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Elon Musk’s rebrand of Twitter seems to be underway. In a series of late-night tweets Saturday, Musk shared that the company’s famous bird logo and name would soon be no more. The company, it seems, will simply be known as “X.” “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” he tweeted. He later said in a Twitter space that the Twitter logo would be changed Sunday. “It should have been done a long time ago, sorry it took so long,” he said. Later that night, he reportedly emailed employees about the change. According...

"And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her." "For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. "And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation. He hath shewed strength with his arm; he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts." Luke, Chapter 1 1 Forasmuch as many have taken in...

Our friends at Factory Entertainment are boldly setting a new course… one where you’ll need deep pockets to follow. The company today announced a new line of planned studio-scale and studio-quality Star Trek starship models — the first of Factory Entertainment’s planned FE MasterWorks line — which aims to bring Hollywood-level recreations of the franchise’s greatest vessels out to those willing to meet the hefty price tag. We’ve got exclusive first-look video showcasing the detail in these large-size constructions here at TrekCore, so be sure to check them out below! Launching officially at San Diego Comic Con later this month,...

Since taking the gavel in January, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability has accelerated its investigation of the Biden family’s domestic and international business practices to determine whether the Biden family has been targeted by foreign actors, President Biden is compromised, and our national security is threatened.Below is a timeline that details key dates in our investigation.The main points of interest are: A) Romania B) China- CEFC C) China- Bohai Harvest RST Equity Investment Fund Management Co., Ltd. (BHR) D) Kazakhstan

Ramaswamy's Bermuda-based company, Axovant Sciences, had been formed only eight months earlier, but here it was raising $360 million to develop an Alzheimer's drug that had been all but abandoned by giant pharma GlaxoSmithKline. On the first day of trading the stock almost doubled, giving Axovant a market capitalization of nearly $3 billion. Considering that Ramaswamy had persuaded Glaxo to part with the unproven remedy for a mere $5 million up front, the newlyweds were ecstatic, as was a veritable wedding party of hedge fund pals who had followed Ramaswamy into the stock. Yet as quickly as it started, the...

Why are so many Republicans knuckling under to Democrats’ “temporary” election rules changes? Crafty Democrats used 2020’s COVID-19 catastrophe to change the way Americans pick our leaders. Democrats filed hundreds of lawsuits to demand mass mail-in ballots, early voting, late arrivals of ballots and other “emergency” measures. They argued that the Coronavirus was just too dangerous for traditional, in-person voting. The George Floyd riots were too important to let these microbes stand in the way, Democrats like former New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio argued. And yet this virus was so deadly that it merited a Mao-worthy revolution in voting...

Joe Biden has more cash on hand than any other possible 2024 presidential candidate. Ironically, he also has no re-election campaign to speak of. You’d think an incumbent president flush with cash would already be doing the groundwork to prepare for the general election, especially given he doesn’t have to spend anything to win the primary. So why isn’t Biden hiring campaign staff? According to his aides, this is all part of the plan, and that should terrify you. "President Biden’s campaign manager, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, has spent her first months on the job planning a sweeping national reelection effort...

Democratic 2024 presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. has called for a "real investigation" on President Joe Biden and his family. Kennedy made his statement during an appearance on Sunday Morning Futures when Fox News host Maria Bartiromo asked him about corruption in government, specifically about bank records from the House Oversight Committee showing that Biden "took in millions of dollars. Kennedy said that while he has avoided criticizing the president in an attempt to "bring people together," he did express concern over the new revelations from Congress in the past week. * * * Kennedy was also asked about corruption...

Transgender social media influencer Dylan Mulvaney, who sparked a backlash against Bud Light due to a promotional campaign, is now seeking speaking engagements at colleges and universities. In an Instagram Story, Mulvaney shared a link for followers to request the influencer for public speaking events, focusing on topics such as LGBTQIA+ advocacy, social media, women’s empowerment, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Mulvaney’s agency, Creative Arts Agency (CAA), represents the influencer for speaking inquiries.

Youtuber Arielle Scarcella interviews Ryan James trangender man (woman) on why this person regrets having bottom surgery. Ryan started to transition at age 17. At 1:43 at this video Ryan holds up her hand to show the how much flesh was removed in order to make a fake penis. It is graphic. Ryan has had to wear an Ostomy bag for years. Video is 10 minutes long

Former New Jersey Governor and GOP Presidential candidate Chris Christie continues to slam GOP frontrunner Donald Trump, a man he once supported so strongly that he helped Trump prepare for his debates with Hillary Clinton. Christie says he began to see Trump in a new light after Trump’s one-term presidency, and he now believes Trump is unfit to serve as he campaigns — while under multiple indictments — for a second term in office. Christie has repeatedly characterized Trump as a liar, recently adding “con artist” and “grifter” to his Trump name-calling. (Christie also says that "most Republicans" know that...

