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A primary school axed its annual Easter celebration and service to “respect for diversity”. The announcement has been slammed online, with one person expressing concern that Christmas celebrations will be next to go. Norwood Primary School in Eastleigh, Hampshire, circulated a letter to parents and carers telling them that neither their Easter Bonnet Parade nor their Easter Service would be held this year. Headteacher Stephanie Mander, who wrote the letter, justified the state school's move "in spirit of inclusivity". The letter read: "By not holding specific religious celebrations, we aim to create a more inclusive atmosphere that honours and respects...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi said Sunday that Rep. Jasmine Crockett should “tread carefully” when voicing her opposition to Elon Musk and Tesla. Ms. Bondi said the Texas Democrat has called for “attacks on Elon Musk” to protest his role in cutting government spending as part of the Department of Government Efficiency. “She is an elected public official, so she needs to tread very carefully because nothing will happen to Elon Musk and we are going to fight to protect all of the Tesla owners throughout this country,” Ms. Bondi said on Fox News Channel.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent explained why he fully supports Elon Musk, DOGE, and their speed of operation. “I am completely aligned with what Elon’s doing, and everyone said, do you have to do it so fast … like I said, I’ve only been in this business for seven weeks, I’ve only been in DC for eight weeks, but the thing I can tell you is if you don’t move fast the vested interest will weigh you down like the quicksand will come up, or the claws ..everybody’s got lobbyists … “I mean, think about it. Within a 10-mile radius of...

Deportation flights to Venezuela resumed on Sunday after a weeks-long standoff between the Trump administration and the Venezuelan government, signaling a deal had been reached between the two countries. A flight carrying 199 illegal aliens – including members of the violent Tren de Aragua (TDA) gang – to Venezuela landed Sunday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed to Fox News Digital. The Trump administration has vowed to strike a deal with the Venezuelan government to accept flights carrying deportees from the United States, but has been limited in the regularity of the transfers after President Nicholás Maduro halted the...

The FBI’s flagship New York field office has reportedly shifted its focus to a single mission: reviewing and redacting the Jeffrey Epstein case files for public release. According to a bombshell report from Vanity, over a thousand agents and civilian employees are burning the midnight oil—some pulling 12-hour overnight shifts—to pore over the late sex trafficker’s records. The news outlet reported: [“It’s literally all hands on deck,” one source familiar with the matter tells me, adding that dozens and dozens of agents are working around the clock on the case, instead of on their regular duties. “I even saw an...

A former Hawaii resident, and longtime green card holder, is among those being detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. HONOLULU (Hawaii News Now) -- Green card holders are officially Lawful Permanent Residents of the United States, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. But being a resident of the United States is very different from being a citizen. Lewelyn Dixon immigrated from the Philippines to Hawaii 50 years ago. She graduated from Farrington High School and has been working as a lab technician at the University of Washington. Dixon was returning home to Seattle from a family trip...

Amid tensions with the US, Iran on Saturday flexed its military muscle by installing its missile systems on the three disputed islands near the Strait of Hormuz. As per reports, the weapons were deployed on Greater Tunb, Lesser Tunb, and Abu Musa near the Strait of Hormuz, a globally vital shipping lane. Iran's claim that fortifying the islands can help "target enemy bases and vessels" is seen as an answer to the US and its allies in the region. But, through the move, Tehran also seeks to reassert its ownership over the three islands. The islands located along a globally...

Acquilla Clemons lived on the north side of Tenth Street in Dallas. Clemons was sitting on the porch of her house when she saw Officer J. D. Tippit killed. Afterwards she claimed that there were two men involved in the attack on Tippit. She later testified in a television documentary that the gunman was a "short guy and kind of heavy". The other man was tall and thin in khaki trousers and a white shirt. She also claimed that Dallas Police warned her not to repeat this story to others or "she might get hurt". She said she had been...

The picture above is of Joseph Allen Hynek, an American astronomer, professor, and ufologist. Hynek acted as a scientific advisor to UFO studies undertaken by the U.S. Air Force under three consecutive projects: Project Sign (1947–1949), Project Grudge (1949–1952), and Project Blue Book (1952–1969). The man next to him is Dr. Jacques Vallée; more on him below. Throughout history, the field of ufology and the examination of the extraterrestrial hypothesis have, without a doubt, been overcome with a plethora of disinformation. Those who have dived into the depths of ufology know this best, as it's well documented that 'outsiders' from...

