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Despite the massive input of cash from Disney, the BBC’s famed Doctor Who sci fi series seems to be struggling in the UK ratings with numbers coming in lower than even the previous low numbers from last season as the show becomes mired in accusations of ultra woke story telling. The British state-run broadcasting service reports that the sci fi show’s seven-day viewing figures are not auspicious at all for the first half of season 15, the second for the “queer” Doctor portrayed by actor Ncuti Gatwa. The press has also been a disaster for the show. Over the past...

They told us DEI was progress. They told us these government jobs were building a better, more inclusive America. What they didn’t tell us is that this entire system was creating a class of emotionally broken dependents who tied their entire identity, purpose, and mental stability to a taxpayer-funded title. Now, the house of cards is collapsing, and it’s getting really ugly. Meet former federal worker Caitlin. Caitlin was so devastated after being fired from her DEI federal job, her husband found her on the fire escape, contemplating whether it was high enough to jump. He later had her committed....

HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. - A man was attacked after walking into a Mississippi club and using racial slurs, police said. According to police, the attack happened at C.J. Lounge in Marshall County. Police said the man walked into the venue and started using the "N-word" when referring to patrons. Officers told FOX13 that the man went to the hospital Wednesday, believing he may have a broken jaw. The incident happened late Saturday night. Police are trying to determine if the attack is a hate crime. Holly Springs Police provided cell phone footage to FOX13, showing a Tippah County man who...

Laws banning the carry or possession of weapons in government buildings are a very late addition to the United States of America. At the time of the ratification of the Bill of Rights, including the Second Amendment, there were only three places where the possession and carry of weapons were banned with some regularity. Those were: Court rooms while court was in session; legislative chambers where governmental bodies were involved in their legislative duties; and polling places on election day. There were no bans on carrying or possessing weapons in most public buildings, most of the time. From the Supreme...

A majority of U.S. senators and representatives receive campaign funding from pharmaceutical companies — an important part of the expanding national conversation about navigating conflicts of interest. ... Open Secrets (formerly the Center for Responsive Politics) is a nonpartisan nonprofit focused on providing trustworthy data about money in U.S. politics. And STAT is a media company started by Boston Globe Media. These two organizations aggregate and publish some of the most reliable numbers to help answer these questions. Congressional payments... A 2020 STAT analysis found more than two-thirds of Congress receiving a check from pharmaceutical companies that year. More recent...

A homeowner on Long Island made a shocking discovery when uncovering his pool for the summer, finding a body floating in the water after pulling off his pool cover.The East Shoreham, New York, homeowner called 911 Sunday afternoon after making the disturbing find of a man's body in his pool. He did not wish to comment Monday, though neighbors are now trying to figure out who the person may have been and what could have happened.

President Trump is unhappy with Vladimir Putin. The Russian isn’t heeding the President’s entreaties to stop the killing in Ukraine, and Mr. Trump is nonplussed. “I’ve always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY! He is needlessly killing a lot of people, and I’m not just talking about soldiers. Missiles and drones are being shot into Cities in Ukraine, for no reason whatsoever,” Mr. Trump posted on Truth Social. Separately, Mr. Trump told reporters: “I’m not happy with what Putin is doing. He’s killing a lot...

America is safer this Memorial Day Weekend after San Diego Sector Border Patrol officials closed another of Joe Biden’s migrant processing centers. The closure follows the Trump administration’s success in shutting down migrant crossings in the Southern California sector. “Due to the unprecedented decrease in illegal crossings this year, the massive 1,000 person, San Diego Sector Soft Sided Facility has been dismantled,” a post by the San Diego Sector Acting Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey Stalnaker. Chief Stalnaker reported that agents in this sector apprehended only 38 migrants per day in March 2025. This is a major drop from the 1,090...

A man suspected of domestic violence was arrested Monday following a lengthy pursuit through multiple cities, an officer-involved shooting and a vehicle collision that injured an officer, police said. ... The man eventually stopped in 4400 block of Parks Avenue and backed into the front of the police vehicle stopped behind him. The impact caused the passenger officer preparing to exit the vehicle to hit his head, injuring him, authorities added. Police said the officer then fired his handgun multiple times in the direction of the suspect vehicle, but the suspect was not struck. ... The pursuit concluded in the...

President Donald Trump on Monday again trained his ire on Harvard University, accusing the school of “judge shopping” during its legal battle with the administration and threatening to cut off $3 billion in federal grant funding over the university’s handling of anti-Israel protests. “I am considering taking Three Billion Dollars of Grant Money away from a very antisemitic Harvard, and giving it to TRADE SCHOOLS all across our land,” Trump wrote on social media. “What a great investment that would be for the USA, and so badly needed!!!” Trump’s newest threats come as Harvard begins its spring commencement week in...

