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A 21-year-old socialist and unpaid former NYC Council intern who claimed she was axed after demanding she and her peers get paid $32 an hour with full health benefits — and plans to sue the Council — was born into wealth. Mina Farahmand — who willingly interned for free last year to help get fellow …
The City Council on Wednesday voted down the latest bid by Ald. Raymond Lopez (15th) to hold parents responsible for teen takeovers and youth violence in Chicago. Lopez first introduced the Parental Accountability Ordinance in 2023, but it stalled for years. This past March, the City Council Public Safety Committee voted down the proposal, which would have …
Millions of working Americans now face this exact reality — paying $1,700+/month for bare-bones insurance while ERs overflow with non-citizens getting free care, as seen across California where one-third skip paying. This woman is a perfect example of the problem. Notice how she shakes her head continuously, and checks to see if others can see …
🇺🇳 The UN Security Council votes this morning on a resolution authorizing military force to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. The resolution was drafted by Bahrain and has the support of Gulf Arab states. It would give countries legal cover to use force to restore free shipping… https://t.co/bBhnsITu2G pic.twitter.com/SaxJ6W94pV — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) April 2, …
Iran International English @IranIntl_En Iran’s Expediency Discernment Council on Mirdamad Street in Tehran was destroyed after being targeted in an airstrike on Monday, footage released by Iranian media showed. The council is a powerful state body that selects the clerical member of the Interim Leadership Council and makes the final decisions on five key issues …
I am outraged to hear a New York City Council employee was detained in Nassau County by federal immigration officials at a routine immigration appointment. This is an assault on our democracy, on our city, and our values. I am calling for his immediate release and will continue… — Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani (@NYCMayor) January …
Watch live as the U.N. Security Council holds an emergency meeting on U.S. operations in Venezuela following an emergency request by Colombia, with support from China and Russia. Follow live updates: https://bit.ly/44Y9OSB
🚨BREAKING: Portsmouth council BANS Christmas wreaths and THREATENS TO FINE anybody who has one 🇬🇧 Welcome to Britain in 2025, where you are NOT ALLOWED to celebrate Christmas in case you offend somebody ⚠️ Portsmouth council ought to be ashamed of themselves❗️ pic.twitter.com/GhpyOs35Vq — BRITAIN IS BROKEN 🇬🇧 (@BROKENBRITAIN0) December 10, 2025 Liberal Democrat-run Portsmouth …
Contrary to headlines suggesting the EU has “backed away” from Chat Control, the negotiating mandate endorsed today by EU ambassadors in a close split vote paves the way for a permanent infrastructure of mass surveillance. Patrick Breyer, digital freedom fighter and expert on the file, warns journalists and the public not to be deceived by …
Patriotism is becoming a crime worldwide. What? pic.twitter.com/XlbWT6FAxO — David Vance (@DVATW) August 29, 2025 A Reform-led council has started to remove flags and bunting displaying the St George’s cross and the union flag after concerns were raised that they could cause accidents. Durham county council issued a statement on X on Friday saying that …
JUST IN: Freudian Slip by US Ambassador at the UN Security Council meeting: “Israel has also spread chaos, terror, and suffering throughout the region” 😮 pic.twitter.com/XmXYocjPN9 — Sulaiman Ahmed (@ShaykhSulaiman) June 20, 2025
INSURRECTION: LA City Council asked LAPD to alert them to impending ICE enforcement operations so they could warn illegal aliens to avoid the area. LAPD Chief explains it would be obstruction of justice and illegal. pic.twitter.com/CPNkVJF0Ik — @amuse (@amuse) June 13, 2025
President Trump will hold a National Security Council meeting in the morning… Also, when asked if Israel shared their plans with the US about the attack, citing the early evacuations of American personnel, President Trump says Israel didn’t tell them anything. When asked if… pic.twitter.com/Fi5bCHizqo — PATRIOT174N0N🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@174N0NPat) June 13, 2025
