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Following a tumultuous year of layoffs and an ongoing merger, Paramount Television Studios is now shutting down. Today, Paramount Television Studios President Nicole Clemens announced that the division will shut down by the end of the week via a memo sent to employees, according to Deadline. The decision comes just days after Paramount announced that it would lay off 15 percent of its employees in the U.S. "This has been a challenging and transformative time for the entire industry, and sadly, our studio is not immune," she wrote. "Over the past 11 years, PTVS has weathered seemingly insurmountable obstacles through...

It seems that every day we’re force-fed nightmarish stories about how the earth is constantly warming because there are too many humans and we consume too much oil, coal, natural gas, and even meat. The solution is always more government control, regulation, and higher taxes. The powers that be seek to destroy companies that produce reasonably priced energy, and use the weight of government to force us to buy electric vehicles powered by the highly flammable pollutant lithium, and inefficient appliances. SNIP If journalists were curious, instead of talking puppets pushing the Democrat agenda, they could ask a simple question...

CNN's top polling analyst admitted that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is doing much better than current polling suggests, similar to the scenario that unfolded before he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Iran is reportedly advancing its secret nuclear weapons program, bringing it closer to the capability of building a nuclear bomb, according to an exclusive report citing Iranian officials published on Wednesday by Iran International. Three independent sources in Iran, who have chosen to remain anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the information, told Iran International that the Islamic Republic has made significant progress in its nuclear program.

A quote from Wyoming's governor and a local prosecutor were the first things that seemed slightly off to Powell Tribune reporter CJ Baker. Then, it was some of the phrases in the stories that struck him as nearly robotic. The dead giveaway, though, that a reporter from a competing news outlet was using generative artificial intelligence to help write his stories came in a June 26 article about the comedian Larry the Cable Guy being chosen as the grand marshal of the Cody Stampede Parade. "The 2024 Cody Stampede Parade promises to be an unforgettable celebration of American independence, led...

In an article published by Newsweek on August 7, 2024, Dan Gooding AND Billal Rahman make some incendiary claims. From the article: Immigration into the United States is being partly driven by gun violence — which itself is fueled by firearms bought in the U.S. and illegally transported back to Mexico by organized crime networks. Over 200,000 firearms found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico between 2015 and 2022 were linked back to the U.S., recent data from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) shows.The 200,000 number seemed interesting. This correspondent went to the ATF website...

The Musk-Trump interview was a conversation between two businessmen who understand government regulations better than most politicians or media lapdogs do. It was huge, or whatever other adjective explains a two-hour conversation over the internet. The Harris-Walz team, or the ones who have not sat down with anyone, are furious that Donald Trump had a conversation with Elon Musk. It came about 24 hours after Mr. Vance made the Sunday show rounds. One team is talking and the other isn’t. Hello media! Let’s check out one reaction in particular: Axios’ @sarafischer: ‘@elonmusk will let Donald Trump speak all of the...

Many of us start thinking about what we’ll name our future children when we’re basically still children ourselves. With youthful-yet-earnest contemplation, many young people choose the names of their future sons and daughters based on such things as an inspiring book character, a beloved geographical location, or (cringe) the pop culture craze of their era. Some people go on to give their children the names they’ve held dear over the years. Others lament when their spouses put the kibosh on a favorite moniker. Yet others discover that life’s unexpected circumstances steer them toward names they hadn’t considered for their child...

Ukraine’s strike on Russia, the biggest by a foreign force since World War Two, has dramatically changed the narrative around the war. Ukraine claimed to have shot down a Russian fighter jet on Wednesday as Kyiv’s forces escalated the biggest foreign incursion suffered by Russia since the Second World War. Kyiv’s military said its forces destroyed the Russian Su-34 aircraft overnight in the Kursk region while carrying out a combat mission.

A video from Minneapolis resurfaced Tuesday, showing law enforcement officers enforcing a curfew in 2020 by firing paintballs at residents in their own homes.The enforcement action occurred in the days following the imposition of a stringent curfew by Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, aimed at quelling the violent unrest sparked by George Floyd’s death. The video shows officers aggressively shouting for residents to enter their homes, with one officer heard giving the command to “light ’em up!” before residents were pelted with paintballs.

Police body cam footage from July 13th was released late last week to little response, and has largely remained under the radar in the days since. This is not surprising, since the last thing the legacy media wants is for people to focus on this historic instance in which President Trump was confronted face-to-face by death and answered like a roaring lion. There’s a lot that can be learned from this footage. There has been plenty of speculation since the shooting, some of it sound, some of it absolutely off the wall. F SNIP Back to Butler: what does the...

