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In January 2023, actor, comedian, and filmmaker Louis C.K. appeared on the Spotify podcast The Joe Rogan Experience, where he talked about opening borders around the USA and letting in more immigrants. Now, eight months later, his comments have resurfaced on the internet, following which he has come under fire. C.K. said that Americans prioritize their own safety and security way too much and slammed them for the same. "My feeling is they should open it, the border, let everybody pour in, and then the answer which is ‘well then there will be all these problems.' Yes, there should be....

Boy, I can't think of a better way to employ 20,000 Americans than this gem of an organization right here; we're gonna be the strongest nation in the galaxy after this one. Let's hear it for our leaders in the White House, eh. Seriously though, they really think we need this. "This is important because we're not only opening up pathways to bold climate action, we're not just opening up pathways to decarbonization, we're opening up pathways to good paying careers, lifetimes of being involved in the work of making our communities more sustainable, more fair, more resilient in the...

A man who died at a New England Patriots home game last weekend after he was punched at least twice in the head did not suffer a “traumatic injury” in the stands but had a medical issue, authorities in Massachusetts announced Wednesday. SNIP “Preliminary autopsy results did not suggest traumatic injury, but did identify a medical issue,” according to the statement. “Cause and manner of death remain undetermined pending further testing.” The district attorney’s office did not provide any details on Mooney’s medical issue.

Former Gov. Nikki Haley (R-SC), a Republican presidential candidate, said Wednesday on Fox Business Channel’s “Varney & Co.” that if Congress shut down the government, it would be an “embarrassment.” Haley said, “It’s not difficult to cut spending, you have to want to do it. Congress has been lazy for a long time. Biden has sent us down the socialism creek, but our Republicans have done this to us too. They need to get in a room, they need to figure it out.” She added, “Taxpayers don’t want to hear about whether you’re going to shut down government or not...

Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi said Tuesday that his country will never give up its right “to have peaceful nuclear energy” and urged the United States “to demonstrate in a verifiable fashion” that it wants to return to the 2015 nuclear deal. Addressing the annual high-level meeting of the U.N. General Assembly, Raisi said the American withdrawal from the deal trampled on U.S. commitments and was “an inappropriate response” to Iran’s fulfillment of its commitments. […] Iran has long denied ever seeking nuclear weapons and continues to insist that its program is entirely for peaceful purposes – points Raisi reiterated Tuesday...

Mayor Eric Adams (D) warned of the tremendous toll asylum seekers have had on New York City’s resources ahead of President Joe Biden’s visit for the United Nations General Assembly. “President Biden is coming to the city,” Adams said, continuing: I am hoping that he understands this beautiful city that’s the economic engine of the entire country is being saddled with $2 billion that we spent already, $5 billion we’re going to spend in this fiscal crisis, $12 billion in the next two budgetary cycles. New York doesn’t deserve this. The asylum seekers don’t deserve this.

In a new study, researchers found that patients prescribed amoxicillin-clavulanate had higher rates of gastrointestinal symptoms and yeast infections than those prescribed amoxicillin. Acute sinusitis is one of the most common causes for children to be put on antibiotic medications. Scientists analyzed the treatment outcomes of over 300,000 children who were prescribed either of the two drugs. They found that there was no difference in the rates of treatment failure between patients prescribed amoxicillin and amoxicillin-clavulanate. Treatment failure was so rare that the study's authors say that physicians should be confident that either medication will clear a case of acute...

Budweiser owner Anheuser-Busch InBev BUD -0.29%decrease; red down pointing triangle said it has stopped cutting the tails off its famous Clydesdale horses after months of pressure from animal-rights activists who say the practice is cruel. The brewing giant’s concession to activists comes as it tries to navigate its way through the culture wars, after a consumer backlash over a promotion with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney buffeted sales.

It happened again and I cracked and had to post. No joke...stuff on my desk is literally shaking when these things go over. They cant be more than 500' AGL. Probably the 10th time today. Never remember this happening so much before. Training I suppose...

Sammie Nowakowski and Stephanie Buckman are indistinguishable twins, sharing an uncanny resemblance that would lead one to believe that their own families could effortlessly tell them apart. However, this assumption holds true for most of their relatives, with the exception of Buckman's son, Noah. A delightful video, posted on their TikTok channel, captures Nowakowski and Buckman seated on the ground, donning matching black ensembles, their arms extended in a welcoming gesture.

