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Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) said Tuesday on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.” that Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) did not have the votes to keep the position. Roy said, “I remain undecided, as do a number of my colleagues because we saw so many of the failures last year that we are concerned about that might limit or inhibit our ability to advance the president’s agenda.” He continued, “We violated the 72-hour rule twice, which means we didn’t have time to read a bill. We had to have Elon and Vivek and the president and JD come in to kill...

“Races” are now “species” in the beloved game Dungeons & Dragons, which recently marked its 50th anniversary, irking some loyal fans. “Some character traits have been divorced from biological identity; a mountain dwarf is no longer inherently brawny and durable, a high elf no longer intelligent and dexterous by definition,” a report in The New York Times explains. “And Wizards of the Coast, the Dungeons & Dragons publisher owned by Hasbro, has endorsed a trend throughout role-playing games in which players are empowered to halt the proceedings if they ever feel uncomfortable.” The company also now suggests that extended Dungeons...

VIDEOGee! Where have we heard that before? Oh yeah, it happened in 2016 when Donald Trump to the surprise of the Democrats and the Deep State won the presidential election. First they tried to undermine the results by trying to influence presidential electors not to vote for him in December of that year. When that failed they promoted the Russia Russia Russia election hoax by pretending that there was Trump-Russia election collusion based on the Steele Dossier that Hillary Clinton financed. Ultimately their plans failed when the much anticipated Mueller Report FAILED to reveal any Trump-Russia collusion. This past year...

Original “Star Wars” actor Angus MacInnes died Dec. 23 at the age of 77. His death was confirmed by his family on social media. “To all Angus’ fans around the world, with breaking hearts we write this,” the Facebook message began. His family continued, “He left us peacefully, surrounded by his family and love.” They paid tribute to the talented actor by listing the many credits he had to his name. “Angus’ career spanned decades, with unforgettable roles in films such as Star Wars: A New Hope (as Gold Leader, Jon “Dutch” Vander), Witness, Judge Dredd, Captain Phillips, and many...

LOS ANGELES — (AP) — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement, ending one of the longest and most contentious divorces in Hollywood history but not every legal issue between the two. Jolie and Pitt signed off on a default declaration filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, saying they have entered into a written agreement on their marital and property rights. The settlement was first reported by People magazine. “More than eight years ago, Angelina filed for divorce from Mr. Pitt,” Jolie's attorney, James Simon, said in a statement. “She and the children left all...

PETA has contacted former Today Show host Matt Lauer regarding alleged animal abuse taking place on his property in New Zealand. According to a news release by PETA, an undercover investigation into sheep farms in New Zealand has uncovered horrific practices at a property owned by Matt Lauer. The report details several alarming incidents, including stepping on thrashing sheep's necks and dragging them across the floor. PETA also describes several grizzly practices, including sewing up injured sheep without any painkillers. "whipping, manhandling, and hitting sheep with objects, including a metal-tipped pole." The report also details alleged incidents where workers smashed...

I know a total vanity, but I look forward to 2025, after 4 years of Biden hell.

A look back at the esteemed personalities who left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity. By CBSNews.com senior producer David Morgan. The Associated Press contributed to this gallery. ================================================================ TOO MANY TO LIST.............. NAMES AND SHORT BIOS AT LINK.

https://x.com/McCulloughFund/status/1855014976458834192McCullough Foundation@McCulloughFundBREAKING - Peer-Reviewed Study Finds Current H5N1 Bird Flu Strain May Have Leaked from USDA LaboratoryThe McCullough Foundation study authored by epidemiologist Nicolas Hulscher (@NicHulsche), investigative author John Leake (@johnsearsleake), and clinician Dr. Peter McCullough (@P_McCulloughMD), was just published after successful peer-review in the journal, Poultry, Fisheries & Wildlife Sciences: Proximal Origin of Epidemic Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 Clade 2.3.4.4b and Spread by Migratory WaterfowlOur study presents strong evidence that the current HPAI H5N1 bird flu clade 2.3.4.4b outbreak is a result of laboratory leaks from the USDA Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory (SEPRL) in Athens, Georgia. A moratorium...

Liberal pastors have taken to “blessing” abortion clinics to signal support for women who choose to abort their babies according to a Friday report from The New York Times. At an abortion clinic in Maryland, a Presbyterian pastor, Baptist minister and Jewish cantor burned incense as part of a “ritual blessing” in order “to show that religion could be a source of support for abortion rights,” according to the New York Times. The women wanted to counter religious opposition to the procedure. “For decades the Left has been downright hostile to expressions of religious faith — except apparently when it...

