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During an interview aired on Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” President Joe Biden stated that his promise to cut off transfers of bombs and artillery shells to Israel if they go into Rafah’s population centers is “not walking away from Israel’s security” but it is “walking away from Israel’s ability to wage war in those areas.” Biden also stated that “we’ve held up the weapons” by delaying a shipment of bombs to Israel even though Israel has “Not yet” crossed his red line by going into Rafah’s populated areas.

One in six retirees is now thinking about unretiring due to Bidenflation, which one analyst says “may be here to stay.” Well, if Biden wins re-election, it will certainly be here to stay. Patrice Onawunka laments in the far-left USA Today that the “financial insecurity” caused by inflation, which itself was caused by “reckless federal spending” may become permanent.

A new state law that prohibits discrimination against transgender people in public restrooms is “punishing” the protected religious speech of churches and pastors, a conservative Christian organization claims in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday. Alliance Defending Freedom, based in Scottsdale, Arizona, said it sued on behalf of four Massachusetts churches to protect their right to operate their facilities “in a manner that doesn’t violate their core religious beliefs.” The lawsuit names Democratic state Attorney General Maura Healey and members of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination as defendants. The law, which was signed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker in July and...

People find punishing others gratifying August 26 2004 at 08:06PM Washington - A new brain study suggests that humans get satisfaction from teaching a lesson to people who have behaved badly. The study may at least partly explain why humans reprimand people who have abused trust or broken other social rules - even if doing so doesn't offer any direct, practical benefits, the journal Science is to report in its Friday edition. Swiss scientist Dominique de Quervain and colleagues scanned brain activity of male volunteers playing a game during which they exchanged money back and forth. Players could penalise another...