A cat watched a kind person from a distance before finding the courage to come to the door and change his life. HumphreyAshleyA few weeks ago‚ Ashley‚ director of Liberation Cat House‚ noticed a new face in her neighborhood - a lone tabby cat appeared in the bushes in front of her house."He was a little skittish when I first saw him. I think a lot of his skittishness had to do with all the noise (from the busy street) and so much going on‚" Ashley shared with Love Meow."He would come close to me‚ but then a loud truck would go by‚ and he'd run back into the bushes." He showed up in front of the house and slept in the bushesAshleyAshley started feeding the cat while making posts and asking around the neighborhood to see if he had a home‚ but no one came to claim him.For a little while‚ the shy tabby watched Ashley from a distance or behind some bushes. He quickly learned that she always came with food‚ and he found the courage to approach her at the door. Humphrey watched Ashley from behind the bushesAshley"He began to recognize me and would immediately come running to greet me. He even started to wait by the door at certain times of the day."Once the tabby accepted pets‚ he became a snuggle bug‚ rubbing up against Ashley and leaning into head scratches. He was friendly and didn't belong on the streets. AshleyAshley and her team at Liberation Cat House planned to bring him in and find him a home he deserved."I tried bringing him in a couple of times just for very short periods‚ but he would inevitably run to the door and want back out. Soon‚ it became the opposite - when he was outside‚ I'd hear him meowing at the door‚ begging to be let inside." He decided to accept pets one dayAshleyOne day‚ he followed Ashley into the house as soon as the door opened and never looked back. "I think he decided the indoor life was for him.""He started walking around like he owned the place‚ trying out all the cat scratches and then finding a soft bed to cuddle up in." Humphrey is so happy to be indoorsAshleyExcited to be off the streets‚ Humphrey‚ the cat‚ crawled onto Ashley's lap‚ kneading away and purring up a storm.Humphrey was neutered‚ vetted‚ and treated for a UTI. "We estimate his age to be around two years old. He is incredibly good-natured and sweet. He loves meeting people - especially once they pet him‚ he will start nuzzling against them and purring." He's neutered and vetted and ready to find his forever homeAshley"He's very affectionate. When he had to go to the vet‚ they marveled at how good he was. He doesn't mind being picked up‚ and he did so well when they had to examine him."Ashley brought Humphrey to an event recently where he received lots of love and pets from people. He spent most of his time lounging on his foster mom‚ snoozing contentedly without a care in the world. He loves to sit on a lap all dayAshley"I wish I knew his back story because he is such a good boy and trusts humans even though he was living outside. I'm just glad he found his way to me‚" Ashley added."I know his forever home is out there with someone looking to adopt an affectionate‚ cuddly boy who will really bond with them." Ashley"One of the best things about adopting an adult cat is knowing their personality. I've learned very quickly that Humphrey is a lover. Sitting in your lap is where he is happiest."Humphrey wandered to the right place for help. He left the streets and never looked back. AshleyShare this story with your friends. More on Humphrey (in Orlando) and Ashley's fosters on Instagram and Liberation Cat House on Instagram.Related story: Cat Gives Indoor Life a Try After Living Outside Most of His Life‚ Turns Out It's the Best Thing Ever

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Shame on the Republican Party! That was the message from Washington Week with The Atlantic panelist (and PBS NewsHour co-anchor) Amna Nawaz on Friday’s show. Nawaz‚ who doesn’t exactly hide her liberal leanings as anchor‚ was even more freewheeling from her novel perch around public television’s weekly political roundtable‚ using as anti-Republican ammunition the words of…Poland’s prime minister? Moderator Jeffrey Goldberg: Amna‚ let me ask you about one of the -- I mean‚ obviously one of the most serious consequences of this ‘Houseification’ or this politicization of everything‚ and let me start by showing you a tweet from the prime minister of Poland‚ Donald Tusk‚ who wrote earlier this week: ‘Dear Republican senators of America‚ Ronald Reagan‚ who helped millions of us to win back our freedom and independence‚ must be turning in his grave today. Shame on you.’ I mean‚ what he`s noticing is a new prime minister of Poland‚ obviously very‚ very geared‚ as Poland is a frontline state‚ very‚ very geared to aiding Ukraine‚ which is running low‚ and among other things‚ just basic ammunition. Amna Nawaz: Yeah. Goldberg: He’s basically saying‚ you are abdicating your responsibility that you‚ America‚ took on in 1945 to help democracies sustain themselves against autocracy. Talk about the consequences of this‚ not just for Ukraine‚ but across the board. No one focused on how all these pro-Ukraine Democrats were all about submission and detente with Russia for decades‚ including while Reagan was president. They thought his free-the-Soviet-bloc talk was dangerous‚ even unglued. But Nawaz responded eagerly to the chance to excoriate the GOP for not funding Ukraine's war with Russia.  