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High-rolling Brooklyn Democratic Party bigwigs raked in nearly $200,000 in campaign donations from judges and judicial candidates in a move critics called a pay-to-play “shakedown” in exchange for nominations. Former Brooklyn party chairman Frank Seddio, current chair Rodneyse Bichotte-Hermelyn and their allies have collected $190,000 in contributions and payments from more than 90 judges and judicial candidates since 2012, when Seddio took control of the local committee, according to records. Insiders claim sitting judges have bypassed rules that are supposed to keep them outside of the partisan campaign process, while others said candidates are pressured to attend party events and...

A fake image generated with artificial intelligence portrayed President Donald Trump kissing aide Natalie Harp on the golf course. The image — which circulated online in two versions, one more blurry and one more clear — appeared to show Trump supposedly kissing Harp, who serves as one of his executive assistants, with his hand on her lower back. The higher image has “telltale signs of artificial intelligence, such as hands with too many fingers, as well as a watermark confirming it was created or edited using OpenAI’s generative AI tools,” according to an article from fact checking service Snopes. The...

Maine Senate hopeful Troy Jackson is seeking to downplay his ties to the far left, rejecting the socialist moniker despite previously receiving the backing of radical streamer Hasan Piker and the Maine chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. “I don’t really consider myself anything. I’m upset a lot at the Democratic Party. What I know is I fight for working-class people,” Jackson told CNN’s Manu Raju when asked if he sees himself as a socialist. Jackson quickly emerged as the grassroots’ favorite pick to replace scandal-scarred oyster farmer Graham Platner, who dropped his bid after facing a rape accusation...

The White House is gearing up to hit the International Criminal Court with “sweeping sanctions,” months after President Donald Trump said his administration is aiming to dismantle the organization in order to “defend” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from bogus charges. Trump’s big move against the ICC: forbidding it from making transactions in U.S. dollars, The Wall Street Journal first reported on Sunday. The Trump admin would block most transactions with the ICC after a grace period of about six months — a move which could “potentially cripple” the court and isolate it from the global financial system, according to...

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Daily Readings from the USCCBFeast of Saint Matthew, Apostle and evangelistAs Jesus passed by, he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the customs post. He said to him, “Follow me.” And he got up and followed him.” Matthew 9:9Saint Matthew, whom we honor today, makes following Christ seem so simple. Jesus said, “Follow me,” and Matthew did so, leaving behind his former life and all the baggage he carried. Or did he? Though Matthew’s instant response is inspiring, we should not presume that everything became easy from that moment on. When we have deeply ingrained habits of sin, it...

"Take the helmet of salvation" (Eph. 6:17). The key to conquering doubt is to focus on the preserving power of God. Doubt comes to Christians in many ways. After you've sinned, your conscience might hiss at you, saying, "Surely you're not a Christian. Why would God save you anyway? You don't deserve His mercy. You're not good enough. How presumptuous to think God could ever use you!" Such doubts are common among Christians who focus on their performance rather than God's power. All too often we're quick to acknowledge God's power to save us but slow to understand His power...

Newsdump Alert: Both President Trump And Secretary Of War (Defense) Pete Hegseth Returning To Washington Saturday Night... Also, There Is A US State Department Security Alert Throughout The Middle East For Americans... Newsdump Alert: Yemen War Rages Attack On Saudi Capital Riyadh Houthis Claim Attacks On Sensitive Saudi Sites... Welcome to this weeks post the host a great hypocrite and sinner deserving of Hell for all the women I have imagined myself with... The 24th Largest Restaurant Chain In The US Is Steadily Growing Now In 26 States Eight years ago this month my wife and I discovered a place...

The video, presented by Black Conservative Perspective, discusses several recent incidents where individuals have faced legal consequences for actions taken in support of Carmelo Anthony, who was convicted of murdering Austin Metcalfe. Key events and topics covered: Assault Incident: The host discusses three women who were charged with assault for attacking a woman while shouting support for Carmelo Anthony (0:00 - 1:58). Federal Indictment: A Kansas City woman, Sherifa Nicole Henderson, has been charged with federal crimes for making terroristic threats against the Metcalfe family and others involved in the trial (2:05 - 6:09). Critique of Support: The host argues...

