(National Review) Christmas 2021 is almost here, and to the shock of no one, I’ve done a terrible job of sending out Christmas cards – never mind my annual and rarely achieved aspiration to send out one of those here’s-what’s-new-with-our-family letters. This year’s highlights include no school officials calling me because they’ve mistaken my older
Authorities in Texas are saying that a “major industrial accident” occurred in or near an ExxonMobil refinery in Baytown, near Houston on Thursday morning. At least four people are known to be injured at present, and no deaths have yet been reported. According to KHOU-TV in Houston, the explosion occurred in a part of the
Marc Elias, one of the most prominent Democratic lawyers in the country, is predicting that Democrats will attempt to prevent some duly-elected Republican House members from serving, and that they may even attempt to file litigation to prevent some Republican members from serving. Elias served as the general counsel for the failed Democratic presidential campaigns
The Los Angeles Times is freaking out. TV critic Lorraine Ali (formerly of Newsweek) sounded the alarm Wednesday under the headline “The crisis of democracy is a media crisis. And the mainstream press is losing”! Ali laments that a right-wing media exists…and that somehow Facebook is a part of it: The long-haul chaos culminated in 2021,
Tommy Robinson: “We’re exposing them!” Tommy Robinson will be going live on GETTR today at 8 pm UK time (2 pm Eastern, 11 am Pacific) to present his sensational upcoming documentary “The Rape of Britain” and answer your questions. Tommy was previously banned from entering the USA and even did prison time in maximum security
The conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas goes back decades. But earlier this year, an 11-day conflict between the two brought the eyes of the world back to the Middle East, where Hamas has resorted to using children in its campaign to destroy Israel. “Hamas uses human shields on a regular basis,” terrorism
A person receives a coronavirus test as the Omicron variant continues to spread in New York, N.Y., December 22, 2021. (Andrew Kelly/Reuters) On the menu today: I would prefer to send you off into the holidays with Christmas cheer, but unfortunately, the news this morning is grim. Roughly one year after Joe Biden pledged, “I’m
People, many wearing protective face masks, walk past Christmas market stalls near the Cologne Cathedral (Kölner Dom) during the fourth wave of the coronavirus pandemic on November 30, 2021 in Cologne, Germany. Andreas Rentz | Getty Images News | Getty Images Germany’s Christmas markets are a huge draw for international tourists, with the country’s major
Ghislaine Maxwell will spend her 60th birthday in prison after the jury deliberating her fate was sent home for Christmas. The former girlfriend of disgraced billionaire paedophile Jeffrey Epstein turns 60 this Saturday, 25 December, with the jury not expected to return until next Monday. Jurors ended their second full day of deliberations into the
With 2021 quickly drawing to a close, and Americans beginning to travel for Christmas and tuning out the news, CBS decided Wednesday night was one of their few chances to effectively spin for the Biden Administration before the New Year. As a feature of their A-block, CBS Evening News was quick to parrot White House talking points that U.S.
Democratic-controlled (and teachers union-influenced) states and cities have been the most closed (and most likely to include masking mandates); Republican-controlled polities have been more open and less masked. And private schools everywhere have been more open than their government-run counterparts. There is every reason to suspect that this pattern will reassert itself during the omicron surge. Blue states have more teacher (and
I don’t want to bury the lead, so I’ll say it upfront. The Pandemic is over. Covid-19 is dead. The Omicron strain marks the end of a two-year ordeal that every American wants to forget. So why the lock-downs? Why the Mandates? Why the panic? Well, that is the real story so let’s get to
Taliban patrol in Kabul, Afghanistan, October 28, 2021. (Jorge Silva/Reuters) Lawmakers intent on preventing the Taliban from taking advantage of a key, untapped resource in Afghanistan are launching a corporate responsibility campaign of sorts. It’s an unexpected conservative initiative that, rather than attacking big tech companies root and branch, aims to persuade major firms to
A homeless man helped police apprehend a man who had allegedly stolen a firetruck and taken it on a medium-speed chase through Southern California. Orange County Fire Authority Captain Greg Barta told the media that the man had stolen fire engine 85 after firefighters had transported a patient to the UC-Irvine Medical Center at about
Dean Obeidallah, who hosts an eponymous radio program on SiriusXM called “The Dean Obeidallah Show,” is drawing a comparison between the GOP and Nazis. “If you ever wondered what it felt like to live in 1930’s Germany, you’re getting a sense of it today. The GOP is a white supremacist, fascist movement that has rejected
