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When you first open up Remy’s restaurant branch on Eternity Isle‚ he mentions making a strawberry cake‚ but never actually gives you the recipe for it despite giving him strawberries to make it. If you feel a little cheated by not making the cake‚ here’s how to make Strawberry Shortcake in Disney Dreamlight Valley yourself. Strawberry Shortcake recipe and ingredients guide for Disney Dreamlight Valley To make Strawberry Shortcake‚ assuming you have the Rift in Time DLC already‚ you need three ingredients‚ with one of each going into the pot: A strawberry‚ as you’d expect. You can find them on bushes all over Eternity Isle‚ but especially in The Docks and Ancient’s Landing. Screenshot: PC Invasion A carton of eggs‚ purchased from inside Remy’s restaurant on the back shelf. Wheat‚ bought from Goofy’s Stall in Peaceful Meadow or Eternity Isle in seed or plant form. And that’s how to m...

Once you start your adventure you’ve suddenly got a lot of things you could do. So‚ here are the best places to go first in Baldur’s Gate 3. There are tons of places to explore and little secrets to find. And some of them can be a little tricky to discover if you’re just starting out. Here’s where you should check out first. Baldur’s Gate 3: Best places to go at the start Check out the map below for the locations and order of areas that I’ll be going through. They’re ordered by their level of difficulty‚ so it’s recommended you visit these places in this order. The overall best places to go to first in Baldur’s Gate 3 are the Emerald Grove‚ Refectory‚ Blighted Village‚ Owlbear Nest‚ and Risen Road. Screenshot by PC Invasion 1) The Hollow/Emerald Grove Screenshot by PC Invasion The Hollow and Emerald Grove are the best starting places to visit first in Baldur’s Gate 3. T...

Focusing your magic and manipulating the thunder will save your life. Here is the best Sorcerer build for the Abattoir of Zir event in Diablo 4. Diablo 4: Best Sorcerer Build for Abattoir of Zir Abattoir of Zir is here to challenge the most powerful players in the game. And that is not a made-up phrase‚ it is only fitted for the top players who have pretty much beaten everything else in the game. It is the endgame of the endgame‚ and things only ought to get even more difficult when more content drops in Diablo 4. Out of all the best builds and classes in the game‚ there is one Sorcerer build that stands above the others and is capable of shining and sustaining the amount of pressure that Abattoir of Zir exerts on players: The Ball Lightning Sorcerer build. The Ball Lightning Sorcerer build for Abattoir of Zir‚ just as the many other builds‚ is a combination of strong damage output‚ with a combination of skills‚ passives‚ and armor that will help reduce and dissip...

After the Oct. 7  Hamas attack on Israel‚ many Jews around the world are choosing to arm themselves for self-defense‚ according to a panel of Jewish professionals.    “Jews tend not to own guns‚ and that’s very unfortunate‚ because if you look at our history‚ we could’ve used one or two throughout that time‚” Karol Markowicz‚ a columnist for the New York Post and Fox News‚ said at the Jewish Gun Ownership and Self-Defense event at The Heritage Foundation on Thursday. (The Daily Signal is Heritage’s news and commentary outlet.)  The Oct. 7 attack is what convinced Markowicz‚ who is Jewish‚ to become a gun owner and get both a handgun and an AR-15. She said she believes the terrorist attack has created a shift in the Jewish community and now more people are inclined to arm themselves.    “When I went shooting on Oct. 10‚ [there were] tons of Jews at the shooting range. [A] girl walks out with a Chanel bag and a big Jewish star‚ and we give each other kind of a nod‚” Markowicz said.    “I don’t understand how one can look at Jewish history and think that leaving Jewish security unto others is a winning strategy‚” said syndicated columnist and Newsweek senior editor Josh Hammer at the self-defense event.    “A core foundational component of American democracy is this idea of the natural law—that there are certain rights as human beings that we are endowed by our creator with—the right to life‚ liberty‚ and pursuit of happiness—and out of this naturally flows this right of self-defense‚” said Amy Swearer‚ a senior legal fellow at Heritage.    Americans use their guns to defend themselves or others somewhere between 500‚000 times to several million times a year‚ according to a CDC study‚ said Swearer.  The claim that guns are more dangerous than useful is not true‚ according to Swearer. It is only more dangerous to own a gun if you are actively suicidal or prone to violence.    “If you are a sane‚ sober‚ moral‚ prudent person engaged in basic levels of responsible gun ownership‚ then it is simply not true that possessing a gun exacerbates the likelihood that you or someone in your family is going to be killed or injured by that firearm. That gun is not going to suddenly whisper mean things into your ear and make you violent or suicidal‚” Swearer said.    A lot of Jewish people are currently feeling politically adrift‚ according to Heritage senior research fellow Jay Greene.    “I actually think we should be very welcoming and tell them [Jewish people] they have a home here in the conservative movement. They actually belong here naturally. This is where their values are best represented‚” said Greene.    “If all of this collectively does not red pill [get people to start seeing the truth]‚ so to speak‚ some of these lethargic assimilationist Jews with trembling knees‚ then I honestly throw my hands up and say nothing will‚” said Hammer.    “I have yet to be at a pro-Israel rally that does not thank law enforcement for doing its job … for protecting religious liberties for all. That’s a major difference‚ by the way‚ between pro-Israel rallies and the pro-Hamas rallies‚ which are typically burning the American flag and standing against American values‚” Hammer said.    “And that’s the message that Jews should take away‚” said Markowicz. “No one is coming to save us. We have to save ourselves.”  Have an opinion about this article? To sound off‚ please email letters@DailySignal.com and we’ll consider publishing your edited remarks in our regular “We Hear You” feature. Remember to include the URL or headline of the article plus your name and town and/or state.     The post The Increasing Gun Ownership Among Jews After Oct. 7  appeared first on The Daily Signal.

