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Appeals Court Upholds Texas Ten Commandments Law › American Greatness– amgreatness.com

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A federal appeals court has narrowly upheld a Texas law requiring public school classrooms to display the Ten Commandments, delivering a closely divided ruling that reverses earlier lower-court decisions.

In a 9–8 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit concluded that the policy does not violate constitutional limits on government involvement in religion. The court also found that the requirement does not interfere with parents’ authority over their children’s religious upbringing.

The majority opinion stressed that the law does not mandate religious instruction or compel students to adopt any beliefs. According to the ruling, the displays are passive in nature, and educators are not directed to promote or defend the content of the Ten Commandments in classroom discussions.

“Students are neither catechized on the Commandments nor taught to adopt them,” the ruling said. “Nor are teachers commanded to proselytize students who ask about the displays or contradict students who disagree with them.”

Top House Republican Warns Ilhan Omar That Her Financial Disclosure Revision Won’t Save Her– www.westernjournal.com

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Republican House Majority Whip Tom Emmer on Tuesday criticized his fellow Minnesotan, Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, about her updated financial filing with the Ethics Committee.

“Ilhan Omar is even more clueless than I thought if she thinks this financial disclosure revision clears her of suspicion,” Emmer told Fox News.

Omar submitted new financial documents to the committee in hopes of avoiding a scandal. Emmer said that in doing so, however, she only raised further concerns among lawmakers.

“She can backtrack, obfuscate, and distract all she wants, but she’s made clear who she is: A fraud-enabling, racist antisemite who espouses anti-American rhetoric every chance she gets,” Emmer proclaimed.

“She should be held accountable to the fullest extent,” he continued. “My colleagues on the House Ethics Committee have my full backing for any and all investigations into Ilhan and her potential misdealings.”

Her Husband Demanded An Abortion, Then The Abortionist Drugged Her– www.lifenews.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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In a collection of women’s abortion stories, one post-abortive woman wrote about how she was pressured into an abortion by her husband and abortion workers.

A Husband’s Demands

The woman’s husband, Ralph, insisted she get an abortion. Worn down by his nagging, she decided to go to the abortion facility and back out at the last minute. Then she could say she tried to get an abortion, which might appease her husband.

She says, “Looking back, I realize I was afraid of my husband.”

“Baffling” new snake species in Myanmar looks like multiple species at once– www.sciencedaily.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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Identifying a new species is not always straightforward. Scientists usually rely on physical traits that separate one species from another, but in nature those differences do not always fall into neat categories. Sometimes two different species look almost identical. These are called cryptic species. In other cases, a single species can vary so much in appearance that it seems like several different species instead. The challenge becomes even greater when both patterns show up at the same time.

Herpetologist Dr. Chan Kin Onn (previously at the Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, Singapore, now with the University of Kansas Biodiversity Institute and Natural History Museum, USA) led research on a pit viper from Myanmar that seemed to be both similar to and distinct from its closest relatives. The work was published in the open access journal ZooKeys, building on an earlier genomic study in Systematic Biology that had already indicated the snakes represented a separate evolutionary lineage.

“Asian pit vipers of the genus Trimeresurus are notoriously difficult to tell apart, because they run the gamut of morphological variation. Some groups contain multiple species that look alike, while others may look very different but are actually the same species,” they say.

Iran’s Doomsday Theology and The Far Deadlier Danger Coming from Sunni Extremists– www.cbn.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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President Trump says the war with Iran could be over soon. The regime, however, is unlikely to give up its apocalyptic jihad against Israel and the West, and a far greater threat may lie ahead.

One aspect of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran may have backfired in the worst possible way. In taking out the old guard of calculating, pragmatic leaders, they replaced them with a new generation of fiery young Islamic militants.

These are hardcore “Twelver” Shia Muslims, utterly devoted to their radical religion and driven by a singular, apocalyptic belief. They are not interested in negotiation or coexistence.

Instead, they are actively preparing for the ultimate end-times confrontation: a global showdown that would summon the 12th Imam or Mahdi, their long-awaited messianic savior.

