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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's announcement earlier Tuesday that Meta platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, were abandoning the East German style censorship by "fact checking" in favor of other methods caught just about everyone by surprise; see WHOA: Meta Ends Fact-Checking As Zuckerberg Vows to Restore Free Expression on Facebook – RedState. The most surprised were the people currently grifting off, sorry, I mean employed by Meta as fact checkers. According to reports, Meta's contract fact checkers only learned they were out of work when the rest of us did. Meta’s fact-checking partners claim they were “blindsided” by the company’s...

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan told conservative colleague Scott Jennings to “zip it” during an on-air dispute with a Democrat-supporting pundit who claimed that “prices are going down.” Bolduan hosted a segment ahead of the certification of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory on Monday in which she, Jennings and Bakari Sellers debated President Joe Biden’s legacy and the events of Jan. 6, 2021. Jennings, a former aide to Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), pushed back when Bolduan expressed amazement that Trump was re-elected despite his role in the events at the US Capitol four years ago. “They looked at what happened...

A San Francisco agency responsible for making sure all 259 public and private schools in the city are safe and prepared for fires and emergencies failed to inspect more than a third of them in fiscal 2017-18 — including 26 facilities the department didn’t know existed. An audit of the San Francisco Fire Department’s Bureau of Fire Prevention by the city’s controller found systemic failure in the agency’s facilities database, inspection data tracking system, and foundational culture, including a lack of formal ethical guidelines. In 2018, the same year it skipped 95 schools, the bureau also failed to inspect 689...

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Fox 11 News covering Pacific Palisades Fire in Los Angeles are talking live to Rick Caruso, a major developer in LA. He stated there is no water coming from fire hydrants because of neglect and firemen cannot spray water on the fires. LA mayor Karen Bass is not even in the country, she’s in Ghana. Caruso said reservoirs that provide fire hydrant water were not re-filled. Caruso also slammed CA and LA for not clearing brush for decades.

LONDON -- North Korea's state-run Korean Central News Agency on Tuesday claimed a successful test of a new type of intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile, with leader Kim Jong Un touting the weapon as a major military achievement.

The U.S. government will issue refunds to tens of thousands of unauthorized immigrants married to American citizens who applied for a Biden administration program that was struck down in federal court, according to internal government documents obtained by CBS News. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, or USCIS, plans to refund the $580 application fee that roughly 94,000 people... The program would have allowed eligible applicants to apply for a green card without having to leave the country, by granting them an immigration classification known as parole that effectively cancels out an illegal entry and provides temporary work permits.

...The Biden administration is finalizing a rule Tuesday that will end the inclusion of medical debt on credit reports and ban lenders from using certain medical information in loan decisions. The rule will also remove an estimated $49 billion in medical bills from the credit reports of about 15 million people, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) said in a press release.... Credit reporting agencies and debt collectors are also expected to oppose the rule. They questioned the bureau’s findings and its authority to issue the regulation...

he President of the United States has been forced to spend an unexpected night in Los Angeles due to the powerful winds and wildfires pounding the county. Originally set to depart LA around 2:15 p.m. PT this afternoon after designating two national monuments, Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will now try to fly out of town at 2 p.m. PT on Wednesday, according to the White House. As the already fierce winds gusts are picking up, a decision was made that it was “not advisable” to move the First Couple to Air Force 1 at LAX and...

The Federal Reserve's top banking regulator will be stepping down next month, paving the way for President-elect Donald Trump to name a replacement and heading off a potential confrontation between the two... Though he did not specifically mention the rumors that Trump would attempt to remove him, Barr said in a statement that "the risk of a dispute over the position could be a distraction from our mission. In the current environment, I've determined that I would be more effective in serving the American people from my role as governor."... Bank stocks rallied following the announcement. ...

