In his speech tonight, there are rumors that Trump will announce that a state of war exists between America and Venezuela. It seems as if the President of Peace is trying to fit in a little war into his busy schedule. War is coming ... it's just a matter of when.
European Christmas markets are opening this year under tightened security and rising operational costs, as officials across Germany, France and other parts of Europe respond to what authorities describe as elevated threats to public safety. In Germany, spending on security for public events " including Christmas markets " has increased by about 44% over the past three years, according to a new survey by the Federal Association of City and Town Marketing. Berlin's main market launched this season behind concrete barriers, enhanced video surveillance, and an expanded private security presence. Several smaller municipalities warn that the added requirements may force them to scale back or cancel markets next year. Read more
The greatest composer of all time only lived to be 56 years of age and the Grand Maestro had so much, much more music to compose. One of the torch-bearers at Ludwig van Beethoven's funeral was the pioneering Franz Schubert who lived in the shadow of the great composer in Vienna. Schubert, himself a musical visionary, worshipped Beethoven at a distance and even though both composers lived in Vienna at the same time, there is no evidence to support that they ever met. Beethoven's 9th Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (Ode to Joy') is the national anthem of the European Union (EU). In Japan, "Ode to Joy" is played nationwide on Christmas and New Year's Eve.
Chuck Grassley @ChuckGrassley Received shocking new docs 2day from DOJ & FBI showing FBI DID NOT BELIEVE IT HAD PROBABLE CAUSE to raid Pres Trump's Mar-a-Lago home but Biden DOJ pushed for it anyway
First Lady Melania Trump made the last-minute decision to skip a solemn dignified transfer ceremony to honor two U.S. service members killed in action in Syria. President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Chief of Staff of the Army General Randy George attended the ceremony for the Iowa soldiers on Wednesday. Sgt. Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines, and Sgt. William Nathaniel Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, were killed in the Syrian desert on Saturday.
The U.S. Coast Guard has allowed a new workplace harassment policy to take effect that downgrades the definition of swastikas and nooses from overt hate symbols to "potentially divisive" despite an uproar over the new language that forced the service's top officer to direct that both would remain prohibited.
Donald Trump could be forced to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth if he goes ahead with his $10billion lawsuit against the BBC. Lawyers for the broadcaster are said to be considering launching an aggressive defence. And they could make the US president face questions about his actions during the Capitol riot of January 6, 2021. A source close to the case told the Mirror: "The moment Trump filed this case, he opened the door. He thinks he can attack the BBC for $10bn. But he could expose himself to questioning that could finally pin down what he did, what he knew and when."
The commander of the arm of the U.S. military responsible for President Donald Trump's illegal military occupations of American cities said he is willing to conduct attacks on so-called designated terrorist organizations within the U.S. This startling admission comes after months of extrajudicial killings of alleged members or affiliates of DTOs in the waters near Venezuela, which experts and lawmakers say are outright murders.
Pro-Kremlin nuns from Belarus, operating stalls at Christmas markets across Europe, are raising funds to directly support Russia's war in Ukraine.
For the first time in history, maritime drones disabled a submarine. The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) deployed underwater drones to attack a Kilo-class Russian submarine in the port of Novorossiysk, causing it critical damage and rendering it ineffective.
Democrats in the House and Senate have written to U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying they are worried the Department of Justice (DOJ) is favoring the clients of a particular attorney: her brother.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Thursday that would reschedule marijuana to a lower drug classification " a move that would ease federal restrictions, though it would not mean full legalization, according to a source familiar with the planning and a senior White House official. Read more
Via Executive Order, Dummkopf Trumpf ordered various restrictions or a complete ban of people coming to the US from Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Yemen, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, Syria, Gaza Strip/West Bank; Laos, Sierra Leone, Burundi, Cuba, Togo, and Venezuela.
The Republican Party has a problem in New York State. There is one person who can plausibly do something about it, but he refuses to get involved. And so, GOP operatives are currently busy tearing their hair out.
...believe them the first time. That is what Maya Angelou supposedly said, though note that all sources for that quote are secondhand. In any event, it's a good observation, whether Angelou came up with it herself or not.
A US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer fired several rounds at another driver during a road rage incident near the entrance to the JFKIA central terminal. The CBP inspector said the other motorist began assaulting him after the two got into a fender-bender around 0450 HRS. The allegedly violent motorist, who had been driving a silver Mercedes with New Jersey plates, drove off with his rear window shattered.