Trump Cleans House! Reports say over 100 National Security Council officials have been placed on leave as the Trump administration roots out deep state traitors. ⚖️ Letitia James Under Fire: Even left-wing media outlets are now questioning Letitia James’ alleged mortgage fraud… just as DOJ subpoenas begin to fly in a Grand Jury probe into …
🚨 BREAKING: Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett says over 50 COUNTRIES have begun negotiating tariffs. “More than 50 countries have reached out to the president to begin a negotiations.” "They understand that they bear a lot of the tariff." pic.twitter.com/2k2RI1sXRA — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) April 6, 2025
The firings come as right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer raised concerns to Trump about the allegiance of some of his staff WASHINGTON—Several National Security Council staffers were fired this week, people familiar with the matter said, as right-wing conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer alleged to President Trump that some members of his administration weren’t aligned with …
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Tonight, the Huntington Beach City Council voted to approve the initiative brought by Mayor Pat Burns to Declare the City of Huntington Beach a “Non-Sanctuary City for Illegal Immigration for the Prevention of Crime.” As the City Council Members commented, the intent of this Resolution is to deliberately sidestep the Governor’s efforts to subvert the …
The proposal to remove the pledge first surfaced at the board’s organizational meeting last week, but members delayed a decision until Tuesday, WEMU reports….. “I know I don’t feel comfortable pledging allegiance to a flag,” she said. “And so, I don’t participate in that, so I wanted to bring it up as a formal change …
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 …
Mind Blowing, Democrats don’t even bother showing up anymore. Entire room basically EMPTY “This is Chicago City Council. This is how they show up. This is how they ignore the citizens — They don’t show up for a quarrel” the ones that do show up “they’re on their cell phones” The Committee on the Budget …
Why is this stuff allowing around little kids? SCOOP: The Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics is hosting its annual conference this weekend featuring a drag queen event with Kyne Santos and a segment on "inclusive and safe mathematics for LGBTQ+" individuals. Apparently, Math isn’t safe for trans students. That makes… pic.twitter.com/fobwO2lMnq — Libs of …
“We have scheduled a meeting” at 10:00 a.m. (1400 GMT), a spokesperson for the Swiss mission told reporters. https://www.lbcgroup.tv/news/world-news/800865/un-security-council-to-hold-emergency-middle-east-meeting-wednesday/en https://en.hespress.com/92251-un-security-council-to-hold-emergency-middle-east-meeting-wednesday.html
Despicable. The people who are meant to represent their citizens despise them. — Cash Loren (@Cashloren) September 18, 2024 This incident involved Springfield, Ohio City Council Member Krystal Brown. During a council meeting, she was caught on a hot mic saying, “literally I really don’t give a sh*t about the business of the city.” This …
Ruthless. He eliminated Wagner’s Prigozhin for talking shit. Now he has a new target. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Shoigu Top Russian security official Shoigu arrives in Iran, Interfax says https://t.co/T0XapCYyOT pic.twitter.com/WTDHmpT8vM — Reuters (@Reuters) August 5, 2024 pic.twitter.com/QHPjUHyx2D — mohammed (@mohamme82630756) August 5, 2024 EXPECT AN ATTACK FROM IRAN OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS🚨 While everyone was asleep last …
BREAKING: Maduro says he can't show the true election result because @elonmusk hacked the National Electoral Council of Venezuela pic.twitter.com/Ef0Wnzb2n7 — Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) August 2, 2024
“The situation we are in is fundamentally different from where we were 4 years ago on Covid-19. The willingness of the public or politicians to support masking, social distancing is a lot more limited.” h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal
Another bizarre virtue signal just in time for pride month. Street signs that LA officials said previously targeted LGBT community members were taken down from a Silver Lake neighborhood this week. The signs that read “No Cruising” and prohibited U-turns were installed in 1997 when neighbors allegedly complained about gay men stalking back and forth …
