melanoma. The drug ruined his thyroid gland, he said, requiring him to go on a special medication for the rest of his life, and caused severe dryness in his eyes, lips, and mouth. The Food and Drug Administration’s protocol for the drug called for an entire year of treatment, but Manski said his...

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The top DSA leader whose parents set him up in cushy Brooklyn digs short-circuited as a union electrician — and then convinced his socialist party comrades to pay him a near-six-figure salary, The Post has learned. Former Yale University liberal arts student Gustavo Gordillo, 38, was fired from his apprenticeship program in March after ghosting his employer for months, meaning he never made it as a fully-credentialed electrician, the IBEW Local 3 union confirmed Wednesday. “After learning of Mr. Gordillo’s prolonged absence from and failure to participate in required work and classes, the trustees of the Joint Apprentice Training Committee...

🇺🇸 27,000 illegal immigrants deported last week, 3,600 every single day, and 69,000 more locked up right now. The U.S. is on pace for 1.4 million deportations this year alone. No drama, all quick hits... Even blue cities are quietly handing them over. Writer: Val x.com/bennyjohnson/s…

The Trump administration is moving to claw back tens of millions of dollars in pandemic relief that went to celebrities, music artists, and entertainment-industry elites. The Small Business Administration announced Tuesday that it has referred $34 million in outstanding Shuttered Venue Operators Grant(SVOG) debt to the Treasury Department, marking the first time the federal government has referred unresolved debt from the program to the Treasury for collection. The move is part of a broader effort by SBA Administrator Kelly Loeffler to recover pandemic-era funds that the agency says were improperly awarded or remain outstanding. “Under the Biden Administration, the SVOG...

Everywhere you look around the United States, it seems that our political leaders are falling all over themselves to hand this country over to fanatical Muslims. From the building of massive mosques to illegal street takeovers for prayer sessions, to building religious foot-washing stations in airports to Muslim fanatics winning elections to straight-up indoctrination, the chickens of decades of Third World immigration are coming home to roost. As we’ve seen in Europe, once they come seeking refuge from the hellholes they came from, they immediately seek to convert Western countries into the hellholes they came from. The question is whether...

HEGSETH: "At the Dept. of War, we do TRAINING — not TRANNIES!" "Color blind, gender neutral, merit-based. That's it. We want the best." TAPPER: "Calling transgender trannies is obviously a SLUR they don't like! Treat people with dignity."

The U.S. national debt has surpassed $40 trillion for the first time, marking a historic milestone in a borrowing buildup that has accumulated over generations, through wars, recessions, tax changes and the expansion of major federal benefit programs under presidents of both parties.The Treasury Department reported that total public debt outstanding reached about $40.047 trillion Tuesday, according to The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. The number is striking, but the more significant measure for economists is debt held by the public — money the federal government owes to investors and other entities outside the federal government. That...

While far-left Twitch millionaire Hasan Piker built an enormous following attacking the United States, praising communist dictators, and declaring that America “deserved 9/11,” his younger brother was reportedly working on some of the nation’s most sensitive military aircraft. Murat Piker, Hasan’s younger brother and frequent livestream companion, spent more than a decade working as an aerospace engineer at Boeing, according to a bombshell report from the Washington Free Beacon. His projects reportedly included the new Air Force One, the E-6B Mercury nuclear command aircraft, airborne surveillance systems, military drones, satellites, and Boeing spacecraft. According to Murat’s public LinkedIn profile, he...

Big brother is watching your open house. Homeowners associations across the country are quietly signing up for Flock Safety’s license plate cameras, and the backlash is now strong enough to blow up home sales, kill signed contracts and land cities in court, with New York at the center of the fight. Nowhere is the backlash more raw than in the Adirondacks, where the fight has already toppled a signed contract and sparked open revolt inside a gated community. In Saranac Lake, a resident living behind a gate who protested the cameras in his own neighborhood said the issue isn’t security...

Salman Elmi was awarded “Outstanding Refugee” by Minnesota. He was just charged for a $1 million Medicaid fraud scheme. The award was given by the Minnesota Department of Human Services, which ironically administers Medicaid payments. Today, a DHS spokesperson sent me this statement: “Salman Elmi’s alleged actions are disturbing and do not reflect the goal of the Outstanding Refugee Awards. They also do not represent Minnesota’s refugee community. We are surrounded by neighbors, coworkers, employees and friends, with powerful stories of resilience in the face of difficult circumstances, who are showing leadership in small as well as large ways to...

The Palace says the couple will continue to be non-working Royals and private citizens. Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, ‌are moving back to the United Kingdom with their children, Buckingham Palace confirmed Wednesday.

California’s Board of Forestry has approved sweeping Zone Zero rules, banning plants within one foot of homes and most combustibles within five feet for millions in high fire-risk communities. Existing homeowners in state responsibility and very high hazard zones will have up to five years to comply with Zone Zero, while new construction must adhere immediately. Officials say the changes are crucial as worsening wildfires have destroyed tens of thousands of homes; studies show hardened houses and cleared Zone Zero improve survival and insurability. The rules ban all plants within a foot of the home and require the first five...