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The University of Cincinnati has now withdrawn its formal reprimand of a professor who failed a student for using the term 'biological woman'. The reprimand was issued less than one month ago on June 14 by Melanie Nipper, but has since been removed from her personnel file. The formal caution was removed after Professor Nipper filed an appeal with the University which later decided that her reprimand had been 'issued in error.'

An Indigenous tribe descended from the Native American nation that originally controlled the land in Vermont the Ben & Jerry's headquarters is located on would be interested in taking it back, its chief has said, after the company publicly called for "stolen" lands to be returned.Don Stevens, chief of the Nulhegan Band of The Coosuk Abenaki Nation—one of four descended from the Abenaki that are recognized in Vermont—told Newsweek it was "always interested in reclaiming the stewardship of our lands," but that the company had yet to approach them.It comes after the ice cream company was questioned as to when...

Courtesy of Angel Studios I haven’t even seen Sound of Freedom yet, but I’m already convinced I need to based on the absolute hysteria emanating from the left.As I reported yesterday, The Guardian set off the parade of stupidity by tying the movie, which is based on a true story, to QAnon. Does the movie mention QAnon, Hillary Clinton, Pizzagate, or anything of the sort? Not even a little bit. Rather, it’s just a story about saving a girl from human traffickers in South America.Admittedly, I severely underestimated how triggering that would be for some people, and now a reviewer...

Tucker Carlson talks with Russell Brand about why he fired, covering politics, and Donald Trump. (Credit: Russell Brand/Rumble) When Fox News fired Tucker Carlson on April 24, 2023, the top-rated host’s abrupt departure from the allegedly conservative network not only sent shockwaves through the media world; the political world was rocked, as well. Carlson gave his first interview since being fired by Fox News on Friday. Buckle your seatbelts.Carlson sat down with Russell Brand, on his “Stay Free” podcast, and discussed a number of germane issues at length, for almost two hours.We reported on Friday about a segment of...

It’s no secret that pro-freedom policies unleash human potential and lead to the creation of wealth and prosperity. The migration of people inevitably follows freedom. The world saw that last century: East Germans risked getting machine-gunned to escape communism to the West. Cubans built make-shift rafts to sail through shark-infested waters to freedom. Even in a generally free country like the United States, the same pattern holds true with domestic migration to freer states. Bloomberg recently reported on the sheer magnitude of domestic migration of people and capital:A $100 Billion Wealth Migration Tilts US Economy’s Center of Gravity SouthSome 2.2...

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has called on China to work with Washington to fight the "existential threat" of climate change. Speaking on Saturday, she said the two countries - the largest greenhouse gas emitters - had a joint responsibility to lead the way on climate action. She called on China to support the US-led Green Climate Fund. Ms Yellen is on a four-day trip to Beijing in an attempt to boost relations between the two countries. Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, who was among those to meet with Ms Yellen, said he regretted "unexpected incidents", such as the row...

After almost 80 years, a World War II sailor’s remains once declared “non-recoverable” were returned to his New Jersey home. Anthony Di Petta, a Nutley, N.J., resident who served as a US Navy aviation ordnanceman during World War II, was brought home on Friday, the Department of Defense said.

The CDC's explanation for leaving certain diagnosis codes off Minnesota death certificates that cite COVID-19 vaccines as a cause of death, allegedly hiding vaccine injuries in federal records, shows "intent to deceive," according to a person who helped analyze the death certificates for the Brownstone Institute, a think tank that challenges the scientific basis for COVID conventional wisdom and policy.John Beaudoin Sr., who is suing Massachusetts for submitting "fraudulent" death certificates to the feds falsely labeling COVID as a cause of death, says CDC spokesperson Kristen Nordlund's comments on the matter to Just the News will be incorporated in an...

Researchers have known that a lack of quality sleep can increase a person's risk of diabetes. What has remained a mystery, however, is why. Now, a team of sleep scientists have uncovered a potential mechanism in humans that explains how and why deep-sleep brain waves at night are able to regulate the body's sensitivity to insulin, which in turn improves blood sugar control the next day. "These synchronized brain waves act like a finger that flicks the first domino to start an associated chain reaction from the brain, down to the heart, and then out to alter the body's regulation...

