Sweden closing down churches this winter to save energy

North Dakota Man Who Murdered ‘Republican Extremist’ Teen Released On Bail
The jail told the Daily Caller via phone call that Brandt had posted his $50,000 bond and was released as of Wednesday afternoon.

Tish James’ Trump jihad purely political
Like Captain Ahab clinging to the side of her white whale, Attorney General Tish James finally announced the result of her three-year investigation into Donald Trump: a civil suit that accuses him of overstating his assets.

Bill Barr blasts NY AG for 'overreach' in Trump family prosecutions
NY AG Letitia James on Wednesday announced she would pursue civil fraud charges against Trump and three of his children.

Good News: A Miracle
God answers prayers, still.

Illinois police arrest 15 people after they allegedly used PPP loans to bond out of jail
Several inmates at the Will County Jail were found to have allegedly applied and received PPP loans that were then used to bond themselves out of jail for their felony cases.

Key congressman says Hunter Biden was 'operative for foreign influence,' belongs in jail
California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa alleges "free pass" for president's son on tax evasion, signals GOP probe of undisclosed lobbying for foreign clients.

Hyundais and Kias stolen nearly twice as often as other vehicles, national study finds
Proving, again, that criminals have no taste.

'Democracy for Biden Is Whatever Benefits the Global Elite
While Biden might not be able to see it, I suspect the people who wrote his address to the United Nations sense just how close the Humpty Dumpty of the liberal world order is to falling off the wall, and if that happens, all the king's men won't be able to put it back together.

McConnell quietly optimistic Republicans will recapture Senate: Report
Despite his statements about the GOP's prospects of reclaiming power over the upper chamber, McConnell voiced optimism that his party can prevail in the midterm elections during a 45-minute visit with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Monday, Axios reported.

DeSantis leads Trump among likely 2024 GOP presidential primary voters in Florida: Poll
A USA Today/Suffolk University poll of likely Florida voters found that 48% would vote for or lean toward supporting DeSantis, while 40% would vote for or lean toward backing Trump.

Democratic official endorses DeSantis, says 'there is too much on the line'
DeSantis received the endorsement of a longtime Democrat and Palm Beach County official on Tuesday. The official said that "there is too much on the line" ahead of the November gubernatorial election.

Flip-flop: Heading into midterms, Dem candidates scramble to walk back far-left positions
From Pennsylvania to Arizona, Democrats running for office are adopting more moderate platforms and keeping left-wing policies they supported at arm's length.

Stacey Abrams claims 6-week heartbeat is 'manufactured ... to take control of a woman's body'
"There is no such thing as a heartbeat at six weeks,” said the morbidly obese Abrams.

Senate wannabe Evan McMullin tries to cash in on former status as a spook
Running against the solidly constitutional-conservative incumbent, Republican Mike Lee, McMullin this month shamelessly tried to monetize the anniversary of 9/11 by overselling his work in the CIA.

Budget Analysts Conclude Biden Policies Will Add $4.8 Trillion To National Debt
This nearly $5 trillion represents a conservative estimate of the amount this administration’s actions have added to the national debt.

The Fed forecasts hiking rates as high as 4.6% before ending inflation fight
The Fed on Wednesday raised benchmark interest rates by another three-quarters of a percentage point to a range of 3%-3.25%, the highest since early 2008.

Small business confidence drops most since start of the pandemic
The outlook isn’t good, and consumers can expect to feel it in their pocketbooks.

JPMorgan Chase CEO says stopping oil and gas production would be 'road to hell' for US
Jamie Dimon said slamming the brakes on new oil and gas production “would be the road to hell for America” after Rep. Rashida Tlaib asked him to divest from oil.

Europe’s energy crisis pushes manufacturers to the US
The surge in gas prices in Europe has pushed companies that make steel, fertilizer, and other products to shift their output to the U.S., where energy prices are stable and the federal government provides incentives to expand.

Poll: Plurality of Hispanic voters support Republican governors sending illegal immigrants to liberal states and cities
41% of Hispanic respondents said it was appropriate and 35% answered it was inappropriate. An additional 25% noted they were either unsure or didn't have an opinion.

