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Hollywood actor-comedian Eddie Griffin has slammed Kamala Harris as a “puppet” and “a lying stinking bitch,” saying he is likely to vote for former President Donald Trump in November. Eddie Griffin, who starred in Undercover Brother and the Deuce Bigalow movies, tore into “Ka-Lyin” Harris during a recent episode of his podcast. “I don’t know what the fuck you thinking voting for Kamala! She’s a puppet,” he said. “She has zero experience! Nobody respects her on the world stage.” At another point, he said: “How you gone vote for a lying stinking bitch. … Here’s your choices. Liar or the crook.…

(Bloomberg) — The US broadened the scope of its sanctions on Iran’s oil and gas sectors in response to a ballistic-missile attack on Israel, ramping up economic pressure on Tehran ahead of Israeli retaliation that’s expected any day.Most Read from BloombergUnder the action announced Friday, the Treasury Department invoked a Trump administration-era executive order that allowed for sanctions on any area of the Iranian economy to deny it funding to finance malign activity. Friday’s move essentially declares the country’s petroleum and petrochemical sector off-limits, allowing for sanctions on anyone linked to it.Looming over the announcement Friday is the attack Israel…

The Cameroonian authorities have banned the media from discussing the health of President Paul Biya, following rumours of his death.Interior Minister Paul Atanga Nji told regional governors that these stories “disturb the tranquillity of Cameroonians”.“Any debate in the media about the president’s condition is therefore strictly prohibited,” he insisted, threatening that “offenders will face the rigour of the law.”The 91-year-old leader – in office for more than four decades – has not been seen in public since 8 September, when he attended a China-Africa forum in Beijing.Several officials have pushed back against speculation around Biya’s condition, insisting he was in…

SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) – Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential candidate, said on Friday she would create a bipartisan council of advisors to give feedback on policy, if elected in the Nov. 5 election.Harris also said she would put a Republican in her Cabinet.”I don’t want any “Yes’ people. I want people to come in … and kick the tires on ideas,” she said while speaking at an event in Arizona for Republicans supporting her campaign.”So I’m going to create a bipartisan council so we can put some structure around exactly this point. And do the work that is…

Hungary stands in the way of the formal prolongation of the program through 2026, a source told Semafor news outlet EU member states will likely continue training Ukrainian soldiers to fight Russia after the current program expires later this year, Semafor reported on Thursday, citing the mission’s chief.There is “consensus” among states involved that the training program will be extended by another two years, German Colonel Niels Janeke, who leads the EU Military Assistance Mission in support of Ukraine (EUMAM Ukraine), told the US news outlet. Another German officer overseeing the initiative, Lieutenant Colonel Roland Bosker, said training plans had…

First, Springfield, Ohio, then Charleroi, Pennsylvania, and now Logansport, Indiana—these small towns share one thing in common: Each has seen a massive influx of Haitian migrants that the Secretary of Homeland Security granted Temporary Protected Status. These migrants are dumped into towns with factories, replacing blue-collar native-born workers by the thousands in what we’ve dubbed the ‘Great Job Replacement.’ Local news outlet Mercer County Outlook said the small community of Logansport, located about 78 miles north of Indianapolis, had experienced a 30% population jump since 2021, or about around the time VP Kalama Harris began her new position as ‘Border Czar.’ Population in Logansport as of the last…

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (DHS CISA) gave a briefing on their efforts to curtail foreign election interference on Monday, October 7, 2024.  Approximately 50 Journalists, including myself, attended and received a 20-minute brief and then were given about an hour to ask questions. Two handouts were shared after the briefing – the current IC assessment of foreign interference and also the roles and the missions of the U.S. Government in Election Security. Having spent almost 40 years in the…

Bud Black is the winningest manager in Colorado Rockies’ history. AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. No promises of course. But as Colorado manager Bud Black returns for his ninth season with the Rockies, he does do with a sense of optimism that reflects not only a belief in the franchise’s young talent but also in the recent industry trend of quick turnarounds. Black, the winningest manager in franchise history, referenced the rise of Detroit and Kansas City this season when he signed a one-year contract extension for 2025. Baltimore and 2023 World Series champion Texas…

In Part 2 of my five-part series, we will assess investment returns through the lens of their alignment with your personal values. Traditionally, pure returns were the primary metric for evaluating investments. In Part 1, we expanded this view by considering pure returns in relation to the level of risk taken to achieve them. More investors are now exploring options that either support values they hold or actively exclude certain sectors, such as fossil fuels. This trend is reflected in the industry, as seen in the 2023 InvestmentNews Advisor of the Year category for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)/Responsible Investing.…

There will be no return to France for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama Bin Laden’s fourth son, the country’s interior minister announced Thursday. Omar bin Laden was expelled last year from a Normandy village he was living in after he was accused of glorifying acts of terror on social media. The BBC reports the 43-year-old had been earning a living painting landscape portraits and is currently residing in Qatar. But new Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau said he signed an order barring him from returning to France, accusing him of authoring social media posts last year which “glorified terrorism.” Bin Laden left France after his…