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Secretary Marco Rubio@SecRubioFor more than six decades, the Cuban regime has been the leading sponsor of radical leftism and Third Worldism in the United States.The State Department is exposing the full history of Cuban espionage and subversion in our country.The American people deserve to know.ransomnote: After reading the report Rubio linked, CUBA | THE CAPITAL OF 21st CENTURY COMMUNISM (PDF), I realized that the concluding paragraph (see last paragraph indented below), was likely written for people like me who did not realize just how weaponized CUBA has been. As a failed nation, I did not see its profound success in...

Explanation: On sol 1943 of its journey of exploration across the surface of Mars, the Curiosity Rover recorded this selfie at the south rim of Vera Rubin Ridge. Of course a sol is a Martian solar day, about 40 minutes longer than an Earth day. Curiosity's sol 1943 corresponds to Earth date January 23, 2018. Also composed as an interactive 360 degree VR, the mosaicked panorama combines 61 exposures taken by the small car-sized rover's Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI). Frames containing the imager's arm have been edited out while the extended background used was taken by the rover's Mastcam...

A South Carolina restaurant is facing backlash after the owner falsely accused a Black couple of refusing to pay for their meal. In a now-viral video, Christopher Phillip Wallman Jr., owner of The Grill, a restaurant in Manning, South Carolina, announced his false accusation to all of his customers in an apparent attempt to embarrass the couple. “I want everybody to hear this now. This lovely couple has ordered $137 of food that they’re refusing to pay," Wallman said. The couple shut down the allegation, saying they were only asking that the fried pork chops they sent back to the...

The American presenter Tucker Carlson has claimed Britain would have been better off losing the Second World War to an incredulous Jacob Rees-Mogg – but says he is not a Nazi supporter. The US commentator was widely mocked after his most recent episode of the Tucker Carlson show, featuring former Tory minister Mr Rees-Mogg, aired last night. In the online show, Mr Carlson claimed Britain 'destroyed their empire and their country fighting this war that they still pretend was a good idea but it wasn't'. The former Fox News presenter – who once described Darryl Cooper, a Holocaust denier, as...

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) plans to try to block Democratic nominee and New York socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier from taking her seat in Congress if she wins the Nov. 3 election — over her saying she used the American flag as a napkin. Burchett told The Post he intends to make the unusual parliamentary move when the new Congress convenes in January — using a simple majority to prevent newly elected lawmakers from being seated before they take the oath of office. “You take an oath to uphold the Constitution, and and you’re pretty much disavowing it right there. I...

Liberal female blames capitalism for America's problems and then she's asked, "How does capitalism cause the problems in this country?" and "What is capitalism?" She has no idea and can't answer the questions.

Leawood Police Department officers in Kansas noticed a dog in the middle of the street with no owner in sight, and it started barking at them. An officer approached the pup and said, "Hi, why don’t you go on back home?" The officers followed the dog back to its home, where police say the owner had fallen and been on the ground for more than 3 hours. "Thanks to the resident’s loyal companion, our officer was able to find them and get them the help they needed… The resident was treated by medical personnel and is now recovering safely...

President Donald Trump on Saturday reiterated his pledge to give every adult U.S. citizen $5,000 if Republicans retain control of both chambers of Congress in next month's midterm elections, while warning of an economic "disaster" if Democrats win."Our country is doing so well under Republican leadership that only I can make you this promise," Trump said in a video posted on Truth Social. "If Republicans win the House of Representatives and the Senate, I'm going to give all adult citizens in the United States of America $5,000.""But Democrat policies won't allow this to happen," Trump said. "In fact, the opposite...

Today, Michael Whatley was endorsed by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber endorsed Whatley because they know he is the Pro-Job-Creator candidate who will support policies that help create more and better jobs and more and better opportunities for all North Carolinians. Under Roy Cooper’s reign, he was consistently against North Carolina job creators. From vetoing tax relief; forcing an impractical Green New Deal energy agenda that raised costs; to closing businesses during COVID; Cooper stood against our job creators every step of the way. The Chamber endorsement demonstrates that job creators across North Carolina know Michael Whatley is...

ITHACA, NY — Immediately following her appointment as a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged sexual assault of a female student, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that she was indicting President Donald Trump in the Cornell case. Fierce debate swirled on social media about the case, but James said she determined almost instantly upon joining the investigation that Trump was the one who was ultimately responsible for the incident. "I know he's to blame somehow," James told the media when announcing the indictment. "Though he was not present at the time of the incident, has no connection...

