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  • NY Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, 56, refuses to address romance with lobbyist, 32: ‘My life will never be in conflict’

    03/18/2024 7:27:24 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 5 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 18, 2024 | Vaughn Golden
    State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie has reportedly been canoodling with a lovely lobbyist, and it’s all the talk in Albany — but he is refusing to comment on her and scoffs at the notion of a conflict of interest. The 56-year-old powerful Dem has been in a romantic relationship with 32-year-old Rebecca Lamorte, a lobbyist and communications coordinator for the union Greater New York Laborers-Employers Cooperation & Education Trust, or LECET, since at least November, according to the outlet NY Focus. Heastie got feisty with reporters when asked about the couple Monday morning, bristling at the suggestion he should discuss...
  • IDF raids Gaza’s Shifa Hospital again, kills 40 gunmen including senior commander

    03/18/2024 7:11:16 PM PDT · by Uncle Miltie · 9 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | 3/18/24 | Emanuel Fabian
    Soldier killed during operation; military says it had ‘concrete intelligence’ terror operatives regrouped in Strip’s largest medical center; 200 suspects captured The Israel Defense Forces early Monday morning launched a raid on Gaza City’s Shifa Hospital, amid intelligence that senior Hamas officials were in the area and using the hospital to plan and carry out terror activity, the military said. During the operation troops killed a senior Hamas commander, according to the IDF. One Israeli soldier was also killed amid a gun battle with terror operatives in the area of the hospital before dawn. The raid was launched at around...
  • Trump attorneys file to disqualify Fani Willis from election fraud case despite prosecutor stepping aside

    03/18/2024 6:56:20 PM PDT · by bitt · 4 replies
    https://nypost.com ^ | 3/18/2024 | Social Links forRonny Reyes
    Former President Donald Trump’s defense team filed a motion on Monday seeking to dismiss and disqualify embattled Fulton County district attorney Fani Willis from the Georgia election fraud case. Steve Sadow, Trump’s lead attorney in the case, asked the court to immediately remove Willis. The filing comes days after the judge overseeing the case ruled she could stay on as long as special prosecutor Nathan Wade stepped aside, following the revelation of their romantic relationship. Sadow claims in his motion that action does not go far enough and is asking to appeal the decision. “President Trump and seven defendants have...
  • Report Criticizes ‘Catastrophic Errors’ of COVID Lockdowns, Warns of Repeat

    03/18/2024 6:51:37 PM PDT · by lightman · 6 replies
    epoch times ^ | 17 March A.D. 2024 | Kevin Stocklin
    It was four years ago, in March 2020, that health officials declared COVID-19 a pandemic and America began shutting down schools, closing small businesses, restricting gatherings and travel, and other lockdown measures to “slow the spread” of the virus. To mark that grim anniversary, a group of medical and policy experts released a report, called “COVID Lessons Learned,” which assesses the government’s response to the pandemic. According to the report, that response included a few notable successes, along with a litany of failures that have taken a severe toll on the population. During the pandemic, many governments across the globe...
  • Netanyahu to Biden: I'm Taking Rafah, Destroying Hamas, And You Can’t Do Anything About It, Old Man

    03/18/2024 6:39:33 PM PDT · by lightman · 13 replies
    Townhall.com ^ | 18 March A.D. 2024 | Matt Vespa
    Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) should’ve kept his mouth shut regarding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and new elections, an old ploy from the Obama administration. Joe Biden can join him, doling out unreasonable and laughable rules of engagement on Israeli forces. What I love about Netanyahu is that he told Biden and the American Left to shove it. They’re going to move into Rafah soon and destroy Hamas, and there’s nothing weak, old Biden can do about it. Biden is also the reigning world heavyweight champion in being wrong on foreign policy matters. He’s held that title for 40-plus years...
  • Georgia Pizza Shop Owner Running for Office After Laken Riley Murder: 'Reality Check' Moment

    03/18/2024 6:06:50 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 5 replies
    Fox5Atlanta ^ | March 18, 2024
    A small business owner in Athens, Georgia, is taking matters into her own hands to change local politics, demanding transparency in the community after the murder of nursing student Laken Riley. Sidney Anne Waters, who owns Mama Sid's Pizza, joined "Fox & Friends First" to discuss why she decided to throw her hat in the ring to become part of the Athens-Clarke County Commission. "I... all of a sudden... had a reality check... There are a lot of us in Athens that really didn't know what our government was doing... The day before… qualifying ending, I decided I would go...
  • FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Travis Air Force Base, California ~ 19 MAR 2024

    03/18/2024 6:00:08 PM PDT · by laurenmarlowe · 19 replies
    Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew
    ~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Travis Air Force Base, CaliforniaTravis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force air base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), located three miles east of the central business district of Fairfield, in Solano County, California, United States. Situated at the southwestern edge of the Sacramento Valley and known as the "Gateway to the Pacific," Travis Air Force Base handles more cargo and passenger traffic through its airport than any other military air terminal in the United States. The base has a long and proud history of supporting...
  • The battle for America’s soul

