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First lady Jill Biden is joining forces with country music star Trisha Yearwood to host a holiday food special titled "A White House Thanksgiving," Variety reports. The special, set to air on Food Network and Discovery Plus on Nov. 20, will provide viewers with "a rarely-seen glimpse at holiday entertaining at the White House," said Food Network president Courtney White. During the program, Biden and Yearwood will work on creating seasonal decor using flowers from the White House Kitchen Garden. White House chief floral designer Hedieh Ghaffarian will provide expertise on floral arrangements.

Jake Tapper inadvertently admits COVID security theater.. CNN host Jake Tapper inadvertently revealed the security theater that is ‘COVID-safe’ after he tried to reassure people “we took off our masks just for the photo.” Tapper posted an image of himself and his CNN staffers for a “bake off” event before tweeting, “for anyone concerned, we took off our masks just for the photo, but generally we all wear masks around the office. also, we’re all vaccinated.” ... Apparently, COVID has developed artificial intelligence and knows not to infect people when they’re doing a photo-op. “Did you get everyone’s permission in...

A man involved in a deadly road rage incident last year in Golden Gate Estates is immune from civil action under the “Stand Your Ground” law, a judge in the 20th Judicial Circuit Court in Collier County ruled. Circuit Judge Blake Adams dismissed a wrongful death suit on Friday, filed by the family of David Norgard, 24, of Golden Gate Estates, who died after he sustained two gunshot wounds to the chest near 16th Avenue Southwest and 23rd Street Southwest around 9 p.m. March 1, 2019. The shooter was cleared of criminal wrongdoing a few months after the incident by...

Some things never change. Judges that won’t do what’s just and Democrats who steal elections. We reported previously that Virginia was not requiring the last 4 digits of social security numbers on absentee ballots. This is in direct violation of the law. This comes from the same county that had over 300,000 ballots dropped for Joe Biden on election night while only 30,000 dropped for Trump – Three times! So a voter group, not the Republican Party, sued to prevent these ballots from being used in the election – they are not legal. And the judge dismisses the case. The...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie told "Fox & Friends" Tuesday that President Biden dozing off during opening speeches at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference is sending the wrong message about America.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) has his moments. There are good moments and then there are miserable ones. Lindsey 2.0 is who we like—but he also reverts to his squishy self at times. On January 6, he channeled a darker version when he wanted Capitol Police to open fire on the rioters. “We give you guns for a reason—use them,” he said during the riot (via Fox News): Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham urged Capitol police to use their guns and regain control of the Capitol on Jan. 6, a new report details. "What are you doing? Take back the Senate! You've...

With its sliding side door(s), the EF1-V promises to be a versatile cargo van and, potentially, family MPVEdisonFuture VIEW 14 IMAGES The convention of naming electric vehicle startups after iconic innovators of electricity past continues. EdisonFuture was founded in 2020 as a subsidiary of SPI Energy and it's about to introduce itself to the world in a big way at this month's LA Auto Show. It will host the premiere of both an all-electric SUV-like van and an electric pickup. It calls its EF1-V a last-mile delivery van, but its high ride height, large all-terrain tires and body form give...

How bad are things getting for Terry McAuliffe? On election eve, not only did the desperate Democrat resort to lying about his opponent, but this morning, his erstwhile supporters at CNN actually called out his lie! At a rally last night, McAuliffe said that Youngkin "is doing an event with Donald Trump here in Virginia . . . Glenn Youngkin is closing his event with Donald Trump here in Virginia." Surprisingly, on this morning's New Day, CNN reporter Sunlen Serfaty called out McAuliffe's lie: "Now we did see Democrat Terry McAuliffe last night in his closing pitch not deviate whatsoever...

