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I was flying out of DCs Reagan airport yesterday and the plane at the gate I was waiting at was flying to Milwaukee. I was waiting for the plane to Omaha to replace it. There were about 20+ veterans from Korea, Vietnam etc. all wearing yellow Honor Flight t-shirts. When they started boarding, everyone by our gate started clapping and the rest of the Southwest terminal after realizing what was going on, gave them a standing ovation and clapped for a good 10-15 minutes until the last one made their way into the tunnel.

Six Right-Wing Lawmakers Introduced Bill Last Month Women's Groups Protest "Emotional Pressure" In Chile, a bill that would require women seeking an abortion to listen to the fetal heartbeat prior to the procedure has sparked controversy. On the 10th, Yonhap News quoted a report by Argentina's Canal 26 from the previous day, reporting that political circles and women's organizations in Chile are opposing the so-called "Listen to the Fetal Heartbeat (Escucha su corazon)" bill. This bill was jointly submitted on June 25 by six lawmakers, including Cristobal Urruticoechea, a staunch right-wing lawmaker, as well as members of the National Liberal...

Senators Ron Johnson and Rand Paul on Monday released the first batch of text messages from Dr. Fauci’s Covid-era iPhone. The text messages revealed that Fauci privately knew that the Covid vaccine caused miscarriages in pregnant women. Fauci covered up the data that revealed an 82% miscarriage rate in women vaccinated during the first trimester. Dr. Anthony Fauci privately discussed concerns about COVID-19 mRNA vaccines for pregnant women in January 2021, including questions about fever after a second dose and a theoretical risk of miscarriage during the first trimester, according to newly released text messages. The exchange involved Fauci, then-Centers...

The Senate can institute a rule that once a month, the citizen constituents of each state will be able to vote electronically on whether they wish to retain or dismiss their senator. It’s that the possibility of removal changes behavior long before Election Day.

A female homeowner who allegedly kidnapped, chained and padlocked an intruder before taking a baseball bat to his suspected accomplices is an NDIS support worker. Kylee Barbette Robinson, 52, allegedly found a thief in her shed at her home in Raymond Terrace, north of Newcastle, NSW, and attacked him with the baseball bat. She is then accused of tying him up by the neck with a padlock and chain before ordering him to take her to other items that had already been stolen from her.

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After envy, the most self-destructive emotion is the desire to be on TV, destroying the reputations of, among others, Michael Avenatti, Andrew Cuomo, Eric Swalwell and—since the release of his diary—Anthony Fauci. Except in Fauci’s case, his fame-mongering was less self-destructive than simply destructive, as demonstrated by David Zweig’s amazing book, “An Abundance of Caution: American Schools, the Virus, and a Story of Bad Decisions” (MIT Press). As Zweig demonstrates, Fauci had to know the restrictive COVID measures he pushed would do enormous damage to the country—to little kids, dying patients, cancer victims, college students, restaurants, the travel industry, budding...

An American transgender refugee is back in the United States after spending a period inside a dangerous Islamic asylum center in the Netherlands, but she's still not happy with the US. Jane-Michelle Arc, 48, fled to Ter Apel, the Netherlands' largest refugee camp, after Trump was re-elected in 2024 - saying that she feared for her safety as a trans woman living in America. She claimed asylum in the European country - and while she endured tough conditions in the sqaulid camp where stabbings and attacks are commonplace, she came to the realization that she actually wanted to return to...

BRADENTON, Fla. - Bradenton police arrested 34-year-old Lindsey Gore on Sunday morning following a Saturday night hit-and-run crash that left a man critically injured. Bradenton police arrested 34-year-old Lindsey Gore on Sunday morning after a serious crash along 14th St W. Investigators said Gore was driving a Toyota 4Runner around 10:50 p.m. on Saturday when she struck a man walking his bicycle across the road. Police said Gore drove away from the scene in the SUV, which had noticeable damage to its front headlight. The victim was taken to the hospital where he remains with life-threatening injuries. Gore was charged...

