The Dearborn Heights Police Department in Michigan has announced an "optional patch" that includes text in both Arabic and English. The patch includes the words "DEARBORN HEIGHTS" and "POLICE" written in both English and Arabic. "The Dearborn Heights Police Department is proud to share a new optional patch that our officers may wear as part of their uniform," the department noted in a Facebook post. read more
Local leaders in New York City Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's district have again called on FBI Director Kash Patel to finally crush what they call the festering scourge of ruthless foreign gangs pimping women in brothels and pumping drugs into the Queens neighborhood. The tight-knit group has held several separate protests in recent weeks outside what they said are well-known brothels in the progressive champion's district, where women allegedly solicit sex on the sidewalk outside before Johns scurry inside. read more
The South Side of Chicago is a war zone. In 2023, the city recorded 617 homicides and more than 2,000 shootings, with neighborhoods like Englewood and Woodlawn hit the hardest. Just a few weeks ago, I stood over the body of a man who had been shot dead. Hundreds of young souls will be killed by year's end. So I was not surprised when President Donald Trump said, "Chicago's a mess. You have an incompetent mayor, grossly incompetent. And we'll straighten that one out probably next." After all, the government's first responsibility is to protect its citizens. When endless violence continues to plague the lives of people around me, action is needed.
In every one of the 30 states that track party registration, Democrats have lost ground to Republicans " roughly 4.5 million voters net between 2020 and 2024. You can blame maps, turnout or disinformation " but you also have to look inward. Here's the hard truth: our candidates are often good. Our brand is not. Protest has turned into a kind of performance art. The louder we got, the fewer people felt welcome. Men found podcasts that told them they still had value. Disaffected young people found movements that offered them belonging without requiring a language test. Meanwhile, we just kept offering more outrage " mainly at each other.
An Islamic court in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province on Monday sentenced two men to public caning, 80 times each, after Islamic religious police caught them engaged in what the court deemed were sexual acts: hugging and kissing.
What's the democrats approval rating?
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