Despite being brought up in the Nuremberg Zoo a young Carpathian lynx named Chapo was born to be wild. Respecting his wishes, the German zookeepers abandoned their intention to raise him to eventually contribute his genes to a vital captive breeding program and release him into the wilds of Germany. Now residing in the forests […] The post German Zoo Honors Little Lynx’s Wish to be Free After Repeat Escape Attempts appeared first on Good News Network.

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DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—The House passed a resolution to form a bipartisan task force on Wednesday to investigate the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on July 13. HR 1367, which was spearheaded by House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., passed the House in a unanimous vote. The task force was announced in the aftermath of U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle’s evasive testimony before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee on Monday, which sparked bipartisan outrage and her subsequent resignation on Tuesday. The House voted 416-0 on the resolution. “The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking,” Johnson and Jeffries said in a joint statement on Tuesday. “The task force will be empowered with subpoena authority and will move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and make certain such failures never happen again.” The task force will be composed of seven Republicans and six Democrats “in response to bipartisan demands for answers,” according to Johnson and Jeffries’ joint statement.  The resolution was also led by Rep. Mike Kelly, R-Pa., who was in the front row of Trump’s rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania, when 20-year old Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at and wounded the former president, killing attendee Corey Comperatore and injuring James Copenhaver and David Dutch, who are both in stable condition as of Monday. Crooks took aim at the Republican nominee from a rooftop positioned just 130 yards from the stage. The gunman was reportedly spotted by witnesses and flagged by the Secret Service almost an hour before Trump took the stage. 'Go Back To Guarding Doritos': GOP Rep Goes Ballistic On Secret Service Director For 'Shameful' Answers pic.twitter.com/wdgXC82cbC— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) July 22, 2024 Cheatle resigned the day after her testimony on Monday, saying that she took “full responsibility for the security lapse,” according to an email obtained by The Associated Press. Johnson said Cheatle’s resignation was “overdue,” but that there still “may be others in the line of authority” who were also at fault. “She should have done this at least a week ago,” Johnson said in a press conference on Tuesday. “Now we have to pick up the pieces. We have to rebuild the American people’s faith and trust in the Secret Service as an agency.” The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Caller News Foundation. Originally published by the Daily Caller News Foundation The post House Passes Bipartisan Resolution Establishing Trump Assassination Attempt Task Force appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. GovTrack, a group famed for its thorough documentation of US congressional voting habits has purged a 2019 report that recognized Vice President Kamala Harris as the “most liberal” senator of that year. However, this comes as a surprise as the site, which categorizes itself as a beacon of governmental “transparency,” did in fact give Harris the label in 2019. It put her above even Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren during that period, a talking point favored by Republicans and one that President Donald Trump has recently used as a form of pejorative against Harris. The website now displays a “Page Not Found” message whenever the link is accessed. Moreover, the Internet Archive illustrates that the webpage was yanked down sometime this month, the same month that Harris gained enough delegates to become the Democratic Party’s Presidential nominee after President Joe Biden’s announcement on July 21 of pulling the plug on his campaign and endorsing Harris. Joshua Tauberer, the founder of GovTrack, explained the webpage removal to Fox News, as a consequence of the group’s policy shift enacted “several years ago.” Despite this, Tauberer never disclosed an accurate date for the webpage removal. Interestingly, when probed about why the pages were not scraped off when the organization ended its annual report cards years ago, Tauberer’s rationale was that other influential parts of the work demanded his attention. This move has sparked discussions and concerns among Harris’ detractors about censorship and the selective erasure of historical data that could serve as a form of manipulation when it’s used to undermine and gaslight criticism. The deletion of this data has been a topic of discussion at the same time that there has been a rise of “fact-checks” from media outlets that Vice President Harris has never been what her critics and others refer to as a “border czar.” Recent discussions in the media have focused on distancing Harris from the ongoing illegal immigration crisis, despite