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On this date in 1771, Henry Stroud and Robert Campbell were hanged at Bethnal Green Road — a pointed message to the Spitalfield working class. Their hanging was tit for tat in an exchange of deadly violence between the state and laboring Londoners. Two years before, an anti-union law making it a capital crime to cut silk out of looms had actually been put to use with the hanging of two as part of the suppression of a Spitalfields weavers riot. This execution provoked in the following months a horrifying mob vengeance against the independent weaver who had testified —...

From my daughter a few minutes ago - anybody got more info? Multiple reports from across the country where people were suddenly refunded for their Sound of Freedom tickets, meaning their tickets were removed, because these multiple movie theaters "suddenly" were without air conditioning. But only in the Sound of Freedom showing theatre. The rest of the whole building was air conditioned. Across the country. Multiple states.

"Forever chemicals" are widespread in the environment, and new research finds they can be detected in about 45% of U.S. tap water samples. The chemicals are per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances, or PFAS, and their spread through drinking water—both tap and well—may be even higher because researchers from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) were unable to test for all of them, CNN reported. These synthetic substances have been linked to a variety of health issues, including cancer, liver damage, hormone suppression, decreased fertility, obesity, high cholesterol and thyroid disease. To gauge the impact on drinking water, a team used water...

The billionaire businessman, 51, said in a Tweet Sunday, 'Looking to hire a VP of Witchcraft & Propaganda,' after Fox referred to herself as a 'witch' amid a social media row with conservative commentator Robby Starbuck, who was critical of how the 37-year-old actress is raising her three sons. The tweet from the owner of Tesla and Twitter owner garnered a number of responses, including multiple mentions of Fox following her remarks. In response to one user who told the Pretoria, South Africa native that Fox is 'bad at propaganda,' Musk replied, 'Nobody is perfect.' Musk's tweets came a day...

High consumption of soybean oil has been linked to obesity and diabetes and potentially autism, Alzheimer's disease, anxiety, and depression. Add now to this growing list ulcerative colitis, a form of inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, characterized by chronic inflammation of the large intestine. Researchers examined the gut of mice that were consistently fed a diet high in soybean oil for up to 24 weeks in the lab. They found beneficial bacteria decreased and harmful bacteria (specifically, adherent invasive Escherichia coli) increased—conditions that can lead to colitis. Soybean oil is the most commonly used edible oil in the United States....

A shocking 60million Americans still have not had Covid, according to results from an official antibody survey. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 77.5 percent of over-16s had antibodies from at least one prior infection by the end of 2022. That suggests around 58million Americans, or nearly one in four, still hadn't caught the virus by the end of last year — more than three years after the virus first arrived in America. Of all age groups, seniors who were at the highest risk of disease, were least likely to have been infected, with 56.5 percent...

I recently picked up a copy of Pierre Toussaint: A Citizen of Old New York by Arthur and Elizabeth Odell Sheehan at a homeschool conference on Long Island. Truth be told, I knew next to nothing about Toussaint before I began reading, though I can honestly say I had wanted to know more about him. I especially wanted to know what heroic virtues this man possessed that has him on the path to canonization as a saint of the Catholic Church. Well, to start with, Venerable Pierre Toussaint's life story is anything but typical. It is a study in contrasts...

Renato Teixeira da Silva, 35, was arrested on Wednesday as he allegedly confessed to multiple murdersA serial killer in Brazil who reportedly used dating apps to meet some of his 14 alleged murder victims was arrested this week after confessing to his crimes. According to local outlet Record TV, 35-year-old Renato Teixeira da Silva told reporters he murdered 14 people over the span of 16 years, some while he worked as an escort and some after he met them through dating apps. The report notes that Teixeira used the nickname "Bruno" as an escort, and Deputy Roberto Krasovic of...

In the aftermath of the police killing of Nahel M the focus was on the violence on France's streets with international attention paid to the situation. At least one more person killed by police taken down by a police projectile. President Emmanuel Macron at one point paid a late-night visit to a police station to visit officers... A National Rally Deputy in the National Assembly visited the prison where the police officer accused of killing Nahel M is being held... And the mayor of the southern French town of Beziers Robert Menard, who has political ties to the RN party,...