Nawaz: I’m so glad you showed that‚ because what a tweet. Goldberg: It’s amazing. Nawaz: You have a foreign leader scolding one of our two major parties for their failure to act and saying‚ shame on you. And shame is the key word here‚ because I just think there is no bar for shame anymore. As you said‚ it is naked political ambition that’s out there right now. We are not going to move forward on a bill that we know would benefit the system at the southern border that has been badly in need of repair for over decades now. We are not going to move forward on a bill that we know will provide critical assistance to Ukraine as they try to fight off a Russian offensive. And that is now out there. This is not reading between the lines in any way. But I do think it also points out the other key fact here‚ which is that the world is watching. This came from the leader of another western nation. Apparently even liberal reporters agree that the United States must be the world's policeman...and Washington fails to reach across the aisle for a compromise. Every nation right now is looking to see what happens in the United States‚ whether the U.S. can manage to actually work through congressional gridlock‚ pass anything‚ make anything happen‚ what happens in the next election. Will America even remain the same sort of level of leader after this election? I think that remains to be seen. The consequences really could not be greater. What would these PBS pundits know about reaching across the aisle? Does the PBS NewsHour offer a welcoming hug to Republicans on its program? No. Would Washington Week allow a Fox News reporter on the set? God forbid! PBS folks are allergic to opposing views. They don't have gridlock. They just enforce unanimity. 

The son of a Pennsylvania state senator was arrested and charged over a hit-and-run incident during which a 14-year-old girl was injured on her way to church. The incident from Aug. 13 was captured on video‚ but Sharif Street Jr. was charged months later on Jan. 29. Court records said that the surveillance video showed a white Nissan Altima hit the girl at about 8:40 a.m. and then stop for nearly a minute before taking off from North Broad near Erie Avenue. The girl suffered a concussion and bruises but survived. Police said that a bystander was able to capture the license plate of the car with their cellphone camera. After they determined the car belonged to Street Jr.‚ they used cell phone data to show that he was in the area of the accident. He reportedly told police that he had been visiting family in Atlantic City and had rented the vehicle to a male‚ but he did not provide details about who that person was. Street Jr. was charged with numerous counts‚ including aggravated assault by vehicle and accidents involving death or injury. He is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on March 8. Prior arrests He was previously charged with disorderly conduct after engaging in a fight when he was refused entry into the inaugeration ceremony for Mayor Cherelle Parker. He was released without bail after turning himself in to police. He also has other arrests for a fight in September and for disorderly conduct over another fight in February. Court documents said he was sentenced to 30 days probation and eight days in prison. Street Jr. is also the grandson of former Philadelphia Mayor John Street. Here's a local news report about the incident: Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin was discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Tuesday afternoon‚ according to the Pentagon."He is recovering well and resumed his full functions and duties today at 5 pm‚" the press release noted. "On the advice of his doctors‚ Secretary Austin will recuperate and perform his duties remotely from home for a period before returning to work at the Pentagon later this week. He has full access to the unclassified and classified communications systems necessary to perform his duties."Austin underwent a prostatectomy in December due to cancer but wound up back at Walter Reed for awhile in January before getting released later the same month. But he was admitted again on Sunday."Secretary Austin was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Feb. 11 with discomfort and concern from a bladder issue related to his December 2023 prostate cancer surgery. His condition indicated a need for close monitoring by the critical care team and supportive care. His diagnostic evaluation identified the cause of his bladder issue and it was corrected with non-surgical procedures on Feb. 12‚" Dr. John Maddox and Dr. Gregory Chesnut noted in a statement included in the Pentagon press release. "He remained in good condition throughout and no longer needed critical care monitoring on the morning of Feb. 13. He progressed well and was discharged to his home today. He is anticipated to continue his full recovery. The bladder issue was not related to his cancer diagnosis and will have no effect on his excellent cancer prognosis."Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Among the most enduring unsolved mysteries surrounding the events at the U.S. Capitol on January 6‚ 2021‚ are the pipe bombs planted outside the offices of the Republican and Democratic National Committees.In January‚ Blaze News revealed that the individual who discovered the device outside the DNC offices and was described by the FBI as a “passerby” was‚ in fact‚ a plainclothes U.S. Capitol Police officer.Now‚ after reviewing hours of closed-circuit TV video footage‚ Blaze News can report that two of three U.S. Capitol Police surveillance cameras pointed at the DNC office building were redirected away from the scene shortly after the device was discovered. As part of our investigation‚ I requested and received access to this footage from Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) and his staff. Blaze News will reveal more information soon about what the entirety of the video reveals.The DNC pipe bomb case is of special interest because Kamala Harris was in the building when the device was discovered. Harris‚ a former U.S. senator from California‚ was vice-president-elect and under Secret Service protection at the time.More than three years later‚ federal investigators have not uncovered the origin of the alleged pipe bombs. The FBI has not identified a suspect in either the RNC or DNC pipe bomb incidents‚ and a $500‚000 reward remains in effect for information leading to the arrest of the would-be bomber. 'Like pulling teeth'In the videos‚ Secret Service agents and officers from the D.C. Metro Police and U.S. Capitol Police departments appear unusually lackadaisical under the circumstances. A few hours after the Blaze News exclusive appeared‚ Darren Beattie of Revolver News published his own story about the DNC pipe bomb. His compelling analysis was based largely on the seven-minute video posted on YouTube six months earlier by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.).The two stories generated a firestorm of media questions and speculation about how passively Secret Service agents responded to the bomb’s discovery by the USCP officer. With Harris inside the DNC offices‚ why did those Secret Service agents and MPD officers finish their lunch before exiting their SUV? Why did they allow schoolchildren to pass within feet of a suspected bomb instead of cordoning off the area immediately? Why did the Secret Service wait more than 10 minutes before evacuating Harris from the building? More importantly‚ why has the public been allowed to see only seven minutes of video of what might be the most critical incident on January 6‚ 2021‚ given that the vice-president-elect was mere feet away from an alleged explosive device? This includes previously unseen images of the complete response by the attending agencies from multiple camera angles‚ the on-scene investigation‚ and ultimately‚ the bomb squad’s detonation of what the FBI continues to insist was a “viable” device capable of causing severe injury or death.In a recent appearance on BlazeTV’s “Pat Gray Unleashed‚” Massie said the seven-minute pipe bomb video is “some of the only J6 video that’s actually made it out ... contrary to a bunch of promises.”“It was like pulling teeth to get the first seven minutes of the discovery of this bomb‚” Massie told Gray. “I do think we should release the video of the attempted detonation of the bomb.”Although House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has said he has the last word on the release of all video footage from January 6‚ multiple congressional and Capitol Police sources confirm to Blaze News that the Capitol Police Board has prevented the DNC pipe bomb footage and other essential videos from coming out until now. The three-member board consists of House Sergeant-at-Arms William McFarland‚ Senate Sergeant-at-Arms Karen H. Gibson‚ and acting Capitol Architect Chere Rexroat. Until all the January 6 video is released to the public‚ a host of media companies and independent journalists will continue to review the video trove in a viewing room at a congressional office building in Washington‚ D.C. This includes the Epoch Times‚ Revolver News‚ and "Declassified with Julie Kelly."Protocols were violatedReleasing the footage would help shed additional light on how the Secret Service and the police responded to the threat‚ how the MPD bomb squad handled the device‚ and whether the alleged pipe bomb was‚ in fact‚ as dangerous as the FBI has characterized it. A former FBI agent disputes the claim. After the first pipe bomb was discovered near the Republican National Committee headquarters on First Street‚ the USCP officers and bomb squad reportedly handled the scene “by the book‚” immediately cordoning off the area to establish a safe perimeter. Those same protocols were not initiated promptly by the Secret Service and other agencies at the scene of the DNC bomb site.Apart from pedestrians continuing to walk past the scene — mere feet away from the bomb — a train trestle is located some 50 feet from where the bomb was discovered. Those trains continued to pass by every few minutes. No one with any agency seemed concerned enough about the bomb to halt the train service along those tracks. From discussions with several current and former agents and police officers with experience responding to bombs and suspicious packages‚ Blaze News has learned this was an egregious violation of established protocols.The cameras turnA review of USCP radio transmissions confirms that the DNC bomb was reported to the USCP command center just after 1:07 p.m.Less than four minutes after the plainclothes USCP officer notified the Secret Service of the suspected bomb‚ camera number 3173 — the same camera from which Massie released the seven-minute video — began to pan and zoom in on the position of the device. This is a clear indication that the USCP command center had been notified of the bomb’s existence and someone had taken control of the camera. Blaze News reviewed and confirmed that camera 3173 had remained in a fixed position — pointed at the DNC parking garage entrance — at least back to December 28‚ 2020‚ before its remote-control pan and zoom operation began at 1:09:04 p.m. on January 6.Camera 3173 was the most crucial camera focused on the scene‚ having the closest and clearest view of law enforcement’s response‚ investigation‚ and ultimate detonation of the bomb by an MPD bomb squad robot. Inexplicably‚ just after 1:40 p.m.