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The White House on Wednesday expressed shock at the arrest of a former GOP candidate in New Mexico in connection with shootings targeting the homes of state Democratic officials, calling it an illustration of the dangers of conspiracies and political violence. “The allegations here are shocking and horrifying, and it’s a miracle here no one was hurt,” said press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. “The president has spoken out repeatedly and emphatically about how our nation rejects violence as a political tool. That is a bedrock principle of our democracy.”

People on the other side of the planet are dropping dead from starvation right now, but most people don’t even realize that this is happening. Unfortunately, most people just assume that everything is fine and dandy. If you are one of those people that believe that everything is just wonderful, I would encourage you to pay close attention to the details that I am about to share with you. Global hunger is rapidly spreading, and that is because global food supplies have been getting tighter and tighter. If current trends continue, we could potentially be facing a nightmare scenario before...

President Biden is on track to signal his reelection plans in the next few weeks, despite a self-inflicted classified documents controversy that has energized the GOP and put his political team on its heels. “It’s still very much in the works and nothing has changed,” said one source familiar with the planning around the president’s forthcoming 2024 campaign bid.

Elon Musk said the Biden administration could possibly "weaponize Federal agencies" against the social media platform if former President Trump begins using his once-disabled account. Musk made the comment in response to another user who said Trump was coming back to the platform. Trump has not indicated he will be coming back to the social media site. Trump's account was shuttered following the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and restored after Musk posted an online poll asking users if Trump should be reinstated. "Will be interesting to see how the Biden administration reacts to this," Musk tweeted...

Jacinda Ardern has announced her shock resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister, while also calling an election on October 14. Ms Ardern choked back tears on Thursday as she said she did not have the energy to seek re-election. She said her final day in office will be February 7. "I know what this job takes. And I know that I no longer have enough in the tank to do it justice," she said. Ms Ardern said she had the support of her family to continue, but they were also on board with her decision. She said she would be...

Progressive Democrats in Congress, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) and Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D–N.Y.), are urging the White House to marshal all available organs of the regulatory state to impose rent control on the entire country. A letter authored by the two, and signed by 50 members of Congress, proposes seven actions of varying radicalism and legality that President Joe Biden could take to cap rent increases. "We urge your Administration to pursue all possible strategies to end corporate price gouging in the real estate sector," reads the January 9 letter to Biden. "Simply put, the rent is too...

Church of England bishops have refused to back a change in teaching to allow priests to marry same-sex couples, sources have told BBC News. They met on Tuesday to finalise their recommendations after five years of consultation and debate on the Church's position on sexuality. Their proposal will be debated at the Church's equivalent of a parliament - the General Synod - next month. BBC News spoke to several bishops present at the meeting who said the Church's teaching that Holy Matrimony is only between one man and one woman would not change and would not be put to a...

Jacinda Ardern has choked back tears as she announced her resignation as New Zealand Prime Minister in an emotional press conference. Her resignation comes into effect on Sunday if the Labour Party can elect her replacement, or on February 7 if the process was drawn out. Ms Ardern said she hoped to find the energy and heart during the Christmas break to stay in the job, 'but I have not been able to do that'. 'I am human. Politicians are human. We give all we can for as long as we can - and then it's time. And for me,...

A former Christian Academy teacher is accused of sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl. Last week, police arrested Joseph “Kade” Abbott, 26, a former teacher at the Apostolic Christian Academy on a felony charge of sexual battery by an authority figure for sexual misconduct. Abbott was arrested in North Carolina and brought back to Maryville, Tennessee, where the school is located. Abbott was held at Blount County jail on a $200,000 bond. The arrest follows a $4.5 million lawsuit filed against Abbott and the church he allegedly worked for. The lawsuit, filed in August 2022, says Abbott worked at the...

Pope Francis Urges Christians Not to Try to Convert NonbelieversROME — Pope Francis said Wednesday that trying to convince someone to become a Christian is a “pagan” activity unworthy of followers of Christ.“To evangelize is not to proselytize,” the pope told crowds gathered in the Vatican for his weekly general audience. “To proselytize is something pagan, it is neither religious nor evangelical.”This is not about proselytism, as I said, so that others become ‘one of us’ – no, this is not Christian,” he reiterated. “It is about loving so that they might be happy children of God.” According to the...

VIDEO Joe Biden is a "great respecter of fate." And as fate would have it, he is now neck deep in the YUUUUUUGE Car-a-Lago documents scandal. Now that we are in the midst of this scandal it is easy to forget that Biden had planned to announce in late January or February that he plans to run in 2024. Will he have the hubris to actually make such an announcement and tempt the fate from the ancient gods for whom hubris was the among the worst of mortal sins? Or have those ancient gods already made their judgement of Biden's...

