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... Sarkar’s boast about her sexual prowess has since been toned down to the more vanilla “Literature bore. Anarcho-fabulous. Muslim. THFC. Kebab aficionado. Luxury communism now!” It was the ‘Muslim’ element which sparked the row leading to Burchill’s cancellation. As the Mail reports, the fight kicked off when Sarkar decided to engage in some offence archaeology by claiming to take umbrage at an obviously jocular eight-year-old article in the Spectator, Britain’s oldest conservative journal, by its house provocateur Rod Liddle: Liddle wrote: “The only thing stopping me from being a teacher was that I could not remotely conceive of not...

A Texas family woke up last Wednesday to find their two cars lit on fire, and “Trump 20” spray-painted on their home after putting a “Black Lives Matter” sign on their yard. Jayla Gipson and Charles Crawford, who are black, told WFFA they suspect the sign may have triggered vandals to attack their home in Little Elm. “That sign was in my yard for less than two weeks and then all of a sudden we get a tragedy like this,” Gipson said. “I would have preferred they just take the sign. But to set the house on fire? That’s going...

A three-year-old girl was found passed out in the mud of the Kara Tepe migrant camp on the Greek island of Lesbos, with doctors claiming the young child had been raped. The horrific incident is said to have taken place on Monday night at the migrant camp which was created after the notorious Moria camp was burned down, allegedly by migrants themselves, earlier in the year. The victim, who is the child of an Afghan family which applied for asylum in Greece, was found unconscious and bleeding and was quickly transferred to the camp’s medical facility before being sent to...

For Americans working from home in 2020, it seems happy hour is starting a little earlier than usual. A new survey finds many people are nearly half of adults working remotely have secretly signed off early to have a drink. The survey polled 2,000 Americans (approximately 800 of whom are over 21 and working from home) to examine the bad habits people are picking up during lockdown and the impact it’s having on their planning for the new year. Forty-six percent of those working from home have clocked out early to pour themselves a drink at least once during their...

Ahead of the 2020 U.S. Presidential election, social media site Twitter announced that it would be forcing users to quote tweet any tweets they attempted to retweet in an attempt to add an extra layer of “friction,” forcing users to question the content they shared. In practice, the change dampened virality and engagement for all posts to the platform. Now, Twitter has reversed these changes after the election. In October, Breitbart News reported that Twitter would be altering how retweets on its platform worked ahead of the November presidential election in an attempt to prevent the spread of “misinformation.” Twitter...

Facebook-owned social media platform Instagram recently censored a post linking Joe Biden to his 1994 crime bill which contributed to the mass incarceration of black people. The platform relied on independent “fact checker” USA Today to label connections between Biden and mass incarceration as “false.” The New York Post reports that the Facebook-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram recently labeled a post by a user claiming that President-elect Joe Biden’s 1994 crime bill contributed to the mass jailing of black people as “false.” The claim that Biden’s 1994 crime law contributed to the mass incarceration of black people has been vehemently supported...

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“Why Is All COVID-19 News Bad News?” is a working paper by Bruce Sacerdote, Ranjan Sehgal, and Molly Cook recently published by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER). The authors found that media coverage of COVID-19 has been much more negative in the U.S. than in international media. They found, “Ninety one percent of stories by U.S. major media outlets are negative in tone versus fifty four percent for non-U.S. major sources and sixty five percent for scientific journals.” COVID-19 is a serious matter, but that doesn’t explain the negativity. The authors found, “Media negativity is unresponsive to changing...

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump I am very disappointed in the United States Supreme Court, and so is our great country! 9:13 PM · Dec 17, 2020·

Sen. Joe Manchin, D, told Fox News today that he believed Joe Biden would not interfere in the Hunter Biden investigation when he assumes the White House in January, because he "believes in the rule of law and it’s not in his DNA!” Didn’t old Joe give Ukraine six hours to Fire a Prosecutor the Ukraine President said I did nothing wrong?

In an Instagram post, the rapper said he’d be gifting the luxury electric vehicle to one lucky voter 2 Chainz is working hard to get Atlanta residents to vote in the Georgia Senate run-off. The rapper is collaborating with HeadCount and Good to Vote and together, they are giving away a free Model 3 Tesla to those who request a mail-in-ballot or pledge to vote. Starting today until Tuesday, Jan. 5, folks who visit Headcount and request a mail-in ballot or pledge to vote will automatically be entered to win the luxury vehicle, per a press release obtained by theGrio.

