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Most of you are probably not familiar with the name “Vivek Ramaswamy.” He is currently the least-well known Republican presidential primary candidate. But that will undoubtedly change after the first GOP presidential primary debate in August. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a total Trump supporter: I’m all in for Trump in 2024. In fact, I believe Trump is the ONLY presidential candidate across all political parties who can restore this country to its position of worldwide prominence and leadership we enjoyed during his first term. But, after listening to Mr. Ramaswamy — the son of immigrants from India...

(NEXSTAR) – A massive $725 million settlement involving Facebook’s parent company Meta was tentatively approved by a judge last month, paving the way for users of the social media platform to apply for a chunk of the payout. Meta has agreed to the payment to settle a lawsuit claiming Facebook allowed users’ personal data to be shared with third parties, the most famous being Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm that supported Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign. The firm harvested the data of as many as 87 million Facebook users, the Associated Press reported. Final approval of the settlement isn’t expected...

Lindell, who promised to pay the $5 million award to anyone who could debunk his data that purportedly proved election fraud, was ordered to pay the sum by a private arbitrator, who ruled that Robert Zeidman, a software expert, successfully disproved Lindell’s claims. “Based on the foregoing analysis, Mr. Zeidman performed under the contract,” the ruling said. “He proved the data Lindell LLC provided, and represented reflected information from the November 2020 election, unequivocally did not reflect November 2020 election data.

(Last Updated On: April 17, 2023) NATIONAL CHEDDAR FRIES DAY Grab your toppings on April 20th to celebrate National Cheddar Fries Day! What better way to enjoy your fries than with an indulgent dollop of cheddar cheese? Of course, several other ingredients go well with fries and cheddar cheese. #NationalCheddarFriesDay Who can resist crispy, golden French fries topped with their favorite ingredients AND aged Wisconsin cheddar cheese? Fresh ingredients like tomatoes and peppers make mouths water. Add spicy toppings like chili or jalapenos. Mix it up with onions, bacon, or a drizzle of ranch. These great combinations delight just about...

Conservative pundit Ann Coulter suggested a compromise on the divisive abortion debate, calling for the medical procedure to be banned for registered Republicans only. Coulter, who has become an outlier in the right-wing community when it comes to her stance on abortion, has been ramping up her attacks on Republican lawmakers who have been restricting access across the U.S., predominantly in red states. Some Republican-led states have either limited or banned abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in June reversed Roe v. Wade, a 1973 landmark decision that gave women the federal right to have abortions. Overturning Roe allowed...

The governor, who began the year with momentum, is now confronting a considerably more difficult path as he prepares to launch a national campaign ----------- Republican megadonor Ken Langone is eager to support Ron DeSantis for president in 2024. But he has some concerns about the Florida governor as he prepares to enter the race. Langone didn’t like that DeSantis signed a six-week abortion ban and wants him to moderate his stance on the issue. It wouldn’t hurt for DeSantis to “be a little more conciliatory” in his demeanor, he suggested. And Langone worries about the resurgence of former president...

White Sox fans let their hands fly in a two-minute long brawl in the bleachers On the diamond, Chicago enjoyed a 10-inning victory vs. the Baltimore Orioles DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news A Chicago White Sox game descended into chaos away from the mound, with a cluster of fans becoming involved in a mass brawl in the bleachers. Fans did their utmost to honor the spirit of the fight-glorifying song 'Knuck If You Buck' by Crime Mob, which was ironically - and ostensibly unintentionally - playing in the background as haymakers were launched by both men and...

Jordan Peterson - Regrets of a Trans Care Specialist !! Sara Stockton (FReepers this interview is 2:12:28 minutes long may want to bookmark for later)

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) on Thursday asked Chief Justice John Roberts to testify in Congress about the court’s ethical standards amid a controversy surrounding Justice Clarence Thomas. Durbin vowed to hold a hearing on May 2 on ethical rules at the high court after a ProPublica investigation revealed that Thomas took various luxury trips over the years paid for by Harlan Crow, a Dallas-based real estate developer who has donated millions to conservative causes. “The time has come for a new public conversation on ways to restore confidence in the Court’s ethical standards. I invite you to...

Disney is preparing to take its fight with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies in the state legislature to the next level...With just weeks until Florida's legislative session ends, Disney is pushing lobbyists to step up their efforts to influence the Republican-controlled state legislature and to target land use related bills that could hurt the company...

