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Rosie O’Donnell is applying for Irish citizenship amid her ongoing feud with President Donald Trump. In an interview with the UK’s Daily Telegraph, the 63-year-old comedian explained she is putting herself in “self-imposed (political exile)” in Ireland after she first moved there in January of this year. “I am applying and about to be approved for my Irish citizenship as my grandparents were from there and that’s all you need,” she told the outlet. “It will be good to have my Irish citizenship, especially since Trump keeps threatening to take away mine.” “What great news for America!” White House spokesperson...

Larry and David Ellison’s holdings span movies, TV networks, CBS and soon a stake in TikTok, in a paradigm-shifting portfolio with huge influence.Journalists at CBS News reeled on Friday as they digested news reports that opinion journalist Bari Weiss, a fierce critic of the mainstream media, would become the editor in chief of the straitlaced legacy brand.Two months earlier, there had been cautious optimism in the Midtown Manhattan newsroom, according to two CBS News staffers who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private information. Movie producer David Ellison, son of software billionaire Larry Ellison, dropped by to introduce...

OMG.. you cannot make this up.. These are some of the things the Democrats are demanding we fund: - $3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in Zambia - $833k for transgender people in Nepal - $4.2 million for lgbtq people in the Western Balkans and Uganda - $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti - $500k for electric buses in Rwanda - $6 million for media organizations for the Palestinians - $300k for a pride parade in Lesotho - $882k for social media and mentorship in Serbia

After Hamas' horrific Oct. 7, 2023, massacre of 1,200 Jews and the seizure of 250 Jewish hostages, the headlines cried out in shock, anger and astonishment. The New York Times wrote, "As world leaders condemned the attacks -- and questions arose about how Israeli intelligence had been so surprised -- ordinary citizens tried to make sense of what was happening." On Oct. 7, 2023, New York Times columnist Bret Stephens wrote: "Thanks to defensive systems like Iron Dome, Hamas's punches, while frequent and menacing, rarely landed. For Israelis, Gaza seemed relatively contained. That was, until this weekend. Whatever happens next...

Sam Altman’s OpenAI is set to release a standalone app for its Sora 2 video generation AI model that will allow users to create and share AI-generated short videos in a format resembling TikTok. Wired reports that OpenAI, the AI startup behind ChatGPT, is preparing to launch a new standalone app for its advanced video generation AI model called Sora 2. According to documents viewed by Wired, the app will feature a vertical video feed with swipe-to-scroll navigation, closely resembling TikTok. However, instead of user-generated content, the app will exclusively feature AI-generated videos. The Sora 2 app will allow users...

The tolerant left makes death threats....

A city councilwoman in Oklahoma resigned this week after it was revealed that she told a supporter of President Donald Trump to kill herself. Bree Montoya, who represented Ward 3 in Norman, a city just south of Oklahoma City, got into a spat with a Facebook user in June over the size of the local 'No Kings' protests. These demonstrations occurred all over the United States and largely coincided with the US Army parade in Washington, D.C. celebrating the military branch's 250th anniversary. When arguing about the protest in Norman, Montoya told a woman named Audra Abbott to 'open a...

After signing an executive order to preserve TikTok in the U.S, President Trump jokes he would make the algorithm "100% MAGA" if he could, and then continues on, saying, "Everyone is going to be treated fairly."

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that he says will allow TikTok to continue operating in the United States in a way that meets national security concerns laid out by the law. President Joe Biden signed legislation last year calling for China’s ByteDance to sell TikTok’s assets to an American company by early this year or face a ban, but Trump has repeatedly signed orders that have allowed TikTok to keep operating in the U.S. as his administration tries to reach an agreement for the sale of the company. Much is still unknown about the actual deal in...

FREMONT, Calif. (WKRC) - A man allegedly used a sex offender registry to find a pedophile, disguised himself as an accountant to kill him, then told police he thought "it should be cool" because "everyone hates pedophiles." The Fremont Police Department announced on September 18, police were called to a residence regarding a "violent altercation" between two people that resulted in one being "gravely injured." Officers discovered an unresponsive 71-year-old man at the scene suffering from "significant stab wounds," per the release. He was soon pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect, 29-year-old Varun Suresh, was found outside of the...