Explanation: What do you think this is? Here’s a clue: it's bigger than a bread box. Much bigger. The answer is that pictured NGC 4753 is a twisted disk galaxy, where unusual dark dust filaments provide clues about its history. No one is sure what happened, but a leading model holds that a relatively normal disk galaxy gravitationally ripped apart a dusty satellite galaxy while its precession distorted the plane of the accreted debris as it rotated. The cosmic collision is hypothesized to have started about a billion years ago. NGC 4753 is seen from the side, and possibly would...

In the wake of Elon Musk’s fiery defense of H-1B visas, it has come to light that Tesla has replaced U.S. employees laid off earlier this year with foreign workers holding the very H-1B visas that Musk lashed out at conservatives for not supporting. Electrek reports that according to reports from current and former Tesla employees, as well as data from the U.S. Department of Labor, the company has significantly increased its use of H-1B visas to fill positions left vacant by the layoffs of approximately 15,000 U.S. workers in April 2024. The layoffs affected every department but were particularly...

PHNOM PENH: The Communicable Disease Control Department (CDC) warns of a human metapneumovirus (hMPV) outbreak in China. hMPV causes symptoms like the common cold and Covid-19, with rising infections, especially among children, prompting public health caution. “Dr Chen Chih-jung of Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital stated in an interview on Thursday (Dec 26) that hMPV is similar to respiratory syncytial virus [RSV], which primarily affects children under the age of two, whereas hMPV tends to infect older children,” the CDC noted.

YIKES. This was the Ford Motor Company's official X profile on Monday afternoon: Yeah ... and get this 👇 LibertyJ @LibertyJen · Follow Crazy this hack or rogue employee was able to keep the posts up for over 80 minutes before they were taken down. ⁦@Ford ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF! If you know the history of Henry Ford, you might be asking if this was actually a hack or just an intern expressing the company's true feelings: Jarvis @jarvis_best · Follow Replying to @jarvis_best Very touching to see the company honoring the memory of Henry Ford during the...

WATERTOWN, N.Y. – Several communities across the Great Lakes region are preparing to be blasted by feet of snow as winter weather moves in just as millions of people across the U.S. ring in 2025. Numerous communities along Lake Erie and Lake Ontario have been placed under either Winter Storm Watches or Lake-Effect Snow Warnings as the region once again gets set to dig out from under feet of snow after a brief pause in the treacherous weather conditions. The Winter Storm Watches stretch from Ohio to New England and include cities like Cleveland and Syracuse and Watertown in New...

Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua has such a vested interest in entering the United States that they're actually now attacking border agents in the United States and Mexico in order to get into America before Trump takes office. They've got 20 days, and they're going to take advantage as much as they can of Biden's open border. And if border agents get in the way, they're being attacked by the gang. Knife-wielding Tren de Aragua gang members are mobbing border crossings at El Paso, Texas, in an attempt to break into the US — and have said they will...

One blogger in China said, this isn’t China’s Spring Festival travel rush; this is China’s children’s hospital. Another blogger shared: the places crowded with people right now aren’t shopping malls or supermarkets, but various children's hospitals across Beijing. He saw so many children getting IV drips, many of whom silently developed pneumonia. Their symptoms weren’t obvious, which caught the parents off guard.

Trump said it as a joke. Canadians want to take him up on it! Transcript linked below video.

A Georgia state judge has taken his own life inside his courtroom. The body of Judge Stephen Yekel was discovered inside Effingham County State Court on Tuesday morning. He is believed to have shot himself dead. Yekel, 74, had recently lost a bid for re-election and was found by a deputy on what would have been his last day on the bench, WSAV reports. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is now probing the horrific incident. Effingham County Sheriff Jimmy McDuffie said Yekel was discovered around 10am, but it appeared he had shot himself late Monday night or early Tuesday. Yekel...

Puerto Rico suffered the latest in a string of widespread power outages Tuesday that has left 1.3 million customers, some 80% of the entire island, in the dark. More than 1 million energy customers were without power across the U.S. territory since 5:30 a.m. due to an infrastructure problem at a power plant on the island's southern coast, energy company LUMA said in an update on X. Around 1:30 p.m. local time, LUMA said in a statement that its initial efforts had restored power to about 3% of customers impacted, with restoration to 44,700 customers across the metro area and...