“Bottom line is the Mahdi is an eschatological mystical figure who is supposed to be ushered in at the End Times and to bring justice and goodness,” said Middle East historian and author Raymond Ibrahim.

Scientists develop plant-based serum that regrows hair within weeks |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com

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Scientists develop plant-based serum that regrows hair within weeks |– timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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A new experimental hair-loss treatment has drawn global attention after researchers reported encouraging early results from a plant-based scalp serum. Scientists in Taipei, led by Dr Tsong Min Chang of Schweitzer Biotech Company, found that volunteers using the formula for eight weeks showed measurable improvements in hair density and thickness compared with a placebo group. The serum combines plant-derived compounds from Centella asiatica with ingredients already used in cosmetic and scalp-care products. While the findings are still preliminary and require larger independent trials, the study has raised interest because many current hair-loss treatments can take months to show results and do not work equally well for every user.

Mamdani faces outrage over response to viral police beatdown– nypost.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing growing criticism from civil rights leaders over his response to a viral video showing NYPD officers beating a man during a mistaken identity arrest.

The backlash intensified this week after the Rev. Kevin McCall, a prominent Brooklyn clergy leader, said Mamdani had not done enough in the days since the April 14 incident.

“All he’s doing is smiling and not getting results,” McCall said after meeting Monday with NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

Brown told CBS he’s grateful to have survived the violent arrest. Instagram/@sinistratm

McCall said Tisch acknowledged problems with Brooklyn North Narcotics, telling him that “the units have gone rogue,” according to a report by 1010 WINS.

The meeting came after an eight-minute video circulated online showing a pair of plainclothes detectives punching and kicking a man, later identified as Timothy Brown, inside a Brooklyn liquor store last week.

GOP’s Outside-Money Edge Is Being Built by Billionaires, Oil, and Crypto– readsludge.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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The two giant super PACs closely tied to Republican leaders in the House and Senate are relying on billionaire donors, the fossil fuel industry, cryptocurrency firms, and Big Tobacco to bankroll their defense of Congress.

Around half of the combined haul of the Senate Leadership Fund (SLF) and the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF) has come from billionaires—at least $133.5 million—according to a Sludge analysis of Federal Election Commission data from the start of 2025 through March 2026. The billionaires include reclusive President Trump megadonor Timothy Mellon, casino mogul Steve Wynn, Republican megadonors Christopher and Jude Reyes, poultry magnate Ronald Cameron, and cryptocurrency tycoons the Winklevoss twins. It’s possible that more billionaires have donated to the SLF and CLF through their “dark money” affiliates, which hide the names of donors from the public.

The SLF and CLF were the top-spending outside groups nationwide in the 2022 midterms—though this time around, many more super PACs are loaded up with record amounts of cash to spend. The groups, aligned with Senate Majority Leader John Thune (S.D.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.), spend heavily on attack ads against Democrats and independent expenditures supporting Republicans each cycle.

The US Takes the Easy Road on China | American Enterprise Institute– www.aei.org

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The Wall Street Journal this month caught up with President Trump’s softness on China, only six years late. The President’s long-standing chase for China deals has pushed the US to avoid hard choices, only to get burned later. The Trump administration hiked tariffs right away, then caved because they didn’t even see vulnerability on rare-earth magnets. There are other glaring blind spots now, starting with land versus pharma.

Somehow Chinese land ownership here may have become the Sino-American issue most discussed outside the beltway. The PRC shouldn’t be allowed to own land near military sites or large amounts of farmland. But it hasn’t, doesn’t, and won’t. Many politicians around the country loudly trumpet solutions to what is currently a minor problem. No harm, no foul? When we simultaneously shy away from much tougher issues, there’s harm.

A mainstay issue being suspiciously soft-played is pharmaceuticals. Our industry is dangerously dependent on China and companies are actively trying to make it worse. Dependence on some Chinese drugs and ingredients for drugs has been recognized since at least 2017. Less recognized is that the leading source of our imports is European nations, now topped by Ireland, which are themselves facing China dependence.