In a bizarre "stand" against President Trump, liberal pregnant women have taken to social media, posting videos of themselves taking Tylenol. This comes after a major announcement on Monday, where the Trump administration said that they will no longer recommend pregnant women take Tylenol, as they believe it may increase the chances of a child being born with autism. Even if the announcement were untrue, why would these mothers risk hurting their children simply to rub it in President Trump's face? It is less of taking a stand, and more of just plain stupidity. This is Michelle Vu, MD. She...

Dont know if anyone was raptured but I am still here.I will add however that my Left Behind itches.Hope God has a sense of humor,

The Rapture is upon us, according to TikTokers, some of whom have latched on to a prediction that on Tuesday, Sept. 23 — today — Jesus Christ will return to Earth and take true believers to Heaven.

TAOS — The sidewalks along the Rio Grande Gorge Bridge are usually thronged with tourists every day of the week. Sightseers peer over the bridge’s 4-foot tall railings into the viridescent water coursing through the canyon 600 feet below. Couples and families stop to take selfies against some of the most dramatic backdrops New Mexico has to offer. But on Monday, the bridge was conspicuously empty — save for drivers thrumming across the 1,280-foot span, where a bundle of flowers and dozens of rosaries along the metal railings memorialized a local teen’s suspected suicide over the weekend. It is the...

Fears are mounting that an ancient Biblical event where countless Christians disappear from Earth is just hours away. Believers on social media platforms like TikTok have reached the point of hysteria over this prophecy, expressing their excitement for the end of days and even offering tips on how to handle being lifted into the sky to meet their maker. The phenomenon, dubbed RaptureTok, has exploded in recent weeks after faith leaders started pushing the idea that the Rapture will begin on September 23, marking the Second Coming of Jesus and Judgment Day for non-believers. Although the Bible never set a...

President Trump has long signaled his intention to strike a deal with China that would allow Americans to keep scrolling their way through the videos on the popular social media app TikTok, and it looks like that deal may be imminent. The news is likely to be to the relief of countless teenagers and the chagrin of their parents; it's estimated that there are 170 million TikTok users in the United States.In an interview on Fox News' new The Sunday Briefing, hosted by Peter Doocy, the president revealed "very prominent American people" and "very great patriots" would be involved in...

The title to this essay is a line from Tolkien. But I'm also reminded of two distinct lines from Star Wars, paired:If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine.I dunno, I can imagine an awful lot.Charlie Kirk was a powerful force. He went from campus to campus and he talked to people. Generally when he was debating, he would put his microphone down, to reassure his partner that he wasn’t going to talk over them. He was respectful, and he was highly effective. He played a major role in winning over Gen Z...

Trump-China deal hands TikTok’s U.S. algorithm to Larry Ellison's Oracle Contents 1. Oracle takes over algorithm, code, data, and surveillance systems 2. New U.S.-based TikTok venture has Oracle, private equity, and tight restrictions In this post: Trump approved a deal handing control of TikTok’s U.S. algorithm to Oracle. Oracle will rebuild, retrain, and monitor the algorithm without ByteDance involvement. The new U.S.-based TikTok venture will be majority-owned by American investors. Oracle is now taking full control of TikTok’s U.S. algorithm under a national security deal signed off by President Donald Trump, according to a statement from the White House. The...

Congressional China hawks said Monday that they’re planning to scrutinize President Donald Trump’s promised deal to keep TikTok alive, insisting his “framework” for an agreement with China has to obey last year’s law to pry the app out of Chinese control. “Any agreement must comply with the historic bipartisan law passed last year to protect the American people, including the complete divestment of ByteDance control and a fully decoupled algorithm,” a spokesperson for the House China Committee said. On Monday, President Donald Trump and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent teased a “framework” for TikTok’s divestment from Beijing-based parent company ByteDance —...

President Donald Trump hinted that a deal has been reached regarding TikTok, the app called “a modern-day Trojan Horse” by the Chinese government, amid ongoing trade negotiations between the United States and China. The Hill reports that in a recent post on his Truth Social platform, President Donald Trump suggested that his administration has reached an agreement concerning TikTok, the embattled video-sharing app owned by China-based ByteDance. The announcement comes as the U.S. and China engage in high-level trade discussions. “The big Trade Meeting in Europe between The United States of America, and China, has gone VERY WELL! It will...