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Republican Indiana Rep. Lorissa Sweet introduced legislation Tuesday that would ban child gender transitions in the state. The bill would block medical professionals from subjecting minors to procedures or activities that change, affirm or enforce a child’s gender identity when that identity is different from his or her biological sex. Child gender transitions, including social transitions, medications and surgeries, remain legal in most states, though a handful of conservative states have cracked down on the procedures in recent years. The bill explicitly bans puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones for minors, along with thirteen surgeries including mastectomies, hysterectomies, phalloplasty and penectomies....

The boss of the feared Russian Wagner mercenary group has gloated to Ukraine by posing in a salt mine in a key battleground. Yevgeny Prigozhin stood defiantly alongside Vladimir Putin's private paramilitary fighters in the Soledar pit as he claimed his mercenaries have single-handedly taken control of the eastern Ukraine town, which has been razed by brutal fighting. However, the claim prompted the Russian army to issue a statement saying fighting for the town is still on-going, thus denying Prigozhin's brazen claim. The unusual contradiction from Moscow raises questions over whether the Russian president has lost control of the Wagner...

Intubation of an infant with any lung condition, or even an adult with severe COVID-19 using either ventilation or extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), comes with risks and side effects that could cause permanent damage not limited to the lungs. Consider this: The human intestine receives almost one-third of the body's cardiac output. What if we could spare oxygen in the gut and redistribute oxygen to other body districts to avoid intubation? Researchers have found that an extra amount of oxygen is available to organs critical for the survival of the individual, including the heart, brain, kidneys and liver, by reducing...

President Joe Biden’s political capital is deteriorating with every negative balance sheet, which could affect whether he is another one-term president. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation’s (FDIC) board of directors allegedly warned about the impending “financial crisis and their lack of faith in our banking system and how to keep the public from freaking out,” according to a popular Twitter account specializing in banking, claiming to have footage of a private November FDIC meeting. In the two videos posted by WallStreetSilver, the FDIC warned that economic conditions in the U.S. will worsen to the point where there could be a...

“When I am back in the White House, the drug kingpins and vicious traffickers will never sleep soundly again.”Former president Donald Trump unveiled a plan to deploy special forces against drug cartels if he is to be reelected in 2024 last week.Trump revealed the strategy in a video posted to Truth Social“Joe Biden has sided against the United States and with the cartels,” Trump said. “Biden’s open border policies are a deadly betrayal of our nation.”“When I am president, it will be the policy of the United States to take down the cartels, just as we took down ISIS and...

PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Electric vehicles took two of three categories for the first time in this year’s North American Car, Truck and Utility of the Year awards. Ford’s F-150 Lightning electric pickup won the truck category, while Kia’s EV6 battery-powered EV was named the top SUV. The Integra, a small sedan from Honda’s Acura performance brand, won car of the year. Six of the nine finalists were powered by batteries, and analysts say the more of the awards are likely to go to electric vehicles in the future as the industry spends billions to roll out multiple new EV...

Just yesterday, the news of several classified documents being discovered at Joe Biden's former office at his Washington think tank, the Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement, caused headlines. Almost every media pundit focused on the mishandling of classified information, but there was another shocking revelation in this story that went largely ignored. It began with the astounding disclosure that Joe Biden, who is among the least thoughtful men in the U.S., founded and runs a think tank. It seems utterly unfathomable that Biden would lead a group whose function is to conduct 'research, analysis, and commentary on...

On this episode, Will dives deep with multiple guests to break down the fallacies of all of the best gun control arguments, and paint the fullest possible picture of the gun control debate.

A Instagram user known as Kym Clark posted an unsettling video of a Burmese Python crossing the road in Everglades Park last Monday. Clark wrote the python was over 15-feet long In the video caption of her post.. A voice heard in the video states, "This is the biggest snake I have ever seen in my whole life."

The question now, of course, is whether the shooter’s use of deadly defensive force to stop Washington’s armed robbery was justified on the legal merits.The answer? Yes, maybe, and almost certainly not.Confused yet? Let’s clarify. BASICS OF LEGAL JUSTIFICATION FOR USE OF DEADLY FORCE UNDER TEXAS LAWShooting someone dead is, of course, normally a crime. Under Texas law, and the law of every other state, however, the use of deadly force upon another might be legally justified, and not a crime, if it meets the conditions for deadly force defense of persons—meaning either defense of self or defense of others....

The Aussie woman managed to gain the trust of a stray cat bearing a striking resemblance to late comic actor Charlie Chaplin.

