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Kyle Rittenhouse said he is destroying the rifle he used to shoot three protestors in Kenosha, Wis., last year during an appearance on the conservative podcast program, "The Charlie Kirk Show" on Tuesday. Speaking as a guest on the program, Rittenhouse said, "We're having [the rifle] destroyed right now. We don't want anything to do with that," while discussing how the lead prosecutor in his case, Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger, brought the AR-15-style weapon into court. Rittenhouse expressed that he was shocked when Binger pointed Rittenhouse's rifle "at the gallery."

CNBC host Jim Cramer demanded that the Biden administration force all Americans to get a COVID-19 vaccine and a booster shot following the discovery of the new “omicron” variant in South Africa, despite the fact that the researcher who discovered the strain says it is mild and non-threatening. “With the new omicron variant sweeping the globe, how do we finally put an end to this pandemic? How do we save lives and get business back to normal so everybody can put dinner on the table?” the “Mad Money” host asked. His proposal: “The federal government needs to require vaccines, including...

Thank you know, the thing God we have jackpuddings like Joy Reid of MSNBC and lickspittle Don Lemon to remind us that our nation is brimming with white supremacy; otherwise, we wouldn’t know. I personally can’t see any. What I have seen are well over 400 fake hate crimes. No racism? No problem! Fake it ’til you make it.Our bigoted nation just crowned Elle Smith as Miss USA. She is the second black woman in a row to claim the award. Systemic racism must have taken those days off.The completely objective National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ), which has a...

As if the energy sector needed any more volatility than it's already experiencing, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has thrown his hat in the ring by commenting this week that he could shut down transit of energy products if Poland closes its border with his country.The border is currently turning into a point of contention between the European Union and Lukashenko. Thousands of migrants are stuck in the middle of the border and at least 11 have died, according to the Wall Street Journal. The migrants are seeking refuge and to move further into Europe. The EU has blamed Lukashenko for...

In England, new Covid rules on self-isolation have been enshrined in law until March, prompting criticism from business leaders who described the new rules as “massively disproportionate,” while travel agencies labelled the restrictions a “huge blow” for their industry. Tory MPs, meanwhile, warned Boris Johnson that restricting freedoms was a path “towards hell”. The new UK regulations force people to isolate for ten days if they come unto contact with someone who has the omicron variant or risk a hefty fine of up to £10,000 – regardless of being fully vaccinated – and will not expire until 24 March, under...

Several observers have pointed out the terrible optics and even worse legal and cultural implications of the FBI’s raids earlier this month on three undercover journalists’ homes. Since the reporters’ organization, Project Veritas, is a political opponent of the American regime, the raids echo government behavior in unfree countries such as Russia, China, and Turkey.Yet there’s another, less remarked, aspect to this story. It’s the raids’ effect of protecting a longtime, top-tier deep state information operations partner, The New York Times.Project Veritas is a threat to The New York Times, not only in some of its undercover reporting about Times...

If not for international tennis stars and the World Tennis Association’s courage, we probably would never see Chinese tennis star and doubles champion Peng Shuai again.With less than three months until the Beijing Olympic Games, Chinese tennis star and doubles champion Peng Shuai alleged in a social media post that the former vice premier of China, Zhang Gaoli, had sexually assaulted her. Since a shroud of secrecy usually covers senior Chinese Communist Party leaders’ private lives, Peng’s detailed allegation exposed the darkness of China’s most powerful men.The CCP initially responded with its typically heavy hand, forcefully “disappearing” Peng physically and...

On an unspecified date presumably around early December of 1327 — the timeframe is approximated by action’s story’s commencing on “a beautiful morning at the end of November” — the Inquisition burns the nameless peasant lover of the narrator in Umberto Eco’s novel The Name of the Rose. Adso of Melk is apprenticed to the scientific-minded William of Baskerville — a deliberate allusion to Sherlock Holmes — when the monk is dispatched to an Italian monastery to sniff about for heresy. The Name of the Rose unfolds a labyrinthine murder mystery around a literal labyrinth (a maze-like library) as William...

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President Joe Biden continues to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in high regard, despite growing controversy over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. Fauci was the only federal health official who met with Biden and his coronavirus team on Sunday to discuss the Omicron variant according to a photo released by the White House.

Israel’s health minister cited “room for optimism” in the fight against the emerging Omicron variant, saying people who have received two doses of the Pfizer vaccine and a booster are “most likely protected” against it. “There is already room for optimism, and there are initial indications that those who are vaccinated with a vaccine still valid or with a booster will also be protected from this variant,” Nitzan Horowitz said Tuesday, the Jerusalem Post reported. “The vaccine is really crucial right now. Anyone who is exposed to the variant without a vaccine will put themselves at unnecessary risk,” he added...