While Reporters Crowded Around Biden’s Airport, 12 Suspected Terrorists Were Caught At The Actual Border
Following reports that DeSantis would be sending a plane full of illegals to an airport in Delaware, near the residence of Biden, self-proclaimed journalists flocked to the location of the supposed drop-off, waiting with bated breath for an event they could spin to fit their anti-GOP agenda.

MSNBC's Mehdi Hasan attacks DeSantis for 'throwing his own ancestors under the bus'
"How does DeSantis feel about the fact that his family matriarch was almost barred from entry into America by the immigration hardliners of that time?"

Abbott declares Mexican drug cartels terrorists, calls on Biden to do the same
In one year’s time, fentanyl killed nearly 20 times more people than those killed in terrorist attacks over decades.

Matt Gaetz Calls For Bombing Mexico: ‘Not Kidding’
Gaetz called for bombing Sinaloa, Mexico, home of the notorious Sinaloa drug cartel, over the fentanyl crisis that is killing tens of thousands of Americans every year.

'How to Break Arm' Becomes Top Google Trend as Russians Face Conscription
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who spoke after Putin's address to the nation, said 300,000 men with "previous military experience" would now be called up.

Flight prices out of Russia surge as Putin calls up reservists for Ukraine war
Flight prices are nine times more expensive than they typically would be in some cases, according to Google’s tracked prices feature.

Russian foreign minister: US ‘teetering on brink’ of being a party to Ukraine conflict
“The Pentagon does not hide that it’s providing Kiev with intelligence and target designations for strikes. We’ve recorded the presence of American mercenaries and advisers on the battlefield,” Lavrov said.

White House walks back Biden's claim that 'pandemic is over'
Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Biden said the pandemic was over while he was at a car show "looking around."

Joe Biden wants to spend $22 billion of taxpayer money on pandemic he declared is 'over'
President Joe Biden recently declared the COVID-19 pandemic is "over." But that has not stopped his administration from asking Congress to approve more than $20 billion in new pandemic-related funding.

Fauci admits he knew ‘draconian’ lockdowns would have ‘collateral negative consequences’ on schoolchildren
“...sometimes when you do draconian things, it has collateral negative consequences, just like when you shut things down, even temporarily, it does have deleterious consequences on the economy, on the schoolchildren. You know that.”

Leftists on Twitter lose it over Tim Allen post about Biden
Allen went all out in his unhinged, cruel attack on Biden, stating without any evidence, "Biden was on 60 minutes. I heard he asked how long the show was."

Los Angeles Times' neglect of crime coverage shows how left-wing activism destroys journalism
This is what liberal activism and real privilege look like. This is how leftist activism destroys journalism from the inside.

'Dilbert' canceled by 77 newspapers after incorporating anti-woke content, black character who identifies as white
"It was part of a larger overhaul, I believe, of comics, but why they decided what was in and what was out, that's not known to anybody except them, I guess," Adams told Fox News.

Trudeau wants to 'help' kill American babies
Trudeau says he is willing to help ensure women in the United States who want an abortion can get one.

Sweden Closing Down Churches in a Bid to Save Energy
Churches in many areas of Sweden will be closing or turning off the heating this winter, in an aim to lower energy costs.

Europe burns cash to help businesses in energy crisis
Germany nationalized gas importer Uniper on Wednesday and Britain said it would halve energy bills for businesses in response to a deepening energy crisis that has exposed Europe's reliance on Russian fuel.

Deutsche Bank says it now expects a ‘longer and deeper’ recession in Europe
On Wednesday, Deutsche Bank’s economists argued their previous prediction for a “mild recession” in Europe is no longer valid as the energy crisis has worsened substantially since July.

Europe's vegetable farmers warn of shortages as energy crisis bites
Across northern and western Europe, vegetable producers are contemplating halting their activities because of the financial hit from Europe's energy crisis, further threatening food supplies.

Energy Crisis Empowers Europe’s Populists Harnessing Anger
Across the continent, parties on the far right and left are making political capital from the economic impact of the war in Ukraine.

Fuel makers blast EU focus on electric vehicles amid energy crisis
Signatories are not calling for a return to fossil fuels, but rather want EU policymakers to recognize the potential of biofuels and green hydrogen-derived synthetic fuels to decarbonise the road sector.

Iran, member of top UN women's rights body, cracks down as women demand rights
The unrest comes amid outcry for allowing Iran's president to enter the U.S. to attend the United Nations General Assembly.

