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In response to an unconfirmed (and probably totally bogus) report that Russia is laying explosives around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine in order to “blackmail the whole of Europe,” actress Patricia Arquette demanded that we “kick Russia out of NATO”:

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Russia has no "ill intentions" towards Ukraine, hours after Russian forces had seized Europe's biggest nuclear power plant. Putin made the comment on the state-controlled Rossiya 24 news channel on Friday in which he called on neighboring countries "to think about how to normalize relations" more than a week after he ordered an invasion that has caused thousands of casualties and sparked a growing refugee crisis.

The far-left New York Times published a photo of Venus Williams in a story about her sister, Serena. In other words, the lily-white, left-wing New York Times, a propaganda outlet that lectures the rest of the world about racism, has a problem telling their black people apart. That was undoubtedly Serena’s thinking when she ripped into the rag. “No matter how far we come, we get reminded that it’s not enough,” the tennis legend tweeted Wednesday with a photo of the offending newsprint. “Because even I am overlooked. You can do better, @nytimes.”

Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is suing the owner of Deadspin, alleging the website defamed him as he faced accusations of sexual assault. Bauer announced the lawsuit on Twitter Thursday night and shared the court filing. In the 25-page complaint, Bauer's attorneys say a July 6 article about the sexual assault allegations falsely accuse him of fracturing the woman's skull -- part of what the lawsuit contends is part of a years-long "unrelenting attack" on the pitcher by Deadspin "with the purpose of humiliating him and ruining his baseball career." Last June, a San Diego woman told police that...

Astute businesswoman Suzanne Somers revealed in a new interview that her ThighMaster has earned her a massive chunk of change over the years. “Well, I grew up poor, and I live a good life,” the “Three’s Company” alum, 75, coyly told hosts Dax Holt and Adam Glyn on the “Hollywood Raw” podcast Wednesday. Somers then provided more exact figures, sharing, “It’s $19.95 x 10 million [products sold], so you kind of do the math, and we’re probably at 15 million now.”

NBC’s Chief White House correspondent Peter Alexander repeated White House talking points to his Republican guest during a MSNBC interview on Thursday. Alexander denied that the Keystone XL Pipeline would’ve had any impact on the United States’ dependence on foreign oil. Alexander was speaking with former chief of staff for former Vice President Mike Pence, Marc Short, when he started arguing with him over solutions to the U.S.' dependence on foreign energy, amid the Ukraine-Russia war. He asked Short if President Biden should put embargoes on Russian oil and gas exports, and Short said yes and blamed the Biden administration...

Without help from the global pandemic people may never have been convinced to inject themselves with an experimental mRNA gene therapy, a scientist bragged during a world health conference. Speaking at the opening of the World Health Summit 2021 last November, Bayer Pharmaceuticals Division President Stefan Oelrich admitted were it not for the pandemic, the experimental injection may have seen an extremely high rejection rate. “We are really taking that leap [to drive innovation] – us as a company, Bayer – in cell and gene therapies,” Oelrich stated. “Ultimately, the mRNA vaccines are an example for that cell and gene...

The Senate Commerce Committee advanced Gigi Sohn’s Federal Communication Commission (FCC) and Alvaro Bedoya’s Federal Trade Commission (FTC) nominations, putting Democrats one step closer to being able to advance their leftist agenda, including censorship, at the agencies. The Committee tied, 14-14, on the two votes to advance Sohn and Bedoya out of committee. The FCC has been split at a 2-2 political tie between Republicans and Democrats, and Sohn’s confirmation would give Biden the FCC majority he needs to advance Democrat priorities. Since the committee tied on both nominees, the nominees will be referred to the Senate, but Senate Majority...

Maybe a teenager comes home and says they ‘finna’ do their homework after dinner or maybe after going to dinner with a friend they say the meal was ‘bussin.’ Slang words like ‘finna’ and ‘bussin’ can be figured out when used in a sentence, but what about hard to decipher slang words that leave people feeling salty? Where does NY rank in 2022’s most sinful states? Fortunately, the internet makes it easy for people to become slang word GOATs with a few clicks on a keyboard or smartphone. The most Googled slang word in the U.S. is ‘simp’, according to...

