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Days after Maui’s wildfires killed scores of people and destroyed thousands of homes last August, a shocking claim spread with alarming speed on YouTube and TikTok: The blaze on the Hawaiian island was set deliberately, using futuristic energy weapons developed by the U.S. military.

A Gen Z employee has sparked furious debate after telling their boss that they couldn't attend an 8 a.m. meeting because they had a 'workout class.' TikTok users have fired off at the hosts of the podcast Demoted, Natalie Marie and Ross Pomerantz, after they shared their reaction to an email they received from a listener claiming their Gen Z employer refused to attend an 8 a.m. meeting because it conflicted with their 'workout class.' The hosts' response to the email ignited a fiery conversation as people on the web argued about work-life balance. And, one Gen Z TikTok creator...

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Is Nihilism the Logical End of Atheism?What happens when nihilism is taken to its logical and philosophical conclusion?“Human rights are just like heaven and like God. It’s just a fictional story that we have invented and spread around. It may be a very nice story… but it’s just a story. It’s not a reality.”So says Noah Yuval Hariri, a historian and professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and author of Homo Deus (“Man God”), along with many other bestselling publications, including children’s picture books.Harari is a World Economic Forum agenda contributor and rumored advisor to Klaus Schwab. Among his...

Embattled Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is personally helping to prepare a court response due Friday against a bid to have part of the Georgia election fraud case tossed based on her alleged affair with the lead prosecutor she appointed — a claim she may not even deny, sources said. Willis’ office has until Friday to file papers opposing Donald Trump co-defendant Mike Roman’s attempt to have the criminal charges against him dropped on conflict-of-interest grounds based on Willis’ alleged affair with special prosecutor Nathan Wade. Roman’s lawyer claimed that Willis paid Wade an unusually high salary to lead...

The re-election campaign of New York City mayor Eric Adams was secretly funded by business leaders who then reimbursed donors, a bombshell report has claimed. Business owners in the city's hotel and construction industries asked people close to them to donate over $10,000 to the Democrat's re-election bid, according to a joint investigation by The City, Documented, and the Guardian US. Three donors to Adam's re-election campaign claimed they, as well as two of their spouses, were reimbursed after making the donations - which would make them illegal straw donations, meant to hide the identity of those actually providing the...

Ingenuity's mission is officially coming to an end, but not before mission scientists try to determine how much damage the helicopter suffered.NASA held a livestream Wednesday (Jan. 31) to pay tribute to Mars helicopter Ingenuity, which suffered rotor damage on its most recent flight. During the livestream, mission managers revealed that all four of Ingenuity's blades were damaged during a rough landing on the Red Planet surface.Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity Project Manager, said that NASA and JPL still aren't sure what caused the damage to Ingenuity's blades; it remains unclear whether the helicopter's power dipped during landing, causing unwanted ground contact,...

Up to 1,000 Florida National Guard troops will be sent to the Texas border to stop the influx of migrants, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday morning. The soldiers will be deployed “based on Texas’ needs,” according to a press release on the Florida governor’s website. The Florida State Guard will also be sent to Texas to support Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to repel migrants at the border — which is the first time the group has been deployed out of state, the release noted. These deployments are in addition to officers from the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Fish and Wildlife...

In a disconcerting confluence of economic challenges, China finds itself at a crossroads with debt soaring to nearly 300%, and now, the ominous specter of a darkening employment landscape. As the debt-to-GDP ratio climbs, the pressure on employment intensifies, casting shadows over job opportunities and amplifying uncertainties in the job market. Amid shrinking prospects and a gloomy job market, Chinese workers face the grim reality of pay cuts and layoffs. Reports reveal that pay cuts and unchanged salaries have become the new norm, painting a stark contrast to the past when job switches promised substantial salary increases, especially for senior-level...

Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley has condemned Walgreens for 'racial and economic discrimination' after closing a pharmacy in Boston. Pressley, a member of the ultra-progressive 'Squad', said the chain was 'abandoning' low-income communities with the most recent closing in Roxbury on Wednesday. Walgreens announced the closure of several stores nation wide due to what the company has described as 'rampant theft' in some areas. Pressley said this decision targets areas with significant minority populations, calling for the company to reconsider their decision instead. In a speech addressing the house, she said: 'This closure is a part of a larger trend of...

The Messenger is shutting down less than a year after the fledgling media company opened its doors with ambitions of building a leading news brand. In a statement to staff Wednesday afternoon, founder Jimmy Finkelstein wrote that the company would close, “effective immediately,” due to insurmountable financial difficulties. “Over the past few weeks, literally until earlier today, we exhausted every option available and have endeavored to raise sufficient capital to reach profitability,” Finkelstein wrote. “Unfortunately, we have been unable to do so, which is why we haven’t shared the news with you until now. This is truly the last thing...