    03/18/2024 5:44:13 PM PDT · by Islander7
    Laurel Leader Call ^ | 3/18/2024 | Crhris McDaniel ( MS State Senator)
    Somewhere along the way, we forgot our reason for being, the Republic’s raison d’etre. And it’s the authoritarians from both parties who are leading the charge to disaster, those ego-obsessed busybodies who keep increasing the strength and size of government to empower themselves at the expense of the people. America’s purpose is not simply the grandeur of our flag, the beauty of our Capitols, breathtaking landscapes, the solemnity of our monuments, or even the might of our armed forces that define us, though these are all aspects of our national identity. There’s so much more at stake.
  • Fatal vulnerability: Stunned reporter films Ukraine's tank debacle

    03/18/2024 5:37:36 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 9 replies
    The Limited Times - News RND News Aggregator ^ | March 18, 2024 | Patrick Mayer
    The Ukrainian army is losing tank after tank as Vladimir Putin's Russian troops advance. The example of a Challenger 2 tank is alarming. Donbass - Little by little they are left behind on the battlefield of Ukraine: Western tanks that the treacherously invaded country received for its defensive battle against Russia. Weapons for Ukraine: Challenger 2 main battle tanks have major weak points The inventory of British Challenger 2 main battle tanks is also suffering seriously in the Ukraine war. According to various media reports, as of mid-March, only seven of the steel giants are still operational. To put it...
  • A small city in Oklahoma elected a white nationalist. Will it be able to vote him out?

    03/18/2024 5:16:43 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 31 replies
    NBC News ^ | 03 14 2024 | Brandy Zadrozny
    The photo of Judd Blevins was unmistakable. In it, Blevins, bearded and heavyset, held a tiki torch on the University of Virginia campus, on the eve of Unite the Right, a 2017 coming-together of the nation’s neo-Nazi and white supremacist groups. Connie Vickers had found the photo online along with others showing Blevins marching alongside an angry mob — a crowd of men recorded throughout the night spitting and shouting “Jews will not replace us!” Vickers had it enlarged at a local print and copy shop. On a January night in 2023, she and Nancy Presnall, best friends, retirees and...
  • Graham meets with Zelensky in Ukraine

    03/18/2024 5:14:03 PM PDT · by McGruff · 16 replies
    The Hill ^ | March 18, 2024 | Miranda Nazzaro
    Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday as further funding for the war-torn country remains in limbo amid divisions in Congress. Zelensky hosted Graham in Kyiv, where the two discussed aid for Ukraine, the Ukrainian army’s needs and the Eastern European nation’s eventual integration into NATO, the Ukrainian leader wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter. Graham’s visit comes just weeks after he voted against a $95 billion defense and foreign aid package in the Senate. The bill included $60 billion for Ukraine, including $19.85 billion to restock U.S. military weapons provided from the...
  • A Ukrainian soldier said that Ukraine's losses are so heavy where he's fighting that they struggle to recover the bodies

    03/18/2024 5:05:12 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 15 replies
    Business Insider ^ | March 18, 2024 | Mia Jankowicz
    A Ukrainian soldier fighting near the country's northern front line has described the menace of Russia's bombardment, telling the Times of London that they are "losing so many people, there are so many bodies we can't even bring them all back." A major factor in the current Russian offensive is glide bombs, which Russia has stepped up the use of in the last three months. These are Soviet-era bombs tricked out with guidance systems and wings enabling long-distance strikes. As of last month, Russia was using them intensely around three flashpoints of the war: Kupiansk, the eastern city of Bakhmut,...
  • What hope does Ukraine have to hold out against Russia if the US keeps struggling to send weapons?

    03/18/2024 4:53:55 PM PDT · by Navy Patriot · 29 replies
    MSN - ABC News Australia ^ | March 18, 2024 | Annika Burgess
    Starved of ammunition and losing ground, Ukraine has gone months without receiving weapons from the United States. The crucial flow of military support paused in December after the Pentagon announced it had run out of money to replenish stocks. Ukraine's Defence Minister Rustem Umerov has said troops are in a state of "shell hunger" and reports have emerged of forces rationing as few as 15 artillery shells per day. For every 10 shells Russia fires, Ukraine can only shoot one, Kyiv security officials have said. The firepower shortage was a contributing factor in the recent withdrawal from Avdiivka.
  • Trump: Any Jewish person that votes for Democrats hates their religion