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Kate Cox learned at 20 weeks gestation with her baby that the child had a fetal abnormality. Rather than allowing the child to grow to full term and giving it the best chance at life‚ Cox wants to kill her child. A Texas judge‚ surprisingly‚ is allowing it to happen. Cox‚ a 31-year-old Dallas woman and mom of two and one on the way (for now) learned that her baby in the womb developed a rare fetal abnormality. Her unborn daughter was diagnosed with Trisomy 18‚ which oftentimes results in a fatal outcome either just before or right after birth however‚ that isn’t always the case.  Nonetheless‚ Cox‚ who is past the limit for abortion in Texas‚ is suing the state so that she can obtain an emergency abortion as she doesn’t want a child with issues. As the lawsuit states‚ the baby girl “likely” has “an umbilical hernia; a twisted spine likely due to spina bifida‚ a neural tube defect; clubbed or ‘rocker-bottom’ foot; intrauterine growth restriction; and irregular skull and heart development.” The lawsuit also alleges that there would be risks for Cox during the delivery process‚ as there all with all childbirth processes but that if any of those risks resulted in actual harm‚ her chances for more pregnancies in the future could be at jeopardy “I’m trying to do what is best for my baby and myself‚ but the state of Texas is making us both suffer‚” Cox said in a press release. “I need to end my pregnancy now so that I have the best chance for my health and a future pregnancy.” Cox wants to kill her baby through what's called a dilation and evacuation abortion. A method that dismembers a baby limb by limb and sucks the child out. It's a brutal‚ painful and long death for the innocent baby.  Live Action reported on the situation as such: "Rather than give birth to a baby with Trisomy 18‚ Cox has been given approval to have her child dismembered in the womb in an effort to avoid perceived suffering. After Cox’s cervix has been dilated‚ the abortionist will use a Sopher clamp to grasp the baby’s arms and legs and pull them off. He will end the procedure by crushing the baby’s skull." During a Zoom hearing regarding the case‚ County District Court Judge Maya Guerra Gamble ruled that Cox would be able to get an abortion and that the abortion provider would be barred from any prosecution. This is the first time since Roe v. Wade was overturned last year that a pregnant woman asked for an emergency abortion‚ the Associated Press reported. As of now however‚ Ken Paxton‚ Texas AG‚ insisted that he’d prosecute any doctor who performs an abortion on Cox as an abortion at this point in pregnancy in the state is illegal.  Kristan Hawkins‚ president of Students for Life tweeted the following about Cox’s case.  “This is eugenics and selfishness‚” Hawkins wrote and then added what Cox may be thinking “I know my child may die after birth (which by the way many children with Trisomy 18 survive for years after) and I don't have to have to watch my child die in front of me‚ so I'm going to pay someone to kill her now.” I’d like to think that Cox was an exception but as of now‚ that’s not how it looks. Just a few days after Cox issued her lawsuit‚ a woman in Kentucky asked a judge to grant her the same exception. “Two test cases for what could become a widely utilized strategy to access abortion care in post-Roe America‚” an X user noted.  At this time there have not been reports indicating whether Cox has terminated her daughter’s life or not.

