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KENOSHA, WI—As deliberations continue in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, concerns have been raised about the jurors' safety as an MSNBC reporter was spotted hanging a sign on their hotel reading "THE JURORS ARE HERE". The jury had indicated they were a little bit concerned as they saw the van tailing them and alerted authorities, but by the time they got there, the journalist had already hung the sign telling everyone where they were. "This is a little worrying," said one juror as she got off the bus and saw the sign being hung outside their hotel room as they continued...

the situation unfolding in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where supposedly angry protesters are clashing. We’re told the “Pro-Kyle” side is clashing with Black Lives Matter, and of course, tensions are growing and racial slurs are flying (insert eye roll here). Yes, some random guy with a bullhorn and a microphone tells an angry black guy to get his “black ass out of here.”

German leaders on Thursday agreed tough new curbs on the unvaccinated, with plans to shut them out of restaurants, sporting events and cultural shows as the country battles to halt a record rise in Covid infections. With new cases soaring to an all-time high of 65,371, leaders of Germany's 16 states agreed after crisis talks with Chancellor Angela Merkel to require those not immunised to provide negative tests in order to use public transport or go to the office. To protect the most vulnerable, they also agreed to introduce compulsory vaccination for healthcare workers and employees in elderly homes. "We...

To emphasize the moral imperative to combat climate change, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi invoked her religious beliefs in a press conference on Thursday. Pelosi said limiting the severity of climate change is “a moral obligation for us to hand this planet over to the next generation in a responsible way.” “For me, it’s a religious thing: I believe this is God’s creation, and we have a moral obligation to be good stewards,” said Pelosi, who is a practicing Catholic. Pelosi hastened to add that one need not be religious to agree with her argument. “If you don’t share that view,”...

The best thing that can come from the Rittenhouse saga, other than an acquittal, is that people recognize the media's race lies for what they are.In today’s episode of “How The National Media Deceive You…” A friend last weekend texted me, “Had no idea Kyle shot 3 white guys. Not that it matters. But it’s been painted as a hate crime.” My friend — a Democrat and a law student at Berkeley — was referring to the homicide trial of Kyle Rittenhouse. Now, where, oh where, might my friend have gotten the impression that Rittenhouse had shot men who were...

Joe Biden on Thursday signed into law the “Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021” in the State Dining Room of the White House. As Biden was signing the new bill, he grabbed a little boy and asked what grade he’s in. The child told Biden he’s in first grade. Biden told him to meet him after the signing so he can show him around. “Meet me after this, I can show you around the White House,” Biden said as he caressed the child’s face. The child’s body language says it all.

This transmission electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 -- also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19 -- isolated from a patient in the US. Virus particles are shown emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab. The spikes on the outer edge of the virus particles give coronaviruses their name, crown-like. Credit: NIAID-RML Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca on Thursday announced that clinical trials of an antibody-based COVID-19 drug had shown robust efficacy and long-term prevention. The Anglo-Swedish laboratory follows in the footsteps of US firms Merck and Pfizer, which announced in October and early November respectively that they...

Vice President Kamala Harris blamed the Trump administration for the 'broken' immigration system that saw a record 128 percent rise in migrant crossings in October compared to the same time last year. Citing the recorder number of unlawful border crossers, ABC's George Stephanapoulos asked Harris, the president's point person on root causes of immigration: 'What are you doing to turn that around? How long will it take?' 'It's not going to be over night,' the vice president conceded. 'We can't just flip a switch and make it better.'

President Biden's poll numbers keep heading in the wrong direction. The president’s approval rating stands at 36%, with disapproval at 53% in a new Quinnipiac University national poll. That’s the president’s lowest level of public support in Quinnipiac polling since taking over in the White House in January. Biden’s approval edged down a point and his disapproval trickled up a point from Quinnipiac’s October survey.

