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Police arrested an LGBT pride leader Dec. 31 for alleged sex crimes against children, prosecutors informed CBC News on Monday. Former North Peace Pride Society (NPPS) President Sean Gravells of British Columbia faces charges of sexual interference with a person under 16, physical contact with a person under 16 for sexual purposes and possessing as well as importing or distributing child pornographic materials, Dan McLaughlin, a B.C. Prosecution Service (BCPS) spokesman, informed CBC News in a statement via email. Gravells has been removed from his position with NPPS since his arrest for the alleged offenses, NPPS said in a statement...

>One Walmart truck driver says he has 15 years left of working, and he intends to spend them hauling loads for Walmart. “Barring a lottery win or marrying a sugar mama, I don’t see myself going anywhere,” said the Texas-based driver, who asked not to have his name included as he is not authorized to speak on behalf of the company.Such loyalty to a single company is unusual in trucking, an industry notorious for massive turnover. And the Texas trucker isn’t alone in his dedication to Walmart. One of the best jobs you can get in trucking is at Walmart....

FBI’s entire 25-person Chinese intelligence squad knew of reliable human intelligence that SARS-CoV-2 Covid leaked from a lab...Over the last several months, Public has reported on a growing body of evidence that the SARS-CoV-2 virus that caused the Covid pandemic escaped from a lab in Wuhan, China. Last year, Public and Racket were the first to report that US government officials had identified that the first patients to become sick with Covid worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV).Now, Public has learned from multiple sources that the FBI knew since at least March 2020 that Covid was the result...

In a fiery exchange last month, CNN anchorwoman Abby Phillip told GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy that there was “no evidence” to support his claim that federal agents abetted protesters at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.Ramaswamy shot back that the FBI conspicuously has never denied that law enforcement agents were on duty in the crowd. He argued that federal officials have repeatedly “lied” to the American people about not only that investigation but one that has gotten much less attention: the alleged failed plot to kidnap and kill Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan in 2020.“It was entrapment,” Ramaswamy...

President Trump calls for interview with Jeff Kuhner. The interview lasts about 15 minutes and starts at approximately 1:44:15 into the show. With the focus on today's New Hampshire primary, the discussion also delved into more general subject matter, including Trump's strategy for dealing with attempts by the left to steal the election again.

Nikki Haley’s last stand is over. The 2024 Republican primaries are over. Donald Trump has won the New Hampshire primary, ending all chances that the former president can be stopped. Ron DeSantis, struggling in the Granite State, withdrew from the 2024 race last weekend. While Haley’s showing in the state was solid, it wasn’t enough for her to win. After this primary, there’s no stopping Trump's bid to re-clinch the 2024 Republican nomination. I've seen enough: Donald Trump (R) wins the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, defeating Nikki Haley (R).— Dave Wasserman (@Redistrict) January 24, 2024Decision Desk HQ projects Donald...

Trump declared the winner of New Hampshire Republican primary. He is expected to win by 55%

The Swamp just took a big, broadside salvo.The UK's Daily Mail has released audio of Jeff DeWit, the leader of Arizona's Republican Party, that appears to show him trying to bribe MAGA stun-gun Kari Lake not to run for the Senate. The tape starts with DeWit asking Lake to name her price to stay out of politics for two years."Just say, is there a number at which—" DeWit begins to ask before Lake interrupts and asks, "I can be bought? That's what it's about." "Not to be bought. To take a pause for a couple of years," DeWit continues. "No,...

A Florida man has chosen the next cultural wars flashpoint he will rally behind in an effort to mobilize the 2024 US presidential electorate: central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). "Such a currency would give a federal government, our federal government, the absolute control over your money," the former Wrestlemania star declared of CBDCs from a rally in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on Wednesday. "They could take your money – you wouldn’t even know it was gone. This would be a dangerous threat to freedom." The busy former reality television host and American president took a moment away from his E. Jean...

