The New York Times really hates patriotic flags, apparently.

This perspective comes after the alleged “newspaper of record” breathlessly reported a photo taken last year outside the Jersey Shore beach house of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.

The snapshot showed several flags flying off a flagpole, including one that reads “An Appeal to Heaven” with a pine tree below it.

Next to it was a Philadelphia Phillies flag.

“Another Provocative Flag Was Flown at Another Alito Home,” reads the Times headline, adding, “The justice’s beach house displayed . . . a symbol carried on Jan. 6 and associated with a push for a more Christian-minded government.”

What’s so “provocative” about this flag, exactly?

The Times portrays it as a rally symbol for those involved in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol because the flag was seen being held by a few of the protesters there.

But there were many different flags seen that day, most prominently the American flag itself.
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NEW: Judge bars prosecutors from using some salacious evidence in Hunter Biden's gun trial

The judge presiding over Hunter Biden's federal gun case in Delaware on Friday ruled that prosecutors on Special Counsel David Weiss' team cannot use some salacious evidence in the first son's criminal trial next month, including references to his U.S. Navy discharge and the child support case for his out-of-wedlock daughter in Arkansas.

The court met for its final hearing before jury selection begins on June 3. Fox News has previously reported that prosecutors planned to use portions of his book and laptop, including photos, to convince a jury that the first son is guilty of making false statements on a federal form when he purchased a revolver in 2018, while actively using narcotics. Hunter Biden has pleaded not guilty to the charges.

Judge Maryellen Noreika on Friday said that Weiss must show Hunter Biden was addicted to drugs — but not necessarily using drugs the day he purchased the gun.

Noreika said the government may use part of Hunter Biden's book where he discusses his addiction to drugs.

The prosecution does not plan to bring out the entire infamous laptop containing details of Hunter Biden's life, but will introduce certain portions. Noreika ruled that Hunter Biden’s team will be able to question aspects of the laptop in front of the jury. The laptop, which leaked in 2020 just before the presidential election, was decried as Russian disinformation by 51 former intelligence officials.
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The Biden administration is increasingly concerned that the intensifying military alliance between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could vastly expand Pyongyang’s nuclear capabilities and increase tensions in the Asia-Pacific region, six senior U.S. officials told NBC News.

U.S. officials are also bracing for North Korea to potentially take its most provocative military actions in a decade close to the U.S. presidential election, possibly at Putin’s urging, the officials said.

The timing, they said, could be designed to create turmoil in yet another part of the world as Americans decide whether to send President Joe Biden or former President Donald Trump back to the White House.

“We have no doubt that North Korea will be provocative this year. It’s just a matter of how escalatory it is,” a U.S. intelligence official said.
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Blackstone CEO Steve Schwarzman, a lifelong moderate Republican, told Axios on Friday that he's supporting former President Trump in the upcoming November presidential election. This endorsement gives Trump access to an exclusive network of Republican donors closely tied to Schwarzman.

Schwarzman said deep concerns around surging antisemitism in New York City and college campuses nationwide sped his decision to re-embrace Trump.

The private equity billionaire continued, "I share the concern of most Americans that our economic, immigration and foreign policies are taking the country in the wrong direction. For these reasons, I am planning to vote for change and support Donald Trump for President. In addition, I will be supporting Republican Senate candidates and other Republicans up and down the ticket."
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Media Matters Lays Off Dozens Of Employees Following Lawsuit Filed By Elon Musk
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Media Matters has laid off dozens of employees following a lawsuit filed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk.

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Alleged Chechen illegal immigrants from Russia were reportedly surveilling the home of a US special forces officer in North Carolina. https://x.com/tpostmillennial/status/1794356100671934691?s=46

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Wanted By ICC, Netanyahu Set To Address US Congress

Mike Johnson, Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives, announced Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will soon address a joint meeting of the Congress. 
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US Sen. Bob Menendez is petitioning to run for Senate as an independent candidate, in a last ditch attempt to save his political career.

The embattled New Jersey Democrat is facing federal charges of fraud, extortion, bribery and acting as a foreign agent for Egypt between 2018 and 2022 — while serving as chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.

Menendez, who bowed out of his state’s Democratic primary, has been personally collecting signatures to get ballot access, according to the New Jersey Globe.
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President Biden plans to address former President Donald Trump’s Manhattan criminal trial in a “White House setting” when the jury delivers its verdict, according to a report. 

The 81-year-old president’s message will be tailored to the outcome of the trial, according to Politico, but in any scenario, he intends to stress that the US legal system worked and Americans should respect the process. 

Biden will deliver remarks whether the 77-year-old former president is convicted, acquitted or the jury cannot agree on a verdict. 

Closing arguments in Trump’s trial over alleged hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels are set to commence on Tuesday. 

It is believed that the jury could reach a verdict as early as next week. 
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RFK Jr has handed out rubber chickens for people to make noise during President Trump’s speech