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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 6m

The arresting fact today is that few major figures have commented on the collapse of the value of the dollar to below a 4,000th of an ounce of gold, write the editors of the Sun

The Silence Over $4,000 Gold

Why are no leaders at Washington addressing the collapse in the value of the money issued by the Federal Reserve?

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 36m

From Daniel McCarthy: President Trump loves a Sharpie pen, and now he has all the more reason to love the company that makes them

Trump’s Favorite Pen, the Sharpie, Is a Made-in-America Success Story

Tariffs can help make American manufacturing great again, but domestic investment is critical, too.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 1h

There's still time to catch this week's Sanity interview with Ken Isaacs, a senior leader at Samaritan's Purse, who spoke to us about foreign aid. Watch it now: t.co/0ijISscZ8q

The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 1h

From Betsy McCaughey: For months Mr. Trump has vowed to “make our cities very, very safe"

Left-Wing Democrats Take Trump to Court Rather Than Getting Tough on Criminals in Blue Cities

Follow this closely, New Yorkers and residents of crime-ridden blue cities everywhere. This isn't just about Chicago. It's about your city too.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 2h

The prime minister of Italy, Giorgia Meloni, says a complaint against her and other Italian authorities has been filed against her at the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands

Italy’s Meloni Says Complaint Accusing Her of Complicity in ‘Genocide’ Lodged Against Her at International Criminal Court

‘I don't believe there is another case like this in the world,’ the prime minister says in an interview on Italian TV.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 2h

There's still time to watch the latest episode of the Sanity podcast we talk about the government shutdown, Benjamin Netanyahu, and more: t.co/2MG1nHRBgD

The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 2h

From Larry Kudlow: For the life of me, though, I don’t understand why the White House messaging doesn’t focus on the difference between essential and nonessential jobs and programs

Elon Musk Was Right

The shutdown is a reminder of the need for a smaller government that prunes waste, fraud, and abuse.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 3h

FBI Director Kash Patel defended his decision to shut down a public corruption squad and fire its assigned agents

‘We’re Just Warming Up’: Patel Vows There Will Be ‘Accountability’ for Jack Smith Surveilling GOP Senators, Doubles Down on Firing Corruption Unit

Grassley’s report calls the conduct of Biden’s Justice Department ‘worse than Watergate.’

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 3h

Protesters in Portland, Oregon, are mocking Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem by appearing at anti-ICE demonstrations in inflatable animal costumes

Portland Protesters Don Animal Costumes To Mock Trump Administration's ‘War Zone’ Claims

The whimsical protest tactic emerges as Trump and Oregon leaders clash over federal troop deployment.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 4h

James Comey pleads not guilty to charges related to alleged false testimony to Congress in 2020

James Comey Pleads Not Guilty to Charges Related To Alleged False Testimony to Congress in 2020

The president says his former FBI director, among others, must face prosecution.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 4h

CBS News staffers are expressing their fear about the future of the network under the leadership of the newly-installed pro-Israel editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss

Panic Sets in at CBS News as Some Fear New Editor Will Be a ‘Narc’ and Report Anti-Israel Staffers to Owner

The new structure has raised concern about the positions being created that have not existed at broadcast networks.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 5h

Authorities have arrested a Florida man on felony arson criminal complaint in connection with the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles in January and a ChatGPT helped lead authorities to his arrest

Uber Driver Arrested in Connection With Devastating Palisades Fire After ChatGPT Query Linked Him to Crime

Passengers say Jonathan Rinderknecht was angry and agitated in the hours before the fire.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 5h

From Larry Kudlow: Shame on the Democrats

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Shame on the Democrats

They are defending the former FBI director, James Comey, and his completely phony Russiagate hoax against Donald Trump — even after he lied in his…

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 5h

Governor Andrew Cuomo, reversing a previous stance, now says he does not support the plan to close the Rikers Island jail complex by 2027