Trans Clinic Whistleblower Speaks Out Jamie Reed is a life-long progressive and healthcare professional. For many years she has provided counselling to vulnerable populations including children in foster care, sexual minorities and young people with HIV. For four years she worked at The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital, Missouri. What she saw in that time caused her to resign and turn whistleblower. Read Jamie’s disturbing account here: https://www.thefp.com/p/i-thought-i-was-saving-trans-kids (FReepers this interview is 1:08:51 minutes long, may want to bookmark for later)

A bill pending in the California legislature would require schools to notify parents that their kids are expected to be vaccinated for HPV before entering eighth grade, as part of a push to get more children inoculated against the cancer-causing strains of the virus, theoretically before they become sexually active. AB 659 stops short of mandating the vaccine for middle schoolers, as the bill originally proposed. Lawmakers stripped out that provision without any debate, reflecting the contentious nature of school vaccine mandates even in a state with some of the nation’s strictest immunization laws. ... The proposed legislation by Assembly...

A content designer has claimed that he was fired after posting criticism of drag shows for children as young as two on a social media account. The ex-employee of the Mountain View-based tax software company Intuit alleges he was illegally fired for Instagram posts criticizing drag queen events for children. A lawsuit filed on Thursday in San Francisco Superior Court, reviewed by news website SFGATE, alleges that Brian Gilton, 37, was fired by the tech company days after he posted two scathing screeds about children attending 'drag shows'. Gilton, described in the lawsuit as 'a passionate 37-year old white male,'...

[Catholic Caucus] Cardinal Roche and the Trad View of the New MassAbove: the Catholic Church known as Die Wotrubakirche in Vienna. Photo by Stefano Perego.Cardinals Arthur Roche and Raniero Cantalamessa indirectly acknowledged (perhaps unintentionally) what critics of Paul VI’s Novus Ordo Missae have said for over fifty years: The new rite corresponds to a new theology that “represents, both as a whole and in its details, a striking departure from the Catholic theology of the Mass as it was formulated in Session XXII of the Council of Trent.”[1]On March 19, 2023, when British compatriots on BBC radio questioned the restrictions...

Social media bosses who fail to censor “harmful” content on their sites should be jailed, plans announced by a UK minister have stipulated. Technology and Science Secretary Michelle Donelan has announced plans to see social media executives thrown in jail should they fail to censor so-called “harmful” content on their websites. The jail threat is to be part of the UK’s Online Safety Bill, a widespread censorship plan that some tech giants claim will also effectively ban end-to-end encryption for private internet users.

A Chicago business owner says he is fleeing the crime-infested city because leaders are "supporting anarchy" and he "can't put up with it any longer." "Our employees are being held up for their wallets and their phones at gunpoint," Rabine Group founder Gary Rabine told "America Reports" on Wednesday. "It's just not worth it anymore, the danger. You know, we are very safety-oriented company, and we can't put up with it any longer." Rabine, who has built business in the Chicago area for over 40 years, says his customers and employees do not want to live in the Windy City...

Jeffrie Eugene Long Jr., member of the Maryland House of Delegates (D-Calvert and Prince George's counties) paid an uninvited visit to a constituent's home. He let himself in via an unlocked door and brought along a metal pipe to use during his conversation with the home owner. His message was a succinct "keep my name off your mouth or I'm going to put you six feet under." After a tense pause, Long left the home and drove away in his Mercedes-Benz. The home owners called the police to complain about Long's bizarre behavior and expressed their fear that he meant...

Former University of Kentucky championship swimmer Riley Gaines was recently assaulted by demonstrators at San Francisco State University for her support of keeping biological men out of women’s sports.Federal Appeals Court Judge Kyle Duncan was shouted down at Stanford Law School.Cornell University’s student government recently passed a resolution calling for automatic trigger warnings from faculty — though, thankfully, the administration rejected it.College campuses have long been the front line for America’s culture wars. Columbia University, Princeton, Brandeis, and the University of California at San Diego gave jobs to Marxists, such as Theodor Adorno, Herbert Marcuse, and Erich Fromm in the...

Wednesday, during FNC’s “Hannity,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, commented on recent revelations about President Joe Biden and his family’s business dealings. According to the Kentucky Republican, the walls were “closing in on the Biden family.” “My last question is part of a long question is do you believe the president of the United States is compromised by these countries that we know hate our guts?” host Sean Hannity said. “I’ll answer the second question — I don’t see how Joe Biden could not be compromised,” Comer replied. I mean this — these family members...

Two teenagers are only facing misdemeanor charges after the crash of a stolen car resulted in the death of a 6-month-old infant. In an update Wednesday, Chicago police said two male juveniles, ages 17 and 14, each face one misdemeanor count of criminal trespassing, though charges could be upgraded pending the department’s investigation. Police said the crash happened around 5 p.m. Sunday in the 4400 block of West Washington. A stolen Hyundai was traveling westbound on Washington when it struck a pickup truck. According to police, there were multiple hospitalizations in this crash — including a 6-month-old boy who died...