<p>David Mora, 39, overstayed his visa after entering California from his native Mexico on Dec. 17, 2018, on a non-immigrant visitor visa, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Alethea Smock told The Associated Press.</p><p>She didn’t say when his visa expired. But because he overstayed his visa, ICE asked to be notified when he was released from jail last week after he was arrested in Merced County for assaulting a California Highway Patrol officer.</p>

A George Soros-linked and Mark Zuckerberg-funded operative controlled the 2020 election in Green Bay using a secret Wi-Fi connection at a Wisconsin hotel, according to Emerald Robinson. Robinson analyzed the Wisconsin Special Counsel Mike Gableman’s recently-released investigative report on the Wisconsin Elections System and discovered that the name Michael Spitzer Rubenstein, a “grant mentor” associated with the George Soros-backed Center for Tech and Civic Life kept appearing. “One guy hidden at the Grand Hyatt Hotel controlled Green Bay’s election from his room?” Robinson wrote. “Why was a lawyer from Brooklyn in control of an election in Wisconsin?” The elections report...

California already has the highest Income Tax, Sales Tax, Gas Tax, Car Tax and Property Tax - but now California Democrat politicians want to impose another massive tax on savings, investments and assets of state residents

Stunning. That's the only word that can describe what happened today in West Virginia. Earlier this morning, the state House passed the Convention of States Resolution on an overwhelming -- and bipartisan! -- 77-19-4 vote. Then, less than one hour later, the state Senate passed the Resolution on a voice vote, making West Virginia the 18th state in history to pass the Convention of States Resolution! “Today we made history," said West Virginia Delegate Del. Chris Pritt. "The West Virginia House of Delegates sent a clear message that an ever-expanding federal government is unacceptable. We’re not going to tolerate runaway...

Parts of the central U.S. are at risk of a devastating magnitude 7 earthquake within the next 50 years, experts are warning, with added urgency due to what they say is a sense of 'complacency' in those areas. Experts have been predicting a magnitude 7 earthquake in the areas surrounding the New Madrid fault line in Missouri for decades. It covers an area including Memphis, Tennessee, as well as St. Louis, Indianapolis and Little Rock, Arkansas. Despite 45 million people living within the danger zone, warnings have largely been ignored, said Robbie Myers, the emergency management expert from the region....

On Thursday, Sports Illustrated published a long retrospective of the highly controversial University of Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas portraying the swimmer as an embattled hero who insists, “I am here to swim.” Born male, Thomas has undergone hormone replacement therapy but has not engaged in any surgical measures to “transition.” And Thomas swam on the men’s team for several years at the university before announcing a change of gender. The article never dwells on the fact that, on the men’s team, Thomas’ career was far less remarkable than what he achieved on the women’s team. The magazine takes pains...

Thursday, February 25, 1999 It has been nearly 47 years since Oscar-winning director Elia Kazan appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee and denounced eight colleagues as onetime Communists. An age ago in a different world, perhaps, but not long enough for those stung by his betrayal to forgive or forget. So, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences prepares to honor the 89-year-old director of "On the Waterfront," "Gentleman's Agreement" and "A Streetcar Named Desire" with a special Oscar for his body of work, a quiet protest is slowly gathering force in Hollywood against the planned accolade....

As of 4 March, five of Zaporizhzhia’s six reactors had been shut down, Grossi reported. But even powered down, a reactor that’s still loaded with fuel is not completely devoid of risk. Under normal operations, uranium nuclei in the fuel rods fission, or break up, leaving behind nuclei of lighter elements. These isotopes accumulate during the lifetime of the rods, and many of them are highly radioactive, which continues to produce heat even after shutdown. One reactor left on provides cooling power to safely shut down the other 5.

The White House distanced President Biden on Friday from Sen. Lindsey Graham’s proposal that someone in the Russian government assassinate President Vladimir Putin, saying “that is not the position of the United States government.” Press secretary Jen Psaki emphasized the administration position during the daily press briefing after she was pressed on whether the White House considered the South Carolina Republican’s proposal “helpful.”

President Biden scoffed at a Senate-passed bill to end the coronavirus national emergency, calling the Republican attempt a 'reckless and costly mistake.' The bill to terminate the declaration under the National Emergencies Act passed the Senate 48-47, with three Democrats and two Republicans absent from the vote. The national emergency was first enacted in March 2020 under President Trump. The White House said that if the bill were to reach the president's desk. It said that the national emergency declaration is needed for 'ensuring that necessary supplies are promptly available to respond to the virus and facilitating the delivery of...

Gasoline prices accelerated at a stunning pace on Friday, jumping more than 11 cents from the day before. On Friday, the national average gas price jumped to $3.837. That is as much as they rose in the entire week through Thursday, when they rose to $3.72 from $3.62 a week before. A week ago, gas prices were $3.572, so Friday’s gas price is 7.4 percent higher over the week.