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CNN's stubbornly leftist journalists think they know why their viewers are abandoning ship in record numbers - they're not going hard enough against Donald Trump anymore. That is the suggestion from reporters who spoke anonymously to The Washington Post this week as the network recovered from some of its lowest ratings ever. Insiders claim a decision to hold a town hall with the president-elect back in May 2023 upset staff and viewers, as did the decision not to fact check Trump during his debate earlier this year. CNN's stubbornly leftist journalists think they know why their viewers are abandoning ship...

Emily Garcia, 25, and another person were found dead inside a truck parked outside the Hollywood Studio Club on Oct. 15, 2024. Police suspect a drug overdose, but Garcia’s friends and family have doubts and the case remains open pending toxicology results.Garcia’s death comes amid and an increase in assaults against trans people recorded last year in Los Angeles.Santa Tecum wept softly as she hugged the clear plastic folder of photos to her chest. The snapshots of her daughter, Emily Garcia, were the way Tecum wanted to remember her: Laughing, smiling, dancing to banda music, her makeup immaculate as ever....

Israel's attorney general has ordered police to open an investigation into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife on suspicion of harassing political opponents and witnesses in the Israeli leader's corruption trial. The Israeli Justice Ministry made the announcement in a terse message late Thursday, saying the investigation would focus on the findings of a recent report by the 'Uvda' investigative program into Sara Netanyahu. The program uncovered a trove of WhatsApp messages in which Mrs Netanyahu appears to instruct a former aide to organise protests against political opponents and to intimidate Hadas Klein, a key witness in the trial. The announcement...

Life in Chinese cities continues to imitate dystopian art with further technological advances that replicate sci-fi movies. First it was the social credit system, which appeared to be a rip-off of an episode of Netflix’s Black Mirror, in which citizens use an app to rate people they encounter in their daily lives on a scale of one to five. The result being that if one’s rating dropped to as low as 2 out of 5, certain rights would be diminished, such as the ability to buy a train or plane ticket. What began as a science fiction tale became reality...

Trump's 2024 resurgence marks a dramatic shift from his 2016 vilification, fueled by Biden's unpopularity, a longing for normalcy, and Trump's endurance through relentless opposition. In the weeks before the 2016 Trump Electoral College victory, Trump was polling between 35 and 40 percent. He would average only about 41 percent approval over his tumultuous four-year tenure. No one knows what lies ahead over the next four years. But for now, Trump already polls at well over 50 percent approval. Trump’s inauguration in a few weeks likely will not resemble his 2016 ceremony. In the 2016-7 transition, Democratic-affiliated interests ran commercials...

NEW YORK, Dec 26 (Reuters) - New York state will fine fossil fuel companies a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years to pay for damage caused to the climate under a bill Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law on Thursday. The law is intended to shift some of the recovery and adaptation costs of climate change from individual taxpayers to oil, gas and coal companies that the law says are liable. The money raised will be spent on mitigating the impacts of climate change, including adapting roads, transit, water and sewage systems, buildings and other infrastructure. "New...

The Washington Examiner’s Byron York argued the Democratic Party has a serious dilemma facing it going into 2025, specifically how it does not have anyone of the same caliber as Donald Trump to oppose the incoming president’s agenda. Following Trump’s victory against Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election, the Democratic Party has yet to find a new person to emerge as the new voice and face of its movement. York, the chief political correspondent for the Washington Examiner, assessed that this situation stems from how Democrats lost the White House and the Senate last month while also failing...

While left-leaning Canadians are balking at the idea of a Trump take-over, some say they'd jump at the chance to have the Donald in charge. The US president-elect this week made his strongest bid yet to take over Canada, offering its people a 60 percent tax cut if they agree to join the US and become the 51st US state. While Trump's offer was theoretical, many Canadians who are sick and tired of left-leaning Trudeau said they'd welcome him with open arms. They say they'd appreciate the tax break and other perks from joining the world's biggest economy. Maxime Bernier,...

God gave Moses instruction on how to create the Golden Menorah to light up the Tabernacle. The Lampstand See Exodus 25:31 "And Being in agony, He prayed more earnestly and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground" Luke 22:44 Only the purest of olive oil was used to light up the menorah.

