A House Democrat leading an investigation of oil industry “misinformation” blames social media companies for blocking legislation to counter climate change, even as Big Tech corporations move to demonetize and suppress debate on climate-related issues.  Google acted to demonetize “climate denial” information. Facebook upped its fact-checking of climate-related posts, and emails obtained by watchdog groups

Disgraced actor Jussie Smollett was sentenced to 150 days in jail this week for staging a hate crime in which he hired two black men to masquerade as Trump supporters in MAGA hats and beat him in the street as he returned home from a Subway in wintery Chicago at 2 AM. Smollett completed the

A woman is accused of stabbing a man in the neck on March 5 at a hotel near Las Vegas. The 21-year-old woman said she committed the stabbing as revenge for the 2020 U.S. drone strike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, according to police. Nika Nikoubin faces charges of attempted murder, two counts of

Beto O’Rourke compared current Texas Governor Greg Abbott to a Russian oligarch and proposed a statewide gun buyback program during a Saturday speaking engagement at South by Southwest. KVUE-10, a local ABC affiliate, reported that O’Rourke was the headline speaker at an event hosted by CEO and co-founder of the Texas Tribune, Evan Smith Smith

While many middle-class Americans are struggling to pay to fill up their cars to get to work, CNN’s Brian Stelter had NPR television critic Eric Deggans on Sunday’s Reliable Sources to spread conspiracy theories that Fox News is only reporting on skyrocketing gas prices to prevent Americans from rallying around President Biden while he deals with

The Chinese Communist Party announced this week it will increase the budget for the People’s Liberation Army by 7.1%. The announcement occurred at the opening session of the National People’s Congress—the annual rubber-stamp parliament. Thus, it is just a matter of time before the extra resources start following to the People’s Liberation Army. This increase

Donald Trump blasted RINO Rep. Nancy Mace during a rally in her own state on Saturday. In a desperate attempt to appeal to Trump supporters, Mace had posted a video in front of Trump Tower, implying he had endorsed her — even though he endorsed her challenger Katie Arrington. After Trump endorsed her opponent yesterday

Bill Maher roasted both political parties for manipulating Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to score political points. The “Real Time with Bill Maher” host also noted that it’s “worth asking” why Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine when Joe Biden was in the White House and not when Donald Trump was president. During the New Rules

More than one ton of fentanyl was seized in the state of New York in 2021. This, unsurprisingly, sets a new record for the amount of the synthetic opioid confiscated by law enforcement. According to new data from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), 2,420 pounds of fentanyl in total were seized in New York, with

A couple of undercover videos released by Project Veritas featuring New York Times national security correspondent Matthew Rosenberg has caused quite a stir at that newspaper because Rosenberg had some very critical things to say about his colleagues, specifically what he considers to be their silly drama queen overreactions to the January 6 events at

The free trade and investment agreement between the U.S. and South Korea will hit the 10-year mark on March 15. With bilateral trade having expanded nearly 70% over the past decade, the agreement between the two long-time allies deserves renewed support and greater strategic utilization for years to come.  The U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement

This week Obama economic adviser Steve Rattner said that Biden shouldn’t be blaming Russia invading Ukraine for inflation. He said Biden owns this. Now another Obama economic adviser, Larry Summers, is blaming Biden for inflation. Biden used to work with these men in the Obama White House. TRENDING: WATCH TRUMP LIVE ON RSBN: President Trump

Gabby Petito’s family have filed a civil lawsuit accusing Brian Laundrie’s parents of knowing that their son killed their daughter and that they helped him avoid being brought to justice. The lawsuit was filed on Thursday in Sarasota County, Florida – where Christopher and Roberta Laundrie live. The lawsuit does not declare a specific monetary

Joe Rogan attempted to determine the “last great comedy movie” with the help of fellow comedian Tom Papa. Unfortunately, Rogan noticed that woke social justice warriors have murdered the comedic films genre. The prolific podcaster claimed that it had been well over a decade since the last great comedy movie. This week, Rogan welcomed Tom

On Friday’s PBS NewsHour, Washington Post columnist and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart lunged at Republican bills on social issues: “Quite honestly, it looks hideous. It is horrendous.” PBS anchor Judy Woodruff started with Florida: “Governor Ron DeSantis has been pushing for this — Republican-controlled legislature has now given him a raft of very — of conservative measures