US General: Biden Sanctions Relief for Iran Will Aid Iranian Assassination Plots
New nuclear deal will strengthen Iran's terror network in Middle East, Africa, exclusive testimony says

Benjamin Netanyahu is poised for a 2022 victory
This time it seems that the conditions for obtaining a majority in the Knesset are more favorable than ever.

UK weighing relocating embassy to Jerusalem, Truss tells Lapid
The British relocation of its embassy would be particularly significant.

Researchers find 2,600-year-old cheese in ancient Egyptian tomb
The prize for oldest cheese found goes to a 3,200-year-old block discovered in 2018.

Biden pushes Senate to ratify treaty that would raise cost of air conditioning
“The price of the refrigerant used in home air conditioners shot up 4-fold, and as a result, certain repairs now cost hundreds [of dollars] more ” since the EPA began implementing domestic regulations that took effect this year and mirror Kigali.

Denmark becomes first UN member to pay for ‘loss and damage’ from climate change
Denmark will direct about $13 million to assist vulnerable countries that have suffered “loss and damage” from climate change — the first time in U.N. history a wealthy member state has pledged compensation for the consequences of emissions in the developing world.

California Looks To Ban Diesel-Powered Trucks To Rectify ‘Decades Of Racist’ Practices
The proposal would require medium and heavy-duty trucks entering ports and railyards to be fully electric by 2035.

California Blackout Risk Prompts Produce Plant to Build Its Own Grid
Taylor Farms planning Bloom Energy microgrid to run 450,000-square-foot facility.

California legalizes human composting
“With climate change and sea-level rise as very real threats to our environment,” Garcia said in a statement in June, “[NOR] is an alternative method of final disposition that won’t contribute emissions into our atmosphere.”

NY Times Poll: 70% of American voters oppose teaching gender identity in schools
The poll asked, "Do you support or oppose allowing public school teachers to provide classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity to children in elementary school?"

Matt Walsh report on pediatric transgender 'care' from Vanderbilt Medical Center
Walsh posted video and webpages from Vanderbilt in which doctors discuss how transgender hormone regimens for minors and sex-change surgeries are a "big money maker" for the clinic. Additional video shows that staff members were warned that any "conscientious objection" to the transgender "care" would be frowned upon.

Group Promoting Transgenderism For 2-Year-Olds Raked In More Than $250 Million In Taxpayer Funds
The purported “nonpartisan” organization has direct ties to Democratic lobbying efforts.

Youngkin delivers utter sanity in new school rules on trans kids
Schools can no longer keep kids’ choices secret from their parents; gone are “rights” to compete in sports as your ID’d gender — same for bathrooms, locker rooms, and other such spaces. Father-daughter dances and the like are no longer verboten.

54% of Americans say their mental health issues like anxiety and depression are directly related to student loan debt
I paid off my student loan, which makes me feel like an idiot for not just waiting for someone else to pay it, and that is hurting my mental wellness.

Eight glasses of water, 10,000 steps & other healthy guidelines are actually total BS
It’s also totally OK to drink coffee and not eat organic.

Senators Strike Deal On Journalism Bill, Adding Protections For Conservative Media
The bill is intended to help media organizations negotiate with tech platforms like Google and Facebook for compensation over the use of their content by narrowly exempting smaller publications from antitrust laws if they form a collective bargaining group.

Google tests feature allowing users to scrub personal info from search results
The new “remove result button,” which appeared this week for a handful of Google app owners across the U.S. and Europe, enables users to request that pages containing their phone numbers, home addresses, or email addresses be removed from appearing in searches.

Disney World guests choke on $625 per person resort restaurant tab
“Crazy over priced. Michelin star restaurants in NYC don’t even cost that much except the very best, like Eleven Madison Park, which is ‘only’ $335,” one critic sniped.

Scientists have estimated how many ants there are on Earth
There are about 20 quadrillion ants on the Earth at any given time, a new study has estimated. That's 20,000 trillion individuals. The estimate is two to 20 times higher than previous ones.

Phase IV, 1974, was a movie about ants taking over the world. Could that really happen?
"What worries the scientists is that the ants are communicating, passing messages from one to the other. ... They are always gathering in groups and waving their antennae at each other. The ants use this shared information to undertake grand building schemes."