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In the 1990's Italian politics was revolutionized with the rise to power of media magnate Silvio Berlusconi. Berlusconi, who once called himself a Socialist and supported the Socialist Party, rebranded himself as leader of Forza Italia (Forward Italy). He took the name from a soccer team. Berlusconi swept to victory gaining control over public media in addition to the private media already under his tutelage. His huge victory followed corruption scandals that engulfed the existing political parties in Italy. Berlusconi had his day and his following for more than 15 years. Meanwhile his enemies used the legal system against him...

The Pentagon has stopped delivery of F-35 fighter jets after the aircraft's maker, Lockheed Martin, found a part used in the jet's engine was made in China, the Defense Department and company confirmed Wednesday...

If you spend any time on Twitter, you have to notice that liberals are getting more and more strident. The desperation is palpable. I don’t like living in what feels like one of the case studies of backsliding democracies I read about in my comparative politics class. — David Hogg ☮️ (@davidhogg111) September 4, 2022Why do Republicans LIE all the time about things — both big and small? — Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) September 4, 2022Anti-woman = anti-American — Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) September 4, 2022(Demings can't even define woman) Another one for the people complaining about uniformed Marines being at...

Professional golfer Phil Mickelson triggered leftists on social media after asking some logical questions about the COVID-19 pandemic and its latest variant. The 51-year-old PGA champion said he was “just curious” about some things regarding the omicron variant and posed questions that many would agree were fair things to consider, be they from politicians and public health officials or from non-experts such as Mickelson. Serious question since I’m not a dr. If omicron is contagious but not deadly(25,000 cases in Africa with no deaths) why try and control it?” he asked in a tweet on Thursday. “Why not let it...

Created in 2020, Wellcome Leap teamed up the Wellcome Trust with two former DARPA directors, who ran DARPA under the Obama administration, both of whom went on to create DARPA equivalents for Silicon Valley. Essentially creating privatised DARPA specifically for Silicon Valley organisations who have ties to the US national security state: Google and Facebook.This article is Part I of two parts. This article explores the people and organisations behind Wellcome Leap and the R3 program.Google received considerable input and funding from the US Central Intelligence Agency (“CIA”) and Facebook has considerable ties to the US Defense Advanced Research Projects...

78-year-old Joe Biden finally gave his first press conference on Thursday after hiding from reporters for more than two months. As expected, the press conference is a total dumpster fire. Hack reporters are throwing softball questions at Joe Biden and he’s lying about the border crisis without any push back. At one point, when discussing the filibuster, Joe Biden totally lost his train of thought and couldn’t speak. Watch:

Ruling just down from Judge Land says he'll rule on the case at noon Wed. he's probably waiting for the Kenyan BC to prove out...today ( I'm assuming per Judge Carter) there was a subeona served on the kenyan consulate in Los angeles #RE184168898US concerning BO's BC...now it's more of a waiting game, but the truth will come forth!!! 48 minutes ago · Phillip Graham A US court can't subpoena a foreign government. What are they going to do if the Kenyan consulate throws it in the trash and doesn't respond? The court can't jail anyone because they have Diplomatic...