“‘Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also’” (Matthew 6:21). The believer is to have a single-minded devotion to God. British pastor Martyn Lloyd-Jones told the story of a farmer who one day went happily to his wife and family to report that their best cow had given birth to twin calves, one brown and one white. The farmer said, “I suddenly had an impulse that we must dedicate one of these calves to the Lord. We will sell one and keep the proceeds; the other we will also sell, but give the proceeds to the Lord’s work.”...

UKRAINE has blitzed Putin's forces with massive kamikaze drone and missile strikes overnight as Zelensky has vowed to go "even deeper" into Russia. Some 117 drones targeted at least nine regions across Russia, also hitting two crucial airfields in Mad Vlad's territory. One of them includes the Savasleyka military base in the Nizhny Novgorod, home to lethal hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and MiG-31K aircraft used to bomb Ukraine. An aircraft-type drone was seen in the sky ahead of the strike with a total of ten “arrivals” reported. A video from ASTRA media outlet suggests that there was a direct hit. Footage...

Big Government and Big Business are two sides of the same coin. The worst mistake the Deep State ever made was to turn conservatives against Big Business. Traditionally, fighting corporate power was the purview of the political left. Conservatives have generally backed “free markets” because they despise socialism’s predilection for choosing economic winners and losers. Conservative voters have long seen government regulation as more of a threat than Wall Street wheeling and dealing. This makes sense. American conservatives largely embrace the principles of the Founding Fathers’ laissez-faire liberalism, and many share policy preferences that overlap with today’s self-described libertarians. For...

Home Depot on Tuesday noted that consumers are not spending large amounts on home improvement projects this year, amid uncertainty about the country's economy. The home improvement giant was at the top of its game during the COVID-19 pandemic because consumers were stuck at home and decided to focus on home renovations and other home improvement projects. But now that the pandemic has passed, sales on building materials, lumber and construction-related equipment are lower, according to CNN. “The underlying long-term fundamentals supporting home improvement demand are strong," Ted Decker, Home Depot’s CEO, said in a news release. “[But] during the...

In a sweeping operation aimed at combating what it perceives as threats to national security, China has announced the dismantling of multiple espionage networks and a resolute crackdown on separatist activities linked to Taiwan. According to a statement from the Ministry of State Security, over 1,000 cases of espionage and theft of state secrets involving Taiwan spies have been uncovered, leading to significant action against these espionage networks on the Chinese mainland... Recent actions have included the apprehension and investigation of prominent separatist figures, such as Yang Chih-yuan. The Chinese authorities assert that their enforcement of criminal responsibility against those...

With one stunning press release on a mid-summer morning perfect for a $7 cold brew, Starbucks' board has moved decisively to end its crisis and unlock a new decade of possibilities. Starbucks share price fell over 1% on Wednesday after the ailing coffee chain shocked its investors on Tuesday by announcing Chipotle (CMG) chairman and CEO Brian Niccol as its CEO, effective Sept. 9. Niccol, 50, will assume the position from Lax Narasimhan, who was on the job for less than 18 months. He'll take the chairman role from founder Howard Schultz's friend and confidant Mellody Hobson. Hobson will rotate...

For nearly five decades, American universities systematically discriminated against white and Asian Americans. Quotas, “holistic review processes,” and “factors” were used to advance the Left’s racist social policies, first on the pretense that they remedied prior discrimination, next in alignment with the theory that diversity was good for the nation, and most recently to deal with the pretend phenomena known as “systemic racism” and “white privilege.” Such racist, utopian scheming used to be called “affirmative action,” an innocuous term designed to conceal blatantly racist and unlawful discrimination. But despite the anodyne packaging, discrimination against whites and Asians violates the plain...

The imam has shared official Hamas press releases and a link to a pro-Hitler film on social media A Muslim cleric who praised Adolf Hitler and commended Hamas after the militant group’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel spoke at the inauguration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz in 2019. Imam Asad Zaman, executive director of the Muslim American Society in Minnesota, shared the stage with the Democratic governor on Jan. 7, 2019. "Thank God this team is finally going to be in charge," Zaman said of Walz's incoming administration. "I congratulate you for stepping forward to serve the people of Minnesota,...

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. Army soldier and intelligence analyst with top secret security clearance pleaded guilty Tuesday to selling American military secrets to China... Korbein Schultz of Fort Campbell, Tenn., faces decades in federal jail after pleading guilty Tuesday to a six-count indictment...He was also accused of trying to recruit other members of the U.S. military to join the conspiracy.... Information...included deployment information in support of NATO in Eastern Europe, manuals for the HH-60 helicopter, the F-22A fighter jet and operation of Intercontinental Ballistic Missile systems... U.S. military exercises with allies South Korea and the Philippines...[and] information on...