Fired Oklahoma Christian University professor Michael O’Keefe has filed a lawsuit against his former employer, claiming breach of contract, libel, false light and intentional infliction of emotional distress. O’Keefe, a graphic design professor who had worked at the university for 41 years, was dismissed March 7, 2022, in a meeting with Jeff McCormack, the university’s chief academic officer, and Stephen Eck, legal counsel. The firing gained national attention after O’Keefe claimed that his termination was because he had a gay speaker in his “Business of Branding” course. Eck has been named separately as a defendant in the suit filed Dec....

President Biden wanted to wrap up his appearance with the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors on Tuesday by taking a knee with Vice President Kamala Harris. But she refused and chuckled: 'I'm not doing that' – leaving the 80-year-old on the front of the stage, on his own, in an awkward end to the photo-op. The gesture from the president was met with laughter from the team and sounds of shock from the audience, including from his No. 2, who didn't want to join in on the kneeling position that became popular with athletes during Black Lives Matter protests. The...

The latest "good guy with a gun" story comes out of Iowa, but it is actually a "good gal with a gun" story. A couple attempted to abduct a child, but an armed mother immediately put the kibosh on the kidnapping attempt. Michael Ernest Ross, 43, and Laurie Lynn Potter, 57, repeatedly walked in front of the entrance to the Hubbell Tower Apartments in Des Moines on Jan. 5. Shay Lindberg – the manager at the Hubbell Tower Apartments – noticed the duo and confronted the couple about lurking around the front door of the building. At the time, Lindberg...

More than 10.8 million mail-in ballots went “unaccounted for” in California’s midterm elections last year, data published by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) reveals. In 2022, California election officials mailed out more than 22.1 million ballots to registered voters, the data published by PILF shows. Of those, more than 10.8 million went “unaccounted for” as researchers said election officials can only make assumptions as to what happened with the ballots. “Typically, when a polling place opens and closes, there is an accounting of all election materials. Significant issues arise when incidents occur such as ballots disappearing at poll closing...

,big>Firefighters say Dem-sponsored bill will put the public at riskConnecticut Democrats are working to lower the physical fitness requirements for female firefighters, saying that less onerous standards will make fire departments "more diverse."A law introduced earlier this month in the Connecticut State Assembly would let women skip the Candidate Physical Ability Test, a timed gauntlet used by fire departments across the country. The test, which only 10 to 15 percent of women pass, requires candidates to complete intense physical tasks while wearing a 50 pound vest. It’s designed to simulate the experience of navigating a fire in heavy gear—and to...

ST PAUL, MN — Local second grader Tim Bumbly has been suspended from Rosa Parks 1619 Obama Elementary for repeatedly misgendering one of the M&M's candies he received in his lunch. "After multiple warnings, Timmy continued to refer to his green and purple M&M's as 'they' and 'them', when Mars, Inc. has already confirmed they are strong, independent women," said Tim's teacher Franz Zenber (she/her). "For the safety of our student body, we had to remove him from the school as soon as possible. Misgendering kills." The school board and superintendent backed the decision, confirming the student will be suspended...

Officials in New Mexico are set to deliver a decision on Thursday about whether or not they will pursue criminal charges against Alec Baldwin or others in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of Western movie Rust. Halyna Hutchins was killed by a live round fired by the gun the actor was holding on October 21, 2021, but the actor insists he didn't pull the trigger and blames prop managers for not checking if the gun was loaded. New Mexico First Judicial District Attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies and special prosecutor Andrea Reeb will announce their decision at 9...

Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Ivan Provorov skipped warmups on Tuesday because he refused to wear the gay pride jersey the team sponsored for its gay pride night game. Provorov maintained that his Russian Orthodox religion prevents him from supporting the LGBTQ agenda and that is why he chose not to participate in the warmup session where the jerseys and sticks wrapped in gay pride tape were used to celebrate the team’s gay pride night, the New York Post reported. Provorov noted that everyone is always talking about “choice,” and said, “I respect everybody. I respect everybody’s choices.” He added “my choice...

We've been asking a lot of questions about Biden's felonious handling of top secret documents. Today we get some answers. When Biden's lawyer found the documents he contacted the DOJ. President Biden’s personal attorney who discovered a batch of classified materials at the DC think tank that bears Biden’s name has spoken with federal investigators probing the case, according to a report. Patrick Moore, the lawyer the 80-year-old president tasked with cleaning out his former office at the Penn Biden Center last November, reportedly met with US Attorney John Lausch’s team after finding some 10 highly sensitive documents, according to...