Although Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has helped to unify Europe against Russia, it has had a divisive effect in the Middle East, where many countries recently have hedged their bets by boosting ties to Moscow to offset declining confidence in U.S. leadership. Even before the Biden administration’s Afghanistan withdrawal debacle last August, U.S. allies and

Hillary Clinton this week said she is not running for president in 2024. The internet has been abuzz over a possible Trump-Hillary rematch in 2024. Trump has been teasing a 2024 run and Clinton recently raised her public profile by speaking at the Democrat Party Convention in New York. The Wall Street Journal in January

The White House welcomed popular personalities from the Chinese social media platform TikTok to deliver a briefing on the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the influencers. During the briefing, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki pushed a claim that the 2016 election was “hacked” by Russians. The White House spoke to 30 “top TikTok stars”

Israeli leadership urged their Ukrainian counterparts to accept the peace offer made to them by Vladimir Putin. On Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy over the phone and urged the Ukrainian president to accept an offer extended by Russia to end the military conflict, the Jerusalem Post reported. An

One America News Network filed a lawsuit against DirecTV and AT&T. The complaint contained multiple counts, most of which focused on allegations that DirecTV and AT&T breached their contracts. OAN said that the service providers caved to “political pressure and have put their unlawful interests and the unlawful personal, political, and financial interests of their

As Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of state, Leigh Chapman oversees professional boxing, kickboxing, and wrestling. But those are hardly the most contentious items on her docket. As the Keystone State’s chief elections officer, Chapman is embroiled in a knock-down, drag-out fight over ballot integrity that has Democrats and Republicans pounding each other sillier than 12th-round rivals. Chapman and other Democrats consider mass mail-in

Joe Biden’s economy has been a complete disaster. The February inflation rate soared to 7.9% — a 40-year-high. BREAKING: February Inflation Rate Soars to 7.9% — 40 Year High — Was at 1.4% When Biden Came into Office (VIDEO) Now, there are worries that Biden’s inflation issues might be even worse than the government is

A judge in Texas temporarily blocked an order from Gov. Greg Abbott (R) to investigate parents obtaining “sex-change” procedures for their transgender children as incidents of child abuse. District Judge Amy Clark Meachum issued a temporary injunction Friday based on a lawsuit from a family with a transgender teenager against the governor’s order. They argue

Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.) is calling on President Joe Biden to raise the refugee admissions cap for this fiscal year in light of the humanitarian crisis caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “Russia’s unprovoked attack on Ukraine has created an escalating humanitarian crisis. The United States must respond by opening its

According to a report in the New York Post, CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell has a major attitude problem. Despite being in third place in the ratings and having to now deal with a new cost-cutting boss who is reportedly looking to put her on the chopping block, O’Donnell’s attitude hasn’t changed, according to

President Joe Biden has insisted that rising gas prices are not a result of his administration’s policies.  This week, he announced the United States would ban oil imports from Russia because of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine.  Biden also has suggested that U.S. oil companies are responsible in part for the

Joe Biden, former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko By Paul Sperry, RealClearInvestigations: Six years ago, before Russia’s full-scale invasion of their country, the Ukrainians bet that a Hillary Clinton presidency would offer better protection from Russian President Vladimir Putin, even though he had invaded Crimea during the Obama-Biden administration, whose Russian policies Clinton vowed to continue.

Video of a news reporter covering one of the most dangerous traffic areas of Los Angeles went viral on Friday after news cameras captured a car accident during his report. The car accident occurred while KTLA-TV reporter Gene Kang narrated from the intersection of Hoover street and 84th street, which officials said was one of

Ukraine is saying that Russia has abuducted Ivan Fedorov, the mayor of Melitopol. “They have transitioned into a new stage of terror, in which they try to physically liquidate representatives of Ukraine’s lawful local authorities,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy declared in a video address Friday, according to the Associated Press. Zelenskyy’s comments come as Ukraine

Closing out another incredibly busy news week, NewsBusters deputy managing editor Nick Fondacaro and I kicked off Friday’s NewsBusters Podcast with some gloating over the sentencing of Jussie Smollett — the far-left actor who faked a hate crime on a January 2019 Chicago night in subzero temperatures — and the liberal media’s complicity in his