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During a city council meeting this week, residents in the sanctuary city of Chicago, Illinois, urged President-elect Donald Trump and his border czar, Thomas Homan, to arrest Mayor Brandon Johnson should he try to stop their plan to deport illegal aliens. Soon after Trump’s victory last month, Johnson said he “will not bend” to the …
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called for Mayor Eric Adams to resign amid the federal probes crippling his administration. The lefty “Squad” member tweeted Wednesday that Adams should step down “for the good of the city. “I do not see how Mayor Adams can continue governing New York City,” she wrote on X. “The flood of resignations …
“Last fall Eric Adams presented the hip-hop impresario with an honorary key to New York City in a splashy Times Square ceremony that doubled as a showcase for each man’s unbidden bravado. “The bad boy of entertainment is getting the key to the city from the bad boy of politics,” declared the New York Mayor… …
How do we see this type of inventory increases in one year without major price reductions imminent. We need a correction but this one might be extreme. You can’t double inventory, with low demand, and things not correct significantly. Thoughts on what yall are thinking? Florida is also seeing a lot of private …
by confoundedinterest17 This will not end well. We’ve got trouble in (Potomac) River City! Credit card interest rates have skyrocketed to a shocking 21.51%. Moreover, credit card debt has hit record highs1.51%.
🚨BREAKING: A Train Bridge between North Sioux City, South Dakota & Sioux City, Iowa has broke in half with part of the bridge in the Big Sioux River due to major flooding! LSC Viewer: Jonni Jean Mills pic.twitter.com/b5w5PRatLF — Live Storm Chasers (@LiveStormChaser) June 24, 2024
In the settlement announced Wednesday, the city of Uvalde will pay a total of $2 million to the families of 17 children killed in the shooting and two children who survived, according to a statement from the families’ attorneys. “Pursuing further legal action against the City could have plunged Uvalde into bankruptcy, something that none …
by Michael The war in Ukraine has just moved to an entirely new level, but most Americans do not even realize that we are closer to “nuclear Armageddon” than ever. Very early on the morning of May 10th, Russian forces began to pour across Ukraine’s border north of Kharkiv. In the short-term this will enable …
It looks like body scanners that detect weapons will soon be tested in NYC. Will this pilot program work to keep new york safe, or is this just another idea that lacks the muscle to stop crime for good?
UPDATES: Dubai’s major international airport began diverting all incoming flights on Tuesday as heavy rains lashed the city, causing widespread flooding.https://t.co/K3P4yTehz9 — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) April 16, 2024 Dubai’s major international airport found itself in the eye of a storm as heavy rains battered the city, causing widespread flooding and chaos. The world’s busiest air …
https://www.univision.com/especiales/noticias/infografias/2024/eclipse-solar-2024-en/ This is pretty cool. Enter your zip code for the exact time you will see the eclipse in your location. https://t.co/LxlmUxRvlA — Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) April 6, 2024
#Chicago union boss calls for Illinois #NationalGuard rollout on CTA. pic.twitter.com/M53k5uurDX — Anticommie (@QueenAnticommie) March 10, 2024 If we start seeing this in more cities, I would say we have very little time left until something Big happens. Good or bad, something is up. AC
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by Chris Black For people who don’t know, Christmas in Russia/Ukraine is a more traditional advent thing, and it’s not commercialized like in the West. It’s also on the 7th of January, because the Eastern Church uses the Julian (solar) calendar. So, New Year’s is the bigger celebration day of the period. They’ve even started …
via abc7news: An Oakland business is seeing an enormous uptick in business from customers requesting bulletproof glass. They say it’s due in part to crime in the city. At East Bay Glass‘ warehouse in Oakland, the varieties of glass seem endless. But one item that’s not currently in stock due to it’s high cost – is …
by Chris Black If memory serves, best Korea has the worst birth rate in the world. However, I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say that the birthrate problem is not a result of people not being able to meet each other. This is a hard to pill to swallow, but stick with …
🚨🚨🚨Update: IDF, Brigadier General Itzik Cohen reported today that the Israeli Army is now deep inside the Gaza Strip and have arrived at the Gates of Gaza City! The ground battle has begun!!! 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/eTJtcN3dJc — US Homeland Security News (@defense_civil25) November 1, 2023 h/t DOORBERT
New York City officials have discussed distributing tents to newly arriving migrants and creating encampments in parks and other outdoor spaces, according to people familiar with deliberations among Mayor Eric Adams and his top advisers Adams, a Democrat, said Tuesday that the city has run out of hotels and other indoor sites to house more …
A Seattle lawmaker has furiously denied her support for defunding the police is to blame for soaring crime in the city. Council member Kshama Sawant said the city should not add police resources to the Central District neighborhood after 24 children had to crawl to the bathroom of a daycare facility following a shooting. The …
via cityandstateny: Mayor Eric Adams’ administration is doubling down on its message to asylum-seekers at the southern border who might be thinking of coming to New York City: You’re better off going somewhere else. That message is being delivered in an updated set of flyers that the city and its partners will distribute at the border and …
by Chris Black The easiest solution to dealing with the loneliness and soul-crushing alienation caused by modern utopian society is to die of a fentanyl overdose. Dying from a drug overdose is a solution to the biggest challenges we face every day as a result of living in a utopia. ABC News: The overdose crisis …
New York is facing twin real-estate crises: a massive amount of empty office space and almost no new housing construction. The pandemic-induced shift to remote work caught many in the commercial real-estate industry off guard. But some developers and architects have used the opportunity to lean into a business model they’d been pursuing long before …
by Chris Black The dawn of the age of the based black guy has… begun. The Guardian: The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, has said an increase in migration would “destroy” the city, seemingly blaming the Biden administration for failing to provide federal support as much as the Republican governors who have sent asylum …
2016: Sanctuary cities stand firm against Trump Municipal and police leaders from the following cities have publicly reaffirmed their sanctuary status…San Francisco https://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/sanctuary-cities-trump-immigration-232449 Fast forward, 2023: Council meeting in San Francisco’s overwhelmingly Democrat city of Millbrae descends into chaos as HUNDREDS of affluent locals rage at plan to house 100 homeless people in city center …
Eric Adams plays the victim: "I have almost 100,000 people dropped in my city. This should not be happening to New York City" Protesters with "No Tent City" aren't having it.pic.twitter.com/hNjX8E2B5n — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 14, 2023 Queens residents accuse Mayor Adams of ‘destroying’ NYC amid migrant crisis https://t.co/RWa61AC4th pic.twitter.com/7TXCtenUIF — New York …
Your tax dollars at work Kyiv has a fancy new mister system throughout the city! How is Ukraine in the middle of a war nicer than the United States 😭 pic.twitter.com/gF3OevWs9Y — Matt Wallace (@MattWallace888) August 9, 2023
by Chris Black It will be funny when the police in all these white countries resign. The Guardian: Five Marseille police officers have been detained for questioning over the death of a 27-year-old man during rioting in the French city on 1 July. https://twitter.com/ArminiusNews/status/1674692378597236738
Young people meet up on Oxford street to commit criminal acts in broad daylight. This is how little they fear the law in our capital city. It’s a pity Sadiq Khan hasn’t found a way to charge £12.50 to stop lawlessness in London. https://t.co/xVHV2gWkTq — Chris Rose (@ArchRose90) August 9, 2023 A large number of …