Cuomo, Angling for Moderate and Conservative Voters, Reverses Stance and Now Says He Opposes Closing Rikers Island

Cuomo needs as many Republican and centrist votes as he can get if he has any shot at winning in November, and that means shifting away from prior…

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 5h

America’s airports are slowly grinding to a halt as thousands of flights sit grounded and exhausted air traffic controllers deal with skeleton crews — collateral damage from a federal shutdown now dragging into its second week

Flight Delays Ripple Across America as Federal Shutdown Leaves Control Towers Understaffed

Air traffic controllers continue to work without pay as shutdown enters second week.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 6h

The CIA has released an email message from the Obama administration purportedly showing that President Biden, while he was vice president, wanted to keep under wraps an intelligence report about Hunter Biden’s business dealings in Ukraine

Joe Biden Allegedly Asked CIA To Bury Intelligence Report About Hunter Biden’s ‘Corrupt’ Business Connections in Ukraine

The CIA director says it is in the ‘public interest’ that such information be disclosed.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 6h

Arab countries will sign peace agreements with Israel “if the war in Gaza comes to an end,” Egypt’s Foreign Minister said on Wednesday

Arab Countries Will Sign Peace Agreements With Israel If Gaza War Ends: Egypt

Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to arrive today at peace talks between Israel and Hamas.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 7h

Animal rights groups are praising Health and Human Services secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., for pushing the agency to reduce animal testing in drug development and invest in more humane alternatives

MAGA Is Divided Over Animal Rights and Factory Farming

RFK Jr. is earning praise for pushing to phase out animal testing, but how deep is the MAGA animal rights contingent?

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 7h

“I do miracles,” Jennifer Lopez croons in the new movie musical “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” and while the song and Ms. Lopez’s singing are melodious, they can’t save what is often an awkward, uneven film

Jennifer Lopez Is Unable To Save an Uninspired, Muddled Movie Musical, ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’

The setting is Argentina during its brutal military dictatorship, and director Bill Condon moves the timeline to the regime’s waning months in 1983,…

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 8h

From Betsy McCaughey: Follow this closely, New Yorkers and residents of crime-ridden blue cities everywhere. This isn’t just about Chicago. It’s about your city too

Left-Wing Democrats Take Trump to Court Rather Than Getting Tough on Criminals in Blue Cities

Follow this closely, New Yorkers and residents of crime-ridden blue cities everywhere. This isn't just about Chicago. It's about your city too.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 8h

On both a personal and a policy level, Theodore Roosevelt was a philo-semite

Theodore Roosevelt, the Pluralistic President

How was it that TR, a man of privilege and a close friend of Henry Cabot Lodge, an antisemite whom TR does not seem to have called out for his prejudice,…

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 9h

In France it suddenly looks as if the rightist National Rally could get an early chance to try once more for the presidency, write the editors of the Sun

Waiting for Le Pen

In France it suddenly looks as if the rightist National Rally could get an early chance to try once more for the presidency.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 9h

Legal analysts are predicting that Colorado’s law banning so-called conversion therapy — which is aimed at changing a young person’s sexual orientation — will be struck down after a Supreme Court hearing

Supreme Court Justices Appear Skeptical of Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy

A decision to strike down the law on First Amendment grounds could affect more than 20 states with similar laws.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 10h

From Daniel McCarthy: Tariffs can help make American manufacturing great again, but domestic investment is critical, too

Trump’s Favorite Pen, the Sharpie, Is a Made-in-America Success Story

Tariffs can help make American manufacturing great again, but domestic investment is critical, too.

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The New York Sun @newyorksun.bsky.social · 10h

A single dose of psilocybin, the psychoactive compound in “magic mushrooms,” provided rapid and lasting relief from both chronic pain and depression-like symptoms in mice, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Pennsylvania

Magic Mushroom Compound Reverses Chronic Pain and Depression in Mice, Study Suggests

The key to recovery was psilocybin's effect on the brain itself, not the site of the physical injury, researchers say.

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