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House Republicans are pushing to oust Ilhan Omar from her committee assignments in an amendment to a measure seeking the same punishment for Rep Marjorie Taylor Greene. Democrats in the House are moving swiftly to remove Greene from her committee assignments over controversial words, actions, and conspiracy theories she engaged in prior to becoming a congresswoman. An amendment backed by some GOP members would counter by removing Omar (D-MN) from the House Budget Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Their justification for Omar’s removal is based “in light of conduct she has exhibited.” And while Taylor Greene’s controversial actions...

On Thursday’s episode of the White House press briefing, Press Secretary Jen Psaki refused to apologize for having mocked the Space Force a day earlier and skimped on funding schools that teachers unions have kept shuttered, and falsely claimed that Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was the first openly gay cabinet secretary. And yet, no one stepped up to the plate to ask Psaki about a 2020 tweet of hers calling Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) a woman (“LadyG,” specifically). After expressing interest in past statements from Kayleigh McEnany, the press corps doesn’t seem to care about Psaki’s record The daughter of...

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Google’s YouTube has ratcheted up censorship to a new level by removing two videos from a U.S. Senate committee. They were from a Dec. 8 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing on early treatment of Covid-19. One was a 30-minute summary; the other was the opening statement of critical-care specialist Pierre Kory. Dr. Kory is part of a world-renowned group of physicians who developed a groundbreaking use of corticosteroids to treat hospitalized Covid patients. His testimony at a May Senate hearing helped doctors rethink treatment protocols and saved lives. At the December hearing, he presented evidence regarding the...

This Congress is likely to pass fewer bills of consequence than in the past 20 years, leaving the Biden administration to rule by 'pen' and 'phone.'resident Joe Biden faces a 50-50 Senate and a narrowly divided House. Some observers assert that with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi holding the gavel and Vice President Kamala Harris able to preside as president of the Senate and vote to break ties, the Democrats control Congress.Looking at mathematic “control” of Congress betrays a simplistic understanding of the very human endeavor of representative government, boiling the system down to mere numbers as if it were a...

How does Big Tech go about manipulating our thoughts and behavior? It begins with the fact that these tech companies strive to know everything about us—our likes and dislikes, the issues we’re interested in, the websites we visit, the videos we watch, who we voted for, and our party affiliation. If you search for a Hannukah recipe, they’ll know you’re likely Jewish. If you’re running down the Yankees, they’ll figure out if you’re a Red Sox fan. Even if your smart phone is turned off, they’ll track your location. They know who you work for, who your friends are, when...

Black Lives Matter leaders are urging California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to reject Democrat Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) as the state's new attorney general, warning he is self-serving and racist. BLM leaders are among dozens of prominent opponents calling on Newsom to consider Schiff's track record, which activists say shows he has a history of abusing his power to target and "punish" minorities.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will take over the investigation into an explosion that destroyed a SpaceX rocket during a test flight on Tuesday, the agency said. CNN reported that an FAA spokesperson confirmed the investigation and said it would identify the "root cause" behind the craft's explosion upon landing in Texas. "The FAA's top priority in regulating commercial space transportation is ensuring that operations are safe, even if there is an anomaly," the agency spokesperson said, according to CNN. "The FAA will oversee the investigation of today's landing mishap involving the SpaceX Starship SN9 prototype in Boca Chica, Texas....

If Donald Trump can be impeached for urging peaceful protest at the Capitol, why isn’t Chuck Schumer being impeached for far, far worse rhetoric aimed at intimidating members of the Supreme Court he specifically named into voting his way. I mean morally, because obviously The Dems use impeachment to score political points, not as a serious remedy for misbehavior as those dead white males, the Founders, intended.The invaluable Molly Hemingway of The Federalist remembers Schumer’s call for insurrection:Less than one year ago, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York led a mob on the steps of the Supreme Court while a...

On Tuesday, Jeff Bezos was forced out as Amazon's CEO. (In corporate slang, he was "kicked upstairs.") Amazon's Board of Directors may have had enough of him furthering leftist causes at stockholders' expense. The decision to shut down Parler on his watch chased away some future customers from Amazon's web hosting services and caused some conservatives to stop buying from Amazon, although his successor is the executive who gave the actual order. More worrying to the financial community, it opened Amazon to lawsuits and government regulation. Morningstar.com, a financial website, reports:The leadership transition at Amazon will take place as it...

