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A clown ‘police officer’ is a regular fixture at Jerusalem demonstrations, where she aims to connect with the hearts of people from all sectors.Public protests don’t seem like the obvious setting for the distribution of love and hearts. But for one performance artist, that’s exactly what they are. “Hashoteret Az-Oolay” (Policewoman Then-Maybe) has been a regular fixture at Israeli street demonstrations for the last three or so years. In her big shoes, old-fashioned police uniform and red nose, adorned with flowers and hearts, she has become an inherent part of all sorts of crowds: anti-government protesters, Jewish ultra-Orthodox protesters, Palestinian...

Kamala Harris' heavily tattooed stepdaughter, Ella Emhoff, is selling her knitted art pieces for more than $5,000 each at her exhibition in a New York City cannabis store. Emhoff, 24, debuted her textile exhibition this week at Gotham NYC, a 'woman-owned legal cannabis concept store' on the city's Lower East Side. The vice president's daughter is asking $5,500 for a textile of her self-portrait, featuring her bright red nose and freckles on her forehead. Another piece, featuring two light-blue Gucci hair clips with a backdrop of red, comes with an eye-watering $4,500 price tag. 'This new art form kind of...

Most employers hire individuals based on their qualifications - but a new study has claimed the process may be unfair. Researchers at the American Psychological Association are now claiming that socioeconomic disparities should be the focus when seeking potential employees. The team conducted five experiments where participants were given background information about the two types of candidates, revealing those who learned about merit-based hiring perceived it as less fair. Researchers concluded that merit-based hiring fuels racial inequality as 'members of marginalized racial groups tend to experience socioeconomic disadvantages more often than members of privileged racial groups.' The study included examples...

Jackson Lee, 73, filed paperwork for reelection on Monday. She enters the race for the safe blue House seat she has held for nearly three decades after state Sen. John Whitmire defeated her in a landslide loss to become the mayor of Houston on Saturday, 64%-36%.“I am compelled by the numerous opportunities still ahead to advance the lives of my constituents,” Jackson Lee said in a statement. “I am fueled by the belief that experience is essential, yet I also recognize the significance of genuine commitment, steadfast dedication, and a proven ability to deliver results.”But her entry into the race...

On Thursday, Linda Tigani took her new position as chair and executive director of the Commission on Racial Equity. Previously, she worked as an organizer with the New York chapter of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement until 2019.They pursue reparations and want to “Free the Land,” or to establish an “independent Black Nation on land in north amerikka” comprising South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, according to MXGM’s website. (Snip) She frequently posted anti-Israel messages.NOT AN ISRAEL FAN “FROM THE RIVER TO THE SEA! PALESTINE WILL BE FREE!!” Tigani wrote in a July 2020 post, which included a clip...

Multiple explosions reported tonight in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa. At least one person reported wounded... There's a tentative agreement to end the writers strike... An apology from the speaker of Canada's House of Commons tonight following the honor he gave to a Ukrainian man who fought in a Nazi SS unit... French President Emmanuel Macron said tonight that France's ambassador and French troops in the African nation of Niger are pulling out... "The results are not what we were hoping for. This is certainly a very complex issues, but I'm sure we'll get to the bottom of it"...

"Ukraine has already lost the war. This is not going to won. Ukraine is disintegrating. It's armed forces are falling apart. They aren't bad people. They aren't bad soldiers. They have done all that is humanly possible. But, hundreds of thousands of dead in causalities is simply too much. All the hospitals are full. How many people they have left that they can throw at the advancing Russians is anyone's guess. But, I don't think it's too much. The question is, what do we do now? How many more have to die before we finally say enough is enough." --...

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Sunday that she’s "not confident" in congressional testimony by IRS whistleblower Joseph Ziegler about Hunter Biden, calling the Republican-led hearing a "ridiculous clown show." Pelosi was asked by CNN’s "State of the Union" anchor Dana Bash whether politics played a role in Wednesday’s hearing, when Ziegler came forward for the first time, joining his IRS supervisor Gary Shapley, to allege political interference in the prosecutorial decisions throughout the years-long federal probe into the president's son. "Well, since you referenced the hearing, what a ridiculous clown show, again, on the part of the Republicans," Pelosi told...

