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  • Ellen DeGeneres gives update on UK living struggles: 'We couldn’t keep up'

    07/25/2025 11:57:16 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 95 replies
    Hello US via MSN ^ | July 25, 2025 | Nova M Bajamonti
    Ellen DeGeneresand her wife Portia de Rossimoved to England back in November 2024. During a recent sit-down interview in the town of Cheltenham, UK, with journalist Richard Bacon, the former TV host gave a detailed update on what life has really been like across the pond. First and foremost, the couple quickly adapted to the country lifestyle and at one point in time were riding lawn mowers on a daily basis, just to keep their pastures down for the horses. The constant maintenance frustrated Ellen and she recalled that she told Portia: "We just can't keep up with this." Portia...
  • A cat named Leonardo da Pinchy doesn’t want your affection. He wants to steal your underwear

    07/24/2025 4:56:20 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 48 replies
    AP ^ | July 24, 2025 | CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-MCLAY
    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Most cat owners dread their pets bringing home mice or birds. But for the owners of one felonious feline in Auckland, New Zealand, there’s a worse shame — being the unwitting accomplice to an unstoppable one-cat crimewave. His prolific laundry-pinching from clotheslines and bedrooms in the placid beachside neighborhood of Mairangi Bay has turned 15-month-old Leo into a local celebrity and earned him a new moniker. He now goes by Leonardo da Pinchy. And he’s got expensive taste. His frequent hauls include silk boxer shorts, thick men’s work socks — preferably with clothespins still attached...
  • Nationwide 'People's Sick Day' set to cripple U.S. as Trump protesters plot mass walkout

    07/22/2025 4:16:31 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 123 replies
    The Mirror US via MSN ^ | July 21, 2025 | Anthony Orrico
    Most people use their allotted sick time for an unexpected illness, sick child, or medical procedure and don't see the utilization of that time as having the potential to be an act of civil disobedience or protest against the government or their employer. However, one group rising in membership plans to use their sick time for precisely that — taking a page out of organized labor's handbook and using their collective action to expose and potentially even directly impact what they view as systemic injustices against the working class of the United States. Known as "The People's Sick Day," the...
  • ‘I don’t want to die!’ — American tourist stabbed by North African gang on Milan train during robbery attempt

    07/18/2025 1:20:24 PM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 52 replies
    Remix ^ | July 17, 2025 | Thomas Brooke
    An American tourist was stabbed in the chest while traveling on a regional train from Melegnano to Milan, in the latest of over 260 violent incidents reported on Italy’s rail network so far this year. The 27-year-old victim was attacked on Tuesday morning near San Giuliano Milanese train station by a group of three or four young men described as of North African origin, who reportedly attempted to steal his gold necklace before fleeing the scene. The attackers, armed with a knife, stabbed the tourist in the neck and chest before escaping at the next station. Footage from the San...
  • CNN Reporter Trashes 'Operation Midnight Hammer,' But Her Story Just Fell Apart

    06/25/2025 9:22:02 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 26 replies
    The Western Journal via MSN ^ | June 25, 2025 | Josh Manning
    Late in the day Tuesday, CNN breathlessly ran their favorite story since the Trump-Musk bromance hit the skids. "Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say." CNN’s “reporters” could barely contain their excitement that their nightmare scenario was over: Trump, it appeared, hadn’t pulled off the most impressive military strike since "Operation Desert Fox." ("Desert Fox" was a 1998 anti-WMD mission, also used Tomahawks for support, but used 600 sorties to target almost 100 targets in Iraq. And as with "Operation Midnight Hammer," not a single U.S. service member or vehicle was...
  • Driver laughed after running over dad - court

    06/12/2025 4:33:07 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 10 replies
    BBC ^ | June 11, 2025 | Victoria Scheer
    A driver accused of killing a father of two when he drove his car into a crowd of people was seen "smiling and laughing" after the collision, a jury has heard. Hassan Jhangur, 25, fatally injured Chris Marriott, 46, when he ploughed into the group in Burngreave, Sheffield, on 27 December 2023. Giving evidence witness Riasat Khan said he remembered hearing a car "screeching" round the corner before it hit him and five others, including Mr Marriott. Jhangur, of Whiteways Road, Sheffield, denies the murder and manslaughter of Mr Marriott but admits causing his death by dangerous driving. The court...
  • African embassy in Washington, D.C., closed over corruption fears

    05/27/2025 6:11:39 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 8 replies
    Newsweek ^ | May 26, 2025 | Jordan King
    Ghana's embassy in Washington, D.C., has been temporarily shut down after an investigation found that staff members were collecting illegal extra charges for at least five years. The country's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, posted about the probe on Facebook on Monday, calling his actions "drastic and decisive." Why It Matters Some 172,558 Ghanaians live in the United States, according to 2023 figures published in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Many of them will rely on the Washington embassy for passport services, visa services, citizenship matters and emergency assistance. Besides not having traditional access to these...
  • Charlotte City Council member won't resign after federal fraud indictment