her being publicly named by President Joe Biden as a point person for aspects of the US southern border issue. Media outlets (and particularly “fact checkers” which have considerable sway in how information is presented or censored on social media) have been vocal in their stance that Harris was not the “border czar.” Fact checks from various publications, including CNN, Time Magazine, and USA Today, have emphasized that Harris’s responsibilities were targeted at addressing the root causes of migration from Latin American countries, rather than overseeing the border directly, using that as a reason to determine that it is false to call Harris a “border czar.” CNN’s Dana Bash said that Harris’s appointment was to tackle the origins of migration issues, not to act as the border czar. Meanwhile, Time Magazine and USA Today reiterated that Harris’s focus was on international conditions prompting migration, rather than border control itself. Like most “fact-checks,” this all comes down to semantics, with many claiming that it is “false” to suggest Harris held substantial responsibility for tackling the border crisis. Yet, also like most “fact-checks,” the power of this “false” rating can extend to how much a statement is allowed to be shared on social media, dampening down criticism. President Biden made it clear in March 2021 that he had tasked Harris with leading efforts to manage migration flows. He endorsed her qualifications for this role, stating, “I’ve asked her, the VP, today — because she’s the most qualified person to do it — to lead our efforts with Mexico and the Northern Triangle and the countries that help — are going to need help in stemming the movement of so many folks, stemming the migration to our southern border.” Harris, speaking at the same event, committed to enforcing immigration laws while recognizing the need for comprehensive border management. The debate over Harris’s role gained further complexity when Axios revised a three-year-old article that had previously referred to Harris as the “border czar.” As Harris steps into the role of the Democratic Party’s Presidential nominee, her past positions and the narratives around them are likely to be scrutinized and debated more intensely. As many seek to shape Harris’ image, there will likely be greater calls suggesting that it is essential that both the media and political institutions strive for transparency and accuracy in their reporting to ensure the public remains well-informed. If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post GovTrack and Media Deletion of Harris’ Record Sparks Transparency Debates, Allegations of Censorship appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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Some things just look better from up in space, which is a tad unfortunate given most of us can’t get up there. Luckily, the fortunate few who venture outside Earth love to snap a few pictures of their view and share them with us – and that’s how we get to see these brand-new photos of the mysterious Richat Structure.The images were taken aboard the International Space Station (ISS) on July 17, 411 kilometers (255 miles) above the Earth, looking down on Mauritania in Northwest Africa. The Richat Structure, also known as the “Eye of the Sahara”, lies in the north of the country in the arid Adrar Plateau.As viewed from the ISS, it’s easy to see where the 40-kilometer (25-mile) geological feature gets its nickname from; its concentric rings really do give off the appearance of an eye, and a large one at that.Sadly not the eye of a giant hidden underneath the ground.Image credit: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit, NASA Johnson Space CenterBut whilst it might look like the eyeball of a giant creature staring up into space, the structure isn’t proof that Eternals was actually a documentary – no emergence of an unborn Celestial here, thank you very much. That being said, the Richat Structure’s origin was hotly debated for a long time, and some theories did in fact involve a visitor not of this world.Less “little green men” vibes and rather more rocky, that visitor was thought to be a large meteor, as impact events typically leave behind similarly circular features after they smack into the Earth’s surface.Then came along a 2014 study that supported an entirely different proposal – the structure had emerged from goings on inside the Earth, not from elsewhere. Specifically, what’s known as an intrusion of magma pushed the rock up to form what’s called an uplifted dome or domed anticline.Over time, the different types of rock making up the upper part of the dome – igneous and sedimentary – eroded at different rates, leaving a series of circular ridges with a steep slope on one side and a gentle one on the other, known as cuestas.Some people have also proposed that the Richat Structure is actually the site of the lost city of Atlantis, but let’s be honest – magma forcing the ground above into a dome is the only real possibility out of those two options.In fact, volcanic activity is responsible for forming more than just one body part lookalike in the Sahara. Over in Chad, a mixture of towering black cinder cones and a layer of natron give off the rather uncanny appearance of a giant skull.