‚ camera 3173 was remotely directed away from the scene at roughly a 90-degree angle and remained in that newly fixed position for the rest of the day‚ at least until midnight on January 6.But Joe Hanneman‚ an investigative reporter with the Epoch Times‚ discovered a second camera with a bird’s eye view of the scene before the bomb squad’s attempted detonation of the device. Once again‚ at 1:44 p.m.‚ that camera was also deliberately turned away from the investigation scene‚ panning south and left zoomed in on railroad tracks and a highway overpass. This position — looking away from the bomb scene — is where it remained until well after the incident’s investigation and the bomb’s destruction.Both cameras had been turned away from the investigative scene before 1:45 p.m. We have embedded this never-before-seen footage from both cameras into this article below.A command decision and an oversightSenior sources within USCP ranks with intimate knowledge of their command center’s layout and operations have informed Blaze News that the cameras would only have been directed away from such a critical investigation on the orders of “command-level” officials.On the afternoon of January 6‚ the only senior commanders present who could have given such an order in the command center area known as “the Pit” were Chief Steven Sund; Sean Gallagher‚ who was acting chief of uniformed operations; and Yogananda Pittman‚ assistant chief of police for protective and intelligence operations.Pittman at the time also oversaw the Capitol’s Security Services Bureau‚ which is the division of USCP that controls the Capitol’s CCTV cameras.Sund‚ who resigned the day after January 6‚ recounted the day’s events in his 2023 memoir‚ “Courage Under Fire.” He states twice in the book he wasn’t notified of the DNC pipe bomb until 1:49 p.m.‚ 44 minutes after its discovery and four minutes after the two most critical cameras were directed away from the investigation scene. Sund in both his book and his congressional testimonies has said he was busy seeking assistance from the National Guard and other law enforcement agencies to help defend the Capitol‚ which may explain why he was unaware of the bomb until later. Still‚ it’s unclear why he wasn’t informed of the pipe bomb discovery right away. The camera the Capitol Hill police forgotIn mid-December‚ I received a tip from a senior congressional aide to pay particular attention to the footage from cameras that were directed at the DNC headquarters before‚ during‚ and after the discovery of the pipe bomb on the afternoon of January 6. Fortunately for those of us investigating the DNC bomb scene‚ someone in the USCP command center apparently forgot about the directional position of a third camera‚ which provided an overhead view of the bomb squad’s effort to destroy the pipe bomb. Blaze News has requested this footage‚ and as we receive it‚ we will release it to the public.The video‚ which I watched six weeks ago‚ shows that just after 2 p.m.‚ on the far-left edge of that camera’s frame‚ an MPD bomb squad robot began moving along the sidewalk to retrieve the pipe bomb. After picking up the bomb‚ the robot clumsily moved the device and deposited it against the street curb rather than into a bomb blast containment bin. Moments later‚ the device can be seen breaking apart.Without absolute certainty‚ experts with knowledge of bomb disposal technologies explained to Blaze News that the robot most likely hit the device with a “bomb disposal water disruptor” — a type of water cannon. The Department of Homeland Security explains the water disruptor “breaks apart IEDs by targeting a stream of high-velocity liquid‚ such as water. It does not detonate the device‚ but rather disarms it from a distance ...”When the bomb squad robot deployed the disruptor‚ there was no explosion. The pipe bomb disintegrated into pieces. Minutes later‚ one bomb squad officer in a protective suit can be seen entering the far-left edge of the camera’s aspect to investigate the destroyed pipe bomb’s remnants. 'Viable' or not?According to a report by the Washington Times‚ former FBI Special Agent Kyle Seraphin explained that during his investigation‚ he discovered that both pipe bomb devices were inoperable and presented no threat. This is despite the FBI’s continued public assertion that the devices were “viable.”In an exclusive interview with Blaze News‚ Seraphin elaborated that the bureau is telling the public one story and its agents another story. “The FBI has spent a significant amount of time telling the public that we had‚ quote-unquote‚ ‘viable devices‚’ when they were briefing the surveillance team that was following a person of interest that these were not potentially explosive devices that were a danger to the federal agents who were following him‚” he said.Seraphin told Blaze News that other members of his team corroborated the same information that had been given to the investigating agents. “It’s an officer safety issue‚ and the way that you handle a potential bomber is different than a subject who was known to