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The Trump administration is drafting a Health and Human Services policy that would, for the first time, let a married parent who stays home with the children collect federal child-care money that Washington has spent thirty years routing almost exclusively to day-care centers. The New York Times, citing people familiar with the talks and a draft document, reports the change is a priority for Vice President JD Vance and would tap the Child Care and Development Fund, the 1990s program built to help low-income parents pay for care so they could work or go to school. Typical aid runs about...

You have to hand it to the Huffington Post. Were it not for its slavish devotion to abortion, events most of us would never hear about get publicized. For example, “Gloria Steinem Speaks At Planned Parenthood Fundraiser, Tackles Gender, Sexuality,” written by Ashley Alman and posted Wednesday. Alman’s own piece is almost incoherent, but it led me to read the story in The City Sentinel, a weekly that serves Oklahoma City, which evidently served as the basis for Alman’s account, and which is hardly the model of accuracy. Here are a couple of observations. “The women’s advocate [Steinem] talked about...

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ST. LOUIS – A former general manager of Lombardo’s Restaurant in St. Louis has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, saying he was fired after sharing thoughts about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last year in a Facebook post. Michael Mormino, an Edwardsville, Illinois resident, formally filed the lawsuit on Monday. He says he worked for Lombardo’s for 15 years and had been promoted to general manager of company’s airport location. According to the lawsuit, on Sept. 10, 2025, the same day that Kirk was fatally shot in Utah, Mormino shared the following remarks on his personal Facebook page:...

BEL AIRE, Kan. (KAKE) — A 21-year-old woman has been charged with multiple felonies after she allegedly shot at a group of girls who had just egged her house in Bel Aire over the weekend. Sedgwick County court records show Ericya Burns is charged with criminal discharge of a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault. Her first court appearance was held Thursday afternoon. Officers with the Bel Aire Police Department responded at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday to the report of a possible drive-by shooting in the 5300 block of North Lycee Street. They located and collected several spent shell...

The Air Force said last week that its M18 service pistol is "safe, reliable, and functional" following a review of tens of thousands of the firearms. The findings came as part of the final review in a large-scale inspection of the gun ordered last year after an airman was killed by a bullet fired from a M18. Last July, Airman Brayden Lovan, 21, with the 90th Security Forces Group was shot and killed at F.E. Warren Air Base. The shooting was initially reported as an accidental discharge. Air Force Global Strike Command, which oversees the United States' intercontinental ballistic missile...

This video details the historical shift of economic power from the British Empire to the United States across the late 19th and 20th centuries. It argues that this transition was not an accident but a result of deliberate industrial, financial, and political strategies. Key Stages of the Economic Shift: American Industrial Ascent (1860s - 1890s): Following its Civil War, the United States utilized Alexander Hamilton's protectionist blueprint, infrastructure investment, and the rise of powerful industrialists (Carnegie, Rockefeller, Morgan) to overtake Britain’s manufacturing output by the 1880s (3:30 - 6:50). Impact of World War I (1914 - 1918): The conflict drained...

Ramaswamy announced Sept. 2 that he had accepted debate invitations from a local NBC affiliate in Cincinnati. Hours later, Acton's campaign issued a statement that boiled down to a hard no. Acton campaign manager Phil Stein said in a written statement that Ramaswamy is a "scam artist" who spreads lies about Acton and her family.

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HELL — Feminist icon Gloria Steinem refused to allow Satan to hold the door open for her on the way into hell, in what many are calling her final act against the Patriarchy. "No way," Steinem said as the Devil attempted to hold the door open for her. "I don't do that. I don't submit to your male chauvinism. I won't give you that power over me. Now step aside." Satan told friends he was a little taken aback by Steinem's behavior. "I typically hold the door for all our new female residents," he said. "It's just the way I...

Yesterday, following the death of feminist activist Gloria Steinem at the age of 92, Netflix released her episode of Famous Last Words, which records interviews with notable people that are only to be released posthumously. After a 40-or-so-minute sit-down conversation with Glee co-creator Brad Falchuk — the cameras are operated remotely by videographers who do not have audio access, so it is as private as can be — he leaves the room and, true to the series’ title, allows his guest to voice his or her last words to the public. Steinem, especially in her heyday in the ’70s, was...