Gavin Newsom is so eager to run for president that he even campaigns to insist he’s not running. That’s what he did last week‚ when the California governor went on Fox News to debate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis‚ who is officially in the race. Why does a Democratic governor appear on a Republican-leaning cable channel to debate a candidate‚ if he’s not a candidate himself? The devil’s in the detail: "Neither of us will be our party’s nominee in 2024‚" said Newsom -- with an eye peering over the horizon to 2028. Joe Biden and Kamala Harris aren’t an obstacle to Newsom’s ambitions; they’re a stepping stone. If they lose their reelection bid next year‚ as polls increasingly suggest they will‚ Newsom’s eventual path to the White House will seem clear.  Would Democrats in 2028 choose a failed vice president like Harris as their next nominee? Unlikely. And would voters want another Republican after four more years of Donald Trump? Any Democrat would bet not. Newsom isn’t patient; he’s shrewd. He can loyally support Biden-Harris and then reap the rewards when they fail. So as filing deadlines for the early primaries fly by‚ Democrats are stuck with Biden this cycle. Newsom’s calculations are those of other Democratic hopefuls as well. But are they wrong? Is there still life left in the Biden-Harris ticket? Biden’s job-approval numbers are mired in the low 40s. But then‚ so were Barack Obama’s in December 2011. Midterm voters in 1994 and 2010 passed a harsher verdict on Presidents Clinton and Obama than voters in last year’s congressional elections did on Biden: Clinton’s Democrats lost 54 seats in the House of Representatives; Obama’s lost 63. Under Biden‚ Democrats beat expectations in 2022‚ holding Republican gains in the House to just nine seats‚ even amid soaring crime and inflation. Americans today are unhappy about the economy. Yet inflation is coming down -- even if prices aren’t -- and the U.S. has weathered the post-COVID global economic environment better than almost anyone else. Eleven months from now voters might feel much better about the economy and the president who takes credit for it. It’s harder to imagine Biden’s liabilities in foreign policy going away. He turned the withdrawal from Afghanistan into a national humiliation‚ and the course of the Ukraine war inspires no confidence in anyone. Hawks and doves both fault Biden for his gradual extension of support for Kyiv‚ a strategy that’s leading to stalemate or worse. Yet Biden follows much the same strategy in the Middle East‚ infuriating the left wing of his party by supporting Israel‚ even as he endlessly lectures the Israelis on their conduct of the war with Hamas‚ with the result that America seems hypocritical and impotent. But nobody votes on foreign policy‚ or so the conventional wisdom says. And if polls paint a darkening picture of Biden’s prospects against Trump‚ the record of the last time the two went head-to-head gives Democrats hope. If Biden could beat Trump in 2020‚ what’s to stop him from doing it again? Democrats reassure themselves that all Biden has to do is stick with what worked. And next year they’ll have an advantage they didn’t have in 2020: momentum acquired from the abortion issue since the overturning of Roe. Meanwhile‚ even if Donald Trump can avoid conviction in the countless criminal cases he’s facing‚ it seems he can’t suppress the urge to make his trials and travails central to his presidential campaign. In 2016‚ voters could see Trump as a break from the stale orthodoxies of Washington‚ D.C.  In 2024‚ there will be no break from the relentless drama of Trump’s personal version of Court TV. At least‚ that’s what Biden’s team is counting on. The trouble with all this is that Joe Biden himself is barely a factor in these scenarios. Biden’s campaign‚ and its best hopes for victory‚ depends on everything but the candidate’s own strengths and charm. And that’s not simply because the other forces in play are overwhelming; it’s because Biden really is deficient in his abilities and appeal. The 2024 election will therefore be an interesting test. Will Americans vote about the economy‚ abortion and Donald Trump’s court battles -- or will they vote about the merits of President Biden? Political scientists say presidential elections are referendums on the incumbent. If that’s the case next year‚ none of the Biden team’s grounds for optimism will matter. Instead the race will already be on for 2028 -- and for Gavin Newsom‚ it clearly is. Daniel McCarthy is the editor of Modern Age: A Conservative Review. To read more by Daniel McCarthy‚ visit www.creators.com

Yet another type of Big Tech-government online collusion has been revealed‚ where foreign  governments reportedly use app push notifications to spy on users. In a statement to Reuters‚ Apple and Google appeared to admit that they collaborated with governments to surveil Americans’ activity via the notifications of smartphones’ applications. These admissions came in response to a letter from Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR)‚ who called attention to the potential government surveillance. The rumored surveillance and reported U.S. government secrecy about it follow ongoing revelations of coordination between Big Tech companies and the government in censoring content. This issue has been highlighted again through newly published research by Twitter Files journalists Michael Shellenberger and Matt Taibbi.  Apple stated that the government had prohibited them from sharing information about the contentious allegations‚ as reported by Reuters. “In this case‚ the federal government prohibited us from sharing any information‚” the Big Tech company claimed. “Now that this method has become public we are updating our transparency reporting to detail these kinds of requests.”  Wyden‚ in a post to X (formerly Twitter)‚ stated that Google also confirmed the government surveillance but‚ unlike Apple‚ requires “a court order for US requests.” Wyden sent a letter to Biden’s Attorney General Merrick Garland‚ requesting the Department of Justice (DOJ) to “repeal or modify any policies” limiting public discussion of this notification surveillance by the government. The DOJ declined to provide a comment to Reuters on the disturbing allegations. Wyden explained in a press release‚ “Push notifications are alerts sent by phone apps to users' smartphones. These alerts pass through a digital post office run by the phone operating system provider - overwhelmingly Apple or Google. Because of that structure‚ the two companies have visibility into how their customers use apps and could be compelled to provide this information to U.S. or foreign governments.” It seems the senator was right to highlight this potential threat to privacy and freedom. The alleged surveillance came on the heels of more evidence that the federal government undermines the free speech of Americans online. Taibbi and Shellenberger’s ongoing CTIL Files continue to expose the Censorship Industrial Complex.  Conservatives are under attack. Contact Google at 650-253-0000 and demand it be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency‚ clarity on so-called hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us using CensorTrack’s contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.