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SQUIRREL APPRECIATION DAY On January 21st, Squirrel Appreciation Day recognizes a critter some consider a pest and others see as just fascinating. The creator, Christy Hargrove, is a wildlife rehabilitator in North Carolina and is affiliated with the Western North Carolina Nature Center. According to Christy, “Celebration of the event itself is up to the individual or group — anything from putting out extra food for the squirrels to learning something new about the species.” #SquirrelAppreciationDay According to the Integrated Taxonomic Information System of North America (ITIS), over 200 species exist in the world. Some of the oldest squirrels categorized...

P’Nut can’t rest in peace. The headless body of the world’s most famous squirrel is currently being held in a refrigerated room somewhere in upstate New York, The Post has learned. The state Department of Environmental Conservation is preserving it as “evidence” from its agents’ harried November raid on a home in Chemung County, where they seized P’Nut the Squirrel and his raccoon pal, Fred, and then euthanized the beloved pets, according to an agency spokesperson. Their heads were cut off for rabies testing, which proved neither animal was infected with the deadly disease. The whereabouts and status of the...

The death of Peanut, a squirrel euthanized after being seized by New York state authorities over rabies fears, was discussed by Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch during a dinner hosted by the Federalist Society on Thursday. Addressing the audience about what he perceives as government overreach, Gorsuch commented: "I've just seen too many cases like that. You have just the other day, some of you might have seen one in the newspaper, if the newspapers are to be believed." To laughter from attendees Gorsuch added: "Yes, I'm speaking of Peanut the squirrel." Peanut's death became a rallying point for conservatives...

The U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) has unanimously approved legislation containing language that appears intended to dig out any UAP-associated technology that is or ever was controlled by the federal government. The new UAP/UFO provisions are being publicly reported in detail in this article for the first time anywhere. The new UAP provisions are part of the Fiscal Year 2024 Intelligence Authorization Act (IAA, S. 2103), which was approved unanimously by the Senate Intelligence committee in a closed-door session on June 14. On June 21 I reported on the committee's action, but the text of the UAP amendment...

P’Nut the Squirrel and Fred the Raccoon did not have rabies, officials announced — as it was revealed the animals were marked for death and decapitation days before they were seized by the state. The internet famous P’Nut and his raccoon pal were taken from an Upstate New York home by force in a raid by state agents on Oct. 30 that sparked outrage and accusations of government overreach as the pets were euthanized to test for rabies. “Results are negative,” Chemung County Executive Christopher Moss told The Post Tuesday. A newly revealed timeline shows state officials advised the county...

State investigators are probing the circumstances surrounding the death of the beloved Instagram famous P'Nut the squirrel. The DEC is conducting an internal investigation into the controversial raid on Mark Longo's home, where both P'Nut and Fred the raccoon were seized and euthanized. Despite Longo's claims that officers wore protective gloves, the animals were killed and decapitated for rabies testing after P'Nut allegedly bit an agent's hand. 'An internal investigation into the matter is ongoing, and we are reviewing internal policies and procedures to ensure we continue serving this core mission,' a DEC spokesperson told The New York Post on...

A squirrel was seen dashing across a Washington DC stage just moments before Kamala was set to make her concession speech, prompting comical claims it was the ghost of internet-famous Peanut. Vice President Kamala Harris conceded the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University late Wednesday afternoon following Donald Trump's victory. But a bushy-tailed guest stole the stage just moments before Harris took the spotlight. In a video posted to X, the squirrel was seen running under American flags before scurrying across the empty stage and disappearing from eyesight. The post has accumulated more than 1,500 comments -...

Now, I’m someone who has put meat in the freezer by my own hand. I have no delusions about where meat comes from and I’m not some crazed animal rights activist that thinks animal lives are the same as human lives. But that doesn’t matter because none of the outrage is really about the squirrel. No, it’s about justice. See, the issue with Peanut here is the uneven application of the law.

Up to four separate NY State agencies, ten armed agents, with a warrant signed by a judge....for a squirrel? Are you f#$%ing kidding us? And then they execute the squirrel that had been living in this guy's home for seven years and was the mascot for the animal sanctuary he and his wife run for almost 300 animals. The squirrel, by the way, had an X/Twitter account with half-a-million followers. And the Gestapo questioned his German-immigrant wife for nearly five hours, something they wouldn't dare to do to an illegal Venezuelan.

