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Gas prices are straight up the biggest flashpoint right now. Trump is out here prepping everyone to accept prices doubling if oil hits two hundred bucks a barrel and he just shrugs like it is worth it. Clip shows him basically telling families to suck it up while they are already canceling trips and stretching …
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Saturday he would like to see Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resume her political career at some point, despite their recent falling out. Trump’s comments came the day after Greene, one of the best-known faces in the Republican arena, made the stunning announcement that she will resign in January. In …
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A bomb planted near the offices of Hellenic Train, Greece’s main railway company, exploded Friday night in a busy district of central Athens, authorities said. There were no reports of injuries. The explosion comes amid widespread public anger over a 2023 railway disaster, Greece’s worst, in which 57 people were killed …
“The online persecution of the Princess of Wales is one of the ugliest spectacles of our time. For months, an unholy alliance of crackpot conspiracy theorists have been using the internet to hound Kate and her young family. This motley mob of anti-Kate trolls have been pumping out cruel speculation about her health and whereabouts. They have swarmed …
California Democrats appear to be backtracking on some soft-on-crime policies, according to a number of new bills introduced in the state legislature seeking harsher penalties for retail theft. Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo, a Democrat from LA County and vice chair of the Legislative Progressive Caucus, introduced AB 1990, which would allow law enforcement to conduct arrests …
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One clue lies in a sweeping annual survey commissioned by the American Psychological Association to explore what the authors call “the psychological impacts of a collective trauma” from the pandemic, “global conflicts, racism and racial injustice, inflation and climate-related disasters.” According to the report, titled “Stress in America,” just 34 percent of American adults have confidence in …
When “WE THE PEOPLE” join together we cannot be stopped. The Biden administration may delay its controversial ban on menthol cigarettes again, with administration officials citing political pressure that could harm the president’s shot at re-election. According to The Washington Post, the administration is expected to reveal on Wednesday that it plans to finalize new …
THE TRUTH HURTS: ‘CNN Staffers Are Shocked’: Brutal Magazine Exposé Leaves Employees Angry and Frustrated. Employees of CNN have expressed frustration and anger following a brutal exposé published in The Atlantic focused on newly-appointed CEO Chris Licht. Brian Stelter, a former chief media correspondent who spent nearly a decade with CNN before leaving last August, publicized …