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Bud Light suffered another dramatic weekly plunge in sales in the wake of the Dylan Mulvaney fiasco — accelerating the end of the brand’s reign as the nation’s top-selling beer faster than anticipated, according to industry sources. The Anheuser-Busch brand saw sales plummet 26.8% during the week ended July 22 — slightly worse than Bud Light previous week’s decline of 26.1%, according to data from NielsenIQ and Bump Williams Consulting. The dropoff continued a catastrophic trend since Bud Light partnered with the trans influencer April 1 — which sparked backlash and boycotts in conservative regions of the country. Meanwhile, sales...

A funny thing happened in the courtroom of U.S. District Court Judge Maryellen Noreika last week. Hunter Biden’s lawyers and the Department of Justice tried to pull a fast one on her, but she refused to play her designated part, declining to “rubber stamp” an intentionally opaque plea agreement. Plea agreements are generally straightforward. The terms are, with perhaps minor modifications, standard and set forth the complete agreement between the government and the defendant: What rights the defendant will waive, the charges to which he will plead guilty, any charges that the government will forgo in return for the defendant’s...

Pee-wee Herman star Paul Reubens has died at the age of 70 - after a six-year secret battle with cancer. Reubens battled the disease with his 'trademark tenacity and wit' and was remembered for his 'remarkable character and generosity of spirit.' In a note written by Reubens, posted to social media by his family after his Sunday death, the actor asked for forgiveness for not informing the world about his diagnosis. 'Please accept my apology for not going public with what I've been facing the last six years,' Reubens wrote. 'I have always felt a huge amount of love and...

Americans are now less likely to express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in the U.S. military, with a noticeable decline that has persisted for the past five years. The latest numbers are from a June 1-22 Gallup poll that also captured record lows in public confidence in several public institutions.At 60%, confidence in the military was last this low in 1997, and it hasn’t been lower since 1988, when 58% were confident. From the late 1970s to the early 1980s -- during the Cold War and amid threats to U.S. power, including the Iran hostage crisis...

Joe Rogan suggested that the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was a set-up by the US government’s intelligence agencies to take down former President Donald Trump. “The Jan. 6 thing is bad, but also, the intelligence agencies were involved in provoking people into the Capitol Building. That’s a fact,” the controversial podcaster said during a nearly three-hour episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience” on Friday. Rogan also speculated that a 61-year-old man named Ray Epps — who found himself at the center of conspiracy theories surrounding the attack after videos showed him breaching Capitol grounds — could have been a federal...

Explanation: Why is Phobos so dark? Phobos, the largest and innermost of the two Martian moons, is the darkest moon in the entire Solar System. Its unusual orbit and color indicate that it may be a captured asteroid composed of a mixture of ice and dark rock. The featured assigned-color picture of Phobos near the edge of Mars was captured in late 2021 by ESA's robot spacecraft Mars Express, currently orbiting Mars. Phobos is a heavily cratered and barren moon, with its largest crater located on the far side. From images like this, Phobos has been determined to be covered...

Ford Motor Company projects it will lose a staggering $4.5 billion on electric vehicles (EVs) in 2023, up from its previously predicted loss of $3 billion earlier this year. Ford, which has recently reduced the price of its electric F-150 Lightning pickup truck, announced Thursday that the company is projected to lose $4.5 billion from EVs this year, according to a report by Fortune. The company’s EV division, called “Ford Model e,” has already lost about $1.8 billion so far this year. The projected loss of $4.5 billion reportedly stems from slower-than-expected adoption of the new battery-powered vehicles.

The hilarious story of how the Soviet Army in Afghanistan in 1982 launched an operation to destroy a mujahedeen base, but due to a navigational error instead attacked an asphalt factory in Iran.

UFOs are all over the news. The secrets are out, and the US government is finally confirming contact with unidentifiable flying objects or UAP (Unidentified Aerial phenomena). The report also details dozens of Soviet Union encounters as well. What does this mean for the future of the human race? Check out today's insane new video that details the crazy extraterrestrial encounters people have experienced in the Soviet Union era.

A former Navy fighter pilot says since he testified before a congressional committee about UFOs, more people are coming forward to share their own stories. Lt. Ryan Graves was the first active duty pilot to testify before Congress about his squadron’s experience with unidentified crafts, officially classified by the government as Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon (UAP). [...] Graves, who also serves as the executive director of Americans for Safe Aerospace, told NewsNation senior national correspondent Brian Entin that an “influx” of people have reported information about UFOs since the hearing. “Since the hearing, there have been an influx of people coming...

