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Liberals and progressives being upset over country music star Jason Aldean's latest song and wanting it to be taken off the airwaves seems to have backfired since "Try That In A Small Town" has reached number one on iTunes. The controversy started after liberals on social media accused Aldean's song of being racist for speaking out against riots and general lawlessness, despite the fact race is not mentioned."Try That In A Small Town" also features lyrics that have a warning about gun confiscation:Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalkCarjack an old lady at a red lightPull a gun on the owner...

Catholic convert Anna Katherine Howell’s viral tweet asking Cardinal Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Washington to cancel a parish “Pride Mass” highlighted the struggles of same-sex-attracted Christians who live in accordance with the teachings of the Church. Howell, a 31-year-old convert from the Episcopal Church, talked to CNA about the path that led her to take a public stand on the Pride Mass celebrated June 14 at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown. The graduate theology student at the Franciscan University of Steubenville has experienced same-sex attraction her entire life but has embraced God’s forgiveness, converted to Catholicism, and chosen...

The ‘cancel culture’ campaign is ratcheting up again as the 2024 election campaign season heats up. Carly Tefft, a 2015 graduate of Berklee College of Music, recently relocated to Nashville in pursuit of her music career. While she still considers Massachusetts her home, Tefft has garnered significant recognition, being hailed as a “phenomenon” by the Boston Globe and receiving praise from Matty in the Morning on Kiss 108. However, Tefft’s performances at Harvest Gallery in Dennis, MA were abruptly canceled after she sang the national anthem at an event hosted by a former president, causing her presence to be deemed...

Global podcasting icon Joe Rogan’s new anti-cancel culture comedy club is creating a major buzz in the comedy world and far beyond. Since it opened in Austin, Texas, earlier this month, Comedy Mothership is already selling out shows, demonstrating that the venue’s dedication to feature previously canceled performers is attracting an audience of fans eager to embrace free expression. But the fact that comics even have to worry about seeing their careers quashed by those who hold opposing views or take offense to their jokes is a worrisome development in America. From coast to coast and everywhere in between, legions...

At today's House Oversight Committee hearing, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) slammed ex-Twitter executives over her past banning.

A woman fired from a video game company for following conservative accounts on Twitter believes a trans activist complained about her because she voiced excitement over a new Harry Potter game. Kara Lynne was 'terminated' by Limited Run Games hours after activist Jessica Blank, a trans woman, who uses the pseudonym Purple Tinker, publicly accused Lynne of being 'a transphobe who follows a veritable who's who of right-wing transphobic creeps'. Blank shared screenshots of accounts followed by Lynne and said she would stop shopping with Limited Run games until Lynne, who was the company's community manager, was fired. Lynne believes...

The song A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin is being bashed by LGBTQ critics as 'offensive,' with one organization in particular saying the tune helps perpetuate harmful anti-trans stereotypes. Released as a single by the late Queen of Soul back in 1967, the stirring love ballad is now facing scrutiny - despite preaching positive messages in regards to women and femininity in general. Leading the charge to have the song nixed is the Norway-based Trans Cultural Mindfulness Alliance (TCMA), a group started this year and has since made its presence known with a series of polarizing posts on social media....

President Joe Biden may cancel a state visit to the United Kingdom if a deal is not reached on the Northern Ireland Protocol of the Brexit treaty, according to reports. Former British premier Boris Johnson’s rehashed version of Remain voter Theresa May’s Brexit deal left Northern Ireland — an integral part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as the name would suggest — effectively still inside the European Union for the purposes of customs and regulations, with EU judges still having jurisdiction in the Province.

Calls for diversity on campuses and in Main Street businesses and banning hate speech, even that protected by the First Amendment, are no longer issues to fight over for college students. Now, it’s a reason for the electric chair. In a remarkable shift showing how students, many lining up for President Joe Biden’s loan forgiveness plan, have turned left since the 2020 election, a new Yale survey suggests that America’s best and brightest are giving up on key constitutional freedoms and even embracing socialism. In the William F. Buckley, Jr. Program at Yale University national student survey, conducted by McLaughlin...

www.dilbert.com has been down for over two days. So has the syndicate website gocomics.com. I believe that it is likely that Scott Adams' is targeted for cancellation because he is an effective voice against wokeness. He has been "cancelled" in 77 newspapers already, and his website may have been targeted for his content, in my opinion.

