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Time for Ozempic to walk the plank? Top dietitians in Australia this week are waving a red flag about an unforeseen impact of the GLP-1 class of weight-loss drugs, including Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro. In a new systematic review of existing research, led by professor Clare Collins of the Newcastle School of Health Sciences in New South Wales, Australia, it appears that very few global trials of the drugs have taken into consideration what and how much patients are eating while using them. This, experts have said, means many patients have been functionally malnourished — sometimes developing serious vitamin deficiencies...

The Daily Wire’s own Megan Basham shared screenshots of some of Bad Bunny’s lyrics in an X post, most of which were graphic depictions of body parts, sex acts, drug use, and drug use during sex acts. “These are the most obscene lyrics ever to be performed at a Super Bowl half time. And you have professing Christians in the Kentucky senate and at America’s most recognized evangelical magazine saying Christians should have embraced and celebrated this to show love and to show that we are welcoming. Also, the kids would get a ‘kick’ out of hearing this Spanish,” Basham...

"You can't say the f-word on live TV...Had he said these lyrics – and all of the other disgusting and pornographic filth in English on live TV, the broadcast would have been pulled down and the fines would have been enormous."

The U.S. attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro, said a federal judge should dismiss Bannon’s indictment “in the interests of justice.”The Justice Department is taking steps to throw out Stephen K. Bannon’s conviction for defying a congressional subpoena about the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, its latest shift in a legal position to benefit a close ally of President Donald Trump. In a Monday legal filing, the department asked the Supreme Court to send Bannon’s case back to the district court, where the U.S. attorney filed a separate motion seeking to dismiss the charges against him. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche characterized...

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~ Road Trip: Whiteman Air Force Base, MissouriThe 509th Bomb Wing is part of Air Force Global Strike Command and is the host wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The Bomb Wing and its fleet of B-2 Spirit bombers serve as part of the Air Force's conventional and strategic combat force. The Bomb Wing can project U.S airpower anywhere around the world from home station and employ a wide range of precision-guided munitions.Thunderbolt IIs have Night Vision Imaging Systems, or NVIS, goggle compatible single-seat cockpits forward of their wings and a large bubble canopy which...

The Democratic Socialists of America LA chapter has released a 40-page, 9,000-word manifesto that lays out an aggressive, six-to-eight-year plan to seize control of the nation’s second-largest city and impose full-blown socialism In what can only be described as a chilling blueprint for economic destruction and social chaos (see below), the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) Los Angeles chapter has released a 40-page, 9,000-word manifesto that lays out an aggressive, six-to-eight-year plan to seize control of the nation’s second-largest city and impose full-blown socialism. This radical document, published in 2025, doesn’t mince words: Los Angeles is “on the burning edge...

“U.S. Olympic Skier, Hunter Hess, a real Loser, says he doesn’t represent his Country in the current Winter Olympics. If that’s the case, he shouldn’t have tried out for the Team, and it’s too bad he’s on it. Very hard to root for someone like this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” Trump wrote, posting on social media. However, unlike Hess and a few other American athletes, hockey stars Brady and Matthew Tkachuk had a different perspective on competing for Team USA. “I mean, this is able to represent the U.S. at this stage in the Olympics is one of the greatest...

Monarch expresses ‘profound concern’ over younger brother’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein The King has given his backing for Buckingham Palace to assist the police investigation into Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.The monarch has authorised his officials to provide support needed to officers.A Buckingham Palace spokesman added that King Charles had expressed “profound concern” over the claims against his younger brother and repeated his support for the victims of Jeffrey Epstein.The King was heckled on Monday while on a royal engagement as pressure grew on the Royal family to compel Mr Mountbatten-Windsor to contribute to a police investigation.The Prince and Princess of Wales...

A state judge dismissed a case after the Justice Department’s seizure of ballots from the 2020 presidential election in Fulton County, which has raised fears that they could be manipulated... (the rest behind firewall)

A Super Bowl Sunday meltdown over Bad Bunny turned into a viral win for a Florida bar that refused to cave to an entitled customer armed with a camera and an accusation. At Zoo Sports Club in St. Petersburg, Florida, TVs were rolling during halftime—but not with what one furious patron demanded. Instead of catering to his personal playlist, the bar opted to air the Turning Point USA (TPUSA) halftime programming, a conservative alternative that clearly struck a nerve. The customer immediately made it clear this wasn’t just about football. “I came here for the halftime show. The whole experience,”...