An ex-defense official has claimed the US government is deliberately hiding that fact we are ‘not alone’ - amid numerous drone sightings across the country. Luiz Elizondo, who was the head of the Defense Department's Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program, made the shocking remarks about an alleged ‘cover up’ while testifying before congress last month. The hearing, attended by numerous other witnesses, was held to investigate UFOs, otherwise known as unidentified aerial phenomenon (UAPs).

A mammoth sinkhole opened along a major New Jersey interstate Thursday morning, closing several lanes and pushing motorists onto local roads to avoid the pit. The sinkhole — which appeared large enough to swallow several cars — opened on the shoulder of Interstate 80 in Wharton sometime around 7:45 a.m., according to NJ.com. Construction crews swarmed the area around Exit 34 as they tried to work out a solution to the post-Christmas surprise. Meanwhile, the state’s Department of Transportation closed the eastbound lanes — leading to a lengthy backup that clogged the highway. “Motorists should expect delays or plan an...

While interviewing with The Guardian, Mayes said she's teaming up with California Attorney General Rob Bonta and New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez to fight against Trump's attempts to uphold the law. Mayes also said she would not be deterred by Proposition 314, which makes it a state crime to cross the border illegally and allows local law enforcement to arrest illegals. The ballot proposition passed by a landslide in the 2024 election. Trump-allied attorney and Article III Project founder Mike Davis called Mayes out for stealing the 2022 election from Abe Hamadeh and said she could go to prison...

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A regional poll published on Wednesday by the research agency CB Consultora Opinión Pública found that Argentine President Javier Milei ranks as the most popular head of state in South America. The survey, conducted by the Argentina-based research agency across the region’s countries during the month of December, found that the Argentine libertarian president leads the charts, ending 2024 with an approval rating of 51.8 percent, making him both the highest-rated President in the region and the only one with an approval rating of over 50 percent. Uruguay’s outgoing center-right President Luis Lacalle Pou ranked second with 49.8 percent, and...

The Biden-Harris White House has wished Americans a “Happy Kwanzaa” — a holiday invented in 1966 by a racist extremist who served prison time for torturing a woman. Vice President Kamala Harris — who was born just two years before the holiday’s inception — claimed in 2020 that she and her family used to gather around, “across multiple generations,” and discuss Kwanzaa’s “seven principles” — which are identical to the principles of left-wing terrorist organization Symbionese Liberation Army. Harris wrote on X in 2020 that her family’s “Kwanzaa celebrations are one of my favorite childhood memories,” garnering thousands of critical...

President-elect Donald Trump in a Christmas Day message urged NHL great Wayne Gretzky to run for prime minister of Canada, a message Gretzky's wife echoed on social media. Janet Gretzky shared Trump's Truth Social post on her Instagram Stories and posted a link to the comment.

A special Christmas sketch from Israeli satire show #eretznehederet (A Wonderful Country) featuring #brettgelman Transcript linked below video.

No, we need more like double that number yesterday! The number of people who are super talented engineers AND super motivated in the USA is far too low. Think of this like a pro sports team: if you want your TEAM to win the championship, you need to recruit top talent wherever they may be. That enables the whole TEAM to win.

Voters gave Republicans a mandate on a range of issues. Fixing the problems that led to the 2020 election chaos is one of them. Republicans should use their control of the federal government to prevent oligarchs from influencing elections through nonprofits, as Mark Zuckerberg did in 2020. The American Confidence in Elections (ACE) Act of 2023 would ban states from using private funds to run elections along with a host of election integrity measures that would limit fraud and restore confidence in American democracy.Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, infamously funneled $420 million into the 2020 election cycle, including $350...

Argentina’s President Javier Milei had plenty to celebrate at the end of his first year in office. Often seen waving a chainsaw during his presidential election campaign last year, Milei, a supporter of free markets and limited government, told the crowd: “Today, with pride and hope, I can tell you that we have passed the test of fire. We are leaving the desert, the recession is over, and our country has finally begun to grow.”No HyperboleOver the past year, Milei has single-handedly eliminated 10 of Argentina’s 18 government agencies altogether, fired 34,000 government workers, and cut government spending by one-third....