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On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” The Atlantic Staff Writer David Brooks said that he has concerns about Operation Epic Fury, but also noted the malign actions of Iran’s regime before saying, “What bugs me, frankly, is the people who are sure, the people who are sure this is a terrible thing, and the people who are sure this is a good thing. We just don’t know.” Brooks said, “I hate the way the decision was made, which seems to have been extremely haphazard. I have shared everybody’s reservations and fears that there’s no exit strategy, that there’s no plausible way to change…
Pope Leo XIV has a new, custom-outfitted Ford Explorer SUV — complete with papal vanity plates — delivered personally by the automaker’s CEO Jim Farley, and his wife, Lia. The couple presented the vehicle during a private audience with the pontiff late last month, the Detroit Free Press reported Saturday. Known formerly as Cardinal Robert Prevost before his election last May, Pope Leo is the first U.S.-born pope in the history of the Catholic Church. According to Fox News Business: The black Explorer Platinum, customized with a 3.3-liter V6 hybrid powertrain and 10-speed hybrid transmission, was assembled at Ford’s Chicago Assembly…
A concealed carry permit holder shot and wounded an alleged intruder in Chicago Saturday around 2:40 a.m. ABC 7 reported that the homeowner confronted a 59-year-old man who was allegedly “breaking into a garage.” At some point during the confrontation the homeowner drew a gun and shot the alleged intruder in the leg. The homeowner is a licensed concealed carrier. FOX 32 noted that the alleged intruder was transported to a hospital to have his wound treated, and WGN 9 pointed out he is “in good condition.” The identity of the alleged intruder has not been released, but charges against him…
Doing so is a “legitimate tool” to make Kiev resume oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, the Slovak prime minister has said Bratislava is ready to block a planned EU loan for Ukraine if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is voted out of office in the upcoming election, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said. It would be a justified means of compelling Kiev to resume Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, he said in a statement on Facebook on Sunday.A €90 billion ($105 billion) EU emergency loan for Ukraine was vetoed by Orban last month after Kiev halted…
The military operation against Iran entered its eighth day on Saturday. Israeli forces continued to expand their strikes against Iranian proxies Hezbollah in Lebanon, while the remnants of the leadership in Tehran vowed to keep fighting but apologized for hitting its Gulf neighbours, and President Trump has warned that Iran will be “hit very hard” today. **** **Saturday’s live updates below. All updates in Eastern time** 9:35 PM: Israel strikes “key” Quds Force commanders in Beirut According to the Israel Defense Forces, multiple “key commanders” in the Lebanese Quds Force branch of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) were struck in a…
Trump Derangement Syndrome has struck again! A punk rock music festival has been canceled after left-wing bands quit the event in protest of the organizer, who donated to Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign. Organizers for Punk in the Park, which had been scheduled to take place in Pittsburgh, PA (April 18), Orlando, FL (May 2), and Vallejo, CA (May 23), cancelled their entire 2026 tour. And Trump is the reason. “These shows were something we truly believed in, and we know how much they meant to many of you,” organizers said in a social media post, according to Westworld. “Unfortunately, the…
Left-wing streaming personality Hasan Piker told his fans how easy he believes it is to make an explosive drone in a recent live video. “Just make fucking drones,” he suggested, arguing that nobody should be carrying out a “suicide bombing” in this day and age — unless they prefer that method “for the love of the game.” “I was thinking about this with, like, the Afghanistan, the Taliban, Pakistan, fight that was taking place. And I was really thinking about this, you really don’t need suicide bombing anymore,” Piker told his audience during a recent Twitch livestream. Watch Below: In…
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – At least eight people, including two children, were killed and 10 others were wounded on Saturday by a Russian missile that hit a five-story residential building in Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the attack and called for an international response. He said that Russia struck Ukraine overnight with 29 missiles and 480 drones, targeting energy facilities in Kyiv and other central regions and with damage reported in at least seven other locations across the country. According to preliminary data, air defense systems downed 19 missiles and 453 drones with hits from…
“In Health Canada’s most recent update on MAID deaths, the agency stated that 76,475 Canadians had died via assisted suicide as of Dec. 31, 2024,” the article continued. “At the time of the report, new MAID deaths were coming in at a rate of 45 per day; the annual number of deaths charted in 2024 came to 16,499. Thus, even if MAID approvals have plateaued in the interim months, Canada would be on track to pass its 100,000th MAID death by the first week of June.” A report in 2024 said Canada was expected to lead the world in assisted…
West Jerusalem has requested 12,000 munitions 1,000 pounds each as the war with Iran enters its eighth day The US State Department has approved the emergency sale of 1,000-pound bombs to Israel, bypassing congressional review.The contract, worth an estimated $151.8 million, covers 12,000 BLU-110A/B bombs requested by West Jerusalem, the State Department said Friday.The announcement comes as the US-Israeli air war against Iran enters its eighth day, with both allies vowing to unleash new waves of strikes.The department said the urgent nature of the matter allows it to forgo congressional review requirements under the Arms Export Control Act.“This proposed sale…