The Tesla-focused blog Not a Tesla App reported that following last week’s Q1 2025 All-Hands Meeting, Tesla quietly updated the Cybertruck’s webpage to include a new Sentry Mode feature that plays loud music as a deterrent against unhinged individuals—particularly Democrats—attempting to damage the vehicles. The new feature appeared on the lower half of Cybertruck’s About page. The text reveals Sentry Mode will soon be able to play loud music when it’s triggered: Enable Sentry Mode to monitor your unattended vehicle or trailer, and automatically activate the alarm, increase the touchscreen brightness, and play music at max volume if a threat...

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On Friday, former Clinton pollster Mark Penn told Fox News host Sean Hannity that key voter groups are fleeing the Democratic Party. He says the Democrat Party is in ruins. The Democratic Party’s favorability rating plummeted to a new low of 29%, according to a CNN/SSRS poll conducted from March 6-9. During an appearance on “Hannity,” Penn said he was shocked at the current state of the Democratic Party and said he’s never seen its rating this low in decades. “I’ve never seen anything like this in over 40 years of polling. The Democratic Party ratings have collapsed from a...

Short video that made me spew coffee all over. Guy that posted used a bad word as part of his title. You are warned. The joke itself has no bad language. Conan O'Brien loses it.

Federal authorities arrested 68 members of the notorious gang Tren De Aragua this week, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “In less than 100 days, the Trump Administration has arrested 394 members of the Tren De Aragua—a vicious gang known for human trafficking, kidnapping, drug trafficking, and other heinous acts terrorizing American communities,” DHS stated on March 21. Tren De Aragua originated in the Venezuelan state of Aragua and later spread to other South American nations and the United States. On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed a presidential action that...

The California woman suspected of fatally stabbing her wife and fleeing to Mexico has been captured after more than four weeks on the run. Thirty-three days after she crossed into Mexico on Feb. 17 — the day her Cal Fire captain wife, Rebecca “Becky” Marodi, 49, was found dead in her California home — Yolanda Olejniczak Marodi was located and taken into custody, according to the San Diego Sheriff's Office (SDSO). Mexican authorities alerted United States officials that Yolanda, 53, had been found on Saturday, March 22, the sheriff’s office said. She was arrested near a hotel on Fresnillo Avenue...

The U.S. is hoping a “broad ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine can be struck in the coming weeks before Easter, Bloomberg wrote on Sunday. Separate negotiations between the U.S. and Russia and Ukraine have taken place over the last few weeks with hopes to pause the fighting for 30-days. Sources familiar with the planning told Bloomberg the White House is aiming “for a truce agreement by April 20.” The date is seen as significant because this year both Western and Orthodox churches mark Easter on the same day. -snip- Russia ‘undermines peace efforts’ In recent days, Russia increased strikes on...

The far left has always engaged in the politics of projection, but now the truth is coming out with their latest fascistic actions. Have you ever wondered why the far left is so obsessed with fascism and National Socialism to the point that they regularly project these pejoratives on the pro-freedom community? It’s all about maintaining their tattered old big lie, a falsehood running on fumes these days. It’s to the point that you can’t even get a rise from leftists on the subject when it was only a few years ago that they were full of bluster if you...

About 100 protesters rallied outside Sen. Chuck Schumer’s Park Slope home Sunday to rip him for folding on a GOP-backed spending bill — with one sign reading, “Lost spine, if found please return to Chuck.” Schumer — the Empire State’s 74-year-old senior senator and Democratic caucus leader since 2017 — has insisted he won’t step down from his leadership role despite mounting pressure to do so. The senator showed a “devastating lack of leadership as he capitulated to [President] Trump, [Elon] Musk and the GOP during negotiations over government funding,” said a statement from Indivisible Brooklyn, the liberal group that...

NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has just completed its 23rd close approach to the Sun, once again flying through the solar corona at a blistering 430,000 miles per hour. Credit: Johns Hopkins University/APL/Steve Gribben ================================================================================== NASA’s Parker Solar Probe once again dived deep into the Sun’s atmosphere, matching its own record for speed and proximity. Racing at 430,000 mph and skimming just 3.8 million miles from the solar surface, the probe gathered rare data from within the Sun’s corona. On March 22, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its 23rd close encounter with the Sun, reaching a distance of just 3.8 million...

Days after surveillance cameras recorded a driver swarmed by a mob of cyclists in broad daylight in the heart of Miami, the city’s police department has taken action against an officer for what she is accused of failing to do. The brouhaha went down Sunday evening along busy Biscayne Boulevard, near 14th Street. The security footage shows a gang of angry bicyclists going berserk — beating on the motorist, breaking his windshield, jumping on and stomping on his car’s roof and hood, and using a bike to punctuate the beatdown. Meanwhile, a Miami Police officer sat in her car with...