Robin Morgan, a prolific feminist writer and radical activist who edited the landmark 1970 anthology “Sisterhood Is Powerful,” served as editor in chief of Ms. magazine for five years and helped organize one of the first protests of the Miss America pageant, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 85. The death, in a hospital, was confirmed by her son, the musician Blake Morgan, who is her sole survivor. From the front lines of a much-splintered feminist movement, Ms. Morgan gave voice to women as a poet, journalist, novelist, memoirist, agitator and iconoclast. She came of age in the civil...

Remember the time the world’s most famous feminist implied that young women liked Bernie Sanders more than Hillary Clinton basically because they wanted to chase men? Probably not. But in February 2016, Gloria Steinem, who died on Wednesday, went on “Real Time With Bill Maher” and made a statement that seemed decidedly sexist. Mr. Maher asked Ms. Steinem about Mr. Sanders’s outsize support during his presidential campaign from young voters — including young women. “When you’re young, you’re thinking: ‘Where are the boys? The boys are with Bernie,’” Ms. Steinem said. It was, in retrospect, a weird time, 10 years...

Why was Argentina once wealthy? What caused Argentina’s economic decline? Is Javier Milei fixing things? Summarise the video This video explores the "Argentine Paradox"—how a nation that was one of the wealthiest in the world at the turn of the 20th century transformed into a cautionary tale of economic decline, hyperinflation, and political instability. Key Highlights: The Golden Age (1880–1914): Driven by massive exports of beef and grain to Britain, alongside heavy foreign investment and European immigration, Argentina boasted the world's highest GDP per capita by 1895 (0:41, 3:02). Structural Fragility: The economy remained overly dependent on agricultural commodities and...

I just asked copilot (AI) " just the stats. what percent of conservative women are on mental health medications vs liberal women?" It's for ages 18 to 29. Apparently, that's the only age group a formal released study has been done for. I then asked about men. I always knew liberal women were crazy, but it's kind of shocking seeing it in numbers. Liberal men: 33.6% diagnosed with a mental‑health condition Conservative men: 16.3% diagnosed with a mental‑health condition

The United Nations General Assembly on Friday endorsed a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size, a culmination of a recent campaign led by African countries and advocacy groups. Friday’s resolution, which was sponsored by Togo and backed by members of the African Union, was passed with 164 member states voting in favor. Only the US voted against it while six other countries — Serbia, Estonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Moldova and Ukraine — abstained. The vote encourages governments and institutions around the world to replace the traditional Mercator map, commonly used since the 16th Century, with...

Saw her perform last night in front of 70 people. Gracious enough to talk to each of us individually beforehand. She's touring and I don't think the word has gotten out, otherwise the place would have been packed. Let's hope she appears at the mid-term convention.

Coincidentally? Prophetically? Providentially? Whatever the right word may be, the headline for NRLC President Carol Tobias column is “Pro-lifers offer an antidote to cultural madness.” This particular instance of cultural madness took place over a week ago, and I’ve just learned of this viral outrage. Calling herself “Moraa,” this attention-starved woman posted an Instagram guaranteed to get clicks. It included typical baby announcement objects, only it was not a celebration of an impending birth but the declaration that she’d had an abortion! (Picture on link) “The unapologetic advisory — made complete with itty-bitty infant shoes, alphabet blocks spelling ‘B-A-B-Y’ and...

A 20-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh is making waves after taking it upon himself to clean the heavily polluted Ajnar River. Bittu, also known as Bittu Tabahi, has been removing plastic, discarded waste, and other trash from the rivers and public places as part of his efforts to tackle water pollution. Instead of waiting for authorities or an organised clean-up drive, Bittu has been carrying out the work himself and spending his own money on the supplies needed for the clean-up. In his recent video, Bittu responded to several users who accused him of taking such initiatives to go viral...