For American men, watching sports is a way to bond with pals, vicariously live out athletic dreams, and escape life’s pressures. It’s certainly no place for lectures. In a perfect world, sports and politics would never mix, but our world’s far from perfect. In the ’60s, athletes like Muhammad Ali began using their platforms to draw attention to societal woes. Back then, it was frowned on, but in 2022 it’s more feature than bug. The slippery slope wins again -- the Disease of Wokeness is consuming sports top to bottom. The NFL was the first to catch a serious case,...

'What happens when they start de-banking pastors and Christian business people?' A nonpartisan, faith-based nonprofit organization led by a former United States Ambassador for religious freedom says its Chase bank account was abruptly closed with little explanation. The National Committee for Religious Freedom (NCRF), a 501(c)4 political action nonprofit whose stated mission is focused on “defending the right of everyone in America to live one's faith freely,” opened an account with Chase in April. Sam Brownback, NCRF chairman and former U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom under the Trump administration, wrote in a piece published by The Christian Post that...

For years, downtown Rifle’s restaurant scene was anchored by one of the only places in the U.S. you could order a cheeseburger from a server packing a 9mm pistol on her hip. The establishment — Shooters Grill — was the brainchild of U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert. On Sunday, the Silt Republican officially closed the doors to her restaurant. “We were like a family,” she said. “I would say Shooters, for any employee, was their life. We lived and breathed it every single day. They were a part of this culture and brand that we created in Rifle, and there was...

However during a 14-0 run by the Celtics, Jones opened the door to criticism: “The Celtics have stormed ahead! This insurrection has them leading by 11.”

So which is it? Crazy Nancy said in July, '2021 that sleepy Joe has ZERO executive power to authorize cancelling student loan debt. But apparently Brandon has already cancelled $17 Billion in student loan debt.

Corporate journalists have license to use their huge platforms to malign, expose and destroy anyone they want. Your moral duty: sit in respectful silence and never object.When Hillary Clinton's divine entitlement to the U.S. presidency began to look imperiled in 2016 — first due to the irreverent and unkempt (but surprisingly formidable) Democratic Party primary challenge from Bernie Sanders, the independent socialist Senator from Vermont — her campaign and its media allies invented and unveiled a deeply moving morality tale. A faceless horde of unnamed, uncredentialed, unmannered, violent, abusive and deeply misogynistic online Sanders supporters — dubbed with the gender-emphasizing...

After previously canceling its in-person E3 2022 event, the ESA has now informed its partners that there will be no digital event equivalent this year either - meaning E3 2022 has fully been canceled. The news broke via a tweet from Razer PR lead Will Powers, who said that an email had been sent out announcing the cancellation of a digital E3 event. IGN has independently verified the contents of the email as well.

In the medieval era, when a thinker successfully claimed divine revelation, he placed his words beyond dispute. Only the hopelessly benighted or demonically inspired could doubt him. In recent decades, the claim of “science” achieves a similar result. Politicians maintain they “just follow the science” while supportive mass media platforms banish questioners as enemies of science. Pseudoscience never had it so good.

A young Russian pianist who was set to perform with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra this week has been struck from the schedule after protest. However, the orchestra maintained its praise for 20-year-old Alexander Malofeev, who has been outspoken against the invasion of Ukraine, where he said he has some family members. "The OSM feels that it would be inappropriate to receive Mr. Malofeev this week," wrote a spokesperson for the orchestra, Pascale Ouimet, in a statement. "We continue, however, to believe in the importance of maintaining relationships with artists of all nationalities who embrace messages of peace and hope. We...

BREAKING: The Senate votes 48-47 to cancel the covid national state of emergency. W https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1499472369487912967