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In a town hall meeting on Monday, CEO Bob Chapek said the entertainment behemoth would put together a task force to ensure that more LGBTQ-awareness content is available for children. On Friday, reports emerged that Disney was reinstating a kissing scene between two women in the upcoming 'Toy Story' spinoff 'Lightyear' - after Pixar employees accused the parent company of cutting gay characters from films.

The database used by the New York Police Department violates state law and the Constitution, the Legal Aid Society contends in a lawsuit. Three years ago, Shakira Leslie was returning home from a cousin’s birthday party in the Bronx when officers pulled over her friend’s car for a traffic infraction. After she got out of the back seat, the police searched her and found nothing illegal. But when a gun was found in another passenger’s bag, everyone in the car was arrested, charged with weapon possession and taken to a precinct. There, Ms. Leslie waited for more than 12 hours...

Republican Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb vetoed a bill, HEA 1041, on Monday, that would prohibit biological male athletes who identify as females from participating in women’s sports in schools. This comes at the same time as the controversy surrounding University of Pennsylvania swimmer William “Lia” Thomas’ participation in the NCAA swimming championships, where Thomas competed against biological females and won. A report from the Associated Press noted that Holcomb previously signaled support for the bill. In his veto letter, he wrote that the legislation “falls short” when it comes to fairness in K-12 sports in the state. He noted in...

New York's business elite was left shaking in its boots Tuesday after a list of alleged clients of the student prostitute in the Sarah Lawrence 'sex cult' case was inadvertently published online. The list, which was entered into evidence in the trial under seal, includes lawyers and businessmen and socialites throughout the Tri-state area. DailyMail.com acquired a copy of the list of 121 names which was taken down nearly as fast as it was put up. A top executive at The Gap clothing firm and her husband was one of two married couples included. A former New York State Supreme...

A Burger King employee in Florida allegedly shot a customer after he threw mayonnaise at her face, police and local reports said. Shateasha Hicks, 30, was arrested Thursday and charged with discharging a firearm in public after the incident at the Miami Gardens fast-food joint

Those unassuming cans of beans are like Clark Kent hiding in your kitchen. Concealed within an unassuming aluminum (and hopefully BPA-free) lining lies one of nature's healthiest sources of protein. That's right, we're talking about high protein beans. No cholesterol, rich in fiber, immensely versatile, incredibly convenient, and very affordable, beans are an oft-overlooked source of protein. While they may not hold a candle to the amount of protein per gram of animal meat, cooked beans are still great sources of protein. A half-cup serving can deliver upwards of 10 grams of protein—but that's only if you choose the right...

QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong, I have a serious question for you. Do you think that Putin was lured into this mess by people trying to change the world? I will leave it at that. ANSWER: Yes. I cannot believe that Harris’ off-the-cuff statement at the Munich Security Meeting that Ukraine should join NATO was simply a stupid mistake on her part. She is not the brightest bulb in DC, but I believe IF this was a mistake, the White House would have instantly recharacterized what she said to make sure Putin would not take it that they were advocating violating the...

Children under 5 in New York City will not have to wear masks in schools and daycares starting on April 4, Mayor Eric Adams announced Tuesday. “We want to see our babies’ faces,” Adams told reporters at City Hall in the borough of Manhattan. The Democrat had kept the mandate in place for young children even as he recently rolled back masking requirements for other kids. Children under 5 are the only population in America who cannot receive a COVID-19 vaccine but are also among the least likely to contract symptomatic cases or severe cases of COVID-19, the disease caused...

With inflation running rampant and no power to do a thing about it I have decided to embrace it. Therefore, with the powers vested in me, I hereby declare the third day of the week to henceforth be known as Tiny Tuesday.We begin by bringing back the Mini-meal. This, as you may recall, was first popularized by our then FLOTUS, Lady M, known at the time as somewhat of a giant in the ranks of nutritionists . She single-handedly brought new meaning to ‘bite-sized’ food.Little did we appreciate at the time that this was just a drill for the real...

Vladimir Putin's troops only have enough food, fuel and ammunition for another three days of fighting in Ukraine, Kyiv's generals claimed today, as attacks on the besieged city of Mariupol were turned back and offensives elsewhere in the country remained stalled. Logistical failings by Russian forces including their inability to establish a fuel pipeline to supply troops at the front has left them facing the imminent prospect of running out, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine claimed in their morning update. Meanwhile British intelligence said attempts by Moscow to capture the southern city of Mariupol - seen...

