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In related news, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) called Elon Musk "one of the most unintelligent billionaires I've ever met or seen. The wealth doesn't match the wisdom. Sure, he's built rockets, electric cars, satellites, and AI. He's now the richest man in the world, but what has he done for others?" Musk pointed out that "I have created products that are in great demand. Customers willingly buy them. More than 150,000 people have jobs because of my entrepreneurship. This is what I have done for others. What have you done for others? You currently produce nothing that folks would...

Saks Global Enterprises, the parent company of luxury department store chain Saks Fifth Avenue, is considering a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing as a last-resort option to address mounting liquidity constraints and near-term debt obligations, according to a Bloomberg report. The publication reported that Saks is evaluating bankruptcy as part of a broader effort to manage its balance sheet rather than as an imminent filing. The company faces a debt payment of more than $100 million due by the end of December, limiting its financial flexibility. According to the report, which cited people with knowledge of the matter, Saks has...

'Tis the season for Senator Rand Paul to air his Festivus grievances about government waste! It's out, and it's spectacular! We're proud that--for the 7th year straight--the report features wasteful animal tests exposed by WCW, including: 🐶 $5.2M to inject beagles with cocaine and meth (NIH) 🐕 $13.8M for Dr. Fauci’s ongoing maximum pain tick bite experiments on beagles (NIH) 🦆☣️ $1M for a dangerous USDA-CCP bird flu gain-of-function collaboration (USDA) 🦭🐬 $77M for the Navy’s outdated Marine Mammal Program (DOD) 🐁🤰$2.8M to implant bone, liver, and thymus tissue from aborted human fetuses into lab animals to create “BLT mice”...

In a way, I’m glad Candace Owens held up a copy of the notoriously anti-Semitic screed, The Talmudic Jew, during her latest digital rant. For it confirms what she is. More importantly, it lays down a gauntlet to the right. To the left too, in fact. It demands of them the following: are you going to turn a blind eye to this propagation of bloodcurdling lies about the Jews, or are you going to do something about it? It’s an extraordinary image – Ms Owens, once a darling of America’s online right, sporting a demented grin as she holds aloft...

The curtain had not yet fallen on Turning Point USA's AmFest 2025 before rumors swirled about how they were going to top it next year. How do you follow up such a wild show? The Babylon Bee has obtained the following exclusive sneak peek at the speaker lineup for next year's TPUSA AmFest: 1. Nickelback: The world's greatest rock band belongs at the world's greatest conservative conference. 2. Nick Fuentes's less-Nazi brother, Steve Fuentes: He still says really, really awful stuff. Just slightly less-Nazi. 3. The Radio City Rockettes: Apparently, they're conservative now. That means they're in. 4. An actual...

House Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty sued President Donald Trump on Monday -- hoping to force the removal of his name from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. The lawsuit from the congresswoman, who serves an ex-officio member of the board, argues that the board’s vote to rename the building was illegal because an act of Congress is required for such an action. "This is a flagrant violation of the rule of law, and it flies in the face of our constitutional order. Congress intended the Center to be a living memorial to President Kennedy -- and a...

PHOENIX, AZ — Following her surprising appearance onstage with Erika Kirk at Turning Point USA's AmFest, rapper Nicki Minaj revealed that her hit song "Anaconda" was actually about how the federal government needs to reduce deficit spending. The music superstar caused a stir throughout social media and entertainment circles by not only taking the stage at a prominent conservative event but also explaining that the true meaning behind one of her most popular tracks was a right-wing rant against big government. "It's right there in the lyrics, plain as day," Minaj told several confused conservative journalists after she shut...

Finally, we are seeing some pushback. In North Carolina, a public library board was disbanded for pushing transsexual indoctrination on little kids. The Blaze reports: The controversy involved the “Call Me Max” book that tells the story of a girl asking teachers to refer to her by her chosen identity rather than the biological reality. The board in Randolph County had reviewed the book and found that it fit within the county’s guidelines in October. No one who attempts to undermine the sanity of impressionable children so as to groom them for a twisted realm of sexual depravity should be...

Russia’s Special Presidential Envoy commented on Donald Trump's opinion that the NYT newspaper poses a serious threat to national security and that its dissemination of false information should be stoppedMOSCOW, December 23. /TASS/. The globalist fake media machine, and not just The New York Times (NYT), has attacked US President Donald Trump, his peace efforts, and Russia, Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s Special Presidential Envoy and head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund has said. "It's not just the NYT. It's a globalist, well-funded, organized, and synchronized US/UK/EU deep-state-aligned fake media machine - targeting traditional values, common sense, economic prosperity - and...

