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"The View" co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin offered a mea culpa after she faced backlash for making an erroneous claim about Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. On Thursday's broadcast, Farah Griffin accused DeSantis of "erasing" Black history for opposing the AP African American History course, which had a curriculum he said included a "political agenda." After Fox News Digital ran a report Friday morning about the fiery criticism she received, Farah Griffin took to Twitter and acknowledged she "accidentally misrepresented" DeSantis, a lightning rod for criticism in mainstream media and a rumored 2024 presidential hopeful. "Sooo I got tripped up on...

December 13, 2022, the World Health Organization named Dr. Jeremy Farrar as its new chief scientist for global health. As chief scientist, Farrar will oversee the WHO’s science division “to develop and deliver high quality health services” worldwide. As detailed in “The Dam of Lies Surrounding COVID Lab Leak Is Breaking,” February 1, 2020, Farrar convened a conference call with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Dr. Francis Collins, and several scientists to discuss tell-tale signs that SARS-CoV-2 was genetically engineered, which meant the pandemic was the result of a lab leak. At the time, Farrar wrote that “On a spectrum if zero...

President Biden will not sit for the traditional pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox, which is airing the game on Sunday, the White House said Friday. The president typically gives an interview to air in the lead-up to the Super Bowl, and Biden has done so in each of his first two years in office, sitting down with CBS and NBC, respectively. The White House blamed Fox on Friday for the lapse this year. “The President was looking forward to an interview with Fox Soul to discuss the Super Bowl, the State of the Union, and critical issues impacting the everyday...

Late last month, mysterious green laser beams were spotted from Hawaii’s tallest peak. Experts initially said the burst of laser beams was emitted by a NASA spacecraft thought that was proven incorrect this week — with evidence pointing to a Chinese satellite. Space experts at the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) initially tweeted on Jan. 30 that the Subaru-Asahi Star Camera “captured green laser lights in the cloudy sky over Maunakea, Hawai’i. The lights are thought to be from a remote-sensing altimeter satellite ICESAT-2/43613.” But on Feb. 6, one week later, NAOJ issued a correction on YouTube that specified...

Black holes are powerful cosmic reactors. They supply the energy for quasars and other active galactic nuclei (AGNs). This is due to the interplay between matter and its enormous gravitational and magnetic forces. A black hole technically lacks a magnetic field, but the dense plasma surrounding it as an accretion disc does possess a magnetic field. As plasma spirals around a black hole, the charged particles inside it create an electrical current and magnetic field. The direction of plasma flow does not spontaneously vary, hence the magnetic field is likely rather stable. Imagine the researchers’ amazement when they discovered evidence...

IRVINE, CA — FDA officials specializing in the field of genuine Mexican food have released a comprehensive, peer-reviewed report confirming no link between eating Taco Bell and immediately suffering from explosive diarrhea, and that Taco Bell was "safe and effective." Some say the FDA's comprehensive meta-analysis may be enough to firmly place suggestions that Taco Bell causes a "Blitz in the Britches" to be unmistakable lies drummed up by conspiracy theorists. "The Science has spoken, thus concluding Taco Bell to be the source of neither Trouser Slop, Heavy Shartillery, nor Chino Cappuccino," said FDA spokesman, Ron Schitzfeldt, "Anyone claiming their...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has hired lawyers from a firm that previously represented House Democrats in the impeachment trial of then-President Donald Trump to protect the agency’s secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, Politico reported Friday. DHS signed a contract with Debevoise & Plimpton, a firm whose lawyers helped House Democrats in 2020 with their case for impeaching Trump, to help Mayorkas as House Republicans move to impeach the secretary, according to Politico. For months, House Republicans have indicated they will move towards impeaching Mayorkas for his handling of the crisis at the southern border. Several House Republicans, including Reps. Pat...

Windsor police say they have arrested one suspect in a break-and-enter involving a stolen excavator. Police say two suspects allegedly used the excavator to break into a business at the 2300 block of Dougall Ave. The business was Paradise Gaming Centre. Police say the suspects stole the excavator over the weekend and that they used it to smash a six-metre hole in a wall of the building. Joan Walker is a resident who lives a few doors down from Paradise Gaming Centre. She is shocked by how two suspects broke into the bingo hall and says unemployment is one of...

Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., believes Republicans who shouted at President Biden during his State of the Union speech Tuesday are "beneath the dignity" of Congress. "Everyone is raucous, and I was worried people were going to start throwing hotdogs and popcorn at each other," Sinema said during a Washington Post Live event of many Republicans who heckled Biden's speech to Congress. "To be honest, I find it beneath the dignity of the United States Congress. And what I find most disturbing about it, is the fact that it’s normalized." During Biden's address, he claimed that Republicans want to sunset Medicare...

