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The bisexual daughter of an Iowa state senator lashed out against her estranged father online over his support of a state abortion ban and accused him of mental “abuse.” “I’m cutting off my dad for good this time,” wrote Korynn Dickey, 20, in a series of TikToks she posted on Wednesday and Thursday that took aim at her dad, GOP Sen. Adrian Dickey. “See, I’m a bisexual Pisces and he is a Republican state senator who contributed to taking my rights as a woman away and the possibility of me being able to marry the girl of my dreams one...

The cost of a seat on a commercial airline has been going up a fair bit lately, though not as quickly as the inconvenience and frustration levels have risen. But some seats are clearly worth more than others, at least at Delta Airlines. Earlier this week, a Delta flight was scheduled to go from Grand Rapids, Michigan to Minnesota. But when passengers were ready to begin boarding the plane, it quickly became obvious that Delta had overbooked the flight. They began asking for volunteers to move to a later flight and when they didn’t hear from anyone willing to give...

Both 'Riders Republic' and 'Skull & Bones' will highlight real world climate issues Ubisoft is set to bring awareness to climate change and climate-related issues using in-game events within Riders Republic and Skull & Bones. Taking place later this year or early 2023, Riders Republic will host the “short and intense” Phoenix live event. It won’t be announced to players proactively but once underway, players will be immediately immersed when booting the game. Speaking about it, Ubisoft wrote: “We will be promoting strategies to reduce wildfire frequency and size as well as have an emotional impact on players regarding the...

Smells like a twofer, a First Amendment violation tucked inside a Second Amendment violation.New York is scrambling to pass new concealed-carry laws because of the Bruen case, of course, which nuked the state’s “may issue” permit system. In a “shall issue” system, which most states have, you’re entitled to a permit so long as you meet certain basic objective criteria — U.S. citizen, no criminal record, gun-safety training, etc. In a “may issue” system, even if you check all of those boxes, the state might still refuse to issue the permit because, in its infinite wisdom, it’s decided that you...

On Monday three days after the Supreme Court issued its groundbreaking decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, Dr. Caitlin Bernard, an Indianapolis obstetrician-gynecologist, took a call from a colleague, a child abuse doctor in Ohio. Hours after the Supreme Court action, the Buckeye state had outlawed any abortion after six weeks. Now this doctor had a 10-year-old patient in the office who was six weeks and three days pregnant. Could Bernard help? Indiana lawmakers are poised to further restrict or ban abortion in mere weeks. The Indiana General Assembly will convene in a special session July 25 when it will...

Of all the ridiculous things we have seen in the national conversation over education, this has got to be one of the most absurd. A group of educators in Texas made a proposal to the State Board of Education suggesting that teachers should teach slavery as “involuntary relocation” in second-grade social studies lessons. Fortunately, the board turned down this silly suggestion, but the fact that it was even recommended illustrates the stupidity that has entered into the discussion.The Texas Tribune reported:The group of nine educators, including a professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, is one of many...

The number of births in Hungary decreased this year by 20 percent compared to the same period of the previous year. The deputy president of the Hungarian political party, Our Homeland Movement, warned that her country’s birth rates had shown a sudden and drastic drop since the beginning of this year. This massive dop comes almost nine months after the first surge of the covid “vaccines.” During Dóra Dúró’s June 27, 2022, speech on the floor of the national parliament, she pointed out that the number of births in Hungry decreased this year by 20 percent compared to the same...

Officers with the Colorado State Patrol seized 114 pounds of pure fentanyl on a highway on June 6. SNIP The 114 pounds of pure fentanyl powder was found below the passenger and driver seats, reachable by a trap door, and were in 48 one-kilo bricks. SNIP Figures by the DEA say that one kilogram of fentanyl can kill up to 500,000 people. The bust on June 6 had the potential to kill over 25 million people, according to those figures.

'Who You Gonna Call,' premiering on digital streaming platforms June 7, chronicles the life and career of the Grammy-winning singer/songwriter.Ray Parker Jr., the legendary R&B artist/musician, is the subject of a new documentary. The film, “Who You Gonna Call”, about the life and career of the man best known for his smash 1984 hit “Ghostbusters,” will hit digital streaming platforms on June 7 via Sony Pictures, Variety reports. While “Ghostbusters” was the pinnacle of Parker’s commercial success, he accomplished a great deal prior. Parker gave filmmaker Fran Strine full access to archives of his life, a life full of...