The "fourth estate" refers to freedom of the press. The term may have first been used by the philosopher-statesman Edmund Burke, who in 1787 highlighted the press as free and apart from the other three British "estates" -- clergy, royalty and commoners.The modern meaning, however, refers to the press as a fourth and free power -- as even a "watchdog" -- over the executive, legislative and judicial branches of our government. Today, however, it is the watchdog that needs watching.The foundation on which the United States is built, freedom of speech and freedom of the press, is enshrined in the...

With President Donald Trump’s latest threat to veto the defense policy bill still fresh in their minds, lawmakers were already looking ahead Thursday to the prospect of casting politically charged override votes. If Trump does not veto the conference report by Dec. 23, it will become law. If he vetoes it by then, Congress can override it with two-thirds majorities in both chambers. But the House and Senate would have to do so before the next Congress begins Jan. 3. If lawmakers miss that deadline, they would have to launch a lengthy process of rebuilding the measure in a new...

The question is not whether Joe Biden won or lost, it’s what’s the cost if the left doesn’t get their way which is what too many cowards are truly afraid of. They will sacrifice the future of our republic just to “keep the peace.”This video of court justices in Texas proves that. They fought loudly over whether to hear the Texas election fraud case out of fear the inevitable results would lead to leftist riots. Essentially, they are admitting Trump won by their outrage and fear of proving Biden is not the rightful victor.SCOTUS.⚖️"I don't give a #@&^ about 'Bush...

General Michael Flynn joined Greg Kelly on Newsmax on Thursday night. In his first segment, General Flynn spoke about the 2020 election and what he believes President Trump MUST DO to ensure justice is served to the American people. General Michael Flynn: Number one, President Trump won on the 3rd of November. The things he needs to do right now is he needs to appoint a special counsel immediately. He needs to seize all these Dominion and these other voting machines we have across the country. He needs to go ahead and prioritize by state and probably by county. Fulton...

Rep. Cedric Richmond (D-LA) tested positive for the COVID-19 China coronavirus on Wednesday, a day after he campaigned in Georgia with Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden. Richmond has been named director of the White House Office of Public Engagement in a potential Biden administration. A pool reporter for Biden’s Georgia trip also was reported to have tested positive. Biden tested negative Thursday, according to the campaign. Earlier in the week Biden said he had a cold after he coughed his way through a speech to the nation Monday. A statement issued Thursday by the Biden transition office stated Richmond was...

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Thursday told reporters that he, his wife and three daughters have been targeted with conspiracy theory-fueled death threats and false claims after he refused President Trump's request to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Why it matters: Kemp did not blame Trump for the attacks, even though the president has openly raged against the governor, promoted false claims of election fraud and attempted to encourage officials to overturn Biden's victory. Context: Trump asked Kemp over the phone in early December to call a special legislative session aimed at...

SANTA FE — New Mexico congresswoman Deb Haaland has been tapped as President-elect Joe Biden’s interior secretary, according to The Washington Post and other national news outlets. If confirmed, Haaland, 60, would make history as the nation’s first-ever Native American cabinet secretary and would lead an influential federal agency that oversees more than 500 million acres of public lands and tribal issues. Haaland, who is a Laguna Pueblo member and former San Felipe Pueblo tribal administrator, had been touted as a potential Cabinet pick by many fellow House members and Native American groups. As head of the Interior Department, Haaland...

SECRETARY RAFFENSPERGER LAUNCHES COBB COUNTY AND STATEWIDE SIGNATURE MATCH AUDITS (ATLANTA)-Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced a signature match audit in Cobb County and an additional statewide signature match audit. The Secretary of State’s Office will partner with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation to conduct the Cobb County audit and with an accredited university for the statewide audit. “Election integrity has been a top priority since day one of my administration,” said Secretary Raffensperger. “Though the outcome of the race in Georgia will not change, conducting this audit follows in the footsteps of the audit-triggered hand recount we conducted...

Seattle City Councilwoman Lisa Herbold voted to defund the police and then called these same police to report a misdemeanor crime she basically wants to see legalized. According to local media, this left-wing lunatic called the police last week after a man reportedly threw a rock at her living room window. She told the police (the same police she voted to defund) that “she was on the west side of the living room near the kitchen when she heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot and dove into the kitchen for cover.” All good, except… Herbold has proposed...