A whistleblower charging that a contract research company helping to carry out Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine trial last fall falsified data has responded to her former employer’s accusation that she is lying.Brook Jackson’s company, Ventavia Research Group, released a statement of denial, claiming “no part of her job responsibilities concerned the clinical trials at issue,” reported investigative journalist Maryanne Demasi.But Jackson’s lawyer has served Ventavia with a cease-and-desist letter, pointing out she has documentation showing she was hired as a regional director by Ventavia on Sept. 7, 2020, to oversee the operations, recruitment and quality assurance of the company’s clinical trial...

Remembering the classic Christmas tunes to get you in a festive mood, it’s Perry Carditis and his greatest COVID Christmas hits — all in one place! Steve Deace barely made it out of community college in one piece, and then loosely attended a real college for a while. The Steve Deace Show serves up principled conservatism with a snarky twist every weekday from 12-2 PM ET on BlazeTV.

Since the 2016 election, there has been no question about Donald Trump’s stranglehold on the Republican Party. But generally speaking, we’ve learned about that through attrition — party members who run afoul of him voluntarily heading for the exits, rather than trying their luck with GOP primary voters. 1. GA - Brian Kemp 2. GA - Secretary of State Raffensperger vs Jodi Hice 3. WY - Liz Cheney vs Harriet Hageman 4. ID - Governor Little vs Lt. Governor McGeachin 5. AK - Lisa Murkowski vs Kelly Tshibaka 6. MI - Rep. Peter Meijer vs John Gibbs 7. WV -...

On November 28, while appearing on CBS’ Face The Nation, Dr. Fauci once again claimed he is the embodiment of “science” in a feeble attempt to divert attention from his relentless lies and ineptitude concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. “Anybody who’s looking at this carefully realizes that there's a distinct anti-science flavor to this,” Fauci told host Margaret Brennan, referring to Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-TX) comment that Fauci should be charged with lying to Congress. In October, Cruz and several other senators presented yet more evidence that Dr. Fauci was well aware that gain-of-function research on coronaviruses was being performed at...

Joe Scarborough likes to tout himself as a conservative. But on today's Morning Joe, Scarborough actually made the case against overturning Roe v. Wade in the Mississippi case now before the Supreme Court. Scarborough repeatedly cited opinion polls showing most Americans oppose overturning Roe, as if that is supposed to guide the Court. He also said that the Court should bear in mind that we are a "constitutional republic." Right! And the Constitution has carefully delineated the separation of powers in a way designed to protect the Court from the passions of the day! Get the rest of the story...

I grew up in the middle of the city in Copenhagen, but I found peace in nature. From as early as I can remember, I spent time in the woods and ocean, visiting my grandmother and other relatives on the islands of Fyn, in the Southern part of Denmark. I’d pick herbs from her garden or fish with my uncle and grandfather, the sight and scent and sounds showing me the way. As a kid, I struggled in school; the more traditional side of academia collided with my energetic, restless boyhood. But in the ever-changing forests or the icy waters...

Remember the good ol’ days of the Affordable Care Act? Remember when Nancy Pelosi said we had to pass the bill to learn what was in it? Yeah, that was great, wasn’t it? Good times. Well, hold on to your seatbelts, sports fans. Biden’s infrastructure bill promises to be an even bigger piñata filled with objects usually found in your cat’s litterbox. According to an op-ed by former Georgia Representative Bob Barr, the package contains a well-hidden item: kill switches in cars. Ostensibly, the device, whatever it is, will passively monitor the driver for indications of impaired operation and turn...

Even though Biden suspended his vaccine mandate for federal workers to save himself a few approval points, he’s nevertheless looking for alternative ways to “force” people to get vaccinated, and a domestic travel ban is one such possibility. “So, the President said earlier today that there haven’t been any recommendations to put in place domestic travel requirements. But what we saw with the Delta variant is that once it was already here, it spread rapidly across the country. So why not have any testing or vaccination requirements whatsoever for domestic air travel since people are, you know, going fairly openly...

Exactly how "scientific" is the COVID-19 information that we've been spoon-fed as justification for restrictions of basic freedoms and seemingly never-ending mandates for jabs? Can we take the official narrative at face-value and really trust that they're "following the science", whenever authorities tighten the screws yet again The issue of how much we may not be seeing of the big picture was brought to light recently here in France -- and far too briefly -- when the government agency responsible for information on hospitalizations published a report earlier this month on hospital activity related to COVID-19 in 2020. What was...