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Nearly half of all Muslims in France say they would think about going into exile if sovereigntist candidate Marine Le Pen is elected President next year, with a massive one in five followers of Islam saying they would definitely leave the country. French news magazine Marianne has published the findings of large sample polling conducted for them by Ifop that suggests a large proportion of the country would simply refuse to keep living peacefully in France if their preferred candidates don’t prevail in the April 2027 Presidential Elections. Some 46 per cent of Muslims in the 9,600 respondent poll —...

Two church non-profits have taken in at least $62 M to build the Somali community in Minnesota — leading to the rise of Ilhan Omar and the fraud scandals that have gripped that state. Catholic Charities and Lutheran Social Services were at the forefront of reshaping MN thanks to generous government contracts stemming back generations. “This is a very big pile of government money and a whole bunch of different groups have come to get their own slice of it,” Parker Thayer, an immigration expert at the Capital Research Center...total money pouring into MN resettlement programs is “in the hundreds...

Yeshua Returns to Israel SONG DEVOTIONAL Beloved, throughout the Holy Scriptures, Yahweh's Word continually points forward to a day when Jesus Christ (Yeshua), Israel's promised Messiah, will return in ETERNAL power and glory to the very land where He first came in His humility. The very One who was rejected and crucified by His own will will return from the Right Hand of the Majesty on High as the rightful KING of kings and LORD of lords (Rev. 6-19:11-21)! In that day, at the very end of Jacob's trouble, will the remaining demonically oppressed inhabitants of Israel look upon the...

Is Newsweek mocking the most deadly ideology of the past century, or applauding it? No one knows, but it looks like it got approval from Chairman Mao! Here's the headline on Newsweek's website. And the article: You, dear reader, might think you know where you land on the socialist-to-capitalist spectrum. At least, I thought I did (put me down as Reluctant Capitalist, please). But is it so simple? Plenty of people who would never sit through a DSA meeting get their electricity from a utility owned by their city. Is that socialism? If you live in a planned subdivision, your...

For all of our technological marvels, a No. 2 pencil and sheets of paper filled with oval boxes remain a key determinant of success. Sure, plenty of high achievers didn’t ace the SAT, ACT, MCAT, LSAT, and GMAT. But the vast majority of wealthy and influential Americans notched high scores in the alphabet soup of standardized tests, which are key gateways to the American dream. And yet, even as we invest these measures with tremendous power, we feel uneasy about them. Sifting and sorting, differentiating people by their abilities, may be crucial to a well-run society, but it also...

Newly declassified State Department emails and documents show former U.S. Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch received frequent briefings from top aides on Burisma and Hunter Biden, conflicting with her congressional impeachment testimony. Internal emails also show her deputy in Kyiv believed the Burisma/Biden relationship was adversely affecting U.S. policy. ======================================================================= Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, one of the Democrats’ star witnesses in their first impeachment of Donald Trump, received repeated briefings, emails and memos related to the Ukrainian energy company that employed Hunter Biden, according to declassified documents that directly conflict with her and other witnesses’ testimony in the failed...

It's said that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but what's there to say about a governor who, after two terms, could only make a positive contribution to his state by suffering a retroactive total existence failure? According to outgoing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, his eight years were filled with "signature accomplishments" on the "things that matter most: children and families, economic opportunity, health and safety, and strong local communities." Oh, Tim. Let's set the record straight, shall we? Walz loves to brag about how much he increased spending on this or that program — with results that are questionable...

I wouldn’t have taken a more than average interest in Christopher Columbus if ill-informed and sometimes ill-intentioned people hadn’t made it necessary. Fairfax County, Virginia, where I’ve lived for more than thirty-five years, abolished Columbus Day in 2020 as a paid holiday, but schools are closed today anyway – to celebrate “Indigenous Peoples’ Day.” The state legislature did the same for all of Virginia, as have other states, in effect replacing our Western Christian heritage with – frankly – they know not what. Now, Columbus, like all of us, was an imperfect human being. But unlike most of us, he...

President Donald Trump's White House press secretary replacement following Karoline Leavitt's departure, Katie Zacharia, has reportedly scrubbed her Instagram of bikini photos mere days after beginning her role within the Trump administration. The 42-year-old television personality appeared to do so damage control, re-curating her Instagram page to exclude swimsuits photos she initially posted. Days after Zacharia took on her Washington D.C. position it seemed that certain photos on her profile disappeared, with The U.S. Sun previously reporting that the bikini pics that were once on her Instagram page were removed from her account after she accepted the press secretary role....

The U.S. is one of the few western countries where execution remains the punishment for heinous crimes. About sixty percent of the states and the federal government have retained it, but roughly two-thirds of executions since 1976 – when new death penalty laws were affirmed by the Supreme Court – have occurred in six states: Texas, Virginia, Florida, Missouri, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Like euthanasia enthusiasts, death penalty abolitionists argue for their cause as a matter of "human rights." I have no use for that sanctimonious bundling. The 1948 Declaration of Human Rights deliberately avoided condemnation of the death penalty, except...

