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Beau Biden’s PSA on fighting elder abuse. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL6QJNM6z0U

A United Nations judge was convicted on Thursday of trafficking a young woman to the United Kingdom and forcing her to work as a slave. Ugandan judge Lydia Mugambe, 49, "exploited and abused" the victim, prosecutors said, forcing her to work as an unpaid maid and caregiver while barring her from seeking other employment. A jury found Mugambe guilty of multiple offenses, including facilitating illegal immigration, forced labor, and witness intimidation

A new four-lane highway cutting through tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built for the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém. It aims to ease traffic to the city, which will host more than 50,000 people - including world leaders - at the conference in November. The state government touts the highway's "sustainable" credentials, but some locals and conservationists are outraged at the environmental impact. The Amazon plays a vital role in absorbing carbon for the world and providing biodiversity, and many say this deforestation contradicts the very purpose of a climate...

Perhaps it’s also time to thank God tonight that Trump “lost” in 2020. You can bet there are more than a few establishment dopes in D.C. who have come to the realization that they might have shot themselves in the foot after all.

What can I say? schadenfreude

In a continued effort to contain New York City's rat problem, Mayor Eric Adams announced Wednesday the inaugural National Urban Rat Summit. The summit, which will take place on Sept. 18 and 19, will gather the best in the rat business from Boston, New Orleans and Seattle to mitigate the spiraling rodent problem in the Big Apple, Adam's announced in a press release Wednesday.

Well, this was a bit unexpected, given what Trump supporters have been implying about what Trump’s Ukraine policy would be. Far from cutting off funds or ending the war (the latter of which Trump has indeed promised), Trump, at a rally, told the audience that the US has been bearing a disproportionate portion of the cost and he would pressure European governments to increase their own contributions to the same level as the United States. Given that this is Trump, I wouldn’t call this an iron-clad-take-it-to-the-bank promise to keep pouring billions of dollars into Ukraine’s war coffers, but it does...

CNN) — A world first in rhinoceros reproductive health could save northern white rhinos from extinction, scientists said Wednesday. The team at the BioRescue project successfully impregnated a southern white rhino via in vitro fertilization (IVF), according to a press release, creating a possible path for restoring the northern white rhino species. Northern white rhinos are critically endangered and the only two remaining rhinos, Najin and Fatu, are infertile females that live under constant surveillance in Kenya

A Canadian journalist who called for the unvaccinated be put in concentration camps dies suddenly at the age of 33.

The themesong for the global warming conference in Dubai is Sam Cooke’s Wonderful World. Since mostly they don’t believe in science or economics. Just the thrill of government control. While world leaders spoke at a ‘global warming’ conference in Dubai, located in the heart of the Arabian Desert, discussing the usual: banning gas stoves, cow farts, and petrol-powered vehicles, a powerful snowstorm grounded all flights at Munich Airport in Germany. “Private jets in Munich on the way to Dubai global warming conference are literally frozen on the runway, which has turned into a glacier,” said Ryan Maue, a meteorologist and...

There are occasionally posts that get missed when they are initially posted. These are the posts that start out bad and get worse. This writer is unsure how this particular one made that list, given that he follows the Telegraph specifically because of their notoriously bad takes. George Orwell was ‘sadistic, misogynistic, homophobic and sometimes violent’ https://t.co/GAps4MA8pM — The Telegraph (@Telegraph) October 15, 2023, (*** followed by extremely informative Community Note! ***)The Telegraph tries to cancel Orwell for crimethink. Now, if you ask us, that may be the most ironic thing ever posted. Apparently, according to the book, Wifedom, by...

The Biden administration has paved the way for the construction of a new wall along the southern border in Texas by waiving more than a dozen federal laws in a stark reversal of its previous stance on the physical barrier. The Department of Homeland Security announced the plan to bypass long drawn-out environmental reviews in order to expedite border wall construction in Starr County, TX as the administration struggles to handle an ongoing migrant crisis that has strained local and federal resources. The area where construction is planned has seen “high illegal entry,” according to authorities. “There is presently an...

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney confirmed Kruger’s death on X. “Shocked and saddened by Josh Kruger’s death. He cared deeply about our city and its residents, which was evident in his public service and writing,” he wrote. “Our administration was fortunate to call him a colleague, and our prayers are with everyone who knew him.” On September 30, 2023, Kruger shared a tweet by Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, that read, “If Biden is elected, there’s a good chance you will be dead within the year.” He had engaged in debate with conservatives on X over conservative...

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A far-left Minneapolis activist was the victim of a brutal armed car-jacking that occurred in the driveway of her home on Tuesday evening. Shivanthi Sathanandan, a radical leftist and second vice chairwoman of the Democratic Farmer Labor party in Minneapolis, who was left bruised and bloodied during the incident, is calling for "accountability" despite her past history of being a notable "defund the police" agitator. Sathanandan said in a Facebook post that she suffered a broken leg, deep lacerations to her head, and cuts and bruises all over her body when four armed juveniles allegedly beat her to the ground...

A pair of Chicago journalists were held up at gunpoint by three men wearing ski masks — while covering the spate of robberies and carjackings that plagued the Windy City over the weekend, according to local police and news outlets. A Univision Chicago reporter and a cameraman were set to do a live shot in the upscale Wicker Park section at around 4:30 a.m. on Monday when a black SUV and a gray sedan pulled up alongside them, according to the news site CWBChicago. The two male journalists — one 28 and the other 42 — were standing near the...

Official merchandise with the mugshot of former President Donald Trump was available to purchase only hours after he was booked into the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia. Late Thursday evening, the Trump campaign released eight items in its store featuring the historic booking photo. Ranging from $12 to $34, the items available include a bumper sticker, a coffee mug, koozies in black and white, and short-sleeve and long-sleeve shirts in black and white.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Sunday urging him to not bus any more migrants to Chicago, calling his move “inhumane and dangerous.” “Chicago is a Welcoming City and we collaborate with County, State, and community partners to rise to this challenge, but your lack of consideration or coordination in an attempt to cause chaos and score political points has resulted in a critical tipping point in our ability to receive individuals and families in a safe, orderly, and dignified way,” Lightfoot wrote in the letter. Lightfoot said that Texas was...

The suspect fled in a green vehicle shortly after opening fire at 12.30pm Inside the home, a funeral for a 25-year-old man had just taken place One person is dead and three more injured after a gunman opened fire at a Washington DC funeral home. The shooting unfolded outside the Stewart Funeral Home, shortly after a service for 24-year-old Stephon Lamont Carroll. As mourners were piling out of the funeral home at around 12.18pm, the gunman opened fire. He fled in a green vehicle and remains at large. At a press conference this afternoon, DC police chief Robert Contee said...

Five people were shot, two of them fatally, during a “Celebration of Life” event Saturday around 5:15 p.m. in St. Paul, Minnesota. FOX News reports one man died at the scene and another man died after being transported to the hospital. FOX 9 notes among the three living gunshot victims, one person is in critical condition, another person is stable, and one has non-life-threatening injuries.