Vegan influencer Zhanna Samsonova has reportedly “died of starvation” after subsisting exclusively off a diet of exotic fruit in Malaysia, according to her friends and family. She was 39. The Russian national — who frequently promoted raw foods on social media where she was known to her millions of viewers on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram as Zhanna D’Art — reportedly died July 21 after finally seeking medical treatment during a tour in Southeast Asia, according to local media outlet reports. “A few months ago, in Sri Lanka, she already looked exhausted, with swollen legs oozing lymph,” one unidentified friend told...

"Paul bravely and privately fought cancer for years with his trademark tenacity and wit. A gifted and prolific talent, he will forever live in the comedy pantheon and in our hearts as a treasured friend and man of remarkable character and generosity of spirit." Reubens starred in the the 1985 film "Pee-wee's Big Adventure"; on the television show "Pee-wee's Playhouse," which ran from 1986 to 1990; and in the 1988 film sequel "Big Top Pee-wee." He performed as a voice actor on several other TV shows. Reubens was also a stand-up comedian.

A box full of genetically modified mosquitos successfully vaccinated a human against malaria in a trial funded by the National Institute of HealthThe study involved about 200 hungry mosquitos biting a human subject’s arm. Human participants placed their arms directly over a small box full of the bloodsuckers.“We use the mosquitoes like they’re 1,000 small flying syringes,” said researcher Dr. Sean Murphy, as reported by NPR.Three to five “vaccinations” took place over 30-day intervals.

Pope Francis to lay groundwork for the future at World Youth Day in LisbonThe Argentine is expected to use the event to solidify the changes he believes are necessary for the 21st century church. When Pope Francis made the first foreign trip of his papacy in 2013, to mark World Youth Day in Rio de Janeiro, he urged young people to make a “mess” in their local churches, to shake things up, even if it ruffled the feathers of their bishops.As he embarks this week on another edition of World Youth Day, in Lisbon, Portugal, Francis in many ways has...

Recently, Saddleback Church, which is now “pastored” by Andy Wood and his wife, Stacie, did something unusual. Well, actually it isn’t all that unusual—this behavior is a disturbing trend in modern Evangelicalism. The husband-wife pastor duo dressed up like characters from the Toy Story movie and preached a sermon about it. This act, as entertaining as it may seem to goats, actually disrespects the Bible and its teachings. Instead of lifting God’s Word high, it makes it feel like a cheesy Hollywood script. In the Bible, Galatians 6:7 says, “Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps...

As Hunter Biden’s former business partner Devon Archer testifies before Congress in a closed-door meeting regarding the Biden family’s overseas business dealings, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said "the president lied." Greene posted a video outlining all the times that Biden said his son has done nothing wrong, next to images of evidence that has been published showing Biden's involvement in his son's dealings. "Biden lied. Devon Archer just confirmed it," wrote Greene.

Authorities are offering a reward as they search for a suspect who attacked and robbed a U.S. Postal Service worker at a post office location in San Francisco on Tuesday. According to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the incident took place at the Pine Street post office located at 1400 Pine Street. Officers said the suspect punched an employee and ran off with postal keys. Surveillance video shows the suspected robber running down the street, holding what is believed to be the keys. The suspect is shown wearing a hood and a face mask.

Police officers allegedly stood by and watched for 15 minutes as a man who relapsed on heroin drowned in the Tennessee River after fleeing from them, according to a newly filed lawsuit. Kimberly Williams-Clabo claims her son, Mika Wheeler Clabo, would still be alive if it weren’t for the alleged negligence of the Knoxville Police Department, which encountered him “acting erratically” on the morning of July 25, 2022. Police said that when they approached Clabo, 30, who struggled with a heroin addiction, he ran from them and jumped into the river, where he got caught on vines and drowned.

Hunter Biden business partner Devon Archer confirms Joe was on more than TWENTY foreign business calls with his son - but Democrat claims they were just talking about the WEATHER Rep. Dan Goldman - lead counsel on the first Trump impeachment and the only Democrat present in the room of the testimony - told reporters that Archer 'indicated that Hunter spoke to his father every day, and approximately 20 times over the course of a 10 year relationship, Hunter may have put his father on the phone with any number of different people, and they never once spoke about any...

Last week, Turkey's President Erdogan toured the Middle East, signing investment deals, while also gifting the leaders Turkey's first electric car. These recent moves come as a part of a diplomatic reset between Turkey and the Gulf states; so, in this video, we're going to take a look at the history of Turkish relations with the Gulf states, why Erdogan has U-turned, and what this means for the region.00:00 - Introduction01:08 - Why Turkey Fell Out with the Middle East in the First Place04:35 - Erdogan's Pivot08:35 - Sponsored ContentWhy Turkey is Cosying Up to Saudi Arabia | 10:25TLDR News...