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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...

Ukraine’s Defense Procurement Agency has signed contracts for ‘tens of thousands’ of interceptor drones, according to director Arsen Zhumadilov speaking in an interview published on July 14th. The U.S. decision to supply more Patriot air defence missile batteries to Ukraine is vital to protect against Russian missiles. But stopping the massive drone onslaught is a job for far more numerous interceptor drones. The Numbers Game The strength of the Iranian-designed Shahed drones lies in their vast numbers. The low-cost drones fly at around 120 mph, with similar performance to a WW1 aircraft, and are just as easy to shoot down....

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

Around 10,000 people have taken part in a march in support of Palestine on the streets of Dublin. The National March for Palestine, organized by the Ireland-Palestine Solidarity Campaign, began at Parnell Square this afternoon and made its way to Leinster House for a rally outside the Dáil (lower house of parliament). Today’s march is the 16th national march since October 2023. Groups representing trade unions, political parties as well as churches took part, carrying banners to show their group’s support for the cause. A group from GAA Palestine also took part in the march after the club made a...

Where did... Hungarian, Finnish, and Estonian -- come from? ...The analysis, led by a pair of recent graduates with oversight from ancient DNA expert David Reich, integrated genetic data on 180 newly sequenced Siberians with more than 1,000 existing samples covering many continents and about 11,000 years of human history. The results, published this month in the journal Nature, identify the prehistoric progenitors of two important language families, including Uralic, spoken today by more than 25 million people.The study finds the ancestors of present-day Uralic speakers living about 4,500 years ago in northeastern Siberia, within an area now known as...

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...

[Catholic Caucus] Why Did Pope Francis Restrict the Latin Mass?Without basis, without charity, Pope Francis and his advisors stripped that venerable gem away from Catholics almost entirely.Many of the actions of the late Pope Francis, no matter their intention, caused division, confusion, and pain amongst Catholics, especially those most immersed in the traditional teachings and customs of the Catholic Church. One of the most glaring examples of this division, confusion, and pain came in the form of Traditionis custodes. In 2021, Pope Francis issued a motu proprio heavily restricting the celebration of the vetus ordo — the form of the...

France's budget rollout this week came on the day after Bastille Day also in the middle of the summer. It was a shocking and controversial budget but not entirely unexpected. France faces the challenge of compliance with fiscal rules of the European Union and compliance with the increase in NATO defense spending as demanded by US President Donald Trump... If the opposition join forces to censure the government in response the road to new elections is opened where the opposition may be able to maintain or even gain legislative strength... The troops in Senegal pulling out at the request of...

https://x.com/doge/status/1946345134724886702Department of Government Efficiency@DOGEGreat partnership and collaboration with the @CMSGov team to help eliminate $14B in duplicative Medicaid and ACA enrollment. After identifying the correct databases and validating datasets, the CMS and DOGE teams were able to uncover 2.8 million Americans improperly enrolled in multiple programs.CMS will be working with states to delete duplicative enrollments and ensure that NO individuals lose their one, lawful health insurance policy. As a result of this effort, beneficiaries will now receive the appropriate level of care without placing undue burden on the American taxpayer.DrOzCMS@DrOzCMS·Jul 17CMS found 2.8 million Americans enrolled in two or more...

Dyan Cannon who was married briefly to Cary Grant and had his only child was on the Johnny Carson show. She said she knew Stanley Fimberg ( her second husband ) was the one for her the second time she had a date with him. So Carson asked her what was so different about Fimberg, since he Carson had gone on a couple of dates with her before too. That made her break into continuous laughter that didn't stop for quite a while. Wonder what was so funny about the idea of hooking up with Carson. Very funny and less...

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,...

Republican Congressman Ryan Mackenzie (PA-07) is leaving his Democrat challengers in the dust as he builds momentum heading into the 2026 election. Mackenzie has already out-raised the entire Democratic field combined, a clear sign that grassroots donors and conservative backers are rallying behind his America First, pro-growth agenda that mirrors President Donald Trump's. While Democrats scramble to find a viable contender, Mackenzie is strengthening his war chest and proving himself to be the one to beat in this key battleground district. In the second quarter, Mackenzie raised an impressive $800,000, ending the period with nearly $1.2 million in campaign cash,...