Governor Gavin Newsom celebrated President Biden’s action today establishing the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments. The designation adds protections to more than 840,000 acres of some of California’s most culturally and environmentally significant landscapes. Both designations honor the leadership of tribes who have stewarded these lands for time immemorial and were advanced through decades of work by local community leaders, business owners, and environmental organizations. The new national monuments add more than half a million acres to California’s historic 30×30 initiative – the state’s goal to conserve 30% of lands and coastal waters by 2030. This addition brings the state’s...

The Los Angeles premiere of Jennifer Lopez’s film “Unstoppable,” produced by her now ex-husband Ben Affleck, was canceled on Tuesday due to the raging fire and wind activity burning through the city. The event was supposed to be held at the DGA Theater but was abruptly called off in the eleventh hour.

Motta, her fiancé, Sean Alfortish, who is a disbarred lawyer, and several others all took part in the complex conspiracy in which individuals orchestrated car accidents, including intentionally colliding with 18-wheelers, around the New Orleans area, prosecutors alleged, according to reports. The drivers, known as the slammers, would cause the crash, and then flee the scene with the help of another getaway driver, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The slammer’s passenger would then claim to be operating the vehicle leading up to the car wreck, the feds said. The scheme also involved individuals...

The tourist - 22-year-old Blanca Ojanguren García - was bathing the elephant at the Koh Yao Elephant Care Centre in southern Thailand when she was attacked by the animal. This has renewed concerns over Thailand's booming elephant tourism industry, which animal rights groups have long criticised as unethical and dangerous. Activists say that elephant bathing is disruptive to natural grooming behaviours and could injure the animals, exposing them to unnecessary stress. ... García sustained a head injury - and later died in the hospital - after the elephant, 45-year-old female Phang Somboon, pushed her with its tusk. Her boyfriend, who...

As CES product launches flood the internet faster than you can say consumer tech, you may have come across the “Enron Egg,” a micro nuclear reactor that promises to power your home for 10 years straight. But don’t cut ties with your electric company just yet. Enron, the company infamous for its massive accounting scandal and eventual collapse, hasn’t made a comeback. The Enron Egg is a hoax from a parody company of the same name. On Monday, a website for Enron Corporation bearing the company’s old logo, announced an egg-shaped device that supposedly will revolutionize home energy. “Nuclear you...

Early Wednesday morning debris from downed Ukrainian drones igniting a fire... The US imposing sanctions on a high-ranking Hungarian government official... Iranian Revolutionary Guards Aerospace Forces launching air defense drills near the Natanz Nuclear Facility... In South Korea a court extending the arrest warrant for impeached and suspended President Yoon Suk-Yeol... An extremely high wildfire risk in Southern California...one wildfire rapidly spreading in the Pacific Palisades area... A Swedish military vessel lifting the anchor of the oil tanker "Eagle S" from the seabed off Finland... "We need them for economic security" President-Elect Donald Trump linking US possession of the Panama...

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he would not rule out the possibility of using military or economic coercion to take control of the Panama Canal and Greenland, emphasizing their strategic significance to U.S. national security. Speaking at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago resort, Trump said that he “cannot assure” that military or economic coercion would not be used to take control of these two strategic locations, in response to a question. “No, I can’t assure you on either of those two, but I can say this, we need them for economic security,” Trump responded. “It might be...

James Woods shared harrowing video on Tuesday afternoon of a house close to his going up in flames in the Palisades Fire with the caption, “Two houses from us.” You can hear the flames crackling in the 7-second clip. The “Hercules” actor thanked the LA fire and police departments for helping him and his family safely flee the area, which is under a mandatory evacuation order. As of this writing, the Palisades Fire has spread to more than 1260 acres, driven by powerful Santa Ana winds, forcing thousands to evacuate. In another video, he narrates, “I’m standing in my driveway,...

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Former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz on Tuesday said that he is "starting to think" about running for Florida governor next year, but will be spending more time praying about it and talking to his wife Ginger before making any official decision. The conservative firebrand, who left Congress late last year to become President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general before he withdrew from consideration, is considered a polarizing figure in Republican politics. But the former lawmaker is particularly popular among Trump's supporters. Gaetz, who recently started his own show on the right-leaning One America News Network (OANN), told the...