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Former Disney CEO Bob Iger said on Wednesday the entertainment giant had determined that a “substantial portion” of Twitter’s users were “not real” in 2016, when Disney was weighing a purchase of the social network. Iger said the Walt Disney Co. and Twitter Inc. boards were prepared to enter negotiations when he got cold feet. He said that, with Twitter’s help, Disney had learned that “a substantial portion — not a majority -” of users were fake. “I remember discounting the value” as a result, Iger said, in remarks at the Code Conference in Beverly Hills, California. Iger did not...

Judge didn't nix the idea of signing with the Red Sox as a free agent, but that doesn't mean a whole lotYankees slugger and likely AL MVP Aaron Judge is having a season for the ages. He clubbed two more homers on Tuesday night to move him to 57 with 20 Yankees games left to play. He's on pace for 65 this season and, well, we know all about the context behind getting to 61 and beyond. Another aspect worth consideration here is Judge hits free agency after the season. He and the Yankees were unable to reach an extension,...

A woman whose DNA from a rape kit was used by cops to arrest her for an unrelated burglary filed a federal lawsuit against San Francisco on Monday, alleging the police invaded her privacy. The DNA of the woman, known as Jane Doe, was stored by the SFPD as part of a domestic violence and sexual assault case in 2016. According to her lawyer, Adanté Pointer, the same sample was used to charge her with retail theft five years later. The lawsuit claims that the victim’s DNA was entered without her knowledge or consent into a database used to identify...

ALMATY -- Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Kazakhstan for a state visit on Wednesday, his first known trip abroad since COVID-19 exploded in January 2020. Xi landed in Nur-Sultan, the Kazakh capital, in the afternoon, China's state media reported. A statement on Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev's website offered few details but said the two sides discussed a range of cooperative projects. It also quoted Xi making a strong statement in support of Kazakhstan -- one that seemed likely to resonate in the context of neighboring Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "No matter how the international situation changes, we will continue...

After years of less than normal rainfall and terrible management by the State of California and the federal government, water has been CUT OFF to many Northern California water agencies and farms.

The San Francisco Public Defender’s office has accused a Latino police officer of racially discriminating against Latino drug dealers in the city’s Tenderloin neighborhood. According to public defense attorneys for one of the neighborhood’s alleged drug dealers, Sgt. Daniel Solorzano arrested 53 people for drug sales over a roughly two-year period, all of whom were Latino. Meanwhile, they claim he declined to arrest 43 other people who the police had detained or surveilled, all but two of whom were non-Latino. Solorzano is of Mexican and Nicaraguan heritage and his first language is Spanish.

My Email to Governor Desantis Dear Governor Desantis, with all the controversy about sending newly arrived Illegal Aliens to these bastians of liberalism and sanctuary cities and States, I would implore you take a different approach, Offer Every last Illegal Alien in your Jails and Prisons in your State a Conditional FULL PARDON if they agree to be shipped to Delaware, DC, or Martha's Vineyard and promise in writing to never come back to your State or their Pardon will be Revoked and they will be rearrested and serve the remainder of their sentence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin had a meeting today with fellow autocrat Xi Jinping of China. Putin made a point of siding with China on the issue of Taiwan. Given that many observers have drawn a connection between what Russia is doing in Ukraine now and what China would like to do in Taiwan as soon as possible, you might expect that President Xi would return the favor by offering some support for Russia. But that didn’t happen. On the contrary, Putin himself indicated that China had “concerns” and Xi completely avoided the topic.

The emir of Qatar on Wednesday made an urgent appeal to Russia and the West, saying his nation will not be able to re-supply Europe with enough liquefied natural gas to stave off an energy crisis this winter, and urged both parties to bring a speedy end to the war. In an exclusive interview with French news outlet Le Point, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani emphasized that although gas and oil supply chains struggled before the Kremlin's invasion in February, the war has taken a severe toll on the industry. "We want to help Europe, and we will supply...

by Samantha Foster | 24NewsOn Thursday morning two busloads of over 100 illegal aliens were dropped off at 'Border Czar' Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington DC.Since Kamala won’t visit the border, the border was brought to her doorstep.Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent the illegals to Kamala Harris’s front lawn after she absurdly claimed the border is secure on Meet the Press on Sunday: Fox News interviewed some of the illegals standing outside of Harris’s residence and even they said the border is wide open. “Vice President Harris said that the border is closed. Is the border closed? Do you believe...

