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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) announced on Wednesday that he has “concluded to not participate” with Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s (D-CA) January 6 Select Committee. McCarthy cited Pelosi’s “unprecedented action of rejecting the Republican members” he named to serve on the committee as one of the reasons for his decision.

A Florida TikTok star deliberately sparked a 100mph police chase - then told cops who arrested him his wealth and youth made him immune from the law, it is claimed. Damaury Mikula, 18, of Pasco, Florida, has more than four million followers on TikTok and has frequently posted content featuring his Dodge Challenger, a vehicle that can go up to 141mph with a top price of around $60,000. The TikTok star, who is said to make $400,000 to $450,000 per year, was recorded on Friday being chased in that car by Pasco County Police at the intersection of State Route...

A livestream by a Chinese influencer came to a tragic end, when she died after drinking a bottle of pesticide after being egged on by viewers. It all started on Oct 14, when the influencer from Hunan, China, known as Luo, uploaded a video on Douyin. She informed her 678,000 fans that it was "probably [her] last video", thanking them for their company and support. According to reports from Chinese media, Luo shared with her fans that she had been struggling with depression for some time, and previously spent two months in the hospital undergoing treatment. "My diagnosis is official,...

Former NBA all star Andrew Bogut is speaking out about how popular influencers on social media are being paid off to shill COVID-19 submission propaganda. Bogut, who is a native of Australia where COVID-19 lockdown policies are the most Draconian, explained how he was approached with an offer to take money to encourage his followers to submit to mandates. “Whoever you are, why don’t we hear you speaking up? The silence is deafening,” Bogut asked other influencers with large social media followings. “Let me give you the reason why: Last year, about three or four months into this pandemic, I...

A Hong Kong Instagram star tragically plummeted to her death after she slipped while snapping a selfie at a waterfall. The shocking incident occurred after Sofia Cheung, 32, and three friends embarked on a trip to Ha Pak Lai park around 11 a.m. Saturday, the Sun reported. The influencer had decided to take selfies at the edge of a waterfall at the park’s Pineapple Mountain site — a locale popular with hikers at sunset — when she apparently lost her footing and fell into the 16-foot pool below. Cheung’s horrified friends promptly called emergency services, who quickly arrived and whisked...

Adam Perkins, a social media star known for his videos on Vine, died on Sunday. He was 24 years old. The social media influencer’s twin brother, Patrick, confirmed Adam's death with a post on Instagram Tuesday. No cause of death was given. Adam was best known for his "Welcome to Chili’s" skit on the now-defunct video-sharing app Vine. The Metro reported, the clip had over 20 million loops or views in one year. Before Vine shut down, Adam had over 290,000 followers.

A TikTok influencer who claims to be a “minister” and “theologian” is potentially setting the stage for the woke-Left to cancel the Bible. The ‘minister’, who calls himself ‘Rev. Brandan Robertson’ and has over 132k followers on Tiktok, claimed that Jesus was a racist who used “racial slurs” before “repenting”. [video]..

Boogaloo Boi Mike Dunn joins The Alex Jones Show to call him a coward and controlled opposition for working to change the system peacefully from within, and says his generation will have to take up the mantle of a violent revolution to make up for Jones' generation's failure. Video...

The film is "Joker," and while it comes in the form of a comic-book movie, it is the opposite of light. The movie focuses on the pre-Joker Arthur Fleck, circa early 1980s Gotham - a sad-sack clown slowly unraveling u At the Venice premiere, a moviegoer approached Phillips and said he thought Paris would burn as a result of the movie. Stephanie Zacharek wrote that Phoenix's character "could easily be adopted as the patron saint of incels," referring to the "involuntary celibates" group of frustrated males whose beliefs have come up in several mass killings. "In America, there's a mass...

Joker: Joaquin Phoenix walks out of interview after controversial question about real-life violence Phoenix was asked by The Telegraph if he thought particular moments in the film "might perversely end up inspiring exactly the kind of people it's about, with potentially tragic results". Instead of answering, the actor walked out. The debate over violence in film has been prevalent in recent months following a series of mass shootings in the US. Last month, Universal pulled the release of new thriller The Hunt, a film following 12 red-state strangers who wake up in a clearing and realise they’re being hunted by...