OpenAI Beefs Up ChatGPT’s Image Generation Model– www.wired.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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OpenAI launched a new image generation AI model on Tuesday, dubbed ChatGPT Images 2.0. This model can generate more than one image from a single prompt, like an entire study booklet, as well as output text, including in non-English languages like Chinese and Hindi. This release is available globally for ChatGPT and Codex users, with a more powerful version available for paying subscribers.

When any major AI company releases a new image model, it can revive interest and boost usage, especially if social media users adopt a meme-able trend, transforming images of themselves. Last year, Google’s launch of the Nano Banana model was a major moment for the company, especially when users started posting hyperrealistic figurines of themselves online. Earlier this year, ChatGPT Images made waves on social media as users shared AI-generated caricatures.

Alex Jones is so mad about InfoWars becoming a satire site he loses his shirt and exclaims ‘they’re bodysnatchers’– www.independent.co.uk

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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A furious and shirtless Alex Jones went on an unhinged rant after The Onion gained the rights to lease his site InfoWars, describing the parody news website as a group of “bodysnatchers.”

“Just because you’re wearing my shirt doesn’t mean you’re me, let’s be 100 percent clear about that,” the conspiracy theorist, naked from the waist up, raged Monday.

He continued: “The whole thing’s about defaming me. You can’t take something over and then act like you’re somebody, even if you say it’s a parody. You could do a parody of somebody, but not if you took something from them… So you guys, keep laughing, just like you did a year and a half ago.”

Jones’ outburst came shortly after The Onion revealed its planned relaunch of InfoWars as a satirical site, though the deal still requires court approval. The outlet’s parent company, Global Tetrahedron, has so far gained the rights to lease InfoWars for $81,000 on a month-by-month basis for six months, until potential renewal.

Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation – The Washington Post– news.google.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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  1. Two CIA officers die in Mexico accident after counternarcotics operation  The Washington Post
  2. Mexico’s Sheinbaum demands explanation after US officials die after operation in Chihuahua  Politico
  3. Role of US officials killed in crash in Mexico under scrutiny  BBC
  4. US officials killed in Mexico car crash following drug raid worked for the CIA, sources say  CNN
  5. 2 Americans Killed in Mexico Crash Were C.I.A. Members  The New York Times

What AI model should you use for revenue intelligence? Von says all the big ones, and it will automate mixing and matching for you– venturebeat.com

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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Looking at enterprise AI adoption, VentureBeat has anecdotally observed a fairly wide divergence when it comes to specific roles: For those who build—engineers and developers—the arrival of AI has been transformative, moving through the workflow with the speed of tools like Claude Code and Cursor to automate the heavy lifting of syntax and architecture.

Yet, for those who sell, the “revenue stack” has remained a fragmented collection of data silos, manual CRM entries, and anecdotal reporting.

Von, a new AI platform emerging from the team behind process automation startup Rattle, aims to bridge this gap. By positioning itself not as another “point solution” but as a foundational “intelligence layer,” Von seeks to do for Go-To-Market (GTM) teams what the modern IDE has done for the developer: provide a single, reasoning interface that understands the entire business context.

“AI has revolutionized the workflow for people who build things, but there is nothing that has revolutionized the workflow for people who sell those things,” Von CEO Sahil Aggarwal said in a recent video call interview with VentureBeat. “That is what we are trying to build with Von”.

‘China is not a solution’ to Canada’s problems with the U.S., Kovrig says – National– globalnews.ca

pgnewser April 22, 2026 0

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Former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig is sounding the alarm about Canada seeking deeper trade ties with China in the face of growing tensions and uncertainty with the U.S., warning the pivot carries significant risks to Canada’s economic security.

Speaking Tuesday at the Future of Business Summit in Ottawa, Kovrig — a longtime China analyst who was arbitrarily detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days after Canada detained Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou — said Ottawa’s new China strategy is a “risky play” that will not be viewed kindly by Washington and could threaten trade talks.

He pointed to U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s criticism last week of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s deal with China, announced early this year, which included importing a limited number of Chinese electric vehicles.