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  • Trump speaks at reception for Republican Congress Members 07-22-25

    07/22/2025 6:13:25 PM PDT · by backpacker_c · 2 replies
    RAV ^ | july 22, 2025 | RAV
    President Trump speaks before a reception with the republican congress members, thanking people and noting achievements over the past 6 months. first part starts at 47 minutes in on the stitchfield show. second half is the first 45 minutes of the studio 6b show here https://rumble.com/v6wjhe8-live-from-studio-6b-show.html
  • Protests against oppression of anti-corruption bodies are taking place in seven cities of Ukraine

    07/22/2025 3:02:47 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 22 replies
    TASS.RU ^ | July 22, 2025 | TASS
    ransomnote: I used translate.google.com to obtain the English version of the text as it has proven in the past to be more reliable than the embedded translator at the link. MOSCOW, July 22. /TASS/. Residents of the city of Rivne have joined the protests against the scandalous law that effectively eliminates the independence of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office (SAP). This was reported by the publication "Obshchestvennoye".Earlier, residents of Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk), Kyiv, Lviv, Odessa, Poltava and Ternopil took part in the rallies. In the capital, the protesters also demanded the resignation of the...
  • Gutfeld praises Hunter Biden for cursing out Democrats

    07/22/2025 9:54:40 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 29 replies
    The Hill ^ | 7/22/25 | Dominick Mastrangelo
    Fox News host Greg Gutfeld cheered Hunter Biden after the former president’s son went on a profanity-laced tirade, tearing into members of the Democratic establishment who he says undermined and mistreated his father toward the end of his presidency. “But Democrats, if you listen to him … what have Democrats been trying to do? All six months. Try to be authentic. They try to fake swear, do a lot of theater. That’s real swearing,” Gutfeld said after watching the interview Biden gave to YouTube personality Andrew Callaghan. “You gotta give it to him. That guy is authentic, he’s the real...
  • Power Tripping Cop Gives Ticket to Teenager - Broward County, Florida - November 13, 2024 (10 min video)

    07/22/2025 7:24:25 AM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 22 replies
    Youtube ^ | 07 2025 | Florida Cop Cam
    A teenage boy is driving to school with his sister. A police officer points to the driver he wants him to pull over. The teenage boy, not knowing he did anything wrong, misunderstand the gesture to 'pull over' as 'move into the other lane'. The police officer confronts the driver. Power Tripping Cop Gives Ticket to Teenager - Broward County, Florida - November 13, 2024 (10 min video)
  • President Trump retweeted "The Meeting that Changed Everything" by hacker group, Anonymous, describing Obama/CIA/FBI/Hillary et. al grand conspiracy (includes TRANSCRIPT)

    07/21/2025 1:31:59 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 42 replies
    TruthSocial.com ^ | 7/21/2021 | President Donald J Trump
    (TRANSCRIPT BELOW)1~~~TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~This is not speculation. This is a documented fact. For years, they told us Trump was the threat to democracy, but the real threat was the attempt to remove him.On December 9, 2016, inside the Obama White House, a classified meeting took place. Present were CIA Director John Brennan, DNI James Clapper, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, and several senior officials. Barack Obama was there, and what they discussed would become the most coordinated political deception in US history.Just days earlier, an internal intelligence community report concluded Russia had not altered the outcome of the 2016 election. On...
  • Pee-wee Herman’s iconic red bicycle to be permanently displayed at the Alamo

    07/21/2025 1:11:09 PM PDT · by Duke C. · 123 replies
    New York Post ^ | 7/20/25 | Chris Nesi
    The red-and-white souped-up Schwinn bicycle made famous in the 1985 film “Pee-wee’s Big Adventure” will soon have a new permanent home in what is arguably one of the most unusual movie tie-ins in the history of celluloid. The bike — which served as the MacGuffin in the Tim Burton-directed cult favorite — will be permanently displayed in the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum in San Antonio to mark the 40th anniversary of the movie’s theatrical release.
  • "The Final Goal Is To Eradicate Humanity As We Know It." — Laura Aboli | Transhumanism - The End Game (TRANSCRIPT of 4 minute video)

    07/21/2025 10:23:06 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 10 replies
    X.com ^ | June 4, 2024 | WarNuse @WarNuse, Laura Aboli
    This refreshing summary of the Globalist psyop, including transgender insanity, is well worth listening to on X.com. The TRANSCRIPT of this excellent 4 minute address is below the image.https://x.com/WarNuse/status/1797978547564560516 June 4, 2024~~~TRANSCRIPT BEGINS~~~The final goal is to eradicate humanity as we know it. Once you understand the final destination, it becomes much easier to look back and identify the psychological conditioning, the biological tampering, the cultural grooming and the educational prepping that we have been subjected to for decades in preparation to making us accept a post-human future.It takes a lot of physical and psychological abuse to get an intelligent...
  • NEVER Defend Yourself - Machiavelli’s Trick to Flip the Power Instantly

    07/21/2025 5:53:51 AM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 41 replies
    Truth ^ | 17/7/25
    When you are accused, criticized, or attacked, what is your first instinct? To defend yourself. To explain your intentions. To set the record straight. But Niccolò Machiavelli, the master strategist of power, would tell you this is a fatal error. Every word you spend on defense is a word that solidifies your position as the weak one, the one on trial. You are playing their game, on their terms, and you have already lost. In this brutally effective video, “NEVER Defend Yourself - Machiavelli’s Trick to Flip the Power Instantly,” we break down one of the most potent psychological tactics...
  • Remember fake-America-first Tucker Carlson Russian patriot useful idiot tour?