    05/22/2025 10:17:10 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 22 replies
    Axios via MSN ^ | May 22, 2025 | Ashley Mahoney
    Charlotte City Council member Tiawana Brown told reporters Thursday morning she won't resign after being federally indicted with her daughters. "Why would I resign," Brown said. "I haven't been convicted of anything." Why it matters: Brown, who represents District 3 in west Charlotte, plans to run again later this year. Catch up quick: Federal prosecutors indicted Brown on wire fraud charges, according to the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. In a release Thursday morning, prosecutors described Brown and her daughters' alleged scheme to fraudulently obtain federal money during the pandemic. The intrigue: In the indictment, prosecutors...
  • Six illegal migrants charged in South Carolina mother’s murder defy ‘decency’ in ‘civilized society’: sheriff

    05/14/2025 9:19:38 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 38 replies
    The New York Post ^ | May 14, 2025 | Audrey Conklin, Fox News
    Authorities in Lancaster, South Carolina, have charged six illegal immigrants between the ages of 13 and 21 in connection with the “random” May 2 murder of a mother who was driving to meet friends in Rock Hill. Lancaster County Sheriff’s Office deputies located Larisha Sharrell Thompson, 40, deceased with a gunshot wound behind the wheel of her vehicle on Riverside Road in Lancaster, which is located about an hour south of Charlotte, North Carolina. On May 12, authorities announced the arrests of three adults, including Asael Aminadas Torres-Chirinos, 21; Jarby Ardon Ramos-Odari, 18; Jeyson Sobied Pineda-Salgado, 17; and three juveniles,...
  • Episcopal Church refuses to resettle white Afrikaners, ends partnership with US government

    05/12/2025 10:39:21 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 67 replies
    RNS vis MSN ^ | May 12, 2025
    (RNS) — In a striking move that ends a nearly four-decades-old relationship between the federal government and the Episcopal Church, the denomination announced on Monday (May 12) that it is terminating its partnership with the government to resettle refugees, citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa who have been classified as refugees by President Donald Trump’s administration. In a letter sent to members of the church, the Most Rev. Sean W. Rowe — the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church — said that two weeks ago the government “informed Episcopal Migration Ministries that under the terms of...
  • Pennsylvania man pleads guilty to over $1 million in welfare fraud

    05/01/2025 5:00:26 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 23 replies
    ABC 27 News ^ | April 29, 2025 | Hayden Sherry
    (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania man pleaded guilty to defrauding the United States Government of over $1 million in SNAP and Medicare benefits. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, James Sessoms, 60, of Philadelphia, pled guilty today to one count of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) fraud, seven counts of false statements in connection with health care benefits, and seven counts of Social Security fraud. The U.S. Attorney’s Office says that in October of 2024, Sessoms was charged by indictment with those offenses after he used stolen identities and Social Security numbers (SSNs) to file for SNAP and Medicaid benefits. The...
  • Spain’s 100% renewable energy milestone followed by historic blackout – Coincidence?

    04/29/2025 4:51:43 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 33 replies
    EuroWeekly ^ | April 29, 2025 | Letara Draghia
    On April 16, 2025, Spain celebrated a green energy triumph. Just six days later, the lights went out across the entire country. April 16: Spain’s first weekday of 100% renewable power In a historic achievement, Spain’s national grid was powered entirely by renewable energy on Tuesday, April 16 – the first time this has ever happened on a weekday. Between 10:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m., wind, solar, and hydro met 100 per cent of mainland electricity demand, according to Red Eléctrica (cited by PV Magazine). At 11:15 a.m., wind and solar alone produced 100.63 per cent of demand. April 22:...
  • Dow plunges 1,100 points after Trump calls Fed’s Powell ‘a major loser’ for not lowering rates

    04/21/2025 11:37:10 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 94 replies
    The New York Post ^ | April 21, 2025 | Taylor Herzlich
    The Dow plunged more than 1,100 points as President Trump intensified his attacks on the Federal Reserve’s independence — calling chairman Jerome Powell “a major loser” for not lowering interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently off 1,084.93 points, or 2.8%, at 38,057.30 in midday trades after plunging losing 1,406 points during the previous holiday-shortened week. US markets were closed on Friday in observance of Good Friday. The S&P 500 on Monday fell 2.9% and the Nasdaq slipped 3.1%. In a fiery Truth Social rant on Monday, Trump once again called for the Federal Reserve to slash interest...
  • Joe Biden will speak about Social Security in his return to the national stage

    04/15/2025 7:28:32 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 84 replies
    AP via MSN ^ | April 15, 2025 | STEVE PEOPLES and FATIMA HUSSEIN
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Joe Biden returns to the national stage Tuesday to elevate liberal concerns that President Donald Trump's agenda is threatening the health of Social Security. The 82-year-old Democrat has largely avoided speaking publicly since leaving the White House in January, which is typically the tradition for immediate past presidents. That's even as Trump frequently blames Biden for many of the nation's problems, often attacking his predecessor by name. Biden is expected to fight back in an early evening speech to the national conference of Advocates, Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled in Chicago. While Biden has...
  • Charges filed in Parkway East wrong-way crash; 2nd victim ID'd (Immigration Status?)