State Rep. Mary E. Flowers (D-Chicago) has sponsored a change to provide for a right for “culturally sensitive” caregivers in a medical setting. The bill under consideration is HB1021. “Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that each patient has the right to receive care from a medical professional who is culturally sensitive to the patient's life experience,” the bill’s synopsis reads. The bill would amend the Medical Patient Rights Act. The full text of the bill elaborates. “The right of each patient to receive care from a medical professional who is culturally sensitive to the patient's life experience,” the...

Former President Donald Trump can now post on Facebook and Instagram after having his accounts restored by Mark Zuckerberg and the Masters of the Universe.The Hill reports that Facebook has agreed to restore former President Trump’s accounts across the platform. Former President Trump was suspended across all Facebook platforms following the events of January 6th at the Capitol in Washington, DC.Trump’s accounts on Facebook and Instagram have now been restored, according to a spokesperson for the company, who cited a statement from January 25 that said that the account would be restored in the “coming weeks.” Trump still has a...

Pentagon has shot down an unidentified object over Alaska, per Bloomberg

State of the Union: A Trump ’24 focus on foreign policy restraint is very good news. And we shouldn’t be surprised.Over at Politico, there’s a noteworthy report on some early jockeying in the 2024 GOP primary:Those close to Trump’s campaign operation say he plans to try and paint himself as an anti-war dove amongst the hawks. They believe doing so will resonate with GOP voters who are divided on, but growing wary of, continued support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.This is a smart political move from 45. “Growing wary” of Ukraine support could prove to be an understatement,...

The number of migrants being hosted in British hotels at the taxpayers’ expense rose from 2,577 in March 2020 to 37,142 by September 2022. According to government data analysed by the Guardian, an even larger number of migrants are being hosted in so-called dispersal accommodation — typically shared houses and flats — with the figure already standing at 41,388 in March 2020, and rising by another 11,910 between then and September 2022. The massive increase in migrants being hosted in hotels over the same period, from less than 2,600 to tens of thousands, has grabbed many more headlines, however, in...

The dad of a bullied 14-year-old New Jersey high school girl — who took her own life after an online video showed a group of girls attacking her — said the suicide occurred after the teen got a taunting text about the bloody beatdown. Adriana Kuch was found dead at home on Feb. 3, two days after the sickening caught-on-video assault in a hallway at Central Regional High School in Berkeley Township. The tragic teen’s father, Michael Kuch, told the Daily Mail that hours before her death, one girl who recorded the assault sent her a text mocking her for...

[Catholic Caucus] Pittsburgh diocese to regulate 'ad orientem' MassesThe Diocese of Pittsburgh is set to implement a new policy that will require priests to seek the bishop’s permission if they wish to celebrate the ordinary form of the Mass ad orientem. The policy, discussed during a Thursday meeting between Pittsburgh’s Bishop David Zubik and the diocesan presbyteral council, is expected to be implemented in the coming weeks. It will make Pittsburgh the latest U.S. diocese to regulate the ad orientem celebration of the Mass.The celebration of the Mass ad orientem is not regulated by Traditionis custodes, a 2021 policy promulgated...

Well. what could the Chinese "Weather" Balloon's actual purpose have been? It's flight path took it along the Aleutian Island Chain. Over Alaska and Canada, it did a loop-the-loop over the Yukon, and cut a diagonal across America, passing over too many strategic sites. The Balloon's flight path over Alaska, was over the US's 2 major Air Force bases (Elmendorf AFB, Eielson AFB) and the US's 1 Space Force base (Clear Space Force Station) in Alaska. There are likely other bases that are not publicly known. Additionally, the ballon transited almost directly over our Ground-based ICBM interceptor site at Fort...

With the confirmation of a dozen new moons in Jupiter’s orbit, the biggest planet in the Solar System is suddenly the neighborhood big dog when it comes to moon collection. With the advent of these 12 previously undiscovered moons, the gas giant now has 92 known orbiting entities, surpassing Saturn’s amazing collection of 83. Although scientists face a significant challenge in locating these tiny celestial entities, both planets are really expected to be joined by many more moons. The intense glare emitted by Jupiter further complicates things, and any that are tiny enough to have escaped discovery up to now...

Late last year we pointed out the fact that auto insurance companies charge parents a higher premium for drivers under 25 yrs old because (accurately) they are not mature & cause the majority of fatal accidents. Yet, a company like StateFarm partners with the very organizations that believe 10 yr olds are mature enough to make a decision to take body-destroying puberty blockers & 15 yr olds can consent to removing healthy body parts & become mutilated, lifelong medical patients. In other words, they charge you more money because your 20 yr old is deemed too immature to be a...

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., has endorsed former President Donald Trump's 2024 White House bid. His endorsement came Friday in a statement posted on Twitter. He wrote: "I'm proud to endorse the strongest president of my lifetime, Donald J. Trump, for a second term in 2024. "President Trump is the architect of our America First movement. He is a proven champion for our conservative values, and a fearless leader on the world stage. "In just four years, President Trump delivered great results for the American people. He lowered taxes, secured American energy independence, protected our Second Amendment, and never backed down...