drop inoperable bombs‚” Seraphin said. “You’re going to work a case differently if they’re not real; you can get closer. That was part of the very basic operational order of how you do the job‚ which is something I did every day for thousands of hours a year.”Seraphin also rebutted the June 7‚ 2023‚ testimony of FBI assistant director in charge Steven D'Antuono‚ who told the House Judiciary Committee‚ “People like Kyle Seraphin and others that are not a case agent‚ have no knowledge of the case‚ have no knowledge of what happened in the case.” “That’s objectively false‚” Seraphin said. “It’s referred to as a ‘case brief‚’ and it is the standard for anybody who is doing surveillance and is serious about working as an asset to the case agent ... our eyes are tuned to what the case agent is looking for.” “Steve D’Antuono is completely wrong‚” Seraphin added. “He obviously never worked on that surveillance unit. He was too busy being a manager and not working cases.”“It’s illogical on every level” that D'Antuono didn’t know what was happening in that case‚ Seraphin explained. “Either he was being briefed on it better than we were‚ or he’s a liar. He’s either incompetent‚ or he’s deliberately being obtuse in front of Congress.”As for why the Secret Service and MPD officers were slow to act‚ Seraphin attributed their reaction to stress and training. “When people experience a moment of high stress‚ generally speaking‚ they have what is called a ‘sympathetic nervous response‚’ which I know as a paramedic and from my time in the military. They have three possible outcomes: fight‚ flight‚ or freeze. The single most common is freeze‚” Seraphin said. “What we saw from that police officer looked more like a training scenario‚ and when the scenario happens‚ you take it a kind of slow speed. They approach things at an overly casual rate because they know it’s not real.”This may well explain the Secret Service‚ MPD‚ and USCP’s casual behavior and failure to immediately establish a safe perimeter and implement other known protocols after learning of the pipe bomb’s discovery. But‚ Seraphin added‚ the seemingly casual response didn’t make sense “when you have a high-value protectee inside the building.” “Those are questions that still need to be answered‚” he said.Seraphin explained that only two possible explanations existed for those two cameras being ordered away from an active investigation: “When you have a sensitive technique that’s about to be executed” using new or classified technologies. “And the second possibility is nefarious.”Given that the bomb disposal water disruptor technology is widely known and taught‚ as well as explicitly described on the Department of Homeland Security’s website‚ the first possibility appears unlikely. That leaves the second possibility. Any obstruction from Congress or law enforcement agencies in releasing the video of the DNC pipe bomb’s destruction raises further questions.“There’s no upside to not characterizing a scene — even if it’s just for training value‚ later‚” Seraphin said. “There’s no good reason that you’d not want to see video cameras that you control logging what happened.” “If the [disarmament] technique is not classified‚ then you are losing something that is documenting information and timelines. The upside of having footage of your crime scene vastly outweighs the sensitivity of a well-known technique‚” he added.Blaze News will be publishing more analysis and releasing more footage as it is received from Congress.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip in a special election to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of Republican George Santos from the House of Representatives last year.Santos was ousted from the House less than one year into his freshman term‚ when 105 Republicans joined 206 Democrats to vote in favor of expulsion. Two Democrats joined 112 Republicans in voting against expulsion. Two Democrats voted present.Now‚ with Suozzi's special election victory‚ Democrats gain control of the seat."So who still thinks Republicans helping Democrats kick out Santos was a good idea?" GOP Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia tweeted. — (@) Suozzi previously served as a House lawmaker from early 2017 until early 2023. He ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 Democratic gubernatorial primary in New York. Pilip is a Nassau County legislator."Mazi was elected as the candidate of the Republican and Conservative parties to the Nassau County Legislature in 2021‚" according to maziforny.com. "The daughter of Orthodox Jewish parents‚ Mazi grew up in a rural village in Ethiopia that didn’t even have running water. At the age of 12‚ Mazi immigrated to Israel with her family as part of Operation Solomon and would later enter the Israel Defense Force‚ serving in the IDF's elite Paratrooper Brigade‚" the site states. "After defending Israel’s freedom and attending college‚ Mazi immigrated to the United States‚" the site also notes.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

After she was abandoned by her parents‚ Oxana Malaya lived with a pack of dogs for nearly five years — and picked up some dog-like behaviors during her time with them. The post The Heartbreaking Story Of Oxana Malaya‚ The Feral Child Who Lived In A Dog Kennel appeared first on All That's Interesting.

The outcome of the New York race serves as a warning sign for vulnerable House Republicans as they stare down a competitive presidential cycle this fall.