A New Jersey student claims he was branded a “racist” and forced to drop an online course after his woke community college professor spotted a “Trump 2020” flag hanging on his wall during a Zoom call. Justin Caiazzo, 29, is suing Passaic County Community College, business professor Gladys Harris and dean Peter Hynes, arguing his First Amendment rights were violated during a July 2021 online class. Caiazzo, of Lake Hiawatha, was blindsided when Harris allegedly stopped her business statistics class after spotting the Trump banner in his background, according to the Sept. 23 complaint filed in New Jersey Superior Court....

Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed for years has publicly said he’s a physician — but there’s overwhelming evidence that he’s had no experience as a licensed medical doctor. This April, he gave an interview to a local TV journalist where he talked up his credentials as a physician multiple times. In March, he told a group of Teamsters nurses that he had “been in enough codes to watch who really does the work” and said that same month on a podcast that “I’ve been a doctor my whole career.” His LinkedIn profile currently says he’s a “physician,” and late...

Most MSM is saying these are "student riots", but it is the muslims. Like usual. Video at source link.

Let's check in on our "devout Catholic" former president, and see how well he's Catholic-ing today. Last week at a gala in Delaware, Biden spoke (mumbled) for 20 minutes, telling the abortion fanatics that this is "no time to give up" in the fight to kill as many babies in the womb as possible. Biden delivered remarks at Planned Parenthood of Delaware's 22nd Annual Chocolate & Champagne Gala in Claymont, Delaware, on Thursday. Before the former president spoke, former first lady Jill Biden presented her husband with the Sonia Schorr Sloan Service Award.According to a Facebook post by Delaware Planned...

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An animal welfare group has been administering nasal naloxone to crows that are suspected to have eaten toxic drugs left accessible outside in downtown Prince George, B.C. The Good Caws Crow Rescue Society (GCCRS) has posted multiple videos showing their volunteers giving nasal naloxone to crows that are otherwise unresponsive. The videos then show the crows alert and able to fly again. Naloxone is a medication commonly used to reverse or reduce the impact of an opioid overdose in people, and Dayna Slater of GCCRS says the crows they are helping are centred in an area of town where illicit...

Authorities are searching for a jet after it lost contact with air traffic control early Saturday morning. It is being reported that the aircraft in question is a medical transport plane. According to the United States Coast Guard, the FAA notified them that they lost contact with the Gulfstream “early Saturday morning.” There were six passengers onboard, USCG confirmed at 3:15 a.m. Saturday. The Coast Guard’s Northeast District stated about 20 minutes later that the Gulfstream G100, with the tail number #C-GRJP, was flying from Bermuda International Airport to Boston Logan International Airport when it disappeared off the coast of...

The Democrat Party is co-opting its socialist insurgents to defeat Trump and the GOP—but inviting ideological extremists into the fold could threaten the party’s future. This is the final installment of a two-part series. The first installment can be found here. Like Germany’s center-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), America’s center-left Democrat Party faces a challenge from its extreme flank. Unlike the CDU, which has abandoned its past strategy and adopted one of confrontation, the Democrat Party is sticking with its strategy of co-option—not fusion—with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). But will the Democrat Party’s strategy prove any more successful...

Special Ops Magazine@specialopsmagIn Afghanistan, 2012, US Marine Lance Corporal Winder Perez took an RPG that punched through his thigh and stayed there, live, instead of detonating.An Army MEDEVAC crew that had been told they were picking up an injured child landed, saw the round still stuck in him, and voted to fly him anyway, even though hauling unexploded ordnance is against the rules.They made the careful run to FOB Edinburgh, where the rest of the base was held back and Navy Lt. Cmdr. James Gennari kept Perez breathing while Army EOD Staff Sgt. Ben Summerfield pulled the rocket free. Perez...

The 2026 Dog Photography Awards have recognised photographers from around the world, with around 1,900 entries submitted from 50 countries. The competition says it aims to highlight the work of established dog photographers alongside emerging talent, with images judged across six categories: Portrait, Action, Studio, Dogs & People, Documentary and Open. The 2026 prize pool includes €2,500 ($4,000 AUD) in cash and an engraved trophy. Katie Brockman from the United States was awarded the title of Dog Photographer of the Year for her portrait of a pit bull, a species she describes people holding complicated feelings for.