They're just messing with us now. From the Epstein files: STATEMENT OF MANHATTAN U.S. ATTORNEY ON THE DEATH OF DEFENDANT JEFFREY EPSTEIN Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "Earlier this morning, the Manhattan Correctional Center confirmed that Jeffrey Epstein, who faced charges brought by this Office of engaging in the sex trafficking of minors, had been found unresponsive in his cell and pronounced dead shortly thereafter. Today's events are disturbing..." I'll say. For one thing, the statement is dated Friday August 9th 2019, and Mr Epstein was not "found unresponsive in his cell" until Saturday August 10th. Had the...

There are many drivers behind the new nullification crisis that the left is stoking over immigration, but perhaps the most significant political one is that the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy poses a greater threat to Democrat Party power than perhaps any other single initiative. If federal authorities were to successfully remove millions of illegal aliens from the country, some estimates suggest it would result in the reallocation of nearly a dozen House seats and electoral college votes. Billions of dollars in taxpayer funding would be redirected out of blue states and into red ones. That is because the census...

A South Korean governor has sparked outrage after he proposed “importing Sri Lankan and Vietnamese virgins” to help stem the population decline in provincial areas. “We should impose special measures such as importing Sri Lankan and Vietnamese virgins and marrying them to rural bachelors,” he said. South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world, the BBC reported last August. The government has been trying to reverse the trend in the rural areas.

While the Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots gear up for football's biggest night, a different kind of roster was ready for the spotlight in Puppy Bowl XXII.

Newly revealed emails undermine Kennedy’s testimony about 2019 Samoa trip ahead of deadly measles outbreakThree members of Congress say the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, lied during his Senate confirmation hearings in response to newly revealed emails that undermine his testimony that a trip he took to Samoa ahead of a deadly measles outbreak had “nothing to do with vaccines”.The governor of Hawaii, a medical doctor who responded to the crisis, also spoke out – saying that the disclosure of the emails by the Guardian and the Associated Press show Kennedy misled the Senate and that he should...

Thousands are thought to have been either killed or rounded up and jailed when the protests were brought to an end in a deadly crackdown by the Islamic Republic's guards. Since then, the regime has started dragging prisoners from their jail cells to sit in front of bright studio lights for televised interrogations. According to Arina Moradi, a member of the Hengaw Organisation for Human Rights, detainees are also subjected to 'mock' executions in jail as a form of psychological torture and humiliation. Shervin Bagherian, 18, appeared in one of Iran's televised confessions wearing a bright blue prison uniform and...

As a career prosecutor, I have a deep understanding not only of how our criminal statutes work, but also of the personal toll crime takes on families. For years, I have witnessed the devastation caused when loved ones are lost to violent crime. That loss, and the pain left behind, is what drove me to run for office. Simply put, I know what needs to change in our laws to prevent more people from becoming victims. This year, however, it has become increasingly clear why New Mexico remains so dangerous. What follows may sound like “insider baseball,” but it is...

Sir Keir Starmer insisted that he has no plans to resign from his post as Prime Minister during a meeting with Labour MPs. The PM has faced calls to stand down from his role in recent days after the scandal involving former peer Lord Peter Mandelson last week. Starmer addressed his party on Monday evening as he bids to shore up his position and was greeted with a standing ovation from MPs on his arrival. He is said to have answered some 44 questions during the hour-long meeting, where he defiantly insisted: 'Every fight I've been in, I've won. I...

Good Fight Ministries does a great deep dive into who Bad Bunny is with this YouTube video. Some might not even care, but I personally would. This present evil world is absolutely saturated with the demonic breeding and cultic practices that seek to destroy our youth and indoctrinate our world. At the Super Bowl, Bad Bunny might have looked innocent and harmless, but his deception and master are at full work to outwork evil (Eph. 2:1-3). Let us pray for Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio (aka, Bad Bunny) that he would come to an ETERNAL saving relationship with His ETERNAL RIGHTEOUS...

Washington’s answer to China’s Belt and Road Initiative begins in Armenia, and Vice President JD Vance is in the South Caucasus to pave the way. The Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) may serve as the foundation stone of a broader network of transportation and economic corridors designed to secure critical Eurasian supply chains for the United States and to counter Chinese and Russian influence. However, the region lies on the periphery of U.S. geopolitical engagement; therefore, TRIPP’s implementation will require pragmatic solutions and a return to realpolitik in order to avoid aggressive countermeasures by other regional powers....