22 March 2022 Tuesday of the 3rd week of Lent St Agnes Catholic Church, Krabi Town, Ukraine Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Violet.First readingDaniel 3:25,34-43 ©Let our sacrifice to you today be a contrite soul and humbled spiritAzariah stood in the heart of the fire, and he began to pray:Oh! Do not abandon us for ever,for the sake of your name;do not repudiate your covenant,do not withdraw your favour from us,for the sake of Abraham, your friend,of Isaac your servant,and of Israel your holy one,to whom you promised descendants as countless as the stars of heavenand as the grains of sand...

For many years now, there has been a spirited debate about whether climate change is science, religion, or even perhaps a secret route to socialism. That question remains unanswered, but we've now discovered with certainty that climate change is a political albatross around the neck of the Democratic Party. The Left's spiritual devotion to climate change has been speeding the Democrats over a political cliff with likely unprecedented losses this November. The zero fossil fuels suicide pact was always an economic and political loser. More than 70% of all the energy we produce and consume in America derives from oil,...

President Donald Trump has amassed a war chest of over $110 million through his Save America PAC, raking in $3.5 million in the month of February alone.This brings the cash on hand for Trump’s PAC to more than the Republican National Committee, Democrat National Committee, and the Joe Biden campaign combined. Trump is outraising the Uniparty and well on his way toward remaking politics in his “America First” image.Trump's post-White House political operation, Save America, raised $3.5M in February, and now has over $110M cash on hand. That's more cash on hand than the RNC, the DNC, and the Biden...

After spending 13 hours hiking into enemy territory and back to retrieve the body of a Georgian soldier who had been killed near Irpin, Ukraine, U.S. Army veteran Hieu Le knew that his war was over. Not long after recovering the fallen soldier, Le resigned from Ukraine’s legion of international volunteers. “My team was very supportive since they saw how deeply affected I was by recovering his body,” he told Task & Purpose. “Physically I feel fine, but I also feel like I have these invisible wounds on my soul.” Le served as an M1 armor crewman from 2010 to...

A Washington school board butted heads over a new student discipline policy that considers a student’s race before deciding on a punishment. The Clover Park School District debated its new “culturally responsive” student discipline policy. It means student discipline would not be consistent based on conduct. Instead, a school considers a student’s race and background. It would likely offer harsher punishments to white students, even if the conduct is identical to that of a Black or Hispanic student. The disparate treatment is championed in the name of inclusion. But it’s not just a Clover Park School District controversy. The culturally...

"These are some of the most difficult cases that a judge has to deal with. Because we're talking about pictures of sex abuse of children. We're talking about graphic descriptions," Jackson said. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden's nominee to succeed Justice Stephen Breyer on the US Supreme Court, answered questions during the second day of confirmation hearings before the Senate. Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin opened the day by addressing some of the major concerns of the committee, such as her judicial philosophy, views on expanding the court, and her record on giving lesser sentences to child pornographers...

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Biden’s crimes in Ukraine are coming back to haunt him. When Biden called a participant at his town hall in Iowa a liar, Biden was lying. We all knew it then and know it now. When Hunter got paid and gave 10% to the big guy what was the total for Ukraine? Jack Posobiec reminded us of that exchange in Iowa in late 2019. TRENDING: Biden Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: "There's Going to be a New World Order Out There and We've Gotta Lead It" (VIDEO) Now we know why the big guy got so mad https://t.co/pXApcPkaMT —...

Imagine that you manage a chain coffee shop in, say, Kansas City. You’ve been working there for twelve years and have rolled with the changes—hell, you even got used to pumpkin spice. A few years ago, corporate started sending you a different kind of simple syrup, that silent sweetener used in drinks. One day, a customer comes back saying she’d gotten violently sick after buying some sweetened iced tea from your shop. She got three pumps of sweetener, rather than the standard single pump, at her request.

The chair of the House Democrats' campaign arm and some of the vulnerable members he's charged with re-electing are voicing support for a Republican-led mask mandate repeal bill. Why it matters: This would set up a potential showdown with the White House, which recently issued a one-month extension on the federal mask mandate for public transit and airplanes. The backing also illustrates how Democrats — especially those facing tough re-election fights — are trying to distance themselves from the pro-mask policies that defined their party for the past two years. "I'm completely over mask mandates," Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.),...