Explosive new details suggest Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs angered a notorious drug lord in jail, sparking a violent clash that resulted in Diddy’s head injury. Diddy reportedly sparked tensions among fellow inmates after an NBC report exposed his allegedly lavish lifestyle behind bars, prompting prison officials to conduct a raid and confiscate inmates’ cell phones, according to TMZ. Infamous Jamaican drug lord and fellow inmate “Dudus” reportedly took matters into his own hands by allegedly physically attacking Combs. NBC reported that Combs was being pampered with massages, access to a cellphone, and premium booze while serving time in Fort Dix. Video...

This video features an in-depth look at the new *Tesla Roadster* by motoring journalist *Henry Catchpole* and *Lars Moravy*, Tesla's Vice President of Vehicle Engineering. The car is described as an extraordinary hypercar that aims to transcend standard electric vehicle performance through unique engineering and aerospace-inspired features. **Key Engineering and Design Features:** * **Powertrain and Performance:** The *Roadster* uses two high-performance motors driving the rear wheels, producing over a megawatt of power and 1400 Nm of torque (2:41-3:13). It features a unique 4680 battery cell design with double-sided cooling for consistent high-performance track driving (3:26-4:03). * **Active Aerodynamics:** The car...

🇺🇸Pray For The Peace of Jerusalem🇮🇱 (10/16/26)[Prayer]Personalities Psalm 54[a]For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A maskil[b] of David. When the Ziphites had gone to Saul and said, “Is not David hiding among us?”1 Save me, O God, by your name; vindicate me by your might. 2 Hear my prayer, O God; listen to the words of my mouth. 3 Arrogant foes are attacking me; ruthless people are trying to kill me— people without regard for God.[c] 4 Surely God is my help; the Lord is the one who sustains me. 5 Let evil recoil on those who slander...

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky praised “real leaders” in Europe at a summit in Belgium on Friday, taking a veiled swipe at US President Donald Trump amid testy relations between Kyiv and Washington. European leaders are rallying around Zelensky after the White House heaped pressure on Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil facilities, even as Russia’s attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure continue unabated. After halting strikes on Russian oil refineries for three days at the request of the United States, Zelensky said he would resume those attacks given Russia didn’t adhere to US President Donald Trump’s so-called “energy ceasefire.” Trump,...

President Donald Trump told Newsmax on Thursday he is "not a big fan" of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and considers him more difficult to negotiate with than Russian President Vladimir Putin, criticizing Ukraine's decision to resume attacks on Russian oil refineries amid efforts to end the war. "Zelenskyy is not a good guy for us to deal with," Trump said in an exclusive interview on "Finnerty" from the White House. "He doesn't want to settle. He says he wants to settle, but he doesn't. No, I'm not a big fan of Zelenskyy." Ukraine resumed strikes Thursday on Russian oil infrastructure....

Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is no longer serving as the Trump administration's special envoy for the Shield of the Americas initiative, a State Department official said Thursday, though she remains involved in the administration's efforts to coordinate security cooperation across the Western Hemisphere. "Kristi Noem's envoy status expired last month and she is no longer in the role," a State Department official told CBS News Thursday. "She is now a senior advisor to Deputy Secretary Landau and continues to work on the Shield of the Americas portfolio." The Shield of the Americas is a coalition made up of...

Probably, you have read about the recent round of riots in France. They began in late September, and are now in their fourth week. This round of riots features mostly students, and the stated bases for the protests certainly appear quite mundane, if not trivial, and certainly out of proportion to the scale and intensity of the riots. What are they so worked up about? They are demanding things like hiring more teachers, repair of dilapidated school buildings, more and better air conditioning and heating, universal school lunches at 1 euro, and so forth. (Here is a list of the...

In late December, two months before the U.S. war with Iran began, Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George warned that his service was critically short on missile defense munitions and that the shortage would last another five years, according to multiple U.S. officials familiar with the matter. (...) his assessment stemmed from the transfer of Patriots to Ukraine after Russia's invasion in 2022, the expenditure of munitions to defend Israel, and the reduced capacity of the defense industrial base. CSIS' estimate said that before the Iran war, the U.S. entered 2026 with roughly 2,300 or so Patriot interceptors and...

Father Also Pleaded Guilty to Felon in Possession of a Firearm A Minneapolis father and son pleaded guilty in October to conspiring to defraud the United States. The father also pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. According to documents and statements made in court, between June 2022 and October 2024, LaMar Javis Burgess and his son, LaMar Dazjar Burgess, of the Minneapolis area, prepared and filed false federal income tax returns for themselves and others claiming refund amounts they and the other taxpayers were not entitled to receive. The defendants prepared and filed false 2021...

According to a statement released by the Leibniz Center for Archaeology (LEIZA), Aleksandr Diachenko of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and Detlef Gronenborn of LEIZA and Johannes Gutenberg University evaluated the roles of population size, production capacity, and information exchange in societal changes through pottery. "We developed a mathematical model to describe how the organization and intensity of pottery production can influence the number of decoration styles," said Diachenko. "Additionally, the model reveals how pottery styles evolve through human information exchange and population growth," he explained. The study examined 7,000-year-old pottery from the Linear Pottery culture unearthed in...