    07/20/2025 10:19:27 PM PDT · by Words Matter · 127 replies
    Compiled of various sources | 2024
    Kremlin All But Admits Tucker Carlson Is a Useful Idiot. A spokesperson for the Russian government clarified that it has rejected requests to interview Vladimir Putin from reputable media outlets. By Nikki McCann Ramirez. February 7, 2024.Tucker Carlson: Moscow 'so much nicer than any city in my country'. Feb 13, 2024 — Pundit Tucker Carlson called Moscow “nicer” than any city in the United States and praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's governing of the massive world superpower.Konstantin Sonin. @k_sonin. The Moscow Auchan supermarket that Tucker Carlson eulogized is near my Moscow home, so I know this particular mall pretty well....
  • Transgender Prejudice And The Belief In A Biological Basis For Gender

    07/20/2025 5:34:45 AM PDT · by DallasBiff · 54 replies
    NPR ^ | 6/26/17 | Tania Lombrozo
    As June comes to an end, so do many events associated with Pride Month, a month-long celebration of sexual diversity and gender variance — often geared towards increasing the visibility of the LGBTQIA community, as well as combatting stigma and advocating for equal rights. But the battle to eliminate stigma and achieve these rights will certainly continue, as recent debates about which bathrooms transgender men and women should use illustrate all too well. For years here at 13.7, Barbara J. King has been writing about what she calls the spectrum of gender expression, and "the fact that gender identity isn't...
  • Legendary Ukrainian pilot Kostyantyn Oborin, 63, falls in battle

    07/19/2025 10:55:35 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 24 replies
    espreso.tv ^ | July 18, 2025 | Kate Kikot
    ransomnote: The source, Expresso TV, is Ukrainian.Espreso TV (Ukrainian: Еспресо TV) is an Internet television station in Ukraine that started to operate in November 2013. Espreso TV enabled the Euromaidan protests to be broadcast worldwide.Odesa aviator and combat pilot Colonel Kostyantyn 'Kamikaze' Oborin gave his life for Ukraine during a combat mission, officials and his loved ones announced on July 19, 2025News of Colonel Oborin’s death was shared by Odesa Mayor Hennadiy Trukhanov and head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration Oleh Kiper."A very sad news for Odesa. Kostyantyn Oborin died during a combat mission — a veteran of the...
  • Average Regular Gas Price Comparison by State

    07/19/2025 9:55:31 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 23 replies
    GasBuddy.com ^ | 7/19/2025 | GasBuddy.com
    Prices arranged from lowest to highest. Average Regular Gas Price Comparison by State Mississippi2.704-0.011Oklahoma2.707-0.019Texas2.738-0.013Tennessee2.741-0.012New Mexico2.753-0.025Arkansas2.755-0.011Louisiana2.766-0.012South Carolina2.781-0.025Alabama2.787-0.014Kentucky2.833+0.001Kansas2.856-0.007Georgia2.870-0.009North Carolina2.871-0.015Missouri2.8770.000North Dakota2.890+0.010Iowa2.901-0.009South Dakota2.923-0.010Wisconsin2.932-0.006Ohio2.935-0.024Colorado2.947-0.006Virginia2.960-0.004Nebraska2.971-0.014Minnesota2.997-0.006New Hampshire2.998+0.001Massachusetts3.027-0.005West Virginia3.028+0.002Rhode Island3.031+0.007New Jersey3.034-0.006Florida3.071-0.022Delaware3.073-0.006Connecticut3.081-0.006Wyoming3.093+0.041Vermont3.095-0.004Maine3.101+0.006Maryland3.107-0.014San Juan3.120-0.017Michigan3.138-0.015New York3.151-0.008Indiana3.172-0.021Arizona3.182-0.018Pennsylvania3.205-0.014Montana3.236-0.008Washington DC3.240-0.049Utah3.329-0.010Illinois3.419-0.010Idaho3.466+0.005Nevada3.692-0.034Alaska3.732+0.010Oregon3.969-0.008Washington4.378-0.004California4.479-0.006Hawaii4.501+0.058
  • CMS Finds 2.8 Million Americans Potentially Enrolled in Two or More Medicaid/ACA Exchange Plans

    07/19/2025 9:43:12 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 13 replies
    CMS.gov ^ | Jul 17, 2025 | CMS.gov
    Unnecessary, Duplicate Enrollment Wasting $14 Billion Annually The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) continue to crush fraud, waste, and abuse in America’s healthcare programs by stopping duplicative enrollment in government health programs, with the potential to save taxpayers approximately $14 billion annually. A recent analysis of 2024 enrollment data identified 2.8 million Americans either enrolled in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) in multiple states or simultaneously enrolled in both Medicaid/CHIP and a subsidized Affordable Care Act (ACA) Exchange plan. CMS is taking action to ensure individuals are only enrolled in one program and to stop...
  • Ukraine Will Get U.S. Weapons in a New Way. Here’s What We Know.

