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Y'all remember Mark and Patty McCloskey, don't you? The St. Louis couple who stood down the mob and protected their home during the BLM riots have been involved in the fight of their lives ever since. But at least Mark has gotten one small piece of justice.

Beale Air Force Base, Calif. – On the evening of July 31st, a TU-2S Dragon Lady from the 9th Reconnaissance Wing took off from Beale Air Force Base (AFB) to begin a flight unlike any the U-2 airframe had done before. Seventy years after the very first Lockheed U-2 Dragon Lady’s accidental maiden flight in 1955 by Tony LeVier over Groom Lake, Nevada, the U-2 would finish the longest single flight this platform had ever attempted, flying across all 48 contiguous states of the United States. An icon of the Cold War, the U-2 continues to provide high altitude intelligence,...

At the start of August, the economic numbers tell a surprisingly strong story despite every prediction to the contrary. GDP is up, inflation is holding steady, unemployment remains low, and for the first time in years, the federal government actually ran a surplus in May. So why are media outlets still talking down the economy? And why is Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell refusing to cut interest rates, despite earlier recession warnings that never materialized? Victor Davis Hanson breaks it all down on today’s episode of “Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words.” “Remember that The Wall Street...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — People hoping to learn any potentially new details from Jeffrey Epstein's closest associate were disappointed, as news broke late Friday afternoon that Congress had postponed Ghislaine Maxwell's testimony until after her death. The long-awaited testimony was put on hold, as members of the House Oversight Committee revealed that it would be much more convenient for them if they could reschedule Maxwell's hearing until after her pending demise. "We'll just hear what she has to say after she's dead," said Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer. "A lot of us have busy schedules for the next couple of weeks....

The esteemed Thomas Sowell, easily the most important economist of the last 50 years, turned 95 a couple of weeks ago. He has an extraordinary ability to take complex ideas about economics and culture and distill them down in prose that speaks to everyone from PhDs to those with a GED. His ability and willingness to address issues from race to economics to history in compellingly readable books are unmatched. Indeed, his Cultures trilogy is one of the most robust weapons one might equip themselves with in any battle against the nonsensical wokeness that plagues America in the early 21st...

If you’re wondering why the Democrats tried so hard to stop Trump from returning to the Oval Office, the past few weeks have made it very clear. The Russia collusion hoax has finally been exposed as the sham it always was—a massive intelligence scandal designed to undermine Donald Trump and to protect Hillary Clinton—all with the consent and coordination of the FBI and high-ranking officials in the Obama administration, including Obama himself. Journalist Matt Taibbi, who was once a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, has put all the recently uncovered pieces of the puzzle together in a damning post on...

Sheriffs are concerned. Florida’s Governor is griping about the Department of Homeland Security looking to “poach” local and state law enforcement for Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “Sheriffs losing deputies who are in this fight to just wear a different jersey, basically, but still be in the fight, that doesn’t necessarily add to what we’re doing. It’s just moving someone over,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said Friday. However, there are salient material reasons why someone would put on a “different jersey,” given the sweet deal D.C. is dangling in front of current cops. ICE is offering benefits that can’t be matched locally,...

That's not cheese you're smelling in the Wisconsin air. It's Astroturf. Friday's Morning Joe played an extended clip from a town hall held by Republican Congressman Bryan Steil in his 1st Congressional District of Wisconsin (Paul Ryan's old seat in the southeast corner of the state). Steil was unfailingly polite, to the point of saying that he welcomed disagreement. But that didn't earn him an ounce of grace from the audience, which was raucously hostile to him, with repeated booing and jeering. He couldn't get through his first sentence aired without being interrupted by the Democrat crowd. Every single comment...

No, I am not talking about statues celebrating the likes of Letitia James or Stacey Abrams. At least you could understand why the left would want to celebrate these women and try to make them icons. Rather, I am talking about a truly mysterious trend of Blue cities erecting statues of anonymous women whose only discernible reason for being is the celebration of obese black women as a class of people. Erecting a statue to celebrate someone's achievements deserves no criticism, regardless of the subject's attractiveness. If someone wanted to erect a statue to celebrate Stephen Hawking, who was never...