"Most people do not get a clear opportunity to vote against Communism and prevent a historical evil from taking hold. We have that opportunity. Vote Trump." — James Lindsay. You thought Halloween was over, but somehow the horror show won’t stop, and it’s not so much fun anymore. Those oversized ghouls, werewolves, and dead souls you erected in the front yard, like shrines to wickedness, represent something truly roiling and moiling around the zeitgeist of this troubled land: the ruling Party of Chaos. Look at what they have done to you and what they are still doing. Hoaxing you, sucking...

U.S. — What was expected to be a close Presidential election is now projected to be a 50-state landslide for Trump after the former president showed up to a rally in a squirrel costume. Honoring the late squirrel "Peanut," Trump delivered his entire stump speech in the costume, clips of which spread across social media like wildfire. Within hours, polls showed a historic swing, with millions of voters switching their allegiance to Trump. "They're after you — me and Peanut are just standing in their way," said Trump. "That is why today, I am calling for a day of...

Donald Trump Jr. and J.D. Vance discussed the internet-famous squirrel Peanut, killed by the New York State department of environmental conservation this week, during a rally Sunday in Sanford, North Carolina. The candidate Donald Trump has yet to comment on the martyrdom of the squirrel. "Justice for Peanut!" declared the younger Trump. "Our government will let in 16,000 rapists, 13,000 murderers, 600,000 criminals across our border, but if someone has a pet squirrel without a permit, they'll go in there and kill the squirrel." "They'll allow all that to happen, but if someone adopts a baby pet squirrel... That's the...

P’nut the squirrel was ratted out by someone — and his upstate owners think it was over jealousy. Mark and Daniela Longo told The Post on Sunday that they had been cashing in on their furry Internet sensation — who helped steer followers to their raunchy OnlyFans page — before he was seized from their animal sanctuary and euthanized by state environmental officials over rabies fears last week. The couple’s financial success, fueled at least partly by P’nut, may have been enough to drive someone to drop the dime on them — and their fluffy-tailed cash cow, they said. “Maybe...

VIDEO No, Peanut The Squirrel did NOT have rabies. However, when I asked my Amazon Alexa Echo Dot what happened to Peanut The Squirrel she INCORRECTLY replied that Peanut was diagnosed with rabies. Is the Amazon Alexa so much into taking up the government's side that it will actually LIE to protect the government? The answer appears to be YES.

Peanut has been a social media celebrity for seven years. An animal rescue nonprofit was built around him, saving hundreds of animals, from rodents to horses, from abuse, neglect, or simply bad luck. His story and his antics charmed millions of people, and helped people escape from the grittier and nastier realities of living in an unforgiving world. Until the New York government decided to raid his home and kill him

Elon Musk expressed outrage on his social media platform X Saturday over news that rescue pet and internet sensation Peanut the Squirrel was seized from his owner’s home and euthanized by state officials in New York. The SpaceX and Tesla founder fired off a barrage of posts expressing his disdain for officials with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation taking the Instagram-famous Peanut, along with another rescue animal, away from owner Mark Longo’s home and animal sanctuary near the Pennsylvania border. The state then inexplicable euthanized the docile and trained animals so they could be “tested for rabies.”

An upstate man whose beloved squirrel was cruelly killed by the state said he was treated like a “terrorist” when 10 government agents descended on his home during a five-hour raid. Mark Longo, whose pet Peanut captured the hearts of 3 million social media users, was stunned when a convoy of vehicles carrying officials from the state departments of Environmental Conservation and Health arrived at his Pine City home Wednesday. “They treated me like I was a terrorist. They treated this raid as if I was a drug dealer. They ransacked my house for five hours,” Longo told The Post...

A pet squirrel that gained social media fame was euthanized by state wildlife officials as part of a test for rabies. The squirrel's owner claims excessive force was used to seize his pet earlier this week. Wildlife officials said it is illegal to own the wild animal.

It’s been six weeks since the attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the American public’s questions about the nature of the attack and the security failings that led to Trump’s brush with death largely remain unanswered. Jason Chaffetz, a Fox News contributor and former Utah congressman who once chaired the House Oversight Committee, joined “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss the apparent security failures and ongoing investigations into what transpired in Butler on July 13. “I thought the extraction was very slow. I thought it was fairly pathetic,” Chaffetz told The...