    07/19/2025 9:07:47 PM PDT · by ransomnote · 10 replies
    nytimes.com ^ | July 15, 2025 | Lara Jakes
    NATO allies will buy arms, then give them to Ukraine, President Trump said.SNIPMr. Rutte said that at least eight NATO countries were ready to pay for the arms and praised Mr. Trump for helping Ukraine obtain “what it needs.”“But you do want Europeans to pay for it, which is totally logical,” Mr. Rutte said.President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States was not considering sending long-range missiles to Ukraine and that he did not think Ukraine should target Moscow, the Russian capital.SNIPMore Ukrainians were killed in June than in any other single month so far in the three-year war,...
  • Russian Drone Tsunami

    07/18/2025 10:12:20 PM PDT · by ganeemead · 50 replies
    The drone and missile onslaught against Ukraine
  • Leave the World Behind: Obama’s Critical Conspiracy Theory on Netflix (37 minute video review, plus my partial notes)

    07/18/2025 11:08:13 AM PDT · by ransomnote · 9 replies
    Rumble.com ^ | January 5, 2024 | Adam B. Coleman's channel: Dad Saves America
    I found the video interesting and enjoyed his delivery. I wrote some notes (below) which stop around the 14 minute mark as I don't have time to write more. Outline:[0:00] America’s race to collapse[2:29] ‘Leave the World Behind’ is cynical elite nihilism[4:22] Believable characters or American caricatures?[5:57] A confusing metaphor for climate catastrophe[9:53] How to topple a government in three easy steps[12:07] The film's most destructive conspiracy theory[15:02] What happened to "hope and change"?[16:12] Obama's fringe, simpleton explanation of reality[18:34] The "anti-racist" Ibram X. Kendi is just racist[20:44] Conspiracy theories of invisible racism[22:33] The George Floyd story was a lie[24:52]...
  • A Legendary Ship Vanished With $138 Million in Treasure. Two Explorers Say They Found It.

    07/17/2025 1:04:13 PM PDT · by Twotone · 12 replies
    Popular Mechanics ^ | July 16, 2025 | Tim Newcomb
    When famed pirates overtook a Portuguese ship in 1721 once laden with treasure (now valued over $138 million), the battle went well for the pirates, who eventually sank the ship off the coast of Madagascar. A pair of American archaeologists now claim they’ve discovered the final site of the lost vessel. Known as the Nossa Senhora do Cabo—translated as Our Lady of the Cape—the ship left India with a Portuguese viceroy and the Archbishop of Goa, 200 slaves, and treasure aplenty. Pirates were ready and Olivier “The Buzzard” Levasseur led an ambush of the ship near Reunion Island in the...
  • Israel strikes the Gaza church the pope used to call nightly, killing 3

    07/17/2025 11:32:04 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 33 replies
    Washington Post ^ | 07/17/2025 | By Stefano Pitrelli, Claire Parker, Mohamad El Chamaa and Siham Shamalakh
    Its parish priest, the Rev. Gabriel Romanelli of the Holy Family Church, became well known after it was revealed that Pope Francis used to call him every evening during the war in Gaza. A man and a woman who were seriously injured in the midmorning strike died in surgery at the nearby al-Ahly Hospital, according to the hospital’s director of surgery, Mostafa Naim. The patriarchate later confirmed the death of a third person, Najwa Abu Daoud. Naim identified two of the dead as Foomya Ayad and Saad Eissa Salama. They were Orthodox Christians but were sheltering at the church, according...
  • McKinney, Texas, Ranked Best City for Renters in 2025 ["The South claimed all top 10 spots, with 41 of the 50 featured cities from the region."]

    07/16/2025 1:14:29 PM PDT · by grundle · 9 replies
    Dallas Express ^ | July 16, 2025
    McKinney, Texas, has emerged as the top city for renters in 2025, according to an annual report by RentCafe.com, which analyzed 150 U.S. cities based on 20 key metrics.The study highlights affordability, job opportunities, and quality of life, with Southern cities, including several in Texas, dominating the rankings.McKinney leads the list, praised for its affordability (ranked 4th) and quality of life (9th). The city offers a lower-than-average cost of living, a robust supply of high-end apartments, and steady job growth, blending small-town charm with urban perks. Residents enjoy over 40 parks, scenic trails, and natural spots like Towne Lake, making...
  • Trump Reaches a Breaking Point Over Epstein Files

    07/16/2025 12:39:53 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 79 replies
    Mother Jones ^ | 7/16/25 | Julianne McShane
    President Donald Trump seems unfamiliar with the Streisand effect, the phenomenon of inadvertently drawing more attention to an issue by trying to make it go away. The president on Wednesday unleashed another rant on Truth Social, claiming, without evidence, that Democrats are behind the uproar over the administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. Referring to Democrats, Trump wrote on social media that their “new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax.” He then appeared to turn on his own supporters: “My PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker. They haven’t learned...