CNN Newsroom host Jim Acosta tried to shame Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday for labeling the protestors that hate his country “Iran’s useful idiots” because, apparently, Acosta doesn’t understand the difference between free speech and being free from criticism. Additionally, it took his Democratic guest to inform viewers that some of the demonstrators took to burning the American flag outside of Union Station in Washington. Speaking with Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Ben Cardin, Acosta asked, “What is your response to the prime minister referring to protesters who have been demonstrating against the war in Gaza as quote, ‘Iran’s useful idiots’ is that kind of language, the kind of language that a head of state should be using in an address to Congress talking about Americans in that fashion, I mean people have the right to free speech, should he be describing critics of the war as Iran's useful idiots, especially in the middle of the campaign?”     It is a testament to Acosta’s skill that he was able to fit so much nonsense and hypocrisy into so few words. First, it is the Biden Administration that has said that Iran is funding the protestors. Second, Acosta is deeply offended by “Iran’s useful idiots” despite the media spending the last several years labeling Republicans as Russia’s useful idiots. Third, Netanyahu is not a head of state, he is the head of government. Fourth, Acosta is desperately trying to paint the protestors as anti-war and not anti-Semites, but all the eliminationism rhetoric and pro-Hamas cosplaying discredit that notion.   When the protestors in question are waving the Hamas and Isis flags I think it’s permissible to criticize.. https://t.co/Te6odXXtph pic.twitter.com/Z31cBiECMq — yael??️ (@birdhonks) July 24, 2024   Fifth and finally, Acosta is trying to accuse Netanyahu of interfering in American domestic politics after years of Democrats and their American media allies interfering in Israeli politics, from Netanyahu’s court reforms to whether he should call early elections during the war. Cardin was Acosta’s second Democrat interview on the topic of Netanyahu’s speech. He earlier spoke with California Rep. Jimmy Gomez who, ironically, was on to hype his demand that Netanyahu resign. It wasn’t until Cardin tried to have it both ways that Acosta’s audience learned that several of the “critics of the war” are not good people: Yeah, quite frankly, I believe strongly in the right of those who disagree with our views to be able to peacefully protest. They have to respect the rights of others. What we saw yesterday at the train station was irresponsible, horrible, and wrong, and needs it'd be condemned. The burning of the American flag, things like that have no place in a peaceful demonstration. But I think characterizing all protesters as pawns of Iran is just wrong and, but I do recognize that some of these protesters have gone overboard and need to be contained.   “Hamas is coming” Union Station July 24, 2024 - Washington D.C. pic.twitter.com/jHtgk9VhZQ — Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) July 24, 2024   The leader of the Jewish state has the right to be appalled by such violence and rhetoric, and it should not take a wishy-washy Democratic senator to inform CNN’s audience that it happened. Here is a transcript for the July 25 show: CNN Newsroom with Jim Acosta 7/24/2024 10:26 PM ET JIM ACOSTA: And what is your response to the prime minister referring to protesters who have been demonstrating against the war in Gaza as quote, “Iran’s useful idiots” is that kind of language, the kind of language that a head of state should be using in an address to Congress talking about Americans in that fashion, I mean people have the right to free speech, should he be describing critics of the war as Iran's useful idiots, especially in the middle of the campaign? BEN CARDIN: Yeah, quite frankly, I believe strongly in the right of those who disagree with our views to be able to peacefully protest. They have to respect the rights of others. What we saw yesterday at the train station was irresponsible, horrible, and wrong, and needs it'd be condemned. The burning of the American flag, things like that have no place in a peaceful demonstration. But I think characterizing all protesters as pawns of Iran is just wrong and, but I do recognize that some of these protesters have gone overboard and need to be contained.

