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Orwell's Big Brother is definitely peering into every aspect of one's life in the United Kingdom.The latest step into dystopian hell is the so-called Online Safety Act, and it was enacted into law in the name of, again, as you might imagine, FOR THE CHILDREN.As these sorts of things tend to be.The way people in the UK might navigate the internet is changing.Under the Online Safety Act, platforms must take action - such as carrying out age checks - to stop children seeing illegal and harmful material from July.Services face large fines if they fail to comply with UK's sweeping...

As anyone who follows any major league sports can tell you, sports media is as left-wing, if not more horribly left-wing, as regular media. Most people watch sports to cheer on their favorite team and forget about things like politics for a while. But in recent years, it has been a never-ending parade of things such as BLM T-shirts, and not taking a stand to keep biological men out of women's sports. Party politics has also seeped into sports media. And it is not hard to figure out which side many in professional sports are cheering for. Man kicked out...

Earlier on Saturday, it was revealed that Senate Republicans and Democrats were trying to formulate a deal to push through some of President Donald Trump's nominees. That came after Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) gave a speech on the Senate floor threatening to use the Harry Reid precedent to remove hurdles like two-hour debates and cloture votes. The major issue stems from Democrats taking the unprecedented step of refusing to confirm any of Trump's nominees by voice vote or unanimous consent. By comparison, Joe Biden had 57 percent of his passed through those processes. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has claimed...

The number of countries with Christian majorities declined between 2010 and 2020, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center, highlighting a notable shift in global religious affiliation.As of 2020, Christians remained the majority in 120 out of 201 countries and territories analyzed, down from 124 in 2010. That means Christian-majority nations accounted for 60% of all countries surveyed, compared to 62% a decade earlier. The decline is largely attributed to a growing number of people leaving Christianity, contributing to the rise of religiously unaffiliated populations in multiple nations.The most significant changes occurred in the United Kingdom, Australia,...

Some hilarious memes on the Sydney / American Eagle Jeans (Genes) dust-up. These are collected by Powerline Blog every week in "This Week in Pictures." ...and to change things up a bit...

Establishment figures have been completely silent about the Canadian tour of a Salafi preacher who touts an extreme anti-Western ideology to his followers. While legacy media and progressive politicians have loudly condemned Christian musician Sean Feucht for his Biblical beliefs on gender and sexuality as he tours Canada, establishment figures have been completely silent about the Canadian tour of a Salafi preacher who touts an extreme anti-Western ideology to his followers.Imam Ustadh Abu Tamiyyah will begin a national tour on July 31 with support from Islamic Relief Canada, whose parent organization has been accused of alleged links to terrorism. Abu...

A team of archaeologists has discovered what appears to be a 4,500-year-old lost Harappan settlement deep in northwest India’s Thar Desert, reshaping long-held beliefs about the boundaries of the Indus Valley Civilization. Located near the India–Pakistan border, the site marks the first confirmed evidence of Harappan presence in Rajasthan’s arid western region. Known as Ratadia Ri Deri, the settlement is approximately 60 kilometers (37 miles) from Ramgarh tehsil in Jaisalmer district and just 17 kilometers (10.5 miles) from the international border. The finding expands the known geographical spread of one of the world’s oldest urban civilizations and confirms that the...

The U.S. Senate confirmed former Fox News star and longtime Trump ally Jeanine “Judge Jeanine” Pirro as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia. It can be recalled that President Trump appointed Pirro to the position following Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC)’s derailment of Ed Martin’s Senate confirmation in May. Tillis, who voted to confirm Biden’s radical pick for Attorney General Merrick Garland, told reporters that he opposes the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney for political reasons. He said he would have supported Martin for any district except the District of Columbia. President Trump described her as “one...

I’m not a doctor. The following are my observations of the medical system as a patient, not a professional opinion.I’m hoping for change; that is, for Congress and President Trump to decisively end Obamacare. We must push the healthcare industry towards healing from the abominations foisted upon it by over-regulation, DEI, gaslighting, cumbersome reporting, and a system that doesn’t incentivize health. RFK Jr. is helping by slowly tackling diet and immunizations.The pharmaceutical industry’s financial vice-grip on doctors, stifling independent diagnosis and creative, proactive treatment, does no service to the ill. Research follows funding, and if there’s no profit, there’s no...

When workers can't or won't do their jobs properly, it's up to management to fire their keisters out of there and get someone else who will.Which is what happened with the much-howled-about firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief Erika McEntarfer by President Trump.Trump is 1000% correct here. It is obvious to me that there are leftist moles inside BLS and numbers are being manipulated in an attempt to weaken Trump. Glad to see Trump taking action. pic.twitter.com/M0sWRmLj5c — Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) August 1, 2025How many times was data manipulated, and then 'revised' with perfect timing for Democrats by this...