Canada has expanded its Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) program to include children and teenagers. A Special Joint Committee on Medical Assistance in Dying submitted a report to the House of Commons in February 2023 that recommended the government begin extending MAID services to “mature minors” WITHOUT parental authorization. Carney’s government is allegedly considering this blatant eugenics program that would allow the government to euthanize children. Common law dictates that a “mature minor” is a person under 18 years of age who is deemed competent to make informed decisions about their own healthcare. There is no set age for which...

On Thursday (May 22) the House of Representatives passed, by a narrow margin of 215-214, what is referred to as the “Big Beautiful Bill” — a massive compendium of taxing and spending measures that can now seek to avoid the filibuster in the Senate on grounds of being a “budget reconciliation.” The BBB is well over a thousand pages long (go here for full text), and covers a huge range of subjects. Most summaries of the BBB that I have seen never get to the important subject of subsidies for so-called “green” energy — wind turbines, solar arrays, grid-scale batteries,...

Free speech and Grooming Gang fighter, Tommy Robinson, has been released from prison. Now the State has charged him with 'causing fear' of two 'journalists' from the Daily Mail, that doxed him and his family while on vacation, for merely naming who doxed him.

Disney-owned ABC late-night host Jimmy Kimmel blasted President Donald Trump and the Congressional Republican-backed “Big Beautiful Budget Bill” for defunding abortion mill operator Planned Parenthood and claimed it offers “life-saving care.” The far-left TV host took to his BlueSky account on Sunday to plead for people to support the abortionists and urged his fans to call their Senators to oppose the budget cuts. “Donald Trump’s BIG, BEAUTIFUL BILL wants to defund Planned Parenthood and leave more than a million patients without access to care. Call your Senators to let them know you support the life-saving work they do. #IFightForPP,” he...

A mysterious metallic sphere that was recovered after flying through the air in Colombia has left scientists baffled, with many speculating it’s a UFO. The bizarre sphere was recorded flying over the town of Buga in the western part of the country in March before landing and being confiscated, according to X user Truthpolex.

Harvard Law professor emeritus Laurence Tribe said Monday on MSNBC’s “The Last Word” that “obviously unhinged” President Donald Trump was attacking Harvard University because he “hates intellect.” Host Lawrence O’Donnell said, “What is your response to Donald Trump’s latest attack?” Tribe said, “Well, it’s really hard to know where to begin. He’s obviously unhinged. He has no idea what he’s talking about. He just thinks that slinging around frankly, BS about the people at Harvard and other institutions will somehow substitute for taking the law into account. He has been throwing everything he can at Harvard and courts have put...

Ghana's embassy in Washington, D.C., has been temporarily shut down after an investigation found that staff members were collecting illegal extra charges for at least five years. The country's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, posted about the probe on Facebook on Monday, calling his actions "drastic and decisive." Why It Matters Some 172,558 Ghanaians live in the United States, according to 2023 figures published in the Journal of Blacks in Higher Education. Many of them will rely on the Washington embassy for passport services, visa services, citizenship matters and emergency assistance. Besides not having traditional access to these...

Where there is government there is corruption. Corruption is a broad term. Perhaps in its simplest meaning it is just a departure from an original design. Various federal statutes set forth punishment for felony corruption in government, such as embezzlement or trading influence for money. Another category of corruption are high crimes. High crimes assault our governing form, our Constitution. While high crimes are not defined in the Constitution, we know the punishment for them is limited to removal from office. In well-ordered government, institutions are strong enough to deter most, and punish nearly all who steal money, trade official...

Do Americans have any idea that Zelensky has declared war on Christianity in Ukraine? Vadym Novynskyi knows. He spent three terms in the Ukrainian parliament but now risks prison for defending his church.

What if the breakthrough in battery recycling wasn’t high-tech—but prehistoric? The bacteria used by Cell Cycle thrive at body temperature. - Cell Cycle ================================================================== As the world braces for a flood of end-of-life lithium batteries from electric vehicles and electronics, recycling systems are struggling to keep pace. Current methods are often expensive, energy-intensive, and environmentally taxing. But a small UK startup believes the solution might lie in nature’s oldest engineers: bacteria that have been around for tens of millions of years. Cell Cycle, a startup under the SER Group, has developed a novel approach called LithiumCycle that uses engineered microbes...