Tampa Bay reliever Brooks Raley will miss the Rays' five-game, four-day series at Toronto because players must be vaccinated against COVID-19 to enter Canada. Rays manager Kevin Cash said Sunday that Raley will be the only player not making the trip. Raley, 34, will lose $93,407 of his $4.25 million salary during the series, which runs from Monday to Thursday. He forfeited the same amount when he missed the Rays' first series at Toronto this year, from June 30 to July 3, bringing his total loss to $186,814. A left-hander, Raley is 1-1 with a 2.03 ERA and six saves...

FedEx FDX stock was tumbling after the company doubly disappointed investors Thursday announcing weak quarterly results earlier than expected while withdrawing its full-year financial guidance. The stock was down more the 12% in after-hours trading after FedEx (ticker: FDX) said it earned $3.44 a share from $23.2 billion in sales in its fiscal 2023 first quarter which ended in August. Wall Street was looking for $5.10 in per-share earnings from $23.5 billion in sales.

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"Republican governors interfering in that [US immigration] process and using migrants as political pawns is shameful, is reckless, and just plain wrong," Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing. More than 10,000 undocumented migrants from Texas and Arizona have been transported by bus to cities such as Washington, DC, New York City, and Chicago. On Thursday morning, two buses carrying more than 100 migrants arrived outside of US Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington after being sent there by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, the governor’s office said in a statement.

Representative Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) said Thursday on CNN’s “The Lead” that both Govs. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gregg Abbott (R-TX) were “right-wing nutjob governors.” Anchor Jake Tapper said, “Governor DeSantis and your governor, Governor Abbott sent these migrants with no heads-up to officials in Martha’s Vineyard, or D.C., no heads-up to those who might provide care for them, provide them with food, health care. We see a lot of kids in these pictures. What’s your response to this? Is this a good way to protest the country’s failing immigration policies?”

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows is complying with a Justice Department subpoena, Fox News has learned, by providing documents he previously shared with the House January 6 committee. A source close to Meadows told Fox News Thursday that he "provided pursuant to a DOJ subpoena the same documents that had already been provided previously to the 1/6 House committee pursuant to its subpoena." "Documents subject to Executive Privilege claims were withheld in both instances," the source told Fox News. "No testimony or any other materials were sought by the DOJ." The Department of Justice has issued over...

"And the smoke of the incense, which came with the prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of the angel's hand." "For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I." "For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members." Revelation, Chapter 8 1 And when he had opened the seventh seal,...

NBC News went after a conservative digital strategist who posted videos show Pennsylvania Lt. Governor and Senate hopeful John Fetterman having trouble speaking while on the campaign trail. NBC accused Greg Price of doctoring in the videos, when in fact the speech issues exhibited by Fetterman are likley the affer effects of a stroke he suffered earlier this year. Price put together a supercut of Fetterman having difficulty stringing words together to form coherent sentences, but for NBC, the real issue is not whether Fetterman is healthy enough to serve his constituents, but accusing Price of "doctoring" the images. NBC...

CNN - Our four-legged friends don’t drive gas-guzzling SUVs or use energy-sucking appliances, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a climate impact. In fact, researchers have showed that pets play a significant role in the climate crisis. But what do Barkley and Whiskers have to do with our warming planet? It’s the products we buy for them that need a closer look. Their meat-heavy diet is the biggest contributor to their carbon pawprints, which requires an abundance of energy, land and water to produce. And the production of pet food emits huge amounts of planet-warming gases. According to a...

As Germany’s electricity and natural gas prices soar, a wave of companies – some having a long tradition – are filing insolvency. Many midsize companies rely on natural gas as a source of energy, but prices have multiplied since early this year. Blackout News here reports toilet paper maker Hakle has filed for insolvency, citing “increased energy costs”.“Tenfold increase in gas and electricity prices”Others include shoe retailer Görtz, who cite low sales as consumers cut back on their discretionary spending, and automobile supplier Dr. Schneider. Steel producer ArcelorMittal in Hamburg und Bremen are also following.“With a tenfold increase in gas...