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia followed its withdrawal from a grain export deal by expanding its attacks from port infrastructure to farm storage buildings in Ukraine’s Odesa region Friday, while also practicing a Black Sea blockade. Other Russian missiles damaged what officials described only as an “important infrastructure facility” southwest of the port city of Odesa, in what appeared to be an effort to cripple Ukraine’s food exports. Attacks in recent days have put Odesa in Russia’s crosshairs after Moscow abandoned a wartime deal that allowed Ukraine to send grain through the key Black Sea port. Russia pounded Ukraine’s southern...

Senior lawmakers are increasingly demanding that military and other government officials provide them with information about intelligence on unidentified flying objects (UFOs) or unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs). The demands reflect frustrations on the part of some lawmakers that they are being kept in the dark about what’s known about UFOs and UAPs. The lawmakers do not necessarily believe the government is hiding signs of extraterrestrial life from the public and congressional oversight. But they are frustrated they are not learning more about unknown objects flying in restricted U.S. air space. “My primary interest in this topic is if there are...

The right-wing Popular Party (PP) is projected to be ahead after a general election in Spain - but it is likely to need the support of the far-right to govern.

One of the first studies into the side effects of transgender surgeries has revealed alarmingly high rates of post-op pain, aching during intercourse, and bladder problems, raising troubling questions for this new frontier of medicine. A huge majority - 81 percent - of those who had surgery on their genitals in the past five years said they endured pain simply from moving around in the weeks and months after going under the knife. Researchers from the University of Florida and Brooks Rehabilitation, a health non-profit, showed that more than half of trans surgery patients endured pain during sex, and nearly...

Husam Zomlot, the self-styled “Palestinian Ambassador” to the United Kingdom, never misses an opportunity to get in front of a television camera. Any issue related to Israeli-Palestinian affairs will invariably see Zomlot interviewed by every broadcaster armed with softball questions from London to Timbuktu. So when Israel launched Operation Arrow and Shield, which resulted in the successful elimination of more than a dozen terrorists and the destruction of terrorist infrastructure in Jenin, Zomlot was never far from our screens as he initiated something of a media blitz designed to saturate the airwaves with anti-Israel misinformation. While Zomlot was given far...

WELLBORN, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida woman was accused of stealing a fire truck and impersonating a firefighter earlier this month. The Suwannee County Sheriff’s Office said Belinda Delores Waugh, 44, allegedly took off with a fire truck on July 15 after spending the night at the Wellborn Volunteer Fire Department station. When the fire chief visited the station to respond to a call, he discovered the truck was gone. The sheriff’s office said he received a phone call from Waugh stating the fire truck ran out of gas in Live Oak, which is about 10 miles away from Wellborn....

Former Arizona congressman Rick Renzi (R), who was convicted in federal court 2013 over a financial dealings, said Friday that Special Counsel Jack Smith is settling old scores in the case of former President Donald Trump. Renzi, who served nearly two years of a 36-month sentence and maintains his innocence, told conservative radio host and litigator Mark Levin on that Smith had ties to his own case, particularly though the role of then-prosecutor David Harbach. Harbach, Renzi said, had overseen prosecutors in his own case, which had dragged on for years and involved accusations of prosecutorial misconduct, leading to hearings...

10% for the big guy. The Biden administration is trying to ban real cars in favor of electric cars. It’s pushing unreliable wind and solar over reliable gas, oil and coal energy sources. All of that requires lots of lithium for energy storage and that makes us dependent on China. Meanwhile, the Biden administration also keeps shutting down efforts to mine lithium in America. Rover Metals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has it received its exploration drill permit from the Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) to further exploration at its Let’s Go Lithium (“LGL”) project, NV, USA. The...

A man who was beat down by a still-at-large suspect at a Florida movie theater last week has spoken out - revealing he sustained a broken nose during the filmed assault. The incident happened July 10 at the AMC Pompano Theater in Pompano Beach, and left the 63-year-old victim bloodied, hospitalized, and in stitches - after he asked the much younger-suspect to move from a seat for which he paid in advance. Footage filmed from another moviegoer also showed the altercation in full - and how the victim was then pounced on by the suspect and punched repeatedly, while others,...