John Goodman is giving fans a closer look at his dramatic transformation after losing more than 200 pounds. The 74-year-old actor recently appeared in an Instagram selfie with Disney's Wizards of Waverly Place star David DeLuise, who happened to run into Goodman while at a supermarket. The photo quickly caught attention, with Goodman looking noticeably different from the actor fans remember from his years playing Dan Conner on ABC's Roseanne. Goodman starred as the lovable but complicated family patriarch throughout the sitcom’s original run from 1988 to 1997. His character’s weight was often referenced on the show, but Goodman later...

eing labeled a cheater on the golf course is a black mark that’s virtually impossible to remove. Whether it’s a wild cheating scandal at Q School or someone fluffing their lie during a Saturday morning scramble, cheating in golf isn’t new. But what happened recently at WingHaven Country Club near St. Louis rocked the local golf scene and is spreading after the culprit went on ESPN Radio in St. Louis to confess.

Reading FR then flicking to Twitter/X is sometimes like night and day. There's a lot of dissent there among those I happen to follow (NOT Lefitsts or anything like that) regarding: Israel, Iran War, foreign policy and the Administration generally. A lot of hot topics that get discussed here all the time and former Representatives or officials are leading the charge: MTG, Kent, Tucker Carlson and Massie the most prominent with many large accounts echoing them. It's clear to me this is more than just a few rebels who have no influence or standing in fact MTG says in one...

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Non-college voters, the base of the MAGA movement, are abandoning the GOP. MAGA's net favorability is -22 pts (down 28 pts) with them. Trump's now at -19 pt net approval with them. Dems actually lead in the race for Congress with them. This is what blue waves are built on. ...

Charlie Hatcher, the former state agricultural commissioner, rode support from prominent establishment Republicans to a victory over the CONTROVERSIAL congressman backed by President Donald Trump. He is a heavy favorite in the general election for the deep-red district. While Ogles had arguably the most important endorsement in a GOP primary in the form of Trump, Hatcher had backing from current Gov. Bill Lee, former Gov. Bill Haslam and other prominent Republicans, like former Trump Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue.

ST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. – Two St. Johns County teenagers are facing felony charges after a tip to FortifyFL led investigators to what officials described as homemade firearms, explosive components and plans to commit an armed robbery. St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office deputies and the St. Johns County School District safety team began investigating on April 27 after receiving information through FortifyFL. Detectives said they identified two Switzerland Point Middle School students as the suspects: Julian Davis, 14, and a 13-year-old. NOTE: News4JAX is naming Davis because of the nature and seriousness of the charges against him. Between April 27-30,...

Labour council in Cambridge has installed squat toilets said to be favoured by international visitors and are charging users £1 per visit. The public toilets - which include three 'squat-style flushing toilets' - on Silver Street, opposite Queens' College at the University of Cambridge, cost Cambridge City Council £1million to build. They replaced a 1980s block that was repeatedly flooded by the River Cam, which runs next to it. The council said the style of toilet was 'preferred by some international visitors'. Locals have since criticised the 'crazy' £1 charge to use the toilets, which opened last month. Heather Boyd,...

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated $1.25 million to a campaign working to defeat a November pro-life ballot measure that would restore Missouri’s protections for unborn babies and reinstate limits on abortion. The contribution went to Stop the Ban, the PAC opposing Amendment 3. The group reported the donation Wednesday to the Missouri Ethics Commission and has now raised more than $6.5 million. Bloomberg previously gave $1 million in 2024 to Missourians for Constitutional Freedom, which successfully pushed the amendment that overturned the state’s laws protecting babies. Amendment 3, placed on the November 3 ballot by state...

Eric Swalwell once dated Katie Miller, the woman now married to Trump's top deputy Stephen Miller, and the long-buried romance has reportedly surfaced at the center of the fight over the FBI's 'Fang Fang' files. Lawyers for the disgraced former Democratic lawmaker brought up the relationship as they battled to stop the Justice Department from making public its investigative file on his ties to suspected Chinese spy Christine Fang, according to the Sources Say newsletter. Fang, who fled to China in 2015 as the FBI closed in, spent years cozying up to rising California Democrats, helping bundle donations for Swalwell's...