One of the most visible purveyors of conspiracy theories that Donald Trump lost the 2020 election due to massive fraud has become one of the "witnesses for the state" in the former president's Georgia racketeering case, Fulton County prosecutors revealed on Wednesday. A once-celebrated defamation lawyer, attorney L. Lin Wood represented the parents of slain child beauty queen JonBenét Ramsey and helped secure the vindication of Richard Jewell, the security guard falsely accused of plotting to set off pipe bombs at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. His efforts to help Trump overturn his electoral defeat have put him on...

BERKELEY, Calif. - The University of California regents are looking for a security upgrade after its president's home in Berkeley has become a target of racist graffiti and vandalism, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.

House GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz on Wednesday pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland on whether he was "confident" first son Hunter Biden, the subject of a Justice Department case, has stopped selling the "appearance of access" to his father President Joe Biden. Garland responded during the House Judiciary Committee hearing that he would not comment on the matter and that he does not intend to interfere with the department's investigation of the first son. The question by the Florida lawmaker came early in a hearing on whether, or what extent, the department, under Garland's leadership, has become "politicized and weaponized." Gaetz...

VIDEORemember, this sleepless pill popping TDS liberal does not HATE HATE HATE HATE Trump. Why? Because she kept telling us that over and over and over again while at the same time going into full TDS mode. Oh, and don't we just love her sermons chock full of laughable morality such as about the sanctity of marriage while this liberal has to take a cocktail of mood altering drugs daily just in order to grab a few minutes of sleep? Yeah, stand up on your soapbox and keep telling us how much you don't HATE HATE HATE Trump. Oh, and...

On Wednesday, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) admitted defeat and called for a cloture vote on three military promotions being held up by Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) due to the military's policy to allow service members to travel to get an abortion if it is banned in the state that they are stationed at. "We cannot, we should not allow [the blocking of promotions] to be the case," Schumer said on the Senate floor. "So I have just filed cloture on the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the commandant of the Marine Corps, and the Army Chief of Staff....

The Biden administration launched new climate funding and jobs programs today as world leaders — minus Joe Biden — gather for the Climate Ambition Summit in New York. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced $4.6 billion in new funding for state, local, and tribal clean energy programs. Plus, details have finally emerged for a long-awaited American Climate Corps. But Biden is expected to skip the United Nations climate summit today, a conspicuous absence since UN Secretary-General António Guterres stipulated that leaders present “credible, serious and new climate action” in order to participate. Biden, who came to New York this week...

The Biden administration announced on Wednesday that it would cancel nearly $37 million in student debt for over 1,200 students who attended the University of Phoenix.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has a message to fellow Republicans blocking their party from advancing government funding bills: You're making it impossible for the party to win any concessions from Democrats. "If Republicans hold Republicans back from moving bills it's like you're walking into a fight losing," McCarthy, R-Calif., told reporters Wednesday. "And I've never understood that situation. So I want to be able to win these battles." House Republicans had hoped to pass a short-term government funding bill this week that contains spending cuts and border security policies to show party unity heading into inevitable negotiations with Senate Democrats...

Russia’s renewed invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022 marked the start of Europe’s deadliest armed conflict in decades. After a steady buildup of military forces along Ukraine’s borders since 2021, Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, with Russian ground forces attacking from multiple directions.Initially, Russian forces made gains along all lines of advance. However, Russian forces ran into effective and likely unexpected levels of Ukrainian resistance from the invasion’s outset. In addition, many analysts and officials assess that, during this first stage of the war, the Russian military performed poorly overall and was hindered by specific tactical choices,...

President Joe Biden’s administration is launching the first-ever American Climate Corps Wednesday, the White House said, a workforce training and service initiative aimed at preparing American youth for jobs in clean energy and climate resilience. “The American Climate Corps, just in its first year of recruitment, will put to work a new diverse generation of more than 20,000 Americans doing the important task of conserving and restoring our lands and waters, bolstering community resilience, deploying clean energy – in many cases, distributed and community based – implementing energy efficiency technologies that will cut consumer costs for the American people, and...