Former Trump staffer Michael Caputo endured a decade of lawfare that he says forced him out of his home and gave him cancer from all the stress. But just when he thought the Russiagate nightmare was over, he was slapped in the face this month with a lawsuit cooked up by a former DOJ lawyer from the “national security” unit that hounded him and other Trump associates over alleged foreign agent violations without laying a single charge. It’s a simple $100,000 contract dispute case, but Jack Korba, formerly a prosecutor in the small national security section of the District of...

Days after President Trump asks Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt attacks on Russian oil refineries, Zelenskyy takes the attacks up a notch and brags about all of the different NATO country missile systems being used to attack Russian oil refineries.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X, “One of Russia’s key oil industry facilities and the aggressor’s logistics facility were hit. These are billions of dollars that sustain the war machine. The systems used included FP-1, RZ-100, MICH-2000, Palianytsia, Vendetta, Liutyi, Bars, Flamingo, Sichen, and Pelican.”Everyone can see this game for what it is.Everyone can see it.After weeks of various...

A white supremacist flyer that went viral on social media has prompted a response from York officials. The flyer was found on poles in the York area and posted to Facebook. It was posted as a response to a brawl near York College’s campus on Sept. 12. “We are calling on all white men in Pennsylvania to stand up and defend our communities against black violence,” the flyer read in part, saying it was a warning to those who participated in the reported assault. “We will find you, and when we do you will pay a heavy price ...” The...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Democratic nominee for Florida Governor David Jolly has declined to debate his Republican opponent Byron Donalds, Jolly’s campaign announced Sunday. Both campaigns announced on Friday that they had accepted multiple debate invitations, but the two camps did not coordinate. Jolly accepted debates with Tampa Bay Tiger Bay and CBS Miami, while Donalds accepted invitations from Telemundo and NBC 6 in South Florida, Spectrum News in Orlando and Tampa, and News4Jax in North Florida. Jolly released the following statement on Sunday: “It is clear, given the tenor of the current campaign environment, including Byron’s repeated lies and...

You know the midterm election is a struggle session testing whether our country wants to be sane or insane. Of course, this raises the question: what’s so great about being insane? If nothing else, it implies a lot of bad decision-making, leading to all manner of sorrow and woe in life. So, why would so many opt to be crazy?The answer is probably that they were snookered into it, fooled, tricked, rooked, spoofed, flimflammed, bamboozled, enticed into a range of thought and emotion counter to their self-interest and well-being. Isn’t this exactly what you see in the social phenomenon of...

The solar day is 24 hours long. That's the time it takes the Earth to complete one full rotation on its axis, and as far as humans can tell, this is very accurate. However, we live in a world of high-precision machines that deal with the effects of physics that we don't feel. For the machines, a 24-hour day is definitely not exact. Left to their own devices, clocks will slowly go out of sync, which is not exactly ideal. Since the 1970s, authorities have been mitigating this by adding a leap second every so often in order to keep...

Please join with fellow FREEPERS to pray for AMERICA: For those in Authority in Government, Family, Military, Business, Healthcare, Education, Churches, and the Media.1 Timothy 2:1-2 I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone: for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.Religion Forum threads labeled “Prayer” are closed to debate of any kind.

The Democratic Party holds a significantly smaller edge over the Republican Party now than it did in 2018 when Democrats flipped the House of Representatives during President Donald Trump’s first term. Democrats hold just a five-percentage-point lead over Republicans about a month and a half out from the 2026 midterm elections, according to a new NBC News poll that was released on Sunday. Democrats writ large are still more unpopular than Trump himself and the broader GOP despite voters’ belief that Trump’s policies have harmed the economy and pushed up prices. Voters prefer Democrats by 50%-45%, seven percentage points lower...

Minnesota Senate candidate Michele Tafoya dragged her Democratic opponent, Lieutenant Gov. Peggy Flanagan, over alleged welfare fraud in the state under her watch — as new polls predict an incredibly close match-up. Tafoya, a former NFL reporter who won a crowded Republican primary last month, urged voters to “not give [Flanagan] a promotion” to the vacant Senate seat as the lt. governor leads Tafoya by 1.8 points, according to the latest Real Clear Politics poll. “She really needs a pink slip,” Tafoya said during an appearance on Fox News Sunday.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has dismissed dire warnings that artificial intelligence could soon lead to humanity’s extinction — calling such predictions overblown “doomsday narratives.” “2030 is not going to be the end of the world. There is 0% chance that’s going to be the end of the world,” Huang told CBS News correspondent Jo Ling Kent in an interview airing Sunday. “Scaring people is unnecessary. It is irresponsible.”