    04/15/2025 4:35:47 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 13 replies
    Trib Live ^ | April 14, 2025 | Tawnya Panizzi
    Police have charged the driver they say caused a wrong-way, head-on collision that killed two people Sunday evening on the Parkway East near Downtown Pittsburgh. Pedro Olan Morales, 56, from Charlotte, N.C., has been charged with aggravated assault by vehicle, involuntary manslaughter, recklessly endangering another person, accidents involving injury or death while not licensed, and multiple traffic violations in connection with the crash, according to Pennsylvania State Police. He is confined to Allegheny County Jail with bail denied. Morales was in a gray 2010 Chevy Silverado with Ohio license plates near the Allegheny County Jail about 7:30 p.m. when his...
  • Britain is lurching towards civil war, and nobody knows how to stop it

    04/04/2025 8:18:50 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 109 replies
    The Telegraph via MSN ^ | April 4, 2025 | Tim Stanley
    I now fear Britain is heading for open sectarian conflict, possibly war, and there’s nothing we can do to stop it. Here’s a snapshot of what I’m hearing. On one night in Westminster, I met someone who argued for voluntary repatriation, two generations back; a Labour activist told me we must “re-educate” Muslims; and Jacob Rees-Mogg, debating me on GB News, said Britain should take “zero” refugees. I spluttered a reply about the good Samaritan and staggered off to bed, confused and depressed. I now fear Britain is heading for open sectarian conflict, possibly war, and there’s nothing we can...
  • Education secretary hijacks House Democrats' presser after closed-door meeting

    04/02/2025 12:50:33 PM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 31 replies
    ABC News via MSN ^ | April 2, 2025
    Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats outside the Department of Education to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting earlier Wednesday. With about a minute's notice, the secretary's team told some attendees that McMahon would be making a statement. Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-N.M., was speaking at the podium as the secretary appeared at the press conference. "We are extraordinarily grateful that the secretary gave us the space to have these conversations, but with all due respect, madam, I think my biggest concern is that the states will not be able to...
  • ‘Mother of Elon Musk’s 13th child’ sells Tesla after tech boss ‘reduces child support’

    04/01/2025 6:55:32 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 41 replies
    The Telegraph via MSN ^ | April 1, 2025 | David Millward
    A woman who alleged Elon Musk fathered her baby has claimed she has been forced to sell her Tesla because he reduced child support payments. Ashley St. Clair, 26, was photographed forfeiting the vehicle, manufactured by Mr Musk’s company, to an online seller in Manhattan. She claimed she was selling the car because the world’s richest man slashed the amount he was sending her in order to care for their alleged son. “I need to make up for the 60 per cent cut that Elon made to our son’s child support,” she told MailOnline. Asked why she thought Mr Musk...
  • Brad Pitt hits another roadblock in $20M legal battle with Hurricane Katrina victims over defective homes

    03/24/2025 8:10:34 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 58 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | March 22, 2025 | Amy Lamare
    Brad Pitt has hit a snag in the $20.5 million lawsuit against his Make it Right Project. Pitt, 61, started the project in the wake of 2005's devastating Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans with an aim to build ecologically sustainable homes to replace the houses that were flooded. He spent $12 million through his Make It Right Project to build 150 ecologically sustainable homes but now, nearly two decades later, those homeowners have organized a class action lawsuit against him and his non profit. Many of the homes have developed mold problems and other serious issues. The homeowners' legal team,...
  • Woman drowned dog in airport bathroom after being denied boarding, police say

    03/22/2025 1:43:34 PM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 60 replies
    AP via ABC News ^ | March 21, 2025
    ORLANDO, Fla. -- A woman drowned her dog in a Florida airport bathroom and then boarded her international flight after she was prevented from bringing the white miniature schnauzer with her because of a paperwork issue, authorities said. The woman was arrested in Lake County on Wednesday on a charge of aggravated animal abuse, a third-degree felony. She was released on $5,000 bail. “This act was intentional and resulted in a cruel and unnecessary death of the animal,” said an arrest affidavit from the Orlando Police Department. Online court records showed no attorney listed for the woman from Kenner, Louisiana....