PARIS (AP) — It’s a neutral pronoun that’s proving anything but: A nonbinary pronoun added to an esteemed French dictionary has ignited a fierce linguistic squabble in the country. Le Petit Robert introduced the word “iel” — an amalgamation of “il” (he) and “elle” (she) — to its online edition last month. While the term is gaining currency among young people, it is still far from being widely used, or even understood, by many French speakers. Though at first the change went mostly unnoticed, boisterous debate broke out this week in a nation that prides itself on its human rights...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt used his authority to spare the life of Julius Jones on Thursday, just hours before his scheduled execution that had drawn widespread outcry and protests over doubts about his guilt in the slaying of a businessman more than 20 years ago. Stitt commuted the 41-year-old Jones’ death sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. He had been scheduled for execution at 4 p.m. “After prayerful consideration and reviewing materials presented by all sides of this case, I have determined to commute Julius Jones’ sentence to life imprisonment without the possibility...

Network producer caught tailing jury bus, taken into custody udge Bruce Schroeder banned MSNBC journalists from the courthouse during the Kyle Rittenhouse trial after a network producer was taken into police custody for "trying to photograph jurors." The Kenosha Police Department announced Thursday morning that it arrested James J. Morrison, who said he is a producer employed by MSNBC News, for running a red light while tailing the jury's bus Wednesday night. Schroeder said MSNBC will no longer be allowed in the courthouse and that the act was "a very serious matter." This was apparently the second day in a...

With just under a year to go until the 2022 midterms, a new poll indicates that a plurality of Americans say they would like to see Republicans win control of both chambers of Congress in next year's elections. The national survey, released on Thursday by Quinnipiac University, indicates President Biden dropping to his lowest level of public support since taking over in the White House in January. And the poll also indicates that more than two-thirds of Americans are changing their spending habits due to rising prices. Democrats will be defending their razor-thin House of Representatives and Senate majorities in...

"We will rebuild from the Biden economy"

BREAKING: Former New York Jets running back Zac Stacy viciously attacks his ex-girlfriend in front of their 5 month old son.

Matt Gaetz says that Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse ‘deserves a not guilty verdict’ in his murder trial and that the accused vigilante ‘would probably make a pretty good congressional intern.’ ‘We may reach out to him and see if he’d be interested in helping the country in additional ways,’ the Republican congressman who represents Florida’s western Panhandle told Newsmax on Wednesday. Jury deliberations in the Rittenhouse trial entered their third day on Thursday.

THIRTY-THIRD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME LUKE 19:41-44 Friends, in today’s Gospel passage, Jesus laments over Jerusalem because it failed to acknowledge him. He says, “They will smash you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave one stone upon another within you because you did not recognize the time of your visitation.” This is a thunderclap, a shock, a highly subversive thing to say. It would be something like a president-elect coming upon the White House in the midst of a crowd of his supporters and saying, “All of this will be destroyed.” But this...

A career criminal and convicted felon with an open domestic violence charge has claimed to be the unidentified male at whom Kyle Rittenhouse shot twice at close range but missed, on the night of August 25, 2020. Rittenhouse has been charged with First Degree Recklessly Endangering Safety of the man known in trial only as 'jump-kick man,' for the flying kick he took at the teenager's head as Rittenhouse was attacked minutes after he shot Joseph Rosenbaum dead. Now Maurice Freeland, 39, has admitted that he was the one who kicked Rittenhouse in the head and narrowly avoided being shot...

During the signing ceremony for three bills designed to support law enforcement and first responders, President Biden took some time to speak to the 7-year-old son of an officer who took his own life in 2019. Biden signed the Protecting America’s First Responders Act of 2021, the Confidentiality Opportunities for Peer Support (COPS) Counseling Act, and the Jaime Zapata and Victor Avila Federal Officers and Employees Protection Act on Thursday morning. All three serve to support law enforcement through increased benefits, peer support, and granting the US extraterritorial jurisdiction over certain crimes against federal officers or employees abroad. Shortly after...

Republicans attacked President Biden's controversial pick for banks regulator Saule Omarova at her nomination hearing on Thursday, accusing her of planning to nationalize the U.S. banking system with her 'socialist manifesto.' The Cornell University law professor, who grew up as a Young Communist and wrote a thesis on Karl Marx at Moscow State University, denied being a communist and walked back her claims she wants to bankrupt oil and gas companies to help climate change. 'I've never seen a more radical nominee to be a federal regulator,' said Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey during his opening statement