clown, familiar comic character of pantomime and circus, known by distinctive makeup and costume, ludicrous antics, and buffoonery, whose purpose is to induce hearty laughter. The clown, unlike the traditional fool or court jester, usually performs a set routine characterized by broad, graphic humour, absurd situations, and vigorous physical action. The earliest ancestors of the clown flourished in ancient Greece—bald-headed, padded buffoons who performed as secondary figures in farces and mime, parodying the actions of more serious characters and sometimes pelting the spectators with nuts. The same clown appeared in the Roman mime, wearing a pointed hat and a motley...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell has enjoyed the loyal support of MAGA world and conservative circles over the past two years as he’s pushed to overturn the 2020 election results. But, in recent days, conservative pundits have begun turning on the pillow maven over a new conspiracy theory that involves auditing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ 2022 victory in Florida. Specifically, right-wing blowback against Lindell began emerging after he announced his plans to audit DeSantis’ victory in Miami-Dade County. “I don’t believe it,” Lindell said on his Frank Speech website Tuesday evening regarding DeSantis’ ten-plus point triumph. “So it’s just going to...

Mike Lindell is a conservative who puts his actions where his mouth is. Lindell has been outspoken bout election fraud and has been slammed with persecution for speaking out as well as investigating the issue. Lindell has invested his own money toward investigating the fraudulent 2020 election. As a result, he has been sued by Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic for defamation, canceled by major retailers, and retaliated against by the Biden Justice Department. Recent persecution includes the incident on September 13 when the Stasi-FBI raided Lindell outside of a Hardee’s restaurant and seized his mobile devices, including the phones...

he EU may have a plan to ban all Russian diesel purchases in February, but in the meantime, European buyers are happy to pay more for Russian diesel now than they did back in May, industry sources told Reuters. The ban on Russian seaborne diesel imports, set to go into effect as part of a larger strategy to cut off Russia’s revenue stream, follows the EU’s crude oil ban set to go into effect in December. Two months later, the ban on Russian diesel imports—and all its refined products—will go into effect. The discount on Russian diesel was at $30...

Retired Gen. Michael Hayden, who directed the CIA and the NSA during his career but has since become a partisan clown, CNN talking head, and member of the advisory board for establishment media watchdog NewsGuard, recently agreed that even compared to other movements around the world, Republicans are the most “nihilistic, dangerous, and contemptible.” This allegation means that in Hayden’s worldview, Republicans outrank Al Qaeda, ISIS, and the Chinese Communist Party among others in terms of their danger to the world.

A LARGE group of Russian troops have surrendered to Ukrainian forces, according to footage shared from the fierce battlefront of Luhansk. Footage shared online from the battlefront in Luhansk has shown the moment approximately 14 Russian soldiers surrendered to Ukraine. The mass surrender of Russian servicemen is a devastating blow to Vladimir Putin as he pours more resources into the fight for eastern Ukraine. The video, which was posted on Telegram, showed the troops on the ground after having given up their weapons. The Luhansk region of Ukraine has become a focal point in recent weeks.

Representative Tom Rice (R-SC) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that if the Republicans take the majority in Congress, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) would make a “great” Speaker of the House. Rice was one of the ten Republican lawmakers who voted to impeach then-President Donald Trump.

Embattled Uvalde school district police chief Pedro Arredondo has been sworn in as a city councilor after the mayor said Monday the ceremony would be postponed.

Former President Donald Trump would not be "capable" of holding peace talks in Moscow between Ukraine and Russia to stop the ongoing war, said John Bolton on Saturday. Bolton, who served as Trump's national security adviser from 2018 to 2019, said that such statesmanship would be out of Trump's character. "He's not capable of it," Bolton told The Palm Beach Post. "This would require thinking through a policy and considering the pluses and minuses, the risks and costs involved. That's just not what he does." Last Saturday, Trump said his personality kept the US out of war and added that...

Animal rescuers have issued a desperate plea to find a puppy bizarrely stolen in a late-night raid by a thief wearing a clown mask. An intruder, wearing the strange disguise, entered the RSCPA Dakabin shelter, north of Brisbane, on Saturday around 2am. They allegedly cut open the cage with an angle grinder and ran off with the puppy. Cashew, the four-month old female Staffordshire Bull Terrier, was due to be picked up that day by her new adopted family.

Tuesday, former National Security adviser John Bolton asserted that Russian President Vladimir Putin “was undoubtedly waiting for a second Trump term” to invade Ukraine. According to Bolton, Putin is “getting effectively almost” the same response from the Biden administration that he expected to get from former President Donald Trump and his administration.

Glenn Youngkin, the Republican Governor-elect of Virginia, will be allowing localities in the state – including cities, counties, and public school systems – to implement mask and vaccine mandates