Shortly after 8 p.m., a procession of 80 tractors parked in front of the administrative city of Rouen this Tuesday, January 23. They dumped around ten bins of earth. The discontent is spreading. Nearly 200 Norman farmers carried out a shock night action this Tuesday, January 23 in Rouen (Seine-Maritime). Shortly after 8 p.m., a procession of 80 tractors, leaving from Barentin, positioned itself in front of the administrative city where the protesters dumped around 10 skips filled with earth and rubble....

The New York Post’s Cindy Adams reveals that a secret plan has emerged to throw Old Joe under the bus. She claims it comes from “credible sources few have access to and usually not meant for the noses of the media.” Barack has reportedly polled donors and put together a plan for Michelle, which is still being tweaked, according to Adams. Per Adams, here is how the plot will work:

A couple of recent news items point to the fulfillment of a prophecy in a way we likely would have thought impossible just ten years ago. According to a Forbes online story, Elvis Presley is going to appear in concert this coming November on a London stage. Advanced technology, along with artificial intelligence (AI), will result in a realistic hologram image of the rock star singing and dancing on stage. I never imagined that the holograms I saw in futuristic movies of the past would so quickly become a reality. Below is a quote from the article describing the fall...

[Catholic Caucus] Papal confidant Cardinal Maradiaga defends Fiducia Supplicans'This statement is not heresy, but a pastoral explanation of the character of the blessings, which were limited in the liturgical field,' asserted Cardinal Maradiaga in his praise of Fiducia Supplicans.TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (LifeSiteNews) –– One of Pope Francis’ closest aides, Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, has publicly supported Fiducia Supplicans and its blessings for homosexual “couples” as being “not heretical.”In a brief discussion held with local Honduran clergy and reported on by Religion Digital, Maradiaga gave his public support to the December 18 text Fiducia Supplicans, authored by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández...

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Turkey's parliament ratified Sweden's NATO membership bid on Tuesday, clearing the biggest remaining hurdle to expanding the Western military alliance after 20 months of delay. Turkey's general assembly, where President Tayyip Erdogan's ruling alliance holds a majority, voted 287-55 to approve the application that Sweden first made in 2022 to bolster its security in response to Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. All NATO members need to approve applications from countries seeking to join the alliance. When Sweden and Finland asked to join in 2022, Turkey raised objections over what it said was the two countries' protection of groups it deems...

Montgomery County Public Schools Superintendent Monifa McKnight said in a statement Monday she was asked by school board members last week to “step away” from her post. McKnight said the board didn’t give a justification for its request and hadn’t communicated concern about her performance — and she said she would fight the attempt to oust her. (See backstory below) “For these reasons, I’m concerned that its actions are based on something other than my performance, which would constitute a violation of my contract,” McKnight said. “I will defend my reputation and my decades-long commitment to the students and families...

Mayor Eric Adams’ administration has inked a new emergency $76.69 million contract with the Hotel Association of New York City to provide “last resort” shelter to migrant families Fifteen hotels in Brooklyn, Queens and The Bronx will make blocks of rooms available to asylum-seeking families for up to 28 days under the “vouchering program” running through July. “We’re not going to allow a child or family to sleep on the street,” Adams said during a press briefing Tuesday. The migrant crisis has been a boon to the hotel industry still emerging from loss of business during the coronavirus pandemic. The...

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Steve Garvey is sitting in the backseat of his Hyundai Genesis outside Ruben’s Bakery & Mexican Food in South Los Angeles; Ryan, his son, sits in the driver’s seat. Inside await a gaggle of TV cameras and on-lookers, eager for their chance to brush up against California baseball history. It’s nothing Garvey, 75, hasn’t seen before. Since joining the Los Angeles Dodgers more than half a century ago, fans from all parts of the world have flocked to his side for a handshake or an autograph. But today is different. Garvey is on the campaign trail, promoting his Republican run...