COVID forever: Biden admin asks court to reverse order banning airplane mask mandate

Foreign nationals can now police American citizens as California Democrats' law goes into effect
Newsom ratified bill SB-960, thereby scrapping the requirement that police, highway patrol, and corrections officers have to be U.S. citizens or permanent residents. This law went into effect on Jan. 1, meaning foreign nationals can now police American citizens.

With New Pistol Brace Rule, ATF Seeks To Turn Millions Of Law-Abiding Gun Owners Into Felons
Once the ATF publishes its final rule in the federal register, gun owners will have 120 days to bring their firearms into compliance.

Gun-Rights Group Launches Legal Challenge Against Dem Gov's Weapons Ban
A coalition of Illinois gun-rights groups is launching a legal challenge to Gov. Pritzker's extensive ban on so-called assault weapons, including AR-15s and certain pistols, arguing that the ban is unconstitutional.

The Economist: Polyamory is getting slivers of legal recognition in America
Searching for rights in a monogamous world.

Why A Shocking Number Of Crazy-Sounding Right-Wing Conspiracy Theories Turned Out To Be True
"Theory" doesn't mean what you think it means.

Billionaires in some blue states face bills resembling Elizabeth Warren’s ‘wealth tax’
State lawmakers are set to introduce bills this week that would test an unprecedented form of taxing the rich in several states where billionaires live.

Parents across the country share their skepticism over sleepovers
Afraid of guns, alcohol, abuse, and more, parents have become wary of sleepovers.

Biden's Justice Department declines to seek death penalty for 2019 El Paso Walmart shooter
The one-sentence filing simply said that "the Government will not seek the death penalty in the instant case."

DC Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto, Lightens Sentencing for Carjackings and Gun Crimes
Even the far-left Washington Post editorial board warned that the revised code would make the city "more dangerous" in a Sunday editorial.

Homeless deaths skyrocket to record number in Seattle
Number of deaths was 65% greater than in 2021.

Man Who Googled How To Dispose Of Woman’s Body Charged With Wife’s Murder
Throughout the course of the investigation, Brian Walshe raised suspicions with a number of actions he allegedly took around the time of his wife’s disappearance.

Fisherman missing at sea after he’s dragged overboard by tuna in Hawaii
“The fish is huge,” Knittle reportedly said just before he was dragged overboard.

Video: Man on stolen tractor leads cops on wild chase
"There was a police chase this morning in Boone involving a John Deere tractor that lasted for more than an hour and topped out at 20 mph."

CNN: A famous last name, business deals, and a looming probe: Republicans ramp up investigation of Biden family
The president’s brothers have invoked it in their private business pursuits over the years to suggest access to power and influence, according to a CNN review of court documents, emails, and video recordings as well as interviews with former business acquaintances.

How a corrupt FBI could save Joe Biden in classified-docs scandal
Breaking news Tuesday night revealed the investigation may already be turning into a farce. Amazingly, the Justice Department is permitting Biden’s personal lawyers to control the evidence — without the FBI.

Reporters Press KJP On If She Regrets Reporting 'Incomplete And Inaccurate Information' On Classified Docs
“Are you upset that you came out to this podium on Friday with incomplete and inaccurate information and are you concerned that it affects your credibility up here?”

Bidens’s divisive cop tirade is the president’s latest battle with facts
“We have to retrain cops as to why should you always shoot for that with deadly force? The fact is, if you need to use your weapon, you don’t have to do that,” he said Monday.

Biden forgets how to pronounce ‘Kamala’ Harris at White House event
“As Kamala said, we’re all closely monitoring the storms, the floods, the landslides all across California,” Biden said at a White House event, saying “CAM-a-la” instead of “COMMA-la.”

Trump says 'we'll handle that' when discussing possibility of DeSantis presidential bid
When discussing the possibility of DeSantis jumping into the 2024 presidential race, Trump said that "we'll handle that," noting that it would be handled in the manner that he deals with things.

Kyrsten Sinema reveals why she left Democratic Party
“But in the resulting two years (since J6), the Democratic Party shared a narrative that said, ‘We would not have any more free and fair elections in this country if the United States Congress didn't eliminate the filibuster and pass a massive voting rights package,’” Sinema said.

The Hill: Eight Senate seats most likely to flip in 2024
Democrats' best in targets in 2024 appear to be Florida and Texas.