On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington, D.C., to deliver a speech regarding strategies to address the mounting threat of Iran. It is the first time since the October 7 attacks he has addressed Congress. Unfortunately, his welcome was less than warm. Not only did Vice President Kamala Harris, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), as well as a number of Democratic lawmakers miss Netanyahu’s speech, but “chaos” ensued on Capitol Hill as thousands of pro-Hamas protesters gathered to wreak havoc. Julio Rosas, Blaze Media’s national correspondent, who was in D.C. to witness the bedlam, joins Jill Savage and the “Blaze News Tonight” panel to relay what he saw. 'Hamas Is Coming': CHAOS at the Capitol Erupts During Netanyahu Speech | 7/24/2024 www.youtube.com “Initially the protesters that were against Netanyahu speaking to Congress today tried to get close to the Capitol building, [but] police blocked their path because they didn't want them to get close. That resulted in clashes; police had to use pepper spray. Eventually, the crowd started to move on,” says Rosas, adding that the mob “marched around in the Capitol Hill neighborhood before coming to Union Station.” “U.S. Park police moved in to stop protesters from tearing down the American flags that are normally placed in Columbus Circle. There was more fighting; more arrests were made. The Park police withdrew after they secured the American flag and the arrestees, but as they were withdrawing, people were chasing them; they were heckling them.” Then “the protesters tore down the remaining American flags, and they replaced them with Palestinian flags,” Rosas reports. “Why isn’t this an insurrection?” asks Jill, pointing out the glaring hypocrisy. “Because the Democratic Party and their media friends have decided that it’s not,” says Blaze Media’s senior politics editor and Washington correspondent Christopher Bedford, adding, “What's striking about what we're seeing here — the flags being torn down, the cops being attacked, flags being burned — is how many members of Congress stand with these people.” “The members of Congress who actually did show up, which was not a lot of them ... some of [the Democrat members] wore some of the activist T-shirts that you actually see in the parade,” he continues. “Take the image ... of protesters ripping down and burning the American flag and put it next to Donald Trump with blood spotted across his face, putting his fist in the air next to the American flag, and ask people which side they want to choose.” To hear more analysis of the chaos in D.C., watch the episode above. Want more from 'Blaze News Tonight'?To enjoy more provocative opinions, expert analysis, and breaking stories you won’t see anywhere else, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.

A trans-identifying man in South Carolina became so irate over a recent eviction from a homeless shelter that he allegedly stabbed an employee in the stomach with such force that her internal organs were exposed.Until recently, a 34-year-old homeless man going by the name Michelle Silva Perez had been staying at Shepherd's Gate, a Greenville homeless shelter — which is run by a Christian organization called Miracle Hill Ministries — designated to serve women and mothers with young children.Miracle Hill also issued a statement, claiming ignorance about Perez's true biological sex while he stayed at Shepherd's Gate but indicating it would have 'had no bearing' on his admission into or disqualification from the facility designated for women and young children.Last Wednesday night, Perez had been "disqualified" from staying at the shelter because he had violated facility guidelines, Miracle Hill said in a statement. The organization did not specify the nature of Perez's alleged violations.Exactly when Perez learned about his eviction is unclear, but the next morning Greenville police were called to the scene after Perez allegedly attacked a shelter employee on account of the eviction.According to reports, Perez pushed the employee to the ground in the Shepherd's Gate parking lot and then allegedly hoisted what the Greenville County Sheriff's Office called a "sharp-edged object" and what an arrest warrant referred to as a sword and began stabbing the employee with it.The stabbing apparently caused such severe wounds to the woman's stomach that when officers later viewed surveillance video of the attack, they could see some of the victim's internal organs on the outside of her body. Police apparently also could identify Perez as the perpetrator based on the video.The woman was rushed to a local hospital and underwent surgery. She "is currently stable and recuperating," Miracle Hill said.Meanwhile, Perez was arrested on charges of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and booked into the Greenville County Detention Center, though as of Thursday morning, his name does not appear in a jail records online database. Perez reportedly has been placed in isolation in a men's facility because he's allegedly in the midst of a so-called gender transition. Despite reality, the statement from the sheriff's office referred to Perez as "a woman" without any "trans" qualifiers. Blaze News reached out to the agency for further clarification about the statement. Spokesperson Lt. Ryan Flood told us: "I can tell you that [Perez] identifies as a female, and her [driver's license] indicates as such."Miracle Hill also issued a statement, claiming ignorance about Perez's true biological sex while he stayed at Shepherd's Gate but indicating it would have "had no bearing" on his admission into or disqualification from the facility designated for women and young children. "After the incident, we became aware in media reports that the former guest was transgender," the statement said in part. "Our ministry had no knowledge of this. That report, whether true or false, had no bearing on whether Miracle Hill would help, and did not contribute to the guest’s exit from the facility."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!