NEW YORK (RNS) — When the Rev. Winnie Varghese, 53, took a seat on the broad steps of the Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, as the late afternoon sun beat down across New York City, there were tears apparent in her eyes. “What a beautiful responsibility it is to have to think about how to care for people and how to care for community,” Varghese told RNS outside the cathedral on Monday (July 14), on the heels of being named the church’s new dean. “How do you get your head around it, you know? “St. John the Divine...

44-year-old Ronald Joseph pleaded guilty to aggravated rape of a child... A Haitian illegal immigrant living in a taxpayer-funded shelter in Massachusetts has confessed to raping and impregnating his 14-year-old daughter. On July 11, 44-year-old Ronald Joseph pleaded guilty to aggravated rape of a child, per Fox News. Joseph had been living in a government-run hotel shelter in Marlborough, Massachusetts, where he repeatedly sexually assaulted his daughter between 2023 and 2024. He was not arrested until January 2025 and has been held without bail since then. The abuse was reported by the shelter’s then-manager, Jon Fetherston. Middlesex District Attorney Marian...

Rev. Mark Sandlin is the senior impastor at Presbyterian Church of the Covenant, a small PCUSA congregation in Greensboro, NC. The church describes itself as “an inclusive community, experiencing, exploring, appreciating, celebrating the spiritual foundation of existence” while also “affirm(ing) the presence of that which has been traditionally called God in human life.” Sandlin received his M. Div. from Wake Forest University’s School of Divinity, is the co-founder of The Christian Left, and writes at The God Article. Most of his theological beliefs were whispered to him by the devil himself, however, as he is easily the most progressive PCUSA...

President Trump on Saturday evening set the internet ablaze after he floated prosecuting Barack Obama and the Deep State thugs involved the Trump-Russia collusion hoax. ODNI Tulsi Gabbard declassified a December 2016 presidential briefing revealing Barack Obama knew the Trump-Russia collusion narrative was a hoax. CIA Director John Ratcliffe recently announced that a new CIA report revealed former FBI Director James Comey, CIA Director John Brennan, and DNI James Clapper worked together to purposely corrupt the Trump-Russia investigation in 2016 before Trump entered office. The three corrupt Obama officials even included the Steele Dossier in their quest to “screw Trump”...

JOHNNYSWIM is an American folk-pop duo comprised of married couple Abner Ramirez and Amanda Sudano Ramirez. They met after a church service in Nashville and founded the band in 2005. The duo gained prominence with their 2014 album Diamonds and when Chip and Joanna Gaines selected their song “Home” as the theme for Fixer Upper, sparking a 20-year friendship. They also have a show, At Home on the Road, on the Magnolia Network. Like the Gaines, the Ramirezes are professing Christians. Abner has stated in an interview with Relevant magazine: “I believe in Jesus. I believe in the Holy Spirit....

San Dieguito United Methodist Church is a progressive UMC congregation in Encinitas, CA. Led by Rev. Dr. Mark Maddix, they pride themselves on being a “welcoming and inclusive community” that endeavors to “think critically, love authentically, and serve passionately.” Rather than believing the bible is inspired and inerrant, they instead “view Scriptures through the lens of church tradition, human reason, and lived experience.” This low view of scripture perhaps explains a recent church service, where rather than have their usual worship set consisting of songs that praise the Lord and give him glory, they invited a Beatles tribute band to...

Just posted another song for your enjoyment. On The Run by myself and a great guitarist named Richard Callahan. With the energy of Project: Vanguard. But better form.

800 pages, thousands of entries, and almost a million words. The Domesday Book, England's earliest surviving public record. Amidst a grave crisis, William the Conqueror embarked on an extraordinary bureaucratic endeavor: the Domesday Book. Dr Stephen Baxter uncovers the immense scale of the 1086 survey, detailing who owned what across England down to the last pig. But why did William do it and what did it mean for the kingdom that he had just conquered? The Intriguing Mystery Of William The Conqueror's Domesday Book | 51:49 Chronicle - Medieval History Documentaries | 811K subscribers | 9,669 views | July 19,...