‘The Next Revolution’ host, Steve Hilton, rips the left for ‘pushing hate’ to gain political power and divide America

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott (Texas) is in a virtual tie with Democrat Beto O'Rourke in a new poll released Monday that surveys voters on a possible gubernatorial race between the two. O'Rourke is flirting with running for governor in an election that would take place one year from now. The poll conducted by the Texas Hispanic Policy Foundation (TxHPF) found that 44 percent of voters are in favor of Abbott remaining as governor of Texas while 43 percent are in favor of O'Rourke becoming governor. The remainder of respondents said they were either unsure or wanted a minor party candidate...

Colorado’s Supreme Court on Monday approved the state’s new congressional map, rejecting arguments from civil rights groups that the redistricting plan deprives Latinos of a fair say in congressional elections. The map from the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission preserved the state’s 4-3 split between Democratic and Republican-leaning house districts while adding an eighth in the suburbs north of Denver that is a legitimate swing district, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans.

NASA is continuing to investigate why the instruments in the Hubble Space Telescope recently went into safe mode configuration, suspending science operations. The instruments are healthy and will remain in safe mode while the mission team continues its investigation. Hubble’s science instruments issued error codes at 1:46 a.m. EDT on October 23, indicating the loss of a specific synchronization message. This message provides timing information the instruments use to correctly respond to data requests and commands. The mission team reset the instruments, resuming science operations the following morning. At 2:38 a.m. EDT, on October 25, the science instruments again issued...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has declared gun violence in Illinois a public health crisis with an executive order. Officials on Monday unveiled a $250 million investment to implement a public safety plan over the next 3 years, and curtail gun violence around the state. According to data from the 2020 Uniform Crime Report, the crime rate in Illinois was 6.9% higher than the overall national crime rate. There were a total of 1,151 murders committed in Illinois in 2020, up 38% from the previous year. Chicago, a city struggling with high rates of gun violence, was the setting of 774 of...

In 1771, the German physician Hieronymus David Gaubius introduced the western scientific community to "a medication with many promises" – zinc. More than 200 years later, we can find it amongst the many supplements on pharmacy shelves. It's even known to be one of the rare things that might help fight off a common cold. Or does it? Evidence for zinc supplement use is limited, study results have been mixed, and dosage, formulation and length of prescription have not been investigated properly to date. A new meta-analysis of 28 randomized controlled trials has now strengthened the notion that supplementing zinc...

Huma Abedin has spent much of her career alongside Hillary Clinton. She was there when President Bill Clinton's affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky was revealed, and was still close with Clinton decades later, when her own unraveling marriage to disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner threatened to derail Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. After 25 years in the background, Abedin is now sharing what it was like to be with Clinton when the Lewinsky affair became public. In her new book, "Both/And: A Life in Many Worlds," Abedin writes that she "was sad and angry on behalf of the woman...

Dana Loesch called-out climate change hypocrites Monday after thousands of global elites flew their private jets to a United Nations conference in Glasgow, Scotland.

Please join me for a prayer for the vaxed and unvaxed. I pray for the those who are vaxed with the COVID vaccine to be free from harm. Also, I pray for the unvaxed so they won't be forced to get vaxed and free from persecution. Amen.

Roundtable discussion with vaccine injured and medical experts on federal vaccine mandates and the importance of health care freedom.

In his November 1 op-ed for “The Hill,” Fox News Analyst Juan Williams claimed that the “parents’ rights’ mantra in the Virginia gubernatorial elections is simply “a code for white race politics.” To the contrary, this really is about parents’ rights and about what is best for all children. To inject charges of white supremacy and racism is to miss the whole point of why so many parents are so upset. In all candor and with due respect, I would have expected better from Mr. Williams. The fact is that these parents are concerned with the injection of racism into...

Cue the lights and sirens, America: The vaccine police will soon be coming to a workplace near you. And, according to one report, workers who are not vaccinated against the coronavirus may pay the price. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, an agency within the Department of Labor, said Monday that an interagency review has been completed that was the final step for its plan to enforce President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate on employers with 100 or more workers. "On November 1, the Office of Management and Budget completed its regulatory review of the emergency temporary standard. The Federal Register...