    03/18/2024 4:46:21 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 25 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 18/3/24
    Former US President Donald Trump on Monday lashed out at the Democratic Party and at Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats. In an interview with Sebastian Gorka on his radio show, Trump said, “The Democrat Party hates Israel…they also see a lot of votes. Don't forget, when you see those Palestinian marches, even I am amazed at how many people are in those marches. And guys like Schumer see that and to him it’s votes. I think it's votes more than anything else because he was always pro-Israel. He's very anti-Israel now.” Trump then said, “Any Jewish person that votes...
  • Elon Musk says Google ‘interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season’

    03/18/2024 4:45:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 4 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 18, 2024 | Ariel Zilber
    Billionaire X owner Elon Musk said Google “interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season” after The Post detailed a watchdog group’s claims that the search giant allegedly boosts Dems while censoring Republicans. As The Post reported, a right-leaning watchdog called the Media Research Center (MRC) published a analysis detailing what it described as 41 alleged instances of “election interference” at the online search giant since 2008. Musk quote-tweeted a screenshot of the article and asserted that it “understates the magnitude of the problem.” “Google interferes to help Democrats thousands of times every election season!” Musk wrote on...
  • Sen. Joni Ernst Slams Biden Admin for Funneling $2.8M for ‘High-Risk Pathogens’ Research in Guinea

    03/18/2024 4:39:16 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 3 replies
    New York Post ^ | March 18, 2024 | Josh Christenson
    The Biden administration shows no signs of stopping research on “pathogens of pandemic potential” abroad through a controversial US nonprofit, Sen. Joni Ernst said Monday, as the Pentagon will complete a $2.8 million grant this year for experiments on “high-risk pathogens” in Guinea. The Department of Defense began funding Georgetown University in September 2021 for a three-year project out of its Defense Threat Reduction Agency focused on “reducing the risk of pathogens causing fever” in Guinea, a grant database shows. EcoHealth Alliance has received subgrants as part of the project — despite concerns from lawmakers and scientific experts that the...
  • ‘We’re So Sick of It’: Northern Border Crisis Gets Worse

    03/18/2024 4:33:21 PM PDT · by george76 · 19 replies
    Epoch Times ^ | March 17, 2024 | Allan Stein
    Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal immigrants at the northern U.S. border have jumped from 916 in fiscal year 2021 to 10,021 in fiscal 2023.. HIGHGATE, Vt.—At dawn or dusk, Kristy Brow used to enjoy alone time walking in the woods on her 21-acre property in Highgate, Vermont, a small rural town near the U.S.–Canada border. Lately, however, she’s cautious—she’s worried about potential encounters with illegal immigrants along the remote logging trail. “I don’t go out by myself anymore—especially at night,” said Mrs. Brow, who runs a dog obedience business from her home. “It’s unsettling. You can’t feel relaxed anymore,” she...
  • Florida Is on Its Way to Banning — and Criminalizing — Alternative Meat

    03/18/2024 4:22:53 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 20 replies
    Food & Wne ^ | March 15, 2024 | Stacey Leasca
    "We're not going to have fake meat. Like that doesn't work," Gov. Ron DeSantis said.Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to keep lab-grown meat out of Florida. Over the last several months, Florida legislators have been quietly working to ban — and criminalize — the production and sale of cell-cultivated meat across the state, via the introduction of two bills, HB 1071 and SB 1084. On February 6, the state's House of Representatives passed SB 1084, which now sits on DeSantis' desk awaiting a signature. And if his previous comments are any indication, he will be pulling out his pen soon. "I...
  • SCOTUS denies stay of sentence for ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro

    03/18/2024 4:16:28 PM PDT · by CFW · 40 replies
    ABC news ^ | 3/18/24 | ByDevin Dwyer
    Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro must report to prison on Tuesday as scheduled, after the Supreme Court on Monday denied the stay of his sentence. Chief Justice John Roberts, in a short opinion, wrote that he saw "no reason to disagree" with lower courts, which also rejected Navarro's request. Navarro's appeal on the merits remains pending, but he will have to begin serving his sentence in the meantime. Navarro was ordered on March 11 to report to prison in Miami on Tuesday, to serve a four-month sentence. He was convicted in September of two counts of contempt of...
  • Trump, co-defendants request to appeal Georgia judge’s ruling keeping Fani Willis on case

    03/18/2024 3:45:23 PM PDT · by E. Pluribus Unum · 8 replies
    Fox News ^ | March 18, 2024 5:18pm EDT | Brooke Singman
    Former President Trump and several of his co-defendants are asking Fulton County Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee for permission to appeal after he ruled against dismissing the case and disqualifying District Attorney Fani Willis. McAfee last week denied a full dismissal of the case against Trump and Willis’ disqualification. Instead, he demanded that Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade resign from the case. McAfee warned that without Wade’s withdrawal, Willis would be disqualified from prosecuting Trump. Wade withdrew within hours of the judge's order.Four co-defendants had accused Willis of having an "improper" affair with Wade, whom she hired to help...