One of the things that the Arabs living in the Gaza Strip and along Israel’s eastern border with Jordan (aka “the West Bank”) routinely do is destroy anything ancient that the Earth periodically churns up. They do so because they know there’s a substantial likelihood that these archaeological finds are proof of the Bible’s historical authenticity and the Jews’ non-stop ties to the land over four millennia. However, despite its location in the West Bank, the modern marauders haven’t destroyed the digs at what was once the ancient community of Shiloh, a thriving and important location at the time of...

Disney/ABC’s Celebrity Family Feud featured its first-ever all-transgender team on Thursday, with actor Laverne Cox calling his fellow competitors “my chosen family” as they tried to raise money for black trans prostitutes.

In May of this year, the Institute of Family Studies reported on groundbreaking research about the effects of divorce on children and families. The short version? It’s not good. But that shouldn’t surprise those of us who believe there’s a reason that marriage is among the oldest human institutions.The study by Andrew Johnston, Maggie Jones, and Nolan Pope used tax records for more than 5 million children born between 1988-1993 to study the long-term effects of divorce, including its affects on income, teen birth rates, incarceration, child mortality, and college residency. Intentionally tracking sibling groups, the study compared the way...

A top editor at Penguin Random House allegedly mocked the murder of Blackstone executive Wesley LePatner in a bizarre Instagram post which blamed her for the housing crisis and ending with “rest in piss.”Thomas Gebremedhin, vice president and executive editor at Doubleday Books, shared the vile Instagram story highlighting an X post about Monday’s mass shooting at 345 Park Ave., where LePatner, 46, was gunned down while trying to shield herself behind a marble pillar. “Her sole job was making sure housing is expensive and that we all rent for the rest of our lives,” read the original post portraying...

CNN senior political data reporter Harry Enten marveled on Friday at how the Democratic Party has not only failed to find a new leader, but continues to disappoint voters. CNN News Central host Kate Bolduan spoke about former Vice President Kamala Harris breaking her recent silence by speaking in a lengthy interview with late-night host Stephen Colbert, Thursday. Bolduan observed that Harris spoke about her choice not to run for the governorship of California and left the door open for another presidential run in 2028. But Enten argued the Democrats’ search for a new leader is long from over, suggesting...

As we were warned, Senator Thune is blocking President Trump from making recess appointments by conducting pro forma sessions. Is he really a Republican? We are seven months into Trump’s term, and he doesn’t have his judges and over a hundred of his key appointments. McConnell went home early, and the die was cast. What an absolute disgrace. Thune’s procedural games expose the swamp for what it is. They care about preserving their power and engaging in Senate gamesmanship while agencies are leaderless.

Hamas claims hostage Evyatar David shares meager rations with captors, but a well-fed terrorist’s hand caught on camera tells a different story; survivors and family denounce the starvation as sadistic propaganda. Hamas released two disturbing videos of 24‑year‑old hostage Evyatar David, kidnapped during the October 7 massacre from the Nova music festival, who has now been held in Gaza for 666 days. The Gaza-based terror group claimed that David’s emaciated condition was due to eating from the same food and drink as his captors But a moment captured in a new video released Saturday undercuts that claim: a captor hands...

First on LateNighter: The host of Fox News’ late-night–styled show Gutfeld! is set to make his first-ever appearance on a traditional network late night show. NBC has confirmed that Greg Gutfeld will be Jimmy Fallon’s guest on The Tonight Show next Thursday, August 7. Known for his provocative, right-leaning humor and combative on-air persona, Gutfeld has long positioned himself as a foil to network late-night hosts like Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel—frequently mocking the trio as interchangeable liberal mouthpieces. Fallon, whose Tonight Show has focused more heavily on music, games, and celebrity banter than politics, has traditionally shied...

Stephen A. Smith has hit back at Michelle Obama. The former First Lady took a jab at Smith's employer, ESPN, name-dropping the longtime host and saying the network's shows were like watching reality television, namely "The Real Housewives of Atlanta." "It’s all a sociological study. They think that sports is better reality TV, I’m like, ‘It’s the same thing.' If I listen to ESPN for an hour, it’s like watching the ‘Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ you know?" Obama said on her brother Craig's "IMO" podcast. "It’s the same drama, and they’re yelling at each other, and they don’t get along,...

WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), the Senate Democratic leader, has spoken out against the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. In remarks Thursday (July 31, 2025) on the Senate floor, Schumer said approval of the merger “would cut down the industry from four major players to just three, pushing us even further down the road of dangerous consolidation and monopoly power.” Schumer noted the companies are saying the merger will promote competition, improve service, and benefit workers and customers. “History tells us the opposite,” he said. “The last four decades of railroad mergers have led to worse service, worse safety,...