When an “entitled” customer rudely tried to push around a McDonald’s employee, the middle-aged woman gave the insolent punk a verbal beatdown that left him speechless.He filmed the exchange and posted it to TikTok to bash her – but was stunned when nearly all comments took her side!The female McDonald’s employee was highly praised by those who viewed the video confrontation. In a video that has gone viral, one female McDonald’s employee was applauded for refusing to allow one extremely entitled drive-thru customer to push her around. Although the video is only 37 seconds long, it’s very clear why the...

Berlin — German police said their methodical operation to clear hundreds of climate change activists from a tiny town that's been sold to an energy company to dig up for coal was going according to plan on Wednesday. As Sweden's high-profile climate campaigner Greta Thunberg said she would join the demonstrators squatting in the otherwise abandoned village, Day Two of the police's effort got off to a rocky start. There were more violent clashes and even some Molotov cocktails hurled at police early Wednesday, repeating scenes that played out the previous day, but the Aachen police force said its clearance...

This past week we witnessed an extremely rare hard-fought battle in Washington to elect a new leader for the incoming GOP majority. I could not help but wonder how it might have gone had “The Squad” stood up to Queen Nan. I think it may have been reported like this: Dateline Washington -- After days of a hard-fought struggle a House Speaker was selected with Nancy Pelosi demonstrating why she has become the most dynamic speaker in history. The GOP once told us that women did not have the mettle to participate in the rough world of politics. After the...

Social media users are sharing a video of a live broadcast from Canadian media outlet CTV News Edmonton that shows a reporter saying she’s feeling unwell and losing her balance and are linking this to COVID-19 vaccines. One person on Facebook shared the clip and wrote: “TV reporters stroking out...brought to you by Pfizer” (here). More examples of the claim can be found (here) and (here). In a Jan. 8 segment, CTV News Edmonton reporter Jessica Robb can be heard telling anchor Nahreman Issa: “Sorry Nahreman. I’m not feeling very well right now and I’m about to just...” before appearing...

Facebook is considering reinstating former President Donald Trump to its platform, with a decision to be made in the coming weeks. Facebook executive Nick Clegg is reportedly overseeing the decision-making process for Mark Zuckerberg. This creates the awkward situation of a former UK Deputy Prime Minister deciding on the free speech rights of a former American President for a U.S.-based company.CNN reports that Facebook (now known as Meta) is in the process of deciding whether or not to allow former President Donald Trump back on its platforms. According to a spokesperson, the company plans to announce its decision in the...

This list only includes destroyed vehicles and equipment of which photo or videographic evidence is available. Therefore, the amount of equipment destroyed is significantly higher than recorded here. Small arms, ATGMs, MANPADS, loitering munitions, drones used as unmanned bait, civilian vehicles, trailers and derelict equipment are not included in this list. All possible effort has gone into avoiding duplicate entries and discerning the status of equipment between captured or abandoned. Many of the entries listed as 'abandoned' will likely end up captured or destroyed. Similarly, some of the captured equipment might be destroyed if it can't be recovered. When the...

Spare us, spare them, and spare yourself, Harry. “Spare,” Prince Harry’s revenge on his family, the media, the horsey older woman who deflowered him in a field behind a busy pub and anyone who has ever treated him as the spare to Prince William’s heir, is literary self-harm. Every time Harry Plotter the half-wit prince puts the knife into his brother, the fumbling assassin falls on his own blade. Call it Harry-kiri. Harry has already rejected his homeland and attacked his people. He has slandered the House of Windsor as institutionally racist. He has, as his Netflix exposé showed, lost...

On January 5th, Fox News published an opinion piece by FBI Director Christopher Wray entitled, “America’s crime problem is real. Tackling it requires respect for cops.” Before engaging the substance of Wray’s piece, I will note the significance of his choices in timing and distribution platform. With Republicans assuming majority control of the House of Representatives the same week, Wray finds himself in a precarious situation. The GOP is poised to launch congressional investigations into the FBI’s rampant politicization, corruption, and abuse. Wray seeks to rebrand himself as a stalwart of nonpartisanship and devotion to law and order in the...

Today in a memo, Secretary Austin rescinded the Aug. 24, 2021 memorandum mandating that members of the Armed Forces under DoD authority be vaccinated against COVID-19, and the memorandum of Nov. 30, 2021, pertaining to the vaccination of National Guard and Reserve personnel. This rescission requirement was established by the James M. Inhofe National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023. The health and readiness of the Force are crucial to the Department’s ability to defend our nation. Secretary Austin continues to encourage all Service members, civilian employees, and contractor personnel to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 to ensure...