Maxine Waters: Trump, "should be charged with premeditated murder." pic.twitter.com/l9ATfpKC2E — 𝐃𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 (@essenviews) February 3, 2021 “What’s so interesting about all of this is they tried to make themselves the victim when indeed they are following the president of the United States of America who had advance planning about the invasion that took place in our Capitol. Even there’s information that some of the planning came out of individuals working in this campaign. As a matter of fact, he absolutely should be charged with premeditated murder because of the lives that were lost with this invasion, with this...

Three economists lambasted a New York Times op-ed claiming that the Democratic Party is better for the economy than the GOP. Times senior writer David Leonhardt’s main argument was that “The American economy has performed much better under Democratic administrations than Republican ones, over both the last few decades and the last century.” Economists ripped apart the op-ed as “nonsense,” “intellectually sloppy,” and filled with “numerous false claims.” The piece further argued that Democrats have been more “pragmatic” by being “willing to heed economic and historical lessons about what policies actually strengthen the economy, while Republicans have often clung to...

n the opening days of the Biden presidency, the administration issued an array of executive actions, including a 100-day moratorium on deportations for illegal aliens. Led by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Thom Tillis (R-NC), Republican lawmakers took note of the order, which holds no exception for violent criminals who are also in the country illegally. The pair wrote to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Tae Johnson, pointing out that the memorandum “constitutes a wholescale abandonment of law enforcement,” as well as the “will of Congress.” They note...

The unorthodox experiment concerns a relatively niche area of technology research known as plant nanobionics which combines nanotechnology with plant biology to achieve new things. The study, which was carried out by scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), had initially focused on finding a way to use plants to detect explosives, but later evolved into using them to learn about the environment and to relay that information back to a mobile phone. Obviously we're not talking about having spinach plants type out an email in the conventional sense - instead the fusion of biology and nanotechnology has enabled...

Yesterday we reported that a court in Peru has charged Bill Gates with creating the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, it appears that Gates is using the pandemic to push for global control over the masses. Bill Gates just keeps doubling down on tyranny despite the fact that no one likes this guy or even cares what he has to say. But in the “post-COVID-19 world,” Gates insists we need to be controlled with “pandemic fire squads” in case there’s another scamdemic.

The complaint filed against Activision states that the Call of Duty publisher copied the Cade Janus photographs, without Haugen’s knowledge or consent, and used them to create Mara in Modern Warfare. A photograph entitled “Cade Janus 16” was found in a development document called “Project Odyssey” dated Sept. 8, 2017. The same photo was found on the casting page of Project Odyssey under the heading “The Face of the Near Future.” Haugen and his representatives believe this establishes Activision had access to the images of Cade Janus and were actively aware of those images as they developed the character of...

Yoshiro Mori enrages feminists in Western media after stating "a board meeting with plenty of women will make it drag on." The president of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee sparked rage from Western feminists this after reportedly stating that if new female members were added to the to the committee they would need to have their speaking times restricted because “when you increase the number of female executive members, if their speaking time isn’t restricted to a certain extent, they have difficulty finishing, which is annoying.” The remarks were made during an Olympic committee meeting on Wednesday by committee president...

Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, has a memoir due out April 6 which will chronicle his life and times, despite his father assuring the nation his family would not cash in on presidency. AP reports the book is called “Beautiful Things” and will center on the younger Biden’s well publicized struggles with substance abuse, according to Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.

Except to those seeking an excuse to turn the national security apparatus on American citizens, the Capitol riot was not equivalent to the horror of 9/11.The occupation of West Virginia is going to be a sight to see. Following the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, some pundits and members of the national security state have been demanding a new war on terror. This time, however, the targets will be Americans. To take a representative example, Kevin Carroll writes in the Washington Examiner, “We ruthlessly hunted down foreign terrorists after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks and must do the same to...

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg drew the ire of police prosecutors in India on Thursday after she used social media to offer running commentary and advice on violent protests by the country’s farmers. The 18-year-old left-wing eco-activist shared — and then quickly deleted — a message that detailed a list of “suggested posts” about the ongoing civil disorder, according to a report in the NY Post, which her critics say reveals she is being coached on what position to take by outsiders.