Daily Readings from the USCCBWhen they came on the eighth day to circumcise the child, they were going to call him Zechariah after his father, but his mother said in reply, “No. He will be called John.” But they answered her, “There is no one among your relatives who has this name.” So they made signs, asking his father what he wished him to be called. He asked for a tablet and wrote, “John is his name,” and all were amazed. Luke 1:59–63At the time of John the Baptist’s birth, it was customary for family, neighbors, and others within the...

BREAKING: SpaceX has announced that @Starlink now has over 9 million customers, up from 8M in November and 7M in August 2025. Starlink added a record 21,275 new customers on average per day since they hit 8M, smashing their previous record of 14,250. That growth rate is a whopping 49.3% higher than it was just last month! 🤯

Jimmy Fallon has been repeating the same joke about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani three times now on the NBC late night show, much to the confusion and skepticism of viewers. Fallon first cracked the joke during the Dec. 9 show. “It was so cold in New York City this morning, walking to work, I saw a Wall Street stockbroker spooning with Zohran Mamdani,” he said, earning quite the laugh from the audience that night. But that wasn’t enough for the NBC host. He then repeated it again a week later on Dec. 16, except this time he at...

The prosecution of a British pro-life advocate for praying violates ‘fundamental freedoms’ and ‘the shared values that ought to underpin US-UK relations,’ a State Department official said.(LifeSiteNews) — The U.K.’s prosecuting of a British pro-life activist for standing silently within an abortion center’s buffer zone is not only “concerning” as it violates “common sense” but is an “unwelcome departure” from shared transatlantic values, said a Trump administration official. According to a Saturday report in The Telegraph, the spokesman for the U.S. State Department was addressing the case of Isabel Vaughan-Spruce, a Catholic pro-life activist who was charged last Wednesday for...

This year’s flu season is proving to be worse than normal, with hospitalizations up significantly compared to last year, and the CDC reporting 4.6 million cases of the flu so far. But with peak flu season still going on until at least February, signs of the unusual “super flu” variant behind the rising sickness don’t seem to be slowing down anytime soon. The leading culprit? The latest version of the flu, subclade K, is a variant of the H3N2 influenza A virus that dominates flu seasons. This strain was responsible for over half of US flu cases as of mid-November.

Metcalf's money did not vanish, but his safety net did.DK Metcalf's physical confrontation with a Detroit Lions fan Sunday will see him miss the rest of the regular season and forfeit more than $555,000 in salary. But the impact could go beyond that. The two-game suspension for what the NFL terms "conduct detrimental" to the league now voids at least $45 million in future guaranteed money for the Pittsburgh Steelers receiver. Metcalf would still be able to earn that money over the next two years. His four-year, $132 million contract from March, reviewed by CBS Sports, notes that if he...

It's not often life gives nations real second chances when it comes to the big things, but in America’s case it did. My only hope is that we don’t squander it… or to be more precise, I hope Donald Trump doesn’t squander it. The 2026 midterms are less than a year away, that makes what he does in the next six to eight months monumentally important. The bottom line is, does he want to be consequential or just well known? Julius Caesar is easily one of the most well-known men in history, but was he really that consequential? The truth...

VIDEOIf you have watched musicals made within the past 75 years, then whether you realize it or not you have seen many many Bob Fosse moves. The famous Broadway Barbara breaks down and explains many of the Bob Fosse moves. My personal favorite Bob Fosse move as revealed by Broadway Barbara is Fiddle Faddle from Conagra Foods.

Hypersonic weapons are reshaping modern military competitions. As the U.S. advances its capabilities, understanding the structure, progress, and strategic intent of its programs is essential. Current efforts focus on building reliability and interoperability across domains, creating a cohesive defense network. This integration provides a strategic advantage in contested environments, ensuring systems remain accurate, resilient, and adaptable for future operational needs. Background The United States is currently developing three hypersonic weapons programs: the Navy’s Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS), the Army’s Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon (LRHW), and the Air Force’s Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM). Compared with China, which reportedly has five hypersonic...

University of Oklahoma student Samantha Fulnecky, a Christian, received a zero grade from transgender teaching assistant Mel Curth for not upholding a woke narrative for a paper on gender stereotypes. Initially, the University removed Curth from the classroom. On Monday, they announced that Curth “will no longer have instructional duties at the University.” “A student’s claim of religious discrimination on an individual assignment in an online Psychology Course taught by a graduate teaching assistant has come to resolution.” “As stated previously, the student followed two available processes at the University: the grade appeals process in the college and she made...

When Sean Corcoran was a freshman in college, his girlfriend of several months told him she was pregnant. He knew fatherhood would change his life, and he fully embraced it. He was stunned when his girlfriend told him she was planning to have an abortion. “I was accepting of my responsibility in this pregnancy and tried hard to dissuade her from having the abortion. When you get pregnant, you’re already a parent," Corcoran told Live Action News. Despite his support for her and their baby and his objections to abortion, his girlfriend remained firm in her decision. So Corcoran turned...