The show amassed 7.2 billion minutes of viewing time in one week Stranger Things season four has broken a US streaming record for minutes watched within a single week. According to Nielsen (via The Hollywood Reporter), the Netflix series racked up 7.2 billion minutes of viewing time for the week of May 30 to June 5. This is the highest weekly total for any streaming title since Nielsen’s weekly rankings began almost two years ago. Stranger Things also holds the biggest two-week tally for any streaming show, achieving 5.14 billion minutes of viewing when season four released in the week...

Biden economic advisor Brian Deese said that Americans should 'stand firm' on paying record-high gas prices because the 'future of the liberal world order' is more important. 'What do you say to those families that say, 'listen, we can't afford to pay $4.85 a gallon for months, if not years?' the director of the National Economic Council was asked on CNN Thursday. What you heard from the president today was a clear articulation of the stakes. This is about the future of the Liberal World Order and we have to stand firm,' he replied. Deese added: 'At the same time,...

Bill Gates has secured legal approval for the controversial purchase of thousands of acres of prime North Dakota farmland, after the deal drew fury from the state's residents. The state's Republican Attorney General Drew Wrigley had inquired into the land sale, and on Wednesday issued a letter saying the transaction complied with an archaic anti-corporate farming law. The Depression-era law prohibits corporations or limited liability companies from owning farmland or ranchland, but allows individual trusts to own land if it is leased to farmers, which Gates intends to do. Gates is now the largest private owner of farmland in America...

State law would make nearly all abortions a felonyFollowing the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday, Planned Parenthood and one of its abortion providers filed a new lawsuit with Idaho’s Supreme Court to block its trigger law banning nearly all abortions. That law is scheduled to go into effect within the next two months. Planned Parenthood announced the lawsuit in a press release on Monday afternoon. Lawyers from the law firms WilmerHale and Bartlett French filed the petition on behalf of Planned Parenthood and Idaho provider Dr. Caitlin Gustafson. The Idaho Legislature passed the abortion trigger law in 2020, with a...

Legendary composer John Williams appears to be ready to hang up his baton — at least when it comes to film music. The composer, 90, whose work also extended into TV, having composed various iterations of NBC News‘ “The Mission” theme as well as well-known tracks for the Olympics, is currently working on the latest Indiana Jones film, he told the Associated Press. “I don’t want to be seen as categorically eliminating any activity,” Williams told the AP in an interview. He noted that a “Star Wars” film, another franchise he’s well known for, can take about six months of...

Pope reflects on papacy in interview with Argentine news agencyVATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said the goals he has achieved in more than nine years as pope were simply the fruit of the ideas discussed by the College of Cardinals prior to his election.In an interview with Argentine news agency Telam published July 1, the pope said that objectives, such as the reform of the Roman Curia, were “neither my invention nor a dream I had after a night of indigestion.”“I gathered everything that we, the cardinals, had said at the pre-conclave meetings, the things we believed the new...

Late News Tonight: At least three people dead and eight injured following a 6.1 magnitude earthquake on the southern coast of Iran... Protesters breaking into Libya's parliament building in Tobruk tonight... Freedom Protesters Face Police Crackdown On Canada Day In Ottawa Supporters of COVID freedom marking Canada Day with a major presence on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in the face of phalanxes of black uniformed police. Cries of: "Freedom" heard from the crowd of thousands in front of Parliament.... In Bunker Hill, West Virginia this weekend The 1776 Restoration Movement planning Freedom Celebration rallies. The rallies ahead of a planned...

Blank-check firm Digital World Acquisition Corp said on Friday former U.S. President Donald Trump's social media firm was served with two separate subpoenas over its merger plans. The development comes days after Digital World said each of its board of directors received subpoenas from federal prosecutors over the SPAC deal with Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), the creator of social media platform Truth Social. The blank-check firm said on Friday TMTG received subpoenas from the U.S. securities regulator and a federal grand jury in the Southern District of New York, adding federal prosecutors sought the same documents from TMTG...

Loitering for the purpose of prostitution is no longer a crime in California.

A shocking report revealed that almost half of the nation’s murder cases go unsolved, including around three out of four Chicago murder cases, a CBS News investigation team found. Using FBI crime statistics to determine their findings, the team found that the national clearance rate for murder cases — meaning solved cases — in major U.S. urban cities had sunk to its lowest levels in over 50 years. The team primarily used data from 2020 as that year was the most recent release from the FBI. Thomas Hargrove of the Murder Accountability Project told CBS News that from June 2020...

On Friday's "Eric Bolling The Balance," Bolling, in his monologue, dissects the backwards issues the Democratic party has created, including making an illusion that former President Donald Trump & the "MAGA" crowd is evil, as well as that the government isn't trying to track you, but THEY OBVIOUSLY ARE.