The House passed a bill Thursday that will enable law enforcement to deport illegal migrants caught driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The measure passed with the support of 274 lawmakers, but a staggering 150 Democrats voted against it. The Protect Our Communities from DUIs Act amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to ensure that illegal migrants caught driving under the influence can be deported and not allowed back into the U.S. 'In the United States, someone dies in a crash with an impaired driver every 45 minutes,' Rep. Barry Moore, who introduced the bill, told Fox News....

While Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., expressed remorse for the three soldiers that were slain this past weekend by an Iranian-backed proxy group, he remained apprehensive about America getting involved in yet another foreign entanglement — particularly one that has not been authorized. "Without question, any president — Republican or Democrat — that wants to take us to war or commit significant acts of war has to come to Congress, and will they? Probably not," Paul said on "The Chris Salcedo Show" Wednesday. The Kentucky senator was dubious that a president from either party would care much about the congressional authorization...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's health minister on Thursday said planned restrictions for transgender youth in the Western province of Alberta are "extremely dangerous," a sign that policies could become a political wedge issue going into next year's election. On Wednesday, conservative Alberta Premier Danielle Smith unveiled sweeping changes to policies related to students and gender identity, restricting the medical treatments they may seek. This includes prohibiting hormonal treatment, puberty blockers and gender affirming surgery for children under 15 years of age and banning gender-related surgery for minors. Parents also will have to give permission for any student under 15 to...

Today’s Censorship Is PersonalThe United States has the distinction the world over for being a home to the First Amendment, which guarantees free expression. And yet a mere seven years after its ratification in 1791, Congress violated it in the most severe way with the “Alien and Sedition Acts” of 1798, which made it a crime to engage in “false, scandalous, and malicious writing” against government officials. The Sedition Act mentioned Congress, the President (John Adams), government generally as protected, but was silent about the Vice President, who was Thomas Jefferson. Upon the election of Jefferson in 1800, it was...

ATLANTA – Longtime state Rep. Richard Smith died suddenly overnight at the age of 78 after fighting the flu. Smith, R-Columbus, was chairman of the House Rules Committee, the “traffic cop” that decides which bills make it to the floor of the chamber. “This morning, the entire Kemp family is saddened by the news of Representative Smith’s passing,” Gov. Brian Kemp said in a prepared statement. “A longtime public servant and valued friend, he represented the Columbus area well and had an important impact on the entire state.” After serving as a cooperative extension agent with the University of Georgia,...

The Countercultural FamilyIn a Culture that Prizes Autonomy, Family and Church Connections Offer the Superior FreedomIn 2023, Pew Research Center released a study on Parenting in America Today. Some trends are no surprise. Parents are concerned about their children’s mental health and consider it very important that their children find a job they enjoy. Valid concerns to be sure. However, what was most surprising—and honestly, discouraging—were findings about parents’ hopes for their children’s own family formation and religious commitment.According to this representative survey of thousands of U.S. parents across the nation with children under 18, nearly 90 percent of parents...

CONWAY, S.C. (WPDE) — The couple accused of burning a cross facing their Black neighbor's home could soon be kicked out of their residence outside of Conway. Fifteenth Circuit Solicitor Jimmy Richardson asked an Horry County court to declare Worden Butler and Alexis Hartnett's residence along Corbett Drive a public nuisance. Butler and Harnett face several charges and are being federally investigated for potential civil rights violations after police said they erected and burned a cross over the Thanksgiving holiday as a means to intimidate their neighbors, Shawn and Monica Williams. James Battle, a special prosecutor who handles nuisance actions...

The prospect of Joe Biden being defeated by Donald Trump is a signal to every hostile foreign power that the next 50 weeks may be their last opportunity to take military action exploiting POTUS's and his national security team's weakness, Indecisiveness, and incompetence. Our degraded military preparedness, the presence of possibly tens of thousands of saboteurs and guerillas who came over our nonexistent borders, and the failure of Team Biden to adequately punish the Houthis for 160+ attacks on our troops all beckon aggression. China has made no secret of its plan to take over Taiwan, and Iran wants to...

A British consultancy that compiled a salacious dossier linking Donald Trump to Russia has welcomed a UK High Court decision to throw out a lawsuit by the former US president. Orbis Business Intelligence - run by ex-MI6 officer Christopher Steele - said it was "delighted" by the ruling. Mr Trump had been seeking to use data protection laws to sue the company. Mr Steele's dossier contained unsubstantiated claims of bribery and sex parties. Funded by Hillary Clinton's Democrats and other political opponents of Mr Trump, the dossier was leaked to the media just before Mr Trump, a Republican, was sworn...