Free speech or out of order? As meetings grow wild, officials try to tame public comment.
Some legal experts and lawmakers worry some restrictions are overreactions by thin-skinned officials that skirt unconstitutional limitations on free speech.

Klaus Schwab Tells World Economic Forum That Global Challenges Are Catalysts For ‘Economic Transformation’
“We are confronted with unprecedented and multiple challenges. First, our global economy is undergoing deep transformation. The energy transition, the consequences of COVID, the reshaping of supply chains are all serving as catalytic forces for the economic transformation.”

WEF: ‘We have everything we need to speed up the energy transition. It’s time to tackle humanity’s greatest challenge’
"Around the world, society’s trust in climate science has surged. We no longer need to waste time debating whether there is a crisis."

WEF: Central Bank Digital Currency? How money could be redesigned
"In order to achieve a public interest benefit from money technologies, we must achieve inclusion as well as other dimensions of the public good."

WEF: 2023 sees return of older global risks, emergence of new ones
The newer risks include unconstrained development of dual-use technologies and the growing pressure of climate change impacts. Older risks are inflation, cost-of-living crises, trade wars, capital outflows from emerging markets, social unrest, geopolitical confrontation, and the spectre of nuclear warfare.

WEF economists agree that global recession is likely but inflationary pressures may be peaking
Close to two-thirds of chief economists surveyed believe a global recession is likely this year. That’s more than twice as many as in a previous survey conducted in September 2022.

George Soros tied to at least 54 influential media figures through groups funded by liberal billionaire: Study
Journalists from CNN, NBC, CBS, Bloomberg, NPR, and Washington Post among industry leaders tied to Soros’ cash.

Is Bill Gates too powerful? His foundation head wonders about it, as a critic says he’s ‘tormenting schoolchildren’
With $8.3 billion to give away in 2023, the Gates Foundation is the largest private philanthropic donor. And with an endowment of more than $70 billion, its spending power is likely to continue for many decades.

John Kerry praises 'select group of human beings' at WEF annual meeting coming together 'to save the planet'
Kerry suggested that the solution to fighting climate change was "money, money, money, money, money, money, money."

Brian Stelter hosts panel on media 'disinformation' at WEF, claims US has a lot to learn from European internet regulation
On Tuesday, disgraced former CNN anchor Brian Stelter took to the stage at the World Economic Forum's Annual Meeting to chair a panel on "disinformation."

Pentagon Still Can’t Account For Roughly $220 Billion In Equipment, Gov’t Watchdog Says
The Pentagon failed its fifth audit in a row in November since formally beginning the practice in 2018. Contractors could not prove expenditures for 61% of the Pentagon’s $3.5 trillion in assets; a total of $7.2 trillion in assets and liabilities for 2022.

Pentagon Sends US Arms Stored in Israel to Ukraine
Israeli officials had initially expressed concerns that the move could damage its relations with Russia.

Top US, Ukrainian military officials meet
The two generals’ get-together marks a symbolic show of support as Washington and the international community ramp up the delivery of lethal aid to Kyiv.

Biden admin asks court to reverse order banning airplane mask mandate
The Biden Justice Department on Tuesday asked an appeals court panel to reverse an April 2021 ruling that declared unlawful a government order requiring masks on airplanes, buses, trains, ridesharing services, and at airports and other transportation hubs.

Nevada county to consider banning COVID-19 and flu vaccines
The agenda says that the considerations will be made pending “further investigation and results of the Florida Supreme Court case to investigate the [wrongdoing] related to COVID-19 vaccines.”

Moderna says RSV vaccine is 84% effective at preventing disease in older adults
Moderna's RSV vaccine uses the same messenger RNA technology as its COVID-19 shots. RSV infections kill between 6,000 and 10,000 older adults every year.

China warns Blinken to mind his manners on next visit
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang doesn’t want to hear about “confrontation” in his next meeting with the secretary of state.

Collapsing demographics point to China's demise
When the demise of the People's Republic of China occurs — perhaps soon and perhaps many decades from now — the story will be not of Western aggression, but of national suicide.

Why The Hottest Prestige TV Trend Is Self-Loathing Of The Rich And Powerful
Shows like "The White Lotus" and "Fleishman Is in Trouble" are depressing and bleak because they’re meant to be.