August 2, 1776, is one of the most important but least celebrated days in American history when 56 members of the Second Continental Congress started signing the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. Officially, the Congress declared its freedom from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, when it approved a resolution in a unanimous vote. After voting on independence on July 2, the group needed to draft a document explaining the move to the public. It had been proposed in draft form by the Committee of Five (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson) and it took...

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) President and CEO Patricia Harrison informed its 100 employees of the termination of their employment following Congress' termination of federal subsidies, saying "most of you will be off the payroll by the start of the new fiscal year (October 1, 2025) the rest will stay until the end of the calendar year to oversee an orderly shut down of operations." The termination of subsidies followed testimony to Congress from Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) CEO Paula Kerger and National Public Radio (NPR) President and CEO Katherine Maher. Kerger attempted to refute allegations of political bias by...

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla expected...fundraiser for President Trump's... It's Saturday in Sydney, Australia where a judge gave the go ahead for a Pro-Palestinian... The Trump Administration reversing a Veterans Administration abortion... A manhunt in Montana after four people were shot and killed... In Colombia former "Right" President Alvaro Uribe sentenced to 12 years... Israeli air defenses intercepting a missile fired from Yemen... "Reaching a peaceful solution requires calm, substantive discussions--not public grandstanding" Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking about the Ukraine... President Trump dismissed the Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics... US President Donald Trump stating on social media that...

SEATTLE— Four flight attendants who were aboard the Alaska Airlines (AS) flight that suffered a mid-air panel blowout in January 2024 are suing Boeing for physical and emotional damages. The incident occurred on a Boeing 737 MAX 9 jet departing from Portland International Airport (PDX). The lawsuits, filed in Seattle’s King County Superior Court, allege negligence and inadequate quality control in Boeing’s manufacturing and repair processes. The plaintiffs seek compensation for emotional trauma, medical costs, and long-term economic impacts. The four flight attendants, represented by attorney Tracy Brammeier, claim they sustained serious emotional and physical harm during the sudden cabin...

Most of what is getting exposed is old news to many of us, they are having a harder time with their denials since the proof is in the pudding, there sure is plenty of pudding. Years ago the DNC got "hacked" Fusion GPS blamed the Russians which they later retracted. the FBI never had the opportunity to exam the servers. What I do remember is the bit-rate at which all the emails were downloaded had to be a memory stick, other words an inside job! Seth Rich was pissed that Hillary screwed over Bernie with super delegates and other shenanigans,...

The Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Indiana’s public-university-system leadership, has announced that the state’s public colleges are responding to a new state law by eliminating or merging more than 400 degree programs on the different university campuses, about 20 percent of the total number of degrees offered. Inside Higher Ed summarizes: The announcement came just before a new state law took effect … setting minimum requirements for how many graduates individual programs must produce at the universities and Ivy Tech Community College, or face termination. […] [The law] says institutions can ask the commission for approval to keep offering degrees...

VIDEOFAKE NEWS that tries to discredit REAL NEWS by calling it "Russian Disinformation" and you can bet the notorious Mockingbird Media darling of Hunter Biden Laptop fame, Natasha Bertrand, will somehow worm her way into it. Such was the case with the latest bit of Russian Disinformation desperation when Bertrand reposted on X (forever to be known as Twitter) Ben Smith hyping the the fantasy that the John Durham Annex story was the result of Russian Disinformation and somehow didn't say what it clearly said namely that the DAMNING emails implicating Hillary Clinton in the Russia HOAX were "authentic."FAKE NEWS,...

UK : Nottingham - Mohammed, from Pakistan, attempted to rape a 13-year-old British girl. Caught by British Patriots. Mohammed says, "I couldn't control myself; she is very attractive."

VideoSo the summary is this: Putin’s Strategic Dilemma The presenter argues that Putin is now deeply committed to escalating Russia’s war in Ukraine, making any prospects for peace politically untenable. Retreat could destroy his personal reputation and political position.

https://t.me/beholdisraelchannel/60676 Taiwan’s Deputy Foreign Minister warns: “China is preparing to invade Taiwan.” Taiwan urges readiness as PLA activity intensifies near the Strait. (Source: Sky News)