On Tuesday evening, Illinois Senator Kimberly Lightford was carjacked by three suspects wearing masks, according to a report by Fox 32 News. The next day, Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon was also carjacked at gunpoint by two men at F.D.R. Park in Philadelphia. Apparently, none of the three broadcast evening newscasts thought these stories deserved to be
MSNBC’s Joy Reid is easily one of the most deranged people on cable news and like her colleagues, is completely obsessed with FOX News. During a recent broadcast, she suggested that FOX News wants their viewers to die. She also defended Joe Biden by talking about how supposedly compassionate he is. News Busters reports: TRENDING:
After the Environmental Protection Agency dumped advisers from regulated industries, the federal agency appears to have prioritized gender and ethnic diversity to replace them, EPA documents show. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia heard arguments Wednesday in the case of Young vs. EPA. The lead plaintiff in the case, Stanley Young, was
President Joe Biden after giving remarks on the administration’s coronavirus response at the White House, July 6, 2021. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters) The Supreme Court has decided to hear arguments regarding the Biden administration’s coronavirus vaccine mandate for large employers and health-care workers at Medicaid- and Medicare-affiliated facilities. The Court said it will hear arguments in the
A pedestrian wearing a protective face mask walks past a street-art mural by French street artist JBC, in tribute to health workers depicting a nurse wearing a protective face mask in reference to coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on March 24, 2021 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images Nearly two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, reported
A former US senator and his wife have been taken to hospital after their $5.5m mansion was destroyed in a fire. Charles ‘Chuck’ Robb, 82, and Lynda Robb, 77, were injured when the blaze engulfed the luxury property in northern Virginia. Dramatic pictures showed firefighters battling to extinguish the inferno as it ripped through the
On Wednesday’s podcast, newly minted early bird Curtis Houck and I discuss the Covid crazies in the media who are desperately trying to get America to reinstitute mass lockdowns. We also do a rundown of the fun project I worked on: “2021’s Top Dirty Dozen Fredo Moments from CNN’s Former Wise Guy.” And chatted with
Last year, President Trump held nothing back when it came to calling out China for its role in creating the COVID-19 pandemic. He’d call COVID-19 the “China flu” or the “Wuhan flu,” which, of course, triggered the snowflakes, who deemed his rhetoric “racist” and “anti-Asian.” Trump also touted the theory that COVID-19 originated at the
With one of their own having tossed a wrench into the Biden administration’s spendthrift Build Back Better agenda, Senate Democrat leadership is pivoting to fear-mongering about non-existent voting rights inequities and they want to dismantle the filibuster to do it. After US Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV), courageously represented his constituents with fidelity in derailing President
Peng Shuai plays in the Australian Open on January 21, 2021. (Kim Hong-Ji / Reuters) We should still be worried about the well-being of Peng Shuai, the Chinese tennis star who accused a senior Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault. Within minutes of posting her accusation of Xi Jinping’s former vice-premier on Weibo, the
As people celebrate another holiday season this year amid COVID-19 concerns, Dr. Anthony Fauci said during an interview on MSNBC that people should ask their unvaccinated family members not to visit. “If someone in your family isn’t vaccinated should you ask them not to show up?” Alicia Menendez asked. “Yes,” Fauci said. “I would do
Police in Virginia say they have apprehended a suspect in a serial murder case where victims were found on online dating websites and their bodies were dumped in shopping carts. Officials said they arrested 35-year-old Anthony Robinson and charged him with two of the murders, but they believe he might be involved in two others,
Christmas is coming, but congressional Republicans won’t be seeing Jesus—not if you believe S.E. Cupp, that is. Appearing on Wednesday morning’s New Day, CNN political commentator Cupp said that the prospect of Donald Trump holding a press conference on January 6 at Mar-a-Lago makes her “physically ill, nauseous, and afraid.” CNN spends every day obsessing over January 6. Responding
Liz Cheney and the January 6th Committee called in Rep. Jim Jordan for questioning in their sham investigation into the rioting on January 6, 2020. ABC News reported: The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack sent a letter on Wednesday to GOP Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, requesting he appear for an
It was 9 o’clock on a Wednesday night. Albert Paulsson, who teaches high school civics in New Jersey, had finished another long day in class. He sounded tired when he answered my call. “Is this still a good time to talk?” I asked. Paulsson assured me it was. He wanted to share some concerns over