Woman sues bar — after getting so drunk she blew up $10M home
A Canadian woman who caused $10 million in damages after driving drunk, crashing into a house, and causing an explosion is now suing the concert venue that provided her alcoholic beverages — as she claims the owners are to blame.

Sister Andre, the world’s oldest living person, dies at 118
She was born in 1904 – the same year Theodore Roosevelt was elected president.

Pompeo says North Korea’s Kim opened secret meeting with ‘joke about assassination’
“This small, sweating, evil man tried to break the ice with all the charm you would expect from a mass murderer. ‘Mr. Director,’ he opened, ‘I didn’t think you’d show up. I know you’ve been trying to kill me,’” Pompeo’s memoir reads.

Japanese killer chokes to death on prison food while awaiting execution
Who knew Japan had the death penalty?

Fed directs big banks to disclose how they are preparing for climate change risks
The six largest banks in the U.S. have until the end of July to show the impact that climate change could have on their operations, according to details of a pilot program the Federal Reserve unveiled Tuesday.

Flashback to last week: Powell reiterates Fed is not going to become a ‘climate policymaker’
Powell on Tuesday said the central bank will not get involved in issues like climate change that are beyond its congressionally established mandate.

These Photos of Greta Thunberg Being Carried Away by German Police Will Brighten Your Day
The celebrity climate activist has yet to face justice for her crimes.

Townhall: We Investigated a Suburban LGBTQ Pedophile Ring. Here's What We Found.
A months-long Townhall investigation reveals disturbing new details about the affluent LGBTQ-activist couple accused of sodomizing their young adopted sons and distributing "homemade" child pornography of the sexual abuse.

New Documents Reveal Shocking Surge in Trans-Identified Students
It is now a well documented fact that the rates of youth identifying as transgender has been sharply increasing for over a decade.

Menstrual cycle tracking app: 'We aim to support everyone with periods - regardless of gender'
When a user complained that Flo permitted men into "secret chats" about topics related to menstruation, Flo replied, "We aim to support everyone with periods - regardless of gender," followed by a pride flag and a "trans" flag emoji.

I’m a 100-Year-Old Doctor. I’m Not Too Old to Work.
I remember when doctors, with a cigarette dangling between their lips, would advise patients to smoke because “it will curb your appetite and quiet your nerves.”

Thief steals St. Michael statue from church, trips, and is injured by the angel’s sword
A drunken thief was injured after falling on the sword of a statue of St. Michael the Archangel that he was trying to steal from a church in Monterrey, Mexico.

Microsoft to reportedly cut 11K jobs, following Amazon and Meta
The expected layoffs would be the latest in the U.S. technology sector, where companies including Amazon and Meta Platforms have announced retrenchment exercises in response to slowing demand and a worsening global economic outlook.

Twitter is auctioning off espresso machines and kegerators from its San Francisco headquarters
Could Musk be preparing to move Twitter headquarters?

Elon Musk Shares Amazing Video Of Tesla Driving Through Flooded Area
Musk retweeted a video Tuesday showing a Tesla driving through a flood during a newscast in California, hailing his company’s vehicle as “The Car Aquatic.”

How A Chemist, An Engineer, And A Geologist Destroyed Darwin’s Warm Soup Theory
Charles Thaxton asked whether the scientific evidence we’ve gained since Darwin truly supports the evolutionist’s ideas.

Scientists Direct Lightning Using Lasers
Physicists in Switzerland have found a way to use lasers to keep lightning away from important structures, but its overall value is still unknown.

Tucker Carlson outlines wild theory to explain Bitcoin price rise: FAA paid off hackers
“Since the nationwide ground stop last Thursday the price of Bitcoin has shot up about 20%. Is that a coincidence?” he added.

Chasten Buttigieg Says It’s Old News To Cover Pete’s Lengthy Paternity Leave After DOT Concealed It For A Year
“You need new material. Go yell at an M&M.”

Virginia Tech’s Kiersten Hening: Why I refused to give in to mob mentality
Hening was thrust into the national spotlight in March 2021 when she sued her college soccer coach, Charles Adair, for retaliating against her after she refused to kneel with teammates in support of Black Lives Matter.

Philadelphia Flyers player declines to wear Pride-themed jersey
Ivan Provorov, who is Russian Orthodox, said, "I respect everyone. I respect everybody's choices. My choice is to stay true to myself and my religion."